"Boss, Pechoin rejected the acquisition without thinking about it, but said that you are welcome to join the shares, you should value the boss and your influence, according to the judgment of the acquisition team, if you have the heart to buy shares, 10%, or even 20% of the shares can be obtained." Ding's voice came from the other side of the phone.

How is that possible? Lin Yuquan shook his head, the very important reason for his entry into the cosmetics industry was to experiment with various beauty and beauty formulas in the memory of cultivators, although he was not sure whether beauty and beauty would be successful, but he knew that once he succeeded, he would only buy shares, wouldn't it be mainly cheaper for others, and he would not go back to do this kind of stupid thing if his mind was normal.

"Is there no possibility of an acquisition at all?" Lin Yuquan said quite unwillingly.

"The possibility is very small, Pechoin's current operation team is very mysterious and low-key, the economic strength is completely unknown, but from the other party's operation in recent years, the technique is very skillful, and the ambition is great, according to the further evaluation of the acquisition team, unless the other party can not refuse the price, it is impossible to succeed, but the cost is too great, it may not be worth the money." Ding Zhidao.

"That's it!" Lin Yu's fingers tapped on his legs, his mind turned quickly, and after a little muttering, he said sonorously: "Let the acquisition team continue to follow the details of the Pechoin, and then go all out to acquire the company." ”

After thinking about it, Lin Yuquan finally felt that from the perspective of investment, it was still possible to consider taking a stake in Pechoin, but in this way, Pechoin would definitely not be his focus in the cosmetics industry.

"Okay, boss." Ding Zhidao.

The time entered April, and the investment of "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" was finally decided. As Lin Yuquan said. Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian and others are very much in favor of using this to build momentum. If the listing process is hindered by related-party transactions, it would be good to withdraw at best, but the momentum before that has played a considerable role.

Considering their respective financial conditions and the investment amount of at least 300 million yuan in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", in the end, Huayi Brothers, who received the most funds because of Lin Yuquan's financing and shareholding, chose to invest 20% wholly in the shares, followed by 15% in Guangguang Media and 10% in Poly Bona.

However, for the time being, this news has not been announced to the public, but it is ready to determine the main actors first. Then build momentum with a thunderous momentum.

At the same time, the revenue of Dimen Games and Shuguang Games in the first quarter of this year was also sent to Lin Yuquan.

The first three months of 2009 were undoubtedly brilliant for Dimen Games and Dawning Games, after the two companies contributed a total of $117 million in net profit in January, affected by the start of the school season and the large expenditure on game research and development, the profits of the two companies in February and March reached $102 million and $98.25 million respectively, so that in the first quarter of this year, the two companies brought a total net profit of $317 million. Proud of all game companies in the world.

This naturally made Lin Yuquan quite excited, and he had a steady stream of abundant financial support. He can completely let go of his hands and feet in the industrial layout.

When the time came to April 5th, after a period of preparation, the much-anticipated "Immortal" chose to start in a low-key manner in the Shuguang Film and Television Base.

“cut。” Lin Yuquan's voice sounded on the set: "Ziyi, the cold arrogance you showed just now is not enough, I need you to be colder and more arrogant." ”

"Okay, director." Zhang Ziyi nodded.

"Alright, all attention, listen to my command." Lin Yuquan said.

"cut, it's not enough, then, Ziyi, I'll give you five minutes to figure out the role, and then we'll continue shooting." Lin Yuquan's voice soon sounded again on the set.

From the moment the film was turned on, Lin Yuquan showed an extremely strict attitude, and under his influence, the crew quickly entered the state, time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, a week has passed since the start of "Immortal".

"Very good, the performance is very good, at lunchtime, everyone hurry up to eat and rest, and we will continue in the afternoon." Lin Yuquan said loudly with a satisfied smile.

"Oh, hooray!" "Haha, it's lunch." "I didn't eat enough in the morning, and I was dying of hunger."

The set in the solemn atmosphere of the previous moment suddenly became very lively.

Lin Yuquan shook his head with a smile, got up and stretched, then the mobile phone suddenly vibrate, and after taking out the mobile phone and seeing the caller ID, he answered the phone.

"Boss, I didn't bother you!" Qiu Qingyi's voice rang from the other side of the phone.

"No, I just finished the morning shoot." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Wow, it seems that my call is just the right time, it's such a boss, Ma Ke, who co-founded a film company with Jiang Wen, has contacted me and sent me the script of "Let the Bullets Fly", unlike Jiang Wen's previous films, the story of this movie is very interesting and has good commercial value, I think we can invest in filming." Qiu Qingyi quickly got to the point.

"Oh, is it? What's the story? Lin Yuquan suddenly became interested.

"Boss, have you read Ma Shitu's novel "Ten Tales of the Night"?" Qiu Qingyi did not immediately introduce the content of the story, but asked rhetorically.

"Ma Zhitu, "Ten Tales of the Night"?" Lin Yuquan was a little surprised.

"Yes, Ma Zhitu, "Ten Tales of the Night." Qiu Qingyi affirmed.

"Okay, I've read this novel, Ma Zhitu is a local celebrity in our Rongcheng, and my dad has this novel in his study, which is one of his masterpieces." Lin Yuquan chuckled and said: "Since you ask so, presumably Jiang Wen's new work is based on "Ten Tales of the Night", but which chapter is it?" ”

Born in 1915, Ma Shitu is difficult to hear the name among today's young people, but he is absolutely famous among the older generation of intellectuals, especially Bashu intellectuals, and has been called the "Five Old Men of Shu" together with Ba Jin and others, not only as the chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the chairman of the Writers' Association, but also as the county magistrate, deputy director of the Provincial Propaganda Department, and director of the Construction Department.

The birth of "Ten Tales of the Night" can be described as a difficult one, starting from the first word and not being completed until 40 years later, in 1982. During this period, the manuscript was destroyed three times. Recreated three times.

The book contains a total of ten stories, including "Breaking the City", "Reimbursement", "Robbery of Officials", and "Marrying a Concubine". With the ten poor clerks in the old Chinese yamen as the protagonists, through the unique narrative method of ten people taking turns to tell stories, the social situation in the thirties of the last century is truly reproduced.

"Yes, boss, it is based on "The Story of the Thief", but the adaptation is very large, the story is still set in the south during the Beiyang warlord period, but the time has changed from 1930 to 1920. In terms of content, it has been completely changed, and it is no longer the official who the bandit Wang Mazi decided to buy a county master on a whim, and at the same time used this opportunity to take revenge on Huang Tianbang, the big landlord who ruined his family.

In order to save his life, Ma Bond lied that he was the master of the new county magistrate, and took out a letter of appointment to propose that Zhang Mazi Li Dai Taozhuang take office as the county magistrate, Zhang Mazi naturally could not resist the temptation, so he changed into the county magistrate, and took Ma Bond and his wife and a group of subordinates to Goose City to take office. Then he encountered the bully Huang Shilang who covered the sky with one hand, and the thrilling battle unfolded" Qiu Qingyi introduced it unhurriedly.

Lin Yuquan listened silently. Judging from the beginning of the story alone, this seems to be a very interesting beginning of a very interesting commercial film, but will Jiang Wen, who filmed "Sunny Day", "The Devil is Coming", and "The Sun Also Rise", really just make a commercial film? The answer is no way.

Jiang Wen is a man with a strong desire to express himself. Look at the people and this point in its director's place. It was revealed in the female work "Sunny Days", and it was further reflected in the later two films "The Devil is Coming" and "The Sun Also Rises".

Jiang Wen has only made these three films so far, and the style of each film can be described as different, but there is one place that is the same, each of them is a partial projection of his heart, and each film contains his thoughts.

As Qiu Qingyi said, compared with the original novel "The Story of a Robber", Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" has been changed in many places, which is not only due to the needs of film and television adaptation, but also more of an expression of his personal thoughts.

Qiu Qingyi spoke for ten minutes in a row, and after he finished speaking, Lin Yuquan glanced at the time on his wrist, and then said with a smile: "It's indeed interesting, but this is obviously not a simple commercial film, Tsing Yi, you send the script to my mailbox, I'll go back and take a closer look at it at night." ”

"Okay boss, after I discuss with Mr. Ding later, I will immediately start the investment plan and send the plan as soon as possible." Qiu Qingyi said.

"OK, just do it, you do things, I don't worry." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Let the Bullets Fly", hung up the phone, looked at the set that had become empty, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, Jiang Wen is also giving in to the public and commercial films?

Jiang Wen is undoubtedly a very unique filmmaker in the mainland film industry, not only because of his maverick style, but also because of his outstanding achievements in the film field, in the 25 years since his debut, Jiang Wen has starred in an average of less than one work per year, but in his few works, there are a lot of Chinese classics, "Furong Town", "Red Sorghum", "Natal Year", "The Great Eunuch Li Lianying", "Sunny Days" What's even more difficult is that he has achieved great success in both the field of director and actor at the same time, in terms of actors, he is regarded as one of the representatives of the actor's acting school, and in terms of director, he is considered to be a big director with world-class potential.

In terms of artistic achievements alone, he seems to be impeccable, but in terms of film box office and public reputation, he is not too successful, except for a few films including "Sunny Days", other films either failed at the box office, or the reviews were seriously polarized, or both, like the three films he directed, "Sunny Days" is a box office hit, but "The Devil is Coming" with an investment of more than 20 million was directly banned, and "The Sun Also Rises" with an investment of more than 60 million Only recovered more than 20 million box office, which is absolutely tragic, and fortunately, the investors themselves have strong financial strength, otherwise they would have to jump off the building at a loss.

has failed at the box office of many movies one after another, and it is not difficult to know why Jiang Wen put down his body on the movie "Let the Bullets Fly", because he must put down his body. Otherwise, past results will follow. His films are going to pull to the investment. In particular, the large amount of investment is extremely difficult.

In fact, sometimes it is not necessarily a mistake to put down your body!

"That's right, Jiang Wen should have shot like this a long time ago." As soon as he finished filming for the day, had dinner, and returned to the room, Lin Yuquan immediately turned on the computer to read the script of "Let the Bullets Fly", and then quickly showed a satisfied smile on his face.

As Jiang Wen's movie, as previously conjectured, "Let the Bullets Fly" is obviously not an ordinary commercial film. After carefully reading the script, Lin Yuquan saw a lot of dark lines and metaphors in it, but this is not what makes him the most satisfied, Jiang Wen's movies have a lot of dark lines and metaphors, isn't it normal? What's really gratifying is that, on the whole, "Let the Bullets Fly" is a movie that can be understood more and can fully feel the coolness. This is extremely critical.

Also as a director, he will never deny the artistic value of "The Devil is Coming" and "The Sun Also Rises". But as an investor, investing in such a movie is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing, "Let the Bullets Fly" is different, this is a film with great commercial potential, although it is just as risky, but investors are willing to gamble for such a movie.

After a little groaning, Lin Yuquan made a decision to invest in "Let the Bullets Fly", and he did not delay, and immediately called Qiu Qingyi.

"Tsing Yi, I read the script of "Let the Bullets Fly", you are right, this is an interesting and valuable movie, not to mention the quality of the script itself, the biggest selling point of this movie is in my opinion that it is the contest between Zhang Muzhi, Huang Shilang, and Ma Bond, do you think so too? That's right, the success of "Let the Bullets Fly" is largely based on the selection and performance of the three people, you and Lao Ding will discuss it later, you can invest, but you must strive to get the right to lead the shooting, if Jiang Wen himself leads, then we simply don't vote, so as not to make trouble in the future. Lin Yuquan said in a deep voice.

"Okay, boss." Qiu Qingyi said.

I hope everything goes well, otherwise I can only stop casting, hanging up the phone, Lin Yuquan said to himself, it is rare to see a high-quality script like "Let the Bullets Fly", of course he wants to participate, and at the same time has the heart to cooperate with Jiang Wen, a unique actor, but who makes Jiang Wen's maverick sometimes really difficult to bear? To some extent, as the director of Jiang Wen, and James. Cameron is also a money burner, and the problem is James. Cameron's money burning is to improve the quality of the movie, and in the end, it is all worth the money, while Jiang Wen is an unplanned overspending, which can even be described as waste.

The domestic box office of "Sunny Days" was 50 million that year, and it was the annual box office champion of the year, but behind the brilliance was the investment of such a movie as high as 12 million.

Yes, up to, 12 million in 93 is by no means a small number, when filming, Jiang Wen had no systematic planning at all, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources in the early stage, and most of the scenes starring him that originally took a lot of time to shoot were cut.

Not only that, during the filming of the movie, the crew spent more than 600,000 yuan just on food, "Sunny Day" is naturally not a big crew, there are only dozens of people in the whole group, and more than 600,000 at that time is far from comparable now, according to insiders, at that time, Jiang Wen would take the crew to drive to the hotel to order food every day, and he would come back to continue filming when he was full of wine and food. In 93, the overall atmosphere in the film and television industry at that time was not like it is now.

What's even more outrageous is that during the filming of "The Sun Also Rises", Jiang Wen, who is addicted to golf, repeatedly stopped filming, and then took the crew members to play golf, which caused the film to be completed half a month later than expected, and the production cost of the film with no big scenes reached an astonishing more than 60 million.

With such a self-directed behavior, it is not difficult to understand why no film company has ever been willing to sign a contract with Jiang Wen, and the former partner chose to leave without hesitation after the film ended.

He is indeed very optimistic about "Let the Bullets Fly", but for him now, there is no pity to earn tens of millions or even one or two hundred million less in "Let the Bullets Fly", compared to this possibility, he will never allow a huge waste or huge loss due to the director's willfulness.

It's right for directors to pursue art, it's right for directors to pursue freedom, and it's right for directors to pursue enjoyment, but as a director, you must not take into account the cost recovery of the film. That's a very selfish, very immoral behavior.

Pursue movie quality, have a clear plan to spend money, OK, that's fine, but if it's something else, I'm sorry, no matter how talented you are, you don't need Dawn Films. (To be continued.) )