China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 167 Making Money
He Hua has never heard the original version of "Displaced Time and Space", but he thinks that the melody of Meng Ke's song is beautiful, and it should not be much worse than that one.

Anyway, he quite recognized Meng Ke's talent, and the tasks assigned to him were done well, such as "Do You Know", and this song, he is really a good tool.

So He Hua silently took out the notebook he used as a memo, turned to the page that also recorded the lyrics, marked it, and prepared to take it to him when he had time.

This song is the theme song of the original movie "Those Years".

The theme song of a good movie must be inseparable from the theme of the movie.

Just like the "Painted Skin" that He Hua and Liu Yifei went to the cinema to watch last year, the theme song "Painting Heart" sung by Zhang Liangying is very suitable for the movie.

The opening part of the song is sung by Zhang Liangying's ethereal vocals, which directly brings the audience into the weird storyline, and vividly expresses the doubts, entanglements, and sadness of the characters in the play.

Then the soft voice and melody sounded, directly bringing people into the bleak and magical style of the film.

In the middle, a lot of Zhang Jingying's beautiful voice dolphin sound was added, which pushed the song to an unexpected commanding height.

The 7-minute singing did not make the audience feel bored in the slightest, but felt even more the sentimental love between the transvestites in the movie.

After watching the movie at that time, He Hua was a little bit entangled, wondering whether "Painted Skin" created "Painted Heart", or "Painted Heart" made "Painted Skin"?
This is the mutual achievement of a good movie and a good theme song.

In addition to this, there is another combination that is the bad movie Divine Comedy.

What I’m talking about is that a good theme song is paired with a bad movie, and this combination will also achieve each other, but a good one makes people feel better, and a bad one makes people feel terrible.

Just like How Hua watched similar movies before filming "Those Years" as a reference, one of which was "The Years in a Hurry".

Good guy, the theme song sung by the princess is really nice, and the content of the movie is really bloody and bizarre.

Seeing that He Hua opened the barrage in boredom, many comments scolded the producer for cheating money:

[Bring us in with a good song and show us this? 】

[The MV of this song is not good, why is there no princess? 】

【Divine Comedy from Bad Movies Since Ancient Times】

[It's not a bad movie that made a divine comedy, it's that the movie is so bad that I have to listen to the song]

He was so happy that he laughed and let out a pig cry.

Speaking of He Hua's theme song of the same name in this movie "Those Years", its singing and melody are very clean, clear and simple, and at the same time reveal a little bit of youthful sadness, helplessness and regret, which fits very well with the content of the movie.

Because the creation of the lyrics was done by the film director himself and incorporated into many scenes in the film, it sounds like reliving the story in the film in your mind.

So He Hua thinks there is no need to change the theme song.

This song can be heard, and when he sees Meng Ke, he can write down the lyrics and sing it to him like "Do you know?" It's much easier.

But after the song comes out, why don't you try to find the singer "Hu Xia"? I copied a total of three songs, and two of them belonged to other people. It's a bit embarrassing to catch someone alone.

And his voice is as clean and pure as the youthful years performed in the movie, which perfectly interprets those shy, ignorant, curious, but most real feelings of boyhood, which fits perfectly with this song.

But how to find it, I only know a name, I have no other information, and I don't know if this young man has made his debut now?
Forget it, wait for the song to come out and find someone to ask, if you can find it, use him, if you can't find it, there is nothing you can do.

"Huako, just tell me, how confident are you in the success of this animation?"

"90%?"

He Hua didn't say enough, mainly because he couldn't guarantee that "Zootopia" would be a success.

On the one hand, the production company has changed, from Disney Pictures to Blue Sky Studios. Although they are both Hollywood animation production companies, there is a slight gap between the two parties just by looking at the names.

Disney Pictures started off relying on animation and has always been the top existence in the industry. It undoubtedly has its own advantages in terms of hardware and software facilities, such as its advanced rendering system, more sufficient production staff, and more experience. wait.

Therefore, the quality of the work produced by Blue Sky Studio is definitely not up to the level of the original work, and now that the project is started, the current level of technology is definitely not as good as the future, so He Hua's best expectation is to reach 80% of the original work.

On the other hand, he doesn't know how much box office the movie will get if it is released three or four years in advance.

However, he made a comparison in his heart. When the original work was released in 2016, some people said that it took a box office of 15 billion U.S. dollars, which should not be achieved.

Then, in a horizontal comparison, Blue Sky Studios released "Ice Age 2012" in the summer of 4, and the box office seems to be around 12 billion US dollars.

Of course, this is a bonus from the previous work. Parts 1-3 have accumulated a large number of fans and a good reputation for it, so it is probably not possible to get this result.

Then go down, Pixar's "Monsters University" broadcast in the summer of 2013 has a global box office of more than 7 million, and it recently released a "Up", which took a box office of 7.31 million US dollars.

Also next month, Blue Sky Studios will release "Ice Age 3," which grossed $8.87 million.

Then it can be roughly estimated that if "Zootopia" is lucky, it should get 7-8 million at the box office.

It is said that if a movie has a high box office in Hollywood, the proportion of profits shared by the film company is often higher than that of the cinema. If it exceeds 3 million, the film company can share up to 60% of the income.

He Hua didn't dare to be greedy, so he just thought about getting half and half, and then he could get 3.5 million US dollars, which is already quite profitable compared to the investment of 1.2 million US dollars.

Of course, this is a beautiful vision. If the luck is really bad and you encounter a strong opponent, there is nothing you can do about it.

"Okay, as long as you have what you say, I'll discuss it with Eldest Sister Xiang."

A few days later, in a new round of company video conference, Huang Lan directly and boldly proposed:

"I think we can be bold and get a 40% share."

As soon as this remark came out, except for the chief financial officer Xiang, the others either stared wide-eyed or opened their mouths slightly, especially Yu Yang, who was far away in the beautiful country, had a bad signal, thought he had heard it wrong, and asked again:
"Mr. Huang, how much did you say? I didn't hear clearly. The signal here is not good."

Huang Lan's expression didn't change at all, her tone remained firm: "I said 40%."

"Ha, Mr. Huang, stop joking, 1.2% of 40 million US dollars is 4800 million US dollars, not 4800 million RMB!"

After Yu Yang refuted Huang Lan, the others also talked in a hurry.

"According to the current exchange rate, 4800 million US dollars is about 3.5 million yuan. Where can we get so much money?"

"Premium transfer share? Hollywood projects are quite popular in the market, last year's "King of Kung Fu."

He Hua also wanted to say that we really don't have that much money, but seeing that Huang Lan seemed to have a plan in mind, he was not in a hurry to express his opinion:
"Ahem. Quiet, everyone, listen to Mr. Huang's reasons first, and express your opinions later."

"In May last year, BJ Bank provided Huayi Brothers with a 5 million project package loan in the form of copyright pledge, which was used for the shooting of 14 TV dramas."

As soon as Huang Lan came up, she was straightforward and concise:
"We have been doing this kind of bank loan called 'Creative Loan', but before the company started up, it was lacking in all aspects, so the scale of each loan was relatively small, which is a prudent development."

"But now that the company is on the right track, I think we can take a bigger step."

"Just like this project, is it a high-quality project?"

Huang Lan didn't mean Yang to answer, so she said on her own:
"Excellent script + Hollywood production team, and this team has already had 3 successful works, and there is still a market. The box office of the recently released "Up" was 6820 million US dollars in the first weekend, directly topping the North American box office champion, which shows that The market potential for animated films is limitless, so what are we worried about?"

"No matter from which angle you look at it, it is a high-quality project that can't be more high-quality, and it is likely to bring us huge benefits."

"Are we going to give the gringos all the money we can make?"

Speaking of this, Huang Lan turned the topic back to the original "Creative Loan":
"Yesterday, Mr. Xiang and I went to see the director of the credit department of BJ Bank and chatted with him."

"The bank said that if we agree to a package loan, they can provide a loan of up to 70% of the total value of the goods."

"It's equivalent to only needing to prepare 30% of the free funds and bear the loan interest."

"I think it's a good choice."

After Huang Lan finished speaking, the Chief Financial Officer made some supplements to the eldest sister. After she finished speaking, the others immediately started discussing:

"The risk is too great. It's equivalent to putting the whole company on such a project. Isn't it necessary?"

"I think it is feasible, which project has no risk, just to see if the risk is within the controllable range"

"Is Hollywood controllable? Uncontrollable. If the project fails, the company will be directly insolvent."

"That's not the case. If you really want to borrow so much, the bank will support you. You can't even play it if you want to."

It's only 09 now, a few hundred million is not a small number.

Listening to their discussion, He Hua also made a calculation in his mind:

According to what Huang Lan said, for a 40% share, the company will spend 3 million yuan. The production cycle of an animation film is 5-3 years. If it takes 3300 years, it will spend [-] million yuan a year.

Coupled with loan interest, it is estimated to reach 4000 million.

This number is also quite stressful.

But it seems that I can really give it a go. If I win the bet, I probably won't worry about money in the future.

He Hua was a little moved: "Try it? Just try it!"

The final result was that Lighthouse Animation won a 4200% share of "Zootopia" for $35 million.

Of course, He Hua didn't listen to Huang Lan's advice.

After getting the project, he first transferred 50% of the shares to Mr. Wang upstairs in the form of a fixed 5% income, and obtained more than 4000 million funds, and then pledged the remaining 30% of the shares.

The actual value of this 30% is about 2.5 million. The bank provided a loan of 1.75 million for Beacon Animation, and Youhua Entertainment served as a guarantee for this loan.

In this way, the annual expenditure will be controlled at about 3000 million, and the pressure will be much less all of a sudden.

After finishing this matter, He Hua let out a long sigh of relief:

Continue to work hard to make money!

Under the Director's Shed of "Those Years"

Liu Yifei was sitting here, gnawing on the cucumber in her hand, while looking at the computer with tears in her eyes.

After reading it, He Hua couldn't help it:

"You're almost done, you've eaten these two cucumbers for almost an hour, don't watch, are you ready for the show tonight?"

"It's already ready. Wait until I finish watching this episode."

"If the performance is not good at night, hum, just wait!" He Hua said helplessly.

He was really afraid that the effect would be bad, otherwise he really wanted to hit her butt a few times to make her disobedient.

He Hua, who was on the crew two days ago, received two good news.

One is the TV series "Floating and Sinking", after more than two months of preparation, finally started filming in Nantong.

The other is the reason for the current situation - the post-production of "Age of Awakening" has been completed.

Don't be too quick. Although the crew of "The Age of Awakening" has not been finished for a long time, only two months, but in fact its post-production started after New Year's Day, and it has been nearly half a year now.

After the production was completed, Huang Lan acted very quickly, and hurriedly took it to the General Administration for review, hoping to broadcast it in August; in addition, she made a copy and sent someone to bring it to He Hua.

Then, then Liu Yifei became like this
When it's time to shoot night scenes at night:
Sprinklers start working, the rain is getting heavier

Chen Xiao and Liu Yifei are arguing under the eaves of the dormitory

". Let me ask you, is it fun?"

Chen Xiao's hippie smile gradually softened: "What do you mean?"

"Can you stop wasting time on this kind of thing?" Liu Yifei said with a bit of resentment.

"What do you know? This is a contest between wisdom and hand speed. It's not that simple."

"Isn't that just playing games? Spending so much time and energy on it, Curten, haven't you grown up yet?"

Chen Xiao's expression was stagnant, and he lowered his head slightly, as if he couldn't accept that his efforts were underestimated by her.

"You tell me, what's the point of you spending so much time running this competition?"

The girl's attitude annoyed him a little.

Chen Xiao didn't meet Liu Yifei's eyes, curled her lips and said, "Meaning? Does everything have to be meaningful? I don't think so."

Seeing Chen Xiao's attitude, Liu Yifei laughed out of breath: "No, I suddenly found it quite meaningful."

"The point of this incident is to let me know that you haven't grown up yet."

Chen Xiao also got angry: "It's not that you think that things that are meaningless are meaningless. I think I am very happy in this competition, and that is enough."

Liu Yifei looked at Chen Xiao for a few seconds, picked up the backpack on the chair, turned around and was about to leave.

Chen Xiao grabbed her arm: "Where are you going, don't you see it's raining?"

Liu Yifei shook off his hand, then said softly to him: "Ke Teng, when will you be more mature."

This attitude finally broke Chen Xiao's defense:

"I didn't grow up, I didn't grow up, I just didn't grow up, that's why I like girls like you and chase you for so long."

(The heavy rain is pouring, and the atmosphere is getting more and more serious)
"Then stop chasing."

Chen Xiao stared at her for two seconds, then turned and walked into the rain.

"Ka, very good, keep it in this state, we will keep one."

(End of this chapter)