Chapter 171: Investing Extraordinarily

won the investment and distribution of the film "Infernal Affairs", and it didn't take much effort to persuade Zhao Shaodong.

More than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, although Zhao Shaodong has some flesh pain, he can still afford to lose.

What's more, Ye Weiqiang has a good relationship with Zhao Shaodong, and Ye Weiqiang himself is also very confident in this film, and he has lobbied Zhao Shaodong a long time ago, and now Liu Ruoyi also says the same, so it doesn't hurt to take it down and test the water.

The first task given to the newly appointed Li Zihe was to execute the project, not only to invest, but also to be responsible for the approval of the script in the mainland and the establishment of his own distribution team.

Zhao Shaodong, who negotiated the investment intention with Ye Weiqiang, easily got one of the supporting actress roles for Liu Ruoyi.

Anyway, the presence of the supporting actresses in this film is relatively low, and Liu Ruoyi should not have much impact on the whole film next, not to mention that she also has Tommy's guidance and practice in advance, and it is not much pressure to play a supporting actress with a weak sense of existence.

However, after getting the script of "Hero", Liu Ruoyi, who was determined to join this feast and get a piece of the pie, broke out the first conflict with Zhao Shaodong.

"Annie, it's not that I don't believe you, but you must know that among the films shot in the mainland so far, there are very few films that can exceed 100 million yuan at the box office, except for "Shaolin Temple", I really don't know which one else can reach.

But you said that the budget of this "Hero" is 30 million US dollars! Such a high budget, no more than 100 million US dollars at the box office, it is basically an iron loss!

Can the mainland market sell $100 million at the box office? It's completely impossible. ”

Zhao Shaodong rarely expressed his objections, because the investment amount and ambition of "Hero" scared him.

It's not that he doesn't have knowledge, mixed in the entertainment industry, it's not for nothing that Hollywood burns $200 million or $300 million in big productions, and Zhao Shaodong naturally knows what the level of investment in big productions is.

But it's Hollywood, a "Titanic", although the truck driver burns money ruthlessly, but the money is also guaranteed.

But in China, even in the Chinese circle, Zhao Shaodong really hasn't heard of a few films that can earn hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, and the movie suggested by Liu Ruoyi can put all his investment into it without a single bubble.

The mainland film industry, which has a box office of 100 million yuan, now wants to create a big production with a cost of close to 300 million yuan, how unreliable it is.

"This is a big production for the international market, and I think his themes and elements, especially the strong cast of the current Chinese with the highest degree of internationalization, can ensure that there is a basic box office guarantee in the international market.

Director Zhang has an international influence, especially in Hollywood, and I don't think it will be too difficult to ensure a smooth release of $100 million. Didn't you watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" be a success?

This is an important milestone in the Chinese film industry, and once it succeeds, the impact of our company will be completely different!"

Liu Ruoyi explained stubbornly.

This job is not easy to do, she herself is the one who knows the spoiler results, of course she is convinced, but Zhao Shaodong doesn't know.

This year, 20 million Hong Kong dollars is already a big production, which is 30 million US dollars!

You must know that the investment in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" filmed not long ago was only 17 million US dollars, which is already an international production standard!

The budget of "Hero" is actually doubling, which is not a grade of production at all.

That has to be successful to have an impact, if it fails, I'm a joke in Xiangjiang. Zhao Shaodong tightened his face and retorted, but he felt that such fierce opposition seemed to go against the original intention.

"Okay, it's up to you in the end, but I'd suggest that we're going to keep the risk under control. You can't gamble with all your money on a movie. Zhao Shaodong reluctantly compromised.

"Of course, I thought about it, Xiangjiang Aurora will pay 30 million Hong Kong dollars, Jinhai Aurora will pay 50 million yuan, and we will occupy about one-third of the investment share. ”

Looking at Zhao Shaodong's painful expression, Liu Ruoyi took out the plan that she had thought of a long time ago, and almost half of the funds were used up to invest in these two movies, even if she made more money, in Liu Ruoyi's opinion, this is basically the limit, what if this world changes in her previous life.

The rest of the funds need to operate the music part and daily turnover, and the payback cycle of the film is a bit long, which is not an immediate thing, so don't make the company's daily operations bad because of the investment.

"Hehe, that's good, if you can pull Chu Dashao into the water, then there will be no problem at all. Hearing that Liu Ruoyi not only used the funds of Xiangjiang Aurora, but also pulled Jinhai Aurora into become the major shareholder of the investment, her mood immediately balanced a lot.

In this way, it is much more fun, and Chu Luo cries with him. Although Zhao Shaodong and Chu Luo didn't say it, Xiangjiang Aurora and Jinhai Aurora were working hard to see who had better business performance.

After the bosses make a decision, the new general manager Li Zihe can only passively take over the specific operation, but fortunately, he has a clear position, and the bosses will never interfere with how to burn money, as long as they do their part at the operational level.

Anyway, with what he knows now, these two films, which seem to have a huge investment, can't be delayed across the company for the time being.

If you lose, you are not afraid of losing your job, but you may also lose money, as long as you do a good job in operation and do not make mistakes, you may be able to make your future voice go further.

With such a large investment, Li Zihe will not just invest money and do nothing in the specific contact and negotiation between the two crews, and there are two new artists to be launched under it, Li Zihe took this opportunity to get an additional female supporting role from "Infernal Affairs" and "Hero" in the negotiations, which happened to be assigned to the two little sisters who signed to the company.

Participating in such a big-budget movie and appearing in the credits is of course a huge publicity stunt for the Little T sisters.

Liu Ruoyi was amazed by Li Zi and this ability to pick up grass and beat rabbits, but seeing that the two characters he got back basically had no sense of existence, even if the little sister T played badly, it would not affect the overall situation of the two films, so Liu Ruoyi acquiesced.

But in this way, Ah Joy and Ah Sha are crazy with joy.

Both are big-budget movies, and they can show their faces in this kind of blockbuster movie as soon as they come, even if they are not important roles.

But this is the time to show the company's strength and compelling, looking at how many new companies in Xiangjiang now have the strength to recommend newcomers to this kind of big-scale production crew?

With this kind of stimulation, Ah Joy and Ah Sha have no complaints about the course that Liu Ruoyi arranged to go to Jinhai for training, and they can take care of their company so much, in addition to studying hard to improve, Ah Joy and Ah Sha don't know what else to express their gratitude.

After settling the matter on the Xiangjiang side, Chu Dashao came to Xiangjiang to report another major event, Jiayi Records was acquired by him as a wholly-owned subsidiary in the name of Jinhai Aurora, and it will be Jinhai Aurora (Pengcheng) Audio-Visual Co., Ltd. in the future.

The original boss and shareholders got millions of cash and directly divided them away, Chen Xin was directly supported as the general manager, and he was responsible for the record distribution business of Aurora Culture in the future, which naturally made Chen Xin have a kind of gratitude for the death of his confidant, he really didn't expect Chu Dashao's determination to be so big, and he couldn't poach the corner, so he bought the company directly!

Of course, this is not only for him Chen Xin alone, but also for Jinhai Aurora to have a channel for record production and distribution, although Jiayi Records has a poor ability to make money, but the channel qualification is still relatively complete.

In addition, this shell is also very clean, the foreign debt is very small, and the creditor's rights and debts are quite simple, of course, it is related to the fact that the original boss is not able to get any bank loans.

After the acquisition of Jiayi Records, the album production of Liu Kun and Han Hong, who signed the contract, was put on the agenda.

Liu Kun's album is in accordance with Liu Ruoyi's plan, the original works are well-made, and the main domestic market is produced, and Liu Ruoyi asked Chen Xin to plan according to the first-line promotion resources and strength;

And Han Hong's album, in addition to "It's Dawn" and "That Sea", Liu Ruoyi asked Senior Sister Liu to buy the cover rights of "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", took out the song "Heavenly Road", and added it to Han Hong's original album to strengthen, the purpose of this album Liu Ruoyi is not only to make Han Hong popular in the mainland, but also directly aimed at the two shores and three places.

Overseas copyright authorization to Xiangjiang Aurora to release, the name of the album is "Red!", unabashed ambition and expectation!

Han Hong didn't expect that after such a move by Liu Ruoyi, even he had an extremely strong feeling of being hot.

"Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" is very comfortable to sing by itself, this song completely sings a unique flavor of its own, although it is a cover, but the listening resistance is different from the original song, I really don't know how Liu Ruoyi found herself suitable to sing this song.

That's it, the key is Liu Ruoyi's own lyrics and composition of "Heavenly Road", a song that is obviously very main theme, why is it written so beautifully, so that Han Hong has a sense of fate as if she had seen it in her previous life, and it made her convinced of Liu Ruoyi.

There are really few songs tailored for her in China, and she is quite complacent on weekdays, but compared with Liu Ruoyi, Han Hong feels that it is not a grade at all.

The two songs that Liu Ruoyi put in have their own characteristics, but they are very suitable for Han Hong's timbre and singing!

That's amazing!

Liu Ruoyi needs to know Han Hong to do this.

But except for listening to the sample, Han Hong really has no contact with Liu Ruoyi, this kind of person who can see a singer's potential voice through the sample is simply a ghost!

With such a strong production ability, Han Hong is really convinced.

At the same time, I am also more confident in my own album, which is reflected in the recording, that is, the taste of each song has a strong Korean flavor.

This feeling is right in Liu Ruoyi's opinion, after listening to the recording of the initial version, Liu Ruoyi is finally relieved, it is not uncommon in the music world to be able to bring the treble to this point, but it is rare.

What's more, the rich plateau flavor of this album is completely unique in today's music scene, and it is quite recognizable.

Liu Ruoyi put her mind at ease, and let Chen Xin and Li Zihe do the next thing, and she can start her promotion journey around the first- and second-tier cities in the mainland.

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