As soon as Han Sanping finished speaking, Gu Zhi and Ning Hao didn't say a word, and each of them picked up a small glass of liquor and drank it all.

The other party was also refreshed, and then they had a drink, and all three of them laughed heartily.

Now that the investment has been negotiated, the next step is to talk about the conditions carefully.

Gu Zhi didn't want to participate in the first movie that was completely manipulated by China Film, and he could only be a marionette in front.

Unexpectedly, Han Sanping spoke very well, and the two sides quickly reached a consensus.

In the end, the director of the butterfly effect film was set as Ning Hao, Gu Zhi invested 1.5 million in his personal name, and China Film invested 3.5 million, with a total production cost of 5 million yuan.

The producer is Han Sanping himself, which is undisputed.

Because Gu Zhi is also one of the investors, Han Sanping also wanted to pull him to be the producer, but he knew how many pounds and taels he had, so he refused without thinking too much.

Later, at the suggestion of Han Sanping, Gu Zhi simply signed as the producer. It's just to hang up the name, but you don't have to do real things, and you don't have much power.

Originally, as a screenwriter and investor, he made up his mind to join the crew and participate in the filming of the film throughout the process.

He came to this movie with the mentality of learning, no matter how much theoretical knowledge he learned, he could not be regarded as truly mastering it without a practical process.

If he really doesn't know the depth to exercise the power of the producer, it would be too self-sufficient.

In a film and television drama, the producer is solely responsible for the preliminary preparation, the formation of the crew, post-production, domestic and foreign distribution, and the application for awards at home and abroad.

In layman's terms, the producer is solely responsible for the overall work of picking out books, finding money, forming a team, and selling films.

The producer is the master of the entire crew, the highest power of the film crew, who has the right to hire crew members, and also has the right to fire members who violate the rules in the crew.

Of course, this is only from a normative point of view, and in fact there is still a lot of room for manipulation.

Before capital entered the mainland film market, when shooting a film, it was often not the producer who had the highest power, but the director.

After capital entered the market and the film entered the era of commercial films from the old-fashioned era of literary films, this situation changed.

The producer is often the spokesperson of capital in the crew, and the director's power is still not small, but if you don't listen to the father of capital, it is not a big deal to take you down and replace it again.

Only those famous directors who have become famous are barely qualified to compete with capital, and investors will even listen to him.

There is one reason for this, the works of these big directors can often make money for investors, and investors can trust him, otherwise they will be obediently kidnapped by capital.

Just like the relationship between Hua Yi and Feng Xiaogang, Director Feng is Hua Yi's biggest cash cow, can Hua Yi not spoil him?

Every two years, he acquiesced to Director Feng's willfulness to make a literary and artistic movie that was about to hit the streets, and then made a commercial film to earn back all the lost money for Huayi.

If you are not sincere, do not disturb, Tangshan earthquake, non-sincerity 2, 1942, private custom, I am not Pan Jinlian, Director Feng has been this routine for so many years.

This is Feng Xiaogang, if others dare to do this, Hua Yi will not invest a penny.

On the contrary, in the current era, it is fortunate that a film that is biased towards a commercial film style like the butterfly effect can get investment.

At present, the Chinese film industry is still dominated by literary films, and the conservative forces in this regard are too strong.

The atmosphere of the circle has pushed the film to develop towards art rather than commodity, and directors only want to win awards, and please the judges who have most of the tastes, and they are not willing to do so... even disdain to comprehend what the common people love to see.

Of course, great directors can make art films or commercial films, but they often hold their own compulsion and are only willing to shoot the so-called art in their hearts, and many movies are stunned to be self-congratulatory.

As a result, few people are willing to take a second look but themselves, and the market is completely unacceptable.

For example, Jiang Wen's early work "The Devil is Coming".

Is there any artistic depth?

Absolutely!

It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival and the Palme d'Or, and won Best Foreign Chinese Film at the 2002 Island Daily Film Awards.

So is there a box office?

I didn't even do it when it was released, so what kind of box office is there to talk about.

It has always been banned in the mainland, and it was not until later that the ban was lifted, and it can be watched on video sites.

After so many years, how many Chinese people really know about this movie?

I've seen even more rare water chestnuts.

This movie can not only make Director Jiang Wen laugh at himself, make those literary and art film lovers who are too niche to be niche anymore happy, and show the world the shallowness of the thinking of Chinese farmers during the period of resistance to the island country.

Has any value ever been created?

Has it played a positive role in the Chinese film industry?

It makes those slightly talented young directors and newcomer actors all go to the achievements of art masters, and no one wants to make commercial films and genre films.

With a bunch of directors left who have just passed the passing line, can the films they make not hit the streets? Can the box office of Chinese films not be occupied by Hollywood blockbusters?

It's completely become someone else's ticket warehouse!

According to the direction of development in 2000, the Chinese film industry will not want to establish a mature film industry system in another 10,000 years, and it will not be able to make a local work that crushes the box office of foreign films.

Not to mention Hollywood and Oscars in the United States, even the Bollywood of Ah San is not comparable.

Fortunately, there are still directors in China who are willing to shoot commercial genre films, starting from the national teacher Zhang Yimou, to Ning Hao, Wu Ershan, Guan Hu, and even new directors Han Shao and Wu Yan, all of whom are slowly retaking the domestic film market from foreign blockbusters step by step.

Their contribution to the Chinese film industry is much higher than that of those big directors who can only laugh at themselves.

The Butterfly Effect is also a pseudo-sci-fi suspense genre film, which is incompatible with the current movie environment.

Fortunately, the Chinese film represented by Han Sanping is willing to invest, otherwise this movie will definitely be yellow.

If you want to rely on it to win an award, it is impossible, and Gu Zhi doesn't care about this aspect.

The box office is his real pursuit, and he makes movies for the audience, not for the judges.

After everything that should be discussed was discussed, Han Sanping led Secretary Liu and walked away with the script of the butterfly effect first.

As a producer, he still has a lot of pre-production work for the film that he needs to arrange.

The script needs to be submitted to the Film Bureau for filing and review, and the crew must also be prepared.

Photography, lighting, soundtrack, editing, scene management, special effects team, professional makeup team, clothing team, accessories team, scene construction team, etc., are all necessary and important parts.

Fortunately, China Film is the largest film and television company in the country, has produced many films, has a mature team, and has a lot of choices for relevant candidates, so they can quickly support it.

This alone is not comparable to some small studio film companies.

These are all preparations that Han Sanping needs to do, as for Gu Zhi and Ning Hao, the main task now is to find actors.

Because the butterfly effect is a low-cost work, with Han Sanping's connections, they can't afford to hire the actors who are recommended.

Sure enough, I still went to find it reliable in person.