How can a director be a gigolo?

Chapter 53 The Beautiful Legend of Heyin County

Compared to this, how much money we make from this movie is actually secondary!

So Zhen Liang and Wang Xiaohao quickly reached a consensus through half-serious and half-joking exchanges.

The two parties will collaborate on an art film, with Zhen Liang responsible for the investment.

Wang Xiaohao contributed his directing and screenwriting skills as equity, taking half of the film's box office revenue!

To put it simply, it's a collaboration between the two to make a movie. Zhen Liang provides the money, Wang Xiaohao provides the skills, and they split the profits 50/50!

No large company would agree to this.

Only an actress like Zhen Liang, who is eager to break through, would agree to such outrageous conditions!

Actually, if Wang Xiaohao hadn't suddenly appeared and filmed "My Sassy Girl" which she had seen, Zhen Liang would have already planned to make art films.

Even if it means losing money on the investment, I'll still go and make the film, hoping to win an award.

Zhen Liang is very ambitious in her career!

In comparison, Wang Xiaohao's mindset for the new movie he's preparing to shoot isn't so pure; he's more focused on money, or to put it more politely, on the market!

Wang Xiaohao desperately needs money!

However, Wang Xiaohao didn't earn much money from his first film.

Two or three million is actually not a small amount for ordinary people.

But for what Wang Xiaohao wants to do, this is far too little!

But Wang Xiaohao wanted more!

That's why he wanted to try collaborating with Zhen Liang.

By collaborating with large companies, Wang Xiaohao can at most earn a director's fee.

Only by collaborating with Zhen Liang can Wang Xiaohao have the opportunity to make big money!

Through his previous film, Wang Xiaohao realized that the market is extremely hungry for genre films, especially romance films!

Although other companies probably realize this as well.

During this period, the number of romance films registered with the Film Bureau has surged, with films like "My Mysterious Girlfriend" and "My Sassy Girl" becoming very popular.

However, Wang Xiaohao is very confident that no one will be able to surpass him in this field within three to five years.

Well, in three to five years, once others have figured out the plot of a romance drama, they might surpass me.

However, by then, Wang Xiaohao will definitely have transitioned to other films.

In other words, as long as the publicity and promotion can keep up.

Wang Xiaohao is very confident that the second film will gross over 300 million!

Of course, that refers to commercial films!

Wang Xiaohao and Zhen Liang couldn't handle the commercial film.

So even when the two of them teamed up, they could only manage to make small-scale art films!

After the two settled everything, Wang Xiaohao said, "By the way, I plan to film this movie in my hometown!"

After a pause, Wang Xiaohao said, "Because I heard this story when I was a child in my hometown!"

Zhen Liang didn't know if it was true or not, but she didn't care where the movie was filmed.

Since Wang Xiaohao is willing to go back to his hometown to film, then let's go back to his hometown to film!

Zhen Liang didn't care, and even subconsciously flattered, saying, "Director, your hometown must be a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery!"

Wang Xiaohao sighed and said, "It's not exactly a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, just a small county town with nothing special..."

My hometown!

It's a place that's full of flaws, but it's always on people's minds.

Wang Xiaohao remembered that he hadn't been home for three or four years!

It just so happens that I can take advantage of this movie filming to go home and stay for a while.

He thought again that since his hometown was called Heyin County, this book, "Malèna," might be renamed "The Beautiful Legend of Heyin County" if it were to be rewritten in this world.

Wang Xiaohao and Zhen Liang agreed on a division of labor: Zhen Liang would be responsible for attracting investment and building relationships.

Wang Xiaohao then shut himself in and began writing the script!

At Zhen Liang's strong invitation, Wang Xiaohao also moved into one of Zhen Liang's rooms.

Zhen Liang was afraid that someone else would snatch Wang Xiaohao away!

Wang Xiaohao also felt that since he already had a second film project lined up, he no longer needed to stay in a hotel.

They don't have much money to begin with, and staying in luxury hotels every day is a real pain in the neck.

Zhen Liang actually offered to live in a villa, so Wang Xiaohao naturally went along with it and moved in.

However, it must be said that these top-tier female stars are really wealthy!

These luxury villas are estimated to be worth tens of millions of yuan now, and they will likely become even more expensive in the future.

However, the person who bought it seven or eight years ago only spent a little over a million!

Zhen Liang must own countless houses like these.

After all, most celebrities don't invest.

Buying a house with money is already the most reliable way to invest!

No sooner had they checked into the villa than Wang Xiaohao called Ding Binbai, Zhao Liang, and others, telling them to get ready to rebuild the film crew and shoot their second movie!

He asked Ding Binbai and the others to go to his hometown of Heyin ahead of him to find a suitable filming location.

Wang Xiaohao remembers that there are still quite a few old buildings in his hometown!

Ding Binbai and the others were both overjoyed and wailing at this!

The joy comes from the fact that as long as the film crew is working, they can make money.

But Wang Xiaohao was already preparing for his second movie not long after his first film finished its run in theaters. That was really too fast!

Ding Binbai further advised Wang Xiaohao to take it easy: "We're alright. The filming is finished, and we've finally had a break."

As the director, you still have to do post-production after filming.

There were basically no breaks in between, and you're still complaining about being tired?

Wang Xiaohao sighed and said, "Time flies like an arrow! Rebirth... life is only once, if I don't seize the time and work hard, I'm afraid I'll waste it!"

After assigning tasks to Ding Binbai and the others, Wang Xiaohao began writing the script.

It must be said that Old To's Homecoming Trilogy, although it tells a foreign story, is quite remarkable.

However, when transplanted to China, it actually fits quite well.

Wang Xiaohao sets the story in Heyin County during the War of Resistance against Japan, where a young military officer couple moved in due to the war.

The officer later went back to his unit to fight, leaving his beautiful wife alone in the small town.

The officer's authority remained, but year after year, he never returned. Meanwhile, his beautiful wife, alone, began to be the target of all sorts of prying eyes.

A lot has happened, yet it's as if nothing has happened at all.

Although the officer was later disabled, he eventually came back to life.

And so life seemed to have returned to normal!

Most people have probably forgotten the plot of this movie, but everyone still remembers the beautiful female lead.

So much so that on the Chinese internet, the actress who played the female lead, Marina, has always been called "Ball Flower"!

Class beauty, school beauty, this is ball beauty!

Therefore, movies truly are a place where the mundane can be transformed into the magical!