Chapter 285: Three Great Productions

"Actually, it's the same with me here, but I haven't told you all this time. Chen Guozhong took over the topic, "I am doing program planning and crew preparation here, and I have met a lot of industry peers. All of them were enthusiastic. I've been invited to the wine table for several times throughout the day. ”

"Also to get to know me?" Zhang Fan looked at him with a smile.

"Is it to know me?" Chen Guozhong nodded amusedly, "Of course people are for you." It's just that you're abroad most of the time, and there's no way to contact you. That's why I want to get close to you from the people around you. After all, there is no one who doesn't want to go to Hollywood. ”

"Especially after you buy Pixar, it's even crazier. Cheng Qu smiled bitterly: "Things have developed to the extent of directly blocking people." Whatever you say, we will introduce you to you. This time, He Junying's affairs can go so smoothly, to a large extent, because many people are secretly contributing. ”

"Since you are secretly contributing, how can you let you know?" Zhang Fan took out a cigarette and scattered it for the two of them.

"That's right, it's just that why are they trying to help, it's not the lice on the bald head. "Chen Guozhong lit a cigarette" is not to sell it to you. ”

"Actually, even if no one helps, we can solve this problem ourselves. Cheng Qu nodded and said, "The difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and we are still standing on the commanding heights to suppress." These people who help are all human spirits, and they all see that we will definitely win, so they jump out one after another to put the icing on the cake. ”

The gap between Zhang Fan and He Junying is huge, and this time Zhang Fan stood on the commanding heights from the beginning. Once the fight between the two sides began, it was already doomed.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see this, so when Zhang Fan began to exert his strength to suppress He Junying, almost the entire industry stood up and shouted for him.

After this unusually realistic and utilitarian industry, there is almost no such thing as sending charcoal in the snow, but falling into the well is happening every day.

Many viewers are always saying that so-and-so is inconsistent, and he looks bright and sunny on the screen, but how unbearable he is in private. The audience may be able to imagine that these people live in such a world where they stab in the back with a smile on their faces, and it is simply a matter of course that there is nothing different from what is on the outside.

For these cheers, Zhang Fan can only express his understanding. After all, he can't fulfill everyone's wishes. Most people want to enter Hollywood through Zhang Fan, but if Hollywood was so easy to enter, then the whole of Los Angeles would have been occupied by dreamers from all over the world.

There are still many people who want to get other help, and Zhang Fan also has no way to completely satisfy them. He started a company, not a charitable foundation, and he was not a wishing machine. He couldn't listen to so many people's requests, how could he do it?

Zhang Fan even somewhat understood why so many people believed in God, but no one could get a response from God. After all, so many people are constantly making wishes to God, and God can't listen to them, where will they have the time and energy to respond to them one by one?

Even, Zhang Fan can't even meet the requirements of a small number of people. After all, people are suffering from widowhood but not equality, if everyone does not have it, everyone can accept it, but once someone has someone and others do not, it will inevitably breed great resentment. When the time comes, he will get himself in trouble.

Zhang Fan's response is also very simple, that is, he doesn't know everything.

The company is controlled by Cheng Qu, and Zhang Fan is very relieved about this. Cheng Qu's ability is extremely strong, and the operating company will not have the slightest problem.

And unlike the previous stage, where the entire company completely relied on Zhang Fan, now the company has several signed stars in addition to Zhang Fan. For example, Liu Yue has now become a famous host in variety shows. And Lin Yueqing, who has just turned around, even wants to participate in Hollywood A-level productions.

The current company's main product is Lin Yueying, with Zhang Fan's album for Lin Yueying, it has opened up the market in Japan, and Lin Yueying, who has sold more than 5 million albums, has a huge ability to attract money in Japan. Able to earn a lot of profit for the company. Now the focus of the entire company revolves around Lin Yueying.

In fact, it is precisely because Lin Yueying has opened up the situation in Japan that the Hall of Fame company will desperately squeeze Lin Yueying's value and want to make more profits. After all, she is Chinese, and no one knows how long she will be popular in Japan. And the contract is about to expire, and not renewing it makes the company want to collect as much as possible in return at the end. The approach of the Hall of Fame Company is short-sighted, but it can avoid risks to the greatest extent.

It was precisely because of this simple and rude approach that Lin Yueying, who was still a little reluctant and guilty, completely gave up on the company. Negotiations for the renewal of the contract were outright refused.

If it's just an ordinary star with no background and no strong godfather. Economic companies have a way to deal with it. But Lin Yueying has Zhang Fan's help, and there is no way to use many methods.

When he completely turned his face with Zhang Fan and wanted to use some more means, he was directly defeated by Zhang Fan with lightning speed.

Zhang Fan has in-depth cooperation with Fuji TV, and Fuji TV also takes great care of Lin Yueying when he is in Japan. A star has the care of a large TV station, coupled with his own outstanding strength, it is difficult to think of it.

Next, under Cheng Qu's arrangement, the company began to build a comprehensive package around Lin Yueying. Pay a lot of money for her to stabilize the situation in Japan. In order to maintain long-term development.

For Lin Yueying, in addition to the full support of Fuji TV and the agency. If you want to continue to maintain or even expand the current situation, the most important thing is to have excellent works.

Japan's music market is the second largest in the world. But the internal competition is very cruel. The renewal of star singers is like a meteor shower in the sky. Not to mention the various groups and male singers, among the female singers alone, there are three singers who dominate the king's position. Lin Yueying wants to challenge their market value and industry status as a foreigner, and her biggest reliance is not Fuji TV or the agency behind her. It's the work given by Zhang Fan!

In this regard, of course, there is no need to say much, not to mention the close relationship between private individuals. Now Lin Yueying is an employee of her own company, and her outstanding results are also making money for herself. In this case, Zhang Fan will definitely not be stingy with many top songs.

At this time, another focus of the company's work is on Chen Guozhong's side. Just like when the fairy sword and gold powder family were in the past, Chen Guozhong, who once again hung up the title of producer, began to be busy preparing for a new TV series crew.

Most of the crew members who performed well in the previous two collaborations have been signed into Zhang Fan's company and become regular employees of the company. With the company as a guarantee, it is much stronger than running around between various crews to do odd jobs before. This is just like the Chinese people like to find a unit for themselves. And Zhang Fan's treatment is very good, so he can naturally gather a lot of talents.

In addition, Zhang Fan continues to invest in updating advanced equipment, and both the crew and the equipment have been fully prepared and run in well when filming the TV series. What is missing now is the main actors of the crew, especially the starring Zhang Fan.

At this time, Zhang Fan has come to Los Angeles again, and the two major plays of the American branch this summer, Captain America and the second part of Iron Man, need Zhang Fan's supervision. And the first part of Thor is also about to be released. These things need to be handled by Zhang Fan.

The production cost of these three films alone is close to 500 million US dollars, which completely spends the box office harvest on Frozen. And that's not counting the cost of later promotion.

For example, Zhang Fan has continuously launched A-level productions, and only several giant Hollywood companies have this kind of strength and courage. Many other small and medium-sized film companies have not even made a major production with an investment of more than 100 million dollars from their establishment to their collapse.

There are also those in the company who feel that this is too risky. After all, the company's liquidity is not very rich, and it needs to repay Citibank's high loan interest every month. There's also a lot of employee paychecks as well as various benefits spending. The filming of the crew, as well as the operation of the company, etc., all require a lot of funds as a backing.

Investing almost all of the money in a short period of time like this can easily break the chain of funds. After all, once a movie with a huge investment fails at the box office, it means that a huge amount of investment has been wasted. At that point, the banks will definitely fall into the trap and will not provide loan support again.

Regarding these discussions, Zhang Fan said that I know, but things must continue to be done.

Unlike these employees, Zhang Fan is very confident in these movies. He believes that these movies will be a big success, especially the second part of Iron Man is bound to be a big hit.

And with the foundation of these prefix movies and all kinds of easter eggs, when the Avengers are launched, it will inevitably be another crazy feast.

The rhythm of the fire of superhero movies has been brought up, and Zhang Fan, who holds the copyright of many superheroes, only needs to launch these superheroes again and again to reap the rewards. That's why he dared to invest almost all of his working capital so decisively.

The production cost of the first part of Thor was nearly $150 million. And Captain America Part 1 is $140 million. As for the second part of the main play, Iron Man, the production cost has soared to nearly $200 million because of the rising salaries of major actors such as Robert Downey Jr.!

Among these production costs, except for Iron Man, the actors in the other two films are second- and third-tier actors who are not well-known or simply newcomers. The cost of the film is not too large, and the real expenses are mainly focused on those dazzling computer special effects.

Industrial Light & Magic, which has been following Zhang Fan's business, can be said to have made a lot of money. However, this also prompted Zhang Fan to obtain Lucasfilm, so that the mood of industrial light and magic in the pocket became even stronger.