Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Zhou Ziheng saw through Chen Musheng's little thoughts, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he looked at Florence Hui.

Ever since Huang Wei mentioned inviting Jet Li, Florence Hui has been writing and calculating.

She should be calculating the investment budget for the movie if Jet Li joins.

Now, she has stopped writing.

Seeing Zhou Ziheng looking at her, she handed the calculator in front of her to Zhou Ziheng and said:

"I don't recommend hiring Jet Li, his salary is too high, his current salary for a movie is no less than 15 million Hong Kong dollars, or even higher.

If we hire him, considering the investment in shooting, publicity and other aspects, this drama cannot be made without 30 million.

30 million, for us, if the box office fails, it will affect all our plans for next year."

After hearing this number, Zhou Ziheng immediately gave up the idea of ​​inviting Jet Li.

At present, Hengyu is not suitable for producing projects with too high investment.

Hengyu was established not long ago and needs to seek stability.

Indeed, if Jet Li plays the role, the possibility of box office success is still very high.

But the possibility of failure is also not small.

In addition, investing too much will affect the production of other projects of the company.

The income from a movie cannot be recovered immediately.

He needs some time.

Just like "Tazza", a large portion of the profits from this film has not yet been received.

After investing more than 30 million yuan into a movie at one time, the company will have little money left. It is impossible for the company to only shoot this one movie!
Besides, what Chen Musheng said actually makes sense.

It’s really not that easy to invite Jet Li.

Even though he has a good relationship with Jet Li, Jet Li's contract is now with Yongsheng after all.

Even Golden Harvest's request to borrow Jet Li was not approved by Yongsheng, not to mention Zhou Ziheng.

As for Jet Li's agreement, to be honest, sometimes actors have no choice.

It’s not that you can decide for yourself just because you want to make that movie.

Jet Li is different from Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng is the boss himself and he has the final say.

As for Jet Li, his connection with Yongsheng is too deep. In order to pay back Lizhi, he signed a three-year contract with Yongsheng for six films at one time. Now, the two parties still have some film contracts that have not been completed.

Before the contract between the two parties was completed, anyone who wanted to invite Jet Li to film a movie needed Yongsheng’s consent.

Therefore, Hengyu may not be able to invite Jet Li.

With an idea in mind, Zhou Ziheng looked at everyone:

"Then let's shoot "The Conjuring". Does anyone have any recommendations for a director?"

Although he asked this, Zhou Ziheng actually already had a candidate in mind.

Everyone looked at each other, and then started talking about the director's name.

"Why not invite Wong Kar-wai! He's best at this kind of arty film."

"Bullshit, you want this movie to flop! Wong Kar-wai is totally overhyped. Most audiences can't understand his movies. If he makes this movie, this movie will fail.

Not to mention getting a good box office during the Spring Festival, I'm afraid it will even lose a lot of money."

"What about Johnnie To?"

"Get lost, he's a traitor. Our Hengyu is not so mean as to invite him to film."

"How about looking for Wang Jing? He has left Yongsheng now. I heard that he has started a new company with Liu Zhenwei. He should be free."

"Are you crazy? Do you want Wang Jing to do shit and piss in his movies?"

"This won't work, that won't work, then who do you want to find? I don't think any director in the company is capable of handling this play."

As they talked, they started arguing.

Zhou Ziheng didn't mind either.

He likes this kind of atmosphere where everyone offers suggestions, which saves him a lot of trouble.

However, everyone's vision was too limited and they only considered directors from Hong Kong.

You know, there are actually quite a few good directors in Taiwan and the mainland!
He was about to open his mouth to remind them when Huang Weimin, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up. "I think we can ask Director Chen Kaige to shoot it.

I think he has the ability to take that play and make it better.”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Although everyone present strongly recommended Hong Kong directors.

But it must be said that the name Chen Kaige still carries a lot of weight today.

This guy's films have won major awards at international film festivals and he is considered the best director in China today.

"Forget about Chen Kaige, he's not suitable."

Arthur's father was almost hyped up as a god in this era. Farewell My Concubine directly made him a god, and he is currently the most successful Chinese director.

But others may not know, but Zhou Ziheng doesn’t know either!
This is the only play that Arthur's father is good at.

I don’t know if this play used up his luck.

Or maybe, as rumored, this was taken by Arthur's father's father.

Anyway, Zhou Ziheng didn't want to use him.

If he is used, he might ruin the show.

"As for Zhang Yimou, you can ask him to give it a try. He is good at filming people from the lower classes."

Zhou Ziheng said, stroking his chin.

When Huang Weimin heard that Zhou Ziheng directly rejected Chen Kaige, he didn't say anything, but he looked a little depressed.

He is a loyal fan of Chen Kaige.

In his opinion, such a good movie like "The Conjuring" should be directed by the god director Arthur's father.

Only he can pull off this drama perfectly.

But Zhou Ziheng's mention of Zhang Yimou made him swallow his words of rebuttal.

Although Zhang Yimou is not as famous as Chen Kaige.

But in fact, he actually has more international awards than Chen Kaige.

He also has more representative works than Chen Kaige.

"Sister Wenxi, please help me make an appointment with Zhang Yimou."

In fact, relatively speaking, there are still suitable directors in Hong Kong.

But what to say!

Zhou Ziheng doesn't want to rely on Hong Kong directors.

He always uses Hong Kong directors, as if he can't make movies without directors from Hong Kong.

Although Zhang Yimou has never made this kind of crime film, he is a mainland director with a similar talent to himself.

In addition, Zhang Yimou is very famous internationally. If we let him shoot the film, there might be a chance to sell the film to Europe.

Moreover, Zhang Yimou is very cost-effective.

Zhang Yimou is now a typical example of a person who has great fame but low director fee.

Compared with Hong Kong's internationally famous directors, Zhang Yimou is much cheaper.

……

Coincidentally, Zhang Yimou happened to be in Hong Kong recently.

The movie "Raise the Red Lantern" directed by him is currently being screened in Hong Kong, and he is promoting it here.

After Florence Hui contacted him, she quickly invited him to Hengyu Company.

During this period, Director Zhang was still dating Gong Li.

So I brought Gong Li with me when I came.

"Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you! I have always wanted to find an opportunity to meet our Chinese pride, and today I finally have the chance to meet him."

As soon as Director Zhang saw Zhou Ziheng, he greeted him with a smile without waiting for the host to say anything.

"Director Zhang, you are joking. How can I compare to you and Ms. Gong Li? You have won numerous awards internationally. You have brought honor to our country."

(End of this chapter)