Chapter 379: Liu Zhiheng and Boss Zhou want to make a movie
Lao Zhou and Liu Zhiheng have been walking very diligently these days.
They're working on a co-production of a movie.
Lao Zhou himself is a movie fan, he likes to watch movies very much, and he chased many stars when he was young.
But as he grew older and his career became busy, he focused more on his work, and of course music was one of his hobbies that he could never lose no matter what.
Liu Zhiheng, as a "young man" who has just turned forty years old, is also relatively young in mind when he is not facing his huge enterprise, and he is also quite enthusiastic about stars and film and television content.
"First of all, we need to determine what type of movie we want to make, then determine the theme, and then talk about the casting, of course, the soundtrack must be our good friend Brother Jiang."
At this time, Lao Zhou was like a child who was thinking about his summer plan, rubbing his hands excitedly, looking at the white paper and pen in his hand with blazing eyes, looking forward to writing something on it.
"I think we can all write about a few genres and themes that we are interested in, and then put them together to find common ground?"
Liu Zhiheng is also very excited, his company is involved in many industries, but there is no film and television and music, so this first participation is actually a ticket work.
But who made the two of them big bosses with a lot of money, rich and capricious, spending tens of millions of dollars to make a movie for their hobbies, in fact, it is not a big thing worth thinking about for too long.
"Okay, then do as you say, let's write down our favorite ideas and see if there are any overlaps."
Then the two sat separately and wrote down the types and themes of the movies they were interested in on a blank piece of paper with a pen.
Liu Zhiheng bit the tip of the pen and pondered for a long time, then put down the pen and wrote down the words "fantasy, science fiction, urban" and "suspense, interstellar war, funny".
Lao Zhou wrote directly and wrote down his favorite type:
"Martial arts, Xianxia, urban", and "Jianghu strife, pretending to be forced to slap the face, tricky and funny".
Then the two put the written paper together and placed it next to each other on the table.
"Hey! Lao Zhou, I didn't expect you to be also a lover of martial arts, you must have watched "Talking and Laughing in the Rivers and Lakes", right?"
"Of course, I've watched it twice, yo? Boss Liu also likes to watch sci-fi? I also liked to read magazines like "UFO Exploration" back then, but then didn't some qigong master just pop up during that time, and successfully shifted my attention from science fiction to the supernatural power of gods and ghosts, and then I also liked Xianxia......
Both looked at each other's lists, laughing and talking about their hobbies.
"So, what we have in common is the urban type?"
In the end, both of them fixed their eyes on the word "urban".
"Haha, and we all like "funny" movies? Isn't that a coincidence?"
"Yes, what a coincidence, I chase after the movies of those comedy stars on the market now, especially the Shen Teng called "Happy Fritters", I have watched all his movies without landing!"
"Ha, you also like to watch Shen Teng's movies? Haha, I'm also a fan of him, or why don't we invite him to be the protagonist of our new movie this time?"
The more the two talked, the happier they became, and the more they talked, the more they co-produced, and finally decided to co-produce a humorous and funny urban theme movie together, and try to invite the popular comedy film actor Shen Teng to join as the protagonist of this movie.
In terms of investment, both sides contribute 5 million each, and then each of them goes to attract sponsors and other investors, and the total investment is set at about 25 million.
One of the most important is to ask Jiang Kan to compose a song for this film, the theme song at the beginning and end of the film, and the promotional song can be used, depending on how he chooses.
Remuneration, 500,000 plus 5% of the movie box office dividends, this is already a very good price, if it weren't for Jiang Kan being a mutual friend of the two, the ordinary world price please
If a composer writes a song, it will be enough for 500,000 at most, and the two of them also want to pull Jiang Kan to make a fortune together.
The weekend came quickly, and Jiang Kan also picked up Yu Kai at the airport, who had traveled a long way.
"Ha, it's been a long time, and you still look so good!"
Yu Kai put down the suitcase in his hand, hugged Jiang Kan, and patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically.
"It's only a month, the older you get, the more time flies, and it doesn't take long for a month to pass?"
Jiang Kan also sighed a little, this time flies so fast, and it has been a month since he came here in a blink of an eye.
"How long will you stay here?"
"I'm not sure, let's see when I'm done, what, you want to keep me for a few more days?"
"Look at you, anyway, I don't have to go to the company every day to work now, I can go with you wherever you want to play."
"Yo? That's right, it's worthy of being a minister of the Imperial Mission, and he's no longer the office otaku who had to look at other people's faces in the first place!"
"Hehe, there are a few people who can not look at people's faces, I came here and said that no one cares, but after all, is there still performance to control me...... Don't say so much, let's go, give you a pick-up, and invite you to eat this beef hot pot at night!"
The two brothers walked out of the airport with their shoulders hooked up and got on the airport bus and entered the city.
In the evening, Jiang Kan entertained his old friends in a famous local beef hot pot restaurant, Yu Kai, who had never been in contact with Lingnan special beef hot pot, was very addicted to eating, fortunately, Jiang Kan is now a rich man, otherwise this table is really painful.
"By the way, did I tell you that Lao Zhou and Boss Liu are making a movie together these days?"
Full of wine and food, Yu Kai found a toothpick, and bragged to Jiang Kan while picking his teeth comfortably.
"Making movies? Liu Zhiheng and Boss Zhou?"
Jiang Kan was stunned when he heard this, good guy, do these two old guys have such a lot of fun? Why did you suddenly remember to make a movie?
It should be said that they are all super tyrants, rich and capricious, making a movie is like making a movie?
"That's not it, the two local tyrants and big bosses have been enthusiastic about this matter these days, and they are studying the specific content in the tavern every day, as if they are going to make an urban film with a funny theme, and the specific content has not come out yet, and they are studying who to find to write this script!"
"Hey, they really want to do it, I'm really envious, being rich is willful, the pastime of us poor people is watching movies, and their pastime is making movies......
Jiang Kan was also speechless, he didn't feel anything when he usually played together, but this time, the difference in everyone's economic level was reflected at once, and he was still earning hard money here, and people were good at making tens of millions, just as easy as playing.
"Haha, looking at your expression, envy, jealousy, and hatred, right? Let me tell you, I still have my share this time!"
Looking at Jiang Kan's expression, Yu Kai naturally knew what he was thinking, and when he learned about the thoughts of the two, his heart was sour for a while, after all, everyone is a classmate of the same age, why do you work hard to earn a 10,000 yuan of part-time wages a day, and people can be so rich that they can waste as much as they want?
Fortunately, he is also a big-eyed person here, and he won't think too much about these things.
"They're going to ask you to write songs for the new movie, and that is the main purpose of what they're going to do with the movie."
However, Yu Kai's words surprised Jiang Kan.
"In order for me to write songs for the movie, you decided to make a new movie?"
He felt as if he had heard a very ridiculous thing, just like the story told by a certain comedian who commented on the story - in order not to waste a plate of vinegar at home, he went to buy two catties of crabs and came back to dip and eat.
"Yes, at the beginning, they just joked that you made the martial arts movie "Smiling in the Rivers and Lakes" popular this time, if they invested in making a mainstream movie and asked you to write songs, wouldn't they be able to make a lot of money?"
"Then the more I talked, the more serious I became, the more I talked, the more I devoted, and finally I really made up my mind to make such a movie to test the waters.
Yu Kai's words were full of envy and longing, he couldn't come up with millions to invest in making a movie, even if he had, he felt that he would not have such courage, the risk was too high.
"Hey, so is this a real-life version of the chicken or the egg?"
Jiang Kan also thought it was funny, but since the two big-money friends didn't care about it, he wouldn't raise any objections.
"And, hehe, it's not like I didn't get any benefits, and when I talked to them about this in the tavern the day before yesterday, they asked me if I would be interested in playing a supporting role in a show? I also said that after watching the overtime dog skin care product advertisement I shot before, I feel that I still have a bit of talent in acting, hahahaha!"
"And you agreed?"
"Nonsense, it's not, it's a movie! How could I not say yes? But they haven't started preparing the script yet, so they just said that they would leave me a corner and wait for the news."
Yu Kai was full of pride when he said this, after all, when a person reaches forty, he can still go back to the big screen, even if it is only a supporting role, it is enough for him to blow the rest of his life!
"That's a good feeling, hahaha, then let's wait for their news, eat, continue to eat, eat and drink well tonight, don't say that I, the host, didn't entertain you well!"
On the second day of the broadcast of "Return to Daqin", Lao Lu still found that the ratings rose sharply when the opening song was played, and then dropped sharply after the start of the feature film.
But at this time, he already knew that this group of Jiang Kan fans just came to listen to the opening song, and after listening to it, he changed the channel and turned off the TV, so he didn't panic again.
On the contrary, the quality of this drama may be really good, even if many people come to Jiang Kan's opening song, there are still a small number of people who really stay.
This is like an advertisement for an online game, there are a lot of people who come in to see it, and although there are not many left, it is much better than nothing.
"Return to Daqin" also gradually began to occupy a place at 8 o'clock in the evening in the minds of the majority of TV audiences, and gradually had some fixed audiences.
But at the beginning, it was still watched by more people in the Lingnan area, after all, this is a TV series dubbed in Cantonese dialect, although there is still a Chinese version of dubbing, but it is still a little unacceptable for mainland audiences.
This will only slowly improve after waiting for the advancement of time and the audience's sense of substitution.
On the contrary, it was broadcast on Hangzhou Satellite TV, and "The Legend of the New White Snake", which used all Chinese dubbing at the beginning, has recently become popular, and the wave of chasing dramas is wave after wave, and the ratings reached 4.1% early, if there is no big accident, there must be a lot of room for growth, and the position of the drama king this year has theoretically been secured!
After all, it is a national-level super IP, or a TV series that has been remade many times, and it is normal to have such high ratings.
"After the third episode aired tonight, the ratings of the feature film have been maintained at 1.89%, which is good, continue to carry forward!"
Lao Lu happily looked at the numbers on the screen, and sighed in his heart that the 2.5% task set by the boss this time should be completed in the tenth episode or so, and now during the day, he has heard people discussing this drama on the subway and bus, especially discussing the protagonist, plot and opening song, it seems that publicity has also played a big role.
"The idea of asking Jiang Kan to be in charge of the opening song is really genius, if he can really achieve his goal this time, his role is really not negligible!"
I have completely forgotten how I was angry at the other party's poor production level and the production time was too long when I was in Feiyang Entertainment Yangcheng Branch.
"Lao Lu, how are the ratings today, are they up to 2%?"
Just as he was happily immersed in the rising ratings, a familiar voice appeared in his ear.
The only person in the company who dares to call him like this is his boss - Wang
Total.
"Hehe, Mr. Wang, tonight's ratings are also rising, although the speed is not very fast, but it has reached 1.89%, and it should be about 1.95% after tonight's two episodes are broadcast."
Talking about his best estimate, Lao Lu answered Mr. Wang's question.
"Good, keep it up, keep it up. By the way, Lao Lu, I still have an idea, you can help me as a staff officer......
Mr. Wang folded Lao Lu's shoulders and pulled him out of the office of the marketing department.
"Oh? Mr. Wang, you say, I must know everything!"
Lao Lu raised his eyebrows, what new ideas does the boss plan to play?
"That's right, isn't the opening song of our show very popular? So I'm going to come up with another amount of money and use my connections to get the word out and get it up to the top 20 this month, what do you think?"
"Oh? That's a good idea, Mr. Wang, or your old thinking is flexible, why didn't I think of this?"
"Are you in favor of that?" Any additional thoughts?"
"Well, let me think about it...... By the way, don't tell me, I really have a good idea!"
"Oh? Say it!"
"Let's do this, this song is not sung by Jiang Kan, Jiang Kan must have a lot of die-hard fans, right, let's mainly target these groups, and encourage them to work hard to promote this song spontaneously, let's give them some financial rewards, so that they can get twice the result with half the effort, what do you think?"