Zhou Bai saw Yu Feihong again, it has been the past three months, Zhou Bai was in the capital during the summer vacation, but Yu Feihong went to filming, compared to a few months ago, she has become more sunny, without the faint sense of decadence before.

After saying hello and shaking hands with Kang Jian, who was accompanying Yu Feihong, Zhou Bai sat down, after a period of exercise, he was not as restrained as before when getting along with strangers.

"I have heard about Director Kang for a long time, you are an outstanding alumnus of our Chinese opera, and you are also the man of the year in Chinese opera, and our juniors have heard a lot of your legends. Zhou Bai said with a smile.

"Haha, don't mention the ridiculous things in the past, we are all Chinese opera people, it's not appropriate for me to call myself a senior brother at my age, if you don't dislike it, call me Uncle Kang, I think your father should also be born in my age. Kang Jian laughed, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Opera and Literature in 78, and he was the first batch of students after the resumption of the college entrance examination in the special era, and he did experience the era when he was a student, and he did a lot of ridiculous things.

"That's a good dare, my dad is about the same age as you, and I will call you Uncle Kang in the future, you can just call me Xiao Zhou or Xiao Bai. Zhou Bai nodded and said, Kang Jianli is only 43 years old this year, and he is indeed a little younger than Zhou Bai's father.

Kang Jian is the essence of the people, no matter what his inner thoughts are, but when it comes to how to deal with people, he is an expert among experts.

He has been the director of the Propaganda Department of Xiangnan TV Station, the director of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and now he is the director of Xiaoxiang Film Studio.

After some greetings, the atmosphere became more and more harmonious, although Zhou Bai was also more confused about the purpose of Kang Jianxi, but he was not good at asking people directly what the purpose was.

"Xiao Zhou, I won't go around in circles with you, I heard from Feihong that you are also doing some film investment now, and it just so happens that we have a movie that is relatively short of funds, so I came to talk to you. Kang Jian saw that the time was almost up, and spoke.

"Uncle Kang, aren't you kidding, can't you get film funds? Xiaoxiang Factory is a big factory, so the situation is not so bad that you can't find external investment, right?" Zhou Bai said in disbelief, this is Xiaoxiang Factory, one of the seven major studios, it can be said that plucking hair is thicker than Zhou Bai's waist, and no one has invested in film funds.

"Alas, you don't know, the big factories are not in a good situation now, this time I came to the capital to find Beijing Film Studio to produce together, but the film funds are still not enough. I'll be honest with you, the investors are not interested in this film, and some of the existing funds are still borrowed from everywhere. Kang Jian sighed and explained, now the big studios are already Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and every year is not as good as a year.

"Hey, don't ask, do you think everyone is as evil as you, a full man doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry, and he doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks. Yu Feihong touched Zhou Bai with his arm and whispered, Kang Jianli is her father's old friend, he inadvertently talked about the funding problem of the movie, Yu Feihong only thought of Zhou Bai, she has read the script, it is a good movie.

In the year of 98, basically the big studios are in this situation, of course the Beijing Film Studio is better, but there is only one Beijing Film Studio in China, and Xiaoxiang Studio and Beijing Film Studio cannot be compared.

The production of many movies itself is to ask the big studios to issue a certificate, and the funds and everything are done by themselves, pay a sum of money, and then we will do it ourselves.

Now the film studio's own film shooting funds also come from the outside, of course, this refers to art films other than the main theme film, after all, the main theme film or gift film does not worry about not recovering the cost, or people don't care whether they can recover the cost, the purpose of investment is not for the box office, the hidden harvest is the big head.

Xiaoxiangchang's most famous movie should be "New Dragon Gate Inn" co-produced with Xiangjiang in 92, and then it will be the main theme movie.

This time, Kang Jian's movie that can't find funds is a feature film with a postal theme that no one cares about, in fact, it is a literary film about the love between father and son.

The smartest people in the world may not be businessmen, but if they are the most shrewd, they must be businessmen who can't see the benefits.

"I don't know what kind of movie it is, and what is the preparation of the crew?" Zhou Bai asked, he probably knew the movie that Kang Jianyan said, Kang Jianyan A studio director came to find Zhou Bai, a student, and it seemed that he had really exhausted his methods.

"The name of the movie is "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", at present, in fact, the cost of pre-filming is about the same, and the director has already begun to look for the leading actor, if it is fast, it will start filming in a week, and it will be completed in a month, and the story is not complicated. Kang Jianhong said that if he hadn't been a guest at Yu Feihong's house and inadvertently talked about this movie, Yu Feihong would not have introduced Zhou Bai to him, but as for whether Zhou Bai could invest, Kang Jianhong was actually uncertain.

"Well, it's adapted from Peng Jianming's novel "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog", right? How are you going to change it, and who is the director?" Zhou Bai asked.

"Xiao Zhou, it's great that you've read the novel, we're going to ...... This is how to shoot ...... The filming location of the movie is intended to be in ......"

Kang Jian gushed about his plans to shoot the movie, and it seemed that Zhou Bai was quite interested.

It can be seen from Yu Feihong's evaluation of Zhou Bai that Zhou Bai is very interested in investing in art films, although the first two are underground films, but Kang Jianlian, as a filmmaker, has no prejudice against underground films, everyone knows that this is caused by the policy problem of egg pain, and the above is very stuck in terms of censorship, and those people can't make regular movies before making underground movies.

Zhou Bai listened to Kang Jianyan's narration, and was actually thinking quickly in his mind, whether to go to this fire pit or not, if he was not careful, it would really be a loss.

That's right, "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is a pit, it's a loss to the point of exaggeration, and a copy was sold in China, and it was still a rumor, in fact, not a copy was sold, and there was no distribution company interested in it at all, and in the end it could only be sold to a movie channel, but the price was pitiful, less than 500,000.

Don't look at the film has won awards at the Golden Rooster Film Festival, Montreal International Film Festival, and India International Film Festival, but the overseas distribution rights were sold, and it was only 80,000 US dollars, according to the exchange rate of about 8 to 1 between RMB and US dollars, in fact, at least more than half of the money was lost, and it cost money to go abroad to participate in film festivals, and more than half of the money was lost.

However, the film was a huge hit after its release on RB, and even more than doubled the box office of "My Father and Mother", making RB's distributor a lot of money.

But even if you know that the film can be popular in RB, it is a very risky gamble, because the reason why this film has such good results in RB is entirely because RB's publicity method is very creative and attentive after getting the distribution rights, and it may not be effective to change one person to operate.

Zhou Bai also knew that the film could be successfully filmed in the end, but the process was much more difficult, and the crew even took a train down the Xiangjiang River due to financial problems, and then took a long-distance bus from the Xiangjiang River to the group.

The risk is indeed relatively large, which makes Zhou Bai a little embarrassed, and now among the remaining funds, in addition to the needs of the store operation, Zhou Bai has about one million or so funds, which is all he has.

But Lao Jia is filming at any time, the funds of "Suzhou River" have not been recovered yet, and Zhou Bai is still considering buying a house, so the problem in front of him now is a matter of choice, of course he can find an uncle, but Zhou Bai is not confident in how much he can provide.

"Director Huo Jianqi, I still believe it, the quality of his "Winner" is very good, and the creative techniques are also very mature, he won all the awards at film festivals in the Chinese film industry that year, which shows that his strength is extraordinary, but I don't have much money here, and I have invested in a film before The investment has not been recovered, so my ability is really limited, and now how much money is there for your crew?" Zhou Bai waited for Kang Jian to finish speaking, and then was silent for a few seconds before speaking.

Kang Jian's heart rose and fell with Zhou Bai's words, at first Zhou Bai's praise of Huo Jianqi made him feel that there was a door, and then Zhou Bai talked about the lack of funds, and some of them were not withdrawn, which made his heart shrink into a ball, and finally Zhou Bai asked how much money was still missing, and he had hope for rising.

"Well, now the scale is almost less than half, we already have a million funds, and the crew's preliminary preparations are almost the same, I plan to raise and borrow while filming, and there is still a gap of about 800,000. Kang Jianxuan said that he originally thought that he would barely be able to finish filming with 1 million, but if he could have 800,000 yuan, he could find a way to find the remaining money.

"Hey, I've read the script, it's indeed a good movie, the main reason to introduce Uncle Kang to you today is to get in touch with it first, if you are optimistic, vote, if you are not optimistic, don't change your plans because of me. Yu Feihong said, or said in front of Kang Jian, very generous, Kang Jianyan had to smile bitterly, the eldest niece's words were above board, and he couldn't find anything to blame.

"Well, sister, I know, don't worry, no matter what the final result is, I think from the perspective of an investor, and I won't be rash. Zhou Bai said with a smile, Yu Feihong has a very independent personality, he usually looks cold, but in fact he is a dignified person, and he does things with his own heart, so he lives a chic life.

"800,000 yuan, so the cost budget of this movie is about 1.8 million?" Zhou Bai continued to ask, if the information he got from the memory fragments was correct, "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog" cost a total of more than 2 million, and it seems that Kang Jianli has no confidence in attracting investment.

"If you save a little, 1.8 million is barely enough, if it's really not enough, I can borrow it myself, even if it's not enough, the difference is not big. Kang Jian's face was slightly unnatural, and then it disappeared in a flash, and it was really not easy to find if you didn't observe carefully.

"I may be able to invest 1.5 million yuan for you, accounting for 60% of the investment in the movie, and the final income will be calculated according to the proportion of investment, and I have the final say on the distribution rights of the film, including the domestic distribution rights, how about it?" Zhou Bai thought for a while, and then said.

"Uh, okay, that's fine. Kang Jian was taken aback, and then agreed cleanly, and his heart was simply described as ecstasy.

The right to distribute may be a problem in the future, but in this era, like theaters are all state-run, it doesn't matter if you want to make the film release smoothly is a thankless job, even Kang Jianyan himself has no confidence that he can successfully release this movie in China, because it is not the main theme, not a tribute film, and even more not a commercial film, it is too difficult to successfully release it.

Yu Feihong was taken aback, Zhou Bai invested 1.5 million yuan, Lao Jia's movie Zhou Bai only invested 250,000 yuan, and Suzhou Creek only invested 1 million, and now Zhou Bai wants to invest 1.5 million yuan in "That Man, That Mountain and That Dog", which is a bit exaggerated.

She tugged at Zhou Bai's sleeve and signaled Zhou Bai not to be impulsive, one and a half million in this era is not a small amount of money.

Zhou Bai gave Yu Feihong a smile, meaning that he had his own plans, not impulses.

"Now that the preliminary opinion has been reached, then I hope to meet with the director to discuss the use of filming funds and other issues, and in addition to the actors who have been set, I want to invite the director to our Chinese drama selection, so that you can reduce the time to find actors, so there is no problem, right?" Zhou Bai continued, although it is a risky investment, but the greater the risk, the more the gain may be.

"Of course, there is no problem with these, in fact, Director Huo Jianqi is already in the capital, and he went to Nortel to select actors before, but he didn't pick a satisfactory one, I believe that this time he should be able to gain something in Chinese opera. Kang Jian said with a smile, even if Zhou Bai said that he wanted to act now, there was no problem, and even he hoped that Zhou Bai would act, because the actor who could be favored by Lao Mouzi would not be too bad at least.

Zhou Bai knew that Huo Jianqi finally chose an actor from Chinese opera, but he didn't want to waste time, so he directly shortened the process better, which was also one of his means to build the reputation of investors.

Investment is not a trivial matter, contract drafting, details are discussed, these all take time, fortunately Zhou Bai has an uncle who can be both a businessman and a literary youth, everything is not a problem.