Although the movie was successful, the actual income was not satisfactory.

Due to the fact that the domestic film and television industry has not yet been restructured, the box office sharing system in later generations, including other systems, has not been perfected, and the traditional film industry in the whole country has basically lost money except for a small part of the films shot by various film studios.

Luo Yang has worked in the cultural department, and now he is engaged in this business again, and he knows the twists and turns very well. So as soon as he heard Chen Xiaoer talk about this, he understood that the film shooting of major film studios is still funded by the superiors, and the film studios report the number of films shot each year, and then carry out the method of fund matching.

This approach is basically the old way of the planned economy, the film studio is only responsible for shooting, and does not pay attention to the return of funds, coupled with the restrictions of the current policy, making movies is basically a loss, not to mention Chen Xiaoer, even the films of several famous domestic directors cannot guarantee that all the funds can be recovered.

This situation was like this in the previous cooperation between Luo Yang and Huhai Studio, Xie Lao was also troubled for a long time by the problem of funds in order to make that film, and finally it was completed with the help of Luo Yang and Xiangjiang Company.

Xie Lao is like this, not to mention Chen Xiaoer, who has just become famous. Although the movie he made responded well in the market, but in the end, he lost a lot of money, plus he was able to make these two movies, except for most of the funds that he found himself, and the film studio also sold Mr. Chen's face to help, but this kind of help can't go on forever, right? There are more people waiting for rice to be put into the pot in the entire film factory, and it is impossible to take care of Chen Xiaoer all the time.

So last year, after Chen Xiaoer completed the second part of "I Was Born to Be Useful", he fell into the problem of lack of funds. Since the investment did not receive a return, the original investors have clearly replied that they will not continue to invest in the next films.

As soon as the funds were cut off, Chen Xiaoer suddenly became worried, he was ready for the next movie, but now that the money is gone, how can he make it without money?

No matter how good Mr. Chen's ability is, at most he will help solve some problems within the film factory, not to mention Mr. Chen, even the director of the film factory can't solve it!

For this matter, Chen Xiaoer has not been less worried these days, thinking about where to get investment all day long, that is, at this time, the soldier who plays well on weekdays suddenly found him and told him about Luoyang's company, and told him that as long as Luo Yang nodded, the funds for making movies would not be a problem at all, but Luo Yang's money was not unconditional, and he needed to talk to Chen Xiaoer about the intention of cooperation, if possible, this matter might be solved.

As soon as he heard that there was such a good thing, where would Chen Xiaoer give up? In this way, the day after Luo Yang returned to Yanjing, Chen Xiaoer received a call from the soldier and rushed to the appointment. But even if he goes to the appointment, Chen Xiaoer also has his own insistence, although everyone is friends, and some ugly words are better in front.

After Chen Xiaoer finished saying this, Luo Yang asked directly: "Tell me about your conditions." ”

"I don't have many conditions, only three!" Chen Xiaoer said: "First: I must have the final say on the movie script, and I won't shoot an inappropriate script." ”

Luo Yang frowned slightly, and asked rhetorically: "You have the final say about the script you are referring to, referring to the creation or content of the script?" What if you provide a script that I don't think is appropriate? What would you say if I provided a script that you thought would be appropriate? ”

Chen Xiaoer seemed to have considered it for a long time, and immediately replied: "No matter what the source of the script is, the key is the content of the script, if the content is good, I will shoot it, if the content is worse, you can negotiate and adjust, and then shoot it to a satisfactory level, if the content of the script is not suitable at all, of course it is a refusal." ”

Luo Yang thought for a while and asked: "There must always be a boundary, if the script you provide is of course completely fine for you, but what if the script I provide here is not suitable for you to find a reason to say?" ”

"That's easy!" Chen Xiaoer said with a smile: "In other words, it is the three elements of the movie - story, meaning, and element considerations, plus the fit of the characters in the script." We can set a boundary in this regard, and then judge whether the script is suitable through this bottom line, not me saying it, not you saying it, everything is based on the script. ”

"That's okay, and if that's the case, I'm fine." Luo Yang nodded and replied.

Chen Xiaoer held up a second finger: "Second: During the filming process, the casting and how to shoot investors must not interfere too much. ”

"Little Er, this is not appropriate, right? After all, we paid for it, so we can't have no rights at all after we pay, right? Especially in the casting process, we also have our own co-actors, and since we are investing in films, it is normal to give preference to our own actors. Little Joe interjected.

Chen Xiaoer thought for a while and said: "In this way, let me revise it, the investor has the right to recommend actors and make suggestions during the filming process, but I also have the right to choose and decide whether to make the final selection, how about it?" ”

"It's ......." Xiao Qiao was about to refute, because what Chen Xiaoer said was too Hanhu, and he completely grasped the initiative, whether it was good or not, he had the final say, in case he insisted on saying no, wouldn't it mean that there was no way to take him?

"Yes!" Luo Yang answered in front of Xiao Qiao, he smiled at Chen Xiaoer and said: "I believe in your professionalism and character, since you have said these words in front, you are not prepared to hide them, otherwise you would not have said it so clearly, so I also agreed to this condition." ”

"Refreshing!" Chen Xiaoer patted his thigh, and he had a feeling of bosom friend, there are really not many investors like Luo Yang!

"And what about the third condition?" Luo Yang asked with a smile.

Chen Xiaoer smiled and set his third condition, which was copyright.

Chen Xiaoer told Luo Yang that no matter what the source of the script is, or what the channel for the later release, as the main creator and starring party, he needs to own a part of the copyright, and the proportion of the copyright can be discussed, and it will be negotiated according to the actual situation, and he knows that Luo Yang has a film company in Xiangjiang and a distribution channel, and if the film is released in Xiangjiang, he will also have a certain proportion of this part of the interests.

Listening to Chen Xiaoer say this, Luo Yang completely understood why Luo Lin told him that Chen Xiaoer is a very thoughtful person, and sometimes some ideas have surpassed many ordinary people, coupled with his straightforward personality and stubborn temper, if he is not familiar with people in a few words, maybe they will quarrel.

Originally, Luo Yang felt that what Luo Lin said was a bit excessive, but when Chen Xiaoer's three conditions were proposed, Luo Yang knew that Luo Lin was right, and her evaluation of Chen Xiaoer was completely correct.

If it weren't Luo Yang who was sitting today, if someone else had changed, maybe he wouldn't have slapped the table and scolded his mother without waiting for Chen Xiaoer to finish all the three conditions. Where is this to pull investment, it's completely looking for wrongs, and if you pay for it, you don't want to do this or that, isn't it to make yourself angry?

However, Luo Yang was not angry, on the contrary, he was more interested in Chen Xiaoer. Because Luo Yang has been in Xiangjiang for a long time, his contact and knowledge are much stronger than ordinary people, and compared with the mainland, the film and television industry in Xiangjiang is much more perfect, and many practices are closer to the West, and similar situations are not uncommon.

In addition, the cooperation proposed by Chen Xiaoer is not only an individual cooperation, that is, it is not a cooperation as an actor, but on the contrary, it is similar to the cooperation between two equivalent companies, or the group nature of a director, actor and producer to cooperate with Luo Yang.

From this point, it can be seen that Chen Xiaoer has confidence in himself and his belief in future success, otherwise he would not have put forward such conditions, let alone open his mouth.

Luo Yang thought about it, and frankly told Chen Xiaoer that the first two conditions were easy to handle, but the third condition was a little difficult.

After all, the mainland is not open to private film and television, and Chen Xiaoer also cooperates in his own name, and the film studio is also involved in the filming, and it is necessary to occupy the resources of the film studio.

In addition, there are many terms for copyright, such as script copyright, such as regional copyright, and other derivative copyrights in movies, etc., which are very complex and specialized in subdivision. With the current policy of the mainland, there is no such regulation, and Luo Yang will not be able to operate even if he agrees. In addition to the copyright of the script, Luo Yang can agree to the creation of the film, including the sharing of the leading actors, but there is nothing else that can be done.

Luo Yang didn't hide it, he explained to Chen Xiaoer very frankly, Chen Xiaoer touched his chin and thought about it after listening, and after thinking about it, he asked Luo Yang a few questions, Luo Yang answered them one by one, and promised that if it can't be operated in the mainland way, Chen Xiaoer can sign a contract with him Xiangjiang Company, which is more convenient.

Chen Xiaoer finally preliminarily agreed to Luo Yang's suggestion, he told Luo Yang that he had to go back to understand the situation, if what Luo Yang said was true, he would operate according to Luo Yang's suggestion, as for signing a contract or something, needless to say, he didn't have the idea of signing a contract, he preferred that the two sides would cooperate in an equal way, which would be beneficial to each other.

Finally, Chen Xiaoer also said with a smile that although the mainland has not yet opened up on private film and television, he thinks that it will be a matter of time before it is liberalized, and perhaps in a few years this kind of restriction will not exist, and then the cooperation between the two sides will have a more foundation.

Luo Yang laughed, nodded in agreement with Chen Xiaoer's statement, and hoped that this day would come sooner.

In this way, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement, which also made the soldiers on the side feel relieved, and immediately suggested that everyone have a toast for the success of the cooperation, Xiao Qiao helped everyone pour full of wine, Luo Yang raised the wine glass and touched Chen Xiaoer, and said that the cooperation was happy.

Chen Xiaoer was also full of smiles, said that he was happy to cooperate, and raised his hand to drink the wine together.