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Volume 1 Chapter 299 Preparation

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    Shen Zhenghui once again stepped into the rhythm of work. Although he did not explicitly say that he would take over the filming of "Magic Apprentice", he still started to make preparations under the pressure of Fukuda Mitsumi. If the final evaluation is that the filming is unprofitable,  He will give up more naturally.  Shen Zhenghui first summoned Lu Yang. For the novel "The Magic Apprentice", it is easier to understand it with a Chinese person.  But as soon as Lu Yang heard that the plan was to make it look like "The Lord of the Rings", he backed down on the spot.  This is not because he is afraid of difficulties, but because he feels that this cycle is too long. If he really wants to film, he will probably only do this one thing in ten years.  Although it is very likely that his name will go down in film history, or even world film history, Lu Yang is in the rising period of his career. After filming "Black Fist 3", he is eager to express his creative ideas, and his current fame is enough for him.  I rely on my face to finance the filming of my favorite movie.  When he returned to work for Shen Zhenghui as assistant director, he instinctively refused.  It was only then that Shen Zhenghui realized that in terms of talent, his company¡¯s reserves were far from enough.  But sometimes the world is so unfair. Some directors want to make movies, and people who want to invest have to queue up; while those who are not famous have to endure the pain bit by bit, hoping that one day they can have a filming  opportunity, and at the same time, he also hopes that he will not screw up the first time. If he screws up, he will have to get through it bit by bit.  As a director in this industry, just mastering enough skills and experience is not a sufficient condition for success. Especially for film directors, sometimes the times cannot keep up with you, and sometimes you cannot keep up with the times. If you want to be with the public,  It is often difficult to match the interests.  Lu Yang relied on Shen Zhenghui to obtain his current fame, status, and income.  He is also Kasuga's contracted director, but when it reaches a certain level, Kasuga's care for him becomes a fetter for him, at least sometimes he feels that way.  Lu Yang has participated in several of Shen Zhenghui¡¯s blockbusters with a box office of over 100 million US dollars. In a sense, he is very familiar with Shen Zhenghui¡¯s movies.  His impression of Shen Zhenghui was that Shen Zhenghui's subjects were always flattering, but his photography skills had never been his strong point.  If you stay around Success for a long time, you will feel that success is very easy. Lu Yang has this mentality.  In fact, he has already submitted a shooting plan to Mitsumi Fukuda. Lu Yang plans for himself to focus on Hong Kong and mainland China, or to be more ambitious and expand to Hollywood. He feels that he cannot give full play to his advantages in Japan.  Fukuda Mitsumi suppressed these decisions until Shen Zhenghui came back, so when Shen Zhenghui talked about the adaptation of "Magic Apprentice" with great interest, Lu Yang expressed his regret.  He hopes to complete his work.  "Okay." After thinking for a while, Shen Zhenghui agreed to Lu Yang's request. For a director, a director's life would be incomplete without the experience of failure.  Shen Zhenghui did not want to curse Lu Yang maliciously, but really felt that if the other party was not interested in this plan, then there was not much meaning in participating.  "Can you take a look at my script?" Lu Yang asked carefully, "President Futian said that he will decide whether to invest until you come back." "What is the budget?" "The total amount is 10 million yuan, or  Hong Kong dollars are also fine," Lu Yang added.  "I want to participate in the investment in the form of a studio. I can personally contribute half of it." "Yes." Shen Zhenghui readily agreed, "Let's do it. Anyway, if you want to go to Hong Kong and mainland China to shoot, you can go directly to Wang Bin of ATV.  , just talk to him about investment. Since you are planning to open your own studio and participate in the investment, we will each contribute half of it, so I support you. " Lu Yang was stunned for a moment. He probably didn't even know that.  He had not considered the issue of distribution, "Can't I completely entrust Haruhi to distribute it?" "Then the distribution fee is cheaper for you. It will be deducted from the box office share." Lu Yang fell into some kind of entanglement. If the box office fails, his investment will be lost.  Even if it doesn't fail, the cost of publicity and distribution is included in the box office, and the share that can fall into your hands will not be too much.  Although Lu Yang knew that he was already quite famous, he had no confidence in achieving a box office hit without stars such as Tony Jaa.  He was familiar with the subject he wanted to shoot. This subject had been tumbling in his mind for several years, but he did not dare to bet that this subject would be a hit in Japan. But when he actually returned to the mainland and Hong Kong markets, Lu Yang hesitated again.  "Think carefully, being your own boss is indeed risky." Shen Zhenghui reminded him. He patted Lu Yang on the shoulder, then sat down in his seat and called Miyamoto to come to his office.  Come.  Lu Yang left anxiously, and happened to meet Miyamoto at the door. Miyamoto looked at him rather strangely.Looking like he was thinking hard, after entering Shen Zhenghui's office, he saluted respectfully and then asked, "I see that Mr. Lu is in a trance. What's wrong with him?" "He is considering whether to be his own boss.  "Shen Zhenghui replied, then walked to Miyamoto and pulled him to sit down on the sofa. "Have you considered this issue?" "I don't want to think about other things besides making movies." Miyamoto said seriously.  He replied, "The company is very ambitious, and I am very willing to continue working in the company." There is a hint of loyalty in it.  Compared to Lu Yang, Miyamoto's position in the company is much more important. He had to be sent to follow up on many projects, such as cooperation projects with several Japanese directors, cooperation projects with Zhou Xingxing, etc. Miyamoto  In a sense, he is a relatively simple director who only cares about doing his job well.  In the past few years, his personal works have not been less. He has a close relationship with Nasu Moshi and Takeuchi Takashi. He has made several relatively cult movies, but they have only received good reviews in a small circle, and the box office can only be said to be  Not bad.  He is ambitious and has always wanted to one day turn the world of Xingyue into a live-action movie, and his movies have always pursued this style.  For Miyamoto, Shen Zhenghui is quite relieved. This gentleman is like a cow. What he eats is grass and what he squeezes out is milk. In terms of work attitude.  There is really nothing to say.  This has been Shen Zhenghui's impression all along.  "What do you think," Shen Zhenghui asked, Miyamoto subconsciously held his breath, "what do you think of the idea of ??turning "The Magic Apprentice" into a live-action movie?" Miyamoto almost jumped up from the sofa, "Have you decided yet?"  "This is an idea. Sony is very interested." Miyamoto finally couldn't help but stood up and walked around the room, clenching his fists hard and shouting in a low voice, "Great, great, great  "Don't be so excited yet," Shen Zhenghui waved his hand, "If the final review finds that the prospect is not good, then this project will be canceled resolutely." "No, why is the prospect not good?" Miyamoto sat down again.  Come down.  He said with some excitement, "The sales of this novel in Japan are extremely hot, and the cartoon has set a DVD sales record." He said confidently, "Although in terms of subject matter, this is like a Western fantasy story,  But I think it has a larger audience in Asia.¡± ¡°You are very optimistic about this plan?¡± ¡°Of course,¡± Miyamoto continued, ¡°The three of us have discussed this work.  Yes, the overall story is very complete. The hidden background is very vivid, and the blend of Eastern and Western cultures is vividly reflected in the whole story. Not to mention the clever allusions to history, this story gives Mushroom the idea.  The story of Xingyue World also provides a lot of reference things." "So," Shen Zhenghui cleared his throat.  "Can I understand that you are willing to join the preparatory crew?" "Of course!" Miyamoto immediately replied, "How many movies are we going to make? Three main films, three prequels, three spin-offs?" "This  You have to watch it after the adaptation," Shen Zhenghui said.  "In that case, then you should work hard first and sort out the script. You should also think about what conditions should be chosen for actors." Miyamoto looked like he was hit by a big prize, "Really? It's all up to me.  "Decision?" "I told you that this is preparation work," Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips, "Of course, we will contact the original author when the time comes for specific revisions of the script and ask him to participate in revising the entire book first.  "Is this novel finished?" Miyamoto asked in disbelief, "I haven't seen the complete work yet!" "Miss Fukuda has the complete work, and I also have it, but mine is in Chinese.  "Shen Zhenghui said, "Of course it is impossible for Kadokawa Bookstore to publish the entire book at once." Miyamoto scratched his hair, "Can I borrow the complete Japanese works from President Fukuda first? I have already been asked.  The story has been tortured for several weeks - since I finished reading the last published episode. "Okay, go talk to her." Shen Zhenghui nodded.  Miyamoto stood up immediately, but then he stopped and turned around, "Can I invite Takashi Takeuchi and Mushroom to join the crew?" he asked.  "It's the preparation crew," Shen Zhenghui reiterated. "If they are interested and have time," Shen Zhenghui spread his hands, "Of course I welcome it, but I'm worried that they are busy enough with their own work." "They must be interested.  "Miyamoto bowed hurriedly, and then hurried out.  Shen Zhenghui looked at his back, and then said to himself, "The arrow is on the string., I can¡¯t help but post it!  " At this moment, the phone on his desk rang, and Mitsumi Fukuda said on the other end of the phone, "The people from Sony are already here. We are waiting for you to come over and negotiate specific conditions!  " Shen Zhenghui tilted his mouth, closed his eyes, and then took a deep breath. This deputy manager of Sony looked domineering enough. His name was Kazuo Kawazawa. According to him, he was the general person in charge of this project, "  Sony hopes to create high-quality movies that are not inferior to "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings,"" he said. "Of course, in terms of film production, Kasuga will be the main focus, and Sony will be responsible for promotion and distribution.  Columbia will specifically assist Kasuga in her work," he glanced at Mitsumi Fukuda, "I think it would be more pleasant for you and Columbia to cooperate, right?  ¡± ¡°Previous cooperation was quite pleasant.  Mitsumi Fukuda raised his neck, "So how much of Columbia's shares can we get?"  " "Sony is not short of money," Kazuo Kawazawa said proudly, "but we cannot afford Columbia to continue to lose money.  " "No more losses.  "Shen Zhenghui said in his heart. "We are also willing to reduce risks as much as possible. At the same time, it also shows our sincerity in cooperation so that everyone has the same interests.  Kazuo Kawazawa looked at Shen Zhenghui and said, "This is normal cooperation. We are willing to strengthen our relationship with Kasuga."  " "Given that we have been performing well in the film market.  " Mitsumi Fukuda added. Kazuo Kawazawa frowned, but still admitted awkwardly. "You did perform well," he added unconvincingly, "but the largest film market in the world is North America.  " "Of course I admit this, and our performance in North America is also good," Mitsumi Fukuda stared at Shen Zhenghui and said, "Otherwise.  Sony won't like us either, right?  " Kazuo Kawazawa had to nod. He looked at Shen Zhenghui, "I have to admit this," he said, "Director Shen does have the potential to let Sony take this risk.  " Risk taking? You are obviously watching "The Lord of the Rings" win Warner nearly 3 billion in box office, and "Harry Potter" is a long-term money printing machine for Warner. You are so jealous that you are drooling. Of course, you can't bear to use it with children.  Shen Zhenghui rubbed his chin. From this point of view, "The Magic Apprentice" appeared at the right time. "The budget of the first movie was US$130 million, which was purely used for filming.  " Kazuo Kawazawa and Mitsumi Fukuda talked about the contract, "Sony guarantees that the cost for promotion and distribution will not be less than half of 130 million, that is, 65 million.  Columbia and Kasuga each paid half of the filming costs, of course.  Both parties can introduce partners, and their shares are each limited to 65 million.  "Then he said something else. "If it exceeds the budget, we will start with Kasuga within 10%. If it exceeds 10%, we will negotiate" Kazuo Kawazawa and Mitsumi Fukuda discussed a lot of details, and Shen Zhenghui listened.  "Director Shen?"  "I don't know how long it took. Kazuo Kawazawa woke up Shen Zhenghui, "Are you listening?  " "Sorry, I'm already thinking about the shooting.  " "That's just right," Kazuo Kawasawa said, "just recently.  People from Sony and Columbia will come to visit Director Shen and communicate with Director Shen about the specific preparations for the shooting, such as the selection of shooting locations, design drawings of buildings, etc" Kazuo Kawazawa talked about the aspects that the movie will involve.  A lot. Only then did Shen Zhenghui realize that he was facing a large project with an investment cost of almost 200 million US dollars, and his experience was not enough. "I think New Zealand is good, and "The Lord of the Rings" is there.  Photographed, of course, it would be best if we could send people to see what it is like there. Some places in Europe are not impossible to consider. It depends on the specifics. It would be better if we can get a tax refund" "  Actors are also a big problem. Since it is a Hollywood movie, I think it is best to use white people.  But I don¡¯t think we should use big names. This would be troublesome for filming a sequel. Of course, there is also casting. The descriptions of the characters in the novel are somewhat beyond imagination. How to realize those descriptions in real people is very difficult. I need to be clever.  The makeup artist, um, and the martial arts instructor. Since this is a Western fantasy story, then we¡¯d better follow the Western martial arts routine" "Of course I have no objection to Sony and Columbia staff playing a role in the crew,  But the director should be the key to the entire crew. I hope the producer can cooperate with me" "There are no practical issues yet, but as for many principle issues, Shen Zhenghui and Kazuo Kawazawa were talking about it, which made their mouths dry.  Shen Zhenghui is becoming more and more aware of the pressure of blockbusters. Everyone feels this pressure.?.  But after sending Kazuo Kawazawa away - he will continue to visit tomorrow, at which time he said he will communicate with Shen Zhenghui on more details.  Shen Zhenghui saw the smile on the corner of Fukuda Mitsumi's mouth.  "It seems like you are enjoying it." Mitsumi Fukuda said leisurely.  "You might as well say this is a kind of pressure," Shen Zhenghui raised his eyebrows, "If such a blockbuster fails, the reputation I have accumulated before will be deeply affected." "But you still have no intention of looking back!" Mitsumi Fukuda said in a tone of voice.  Lifted up.  Shen Zhenghui slapped his forehead hard, "I didn't realize that this was all planned by you!" He knocked on his head again, "Sony is like this, isn't it just rushing it to the shelves?"  At this time, Fukuda Mitsumi suddenly kissed Shen Zhenghui on the cheek, "I knew you could do it." "Don't think you can deal with me at this level." "What? Didn't you do enough last night?  "?" Shen Zhenghui blushed, "Are these two different things?" "It seems to me the same thing," Fukuda Mitsumi picked Shen Zhenghui's chin with his finger, "Remember to leave an important role for Aonuma Tomoaki.  "Ha" "Don't forget Liu Xin's script," Fukuda Mitsumi said, and then pushed Shen Zhenghui out of his office, "Go and do your own thing!" Shen Zhenghui walked out of Fukuda Mitsuru helplessly.  Midea's office thought for a while and sent an email to Ning Huan, asking him to call her back as soon as he had time.  Then he returned to his office, took out a blank notebook, and began to write a work plan on how to prepare for the shooting.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. 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