"What's your zodiac sign? You have a split personality."
"Of course I know you're not Lao Zhou."
"It's harder for me to get a letter of authorization than to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West."
"Hello, I'm Fan Bingbing."
“…”
In the editing room, when Wei Yang saw the glowing white Fat Fan appear on the screen, he smiled and shook his head.
Xu Zheng kept getting Fan Xiaopang throughout the whole movie, which left a deep impression on the audience, but because of Wang Baoqiang's image and setting, no one thought about it that way, which made the final guest appearance by Fan himself a huge surprise.
Wei Yang could already imagine that when the movie was released, when Fatty Fan appeared, the theater would probably be filled with exclamations of "Wow~".
After the movie was over, Wei Yang clapped his hands and said to Xu Zheng who was standing next to him with a nervous look on his face.
"Thank you for your hard work, the photo was taken very well."
"Lost in Thailand" has been confirmed to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, which is expected to be in early to mid-December. Now that the film has basically been completed, Xu Zheng specially invited Wei Yang to take a look.
On the one hand, Wei Yang is the financial sponsor, and the movie must be shown to his boss after it is finished.
If Lost in Thailand had not been mainly filmed in Thailand, and Wei Yang had not been too busy, he would have come here a long time ago. After all, it was an investment of tens of millions.
Of course, Wei Yang was not there, but there were people from Blue Whale working on Lost in Thailand, and some professionals had also seen it, so Wei Yang had a general idea of the progress and evaluation of the film.
Boss Wei is not like those coal bosses who just throw money at film and television investments and then don’t care about anything else.
He owns Blue Whale, a well-known film and television company and production team in the industry, so in addition to supervising many investment projects, he also has the right to directly intervene.
But in most cases, Wei Yang will not use it, and he does not have the manpower and energy, at most he can make suggestions.
Wei Yang, as the big boss and the person who personally decided to invest in "Lost in Thailand", has never come to the crew to see it. Xu Zheng was worried, so he invited Wei Yang to come and take a look while he was free.
On the other hand, this year Wei Yang's debut film box office exceeded 500 million, making him a new star in the film industry. With his vision and strength, Xu Zheng intends to invite him to come and take a look.
If you find something wrong, there is still some time before the release, so maybe you can remedy it.
Not only Wei Yang, but also Ning Hao, Pang Ho-cheung, Zhang Jianya, Liu Yiwei and other familiar directors and filmmakers have been invited by Xu Zheng.
This is the norm for new directors. They are unsure in their hearts, so they always hope to get recognition and encouragement from their predecessors and well-known people in the industry.
When Wei Yang finished editing "To Become Famous", he also invited many people to come and give their comments.
Hearing Wei Yang's praise, Xu Zheng felt somewhat relieved, but also a little worried.
You know, "Lost in Thailand" is a comedy movie. The most direct way to tell whether a movie like this is good or not is to see how many times the audience laughs.
And Wei Yang was undoubtedly the one who laughed the least among the "audience" he invited.
However, this was a misunderstanding on Xu Zheng's part. Wei Yang was a professional screenwriter who had browsed through countless materials. He had also experienced the era of the short video explosion and had been baptized by countless jokes. Not only did he have a high sense of humor, but the key was that he had a forward-looking vision.
Many jokes that may seem good to ordinary audiences, such as "stupid to infinity" and "pure natural jinx", are old-fashioned and boring in Wei Yang's eyes.
Not to mention, he himself had watched this movie several times, and even screened and studied the script as a professional screenwriter.
In this situation, the fact that Wei Yang was able to smile occasionally was already an outstanding performance by Wang, Xu and Huang.
Even if he already knows the lines and the plot, he will still be amused by their performance. This is the charm of a good comedian.
But in Xu Zheng's opinion, Wei Yang's reaction to "Lost in Thailand" was very cold. Even if he praised it, who knows if it was just a courtesy of consolation.
This actually shows that Xu Zheng doesn't understand Wei Yang, and Wei Yang might try to save face in public.
But in private, especially when it comes to his own business, he is too lazy to do this. If he is satisfied, he is satisfied. If he is not satisfied, he will say it directly.
The movie "Lost in Thailand" may not be a classic, but it is also a very well-made road comedy. Wei Yang was speaking the truth just now.
"Brother, how much do you think the box office will be?"
Wei Yang had no comments on the quality of the film. He was more concerned about its promotion and release, and also learned about the expected box office.
If it was before the movie was made, Xu Zheng would say more to give investors more confidence.
But now that the movie has been completed and is about to be released, he has instead made a conservative estimate in order to avoid the possibility of failing to achieve the target and upsetting his sponsors.
“Personally, I think 200 million is very promising.”
But he took a look at Wei Yang's face, gritted his teeth and added: "300 million is not impossible."
200-300 million! This estimate is not too small. After all, this number can make it into the top 20 of the annual ranking.
The Four, shot at great expense by Light Chaser, did not even reach 200 million, and director Chen Da's new work only reached around 150 million.
Ning Hao's new work "The Golden Robbery", the super IP "White Deer Plain", and the star-studded "Great Shanghai" directed by Fatty Wang are all around 150 million.
Xu, Huang, and Wang are all very popular, and the comedy actually has some appeal as well. However, judging from the lineup alone, it is not particularly impressive, and 200 to 300 million is a more normal estimate.
Moreover, Xu Zheng is a bit scheming. The shooting cost + publicity and promotion cost of "Lost in Thailand" is about 50 million. According to the film company's share, the cost can be recovered if the box office reaches 150 million, and the rest is profit.
The performance pressure of 200 to 300 million is not too great, and the profit is enough to satisfy the financiers.
Xu Zheng didn't plan to just satisfy his desire by making one movie and then be done with it. He wanted to continue being a director, so he would definitely have to make money for his sponsors.
Blue Whale has both strength and funds, and the cooperation between the two parties this time was quite pleasant. Xu Zheng is interested in continuing the cooperation.
He never thought that "Lost in Thailand" would become a huge hit, so he always thought that as long as it was profitable and he had a firm foothold, he could continue to cling to Boss Wei and develop in the Shanghai circle and even the film industry.
Wei Yang could understand Xu Zheng's thoughts. Almost everyone involved in "Lost in Thailand" had similar estimates, just a little more or less.
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He doesn't even dare to be a prophet and say that this movie can break 1 billion, otherwise people would not be shocked but would think he is an idiot.
Lost in Thailand breaks 1 billion VS Maya's doomsday If you randomly pick 100 people, more than 90% will probably choose the latter. Wei Yang even doubts whether the box office of Lost in Thailand is related to the end of the world.
The release time is very close to the predicted time, so people may go to see it with the mentality of having their last movie ticket, which is a revenge purchase.
Hiss! If Wei Yang wasn't afraid of the relevant departments coming to him, he would really like to market it this way.
However, although he was scared, Wei Yang still encouraged Xu Zheng and several other responsible persons.
"This year's summer season has made great progress compared to last year, and the Lunar New Year season will be even more prosperous. Comedy movies have great potential. 200-300 million is too conservative. I think it is expected to surpass 'Famous'."
This statement is seen as very encouraging by everyone. "Fame and Fame" is currently the second-ranked Chinese-language film this year, with a total box office of 505 million yuan.
If "Lost in Thailand" can surpass "Famous", it will be over 500 million, and Xu Zheng can become famous in one battle.
Xu Zheng had also dreamed about this thing, but rationally he did not hold out hope and just thought it was a joke from Wei Yang and laughed it off.
"Thank you, Mr. Wei, for your good wishes. When you become rich, you must treat us to a meal."
"A monthly subscription is fine."
Wei Yang smiled and patted Xu Zheng. If the butterfly did not have much impact on him, then in a few dozen days, this bald man would be recorded in film history and become a new core filmmaker in the Chinese film industry.
And I will also receive one of the most generous project investment returns since I started my career.
After all, the scale of "Joy of Life" is no joke, and the movie still has to be divided into profits. Comprehensively speaking, the "Joy of Life" series still makes more money, but the energy and hard work put into the two are worlds apart.
It is even more exaggerated to say that in Guiyang, this money is like "picking up something for free".
While having dinner with Xu Zheng and others, Wei Yang talked about his upcoming trip to the United States. He also thought that if the trip went well, he could go to the airline to see if there were any suitable private jets.
Nowadays, the company has too much business and flights are too troublesome. If I could buy a suitable private jet, transportation would be much more convenient.
Most of the money earned by Blue Whale from the projects he worked so hard on was Wei Yang's "hard-earned money". He was a little reluctant to spend money on a luxury item like a private jet, which had a low cost-performance ratio.
But Wei Yang was much more generous with the money he earned from Lost in Thailand. He bought a private jet for himself and his company, and it also allowed him to avoid taxes.
He learned this trick from Jack Ma. The company pays for the plane, he buys it back at the same price, and then leases it to the company. The company pays him annual rent and maintenance fees. This not only allows him to avoid taxes, but also allows him to cash out from the company.
The most crucial thing is that the asset of this aircraft is always under the name of the party concerned. Even if the company goes bankrupt, this aircraft cannot be liquidated as a company asset.
Reasonable, legal and compliant, this is what a real master does! However, Wei Yang's share in Blue Whale is not comparable to that in Alibaba. It is basically equivalent to Wei Yang's wholly-owned company. The operation is not that complicated, and the eating is much more beautiful. At most, it is a transfer from left hand to right hand.
In fact, compared to a private jet, Wei Yang would rather have a yacht and go fishing from time to time.
However, the domestic yacht circle is average. Private jets can at least be a reason to travel, but yachts are purely playthings. They are even linked to certain banquets, which is too eye-catching. If you really want to play, you can rent them.
In late October, Wei Yang and Xiao Zhao quietly flew to Miami, USA for vacation.
Miami is a coastal city with spring-like weather all year round. It is also a world-famous retirement destination.
The last time they went to Europe, Wei Yang and Liu Shishi went to Northern Europe to experience the ice and snow. This time when they came to America, they should enjoy the hot beaches of capitalism.
By the way, you can also watch the NBA. Wei Yang only found out when he was making travel plans that James is currently playing for the Miami Heat.
Although Wei Yang doesn't like watching basketball, James still knows that he can come to see the stars, maybe ask for a signed jersey or something, and then he can ask Li Jiahang for a few meals when he goes back...
(End of this chapter)