Chapter 37
After a period of preparation, "The Queen's Secret Order" officially started filming and held a grand opening ceremony. As the screenwriter of this drama, he was naturally invited to attend the opening ceremony.
"Brother Fu, our company should hurry up and start filming the first film." After Li Yihua came back from the opening ceremony of "The Queen's Secret Order", he discussed with Fu Baorong.
"Andy Lau, are you in a hurry? The company has just planned and everything has not entered the normal procedure." Fu Baorong straightforwardly explained the company's difficulties.
"I know the company's difficulties, but it's really urgent. Brother Hong, Xinyi City, Shaw Brothers and others have started filming. We must release the film before them to survive in the cracks and seize food from the tiger's mouth." Li Yihua knew the company's difficulties, but the situation forced him to tell the interests of Brother Fu aside.
"But our company lacks everything, there are no scripts, directors, and shooting equipment, the most important part. How to shoot a movie?" Fu Baorong thought about the interests in it and was powerless.
"You can borrow the shooting equipment from Brother Hong. I have already written the script. This is the first drama in our company. How about you?" Li Yihua handed the prepared script to Fu Baorong.
Abaorong took the script and it took about an hour to break the quietness of the space. "The script is pretty good. Even the layman, I can't help laughing, let alone the movie! The key is that our company has no director yet, so how can we shoot it?"
"In the eyes of others, this is just a script, but in my mind, it is a movie. All the scenes, shots, character performances, and plot environments have taken shape. I can use the shortest time and the most effective method to efficiently combine all the elements required for this movie, so that the effect is the best." Li Yihua's time to express it, and he said confidently.
Seeing Ah Baorong's disbelief, Li Yihua had to vividly describe the script in words and dance to the point of excitement.
Fu Baorong looked at Li Yihua's vivid description and was sure that Li Yihua would definitely make the movie well, because during the story, Li Yihua had completely "movie" the script. After looking at Li Yihua, Fu Baorong said worriedly, "But you only have the opportunity to be an assistant director, how can you make a good movie?"
"Education often only represents experience. Inadequate experience does not mean that you cannot do things well. I think I have talent in this regard." Li Yihua said seriously, his expression holier than ever.
"Andy Lau, have you ever made a budget? How much investment is required to make this movie?" Ah Baorong's businessman's temperament was undoubtedly revealed at this time.
"Brother Fu, you should do this. I am not very good at such things. Only when you make a budget can you compress it to the minimum." Li Yihua looked at Fu Baorong with a smile on his face, and the meaning was very obvious that he would be left to him for responsibility.
Fu Baorong pointed at Li Yihua with his finger, then buried his head in calculating, "There are a total of HK$700,000." Fu Baorong handed Li Yihua the completed film production budget.
Li Yihua took a look and from the detailed list, he could feel Ao Baorong's intention. This time he really met talents.
"Nightclub" is a grassroots movie. A very important point in its successful elements is that it cleverly creates many coincidences and makes full use of these coincidences to develop the plot step by step. In the process of plot development, familiar scenes one by one, making people laugh.
"Brother Fu, it's true that he is a talented person. He made such a fine budget in such a short time." Li Yihua looked at the fine budget in front of him and praised loudly.
"By the way, Andy Lau, you keep saying that you will make this movie and you will definitely succeed. What is its success?" Fu Baorong looked at the confident Li Yihua and joked.
"First of all, the setting of the plot and the design of the relationship between the characters. Brother Fu, you also felt it when you heard me telling the script. Although the whole story is a bit absurd, it is complete, meticulous, interlocking, ups and downs, and many plots can be amazing. Secondly, this movie is actually a focus on the reality of grassroots survival of small characters. I have commented on many details. To achieve this, I think that subtle satire and reasonable exaggeration of the real society in the movie can fascinate the audience." Li Yihua took a sip of tea and continued, "There is another point, and the most important point,
Many commercial entertainment films often pursue entertainment effects through beautiful pictures, and invest huge manpower and material resources in landscape shooting, scene construction, prop manufacturing, art design, etc., but I will not do this. I will only use some postmodern comedy shooting skills, combined with the comedy techniques and atmosphere of local traditional culture, and complete thorough mass entertainment through subversive parody of classic and popular film and television songs in life. To put it bluntly, this is also to save costs. In this case, if the film can be successfully shot, it will definitely become a small investment and high-return box office dark horse."
"Well," Fu Baorong interrupted, "I also think that if you make this movie, if you succeed, the return on investment will be very high, and that's the key."
Li Yihua looked at Fu Baorong and saw his confident smile on his face. He realized that he had already made plans since the first time he talked to him about the script, and had not told him that it was really surprising.
"Oh, Brother Fu, it turns out that you agreed to film from the beginning. You made so much to fool me." Li Yihua looked at Fu Baorong who was smirking on the side, and knew that he had been fooled by this "prodigal businessman".
"As a businessman, I should inquire about every detail before I can make further investments." Fu Baorong showed a wealth-loving look again.
"When I hear you, I feel more at ease to hand over the company to you." Li Yihua heard Ao Baorong's petty look for a cent and his greed for money at any time, and he was even more convinced that he had found the right person.
"Andy Lau, how much do we invest in to make this movie?" Fu Baorong knocked on the table and thought seriously.
"Brother Fu, I think this movie is the first movie of the company after all, and we must do it well. The first shot is to make the company famous, so I plan to invest one million to make this movie and another million as the company's operating capital. Li Yihua said what he thinks is insurance.
Chapter completed!