Chapter 43: The road is narrow, and old rivals gather
Yanjing.
As soon as he and Yang Sisi returned from Jinyang on the weekend, they received a call from the chairman of Huaying Group.
"Coming back? How was the harvest of going to Jinyang? ”
"The result is quite satisfactory, at least the preliminary budget has been prepared, speaking of which, thank you Uncle Zhang for your introduction, when are you free, let me express my gratitude?"
On the phone over the weekend, I thanked Zhang Shuming very much, and my heart was expressed anyway.
In fact, it is true that Zhang Shuming, the chairman of Huaying Group, does not have time to eat on weekends.
"Just eat, there will be an exchange meeting held by the leaders of Yanjing City in a few days, if you don't have anything else, you can come and join in the fun."
Although the chairman of Huaying Group is Zhang Shuming, the largest shareholder behind it is Yanjing Film Studio, and he, the chairman, is inextricably linked to the system.
This is also why although Huaying is low-key, its status in the Chinese film industry is even more feared than the Huayi of the Huang brothers.
This exchange meeting is actually an internal exchange meeting led by the Yanjing Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism, which is difficult to access without a certain identity and status.
"This time, the Yanjing Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism has specially issued a new policy, intending to take out a piece of land to support the film and television industry and build a film and television base."
"Personally, I am more optimistic about your movie, at least I am really making a good movie with my heart, rather than using the guise of making a movie to engage in commercial real estate like everyone else."
The situation that Zhang Shuming said on the phone is actually a very common thing in the film and television industry.
With the development of the film market in recent years, the means of accumulating money by major domestic film production companies have also emerged one after another.
Among them, there are some film companies that use the name of making movies to build film and television bases, and apply for land in the local area to build film and television bases with great fanfare.
But often the end result is that the film and television base is just a donkey dung ball with a surface light, and most of the land is taken by the film company to develop commercial real estate.
After all, there is still a time to lose money when making movies, but engaging in commercial real estate is basically a business that makes money without losing money.
Therefore, as soon as this exchange meeting released some rumors, several large domestic film production companies were already targeting, including old acquaintances on the weekend, Huayi's Huang brothers.
The venue of this exchange meeting was at the State Guesthouse, and when I arrived with Zhang Shuming on the weekend, I happened to see the Huang brothers enter the gate.
"It's really a narrow road~"
Looking at the backs of the Huang brothers on the weekend, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's nothing, I'm a little nervous, after all, our company has just been established, and I'm a little afraid that I don't have enough qualifications."
Weekend shook his head and said a little nervously.
"These are not things you should worry about, since I recommended you, it means that you must also have your own advantages, just tell the truth when the time comes."
Zhang Shuming said noncommittally, with a sense of confidence in his words, patted Zhou Zhou's shoulder, and led him into the venue.
As soon as I entered the venue, I saw a lot of familiar faces over the weekend.
In addition to the Huang brothers, several investors who saw at the last celebration banquet also saw it inside.
"Lao Zhang, you're here."
"Are there any new projects recently, and when will you pull the brothers up."
Along the way, there are many people who come to take the initiative to greet Zhang Shuming, which can also show his connections in the circle.
However, compared with Zhang Shuming, the most popular must be the person in charge of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism who wears gold-wire glasses and has a small belly in the venue.
The Huang brothers and several other big investors sat around the person in charge at this time.
Even if they are far away, they can see that the Huang brothers deliberately lowered their posture in front of the person in charge on the weekend, and they looked like they were asking for help.
There is no need to think about it, the Huang brothers must have taken a fancy to the land specially approved by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Weekend laughed in my heart, the news of the Huang brothers is quite well-informed, and they smelled the smell so quickly.
It's really not that they don't get together, and this time they are going to be competitors again.
"Uncle Zhang, I'll go to the bathroom."
After going to the bathroom and coming back, I found that the Huang brothers didn't know where to go over the weekend, and the person in charge of the city's cultural tourism became Zhang Shuming.
When Zhang Shuming saw that he was coming back from the weekend, he immediately beckoned to him and motioned for him to come over.
"Xiao Zhou, this is Director Qin."
"Hello Director Qin."
Zhou Zhou bent down slightly and took the initiative to extend his hand to Director Qin.
When Director Qin shook hands, he kept smiling and looking at the weekend.
"Xiao Zhou, I heard Lao Zhang say that you plan to make a domestic science fiction film?"
Zhang Shuming had obviously talked to Director Qin about something, and Director Qin went straight to the point.
"Yes, we believe that it is time for Huaxia to make a sci-fi film with its own local style."
At this time, of course, the greater the goal, the better.
Because for Director Qin and others, whether they make money or not is never the most important thing, and their results are the only thing they value.
"The young man is good, he has a fighting spirit, tell me carefully, what are your plans?"
At the end of the week, I knew in my heart that Director Qin was asking a question for himself, and only when the answer satisfied him could he enter the list of candidates.
"Our initial budget for this film is 500 million, and the production cost alone is about 300 million, according to our initial plan, we need to build a live studio to restore most of the scenes in the movie......"
"This live-action studio alone requires about 100,000 square meters of space......"
I had already received Zhang Shuming's guidance on the weekend, so I didn't deliberately brag, but sought truth from facts and put forward the idea of filming "The Wandering Earth".
In Director Qin's ears, although he couldn't understand something too professional, he could at least understand one thing, that is, they were really ready to shoot the movie well on the weekend, rather than describing how much benefit the film and television base could bring to the local area after it was completed.
This made Director Qin very satisfied.
Because of people in his position, he can still easily distinguish between truth and falsehood, and often those who like to brag more are the more unreliable.
……
Meanwhile.
On the other side of the venue, the Huang brothers were also sitting with a few investors drinking.
"Lao Huang, it seems that you are bound to win the film and television base this time, your old opponent is in contact with Director Qin, and you can still drink here so calmly."
At this time, an investor who had seen the weekend before suddenly came over and said to Huang Zhongkun.
"Old rivals? What old rivals? ”
Huang Zhongkun looked confused, and didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words.
After speaking, he immediately looked in the direction of Director Qin, and then saw the weekend that was talking in front of Director Qin, and his face suddenly darkened.
How did he get here? (End of chapter)