To put it mildly, Zheng Xu's money from making a TV series, and Lao Zhang's total income from making five movies are not as good as the money Zheng Xu earns from a movie, how can this be played?

And even if he can solve the funding problem now, how will the manpower come from?

Like Flashing Media, it is a team that Zheng Xu personally took a few years to personally bring out step by step, how can he have the time to spend a few more years raising such a team of gold-swallowing beasts to slowly develop a game?

If you spend a lot of money, you can smash a team like this, but it's not realistic!

Don't say anything else, what is the virtue of the team outside, Lao Zhang is still very clear in his heart, it is okay to use it temporarily, but if he wants to form a fixed team, after a long time, then he will stop making movies, and he will be busy with the messy bullshit in the company as a whole.

He now lacks the core of the team, lacks the team development model, and lacks everything, but today I took a look at Zheng Xu and found that this is not something that ordinary people can play.

If you really want to play, you have to lay a good foundation from scratch like Zheng Xu, and lead the team yourself, and you have to ensure that the project in hand can be stable and profitable, and to ensure sustainability, and you must choose a good base and have a foundation, even if this is the case, it may not be possible to produce results within a year or two, and if you want to speed up the results, you have to spend more money.

But for other directors or film and television companies, making movies is a commercial and profitable project, and it is not enough to spend so much money for the team! If you have the money, you might as well outsource some of the projects.

So after going around in a circle, this problem is a bit unsolvable, this is also in the past few years, after Zheng Xu became famous, there have been people who have peeked at the flashing media, but there has been no one who has copied the success of his model.

If you really have money, you don't need to play this mode, and if you don't have money, you want to play this mode, but the money is not enough.

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"Try this, this is bear meat, I feel okay when I eat it, our canteen master said that the meat of this thing is a bit of firewood, when you leave, I will give you two bear paws, and Lu Bao, to replenish your body."

Shopping and chatting with Lao Zhang today, the two of them can talk quite well, Zheng Xu is very easy-going for people who have no interest disputes with him, Lao Zhang is still an old-timer after all.

"Your way is quite wild, now in China, the bear's paw is not easy to do."

Lao Zhang is not averse to this, he knows that Zheng Xu is very angry and righteous.

"Haha, low-key and low-key, this thing is a gift from a foreign guest, not something we took the initiative to ask for."

Zheng Xu still has to nod his face, he is still a nominal member of the International Wildlife Conservation Organization, and it is not good to spread this kind of thing.

A simple meal, after eating for half an hour, the places that could be seen were almost there, Zheng Xu invited Lao Zhang to his office for tea.

Lao Zhang followed Zheng Xu and found that after walking around today, the employees of this flash media didn't even feel particularly excited when they saw him, and they didn't come up to ask for an autograph or a group photo, and they looked too calm.

After saying this question, Zheng Xu said quietly: "Ah... Our company is special, usually when I work, work first, besides, I accompany you, they may be looking at me here, a little shy. ”

Zheng Xu was embarrassed to tell Lao Zhang the truth.

As employees of Flashing Media, theoretically speaking, one of them is counted as one, and they should all be people in the entertainment industry.

But they rarely cooperate with the outside world, and they always play their own games.

Later, I followed Zheng Xu to the east and west, and I saw a lot of people, and I didn't have any curiosity, Lao Zhang himself was lethal and attractive to the actors.

But for the young people of Flashy Media, who chases the stars and chases a haggard old man, if he really comes up to take a group photo and embarrass the boss, who is it? Not really.

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Walking into Zheng Xu's office, Lao Zhang looked at the layout of Zheng Xu's office, a large desk, a computer, and a few documents piled up next to it, not like some bosses who made a whole wall of bookshelves, a very clean office, on the wall behind the desk, a huge world map was full of dense lines of different colors.

There are also small pushpins of various colors pressed on it, which doesn't look like an office, but a bit like an operational command center.

There are four Oscar statuette trophies on the desk, Lao Zhang saw the corner of his mouth twitching, what he couldn't ask for, people went out three times to get four back!

On one side of the office is a water dispenser, a small cabinet, and a set of sofa coffee tables.

It's as simple as that.

Zheng Xu was busy making tea, and Lao Zhang sat on the sofa like this, a little disappointed.

"Haha, I'm a little shabby here, I don't like a messy environment, like the kind of ornaments that others do, antiques, I don't like them, as for books, I don't have time to read them, I'm too lazy to put them out, I like this kind of simplicity."

Zheng Xu poured tea and sat down to hand Lao Zhang cigarettes.

Lao Zhang listened to Zheng Xu's words, but it was also expected, Zheng Xu's own style is like this, don't engage in those bells and whistles, and the movies he makes are also like this.

Lighting a cigarette, Lao Zhang stared at Zheng Xu's desk, was silent for a moment, and said: "Recently, I want to come to you to learn from experience, learn some experience, form a team, and prepare to toss a Hollywood movie after a while." ”

Following Lao Zhang's gaze, Zheng Xu found that the place Lao Zhang was looking at seemed to be the Oscar statuettes on the table.

Now Lao Zhang is really old-hearted, is he ready to hit the Oscars again?

"What subject?" Zheng Xu is still a little curious, the two directors sit together, and it is inevitable that they will talk about something professional.

"Thomas Tool, do you know you? He has an idea, about the Great Wall, and now the initial script has come out, and I am changing it, and I will also do a co-production. ”

Thomas Tool?

Zheng Xu knows this person, but he doesn't know him well, this product is the CEO of Legendary Pictures in the United States.

But think about a foreigner who wrote a script about the Great Wall, isn't this a bit unreliable?

Leaning back on the sofa, Zheng Xu quickly recalled, it seems that there is really a movie, but...

How to say it, the evaluation of this movie is not good, the key is that this thing is a commercial film.

Think about a commercial film that wants to hit the Oscars, this is a disadvantage inherently!

After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Xu finally remembered, isn't this the magic film "The Great Wall", known as the Lord of the Rings of the East?

Don't say anything else, the two box office poisons of a man and a woman in the Yanguo film and television circle have been brought, Lao Zhang is really a warrior!

But you can't just look at the problem from your own point of view, if Zheng Xu really looks at Lao Zhang like this now, it won't hurt to stand and talk.

He is not short of funds, but Lao Zhang is lacking, if he finds an investor to invest, what can he do if he is stuffed with actors?

This is not Lao Zhang's helplessness, but the helplessness of most directors in the entire industry, except for Zheng Xu.

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"How? Interested in throwing some money into the game? Lao Zhang asked Zheng Xu very casually.

Zheng Xu didn't rush to answer, he thought about it for a long time, decided whether to say it or not, and persuaded Lao Zhang a little, people are guests today.

It doesn't matter if he listens to persuasion or not, but what he should say, he still has to mention it a little, and Lao Zhang will complain about him when the time comes.

"Uh... Mr. Zhang, a foreigner, engaged in the script of our Great Wall, can I ask what the specific content is? ”

Zheng Xu pretended to be very curious and began to explore Lao Zhang's script.

"Have you seen The Lord of the Rings? is going to make a large-scale magic drama in our East, with a strong sense of epic. Don't underestimate Thomas Toll, can be the CEO of a Hollywood film and television company, no two brushes can do? ”

"Besides, what I'm doing at the moment is to sinicize their scripts like you, change the unreasonable places, and fill in something new."

Lao Zhang raised his eyebrows at Zheng Xu after speaking, this is all a routine that Zheng Xu played last year, and he also wants to try it!

Isn't it just to find an American screenwriter to send the script, and then sinicize, make a complete story, and hype it up.

Lao Zhang summed up the experience, Zheng Xu made a brotherhood, he made a big one, and came directly to the Song Dynasty, which has a thick history!

Zheng Xu cooperated with his own leather bag company to engage in the nominal "Sino-US co-production", and he entered Hollywood directly in one step!

Even Hollywood stars are ready to invite a few, this is the real "Sino-US co-production" in his mind!

is as childish as Zheng Xu, he doesn't do it!

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After listening to Lao Zhang's words, Zheng Xu blinked, he was really a little speechless, why did I cause this?

Then he can't persuade him if he wants to persuade now, melon field and plum!

If he continues to persuade Lao Zhang, won't he become a villain and hinder Director Zhang's enterprising spirit?

It's a thing.

"Forget it, I won't participate in your project, we will also work on a new TV series project in the second half of this year, and we don't have any spare money to do other projects."

If you can't persuade it, just forget it, Zheng Xu turned his head and raised a new shield.

"Oh? It's almost April, don't you still have a short video project? Add to that the new TV series project, and you're not making movies this year? Don't take advantage of the victory to chase down? ”

According to Lao Zhang's plan, when his historical magic blockbuster is ready, the two will successfully meet in Los Angeles and hit the Oscars together.

Now that Zheng Xu looks like this, he won't go to the Oscars this year?

"Hey, I've been doing it for so many years, no matter how much money I have, I can't afford to spend it, public relations is too expensive." Speaking of this, Zheng Xu opened the conversation, public relations, everyone understands, but the public relations that Zheng Xu refers to are so different from the public relations that Lao Zhang understands.

For example, if Zheng Xu and Lao Zhang are both students, Lao Zhang is considered a top student, and when facing the exam, although he will also make a little cheat sheet ritually, he will rely more on himself and be confident!

But Zheng Xu belongs to the kind of ordinary students who are at the middle level of academic performance, and when they take exams, they will prepare in advance and like to go crookedly.

Not only will you peek at the standard answers in advance, but you will also prepare professional cheat sheets, stationery, hands, clothes, thighs, soles, and places where you can write cheat sheets for him! Be prepared.

Wait for the test results to come out, hey!

Although the real learning level is not as good as Lao Zhang, Zheng Xu can do better than him in the exam, of course, everything is when the invigilator does not catch him.

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Speaking of public relations, Lao Zhang really wants to ask Zheng Xu for advice, but it's not easy to ask, it's impossible for Zheng Xu to teach him how to go to the public relations Oscar, right?

It's a lot of talk!

In the past, Lao Zhang always handed over public relations matters to professional public relations companies, but his kind of public relations company, it is just like that, it is not enough to make money, but if you want them to make any effort, don't expect them, you get what you pay for.

This time, Lao Zhang is confident, because the partner has a Hollywood film and television company!

He came according to Zheng Xu's routine this time, there are people inside Oscar, and now everyone has common interests, so they should be able to do their best to help him with public relations, right?

This topic is embarrassing when chatting, Zheng Xu said shallowly, Lao Zhang thought that he was presumptuous to ask, and he was embarrassed to continue to ask Zheng Xu, and the conversation turned to the structure of the film.

"I've studied your films, the story structure is very simple, the main line is very clear, and there are not many expressions of inner thoughts.

Speaking of this, Zheng Xu has a bit of a headache, first of all, he is not from the film industry, this is a congenital disadvantage, secondly, Director Zhang has been in the film industry for so many years, and his theoretical level has beaten Zheng Xu for dozens of streets, he can see these problems, and Zheng Xu himself knows it.

But it's not that he can't change it, it's that he can't change it!

This is the difference between the two people's perception and concept of the movie.

In Zheng Xu's view, a movie, you don't care if it's a literary film or a commercial film, at least let the audience understand it, right?

Speaking of which, after some literary films are made, some people boast after watching this film how powerful and awesome it is, how connotative and thoughtful it is.

But most ordinary viewers looked confused after watching it, so powerful that they didn't know it, and they couldn't even understand the story.

What's the saddest thing about watching a movie?

It's just that you didn't understand it after watching a movie! You need to read the movie review by yourself and then watch it against the memories, and even this may not be able to understand it!

How many normal ordinary viewers are willing to watch this kind of movie?

Some directors follow a stream of consciousness, and a lot of things are condensed in a film, and non-professionals can't understand the films he makes.

Lao Zhang is a bit off this line.

Look at the movies he made, except for the ones starring Gong Huang in the early years, how many people in the remaining ones can really understand what he wants to express?

What is the biggest feature of Lao Zhang's movies in the eyes of the general public?

It's the picture, not the plot.

Lao Zhang's lens language is good, and the picture shot is atmospheric.

But Lao Zhang's movies are weak in storytelling, and sometimes they can't even understand the story.

But Zheng Xu definitely can't play like this, he is taking the route of cultural anti-invasion, and then invading others, shooting something that even ordinary audiences can't understand, who else is he invading?

Lost his head?

Who has a brain in the water to make a movie to invade film judges and professional film critics?

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