Zong Shuai never expected that Li Mo just signed an actor for the studio, and when he came back, he proposed to him that he was ready to start preparations for a new movie.

After so many years in the industry, Zong Shuai has seen directors in double digits, but he has never seen a director like Li Mo, who works one after another all year round.

And it's not someone else who comes to the door, it's purely automatic......

For a while, Zong Shuai couldn't help but wonder if he was too lazy......

How did he know that Li Mo purely felt that he was too late to cross, and if he didn't hurry up, he might not be able to catch up......

Spit and complain, Zong Shuai is still very professional, and soon he began to seriously analyze the feasibility of this matter.

"Xiaomo, judging from your description, the total investment in this film will not be less than 50 million yuan, and if you add the cost of publicity and distribution, it is estimated that it will not be less than 70 million. ”

Li Mo knew that what Zong Shuai said was not an excuse.

Although the studio has a very rich cash flow on the books because of the big sale of "Hypnosis Master" and the sale of the first round of broadcast rights of "Love Apartment 2", there is a certain time limit for whether it is the payment of the TV platform or the box office sharing.

The TV platform is slightly better, generally within three months, and the box office share is at least half a year after the movie is released......

"Is it possible to take the form of a mortgage?"

After thinking about it for a while, Li Mo made a suggestion.

"Mortgage to the bank?"

"Well, I don't think you know what you mean, besides banks, there are other mortgage channels? ”

Li Mo seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly gave Zong Shuai a vaccination.

The loan shark thing, it's easy to borrow and not to repay, and the interest is rolled up, and it's not enough to go bankrupt.

"What kind of nonsense do you want, we are serious people. Zong Shuai couldn't help but laugh and cry, "I mean, since our box office share is still on the account of Fiber Optic Media, it is better to simply use that part of the money as collateral." ”

"Do you want to continue to cooperate with Fiber Optic Media?" Li Mo touched his chin and thought, "It's not impossible, but will this make others think that we are too close to Fiber Optic Media?"

"Well, it's possible. "Zong Shuai is also a little difficult.

After all, the company's current policy is not to get too close to any company.

However, Li Mo soon put forward his solution: "Brother Zong, "Chinese Partner" is a realistic theme, with an inspirational plot, focusing on feelings and word-of-mouth drama films, this type of film, the response in the market before was relatively average, but for some companies that are biased towards political achievements and publicity, they may be taken seriously. ”

"That's true. Zong Shuai nodded and agreed, "The commercial films of the Celestial Empire, which can be sold at present, are mostly concentrated in comedy, low-budget romantic comedies and action films, and inspirational dramas are difficult to sell." ”

Hehe, of course Li Mo will not tell Zong Shuai that Zhao Wei's first work next year will make all industry insiders drop their jaws, and "To Our Dying Youth" will win 700 million box office with a weird box office curve.

Because of this, for a long time after "To Youth", a large number of youth films appeared, quickly replacing action movies and becoming the hardest hit area for novice directors to practice during that time.

This situation will not change until a series of youth films represented by "To Youth 2 • So You Are Still Here" end up hitting the streets.

Although Zong Shuai thinks that it is difficult to achieve good results in this kind of theme, Li Mo has already proved with "Hypnosis Master" that as long as the actors' performances are in place, the story logic is complete, and a little bit of publicity, some 'unpopular' themes are actually not so cold.

So what else is there to say?

With him, don't be cowardly, it's liver.

"Now that you have a definite understanding of the group this movie is for, what should we do next?"

"We still need to stay in the imperial capital for a while, I will get the project plan including the script in a week, and then we will take the plan and script and go to Fiber Optic Media and HY......"

"Are you going to pull HY into the house?"

Zong Shuai was a little surprised, although Li Mo and HY didn't have much to deal with, he could feel that Li Mo didn't like HY's Wang brothers in his bones.

"The three male protagonists in the story, in terms of actors, I am currently booking candidates like this, Wang Xiaoming plays Cheng Dongqing, Deng Chao plays Meng Xiaojun, Wang Kai, the actor who just joined our studio, plays Wang Yang. ”

Zong Shuai quickly entered the role and began to calculate, "Deng Chao's matter is easy to solve, his brokerage contract with HY is about to expire, but Wang Xiaoming, he is the first brother of HY." ”

That's why I'm going to send a proposal to HY and ask what they mean. If they give up on their own, it's none of my business. ”

"Understood. How will the investment share of the film be distributed?"

"As the initiator, our studio must take the lion's share, and my bottom line is that it can't be less than 45%. Let's look at the rest according to the proportion of their investment. ”

So far, the total box office revenue of "Hypnosis Master" has reached 470 million, according to the general algorithm, Li Mo's studio income should be about 90 million, if this money is settled normally, "Chinese Partner" can completely afford to invest on its own.

"By the way, if you have foreign scenes in this film, it is best to get a copy of China Film Group, they have more dealings with the official level abroad, which is conducive to filming. ”

Zong Shuai thought about it and added another sentence to Li Mo.

Li Mo nodded, in the original time and space of "Chinese Partners", China Film Group accounted for 30% of the investment, in addition to the original script flowing out of them, it is estimated that Xiangjiang also has the consideration of using their official background.

"Okay, as long as it's not our share that is compressed, there's nothing wrong with adding a mid-shadow in. ”

"Then let's do it first, you get the script and plan out as soon as possible in the next few days, and I'll go to find out the tone of those houses first. ”

Zong Shuai is also a vigorous and resolute person, and he goes out to work very diligently.

……

Although Li Mo can only remember the general plot trend of "Chinese Partner", this is enough to ensure that the script he wrote will not deviate too much.

Some parts involving sensitive current affairs, although I don't know if there will be any taboos in this time and space, but this time and space have one thing in common with the original time and space, that is, the elusive and unspeakable big scissors.

In any case, the role of current events in the film is only a background, and changes will not affect the structure of the whole story.

A week later, Li Mo finally completed the script and project investment plan of "Chinese Partner" on time, in addition to tiredness, Li Mo's biggest feeling is: "When I am free, I must first get the company's screenwriting department up, and no matter how many times I come, labor and management have to die of overwork." ”