Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 20: Looking for a rich woman to invest (please read more)

Because of the popularity of Xu Sanguan's blood-selling story, Chen Shiping also became a celebrity in the factory, and everyone's eyes turned red with envy!

Chen Shiping hid on the set of Red Mansions every day, otherwise he would have been shot through the heart with a laser by someone with pinkeye when he went to work normally in the factory.

But now that the script for the sixth part of Red Mansions has been completed, Chen Shiping has no excuse to continue hiding on the set of Red Mansions.

The most important thing is that Mr. Xie broke the news to Chen Shiping, which made it impossible for him to continue to stay on the Red Mansions crew.

Someone in the factory wants to apply to be an independent producer like Chen Shiping, and now the decision is about to be passed. If Chen Shiping doesn't go back, he won't be able to get the title of the number one independent producer in the country.

Thinking that Chen Shiping could not care about the beautiful sister Lin, he turned around and went to the fierce Wang Xifeng to beg for support. Bah, beg for investment!

"Sister Qing." Chen Shiping walked up to Liu Xiaoqing and said with a smile: "There is something I want to talk to you about. Do you have time?"

Liu Xiaoqing looked at Chen Shiping in surprise and said with a smile: "Why don't you go find your sister Lin."

"Sister Lin doesn't care. Who doesn't know that Sister Feng is in charge of the Jia family?" Chen Shiping joked and told Liu Xiaoqing that he planned to independently produce Xu Sanguan's Story of Selling Blood.

After hearing this, Liu Xiaoqing was surprised that Chen Shiping had such a plan. He asked with some uncertainty: "So, you are looking for me to invest? How can you be sure that I have money to invest?"

Chen Shiping didn't explain that much, he just said: "Sister, are you interested?"

Liu Xiaoqing was silent for a while and looked at Chen Shiping and said, "What if we lose it?"

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "Independent productions can be considered as factory-produced, but we only contribute the money. Feature films still have to be purchased and sold by the central government. With the popularity of Xu Sanguan's blood novel, and with you as a big star, it doesn't make sense. Will compensate."

"There is also the most critical factor. We still have overseas copyrights that can be sold. Even if we only sell it for tens of thousands of dollars, it will be enough to recover the capital."

Before the abolition of unified purchasing and marketing in 1993, although the studios could not make any money, they would never lose money.

Before the 1980s, a feature film cost 700,000 yuan for a one-time buyout, but after the 1980s, the film copyright belonged to the producer, and it was also changed from a one-time buyout to a cumulative settlement of 9,000 yuan for a single copy.

Although the producers cannot make much profit, they will never lose money. Under the planned economy policy of the 1980s, movies covered hundreds of millions of people, and there were movies to watch in both cities and rural areas.

In 1986, the price of a single ticket in Furong Town was 20 cents, and the total box office was as high as hundreds of millions. If it were replaced with 231 tickets later, the box office would have exceeded 20 billion!

Losing money? How could it be possible to lose money? It's just that the money was earned by the distribution, and the producer could only get less than 15% of the profit.

After listening to Chen Shiping's careful explanation, Liu Xiaoqing was also a little moved. It seemed that he would not lose money.

"Then how much do you need?"

"I have 60,000 yuan. If you have money, you can pay for the rest, or I can work for you for free. What I want is an opportunity."

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It's not that Liu Xiaoqing doesn't have 800,000 yuan. In the past two years, she has made almost a million yuan from acupuncture, but she can't tell it.

Liu Xiaoqing did not give Chen Shiping a direct answer to the question of how much money would be spent in the end. He only promised Chen Shiping that he would invest himself and find someone to invest for Chen Shiping.

Chen Shiping probably guessed what she meant by finding someone. It was difficult for her to invest hundreds of thousands, but she could just go around and invest through others.

Liu Xiaoqing's current popularity and connections are beyond comparison with ordinary people. When everyone is talking about the People's Artist, Liu Xiaoqing has already transformed into a big star.

She is the earliest example of moving from plan to market in the film and television industry. Having attracted Liu Xiaoqing, a rich woman, Chen Shiping's heart was relieved, and he could now talk to the factory about independent production.

There is no reason to support the person in Huangpu who asks for money and fame, but I don’t support myself who only wants the name to generate revenue for the factory!

But before leaving, he had to say something to Sister Lin. Chen Shiping found Tao Huimin who was resting and said, "I'm going back to the factory today."

"Oh." Tao Huimin shook his sleeves. After a while, he saw that Chen Shiping hadn't left yet, so he couldn't help but said: "Why are you talking to me when you go back to the factory? I will go back to the troupe after the filming is over. It's a good time to say goodbye."

Seeing Tao Huimin like this, Chen Shiping couldn't help but want to laugh. The combination of this little daughter's attitude and Lin Daodong's temperament was really cute.

"Do you want to be transferred to the factory? I don't want you to go back to the troupe."

Tao Huimin pursed her lips and said nothing. She looked at Chen Shiping as if he was joking, and then slowly said: "This is not something I can decide. If the factory transfers me, I will come."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Okay, then I understand."

Although she didn't hear Chen Shiping's guarantee, Tao Huimin believed in her heart that Chen Shiping would do it. She felt sweet in her heart, but she still felt a little guilty when she thought of her Yue Opera teacher.

Chen Shiping and Tao Huimin chatted a few more words, and then returned to the factory in a hurry. Tomorrow the factory committee would meet to decide whether to give Huangpu an independent production, so he had to go back and cut off Hu!

In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Shiping submitted his script and suggested that he also wanted to produce independently, and found investment.

Hu Qiming looked at Chen Shiping with some disbelief and said, "According to the factory's production plan, it will cost at least 800,000 yuan. Have you really paid for it?"

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "We have found everything. We don't need any money from the factory. I just want to produce it independently."

Hu Qiming didn't expect Chen Shiping to have this ability. He pondered for a while and said: "This is not a trivial matter, and you have no relevant experience."

Chen Shiping said seriously: "I learned a lot during my time on the Red Mansion crew. Mr. Xie and Director Xie also supported me in becoming an independent producer. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the confidence to bring it up with the studio."

You see, this is the role of brushing up resumes and pleasing big bosses, otherwise it would be useless even if Chen Shiping could attract investment.

When Hu Qiming heard that Mr. Xie and Xie Tieli supported Chen Shiping, he thought for a while and said, "Then you can come to the meeting tomorrow. We will discuss it at the meeting."

"Thank you, director."

Chen Shiping breathed a sigh of relief when he came out of the factory director's office. He had earned this opportunity. If he puts out his chips at the factory meeting tomorrow, he would not be able to compare with Huangpu!

Xu Sanguan's novel about selling blood is so popular now, plus he has the support of investors and big bosses, there is no reason why he should lose!

As long as I can become an independent producer in the factory this time, I will have much more room for development in the future.

It’s so wonderful to have the studio behind you and not have to be constrained!

Early the next morning, Chen Shiping arrived at the factory committee meeting on time, but he didn't expect that before he entered the conference room, he heard someone frantically picking on himself.

"Does he have production experience? Does he have directing experience? Does he understand film creation!"

"There is no need for his proposal to be an independent producer to be discussed at the meeting!"

"I am firmly opposed to Chen Shiping becoming an independent producer. If he could be an independent producer, there would be no need to discuss my application!"

When Chen Shiping heard this, he knew it was the Huangpu who competed with him for the title of the first independent producer.

I guess I came to the meeting full of confidence early in the morning, but I was shocked when I heard that Chen Shiping was also applying to be an independent producer.

Chen Shiping stood outside the conference room, straightened his clothes, then calmly opened the door and walked in.

Come on, let’s meet head-on! Let’s see who is qualified to be an independent producer!

(End of this chapter)