Before opening the script, Shen Zhuo thought that "A Good Show" would be a simple comedy like "Night Club".

But looking at it, he quickly saw that the doorway was coming.

"A Good Show" tells a slightly absurd story.

The actor's company held a team building, and the group went out to sea by boat, but a meteorite from the sky caused a tsunami, and everyone escaped from death, and finally ended up on a desert island in the vast sea.

It's a place of seclusion, left by modern society and faced with a lack of food and clothing, and it didn't take long for former colleagues to create a gap with each other.

Some people want to compete for power, some people only care about slapping horses, and some people do not hesitate to sell their hue in order to survive......

In extreme cases, relationships are reshuffled, and everyone has their own thoughts, so a fight soon ensues.

But the lottery ticket that the actor bought won the jackpot of 10 million, and he has been working at the bottom for decades, and he dreams of leaving the desert island and cashing out the lottery ticket in his hand.

Everyone else is only thinking about how to survive on a desert island, but the male protagonist is bent on leaving, which leads to many things.

Such a story obviously will not lack contradictions and conflicts, and the good and evil of human nature are also shown in it.

Compared with "Night Club", "A Good Show" has made a deeper exploration of the plot, the comedy elements have become embellishments, and the dramatic conflict is more intense.

There is no doubt that this film has investment value.

It's just that Shen Zhuo hasn't figured out how to invest yet.

Should you take the risk of becoming a major investor in the film? Or should it be safe to invest a few million?

His fingers subconsciously tapped lightly on the script, a habitual action he had as he thought.

In the film industry, compared with large companies like Huanyu Film and Television, Huarui Film and Television can only be regarded as a second-tier company.

But Huarui's distribution ability is actually not bad, at least not the main factor that has been widened.

What really determines Huarui's status is the ability to make films.

Huanyu Film and Television has maintained long-term in-depth cooperation with several well-known directors such as Wu Shaolin, and its brokerage company has also signed a large number of first- and second-tier actors, and will mainly produce a number of large-scale cinema movies every year.

Huarui Film and Television is different, there are neither senior directors nor first-line actors in the company, except for investing in the production of some small-budget films, they basically participate in film production in the form of co-investment.

Of course, Shen Zhuo is not willing to only make achievements in the field of distribution, and has always wanted to develop into a large company integrating production and distribution.

However, a normal theatrical movie has an investment of tens of millions at every turn, and in terms of Huarui's size, it really can't withstand several failures.

He didn't want to ruin the accumulation of Huarui Film and Television over the years because of a rash advance, so he could only be cautious, cautious, and cautious, and survived like walking on thin ice until now.

Right now, Fang Bo's "A Good Show" is indeed an opportunity,

In terms of the idea and completion of the script, this movie is completely worth the investment, and Fang Bo also proved his directing ability with "Night Club".

Perhaps, it's time to take a risk.

Shen Zhuo couldn't help but think of a conversation with Song Huaiyuan before, when he told Song Huaiyuan that he felt that Fang Bo was an unsheathed sword, and the gentleman hid his weapon and waited for it to move, and once the time was right, he would shine.

At this moment, he had a hunch that the time might have come.

Shen Zhuo made up his mind, raised his head, closed the script in his hand, and said with a smile: "Director Fang, I have finished reading the script, it is indeed a good story." I think we can talk a little bit more about the investment ratio. ”

"Okay." Fang Bo smiled and nodded, feeling a little relieved in his heart.

The cooperation between the two parties in the promotion and distribution of "Night Club" is very smooth, and it is of course great that the new film can get investment in Huarui Film and Television.

"Director Fang, listen to what you said, the production cost of this movie is expected to be about 35 million, I don't know how much investment share is left now?"

When it came to business, Shen Zhuo couldn't help but be a little serious, and his attitude became formal.

Fang Bo said slowly: "Don't hide it from Mr. Shen, because the cooperation between our two sides in "Night Club" is very smooth, so Huarui Film and Television is my preferred cooperation target, and I have not contacted other investors before this. ”

Hearing Fang Bo being so sincere, a smile appeared on Shen Zhuo's originally serious face, "Okay, since Director Fang trusts us Hua Rui so much, then I'll give you an explanation." Hua Rui is willing to invest 20 million in "A Good Show" and can undertake the distribution of the film. ”

"As for the rest of the investment, Hua Rui also has a little connection in the film industry, if Director Fang is willing, we can connect on his behalf."

"20 million?" Fang Bo lowered his head and thought about it.

In this way, there is still a gap of 15 million in the production cost of the movie.

This money, it seems that you can afford it?

As of today, the cumulative box office of "Night Club" has exceeded 120 million, and after deducting taxes and theater sharing, the net box office is about 48 million.

After subtracting the 25% share of Huarui Film and Television, as well as the publicity and distribution cost of 10 million, there is still 26 million left in Fang Bo's hands, and after paying taxes, it is estimated that it is about the same as 15 million.

What's more, "Night Club" can still have some box office in the future, and the foreign copyright of the movie has not been sold yet, and it can make millions of dollars if it is sold.

After roughly calculating in his mind, Fang Bo raised his head and said, "If Huarui Film and Television can accept the advance in advance, I think the remaining 15 million can be made up by me." ”

This sounds like a bit of an empty glove white wolf.

However, Fang Bo is very serious, anyway, the box office payment is first on the account of Huarui Film and Television, and the total box office is there, and a little calculation will show that Fang Bo's box office share can afford this money, so the risk of advancing funds is not much at all, and Huarui can deduct it directly after receiving the payment.

"Huh?" Shen Zhuo was a little surprised.

It's not that he was surprised that he didn't advance money, but Fang Bo was willing to pay for it himself.

15 million is not a small number, and if the movie fails at the box office after its release, the loss will not be small.

But thinking about it from another angle, Fang Boken took a lot of money to throw it in, which also shows that he is very optimistic about this movie.

So after weighing the risk, Shen Zhuo nodded and agreed, "There should be no problem with the advance." ”

At this point, the two sides finally determined the preliminary cooperation intention, and the next step is to slowly discuss the details.

In the next few days, the senior management of Fang Bo and Huarui Film and Television held many meetings one after another, and gradually reached an agreement on specific matters such as the sharing ratio, advance interest, and publicity and distribution plans.

In the end, both parties came up with a mutually satisfactory cooperation plan, and then signed a formal contract.

After solving the investment problem of "A Good Show", Fang Bo also entrusted the foreign copyright distribution of "Night Club" to Huarui Film and Television, and then prepared his second film without distraction.