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Chapter 231 The script comes to Xu Ke and Cheng Long

After finishing the call with Huang Baiming, Cao Sheng was in a good mood because the script of "Ong Bak" was sold for 80.

In addition to the 50 yuan for the script of "A Man's Martial Arts", a few days ago, Huang Baiming bought the development rights for the sequel of this film and gave another 100 million yuan.

That adds up to 230.

If we add the 50 script fee for "Ip Man", that would be 280 million.

The key point is that he wrote these scripts as a side job.

The scripts for these three movies are all copy worlds he prepared for his new book "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

He has already used the first two scripts in his new book.

He originally planned to use "Ip Man", but later gave up.

But after all, they are all copy worlds prepared for the new book.

With this calculation, he didn't earn much from the royalties for his book "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth", but he did earn a lot from the script. If this news gets out, other authors will probably be envious.

Having sold three scripts in a row, he naturally began to look forward to the other films involved in the book.

If every movie world in his book can sell a script, his book will surely become a legend in the online literature circle.

Let me ask: Apart from this book, is there any other book that can sell so many scripts?

Under normal circumstances, the film and television adaptation rights of a novel can only be sold once.

But his book has the chance to sell ten or eight scripts.

"What a pity! Hong Kong's film industry is still a little bit behind!"

Cao Sheng sighed to himself.

Because his new book covers the film world, including "Twilight", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Pacific Rim".

Among them, "Twilight" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" are both series of films that can be developed into several parts.

But Hong Kong films may be able to produce "Twilight", but they don't have the ability to produce "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Pacific Rim".

Even if we force ourselves to shoot it, the resulting film will most likely be a bad one.

As for mainland movies?

Nowadays, the mainstream movies in mainland China are still mainly art films.

If Hong Kong films cannot make these films, mainland films cannot make them either.

But he was not sure he could sell the scripts of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Pacific Rim" to Hollywood.

That's a pity.

After thinking about it, Cao Sheng called Zhao Wenzhuo.

"Brother Zhuo, I have good news for you. Mr. Huang Baiming has taken a fancy to the script of Ong Bak and has decided to co-produce it with Golden Harvest. I have recommended you to him for the role of the male lead. You should also try to get a chance!"

After Cao Sheng finished speaking, Zhao Wenzhuo was silent for a moment, then he thanked him, "Thank you! Mr. Cao, thank you so much. I just sent this script to Mr. Xu Ke, so I have to apologize to him. I understand. I will let my agent contact Mr. Huang Baiming right away. Thank you! Thank you!"

Cao Sheng: "Oh, that's OK! I also recommended Xu Ke to Mr. Huang, hoping that Xu Ke would direct the film. Mr. Huang also said that Xu Ke is the right person."

Zhao Wenzhuo: “???”

After another silence, Zhao Wenzhuo said: "That's great! If I can work with Xu Ke again, it would be the best!"

The current situation is: he is eager to cooperate with Xu Ke again, but Xu Ke is a little afraid to cooperate with him.

Because of his filming of Xu Ke, it has a very good reputation.

But when Xu Ke invited him to star in the films, the movies always flopped at the box office.

...at this moment.

In the mainland, at the foot of Mount Emei, in the hotel where the crew of "The Legend of Zu" stayed.

Xu Ke had just answered a call from Huang Baiming and his expression looked a little strange.

Shi Nansheng, who had just come out of the bathroom, wiped the water stains on her head with a dry towel and asked curiously: "What's wrong with you? Your expression doesn't look right!"

Xu Ke looked at her and laughed. "Zhao Wenzhuo just called me and said he sent me a script written by Cao Sheng, hoping I could take a look and consider investing in it. Before I had the chance to read the script he mentioned, Huang Baiming called me again and also said Cao Sheng had written a script and asked me to take a look, hoping I could direct it. Coincidentally, the script they mentioned is the same one. Isn't it interesting?"

Shi Nansheng was stunned, then laughed, walked over and sat down next to him, "What script is it? Ask them to recommend one to you? Cao Sheng's writing ability is pretty good. By the way, what's the name of this script?"

Xu Ke: "'Ong Ba', the 'quan' in Kung Fu and the 'ba' in overbearing, the name is quite impressive. I also think the script quality must be very good, otherwise they wouldn't have recommended it to me."

Shi Nansheng frowned and thought for a while, "Xiao Zhao wants to play the leading role?"

Xu Ke smiled, "He didn't say it explicitly, but he definitely has this idea."

Shi Nansheng: "Do you still dare to cooperate with him?"

Xu Ke was silent for a few seconds, then said with a complicated expression, "His image and kung fu are both good, but the box office has not been able to hold up. I am also puzzled. Let's take a look at the script first! If the script is really good and he is really suitable for this script, then it is not impossible to try again."

Shi Nansheng nodded slightly, "Well, I'm actually quite optimistic about him. It's strange what you said. His image and kung fu are both very good, so why can't he support the box office?"

Xu Ke smiled bitterly, "Maybe he just hasn't found a role that suits him! The road of Kung Fu movies is actually very narrow. He hasn't developed his own style, so his box office appeal is always a little lacking. Oh! Let's not talk about this for now, let's take a look at the script first! We have almost finished shooting the exterior scenes of "The Legend of Zu", and the rest will be mainly about special effects. In the next period of time, I do have time to shoot another movie. If the script of "Ong Bak" is really good, then I will take it."

Shi Nansheng: "Well, the budget for this play has been increasing again and again. You really should find another project and make some money!"

Hearing this, the bitter smile on Xu Ke's face became even more intense.

"The Legend of Zu" was being filmed while special effects were being made. As more and more special effects shots were made, the money was burned faster and faster. Seeing that the previous budget of 4000 million had soared to 8000 million, the couple had a premonition that this movie might have no hope of recovering its costs.

But they were already in a difficult situation.

A lot of funds have been burned.

You can't just stop burning halfway, right?

If we really give up halfway, then the tens of millions of dollars of investment we made earlier will all go down the drain. How can we explain this to our investors? We will also lose all the money we invested!

How to do?
I can only grit my teeth and keep going.

Fortunately, many of the special effects shots in this movie were done by his own special effects company. The movie may end up losing money, but his special effects company should be able to make a lot of money.

But even so, he was still under a lot of pressure.

I'm just trying to find a way to make some money and make up for the losses!
……

Same night.

Hong Kong.

Golden Harvest sent a copy of the script of "Ong Bak" to Cheng Long.

In the original time and space, in 2001, after Cheng Long finished filming Golden Harvest's "The Spy", he left the debt-ridden Golden Harvest.

But now Jackie Chan is still the ace star of Golden Harvest.

Therefore, after receiving the script of "Ong Bak", Golden Harvest first sent a copy to Jackie Chan. Even though this script did not seem to be suitable for Jackie Chan, it was already the best kung fu film script Golden Harvest had received in recent years.

In addition, this script was written by Zhongyuan Yidianhui, a new and popular writer in recent years in Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong. Huang Baiming of Oriental Films is also optimistic about this project and wants to co-produce it with Golden Harvest.

Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest naturally thought of Jacky Cheung.

As for whether the script is suitable for Cheng Long?
That depends on whether Cheng Long wants to act or not. If he wants to, the script can be modified!

At this time, Cheng Long was reading the script at his residence.

(End of this chapter)