Chapter 106 Idol Group
Five days later, "Happy Ghost", which was released for twenty days, had a box office of 13 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and the attendance rate dropped a lot, but the decline was relatively stable and it should still have considerable box office potential.
Because of this, when Zou Wenhuai and Du Qi met that morning, they congratulated: "Congratulations to Mr. Du's first film on the sale of the first film of Oriental Film and Television, and won a good start."
"It's not as good as Mr. Zou's pillar of Hong Kong films." Du Qi also said politely: "Mr. Zou's contribution to Hong Kong films is obvious to all."
The two of them praised each other for a few words, and Zou Wenhuai said, "Mr. Du, I heard that you have a great career in the United States, how could you come to Hong Kong to invest in movies."
Duqi casually said: "There are Jobs and others on Apple. The company is operating normally. There are actually not many times when I need me. In addition to investing in TV stations and film companies, I actually have other businesses. Film companies are just doing it casually.
I spent a few years in Los Angeles and saw Hollywood every day, so I was naturally affected. And compared to the complex environment of Hollywood, the rules for investing in movies in Hong Kong are simpler, and the investment required is less, so I won’t feel sorry for losing money. I just invest a little money to play with it."
When Du Qi said so casually and did not take the investment in filming seriously, Zou Wenhuai's eyes couldn't help but twitch, but Du Qi did have the capital to say this. If he invested in "New Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", Jiahe lost at least half, which was more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Such a large loss made Zou Wenhuai beat his feet with heartache. It could be exchanged for US dollars for only more than two million US dollars. In the eyes of Duqi, a rich man worth hundreds of millions of dollars, it was really a small amount of money. He really could afford it and his attitude was naturally casual.
I couldn't help but curse Du Qi, a big dog from the United States, but the envy in my heart was inevitable and said, "Mr. Du is really generous. I heard that Oriental Film and Television is preparing a new film?"
"Well, it's an idea in my mind. The screenwriter over there is still improving the script. It's probably time to wait for September to start filming."
"So that's it. When the movie is filmed, Mr. Du should not forget my Jiahe Cinemas." Zou Wenhuai said.
"The more theaters can be released, the more beneficial it will be for the movie. Of course, I am very eager to ask for it." After hearing Zou Wenhuai say this, Du Qi also smiled and said, "I will thank Mr. Zou here first."
It was obvious that Zou Wenhuai wanted to show goodwill, but Du Qi did not refuse. Although he was a cross-river in Hong Kong, he was also inevitably supported by local snakes, especially in the film industry. As Shaw gradually turned to the TV industry, Jiahe is now the film industry, and it is also good to maintain a good relationship. As for whether Zou Wenhuai has other plans, Du Qi thinks he can watch it first.
After the meeting with Zou Wenhuai, Du Qi returned to Oriental Film and Television and confirmed that the date of "Happy Ghost" was released in Taiwan and Nanyang has been set. As for South Korea and RB, they are still talking, and ordered to arrange more supervision and try to avoid being stolen as much as possible. After all, the transparency of box office statistics in recent years has been much worse than that in the Internet era. Even in the Internet era, there are many ways to steal box office, let alone now.
After explaining, I read the script of "Mr. Zombie" written by the screenwriters.
Since I met Lin Zhengying, wouldn’t it be a fool if I didn’t film "Mr. Zombie". This is a super money-making series. In addition to a few screenwriters, Du Qi also asked Lin Zhengying and Wang Jing to participate in the script writing together. Now the script that Du Qi is holding is almost the same as what he saw in his previous life.
The male protagonist is naturally Lin Zhengying, and Ren Tingting in the previous life seemed to be played by Li Saifeng, but now Du Qi has other arrangements, so the heroine plans to hand it over to Guan Zhilin. With Guan Zhilin's temperament, there is no problem playing a young lady who has returned from studying abroad.
Finally, Wang Jing and Lin Zhengying and others were asked to improve the script. Du Qi found Ma Youcheng, the general manager of Oriental Film and Television, and asked him: "I asked you to hire someone, how about the songs written for Wen Bixia and the others? Have you found a record company suitable for acquisition?"
After the success of "Happy Ghost", Du Qi considered the arrangements for Wen Bixia, Li Saifeng and Li Lizhen, and finally decided to set up a happy girl group, focusing on their youth elements, showing them with a healthy, lively and pure image. In addition to making movies, they also need to develop like singing and create an idol group.
This is not a difficult task. The successful Hong Kong and Taiwan stars in recent years have taken this path. Compared with the income from movies, they earn a lot of money from recordings and concerts, and may even have more money. Therefore, the training of the three of them is all towards this.
Moreover, this is not the first idol group Duqi is preparing to launch. He has planned to launch an idol group every few years, with Phoenix TV and Oriental Film and Television. He has sufficient advantages in publicity. Building an idol is not difficult. When it is not popular in a few years, it will be replaced. Moreover, it can not only recruit people locally in Hong Kong, but also recruit members from Taiwan, South Korea, RB in order to facilitate entry into the local market.
The boys and girls in the last life were all the money-making tools of many companies. Groups such as Girls' Generation and Akb48 made money for their companies. Duqi didn't want to miss it. He was also preparing for this in the acquisition of a record company.
Ma Youcheng knew Du Qi's plan, so he didn't dare to neglect it and said, "In addition to the theme song of the movie "Happy Ghost", I have invited a composer to write a few songs. The style is not a problem, and I also specially hired a dance teacher to choreograph. Now I am giving guidance to Miss Wen and the others to practice.
As for the record company, I did find a more qualified one for sale recently. The boss of this company is preparing to immigrate to Australia with his family."
The situation in Hong Kong in the past two years is unclear, and there are many people immigrating to places like the United States and Australia. Ma Youcheng carefully introduced that the record company has some channels from Taiwan, and the channels in Hong Kong are not very complete. However, the company's structure is still complete, but there are no famous singers, and it can save a lot of effort after acquisition.
Chapter completed!