Chapter 168 of the main text volume Investing in the Future

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This is an adjustment made by Lin Zixuan and the three of them after discussion.

After the first three days of contact, they found it difficult to convince them by communicating directly with investors in Hong Kong.

One is that this movie does have risks, and it is normal not to be optimistic, and the other is that the people of Xiangjiang are xenophobic and do not trust the mainlanders and the investment environment in the mainland.

It may not be obvious in ordinary conversations, but once it is involved in investing in Hong Kong, people will be extremely cautious.

As a result, they changed their strategy and were ready to use the people of Hong Kong to convince the investors of Hong Kong, which required a reliable candidate.

If this person is an acquaintance, and he must have a certain influence in the film industry in Xiangjiang, and be familiar with the investment and production of films, as long as he tries his best to convince this person, things will be easy to do.

Liu Xiaoqing thought of Wen Jun, who had cooperated before.

Wen Jun was first born in a TV station in Xiangjiang, and later entered the film industry, worked as a screenwriter and producer, and also worked as a star agent, and has a certain reputation in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry.

This person has a more active brain and is good at seizing opportunities.

He was a little surprised when he heard Liu Xiaoqing's words, but he didn't suspect that Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen wanted to cheat him, both of them are famous actors in Huaguo, and there is also a well-known screenwriter, there is no need to partner to deceive him.

He's thinking about what he can get out of it.

The return of Hong Kong is inevitable, and it is said that the domestic film market in China has also been opened up this year, allowing external funds to enter, and the cooperation and exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland film industry will definitely be more frequent in the future.

Although people in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry have different opinions on this, Wen Jun feels that this is an excellent time.

He wants to establish a close working relationship with filmmakers in the mainland and plan for the future.

Just now, Jiang Wen and Lin Zixuan told some stories about the Beijing entertainment industry, Wen Jun could hear that the status of these two people in the Beijing film and television industry is not low, Jiang Wen is from a military family, Lin Zixuan is already the head of a TV production unit at a young age, and he also went to the United States to shoot a TV series with an investment of up to 1.5 million US dollars.

What does this mean?

It shows that the background of the two in the capital is very hard and the relationship is very deep, even if they are not characters with hands and eyes, they have a lot of energy.

He thought so in his heart, but he didn't immediately agree.

"Miss Liu, you're embarrassing me, where can I find a rich boss. Wen Jun shirked.

"You are too modest, with your status in the Xiangjiang film industry, those bosses are going to come to you. Liu Xiaoqing complimented.

"Okay, I'll help you ask first. Wen Jun said reluctantly.

At this time, he still did not say death, leaving room for it.

After saying goodbye, Wen Jun returned home, sorted out his thoughts, and started to call, the best thing to verify is "Ah Lang's Story", this movie does have Lin Zixuan's participation.

He asked his friends in Huacheng that the hit "Beijing People in New York" in the mainland is not wrong in terms of investment scale and production unit, it is a TV series cooperated by Lin Zixuan and Jiang Wen.

As for the deeper information, he couldn't find out, for example, Lin Zixuan's father-in-law was an official of the Ministry of Culture.

Wen Jun doesn't have such a deep network in the capital, and the information in the mainland is still quite closed, and it is impossible for acquaintances in the real circle to know it so clearly.

But that's enough.

Wen Jun made up his mind, as a producer, he is very familiar with many investors, and he has his own plans for this "Sunny Day".

The risk of this movie is indeed greater, so it is better to find someone to share the risk and find a few more investors to invest together.

He chose four people from investors with whom he had a good relationship, two Xiangjiang and two Baodao.

"It should be cost-effective to invest in this film, Jiang Wen is an actor with good acting skills, I believe he will also be a good director, he is very famous in the mainland, Liu Xiaoqing doesn't need me to say, you all know that there is also a famous screenwriter who has a very high status in the mainland's film and television industry. Wen Jun persuaded and said, "If we pay money, we should not invest in this film, but invest in these people, and there will definitely be rich returns in the future." ”

"How do you regulate the funds? You can't just use them, right?" one investor asked.

He was not at ease with the environment on the mainland, and felt that these people would use the money indiscriminately, and in the end nothing would be lost.

"Please rest assured, I will serve as the producer of this film and go to the mainland to help them film. Wen Jun replied.

The executive producer is mainly responsible for supervising the expenses of the crew and helping to arrange the day-to-day affairs, including filming schedule and logistics, which is very different from the producer.

In the Hong Kong film industry, the producer is a very important role, and he can put forward opinions and requirements for the director's creation.

With Wen Jun's assurance, investors can rest assured, they have cooperated with Wen Jun before and believe in their own people.

In addition to one investor in Baodao who felt that it was too risky to withdraw, the other three investors reached a cooperation agreement, each of which took out about 330,000 US dollars, a total of 1 million US dollars, to invest in Jiang Wen's new film.

They are not interested in this literary film, but just want to take the opportunity to open up the relationship with the mainland.

This relationship may not be needed now, but no one can say what will happen in the future, and it is very cost-effective to speculate with two or three million Hong Kong dollars.

The money will not be paid all at once, but in batches, which is worried that if there is a problem during the filming, it will be able to withdraw in time and not lose all its money.

With the upfront funds, the crew can prepare, select the actors, and start the film as much as possible.

After negotiating the million-dollar investment, Wen Jun called Liu Xiaoqing to tell her the good news, and made an appointment to meet tomorrow to sign an agreement to clarify the investor's income and distribution.

Although the movie has not yet been prepared, the ownership of the box office and copyright in the future must be made clear first, which is business.

Moreover, since it is a co-production, a film company in Hong Kong will be set up to sign an agreement with the Huaguo Film Production Company in the mainland.

This kind of film company is equivalent to a leather bag company, which is very common in Xiangjiang, sometimes after the movie is made, everyone divides the account and the company is dissolved, and a new company is built next time the movie is made.

In Xiangjiang, a film is a commercial project, and the business model is adopted, unlike the administrative model used by mainland film studios to shoot films, which is the difference between the two.

There is still a long way to go for Chinese films to be in line with world films.

"It's done! a million dollars!" hung up the phone, Liu Xiaoqing said excitedly.

"It seems that our strategy has worked, and we went the wrong way the other day. Lin Zixuan judged.

"Wen Jun is a good comrade, but unfortunately it's still a little less. Jiang Wen said dissatisfied.

"You are content, too many requirements will scare the investors away, not enough let's figure it out ourselves, you do the preliminary preparations first, remember to save some flowers." Liu Xiaoqing admonished. (To be continued.) )