Huayu: Starting with Hijacking from "The Story of a Noble Family"

"A movie? Which director's movie?"

Huo Xuan was taken aback, thinking that Xu Heng had received another movie role.

He thought to himself, "This student's development is really not going to be ordinary."

"It's a movie directed by Xu Heng!"

Xu Heng said with a grin.

"May……"

Huo Xuan pondered who this director was, wondering why he had never heard of him before, but then he realized who it was.

"You mean you're going to make your own movie and direct it?"

Huo Xuan stared at the student in front of him in shock.

"To be precise, I'm directing and starring in the film, and I'll also be playing the male lead!"

Xu Heng nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Huo Xuan didn't say anything, but carefully examined him for a while.

"What's the budget? Has the investment been secured? Is it a feature film or a short film?"

He had calmed down by now and intended to persuade Xu Heng to give up, but he didn't say it directly. Instead, he wanted Xu Heng to back down on his own.

"The cost is approximately two to three million, all personally funded by me. It will be officially released in theaters after filming!"

Xu Heng answered again.

Huo Xuan was stunned again and took another careful look at the student in front of him.

Two or three million is no small sum, and he knew that Xu Heng's salary for the two dramas was definitely not that much, and the difference was even quite large.

However, he didn't say anything again.

Regardless of the circumstances, Xu Heng's ability to come up with such a large sum of money is entirely due to his own skill.

Two or three million, if used sparingly, is indeed enough to make a movie that can be released in theaters.

Moreover, by the time the movie is released, Xu Heng's first TV series will definitely have already aired.

If Xu Heng really becomes famous by then, the possibility of the movie recouping its costs is quite high.

Even if he loses money, Xu Heng should be able to earn it back in the future; it's just a bit too risky.

"Where's the script? Is it finished yet?"

Huo Xuan thought for a moment and then asked.

"It's finished, and I'm just about to show it to you, Professor Huo!"

Xu Heng took the completed script directly from the pocket inside his jacket.

Seeing his expression, Huo Xuan knew perfectly well that he must need Huo Xuan's help.

Then I took the script and saw a stack of scripts bound together with A4 paper. The cover of the script had six big words written on it: My Teenage Years!

At the same time, Xu Heng glanced at the "System" panel again.

Name: Xu Heng

Age: 19

Skills: Cooking (Lv.4), Programming (Lv.3), Acting (Lv.2), Screenwriting (Lv.2), Composition (Lv.2), Recitation (Lv.2), Martial Arts (Lv.1), Directing (Lv.1→Lv.1), Singing (Lv.1)

Current target for hijacking: Chen Yushan, director of the film "Our Times"

Remaining skill points: 0

Remaining interception points: 1

That's right, the next movie Xu Heng will be filming is "Our Times"!

In the previous life, this was a Taiwanese film, released in Taiwan in August 2015 and in mainland China in November 2015.

Ultimately, the film grossed NT$4.1 million in Taiwan, becoming the highest-grossing film in Taiwan that year.

The film grossed 3.58 million yuan in mainland China and over 8000 million US dollars worldwide, equivalent to more than 25 billion NT dollars, while its production cost was only 8000 million NT dollars.

His game account was hacked before, and he was bored at home, so he used 1 interception point.

After the new year arrived, the interception point increased by 1, so after using it, there is still 1 point left.

This time, the system still gave him three options to steal the roles, but they weren't TV series, actors, or even recent ones. Instead, they were directors of three future films: Nine Blades, director of "You Are the Apple of My Eye," Chen Yu-shan, director of "Our Times," and Little Swallow, director of "So Young."

Therefore, after intercepting the deal, he can acquire the directing abilities of these three "directors".

Furthermore, the system will provide a brief explanation each time the option to intercept is given.

After careful consideration, he ultimately chose to snatch the rights to "Our Times".

If we only look at box office, the highest among the three films should be "So Young", with a box office of 7.19 million yuan in mainland China.

The previous version was released in 13, and its box office value was even higher than that of "Our Times".

Not to mention that he can only focus on the mainland market now, so if we only consider box office potential, "So Young" is definitely the most suitable choice.

As for "You Are the Apple of My Eye," it grossed NT$4.29 million in Taiwan, higher than "Our Times," but only NT$7600 million in mainland China.

Despite being released in 12, its box office performance in mainland China was still not very high.

But his first consideration is definitely not box office revenue, but whether he can gain skill points, that is, whether his performance can be better than in his previous life.

For movies, box office revenue is the sole indicator of success; for TV series, viewership ratings are the sole indicator. Other metrics, including awards, are ignored.

However, since the release and broadcast years are different, it certainly cannot be directly compared with the achievements of the previous life.

Therefore, according to the system rules, the score in this case is compared with the best-performing work of the year.

For example, in the previous life, "So Young" was released in 13. The highest-grossing film in mainland China that year was "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons," which grossed 12.46 billion yuan.

Calculations show that "So Young" grossed 57.71% of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons." In other words, if he chooses to hijack this film and release it this year, then as long as the box office exceeds 57.71% of the highest-grossing film in mainland China this year, he can be considered to have achieved better results than in his previous life.

As a domestic film, the system only looks at the box office performance in mainland China.

"Our Times" was released in 15. That year, the highest-grossing film in mainland China was "Monster Hunt," which grossed 24.36 billion yuan. Therefore, the box office of "Our Times" in mainland China was equivalent to 14.7% of that of "Monster Hunt."

"You Are the Apple of My Eye" was released in 12. The highest-grossing film in mainland China that year was "Lost in Thailand," which grossed 12.7 billion yuan. Therefore, the box office of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" in mainland China was only 6% of that of "Lost in Thailand."

Therefore, considering only the ease of obtaining skill points, "You Are the Apple of My Eye" becomes the best choice.

But Xu Heng recalls that the highest-grossing film in mainland China this year was Feng Xiaogang's "Cellphone," which only grossed 5450 million yuan!

Last year, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" grossed 2.5 million yuan at the mainland box office!

In other words, even if he chooses to hijack the box office of "So Young", he only needs 57.71% of the 5450 million box office, which is 3145 million, to achieve better results than in the previous life!

If they were to steal the spotlight from "Our Times," they would only need 801 million in box office revenue!

If they were to snatch the box office from "You Are the Apple of My Eye", they would only need 329 million!

This also means that, excluding "So Young," which requires over 3000 million in box office revenue, the difficulty of acquiring skill points from the remaining two films is not actually that different!

This way, he can consider more options and maximize his profits!