This director is vindictive.

Chapter 19 Finalizing Film Investment
Zhou Qizhong watched all six episodes, and of course he fast-forwarded a lot, but it still took him more than two hours.

In fact, the time has already explained the problem.

If it was a bad drama, how could the deputy director of the purchasing department spend so much time watching it?

After reading it, Zhou Qizhong rubbed his eyes, turned around and said, "To be honest, this is indeed a bit beyond my expectations. It seems I will have to call you Director Chen from now on."

"I still need Director Zhou's support." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"The drama is well-made, but..." Zhou Qizhong changed the subject.

Chen Mo was not surprised at all. It was normal to lower the price.

"But what? Director Zhou, just tell me." Chen Mo continued.

"However, your drama, the leading actress Zhao Liying, the leading actor Zhang Ruoyun and others are not famous enough, and there is nothing to highlight in the promotion of the whole drama." Zhou Qizhong frowned and said.

"Director Zhou, you are right. This drama does not have any particularly famous actors, but it is a remake of Meteor Garden, and I have obtained the remake authorization, so naturally I can directly use the original version for promotion, right?" Chen Mo's authorization was not obtained in vain.

Since he has bought the authorization, he can naturally talk about it openly, use it for publicity, and even use it for comparison. If the support of Blueberry TV is strong enough, he can even directly spend money to invite the original leading actors to cooperate with the publicity. Ask Yu Youde if he dares?
This is the advantage of Chen Mo's drama, so of course he has to point it out, otherwise wouldn't the money spent on buying the copyright be wasted?

Chen Mo continued, "Besides, this drama can also be used to hype up Yu Youde's version of 'Let's Watch Meteors Together' to see who is the real Li Kui and who is the fake Li Kui."

Chen Mo stopped there, saying that competitors are enemies. Blueberry TV and Mango TV are of course also competing with each other, but it is not so obvious.

But as Chen Mo said, the other party's drama and Chen Mo's drama will naturally be linked together, so it can be used for hype. He has the copyright and has nothing to be afraid of.

Of course, it is unrealistic to decide this matter immediately.

Sure enough, Zhou Qizhong quickly told Chen Mo that he needed to discuss the drama with the station. This was not an excuse. On the contrary, it further proved that Zhou Qizhong attached great importance to the drama. Otherwise, he could have made the decision on his own.

Chen Mo naturally had no objection but still said, "Director Zhou, you also know the connection between Yu Youde's drama and my drama, so if possible, I hope to finalize it as soon as possible."

Zhou Qizhong nodded and smiled, "Of course, I understand. No matter what the result is, I will reply to you as soon as possible."

After returning to Beijing from Hangzhou, Chen Mo received a call from Ning Hao, asking him to go to the studio to discuss investment.

This was also what Chen Mo had agreed to earlier. In fact, the funds had been prepared. The previous compensation payments had already been received, and it was enough to invest in Ning Hao's new film.

At this time, Ning Hao's famous Bad Monkey Pictures had not yet been established, but he had already established his own film studio.

"Are you here? How is it? Is it sold?" Ning Hao was already waiting at the door when Chen Mo arrived. He asked Chen Mo when he saw him.

"It won't be that fast, but it shouldn't be a big problem. It mainly depends on how much we can sell." Chen Mo was quite confident about this.

"Let's go in and talk." Ning Hao said as he led the way.

After sitting down, a woman came out and Ning Hao introduced her, "My wife, Xing Aina. Wife, this is the Chen Mo I mentioned to you!"

"Hello, sister-in-law!" Chen Mo greeted quickly.

"Hello Chen Mo, what would you like to drink?" Xing Aina asked with a smile.

"Boiled water will do." The other party quickly poured a glass of water for Chen Mo and Ning Hao respectively, and then said, "Then you guys chat, I'll be leaving for a moment."

"This is the script, take a look." Ning Hao threw a script directly to Chen Mo and said.

Chen Mo took it and took a look. The name of the script was "Crazy Stone", which was indeed this movie.

Of course Chen Mo was very familiar with this movie, but he still started watching it.

"I plan to use a multi-line narrative structure, so the script may look a little messy," Ning Hao explained.

"Where are the actors? Are they the original cast?" Chen Mo asked curiously.

After all, times have changed.

"Well, generally speaking, there haven't been many changes. But things are different now, and the cost budget is much higher, probably around 12 million." Ning Hao nodded.

"How much is left?" Chen Mo asked.

"I've saved some money over the past few years and also attracted some investment, but there's still a gap of six million," Ning Hao said.

This drama has almost become his nightmare. The incident at the time obviously had a great impact on him.

"Okay, I'll invest!" Although the investment in this film was not so high in the previous life, several years have passed after all, so this cost budget is normal.

Moreover, Chen Mo is still quite confident about this film even if it is released a few years later.

"Thanks! By the way, do you want to come and play a guest role?" he asked while breathing a sigh of relief.

"Forget it." Chen Mo hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

He did have his own plan. "Meteor Shower" shouldn't lose money. It might not make much money in the first round, but as long as Blueberry TV bought the first round, then after the broadcast, Chen Mo was still confident that he could make some money in the subsequent rounds. However, this also depended on how much importance Blueberry TV attached to the show. If they valued it enough, he would probably buy outright the broadcast rights.

After the broadcast of "Let's Watch Meteor Shower Together", he should have become somewhat famous. However, he has not yet decided whether to continue filming TV series or go straight to movies.

As for filming a TV series, with this cooperation and if "Let's Watch Meteor Shower Together" has good ratings, the situation will be much better when filming the TV series next time.

As for movies, especially theater movies, it is actually very difficult to make them. He and Ning Hao are completely different. Although Ning Hao has had some miserable times in recent years, he is still a serious director and an award-winning director.

Although it is not a particularly big award, it is also a symbol of status.

In fact, Chen Mo still wanted to start with online movies. First of all, he had been shooting online movies for so many years in his previous life, and it could be said that this was what he was best at.

Although the concept of online movies has not yet been truly proposed, this is not a problem. He can simply contact people on the video platform, develop this thing in advance, and then be the first person to try it out.

But therein lies the problem. The market for online movies has not yet truly taken shape, and it is hard to say how effective they will be.

However, this is also a good thing. Although online movies were not recognized by the mainstream film industry in the past, that was later. The early online movies were actually not that unpopular.

And if he can be a pioneer and his movies can achieve good results, then if he wants to make a movie for theaters in the future, he won’t need to look for people, as people will automatically come to him to seek cooperation.

(End of this chapter)