China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 516 Luck is part of strength
Guo Fan’s resume is quite interesting.

His undergraduate degree was in law. Could it be true that a director who doesn't want to make a movie is not a good lawyer?

What’s even more interesting is that after graduation, he found a job as a packaging producer in the “Asia Music Center” program team of China Travel Satellite TV, which had nothing to do with his university major.

In 2009, he was admitted to the management department of Beijing Film Academy as a graduate student.

This once again confirms a curse: it is difficult for directors graduating from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy to become famous, while there are more directors who have succeeded from other departments.

As of today, he has directed two films, namely "The Adventures of Li Xianji" and "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me".

"The Adventures of Lee Heon-gi" won the Best Asian Film Award at the 2012th Silla Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in 16.

His second work, "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me," was released last year and grossed 4.7 million yuan in mainland China.

Such a resume is not that impressive in the Chinese director circle.

Because there are now movies in the Chinese film industry that gross over 20 billion yuan.

There are a lot of those in the 10 billion and 5 million level.

However, for a new director, this result is really excellent.

Moreover, Li Yu knows that Guo Fan's career as a director will be smoother in the future.

He will become the leader of Chinese science fiction films.

But as I said before, every step he took in the early stages of attracting investment was difficult.

If a famous director announces that he wants to make a science fiction film, not many investors will be optimistic about it. Guo Fan is not even a famous director, and the situation he faces will only be worse.

In fact, after the filming of "The Wandering Earth" started, the funds raised in the early stage were soon spent, and even the actors' salaries could not be paid.

There was also an interesting story behind the scenes of the filming of "The Wandering Earth".

Guo Fan persuaded Wu Jing to make a cameo appearance in "The Wandering Earth", and the guest appearance lasted for 31 days.

Guo Fan discovered that the film was over budget again, so he had no choice but to ask Wu Jing if he could not receive his salary.

In order to encourage Guo Fan, a younger filmmaker, Wu Jing actually did not receive any remuneration, which was very thoughtful of him.

Then Guo Fan continued to fool Wu Jing and talked about his ideals and China's science fiction dream.

Those words can be summed up in one meaning: I, Guo Fan, and you, Wu Jing, send the money!

Thanks to Guo Fan for meeting Wu Jing, Wu Jing had made several small profits with "Wolf Warrior 2" and was willing to invest 6000 million.

If it were someone else, they would probably have called the police.

They tricked people into working for a month, didn't pay them, and then tricked them into investing 6000 million yuan. Isn't this a "ship disappearance" plot?

However, the biggest difference between Guo Fan and that kind of organization is that what Guo Fan boasts about can really come true.

Later, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" exceeded 46 billion yuan, and Wu Jing really earned two or three small goals.

Afterwards, many people said that Wu Jing had a good vision, but in fact it was more of luck.

If he had not gone when Guo Fan asked him to make a guest appearance, the ending of the story would have been completely different.

Even if he went to make a cameo appearance, if he disagreed when Guo Fan persuaded him to invest money, it would have been a completely different outcome.

Luck is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is indeed a part of strength.

Some people really achieve success by relying on their overwhelming luck, it's really hard to deny it.

After "Wolf Warrior", Wu Jing's luck really seemed like he had turned on cheats.

Today is the day to meet Guo Fan, and Li Yu specially brought Da Tiantian along.

First, the funding gap for The Wandering Earth was too large. China Film only gave Guo Fan an investment budget of 8000 million yuan, and Guo Fan's own company invested 3000 million yuan in the early stage, and later added another 900 million yuan.

So currently, "The Wandering Earth" has confirmed that it has only raised 1.1 million yuan.

Trying to make "The Wandering Earth" with 1.1 million yuan is like a daydream.

If Li Yu wanted to buy it all by himself, he would have to pay 4 million in cash.

The pure cash flow of 4 million is quite stressful for the wealthy Hualiu Company.

There are many enviable films invested by Chinese companies, such as "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Joy of Life", "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Detective Chinatown 2".

In addition to these, there are also "The Khan" and "Ready Player One" directed by Li Yu himself.

By the way, there is also "Operation Red Sea", and there is a high probability that Li Yu will invest some money in it.

Most of the projects mentioned above are still in the production stage. Real money has been invested, but they have not yet made a profit to recover the money.

What's more, the project "The Wandering Earth" is very profitable.

If Li Yu really invested 4 million yuan, then he would account for % to % of the entire film.

According to the calculation method that profit is 46% of the box office, "The Wandering Earth" with a box office of 14 billion yuan can earn about billion yuan.

Li Yu has to take 14 billion out of the 10 billion.

If a movie earns 10 billion, wouldn't all the peers in the industry be envious and jealous?

There is no end to making money, and those who try to keep things to themselves and attract jealousy will often lose their way quickly.

Li Yu brought in Da Tiantian to invest 100 million or 200 million yuan, and let others fill in the rest.

As many people profited, Li Yu hid behind the crowd so as not to attract hatred from his peers.

After investing in "The Wandering Earth", Li Yu could even speak out publicly, urging investors in the industry to support science fiction films and to support Guo Fan, a younger filmmaker.

If someone really listened to Li Yu's advice and invested money, they would thank Li Yu in the future.

They didn't listen to Li Yu. Li Yu had shown them the way, but they couldn't make money. Who can they blame? They can only blame themselves.

Da Tiantian doesn’t have many scenes in Wolf Warrior 2.

Director Wu Jing understands the ways of the world very well. The environment in Africa is so harsh, there are many infectious diseases, and there are all kinds of dangerous animals.

During the time when Li Yu visited Africa to visit the film crew, more than 20 people were bitten by poisonous spiders, including a photographer. These people stayed in the hospital for many days.

In addition to dangerous poisonous animals like spiders, the people there are also dangerous. Someone in the crew was robbed.

Da Tiantian is the financial sponsor of "Wolf Warrior 2". If something happens to Da Tiantian in Africa, Wu Jing cannot afford it.

So even if Da Tiantian didn't say anything, Wu Jing would choose to finish filming Da Tiantian's scenes first, and then let Da Tiantian return home earlier.

Then, Da Tiantian, who had just returned for a while, was dragged over by Li Yu.

"Li Yu, you're not kidding me, are you? Are you sure your project can make hundreds of millions? Others have said that no one would make a science fiction movie."

When Da Tiantian met Li Yu, she was the first to raise questions.

"Tiantian, have I ever cheated you? Also, please be careful with your wording. You can't attack me as well. Who told you that dogs don't make science fiction movies? Didn't I just make a movie called "Ready Player One"? "

Li Yu retorted.

It is precisely because of this statement that no one would make a science fiction movie that confused too many investors and made them think that "The Wandering Earth" has no future.

If the industry is generally optimistic about "The Wandering Earth", a few giant companies will be able to monopolize the 5 million investment. How can Wu Jing, an actor, have the chance to earn hundreds of millions?
(End of this chapter)