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Chapter 286 Dazzled
Even the director of CCTV was quite surprised by this drama.

Although it is not produced by our own station, it is the first broadcast in China!

Unlike "Desire", the first broadcast was on Beijing TV, a local station affiliated with CCTV.

It's simply the opposite of Tiangang!

Now, at least other TV stations can know who your big brother is!
In terms of production, I have "Journey to the West" on the left, "A Dream of Red Mansions" on the right, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the future.

In terms of vision, this "Legend of White Snake" is also a gem that I have a keen eye for!

Beijing Satellite TV is just a flash in the pan and is not worth mentioning.

With Tathagata Buddha in charge of the capital, the Beijing Satellite TV cannot make any trouble.

In recent days, people from local TV stations and factories have come to purchase the broadcasting rights, and CCTV's phone has been bombarded with calls. This made Director Wang unable to sit still, so he hurriedly called Huang Ze.

"Director Huang, the ratings of The Legend of White Snake in Hong Kong Island are pretty good, right?"

"Not bad, not bad." Huang Ze laughed and asked knowingly, "CCTV also broadcasted it, right? How was it? CCTV didn't suffer any loss from this free round, did it?"

"The streets are empty!" Director Wang gave four words, and then said, "But there are too many people who want to buy this drama, and we at CCTV also want to broadcast it a few more times in the future."

"This is based on the market price, just accept RMB." Anyway, there is not much money, so Huang Ze did not step forward to negotiate the price, and directly passed the matter to ATV, "I will let ATV send someone to negotiate with your station's people."

"Okay, then I don't have much to do."

"By the way, I heard that you at ATV are still filming a 45-episode series of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"? If it can also be purchased with RMB, can we buy it in advance?" Director Wang was helpless.

These days, the country doesn’t produce many TV dramas a year, and most of them are only a dozen episodes long.

not enough.

It’s not good enough at all!

There are quite a few Hong Kong TV dramas to supplement the show, but if too many TV dramas from TVB and ATV are broadcast, it will not be a good thing.

Like "The Legend of White Snake", "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" uses almost half of the actors from mainland China, which is much better than other dramas.

Someone will say something then, and there will be explanations.

Unlike other dramas, where all the actors are from Hong Kong, there are no faces from the mainland. You can’t explain it even if you want to!
"Okay, no problem!"

Next, I chatted with Director Wang for a while and talked about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the call ended.

Huang Ze continued to draw the storyboards.

……

Time flies like flowing water.

In the blink of an eye, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was painted under Hong Kong Island.

The final number did not break 25 million, and only grossed 23 million.

In fact, this number is not low.

But because it was Huang Ze's work, some tabloids popped up and tentatively said a few words like Huang Ze was no good and so on. However, such a big fuss was just made a while ago, and most of the audience were not stupid, so no one paid any attention to it, and finally it died down.

However, this matter did not even reach Huang Ze's ears.

On the day that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released, Huang Ze took his people to the United States.

Some of the cast and crew from "Speed", some of the crew from "Final Destination", plus the special effects personnel recruited by Huang Ze to Xinghai, the total number reached more than 30 people.

There are nearly a hundred people in total.

Fortunately, the language environment in Hong Kong is bilingual, and most of the people Huang Ze wants to bring can speak English, so there is no need to worry about communicating with Hollywood-related personnel. Thinking of this, Huang Ze couldn't help but look at Li Lianjie beside him with disdain.

This person is definitely the one with the worst English in the crew, no doubt about it.

I saw that he was holding twenty-six cards with English subtitles on them. He took out one from time to time and muttered a sentence.

Quite, not standard.

"You have a good foundation in English, which is beyond my imagination!" Huang Ze took out a card from his hand at random, "What did you say when Minato touched your head?"

"Who is Shuimen Hou?" Li Lianjie asked curiously.

"Kerson."

"Him!" Li Lianjie smiled. "Three grams of oil! What else can I say? I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child and have no time to study. That's all I can say."

"You don't have to go so early." Huang Ze said, "The six months in advance are for preparatory work, including the model and special effects design. There are no particularly difficult actions in this film. It shouldn't be much different in three or four months, or even five months. As long as you practice your English well."

"If I don't go to the United States, I won't have time to practice English." Li Lianjie smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly. "After starring in your Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Huang, too many people have approached me. If I accept more, I can get film contracts until the year after next."

"The key is that many people just made empty promises, saying they would give me 15 million yuan for the film, 2 million yuan first, and then the rest after the filming is done and they make money."

"Whether you make a profit or not is just a matter of talking to others."

"There's a good chance that I won't get the final payment. I don't even dare to ask because if I do I'll get beaten up or even shot. I can only swallow this loss in silence."

"I have been putting off the idea of ​​filming your new movie, Brother Huang. If I stay in Hong Kong for another half a year, I will definitely not be able to put it off. How can I have time to practice English?"

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to stay in the United States for the next six months and learn some English."

"If possible, I will try not to stay in Hong Kong Island in the future."

"I don't know what's going on, but in recent years, more and more gangsters have opened film companies in Hong Kong Island. I think the situation in the United States will be better."

"Well, that's true." Huang Ze nodded slightly.

There was a connection in the past, but the modern American film and television industry has little connection with the mafia.

It has evolved.

Being a big publisher means you can earn more money, have more power, and it’s not against the law.

Who's going to deal with the low-level stuff?

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Just continue learning the twenty-six letters and go to sleep."

……

Los Angeles.

After the group landed, it took a week to settle down, and the two crews began to move forward in an orderly manner.

The most important thing in the early stage is naturally the casting.

In the crew of "Speed", she is the heroine.

As a film invested by Warner, with a cost of over 30 million, the director is Huang Ze, whose two consecutive films have grossed over 100 million in North America. In addition, the heroine has a lot of roles and her character is also likable.

Except for a few actresses who can be said to be at the top of Hollywood, no one who doesn't have a film contract wants to get the role.

Huang Ze joined the audition from the second round of interviews. Before the audition began, he looked down at the resumes in his hands and felt a little dazzled.

(End of this chapter)