After Lu Yang made a statement on the project, he stood in the center of the stage and looked at the three judges with a little nervousness, waiting for them to ask questions.

Ning Hao's question is very sharp: "In recent years, martial arts films have been very sluggish, and mainstream audiences no longer favor this theme. There are many good martial arts films that have lost money, such as "Rain of Swords", and Tsui Hark is the grandmaster of martial arts films, and his performance in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" last year was also unsatisfactory. "Embroidered Spring Knife" costs 30 million, and the box office needs to be close to 100 million to pay off, and this is your first commercial film, how do you make sure that this movie can win the favor of the audience?"

The CEOs and investors present were all nodding, Ning Hao's question was exactly what they wanted to ask, now the response to martial arts films is not good, and it is very risky to invest in martial arts films, they want to hear how Lu Yang answers.

Lu Yang thought for a while and said: "It's true that "Embroidered Spring Knife" is a martial arts film, but it is not a traditional martial arts film, there are no rivers and lakes, there are no chivalrous people, there are more other elements, the movie is a crime theme, and it has the characteristics of a spy film, because it is written about spies, and then it is very thrilling. Our film integrates a lot of new elements on the basis of traditional martial arts, in addition to martial arts fans, it can also attract fans of suspense and other themes into the cinema, and it will definitely be able to win the favor of the audience!"

Many CEOs and investors present were not satisfied with Lu Yang's answer and did not resolve their doubts about martial arts films, but Han Sanping circled Lu Yang's name with a pen, and he admired Lu Yang a lot.

After Lu Yang left the stage, another young director walked onto the stage. He bowed to the judges: "Hello teachers! My name is Tian Yusheng, I have been working as a screenwriter after graduating from the Central Academy of Drama, "People in Embarrassment" is my work, and the project I brought this time is called "Predecessor Raiders", and the story is about ......"

"People in Embarrassment" is a dark horse of domestic films, with an investment of 8 million yuan to win a box office of more than 50 million, and the sequel of the film "Thai Embarrassment" has achieved an astonishing box office of 1.4 billion. As soon as the CEO and investors present heard that they were the screenwriters of "People in Embarrassment", they immediately marked the emphatic symbols in their notebooks.

The venture capital meeting continued, and the young directors took the stage one by one to introduce their projects and communicate with the judges. From their statements, it can be seen that many people are not used to this way, and in the first 5 minutes, most of them do not finish telling their stories, and have to occupy another 5 minutes to tell the director's thoughts and the actors' team. During the question-answering stage, the directors standing on the stage looked even more nervous and flustered, and some even stuttered when they spoke.

However, the overall atmosphere of the venture capital meeting was very good, and although the three judges asked questions more sharply, they systematically sorted out each project, and gave valuable suggestions from the characteristics, selling points, logic, technology, budget and other aspects of the project.

In the evening, despite their physical exhaustion, the three judges began to select the ten finalists. Zhang Ran, as the person in charge of the film festival, naturally appeared at the selection site.

The first award is the Best Idea award, which will select the most creative story from ten projects.

The three judges were seriously divided, Ning Hao's best creative award belonged to "The Last Rain in the World", Jiang Zhiqiang's best was "Heart Labyrinth", and Feng Xiaogang chose "Death Party". All three have their own reasons, and no one can convince anyone. So, they set their sights on Zhang Ran and wanted to listen to his advice.

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "You are the judges, and I am not, it is not appropriate for me to express my opinion!"

Ning Hao retorted: "Mr. Zhang, the venture capital meeting is not a competition, but for the selection of talents, and it is okay to express your opinions." After saying that, your opinion is just a reference, and we are the ones who make the final decision. Tell me what you think!"

Zhang Ran felt that it made sense, so he said: "I will choose Xie Hang's "Death Party", this script has many problems, especially the first scene is worse. If I only watched the first act, I would only rate it two. But the third act is so beautifully written, even compared to famous movies like "Fatal ID", it is not inferior in any way. As a domestic suspense genre film, "Death Party" combines science fiction elements, which is quite innovative, and is a breakthrough for domestic films of the same type. Since the most creative award was chosen, I think "Death Party" may be the most suitable. ”

Feng Xiaogang saw Zhang Ran say this, and said proudly: "Even Mr. Zhang said this, now you have no opinion!"

Ning Hao and Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile: "Now that "Death Party" is two votes, then choose "Death Party"!"

On the morning of the second day, 10 selected outstanding projects had one-on-one negotiations with representatives of investors on the basement floor of the Palais du Cinéma, while a venture capital meeting for mature directors was underway in the future hall of the Palais du Cinéma.

Due to the overseas projects in today's venture capital fair, in addition to the CEOs and investors of domestic film companies, there are also many bosses and investors of overseas film companies.

There is a big difference in today's venture capital, that is, not only directors but also producers who come to the stage to make statements. Because many foreign film projects are saved up by producers, and directors are just workers, it is naturally the producers who come to the stage to make statements.

Just listen to Huang Bo on the stage introduced: "The well-known Hollywood screenwriter and producer Dean Devlin, Mr. Devlin has served as a screenwriter and producer of blockbusters such as "Independence Day" and "Godzilla", and has a wide influence in the industry. Mr. Dean Devlin!"

The CEOs of foreign companies present seemed very calm about Devlin's appearance, and everyone knew that since Devlin parted ways with his partner Roland Emmerich, he had never come up with a decent project, and he was an out-of-fashion person. The Chinese CEOs and investors present were shocked when they heard that it was the producer of "Independence Day", "Independence Day" is a super blockbuster, such powerful people have come with projects, and the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival Venture Capital will go to heaven!

After Devlin came to power, many manuscripts and blueprints of the film appeared on the big screen. Knowledgeable people recognized these designs as the work of HR Giger, the designer of "Alien", and couldn't help but be surprised, realizing that this project might be ordinary.

Devlin said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to participate in today's venture capital fair, and the project I brought is called "The Great Escape from Isopa". He pointed to the blueprints behind him and said, "I'm sure someone has recognized these blueprints as the work of H.R. Giger, a project that was originally led by Ridley Scott and was then known as the Alien on the Train." Ridley Scott withdrew from the project after working for a few months due to a conflict of ideas. Later, Emmerich and I took over the project, and the actors were set for Stallone and Kim Basssinger, but it didn't take long for the Carlock company to go bankrupt due to the huge losses brought by "Cut Throat Island", and the project died. Since then, the project has been restarted several times, but for various reasons, it has never really taken off. Now I have brought the project to China, and I hope to find a partner to develop the project together!"

Many CEOs of foreign companies at the scene heard that Devlin's project was "Isopa", and nodded slightly, they had all heard of this project, and the Chinese CEOs and investors were very shocked, this project Ridley Scott and Emmerich had actually handled it, and the actor was Stallone, which was a great project.

Ma Yun was also quite moved, turned his head to Zhang Ran beside him and said: "This project sounds good! But the project has failed to succeed several times, there must be a problem, I don't know what the main problem is?"

Zhang Ran saw that Ma Yun was interested in "Isopa", so he said: "A few years ago, when I was in Cannes, I met Davrin with this project for pre-sale. At that time, many people in film companies remembered this project, and the response was very good, and the pre-sale did well. However, in Hollywood, if a project wants to be really launched, it must get 50% of the funds through pre-sales and tax refunds, otherwise it will not be launched. The budget for this film is too big, when the film was launched in 1991, the budget was as high as 90 million US dollars, and now it is more than 200 million. It is too difficult to get 100 million funds through pre-sale and tax refund, so the project has never been launched. ”

Ma Yun understood what was going on, looked at Devlin on the stage, then looked at Zhang Ran, and asked, "Do you think this project can be invested?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "The cost of the film is too high, and the risk of return is relatively large, but it is not impossible to do it, the key depends on the performance of the Chinese market, if the Chinese market can get more than 150 million US dollars, it will definitely be able to make money." ”

Xu Yongan, who was next to him, couldn't help but say: "It is difficult for Hollywood movies to get a box office of 150 million US dollars in China, almost 1 billion yuan." Until now, the only Hollywood movies with a domestic box office of more than 1 billion are "Avatar" and "Transformers"!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "That's true, but "Isopa" has an advantage that other Hollywood movies don't have, that is, it can perfectly add Chinese elements." In recent years, in order to please Chinese audiences, Hollywood movies like to add Chinese elements to their movies and stuff Chinese actors, but because the implanted elements are too blunt, the audience response is not good. "Isopa" is different, because the story takes place on an underground high-speed train, and this train route is Los Angeles-Hawaii-Modu, a train from the United States to China, there must be a large number of Chinese passengers, and it is only natural that Chinese actors appear in the movie. ”

Ma Yun heard Zhang Ran say this, so he said: "Since Mr. Zhang thinks this project can be done, then let's do it together!" He looked at Xu Yongan, then at Han Shanping and Ren Zhonglun, and said, "What do you think?"

Xu Yongan, Han Shanping and Ren Zhonglun's eyes were all focused on Zhang Ran: "If Mr. Zhang is willing to take the lead, then we must have nothing to say, we will definitely follow the investment, Mr. Zhang will pay as much as he wants, we will pay as much as he wants!"

Zhang Ran smiled when he heard everyone say this: "There are too many uncertain factors in movies, and no one can guarantee that their projects will definitely make money, and there are many projects that are smashed every year at the peak of the century." I'm stressed out when you say that!"

Han Shanping said with a smile: "Such a big project, without your leadership, I will definitely not dare to invest!"

Xu Yongan echoed: "Yes, I have never cooperated with Hollywood, if Mr. Zhang does not take the lead, I have no bottom in my heart." ”

The project "Isopa" was brought to Lin'an by Zhang Ran with resources, and this project has a certain reputation in the industry, and has been pre-sold in Cannes and Venice, but it has never been launched. If it can be successfully incubated in Lin'an, the influence of the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival in the industry will definitely rise, and it will inevitably attract more projects to Lin'an, so that the influence of the film festival will really be opened!

In addition, Zhang Ran believes that when Wang Jianlin sees that he is pulling Ma Yun and them to shoot blockbusters with Chinese elements, with his character, he will inevitably make blockbusters-for-tat, and will make blockbusters with Chinese elements, so Wanda will inevitably fall into the pit of Hollywood.

Ma Yun and they were willing to participate, Zhang Ran couldn't ask for it, he pondered for a few seconds, and said: "This project can indeed be voted on, since everyone is interested, let's vote together!"