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Chapter 265 Not Completely Leaving
As soon as he got off the plane, Huang Ze went straight home to enjoy his life.

The next day, Huang Ze called Guan Jingpeng and asked him to come to his home.

"Director Huang."

Guan Jingpeng is about 1.7 meters tall, with a round face. He looks extremely shy and speaks softly. "Seeing is believing!"

"I finally met Director Huang in person today."

Guan Jingpeng held Huang Ze's outstretched hand with both hands and said, "I really like watching your movie In the Mood for Love, Director Huang. It's really well made."

"I've actually seen your films too. Rouge is pretty good." And Lan Yu, Huang Ze added in his mind, it was shot with real emotion.

"It is my honor to be in the eyes of Director Huang."

"By the way, may I ask you a question? Why didn't you make movies like In the Mood for Love later on?"

"I can't help it!" Huang Ze spread his hands. "Every day when I open my eyes, I have more than 3,000 people waiting for me to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. If I don't make more high-grossing movies, how can I support them?"

"Am I right?"

"Director Huang must have considered it more." Guan Jingpeng smiled shyly.

"Let's go in and talk."

Huang Ze turned around and took him to his study.

"drink water?"

"Director Huang, let me do it." Guan Jingpeng took the water cup, sat opposite Huang Ze, and took out two stacks of scripts from his bag. "Director Huang, can you help me take a look?"

"I'm a little hesitant. I don't know which of these two scripts to choose."

"Really?" Huang Ze raised his eyebrows. "Haven't you already made up your mind, but you're unsure, so you come to me for approval?"

"Hehehe." Guan Jingpeng just smiled and didn't say anything.

Huang Ze didn't say anything because of the other party's little tricks. He picked up the script and started reading it.

I quickly read it in two hours and put it in my hand.

“Have you seen Close-up by Iranian director Abbas?”

"Seen."

"This script has the same purpose! It breaks the boundary between fantasy and reality."

"But his film was a fake director who was hired to attract investors, and the protagonist was played by the person involved. It is a pseudo-documentary, while yours is a biographical film."

Huang Ze selected the script that was obviously more complicated.

"Ruan Lingyu played by the protagonist; historical clips of the film starring Ruan Lingyu; off-screen discussions of the actors about their roles; the director's interviews with people who had met Ruan Lingyu; and finally, part of the process of filming Ruan Lingyu. The combination of reality and fiction, and the five-layered time and space, this script is obviously more innovative and better than that one.

"Well done, you have some ideas!"

"Also, I suggest that when you are filming the interview with Ruan Lingyu's friends, it's best to use DV. The image quality is a little lower, which makes it feel more like a documentary, isn't it?"

"..." Guan Jingpeng didn't say anything. He paused and nodded. "Good suggestion. Thank you, Director Huang."

"How do you plan to thank me?" Huang Ze didn't want to beat around the bush and said directly, "You know why I talked to you for so long."

Huang Ze didn't think there was anything wrong in meeting the other party.

But if it weren't for Gong Xing, Huang Ze would not have met him during this period.

I've taken a few days off from my busy schedule to come back. I'll be attending the American Public Relations Oscars soon. Wouldn't it be nice to take a few days off or inspect the company?

I need to review the script for a movie that is not invested by our company.

I don’t have that much time yet.

Since he helped and gave advice, Huang Ze would not return empty-handed. "I'm sorry, this movie is not invested by me. The boss who invested in "Ruan Lingyu" is Jackie Chan." Guan Jingpeng smiled apologetically and then asked, "Can I go out and make a phone call?"

"Okay." Huang Ze nodded, and when Guan Jingpeng walked out, he started making tea for himself.

Guan Jingpeng went outside, walked to a place where there was no one, took out his cell phone and called his brother Cheng.

"Brother Jackie Chan, it's me, Jing Peng."

"Oh, what's wrong?"

“Can Ruan Lingyu accept other investments?”

"I have invested enough!" Jackie Chan was a little puzzled. He had invested in Guan Jingpeng's "Rouge" at the beginning. After the investment, Guan Jingpeng had also finished editing the film, and it was his turn. He begged himself not to change it anymore, but he gritted his teeth and did not cut a single stroke.

Although this film finally made money and won awards, Guan Jingpeng was not famous at that time, so I was giving him enough face.

“Why should we accept investment from others?”

"Who wants to invest?" Jackie Chan's voice was filled with anger.

"I consulted him about the script, and he gave me a lot of advice. He also asked me about Director Huang of Xinghai, Huang Ze."

"Huang Ze..." The anger in Jackie Chan's tone disappeared completely in an instant.

It would be fine if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" did not perform well at the box office, but that would mean that "Pulp Fiction" was really an accident as my godfather said.

But I heard from a friend in the United States that the box office of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon seems to be pretty good.

Although he doesn't know the exact number now, it is definitely over 10 million US dollars.

He was not sure how much he would get in the end, but even if it was more than 10 million, he could earn more than 10 million US dollars with a costume martial arts film, so he was definitely worthy of his friendship.

After all, no one can do this except him!
If he wants to make a breakthrough in Hollywood, he might have to work with Director Huang.

Thinking of this, Jackie Chan compromised and immediately made up a few reasons for himself, "It's not impossible to let him invest. Your film is also quite suitable for the three major European film studios. I heard that he has a lot of connections there and knows many film producers around the world who distribute art films. Maybe it can sell at a higher box office."

"Wow, if you also win a Golden Bear, like Zhang Yimou, I will be so happy."

"Brother Jackie Chan, that's very difficult." Guan Jingpeng almost laughed when Jackie Chan said that. "I'll do my best and try not to embarrass you by letting Jackie Chan beat you."

"By the way, what about the investment?"

"Give the mobile phone to Huang Ze. I'll talk to him."

"Okay!" Guan Jingpeng took the phone and walked back to Huang Ze's study and handed it to Huang Ze, "My boss is Jackie Chan."

"Yeah." Huang Ze took the mobile phone, and a cheerful and slightly arrogant voice came from the other side, "Director Huang, long time no see, I'm currently filming "Flying Eagle Project", and it will be finished soon, otherwise I have to go back and have dinner with you."

"Filming is important, please be safe."

"Hey, I'm used to working hard." Jackie Chan said straightforwardly, "I can only give you half of the share of Ruan Lingyu. How much do you want?"

"How much is the investment amount?" Huang Ze asked.

"The budget is 20 million Hong Kong dollars."

"..." Hearing this number, Huang Ze looked at Guan Jingpeng meaningfully.

What a guy, what a guy.

Some people left.

But it seems that he didn't leave.

He is everywhere in the film industry.

(End of this chapter)