Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 734: Seven Joint Premiums
“Premium?”

In front of Jindun, Naval Political Department and Jinling Art Center, Han Sanping introduced the project, and Gu Wei decided to invite Wanda and Guangxian to join the project.

It can be regarded as a meeting between Wang Changtian and Ye Ning and several investors, which means that in this project, everyone will contribute their own share and then cooperate well in the future.

When returning to the small meeting between Han Sanping, Gu Wei and La Peikang, Gu Wei directly proposed a premium.

"That's right, it's a premium!" Gu Wei nodded.

"No problem, Director Gu, you tell me how much the premium should be, and Wanda will follow suit." Ye Ning agreed without hesitation.

Wang Changtian glared at the other person secretly, complaining in his heart that the rich man was so great that he wanted to cover his mouth.

Ye Ning naturally noticed Wang Changtian's little tricks, but he didn't care about them. What Wanda needed was to keep up with the first echelon of the film and television industry. As for whether or not to make money and how much money to make, it was secondary.

Gu Wei found it funny to see the two of them competing against each other secretly, but since they had cooperated with him many times, he would not think of killing them.

"A 40% premium, what do you think, Mr. Wang and Mr. Ye?"

The price offered by Gu Wei was quite reasonable. Even Han Sanping glanced at him and thought that Gu Wei probably remembered their old friendship, but the 40% premium was a bit low.

Thinking of this, Han Sanping shook his head slightly, while Wang Changtian and Ye Ning agreed immediately. They had originally planned to spend a large amount of money to get on the ship, but they did not expect to have an unexpected surprise.

Afterwards, China Film Group prepared the preliminary contract, and Wang Changtian felt relieved only after it was signed.

"Director Gu, this time we have seven companies working together and the investment is so huge, maybe the box office will exceed The Wandering Earth after it is released."

At this time, Wang Changtian had already started to look forward to it. The global box office of "The Wandering Earth" made several investors earn a lot of money. To be honest, before coming, Wang Changtian was thinking that he would get a share even if the premium was 100% or 1.5 times.

Although the premium is not much now, the market share is much smaller than that of "The Wandering Earth".

Light Media and Wanda only have a 15% share, but they paid 21% of the cost, which is million US dollars, based on the cost of million US dollars. This does not include the subsequent publicity and promotion costs, but as long as the movie is a big hit, everything can be recovered, and even a lot of money can be made.

From this we can see that there are not many companies in the entire entertainment industry that can continue to make money simply by making movies. After all, the investment in a movie can easily exceed 100 million yuan, and the risk is too great.

On the contrary, in recent years, more and more companies have followed the Huayi Company model, treating movies as a business and diversifying their investments. But in this case, can a film and television company still be called a film and television company?
"That's the goal, but this time it's a military-themed movie, so it's hard to say whether it can get a high box office, but I still have confidence..."

"Now that the project has been finalized, I think we should hold a press conference to warm up the project in advance." Han Sanping's old problem came back again. Since his retirement, he missed the scenes of showing off his prowess in front of people very much.

"Yeah, the auditions for The Great Wall downstairs are going really hot, we can't just sit there and do nothing."

"What's Director Gu's opinion?"

"I have no problem. Let's set a time." Gu Wei said lightly. Anyway, he didn't need to worry about it. Whoever wanted to be in the limelight would be responsible for the preparations.

"Okay, let's set it for the 20th."

...

On the third floor of China Film Academy, in a large conference room.

Zhang Yimou's auditions are still ongoing. Currently, "The Great Wall" is becoming more and more popular, so much so that Hollywood Legendary and Universal have each arranged two persons in charge to supervise the audition process alone.

As it involves an investment of more than 100 million US dollars, all companies are relatively cautious. For example, there are four producers of this movie, including Thomas Tull, Charles Roven, Joe Jashini, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, among whom Thomas Tull is also the boss of Legendary Pictures.

"Next one, Han Dongjun."

Hundreds of auditioning artists gathered in the hall. When Han Dongjun's name was called, everyone looked at him with complicated eyes.

Although he is only a sophomore, he has already starred in "The Wandering Earth" and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain", and has become a little famous in Hollywood with the former.

In addition, he is a direct subordinate of director Gu Wei, so everyone subconsciously thinks that it will not be a problem for him to get the role.

Han Dongjun could naturally notice other people's gazes, but that's how the entertainment industry is, one step at a time, one step at a time, there's nothing to be surprised about.

"Dongjun, have you memorized the lines in the script?" The personal female assistant followed behind Han Dongjun. Seeing that there was no one around, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

This is the advantage of being one of our own. Even though Zhang Yimou said that the audition was open, he still privately sent Han Dongjun, who was one of his own, the audition script and lines in advance.

After practicing for a few days in advance, Han Dongjun was somewhat confident. "Well, I have memorized it all. I also practiced privately with Brother Hao and the others for two days. It shouldn't be a problem."

"Yeah, come on. You definitely have no chance to play the leading male role, but the second male role is our goal." The assistant is Li Xiaoya, who is in her thirties. She had always been with Wang Jinghua. It was because Han Dongjun was valued by Gu Wei that the lucrative job of being his agent fell on Li Xiaoya.

Although Han Dongjun is still in school and the company does not arrange many crews and projects for him, in Li Xiaoya's opinion, Han Dongjun is a potential stock. With the protection of the great director Gu Wei, his future is limitless.

Following the staff to the door of the conference room, Han Dongjun took a deep breath, nodded to his assistant, and raised his hand to knock on the door.

"Please come in."

"Hello, Director Zhang...Everyone..."

"Hello, please introduce yourself." Zhang Yimou said with a serious expression, raising his hand.

"I'm Han Dongjun, a sophomore at Beijing Film Academy. I've starred in two movies before, namely..."

Following Han Dongjun's self-introduction and translation, the eyes of several executives from Universal and Warner brightened.

One of the leading male actors in director Gu Wei's first domestic science fiction blockbuster.

Well, the appearance is also good!
Looking at the opinions in my hand, well, he is a new generation first-line male star in the mainland, and Hollywood has also reported detailed information about him.

The stipulated time for the introduction was only one minute. When Han Dongjun stopped, Zhang Yimou thought for a moment before speaking. He turned to his assistant and said, "Give him a script and let him perform a scene on the spot."

After taking the document, Han Dongjun took a quick look at it and breathed a sigh of relief. It was exactly the same as the script he had received in advance.

Some people may think that this is unfair, but where is absolute fairness in the entertainment industry?

When the five-minute memorization time was up, Han Dongjun began his performance...

It has to be said that the advance practice paid off at this moment, and several foreigners nodded one after another.

Afterwards, Zhang Yimou whispered with them for a while, looked up and nodded at Han Dongjun, saying, "That's all for today. As for whether you can enter the second round of auditions, someone will notify you."

"Okay, thank you Director Zhang." Han Dongjun was calm. He was very satisfied with his performance. Plus with Gu Wei's relationship, he thought there shouldn't be any major problems.

The entire audition process from the moment we entered to the end took less than ten minutes, which was considered a long time. Most people only had one to two minutes to audition. After all, there were too many people, and with five minutes per person, not many people could be auditioned in a day.

As soon as Han Dongjun left, the staff continued to shout, "Next, Peng Yuyan!" Peng Yuyan, who was not far away, immediately stood up and walked over after hearing it. When the two met, they looked at each other and nodded slightly.

After the two of them passed each other, Han Dongjun saw Gu Wei and a few others walking towards him at first glance.

In a place where celebrities and artists gathered, when everyone saw Gu Wei, they all stood up and greeted him.

"Hello, Director Gu, I'm Mark Chao..."

"I am Lin Chi-ling..."

"Hello, Director Gu, I am..."

"Yeah, hello everyone." Looking at the various celebrity artists, Gu Wei smiled and nodded, then walked towards Han Dongjun.

"Hello, boss." Han Dongjun strode forward and was the first to greet.

"Are you done with the audition? How was it?" Gu Wei asked with a smile, patting Han Dongjun on the shoulder.

Han Dongjun scratched his head and said, "Director Zhang told me to wait for notification. I don't know the result yet."

"That's no problem. Act well when you join the crew and strive to break into Hollywood as soon as possible." Wang Changtian said with a smile, looking at Han Dongjun with a bit of enthusiasm. Guangguang is weak in terms of artists and directors, and lacks artists who can carry the box office.

But Han Dongjun was cultivated vigorously by Gu Wei, so even if Wang Changtian wanted to, he would not dare to poach him.

"Xiao Han is good. The global box office of The Wandering Earth is about to break 1 billion. He is worthy of being the leader of the young generation in the domestic entertainment industry, haha!" Ye Ning also praised him, which made Han Dongjun wave his hands repeatedly and said he was not worthy of it.

The voices of several people were quite loud and many people heard it. Seeing that they were chatting and laughing with the boss of the film and television company, they couldn't help but sigh that the gap between people is really big.

At the same time, several female stars looked at Han Dongjun with strange eyes, as if they wanted to eat him immediately.

After a brief chat, Gu Wei asked Han Dongjun to go back first and then went straight to the meeting room.

Zhang Yimou naturally knew that Gu Wei and the others had arrived, but he did not stop the audition and just asked his assistant to open the door.

As soon as he entered the door, Gu Wei heard Peng Yuyan's self-introduction, but unfortunately he did not get the chance to perform.

After the introduction, Zhang Yimou said, "Peng Yuyan, right? Go back and wait for notification."

"Okay, thank you Director Zhang!" Peng Yuyan looked a little unnatural, but still bowed and said.

When he saw Gu Wei coming in, he greeted him repeatedly. Of course, he did not forget Wang Changtian and Ye Ning. Wang Changtian responded, but Ye Ning's attitude was a little cold. He nodded and walked straight towards Zhang Yimou.

"Director Zhang, I hope I didn't disturb you, haha."

"Mr. Ye, you are joking. Everyone, please sit down." Zhang Yimou stood up and said with a smile, then asked his assistant to bring benches.

"Gu."

"Director Gu."

"Senior brother."

"Hi, Jon."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they sat down one by one.

After sitting down, Gu Wei also knew that Zhang Yimou's time was precious and there were many people queuing outside, "Brother, continue with the audition, we are just here to watch."

"Yes, Director Zhang, it's rare to have such a big-budget co-production film. We are here to learn, haha." Wang Changtian also said.

Seeing this, Zhang Yimou nodded to his assistant, signaling the audition to continue...

Gu Wei's purpose of coming here was naturally to see if he could meet Matt Damon, but after seeing the audition scene, he felt that he was overthinking.

How could a Hollywood superstar, the designated male lead, audition with ordinary artists?

After watching four or five artists audition, most of which did not last more than five minutes, Gu Wei rejected Zhang Yimou's invitation to dinner and drove away from China Film Group alone.

...

On the way back, Gu Wei heard a news report in the car that the script of the youth film starring the host of Mango TV had been completed and was currently very popular in the circle.

The model is naturally to copy the template of "You, My Deskmate", which is also adapted from a song. The name of the script and the movie is "Gardenia Blossoms"!
It can only be said that the influence of Mango Channel should not be underestimated. Most of the film and television circles are sending congratulatory messages to help He Jiong publicize and build momentum.

It seems that once this movie is released, it will have a box office of over 5 million yuan, and a "commercial film director" like Guo Jingming is bound to be born!
...

"Co-produced by Xingchen Films, Jinling Art Center, and Capital Bowei Zhiyuan Investment Management Co., Ltd., directed by Wu Jing, and supervised by Gu Wei and Chen Guofu, the domestic mainstream military action movie "Wolf Warrior" was officially released today!"

"After one and a half months of release, Wolf Warriors has grossed 18.78 billion yuan at the box office, and is expected to become the most profitable film in the domestic film market this year!"

"It is estimated that Xingchen Films holds 80% of the investment share and can earn more than 6.08 million yuan in profits from the movie Wolf Warriors!"

"The military-themed film Wolf Warrior broke the records of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons and Lost in Thailand, becoming the fourth film in China to break the billion-dollar box office, second only to The Wandering Earth!"

"The top three domestic film box office rankings are The Wandering Earth, Wolf Warriors and Lost in Thailand, all produced by Xingchen Films!"

"The Lunar New Year holiday is coming, and directors Chen Kexin and Jiang Wen have both boasted that the box office targets for The Crossing and The Step Away are 2 billion, and they are striving to break the record just set by Wolf Warrior..."

The sensational military action blockbuster "Wolf Warrior" was officially taken off the screen on the 14th, and everyone in the film industry was jealous once again.

There is no need to wait for the Lunar New Year holiday. According to the speculation of most companies in the industry, "Wolf Warrior" is likely to be the most profitable movie this year, perhaps the only one.

Its cost was only 200 million, but its box office exceeded 1.8 billion. In comparison, even if the box office of "One Step Away" and "The Crossing" reached 2 billion, they could not compare with "Wolf Warrior" in terms of return rate.

The key point is not the most infuriating thing. The most enviable thing is that Xingchen Film and Television Company has produced another great director - Wu Jing.

Yes, after Ning Hao, Lu Yang, Wuershan and Xu Zheng, Xingchen Film and Television Company once again has an advantage in the number of commercial film directors.

The person involved, Wu Jing, was extremely excited. Before the celebration banquet started, he made an appointment with Gu Wei, Lu Yang and Ning Hao and insisted on having a drink in advance.

In his words, the celebration party is for outsiders to see, and we brothers just drink for fun.

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(End of this chapter)