"Please, didn't I say that the work of "Painted Wall" is entrusted to you and Director Chen? As soon as you decide between the two of you. Lin Yuquan looked out the window and said with a smile.

Since the formation of the "Painted Wall" crew in September, it has lasted more than two months, and the preparations for the film are basically arranged, and it is expected to start filming in late December, and now the two heroines have not been decided.

Originally, the heroine was chosen, but later Qiu Qingyi and Chen Jiashang thought that the box office appeal of the film was not enough, so they decided to replace the heroine, because the salary of the two heroines was quite amazing, so Qiu Qingyi called him for instructions, after all, once these two heroines are replaced, the investment in the film will also be greatly increased.

Otherwise, when controlling the cost, you can only discount the cost of production, but the direct consequence of the cost of production is that many of the director's ideas cannot be realized, the post-production cost is insufficient, and the quality of the director's film cannot be guaranteed at all.

Therefore, many times, the audience will scold the director and screenwriter when they see a bad movie, but in fact, it is very large, which is caused by the lack of investment, and the director and screenwriter have no choice.

"Yes, yes, but the heroine that Director Chen and I want to change is a little bigger, if there is no boss and your approval, how dare we decide." Qiu Qingyi sneered.

Why don't you dare to decide, after it is decided, I am worried that the cost of making the product is insufficient, Lin Yuquan shook his head, in fact, the sky-high salary of stars in the film industry, and the significant reduction of the cost of making the product are all caused by the investors and directors themselves, who let the star-only theory prevail! Everyone uses stars to ensure the box office and ratings, and they recognize their faces but not the play, so this phenomenon naturally occurs.

But as a director, Lin Yuquan also understands everyone's mentality, such a big investment is pressed on his body, there is no star, he has no bottom in his heart, with a star, he has confidence, in fact, isn't he like this? Zhen Zidan and Lao Xu in "Huo Yuanjia", Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin, Zhen Zidan in "Red Cliff", Li Lianjie, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun and others in "Painted Skin", of course, there is the relationship between the actors themselves, but the box office appeal of stars is also a point that cannot be ignored in the selection of them.

"Tell me, who are you going to be, just don't scare me."

"Heh, the role of my aunt, we are going to find Gong Li to play it, and Peony to find Zhang Ziyi." Qiu Qingyi smiled and said.

"Oh, it's really full of box office appeal, these two are real international superstars, even I haven't cooperated, I just let Ziyi make a cameo appearance before, but you are ready to cooperate first." Lin Yuquan exclaimed: "The idea is very good, but do they have a schedule?" ”

"I have learned privately with Director Chen, Zhang Ziyi has no new film plans after "Night Banquet", and Gong Li is too, after filming "The City is Full of Golden Armor" and "Young Hannibal", the schedule is completely empty." Qiu Qingyi said with a smile.

"It's not that others don't have a movie, they're just waiting for a script worth taking, and we want to find them, but they may not be able to see our movie, and they will be rejected if they can't say it." Lin Yuquan paced back to his desk.

"A famous director, a huge investment, and the production of our Dawning Films, few people can refuse such a movie, and if they refuse, it will only be their own loss." Qiu Qingyi said confidently.

"Okay, I'm actually very confident in "Painted Wall", how much do you expect to be paid?" Lin Yuquan just said, of course he didn't think Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li would refuse, in fact, the reason why the two were waiting for a movie worth taking over was because there were very few movies with large investment in China, and how many role opportunities did Hollywood have for Chinese actresses!

"Gong Li's words are 10 million-12 million, and Zhang Ziyi's is 800-10 million." Qiu Qingyi said directly.

Although this kind of salary is far from the rumored salary of Gong Li of $5 million and Zhang Ziyi's salary of $2 million, no one in the circle will equate the external quotation of the actor's salary with the actual price, and only those investors who do not know how will sell at a high price like an upstart.

"OK, how much investment is needed for the whole film, and how is it distributed as a whole?" Since Qiu Qingyi called, Lin Yuquan naturally wanted to find out by the way.

"The actor's salary, we strive to control it within 35 million, in addition, the film special effects and post-production zuò 30 million, the film set, costumes, shooting and other production costs 30 million, about 95 million." Qiu Qingyi said in an orderly manner, but his face was a little unnatural, he originally expected an investment budget of 80 million, but because of the change of female lead, the budget suddenly increased by 15 million, which is really not competent for the producer.

"Okay, that's it, remember to convey a greeting to Director Chen for me, so that he must make a wonderful "Painted Wall"!" Lin Yuquan chuckled.

"Boss, if you don't say it, we will definitely do it, with such a sufficient investment budget, if we can't make a wonderful movie, then we are absolutely incompetent." Qiu Qingyi said firmly.

Putting down the phone, Lin Yuquan showed a happy smile on his face, Shuguang Film Company so far, the first major production other than him is about to start filming, which indicates that Shuguang Film Company will really enter the mature stage.

Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Liu Yifei, Wang Luodan, Jiang Yan, Liu Shishi, this magic movie that gathers most of the artists of the Yuquan family and has two international stars, Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, will have what impact will it bring next year? It's really exciting!

Subsequently, Lin Yuquan devoted himself to the conception of the script with a happy mood.

"Bang bang." There was a knock on the door.

Lin Yuquan, who was immersed in his thoughts, immediately showed a wry smile, sighed and got up to open the door.

"Brother Yuquan!"

As soon as the door opened, a beautiful and moving face was revealed, and a sweet voice gently spat out from the girl's cherry mouth.

Sure enough, Lin Yuquan had an extreme headache, but he didn't dare to show this kind of affection, and said with a pleasant face: "Yifei, please come in."

Liu Yifei walked into the room generously, and then lifted the bag he was carrying, so that Lin Yuquan could see it clearly: "Brother Yuquan, I bought your favorite coconut milk tea, it's hot, it's cold for the past two days, it's the best to drink this." ”

"Thank you." Lin Yuquan took the bag with a smile: "You shouldn't buy it for me alone!"

"When I went to buy it for you, I also bought it for Sister Yanzi by the way." Liu Yifei turned slightly, smiled, and the word 'by the way' revealed his thoughts.

Lin Yuquan couldn't hear it, but it only increased his troubles, since he showed his mind to him, Yifei loved to stick to him when he wasn't filming in the past two days, he didn't tell Liu Shishi about it, in fact, what he was most worried about was that the two of them had a conflict because of this, who, he didn't want to be hurt, but how long could this situation last!

If he was a half-hearted person, the matter would have been solved, but unfortunately he was not, he was not the so-called saint or a righteous gentleman, but he had always been single-minded about feelings, otherwise he would not have been heartbroken because Huang Shengyi broke up with him in the first place.

Time passed day by day, and in addition to headaches, Lin Yuquan's work was not affected in any way.

After the acquisition of Summit Entertainment, Salou. White then began the acquisition of publishing houses and game companies.

The United States is the most developed country in the world in terms of publishing industry, and its book publishing industry plays a pivotal role in the world's book publishing industry, although according to the world's largest publishing house (income) compiled by the American "Publishers Weekly" this year, none of the top six Reed Eswell, Pearson, Thomson, Bertelsmann, Wolter, and Hachette are American, but since the early 90s of the last century, the United States has been firmly in the hegemony of the world's book publishing industry, and its annual book market sales account for about 30 percent of the world.

According to incomplete statistics, as of 2003, there were as many as 56,000 publishing companies in the United States, most of which were commercial book publishers and individual small and medium-sized publishing houses, and among the many publishing houses, there were only more than 40 large group publishing houses.

Of course, Lin Yuquan's target cannot be Random House, Penguin, Harper. Large publishing houses like Collins, Hachette, Simon Schuster, he aimed at medium-sized publishers, with sufficient human resources and operational experience, but lacked best-selling books. Mel, and the other is him, it must not be difficult to make the publishing house grow rapidly.

Eventually, after more than a week of arduous negotiations, Salou. White paid $11 million to acquire a leading mid-sized business book publishing house in Los Angeles. Mel holds a 25 percent stake with $1 million in cash and the publishing rights to the follow-up novels from "The Twilight Saga," while Lin Yuquan will inject another $3 million into working capital after the acquisition, taking a 75 percent stake.

The game company is Lin Yuquan's more entangled, because the most important thing in his future film plan is Xianxia type movies, so when he thinks about it, he is worried that it will be difficult to make the feeling of Xianxia abroad, but the personnel reserve of the domestic game industry is not sufficient, and several game companies with outstanding strength, such as Shanda, Perfect Time and Space, NetEase, etc., he can't fully acquire them at all, but small and medium-sized game companies don't have acquisition value.

Thus in Salou. Under White's construction, he acquired an American game company in San Francisco for $33 million, and then set up a game company in China, which will first develop games that are popular in the West, let domestic gamers study in the United States, and then develop Xianxia games, and the United States will carry out technical resources, the disadvantage is that it takes a little longer, but it is definitely the best way.

When the acquisition was completed, it was almost the end of November, and Lin Yuquan also flew to the United States again. R1152