When I was about to eat lunch, the phone in the room rang suddenly.

Zhou Yan was writing something inside, and Wang Zuxian shouted, "Third brother, phone." ”

"You take it, it is estimated that An Li and them called."

"Okay."

Wang Zuxian picked up the phone, "Hello." ”

Hearing Wang Zuxian's voice, Zhou Hong, who was on the other side of the phone, said with a smile, "Xiaoxian, I'm Zhou Yan's second brother." ”

"Oh, second brother is good."

"Is the third child here?"

"Yes, I'll call him for you." Wang Zuxian took the phone and shouted at Zhou Yan again, "Third brother, it's the second brother's phone." ”

Hearing that it was the second brother's call, Zhou Yan got up and walked over.

"Hey, second brother, are you calling at this time, is there something wrong?"

"Are you still used to going to the UK? There's nothing good to eat over there. ”

"It's okay, I'm not a resident, I'll leave in a few days, and the food is fine, it's not so exaggerated."

"I called you because I wanted you to help with something."

"What's the matter?"

"Zhang Xinyan you know, right?"

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Of course I know him, the director of "Shaolin Temple". ”

The movie "Shaolin Temple" has a very special position in Chinese film history.

Its popularity is too high, China should never find a more well-known film than "Shaolin Temple", the key is that the popularity of this film spans more than 40 years and has an extremely wide audience.

"Yes, it's this Director Zhang, he is now with Yuan Heping, and wants to make a movie, but their funds are still a little tight, so ask us if we are interested."

Hearing Zhou Hong's words, Zhou Yan was quite surprised, "How did they contact you?" ”

"Xu Junrong has dealt with Yuan Heping, and this matter is also a bridge for Xu Junrong. I've seen all the scripts, it's okay, and the level of Zhang Xinyan and Yuan Heping should be fine. ”

"What's the name of the movie?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Tai Chi."

Tai Chi, Zhou Yan searched in his mind and did not find information about this movie.

"What's the story?"

"The background of the story is the Qing Dynasty, there is a Taijiquan master named Yang Chongwu, and he has a son named Yang Xuewen, this kid ......"

Zhou Hong probably told Zhou Yan about the script, and when Zhou Yan heard half of it, he knew what kind of movie it was, it was not "Tai Chi" at all, but "Kung Fu Kid Breaking Love".

This movie is not famous, but the actors involved are still quite famous, including Wu Jing, Zhong Liti, as well as Yu Hai and Zhou Billy, of course, Wu Jing and Zhong Liti at this time should have just debuted.

Zhou Yan doesn't know how the box office of this movie is, but it shouldn't be very good.

The hero and heroine are not big names, and the story is quite old-fashioned.

The storyline of "Kung Fu Kid Breaking Love" seems old-fashioned in the nineties, if it was ten years ago, there would probably be many people who liked to watch it, but what the audience likes now is very different from ten years ago.

Zhang Xinyan is a good director, but his ability to grasp the market is not outstanding, except for the Shaolin series, his other movies are not very good at the box office, before he filmed "The Yellow River Hero", which attracted much attention when it was released, but in the end the box office was dismal.

"Do you think this project is suitable for us to participate in?"

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "You can vote a little, but you can't invest more." ”

Zhou Hong was so shrewd, he immediately heard what Zhou Yan meant, "You are not optimistic about their project?" ”

He knows that his younger brother is not a conservative person, and if he is optimistic about this project, he will definitely support more investment.

"I'm really not optimistic, they probably won't make money from this movie."

Zhou Hong smiled, "Since you don't make money, why do you still persuade me to invest a little?" ”

"Because of the rare opportunity, when Zhang Xinyan and Yuan Heping are short of money, there are not many."

Zhang Xinyan and Yuan Heping's status in the film industry is not ordinary, they want to make movies, so it is naturally easy to get money.

"Well, that's what I thought too. Zhang Xinyan's previous movies were too poor, which led to many investors being more cautious now, and movies like "Tai Chi" are not in line with the mainstream of the market now, which caused them to lack money. In that case, then I'll cast some. ”

Zhou Hong's idea is the same as Zhou Yan's, invest some money in them, so that they can have a good relationship, and if they have the opportunity to cooperate later.

Of course, Zhou Yan's purpose is a little clearer, because he knows that although the box office of "Kung Fu Kid Breaking Love" is average, the "sister chapter" of this movie, the TV series "Tai Chi Grandmaster" has a good response.

Qizhi Company wants to engage in a TV series, and this is a good opportunity.

If they form a good relationship with Yuan Heping because of "Kung Fu Kid Breaking Love", when "Tai Chi Grandmaster" is about to come out, Qizhi Company can take the opportunity to participate in it.

Zhou Yan suddenly thought of a question, "Second brother, which company are you going to invest from this time, is it Zhou's or Qizhi?" ”

"I thought of this question before, this matter really can't be made by yourself, you have to communicate with Siqi, if he wants, he will come from Qizhi, if he is unwilling, then from Zhou. I'll talk to him about the risks, and it's up to him to decide. ”

Hearing Zhou Hong say this, Zhou Yan smiled, "It seems that I am too worried." ”

"Your reminder is good, in fact, there is no need to ask, I also know Siqi's answer. This money must be Qizhi in the end, after all, it is not much, no matter what angle he considers, he has no reason to refuse. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yan nodded, with Huo Siqi's style of acting, he would definitely not leave this matter aside.

"Alright, I won't bother you anymore, you should have lunch over there now."

"Almost, I'll eat it in a while."

"Then let's go, the long-distance call fee is quite expensive, let's go back and say hello to Xiaoxian for me."

"Hey, okay."

……

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan went to the restaurant with Wang Zuxian for dinner.

After returning from eating, it didn't take long for the phone to ring again.

Zhou Yan sat next to the phone and picked it up casually, "Hello." ”

Zhang Youan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Mr. Zhou, everything is okay in the UK?" ”

"It's okay, the weather has been good for the past two days, and the sun is good."

"Everything went well in the meeting, right?"

"Well, well."

"That's good, I'll call you, I have something to tell you, someone has taken a fancy to your "Meteor" and wants to sing it."

Zhou Yan smiled, "This is nothing new, Lao Zhang, you called here specifically to talk about this?" ”

Since the advertisement on Panasonic TV was broadcast, many companies have contacted them and wanted to fill in the lyrics and sing this song, but there has been no good candidate, so Zhou Yan has not let go.

"This time it's different, this time it's JIVE Records in the United States."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which singer are they asking for?" ”

"A new group called the Backstreet Boys, who had not been forming long, were working on their first single. Jive takes them very seriously, and the conditions for us this time are quite good. Zhang Youan said.

Backstreet Boys...... Hearing this name, Zhou Yan was quite surprised, he didn't expect the butterfly wings to fan the backstreet boy for him.

He didn't expect that the backstreet boys had just debuted at this time, and in his impression, in the mid-nineties, the backstreet boys were already quite popular.

But that's right, this group exploded when it debuted, and if it debuts now, it will only be a year or two to become popular.

It would also be a good choice if "Meteor" could be the first song of the Backstreet Boys, but Zhou Yan still had doubts, he was worried that the style of the song would not match the Backstreet Boys.

The well-known tunes of the Backstreet Boys are basically pop, rhythm and blues and other genres, which are not quite the same as the music style of "Meteor", can they control it in the face of different genres?

Although they have great potential, if they are not suitable, Zhou Yan does not want to spoil the tune.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Yan said, "I have to listen to this group sing this song." ”

"Let them hum, or sing randomly?"

"I'll give you a score with words when I go back, and you ask them to record a sample and give it to me, and then make plans when I'm done."

"You actually filled in the words?" Zhang Youan was surprised.

"Well, what's so strange."

"It's not strange, it's not strange, I'm not surprised of what you're doing now." Then Zhang Youan joked again, "Teacher Zhou, can you sing, if you can sing, just sing it yourself." You're original, you're good-looking, and you have so many instruments, and if you're a singer, there's nothing else to do. ”

Zhou Yan coughed lightly, "This really can't come." ”

It's not that he hasn't tried to practice in private, after all, he has very solid theoretical knowledge, and there are many ways to practice vocal music, but after practicing, he found that this thing is not so easy to use.

Although he could certainly sing about the same with hard practice, it was too time-consuming and completely unnecessary.

"Haha, that's right, I have to close a window for you. Okay, I'll go talk to Jive, and I'll hear from you later. ”

"Okay." Zhou Yan thought about what Briegman said last night, so he asked, "By the way, has the Columbia company contacted you?" ”

"Colombia contacted us, what do you say?" Zhang Youan said strangely.

"That's right, last night......"

Zhou Yan told Zhang Youan that Colombia wanted to win the remake rights of "The Sixth Sense", and Zhang Youan was quite happy after hearing it, "This is a good thing, but I haven't received a call from them for the time being." ”

"Will they contact the company directly?"

"Probably not, because Brigman and I have spoken on the phone a few times, and if they do, they can't go far and wide, and even if they do, they will tell me quickly. I guess after talking to you, Briegman should have reported to Columbia. He won't contact me until the company has instructions. ”

"Probably so...... I fooled him into saying that Warner or Universal also wanted the rights to remake "The Sixth Sense." ”

Zhang Youan smiled, "You are not fooling, because Warner did contact me a few days ago, but I have just been contacted, and I haven't even figured out their specific thoughts, so I haven't told you." ”

"Unexpectedly, the two of them have the same idea."

"It's no surprise that although the box office of "The Sixth Sense" is only more than 10 million US dollars, the potential is visible to everyone. They can't remake the movies of An Li and Chen Kaige, but "The Sixth Sense" is different, this movie is not difficult to remake at all, and the box office is relatively guaranteed. ”

"Warner, did you say how much production cost it would give?"

"About 12 million."

"That's more sincere than Colombia."

"No, Warner's 1,200 includes the buyout fee for the remake rights and the right to use the soundtrack in the movie, which is actually similar to that of Colombia."

"Oh, that's pretty much the same."

"What are your own thoughts on the cost of production?"

"Naturally, the more the merrier, thirty or fifty million is not less, and one or two hundred million is not too much."

"You're talking about dollars?"

"That's nature."

Zhang Youan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "You still dare to think and dare to do it, otherwise, I'll just talk to them." ”

"Haha, it's not impossible. If I want to say that the ideal budget in my mind is about 20 million dollars. This budget is just right, more can not be used up, less is almost meaningless. ”

"If it's $20 million, there's still a bit of a spectrum, and we'll try to talk about this budget, but I think it's still necessary to seize the immediate benefits, and if they give more money on the remake rights, the rest can be a little bit later."

From Tomson's point of view, Zhang Youan's idea must be right, it is better to sell the remake rights for more money than anything else, as for what box office share and production cost, it is uncertain.

……

Jeff Brown was a little upset when he received a call from Zhang You'an and heard that Y chou wanted to hear the backstreet boys record a sample before making a decision.

But in this situation, he couldn't change his mind easily, so he agreed to it.

JIVE originated from a British record label, and Jeff Brown was the elder statesman of the company.

In the '70s, when Jeff Brown was still a hairy kid in his twenties, the company actually wanted to promote rock music in the United States, but it didn't work out.

Later, the company changed its style to focus on hip-pop and launched the hip-pop group whodini, which was a huge success.

Since then, the company has been promoting hip-pop and has a large group of hip-pop artists.

Now the company wants to expand its style, so it signed the Backstreet Boys.

Originally, the first song the company set for the Backstreet Boys was a teen-pop style, but Jeff Brown discovered the tune "Shooting Star" and thought that this rock tune could be completely given to the Backstreet Boys.

As a result, he fought hard for the company and was supported by the company's boss, Barry Weiss.

In this case, he had to get it done, otherwise the early efforts would become a joke.

On the phone with Zhang Youan, Jeff Brown went to find several members of the Backstreet Boys.

In the small office, only Brian Little was there.

Brian Little just celebrated his twentieth birthday last month, and he's still a big guy, but he's still relatively calm in the group.

The group is really young, the youngest Nick Carter is only fifteen years old this year, and the oldest Kevin is also twenty-four.

Seeing Jeff Brown coming, Brian Little got up and said hello, "Mr. Brown." ”

Jeff Brown looked inside the office, "What about the others?" ”

"Kevin went to play basketball with Hoy, AJ and Nick didn't come today."

"You guys are going to prepare for the next two days, and you may need to record a demo."

"What's the sample?" Brian asked.

"A sample of 'Shooting Star.'"

Brian looked surprised, "Why did we record a sample?" ”

It stands to reason that someone else should record a demo for them, and then they go into the studio to record a record? How can they record a sample, and after this sample is recorded, who will it be for?

Jeff Brown didn't explain, but said, "You don't have to worry too much, just talk to a few other people." ”

Young people have high spirits, and if they know that they have to be assessed, they will probably be unhappy, so there is no need to tell them this kind of thing.

Jeff Brown said that, and Brian didn't ask much, he nodded, "Well, I know, I'll tell them." (End of chapter)