This star’s style is wrong

Since Liu Hanyi is the popular King of Hong Kong, his schedule is tight.

We had already talked about this when we first started talking about filming.

One of the crew's jobs is to coordinate the actors' schedules.

In fact, sometimes the actors playing opposite roles may have never met on the set, and the opposite roles are performed separately.

Liang Youhua is the king of the older generation. He does not take on jobs so frequently, and his schedule is relatively generous.

As Fang Xing is the male lead and also the director, he naturally follows the whole process.

Therefore, the main schedule that the crew needs to coordinate is Liu Han's translation schedule.

The scenes of the second male lead "Liu Jianming" were filmed together.

At the beginning, when coordinating the schedule, the film contract signed was for one month.

After 35 days of filming, Liu Han's translation role was finalized.

After Liu Hanyi's scene was completed, the main plot was basically completed, and the more important scene left was the rivalry between Fang Xing and Liang Youhua.

Liang Youhua plays "Huang Zhicheng", who can be regarded as the mentor of the male protagonist "Chen Yongren".

Since "Chen Yongren" is an undercover agent, only "Huang Zhicheng" in the entire police station knows his identity.

Therefore, as a police officer, "Chen Yongren"'s only hope lies in "Huang Zhicheng".

That is to say, if "Huang Zhicheng" dies one day, no one in the world will know the true identity of "Chen Yongren", and he will only be the gangster's eldest brother for the rest of his life, and there will be no light in his whole life.

"Huang Zhicheng" will also use this to "blackmail" the male protagonist to continue undercover, of course he is just joking.

This section was filmed once.

After watching the footage on the monitor, Fang Xing was not very satisfied, so he discussed with Liang Youhua: "'Huang Zhicheng' is a police superintendent and deals with criminal groups every day.

“He cannot be a kind-hearted person, he must be ruthless, even to himself and his subordinates.

“So, in this part, I was threatened to continue to be an undercover agent, otherwise I would not be given the role of restoring my identity and I would just act it seriously.

"Then, the shining point of humanity is in the gift.

"It's my birthday soon, and you gave me a watch as a gift. You put it directly in the bag. It's the kind of expression where you clearly mean it's a gift, but you don't want to say anything to save face."

After hearing this, Liang Youhua agreed: "Okay, give it a try."

The two walked back into the camera and started the segment over.

Field recorder.

Fang Xing was on the rooftop, his hands resting on the guardrail, his face full of laziness.

Liang Youhua said in a lecturing tone: "You have hurt people several times. I asked you to see a psychiatrist, but you still hit people everywhere. Have you forgotten whether you are a good person or a bad person?"

Fang Xing began to complain: "It was clearly promised for three years, and three years later, another three years, and three years later, another three years. It's almost ten years, boss!"

Liang Youhua replied: "Can you treat me better? Now I am the only one in Hong Kong who knows your identity. I will delete all your files when I go back. You will be a young and Dangerous kid for the rest of your life, so I won't bother you anymore."

"What do you think of me? Remind yourself every day that I am a policeman, and when you dream, you always say, 'Put down the gun! I am a policeman!' Like this?" Fang Xing said to the end, yelling into Liang Youhua's ears to vent all his emotions.

Subsequently.

Liang Youhua handed over a paper bag.

Fang Xing took it in his hand, opened it and took out a black box the size of a matchbox, which was a bug. He then complained that the thing was too big: "The police department is so rich? Why can't they buy some advanced equipment."

Made a joke.

Fang Xing continued to rummage through the paper bag and pulled out a watch. He flipped it up and down and asked, "Pinhole camera, where is the pinhole?"

Liang Youhua wore sunglasses and said angrily: "The 25th is your birthday, you brat."

Fang Xing put on a bad face and said, "Damn, I never wear a watch."

Finish this part.

Fang Xing sat back and looked at the monitor, watching it from the beginning. After watching it, he said happily: "Perfect, this section is passed, ready to transition!"

"Infernal Affairs" was filmed until the summer, all scenes were completed, and then post-production began.

Since the filming was completed, the entertainment media has paid close attention to this movie.

When Liu Hanyi and Liang Youhua attended events, they were often asked about "Infernal Affairs".

However, the movie has not been released yet.

The two kings are used to reporters, and they handle such questions easily. They do not disclose details every time, but they take the opportunity to promote "Infernal Affairs".

"Everyone must remember to go to the cinema to watch it. It is very exciting."

When asked when it would be released, both said they didn't know the specific time.

Because "Infernal Affairs" is still in post-production, it has not yet been set.

However, according to the time schedule, it will most likely be the National Day or Spring Festival stall.

Fang Xing has not decided yet on which schedule "Infernal Affairs" will be released.

After all, the matter of setting the schedule cannot be decided casually.

It needs to cooperate with publicity and distribution, as well as the cooperation of the issuing company.

Before.

Ark Culture’s movies are all released in cooperation with Penguin Pictures.

Therefore, as soon as "Infernal Affairs" was completed this time, Zhang Changfeng began to invite Fang Xing to tea.

In addition, Shengrong Pictures also has contact with Ark Culture.

In business, just because we were competitors before does not mean we cannot cooperate in the future.

When "Crazy Stone" was released last year, Fang Xing used a 2 billion box office guarantee contract to eat up all the film scheduling resources of Penguin Pictures.

As a result, "Married Halfway" turned around and signed with Shengrong Pictures.

Shengrong Pictures is also one of the three major film distribution companies and has strong strength in the industry.

Although the box office of "Married Halfway" is not as good as "Crazy Stone", it is not bad, and the film studio and distributor made money.

Last year, she competed in the summer season with "Crazy Stone" and "Married Halfway".

Therefore, Ark Culture and Shengrong Pictures are in a competitive relationship.

However, there is no conflict between the two companies, it is just normal business competition.

Therefore, just because we have competed before does not mean we cannot cooperate in the future.

This time Shengrong Pictures took the initiative to contact, and the target was naturally "Infernal Affairs".

Qiao Yinghong heard that Shengrong Pictures came to discuss cooperation in "Infernal Affairs" and she did not refuse.

With one more issuing company to compete, better conditions can be obtained during negotiations.

If there are no competitors, Penguin Pictures will naturally do whatever it wants.

However, with Shengrong Pictures as competition, Penguin Pictures must offer better conditions if it wants to win "Infernal Affairs".

This is the simplest and most effective negotiation strategy.

Moreover, this time "Infernal Affairs" is far more popular than "Crazy Stone".

The reason is also very simple.

What was the original cast of "Crazy Stone"?

A group of unknown third-tier actors.

What is the current lineup of "Infernal Affairs"?

The two Hong Kong movie kings, even the female characters who have few roles, are hired from behind the scenes.

In addition, Fang Xing has already proved his box office strength with "Crazy Stone".

How can this kind of creative lineup be bad at the box office?

The industry's current box office forecast for "Infernal Affairs" is that it will start at 2 billion.

Of course, this prediction is based on experience and intuition, and is just a first impression.

So far, "Infernal Affairs" has not even released a trailer.

No one in the industry knows what the quality is.

It's just that "Crazy Stone" has a box office of 2.4 billion. With such a strong lineup, "Infernal Affairs" should not be lower than "Crazy Stone".

Of course, in the film industry, there are many examples of the first movie being a hit and the next one being a flop.

It is still unknown whether the box office of "Infernal Affairs" can surpass "Crazy Stone" in the end.

Besides, the two best actors, Liu Hanyi and Liang Youhua, have made quite a few bad movies.

Especially Liang Youhua, who often has to return favors, and the lower limit for bad movies is very low.

In fact.

When Liang Youhua guest-starred in "Crazy Stone", he was also returning Zhang Changfeng's favor.

If "Crazy Stone" is bad, it will be another bad movie made by Liang Youhua.

However, "Crazy Stone" was a big hit in the end, and it also exploded in word-of-mouth and box office, so Liang Youhua was not given another bad movie.

The current cast of "Infernal Affairs" is indeed strong, but there is still a chance that it will fail.

Once the filming goes bad, the box office can be amazing.

certainly.

With such a starring cast, Fang Xing also has the box office appeal of "Crazy Stone".

Putting aside the final box office, "Infernal Affairs" is definitely better at scheduling films than "Crazy Stone".

at this point.

When Zhang Changfeng invited Fang Xing to tea, he made it clear directly: "Leave "Infernal Affairs" to me, and the schedule will definitely not be lower than "Crazy Stone."

This guarantee must be sincere.

Moreover, no guarantee is required.

When "Crazy Stone" got 24% of the film schedule, it was exchanged for a 2 billion guaranteed box office contract, which was considered a gamble.

This time, before Fang Xing opened his mouth, Zhang Changfeng directly promised that the film schedule would not be lower than that of "Crazy Stone" and that there would be no guarantee of a box office surge.

The reason why he offered such good conditions is naturally because Ark Culture's movies are no longer as popular as they were a year ago.

There are more film distribution companies trying to compete for them.

It can be said that if Fang Xing handed "Infernal Affairs" to any film distribution company, the other party would be willing to offer the highest-quality films for cooperation.

Zhang Changfeng promised more than 24% of the film schedule, which means that Penguin Pictures can only release one hit movie "Infernal Affairs" in the same schedule.

After all, Penguin Pictures has limited film arrangement resources, and its promotion and distribution capabilities are also limited.

Since the film arrangement was all left to Fang Xing, naturally there was no way to discuss cooperation with other film production companies.

However, "Infernal Affairs" has not yet finalized its release date.

The last time Fang Xing paid attention to the post-production progress, the first version of "Infernal Affairs" had been released.

After watching it, I saw that the degree of completion was already very high. I only needed to edit it once more and adjust the length of the film, and it was basically ready for release.

Post-production is nearing completion, and it’s time to set a schedule.

Fang Xing asked Qiao Yinghong to notify various departments of the company to hold a meeting to discuss the finalization of "Infernal Affairs".

"The schedule of "Infernal Affairs" will be finalized today, so each department will check what other work is on hand and when they can start promoting the movie."

Qiao Yinghong continued: "At present, the more suitable schedules are the National Day schedule and the Spring Festival schedule. Otherwise, you have to wait for next year's summer schedule. Waiting for next year's summer schedule is too long. It is best to do it during the National Day schedule, or It will be released during the Spring Festival.”

At this moment.

The marketing director raised his hand and said: "One thing I want to say is that Mr. Liang of Nebula Animation told me last month that "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" is considering releasing it during the Spring Festival, or during the summer next year.

"So, we have two movies coming out soon, and they definitely can't be put on the same schedule."

There are only so many movie theaters, and the number of viewers who can watch a movie at the same time is also fixed.

If the same company releases two movies on the same schedule at the same time, it will undoubtedly affect each other's box office. This is not a good strategy.

Forget it if they are two blockbuster movies, but both movies have great box office potential, so they must be released on separate schedules.

Qiao Yinghong continued: "If this is the case, if "Infernal Affairs" is released on the Spring Festival schedule, then "Nezha" will have to be put on the summer schedule next year. If "Nezha" is released on the Spring Festival schedule, "Infernal Affairs" will not be available. If you choose, you can only enter the National Day stalls."

The marketing director then reminded: "Should we consider movies to be released by other film companies? If the competition is too fierce, we can also consider staggering the schedule."

Movie release schedule is also a science.

There are three most popular schedules in China.

The first is the Spring Festival stall, the second is the summer stall, and the third is the National Day stall.

Of course, under the three major schedules, there are also May Day and New Year’s Day stalls.

However, the box office potential of these two periods is not as great as the first three.

At this moment.

Fang Xing said: "There is no need to consider other film companies' movies, just do our own job well."

The marketing director nodded and said, "If that's the case, "Nezha" can be placed on either the Spring Festival or the summer schedule. This is a family movie, and both the Spring Festival and summer schedules are suitable for parents to watch with their children."

Fang Xing thought for a moment and asked, "Will "Infernal Affairs" be released in time for the National Day holiday?"

The marketing director had done his homework before coming and replied: "Okay, let's start promoting it now so that it can be released in time for the National Day."

Moreover, employees in the marketing department were very enthusiastic about their work when they heard that "Infernal Affairs" would be released on National Day.

Because if "Infernal Affairs" is released on National Day, the performance of "Infernal Affairs" at the end of the year can be calculated, and the performance bonus may be doubled.

If "Infernal Affairs" is released during the Spring Festival, its performance will only be calculated next year.

Therefore, if "Infernal Affairs" is released on the National Day schedule, all the staff will have to work hard to promote it.

After listening to the opinions of several departments, Fang Xing decided: "In that case, "Infernal Affairs" will be released on the National Day schedule."

Qiao Yinghong hurriedly asked: "Boss, don't you need to discuss it with the publisher?"

Fang Xing said confidently: "Inform Penguin Pictures directly to arrange a National Day release, and they will definitely agree."

If not, Shengrong Pictures would definitely be happy to release "Infernal Affairs" on National Day.