Golden Age 1990

Chapter 277: Transform into a dragon when faced with a storm! (4000 words)
  In a long life, people are always changing.

I believe that if Jin Suo were to face Mr. Fan many years later, she would be surprised beyond belief.

Of course, there is also a possibility that Jin Suo can laugh and smile happily.

Because it is very likely that Mr. Fan is the goal she wants to achieve, the life she really wants.

What will happen, Bai Feng himself can't say.

But one thing he was sure of was that the current Jin Suo was not the later Fan Ye.

At least, she is quite clear now.

The Spring Festival is here as promised, and of course the bet between Bai Feng and Jin Suo has no results.

And this Spring Festival stall is still very prosperous.

It’s not even the New Year yet, and the news is out.

"300 million marketing fee for "If You Have Something to Say"?"

"Learn from old classmates! A movie with 300 million marketing fees!"

"Who is Bai Feng? Why do the two major directors favor him?"

It seems to be copied and pasted, just like the original "Farewell My Concubine".

The three million marketing expenses suddenly became hot news.

When it was one million before, it was already quite amazing. In the past few years, it has become three million?

Is it too exaggerated?
  Our prices have not risen so fast.

Naturally, from an ordinary person's perspective, this is absolutely shocking, and precisely because of this, the fee itself is a 'marketing'.

Of course, in the eyes of industry insiders, Bai Feng's price increase this time is actually very conscientious.

CCTV has held several advertising bidding meetings so far.

Transaction records have hit new highs.

The increase makes people's scalp numb when they see it, as if the money is no longer money, but just a simple number.

The total trading volume is in the hundreds of millions, that’s all. But King Bid went from less than [-] million to over [-] million very quickly, which is really amazing.

Moreover, a brand king means that a brand has won the best time slot of CCTV.

But the problem is that this is just a brand, or in the conventional concept, it is just a factory.

A standard king now costs two to three hundred million.

How to make this money?
  Yes, where is the profit point?
  Many people think this kind of bidding is too crazy and is completely nonsense.

However, this two- to three-billion-dollar bidding king itself is big news.

This is simply part of marketing.

From this point of view, this is similar to Bai Feng's marketing of "Say Something Well".

Just this amount of marketing expenses are spent on a movie all at once, and the news is also very strong

However, there is one more one now.

Before it was Brother Chen Kai, now it is Zhang Yimou.

Why are you looking for him, Bai Feng?
  Naturally, some people looked at him with disdain, or were envious, jealous, and hateful.

The Wang brothers are one of them.

"What about the Spring Festival this time..."

"We also have it on film."

"Really?"

"Ahem, it's quite festive too."

Yu Xiaosheng was actually envious and jealous of Bai Feng, but he wanted to see any projects being promoted on his side.

What have you Wang brothers done?

In fact, the Wang brothers don't have much else to do right now, so they made a small film to sneak into this Spring Festival release.

Well...it's better to invest more than before and then lose money in a mess.

The two of them can also cheat, and they mainly say one word to Xiao Sheng.

To small and big.

Yu Xiaosheng is not someone who is easily deceived. He knows that the two of them are not strict and truthful, but they still have to be used in some places.

The previous idea was correct. With the help of the Wang brothers, Yu Xiaosheng has a lot more creative advertising, especially the logo designs of many large companies.

The Wang brothers did have some tricks up their sleeves and helped find some big companies, including state-owned enterprises.

In the past, Yu Xiaosheng did not have this ability. At most, he was an agent for many TV stations, and his main focus was on pharmaceutical companies.

The Wang brothers actually don't know much about design themselves, but they can organize and find people.

Therefore, this designed trademark is quite satisfactory to large companies.

In this way, their combination can be considered to be doing well.

If you don’t make big money, you can’t say this little money is too little.

But Bai Feng's film and television dramas are very popular there, how can he not be greedy?

"No matter what you say, we need to have a big project."

Yu Xiaosheng was giving a death order to the Wang brothers, and there was nothing they could do.

I can only agree.

But is there a goal?

Yu Xiaosheng was not a person who could be fooled easily, so he looked at the two brothers with sharp eyes.

The Wang family knew that it would be impossible not to give some practical explanations.

"Hongkong!"

Well, that’s not a bad goal.

Yu Xiaosheng expressed satisfaction, "Returning this year is a major benefit. Don't let me down."

This statement is very clear, and the Wang brothers have passed the test.

When these two guys came out from Yu Xiaosheng's place, the second brother looked a little sad.

"Hong Kong, what should we do over there?"

The older brother said he was still somewhat confident.

"I heard a news."

"what news?"

"Long Wu and the others want to cooperate with Bai Feng."

"Aren't they already cooperating?"

"Isn't this coming back?"

"Oh, deeper cooperation? That is, simply co-production?"

"Yes, they will develop directly to our mainland."

"Then what good news is this? My brother~"

"Idiot! Long Wu and the others want to cooperate, but what are their identities?"

"Oh, I understand! Bai Feng didn't agree!"

"That guy Bai Feng is shaking now. He is not the young boy he used to be. Of course he doesn't want to cooperate like this. If Long Wu and his brothers come to the mainland and bring the habits from Hong Kong, then he, Bai Feng, won't Is it going to be bad?"

"That makes sense! Then..."

"Wealth is found in danger. Bai Feng doesn't want to do it. That's our opportunity."

"but……"

"Are you afraid?"

"Brother, you just said that if they do that, then we..."

"Are you still thinking about this now? We can only bet that they will change their ways! Moreover, what can they do when they come to the mainland? Aren't they afraid of our iron fist?"

"Yes! Our iron fist is strong and ruthless!"

"so……"

"Let's go to Hong Kong!"

The Wang brothers made this plan and went to Hong Kong.

But they didn't know yet that Bai Feng also went to Hong Kong.

……

When I come to Hong Kong this time, Bai Feng plays a must-visit.

He is coming back this year. For such a major event, it would be foolish for him not to make some plans.

Before this return, there are always some stories.

All Bai Feng wants is to be stable.

His layout in Hong Kong is actually quite good, and there are at least two forces helping him.

But it won't work if he doesn't come.

So, he went back to his hometown and had a simple get-together with his parents, but his parents didn't keep him.

I just emphasized that you should be nice to your girlfriend.

Bai Feng could only listen to the advice.

To be honest, Sister Jing understands the matter very well and has no further thoughts at all.

Of course it's hard for Bai Feng to say anything. In fact, his girlfriend is just trying to fool you two.

He is not stupid.

So, he came to Hong Kong...alone.

There's nothing wrong with that, after all, it's best to have a bowl of water that's flat right now.

After arriving in Hong Kong, no one came to pick him up. Bai Feng came directly to Hong Kong and entered Hong Kong mysteriously.

But soon, there was good news.

"Ah! It's great! It's selling very well!"

"Brother Lan, don't worry, let's talk carefully."

This good news was brought here by Lan Jiancai, who was extremely excited when he saw Bai Feng.

They are clamoring to talk about things in the United States.

"It's that "Ghost Story"! I didn't expect it to be so successful!"

Good guy, is it really so successful?

Well, I still need to elaborate on this. Bai Feng has planned two ghost films in North America, "The Ghost Story" and "The New Age of Zombies".

Of these two films, "The Ghost Story" was handed over to Lan Caicai, and there is a very unique innovation in it.

Mockumentary.

Lan Yucai originally liked making more creative movies, so he was absolutely shocked by the idea given by Bai Feng.

That's right, in Lan Yucai's eyes, Bai Feng is truly the king of ideas.

Not only does he do advertising, he also gives top-notch suggestions for movies.

This is indeed in line with Bai Feng's consistent professionalism.

And after filming...

After all, it is a very novel attempt, so it did not have much impact during the Halloween season in North America last year.

Of course, our movie focuses on one thing.

The investment was very small, but the box office revenue was about 400 million US dollars, and the overall cost was no more than [-] million US dollars. This meant that it did not lose money, but it also did not make any money.

In fact, the actual shooting expenses of the two million US dollars were not that big.

Because this is a pseudo-documentary, the main focus is to look like a documentary, so the actors we are looking for are relatively unfamiliar.

In short, actors are cheap.

And when it comes to really big names, it has to be Feifei.

After all, she has endorsed several children's toys in our country, which is much better than the American extras on the set.

Besides, "The Ghost Story" was originally a low-budget movie. The cost was very low. Someone calculated that it could be made for about [-] US dollars.

This film is one of the legendary low-cost films in online novels. It is in the same genre as "Blair Witch". Many entertainment novels use this at the beginning.

Therefore, with such a low cost, the two million U.S. dollars were mainly spent on clearing up some links.

There are really a lot of rules to follow in Hollywood.

That’s it at the box office anyway, but what about after the movie is released?

Entering the videotape market, of course.

This time...good guy!

Up to now, according to the data given by the video tape market, it is already more than [-] million US dollars.

This data is very impressive, surpassing many major productions.

What is the current situation of these two tens of millions of dollars?
  Almost [-] million RMB.

This data is simply explosive!

The Weinstein brothers were stunned. They originally thought the film was not very good.

Is it possible for a blue man to be unhappy?

Such news naturally made Bai Feng happy.

But he had an air of...sprinkling water.

Why?

He has confidence.

A pseudo-documentary like "Ghost Chronicles" is actually very suitable for entering the video tape market.

Because of this mockumentary, there will be a lot of "snowflake" shots. Many of the scenes in this movie were captured by the V8 camera in the movie.

If you watch it at home, you will feel like you are watching a movie in a movie.

The sense of immersion is particularly strong.

In addition, it is indeed very scary.

In the United States, horror films actually perform well in the video tape market.

They have a genre there, which is B-movies.

This B-level movie means a movie that cannot be released to the public. Some of them are too big, and some of them are too crudely produced.

But it can enter the video tape market.

The biggest staple of B-movies are horror movies!

Because of the introduction of horror movies and the image of a woman dressed as a female devil, it is particularly active during Halloween every year.

This woman... is really fierce.

For all the reasons above, it exploded immediately.

Bai Feng knew these reasons, so... this guy was actually very happy.

However, there is other news.

That "Zombie Age" wasn't very good.

After its release, it also entered the video tape market. At present, it can only be said that it has maintained profits.

Didn't make much money.

In this way, there is interesting news.

Uncle Ying said that he wants to open up a new world in Hollywood!

Shoot hard and drink less.

Hey, that's not bad.

It's interesting here in Hong Kong, because Uncle Ying can be regarded as entering Hollywood. Although his grades are average, let's just say he didn't go to Hollywood.

Therefore, many tabloids gave headlines like this.

The Ghost King is having fun in Hollywood!
  Yimei Daochang battles in North America!

Look at these titles, they are really eye-catching.

At this point, Bai Feng's initial plan was already perfect.

What else needs to be said next?

"The second part of "The Ghost Story" will continue to follow the above routine, but it will have to do some puzzle-solving content."

"understood!"

Lan Yan understood instantly that this suggestion was really powerful.

He is indeed the king of ideas!

The idea for the movie is also a royal idea!
  Of course, Lan Jin only needs to pass on the news to Huang Ying and Uncle Ying, and the routine can be similar to this.

That's right, this is how a sequel to a horror movie should actually be shot.

Just like those "The Conjuring" movies made by James Wan, or to put it more simply, "Saw" was amazing from the first one, but what are the subsequent ones doing?
  Solve the puzzle!
  It is to tell the audience what is hidden in the plot.

And if all the puzzles are solved...it doesn't matter, we can just stuff some more 'mysteries' into it.

Therefore, when Bai Feng was in Hong Kong, he had not yet made any arrangements for the work in Hong Kong, so he made arrangements for the work in the United States first.

This is quite interesting.

But after all, he came to Hong Kong, right?
  Someone was ready early in the morning.

Lan Yucai was sent away.

Bai Feng was alone in his office processing documents, but unexpectedly, an assistant called inside.

"Mrs. Zhu is here."

"Oh, please come in."

Who is Mrs. Zhu?
  Not long after, Hong Gu appeared in Bai Feng's office dignified, serious and sexy.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

As soon as Bai Feng saw Hong Gu, he wanted to reach out and hold her hand, but Hong Gu directly dodged her.

"It's been a long time, but Mr. Bai always abandons the company no matter what. This is a long time no see, so we should tell the company."

This word...

Bai Feng arrived in Hong Kong and didn't see Hong Gu in the past two days.

When asked, the subordinates said that Hong Gu had taken leave.

As soon as Bai Feng came, Honggu would go home.

It was clearly avoiding him.

But it's normal. After all, Honggu is now Mrs. Zhu and has a child.

It's better for the two of them to avoid suspicion.

But now this situation...

"This office..." Bai Feng wanted to say if there is anyone else in the office, even if it's just the two of us, as long as you don't say anything, then I will definitely not say anything.

It's a pity that this guy didn't say these words, because he noticed something.

At this moment, another insider came in.

"Mr. Zhu is here to come."

"Oh, let him..."

"Boss, it's another Mr. Zhu."

"Oh, I understand, please come in as well."

Another Mr. Zhu?

Not long after, Zhu Jiaxin, Zhu Jiading's brother, appeared in the office.

Bai Feng probably figured out why Hong Gu was acting like this.

But what is the reason for the arrival of Zhu Jiaxin?

The three of them exchanged pleasantries and admitted that they were not outsiders.

Of course Honggu greeted her husband's brother with a smile, and Bai Feng was also very happy.

And then, the purpose was explained.

"Mr. Bai, we at Xantao Digital are interested in adapting the famous Hong Kong comic, "The Wind and Cloud". I wonder what Mr. Bai's idea is?"

It turned out to be this project!
  Of course Bai Feng was very interested, but he could still smell something.

"This project is not small."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Jiaxin laughed.

"Of course, Yongsheng is also very interested."

This is already said clearly.

Bai Feng was finally convinced that Long Wu and his brothers were still determined to give up.

　Thank you all for your support, I really appreciate it!
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)