403. Chapter 403 Scene 403 Rainbow Bridge Finished(1/2)
"Not enough?" James Vaughan's smile froze instantly, and he couldn't help but feel angry inexplicably. He turned his head to look at Ah Wei with reluctance: "How many empty screens do we have in the summer season?"
"The summer season of theaters is already full of screens for "Mr. Smiths", "World War" and "Madagascar"... There are also some "Seven Swords", and there are probably 0 left and there is no finalization." A Wei thought for a while and replied.
"You tell them, we have 0 yuan, and ask them if they can eat it." James Vaughan sneered.
"Hey, it's... Manager Lin, we have 0 empty screens in Warnerville Show... How many do you need?" After asking, Awei's face changed again when he heard the other party's answer, and then he couldn't help but exclaim: "You all want them all!" He turned his head and looked at James Vaughn in surprise and asked him for advice.
James Vaughan sneered suddenly frozen. After a brief thought, he whispered to Awei: "Ask him if he needs to rent more screens. I can introduce other theater partners to them..."
"Hey, do you still need the screen?... Do you still need 100 yuan?" Awei widened his eyes and took a big breath: "They still need 100 yuan..."
James Vaughan reacted from the stiffness and immediately showed an ecstatic expression, pinching Awei's arm excitedly: "Tell them~! All rent them, all rent them~ All 0 yuan will be rented to them."
"But James... did our partners leave some room for ease... Besides, the other party's economic situation has not been confirmed, and I am worried that they can't afford it..." After all, Ah Wei has been running business in Taiwan for many years. He did not believe in these verbal promises between merchants, and advised cautiously.
James Vaughn made a "don't talk nonsense" gesture directly, and Awei could only helplessly say to Lin Tiangui on the other end of the phone: "Okay, Manager Lin, our Warnerville Show can provide 0 screens. I'll go to you tomorrow to talk about the specific details."
After hanging up the phone, Awei still felt something was wrong, so he shook his head and said, "No, James, this is too wrong... They are completely unreasonable. We have 0 screens, 720,000 yuan per block, which is 142 million yuan... It is impossible for them to recover the box office alone... and with the shooting cost, isn't it a big loss?"
"Awei~Awei~My friend~" James' blue eyes were full of smiles, and he hugged Awei's arm:
"You can't just look at the surface. Think about it, this movie has such a big investment, and Li Xiaole from Black Pearl Company obviously does not intend to make money. Their movie has 100% political purpose. You don't remember that for the task of fully leading, the mainlanders once dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to mobilize a movie. Compared to this amount of money, what is this money?
"You mean...they have to do this even though they know it's a loss, not to make money, but to engage in political propaganda?" Ah Wei understood. Thinking like this can explain this incredible thing...Political motives always cause all kinds of absurd phenomena in the world.
James felt ecstatic to win the lottery, so he picked up the phone and called the film purchasing manager of "Ximanke" theaters: "Hi~ Manager Chu~ Long time no see~ Yes~ Yes~ Of course I have a good thing to care about you. You should contact Black Pearl Company now. Yes, it is the mainland company that filmed "Sedek Barre". They are trying to rent the screen. You guarantee that the price will be satisfactory. If you go late, it will be gone~~"
All the day, all Taiwanese film shopping managers went crazy, and everyone was in ecstasy. There was such a good thing about a pie falling from the sky. An idiot mainlander actually rented the screen everywhere. This was simply a gift of money~!
Every film purchasing manager who got a screen rental contract from Black Pearl Company felt that he had won a lotto this time. The next day, after Black Pearl Company signed a contract with representatives from all parties, the theater film purchasing managers celebrated it in the evening.
After three rounds of wine, many people held up their glasses and shouted in a sarcastic manner: "Let us pay tribute to Li Xiaole, the benefactor~ He brought us the achievements of the summer season~!"
"Respect Li Xiaole's great benefactor~" "Respect this little idiot~ haha~~"
It is unknown whether Li Xiaole can drive the development of Taiwanese films when he comes to Taiwan. However, at least one thing is certain, he has driven the performance of Taiwan's theater chains...
300 screens, 216 million profits... Before the release of "Sedek Barre", it was remembered by all theater managers in Taiwan.
A few days later, I don’t know which big-mouthed film buyer manager reported the news to Apple Daily, and the sensational title read "Li Fengmao, using 200 million to buy dignity, the most ridiculous incident in the history of Taiwanese films."
Once this news was published, it immediately stunned all Taiwanese people, and then they all felt that it was really funny. One film invested 600 million yuan, and this time it was not just Wang Qun and the others who were happy, but all Taiwanese movie fans were happy.
On Yahoo Taiwan, up to 87% of netizens chose in the relevant news votes, "Li Fengkuan is really a good brother from the mainland, and he has sold his money to support Taiwanese movies~~" and only 13% of people expressed their opinion: "Li Xiaole has a cost to her breasts and can reproduce the miracle of the mainland film industry in Taiwan."
Netizen "Hello Grandpa Lian" expressed his opinion in a teasing tone:
"Did you see? I said that the mainland is developing well. You don't believe it. Our Taiwanese small kids are at most to book a movie to pick up girls. Director Li came from the mainland thousands of miles away and booked 600 games at one time! It is said that they are all to win the favor of Sister Zhiling. Do you still think Sister Zhiling is not worthy of him? This is fucking true love~!"
"I bet that there must be some political purpose behind this, otherwise how could anyone be so stupid? I believe Li Fengkuan must have reached some kind of agreement with China Film Group. The box office in Taiwan is a cover, and the mainland is their vote station~ All this is political propaganda!" Netizen "Walking the Bird" expressed a conspiracy theory point of view.
While traditional text media are relatively calm, Shi Liren, a film critic of "Liberty News", did some calculations:
"From the perspective of the trailer, "Sedek Barre" is a very excellent film, but his investment has reached an astonishing NT$700 million, which is nearly 200 million in RMB. As an investor, Li Xiaole probably made so much at the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" 700 million. With the support from the News Bureau, although "Sedek Barre" may not be as pleasing to the theme of "Let the Bullets Fly", it may not necessarily make Black Pearl Company bankrupt... but the possibility of recovering costs is slim..."
While the outside world was making a big fuss about this matter, Li Xiaole did not make any public response. All of this was the effect he wanted. Only NT$200 million, letting everyone in Taiwan know about "Sedek Barre", which is an advertising effect that cannot be compared to no amount of money.
He just needs to shut up now and make his movies well. By the day it is released, all these disadvantages will turn into advantages...
As time passes day by day, "Sedek Barre" finally comes to the final filming scene after another difficult scene.
This day was the happiest day after the crew was formed. Li Xiaole built a huge pure blue photography screen to shoot the scene of the tribe passing through the Rainbow Bridge outdoors. Almost all the actors arrived, nearly a thousand people, and held a grand barbecue event by the forest stream outdoors.
Elder Peng Mingzheng personally brought people to kill everyone. The boar in the multi-head tribe rewarded everyone. There was no need for so many people today, but when he heard that the last day was about to film the last "cross the Rainbow Bridge", all the indigenous actors came, regardless of whether they had their scenes.
"We must cross the Rainbow Bridge~! Director Li, you must let us live~" Everyone was angry while eating barbecue.
"Okay, I'll spend it all~!" Li Xiaole raised his glass and shouted with a loudspeaker. The scene immediately became boiling, as if it was a festival.
Everyone was eating barbecue, and walked past the blue cloth "Rainbow Bridge" one after another. Nearly a thousand people in the audience sang the ancient Tayya song:
"My child~ I know~
On those days of unrestrainedness, you learn a song.
Singing for the forgotten ancestor spirit~
Every note hugs the ancestor spirit tightly, and dances towards the ancestor spirit with its leaping body~
The dignity of your soul is like lightning in the clouds, which makes people dare not look directly at~
But~my child~Your hatred will destroy the darkness of heaven and earth, and you cannot see the stars in the distance~
Ah~ Those stars have gradually faded~ A beautiful rainbow bridge is unfolding~
My child~! Do you know?
The stars of your souls are ignited by the rainbow, and your dreams are as big as a blue ocean~ For the joy of your souls, forever...
Look at the beautiful rainbow~ it was our ancestors who called me~ It’s time for us to set off on our way~
The tribe members who must continue their lives~! Stand up your chest~! Be proud of yourself like a real Seidel~! Tell every child to live like a real Seidel~!"
Everyone sang loudly, swaying with their heads raised, and proudly collapsed across the rainbow bridge. Whether it was men, women, elderly people, children, every indigenous people had an incomparable brilliance on their faces, and the singing lingered in the whole mountain and ancient river, flowing in everyone's heart.
Walking down the Rainbow Bridge, everyone took photos excitedly, hugged, laughed... very happy... extremely happy...
Until Li Xiaole unfolded the huge white curtain and started to use projection to display the behind-the-scenes footage he edited overnight, which belonged to the staff. At first, Mo Wei, Lan Xin, Wei Desheng and others were all laughing desperately, but later, everyone was watching while crying, and for a moment, they could not speak at all.
Wei Desheng collapsed even more and hugged Li Xiaole and cried like a child: "We've really finished filming... Fuck... How did we complete it~?" "Not enough?" James Vaughn's smile froze instantly, and he couldn't help but feel angry inexplicably. He turned his head and looked at Awei unwillingly: "How many empty screens do we have in the summer season?"
"The summer season of theaters is already full of screens for "Mr. Smiths", "World War" and "Madagascar"... There are also some "Seven Swords", and there are probably 0 left and there is no finalization." A Wei thought for a while and replied.
"You tell them, we have 0 yuan, and ask them if they can eat it." James Vaughan sneered.
"Hey, it's... Manager Lin, we have 0 empty screens in Warnerville Show... How many do you need?" After asking, Awei's face changed again when he heard the other party's answer, and then he couldn't help but exclaim: "You all want them all!" He turned his head and looked at James Vaughn in surprise and asked him for advice.
James Vaughan sneered suddenly frozen. After a brief thought, he whispered to Awei: "Ask him if he needs to rent more screens. I can introduce other theater partners to them..."
"Hey, do you still need the screen?... Do you still need 100 yuan?" Awei widened his eyes and took a big breath: "They still need 100 yuan..."
James Vaughan reacted from the stiffness and immediately showed an ecstatic expression, pinching Awei's arm excitedly: "Tell them~! All rent them, all rent them~ All 0 yuan will be rented to them."
"But James... did our partners leave some room for ease... Besides, the other party's economic situation has not been confirmed, and I am worried that they can't afford it..." After all, Ah Wei has been running business in Taiwan for many years. He did not believe in these verbal promises between merchants, and advised cautiously.
James Vaughn made a "don't talk nonsense" gesture directly, and Awei could only helplessly say to Lin Tiangui on the other end of the phone: "Okay, Manager Lin, our Warnerville Show can provide 0 screens. I'll go to you tomorrow to talk about the specific details."
After hanging up the phone, Awei still felt something was wrong, so he shook his head and said, "No, James, this is too wrong... They are completely unreasonable. We have 0 screens, 720,000 yuan per block, which is 142 million yuan... It is impossible for them to recover the box office alone... and with the shooting cost, isn't it a big loss?"
"Awei~Awei~My friend~" James' blue eyes were full of smiles, and he hugged Awei's arm:
"You can't just look at the surface. Think about it, this movie has such a big investment, and Li Xiaole from Black Pearl Company obviously does not intend to make money. Their movie has 100% political purpose. You don't remember that for the task of fully leading, the mainlanders once dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to mobilize a movie. Compared to this amount of money, what is this money?
"You mean...they have to do this even though they know it's a loss, not to make money, but to engage in political propaganda?" Ah Wei understood. Thinking like this can explain this incredible thing...Political motives always cause all kinds of absurd phenomena in the world.
James felt ecstatic to win the lottery, so he picked up the phone and called the film purchasing manager of "Ximanke" theaters: "Hi~ Manager Chu~ Long time no see~ Yes~ Yes~ Of course I have a good thing to care about you. You should contact Black Pearl Company now. Yes, it is the mainland company that filmed "Sedek Barre". They are trying to rent the screen. You guarantee that the price will be satisfactory. If you go late, it will be gone~~"
All the day, all Taiwanese film shopping managers went crazy, and everyone was in ecstasy. There was such a good thing about a pie falling from the sky. An idiot mainlander actually rented the screen everywhere. This was simply a gift of money~!
Every film purchasing manager who got a screen rental contract from Black Pearl Company felt that he had won a lotto this time. The next day, after Black Pearl Company signed a contract with representatives from all parties, the theater film purchasing managers celebrated it in the evening.
After three rounds of wine, many people held up their glasses and shouted in a sarcastic manner: "Let us pay tribute to Li Xiaole, the benefactor~ He brought us the achievements of the summer season~!"
"Respect Li Xiaole's great benefactor~" "Respect this little idiot~ haha~~"
It is unknown whether Li Xiaole can drive the development of Taiwanese films when he comes to Taiwan. However, at least one thing is certain, he has driven the performance of Taiwan's theater chains...
300 screens, 216 million profits... Before the release of "Sedek Barre", it was remembered by all theater managers in Taiwan.
A few days later, I don’t know which big-mouthed film buyer manager reported the news to Apple Daily, and the sensational title read "Li Fengmao, using 200 million to buy dignity, the most ridiculous incident in the history of Taiwanese films."
Once this news was published, it immediately stunned all Taiwanese people, and then they all felt that it was really funny. One film invested 600 million yuan, and this time it was not just Wang Qun and the others who were happy, but all Taiwanese movie fans were happy.
On Yahoo Taiwan, up to 87% of netizens chose in the relevant news votes, "Li Fengkuan is really a good brother from the mainland, and he has sold his money to support Taiwanese movies~~" and only 13% of people expressed their opinion: "Li Xiaole has a cost to her breasts and can reproduce the miracle of the mainland film industry in Taiwan."
Netizen "Hello Grandpa Lian" expressed his opinion in a teasing tone:
"Did you see? I said that the mainland is developing well. You don't believe it. Our Taiwanese small kids are at most to book a movie to pick up girls. Director Li came from the mainland thousands of miles away and booked 600 games at one time! It is said that they are all to win the favor of Sister Zhiling. Do you still think Sister Zhiling is not worthy of him? This is fucking true love~!"
"I bet that there must be some political purpose behind this, otherwise how could anyone be so stupid? I believe Li Fengkuan must have reached some kind of agreement with China Film Group. The box office in Taiwan is a cover, and the mainland is their vote station~ All this is political propaganda!" Netizen "Walking the Bird" expressed a conspiracy theory point of view.
While traditional text media are relatively calm, Shi Liren, a film critic of "Liberty News", did some calculations:
"From the perspective of the trailer, "Sedek Barre" is a very excellent film, but his investment has reached an astonishing NT$700 million, which is nearly 200 million in RMB. As an investor, Li Xiaole probably made so much at the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" 700 million. With the support from the News Bureau, although "Sedek Barre" may not be as pleasing to the theme of "Let the Bullets Fly", it may not necessarily make Black Pearl Company bankrupt... but the possibility of recovering costs is slim..."
While the outside world was making a big fuss about this matter, Li Xiaole did not make any public response. All of this was the effect he wanted. Only NT$200 million, letting everyone in Taiwan know about "Sedek Barre", which is an advertising effect that cannot be compared to no amount of money.
He just needs to shut up now and make his movies well. By the day it is released, all these disadvantages will turn into advantages...
As time passes day by day, "Sedek Barre" finally comes to the final filming scene after another difficult scene.
This day was the happiest day after the crew was formed. Li Xiaole built a huge pure blue photography screen to shoot the scene of the tribe passing through the Rainbow Bridge outdoors. Almost all the actors arrived, nearly a thousand people, and held a grand barbecue event by the forest stream outdoors.
Elder Peng Mingzheng personally brought people to kill everyone. The boar in the multi-head tribe rewarded everyone. There was no need for so many people today, but when he heard that the last day was about to film the last "cross the Rainbow Bridge", all the indigenous actors came, regardless of whether they had their scenes.
"We must cross the Rainbow Bridge~! Director Li, you must let us live~" Everyone was angry while eating barbecue.
"Okay, I'll spend it all~!" Li Xiaole raised his glass and shouted with a loudspeaker. The scene immediately became boiling, as if it was a festival.
Everyone was eating barbecue, and walked past the blue cloth "Rainbow Bridge" one after another. Nearly a thousand people in the audience sang the ancient Tayya song:
"My child~ I know~
On those days of unrestrainedness, you learn a song.
To be continued...