Tang Ningyu is following the meal, and today's meeting, even if the two sides talk happily, it is impossible to cooperate immediately.

At least for a few months...

"Mr. Zhang, you're here!"

"Hello Lan Tai..."

Zhang Junsheng shook hands with the fat woman in front of him under An Shaoyang's introduction...

Really fat, about two degrees of Xiang Tai...

……

After the pleasantries, Mrs. Lan mentioned her company and her opinion on the movie.

"Taiji Pictures has always been in the business of overseas promotion, and in fact, our new project "Throne of the Gods" has already raised tens of millions of dollars overseas..."

"I think the basic law of film investment is that overseas markets mainly attract box office by subject matter, while Asian markets are more about the box office appeal of actors. ”

"The winning point of film investment comes from the virtuous circle between the three elements, that is, the story of the script can move the audience, the director's expression can accurately and completely convey the theme and story line of the story to the audience, and the financial strength of the investor can support the expenses of big stars and big directors, all three are indispensable. If the story of the script is not good, strong funds alone will not be able to make a good movie, and it will not be conducive to the later release of the film and destroy the company's brand image, and eventually create a vicious circle. ”

Tang Ningyu nodded: "You are right, content is king in the film industry, and any movie we make is based on the script..."

Well, the two sides of the conversation have become Tang Ningyu and Lan Tai.

Zhang Junsheng kept smiling, and from time to time chatted with Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to him...

"...If "A Chinese Ghost Story" is established, will you play Nie Xiaoqian?"

"Hmm. ”

"Then who is Ning Caichen?"

"It's not decided yet, the director said he wanted to find Hu Ge..."

"Hu Ge? I don't think it's possible, he's busy filming "Yellow Springs" produced by Universal now..."

"Yellow Springs?"

"It's a new play, created by Universal and Yuehua..."

Liu Yifei tilted his head: "... Is it Hu Ge and Xu Yan starring?"

"No, he's the male number one, and the female number one is Zhou Xun... Xu Yan is filming "The Legend of Chunli" and has no time. ”

“… They're doing so well..."

Zhang Junsheng waved his hand: "The investment of small and medium-cost test works is less than 30 million US dollars, which is not as good as "The King of Kung Fu"!"

“…”

"The King of Kung Fu" completely cut off Lao Liu's back road to Hollywood...

……

In fact, Zhang Junsheng and Yuehua's strategy is very correct.

Nominally, these artists are all owned by Yuehua, but in fact, they don't need to report to the company at all when they take on any scenes, and the studio maintains its independence!

In modern society, how many people really obey a person from the bottom of their bones?

You work for your boss, just for that little salary, is it really to push the boss to the throne of the group of people who get rich first, and then, expect the boss to carry forward the spirit of getting rich first and leading the latter to get rich, and turn around and pull you to common prosperity together?

If that's the case, why can't you be the one to get rich first?

To put it bluntly, do you really think those celebrities are willing to pay tribute?

Ten percent is money!

At the beginning, the eight major Hollywood companies were all actors, agents, and film production, and Warner Bros. relied on a dog named Ren Dingding!

The first movie produced by Warner was called "Gold Rush Girl", and the real fame was the continuous shooting of 26 movies related to Ren Dingding...

Several other companies also have popular stars!

It's just that the studio model is easy to squeeze artists, and the result is that a bunch of stars leave in anger, and by the fifties, the star agent system has become more and more perfect in Hollywood.

And this system continues to this day...

If it weren't for Yuehua's largest content supply system in the entire Chinese film and television industry, it is estimated that these stars would have left Yuehua a long time ago.

Lao Liu's biggest problem is that there is no stable content supplier behind him, and he has always insisted on going it alone...

……

Over there, Mrs. Lan has already got to the point: "In the past few years, the Hong Kong film market has been very bad, we can only pay more attention to the mainland, and doing "A Chinese Ghost Story" is also an unavoidable choice..."

Tang Ningyu asked, "Then how much do you plan to invest?"

Lan Tai was a little proud: "20 million US dollars!"

Zhang Junsheng really couldn't listen to it anymore: "... Why did you have to make "A Chinese Ghost Story"?"

"What?"

"There are 491 short stories in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", why can't you shoot something else?"

Lan Tai was a little embarrassed: "... I think "A Chinese Ghost Story" is needed in every era..."

"Well, you guys are free..."

Zhang Junsheng was noncommittal.

Follow the trend, follow the trend, why explain so much?

What else do you say: 'The Asian market is more about the box office appeal of the actors'...

You make a bad scene, I'll see how many people pay for it?

Do you still think it's the 90s, the era of "Burning Island"?

Why are Hong Kong films in decline?

Of course, the external reason is that they can't keep up with the times, and the internal reason is that some insiders have no reverence for movies.

In general, the unfair distribution of resources exists in all walks of life.

But in the film and television industry, some people who have resources are not talents, or they used to be talents, or it doesn't matter if they are not talents, anyway, the background is strong, and you have to accept it if you are not convinced.

And then these people, in their casual way, made one bad movie after another!

can't say that they do it on purpose, and no one will deliberately make a bad movie, but if their words and deeds are inconsistent, they say they want to be professional, but in fact they don't want to study, they run the game late and night, they don't have enough experience, and they don't have the ability, so they dare to shoot their chests and pick a big beam, if you don't make a bad movie, who will make a bad movie?

It is obviously very difficult to create a work that touches people's hearts, why can so many people feel that as long as they are directors and producers or something, they will take it for granted, automatically and spontaneously, they will understand the script and understand creation?

Ye Weixin spoke: "Director Zhang, do you have any concerns?"

"What can I worry about, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not my original story, it was created by Mr. Pu Songling, you can shoot it if you want!"

"That's... Can you help us with the release?"

Tang Ningyu glanced at Zhang Junsheng, who was expressionless, and he nodded: "... Of course, there is no problem with this, we are a specialized distribution company!"

"That's... Can we cooperate?"

"Cooperation?"

"That's right, just like Light Media and Tianma Film and Television, Huang Baiming is responsible for the production, and then sells it to Guangxian..."

“… You mean after you finish filming, we spend money to buy it out, and then release it ourselves?"

"Well, do this, everyone has to earn!"

Zhang Junsheng said: "20 million US dollars, at least 380 million yuan is needed at the box office to pay back, the data will not lie, as of now, the film directed by Hong Kong filmmakers, the highest box office is "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire", that movie spent 40 million publicity funds... In addition to "Di Renjie", the highest box office is "Ip Man 2", which has not reached 200 million..."

Tang Ningyu added: "The probability is too low, unless you can control the production below 50 million, otherwise, we will not buy out the distribution!"

"The most important thing we value when buying films is quality, not stars!"