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Chapter 229: Change the script? Love or not!

Huang Baiming smiled with satisfaction, "That's good! Then it won't be long before the filming of this drama begins."

Hong Jinbao was also very happy, "Yes! Yuen Biao knows Wing Chun himself, so it would save a lot of trouble if he plays the role. If we find someone who doesn't know Wing Chun, we would have to wait for him to practice for several months before we can film it well."

Huang Baiming nodded, "Well, actually Zixun recommended himself to me a few times recently, saying that he could reduce his salary to act in this movie. He even promised me that he could take a few months to learn Wing Chun. I just didn't want to wait that long, so I didn't agree."

Hong Jinbao laughed, "He's quite skilled, but he has never practiced Wing Chun. He won't be able to film it for a while."

The two chatted for a while, and then Hong Jinbao said goodbye and left.

Huang Baiming sat behind his desk, pondered for a moment, and smiled slightly.

As the boss of the company, he certainly didn't want to wait for Zhen Zixuan to learn Wing Chun for a few months before filming the movie.

Even though Zhen Zixuan said he could reduce his pay to act in the film, the temptation to him was not big enough.

Since Zhen Zixuan's current pay is not high to begin with, how much can it be reduced?

Still very affordable.

As long as you come, you can perform, and the effect of the performance is guaranteed.

Huang Baiming, in a good mood, began to process the documents.

It was not until around two o'clock in the afternoon that he logged into his email and saw the "Ong Bak" script sent by Cao Sheng.

"Ong Bak? Mr. Cao gave me another script?"

Huang Baiming was surprised and happy, and his apple cheeks were revealed when he smiled.

He was very satisfied with the two scripts Cao Sheng had given him before - "A Man's Martial Arts" and "Ip Man". Although they were both kung fu film scripts, the scripts contained strong commercial elements and were unlikely to fail at the box office.

This is very important to him.

He always felt that he was different from Xu Ke and Hong Jinbao.

Those two guys make movies and like to gamble.

When trying new things in movies, they dare to take big risks.

If you win the bet, you will naturally be happy.

But once you lose the bet, it will take years to recover.

He likes stability.

My favorite investment is comedy films, which require little investment, are simple to shoot, and have high expected profits.

In addition to comedies, he is also interested in other types of movies if they have strong commercial elements. In short, he likes to invest in movies that make money.

Therefore, he likes to work with writers like Cao Sheng who write commercial film scripts.

As a result, the more he read the script of "Ong Bak", the more he liked it.

Not only is it creative, but there are also a lot of comedy gags interspersed in the series of fighting scenes in order to retrieve the Buddha's head. Such a script is unlikely to fail no matter how you look at it.

The only thing that made him frown was that the script required filming in Chinatown abroad and finding some foreign action actors.

If this is done, the investment cost will increase exponentially.

But if it can enter the international market, the box office revenue may increase exponentially.

Do you want to invest in this play?
He hesitated.

Especially when I think about myself as a boss who likes to invest in comedy films, I have already invested in two kung fu films in succession. If I also invest in "Ong Bak", it will mean that I have invested in three kung fu films in a row.

People outside would think that my Oriental Film has started to invest exclusively in kung fu films, right?

The Kung Fu movie market has been sluggish in recent years! Why should I invest in Kung Fu movies at this time?

He raised his hand and pressed his temple with a headache.

Reason told him: Don't invest! You should invest more in comedy films.

But he also felt that the script of "Ong Bak" was very good, with strong commercial elements, and had the opportunity to open up the international film market.

Find action actors from several countries to participate in the performance, and use this to break into the film markets of these actors' countries.

"How about... talk to Golden Harvest? Golden Harvest has the most experience in co-productions."

He talked to himself, a smile on his face again.

In the past, Bruce Lee's co-production films were led by Golden Harvest.

Later, Cheng Long's co-production films were also directed by Golden Harvest.

In Hong Kong, if you ask which company has the most experience in shooting and distributing co-production films, Golden Harvest is second, and I guess no one dares to claim to be first.

……

Bay Bay.

Jiao Jieru from Xinran Culture looked at the email that Cao Sheng replied to on the computer with a surprised expression.

The email she sent contained more than a thousand words.

His reply was just a short sentence.

——"Thank you for your advice, thank you very much!" This was very different from what she expected.

She thought that the more than a thousand words of suggestions she had given him on his work were enough to prove that she was his die-hard fan and her own insights into novels.

Logically speaking, as a young author who is just 20 years old, even though he is already famous in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau, he is so young that he should be very enthusiastic towards his die-hard fans.

Which young author doesn’t work hard to maintain his die-hard fans?

However, he only replied with this one sentence.

It seems very polite, but it is just polite.

Is it because there are too many book fans who give him suggestions?
She thought of this possibility.

His brows furrowed involuntarily.

She was unwilling to give up just like that.

After thinking for a while, she decided to try again.

This time she was not going to continue giving him feedback on his work, but she was going to give him some suggestions for his future.

He wouldn't be so unconcerned about his own future, would he?

I am much older than he is and certainly have more life experience than him. I am also engaged in book publishing, so I should be able to give him some useful advice in this area and should be able to arouse his interest.

Thinking of this, she put aside the work at hand and racked her brains to give him some advice on his future.

Really like an avid book lover.

……

evening.

Zhao Wenzhuo finally finished work and returned to his residence.

After taking a shower, I went to the bedroom, opened my laptop, logged into my email, and soon saw the script of Ong Bak as I wished.

As an action film actor, his perspective on the script is different from Huang Baiming's.

Huang Baiming would pay attention to the commercial elements in the script, and would consider how much it would cost to invest in the script, how much the box office would have to reach to have a chance of making a profit, whether there was a high chance of making money, and the difficulty of filming, etc.

When Zhao Wenzhuo read the script, he didn't think so much.

What he is most concerned about is whether this play is suitable for him to play the leading role? Is the story exciting enough? If he plays the leading role, will it help his career development?

In addition, he will also consider which director is suitable for this script and which director he is confident of convincing to take on this drama.
From his perspective, he felt that the script was well-written and the story was exciting and interesting.

If it can be filmed well, it should have good box office and good reputation.

The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that the story in the script mainly took place in Chinatown in the United States. The investment cost of such a cross-border filming was bound to be considerable.

I'm afraid ordinary directors can't get so much investment.

He thought for a while, took out his cell phone and dialed Cao Sheng's number.

The call was connected. "Mr. Cao! I have finished reading the script of Ong Bak. It is very well written! Really very good!"

Cao Sheng chuckled, "Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad you like it."

Zhao Wenzhuo: "I like it! I like it very much! But, Mr. Cao, I have a small suggestion, would you like to hear it?"

Cao Sheng: "Oh? Okay! You go ahead!"

Zhao Wenzhuo: "I think you may not have considered the investment cost when you wrote this script. The market prospects of Kung Fu movies are not very good now. If the investment is too large, I am afraid no one will be willing to invest. Do you think it is possible to change the location of the story? Change it to the male protagonist going to Hong Kong to find the Buddha's head? In this way, the film does not need to be filmed abroad, and the actors can be actors from Hong Kong. The investment cost can be reduced a lot, and it should be easier to find investors. What do you think of this suggestion? Please consider it?"

Huizhou.

After hearing Zhao Wenzhuo's proposal, Cao Sheng frowned.

Change the script?
Does this mean we need to change the script?
Change the main location of the story to Hong Kong?

As an author, what he hates most is revising manuscripts.

What's more, the tone of the script has been changed to a smaller level?
If Zhao Wenzhuo suggested that he make some bigger changes to the script, such as adding roles for a few international superstars, he might be interested in making the changes.

With the participation of several international superstars, the quality of this movie will be much higher.

But Zhao Wenzhuo asked him to make some minor changes to the script.

He no longer had any interest in making any changes.

"Let me think about it!"

Considering that Zhao Wenzhuo had recently filmed a lot of kung fu teaching videos for him, Cao Sheng did not refuse outright, which was considered as giving Zhao Wenzhuo some face.

But he wasn't going to change.

Do you want love?

Change the script at this time?

In my new book, I have already written about the Ong-Bak movie world. How can I explain to my readers if I change the script at this time?

(End of this chapter)