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Chapter 395 Replacing the hero and heroine (please subscribe for the first update! ask for a monthly pass!)
Teng Huatao approached Yu Dong and the others to seek investment, and happened to be seen by Wang Zhonglei.

He whispered to Wang Zhongjun next to him, "Brother, Teng Huatao found Tang An and the others."

Wang Zhongjun glanced at the words, and seeing that they were chatting, he didn't take it seriously, smiled lightly and shook his head.

“It couldn’t be better that they’re willing to invest.”

Wang Zhonglei nodded, "There is basically no market for romance movies now. Zou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, and Fan Binbin also made several romance movies before, and most of them did not cost much at the box office."

Although Hua Yi is rich and powerful, but the films that are destined to fail will not waste money in vain.

What's more, Teng Huatao is a TV drama director and has no experience in directing movies.

TV dramas and movies are two different things. I have never heard of a successful TV drama director transforming into a movie director.

If Teng Huatao wants to make a TV series, as long as the script is a little more reliable, Wang Zhongjun is willing to pay even the cost of 8000 to [-] million.

There is still the possibility of profit, but the risk is slightly higher.

However, it is impossible for this 1000 million movie to pay back, and naturally it will not be invested, and there may be no profit at all.

"By the way, hasn't Xu Zheng answered yet?" Wang Zhongjun asked one more thing.

Wang Zhonglei shook his head, "He's still procrastinating. "Modern Times" will be launched in a few days. I guess he wants to wait for the movie to be released."

Tang An has initially reached an investment intention, and the production department will discuss the specific amount and matters with Teng Huatao first.

Yu Dong and Wang Changtian didn't intend to participate either. They had the same opinion. TV dramas with directors from different industries, lack of market for themes, and no big-name stars are not profitable projects.

In the end, Teng Huatao could only accept Tang An's investment. After being rejected by Wang Zhonglei, he also approached many film and television companies, but none of them were willing to invest.

Even if he has already found a male and female protagonist who is willing to play with zero pay, the cost is less than 1000 million.

Others are not stupid, Huayi himself does not invest, it is clear that he is not optimistic, and no one is willing to invest.

If Tang An's investment is rejected, it's unknown that he will find an investor again in the Year of the Monkey.

Tang An asked Teng Huatao to bring the script to the group tomorrow, and the production department will make an evaluation of this project.

Even if Tang An is optimistic about a movie, he didn't make a decision directly.

He knows all the hot movies in the next ten years, if he decides for himself, why do the various departments below.

Being dictatorial about everything, the people below don't have to work, and they can just follow Tang An's orders.

He can start a project against all opinions, but he can't even do basic project evaluation. The production department doesn't know anything, and you're settled.

After the agreement, Teng Huatao left, and went back to check the script again, as well as some of his personal ideas, to make a simple proposal.

Seeing Tang An make such a decisive decision, Yu Dong and Wang Changtian were curious and admired Tang An's courage.

"Tang Dong, do you think this film is a joke?"

"I think this idea is very interesting. Breaking up in love is something that happens to everyone, and it's not just a romance movie, it also has a lot of comedy elements, so there should be a market for it," Tang An said with a smile.

They can trust Tang An's vision, and he discovered "Painted Skin" and "People on the Journey".

Although there are still some doubts this time, it's just a small project, and it can't lose much, and it can't make much. Not all low-budget movies can become dark horses, so they didn't care too much.

On the morning of the 17th, Teng Huatao came to Hantang Media with the script and a simple plan. Liu Debin, director of the production department, received instructions from Tang An to personally receive him, and within 24 hours he took someone to make a detailed plan. Market analysis and evaluation report, and production cost estimation.

On the 18th, Liu Debin brought two documents to Tang An for review.

Tang An nodded and asked him to sit down, "Mr. Liu has worked hard for making the assessment so quickly."

Asking Liu Debin to wait for a while, Tang An looked at the two documents seriously.

A big box office hit is one thing, but why the big hit and what are the shortcomings of the movie are all things that need to be paid attention to.

Dongfang Shenlong Film Company was definitely considered a big company at the beginning of the century, but it declined later.

As the deputy general manager of a large film and television company, Liu Debin has no ability.

In this analysis report, he also believes that this project is too risky.

However, some feasible proposals are also proposed. The actor Wen Zhang selected by Teng Huatao has starred in the popular TV series "Struggle" and "Snail House", and the movie "Ocean Paradise" starring Li Lian will be released next month. , if this movie is successful, Wen Zhang will be able to enter the big screen smoothly, and he is a suitable leading actor.

But Bai Baihe is not well-known, he suggested to change to Tang Yan or Yang Mi, the former can just take advantage of the "Edge of Tomorrow" release, and Yang Mi's popularity is not comparable to Bai Baihe's.

The most important thing is that Liu Debin also mentioned the problem that the audience of romance movies is not wide, and suggested adding more comedy elements to make a comedy-based romance movie.

As for the production cost, he gave a budget of 900 million, excluding actors' remuneration.

After reading each item one by one, Tang An nodded approvingly, "Very good, the evaluation is in place."

"Mr. Liu, please contact Teng Huatao and ask him to come in the afternoon, and the production department will also prepare."

"Good chairman!"

Then Tang An asked Zhou Li to inform Zhou Shiwei and Zhou Jia to bring Deng Chao and Yang Mi to the group.

The actors had to be changed. Both Wen Zhang and Bai Baihe belonged to Wang Jinghua. Even if his company didn't have suitable candidates, they wouldn't use them.

In such a huge entertainment industry, there is no shortage of actors.

What's more, in order to reduce costs, Teng Huatao, including the photographer, is talking about the share.

I don’t know how much we talked about now, but Wen Zhang should have taken 8-10 points of profit sharing later.
A small-budget movie can earn a thousand dollars. Who would have thought that it could get 3.5 million at the box office.

Wen Zhang's bonus alone is tens of millions, which is much higher than that of first-line stars like Chen Kun.

Of course, it is impossible for others to take such a huge advantage. It should be no problem for Deng Chao and Yang Mi to take their roles.

Including the remuneration of the two of them, Teng Huatao's director's remuneration, and photographer's remuneration, the production cost of this film will not exceed 1500 million.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Teng Huatao came to Hantang Media ahead of schedule and was led by the front desk to the chairman's office.

After waiting for a whole day, Teng Huatao also heaved a sigh of relief when the investment was finally confirmed.

As long as the film is successful, he will be able to switch from a TV director to a film director smoothly.

Before coming, he also told Wang Zhonglei that he was ready to accept Tang An's investment, and Wang Zhonglei didn't let him refuse.
(End of this chapter)