Chapter 624 625 [A World Without Thieves]

   "Love Call Transfer" was released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was not officially released until the end of February.

  The total box office was 63 million RMB, which made a good head start for the mainland film market in 2004.

  The successive successes of films such as "Waiting Alone", "Crazy Stone", and "Love Call Transfer" have also made Zhiqing Films famous and become a leader in the industry.

  Seeing that Huang Bo, Guo Tao, Qiao Zhenyu, Shu Chang, Yan Huan, Tang Wei, Gao Yuanyuan and others are doing well, there are a large number of artists who hope to join the youth.

  Among them are Zuo Xiaoqing, Chen Shu, Ning Jing, Fu Dalong, Zu Feng, Wang Jingxuan, etc., who are very talented and famous artists.

   However, Xiang Nan did not accept it blindly.

   First of all, Zhiqing Studio has developed very well in the past few years, but after all, its background is too weak and it lacks sufficient management talents. Now that there are so many people under the banner, it is almost too busy.

  Blind expansion will not only not improve the company's efficiency, but may mess up the company.

  Secondly, at this stage, the film and television consumption market in the Mainland is not developed enough. There are only a small number of movies that can sell well every year and can recover their costs.

  The purchase price of TV series is not high, and there are only so many TV stations, and the annual broadcast volume is also limited.

  In 2003, the mainland produced more than 13,000 episodes of TV dramas, but the broadcast volume was only 5,000 episodes, and more than half of them were forced to backlog and could not be sold at all.

  Therefore, even if Xiang Nan accepts all these artists, he probably won't be able to make any money.

  Thirdly, the studio already has many artists, and each has its own position.

For example, Qiao Zhenyu has a good image and good acting skills. He will take Xiang Nan's class in the future, and he is the best candidate to be a niche; Two candidates...

  Tang Wei's Intellectual Goddess, Gao Yuanyuan's Pure Goddess, Shu Chang is suitable for Xiaohuadan, Yan Huan is suitable for Lighter Girls, Comedy Route... So recruit people, try not to repeat them. Otherwise, it will be a troublesome thing when the time comes to fight among themselves.

  So in the end, Xiang Nan only accepted Zeng Lai, who took the sexual route, and Zu Feng, who was low-key and introverted, powerful in acting, and versatile.

  …

  In the spring of 2004, Zhiqing Films officially launched two TV series and one movie.

  The two TV series are "Sweet Honey", starring Deng Zhen and Sun Li in 2007, which had very good ratings; and the hit TV series "Wulin Biography".

  The movie is "A World Without Thieves". This movie starred Andy Lau, Liu Ruojin, Ge You, etc., and achieved an astonishing box office. Moreover, the unknown Wang Baoqiang was promoted as a popular star in one fell swoop.

  Xiang Nan knows that if Zhiqing Studio wants to achieve substantial development, it is far from enough to rely on small troubles. It must have a large investment and a large production in order to really boost morale, train the team, and develop Zhiqing into a giant of domestic entertainment.

  So this "A World Without Thieves" must be invested, and it must be shot as soon as possible. Otherwise, if you miss this village, you will lose this store.

   And for this movie, Xiang Nan does not plan to invite Andy Lau and Liu Ruoxi to star.

  To be honest, he is very disdainful of the current style of domestic entertainment that only reuses Hong Kong stars.

Zhang Yimou filmed "Heroes" and "House of Flying Daggers", Chen Kaige filmed "The Promise", Feng Xiaogang filmed "A World Without Thieves"...all Hong Kong and Taiwan artists are the protagonists, and mainland artists can only serve as foils. This approach is really too short-sighted .

  These well-known directors do not reuse mainland actors, but give up opportunities to artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In this way, mainland actors can't prove their own strength, so they can only match Hong Kong and Taiwan artists for a long time. It is really a pity that many mainland artists with acting skills, good looks, and talent did not become popular in time.

  So Xiang Nan is going to star in himself, let these mainland filmmakers see that the box office appeal of mainland artists is no worse than those of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.

  …

   "Sweet Honey", Xiang Nan is going to ask Yang Yanzhou to direct; he is very good at making this kind of emotional drama. "Family with Nine Phoenixes", "Empty Mirror", "Eight Brothers", and "Hey, Old Man" are all directed by him.

  The starring roles are Qiao Zhenyu and Tang Wei. Qiao Zhenyu filmed "Jade Guanyin" and "Youth Son of Heaven" last year.

   Among them, after "Jade Guanyin" was launched in October, the ratings were astonishing. It made Sun Li and Tong Dawei popular, and also made Qiao Zhenyu, who played Mao Jie, famous.

  The drama "Youth Son of Heaven" was launched during the Chinese New Year, and the ratings were also good. Because Xiang Nan has acted as the emperor several times, (the Emperor of Han, the Son of Youth, Emperor Kangxi, and Emperor Jianwen), he has already been called a "professional emperor". Qiao Zhenyu plays the male number two, because of his infatuation, he is also impressive.

  As for Tang Wei, she first filmed "Waiting Alone" and then "Love Call Transfer". The two films sold well and made her a smash hit.

  The two of them, now have enough qualifications to play the leading role.

  In "Wulin Biography", Xiang Nan's first choice is naturally Shang Yu. After all, he is the director of the original version, and at this stage, he has also directed sitcoms such as "The Story of the Cooking Class" and "Urban Men and Women", so he is still very experienced in this regard.

   As for the starring role, Xiang Nan is not going to make a big move. Because of the original team, we have cooperated many times before. Yan Yan, Sha Yi, Jiang Chao, Yao Chen, Fan Huang, and Hong Jiantao have collaborated on "The Story of the Cooking Class" before.

  Sha Yi, Yao Chen, and Yu Enxuan have collaborated in "Urban Men and Women" before, so they have such a good understanding with each other. If it were someone else, they might not be able to cooperate so well.

  So unless necessary, Xiang Nan is not going to adjust.

  As for "A World Without Thieves", Xiang Nan plans to ask Ning Hao to direct it. He is very good at directing crime films, and "No Man's Land" back then is definitely a classic of domestic crime films.

   Besides him, there are also Zhou Xun, Zeng Lai and Ge You in the starring role. Zhou Xun's acting skills are extremely good. It should not be a problem to play a female thief who has changed her past and changed her ways. Zeng Lai is so beautiful, it shouldn't be a problem to play a glamorous female thief.

   As for Uncle Ge, it is naturally not a problem.

  …

   Therefore, the three crews immediately began to prepare.

  The preparations for "Sweet Honey" and "Wulin Biography" went smoothly.

  Director Yang Yuzhou and Director Shang Tie accepted the invitation happily. As for Sha Yi, Yao Chen, Jiang Zhen, Yu Enhuang, etc., they are not well-known at the moment, so it is very easy to invite them.

  So the two crews quickly got ready and started filming soon.

   Only "A World Without Thieves" is more troublesome, because Ge You rejected the invitation of the crew, saying that there is no schedule.

  Xiang Nan then inquired again, and found that Ge You didn't accept the show at all.

  So Xiang Nan didn't give up, and asked a friend to help invite him. It was only later that the news came that Feng Xiaogang didn't want Ge You to help Xiang Nan in filming.

  At the beginning of the year, Xiang Nan invested and starred in "Love Call Transfer", which crushed his "Mobile" at the box office, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and naturally he didn't want his friends to help him.

  Ge You has a lot of affection, so he doesn't want to transfer the money he gets. Xiang Nan was helpless, and after consideration, he decided to invite Zhao Benshan to act.

   Zhao Benshan is definitely no worse than Ge You in terms of acting skills and fame, and his talent for funny is also top-notch, so Xiang Nan believes that he can replace Ge You.

  (end of this chapter)