At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Ran stopped a taxi on the side of the road and got in.

When the taxi driver heard that Zhang Ran was going to the heavenly house, he looked him up and down, and said, "The young man is rich, and the consumption in that place is precious!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Has the master been playing?"

"Five or six thousand a night, a month's salary will be gone, where do I dare to go in!" The driver looked envious, but there was contempt between his words, "But the young lady here is indeed more beautiful than the young lady in other places, some are still college students, I heard that there are other students from famous schools." Hey, it's really a declining world, and people's hearts are not ancient!"

Zhang Ran smiled and asked, "It's my first time going, how can I pretend to go often?"

The driver smiled: "I don't know this, but the water in the sky is deep, I have met several people from other provinces and cities, and after coming out of the inside, they scolded that it was a black store, and if they didn't have 10,000 yuan on their bodies, it was best not to go in!"

Zhang Ran felt that what the driver said should be true: "There is a boss to treat, I just go to join in the fun, a poor ghost, otherwise where would I dare to go!"

Not long after, the heavenly family arrived, and saw that all kinds of cars were already parked nearby, and the driver slowly pulled over.

After paying and getting out of the car, Zhang Ran looked up and saw the signboard of the heavenly family.

The tickets of the heavenly people are not too expensive, 150 yuan a piece, after entering the door, there is a long corridor with exquisite decoration, as if to remind the guests who come here, the clouds and the world only welcome the local tyrants who spend their money, and the righteous man and gentleman are not welcomed.

After entering the hall, from the door to the inside, countless beautiful and lovely girls hurried by, which was very eye-catching. When I arrived at the moving hall, the girls in animal skins were pole dancing inside, and the men and women in miniskirts and backless cropped tops were dancing around, which was dazzling to watch.

Zhang Ran found the box mentioned by the investor, knocked on the door, and after getting permission, pushed the door in, only to see a middle-aged man with glasses sitting on the sofa, next to two scantily clad little girls.

"May I ask if it's Yu Minghaixian? I'm Zhang Ran!" Zhang introduced himself.

"I'm Yu Minghai, the general manager of Tianhong Pictures, sit down and talk. The man nodded at Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran has no impression of this company, but the film and television industry is very risky, the company was established quickly, and it collapsed quickly, so I haven't heard of normal. Since it was introduced by Yan Yueming, it should have some strength. He smiled: "Mr. Yu, let me introduce my movie." This "Burst Drummer", the story content is very simple, it is ......"

"Okay!" Yu Minghai gestured to stop Zhang Ran from continuing, "I've read your script, the story is not bad, but it's a little simpler." I watched your "Time Prisoner" and it was a great film!"

The story of "Burst Drummer" is indeed relatively simple, but the biggest advantage of "Burst Drummer" is that the rhythm of jazz notes is transformed into a visual experience through editing, and the audience is as excited as if they have watched a concert, which is difficult to understand from the script.

Zhang Ran knew that there would be such questions, so he took out a thick stack of manuscript paper from his bag and handed it over: "Mr. Yu, I have prepared a storyboard here, you can take a look." ”

"Storyboard?" Yu Minghai was stunned, took the manuscript paper and looked at it, this is really a storyboard? This thing is something that only a big director like Zhang Yimou in China would spend energy on, right?

The so-called storyboard is to draw the shots of the movie in a comic-like way, supplemented by some professional symbols, such as the direction of the camera, the route of the actors, etc., so that the shooting can be done according to the design and is not easy to make mistakes.

Yu Minghai picked up the storyboard drawn by Zhang Ran and slowly flipped it up, and at first glance, he was quite shocked, whether it was the length of the shot, the position of the lights, or the camera position of the camera, the delicacy of the storyboard script in his hand was shocking.

How long has Zhang Ran been preparing for this storyboard? Hasn't he only been back for more than half a year, and he has just finished filming "Time Prisoner"?

After watching it for half an hour, Yu Minghai finished reading the storyboard of "Bursting Drummer", and he somewhat understood why Zhang Ran wanted to let him watch the storyboard, which is completely different from reading the script, if the impact of reading the script is 1, then the impact of the storyboard is 10.

Zhang Ran explained unhurriedly: "The story of "Bursting Story" is indeed relatively simple, but a simple story does not mean that it is not good-looking, the key is to mobilize the audience's emotions. This is a film that talks about music, and the movie is very fast-paced and has a strong visual repetition rate. Mr. Yu thought about it, what would be the effect if the content of the storyboard was paired with the lively concert in the dance hall outside?"

Yu Minghai listened to the music outside, nodded slowly, and said, "That makes sense, I don't know how much you need for this movie?"

Zhang Ran knew that there was a door to this, and said with a smile: "8 million!"

Yu Minghai was stunned, and then smiled: "You are not a small person, a rookie director, he has never proved himself at the box office, and he dares to ask for 8 million as soon as he comes up!"

Zhang Ran knows that the purpose of investors investing in movies is different, some people invest in movies for fame, some people for money, some people for money laundering, some people for fame, and some people for sleeping with actors...... Regardless of the motives, there is certainly something to be desired. If you want the investor to make money, you have to meet his expectations. Since Yu Minghai mentioned the box office, it means that his expectation is to make money.

Since the other party's purpose is to make money, then you have to let people see the way to make money!

Zhang Ran smiled and analyzed: "The investment of 8 million is indeed a bit high, but this money will definitely make money by investing it in "Bursting Drummer". Now that the domestic film market is sluggish, it is almost impossible to recover the cost by relying on the domestic investment of 8 million alone. Therefore, we put the background of the story in Xiangjiang and enabled the popular stars of Xiangjiang, so that the Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian markets can be opened. In addition, "Burst Drummer" will be sent to the film festival to participate in the competition and sell overseas rights. As long as you can sell the overseas copyright, it is very easy to return to the capital, two months ago, Lu Chuan's "Looking for a Gun" sold the overseas copyright for 12 million, our film will not be worse than "Looking for a Gun"!"

Yu Minghai disagreed: "One film festival in one bite is as if the film festival is in the bag." It's not that I haven't seen an open-mouth film festival and a closed-mouthed artistic director, but how many can really be shortlisted?"

Zhang Ran knows that there are many directors who abuse investors' money under the guise of art: "You are right, it is not easy to be shortlisted for film festivals, especially the three major film festivals, no one dares to guarantee that they will be shortlisted, so my goal is not the big three, but the Tokyo Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival." The Tokyo Film Festival gives new directors a lot of opportunities, and it has a good relationship with Nortel, so it is easy to be shortlisted, and this is especially true of Sundance, where I study at the UCLA School of Film and Television has a cooperation agreement with the Sundance Film Festival, paving the way for the teachers and students of the school. Just a few days ago, my college brother Lin Yibin's film "Good Luck Tomorrow" won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, I have seen this movie, not that I boasted, "Burst Drummer" is more than one level higher than this movie!"

This is really Zhang Ran's boast, the original "Burst Drummer" won many nominations including the Oscar for Best Picture, which is much better than Lin Yibin's movie.

Seeing that Yu Minghai was silent, Zhang Ran continued: "These two film festivals, even if they are shortlisted for one, it is still easy to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if they can win awards, they will sell more." Even if I only sell $500,000, that's 4 million. The movie "Bursting Drummer" tells the story of Xiangjiang, using Xiangjiang stars, and the copyrights of Xiangjiang, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia will definitely be sold, and the copyrights of these places add up to 3 million, and the domestic box office income of 1 million is not a big problem, which will return to the cost. In addition, we can also sell TV broadcast rights, sell DVD rights, and publish music CDs, so this movie will definitely make money, just a little bit!"

This analysis is reasonable, and the algorithm is conservative, Yu Minghai had to nod: "The words are good, but 8 million is not a small number, we must send a producer." It's not that we don't trust our brother, we can't take such a big risk. Some directors, before the movie was made, bought his car first!"

Zhang Ran readily agreed: "This is as it should be, you can send someone over to supervise the finances." The film is a Hong Kong story, and the crew will use a group of Hong Kong members, and you can find a Hong Kong director to be the producer, so that you can coordinate the staff of the two places. But the production of the film has to be undertaken by our Qingying Studio, and you can't interfere indiscriminately!"

Yu Minghai thinks it's a good idea to find a producer in Xiangjiang: "You can rest assured that we only care about the money and nothing else." ”

Once the investment issue is finalized, the next question is the distribution of profits.

Zhang Ran put forward his own opinion: "All the income of the movie, whether it is the box office, audio and video, TV premiere rights, or overseas distribution rights, I want 20% of the profits!"

Yu Minghai disagreed: "Zhang Ran, I'm afraid 20% is a bit high!"

Zhang Ran smiled faintly: "I don't know if Tianhong Pictures has overseas channels, if you have channels, then leave it to you to operate, I can reduce the share, if not, then I will operate, Yankee people don't spit bones, I have been in the United States for seven years, I know the doorway inside, and there are some relationships, so I won't be pitted by Yankees!"

Yu Minghai hesitated for a moment, Tianhong Pictures had no overseas experience, so he didn't understand this at all, and nodded: "Okay, you are responsible for overseas distribution!"

"The matter is so decided, please ask Mr. Yu to draft a contract as soon as possible, and we will sign the contract as soon as possible. Zhang Ran's confidence lies in the fact that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" exploded at the North American box office, and Colombia set its sights on China, wanting to find a second Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from China, so Colombia bought a lot of Chinese films, and Lu Chuan's "Looking for a Gun" was bought in this situation.

As long as the film can be shown at the festival, it will not be difficult to sell it to Colombia!

"No problem, we will draw up the contract as soon as possible. Yu Minghai picked up his wine glass, "Let's have a drink!"

"Cheers!"

The cooperation was finalized, and both of them showed smiling faces, and they talked and laughed.

The wine was drunk until eleven o'clock in the evening, Yu Minghai asked Zhang Ran to take a girl away, but Zhang Ran refused with a smile. The eyes of the Chaoyang masses are very sharp, maybe they will be reported, Wang Quanan and Huang Haibo's lessons are not painful, Zhang Ran will not be confused in this matter.

(Thanks to "Little White Submarine, Slippers and Slippers, Meow's Pig Xiaosi, Cold Eyes ▍east, Jelly's Book, Shamang, 5Lookingfor, Aissy" for rewarding, asking for collection, asking for recommendation!)