When night fell, Zhang Chu had already taken a shower and changed into a set of comfortable clothes, dressed in a casual suit and board shoes, which was very fashionable and trendy, and people with poor appearance and figure couldn't hold it up at all.

Matcha was left alone at home, but Zhang Chu thoughtfully prepared a cartoon called "Cat and Mouse" for it, as well as delicious cat food and snacks, plus various toys in the room, so that it would not be boring.

Zhang Chu arrived at the theater where the internal preview was held about ten minutes early, and saw a lot of luxury cars in the underground parking lot, almost all of them were familiar brands, as if they were driving at a show.

Inside Yida Cinema, the staff are serving diligently, and they are surprised by these familiar faces in front of them, which seem to be well-known names!

"Hello sir, this is the VIP channel, please go over there for ordinary moviegoing. ”

Tao Li, a beautiful and dignified young lady outside the door of the VIP hall, was wearing a short skirt and pointed to the passage not far away in a decent tone, her smile was about to stiffen today.

Zhang Chu took out his invitation card and said, "This internal preview of "Psychological Crime" is held here, right?"

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, please come with me!" A hint of surprise flashed in Tao Li's eyes, since she was chosen to be the reception outside the VIP hall, of course she knew what the status of the VIPs was tonight.

She usually doesn't think much, and she thought that the one who could write a criminal investigation movie like "Psychological Crime" would be a middle-aged uncle, but she didn't expect it to be a little fresh meat!

In Tao Li's view, Zhang Chu is more like a writer's child than a writer himself.

At this time, there were already many people in the VIP hall, and the gray-haired director Xu Ji was chatting with others, and after seeing Zhang Chu's figure, he immediately said sorry and walked towards Zhang Chu.

"I didn't receive a reply from your company, and I thought you couldn't come to class because you were busy!"

Xu Ji said with a relieved face, and then looked at Zhang Chu carefully, "Today, you kid looks like a movie star, you should have agreed to make a cameo, maybe you can make a small hit." ”

Zhang Chu pouted helplessly, "Director Xu, don't eliminate me, just make a cameo appearance with my puppet face, maybe the movie hasn't been filmed yet!"

"You, the author of the original book, can come over and give advice, and have enough time to revise it before it is released. ”

"I'm just an ordinary viewer, I don't know anything about filmmaking, so don't put too much pressure on me. ”

"Psychological Crime" is scheduled for Labor Day on May 1, and will be screened on the afternoon of April 30, striving to capture a good box office during the May Day holiday.

Tong Hui turned his head to look at Zhang Chu, who was chatting happily with Xu Ji, and he asked, "Which little actor was that, who actually asked Xu Ji to walk over to greet him." Could it be his nephews?"

As the head of one of the production companies of "Psychological Crime", Tong Hui found that he did not have the impression of the young man at all.

Tu Qiwei, vice president of Yida Pictures, said with a smile: "That's not an actor, he wrote this psychological crime." This man can't be a good look!"

"He, he's Zhang Chu?" Tong Hui frowned, of course he knew that this was Zhang Chu's work when he participated in the investment and production, but he had never seen Zhang Chu's real person.

"This young man is not easy, I went over to say hello to him. ”

With that, Tu Qiwei walked over, leaving Tong Hui entangled in place.

As the CEO of Xinghui Pictures, Tong Hui squeezed his head to become a member of the investment team of "Psychological Crime", and he always felt inexplicable at the beginning, why a small author can get 2% box office dividends, this is simply a cut from them!

There are many investors who have the same idea as Tong Hui, and their 10 film companies jointly produce this movie, and the companies with less investment have almost the same share as Zhang Chu.

They also have to come up with money to take risks, but Zhang Chu doesn't need to provide anything except an original book, it's just picking up money for nothing!

Later, Zhang Chu became more and more popular, and the investor's concern about Zhang Chu getting box office dividends slowly stopped.

After all, the more popular the author is, it is actually very beneficial to the promotion of the movie.

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"Mr. Tu, you came just in time, let me give you a solemn introduction. He is Zhang Chu, the original author of "Psychological Crime", you must have heard of this name. ”

Xu Ji pointed to Zhang Chu, who was a head taller than him next to him, and a smile spread all over his face.

Tu Qiwei stretched out his hand and said: "Fortunately, I can often see your news in the news, and now I finally see a real person! Seeing a genius boy like you, I suddenly feel that I am already old and about to be washed away by the trend of the times." ”

"Mr. Tu, don't laugh, you are in your prime now. Yida Pictures can develop so fast, and it is inseparable from your credit. I'm still waiting to be able to watch a movie at Yida Cinema when I travel abroad. ”

Zhang Chu did not panic in the face of praise, but calmly politely said two sentences.

"Yes, if you're old, wouldn't I be going to lie in a coffin and die?"

Xu Ji made an angry look, deliberately blowing his beard and glaring.

"We still hope that you can make a few more good films! Nowadays, there are not many Chinese films who can support the scene, and you are the fig leaf for these films. ”

Tu Qiwei complimented, Xu Ji is now in good spirits on happy occasions, and the old man who is over sixty years old has not stopped the pace of creation.

There are many people in the screening hall, and more and more people are joining in.

Zhang Chu was almost blind and didn't know anyone at all, but his age and appearance were particularly conspicuous in the crowd, like fireflies in the night.

What's more, the director Xu Ji and the vice president of Yida Pictures who chatted with him were both heavyweights.

"Who is that man? Could it be the noble son of a certain family?"

"How can anyone come in, Lao Li, what is the origin of that young man?"

"He's not a nobleman, he's just a bookwriter. ”

"Oh, the writer! I just wanted to go over and say hello, but now that I think about it, forget it!"

"I remember that he wrote "Life of Pi", right? Some time ago, Hollywood rushed to the news, and I don't know what deal Warner signed with him. ”

"This kid is a bit powerful, I heard that people have to tighten their teeth, so they asked Warner's people to increase the price. If you don't increase the price, you won't sell it, I like this temper!"

"I heard that he was writing a fantasy book, so I went back and researched it to see if I could buy it. ”

"You old guy, you actually want to eat alone! Fantasy is not easy to shoot, even if it is a TV series, it is difficult to be popular. ”

Before the film was screened, everyone was standing together and chatting, and Zhang Chu, an outsider in the film and television industry, became a topic in their mouths, but "Psychological Crime" did not involve much.

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With so many producers and a few distributors, Zhang Chu feels that he is not tired of taking all the knowledge in class.

This total, that total, almost made him faint!

Obviously, the investment in "Psychological Crime" is only about 100 million, but there are more than 10 large and small investors, and this method of risk diversification seems to have become a common phenomenon in the entertainment industry.

Every time I watch a movie, there is a large list of film company names at the beginning and end of the film, which makes the audience annoyed.

Of course, Zhang Chu also knew that it was impossible for Director Xu Ji's studio to fund alone, but he didn't expect Xu Ji to find so many people.

Maybe these companies also took the initiative to find Xu Ji, after all, there are not many directors who can make money in domestic feature films these days, and Xu Ji has almost never made investors lose money!

In recent years, large-scale investment and high-cost films have always abounded in the film market, and according to the calculation of 100 million investment, the total box office of the film must reach 300 million to recover the cost.

However, in the past year, there were more than 800 domestic feature films, but only 20 films with an annual box office of more than 300 million yuan.

In order to survive in such a cruel market competition, sharing benefits and risks with peers is a necessary way!

If it is a three-no small movie with no IP, no stars, and no famous director, maybe the investment of the film company will be a send-off.

But if it's a super blockbuster, then the average film company will be turned away even if they wave a check!

Just like "Psychological Crime", everyone thinks that they can make money, and the risk is not too big, so it is very difficult to share the benefits.

If you want to join the house, you must bring resources!

For example, if a company has brokerage resources and can bring in top superstars to star, then it must be very welcome; for example, if a company has IP resources, like Director Xu Ji's studio, which has obtained the film adaptation rights of "Psychological Crime", it will definitely not be able to avoid it.

If there are channel resources, such as social media platforms such as Weibo and WeChat, or ticketing platforms such as Taopiao Piao and Maoyan Movies, or there are large-scale cinema resources such as Yida, which can make great contributions to the publicity and distribution of the film and the scheduling of films, then it will also be welcomed.

Valuable resources are what are needed!

Zhang Chu sat on the chair, and at this time the film had already begun, and the names of various production companies and co-production companies appeared on the screen whizzing.

Of course, the production company is the main investor of the film and the main controller of the film production; as for the co-production company, the voice of the co-production company is relatively small, and there are more co-investments, and some co-production companies are not actually investors, but contribute to distribution or shooting.

"I hope this movie is of good quality, and it's better not to be a bad movie!"

Zhang Chu silently prayed in his heart that only good works would be remembered by fans, would they have an effect on the same name, and would increase the bargaining chips for his personal writer branding.

In the screening room, the management and staff of each company, without exception, almost all stared at the screen with their heads tilted up, waiting for the story to unfold.

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