Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 203 The Legend of the Underworld
It was clearly a fight between two women for a role, but it actually involved a struggle between three women.

Four women, to be exact.

Liu Yifei also mobilized her aunt Zhou Wenqiong.

Li Xiaoran was outnumbered three and was at a disadvantage, but Zheng Jing did not make a decision immediately.

Zheng Jing has not yet decided whether he wants to shoot the "Twilight" series.

If he is going to play the male lead, the female lead cannot be Li Xiaoran or Liu Yifei.

Considering the global box office, the female lead must be a foreign girl.

If Zheng Jing doesn't play the role, and the male lead is European or American, then the female lead can be Chinese.

Zheng Jing originally wanted to just make an excuse and let the matter go.

I didn’t expect that women would have more and more tricks.

These are four beauties: Liu Xiaoli, Zhou Wenqiong, Liu Yifei and Li Xiaoran. They take turns to attack. Zheng Jing says he is a little "unable to resist" and asks him to increase the intensity!
On the evening of August 8, Chen Guofu made a special trip to visit the crew of Breaking the Cauldrons.

Zheng Jing invited him to have a midnight snack.

“Boss Zheng, the post-production work on Shuangtong is expected to be completed in September.

Do you have any suggestions on the schedule?"

"Double Eyes is a horror movie, why not release it during the Halloween season?"

Halloween is a traditional Western festival that originated from religion.

Later, after its development in North America, it gradually lost its doctrinal halo and became more and more entertaining.

On Halloween, people dress up as various ghosts to celebrate the holiday.

Today, Halloween has a growing influence and can stimulate consumption.

Many European and American horror movies are released around Halloween.

Japan is deeply influenced by European and American culture and also has the custom of celebrating Halloween.

It is most appropriate that "Double Eyes" be released during the Halloween period.

In fact, Chen Guofu also thought so, but he deliberately did not say it and let Zheng Jing decide the release date in order to finalize Zheng Jing's schedule.

"Then in mid-to-late October, please spare some time, Mr. Zheng, to help promote the movie."

Zheng Jing nodded and said, "According to the plan, Breaking the Cauldrons will be finished around October 10th, so I should be able to have time in the middle or late part of the month."

Chen Guofu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Zheng Jing say this. He was worried that the filming of "Burning the Boats" would take a long time.

By that time, even if Zheng Jing could participate in the promotion, he would not be able to spare much time.

The movie "Double Vision" is going to be a big hit at the box office, especially in Japan, and we are counting on Zheng Jing.

After talking about the movie schedule and promotional schedule, Chen Guofu began to talk about the situation of "Double Pupils".

He was very satisfied with the film and thought the editing was very good, and he talked a lot about it.

Zheng Jing felt relieved after hearing Chen Guofu's description.

Chen Guofu's film style is cold and dark, with a good sense of suspense.

When it comes to thriller and suspense films among Chinese directors, Chen Guofu is definitely second to none.

In addition to "Double Eyes", his future spy film "The Sound of the Wind" is also a classic masterpiece.

As for the movies he produced, the Detective Dee series, Painted Skin, and Mojin: The Lost Tomb, all have distinctive styles in terms of visual presentation.

As a director and producer, Chen Guofu's overall style and aesthetics are relatively fixed.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jing suddenly got an inspiration, and he asked: "Mr. Chen, after the filming of Double Eyes, do you have any plans for a new movie?"

Chen Guofu shook his head and said with a smile: "I am not a highly productive director. After finishing this film, I plan to take a break for a while.

My next job focus will still be on investment and production of films as the director of Columbia.”

Zheng Jing took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "That's a pity. Actually, I have a script in my mind and I want to find you to shoot it."

Hearing this, Chen Guofu became interested and said, "If it's your script, Mr. Zheng, I'm certainly willing to give it another try.

Don’t know what the subject is?”

"Vampire and werewolf stuff."

Chen Guofu: “…”

Chen Guofu misunderstood, he toasted Zheng Jing with a glass of wine, and then said: "Mr. Zheng, I have also read your new book Twilight.

To be honest, this book is not my cup of tea.

I'm not good at making this kind of love movie. If you ask me to make Twilight, I'll easily mess it up."

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. Although the quality of Twilight is not very good, it has already become a hit.

The book sold over 50 copies in China in its first week, and 27 copies in North America in its first week.

Although it is controversial, it sells well.”

In the first week after the release of "Twilight", the word of mouth was quite poor.

Especially since this book was written by Zheng Jing, many readers bought it because of "The Da Vinci Code".

But when I bought it, I found it to be a childish romance novel, so naturally I gave it a bad review.

In the first two days after the novel was released, it was met with overwhelming criticism.

The book reviewer of The New York Times even said directly that Twilight was a rubbish novel and should not have been published at all.

Zheng Jing is committing a crime by writing this kind of book.

Seeing this situation, Annie still felt that her decision was correct.

But she didn't expect that word of mouth and sales would be so polarized.

"Twilight" sold very well in North America, selling 27 copies in the first week, directly surpassing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" which had been on the market for more than two months, and topped the New York Times bestseller list.

This is so, on the one hand, because "Twilight" has a solid and large audience base.

No matter which country you are in, teenagers are the main group that buys books. On the other hand, the criticism of "Twilight" by the mainstream media has aroused the rebellious psychology of the middle school students.

These students are more determined to like Twilight.

Some people even buy the book repeatedly just to prove how excellent Twilight is.

Because of her trust in Zheng Jing and her love for "Twilight", Amanda arranged a corresponding publicity strategy in advance, which effectively stimulated the rebellious psychology of the North American middle school students.

Now that the sales of "Twilight" are getting higher and higher, Annie has changed her attitude directly. Not only did she call Zheng Jing in person to apologize, she also began to invest money to promote and package "Twilight" more.

Because of this incident, Amanda gained new respect from her family and gained more say.

In Zheng Jing's opinion, because of his and the Hearst family's operations, "Twilight" will be more popular than its previous life.

The value of this IP will also be higher, worth billions of dollars.

Of course we have to treat it with caution and will not give it to Chen Guofu to shoot.

After hearing Zheng Jing's words, Chen Guofu asked, "I misunderstood. Do you have any other stories?"

Zheng Jing nodded and began to make up a story: "Actually, before I wrote Twilight, I had two stories in my head.

One is simple and fresh, focusing on love, while the other is dark and cold, focusing on racial hatred and struggle.

In the end, I wrote Twilight to help with sales.”

Having said this, Zheng Jing paused.

Li Binbin, who was accompanying him, quickly poured him a glass of wine, and Chen Guofu also sat up straight.

Zheng Jing drank the wine and continued, "Another story, called Underworld, tells the origin of vampires and werewolves, and the bloody struggle between the two races.

Once this story is written, the quality of the book will be high, but the audience will be limited.

So my idea was to just make this story into a movie directly, in a dark thriller style.

The story of the twin pupils forcibly explains the process of Taoism's ascension to immortality from a scientific perspective;
Underworld interprets the emergence of vampires and werewolves from the perspective of the origin of the virus.”

The Underworld series is, in many people's minds, the most classic vampire movie.

Especially the first three parts of the series, the production level is still very good.

This series of movies is not a big hit.

But the box office of each film is around 100 million US dollars.

And it is very popular in the DVD disc market.

Thanks to the Underworld series, Kate Beckinsale became a top Hollywood actress and a representative of the new generation of action actresses.

Since Li Xiaoran and Liu Yifei both want to make a vampire-themed movie.

Zheng Jing simply skipped "Twilight" and arranged a new movie for them.

Li Xiaoran looks very beautiful as a vampire and has a great figure. As a dancer, she has no problem with fighting scenes.

She will definitely shine as the heroine in Underworld.

As for Liu Yifei, Zheng Jing plans to change the male protagonist in Underworld into a young girl.

In the Underworld series, the male protagonist Michael is just a tool.

The focus of this movie is entirely on the heroine.

The heroine is a powerful female vampire warrior, dressed in black leather clothes. She comes and goes freely at night, like a thorny rose blooming in the darkness. Her ultimate charm attracts countless fans.

Zheng Jing plans to change the male lead to another female lead.

The love between men and women turns into a blooming lily.

This is a forbidden love that is not allowed even in the vampire family.

In this way, the plot tension can be increased and the male protagonist's growth line can be transformed into another female protagonist.

In the end, the two heroines work together to fight against evil forces and explore the mystery of the origin of vampires and werewolves.

The charm of the two heroines gives movie fans double the surprise.

Movies with strong and attractive female protagonists are popular in today's film market.

Whether it is Lara from Tomb Raider or Alice from Resident Evil, they are both popular among movie fans.

If the Underworld series can be successful, then Li Xiaoran and Liu Yifei will have a representative work of the series together.

After hearing what Zheng Jing said, Chen Guofu understood. He said excitedly, "Is this the double pupil of the vampire and werewolf version?"

Zheng Jing nodded and said, “You can say that.

This series of movies is, on the surface, a thriller, with engaging fighting action and cold and beautiful visuals.

But in fact, it explores topics such as racial hatred, genetic ethics, abnormal love, identity politics, and philosophy of survival through the guise of vampires and werewolves, and it has a certain humanistic core.

I think you are the best at making this kind of film in China, so I want to ask for your help."

Zheng Jing praised Chen Guofu a little. He smiled happily and asked impatiently, "How much is the investment in this movie? When is it expected to start?"

“As for investment, it is estimated that it can be done with about 1000 million mi.

I suggest starting in January next year, and I will write the script first.”

The original Underworld, the first part, did not have a large investment, with the external publicity being 2000 million MiGold, but the actual production cost was less than 1500 million MiGold.

Kate Beckinsale was invited to star in this film.

Now the film is jointly produced by Western Pictures and Columbia Pictures, and the two leading actresses are both newcomers, so the cost is naturally lower.

Chen Guofu nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for your script, Mr. Zheng!"

Chen Guofu came to visit the set this time with the intention of finalizing the release date and publicity for Double Vision, but he unexpectedly encountered an unexpected surprise.

He was very excited and started chatting with Zheng Jing. He soon got drunk and finally left with the help of Liu Ruoying.

Zheng Jing returned to the hotel with Li Binbin.

(End of this chapter)