Mi circle

Chapter 47
66 Investors' troubles
Qian Dao WeChat Shu Yue,

"Xiao Qi, besides the Sheng Group and the Feng Group who have decided to invest, the Chen Group has contacted me and wants to invest, what do you think?"

"The Chen family also has shares in our company. Peter Chen wants to find a role for his daughter Chen Jiayi." Shu Yue was concise and clear.

"For the sake of movie effects, I don't want to shoot in the existing film and television base, I want to build a live-action shoot, which requires more investment,"

"Master, do you want Mrs. Chen to join?"

"Yes, besides, 1905 Films also wants to join."

"1905 Film Company?" Shu Yue was amazed. 1905 Film Company is a world-renowned film company. Through mergers and acquisitions, it has entertainment and film and television subsidiaries all over the world.Then this movie will not work unless it becomes a big production.

"Yes, I didn't expect that several film companies in the domestic circle did not participate, but instead attracted foreign investment. Shu Yue, you are too far away from the master. I came back recently and asked Zhang Luo to choose a role."

"Okay, master."

"When it comes to casting, I used to choose from within the circle, and those with good acting skills were the only ones."

"Master, what do you think this time?"

"Last time you said to use traffic stars. I watched some recent dramas. I can't stand the idol drama master. The two leading actors in "The Wind and Cloud of the Ancient Capital" are not bad. Please help me make an appointment."

"Okay, master."

"There are 4 female roles in "Legendary Famous Dan", I plan to choose 2 flow, 2 powerful actors."

"Master, can the two talented actors be selected from the Peking Opera Huadan actors, so that they are Peking Opera Huadan themselves, and they will act in their true colors."

"Xiao Qi has a lot of ideas, but will the combination of two traffic stars and two powerful Huadans be awkward? I am worried that such a combination will not be coordinated because of my solid foundation in Peking Opera."

"Master, the current traffic is not lacking in skills. The two traffic stars you mentioned both have dancing skills. One is very good at dancing, and the other is very good at singing. With regular training and exercise, it should be no problem to star in such a movie." Question. "Shu Yue's compliments can be heard by the deaf.

"Master knows, you are very familiar with these two. I have received no less than 90 recommendations, so it's hard to choose! I'll ask my assistant to pack up the information of these people for you in a while, you can take a look."

"Okay, master." Shu Yue continued, "Should we also listen to the audience's suggestions and opinions?"

"The audience is unprofessional, and the standards are difficult to unify."

"Audiences will choose their favorite actors and avoid melodrama."

Director Qian was silent for a while.

"Master, don't be angry, I'm not saying that your compositions are high or low..."

"Hahaha, that's what I like about you. Well said, I have an appointment with 1905 Films, Feng, Sheng and Chen for a meeting the day after tomorrow, so you come back early."

"Okay, I already know, the assistant notified me."

Two days later, at Qiandao Villa's [-]th hall, the investor representatives were assembled.

"Welcome everyone to my humble house! I already know everyone's wishes. Inviting you here today is to confirm your investment amount, rights and obligations in "Legendary Famous Person"!"

"Our Shengshi Group is willing to pay 5000 million."

"Feng's Group pays 5000 million."

"The Chen Group paid 8000 million."

“1905 Films can do anything within $1 million.”

Shu Yue was stunned, the big scene, the legendary American production is more than 1 million US dollars, why are they so optimistic about this film this time.

"But we have a condition." The representative of 1905 Films said, "We hope to make a public announcement of this film so that it can be released globally."

"However, you should have read the script. The subject matter of our movie is relatively small." Director Qian said very frankly.

"We have read the script. Peking opera is the quintessence of China. The script combines personal struggles, entertainment big names, and the background of national hatred and family hatred. Now that Chinese people are all over the world, we have confidence in the market! The script can be refined."

"You do publicity, so what about the distribution of proceeds?" The representative of the Chen Group said.

"We charge publicity and distribution fees according to the market price for publicity and distribution, and the income can be distributed according to the investment ratio."

"In addition, although the production of the entire film is handed over to Director Qian, we should have the right to make suggestions and vote for the production team, such as the selection of roles, the photography team and other important links."

"Are you intervening too much?" said the representative of Feng's Group.

"We have watched all of Director Qian's films. Some of the techniques are outdated and need to be improved. The pictures and angles can be more advanced..."

"Are you doubting Director Qian's level?"

"We don't, it's just that this era is developing rapidly, new technologies are changing with each passing day, and the film industry must also keep pace with the times." The representative of 1905 Films really spoke mercilessly.

"Don't argue, everyone, just listen to what he has to say."

"The aesthetic taste of domestic audiences continues to improve, so we are forced to move forward."

"We should also be informed about the production process, and it is feasible to make decisions by voting." The representative of Shengshi Group said.

"I understand that everyone hopes to make this film well, and I accept new suggestions. We will draft a cooperation agreement for everyone later." Director Qian said.

"We have already drafted the cooperation agreement." As he spoke, the representative of 1905 Pictures took out several contracts from his bag and handed them to everyone present.

"Efficient!" The representative of Chen Group exclaimed.

Everyone buried their heads in reading the agreement.

"In short, I am worried that you are too involved in the specific production of the film, which will make it difficult to make decisions and have a great impact on the overall progress of the film. For example, it is very simple. If everyone can't agree on who will be speaking at that time, won't the start of the film be delayed? Or As for which main photographer to use, everyone has different tastes and opinions, and it is difficult to carry out work.”

"So we need to make a very detailed cooperation contract." The representative of 1905 Films said, "I have seen your contract, most of which are to assign several parts of the work to a team, and then each is responsible for one part. The contract lacks Lots of details."

"It's not easy to write everything into the contract in detail."

"It is operable." The representative of 1905 Films said firmly, "Only by detailing each part can an accurate budget be made, and the subsequent process control is also easy."

"You can't listen to everything just because you invest the most?"

"Director Qian proposed this film first, and director Qian also did the creative and planning. You have involved too much in this way."

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Several representatives held their own opinions and debated endlessly for a while.

"Director Qian has prepared good green tea for everyone. How about we drink some tea and take a break before continuing?" Shu Yue finally spoke.

"I agree to suspend the meeting."

"Okay, take a break."

Everyone stood up and left their seats.This is the meeting room in Dao Qian's villa. Everyone walked out of the meeting room to drink water and eat snacks.

"Shu Yue, come here." Qian directed Shu Yue to wave.

Shu Yue followed Director Qian into the next room, which should be Director Qian's study.

"Did you see anything, Shu Yue?"

"1905 wanted to take control of the making of this film."

"Well, what do you think?"

Shu Yue said a few thoughts.

"Yes, the meeting will continue in a while, and you bring up all these."

"I mentioned it? Would it be inappropriate?"

"will not."

After a short break, everyone sat down in the conference room.

"I don't agree with 1905 Films controlling the entire production. You don't understand Chinese culture. We Feng do not want to watch a nondescript movie."

"It makes sense, the movie doesn't have fights, it's not fantasy, sci-fi, and it doesn't need high-tech special effects."

"Yes, the stunts are the icing on the cake at first, and shouldn't be done deliberately to show off the stunts, especially the stunts are very expensive!"

Representatives of three of the four investors expressed their views. Obviously, they were very dissatisfied with the strength of the representatives of 1905 at the meeting just now.The meeting fell into an embarrassing situation.

"I have a question." Shu Yue said.

"Seventh princess, please tell me!" said Feng's representative.

"Just now 1905 said that it has confidence in the global market of this film. I would like to ask if it has done market research?"

"We didn't do specific market research. You know it's not easy to do market research on a global scale."

"Then what is the basis of your confidence?" Shu Yue continued.

"We're making predictions based on our movie box office over the years."

"Have you had any experience with similar films in 1905?"

"No."

"Then your market forecast is based on different previous films. As far as I know, you have made commercial blockbusters before. Generally, they are the theme of heroes saving mankind, magnificent scenes, cool fights, advanced equipment, and handsome men. The routine of a beautiful actress is basically like this."

"Miss Qi, please tell me what you have." Another foreign representative spoke in 1905. He thought Shu Yue's surname was Qi.

"Hello, my surname is Li. Our team is best to perform their own duties and draw on their own strengths. First of all, we need to do market analysis. Our domestic professionals agree that this film is a niche theme, and it is impossible to achieve very high ratings. But the reason we want to do it is 1) to inherit the culture, which is the wish of my master Qian Dao. 2) to increase the popularity of investors 3) to win international awards 4) to make some small money by the way."

Shu Yue looked at everyone sitting here. "Everyone invests in this film for different purposes. Some are for fame, some are for entering the industry, and some are for inheritance. Looking at the box office of some films in the market, we conservatively estimate that the box office of this film is 10 billion, so the investment is best controlled at About 1 million. After the distribution with the film and television theaters, everyone can make a little money."

"With an investment of 1 million yuan, what kind of film can be made?" said the representative of 1905.

"It's not that the bigger the investment, the better. According to the theory of marginal benefits in economics, you need to find a suitable point for investment to maximize profits. I believe you understand this better in 1905." Representative Sheng said.

"I agree with what I just said. In fact, we don't care whether you participate in 1905 or not. This film can be completed." The representative of Feng's Group said.

"You can't compare with your films. Your films mainly rely on special effects, which burn too much money." Representative Chen said.

"But we still need 1905." Shu Yue said.

"Seventh princess, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is that the main creative must be controlled by the money director, but the team does need world-class photographers, post-editing and publicity. Global release can be considered, but the overall investment needs to be controlled below 1.5 million, otherwise everyone's money is likely to It’s in vain. Everyone will have no motivation in the future.”

"Seventh Princess, how did you get your 1.5 million investment and 10 billion box office?"

"Estimated based on film investment and box office in the past two years. Some people like to watch movies, and some people will not go to theaters for thousands of years, so the market size has always been there. This needs to be verified by consulting companies to do market research."

"No problem, isn't it better to invest less!"

"Too little investment, will it be shoddy!" said the 1905 representative.

"Now it's like building a tank. You just want to use the materials used to make an aircraft carrier. Is it suitable?"

"What Xiaoqi said makes sense. Let's contact a consulting company to do market research and analysis."

"agree."

"agree."

"Everyone, don't worry about not being able to spend the money. There will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future, and we can shoot other things."

(End of this chapter)