They were all so into the drama!

Chapter 641: This can be considered a fan...

The total box office of "A League of Thieves" in East Asia has been fixed at 2.1 billion soft sister coins.

The cost of this movie is actually not small. Huo Mingjie's salary alone is 50 million, plus several other actors who are high-ranking in Bangzi Country, the total salary is quite a lot.

The filming, post-production, and publicity all add up to the cost of this movie rising to 300 million RMB!

But even if the cost is high, this movie has earned several times the profit by relying on the huge movie markets of China, Bangzi, and Sakura.

Moreover, the film's investor, SB Company, is also very ambitious and plans to continue to pursue the release of the film in Southeast Asia and even Europe and the United States!

Having received such huge benefits, SB Company immediately wanted to contact Huo Mingjie again and planned to create a series of movies around this theme.

This is normal, and everything in the world is for profit. Any movie that performs well at the box office will inevitably undergo IP development in the end.

Movies like "007" and "Jurassic Park" were all made this way.

But Huo Mingjie had little interest in this matter.

Not to mention that the value of IP development for this type of subject is not high. Even if it is developed, most of the money earned will belong to others.

In fact, Luyin Media also has plans to develop IP this year.

Huo Mingjie's "Animal Control" also had explosive box office results in East Asia.

And compared to "Rogue", "Fairy" is a genre that has legends related to it in all regions of the world, so it has more development potential!

Today's online video platforms are already on the rise, and some online dramas have begun to appear, but they have not yet reached scale.

Green Shade Media's plan this year is to focus on this area, planning to shoot the web drama version of "Animal Control".

If the response is good, we will cooperate with Sakura Country and Bangzi Country to shoot related IP TV series with the characteristics of each country.

Well, to put it bluntly, it is to film those representative monsters from all over the world falling in love with people. In the future, there may be linkages with vampires and werewolves...

After celebrating the Lunar New Year, Huo Mingjie ended his vacation and became busy.

He is too busy to even participate in the IP he plans to develop, so how can he go to Bangzi Country to help others?

Now Huo Mingjie has flashed to the other side of the ocean and started to participate in the new MGM company's new movie "Now You See Me".

The film invested US$100 million, and Huo Mingjie paid for it out of his own pocket. As a result of another capital injection, he also obtained a portion of New MGM's shares, continuing to strengthen his control over New MGM.

To be honest, New MGM was just a "ladder" that Huo Mingjie spent some money to help him invade Hollywood. It didn't even intend to run it well in the first place.

As a result, under the "induction" of Leon, a professional elite old white man, he held more and more shares...

The content of the movie "Now You See Me" is probably about a few highly intelligent thieves who formed a team called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and used a gorgeous magic stage as a cover to complete the plan of stealing the sky and changing the day in full view of the public. Theft, and a battle of wits and courage with Fo Bole.

It's similar to "Thieves", both are considered "Ocean's Eleven" type movies.

In Huo Mingjie's view, it is a typical popcorn blockbuster that uses exaggerated and gorgeous shots and special effects to please movie audiences.

But when it comes to the details of the movie and the logic of the story, it’s really average!

To put it more bluntly, this movie with the gimmick of "magician stealing" is more like a magic show...

In order to present various dazzling magic tricks in the movie, New MGM directly invited magician David Kwong and the Misdirectors Guild company he founded to specialize in directing magic effects for movies and TV series.

In order to achieve the best effect, many magic shots in the movie also need to be completed by the actors themselves.

Before the filming of the movie officially starts, several main actors have to undergo magic training first!

Huo Mingjie's role in the movie is the leader of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", an expert in poker speed, and an expert in deception.

During the training before filming, he had to learn some magic poker skills.

The red-haired white man named Esner, who was responsible for teaching Huo Mingjie magic, watched Huo Mingjie use his hands to play a deck of playing cards directly and exclaimed:

"Wow, this is so surprising. Did Mr. Huo study in advance?"

Huo Mingjie nodded and said:

"Learned a little bit."

What he is actually talking about is that he was on the crew of "Thieves" and learned a thousand skills for filming.

But that part of the scene was actually just asking a consultant from Bei Zhe Field to come over and give some pointers. It was not considered serious study at all.

Huo Mingjie got started so quickly because he had previously acquired the skill [Spectral Capture], which allowed him to have flexible hands and shoot extremely fast!

Liu Qian, who had attended the Spring Festival Gala the year before last and the year before last, directly proved after his performance was revealed that magic tricks either rely on accomplices to deceive people, or his hands are so fast that the human eye cannot see...

Esner, who was responsible for teaching Huo Mingjie’s magic skills, shrugged helplessly and said:

"Fortunately, not every actor is like you, Mr. Huo, otherwise our company would have no business!"

After making a joke like this, Esner took out a character poster from "Inception", which showed Huo Mingjie's handsome face.

"If possible, I hope Mr. Huo can sign your name for me."

Huo Mingjie's current fame has become even greater with the release of "Inception".

After all, his handsome face has transcended Eastern and Western aesthetics, and everyone who sees it will have an extremely stunning and profound impression!

Now that Huo Mingjie is filming on the other side of the ocean, there are actually fans and paparazzi media squatting outside the crew...

Huo Mingjie did not refuse. While taking the pen to sign, he asked casually:

"Is it for my girlfriend? Do you need me to write any special blessings?"

Huo Mingjie is still a bit self-aware. He is now famous because of the short scene in "Inception". Most of the fans who become fans are female fans of good looks, and they don't think that the Esner in front of him is any of his fans...

But after hearing Huo Mingjie's words, Esner quickly waved his hand and said:

"Oh, thank you for your attentiveness, but it's still not necessary."

"This signature can help me chase Amy from the company, but I think when we break up in the future, I can ask for this signature back and continue chasing the next girl."

Huo Mingjie frowned and handed the poster to him after signing.

Esner carefully took the signed poster, couldn't help but smile, and then said sincerely:

"Mr. Huo, you are now very popular among the young girls here, and I sincerely hope that you can continue to be so popular!"

Tsk, in a sense, the red-haired white young man in front of me can be considered his fan...