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Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop, in the conference room on the third floor, was full.

Tang Nian, Lao Liu, Lao Chen, Lao Wan......

Screenwriter Gao Nianshu, producer Chang Shan, producer Wang Xiaoshan, and original author Tang Xiaohao......

The people of the Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop, as well as a few people sent by Tencent Pictures, all sat down in the conference room, and the banner of "'Midnight Coffin Opening Man's White Fox Cover Meeting' Preparation Meeting" was hung above the projection screen to ensure that everyone's eyes could see it clearly.

"Two good news!"

"The first good news is that Brother Hu agreed to join and play the role of 'Liu Zhenming'!"

"The second good news is that the film shooting record has been approved by the General Administration of Optoelectronics, the post-production company is in place, and the pre-production personnel will follow up after the start-up!"

Tang Nian looked around and saw that everyone's faces showed joy, and his heart was also a long sigh of relief, the first step of the Long March of 10,000 miles, finally took a step, and had a relatively smooth start.

"But...... Everyone here is my own people, and I don't hide it, the budget of this movie greatly exceeded my expectations, and my original budget was only five million! Now it seems that even the cost of post-production is not enough......"

"All of you here, like me, have never participated in the whole process of making a film, we all crossed the river by feeling the stones!"

"According to the budget of the producer, the investment budget of this film is initially estimated to be 20 million, which may exceed 5 million, but the final cost can be controlled within 30 million, which is generally good news......

When Supervisor Wang came, he brought a sentence from Mr. Bai, saying that he could invest 20 million to support, but this 20 million is divided into two uses. The first is counted as an investment, if the investment is successful, hello, I am hello, everyone, if the investment fails, the box office hits the street, and the cost cannot be recovered. The second is counted as a loan, borrowed in the name of my Tang Dynasty, after the film is filmed and released, it will be returned, and if the movie hits the street, the head will be about to add two...... I chose the second option! ”

"I believe in this script, I believe in the power of unity, and I believe that the current moviegoers have grown up......"

"About Brother Hu, because of his brokerage company Tangren, this time he joined in his personal name, and he still joined the group with capital, and he joined in with a zero remuneration of six million investment!"

"Next, I will send the script to everyone's hands, and I have finalized the characters with the senior editor and the Tang editor, if there is any objection, you can put it forward, and everyone will solve it together......"

After saying this, Tang Nian signaled the staff to distribute the script.

Screenwriters: Tang Xiaohao, Gao Nianshu, Tang Nian.

Storyboard Screenwriter: Er Nian......

Starring: Tang Nian (as Hu Shuntang), Hu Ge (as Liu Zhenming), Lao Zhao/Zhao Wannian (as Yan Ye/Tang Jianjian), Lao Liu/Liu Shan (as Zhan Tianya), Li Xiang (as Hu Miao).

Starring: Lao Wan/Wan Xiaoshan (as Hu Shunfu), Zhang Lan (as Hu Xing), Yang Hong (as Tang Tianan), Guo Hongjun (as Wu Tianlu), Song Linyong......

……

In the middle of the sound, everyone in the Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop looked at each other, and Lao Liu spoke.

"Ah Tang, this movie is not only your business, but also the affairs of Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop, and it is also the business of Tencent Pictures. Although your arrangements are in place, there is still a funding gap, which has a big impact on the film...... When you and Gao Jian and others were writing the script, we discussed it, and we planned to invest 200,000 yuan each, make up 2 million, plus everyone's salary, a total of 3 million investment, and Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop invested as an independent entity and invested 2 million. In this way, the overall investment can meet the initial budget, and we are more eager for the success of this film than you, because the success of this film represents that the operation of Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop has truly entered a professional and mature state! ”

"Ah Tang, this is the collective investment agreement signed by Lao Liu and others, as well as the agreement signed by several of us as shareholders of Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop on behalf of the investment of the Performing Arts Workshop, as long as you sign this agreement, a total of five million investments will officially take effect!"

It has been a year since Lao Chen left the profession of an extras and officially became a full-time lawyer in the performing arts workshop, and Lao Chen is getting more and more energetic.

His eyes when he looked at Tang Nian were full of encouragement.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Chen, Sister Lan, Brother Yang, you ......"

Tang Nian's nose was sore, and he almost cried in front of Gao Nianshu and others, but finally he nodded heavily and signed his name as a shareholder on the investment agreement of the performing arts workshop, and implemented the investment of five million.

To be honest, if you really worry about the preparation of a movie, you know that the hardships involved are far less than being a pure actor.

In order to save costs as much as possible in the script adaptation stage, Tang Nian will repeatedly overturn and restart because of a storyboard script, so as to reduce the difficulty of lens shooting, reduce the investment in scene construction, and reduce the rental cost of costumes and props...... It's so hard.

But now in the Tang Dynasty, trapped by the Jianghu blockade order, he can't attract investment from the outside world at all.

If it weren't for Mr. Bai of Tencent Pictures asking Wang Yishan to bring it, just listening to Chang Shan's shooting budget, Tang Nian would really have reluctantly given up filming and temporarily shelved the good script in hand.

But even so, the loan of 20 million yuan cannot meet the shooting needs, plus his own investment of 2 million, and then the 3 million investment given by the girl, and Brother Hu's 5 million investment, it is only 30 million, the budget is very tight, and the slightest waste may make the film stagnate in post-production, and even the picture effect presented will be greatly reduced...... Tang Nian can gamble on his future, he can invest the savings of the girl who has debuted for many years without hesitation, and he can use the five million funds invested by Brother Hu without any scruples, but let Tang Nian open his mouth to bring in the Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop as a whole, he can't do such a thing, let alone open this mouth!

Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop has never been a studio for Tang Nian alone, but a studio that carries the hard work of Lao Liu and others, and it is also the place where thousands of extras in Hengdu Film and Television City have attracted the attention.

Such a place that carries the dreams of many extras cannot be implicated in the slightest because of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Tang Year under the Jianghu Blockade Order has received more attention because of the bombardment and grievances of traditional central newspapers such as "Guangming Daily", this has not played a big role in today's Tang Nian.

The entertainment industry has its own rules of the game, as long as the high-level still hopes that the Huaxia entertainment market can develop healthily, they can only guide the development of the market from the perspective of supervisors, and it is impossible and will never go to the sea in person, directly intervene and rudely change the rules of the game.

Therefore, despite being interviewed by the General Administration of Optoelectronics, the wording of Orange Red Entertainment was restrained, but the attitude was still the same, and even more unswerving!

In the entertainment industry, only interests are eternal.

Today's Tang Nian, despite the aura of "Meng Jiangnu" as the No. 1 Chinese box office, as well as the attribute bonus of the super web drama "The First Chaos in History", Tang Nian's own ability and strength have not been shown and confirmed.

In short, what Tang Nian lacks most now is a work that can prove its box office appeal, and with this, Orange Red Entertainment's ban on Tang Nian's Jianghu will not become an obstacle for other film and television giants to lower their profile and contact Tang Nian......

Although, Tang Nian is now holding the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer's acting certification, and he is the most cost-effective newcomer actor in the entertainment industry.

Only when Tang Nian grows to the point that the box office appeal can bring benefits to other film and television bigwigs far exceeds the loss of profits caused by the Jianghu banning order, and the constraints of the Jianghu banning order on Tang Nian will disappear.

Of course, Tang Nian can also choose another path, that is, to temporarily silence and wait for the victory of Tencent Pictures' annexation of Orange Red Entertainment, so that he can easily be in the spotlight, and everything he wants can be easily obtained.

But at that time, Tang Nian may have completely lost his enterprising ambition and become a lucky person under the new giant Tencent Pictures, and his importance has become dispensable for so many powerful actors in Orange Red Entertainment.

In this showbiz that is sailing against the current, if you don't advance or retreat, if you lose your enterprising spirit, it will be like a meteor crossing the sky, and you will never be able to shine again......

That kind of future is definitely not what Tang Nian wants!

He has a cheat like 'Huangliang One Dream', in this disturbing entertainment industry, he is the most growing actor, and the most indispensable thing is his acting skills, how can he choose to give in and choose to bow his head because of a 'Jianghu Blocking Order'?

This movie was initiated by Tang Nian alone, in the face of the head-on battle between Orange Red Entertainment and the Jianghu Ban Order, he was eager for victory, eager for the cheers of thousands of audiences, and at the moment when he stepped on the 'Jianghu Ban Order'......

Before that, Tang Nian had to go alone.

The Chinese film and television market is the most impossible place to predict accurately, and no matter how qualified people face the same audience, they have the possibility of turning the tables.

"The Man Who Opened the Coffin at Midnight" is a good work, the story of "White Fox Covering Noodles" is very exciting, and the script was adapted and sent to Brother Hu, which made Brother Hu once again resist the pressure of the company, invest in his own name and join the star with zero salary, and even Director Zhang, who was far away in North America, became interested in the work "The Coffin Opener at Midnight" because of the script of Tang Nian...... But all of this did not shake the bottom line in Tang Nian's heart, that is, Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop must not be involved!

The actors of the Performing Arts Workshop can participate, but the Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop cannot appear in the production of this film as a producer.

Before the end of the big drama of Tencent Pictures' annexation of Orange Red Entertainment, Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop was unexpectedly involved, which was not a good choice, and it would have a negative impact on the growth of other actors.

"Tang Nian, this is the 20 million funds that Mr. Bai asked me to bring, the loan agreement has been completed, you just need to sign, and this loan will be officially in place!" However, Chang Shan and I will participate in this work as producers and producers......"

did not let Tang Nian touch more, Wang Xiaoshan also put the loan agreement of 20 million in front of Tang Nian.

"Okay, I promise you!"

Because Tang Nian had already communicated with Bai Yiji and Mr. Bai in advance, he naturally did not hesitate to sign at this moment.

"Uncle Liu, I understand your good intentions, but it is not good news to involve the performing arts workshop at this time...... In this way, the two million invested in the name of Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop, my current positioning for him is the publicity and distribution expenses, not an investment...... In this way, if the film investment is not recovered, it will not affect the development of other artists in the performing arts workshop, after all, there are more than a dozen artists under the performing arts studio, and it is inappropriate and inappropriate to blindly shift the focus to me! ”

Holding the loan agreement, Tang Nian weighed it again and again in his heart, and still politely refused the kindness of Lao Liu and others.

"Hey...... Sure enough, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and the ship is small to turn around...... Ah Tang, we all understand what you say...... In this case, these two million are counted as reserve funds, and if the funds are not enough in the later stage, you can use them again, and you can no longer shirk at that time. However, a few of us also have to join in the name of zero salary, and the three million are counted as investments, which are all in the name of individuals, you can't refuse! If you refuse even that, you're really treating us as outsiders......"

Lao Liu and the others exchanged ideas and finally agreed to Tang Nian's arrangement.

After all, the stalls of the Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop are getting bigger and bigger, and they can no longer do as much as they did before, and every move of the Performing Arts Workshop must take into account the artists under the Performing Arts Workshop, and the overall interests must be taken into account.

"After talking about investment, scripts, and actors, let's talk about the progress of costumes and props, the selection of shooting locations, and the progress of scene construction!"

Tang Nian flipped through the notepad in his hand and said.

"Costumes, props, and equipment, Brother Yang and I have been following up, after you finalized the script the day before yesterday, we also signed a props and costumes rental agreement with the lessor, and all of them can be in place within a week at the latest!"

Guo Hongjun and Yang Hong glanced at each other, looked at some special props mentioned in the script again, and said after weighing them again.

"The main venues mentioned in the script, Guangfu Town, the coffin shop, and the cemetery, the address selection has ended, and here are some photos, which are a few of the most scripted scene temperament areas selected near Hengdu Film and Television City, and there are one to three alternative points......"

"We preliminarily selected these four regions, and when the funds arrived, we started to build the scene, and if nothing else, we can definitely build the venue in about a week!"

"The coffin shop and the scene where Meng Po sent Hu Shuntang to Huangquan have a total of 17 scenes and 49 shots, and the staff of the special effects company need to follow up and simulate the scene ......in advance."

Tang Xiaohao, Er Nian and others answered this question.

"Make-up artist, costume artist, prop artist...... As well as the most important lighting engineer and other behind-the-scenes staff, as well as the executive director, we have also preliminarily screened out a list, some of which belong to Tencent Pictures, and some are recommended by Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop! ”

"If the matter of funds can be finalized today, at the latest in four days, these people can be finalized!"

Chang Shan flipped through the list of pre-selected personnel in his hand and nodded and said.

"Very good, what I want is such an atmosphere, as long as everyone works together, the movie will definitely be filmed smoothly and become a big hit!"

"This preparatory meeting was very successful. In the next half month, we will work hard to get all the preparatory work in place, and then ...... We are officially on September 1st! ”

The smooth progress of one preparatory matter after another not only boosted everyone's confidence, but also made Tang Nian's confidence in speaking more and more sufficient.

"Whoa......

I don't know who started it, but everyone in the conference room stood up one after another, and applause rang out.

This applause is not only an encouragement to Tang Nian, but also a praise for the smooth development of everyone's work, and it is also full of expectations and support for the movie "The Coffin Opener at Midnight"!