"This is Miss Zhang Junning."

Dai Liren said hello with some restraint, saw the girl in a dress sitting next to Du Hanwen, quietly glanced at Li Yan on the side, and found that this sister was also a little surprised. Listening to Du Hanwen talk about taking promotional photos during the day today, Dai Liren felt a little weird, this is the end? Don't introduce it? An idol of yours is at a dinner with Xu Ruoxuan, bringing a female companion, and you don't introduce it, what does it mean.

Of course, Dai Liren is not so curious. There is generally only one situation when you bring a female companion for entertainment, that is, you bring a junior, a fourth, or a fifth, and you don't need to introduce. Du Hanwen is not married, where did he come from, and so on, but it can be concluded that this is Du Hanwen's girlfriend. Isn't it rumored that Du Hanwen and Xu Ruoxuan have a good relationship, otherwise the two can work together as an office. Obviously, the rumors are wrong with reality, at least Du Hanwen can really bring his girlfriend out when Xu Ruoxuan is also there. So it's okay for the two of you, right? Not necessarily, who knows. Dai Liren felt that he was a little too gossipy, so he quickly withdrew his attention and put it on Du Hanwen.

Eating Chinese food, everyone is much more comfortable, and it is more appropriate to talk about things on the occasion of Chinese food. At least when you're having a serious conversation, even if you don't eat, it's a visual treat to sit there with a plate of beautifully presented dishes. At this time, the dish is more of an ornament. Zhang Junning was picked up after changing his clothes after class in the afternoon, compared to a few guys whose biological clocks were already chaotic during filming, when it came to meals, he was still very hungry.

If you want to change to yourself in your early twenties and just graduated from school, Du Hanwen will definitely say to eat casually and leave us alone. But now. I think about it in a different way, and I understand people better, and I know that there can be different ways to do the same thing. While talking to Dai Liren, he served bowls of soup to the three ladies one by one, "Drink some soup before meals to help digestion." ”

Zhang Junning took a small sip and drank it. His eyes narrowed again, this man was really good at taking care of people.

Li Yan glanced at Xu Ruoxuan, and found that this woman didn't care, and she also gave the vegetables to Zhang Junning, so she didn't put this matter at ease, and talked about it seriously, "Dabao, I've been thinking about it for a few years, and I finally made up my mind to be a director?" ”

"yes. If you don't do it, you won't have a chance. Dai Liren put down his chopsticks, ""Meteor Garden" is so popular, and the TV market is also thriving. The milk tea has gone to shoot TV series, and everyone can see the recession. When it's going to be a good time, it's not my turn, and I'm not qualified. Now that the recession is down, there is always a chance. ”

"Brother Dabao's theory is good, buy low and sell high." Xu Ruoxuan agreed.

Dai Liren waved his hand, "I'm forced by reality." Everyone wants to make movies in good times. There was the best setting, the best behind the scenes. There are also the best in front of the curtain, the only problem is that the cost is also high. Now the cost of filming is low, one person does three or four jobs, and a crew of more than ten or twenty people, sometimes I can't imagine whether this is a movie or AV. The less money there is. The more the drama is filmed, the worse it is. You get what you pay for, the production cost of "The Inheritors" is tens of millions, wearing DFN, wearing Prada, and at the very least, they all open Lingzhi. Live in Liao's Mansion. Upper Wei Pavilion private. Just piling these up in front of the audience is enough for these people to open their mouths in surprise for a while. It's inconceivable to make a movie now, and you can make a feature film for a few million. But everyone is doing this, what can be done, it's just a vicious circle. ”

Zhang Junning listened carefully to everyone's conversation, although most of the content of the conversation was outside the scope of his own life, but he still listened with relish. Of course, it has to be interesting, Du Hanwen will always summarize the professional things that Dai Liren talked about in the form of vernacular. On the surface, he is praising Dai Liren, but in fact, he is making Zhang Junning more involved, otherwise he will be bored after a while.

Dai Liren is not stupid in this way, obviously aware of this, and when he spoke later, he was more straightforward, "I made a preliminary budget, and about fifteen million is enough." ”

Du Hanwen didn't speak, and Xu Ruoxuan didn't speak. Li Yan spoke, "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, this dish tastes good." ”

Zhang Junning glanced at Du Hanwen, Du Hanwen winked at Zhang Junning, and the funny girl laughed. When it was really time to talk about business, Du Hanwen realized that the change in mentality happened immediately. When I heard the figure of fifteen million, my first thought was not that I had absolutely earned it, but that I wanted to bargain, and this price was unacceptable.

This kind of psychology is not contradictory, big brother, don't be funny, okay, the film was released in 02, and the box office of the whole year was only more than 3 million, okay, and it is not as high as the box office of "Blue Gate" played by his own Xiaomei. The tone is bigger than the sky. Talking about business, in the end, Du Hanwen found out that he was not an artist, and he still paid attention to the box office and revenue ratio. Of course, literary films don't live only at the box office. Otherwise, everyone who makes literary films will die, and most of the box office will not be able to recover their costs. Distributors buy films, film festivals and sales, TV stations buy back, including post-production DVD distribution, are all channels to make money. In my impression, "Taipei 9 to 5" is not a loss, but when it comes to earning, please don't think about it. This achievement is already a very good result for the majority of money-losing goods who make literary films.

In general, Dai Liren, as a director, has really never made a movie that loses money. Of course, he has only made two films, the number is not much, the cost is still very low, and the cost pressure will be much smaller. In contrast, Comrade Cai Yuexun also has two movies, one or two ruffian heroes, but one can recover the cost, and the other loses money. Looking at Comrade Wei Desheng again, everyone laughed at the money earned by "Haijiao No. 7", but the box office of "Saidek Bale" was good, but it couldn't stand the high cost, and there was a mistake in the mainland film scheduling, and the box office was still losing in the end. Fortunately, the reputation is good, and the signboard is not smashed. As for Su Zhaobin, Du Hanwen couldn't bear to complain, this movie is basically a popular thing.

So it is a very dangerous thing to find a director in Taipei to make a movie, if Du Hanwen didn't have confidence in his memory, he really wouldn't dare to set foot in this matter. Thinking about Comrade Mai Dangxiong, who is also a tycoon in the industry, he went to the mainland to work as a charter company after being lost by a film, and you know that investing in movies is really not something that ordinary people can enjoy. It's good to take a ride, Du Hanwen doesn't want to play with Dai Liren and spend money to shoot high-quality products. In the case of literary films, the more you invest, the greater the risk of loss. What's more, Hollywood has invaded in the past two years, and the market has been under great pressure. In 02, local films were only released in single digits, so you know how bleak the film market is.

Of course, it was also because of the bleakness that Dai Liren looked forward to watching the two popular TV drama actors. Alas, those who make movies and ask to make TV series are also miserable, who let the film industry be trampled under the feet of the TV circle now.

"If it is released, Chunhui seems to be interested in buying the film." Dai Liren felt that he should throw out some good news.

Du Hanwen raised his eyebrows, it is too common for the distribution and production company to not be the same, who said that the film distribution company must be the production company. If the director pulls investment to make a film, and if he wants to release it, he has to find a distribution company. After negotiating the split, it is natural that the distribution company will be responsible for the release. This is a mature biological chain, and Du Hanwen does not want to get involved in it. That's a matter of another field, too complicated, and too deeply entangled. Just be a good investor, and let Dai Liren endure the headache.

However, "Taipei 9 to 5" was not released by Chunhui, and in Du Hanwen's vague memory, it seems that it was issued by Maxtor? But it doesn't matter, as long as the price is right, whoever issues it is fine. But business is business after all, Maxtor reorganized, because of the heavy financial support of Central Investment, a lot of films were released in 02, and the circulation was quite high. After that, because of the bleak market, it couldn't be supported, and there was less investment, and there was no longer the courage to throw money. That is to say, if it is issued in 02, at least a lot of money can be recovered in the issuance link. In that case, why not. There is no need to talk about this now, if as an investor, you can control who to sell to for issuance, it is still a matter that can be interfered with.

In fact, Du Hanwen has not thought about distribution, and when he is familiar with the box office, distribution is really a money-making business like cheating. Especially with Sister Ge on the side, as long as the relationship with the partner Qiu Fusheng is opened, distribution is actually more profitable than direct investment in movies. However, the hair industry makes money quickly and the water is deep, and Du Hanwen doesn't want to put his limited life into unlimited business activities. Maybe Liao Xiaoqiao is interested in this? Du Hanwen found himself a little distracted.

"Fifteen million, Brother Dabao, do you want to sell your kidney to recover the cost?" Du Hanwen smiled and made a joke.

Dai Liren also touched his head a little embarrassed, but which director doesn't want his production budget to be as sufficient as possible. The money is spent casually, the props are all customized, the actors are all Oscar-winning actors, and the film schedule is all in the golden period. There will always be a gap between the ideal and the reality, just like Dai Liren also found that Du Hanwen is not a stunned young man, and money is not so easy to cheat.

Xu Ruoxuan smiled and picked a dish for Dai Liren, "Du Du is kidding, Brother Da Bao is ambitious, of course he has to be fully prepared." Everyone is reluctant to do a loss-making business, but a profitable business can last for a long time. ”

Dai Liren nodded and went down the steps, "I have been researching this subject for a long time, and of course I have confidence." And I'll put money into it myself, and I won't run away. ”

"Brother Da Bao laughed." Du Hanwen smiled and waved his hand, "Art, you can't talk about art when you talk about money, but Brother Dabao thinks that Vivian has room to play in this play?" ”

"Yes, there must be!" Dai Liren feels that he is a director who has begun to compromise for the sake of investment.

Xu Ruoxuan waved his hand, "Brother Dabao, Du Du is talking nonsense, but I'm also curious, will Du Du be suitable for a movie?" ”

"Yes, it has to fit." Dai Liren felt that his back molars were about to be crushed. Li Yan watched the two sing and harmonize, and turned his head to release a smile. Just saw that Zhang Junning was also laughing, and the two blinked. (To be continued.) )