Rebirth: I Want to Surf

Jin Minyong walked out of the conference room as if he had been given a shot of blood.

He talked with Yao Yuan for less than ten minutes, but he was appointed by Yukou to divide the princes.

The overall idea is just one sentence: Yao Yuan provides money and platform, as long as he can use up South Korea's resources, he can do whatever he wants... The godfather of entertainment is just around the corner!

After the meeting, everyone left Hong Kong one after another.

Jin Minyong stayed in the room. Around afternoon tea time, he arrived at the hotel restaurant, where a person, like a fat QQ, was already sitting there.

It's Wang Jing.

This spin-off of "Train to Busan" has 8 episodes, with an initial budget of US$20 million per episode, and is jointly created with high-quality resources.

Since the background is that the virus is leaking across Asia, the film will also cover maps such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, so it has a very grand name:

"Asia"!

Asia, ancient Phoenician, means "the place where the sun rises in the east", while Europa means "the place where the sun sets in the west".

Wong Jing is responsible for part of the filming and scheduling in Hong Kong.

When he was at his best, he released 9 movies a year, including "The Demon Cult Leader", "Chasing Boys", "Super School Bully", "City Hunter", etc., all of them were good to watch.

Now he is 61 years old and has long passed his creative peak. He makes a living by making some assembly-line bad movies, and takes care of his brothers in Hong Kong.

A director's creative ability may deteriorate, but some of the most basic qualities, such as aesthetics, will not deteriorate. No matter how bad the films of Tsui Hark, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige are, the pictures will not be ugly.

The two directors in Hong Kong who are best at photographing women are Tsui Hark and Wong Jing.

Wang Jing is still beautiful when he takes pictures of women, but he is often lazy and not so attentive.

Yao Yuan retained a small number of Hong Kong directors to continue making theatrical films in the Mainland, and most of the rest were rushed to Hugelive, allowing them to express themselves to their heart's content.

The two chatted about the preparations for "Asia".

Wong Jing said: "In Hong Kong, Donnie Yen and Man Wing Shan will play two important roles. Donnie Yen is also the action director and is responsible for the action scenes of the whole drama. We will also provide some other stunts, speeding cars and the like."

"It's great to have a superstar like Mr. Donnie Yen join us. His level is obvious to all!"

Jin Minyong complimented him, and it was true. Donnie Yen's action direction is very suitable for modern fantasy and science fiction themes. For example, the fight scenes in "Blade Runner 2" are obviously higher than those in Hollywood.

If you want to make a costume film, you have to go to Yuan Baye.

"The Japanese side has also confirmed that two actors, Shota Sometani and Masami Nagasawa, will be cast."

Shota Sometani, the sweet-smiling Kukai monk in "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

Needless to say, Masami Nagasawa, north of the equator, Masami Nagasawa...

"The situation on my side is a bit complicated. Mr. Yao Yuan attaches great importance to South Korea and hopes to influence the direction of the overall industry with the help of some ace dramas, so I need to think about it and make more preparations.

Of course, you are an experienced senior and I sincerely hope you can give me some suggestions. "

After Jin Minyong finished speaking, Wang Jing thought for a while and asked: "Are there any male stars in Korea who are good at action scenes?"

"Lee Joon Ki, Ji Chang Wook, Kim Nam Gil, Hyun Bin...there are many!"

"Where's the pay?"

"The top ones cost $20,000 to $50,000 per episode."

What? ? ?

Fatty Wang fell into a state of confusion as if he was logging in to QQ.

He has been hanging out in the Mainland all year round and knows the salaries of Mainland stars. A top-notch drama can easily earn tens of millions, and those who are a little famous can easily earn millions from a drama.

"That's too easy, just throw money at it!"

Wang Jing became a little more interested and said: "First spread the word about how good "Asia" is, and then openly select actors and let the most famous ones come to audition. This one will be given 50,000, and that one will be given 60,000. The hype is almost done. Choose you. The one I want most in my heart, I’ll charge a sky-high price and get one set and call it a day!”

"I think so too, but I have a few additions."

Jin Minyong was also excited and said: "I can take the opportunity to disrupt the projects of those TV stations and make those stars come to "Asia", but in the end they both fail. Then I will lend a helping hand to gather star resources and further tie up with Hugelive."

"Wow! You are very good!"

Fatty Wang expressed his amazement, this guy is a Korean traitor, he worked so hard to deceive his own country?

But then I thought about it, forget it, I’m not much better.

The two had a great chat, and Jin Minyong wanted to stay in Hong Kong for a few days to catch up on the progress of "Asia" and then return to China to start things.

…………

Yao Yuan also stayed in Hong Kong.

He brought a whole team and was busy setting up the structure of tiktok, meeting with various customers to design various marketing plans, just like he was preparing for MiDou.

TikTok’s audience is young people.

Yao Yuan has specially set up several challenges for marketing, especially for young people in the United States. They like excitement, love challenges, and pursue popularity...

Hey, isn't this what public intellectuals say: blind obedience, following the trend, lack of independent judgment, and habits of being indoctrinated?

There’s a challenge called the “Mirror Cleaning” challenge.

In fact, it is a cross-dressing spot. Many people should have seen it: wipe a mirror with a tissue and match the music spot, wipe it, and change clothes...

This one is relatively common, and there is another one sponsored by a brand.

Yao Yuan contacted the company that produces toothpaste at Colgate and planned a challenge called "Make Mom Smile".

To put it simply, on Mother's Day next year, users can use various methods to make their mother smile, show her white teeth, shoot a short video and send it out, and there will be rewards.

Why so much trouble?

Because Westerners are used to this way, they have to give it a certain name, such as for children, for mother, for environmental protection, for food... In this way, they prefer to participate.

Colgate is very interested in this plan, but is not sure about the effect of tiktok.

Yao Yuan is not in a hurry. He will talk about it first and wait until tiktok goes online and accumulates some users.

Just like in China, the foreign entertainment industry is also born with its own traffic, and celebrities are the best tools to attract traffic. Thanks to Yao Yuan's early layout of Hollywood, finding some stars to join is not a problem.

Let them also take the challenge, stir up the topic, and the first wave of popularity will be there.

In addition, the sports world is also a big source of traffic.

Yao Yuan plans to sponsor football and basketball and bring in a few superstars.

The Warriors will win two consecutive NBA championships in 2017 and 2018, and Curry and Durant will naturally not leave. In terms of football, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are still competing for supremacy, and the world's third player changes like a revolving door.

Just buy the team.

Although Yao Yuan really wanted to do a branch line in "Rebirth: I am a Champion Football/Basketball Manager", it was a pity that King Wang was about to cause trouble. If he really bought it, he would be like Chelsea's Roman Abramovich and lose both his life and money...

All of the above took care of Yao Yuan's final days in 2016.

The New Year passed in the blink of an eye, and it was already 2017.

(besides……)