chapter 107

There was a look of admiration in his eyes.

Next, I shot some scenes. After get off work, I took Tsui Hark and Jackie Chan to a high-end restaurant.

......

He ate a lot of Chinese food, and he wanted to serve two Chinese people, Jackie Chan and Tsui Hark. Kevin chose Spanish food this time.

After ordering a few signature dishes, and then ordering some red wine, Kevin asked directly to Tsui Hark:

"Director Tsui Hark, do you have any ideas for the new movie? You can mention it boldly."

Facing Kevin's question, Tsui Hark pondered for a while before saying:

"I don't know Director Kevin, do you know the Chinese culture of Xianxia?"

There was a smile on Kevin's face. Needless to say, when it comes to Xianxia culture, Tsui Hark may not know more than him.

After all, the immortals of this era are actually martial arts to a certain extent, and have not completely entered the field of immortals.

"I have a deep understanding of Taoist culture."

As soon as Tsui Hark heard it, he knew that Kevin knew what to do.

The word immortal originated from Taoism. Kevin did not talk about immortals, but talked about Dao, which showed that he had a very deep understanding of immortals.

That being the case, it's easy to say.

Tsui Hark directly took out a vernacular version of Shushan Swordsman Biography from his body.

Hold up the book and say:

"I have an idea to adapt the story of this book into a movie."

When Kevin saw it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Sure enough, Old Monster Xu had already had the idea of ​​putting the Legend of Swordsman of Shushan into a movie.

However, due to the Hong Kong film market, it is difficult to find suitable investors.

To put it simply, the investment is small, and the effect of Xianxia cannot be photographed.

The investment is large, and with the size of the Hong Kong market, it is difficult to recover the cost.

In the future, Tsui Hark may not be able to guess that he will lose money, but in order to realize his dream of directing, sometimes, the director's profession will not care about the consequences.

"The Legend of Shushan Swordsman, I know, and I know the story very well."

"But if you want to shoot, I don't recommend using this story, of course the background can be appropriated."

Xu Ke frowned.

"why?"

Kevin took a bite and said in a chatty manner:

"The reason is very simple, not popular enough."

After all, without waiting for Xu Ke to refute, he continued:

"Even in China, the Legend of Shushan Swordsman should not be considered a popular book, right?"

"As far as I know, the only popular books on this subject are Journey to the West."

Tsui Hark was at a loss for words. Kevin, an American, actually knew more about Chinese culture than him.

"Then how to change it?"

Xu Ke asked directly.

"First of all, the male and female protagonists must be American, there is no doubt about this."

I won't talk about foreignism here. It's very simple. If you don't use Americans as the hero and heroine, you can't have an audience in the United States at all.

So with the $50 million that Kevin is going to invest, there is a high probability of losing money, and at the same time, it will not attract the attention of Americans.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to promote the Xianxia culture to Hollywood.

The first step in promotion, the movie must sell.

Only after a big sale will other things be possible.

For example, using Chinese as the protagonist, or other situations.

Tsui Hark is obviously not a fool, he instantly knew what Kevin meant.

Although he is not reconciled, in order for this culture to enter Hollywood, he can endure this.

Tsui Hark nodded, expressing his acceptance of this opinion, while continuing to listen to Kevin's other opinions.

Seeing that Tsui Hark agreed with his opinion, Kevin continued:

"The second step, real framing."

"If you really want to shoot, I hope you take your photography team and go to the famous mountains in the mainland to take pictures."

Taking the mainland of this era as an example, Kevin brought such a photography team to the mainland to take pictures, and the cost can be said to be unbelievably low.

Much cheaper than doing special effects directly.

Chapter 163

"This···"

Xu Ke suddenly hesitated.

Hong Kong will return to the mainland next year. At this time, countless people in Hong Kong have demonized the mainland, and many rich and wealthy people have chosen to flee.

Although he said that he has no prejudice against the mainland, but to let him go to the mainland to make movies, this...

"I'll accompany you to the mainland too, but it won't be until after May."

Kevin spoke directly.

Kevin, who has memories of his past life, knows that May 13, 1996, is a key node.

After that, China and the United States will usher in a honeymoon period for a period of time, and it is the best time to go to the mainland at that time.

As for now, the relationship between China and the United States is still a bit tense, and even if he wants to go, he may not be able to go.

"During this time, just follow me and see how I make movies."

"At the same time, let's discuss how your new movie script should be set up."

Tsui Hark nodded, this kind of opportunity to see Steve Kevin making a movie up close is rare.

As for the script, it is still necessary to communicate with Kevin.

After eating, Kevin arranged a hotel for them before returning to his villa.

Filming near Hollywood is just that good, and you can go home and rest at night.

Of course, even so, he didn't have much free time at night.

During filming, I was busy with filming during the day.

In the evening, it is to communicate with the special effects company on the idea of ​​special effects production.

In order to release it at the fastest speed, Kevin did not choose the method of making special effects slowly after the filming is completed.

Instead, a method of producing while shooting was adopted.

To this end, he had to communicate with the special effects companies at night, and at the same time keep watching the special effects they produced to determine whether he wanted it.

He even arranged for Helen and Emma sisters to sleep in separate rooms.

Fortunately, the sisters are used to Kevin's special rhythm as long as he starts making movies.

With the money Kevin gave, they were quite happy to go out shopping during the day.

The days passed quickly.

March 8, for Americans, is just an ordinary Friday.

On such a day, the Hongfan District began to show in major theaters in the United States.

....

A typical American fat man with a thick notebook in his hand and a part of the questionnaire printed with some questions about the movie audience.

He was wearing a work uniform with the unique LOGO of Chenxi Film Company.

Chenxi Film Company, after many adjustments and replacements, finally determined a very good LOGO.

The so-called morning light means the light of dawn.

Therefore, Kevin's choice is also such a picture.

A straight line, symbolizing the horizon, from which the sun shows a little bit of its body, emitting a shimmer of light that dispels the darkness and illuminates the earth.

The complexity is actually a line between virtual and real, plus a little bit of the rhythm of the sun, and the sunlight composed of countless colors.

It's probably a logo like this.

Office workers who are not in the office need to dress uniformly when they go out to spread the influence of the morning movie.

And this American fat man in his thirties is the investigator hired by Chen Xi Film Company.

At this time, the fat man Gru was doing his job conscientiously.

It can be seen from his body shape that he is at the bottom of the American society. He has no education or skills and can only do some physical work.

Or simply work.

In this kind of work, the investigator is undoubtedly a relatively easy guy.

Gru, who got this job, naturally did not dare to neglect.

Gru saw the two boys, happily discussing things in the Hongfan District, and quickly approached and asked:

"Hello, you just bought the movie tickets for the Hongfan District, right?"

"I'm the producer of Hongfan District, a staff member of Chenxi Film Company. This is my badge. Can I know why you choose to watch Hongfan District?"

Gru smiled, and thanks to the badge and the fat man's harmless smile, the two big boys nodded.

Among them, the blond boy stood up and said:

"I saw the publicity on the previous posters. It seems that Jack Chen's status in Hong Kong is similar to that of Bruce Lee. I personally like kung fu movies very much. I am a fan of kung fu movies."

"When I saw this poster, I wanted to see this movie."

Gru nodded, thanked him a few words and started recording.

The time of the night passed quickly, and Gru almost finished a long night shift. However, the nature of the work of investigators is different, and there are more vacations.

After finishing the data summary and bringing the movie box office summary of the day, investigator Gru went to the company to return the data, and then began his own rest.

...

"How about it, there is still word of mouth for the first-day box office in Hongfan District?"

In the past few days, Tsui Hark stayed on the set to study almost every day, and the whole person was very busy. Kevin also asked him to help him try some less important scenes.

This can be regarded as Kevin training Tsui Hark in advance, let him learn how Hollywood makes movies.

It's Jackie Chan, not cool.

With money on hand, and in Hollywood, there is no paparazzi stalking in Hong Kong. These days, it can be said that I have let myself go.

Had a good time.

But today, he has no time to play here.

Jackie Chan was on the set early, waiting for the people from the morning movie to send the data.

Although it is impossible to say that there is no box office of 10 million US dollars, but if there is only 10 million US dollars of box office, then Kevin is willing to invest in him to make a movie.

He was embarrassed himself.

After all, it was bought out at a cost of $5 million, plus the use of publicity and human and material resources, if it was less than $15 million, it was a proper loss-making business.

Twenty million dollars is a small breakeven.

That is to say, below 20 million, he has no face to mention the new movie with Kevin.

Looking at Jackie Chan with a worried face, Kevin is not in a hurry at all, he is more confident than Jackie Chan.