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Chapter 282 Walking on Two Feet

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Liu Zhenwei nodded readily.

This is not a difficult matter.

Special effects artists are actually not very popular in Hong Kong Island. They are not as popular as martial arts artists, and not many Hong Kong Island movies require special effects.

Xinghai can afford to support them for a long time and is willing to pay them, which other companies cannot do.

Jiahe is also in trouble.

The foundation of Golden Harvest is Jackie Chan, but Jackie Chan's movies have almost no special effects.

"Yeah." Huang Ze left Liu Zhenwei's office and then checked the company's financial statements.

The main thing is to see if there are any films that are too expensive and would make me look like a fool, or that have suffered serious losses. After all, I have given Liu Zhenwei some power.

If the losses are excessive, we have to investigate whether there was any foul play during the filming.

I can allow them to earn some money. After all, this is how the industry works. Even a script supervisor can make money for himself, such as accommodation, extras, and boxed lunches.

But the premise is that it cannot affect the final result.

Otherwise, we can only send them away.

No matter who it is, even your brother!
However, perhaps because Huang Ze has a model of distributing dividends to each crew member, from the director to the stage manager, based on the film's profits, nothing happened that Huang Ze didn't want to see.

If you don’t see it, then it’s not too much.

Huang Ze was too lazy to look at it anymore.

He even only glanced at the title of the movie that Stephen Chow is currently filming.

After making a fortune from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Huang Ze only wanted to make US dollars.

I can’t make enough money by myself, I want everyone to make money together.

As for this choice...

Huang Ze called Zhang Jianya, "Mr. Zhang, are you still at home taking care of the kids?"

Zhang Jianya's child was born in November this year.

When a person reaches forty and is blessed with a baby, he is such a treasure.

During the days when I was attending the Oscars, I would take out a photo from time to time and look at it, then smile at it.

Huang Ze wanted him to spend more time with the children.

But I still have to ask for his opinion, "Are you interested in earning some money for your child's milk powder? If so, come to the company and we can talk."

"I'm interested! Now that I have a son, the pressure is great. I'm definitely willing to earn more. Wait for me!"

"Beep, beep, beep..." The phone was hung up.

Huang Ze put down the phone and his thoughts started racing.

What kind of movie should we make?

If Zhang Jianya were to shoot the film, it would definitely be a horror movie.

This is also in line with the positioning of Xinghai.

An action movie in one hand, a horror movie in the other.

Both hands must be grasped, both hands must be hard!
Walk on two feet so that you can be steady.

And in order to have a long-lasting effect, this film is better off being a horror film series.

In an instant, classic horror film series began to flash through Huang Ze's mind.

In terms of making the most money and having the largest profit multiple, the choice would definitely be "Saw".

The cost is low enough that it could be filmed for maybe a million dollars at this point.

but……

Huang Ze shook his head and rejected it directly. Low cost has its disadvantages. Warner may not pay much attention to it at that time. Moreover, without the Internet as a publicity channel, Huang Ze has no idea whether this kind of word-of-mouth film can achieve the same results as in the previous life.

If it is destroyed, it will be a big loss.

It would be better to wait for the Internet to develop before starting to work on this film. Anyway, the film cannot be made sooner or later and I have plenty of time.

Moreover, Huang Ze also wants to praise the actors. "Saw" is more about praising the director, and the actors' faces are not very impressive. Huang Ze wants to make a film with more supporting roles and considerable screen time.

The most important thing is that Zhang Jianya has always been shooting psychological horror films. Whether he can grasp the transition seamlessly to American plasma films is another new question.

"Damn, there are so many questions. Let's just make a psychological horror movie with an oriental style."

"'The Ring' and 'The Grudge' have already been screened in North America. Although George said that the final box office would only be a few million dollars, it will definitely attract some horror movie fans, which will make it easier to promote them."

“The key is that the issuer will have more confidence!”

"Let's take this." After thinking for a few seconds, Huang Ze curled up the corners of his mouth. He already had an idea and began to write and draw on paper.

I don’t know how long I had been writing when Zhang Jianya came in.

"Old Huang, what kind of work?"

"Or a horror movie?"

"Yeah." Huang Ze nodded as he wrote.

"Haha." Zhang Jianya raised his eyebrows. "To be honest, I'm quite interested. I want to see how scary this movie can be."

"If it's a few more terrifying than The Grudge, I think we'll have to consider whether the film can still be released."

"Don't worry, it's not as scary as The Grudge."

"What are you doing speaking English?"

"How about testing your English?" Huang Ze smiled, "It sounds pretty good."

"Don't say it. Zhang Yu always wants me to learn. I'm over 30 years old. I first learned Cantonese and now I have to learn English. But there's nothing I can do. When I learn English, Zhang Yu always speaks English to me at home."

"Then you'd better be careful not to teach your child English and Mandarin at the same time." Huang Ze reminded, "Before the age of three, the child's language ability is not yet fully developed. If you teach like this, it is easy to confuse the child. The child may not be able to speak at the age of two or three."

"It's okay." Zhang Jianya waved his hand. "I can speak better now. The common language at home has changed to Mandarin."

"and many more!"

"Why do you care so much about how well I speak English?"

Zhang Jianya couldn't help but have a guess in his mind, "Could it be?"

"you guessed right."

Huang Ze snapped his fingers. "I want you to go to Hollywood to make a horror movie. The investment must be at least 10 million US dollars. Do you have the confidence?"

"Is it too much?"

“Have some faith in yourself.”

"I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

"I will supervise it personally. The early preparations for Speed ​​take some time, so I can help you check it."

"The script is not finished yet, this is the general outline of the story."

Huang Ze threw the notebook with lines of words written on it to Zhang Jianya.

"Final Destination?" Zhang Jianya took a breath. "This name is much easier to understand than The Ring and The Grudge. It's simple and straightforward."

"We have an old saying, if the King of Hell orders you to die at three o'clock in the morning, who dares to keep you alive until five o'clock?"

“That’s the core of the story.”

"People who had accidentally escaped death were reaped by the god of death again and again."

"The main attraction is the death method that is like a machine gun, and the tension brought by the fate of death. It is like a rope around the neck, tightening step by step until suffocation."

"By the way, let me tell everyone to pay attention to potential safety hazards." Huang Ze made a small joke.

(End of this chapter)