After lunch, they all left. Even Cao Jinling followed Xu Ruchen and introduced some friends to him.

Cai Zhiliang was at leisure instead. Cui Fanghua went shopping in the mall, followed by Pata. He hadn't come back yet, but Zhao Shuo was waiting for him. He didn't know what day it was, but they all got together.

"Why are you here?"

"Let's talk about something." Zhao Shuo sat opposite Cai Zhiliang, ordered a cup of coffee, then took out a document and handed it over, saying: "This was faxed from New York Bluebird Pictures the day before yesterday. When I went to find you, you had already

It’s in the special zone.”

Cai Zhiliang took it and saw that it was several investment projects of the film company.

The current regulations of Bluebird Pictures are that investment projects under 10 million US dollars, mainly horror, thriller, and pornographic ones, are decided by George himself, but projects over 10 million US dollars are decided by Cai Zhiliang. Although the efficiency is a bit low, it is small

The company is like this. If it cannot withstand big troubles and loses money on a blockbuster movie, it will have no choice but to close down or be merged and acquired.

"This doesn't require you to go there in person. It's not something to rush." ​​For Hollywood movies, half a year is considered a short time from project establishment to start-up, and it is far less fast than Hong Kong movies.

"This is an investment of tens of millions of dollars. How dare we delay it." Zhao Shuo said with a smile: "I took a rough look at the content, and I feel that there is nothing outstanding about it. It is similar to what was sent before."

Cai Zhiliang said: "If you see that there is nothing outstanding about it, then you are right, it means that it does not suit the way of thinking of Oriental people. But if you think about it the other way around, since it does not suit the way of thinking of Oriental people, it must be popular in Europe and the United States.

Welcome, it shows that it is worth investing in."

"If it were as simple as you said, Mr. Raymond of Golden Harvest would not have invested one billion, but had a ten-year plan of tens of billions." Zhao Shuo was referring to Golden Harvest's plan to enter Hollywood, six movies, and 1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The cost, converted into U.S. dollars, is about more than 20 million U.S. dollars per movie. It is not necessarily Golden Harvest's investment, but the total cost of participating in the investment in the movie.

"That's the way it is, but some people think it's complicated." Cai Zhiliang gave an example, "If Mr. Raymond hadn't randomly changed Cheng Long's positioning and forced him to adapt to Hollywood's aesthetics and production process, Cheng Long might have become internationally famous by now.

"

Zhao Shuo looked surprised and didn't bother to drink coffee. He asked: "Are you going to cooperate with Cheng Long? Jiahe probably won't let him go."

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it in two years." Blue Bird Company is Cai Zhiliang's trump card, but he doesn't have much confidence yet. "With the prosperity of the Hong Kong film market and the influx of capital, the minds of artists will be different, not to mention

Cheng Long also established Weihe Shaw Brothers two years ago.

One set will definitely not work. Artists' minds will become more and more flexible, and it is even possible to become a director or start a company. Now that you are expanding the business of the artist department, don't be too restrictive. The more prosperous the Hong Kong film market is, the more actors will be able to do it.

Don’t worry about not having a movie to shoot, a shoddy production is still a movie.”

Zhao Shuo nodded and said, "I'll go back and review it."

Cai Zhiliang's mouth felt dry as he spoke, and he took a sip of coffee and said, "Are you really going to send such a document this time?"

Zhao Shuo said: "We are planning to go to Danxia Mountain. Lin Tao has already led people there. We will not go to Southeast Asia for the next scene shooting, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive."

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"Then see more, and don't just limit yourself to Guangdong Province. The neighboring Guizhou Province is indeed famous for its beautiful mountains and rivers, as well as three mountains and five mountains." Cai Zhiliang suggested, "Photograph more landscapes and make martial arts movies in the future.

Sooner or later, you will be able to use it.”

"Alas..." Zhao Shuo sighed, "I forgot about this."

Speaking of martial arts films, Cai Zhiliang asked: "Is Mr. Hu's exhibition about to end? Is there a time to start filming "The Swordsman"?"

"The film exhibition is over, but..." Zhao Shuo smiled bitterly and said: "Director Hu still needs to research some costumes and props to try to match the costumes of people in the Ming Dynasty."

Cai Zhiliang said: "With so many movies made, Ming Dynasty costumes should be relatively common. Why should we pay attention to them? I remember "Dragon Gate Inn" is from the Ming Dynasty."

"So it's not good to be too striving for perfection. It takes more than a year to make a movie, and the cost will increase many times." Zhao Shuo said, "Director Hu is recognized as a film master, but it's just not suitable for such a waste of time.

Hong Kong film.”

After listening to Zhao Shuo's words, Cai Zhiliang really wanted to say that when it comes to "Water Mill Kung Fu", there may be no newcomers, but there are successors. One movie has been released in five years, and he has just collaborated with Cai's Pictures on another one, which is currently being screened.

.

"As long as it can be guaranteed to be released next year." Apart from waiting, Cai Zhiliang has no other solution. Anyway, there is no shortage of movies at the moment.

"I hope so." Zhao Shuo lamented in his heart.

Cai Zhiliang said: "Speaking of martial arts movies, we should try our best to get the remake rights of some Shaw Brothers movies, which naturally have a certain audience base, such as "Dragon Gate Inn", "The Crane and the Needle", etc., and make some reserves, etc.

After "Swordsman" became a hit, we will start filming again."

"I'll go back and investigate to see if copyright is required." In fact, many movies do not necessarily need copyright. They will slowly waffle after they are filmed and released. After talking about business, Zhao Shuo asked: "There is Priscilla Chan's concert tonight, are you free?"

?”

"I bought a ticket, together with Cui Fanghua." Cai Zhiliang said, "Can I still buy tickets now?"

Zhao Shuo said: "I have tickets for the front row."

Cai Zhiliang said: "It's fast enough. Where did you get it? When Pata went to buy the tickets yesterday, they were already sold out."

Zhao Shuo laughed and said: "I met Tan Yonglin and his party on the road. He was a warm-up guest, so I casually asked the people over at PolyGram how many tickets they wanted."

"Save a few for me." The tickets Zhao Shuo wants must be in a good location and are not comparable to Cai Zhiliang's two tickets.

"One card is enough for me." Zhao Shuo took out a total of 5 cards from his pocket. After keeping one card for himself, he handed the remaining 4 cards to Cai Zhiliang.

"You have nothing to do now, right?" Cai Zhiliang saw that Zhao Shuo was still in the mood to watch the concert, thinking that he had nothing to do today, "come with me and go for a walk."

Zhao Shuo naturally had some free time and asked, "Where are you going?"

Cai Zhiliang looked at the time and said, "There is someone picking me up outside. Let's go and see some shops."

The person who came to pick up Cai Zhiliang was Zhao Guozhu, who originally worked as a workshop director in a garment factory. Later, when Cai Meiqi became pregnant, he was asked to carry out the original plan.

Zhao Shuo pointed to the brand on the door and read: "Malena Clothing..."

"How is it? Does it feel vulgar? Haha..." Cai Zhiliang asked with a smile.

Zhao Shuo didn't know where the smile came from, so he said: "Easy to approach."

Currently, three Malena Clothing stores have been opened. This is the one closest to the hotel. When Cai Zhiliang entered, he found that Zhou Hai was also there and there were no customers.

"Ma Honglong has reached an agreement?"

"Anyway, we couldn't reach a conclusion today, so we canceled it." Zhou Hai pointed at the clothing store and said, "There are currently three such stores, all of which are around 100 square feet."

Whether it's big or small, there's nothing special about it at a glance.

"The key to this kind of business is reputation. If the advertising is done well, the financial resources will naturally flow in. Maybe you can sponsor some sports events. I heard that Jianlibao is sponsoring the Olympic Games. In just a few years, it has become a large company with an annual output value of billions."

." Cai Zhiliang just wanted to share his opinion. As for what Zhou Hai and Zhao Guozhu should do, they have to wait and see the effect. He said: "This store is small. Maybe a department store is better. It's too monotonous to only sell clothes.

There’s not much customer traffic.”

"There is a lot of passenger traffic. You will know when you wait until the evening." Zhou Haidao: "We won't be able to catch up with the Olympics this year. Let's wait until the next one."

The Olympics are in October, so it is indeed impossible to catch up. But are the Olympics the key? This is just an example. The key lies in the placement of advertisements. This is really an era of how bold a person is and how productive the land is.

"Then go to local TV stations, place advertisements in newspapers and periodicals, and then expand the store to increase its popularity first."

After walking around for a while, that was it, Cai Zhiliang returned to the hotel, and Cui Fanghua had already returned. She was wearing a light blue dress, a solid-colored dome hat on her head, and a pair of toad mirrors, which reflected her snow-white skin.

Beautiful and fashionable.

"Where did this ticket come from?" Cui Fanghua saw the ticket left by Zhao Shuo as soon as he came back.

"Zhao Shuo sent it here."

Cai Zhiliang responded, picked up the document under the concert ticket, and began to look through the film projects carefully selected by George Smith.

Cui Fanghua asked: "Can "The Swordsman" be started?"

"It's still early, don't get your hopes up before the end of the year."

"How could this be?" As time went by, Cui Fanghua's gradually calmed down mood began to surge again. After a while, he finally accepted his fate and said: "On the way back, I saw a property market opening. It only cost a few hundred yuan per square meter. I'm going to invest in a property."

, what do you think?"

"In terms of property, the more the merrier, you won't lose money no matter what." Cai Zhiliang said, "It's just that you won't live here for a long time, so you should buy it in Hong Kong City."

"Just stay for one night occasionally, it's cheap anyway." Cui Fanghua curled her lips and said: "House prices in Hong Kong City are so expensive, over a thousand per square foot, how can I afford it?"

"It will only get more expensive in the future. Look at what the price was ten years ago and what it is now." Cai Zhiliang suggested: "Sell all the stocks in your hands and use them to buy a house."

"Now that housing prices are rising, I can only buy a few square meters with the little money I have." Cui Fanghua complained.

"The mortgage is enough." Cai Zhiliang said: "The film and television base of Cai's Pictures has started construction. After this year, you will have endless film appointments."

Cui Fanghua said: "I just want to start filming "The Swordsman" as soon as possible."

Cai Zhiliang ignored Cui Fanghua and concentrated on the documents in his hand.

Among the projects that George chose this time, there is one that Cai Zhiliang has heard of, which is "Pretty Woman". It is a very old-fashioned story, but some details are different, and it even has a tragic ending. If it were not for the title

, there are some similar plots that are difficult to recognize. In the version at this time, Vivian was addicted to drugs and made a deal with Edward in order to go to Disneyland. Edward finally kicked Vivian out of the car and left.

Vivian and her friends took the bus to Disneyland.

Naturally, this ending is not allowed. If it cannot be changed into a fairy tale of a prince and a princess, where will the box office start?
Chapter completed!