China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 181 Investing
Once the heroine is confirmed, the rest will be easy.

Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, for the most classic versions, choose Pan Yueming and Jiang Chao.

In fact, before watching works such as "White Night Chasing the Murder", "Angry in Xiangxi", and "Longling Miku", He Hua's impression of Pan Yueming has always stayed in "The Legend of the White Snake" broadcast in 2006. A very infatuated scholar image.

When choosing who to play Hu Bayi, I was worried about his age. After all, Hu Bayi was 31 years old when he appeared in "The Ancient City".

But when I checked the information later, I never expected that this guy is now 35 years old, one year younger than Li Bingbing.And Li Dazui Jiang Chao is also 34 years old.

Well, then don't think about it, just let them.

When Pan Yueming plays Hu Bayi, He Hua thinks it's not about whether he looks like or doesn't meet expectations, but the role he plays, you can watch it very comfortably, he seems to have grown on your "comfort point".

When you look at the roles he played, you forget to think about what Hu Bayi imagined when you read the book, and you don’t bother to think about it, only "hey, this is good."

To use an inappropriate analogy, it is the Monkey King, Xiaobubu, Xiaoyuer, and Zhang Weijian in Wei Xiaobao's era. It is no longer a question of whether he fits or not, but just loves to watch and is comfortable to watch.

This is the comfort of an actor himself, brought into the role he plays.

There is also Fatty Wang played by Jiang Chao. He is a talkative, show off, greedy for petty gains, speaks authentic BJ talk, and has the loyalty to stand up for his friends at critical moments. He really plays this character to life.

In this role, even Huang Bo, who is recognized by the public as having good acting skills, is slightly inferior to him.

So He Hua didn't get too entangled in these two roles.

After the mojin trio is decided, the other roles will be left to the two directors to decide, and they cannot be denied any rights.

He Hua, as the producer, joined the crew to cast the cast, just to express the importance that Youhua Company attaches to this project.

After the two took over, they did not hesitate or worry too much, and successively identified some actors, including a few actors He Hua is more familiar with:
For example, for Golden Tooth, they chose Cao Bingkun, the Xie Ruolin who stuttered a bit in "Latent";

An Liman, the somewhat mysterious old Uighur guide in the desert, they recruited Wang Yongquan, who served as the assistant director in "Little Cook" and played Shen's father.

It is estimated that Sun Molong also wanted him to escort the work. After all, Lao Wang's crew has more than ten years of experience. Zhang Kaizhou was the first time to be a director, so he was the first to call him to help out.

Fei Zhenxiang also invited several teachers to contribute to his debut work.

Fei Zhenxiang was born in a Liyuan family. When he was young, he learned monkey opera to play the role of the Monkey King. He is an orthodox Peking Opera martial artist. He was at the top when he debuted. He won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor and also participated in "Farewell My Concubine", playing the role of teacher Zhang Fengyi. A younger version of Little Stone.

It is no exaggeration to say that director Fei Zhenxiang's journey as an actor started with a kingly script.

It's just that his subsequent career as an actor was not so smooth, and he basically had no memorable roles. He stumbled until now, and he has been more engaged in behind-the-scenes work in movies. For example, last year he played a role in "Plum Blossoms" directed by Chen Kaige. "Lan Fang" as the chief director of the drama part.

However, after so many years in the industry, he has accumulated a lot of contacts, which are just coming into play now.

Huang Lan didn't express any opinions on the small actions of Sun Molong and Fei Zhenxiang. She just nodded to Yu Jiajia and asked her to pay more attention to the crew's movements and not to lose the big for the small.

In mid-December, Zhang Lei, Xu Jizhou and Xingkong Studio finally finished the script of "Number".

He Hua flipped through it quickly, and saw that there was no problem with the direction of the story, and the characters were not bad, so it was approved. The follow-up sculpting can be completed during the preparation period. Anyway, these people will follow the crew until the end of the filming.

Huang Lan was not idle during this period of time, she continued to socialize every day, and discussed with other company leaders about the investment of the two dramas.

The success of several consecutive dramas made Huang Lan more domineering when accepting investment, and directly offered three ways to companies who wanted to participate in the project:

Either investment premium, or fixed income, or can bring other resources.

The middle one is relatively simple, it literally means that Huang Lan promises that investors will get 25% fixed income at the end of the project cycle.

According to the current release cycle of Youhua Entertainment's film and television dramas, it is basically around 8-10 months, and with the return of follow-up funds, the cycle of a project is about 14-16 months.

That is to say, if an investment company invests 1000 million in Youhua Company, then after 14-16 months, he will get a profit of 250 million.

This is much more stable than putting in the hard work into production and then gambling on the success rate of the project; it is also much more profitable than working in a bank or engaging in financial management.

Of course, if investors are very optimistic about this project and want to gamble on the future with Youhua, then they will invest at a premium.

Everyone knows that Youhua plays make money, so if you want to invest, you need to buy shares according to the premium space assessed by Youhua Company.

What is the estimated premium space?

Huang Lan made a premium based on the return on investment of 1.5, that is, an investment share of 100 million needs to actually pay 250 million. She said:
"This number is not random. Basically, the return on investment of each of our dramas can meet this standard. For example, "Snail House", which was broadcast in November last year, had an return on investment close to 11."

"If you want to give it a try, we welcome it. Anyway, you won't lose much. It just depends on your luck how much profit you can make in the future."

"By the way, we only released 49% of the shares!"

If it wasn't for worrying about these people secretly making troubles, Huang Lan really didn't want to leak any share, wouldn't it be good for bank loans?

It's just that she has only tried a little bit on the "Floating and Sinking" project, and she can feel the slightest resistance in the industry during the promotion and broadcasting. If the quality of the work is not excellent, maybe this time it will really capsize. .

There is so much discussion online, but the market feedback (rating growth rate) is so mediocre. Huang Lan really doesn't believe that no one is doing anything about it.

Regarding this matter, He Hua just said: "The benefits can be shared but not alone, the schemes can be few but not many, the sole benefit will be defeated, and the conspiracy of the crowd will be vented."

After thinking about it, Huang Lan finally had no choice but to choose this method to raise the investment threshold.

The last resource is also very simple. On the one hand, it attracts some powerful companies, and on the other hand, it obtains some convenience through their resources.

For example, the promotional resources of Enlight Media, the special effects production resources of China Film Group, and so on.

As an aside, He Hua is quite concerned about special effects, for two reasons:
First of all, there are quite a lot of scenes in "The Ancient City" that need to be produced with special effects. In order not to be ridiculed by the audience as "five cents special effects" after it comes out, the investment in this part must be indispensable. Besides, it will have a follow-up series, all need the support of this area.

And this is only "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Don't forget that Youhua also has "Tomb Raiders Notes", "Three-Body" and other IPs. These will definitely be put into production in the future. "The Wandering Earth" and "Ready Player One" that people can't see need the support of special effects, so the production of special effects is very important.

Secondly, don’t forget that Fei Mo Force, which Beacon Animation previously acquired, is engaged in 3G digital animation, so they have a certain foundation.

The purpose of introducing China Film Special Effects Team this time is to learn from them.

In addition, Yu Yang also recruited More VFX Mojing Tianhe and Tiangong Yicai special effects company.

Among them, Tiangong Yicai is the special effects producer of "The Wind" and Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake".

The two companies were recruited on the one hand to introduce competition to ensure the special effects production of "The Ancient City of Jingjue", and on the other hand to investigate. If it is suitable, it is not a bad idea to invest in a shareholding cooperation or overall income.

Back to the topic, after a period of negotiation and communication, the investment was finally finalized:
The total investment of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Ancient City" is 6000 million. Youhua Entertainment contributed 3060 million and accounted for 51% of the share. China Film Group, Enlight Media, and BJ TV each contributed 600 million and accounted for 30%. The remaining 19%. Other large and small companies Invest 780 million for fixed income, and sell the remaining 6% for 900 million for investment premium.

Of the 3060 million investment, 150 million is for film and television adaptation rights, 22 million for the script of 110 episodes, 540 million premium income, 2100 million bank loans, and 160 million actual investment by Youhua Entertainment.

《永不磨灭的番号》总投资3000万，佑华娱乐出资1530万占51%的份额，山东影视制作中心、华策传媒、上海文广传媒、BJ国立常升影视公司各出300万占40%，最后9%卖出675万做投资溢价。

Of the 1530 million yuan, the 34-episode script was priced at 170 million yuan, with a premium income of 405 million yuan and a bank loan of 955 million.

It's really that simple to make money in this industry. Of course, this is also due to previous accumulation. If you don't want to pay a premium, you can see if anyone cares about you.

BJ Guoli Changsheng Film and Television Company is Zhang Guoli's company, and he can get the share because He Hua specially said hello to Huang Lan.

The main thing is that He Hua is a soft-spoken person, but he really won his favor these few times.

It stands to reason that Zhang Guoli is an old senior, and he can hold it up in front of He Hua, a junior, but he just didn't. He took the initiative to greet He Hua as early as the Magnolia Award; the same is true for the Feitian Award, in front of so many people. Not afraid of losing face, he brought his son to talk to He Hua.

It was the same this time with "Lost Orphans". He Hua just made a phone call and they came over to audition. After he was confirmed to be cast, he didn't get any pay. He even praised He Hua for having a "sense of social responsibility", but in fact, He Hua didn't understand him. mean.

He simply brought in his company in this investment.

Anyway, if it weren't for him, there would be others, so it's better to just repay the favor like this.

In addition to taking profits from investment, Youhua Company has also begun to impose certain restrictions on actors' remuneration.

Like the gold-money trio in "The Ancient City", their remuneration combined is less than 5% of the total investment
The most expensive among them is Li Bingbing. She can get a salary of 5 yuan for a single episode, a total of 110 million. This is not even comparable to her salary for a movie. 'Influence, manager Li Xue really wanted to throw the contract in Huang Lan's face.

Huang Lan had a face full of surprises, she was not afraid of others saying:

"Hai Qing and Sun Li are the most popular on the small screen now. Both of them offer 10 to 15 per episode, but they are also at the same price for starring in our Youhua drama."

Li Bingbing was crushed so hard, let alone the other two.

Pan Yueming, a first-line niche student in the mainland, earns 3 yuan per episode, totaling 66 yuan;
By the time Jiang Chao arrived, there were only 8000 left, totaling about 17. His works were severely out of schedule, and he had yet to prove himself. He was only a supporting role in the famous dramas "Wulin Gaiden" and "The Story of the Cooking Class" .

Plus other roles, anyway, the total salary is less than 300 million.

Also in "No.", Huang Haibo, the most expensive actor, earned 1.5 yuan per episode for 51 yuan. His role as Ding Li in "New Shanghai Beach" broadcast the year before last was very popular with the audience, making him a little popular.

Wang Lei earns 5000 per episode, which is only 17. Like Jiang Chao, he is now playing supporting roles everywhere, and he is not yet the famous "King of Northwestern Punch".

It is estimated that 200 million will get the actors.

Basically, it is cut in half. In fact, the status of film and television production companies has declined in recent years. If it had been released earlier, Huang Lan would have dared to reverse it and collect money according to this standard.

After the price is suppressed, the remaining money will be invested in production to ensure the quality of the TV series.

". At least 2000-3000 pieces are required for the production of special effects to ensure the quality in the later stage, so you still have to control it well."

He Hua stood in the studio in the northwest corner of North Putuo Film and Television City, looking at the green screen being built, and talking to Sun and Fei beside him.

"Understood, the main cost is to go out and shoot the scene, jungle, grassland, desert, glacier, these green screens are too fake."

After Sun Molong finished speaking, Fei Zhenxiang nodded in agreement and added:
"We will try our best to solve the problem here in the film and television city."

After leaving the studio, the two took He Hua to a construction site:

"This is the place assigned to us by the film and television city, and we planned it here."

In previous cooperation, Beiputuo Film and Television City and Youhua Entertainment both got what they wanted.

Youhua Entertainment got the scenes the crew wanted with very little money.

North Putuo Film and Television City is now relying on the popularity of "Awakening Age", which has greatly improved its popularity. More and more film crews following the trend of shooting the theme of the Republic of China choose to shoot here, so that the film and television city sees the hope of rising.

And every holiday, many people come here to check in. After all, playing here is equivalent to going to many red scenic spots at once, which is worth the money.

So when Youhua Company came here to inspect again, the person in charge of the film and television city directly patted his chest and said that he would build whatever scenes he wanted. This time, there was no need for the crew to pay for it, they were all contracted.

This attitude directly compares the Hengdian Film and Television Group, which wants to get a foot in the door.

So Sun and Fei began to study the actual construction here:
Fatty Wang's house is simple, build one, there are many small courtyards here.

Donglaishun in the 80s, no problem, build one in a place of more than ten square meters.

For the tombs of the nobles in the Northern Song Dynasty, the ones that need to be underground or on the ground, yes, then dig one.

The exquisite ancient city, this must have, the key point is this.

He Hua estimates that after the filming of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series is completed, this place will be directly upgraded to a gold-touching scenic spot, and then the theme will be: I have a group of tombs!

(End of this chapter)