Chapter 16: The Dinner
Of course, Chen Dong ran through the dinner.
It's a normal thing, as an actor, you always have to have your own connections, know one or two financiers or something...
When I was in school, several seniors in the school said: the more dinners you attend, the more people you will know, which is to accumulate your own contacts, the stronger the network, the more opportunities...
It's useless, the effect of the actor running the dinner is not as outstanding as the actress...
After all, there are too few female investors...
And there aren't a lot of opportunities ...
In recent years, few people have invested in movies, because they don't make money...
Last year, the total number of domestic films produced was less than 150, and the number of films released in theaters was less than 100, and the total box office income of films in 2001 was 890 million yuan...
Most of those who enter film and television production are throwing money at TV series.
Guangzhou uses a large number of actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, while Beijing is a bunch of film and television production companies.
Pure newcomer, it's hard to play the starring role!
And there are not so many channels to understand actors, and the impact is that in the eyes of ordinary people, the status of actors is very high, especially first-line actors, and the influence is really great!
If you think about the nineties of the last century, Liu Xiaoqing raised more than 5 billion yuan in three years, and there were four real estate development companies under her name - she couldn't do business, she could only stake the most primitive land, sell houses, and didn't catch up with the real estate take-off...
5 billion!
Big power is not so hanging!
At this stage, the most famous TV series are, of course, the TV drama production center and CCTV - people spent 40 million in 99 to shoot "Towards the Republic" (the previous chapter was wrong, it has been revised)...
The private TV drama production companies in the capital are also called Haiyan, Rongxingda and Dongyang Zhengyu, Huayi, Huanrui, Ciwen Media and the like have not yet been established!
In fact, Rong Xingda doesn't particularly value "The Family of Gold Powder", they also have "The House of Compradors", directed by Zeng Nianping - Zeng Nianping is Li Shaohong's husband and a very famous director, the three leading actors of "The House of Compradors" Chen Kun, Wu Jun, and Zhou Xun are all Rong Xingda's leading actors...
This is the focus of Rongxingda's work this year!
And Zhao Baogang is planning "Farewell, Vancouver", and he also wants Chen Kun to play the leading role...
Compared with these two works, "The Family of Gold Powder" is obviously not enough to watch.
Otherwise, they can't just quit.
……
The private room is large, luxuriously decorated, and it is steaming, with the smell of vegetables and smoke.
Seeing Chen Yun and Chen Dong coming in, You Jianming got up: "Welcome Ms. Chen Yun and our male number one!"
"You Dong is too polite..."
The two sat down, and You Jianming introduced them one by one: "This is Chen Jinfei." ”
Chen Yun hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Long Yang, Long Yang!"
It's not polite, Chen Jinfei at this stage is indeed very famous, last year's Forbes rich list, he ranked 23rd...
"This is Dong Jie, our female number one..."
"Hello, your performance in "Happy Times" is amazing..."
"Chen Yun, the premier young producer of Western Film Studio!"
Chen Yun hid her face and smiled: "... You Dong is really good at praising people..."
"This is Chen Dong, the male number one of our "Gold Powder Family", don't look at him as a newcomer, when we auditioned, we directly scared the whole room of people stupid, and we made a decision at that time to use him!"
"Hello everyone..."
Chen Dong hurriedly got up, completely with the attitude that a newcomer should have...
In the whole field, Chen Dong is very familiar with each other, most of them know, half of them don't know but they have read other people's reports, if you really don't know them at all, there are probably only two or three people in the audience, Chen Jinfei and a pair of mother and daughter sitting next to him, the younger little round face should be Liu Yifei, so tender...
It was a little far away, and Chen Dong couldn't stare at others, so he shook hands with Wang Guohui, who was sitting next to him: "Teacher Wang, are you here too?"
"Hmm..."
Wang Guohui is the editor-in-chief of CCTV's film and television department...
It seems that Yang Ma really values "The Family of Gold Powder", from the deputy director to the production director, as well as the editor-in-chief...
These are all the top producers of Yang Ma!
It can also be seen that You Jianming does have a skill, Yang Ma is a state-owned enterprise, and there is a political axe standing behind her, it is not an easy task to be able to catch up with them!
Think about it, Li Xiaowan and You Jianming are the TV series producers who are recognized as the most profitable and unconventional in recent years!
How can it be possible without some means?
Of course, today's protagonists are not actors or investors, but the belated Liu Guoquan and Li Dawei's mother and son, who are both screenwriters and directors, and determine the upper and lower limits of the whole play...
But after three rounds of drinking, the topic revolved around "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".
……
20 million dollars in 02 to make a movie, what concept?
Let's put it this way, if Colombia invests this money in Alibaba, after Ali goes public, he can reap 58 billion US dollars...
In the film industry, the $20 million of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" almost topped Chinese film history.
The production cost of "Hero" was only $18 million - the reported $30 million plus the construction of the capital of the Qin Dynasty...
In the entire nineties, in addition to the three major battles, the highest investment in "Opium War" was only 100 million yuan...
There is no one who does not blush.
Everyone wants to get involved, and Yang Ma also has ideas, but it's a pity that they don't have the qualifications for filmmaking!
After chatting a lot, Chen Yun finally spoke: "I don't know the specifics, I'll just tell you what I know, the script is written by Director He Ping, and the first producer should be Chen Guofu, who is the director of the production department in Columbia, specializing in the development of Chinese films..."
You Jianming looked up sensitively: "Chen Guofu?"
"Yes, You Dong knows about him?"
"I know a little bit, I used to be the assistant to director Yang Dechang, and he is also a very famous director, and he founded the 'Taipei Film Festival'! I didn't expect to become the director of Columbia..."
Chen Yun was a little surprised: "... So powerful?"
"Very talented indeed. ”
Chen Dong listened with relish, and couldn't help but interject and ask: "... What does that have to do with Western Film Studios?"
Chen Yun glared at him: "Administrative endorsement..."
All right...
The current Chinese film industry has not yet been opened to the extent of later generations, and if you want to invest in Chinese-language films, you must cooperate with a film production company with administrative power.
The West Film Studio has a reputation and is the best choice.
After chatting about the same, Chen Jinfei gestured to Liu Yifei next to him, and said: "Yifei, this is director Li Dawei, he is responsible for the filming of "The Family of Gold Powder"..."
Liu Yifei quickly stood up, bowed and said, "Hello Director Li, I'm Liu Yifei, please give me a lot of advice..."
"It's not like our family hasn't acted, "The Family of Gold Powder" is her first work, what's wrong, please take care of the teacher..."
Li Dawei nodded: "... I'm very strict with my filming requirements..."
“… It's not that you can't act..."
You Jianming said: "It's okay, who is born to act?" Lao Chen, don't worry, it's really not good, I'll ask a few acting teachers to take her in the crew!"