Chapter 122 Chinatown Detective
"Detective Chinatown" is adapted from "Detective Chinatown" directed by Chen.
He plans to have Stephen Chow play Tang Ren, He Jiajin play Qin Feng, and Lan Jieying play Ah Xiang. With the addition of these veteran actors from Hong Kong, the filming will surely be a different story.
It is impossible to achieve the same level as the original version, after all, the special effects technology gap is too big. However, these can be compensated by shooting technology.
Moreover, this can be made into a series in the future, specially filmed in Chinatowns in Southeast Asian countries. Director Chen is very ambitious and wants to create a Tang Detective universe, but the pace is too fast. It was okay when it was Tang Detective 2, but when it came to Tang Detective 3, the reputation collapsed.
Liu Hongmin thinks that the company will shoot a sequel every year until Stephen Chow leaves. He will not follow the example of Director Xu and continue to shoot after the Lost on Journey duo is replaced. Just like no one can replace Baoqiang, no one in Hong Kong can replace Stephen Chow either.
As Zhou Xingxing's acting skills are getting better and better, Tomorrow's film company must use Zhou Xingxing as the leading actor. The saying "two Zhous and one Cheng" is definitely not just talk in Hong Kong.
As Zhou Xingxing's fame grew, Liu Hongmin also had to bring in some local forces, such as the Xiang family, to help him deal with those forces that coveted Zhou Xingxing.
The only thing he cannot guarantee now is whether Zhou Xingxing can suppress his ambition and still want to start his own company.
In the first few days, the box office of "New Shaolin Temple" was always above 2 million, and on the fourth day, it had already exceeded 10 million. Zhou Xingxing, who played the funny villain in the film, was loved by many people and suddenly became famous.
After the manuscript of "Chinatown Detective" came out, Liu Hongmin called Xu Xiaoming, He Jiajin, Zhou Xingxing and others over and showed them the script.
Zhou Xingxing was so excited when he saw that he was actually playing the leading role of Tang Ren. He was a dull person who didn't like to talk. In addition, Lan Jieying, whom he liked before, actually followed Liu Hongmin, which made him even more introverted. He thought he was destined to be a supporting role, but he didn't expect Liu Hongmin to let him play the leading role.
"Mr. Liu, you are so kind to me."
Liu Hongmin smiled, "You and A-Jin have both followed me since you were little, I won't treat you unfairly. A-Xing, your acting skills have improved a little now, I am very optimistic about your talent in comedy. The role of Tang Ren is a comedy character, if you can play him well, you may even steal the limelight from A-Jin. So, you have to work hard."
Zhou Xingxing nodded vigorously, "I will."
He Jiajin joked, "Ah Xing, do you really want to outshine me?"
Zhou Xingxing immediately smiled apologetically, "Brother Jin, thanks to you for taking me with you, how could I be ungrateful?"
"I'm kidding you!" He Jiajin said seriously, "We have all received favors from Mr. Liu, so we must show our best acting skills to report to Mr. Liu. It doesn't matter if you steal my limelight. As long as the movie is a big hit, I have no problem playing a supporting role for you."
"Thank you, Brother Jin."
Liu Hongmin: "Brother Xiaoming, you should be almost done with the fourth part of Justice Bao, right?"
"It has already entered post-production." Xu Xiaoming said, "Do you want to start shooting right away?"
"Let's wait until Brother Wei contacts the Thai cinema chain. If conditions permit, the sooner we start filming, the better. Vietnamese monkeys often act up, so it's best to finish filming the movie before they attack."
Xu Xiaoming nodded, "That's true." Liu Hongmin said, "You guys just need to work hard these few days. After the promotion, read the script more. Especially you, Ah Xing, you have to act stupidly without being annoying. This movie will be half successful."
Zhou Xingxing suddenly felt a lot of pressure, "I will definitely work hard."
"Ah Jin, do some beauty treatments during this time to make yourself look younger. Also, Qin Feng is a stutterer, you should observe how people with stutters speak."
He Jiajin nodded to show that he understood.
Liu Hongmin changed Qin Feng to a college graduate, while He Jiajin is only 23 years old, which is actually not much of a difference. It is mainly because he has been filming for many years, and he looks much more mature under the sun. Qin Feng just came out of the campus, not only immature, but also stupid, so he looks very young.
After encouraging the three people, Liu Hongmin went to the editorial office for a look.
Wang Yaowei has recruited two editors who are expanding "The Little Monk".
The drama "The Little Monk" mainly tells the story of the young prince Kaixin, who was sent to Shaolin Temple because of his fate conflicting with the emperor. As a result, when the emperor died, there was a mistake in the portrait, and the tenth prince was written as the eleventh prince. So Kaixin became the emperor. In order to avoid fighting with his younger brother, the tenth prince, who was originally going to inherit the throne, secretly entered the martial arts world to learn from a master. He happened to meet Kaixin, and the two joined forces to deal with the enemy who was plotting rebellion.
Because Wu Jing is relatively small, he once again got the role of the protagonist. Fan Shaohuang was helpless, he also wanted to play the protagonist, but who made him look so strong?
Fortunately, this time he can finally show his kung fu skills. Otherwise, he would be too embarrassed to mention that he is one of the kung fu twin stars.
These two screenwriters are not novices, and they are expanding the script at a pretty good speed.
From this point of view, Mingtian Film Company has surpassed 90% of the film and television companies in Hong Kong. You must know that with the development of modern movies, some movies don’t even have scripts. The plots have to be written down by the editor the night before and sent to the crew for shooting the next morning.
"Flying Paper" gradually became popular because the Hong Kong entertainment industry was booming, and you could make money by just shooting. At this time, who would care about the screenwriter? Just find someone to write a script and start shooting. If it weren't for the fact that Hong Kong's post-production staff were really good, the Hong Kong film and television industry would probably have been ruined by themselves before the 90s.
The two projects entered the preparation stage and the entire company became busy.
Zou Shifang also brought the accounting staff to calculate the budget according to the lists brought by the crew.
The budget for "The Little Monk" will be smaller because it will be filmed in the mainland. At that time, a lot of funds can be directly used from the Beijing office.
"Chinatown Detective" was different, as it was going to Thailand. So Zou Shifang asked Wang Yaowei to find him someone who was familiar with the prices in Thailand, otherwise he might need to bring the accounting staff with him to Thailand.
Since Liu Hongmin has handed over the finances to him, he has to make sure that no problems arise.
Regardless of the era, purchasing is a lucrative job. What Zou Shifang has to do is to ensure that this lucrative job is suppressed to a certain extent, so that a straw hat does not cost 6,000 yuan. The company's money is all clean, and there is no need to do those fancy jobs.
In addition to paying attention to the box office of "New Shaolin Temple" every day, Liu Hongmin is also writing "White Night Walk".
"The Devotion of Suspect X" was a big hit with the Japanese, so he had to take the opportunity to make some quick money. Otherwise, when the Japanese found out about "Lies", he might be banned.
(End of this chapter)
