254. Confirm the investment!
After Xu Shi returned home, he saw Xu Mingjie waiting for him with a flattering smile.
Now the two brothers and sisters have already moved out here, and they have each bought a house in the capital, and Xu Mingjie has even bought a villa.
Now these two people are not short of money at all!
"Hehe, it's rare, Young Master Xu actually knows how to cook, well, don't say it, it's quite fragrant. As soon as Xu Shi entered the door, he smelled the aroma of food.
"Didn't I hear my aunt say that you have been busy lately, you must be tired, and you haven't come back to rest yesterday. Xu Mingjie came behind Xu Shi to carry his bag and take his shoes.
"Even if you have a little conscience, this dish is good. Xu Shi walked to the dining table, pinched a bite of the food, and tasted it.
"Of course, this is a famous private dish......... Xu Mingjie said without saying anything, with a wry smile on his face.
"Okay, let's talk about something, whether I made a mistake. Xu Shi said.
Xu Mingjie's appearance only appears when he makes a mistake, but that was before, since Xu Mingjie became an adult, Xu Shi rarely cared about him.
As long as he does not make mistakes of principle, Xu Shi will turn a blind eye.
"No, I've been honest lately, how could I make mistakes. Xu Mingjie said with a righteous face.
"Then this is pure filial piety to me? is it really okay?" Xu Shi looked suspicious.
Xu Mingjie suddenly said with some embarrassment: "What, didn't I hear that your new movie is about to set up a project, don't I want to ask if there is still a shortage of actors." ”
Xu Shi said angrily: "Are you still short of acting now? As for this, I still think you have committed a big deal." ”
Xu Mingjie pulled a chair and sat down, and said with some anger: "There are a lot of plays, but now there are more and more people on the Internet who say that my acting skills are poor, don't I want to prove myself." ”
It turned out that not long ago, there were more posts on the Internet discussing Xu Mingjie's acting skills.
Especially after Xu Xiaoxiao won the actress.
is different from before, and now there are more and more people who say that Xu Mingjie's acting skills are poor, especially after the broadcast of "Love Apartment", Xu Mingjie was invited to shoot a lot of similar scenes.
The requirements for acting skills in such sitcoms are relatively low, and many of them are shoddy films, and the price of the actors is sufficient, but the money for the script and production is less, which naturally will not satisfy the audience.
As a result, the audience's evaluation of Xu Mingjie's acting skills has also become lower.
Xu Xiaoxiao is brother and sister with him again, Xu Xiaoxiao is already a movie queen, and the gap is naturally revealed.
Regarding these, although Xu Mingjie didn't say anything, he was still very unconvinced.
"You have to prove that you are going to find a movie to make yourself, who will refuse you now?" Xu Shi wondered.
According to the current degree of Xu Mingjie's popularity, as long as the role is suitable for him, basically no one will refuse him to join.
To have traffic, to have acting skills, the most important thing is not to be hypocritical, and to obey the director's command very much in the crew, which is rare.
Xu Mingjie said: "Aren't I not too worried about other directors, if I act very well, but the director can't direct, then I won't lose, I still believe in you, uncle." ”
Xu Shi smiled: "You really don't necessarily have a role in my new movie, at least the important roles shouldn't be very suitable for you." ”
"Really, uncle, don't lie to me?" Xu Mingjie looked suspicious.
Xu Shi saw his appearance, and immediately threw the script into his arms angrily.
"See for yourself if there's anything right for you. ”
Xu Shi's script is just a first draft, or just an outline, and tells the story briefly.
But this can also allow Xu Mingjie to see who some of the main characters are.
After all, this is a Journey to the West series, as long as you know the name, you will know whether the role is suitable for him to play.
Xu Mingjie took the script suspiciously, and then read it carefully, and couldn't stop after reading it, obviously there was only an outline of more than 3,000 words, and he should have read it for half an hour.
By the time he came back to his senses, Xu Shi had already finished eating.
"I'm done, I'll go back when I'm done, don't disturb my rest. "Xu Shi began to drive people out.
Xu Mingjie still had a trace of shock in his eyes at this time, such a story was too appetizing for a young man like him.
"Uncle, you must help me get a role in it, there may not be many scenes, and small roles are fine. Xu Mingjie hurriedly pleaded.
He also knew that according to the current script, there was really no suitable one for him, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
"By the way, uncle, how much money are you going to invest in this script? If it is less, it shouldn't be able to shoot that effect, right?" Xu Mingjie asked again without waiting for Xu Shi to reply.
"It's almost a billion, if it's not enough, it will increase investment, but this is still a no-brainer, and we need to wait for the reply from Corn and Mingyue."
According to their situation, it is estimated that it is very suspenseful, and it should not be possible to shoot this year, at least until next year. Xu Shi thought about the scene when Yu Liao and them were leaving.
"Shhh
Then he couldn't wait to say: "Uncle, uncle, you must give me a role." ”
The more this is the case, the more Xu Mingjie doesn't want to miss this opportunity.
He dared to guarantee that if this movie was made well, it would definitely be shocking.
And judging from the action scenes they filmed, even the fighting elements will definitely make people's adrenaline surge!
Xu Mingjie knows well that the shortcomings of some mythical fairy dramas are that the scenes are not exciting enough, and most of them are put on emotional dramas.
If you take off the cloak of mythology, it is actually an urban romantic drama, or the kind of romantic drama with various bloody plots.
But this absolutely does not exist on Xu Shi's side, with the filling of wonderful plays, there will definitely not be too many emotional scenes.
Especially in the hearts of many young people, the emotional drama of mythological dramas is not particularly important, but the important thing is the fight scenes, various pictures and plots.
Seeing Xu Mingjie like this, Xu Shi thought for a while and said: "I really have a role that suits you here, but I won't have too much appearance time, but if I play it well, I will definitely give the audience a deep and deep impression." ”
"What role?" asked Xu Mingjie with anticipation.
"Tang Seng!"
"Tang Seng?"
Faced with Xu Mingjie's puzzled face, Xu Shi did not give a specific answer, but said: "Just say if you want to act." ”
"Think about it, since Uncle you said that it suits me, it must be suitable for me, what do I need to prepare. For Xu Shi's judgment, Xu Mingjie still trusts him very much.
Although Xu Shi has been in the industry for a shorter time than him, his understanding of the role is much stronger than him.
"In this way, you first shave your hair, get used to it, and then read a few Buddhist scriptures when you have nothing to do, and settle down a little. Xu Shi said.
Xu Mingjie, who originally had a look of trust, suddenly became suspicious after hearing his words, "Uncle, aren't you just not used to seeing my hair?"
Now Xu Mingjie's hair is relatively long, although it is very clean, but he knows that Xu Shi doesn't like him to have long hair at all, and he used to teach him a lesson because of this when he was still in school.
"Get out!" Xu Shi said angrily.
"Gotcha. Xu Mingjie saw that Xu Shi was angry, and immediately ran away, but he also began to mutter what Xu Shi had just said in his heart.
After Xu Shi saw him leave, he rested for a while, and then made a phone call to Zhang Yang and Sun Tu.
Naturally, the investment in the new film will have their share, but it also depends on their own ideas.
After all, the amount of investment this time is relatively large, and Xu Shi doesn't want to force them.
Zhang Yang: They don't have the right to decide what kind of movie to make, which is different from Maize and Mingyue.
Xu Shi did not hide it from them, and talked about the investment and risks, and also said the worries of corn and Mingyue, so that they could fully understand it.
Since these two people helped Xu Shi a lot, Xu Shi naturally would not deliberately pit them.
After listening to Xu Shi's words, Zhang Yang and the others said that they would come to Xu Shi for two days to drink, and they did not decide whether to invest or not.
However, they are also secretly glad that they did the right thing some time ago, Xu Shi is too authentic to do things.
How can you say to investors at such a time that the risk is high and the rate of return is not too high.
At the same time, they also made up their minds that even if they really had scruples, they would at least invest one or two hundred million in Xu Shi, and they didn't care even if they were lost.
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When Xu Shi came to the company the next day, he heard a news that surprised him.
"Mr. Yu, Mr. Wang, have you thought it through so quickly?" Xu Shi said in surprise.
"After internal discussions between our two companies, we have thought it through and invested in this film. Yu Liao said very seriously.
This news really surprised Xu Shi, and he thought that Yu Liao would refuse this investment, which just gave him time to be busy with the affairs of the "Martial Arts Conference".
But I didn't expect that just one day later, the two parties had already decided to invest in this movie.
"Then how much are you going to invest? Let me say it first, the total investment of one billion yuan will not be less, and if it is less, the effect will be much worse, which is what I do not want to see. Xu Shi still wanted to warn them and let them think about it more.
When Yu Liao saw him like this, he immediately said speechlessly: "Mr. Xu, we know that you are busy this time and don't think much about filming, but it won't be so obvious." ”
Xu Shi was surprised: "Is it obvious? I feel that I am hiding quite well." ”
"Very obvious!" Wang Mingyuan nodded very seriously.
laughed for a while, and then Xu Shi said solemnly: "Okay, seriously, do you really think about it?"
"That's right, this time our two companies each invested 200 million, a total investment of 400 million, accounting for 20 percent of each, and then there are some companies that helped because of Director Gao last time, according to our estimates, their combined investment of 100 million should be about the same. Wang Mingyuan said.
Xu Shi pondered for a moment, "This adds up to 500 million, and there are still 500 million left, if Zhang Yang and they invest this time, there should be 100 million together, and I can give out the remaining 400 million." ”
Hearing Xu Shi say this, Yu Liao and Wang Mingyuan immediately looked at each other and smiled.
There is this advantage of cooperating with Xu Shi, that is, Xu Shi's investment will always account for the majority, and if it loses, Xu Shi's loss is the largest.
Of course, relatively, if he earns, Xu Shi will earn the most.
And so far, Xu Shi has been earning!
But these are also what the world deserves!
But then Xu Shi said: "My side can also come up with 400 million at most, if Zhang Yang and their side don't invest, then who will make up for the gap of 100 million?"
It's not that Xu Shi can't take out 500 million now, but he actually doesn't have a bottom in his heart, and he can take up a little less than a little proportion.
And maybe it will continue to increase investment in the future, which also requires money, and it is impossible for Xu Shi to empty all the funds.
"No problem, if they don't invest, I can convince other companies to invest another 100 million. Wang Mingyuan said.
It can be seen that they have really made up their minds to gamble once.
It's really yesterday's script that shocked them a little, thinking about the effect of spending so much money to shoot, it will definitely be very shocking!
And the most important thing is that this billion investment is a real investment!
All the money will be spent on the production of the movie, and there will be no other moths!
That's the main thing.
Now the investment in movies is said to be 100 million, but in fact, many movies may actually use less than 10 million in film production.
The effect of shooting with such money can also be imagined!
But Xu Shi is different, one billion is one billion, and the actor's salary will not be much.
Xu Shi saw that they had even thought about this, although he was a little disappointed in his heart, he still said: "Okay, that's it, you can talk to my eldest sister about the specific things in detail, and I will write the script when I find time." ”
"Good. ”
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Xu Shi immediately called Zhang Yang and Sun Tu again, and told Mingyue and Corn about the decision and investment share, so that they had time to come to the company.
After dealing with the matter here, Xu Shi found Liu Yan again.
"You go and inform all the martial arts actors in the company to adjust the appointment time, probably starting from October this year, during this time, the company will need their help. Xu Shi said.
Now that he has made a decision, Xu Shi is not hesitating about anything, just taking this opportunity to experiment with his ideas, if he can, it will be of great help to many of the movies he wants to shoot in the future.
"Okay, I'm going to notify the artist and the agent. Liu Yan nodded and said, she didn't ask much about specific things, Xu Shi would naturally tell them when they should know, but even if they guessed, they could guess it, and the company must have made a big move again.
Liu Yan left Xu Shi's office, and also sighed a little in his heart, this is also Jingwumen, Xu Shi's decision, and the people below will choose to believe and follow.
Even if some agents are reluctant, those artists will support Xu Shi, which is different from all the film and television companies she knows.
None of the artists in Jingwumen seem to regard Xu Shi as a boss, or that the first priority is not a boss, but an idol!
After being in Jingwumen for such a long time, Liu Yan can also understand that these artists of Jingwumen have a kind of respect and respect for Xu Shi that others can't understand!