No matter how much he complained in his heart, the spring of the cattle herding class still set a record and became the first movie of Oriental DreamWorks to hit the street. Not only did the audience not buy it, but the media also ignored him intentionally or unintentionally. For non-local films, the media is not very enthusiastic, which is quite in line with the interests of local film companies, so Li Xuechu has nothing to say, after all, he is also a beneficiary.

The only way out for this film seems to be outside the city, especially the European market, which has a literary tradition.

Let's wait for the Cannes Film Festival, but unfortunately it will have to wait until May, and there is a bully clause that films that have been screened in other cities are not allowed to participate in the selection, and all foreign companies have to be stopped.

"Stop, stop, I can't sell it for a good price right now anyway." Li Xuechu also feels powerless in this regard, the quality of the movie is actually good, and there is no way to be treated by the market. From the operator's point of view, this type of film may be stopped.

"By the way, has the company received any good scripts recently?" Oriental DreamWorks has always filmed works written by itself, and I feel too sad to think about it, although I have no shortage of themes, but a normal company still can't rely on one person's works to support it.

Manager Tang hesitated for a moment and said, "There are a lot of scripts, but most of them follow the trend, and the quality is not very good." There are also some literary and artistic genres, and some are not bad in quality, but this type is destined to not make a lot of money. ”

"Try not to be [long] [windy] if you follow the trend, unless the script is of high quality, you can consider it. Literary films can be considered to be appropriately filmed. Well, bring me the script and take a look at it. ”

Manager Tang hurriedly went back to his office and took out a stack of scripts and put them in front of Li Xuechu.

"So much?" Li Xuechu was surprised.

"There's more to it. But I didn't take it because I read the script was so bad. Manager Tang said cautiously: "Mr. Li, do you need me to bring those over?" ”

"No need. Since it doesn't work, don't waste time. "If you don't have any trust, you can only come by yourself, and Li Xuechu has no intention of reviewing.

Manager Tang graded the script according to the standards in his mind, from good to poor. At the top is what he thinks is the best, and so on.

When Li Xuechu was flipping through the script, Manager Tang whispered his views next to him, and peeked at him a few times, as if he wanted to see satisfaction with his work from his face.

"There are no works that will be familiar to future generations." Li Xuechu was slightly disappointed, but this has nothing to do with others. The following things are quite serious, the investment amount and shooting cycle have been estimated, and there are some risk assessments. If they were to be killed with a stick, it would hurt the enthusiasm of others too much.

I flipped through a few books one by one, and Manager Tang's standard was not much different from the prediction in his heart. There are several works that are different, and Li Xuechu is not sure whether his vision is more accurate or others are right. After all, there are not many movies in the 80s that Li Xuechu was deeply impressed, and the tastes of the audience in this era are not small differences from later generations.

Li Xuechu was a little impressed by this manager who had never heard of him in later generations, and he didn't know whether this criterion was made by himself or invited a 'master', but he didn't care about this. As long as the result is good, Li Xuechu will count the credit on his head, and let him handle the meritorious deeds and rewards below.

Looking at the investment budget, the cost is not high.

"Manager Tang."

Tang Jingnian straightened his body, obviously a little nervous.

"I've seen all your work during this time, and the quality of the script is about the same as the standard I had in mind. Overall I am satisfied. ”

Hearing the boss's affirmation, Manager Tang's chubby bun face instantly stretched out, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

"It's been less than three years since our company was formed, and you and I remember that we were hired at the beginning of last year. Even if you count it as an old man in the company, your work has always been very productive. I also saw this, and after listening to Mr. Ye's advice, I decided to promote you to be the company's second-in-command. You know I have other companies to manage. So the main thing here is for you to take care of. ”

"Thank you to the company and the boss for their trust in me, I will never let the boss and Mr. Ye down." Manager Tang eagerly expressed his determination on the spot.

"I believe in that, too." Li Xuechu nodded with 'relief'. In fact, Ye Zhiming gave him three candidates. Tang Fatzi ranked third, and his evaluation was 'Be cautious in doing things.' There is more than enough to keep and not enough to enterprising. Li Xuechu skipped the first two and chose him completely because of his face, he didn't look like an ambitious person, and he was easy to manage.

"I said when I talked to you that you have the right to invest 20 million per year, and if you have achievements, you will add them in the future. These scripts are all small investments, you can discuss it with the people below, just report it to me. This is the first time, so be cautious, and you can do it yourself in the future, except for the large-cost system of more than 10 million, you can decide for yourself. ”

Manager Tang was grateful, the authority of 20 million was not small, Manager Tang was not sure whether the boss was serious or just talking, so he didn't dare to act rashly, but now he mentioned it again, which is regarded as putting his heart back in his stomach. With this permission, I can really become the second-in-command, not a business assistant.

"I will be cautious about the company's film investment, and I will never let the company suffer losses." Continue to show determination.

"Hehe, sometimes it's impossible to say about movies, it's acceptable to lose one or two films occasionally, I won't change people because of some temporary small losses, you don't have to be too cautious, sometimes you have to be a little gambling in the movie industry. Of course, pay attention to the general direction. ”

Another reassuring pill.

"Boss, I know, I'll pay attention."

Manager Tang walked out of the office with a grateful and excited face.

Li Xuechu has given up a lot of power, and now there are not many film company executives in Xiangjiang who can control 20 million independently, and I believe that Tang Fatzi will be very motivated to do things at least in the past two years. Li Xuechu does not expect the company to be as clean as a bowl of water, but he will not get out of control. He still needs to rely on this to make achievements, not to mention financial supervision.

There is a small regret that Tang Fatzi's behavior is not quite in line with his own aesthetics. When he first saw him, Li Xuechu always felt that the lines in the later Xiangjiang movies seemed to rush out of his mouth at any time: "It's so wise, too wise, and the little admiration for the boss is really like a surging river...... Bala Bala Bala. ”

Who knows nothing, the fat man sometimes tries to say a few words to himself, but the sycophants that come out are like muddy water, dry and tasteless. wasted a comedian's face, if it weren't for that festive face like a four-joy ball, he would have been able to make a cameo appearance in the movie or something.

Forget it, there are so many best products in real life. Li Xuechu put the boring idea behind him and began to worry about the future script.

There are really not many movies suitable for this era, comedy has been dug up for a round, dramas and action movies have also been filmed, and horror and science fiction have a large number of themes. Horror films are what they want to do during this time, the cost is small, but the box office potential is not low, and now the most important thing for the company is to open the North American market, and horror films are undoubtedly a good choice.

Compared with mainstream audiences, horror fans are more likely to accept foreign things, as long as the movie is scary enough, even if it is changed to an oriental face, it will not be as resistant as mainstream audiences, and it is a good choice to open up the foreign market. This already has a general direction in Li Xuechu's heart, just wait for the box office situation after the release of Chainsaw Horror, as long as the table is good, the follow-up series of classic horrors can be launched.

Sci-fi is troublesome, just with the scum special effects of this era, it's really troublesome to play sci-fi, and magic is the same thing. Hard sci-fi is no problem, but soft sci-fi can be considered.

Thinking of science fiction, Li Xuechu thought of a special effects company. Now that he is wealthy, it is not difficult to set up a special effects company, but the trouble is that with the decline of Xiangjiang Films in the future, it will be difficult for this supporting industry rooted in the film and television industry, and he will have to support himself at that time.

But it's not a big problem, I really don't take this money in my eyes now, and who knows what it will be like in the future? Compared to the 'original history', I have changed a lot of things. The animation company has built one of its own, and the special effects company has a lot of similarities with this, and the difficulty is not very great. Now that film production has not yet been in the computer era, the technological gap between the East and the West is not so big, and it will be a lot more expensive to do it in the future.

Take your time, you can't become fat in one bite. (To be continued......)

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