Gu Wei probably flipped through the script and found that it was basically the same as the story of the original time and space.

"It's a good story, why can't you raise money?"

Lu Yang smiled bitterly

"Senior brother, don't you know, it's difficult to be a director. The process of filming is difficult or not, not to mention whether it is difficult or not, finding money in the early stage is the biggest problem.

If you are a director who has not proven himself at the box office, it is even more difficult to get money from investors.

The award-winning movie I made before, [Cinema for the Blind], do you know how much it cost me to make a budget in the early stage? ”

"How much?"

Gu Wei only knew which movie had a good reputation, which movie had a high box office, and which movie won many awards when he watched the news in his previous life, but he didn't understand the twists and turns of making a movie at all.

But now he is from a professional class, and the teachers and classmates around him, his brothers and sisters are all his own people.

Mixing in the circle, as long as he wants to learn, these are not difficult for him.

"3.5 million, my plan is to use 3.5 million to finish filming, but I found money and looked around, and in the end, only West Film Studio agreed to give money, just 1.8 million, you can't shoot it, of course I shoot.

The 1.8 million is still the help of the teachers in the school, which has made me hard. Otherwise, if you are a rookie director and want to use millions to make movies, there is no door.

The film was made quite well, although it was not released, but I participated in several film festivals abroad, sold the copyright, and did not lose money, which is also the right teachers and investors. ”

"Since the last movie was successful, there should be no shortage of investment in this one."

Gu Wei asked

"How can it be so easy, the last movie only had an investment of 1.8 million, and it was a literary film, and it barely paid off. In everyone's opinion, I am a literary film director.

This time the preparation for this martial arts movie is an obvious commercial film, and the investment cost is at least tens of millions. Which investor is willing to take tens of millions to test the waters for me, a literary film director who has never made a commercial film. ”

Lu Yang seemed to have finally found someone to talk to, and complained and complained to Gu Wei with dissatisfaction

"I said that no one can make commercial films from the beginning, but no one is willing to give you this opportunity, plus over the years, the market for martial arts movies has not been good, and everyone is not optimistic about martial arts films.

There is also a film company that read the script and said to me, the feelings of the characters in your story are quite interesting, why don't you change the script, change the ancient costume to the modern one, and change the Jinyi Wei to the city management? ”

Hearing this, Gu Wei couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Senior brother, you say, isn't this nonsense!"

"There are so many film companies and big studios in the market, but none of them are interested?"

Gu Wei asked

"It's not nothing, the third master of China Film is quite optimistic about me, I talked to him, he is completely on the basis of wanting to support young Chinese film directors, plus I won an award in my last film, and wants to help me, just like he was optimistic about supporting Ning Hao before.

It's a pity that my movie is not [Crazy Stone], it can't be won by millions, and the investment of tens of millions is not something that can be given even if the third master says it, and now it is being discussed internally. ”

Gu Wei is now basically clear about the general situation of this movie

"Then according to your budget, how much does it cost to shoot the whole movie?"

Lu Yang lowered his head and hesitated

"I probably calculated that if I want to shoot the effect I want, at least 30 million will do."

"Who are you going to find to play the main role?"

"The protagonist plans to find a star from Hong Kong and Taiwan, who can have box office appeal. Teacher Jin Shijie recommended Zhang Zhen from Wanwan to me before, but I haven't been in contact with it yet. It's not that the investment has not yet appeared, and it is easy to say that there is money for actors. ”

"Senior brother, I have watched your movie, I want to vote."

Gu Wei put down the script and said solemnly to Lu Yang

"Gu Wei, have you thought about it, I also told you a lot about the risks of this movie, we were introduced by the teacher, I can't pit you, when the movie loses money, I won't have the face to come to see the teacher."

Lu Yang didn't call his junior brother, but solemnly emphasized the risks to Gu Wei again.

"Senior brother, I am not impulsive, but deliberate.

First of all, I am optimistic about you as a person, optimistic about your directing ability, and secondly, I am optimistic about this story, like you, I also like this script very much, I think as long as we work hard, this movie will definitely succeed. ”

Lu Yang was very excited when he heard this, and felt that this little junior brother was not only a charcoal in the snow, but also understood himself and was his bosom friend.

"Senior brother, don't worry, every shot of this movie is in my head, and I will do my best to shoot it well."

Gu Wei smiled

"Senior brother, don't get excited, I haven't finished talking yet, your movie is not a small project, you are making a martial arts film, the role of martial arts instructors is very important, as well as photography, makeup, props, etc.

It's best to have a professional producer to help you with the overall planning.

We needed a big company to work with so that we could prepare for the shoot.

Although I can invest all of them, for this reason, I can only invest half of the 15 million. ”

Gu Wei's words were very beautiful, he didn't have so much money in his hand, so he decided to invest half of it, but he still looked like I was thinking about the movie.

Although he only received half of the investment commitment, Lu Yang was still excited

"Senior brother, what you said is so right, with your 15 million, it will be much easier for me to talk about it when I go to China Film again, and the preparation of the crew can be completely with China Film."

"Senior brother, I have a small request."

Lu Yang was still in a state of excitement

"Senior brother, you are an investor, you can just open your mouth if there is anything."

"I want to play Shen Lian." Gu Wei put away his smile and looked at Lu Yang and said

Lu Yang was also stunned for a moment, and he realized that this little junior brother who opened his mouth to invest 15 million in his movie was actually a student of the acting department of the film academy.

That's how wonderful things are.

Only then did he regain his heart and carefully observe the junior brother in front of him again.

He is tall, with handsome facial features, a high nose bridge, and deep eyes.

It's just that the skin is too fair, but fortunately, this can be solved with makeup.

Gu Wei didn't speak at this time, he knew that Lu Yang was observing him, and his expression became serious.

The expression should be as close as possible to the state of the character that he understands.

At this time, in Lu Yang's opinion, Gu Wei's expression became cold again.

"Very good, junior brother, your image is very consistent with the protagonist Shen Lian, and you are still a top student in the academy, I don't have to worry about acting skills, you are simply the best candidate for Shen Lian."

The sedan chair carries people, and Lu Yang doesn't know what Gu Wei's acting skills are, but everyone has invested 15 million, and he is basically the largest investor, and there is no problem with the image, what's wrong with playing a leading role.

If your acting skills are not up to par during filming, then slowly train them, isn't it also one of the director's jobs to train actors.

After determining the investment and starring, the rest are all details, and the two of them chatted hotly.

A person who brings capital into the group, can play the male lead of the movie before graduation, and the investment in the later stage can also bring him a lot of income.

One is that after a long drought, more than a year of hard work finally attracted investment, and he could realize his movie dream.

Both of them felt that they had taken a big advantage, and they unconsciously held each other to chat, and naturally the more they chatted, the happier they became.

When Teacher Xu came back from class, he found that Gu Wei and Lu Yang were in the same state as friends for many years.

"It seems that you two hit it off at first sight, and things have been discussed?"

"Thanks to the teacher's introduction, I can get the help of my junior brother."

"Where, thanks to the teacher, I can know someone as capable as Senior Brother Lu"

Teacher Xu was speechless, "Okay, don't compliment each other, there will be a long time in the future, since it is set, then work hard to make a good movie." ”

Lu Yang heard this and hurriedly said, "Teacher, don't worry, I will do my best." ”

Gu Wei signed an investment intention contract, and Lu Yang could take the contract to talk to China Film.