The two chatted and got down to business.

"I'm grateful that you came to my side as soon as you came out, which shows that we have a chance to work together, right?" Zheng Rongrong asked methodically as she drank her coffee.

Zhu Mei only came out of the mountains two days ago and turned on her phone.

Then, in less than two or three hours, her phone went into bombed mode.

Although it has been more than a month since the serialization of "The Gift of Room No. 7", the single book of "The Gift of Room No. 7" is still on the best-selling list of bookstores across the country and has always occupied the first place.

In an era of serious neglect of paper books, about a third of the 5 million first print runs have been sold.

At this rate, at least 80% will be sold by June.

The second edition of the printing will be opened within this year, which is a high probability event.

How much money can Zheyue Newspaper Group make, that's their business, but this crazy best-selling, in the eyes of many film companies, represents the influence of "The Gift of Room No. 7", which is further deepening.

Think about it, if there are more than 10 million book fans who are willing to take a look at "The Gift of Room No. 7", what a good result it would be?

Not to mention that in fact, many fans who have heard of "The Gift of Room No. 7" may not necessarily buy the book, but when they see this movie come out, they must be interested in watching it.

As long as this part of the fans can be captured, even if "The Gift of Room No. 7" gets off to a good start, the box office of two or three hundred million is not a problem.

If the shooting is good, it is not impossible to hit the box office of more than 500 million!

What does 500 million represent at the current movie box office in China?

That is Chen Hao's "Havoc in the Demon Cave" 5 years ago, the seventh in film history, and it happens to be 500 million box office.

Literary films can be the seventh in film history, what is not satisfied?

It is a rare honor to put it in any company!

Not to mention the filming of "The Gift of Room No. 7", most of them are Zhu Mei, a good friend of Teacher Chu Liuxiang - although this has not been announced by the party, many people know that this must be the case.

Zhu Mei has always had her own set of literary films, and has a lot of loyal fans, and then last year's "Love Letter" directly broke the box office record of Hao He's literary film and became the first literary film.

Since then, many people have called her the "Queen of Literary Films".

With such a director's shot, it is impossible to make a bad movie!

Therefore, when there was a staff member who was assigned a task and required to dial Zhu Mei's phone at different times every day, and suddenly found that Zhu Mei's phone could be dialed, it would take less than an hour for the entire entertainment industry to know.

Bigwigs from all walks of life have gone into battle, hoping to get the favor of the queen of literary films and win the production and distribution rights of "The Gift of Room No. 7".

This is not just a matter of monetary profits and box office records of literary films, in everyone's opinion, "The Gift of Room No. 7" was born to sweep the awards of major film festivals.

Oscars aside, even a highly influential award like the Golden Globe Awards has the ability to rush.

Not to mention that if it is placed in Asia, it is basically guaranteed to win the grand prize winners of international film festivals in China, Japan and Taiji.

Look.

can make a lot of money, can win the first box office record of literary films in film history, and can also win a lot of mouth-watering awards, which one dares not to pay attention to such a film, and which one dares not to treat it seriously?

But no matter how they called, Zhu Mei's answer was only one sentence.

"Thank you for your kindness, I still need time to think about it. ”

As a result, she came to the Huajing headquarters of Shanhai.com on the third day.

Hearing Zheng Rongrong's undisguised ambition, Zhu Mei also smiled: "Actually, as early as a few months ago, when I discussed with Teacher Chu, he suggested that I come to Shanhai.com. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing the decision of this mysterious writer, Zheng Rongrong couldn't help but become curious, "What kind of person is Teacher Chu? I really want to meet him." To tell you the truth, I like "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" very much, it reminds me of the days when my family was not rich yet...... I also like the pure love of "Love Letter", and I prefer the gentle sunshine in the despair of "The Gift of Room Seven......"

You've seen him a long time ago.

You value him a lot.

You also hired him to star in your company's TV series.

But you never knew that such a genius was so amazing.

Not only in writing books, but also in writing songs and mathematics, he has such outstanding talent and ability, it is not at all like a single person can do it.

"You'll know later, and now he won't let me talk about it. Zhu Mei skipped this question, "Teacher Chu said, if you want to make a movie, especially a literary film like ours, you must find a boss who understands literary films, a boss who is willing to invest in literary films, and a boss who is courageous. For now, you're the best choice.

Don't tell Mr. Zheng that the support and generosity you gave in "Love Letter" also won the gratitude and friendship of Mr. Chu, so he thinks that it must be a very interesting thing to cooperate with "Shanhaiwang" again and make an unprecedented achievement together. ”

Zheng Rongrong was slapped with a sycophant smile on her face.

Princess Celestia is disdainful of sycophancy.

But it also depends on the person.

If it's someone from her own company who speaks, or one of those unscrupulous journalists, she's just a fart.

It can be said that this praise is Teacher Chu Liuxiang, Zheng Rongrong feels that he is very visionary, and he is such a courageous person.

"Since Teacher Chu Liuxiang has said so, it is too inappropriate for me to be stingy. Zheng Rongrong said with a smile, "Director Zhu, if you have any requirements, you can say it now." Money is not a problem, what actor you want, no matter what the cost, I will invite you in person. ”

With such a heroic words, Zhu Mei was not very moved.

Because what she has in her hand is "The Gift of Room No. 7".

This movie, which is destined to and will definitely become a box office miracle of Chinese literary films, has too strong a base of fans, fans and public opinion.

Unlike "Love Letters", "The Gift of Room No. 7" has at least tens of millions of tap water, and at least one-third of the meager group of big names are its avid fans.

You don't need to spend a penny on publicity when you get it, and you have to blow up the publicity on the Internet.

I don't dare to say how many conversion rates there are, but through all kinds of praise and encouragement on the Internet, the fans who come to watch the movie will not be at least 5 million people - this is calculated according to one percent of 500 million Internet users, which is very conservative.

15 yuan for a ticket, 5 million people is 75 million box office.

And that's not even counting the real-life group of book lovers.

Those who can still hold books and read in this era must be very fond of literature, so they will not miss this movie adapted from their favorite book.

At half of the conversion rate, there are at least 4 million people, which is another 60 million.

A literary film with a guaranteed box office of 135 million, just ask you who else can do it?

In terms of cost, as long as there is no publicity and distribution cost, the cost of literary films is almost the lowest among all film types.

There are no explosion scenes, no computer stunts, no flashy scene layouts, just simple storyline narration.

As for the main part of the cost, the salary, it does not exist in literary films.

Basically, the stars who appear in literary films are expensive to discount, and many people just take a symbolic salary.

If you want to star in a literary movie like "The Gift of Room No. 7", which is destined to go down in history, as long as the news of casting is sent out, those stars will rush in without money.

It's not Zhu Mei's bragging and exaggeration, as long as she is a qualified movie star, as long as the schedule is appropriate, as long as she makes a call, at least eight out of ten will not refuse, whatever she chooses.

Therefore, Zheng Rongrong's personal invitation and spending a lot of money is just a word to show her attitude, and it doesn't have much effect.

However, Zhu Mei is also looking forward to what kind of exaggerated way Shanhaiwang will use to promote this cooperation.

"Love Letter" spent 200 million to promote, and "The Gift of Room No. 7" has 300 million less, so you are embarrassed to go out, right?

"If I could, I would like to build a simple prison for myself, and create the most important details of the scene of The Gift of Room No. 7 according to the expression in the book and my vision. With a rich producer, Zhu Mei is naturally a little bigger, "the cost is probably more than 5 million ......"

"What is 5 million?" Zheng Rongrong directly intercepted her words, "Follow your train of thought, as long as you can get a good result, it doesn't matter how much it is." ”

"No, spending too much money is not the style of literary films. Zhu Mei was very satisfied, but she didn't get carried away, "That is, the scene layout costs a little more, and the remaining maximum of 20 million can be completed." ”

"Good!"

Zheng Rongrong didn't interfere with her budget, anyway, there was no problem.

"But Teacher Chu and Director Zhu's share, my side is ready. Zheng Rongrong expressed her attitude, "Director Zhu, your team will share 15% of the box office profits, and Mr. Chu will share 10%, what do you think?"

"Ours is too high. Zhu Mei shook her head, "It's the same as Teacher Chu's." ”

got so much of the share in "Love Letter", Zhu Mei has no concept of money, and making movies is the most important thing.

"That's it. Zheng Rongrong said, "Both of you will be calculated according to 10% first, if the global box office exceeds 1 billion, we will seal a big red envelope!"

"Thank you!"

Zhu Mei was very grateful to Zheng Rongrong for her generosity, and the negotiation between the two was basically reached.

All that's left is a series of preparation and casting questions.

But before that, she had to go to Lin'an again and discuss it with Teacher Chu Liuxiang!

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