The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 31 Beautiful Driver
"Xiaodong, what do you think about investment?"

Twenty to thirty million is not a small amount. Even if Huayi takes it out at once, its cash flow will be affected.

Therefore, Wang Zhonglei did not dare to agree like last time.

Movies are a high-risk investment. 90% of the movies on the market lose money. No one can guarantee that their movies will never lose money.

Even though Huayi made money in every movie Feng Xiaogang invested in, it still attracted other investors when filming "A World Without Thieves".

It was also put on hold for two years because the investment was never in place.

Especially after the painful lessons of "The Japs Are Coming" and "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", Wang Zhonglei is even more wary of such large-investment movies.

Han Jiadong did not intend to let Huayi and his family invest.

"It's still the same as before. You can bring other companies on board, and impose restrictions. Each company can invest up to 20% of the share."

limit……

So confident!
People are eager for investors to invest as much as possible.

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "Okay, Huayi will receive 20% of the investment share first."

After talking about investment and then the script, Han Jiadong briefly talked about casting.

"Which Hong Kong celebrities are suitable for these roles?"

Wang Zhonglei briefly looked at the role requirements.

"As for the male lead, Nicholas Tse is quite suitable."

Han Jiadong was noncommittal: "Apart from him?"

"Other than him, the only other young star in Xiangjiang is Chen Guanxi. However, Chen Guanxi is a handsome ruffian, which does not match your role as the male protagonist."

"Where's the second male lead?"

"There are quite a few suitable male lead actors for this age group, including Chow Yun-wah, Andy Lau, and Louis Koo."

"Gu Tianle doesn't accept the mainland department, and Zhou Runhua can't afford it."

Han Jiadong shook his head. Nowadays, there are only a handful of mainland stars who can earn millions of dollars for their films. Even if there are movies by major directors that don't require a salary, there are still stars rushing to get them.

But even so, it is difficult to get the main role in a blockbuster film.

There is no way, resources are too scarce.

The main male roles in Hong Kong movies basically do not use mainland stars.

Mainland movies need stars to compete at the box office, so the main actors are basically from Hong Kong stars.

The situation for actresses is much better.

Relying on the preferential policy of receiving an extra 10 points of share for co-produced films released in the mainland, they have been able to get heroine-level roles in many blockbusters.

Comparatively speaking, the male celebrities in Hong Kong are the most nourishing.

Not only are blockbusters freely accepted in both places, but the pay is also ridiculously high.

Movie star salaries basically start in the millions.

For example, Chow Yun-wa made his debut in Hollywood with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and he dared to ask the mainland for a salary of 40 million.

It's equivalent to hundreds of millions in box office to get back the money!
Nowadays, the box office limit for mainland movies is only a little over 200 million. Can he alone bring in an additional 100 million for a movie?
In Xiangjiang, he would not dare to call for such a high price.

After asking about other candidates for the main roles, Han Jiadong said: "Okay, I will send an audition invitation to everyone who is suitable. The audition will be arranged during the May Day holiday."

"..."

An imperceptible strange color appeared on Wang Zhonglei's face.

This prince is really used to being a young master!

In the mainland, everyone will coax you and make you happy.

But the people in Xiangjiang don't care whose son you are.

Even if you just won a prize at the Berlin Festival and made some money in North America.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Zhonglei decided to remind him: "Ahem! The stars in Hong Kong may be relatively big names. When we were filming A World Without Thieves, we directly sent invitations to Andy for filming. We only invited auditions, and they were mainly for supporting roles. I’m afraid they might not be able to attend.”

Han Jiadong seemed not to understand: "We send ours, it's their business whether they come or not."

Wang Zhonglei shook his head secretly and said no more.

After coming out of Huayi, Han Jiadong was about to take a taxi when a three-pointed star luxury car stopped on the roadside.

The car window rolled down, revealing a dazzling face.

Fair skin, high and low eyebrows, big and lively eyes, like peach blossom eyes, with the charm of fox eyes, bright and moving, under the straight bridge of the nose, petal-like lips that look like a smile but not a smile, plus a delicate inverted triangle face with melon seeds , just one glance gives people a strong visual impact.

——Fan Bingbing!

Han Jiadong glanced at it and walked away as if he hadn't seen it.

The other party took the initiative to say hello. "Handsome guy, want to take a taxi?"

Han Jiadong stopped: "Do you know me?"

"Oh! Don't tell me! How fun it is to pretend we don't know each other!"

"You, a big star, have time to pretend to be an ordinary person and be my driver?"

"What does a big star mean to Young Master Dong? It's an honor for me to be Young Master Dong's driver."

Fan Bingbing said and took the initiative to help Han Jiadong open the passenger door: "Where are you going, Mr. Dong?"

Han Jiadong thought for a while and sat in: "Nortel."

After that, he said no more words.

Seeing this, Fan Bingbing didn't ask any more questions, started the car obediently, and concentrated on driving.

The temperature in Sijiu City in April is still very naughty, and the temperature is fluctuating. It is the season to dress randomly. Han Jiadong is still wearing a slim windbreaker, and Fan Bingbing is already wearing a lavender chiffon dress, simple and elegant large plaid, shiny Rhinestone buttons adorn the low-cut collar, revealing a small patch of snow. She wears a milky white knitted cardigan outside, which is sexy yet dignified.

It is indeed a great pleasure to have such a beautiful woman as a driver.

Unconsciously, the car stopped at the gate of Beidian School.

Han Jiadong nodded to Fan Bingbing, opened the door and got out of the car.

After walking a few steps, Fan Bingbing, who had been silent on the road, put on her sunglasses and stuck her head out of the car window to stop him.

"Brother, you haven't paid for the taxi yet!"

The voice was loud and attracted the attention of the people around him.

After seeing Fan Bingbing's beauty and charm that could not be concealed even with sunglasses, many men began to look at Han Jiadong unkindly.

Han Jiadong looked as usual: "I owe you first!"

But after saying this, his steps became a little faster.

"Then I'll record it!"

Fan Bingbing smiled at Han Jiadong's back and shouted at Han Jiadong's back. When other men came over to ask about taking a taxi, her smile disappeared immediately and she said: "Sorry, I'm off work."

Just step on the accelerator, kick up the dust, and fly away quickly.

the other side.

After Han Jiadong left, Wang Zhonglei personally called Li Ming, Xiaoma's boss.

"That prince is planning to make a movie again recently."

"How much did you Huayi invest?"

"20%."

"The rest of the ponies have voted!"

Wang Zhonglei was speechless, he was indeed a big dog brother!

Originally he was a little dissatisfied with Han Jiadong's approach of setting an upper limit, but now he is somewhat impressed.

"Haha, there's no rush. I have to ask other companies, and China Film Group will also participate this time."

He didn't mention the investment limit, but instead mentioned: "I heard that Xiao Ma is preparing for a TV series recently..."

"Haha! Wang always wants to give me people or money? I welcome both!"

……

A few days later.

Wang Zhonglei was not surprised at all when he saw the reports from his subordinates about inviting celebrities from Xiangjiang to audition.

There were replies, but all were rejections.

Those who didn't reply obviously didn't intend to accept it, but they just didn't want to break the relationship.

"Fortunately, I only invested 20%. Being able to make a lot of money in North America does not mean that I can also make a lot of money in the Mainland."

Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but feel happy.

He doesn't think a movie without a Hong Kong star can cause any disturbance in the mainland.

at the same time.

Zhang Yimou, who was preparing for the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, received an invitation from Hollywood.

Invite him to serve as the assistant director of "The 300 Warriors" with an investment of 50 million US dollars!
Holding the invitation, his rough and thin old hands had an imperceptible tremor for a moment.

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