Golden Age 1990

Chapter 269: Use the little devil’s money to make a movie about the Japanese! (4000 words)
"What? How can you do this!"

"What's the point? Now Bai Feng controls the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival stalls. If we don't go to him to cooperate, what else can we do?"

"But, you should also inform me."

"Ha... okay, I didn't inform you, it was my negligence."

"Ok."

"That's it."

After learning that Lin Jianyue had gone to Bai Feng to cooperate again, Long Wu was really angry and had to question this guy.

However, he also knew that there was nothing he could do.

It's really a no-brainer.

In Hong Kong, he Long Wu dares to say something big.

But in the mainland, the local leader is obviously Bai Feng.

You have to listen to him.

Moreover, this is why the brother keeps asking himself to cooperate with Bai Feng.

Long Wu was still unwilling.

Fortunately, "Sweet Honey" is finally done this time.

Taiwanese people think this film is good, even though Hong Kong films are generally blocked.

However, this film can still be released.

Humph, you don’t want to look at me!

Long Wu still feels a sense of accomplishment that he can go to Taiwan with this film.

An idea naturally arose in my heart.

Let’s compare the mainland box office of “Sweet Honey” with that in Taiwan.

This comparison is inevitable.

And if Long Wu wants to see the result of this comparison, he will most likely also want to help himself make up his mind.

For now, Long Wu still feels that the box office in Taiwan is higher than that in mainland China.

You know, if we don't consider other factors now, we just look at the economic situation.

Taiwan's economy feels better. The island's consumer population, especially the consumption of culture, is obviously higher.

Moreover, there is another thing...it is now 96.

Long Wu felt that the United States had support.

Therefore, this product tends to have higher box office in Taiwan.

Let’s watch it when it’s released.

……

"Fengzi, what do you want to do with a palace like the Qin Palace?"

Jiang Wen still thinks Bai Feng's suggestion to Sister Hong is good, but Jiang Wen really can't understand why Bai Feng wants this palace.

It can be said that Jiang Wen clearly saw Bai Feng's coveting of the Qin Palace.

But Jiang Wen is just a movie guy, and he really doesn’t have a clear understanding of the business aspect.

This guy even makes movies and doesn't care whether he makes money or not. He is quite willful.

Of course, Bai Feng knew very well what kind of guy Jiang Wen was, but in order to get this guy to help him, he really had to say something.

"market."

"what?"

Jiang Wen really couldn't understand.

What does it have to do with whether this Qin Palace is a market?
And, what exactly is the market?
Morning market?Vegetable market?Silk Street?

Bai Feng smiled and explained: "Brother Wen, what do you think of our current film and television market?"

Jiang Wen immediately replied: "It's great! It's much better than before. I've heard about many projects in movies and TV series, and many more projects came to me. I pushed them all, and they just shot ours."

This guy even expressed his loyalty to Bai Feng?

Bai Feng didn't care and continued: "I think the film and television market in the future will be even bigger than it is now."

"Ah?" Jiang Wen didn't believe it.

Bai Feng saw it, but still said, "It's not just big, it's much bigger. The projects I'm looking for from you now may cost ten times more in the future."

"Ten times?" Jiang Wen's eyes widened.

This performance is very normal.

It’s not that Jiang Wen is a petty person, but that Jiang Wen’s experience since he entered film school until now has been a dark period for our Chinese films.

This dark period refers to the box office, that is, the economic aspect, not the quality of the film.

In fact, during this so-called dark period, the quality of the movies was very high. Later, many film critics liked to use this to criticize the movies of their own era by favoring the past over the present.

Bai Feng does not have this idea of ​​focusing on the past over the present. He has always firmly believed that Chinese movies are actually getting better and better.

Of course, many people may wonder, why did I win fewer and fewer awards later?
Why are there not as many awards from Europe and the United States as before?

Faced with this problem, Bai Feng's rebuttal was also very simple.

Do we care less and less about European and American film awards?

Yes, that's the truth. There are fewer awards, but we don't care too much.

In fact, we already know the reason for the lack of awards. Our Chinese films no longer need to make movies for the taste of European and American film critics.

This is a later change, and it will probably take at least another 20 years in the future.

At present, Jiang Wen and other filmmakers of his generation cannot imagine such changes in the future.

They can't even imagine how many movies and TV dramas will be produced in the future.

In fact, there are so many film and television dramas that there is no way to broadcast them all. The backlog of TV dramas every year can reach tens of thousands of episodes, and it takes several years for movies to be produced before they have a chance to be released.

Even for some sequels that gross billions at the box office, you have to wait at least one or two years, or even three or four years.

Good time and schedule will become a very scarce resource.

How is it like now, many domestic film and television industry workers, or people in TV stations and movie theaters, don’t know what time or schedule is the best.

Everyone has been exploring until now.

It is precisely because of this that Bai Feng had the opportunity to work on the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival stalls.

Therefore, it is difficult for Jiang Wen to understand the use of Bai Feng in wanting a palace.

Naturally, Bai Feng would not underestimate him.

Of course, there is no way to explain it well.

Bai Feng could only say briefly, as for the rest... In fact, if we can take back the Qin Palace this time.

Then, Bai Feng has a great chance to contact the village chief at Hengdian.

That was no ordinary village chief.

Well, now he is just a village party secretary.

It's useless to tell Jiang Wen these things, but some things are very interesting.

Coincidentally.

Teacher He Ping called from Japan and told Bai Feng that things were going well there.

It is somewhat impolite to answer someone else's phone call during a conversation. Based on Bai Feng's ability to deal with people, he would not make such a mistake.

But, he still took it.

Because he knew that this matter had something to do with Jiang Wen, and Jiang Wen probably guessed a thing or two.

Sure enough, after the phone call with He Ping ended, Bai Feng smiled.

"Brother Wen, I have some good news for you."

"What good news?"

"Japan is very interested in our "The Japanese Are Coming"."

"Huh? Japan? You..."

Jiang Wen was of course very surprised when he heard the news.

What's the name of his movie?

"The devil is coming"!

As a result, you, Bai Feng, went to Japan?

Are you still interested there?

This...Jiang Wen felt inexplicably that my Fengzi brother was so awesome!

"How did you fix it?"

"Haha...Brother Wen, have you thought of it too?"

"No, please tell me how you fixed it first!"

"Isn't it simple? People over there just need to hear your name. They think your Jiang Wen films are pretty good."

Good guy, this reason is really a good guy.

Jiang Wen immediately became happy.

""The Devil Is Coming"...has the name been changed?"

Yes, this name, over there... Or maybe they don't know that the Japanese are referring to their little Japan?
Bai Feng's answer was very straightforward, "No, I just told Teacher He Ping directly. We must let them know the meaning of 'jail'. We must make it clear. If we don't make it clear, our cooperation will not be possible." Good guy!
Jiang Wen's three views were shattered. He never thought that this would be okay.

In fact, Jiang Wen is a very smart guy and a good movie maker, but he really doesn't necessarily understand Japanese people.

Bai Feng knows more or less, just like this 'jail'.

Later he found out that Japan's Two-dimensional had exerted its strength and really created a concrete image of a 'Japanese devil'.

She's a ghost girl, that's what she looks like.

They little Japanese really understand this word, it’s not that they don’t understand it.

But these guys... are really thick-skinned.

It's like if you don't care, then this word can't be used to criticize them.

It is indeed consistent with their usual operation.

Of course, for the moment, Bai Feng's cooperation...who is he looking for?
"Kadokawa Bookstore."

"Huh? They?"

"Yes! It's because of them that I have more confidence."

"Haha... So that's it!"

That's right, Kadokawa Shoten.

Bai Feng does understand the psychological state of some Japanese people better, but the reason why he dares to be so blatant is because the target is Kadokawa Bookstore.

When he found He Ping before, Bai Feng said it very simply.

You must go to Kadokawa Shoten, just go to them.

In fact, this arrangement made Teacher He Ping complain a lot, and his reasons were very clear.

Kadokawa Shoten has already cooperated with Brother Chen Kai. Director Chen has received funds, so is it still okay for us to go?

There is nothing wrong with He Ping's idea, most people would think so.

But Bai Feng's reply was even more interesting.

"Just because they are cooperating with Director Chen, this means that they want to cooperate with us Chinese filmmakers."

Yes, that's it.

It's very simple. He Ping can't even understand it, but the current results tell He Ping.

There is no problem at all with Bai Feng's logic.

But what is the real core of this logic?

Many people have actually heard of it.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

This is a wise saying about investing, right?

In other words, let’s look at it from the perspective of Kadokawa Shoten.

They relied on Director Chen and invested a lot of money in him.

But can all this money be recovered well?

Not necessarily.

So, it’s better to invest more.

Kadokawa Shoten has money, and there is another important reason.

This bookstore also has a bad reputation in Japan, because they are famous for being the kind of guys who will do anything to make money.

This is not a frame-up, this is a famous saying of the founder of Kadokawa, and people say this publicly.

Moreover, the second generation of Kadokawa Shoten, the well-known playboy Haruki Kadokawa, is indeed a very famous director. He has produced "Heaven and Earth", which is currently the only Japanese film to have a box office of over [-] billion. .

But this guy's reputation is really bad, he's ugly enough, his face looks like the surface of the moon, and he was caught taking drugs, and... in short, he's doing all sorts of bad things.

For such a Kadokawa Bookstore, of course they won't care about "the devil is coming". As long as there is an opportunity to make money, they will definitely take the bait.

Indeed, this is the hook.

When Bai Feng reached this point, Jiang Wen completely understood.

He laughed and said happily: "We made a movie about fighting the Japanese, but we used the Japanese money! This is so cool!"

Yes, is there anything more interesting than this?

Have!
It really does.

But Bai Feng didn't say anything because he was afraid that Jiang Wen wouldn't understand.

In other words, the details discussed by He Ping and Kadokawa were like this.

The box office of "The Devil Is Coming" in mainland China belongs to Kadokawa.

The overseas profits of "The Japanese Are Coming" belong to Bai Feng.

What does this mean... Of course I can't say it!
Your Jiang Wen movie will be banned.

Anyway, Bai Feng dug a big hole for Kadokawa.

Now, they should be popping champagne to celebrate.

Let them drive!

……

I was so happy chatting with Jiang Wen that I drank a little more.

When Bai Feng returned home, it was already a little late.

The weather is nice now and the sun is long.

The campus seems to still have the residual warmth of the sun.

But what Bai Feng didn't expect was to see a little girl when he came back.

"Dad, what are you doing here? Why do you smell like drunk?"

"Ah? You, why are you here?"

"Why can't I come? Just allow those naughty foxes to come?"

"What a naughty fox, you little girl, don't talk nonsense, that's your aunt."

"Humph!"

"you……"

It turned out to be Feifei.

Bai Feng was really surprised, and he kept looking for people with his eyes.

Feifei certainly understood what he meant when she saw this, "My mother didn't come, it was just me."

"You, what...are you going to do? Oh, by the way, do you want me to give you a tutoring session? But I drank too much today."

There is nothing wrong with Bai Feng's idea. Tutoring a child is a test that every parent must pass.

Although Feifei lives with Sister Liu on weekdays, Sister Liu is a dancer after all, and her academic performance is definitely not as good as that of Bai Feng, a top student.

Therefore, Bai Feng was actually prepared early in the morning.

But out of nowhere, Feifei shook her head vigorously.

"What's that for?"

The two entered the house as usual, and then Feifei revealed her purpose.

"Didn't you arrange for me to shoot a movie?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

"But, I can't act!"

"Ah? Haven't you acted before?"

"That's different. What is it this time? This time it's a horror movie! Have I ever acted in one?"

"This……"

Bai Feng understood that Feifei wanted him to teach her acting skills.

But how could Bai Feng know anything about acting?

"I can not do it."

"how is this possible!"

"Feifei, I really don't know how. Uncle Bai, I'm in the advertising and marketing field. This acting skill... How about I find a teacher for you?"

Yes, Bai Feng dares to say that he has absolutely no problem with resources in this area.

However, Feifei had already identified him as Teacher Bai.

The reason I mentioned is particularly 'good'!
"You're stupid. It's a horror movie. Just scare me."

After Bai Feng heard this, his expression...can he be taught like this?

But it seems to make sense, since it is a horror movie after all.

Feifei looked at Bai Feng's expression, and the little girl couldn't hold it in anymore.

No matter what, I still want you to teach me.

In this way, at least he won't forget Feifei and her mother because of those naughty foxes...

　Thank you all for your support. I will write well this month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)