Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 282 The script of "Legend of White Snake" is rubbish. Let me show you how I will revise it.

"I go……"

Chen Cheng vomited blood.

"Cheng Xiaodong, you are trying to trick me."

"Please help me."

"I don't have that ability."

"If you don't have this ability, who has it?"

"Whoever has the ability can find him."

Chen Cheng refused.

How can you do this kind of thing every day?

Even though Chen Cheng’s current identity is different from before.

But this kind of offending things will not do you any good.

Last time in the New Shaolin Temple, this was Han Sanping from China Film asking for help.

Director Han has given me so many resources before, so I'll just do things that may offend people.

But this time is different.

"Legend of the White Snake" has nothing to do with me.

Even though Chen Cheng has a decent relationship with Cheng Xiaodong.

But at most he could offer some advice.

"Ugh."

Chen Cheng refused, and Cheng Xiaodong was a little depressed: "It seems that I can only bite the bullet and go ahead with the film. Anyway, it's not my investment."

"Yeah, you're just a director, you're just responsible for making the film, why do you have to think about these things?"

"Sometimes I don't want to, but I always want to pursue something."

"Ha ha……"

Chen Cheng could understand Cheng Xiaodong.

Which director doesn’t have pursuits?

Which director would be willing to make a movie that loses money?

Although it was a loss, he, as the director, does not need to take too much responsibility.

But this will also have a great impact on my own fame and future development.

Cheng Xiaodong used to be just a martial arts director.

Although he occasionally directs films, they are usually small productions.

I am able to accept such a big production at this time.

This is because the previous film "The Laughing Man" performed well at the box office.

If this "Legend of White Snake" loses money, Cheng Xiaodong will probably have to go back to being his martial arts instructor.

After taking a sip of tea, Chen Cheng thought for a while and said, "Actually, there is a solution."

Cheng Xiaodong was stunned: "Chen Cheng, I know you have a lot of ideas, what is it?"

"I have a notebook. How about selling it to you?"

"I'm going, what did you say?"

Cheng Xiaodong rolled his eyes: "I told you about the legend of the White Snake, but you told me there was a book."

"My book is also about the White Snake."

"Oh?"

"Or rather, it tells the story of the White Snake's previous life."

Chen Cheng said: "In the Tang Dynasty, the White Snake Bai Suzhen was a young snake demon. Although she was a snake demon, she was kind-hearted. She learned that the imperial teacher of this dynasty was tyrannical and cruel, so she went to assassinate the imperial teacher. Unwilling to fail, the White Snake lost her memory, and she was also rescued by the snake catcher Xu Xian. In order to help the White Snake regain her memory, the two embarked on an adventure. During the adventure, Xu Xian gradually learned about the White Snake's identity as a demon, but he still loved the White Snake deeply. However, the human and the demon fell in love, and the imperial teacher was hunting them down. Xu Xian saved her again and again with his life. In the end, Xu Xian died in the battle with the imperial teacher. 500 years later, the White Snake met Xu Xian again at the Broken Bridge in Hangzhou..."

talking.

Chen Cheng, however, drew a character diagram for Xu Xian and the White Snake, including the Imperial Master: "The original female lead can still be used to play the White Snake, and Lian Jie can play the Imperial Master."

"But the national teacher is a villain."

"There are no so-called good guys or bad guys here."

Chen Cheng explained, "In the eyes of the White Snake, the Imperial Master is cruel. Because he killed many of her kind, and also killed many demons. But in the eyes of the Imperial Master, demons should not survive in this world and should be destroyed."

“This is getting interesting.”

Ok.

This script is not the Legend of the White Snake, but the previous life animated film "White Snake: Origin".

Compared to the Legend of the White Snake.

The plot of White Snake: Origin can be said to be far better than Legend of the White Snake.

Chen Cheng only briefly described the plot of the book, but Cheng Xiaodong clapped his hands excitedly from time to time: "Good, good book."

"This kind of adaptation is the best way to inherit the Legend of the White Snake."

"Chen Cheng, have you finished writing the script? I want to take a picture of your script."

Chen Cheng asked Cheng Xiaodong not to get excited and said, "The book has not been written yet. If you want it, it can be done in ten days."

"Great, I'll wait for your script."

"Don't worry."

Chen Cheng continued, "Our script can be divided into two parts."

"Oh, there are two parts, upper and lower?"

"Yes, Lianjie costs 1 million per film, which is very expensive. But if they shoot two films in a row, each one will only cost 1 million. Isn't the cost-effectiveness obvious?"

"But what about the next one?"

"The next one... is the storyline of the Legend of the White Snake."

"Oh my god...you are trying to trick me."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Haha, this is not a trap."

"Look, at the end of the book, the national teacher died, and the White Snake found Xu Xian 500 years later. So, 500 years after the national teacher's death, the national teacher, like Xu Xian, was reincarnated and became Fahai. Fahai discovered that even after 500 years, a series of monsters in this world have not died..."

"Fuck, Chen Cheng, what's wrong with your brain?"

"Of course, at the end of the first part, we also have to give some hints. For example, "After the imperial teacher died, he said his last words, I will wait for you in 500 years. So, there is the second part, "White Snake: Flooding Jinshan Mountain." "

"Brilliant."

Cheng Xiaodong slammed the table excitedly and said, "Chen Cheng, good brother, thank you very much."

"You're welcome. 1000 million."

"Pfft...Brother, what is our relationship?"

"No matter what kind of relationship you have, it costs money. I can't write a book for you for free."

"Okay, okay, 1000 million is 1000 million. With a top filmmaker like you as the screenwriter, our box office will increase significantly. However, I have to report to Ms. Cui."

"Ok, I'll wait for your good news."

……

no way.

There are too many places to spend money recently, so when Chen Cheng has free time, he writes scripts to make some money.

have to say.

Chen Cheng's script is very interesting.

Although the script written by Chen Cheng was not entirely based on the origin of the White Snake in the previous life.

But Chen Cheng had a forward-looking vision and had made countless short plays in his previous life.

Any script Chen Cheng writes casually feels incredibly creative.

Everything is perfect.

Chen Cheng wrote very quickly.

It didn't take Chen Cheng 10 days to finish writing the script, but only a week.

……

"Director Cui, this is the script written by Director Chen."

After receiving the script from Chen Cheng, Cheng Xiaodong immediately handed it to Cui Baozhu.

Cui Baozhu put on his reading glasses.

More than an hour later.

Cui Baozhu raised his head and said, "Xiaodong, tell me, are the Hong Kong producers like us unable to keep up with the pace of the times?"

Cheng Xiaodong smiled bitterly: "It's not that we can't keep up with the pace, it's that Chen Cheng is too evil."

"Yes, young genius, meet Chen Cheng someday when you have time. By the way, Xiaodong, let's shoot according to this script. By the way, how much does the script cost?"

"It's a bit expensive, it costs 1000 million."

"1000 million, worth it, transfer the money to Chen Cheng immediately."

Cui Baozhu signed the script payment with a stroke of his pen.

……

the other side.

Chen Cheng came to Chen Ying Animation Studio.

He assigned a new project to the studio, The Monkey King: Hero is Back.

Yes.

Chen Cheng invested in the newly established Chenying Animation, but his intention was not just to continue making Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf movies.

Although this movie is still possible and can still make money.

But Chen Cheng didn't have much interest in Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.

What Chen Cheng prefers more is the big animation that can really attract people to go to the cinema.

But the project ran into a bit of trouble.

Chen Cheng's initial budget for this project is approximately 5000 million, but it may exceed that.

But when Chen Cheng reported the figure of 5000 million, the production company of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, namely Guangdong Original Power Co., Ltd., refused.

They think the investment in this project is too high and there is no cost-effectiveness at all.

One "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" can be used to develop several "Pleasant Goat and Young" films.

even.

Later, Original Power Co., Ltd. proposed the idea of ​​withdrawing its investment.

Chen Cheng was happy.

The reason why I cooperated with them before was because Chen Cheng didn’t know much about animation, so we had to cooperate with them first.

But after making "Happy Yangyang", Chen Cheng gained some experience in the development of animation.

At least.

He has accumulated a large number of animation production talents.

"Mr. Li, it's a bit unfair of you to mention withdrawing your investment now." "Director Chen, it's not that I want to withdraw my investment, it's that you have created such a big project, it's really unnecessary, you might as well focus on developing our Xiyangyang."

"Xiyangyang has only one IP after all."

"Director Chen, you have two choices. Either you continue to develop Xiyangyang, or we withdraw our investment."

"No other choice?"

"No."

"Well, you can retreat if you want, but I don't have the money to supply you now."

"That's okay, Director Chen. The share of the box office revenue from Happy Goat has not been settled yet. We'll settle the bill after it's settled."

"Okay, but all members of the company team must stay."

"it is good."

Vice President Li agreed immediately.

for him.

What he values ​​most is the Xiyangyang IP, rather than the animation production talent.

Subsequently.

Chen Cheng and Vice President Li drafted a contract and signed it that day.

……

That night.

Chen Cheng convened a meeting with all the animation production talents from Chenying Production Company.

Looking at more than 50 people.

Chen Cheng said: "Everyone, I believe you all know today that Original Power Co., Ltd. has signed a divestment agreement with us. From now on, Chenying Animation will be solely managed by me. The condition I put forward is that all team members stay to continue development. Of course, I am not the kind of person who forces people to do things against their will. If you don't have any ideas about our Chenying Animation, you can come and go freely here."

"As for me, to everyone, I am actually an outsider. I am not from the animation industry. Everyone knows that my main job is making movies. But in fact, there is not much difference between animation movies and movies. The production methods are slightly different, but the essence is the same. Xiyangyang is indeed a good IP. I understand that Original Power attaches importance to this IP. However, I want to say that no matter how big the IP is, it is created by people."

"The reason why I kept you here is that I believe you can create an IP that is even better than Xiyangyang. This IP is the Monkey King: Hero is Back that I told you about before. Of course, in the future, it won't just be this one IP. We may create a series of IPs and a series of animated films. Even on our big screen, our animated films can get high box office just like live-action films."

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Everyone think about it. If you want to leave, I respect your thoughts."

Done.

Chen Cheng left.

"Brothers, shall we go?"

After watching Chen Cheng leave, the company's employees discussed from time to time.

"I have some news for you. Vice President Li contacted me and said that we can return to our original company."

One of them said.

"Really."

"Of course it's true, whether you leave or not."

"Walk."

All of a sudden, several employees made their choice.

However, one of them shouted sternly: "If you want to leave, leave by yourself. Don't pull others."

"Tian Xiaopeng, you don't want to leave."

"Why are you leaving?"

"Do you think an amateur like Director Chen understands animation?"

"Why don't you understand? Director Chen was frank with us, and I agree with him. There is no difference between animation and movies. I agree with him that IP is also created by people. Although it will be stable when we go back, what can we count for? We will only develop around Xiyangyang when we go back, which is meaningless. Why don't we create a more interesting IP?" Don't forget that Director Chen is also the screenwriter of Kung Fu Panda. Do you think Director Chen really doesn't understand animation?"

"This……"

The next day.

Tian Xiaopeng, with his team of more than 20 people remaining, reported to Chen Cheng.

"Sorry, Director Chen, we only have about 20 people left, and everyone else has left."

Tian Xiaopeng said somewhat depressed.

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "It's okay. We still have more than 20 people. We'll recruit more later. Your name is Tian Xiaopeng?"

"Yes, Director Chen."

"Very good. For the time being, you will be responsible for the development and operation of Chenying Animation. I will transfer 1000 million to the company's account. In addition, let me say one more thing. The basic salary of all employees who stay will increase by 20%."

……

In the first month of spring 2011, it ended when Chen Cheng completely controlled Chenying Animation.

The first day of the second month.

Chen Cheng returned to Beijing Film Academy.

I didn't go back to Beijing Film Academy just to attend classes.

mainly.

Chen Cheng is currently out of money.

no way.

Although Chen Cheng has released many films.

But last year we purchased a large number of copyrights and spent a lot of money.

Of course the most important thing is.

Chen Cheng’s share of the profits from “Inception” in North America has not yet arrived.

This also includes domestic box office share.

The box office revenue sharing of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" and "Galaxy Tutorial" has not yet reached Chen Cheng.

It is mainly based on a cycle, and accounts are settled every six months.

So Chen Cheng only has pocket money now.

If you don't want to do anything big, you can only take a break for now.

That's fine too.

I haven't attended classes at Beijing Film Academy for a while.

Although I don’t have any money now, I can still take classes at Beijing Film Academy for a month in peace and stability.

……

"Chen Cheng, you have been very active in class recently."

"Haha, Mr. Tian, ​​I'm not good enough for actively attending class."

"You used to have classes for a few days, and they were gone in the blink of an eye, but you've been in class for half a month."

"I plan to stay for another half month."

"It's rare, keep going."

Tian Zhuangzhuang didn't know what Chen Cheng's plan was.

But he was quite relieved.

thinking.

It's rare that such a big director can still calm down and take classes seriously.

But he didn't know.

These days, Chen Cheng has been waiting for his share of the profits from a number of movies.

at last.

A month later, the series of movies that had been released previously began to share the profits one by one.

The first thing that came to Chen Cheng's attention was the Tangshan earthquake.

Chen Cheng did not invest in Aftershock, he was the director.

He gets 10 points of share.

The box office of Aftershock was 7.7 million yuan, and the share of the box office that went to Huayi was 2.5 million yuan.

After deducting the cost of 1 million, the net profit was 1.5 million.

A 10-point share would be 1500 million.

Add to that the 1000 million that Chen Cheng had received before, the total is 2500 million.

This is a bit less.

But after all, it is not Chen Cheng’s own film, it is Huayi’s.

The reason why Chen Cheng took this film was not to make money, but to make a name for himself.

A film like this.

Even though he didn't earn a lot, when people mention it in the future, the first person they think of will be Chen Cheng.

The second person to arrive was Zhou Chu who eliminated the three evils.

Compared with the Tangshan earthquake, Zhou Chu undoubtedly made a fortune by eliminating the three evils.

The box office of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" did not break 10 billion, only 9.9 million.

If the profits were divided, Chen Cheng would receive about 3.2 million.

After deducting costs, the net profit was 3 million.

Next is "Galaxy Tutorial", which has a box office of 10.5 billion.

In terms of profit sharing, Chen Cheng received 3.4 million, and after deducting the costs, he made about 2.9 million.

The reason why I earn so much.

One is the high box office.

Another is that both films are low-budget.

If the production cost is like that of Hong Kong, it would easily exceed 2 million, or even 3 million or million.

Even if the box office is high, in the end, after deducting the production costs, not much profit is made.

The last one to arrive was Inception.

Inception grossed $8 million worldwide.

The profit sharing is $2.6 million.

However, the production cost of Inception is relatively high, at $1.8 million.

Excluding costs, the profit is about 8000 million US dollars.

Chen Cheng contributed 12% of the investment, and what got to Chen Cheng was US$960, equivalent to 7000 million RMB.

7000 million is not a lot, it is less than what is earned in China.

But this is just the beginning.

With the success of Inception, Chen Cheng's investment proportion and voice in Hollywood will be greatly improved in the future.

Finally, Chen Cheng made a final calculation.

This has been a while.

Chen Cheng probably earned around 6.8 million.

Adding the cost of Chen Cheng’s previous investments, such as the $2000 million for Inception, Chen Cheng now has 8 million in funds.

(End of this chapter)