Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

[Chen Qiming revealed that no less than three movies will be released next year]

[Pacific cooperates with Warner again, and the investment in new films may exceed 100 million, and the unit may even be US dollars]

[Chen Qiming has not disclosed album plans and may leave the music scene temporarily next year]

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Early the next morning, what Chen Qiming said yesterday immediately made the headlines of the entertainment newspaper and attracted the attention of many people.

Among them is Johnnie To of Galaxy Image.

The head of the branch of Pacific Film and Television called Chen Qiming as soon as he saw the news.

The reason why he called was entirely because Chen Qiming had promised him that he would star in the movie "Dark War" directed by him next year.

As we all know, Warner is a major European and American company, and the projects that Pacific cooperates with will definitely focus on the European and American markets.

By then Chen Qiming will definitely go to Europe and the United States for filming.

Therefore, he was worried that Chen Qiming would let him go, so he called specifically to inquire.

"Don't worry, I won't hinder the "Dark War" project. You just have to plan as planned."

After hearing the purpose of his call, Chen Qiming smiled and dismissed his worries.

After getting Chen Qiming's confirmation, Johnnie To was obviously relieved and turned to inquire about the project that Pacific and Warner were collaborating on.

"There is a lot of noise outside. They are all very curious about Mr. Chen's new project. Can Mr. Chen tell you a little bit about it to satisfy my curiosity?"

Johnnie To is really curious.

Chen Qiming's career has been booming in the past few years. He is not only the pride of the Chinese people, but also famous internationally.

Many people are curious about his new movie, including Johnnie To.

After hearing his inquiry, Chen Qiming couldn't help but laugh and tease, "Why are you asking this? Are you planning to use this idea in your movie?"

"Hahaha... how is that possible! I'm just curious..."

Chen Qiming's words made Du Qifeng a little embarrassed.

In Hong Kong, when it comes to plagiarism and following trends, Wang Jing must be the first to bear the brunt.

But in fact, other directors would do this kind of thing.

This includes Johnnie To.

This guy had contact with Jackie Chan a few years ago, and the two had a good chat and talked about some of their own ideas.

Jackie Chan once told him a new idea about himself, a creative idea about firefighters and firefighting.

As a result, the result is that when the Metropolitan Film Company split, Johnnie To used Jackie Chan's idea to make the film "The Greatest Urgency".

Yes, the idea for the film "Emergency" actually came from Jackie Chan.

Chen Qiming also found out about Galaxy Image after he met Jackie Chan by chance some time ago, and he only found out about it after Jackie Chan talked about it.

It is said that Johnnie To, this guy, not only used other people's ideas, but also directly used Jackie Chan's envisioned title of the film "Emergency".

Jackie Chan was so angry that he complained to Chen Qiming for a while, saying that Johnnie To didn't have martial ethics.

Of course, Jackie Chan was just complaining and didn't really mean to hate Johnnie To.

He simply felt that he had been taken advantage of.

I was talking about creativity with Johnnie To, but it turned out that this guy plagiarized his ideas. I talked with my senior brother, who plagiarized him again, and then turned to collaborate with Jet Li, his biggest rival in Hong Kong.

How could he not be angry in this situation?

Closer to home, as for Johnnie To, Chen Qiming is not worried about him plagiarizing his ideas for new projects.

Anyway, this project is not that easy.

Moreover, if Johnnie To is really capable, it doesn't matter if he plagiarizes. Anyway, Galaxy Image is his own company now, and the money he makes from the movies will go into his own pocket.

So he didn't care at all and said directly: "Warner sent me an invitation in August. They had a project about the future network and wanted me to star. I read the script and it was very good.

But I happened to have a lot of things going on during that time, so I proposed that Pacific Ocean participate in the investment and postpone the filming until next year. "

"Network?" Du Qifeng asked.

“Yes, it’s a sci-fi action movie about hackers, about the future of the Internet.

Pacific Side and Warner Bros. have been working on the project for almost two months. "Chen Qiming said.

"Is the investment really worth hundreds of millions of dollars as the media said?" Johnnie To asked curiously.

Hundreds of millions of dollars, this is not a small amount.

There aren't many movies like this around the world every year.

If the investment in this project really exceeds hundreds of millions of dollars, the risk will be too great.

According to the rule that the box office is two to three times the investment in order to be profitable, this film must earn at least more than 200 million to be considered a success.

Johnnie To is now considered a direct descendant of Pacific, and he doesn't want the company to stumble on this project.

If the head office fails, it will definitely affect the plans of Galaxy Image branch in the future.

"That's just a rumor. We have estimated that the investment will be around 60 to 70 million.

Pacific and Warner invested 50/50. "Chen Qiming explained.

"The relationship between the company and Warner is really good! In normal times, European and American companies such as Warner would not let go of this kind of project, but now they actually take the initiative to give up half of their investment share. This is really rare."

Johnnie Du was amazed.

“The relationship between Pacific and Warner is indeed good, but this is all in exchange for interests.

The same is true for this new project "The Matrix". The reason why Warner gave up half of its investment to Pacific Ocean is that in addition to letting us share the risk, there is another reason why they want the investment rights of another project in the hands of Pacific Ocean. This is called resource replacement. "

Chen Qiming took the initiative to explain to him.

"Another project? Is there a new big project here in the Pacific?" Du Qifeng instantly became more curious.

"Yes! A project about pirates."

The pirate project that Chen Qiming is talking about is not Pirates of the Caribbean.

The project he said is actually a new project, which he adapted based on Pirates of the Caribbean and some stories from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.

This should be regarded as Chen Qiming's first attempt to let the company film a project that is no longer in his memory. The possibility of failure is very high. Therefore, naturally, after Warner became interested in this project, Chen Qiming gave up half of the investment in this project. To Warner in exchange for the investment rights to "The Matrix."

In fact, regarding the Pirates project, Chen Qiming's initial idea was to shoot the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series directly in his mind.

But after some thinking, he gave up this plan.

Mainly a cultural issue.

Pacific Entertainment is now China's leading film company.

As a giant company, Pacific must set a certain example.

At the very least, we cannot lag behind in promoting Chinese culture.

Jackie Chan knows that when making movies, he promotes Chinese culture and increases China's international influence.

Chen Qiming, who is on the same level as him, cannot be inferior.

Therefore, he can't always make movies with all foreigners.

In that case, even if you make a lot of money, it will not be beneficial to the country at all.

And Pacific's new project "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" is Chen Qiming's new attempt in this regard.

He referred to Zheng He's voyages to the West and "Pirates of the Caribbean" in his mind to create this fantasy action project that the company is currently planning.

(End of this chapter)