After finishing his work in the afternoon and some socializing in the evening, Ren Jingxi arrived at the mansion in Maoer Hutong. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening.
In the underground parking lot of the mansion, knowing that Mo Wuling was already at the swimming pool, Ren Jingxi went directly over, changed into a bathrobe and entered the swimming pool. At a glance, he saw Mo Wuling soaking comfortably in the hot spring pool.
There was also music wafting through the pool.
Ren Jingxi didn't pay attention at first, because it happened to be a very strange chant. He didn't know what language it was in. It was long and distant. It wasn't until the lyrics that he suddenly became interested.
*…
*I don’t know how long I slept in the darkness.
*I don’t know how difficult it is to open my eyes.
*I came from afar, and you happened to be there too.
* Obsession lingers in the world, I am wild for her.
*…
Ren Jingxi didn't come back to his senses until the maid standing by reminded that Mo Wuling, who had just fallen asleep, opened his eyes and stood up slightly to greet her.
Walking to the small pool, she took off her bathrobe and handed it to the maid next to her. She stepped into the pool next to Mo Wuling and felt the instant relaxation brought by the special warmth. Ren Jingxi breathed a sigh of relief and finally remembered, Asked: "What song?"
Mo Wuling said: "Jinshu is producing a documentary about climbing Mount Everest, and this is the theme song."
Ren Jingxi said oh, then reacted instantly: "Did he write it?"
Mo Wuling pretended to be calm and nodded: "Yes."
Ren Jingxi was keenly aware of the guilty conscience of the girl next to him, reached out and grabbed a handful, and said in Mo Wuling's angry eyes, "You are really hopeless."
For some reason, Mo Wuling didn't refute this time, but just leaned on the soft pillow by the pool again, moving his mouth slightly, humming silently along with the repeatedly looped music.
A really nice song.
Ren Jingxi no longer disturbed the scenery, and lay down just as relaxed, savoring the various charms in the lyrics together.
I also remembered Tagore’s poem that both of them liked very much when they were in college.
The youthful years that I can’t go back to.
Afterwards, the two of them didn't say much. After taking a bath and returning to the wing where Mo Wuling usually lives in the west courtyard on the ground, Ren Jingxi asked, "How was the house you looked at this afternoon?"
As Ren Jingxi spoke, he had already moved to the small study room connected to the bedroom next to the living room, sat down directly at the desk, put down his satchel, and opened the computer in a familiar manner.
Mo Wuling took out the juice from the refrigerator in the corner, poured a cup for each of them, and gave a cup to Ren Jingxi. He retreated to sit on the sofa next to him and said, "After looking at a few communities, I feel like I'm here." Just like in the countryside, even the facilities in the community where existing houses are sold are not complete. When you get to a higher floor, you can see everything around you is wilderness."
Ren Jingxi took out a thick stack of documents and a USB flash drive from his bag, plugged it into the computer, and said, "So, you're not satisfied?"
"Not satisfied," Mo Wuling said firmly, "but I still plan to buy it."
Ren Jingxi smiled and said, "What kind of logic is this?"
Mo Wuling said: "It's cheap. The existing housing complex I looked at only costs 4,500 per square meter. Moreover, I heard that I hope to buy a few more units. They also said that they can give me a good discount. It is estimated that I can get nine fold."
Although Ren Jingxi has made a lot of money in recent years, he has not yet left the world behind. Hearing this, he said: "4500 is still cheap. Where I live, you may not be able to earn so much in a year's work?"
Mo Wuling sipped the juice and retorted: "If you talk about Africa, you may not be able to earn so much in ten years."
Ren Jingxi put down the document in front of him and started typing on the keyboard while saying, "I remember that houses here in the capital shouldn't be that expensive. It seems that, well, a few years ago, there were villas worth 2,500 square meters."
"When are you talking about? Nowadays, villas in the suburbs cost tens of thousands per square meter, and better villa areas cost more than 10,000. The unit price of the apartment I looked at this afternoon in the third ring road is currently between 6,000 and 8,000. .”
Ren Jingxi continued to focus on the work in hand and said, "In this case, buying a house is really a good investment."
Mo Wuling thought for a while and said, "I saw a new building that just opened today. The view from the top floor is very good. You can see the Summer Palace and Peking University campus. I was thinking, why don't we buy the top floors at once?" , Well, in this case, you have to lend me some money, and I will pay it back to you when the bonus from "Youth" comes down."
Ren Jingxi was finally a little surprised. He turned to glance at her, then turned his attention back and said with a smile, "Are you so desperate?"
"You don't know," Mo Wuling paused and said, "He... bought several buildings at a time in a community over Madian Bridge. Moreover, you should have an impression of the Huanyu Center project in Wudaokou, right? "
"No, I don't pay attention to that," Ren Jingxi shook his head and asked, "How did you know?"
Mo Wuling shrank his neck slightly and said, "I can't buy blindly. There are two real estate developers in the mansion, and in the capital, there are actually quite a few real estate companies that he has stakes in. Of course you can ask. Anyway, he has actually been building houses here in China, and I think if he keeps following him, it will be much more reliable than just talking about it."
Ren Jingxi hummed, thought for a moment, and asked, "That building you just mentioned, how many floors, how many units in total?"
"The apartments on the 11th floor have a total... There are different floor types on different floors, but there are about 60 apartments in the whole building," Mo Wuling said, then realized: "You don't mean to... huh?"
Ren Jingxi smiled and nodded: "Since he is buying them one by one, of course we can too. Moreover, if we just buy a few floors according to what you just said, that would be boring, so we might as well eat the whole building. .”
Mo Wuling immediately began to make plans.
If I remember correctly, the total area of each suite on each floor is about 600 square meters. The 11th floor is 6,600 square meters. For the time being, it is calculated at about 4,000 yuan with a 10% discount, which requires... about 26 million. In addition, the down payment ratio is 30%, and a building requires at least about 8 million funds.
8 million seems... not much.
After all, Jinshu's Wu Shanlin hinted a few days ago that she hopes to get a million-level red envelope just this time with "To Youth."
Besides, it’s still with my bestie next to me.
Ren Jingxi waited for a moment in front of the computer desk and asked, "Has it been calculated?"
Mo Wuling nodded: "The down payment is about 8 million. According to one to five, well, it's still too much. The down payment is not the problem, the key is the follow-up. It would be bad if I can't pay it. Why don't I just give it 1 million, and the rest The next 7 million is yours, and the subsequent proportions will be calculated accordingly."
30% down payment, 1 million first, and if it can be paid off in advance, about two to three million will be enough.
Two to three million may seem like a lot, but Mo Wuling has become accustomed to the world in the past few years, and he doesn't think he will not be able to earn it in the future. However, if you buy enough this time, you may not be able to sell it again for a long time. Actually, she recently heard that she could re-mortgage and buy repeatedly, but she felt that she couldn't do this.
Ren Jingxi had no objection, nodded and said: "No problem. By the way, and then, we bought so many houses, we can't put them there, right? The houses will decay easily if no one lives in them for a long time?"
Mo Wuling thought again that he had mentioned a certain 'tenant', and said: "Of course I rent it out. Although it is close to the Fourth Ring Road, it is next to Zhongguancun. Because of the technology industry, it has developed rapidly in recent years. There’s also a lot of demand for rentals.”
Ren Jingxi did not object: "In this case, we'd better set up a small team to take care of this matter."
Mo Wuling didn't think much about it at first. After all, he only planned to buy two or three houses at first. However, after Ren Jingxi said this, if he thought about buying an entire building, he would have no problem with it.
After agreeing, seeing Ren Jingxi still typing quickly, Mo Wuling was finally curious, got up and came over: "There is no need to be such a workaholic, it's already... Well, this is an email?"
Ren Jingxi nodded and added with a smile: "Would you like to add a greeting from Miss Mo Wuling to someone's email?"
"No," Mo Wuling immediately refused and looked at the content of the email: "This is... are you discussing making a movie recently?"
"Everyone couldn't make up their minds, so we just asked him to help," Ren Jingxi explained, and then said: "By the way, "In Time" is almost finished, do you have any new ideas, can you just give me an advantage this time? "
"No," Mo Wuling lay on Ren Jingxi's shoulder, still a little embarrassed: "You also know that he was the first to bring up the previous ones."
"That's just a thought. If you can write a script and sell it well, that's your real skill, so don't be humble and think of the next idea quickly. If it's great, I'll lend you money later." There’s no need to pay it back, just use it to buy the script.”
"Really not, and..." Mo Wuling gestured towards the content of the document Ren Jingxi was writing: "If you want to make a blockbuster, don't come to me. I am the main writer of "To Youth", and I am the main writer of "Chu and Han". Only a small part of the script I originally wrote was used, and they all said I was too literary and would definitely not be suitable anyway."
Ren Jingxi felt the loss of her best friend behind her, and advised: "There is a market for literature and art. Isn't "To Youth" very successful, and "Times Past" is also good. Besides, what kind of literature and art are you? A truly literary film , I guess you haven’t watched a few of them. Anyway, I think you are quite suitable for the commercial market.”
Mo Wuling has been secretly recharging himself. Of course, it's not what Ren Jingxi said that he hasn't watched a few literary movies. After hearing what she said and thinking about it carefully, I found that it seemed to be true.
Not to mention other foreign countries, the older generation of domestic filmmakers basically have a strong literary and artistic style, including Zhang Guoshi. Even though the early films shot were relatively rural, in fact, behind the countryside, there is a literary youth. The kind of energy that Zhang Guoshi has, and Zhang Guoshi happens to be the type who has been relatively successful in transformation in recent years. Even so, the literary and artistic style of "Hero" can be seen at a glance. If the "Chu and Han" trilogy can be completed well next, then it will be considered a complete transformation.
In comparison, the few films Mo Wuling has participated in so far are generally relatively popular and down-to-earth.
The two of them chatted, and after Ren Jingxi finished writing the email, he jokingly added, "P.S. Mo Wuling sends his greetings to you." This caused the two girls to have a fight, and was finally dismissed. Mo Wuling deleted it and the email could be sent out.
After sending the email, neither of the two women felt sleepy. Ren Jingxi opened the browser while sleepily, and the homepage was directly the Xiangshan portal.
A banner for a certain 'For Youth' event was very conspicuously displayed, and there was also a prominently placed banner on the homepage of "To Our Dying Youth" with a box office of 67 million in the next week.
Simply click on the banner to enter the event page that has been attended by tens of millions of people recently.
On the message board, the post at the top with 3.27 million likes and 290,000 comments is very simple and clear: "He Xiaoyu, I am Liu Yu, I like you!"
Ren Jingxi clicked on the rumors on the headline post and looked through it, while saying: "It seems that this post should have locked up the first place, one, two, three, four, five... Well, there are only 11 words in total, and it can take away 10 With a bonus of 10,000 yuan, Wuling is not a shill for Jinshu, is he?"
"Of course not," Mo Wuling said: "These two people have been reported by the media. They are two students who just graduated from a university in Shenyang this year, and the girl has already accepted the boy's confession."
"I don't understand. You look at the back. Those who posted photos and wrote a bunch of testimonials spent a lot of effort to get into the top ten." Ren Jingxi shook his head: "Besides, there should be many such confession posts. Well, why this one?”
Mo Wuling said: "Xiangshan Network has investigated. Because this was an earlier confession post, everyone started booing and pushed him to the top. Then, there were probably tens of thousands of similar posts on the entire message board. This actually takes advantage of time and luck. However, I have been thinking about why "To Youth" was successful recently. After seeing this post, I roughly understood."
"Why?"
"Because what I wrote is about our past life, real youth, so it resonated with everyone," Mo Wuling said, pointing to the 11-character post: "Just like this, many college students There were boys and girls who regretted not being able to express their feelings during their school years, which eventually turned into permanent regrets. So this post resonated with everyone."
Ren Jingxi thought about it and had to admit that what Mo Wuling said was probably the truth.
The next day is Saturday.
July 24
The country has started weekend holidays, and Ren Jingxi still has a busy day, so that the house viewing can only be postponed to Sunday.
In the evening, he forced Mo Wuling, who didn't want to socialize much, to attend the celebration reception for "Youth". After Friday, July 23, "Youth" made another one-day revenue of about 7 million, pushing the total box office to 1.56 100 million, surpassing "Party A and Party B", which previously ranked first in the year, to reach the top of the year.
Not surprisingly, it has basically locked in the box office championship for 1999.
Because it took the form of a Western-style cocktail party, this time it was much more lively than the last launch ceremony of the "Chu and Han" trilogy. In addition to the core members of the Jinshu Department, many prominent figures in the circle came to join in the fun. The banquet hall of the Beijing Hotel It was filled with more than three hundred guests.
The core of the reception was undoubtedly the crew of "To Youth".
The newly minted young director Cao Jingchu became the target of everyone's active friendship and wooing. Mo Wuling also received compliments, and there were several leading actors. Some film and television company bosses discussed business on the spot, and there was even an unseemly one, a four-year-old. A middle-aged rich man in his teens confessed his love to Mrs. Zeng, saying that as long as Mrs. Zeng agrees, he will buy a house and a car immediately, and he can also invest in a movie and let her be the only heroine.
Jinshu was not too polite to the guy who had just made a little fortune in recent years and didn't know who he was. Because his hands were too much, he invited him out directly.
The short farce did not affect everyone's mood, and everyone was very happy.
Returning to Mao'er Hutong, Ren Jingxi and Mo Wuling were both a little tipsy.
Went to the hot spring bath again.
Speaking of which, in midsummer, soaking in this kind of hot spring bath has a unique taste and can also maintain your health.
After taking a comfortable bath, they walked from the east courtyard through the corridors and caves to the west courtyard. The two girls were still discussing tonight's cocktail party.
About some farce episode.
At first, they all criticized men with the same hatred, and then they all started talking about a certain guy, and then they all excused him.
Although he is carefree, at least he is not entangled.
Not only that, but a certain guy seemed too cool. However, this seems even more damning.
There is also the high-spirited Cao Jingchu.
I went to Hollywood for a year to study and exchange, then returned to China to complete "To Youth". I am actually only 29 years old now, but I have already become famous. Of course, it's not as brilliant as someone who became a blockbuster at the age of 18, but it's still top-notch.
Returning to Mo Wuling's wing, Ren Jingxi sat in front of the desk again, turned on the computer casually, and said: "Actually, there are several good guys among the first batch of 30 people, such as the one who filmed "Wormhole" for our company. Jing Zheng, and, well, he is a Mongolian, I don’t know whether his surname is Wu or Ur, maybe that’s his name, the names of ethnic minorities are all very long. The first self-written and directed martial arts film The movie will also be released next year. According to Mr. Wu, the sample film is very good, but because it is a low-cost martial arts film, the box office will not be too high. There is also a person named Xu who was specially arranged to follow Ang Lee for a year. I'm currently filming a documentary called "The Lost Martial Arts". It's also very interesting. I also plan to make a movie in the future."
Mo Wuling leaned softly on the sofa and said: "Since it is an exchange and learning, we are already the most outstanding group of people, so it is not surprising that we excel."
"No," Ren Jingxi said, "Just like the recent batch of people who came to me for connections, in my opinion, those who are capable and those who have connections are at most half and half. Just say In fact, less than half of the first batch of 30 people came back. Most of them tried their best to stay in the United States, and some would rather work as gangsters because of that. After all, those who can come back and start from scratch are indeed more courageous. That kind of thing.”
Mo Wuling nodded, but understood: "Who is not like this now? I occasionally think about whether to immigrate, what about you?"
"Of course I have thought about it," Ren Jingxi said, "Actually, it's not easy at all to be in Huanzhu Film and Television now."
Mo Wuling thought of something and said, "I remember, Sister Chen told me about this matter, saying that if you want to immigrate, it's best to go to Australia instead of the United States."
Ren Jingxi was confused: "Why?"
Mo Wuling actually didn't quite understand, so he could only express his own thoughts: "You know, his... real wife is Australian, and that country should be considered a country that he attaches great importance to. Anyway, that's probably it."
Ren Jingxi hummed and didn't ask any more questions, but secretly kept it in mind.
After the computer started up, I didn't have any expectations. I opened my email and found that someone had already sent me a reply. Ren Jingxi immediately cheered up.
Mo Wuling noticed Ren Jingxi's reaction, and stood up from the sofa, ran behind Ren Jingxi, and read someone's email reply together.
Regarding the strategy of making blockbusters here, the other side gave the first affirmation.
Then, mainly there are a few specific suggestions.
The first one is Mythology and Monsters.
This is also what Ren Jingxi and the others mainly think about. However, someone suggested that they should not adapt long novels such as "Journey to the West" and "Feng Shen Bang" for the time being, but start with short stories such as "Liao Zhai".
According to someone, the shorter the story, the more room there is for adaptation.
The issue of censorship was even considered there.
If ghosts cannot be seen in Chinese film and television works, then demons will be used instead. He also made a joke that although they couldn't get it accurately, they still found it interesting: it was possible to become a sperm before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The second one is a model that combines martial arts and fantasy, and then applies it to some specific historical figures.
A specific case was also given there.
It is probably a story about Di Renjie, a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, who portrays Di Renjie as a man of both civil and military talents. He first entered Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and encountered the mysterious case of the emperor being poisoned. Therefore, he followed the order of the later famous Wu Zetian to investigate the truth.
He also mentioned that if the first part is successful, it can be turned into a long-term series, similar to Hollywood's 007 series, with one major case at a time.
The third one is the big-budget urban crime action genre.
Taking into account various domestic restrictions, while using Chinese actors as the protagonists, the scenes can be placed overseas.
Like Chinatown or something like that.
Then a specific case was given, called "Detective Chinatown".
The last one surprised both girls.
Main theme.
Someone actually encouraged them to do the main theme
Well, the first surprising thing is that the guy actually knows the main theme.
However, after the other party's introduction in the email, the two girls understood that what someone was talking about was not the kind of theme they were used to seeing, such as "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", "Heroes and Sons", or model plays. . Rather, it has an entertaining theme.
Someone’s detailed suggestion is to choose some specific nodes in China’s modern and contemporary history, and then gather stars, gather stars, gather stars together.
In short, the brighter the stars, the better.
Then, just a series of star rankings is enough to attract audiences into the cinema. In this case, while the film company gets the box office, it will not delay in achieving the effect of entertaining and educating.
In front of the computer.
After the two girls carefully read someone's email, they just thought, it was an eye-opener.
Is this still possible? !