Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 251 Love Apartment 2 is here.

"Zhang Lu, there's a TV series I don't have time to shoot, how about you direct it?"

"Which one?"

"Love Apartment 2."

After investing in "Inception".

Chen Cheng had the idea of ​​making money crazily.

No wonder Hollywood blockbusters have been crushing many global film markets in the early days.

Not to mention anything else.

The investment alone is terrifying.

Such an investment is not to be considered a box office success.

Even if it fails.

With hundreds of millions of dollars invested in this, do you think it's not as good as those ordinary movies?
Chen Cheng used to think he was quite rich.

But when it came to this level of investment, Chen Cheng discovered that his money meant nothing.

Just like Inception, he only owns 12 points of the shares.

Zhang Lu originally thought that Chen Cheng was talking about a new movie.

But when he heard about Love Apartment, he was completely shocked.

"Brother Cheng, please don't scare me."

"Why scare you?"

"Love Apartment is a super production."

"What kind of super production is this? The investment is less than 2000 million. Is this super?"

"No, he's just too popular. I don't know how many people are looking forward to the second season of Love Apartment online."

"So, isn't this the start of preparation?"

"No, such a classic film, you don't do it yourself?"

"I'm lazy."

Chen Cheng said.

of course.

It's not that he's lazy.

The truth is that Love Apartment doesn’t require too much technology.

Love Apartment 1 has set a good example.

Love Apartment 2 can just follow the original rhythm and shoot.

and so.

Even Zhang Lu can do it.

Furthermore.

Chen Cheng was thinking about making money, so it was impossible for him to keep burying himself in making films.

Many directors are already very busy making one or two films a year.

If there were more, the head would explode.

Say.

There are too many good movies in this world, and it is impossible for Chen Cheng to shoot them all by himself.

"Zhang Lu, you don't want to take the photo. Fine, I'll call you Lao Wu."

"No, no, Makoto, why wouldn't I want to take a photo? I just feel like I'm dreaming."

"Don't dream. That's it. I'll send you the script later. Of course, if you have better ideas or creativity, you can also write them into the script."

In Love Apartment 1, Chen Cheng added a lot of his original plots.

Love Apartment 2 is naturally also possible.

It’s also a sitcom.

Many times there won’t be much conflict between the first and second episodes.

Even if one episode is not particularly good sometimes, it will not affect the next episode.

Chen Cheng planned to let Zhang Lu shoot the film and also planned to provide him with some training.

If he could train a few more independent directors, Chen Cheng would be able to develop more businesses in the future.

……

of course.

There is a better way than training directors.

That is to open a brokerage firm.

That is to say, like Huayi, it becomes an agency that signs contracts with various directors and actors.

The advantage of doing this is.

Actors and directors can train themselves, which makes it very convenient to use.

If he had enough funding, he could make dozens of films a year.

In addition, actors and directors can make money for themselves.

but.

Chen Cheng is not interested in the agency.

One reason is that Chen Cheng doesn't want to manage such a large company, mainly because it's too tiring.

another.

The bigger the agency, the more demanding it is on the actors and directors it signs with in order to protect its own interests.

It also has a bad reputation.

one left.

If you open a brokerage company, you will become a competitor with other people in the circle.

Chen Cheng was not afraid of competing with them.

But Chen Cheng’s greater advantage is that he uses his advantages in the future to integrate all the resources in the circle.

The best model is.

All the directors in the circle, all the well-known directors, and all the filmmakers behind the scenes... can be used by you.

If I can achieve it in the later stage and let Zhang Yimou, Chen Kai... make a film for me, then it will be considered a success.

Chen Cheng thought about it carefully.

This model is the China Film Group model.

The China Film model is to only provide funding, but not sign contracts with any directors or actors, or even train filmmakers behind the scenes.

……

Have clear plans for the future.

Chen Cheng then visited Han Sanping of China Film Corporation.

Han Sanping was extremely surprised to see Chen Cheng coming with gifts.

"Hey, Director Chen, what's going on? Why are you here with all the gifts you bought?"

"You can't come empty-handed."

"It's not like you haven't had any free time."

"Well, the past is the past. I helped you make a lot of money before, and you wouldn't chase me away even if I came empty-handed. Recently, you've been complaining about me every day. If I didn't bring some gifts, you would chase me away."

"Hahaha, you little brat. Come, sit down."

Chen Cheng put the gift aside.

Han Sanping said, "You don't come here for no reason. Tell me, do you have any new ideas recently?"

"Director Han has a keen eye and does have some new ideas. I want to set up a film and television investment company."

"A brokerage business?"

"I'm not going into the brokerage business. I plan to follow the same model as yours, China Film Group."

"Just like us at China Film Academy, tsk tsk, they have big ambitions."

Han Sanping smiled and said, "Director Chen, do you know how many films our China Film Group invests in every year?"

"How many?"

"At least 20, with an annual investment of more than 10 billion yuan. And the growth rate is increasing by 30% every year. This year our investment may reach 15 billion."

"Oh."

Chen Cheng nodded without being too surprised.

Han Sanping saw Chen Cheng's calm expression and said, "You don't seem to react to anything."

Chen Cheng and Han Sanping were too familiar with each other, so he subconsciously asked, "What reaction do you want?"

This made Han Sanping very angry: "Well, how much money do you have? Do you want to copy our China Film model?"

"1."

"You want to make a living with 1 million?"

"1 million is already a lot, take your time. If you have a good vision and invest more, you will have 10 billion in a few years." "Dream on."

Han Sanping said, "Let me tell you, movies are really not a very good business. Investing in movies is even less reliable than making your own movies. Based on your understanding of movies, I think you should just focus on making movies. As for investment, many times these movies look good, but who knows if they can make money."

"I need to make movies, but I can't make all of them by myself. If there are some good ones, I would like to invest in them."

"Are you determined to invest?"

"Ah."

Chen Cheng confirmed.

You have to clap and you have to throw.

"So what movies are you interested in now?"

"For now, I only have this idea, and I haven't taken over the resources in this area yet."

"You want resources? That's easy... Come here. I have several films that we would like to invest in. However, we at China Film cannot invest so much."

talking.

Han Sanping took out a list.

There are more than 100 films listed on the list.

"so much."

Chen Cheng was stunned and said.

“So, these are all films waiting for investment.”

"Let me see."

Chen Cheng looked at them one by one.

There are quite a few films whose names Chen Cheng has heard of.

There are also many that Chen Cheng has never heard of.

Forget it if you haven’t heard of it.

There was no way Chen Cheng would go and vote.

Even though it's a movie I haven't heard of, it doesn't mean it can't generate good box office results.

But the probability is too low.

But even if you have heard of some things, you can't just invest with your eyes closed.

Many things may seem very famous, but they may not necessarily make money.

Like The Warlords, The Siege of the City... and so on.

The investment is huge, the film is good, but it just doesn’t make any money, what can you do?
"Director Han, I'm a little confused just by looking at the name. Do you have any other information, such as a script?"

"Have."

Han Sanping said: "However, I can only give you the films that we have not invested in. We cannot give you the ones that we have decided to invest in."

"of course."

Chen Cheng nodded.

Subconsciously, Chen Cheng asked, "Director Han, what films did you invest in?"

"These, Nuo, come and take a look."

Han Sanping pointed out several.

New Shaolin Temple, Legend of the White Snake, Guan Yu, Li Lei and Han Meimei, CJ7 Loves the Earth, Here Comes the God of Wealth, Let the Bullets Fly.

Look at these lists.

Apart from "Let the Bullets Fly"...some other works, just expect to lose money.

"How about it, not bad."

"good."

Chen Cheng said with a smile.

That's certainly not bad.

What kind of company is China Film Group?
If they invest correctly, they will make money.

If you don't vote correctly.

Then just consider it as supporting domestic films.

and so.

Whether it loses money or makes money, China Film Group will make money.

But Chen Cheng can't be like China Film.

No matter how China Film invests, it will make money.

But if Chen Cheng loses money by investing like this, he will lose real money.

Moreover, when it comes to movies, the loss from one movie can often offset the profit from several other movies.

If you don't have a good vision, you really can't do this business.

……

After going back.

Chen Cheng was carefully checking the information of the scripts that needed investment in his office.

These books are all waiting for investment.

The reason why we haven’t filmed it yet is because we haven’t raised the money yet.

and so.

Chen Cheng got this information from China Film Group, so it's not considered a leak.

For those books that need investment, there is now one more investor.

But a pity.

There are always hundreds of books on the market.

But not all books are suitable for adaptation into movies.

It is not suitable for adaptation into a movie, but it is suitable for investment.

but.

In this list.

Chen Cheng quickly found several good investment targets.

One is called "Love Is Not Blind".

This film left a deep impression on Chen Cheng.

It is said that the investment cost of this film was only 900 million yuan, but it generated more than 3.5 million yuan at the box office.

The return on investment is nearly 40 times.

The other one is called "Love to the End".

Chen Cheng also had a significant impact on this film.

At that time, the film was starred by Li Yapeng and Xu Jinglei.

The box office is 2 million.

As for investment.

If these stars starred in the drama, it would obviously be more interesting than "Love Is Not Blind".

Chen Cheng took a look at the general shooting plan.

Chen Cheng estimates that the investment in this film is about 3000 million.

3000 million investment, 2 million box office, and a return on investment of 7 times.

Although it is not as good as "Love Is Not Blind", it is also worth investing in.

There is another one called "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf 2".

Correct.

This is an anime film.

In fact, Chen Cheng is more interested in this animated film.

Animated movies may not mean much nowadays and they don’t have much box office revenue.

but.

In the past, animated films were once very popular.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" Chen Cheng had never paid much attention to this movie in his previous life.

But overall, the box office should be good, at least it won’t be a loss.

Investing in this film is not only less risky.

You can also take this opportunity to invest in more anime blockbusters in the future.

even.

If you make a name for yourself in animation investment.

In the future, a large number of animation film producers will come to Chen Cheng themselves.

OKAY.
Let’s decide on these three first.

(End of this chapter)