049 Take the winning route?
After the matter was negotiated, He Fang had a meal with Director Zhang and the two directors, and then the rest of the matter was handed over to Guo Xiaohua.
Guo Xiaohua is very good at program production, and she has already seen her strength through the production of "The Voice".
If someone has the ability, why should he command blindly? Wouldn't he be able to spare time for something else?
Therefore, from September 2nd to September 8th, he discussed with Huying Group for almost a week, and finally finished talking about the relevant cooperation.
Let's talk about the roadmap for film industrialization in general:
The film industrialization plan of Lake Film Group is divided into three parts: professional talent training, system process setting, and infrastructure construction.
Changsha Tuanhuo Culture is responsible for the training of professional talents, as well as assisting Huying Group to complete the setting of the industrialization system process, and giving advice on infrastructure construction.
The biggest and most expensive of these three parts is infrastructure construction, and the plan given by He Fang is to build a more than 1,000 acres of Huying Group Film and Television City in Malan Mountain, next to Hunan Radio and Television, Mango Channel and Changsha Window of the World.
The film and television city of Lake Film Group includes hospitals, courts, police stations, banks, prisons, airports, docks, shopping malls, landmarks in major cities around the world, a street in cities in various countries, and future sci-fi city scenes, as well as five indoor studios of more than 1,000 square meters for shooting and production in the studio, and another 1,000 square meters of underwater studios.
This film and television shooting base is different from Hengdian Film and Television City, which is an ancient building and is suitable for filming costume dramas. The Lake Film Group Film and Television City is suitable for filming modern dramas and even sci-fi blockbusters.
In the film and television city, there is also a container living area for the crew, an international film special effects post-production building, a pyrotechnic special effects workshop, a props production workshop, and the world's most complete photographic equipment rental city.
With a total investment of about 7 billion yuan, it took five years to complete, making it the largest modern film and television city in Asia and even the world.
Of course, it also includes the system process, such as the development of the qualification certificate and punishment and incentive plan for the employees of the Lake Film and Television City, the production analysis and suggestion center, the script green light system, the film and television investment and financing and guarantee center, etc.
It will take at least five years for this entire industrialization blueprint to be completed, and it is a big project.
It just so happened that what the Huying Group was thinking about before was: the group built a 46-story Huying Group building, thinking that the six floors below the Great Xia would be used to attract investment and engage in business, the middle 30 floors would be used for office rental, and the top ten floors would be the headquarters of Huying Group.
But now He Fang's big plan has really touched the hearts of the entire Huying Group, and it is a lie if he doesn't want to do it. Based on the industrialization plan, Huying Group only provides platform services, and a small amount involves post-production, props and pyrotechnics production, equipment and venue leasing, etc., as well as part of the publicity, consulting, investment and financing business, and the rest are all market-oriented operations, which is in line with the marketization of the market proposed by He Fang.
The key is that this Lake Film Group Film and Television City still has a tourism function, and it can still collect some tickets every year.
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What He Fang has to do now is to co-organize a short-term film refresher course with the California Institute of the Arts in the name of Tuanhuo Culture, and the requirements of this class are to cover all majors up and down the film industry.
Including production, directing, photography, drama, art, costume, acting, post-special effects and other 8 majors, the first phase of the refresher class recruits 5 people from each major, a total of 40 people.
The duration of the entire refresher course is eight months, six months of theoretical study, and after the theoretical study, the California Institute of the Arts will send students to the Hollywood crew for two months of internship, and finally he will lead 40 people to make a movie in Hollywood, so that they can learn the process and methods of Hollywood filmmaking from beginning to end.
In terms of fees, tuition is $50,000 and living expenses are subsidized for eight months for $20,000 per person, for a total of $2.8 million. This investment is reimbursed by Huying Group, and then Tuanhuo Culture bears part of the cost.
Tuanhuo Culture will sign a five-year labor contract with the students after returning from school, and after the Tuanhuo work, the culture will give the students a basic salary of 5,000 per month, and then they will take 10% of each project they receive, and draw a full 35,000 US dollars or five years, then the students will not be bound by the contract, and can choose to stay in Tuanhuo or leave freely.
It is equivalent to the students themselves spent 35,000 US dollars to study in the United States, and Lake Film Group and Changsha Tuanhuo Culture subsidized another 35,000 US dollars, of course, the students do not have to pay for it themselves, but pay off the 35,000 US dollars in work after completing their studies.
In the past few days, He Fang also contacted Stephen Beale, the dean of the California Institute of the Arts, through his teacher Rob Epstein, and then talked to Bill about the plan.
The point is that he is willing to provide $50,000 for 8 months of tuition for 40 people, and only needs the school to teach production, directing, photography, drama, art, costumes, acting, and post-production special effects for this advanced course.
For private colleges and universities, there is no reason to say no to the sudden $2 million revenue of 40 students in just eight months.
So after the negotiation with the California College, the Lake Film Group was relieved, but then it was a question of candidates.
The first thing that came to mind was Zhang Qian and Jiao Guoxiong, the two of them had to go, and as shareholders of the company, they shouldn't have to feel the real Hollywood knowledge.
For the rest, they adopted the method of recruitment and registration, and there are two conditions for registration, one is to graduate from a related major, and the other is to have industry work experience, and choose one of the two.
Of course, there is also a limit to age, higher than 18 years old and lower than 35 years old.
This recruitment matter is left to the Lake Film Group and Zhang Qian to do, and he is going to prepare for the preparation of the new movie.
Zhang Qian and Jiao Guoxiong definitely can't use it, he has to find someone else.
It's okay for the producer to do this, looking for Guan Jianqiang, the production director of the "Far Cry" movie, where is the crew, this producer is also equivalent to the production director of the tuba, which is almost the same meaning.
It's hard to find a photographer, it depends on where the demand is.
"Single Zoo" (renamed "Lobster") wants to be filmed, firstly, because this movie can deeply mock the singles who are urged to marry after 2020, and even more ridicule the experts and scholars who force young people to get married.
It doesn't matter if no one understands in this era, but he believes that time will make people discover in 2023 who told them what happened to them as early as 2009.
"Are you really planning to make a literary film? But you're a soft sci-fi comedy. ”
Huang Ke, who was discussing with He Fang, was a little confused, this young man's thinking was really strange.
"Ha, I mean as much as I can, it doesn't matter if I win an award or not, but I believe that this movie will also have a good box office. Just say give it a try, what if you win? You can still sell an overseas copyright, right? "He's playing haha.
The main thing is that this movie won an award in another time and space, but he didn't know if Cannes would give an award after it was made by him, a Chinese? Maybe I won't give it.
Whatever it is, there's always nothing wrong with trying.
"Since you've set the tone like that, then this one will be easy. It's nothing more than looking for a photographer with the level of literary films first, which is easy to delineate. By the way, who are you looking for actors? It's time to go for the prize. Huang Ke asked.
"Well, this one has been considered. The heroine I want to find Zhang Ziyi to give it a try, after all, her reputation is very high in the world, and she has a good chance of winning awards. Male protagonist, myself. ”
"......" Huang Ke is a little messy, what kind of combination is this? An international star with an actor who has never appeared in a movie, the key is that the actor is still the director.
"Ahem, that Xiao He, I can't understand this combination...... Are you sure? Huang Kezhen didn't know what to say, he just cooperated with who to make the film, and couldn't interfere with anyone's practice.
If this was an employee of the group, Huang Ke would have arranged it, but now he can only endure it, anyway, he is not losing his own money.
"Of course I'm sure, don't worry, Mr. Huang, I won't be reckless, if I'm really not suitable, I'll re-choose the actor, I don't have to take a movie to fulfill my dream of being an actor." He Fang said with confidence.
Huang Ke spread his hands, "Okay, I will arrange for the people you want to go over to help you as soon as possible, you have to go to the awards, and I will also help you find the Chinese filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival, and make a relationship first." If you need the support of the group in the future, you can come to me. ”
The so-called filmmakers can talk to the organizing committee, and they can directly hand over the film without going through the registration and selection process, and the handing over film referred to here is the kind that allows the organizing committee to basically announce the finalist of the film after handing it over, which is also the ability of top filmmakers.
The filmmaker does not refer to a certain person, or a fixed person, there are many who can hand over the film, but the organizing committee does not necessarily give face. So, you have to find a top moviegoer.
There are many in the country, and if you can convince the cultural counsellor of the French embassy, you can do it.
International filmmakers like Zhang Yimou and Gong Li in China are also okay. Of course, there are also a group of professional people who specialize in doing this for others.
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Huang."
Can anyone negotiate Zhang Ziyi? I don't know.
Now he is on the phone with Guo Zhaosheng, "Mr. Guo, there are two good things to find you now, the first thing is that I will take someone to the United States and Hollywood within this month, do you want to go together?" Take you to deliver on your promises. The second thing is that my second movie is about to start shooting, with a total investment of 35 million, 20 million production, and 15 million publicity, do you want to vote? ”
"Go to Hollywood, go, have to go. The movie also has to be invested, and we can't afford to play more, so we will invest the 8 million you came back from the box office this time. Guo Zhaosheng was very excited on the phone.
"Okay, you go and get a visa, and you'll leave for Hollywood in ten days."
"Okay, I'll go to the Shanghai consulate to expedite it."
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On September 10, He Fang flew to the capital alone. He wants to talk to Zhang Ziyi to see if he can do it. Of course, he wants to meet Wang Zhonglei first to see if he can make some money from Huayi, if the new film can not pay for himself or pay less, why should he pay for it?
In addition to this, that is, on the night of the 11th, he invited some people who had not been able to go to Changsha to attend the celebration banquet at the Gongzhengwei Hotel in the Asian Games Village before, such as Qian Lin, and An Wei, and the actors in the capital: Liu Yan and Xu Dongdong, Zhang Xinyu, Zhu Yilong, etc.
On the 11th, He Fang slept until half past ten in the morning before getting up, he is not a time traveler who has strict time management and exercises every morning, he is just an ordinary person who likes to sleep with women and sleeps lazy.
It's all crossed, why torture yourself?
Just then, his phone rang, and he looked ...... Zhang Xinyu? What is she calling?