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Chapter 93
Sound Emperor's performance last year was very unsatisfactory.

"Thousands of Machines 2" received 1500 million Hong Kong dollars from Hong Kong Island and 2300 million from the Mainland.It looks pretty good, but compared to the first part of "Thousands of Changes", this result can be regarded as going to grandma's house.

"Thousands of Machines 1" won 1500 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in the first week of its release, with a total receipt of 2800 million, ranking second in the box office in Hong Kong in 2003. It even sold 800 million US dollars overseas, setting a record for overseas box office of Hong Kong films.

Sound Emperor took advantage of the victory and pursued it, adding more stars to create the second part on the basis of the stars of the first part.

The result is this?

If it weren't for the profits from the distribution of remote movies in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, Sound Emperor's financial report this year would be very ugly.

"Mani, go to the capital to see if you can invite Cheng Yu'an to make a play for us." Yang Shoucheng said to Huo Wenxi.

"Okay." Huo Wenxi is the artist director of Yinhuang, and the production is not in her scope of responsibility.

But because Huo Wenxi knew Cheng Yuan more or less, this matter was left to her. Otherwise, it would take more time to send a producer who Cheng Yuan didn't know to talk about it.

Yinhuang has always wanted to participate in remote production like Yingyi Entertainment, but Cheng Lingfeng insisted on not letting go, and only signed a distribution contract with Yinhuang.

When Huo Wenxi arrived in the capital, Cheng Yu'an was selecting actors for "Clues of Time and Space", while Cheng Lingfeng was discussing copyright.

"Bright Sword"!
Cheng Lingfeng wouldn't have talked about it if Cheng Yu'an hadn't patted her chest and said that this drama was enough to last a lifetime, and that the copyright would have to be taken no matter what.

In her mind, although there is a market for anti-war films, the audience is relatively fixed, and only middle-aged and elderly men like to watch such films.

It's easy to sell, but it can't be sold at a high price.

Now it is the world of costume films and idol dramas.

Cheng Yu'an had already made up his mind about "Bright Sword".

The novel was published in January 2000. When Cheng Yu'an crossed over in 1, he immediately set his sights on Du Liang.

He was still a nobody at that time, and he knew Duliang wherever he went, so he had to ask the school teacher Baifang to find out.

In the end, he really found Du Liang, but Du Liang didn't know him.

Cheng Yu'an came to the door and said that he wanted to buy the copyright of "Bright Sword", but he was ignored.

But Cheng Yu'an didn't give up. For more than two years, he went to "harass" Du Liang whenever he had time.

According to the development of the original time and space, the copyright of "Bright Sword" will be taken by Hairun, and filming will start in 04, but because he disrupted the situation in advance, the copyright of "Bright Sword" has not been sold until now.

Du Liang was born in a family of intellectuals and a soldier himself, so he has a kind of nobility and pride in his works in his bones.

In addition, last year's adaptation of "Blood Romance" made him very dissatisfied.

It was originally a period drama, but it was made into an urban emotional drama by Teng Wenji.

Although there are many famous characters in the play, Du Liang couldn't find the feeling of his original work. In a fit of anger, he even said that he would never cooperate with director Teng Wenji again in the future.

What disappointed him the most was that Liu Huohua, the male number one, failed to interpret the masculinity of the male protagonist.

Zhong Yuemin is originally a character who pursues independence and freedom, but he is interpreted as a "street gangster" who is trapped by love and fights all day long.

"There is a conflict between the educated youth played by Liu Ye and the real educated youth."

Therefore, Du Liang was very cautious in authorizing "Bright Sword".

Cheng Lingfeng said: "We won't be like "Blood Romance" as long as you name the screenwriter. In addition to paying you the copyright fee, we will also pay you a chief screenwriter fee, and you will participate in the whole process. To the preparation and filming of "Bright Sword"."

Cheng Lingfeng has been grinding Duliang for almost half a month, and Duliang has been a little loose recently, Cheng Lingfeng showed the utmost sincerity.

Du Liang made the last request: "The script and actors must get my approval before filming can start."

"No problem." Cheng Lingfeng nodded and agreed, "In addition to the screenwriter, you are also the producer of our play, of course you have the right to do so."

"Okay, "Bright Sword" is filmed for you." Du Liang made the final decision.

"Happy cooperation." Cheng Lingfeng shook hands with Du Liang.

"Pleasant to work with."

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Cheng Yu'an met many actors these days, both men and women, but none of them were satisfactory.

At present, the largest artist management company in China must belong to Huayi, and Wang Zhonglei intends to make friends, so Cheng Yu'an simply agreed to go to the dinner in the evening.

"Director Cheng, Ms. Huo from the Sound Emperor is here." Someone announced.

Cheng Yu'an didn't expect her to come: "Please."

Huo Wenxi is a vigorous woman. After the two greeted each other, she went straight to the point: "The Sound Emperor intends to invite Director Cheng to film in Hong Kong Island."

Cheng Yu asked confusedly, "Are you inviting me to film in Hong Kong Island?"

"Yang Sheng wants to ask Cheng Dao to customize a play for Yin Huang."

"Everyone knows that I don't make movies outside of the company." Cheng Yu'an explained.

Huo Wenxi said: "Director Cheng misunderstood. What Yang Sheng meant was that the Emperor of Music contributed money and efforts, and asked Director Cheng to make a movie, and Remote will be the co-producer."

Cheng Yu'an understood, but asked in puzzlement, "Your Yinhuang should not be short of filming."

"Director Cheng was joking. "Thousands of Machines 2" did not perform well, and Yang Sheng was very upset. Now the environment of the entire Hong Kong Island is too bad, and every family lacks good projects." Huo Wenxi knew that talking about those scenes with Cheng Yu'an would not work. , and didn't intend to use those stereotypes to fool Cheng Yu'an.

Cheng Yu'an thought for a while, and said, "But I'm already preparing for "Clues of Time and Space", and I really can't leave to make another movie."

Huo Wenxi obviously came prepared: "Director Cheng can be the screenwriter, producer and producer, and we will arrange the director and actors."

Cheng Yu'an thought for a while and asked, "Can you invite Gu Tianle for me?"

Huo Wenxi is a very smart person, Cheng Yu'an's such a far-fetched sentence was caught by her, and she said with a smile: "Yes!"

"If you can invite Gu Tianle for me, I can verbally agree to write a script for Yinhuang. We will talk about the details later."

"Thank you, Director Cheng." Huo Wenxi stood up and said goodbye.

After sending Huo Wenxi away, Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The leading actor of "Clues of Time and Space" has finally been found.

It should be more effective for Yinhuang to come to talk about Gu Tianle than to come to the door in person.

After all, Gu Tianle has never been short of filming, and Cheng Yuan's filming will not be too many.

As long as Gu Tianle is negotiated with Yinhuang, Cheng Yu'an can start working under Gu Tianle's name.

Gu Tianle's name is very useful at this time.

Cheng Yu'an handles official business in the company and doesn't get off work until eight o'clock in the evening.

Huayi's Wang Zhonglei invited him to dinner tonight.

Hua Yi and the Wang brothers seem to have always appeared as villains in entertainment articles, but Cheng Yu'an looked back at the past and had to say that Hua Yi has contributed to the film industry.

And the contribution is not small.

Of course, the stigma of Hua Yi likes to bring its female stars to accompany drinks and the so-called "de-filmization" later cannot be washed away.

"Director Cheng, please sit down. Let me introduce you, this is..." Wang Zhonglei smiled.

"No need to introduce, people all over the country know her. Hello, Miss Fan."

"Hello, Director Cheng."

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