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Chapter 687: Just One Heart (9500 monthly tickets plus more)

"Painted Skin" was completed on May 5th.

The completion of a film does not mean the work is over, there is still a lot to be done.

So there was no dinner party to celebrate.

At most, when we finished work at around four in the afternoon, we would prepare boxed lunches for the staff and extras on site.

Two big meat dishes, very rich.

Xu Ke meant that if the box office exceeded 200 million, a celebration banquet would be held and the staff would be invited to join in the fun.

Obviously, he is very confident about the film's box office.

But his confidence didn't count, everyone looked at Hao Yun, wanting to hear what he had to say.

When Xu Ke's "Seven Swords" was officially released, the 1.4 million yuan investment only earned 8300 million yuan at the national box office.

A loss of 100 million!

Many big names such as Zhen Kung Fu, Li Ming, Yang Cai Ni, Sun Honglei, and Liu Jialiang failed to complete Xu's comeback after the new millennium.

Compared with Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000 and Zhang Yimou's "Hero" in 2002, such box office results are absolutely a slap in the face.

Some people say that it was with this film "Seven Swords" that Chinese martial arts films reached the end of their era.

As someone who casually ended the era of martial arts films, don't make blind estimates of our movie box office.

Hao Yun cleared his throat and said, "Of course I hope the box office is as high as possible. If you ask me, it should be at least 300 million, right?"

"Cut~"

No one dared to confront him in person, but everyone thought he was bragging.

Two hundred million seems like bragging.

You are exaggerating about three hundred million.

"Guys, our investment in this movie is a full 80 million. If we don't have 200 million, we will really be losing money." Hao Yun said dimly.

Everyone then realized that "Painted Skin" is no longer a low-budget movie.

Although the disc market is full of piracy these days, at least there is some money to be made. In addition, it can be sold to TV stations and even has overseas copyrights.

Therefore, 200 million is the minimum required to break even.

"There's no need to be so stressed. This movie is really good. As long as everyone does their job and does a good job in post-production and promotion, the movie will not lose money."

Producer Shi Nansheng looked at Hao Yun, An Xiaoxi, and Zhou Xun.

The responsibility of publicity fell on these three people.

In fact, the most standard promotional copy is "Two women compete for a husband and sleep on the same quilt."

Unfortunately, Hao Yun is the boss and there is no way to ask anything of him.

An Xiaoxi is the boss's wife, and there is no way to ask anything of her.

As for Zhou Xun, her status in the entertainment industry is also very high. She is already a movie queen, so there is nothing she can do if she doesn't want to do it.

"Don't worry. We will definitely fully cooperate with the publicity for such a big project." Hao Yun invested his own money, so of course he doesn't want to lose money.

After Hao Yun expressed his stance, others also expressed their support.

A situation where everyone is united.

But the next day, Hao Yun and others went to participate in the 7th Chinese Film Media Awards hosted by Southern Metropolis Daily.

Almost all the artists under Heidou Media came out together.

And a lot of people were nominated.

The nominations for some awards are directly a civil war between directors and actors under Heidou Media.

For example, Ning Hao and Hao Yun were both nominated for Best Director and Best Picture.

Ning Hao is from "Crazy Stone" and Hao Yun is from "Whiplash".

Hao Yun and Ning Hao did not become enemies after the close combat.

On the contrary, as soon as everyone settled down in the hotel, Ning Hao took the initiative to go to Hao Yun's room.

Pay your loyalty to the boss!
He didn't care at all that the hotel was full of reporters.

"It's done, please help me take a look." What Ning Hao took out this time was the script of "Crazy Racing".

"You are considered a person of character, why are you so cowardly?"

Facing his biggest opponent tonight, Hao Yun's face was full of contempt.

"Hehe, look, look~" He kept urging Hao Yun to help him take a look.

If Ning Hao's next movie can do well, then he can be considered to have gained a foothold. But if it fails miserably, he'd better continue to work as an assistant director with Hao Yun for a few more times.

"How long did it take to work on this script?" Hao Yun asked as he read it.

"Ten months!" Ning Hao replied.

Hao Yun paused as he turned the page. His scripts were basically given by the system. Even if major revisions were needed, it rarely took more than three months.

He had never polished a script so carefully before.

Of course, "Let the Bullets Fly" is an exception. He couldn't even tell how long this script had been dragging on.

Anyway, whenever Jiang Wen met him, they would talk about the script.

There is not even a plan to start shooting this movie in the near future. Jiang Wen plans to shoot it in 09 or 10.

Spend two to three years polishing the script. Hao Yun was speechless.

He even wanted to rebel against his master.

Hao Yun spent more than two hours reading the script and occasionally discussed it with Ning Hao.

I also gained an understanding of the quality of the script.

This is a good book.

Of course, it definitely can't be as amazing as "Crazy Stone".

But this is normal. It is enough for the second part to maintain a certain level.

Being a director, like being an actor, requires gradual growth.

Hao Yun immediately considered his choice of words and praised Ning Hao's script highly.

"Help me to revise it!" Ning Hao came to Hao Yun not to hear praises.

"There's nothing to change." Hao Yun can change it if he wants to.

It just feels pointless, and minor changes can't achieve any improvement in quality.

"I'll feel at ease if you change it!" Ning Hao just wanted peace of mind.

An investment of ten million.

How much will the box office be, 20 million, or 30 million...

No matter how good a person's mental quality is, it is impossible to remain calm. Ning Hao's mouth was already full of bubbles before he even started shooting.

"I really don't have time. I plan to start filming "Miss Granny" in June."

And Hao Yun also has to prepare for the final exam.

The first year of graduate school is about to end.

There was no way he could just dismiss his tutor with just a casual score.

Chen Xingliang still thinks highly of him.

Sometimes I would even text him to ask about his studies.

One can imagine the scene where this academic giant, busy editing a text message on his mobile phone, only sends it out after the word limit is reached.

"After the film festival is over, we can always spare a few days, right?"

Ning Hao felt that he was no longer loved.

"Uh... I have to go to Chengdu." Hao Yun was helpless. Well, this really had nothing to do with work or study.

"What are you going there for?" Ning Hao was puzzled.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Can't I just go see the pandas?" Hao Yun was a little annoyed.

You wrote the script so well, and the lines are full of jokes.

I'm a little jealous.

Why are you still so unconfident?

Do you have to make me admit that my script writing is not as good as yours before you can be confident?

The local gangs are so rude!

Will we end up destroying ourselves by doing too much evil?

You're full of rhymes. Do you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination?

Let me tell you what it means to love what you do.

It was such a fucking great feeling that Hao Yun even wanted to go in and make a cameo appearance.

"See pandas?" This reason left Ning Hao confused.

Why should we watch pandas? What’s so good about pandas?

Does the boss want to write a script about pandas?

This is not easy to do. This is a protected animal. They will not be allowed into the film crew. If something happens, the boss will put you in jail for life.

It doesn’t matter if you go in, but our Heidou Media will be leaderless.

Just as he was about to persuade her, he heard Hao Yun sigh and say, "An Xiaoxi and I have jointly adopted a panda over there. We haven't seen it for a long time. I'll leave your script as it is for now. You decide when to shoot it, and I'll help you find the investment."

Ning Hao opened his mouth, but felt he had nothing to say.

What the hell are you raising a panda for? You might as well raise a child.

The panda owner soon came knocking on the door.

"Hao..." After knocking on the door and about to speak, An Xiaoxi found that there was someone in Hao Yun's room.

Oh, luckily it’s a man.

"Hi~" Ning Hao seemed a little embarrassed.

"Hi, Brother Hao, is there something you want to talk to Hao Yun about?" An Xiaoxi also hurriedly greeted him.

"Well, show the script to the boss."

Ning Hao showed the notebook in his hand and quickly said goodbye and left.

If he continues to be a light bulb here, the next generation of successors of Heidou Media will definitely not be able to come out soon.

(End of this chapter)