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Chapter 257 New Ideas

"What are you thinking about?" Huang Ze asked when he noticed that Liu Zhenwei was distracted.

"I'm thinking about Jia Wei."

"The cost is 30 million. If the loss is too much..."

"Everyone has his own destiny. Even if he loses, if he wants to come back, Xinghai will still be open to him. We just see that they have different perceptions of movies, and there is no fundamental conflict."

Huang Ze promptly tipped off Liu Zhenwei, Wang Jiawei's good friend.

Otherwise, Wang Jiawei might run away to other places after filming "Ashes of Time".

Then wouldn’t all the work I did before be in vain?
I just wanted him to experience some frustration outside and realize who is the best for him. By the way, I wanted others to pay a lot of money to let Wang Jiawei experiment with his artistic aesthetics and style.

It doesn't mean we will never have any contact with each other again.

Now that "Days of Being Wild" has been completed, "Ashes of Time" is currently being filmed. Even Huang Ze, the time traveler, cannot guarantee when it will be completed.

Once the big pit of "Ashes of Time" is over, Wang Jiawei, who stops making blockbusters and turns to making petty-bourgeois films, won't lose much.

Even if you cannot make back your investment at the time, you will always be able to make back your investment over time.

What’s important is that he can still cheer for himself.

There was no way Huang Ze would throw away such a sign.

"I know that you, Mr. Huang, are a man of loyalty and righteousness. It's Jia Wei who..."

"Don't talk about this." Huang Ze waved his hand, "Everyone has the right to choose, I wish him good luck..."

……

After inspecting Xinghai Film and Television, Huang Ze returned home and enjoyed life.

This enjoyment lasts for a week.

Apart from spending an hour or two looking at the editing results, he stays at home with his wife and children.

It was not until he received a call from Shanghai reporting that the Qingming Shanghe scene was completely completed that Huang Ze became motivated again.

There are advertisements for "Once Upon a Time in China" on Yangcheng Street, and now many Hong Kong film studios are also going to Shanghai to shoot modern films.

Although they can find the Qingming Shanghe Scene there, if they don’t advertise it, it would seem that the film and television city was built in vain!

Huang Ze stretched lazily, stood in front of the glass window with a cup of tea, looked at the scenery outside, and started to plan in his mind.

As for movies, I will definitely not do it like I did when I advertised on Yangcheng Street while filming "Once Upon a Time in China".

I have my own career plan.

Wouldn't it be a step backward to make another martial arts movie that didn't do very well at the global box office? It would be a sheer waste of time.

Let others take the photo?

I can't think of a suitable movie!
You can't just follow Zhang Yimou's example and make a movie called "The Great Wall", right?

Although "The Great Wall" is set in the Song Dynasty, what is heartbreaking is the Great Wall of the Song Dynasty. It cannot be said that there was no Great Wall, but there were not that many of them.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are no longer here, so it is impossible to repair it.

After some twists and turns, Huang Ze gave up on the movie approach and set his sights on television.

Hey!
Thinking in this way, my thoughts suddenly became clear.

Without mentioning anything else, we can just make some martial arts dramas, such as Tian Long (The Legend of the Condor Heroes), The Return of the Condor Heroes, etc. Although the latter two are set in the Southern Song Dynasty and there is no Bianliang, it doesn’t matter.

They are from the same dynasty. Zhao Jiu went to Lin'an to build it, so I think it is very similar.

Isn't there a line in a poem that goes, "The warm wind makes the tourists drunk, and they mistake Hangzhou for Bianzhou."

Besides, it's a martial arts film, not a serious drama. It's enough for it to look big and luxurious enough. The audience is not that picky. If they can't even see the waterfall of plastic cloth, what else can they see?
"By the way, speaking of Hangzhou, there seems to be a great TV series in recent times, which we can also watch."

“It would be better for my company to shoot The Legend of White Snake instead of letting Wanwan shoot it.”

I can also shoot and I can also make money!

After all, it is a high-quality product that still requires VIP membership to watch on video websites thirty years later. No, it is called a magical drama, comparable to "Journey to the West" and it is a memory in the hearts of a generation.

"That's it!"

Huang Ze nodded slightly and walked to the study. There was no need to write scripts for martial arts dramas. Huang Ze was too lazy to write "Legend of the White Snake" either. The TV script was too long, so Huang Ze just wrote a few lines to let the scriptwriting department know the style he wanted to achieve, and then came up with an outline, summarizing the general story in two or three thousand words.

I also made two more songs.

A song called "Crossing Love".

A song called "Waiting for a Thousand Years".

“Hahahaha, ahhahaha, hahahaha, hahahaha.”

"The beauty of West Lake in March."

"The spring rain is like wine and the willows are like smoke."

"We are destined to meet you thousands of miles away."

"Come to meet you." Gong Xing ran in after the child, "Hey, what song is this? It's quite nice, I haven't heard it before."

"It can't be written by me?" Huang Ze asked.

"You wrote it?" Gong Xing smiled. "I know you have the ability to do it, but I don't think it's that way. Your later songs don't have this style! I'm used to your later songs, so I feel that the song you just sang is a bit too plain and old-fashioned. But it's really nice. Sing it again. My son and I will be your audience and applaud you."

"Come on, clap for Daddy." Gong Xing clapped his hands, and his son, who was hugging Huang Ze's thighs, also learned to clap.

Huang Ze laughed and stopped writing. He sang "A Thousand Years of Waiting" at the top of his voice, "A thousand years of waiting, a thousand years of waiting."

"A thousand years of waiting."

"I have no regrets."

"Who is in my ear, saying..."

After the song was over, the mother and son clapped in unison again.

"It sounds good. Is this the story of Bai Suzhen?"

"How did you know?"

"It takes a thousand years to wait, and you're still going to visit West Lake. Isn't that The Legend of the White Snake? Do you want to film that?"

"Yes!" Huang Ze nodded. "The scenery of Along the River During the Qingming Festival has been built. I was thinking of asking ATV to shoot two films with the background of the Song Dynasty."

"Right, I have to go!"

"Son, wait for daddy to come back and continue singing for you."

Huang Ze handed his son to Gong Xing and came to ATV. He first looked at the report while listening to Liang Shuyi's report on the recent mine.

"Teletubbies became very popular after it was released in England. Some countries have come to us to buy the broadcasting rights. The price is relatively low."

"Well, let's talk about ATV's share in Hong Kong Island."

"42%. However, considering that Who Wants to Be a Millionaire earns nearly 10 million US dollars a year, plus other broadcasting rights sold, our income is about the same as TVB."

"The situation is very good!"

"Yes." Huang Ze nodded and took out the plan for "The Legend of the New White Snake" first, "Let's go to Shanghai Film and Television City to shoot this TV series adapted from "The Legend of the White Snake"."

“Remember to incorporate Huangmei tune into the film when shooting.”

“Also, walk around more when shooting, take pictures of the country’s mountains and rivers, don’t always shoot in a studio, it will cost more, don’t be afraid to spend money!”

"How about this, you approve 7 million Hong Kong dollars, shoot it well, and use some special effects if necessary."

The previous life's "Legend of White Snake" only cost 10 million, which was in Taiwan dollars. The exchange rate between Taiwan dollars and Hong Kong dollars was about 3:1.

Not to mention it was two years early.

Huang Ze also hopes that a more classic classic will emerge.

Of course, Huang Ze really didn't want to replace the two actors, so he said, "Use Zhao Yazhi for Bai Suzhen, Ye Tong for Xu Xian, and go back to the mainland to choose an actress for Xiaoqing."

"No problem! I'll have the station start preparations right away."

"Make another martial arts drama."

Huang Ze paused for a moment and counted on his fingers, "Which one should I shoot in The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"

(End of this chapter)