Chapter 333: Not a Qualified Businessman
Haha!"
Ning Hao flipped through the script and laughed like a sand sculpture.
"Ah Xin, where did you find it? It's so funny!"
"Then you said that if it is made into a TV series, will anyone watch it?"
"Of course someone watched it, so I watched it. What, you want to shoot?"
"It's not that I want to shoot, I want to take this project down, and our studio will work with a powerful partner. He Xindao.
When Ning Hao heard this, the smile on his face suddenly froze, flipped through the script, and hesitated: "Thirty episodes, it's not cheap, at least three or four million?"
He Xin shook his head and said: "This is a sitcom, thirty episodes is far from enough, I think it is best to do one hundred episodes." ”
"A hundred episodes?"
Ning Hao's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "Then at least 10 million, even if you find someone to cooperate, you have to have a capital of several million, where do we get so much money now?"
"I have a way to deal with money, I came here today to discuss with you, if you agree, I'll let the screenwriter of Xiao Huyo's book meet and take down this project. He Xin smiled.
"Huh?"
Ning Hao was stunned for a moment, and then puzzled: "Since you have money, why are you still discussing with me, can't you just do it yourself?"
He Xin took out a cigarette from his pocket, threw one to Ning Hao, and said with a smile: "This project was found by Xiaohu, how to say it, it can be regarded as a studio project, but the studio belongs to the two of us, I can't leave you to do it alone, so how can we cooperate in the future? And doesn't the studio still have your money!"
"No, what kind of money am I?"
Ning Hao understood what He Xin meant, and it was clear that he wanted to take himself with him. Although investment projects are risky, but after a cursory look at this book, he is also very optimistic about this project. Besides, this project is so big, what kind of money is his money, I'm afraid it's not even a fraction of it.
"Ah Xin, you don't have to be like this, I ......"
Ning Hao rubbed his hands, and said with a rare embarrassed face.
"Okay, Haozi, don't forget that we are partners!" He Xin waved his hand and interrupted him: "As long as you nod your head, I will figure out a way to deal with the money, and let Xiaohu be responsible for the specific operation." Your main task now is to do a good job in the post-production of the film, as for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to get away with it for a few days, at most half a month before I will join the group to film, and I have to get the money done before that. ”
"Okay, you're the big boss, you can come whatever you say! If you lose, we'll carry it together when the time comes!" Ning Hao spread his hands and said with a smile.
"Bah, bah, you kid can't spit ivory out of his mouth, are you looking forward to a loss or what? Hurry up and knock on the wood, bah, bah! It's not that I'm bragging, I'm putting my words here today, this project will definitely make money in the future." If we want to make a movie in the future, maybe we will make money from this project!"
Conversations between men often don't need to be too sensational, just keep some things in mind. Ning Hao said that if it is a loss for the two of us to fight together, it means that he appreciates it, and the two of us will be tied together in the future.
From Ning Hao's point of view, it is not difficult to analyze his current state of mind, and his perception of He Xin at this time is probably words such as on the road, honesty, mold, morality, and brother.
Think about it, although it was he who fooled the other party into getting on the boat at the beginning, but the other party went from acting to the later stage, and then used various relationships to participate in the film festival awards, all of which are the credit of the other party. In his opinion, if there was no He Xin, his debut work would never have reached the current height.
And after he said that he was filming "Green Meadow", He Xin fully supported it. Even if he has no capital now, only in the name of a partner, He Xin is still willing to take himself.
What else can we say about this? Since we are all brothers, we will naturally be blessed and enjoy hardships in the future!
For He Xin, although the project of "Wulin Gaiden" is a golden doll, he and Ning Hao are partners after all. Besides, he and Ning Hao have been together for so long, everyone is friends and brothers, and of course they have to earn money together.
But at the same time, I am afraid that the more important thing is that I also want to take this opportunity to win over Ning Hao, to put it more realistically, it is the kidnapping of human favors.
Because in his mind, Ning Hao is a bigger golden doll.
In fact, as an actor, sometimes he is really helpless, because actors are often the one who is selected, even if he has more than ten years of memories beyond others, but after all, he is not a character like Pao Hui and Lu Yiqian, he can write, direct, act, and operate capital, except for a little kidney loss, he is almost a decathlon.
He is very self-aware, or even if he knows that many movies in this industry will be popular and the box office will explode, he can't get it!
First of all, a script is not something that can be solved by a story, otherwise all writers are screenwriters. Even if he could tell the movie he remembered, ten screenwriters might make up ten different scripts.
In addition, the most difficult thing is the director. The images presented in his mind, but he can't and can't shoot them all in their original form.
The birth of a film is not just about what you see on the screen, when you shoot it, you often have to shoot five or six, seven or eight hours of footage, and the rough cut version often takes three or four hours, and finally the best part of it is the 90 minutes or 120 minutes of content that the audience sees.
It is said that actors and directors achieve each other, but the proportion of directors is often larger, and even plays a leading role. For example, Uncle Ge left Feng Xiaogang, although "The History of the Disappearance of Romantic" is still amazing, but the rest are "Fragments" and "Two Tigers".
Also, the same is true for the national teacher to Emperor Gong, and Wang Sunglasses for the Man God.
Therefore, it is very important for an actor to bind a talented director, especially a ghost director like Ning Hao who can both write and direct. And He Xin has always been thinking about being able to create the famous "Bad Monkey Seventy-two Changes" plan with him in the future, and maybe he can become a big man in the circle at that time.
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In his early thirties, flat head, buck teeth, black-framed glasses, although he is from Shanghai, he can speak fluent Beijing dialect, but he speaks a little stumbling, he is very polite to people, and he can't bow 90 degrees when shaking hands.
This was He Xin's first impression when he saw Ning Caishen.
And the one who came with him, in his forties, was not tall, not fat, and even when he sits, his waist is straight. At first sight, it feels very clean and neat, without a trace of greasy on a middle-aged man. In particular, the smile on his face is very simple and relatable.
"Hello Mr. Chen, I thought that writers all studied literature, but I didn't expect you to study finance, it's amazing......"
"Director Shang, I have heard of it for a long time, I especially like "The Story of the Cooking Class", the main theme theme, in this comedy way, it is very down-to-earth, and it is very good ......"
"Teacher He......"
"Don't, in front of the two of you, you don't dare to call me a teacher, Xiaohe! ”
"Then I'm welcome, the God of Wealth told me before that I wanted to meet an investor, but I didn't expect it to be you, a big star......"
After the meeting, everyone greeted each other, and the business boasted to each other, compared to the affinity of Shangjing, Ning Caishen was both polite and cramped, talking stumblingly, and seemed to have some obstacles in social aspects.
The God of Wealth and Shang Jing are old partners, and they have cooperated with "Health Express" and "Urban Men and Women" before, which can be regarded as a tacit cooperation, and they have also won the Feitian Award with "Health Express".
After the success of the two works, Fortuna had a lot of new ideas on how to write a sitcom, and Shang Jing wanted to make a comedy that was completely new in form, so the two hit it off. In addition, the God of Wealth has always had a martial arts complex, so this "Wulin Gaiden" was born.
It took less than two months for the God of Wealth to write a script for 30 episodes, and then the two took the script and talked excitedly with the original investors, but as a result, people were not interested in this novel theme at all, and in turn persuaded the two to strike while the iron was hot and continue the original urban theme.
In a word, the original investors were conservative and unwilling to take risks.
However, just as the two were pondering how to convince investors, a new studio actually appeared to be interested in this project. The two were pleasantly surprised, but also a little worried.
The surprise is that someone is willing to invest and the investor is still the popular star He Xin, but the worry is that they don't know He Xin's strength, and few actors will take out real money to invest in film and television dramas these years, and they have no bottom in their hearts.
He Xin was very direct and straight to the point: "Director Shang, Mr. Chen, we are willing to vote for this book, but as a sitcom, thirty episodes is too few, I think it must be at least seventy or eighty episodes, of course, it is better to have more." ”
Hearing He Xin's words, Shang Jing and God of Wealth subconsciously glanced at each other, and both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes.
To be honest, they were not sure about this novel theme, and originally planned to shoot 30 episodes to test the water, and if feasible, they would continue to shoot it. Unexpectedly, the person in front of him was even more confident than them, and he more than doubled in one breath, and even more and more for the better.
Before Director Shang could speak, the God of Wealth's eyes lit up, and he didn't stumble anymore at this time, and said busily: "No problem, no problem for a hundred episodes." ”
He Xin was immediately happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "That's okay, then we'll tentatively schedule a hundred episodes." We have invested in this project, and let Xiaohu talk to you about the specifics when the time comes. I'm really sorry, I'm going to Xinjiang Province to film soon, and we have Xiaohu here in charge of this project. ”
That's it?
The two couldn't help but glance at each other again, and at the same time saw an incredible look in each other's eyes.
In these years, it is very difficult to attract investment, and it often takes a long time to go through a tug-of-war in Toron, and many second- and third-tier directors and screenwriters like them often accept a lot of unequal treaties in order to be able to shoot their own works.
Three or two sentences like today's are directly clapidated, and this is the first time they have encountered it.
Not only them, but even Xiao Douding, who was sitting next to He Xin, was too refreshing for the boss's behavior, and his eyes showed a little dissatisfaction. You have already made a decision, and when you negotiate and sign a contract, you will be very passive and will not be able to take advantage.
In a word, He Xin is not a qualified businessman.