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Chapter 114 Director Wang of Xiangjiang asked for filming, and the director of the Spring Festival Gala came to ask for a stage appearance!

Author: Lone Orange on the Moon

Chapter 114 Director Wang of Xiangjiang asked for filming, and the director of the Spring Festival Gala came to ask for a stage appearance!

January 25, morning.

Jiang Xiaofeng was invited by Wang Jing, a famous director in Hong Kong, to meet at a high-end cafe in Mong Kok.

Before this, Wang Jing had communicated with Jiang Xiaofeng's agent Chen Jiaying about cooperation, but Chen Jiaying felt that whether to cooperate or not still depends on Jiang Xiaofeng's own wishes.

After asking Jiang Xiaofeng for his opinion, Chen Jiaying asked Jiang Xiaofeng to interview Wang Jing directly.

Jiang Xiaofeng is relatively familiar with director Wang Jing. Many of Zhou Xingchi, Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau's films have been co-produced with him, such as "God of Gamblers", "The Deer and the Cauldron" and other films.

Of course, "Yupu Tuan Meets the Girl's Heart Sutra", directed by Wang Jing and co-produced by Li Lizhen, Shu Qi and Xu Jinjiang, is also a very classic 2+1 movie in Jiang Xiaofeng's mind.

However, with Jiang Xiaofeng's current identity and status, it is impossible for him to participate in this type of large-scale movie. Unless the opponents are Li Lizhen and Weng Hong, he may still consider it, but only if he wants to star in it.

, is absolutely impossible.

Wang Jing's appointment with Jiang Xiaofeng this time was naturally not to invite him to star in a 2+1 movie, but to invite Jiang Xiaofeng to star in the movie "God of Gamblers 3: Young God of Gamblers".

Originally, the script for the movie "God of Gamblers: Young God of Gamblers" had been written long ago, and Wang Jing also had a favorite candidate, and that was Li Ming, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

Due to factors such as Li Ming's schedule, filming never started. Later, Wang Jing saw that Jiang Xiaofeng's momentum in Hong Kong and Taiwan was not only surpassing Li Ming, but also surpassing the other three kings, so he changed his mind and planned to invite Jiang Xiaofeng.

Popular king, starred in the movie "God of Gamblers: Young God of Gamblers".

Of course, Wang Jing also knew that it was difficult to recruit Jiang Xiaofeng. Not only did he not accept movies with the second male lead, he also refused to accept movies with the first male lead if the script was not good.

Wang Jing asked Jiang Xiaofeng to cooperate this time. Not only did he serve as screenwriter and producer, but he also offered Jiang Xiaofeng a salary of 2 million yuan, which can be said to be very sincere.

You know, the salary at this price is almost the same as that of film superstars such as Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng is popular for his songs, his appeal at the box office of movies has not been tested by the market and is still unknown for the time being.

Just like Zhang Xueyou and Guo Fucheng, they, like Jiang Xiaofeng, are also famous singers, but so far, they have not shown the appeal they should have in terms of movie box office.

The most typical example is the "God of Songs" Zhang Xueyou, who can be regarded as a representative of popular singers. He holds 100 concerts around the world a year, and the total revenue from the tickets for one concert is

Around four to five million.

But the problem is that there are not many fans to pay for the movie starring Zhang Xueyou. They would rather spend 1,000 yuan to watch Zhang Xueyou's concert than spend dozens of dollars to go to the cinema to watch Zhang Xueyou starring.

's movie.

Therefore, most of the time, the "god of singing" Zhang Xueyou, who has no box office appeal in movies, can only play supporting roles in movies for film superstars such as Andy Lau, Jet Li, Tony Leung, etc.

In fact, Jiang Xiaofeng also had a deep impression of the movie "God of Gamblers 3: Young God of Gamblers" in his past life. He felt that although this movie is not a classic movie, it is not a bad movie either. Even if it was made, it would not be a bad movie.

It won't be a loss.

This film is a prequel to the movie "God of Gamblers". It tells the story of a young man named Gao Jin who became a gambler and was framed by his master. In the end, he found himself at the gambling table and became the "God of Gamblers".

Jiang Xiaofeng is quite interested in the movie "God of Gamblers 3: Young God of Gamblers" and feels that this cooperation with Wang Jing will give him the opportunity to gain more industry recognition with this movie.

Moreover, Jiang Xiaofeng remembered very clearly that in the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers", there was a fight scene between Gao Jin and Long Wu on the train. He felt that this action scene was just the right place to use his skills in action.

’s strengths.

Jiang Xiaofeng is not kidding. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child and is fully capable of filming action scenes by himself. He does not need a stand-in at all.

In addition, Jiang Xiaofeng was willing to take on the movie "God of Gamblers 3: Young God of Gamblers" because of the IP "God of Gamblers". He felt that this type of movie, with the title "God of Gamblers 3", has its own

A certain fan base is definitely attractive to many gambling fans.

After some discussions, Jiang Xiaofeng said bluntly: "Director Wang, I am willing to take on this drama, but unfortunately, I don't have a schedule for the time being."

Wang Jing had already known about Jiang Xiaofeng's situation with her agent Chen Jiaying, and said with a smile: "As long as you are willing to appear, our crew can wait for you."

Jiang Xiaofeng thought about it and said, "Is May okay? I don't have much time from now to April."

Wang Jing smiled and nodded: "Okay, then we will officially start filming the movie "God of Gamblers 3" in May."

Jiang Xiaofeng then asked: "Director Wang, can you tell me how long it will take to shoot this movie?"

Wang Jing considered that Jiang Xiaofeng had so many celebrities and busy business that he would not have so much time to shoot this movie, so he immediately replied: "One month, I will try my best to finish the movie within one month, and then wait for the summer release."

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Now that he has decided to cooperate with Wang Jing this time, Jiang Xiaofeng does not expect the movie "God of Gamblers 3: Young God of Gamblers" to become a classic movie. This is simply unrealistic. You cannot ask a commercial film director who often makes bad movies.

Make a high-quality art film.

Wang Jing himself has a very clear understanding of his own abilities. In his own words, he believes that he is a first-rate producer and screenwriter, a second-rate director, and a third-rate actor.

It is easy for the screenwriter to understand that the main job of the producer is to find investors and actors. He can always find investment from the boss and actors within the budget.

For example, he could ask Qiu Shuzhen to take off her clothes in "Immoral Gift", or he could ask Andy Lau to play Renault again. Even when the investment environment was very poor, he could play the second male lead in "Beware of Crooks" himself.

In a fast-paced place like Xiangjiang, where one movie is shot a month, Jiang Xiaofeng doesn't think it's a big problem. Wang Jing's salary of 2 million is considered very sincere.

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that something was going on, so after getting the consent of her agent Chen Jiaying, she asked her agent Chen Jiaying to sign a contract with Wang Jing for the movie "God of Gamblers 3: Young God of Gamblers".

February 2, 1997, afternoon.

Today is the twenty-fifth day of the year, and there are only 4 days left before New Year’s Eve.

After finishing his work in Xiangjiang, the first thing Jiang Xiaofeng did when he returned to Yanjing was to make an appointment with Yuan Dewang, the director of the 1997 Spring Festival Gala, to meet him in the courtyard in the alley behind his house.

Although Yuan Dewang has been extremely busy during this period, in order to allow Jiang Xiaofeng to attend this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala, he still took time out of his busy schedule and came to Jiang Xiaofeng's courtyard house.

Ordinary mainland singers are so embarrassed, whether they love you or not, it is impossible for Yuan Dewang to visit in person, that is because Jiang Xiaofeng is one of the most popular singers in the three places across the Taiwan Strait.

After all, Jiang Xiaofeng is the king of singers who has made a fortune in the Hong Kong music scene, and Yuan Dewang also attaches great importance to Jiang Xiaofeng.

Regardless of whether they admit it or not, nowadays, the status of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers is still very high in mainland China, especially Hong Kong singers, not to mention Hong Kong singers.

There is a saying that Xiangjiang's top singer Xu Xiaofeng was the first singer to make an exception for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

CCTV Spring Festival Gala has sent many invitations to Xu Xiaofeng, which is a dream for many celebrities. However, due to schedule conflicts or various other reasons, Xu Xiaofeng declined CCTV's invitation many times.

However, in order to have her program on the Spring Festival Gala stage, the Spring Festival Gala program team finally decided to modify the rules of the party for her. They first invited Xu Xiaofeng to record the song in Xiangjiang, and then played this video of Xu Xiaofeng singing at the 1989 Spring Festival Gala.

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Spring Festival Gala director Yuan Dewang came to see Jiang Xiaofeng this time and expressed his thoughts. He hoped that Jiang Xiaofeng could sing the song "Heart Is Too Soft" at the Spring Festival Gala.

Because the song "Heart Is Too Soft" can be said to be one of the most popular Chinese songs in the second half of 1996. It can really be said that it is popular all over the country and alleys.

But Jiang Xiaofeng said: "Director, I think the song "Heart Is Too Soft" is not suitable for the Spring Festival Gala."

"Think about it, the lyrics of this song make you cry alone until dawn. If you sing these lyrics during the Chinese New Year, aren't you going to cause trouble to the people of the whole country?"

"So, director, I want to sing a new song that is relatively upbeat and festive. My new song is called "Gong Xi Fa Cai"."

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng mention the words "Gong Xi Fa Cai", Yuan Dewang couldn't help but frowned and said: "Aren't these four words too explicit and too capitalist? Our country is socialist!"

Jiang Xiaofeng said seriously: "How could it be possible? My song is still very positive. This is the Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai is the same as Happy New Year. It is a very good wish."

"Moreover, my song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" contains many lyrics that bless our country and our nation..."

Jiang Xiaofeng chattered a lot, but Yuan Dewang still couldn't make up his mind, because for a Spring Festival Gala director, making no mistakes is the best performance.

As the director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1997, Yuan Dewang did not need to make the program too exciting, as long as it was almost enough. If there were no major problems, it would basically be considered a success.

Although Yuan Dewang really wanted to invite Jiang Xiaofeng to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage this year, Yuan Dewang couldn't make a decision for a while.

After thinking about it, Yuan Dewang said to Jiang Xiaofeng: "Mr. Jiang, how about this? I will go back to ask for instructions from the leader first, and then go back to have a meeting. If our leader agrees, and my colleagues in the Spring Festival Gala directing team also agree, we will

Just use the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai"."

"If they don't agree, we will change to another song. Do you think that's okay?"

Jiang Xiaofeng understands the other party's difficulties and is not worried that the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" will not be selected because he still has many songs in his song library that can be sung on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaofeng then asked: "Director, how long will it take for me to know the result?"

After Yuan Dewang thought for a moment, he said: "I will definitely inform you before 12 o'clock tonight."

After listening to Cao Dewang's words, Jiang Xiaofeng nodded: "Okay, then I will wait for your news at home."

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