"Mr. Chen, how much money do you think needs to be invested in the project of "Python Disaster"?

How much will Time Warner invest? ”

At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, in the office of China Film.

Han Sanping, the person in charge of film investment and operation of China Film, looked at Chen Qiming opposite.

"Ten million! Qiming Film and Television has calculated here, the minimum is 10 million! ”

Chen Qiming raised a finger and said.

"Ten million? Mr. Chen, you're not kidding us? If you pull Time Warner and a few of us, the investment will be 10 million?

With all due respect, if it is only an investment of 10 million, I think, there is no need to talk about it, we can invest 5 million in China Film! ”

Hearing Chen Qiming's words, Han Sanping's face was a little ugly.

He felt like he was being tricked.

With an investment of 10 million, Chen Qiming is still engaged in such a big battle, inviting so many film and television companies to jointly invest, isn't this a joke!

To tell the truth, with an investment of 10 million, with Chen Qiming's fame, as long as he speaks, China Film does not need to hold a meeting, and he can invest directly.

"Manager Han, I'm not talking about Hong Kong dollars, nor RMB, but US dollars!"

Chen Qiming saw that Han Sanping had misunderstood and explained.

"Dollars!"

Hearing the US dollar, Han Sanping stopped talking.

10 million US dollars, converted into RMB, is basically equivalent to more than 70 million yuan, and if it is Hong Kong dollars, it will be close to 100 million, which is indeed a big production.

"What are your plans for this project?"

Silent for a while, Han Sanping, who was a little embarrassed, changed the topic.

"This is the plan I just sent over, you can take a look!"

Chen Qiming didn't answer by himself, but directly handed over several plans in front of him to several people.

The production plan of a movie cannot be finished in a few words, so Chen Qiming just asked Qiming Film and Television to send the originally formulated plan to the computer.

"The protagonist is a foreigner?"

After watching it for less than two minutes, Han Sanping couldn't help frowning.

What is the purpose of the establishment of China Film? It is to promote the development of Chinese films.

Now, the movies invested by China Film actually have to be played by foreigners, which makes him a little uncomfortable.

"The real protagonist is not a foreigner, the role of Chen Ming is the protagonist.

You don't see that the characters are all foreigners, but most of them are going to die. ”

As he spoke, Chen Qiming's gaze swept around everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, there is a clear difference between European and American culture and ours.

It's like when I release a record, if I post a pure Chinese record over there, then 100% no one pays attention.

Even though my songs are very good, cultural differences mean that most people don't buy my records.

But if I release an English record, it's different.

You should have also seen that I successfully opened the European and American markets with an English record, which made these foreigners recognize me.

And let my record sales get good results.

The same goes for movies. ”

Smiling, Chen Qiming looked at Zou Wenhuai, who had not spoken, "Mr. Zou should know this best!" ”

Hearing this, Zou Wenhuai nodded.

"It's true that European and American cultures are very different from ours, so it's very difficult to really expect our films to get good results there."

"Yes!" Chen Qiming continued: "So, if you want our drama to achieve good results in Europe and the United States, it is inevitable to use foreign actors. ”

After a pause, Chen Qiming smiled and said, "Of course, I am Chinese, and I am not an American, so I must be selfish."

I have an agreement with Time Warner, and the control of the film is in my hands.

With the ownership, you should understand what this means.

That means I can mix a lot of stuff in it.

For example, add a little bit to change the audience's perception of our China, or add some simpler Chinese culture!

These are all very easy to do.

What is it called! ”

Chen Qiming stood up and knocked on the table, "A few days ago, there was media propaganda in the United States that I was engaged in cultural invasion.

Since they all say that, I'll just do it. ”

"Cultural invasion!"

Han Sanping's eyes flickered.

What Chen Qiming said was very vague, and it didn't make people hear it too clearly, but Han Sanping still roughly understood what Chen Qiming meant.

What Chen Qiming means is that he will mix some personal goods in his films, just as the Yankees always like to promote the spirit of freedom in their films.

With this opportunity, they can also use the movie characters to convey some simple Chinese cultural ideas to the audience.

Even, to a certain extent, can subconsciously change the impression of these foreigners on China.

"Very good idea, to promote Chinese culture, I support it very much, we Golden Harvest are willing to invest two million US dollars!"

At this time, Zou Wenhuai stood up directly and swore solemnly.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help but shake his face.

This Zou Wenhuai is worthy of being a human spirit, and it is simply good to see people talking.

Promoting Chinese culture, to be honest, Zou Wenhuai may not even have this idea.

The only thing he cares about is whether this drama can make money.

And judging from the plan, this project is undoubtedly a good project.

If you really invite foreign actors and foreign production teams to join as stated in Chen Qiming's plan, maybe you can really make money.

Therefore, in order to let China Film join in and share the risk, Zou Wenhuai simply stood up first and said that he wanted to invest.

"We don't have too much money, but we can also invest a million!"

Director Liu of Shanghai Studio looked at Chen Qiming, then at Zou Wenhuai, raised his hand and said.

"How much will Time Warner invest?"

Han Sanping did not conform to the crowd, but looked at Chen Qiming.

"One million, Time Warner invests one million, but because the publicity in Europe and the United States will be handed over to them, the publicity fee should be about one million, so they account for 20% of the share!"

Chen Qiming said.

"So, that's all there is left?"

Han Sanping frowned.

"Almost!" Chen Qiming nodded.

"How about 30% of our films?" Han Sanping looked at Chen Qiming.

"This ......" Hearing this, Chen Qiming frowned.

China Film accounts for 30%, and Qiming Film and Television only has 20%.

worked hard to take the lead, accounting for only 20%, which is a bit less for Chen Qiming.

"Twenty percent, our Qiming Film and Television can only account for two percent, but the copyright of the film can only be Qiming Film and Television."

Chen Qiming said.

"No, VCD income is now the bulk of film revenue, Mr. Chen, you can take VCD copyright income for two million US dollars, that's impossible!"

As soon as Chen Qiming's words fell, Zou Wenhuai immediately refused.

VCDs are now one of the largest revenues in films.

Even, to a certain extent, this income may be more terrifying than the box office of the movie.

In addition, there are various other peripheral copyrights.

With such a big benefit, how could Golden Harvest give in.

"But I am the leading party, the movie script is mine, and the production is produced by Qiming Film and Television, and Qiming Film and Television should get the due remuneration!"

Chen Qiming was-for-tat.

"Remuneration? Mr. Chen's words are not right, you can get a screenwriter's fee as a screenwriter, and you can also get paid for starring!

Even every staff member in your company has a salary, so why not get paid? ”

When it comes to interests, Zou Wenhuai immediately showed his human appearance and refused to give an inch.

"Then there's no need to talk about it, who doesn't want to, I can only kick it out of the ranks of investors, it's a big deal, Qiming Film and Television bears this risk alone!"

Seeing that Zou Wenhuai disagreed, Chen Qiming waved his hand directly and said.

"Chen Qiming, you are so shameless, I ......"

"Two, I don't think you need to quarrel about this now, this project hasn't started yet, and you have started fighting for interests, what is this like!"

Han Sanping interrupted the argument between the two and looked directly at Chen Qiming.

"Mr. Chen, I remember that Qiming Film and Television does not have a VCD distribution channel, even if you hold the VCD copyright in your hands, you don't want to sell it in the end.

And the reason why we invest in this drama is that VCD income is also a point that we value, if you take away this large part of the income, then don't we invest money in vain? ”

Chen Qiming didn't speak, this is indeed the truth.

The VCD market is too hot right now.

Many companies with film libraries have made a lot of money as a result.

Speaking of Golden Harvest, its VCD film distribution revenue was even higher than the box office income of film investment last year.

This also makes many companies now attach great importance to the copyright of films, especially VCD copyrights.

"In this way, I can let out the income from VCD and distribute it to everyone.

But the copyright of this movie still belongs to Qiming Film and Television, what do you think? ”

Chen Qiming took a step back and said.

"Have you received any news about the appreciation of copyright?"

Hearing Chen Qiming's words, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but look at Chen Qiming, staring straight into his eyes, wanting to see something in his eyes.

"No, but I'm optimistic about the future appreciation of film copyrights! You can think of it as if I'm investing! ”

Chen Qiming smiled and said without hesitation.

Film copyrights will appreciate, which is the consensus of almost all filmmakers in the past two years.

After all, VCDs have just made a fortune for companies that own movie rights.

It is not impossible that this will happen again in the future.

It's a bit like real estate, though.

Everyone knows that real estate will rise, but when and how it will rise, everyone does not have a clear understanding.

Therefore, although the film copyright is valuable, it is actually just like that.

"OK! The film copyright belongs to you, but the VCD income distribution is still based on the investment share. ”

……

After some conversation, the parties finally confirmed the investment share of the project "Anaconda Disaster" and their respective proportions.

After talking about the start of filming of the project, it was agreed that the money of several companies would be sent to Qiming's side as soon as possible, and then several people dispersed.

Leaving from China Film, Chen Qiming took a car to the rehearsal room of the Spring Festival Gala.

"Mr. Chen, you're finally here, I have something to discuss with you!"

As soon as Chen Qiming came to the rehearsal room, Zhao An, the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, immediately found him.

"Director Zhao, is there something wrong?"

Chen Qiming asked suspiciously.

"It's the singer who sang "Good Luck Comes", and I hope to ask you some singing questions about this song."

Zhao An said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming nodded, although he also had to rehearse, he was not in a hurry for a while.

The two of them said as they went to another rehearsal room under the leadership of Zhao An.

Here, Chen Qiming met the singer.

"Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

The person Zhao An found to sing the song "Good Luck Comes" is not alone.

Rather, it was a group of people, five in all.

From the other party's mental state, Chen Qiming can clearly see that these people are all from the art troupe.

Art troupe, you have to admit that this is a place where great gods gather, and many tenors and sopranos in China come from here.

After some introductions, Chen Qiming and several people got to know each other.

These people are indeed from the elites of the local cultural and communist groups.

Among them, there are two people, Chen Qiming still knows, of course, they are the memories in the dream.

These two people are Zu Hai and Chen Sisi of the four little folk songs Hua Dan in the future.

Especially Zu Hai, originally, Chen Qiming's "Good Luck Comes" was her song.

Because the song "Good Luck Comes" is not a solo song, it requires a large team of backup dancers.

The more people, the more time there is for rehearsals, and they need to rehearse.

So Chen Qiming didn't stay long.

Chen Qiming can see it.

The reason why he was called over was not that these guys wanted to ask him for advice.

The main reason is that these newcomers from the Wengong Group want to see him.

Yes, these are actually his fans.

Therefore, after several people summed up, they asked Zhao An to find Chen Qiming on the grounds that they were not very familiar with the song.

In this regard, Chen Qiming was not only amused, but also helpless, and finally could only sign a few names for a few people one by one, and then left.

……

Back in his rehearsal room, Chen Qiming retracted his thoughts and began to rehearse his songs.

After practicing for two hours, the time came to about 7 o'clock in the evening, and then he stopped rehearsal, walked out of the rehearsal room, and planned to go back to the hotel.

"Amin!"

As soon as he walked out of the rehearsal room, the door of the rehearsal room next to him was also pushed open, and someone walked out, and after seeing Chen Qiming, he couldn't help but call him and walked over.

"Brother Hua! Are you there too? ”

Seeing the person, Chen Qiming couldn't help laughing, it was Andy Lau.

"If you are allowed to come, I will not be allowed to come!"

Hearing this, Andy Lau patted him on the shoulder angrily.

"I heard that you guys were scared by the three of Magic Rock Records and didn't eat for a few days?"

Seeing Andy Lau, Chen Qiming couldn't help but joke with him.

"You fart, I don't care at all!"

Andy Lau couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Haha......"

Chen Qiming did not demolish him.

Don't care, it's impossible.

Just like Chen Qiming himself will often pay attention to the media, so will Andy Lau.

He also attaches great importance to his reputation.

The news of the three masters of the Demon Rock and the Four Heavenly Kings spread loudly, so he didn't believe that Andy Lau didn't know.

This guy may not have slept for several nights.

"That guy has a bad mouth, but he has a point, and I can't go on like this.

I'm going to write my own songs, do you have any guidance? ”

The two walked out together, and while walking, Andy Lau asked Chen Qiming for advice on writing songs.

(End of chapter)