In the film market from the 50s to the 90s, there were very few companies that could participate in the production, distribution, and cinema of the film industry, and there was no share of private capital, only the 16 state-owned studios had this qualification, and the entire market was owned by the film studios.

Since the 80s, the private economy has quietly intervened in the film industry for more than ten years, using the method of "buying licenses" to participate in film investment, so there are many films that nominally belong to film studios, but in fact they have little to do with them, and they just borrowed a skin.

In the year of 1997, there were only a few private capitals active in the film market, and it was only after the start of the film reform this year that a large number of private capitals began to test the water film market and obtained the "access permit" for various industrial chains such as production, distribution, and cinemas, and the film market gradually became active from a pool of stagnant water.

The real explosion began in 2003, when private film companies finally gained the same status as state-owned studios as the state introduced a series of policies and the gradual liberalization of the tightly controlled film industry.

If you look at Chinese films from the path of industrial development, it is only after the opening up of the film industry that a large number of commercial films really appeared in the film market, which strengthened the development of the film market, and began to gradually mature.

Jia Zhangke wants to make a movie, not to mention whether the script can be passed, even if it is a book that can get a shooting permit, who can he find now, whether he wants the funds of the film studio to come, a lot of directors are waiting, and the only choice is private capital.

But who can he choose? Rong Xinda? This film and television production company, which was established in 1995, will look down on a little-known section chief Jia? Besides, his main business is to make TV dramas.

The two brothers surnamed Wang don't know how to bird him, and they are preparing to have a big fight with Feng Dacang, not to mention the urine of Section Chief Jia, who is famous for making banned films, even the works of the fifth-generation directors feel too commercial, and it is a ghost for the big and small kings to take a fancy to him.

"If I say yes, it's a lie to you, but if I say no, this statement is not right, even if I can get the money for filming, but are you sure you can get a filming permit?" After sitting down, Zhou Bai looked at Jia Zhangke's face with a smile and said.

"......" Jia Zhangke was silent, with his ideas, and the content he filmed, it was impossible to get a license, and also, the movie could not be released at all, and it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to get the investment first.

"I think you don't even have a script now, right?" Zhou Bai said, with all kinds of fragmentary information he got about Jia Zhangke's later life, at this point in time, Jia Zhangke should just have an idea, in fact, the real time to start filming is not until April or May, and he doesn't know what happened in the middle, and Jia Section Chief is not the kind of person who is good at scripts.

"You're right. Jia Zhangke said.

"Dude, you didn't come up just to hit us, right?" Wang Hongwei couldn't help but say with a little emotion, what kind of person is this, as soon as you come up, you will grab the sore feet.

"Of course not, just now you said that you hope to get funds from Xiangjiang and invest in your first feature film, I think even if you can get funds from Xiangjiang, it may not be enough, do you? Do you want to shoot on 16mm film?" Zhou Bai said, if memory serves, Jia Zhangke's film was shot on 16mm film.

In this era, film is used to make movies, but there is a big difference between film and film, 16mm film is the worst kind, and the captured picture will become blurry and rough on the big screen, which is very different from the 35mm film used in mainstream film shooting.

Let's put it this way, 16mm film is generally used to shoot news, or used in teaching, because it is cheap and lightweight, and film is a penny, and 35mm film can be used, unless the director has a hole in his head, he will choose 16mm film.

There is only one reason why Jia Zhangke can only choose 16mm film, that is, the funds he received from Xiangjiang for his first film were not enough for him to shoot, so he had to choose 16mm film.

"So what do you mean?" Jia Zhangke asked, having a rough guess in his mind.

"If you can get start-up capital from Xiangjiang, I can also participate in the investment, and in terms of the income of the film, I can appropriately reduce part of the revenue share, which is what I want to express. Zhou Bai said with a smile and said his plan.

"Are you saying that you invest? Not to introduce anyone to invest?" Wang Hongwei noticed Zhou Bai's words, which clearly meant that he wanted to invest in his own name.

"Yes, I invest. Zhou Bai said confidently.

Jia Zhangke's film will not be a money-losing movie, but it is debatable whether it is a high-quality investment, because the time to make a movie is too long, and the process from investing money to recovering funds is simply impossible without a year or two, and it is not a good choice from the perspective of investment.

Another is that he is making a banned film, if Zhou Bai invests directly, then once the relevant departments notice him as an investor, the consequences will be very serious, and once Jia Zhangke can get the support of the funds in Xiangjiang, as long as Zhou Bai is careful to hide, there will be nothing for him.

If it was all invested by Zhou Bai alone, even if he knew that he would not lose money, but this matter was not only risky, but also accompanied by a lot of pressure, this movie was shot on 35mm film, and it would definitely not be possible without 400,000 yuan.

Of course, the 400,000 yuan is not only the money for the film, but also the crew's expenses, actors' salaries, etc.

Zhou Bai is not a saint, he doesn't have the kind of feeling of sacrificing his life for righteousness, he can pull Chinese filmmakers, support excellent filmmakers, he will not refuse if he can, there is no problem in forming a good relationship, but let him sell the store to support the shooting of a movie, he has no such plans.

"You are still a student, how can a movie take hundreds of thousands to make it, if you invest tens of thousands of yuan, this will not help at all. Wang Hongwei said, although he was shocked by Zhou Bai's words, but when he thought about it, his first thought was to question.

"As long as you can get the start-up capital, I can promise that my investment will not be less than 100,000. Although 100,000 yuan is not much, but with the financial support you can get, it is not too little, right?" Zhou Bai smiled, not angry, and said that he had no hair on his lips and was not firm in his work, and it was normal to be questioned a little.

The number of 100,000 is indeed a lot for Jia Zhangke and the three of them, and the entire investment in "Xiaoshan Goes Home" is only 30,000 yuan, which is absolutely impossible for them.

And what Zhou Bai said is no less, which means that it can be more, with Zhou Bai's 100,000 yuan investment as the foundation, Jia Zhangke will be much smoother if he wants to get the investment in Xiangjiang.

If all this comes true, it will be a real surprise, and it will undoubtedly be a relief for Jia Zhangke at this time, but can Zhou Bai come up with an investment of 100,000 yuan? This product will not be a liar, right?

Ten minutes later, Jia Zhangke stared at the paper with his mobile phone number left by Zhou Bai on the table in a daze, Zhou Bai just asked for his contact information, left his contact information and said hello to the waiter and left, without chatting too deeply.

Snowflakes fell on the street outside the 306 restaurant, Jia Zhangke's heart was churning, Zhou Bai's appearance was like a bright light, illuminating a piece of the world, his only hope was that Zhou Bai was not a liar, or just a nerve to play with him.

Put away the paper with Zhou Bai's mobile phone number, Jia Zhangke didn't have the heart to continue eating, he remembered the people he knew in Xiangjiang, and just wanted to contact him quickly, maybe his idea of making a movie could really come true.

"Check out. The three of them called the waiter over and prepared to pay the bill and leave.

"Hello sir, all your consumption has been waived by our boss, and you don't need to check out. The waiter said politely.

"Huh, your boss knows me?" Jia Zhangke was a little surprised, completely confused.

"Didn't our boss talk to you just now? The waiter said a little strangely.

Jia Zhangke and the three of them looked at each other, Zhou Bai walked out of the store, they thought that they were just coming to eat like them, but they didn't expect that Zhou Bai was the owner of this store, and the investment that Zhou Bai said was true, and several people saw joy in each other's eyes.