I really don't want to make bad movies!

After releasing the video, Xia Ming began writing the script outline.

After three days of working on the basic story, the remaining details will be refined once a milestone is unlocked.

Now he needs to consider forming a team.

Although he could fully fund the establishment of the company himself, considering the distribution issues, there would definitely be investors joining in the end.

After the incident with "Atlantic Rim 2," it's impossible for such a loss of control on set to happen again.

He is definitely the producer and director, and SunMedia is definitely the primary investor. Those investors who want to bring in other people are just dreaming.

His return on investment is already legendary in the industry. If you want to make money, then invest; if you don't want to make money, then get lost. Xia Ming has no obligation to ask them to invest money.

As soon as the news of the project spreads, a large number of investors will rush to put money in.

His biggest concerns are assembling the behind-the-scenes team and selecting actors.

In addition, a nominal Peninsula producer is needed to provide persuasiveness for the story's creation.

Xia Ming's first job search was as a director of photography, and the first person he thought of was Zhao Fei.

Upon learning that Xia Ming was going to make a film to compete for awards, Zhao Fei immediately accepted Xia Ming's invitation.

One advantage of bringing Zhao Fei into the crew is that it also allows us to recruit a large number of experienced photographers.

Just like when Jiang Wen was filming "Let the Bullets Fly", many of the graduate students who had already worked as chief cinematographers, or even seasoned veterans who had spent several years on set, would join the crew as assistant cinematographers out of respect for Zhao Fei.

In this way, Xia Ming had an extremely sophisticated photography team.

No one in the unit was a raw recruit; even the assistants in the mechanics team were veterans who had acted in at least three movies.

Whether it's setting up equipment or auditioning and rehearsing, it can save a lot of time.

Xia Ming's second recruitment was for the director team.

He approached Professor Xie Fei, hoping he could recommend a few experienced and reliable directors to work as his executive director and assistant director.

Seeing Xia Ming's serious expression, Xie Fei was visibly delighted: "We don't lack people. I know many directors who make human interest films, but getting them to lower themselves to be your executive director and assistant director isn't easy!"

Directors who have always focused on art films have their own pursuits, and their way of making money is basically through winning awards. It is indeed very difficult to get these people to work as assistants for a young person.

Xia Ming winked at Xie Fei, "Isn't it because you're here!"

Xie Fei adjusted his glasses, sipped his hot tea, and recalled for a moment: "Xiao Jia... never mind, he's not going to come and help you."

"Let me think, how about Xiaowen? He's won three or four awards, so his artistic pursuits and abilities are very reliable."

With that, Xie Fei opened his contacts and dialed a number.

Soon, when the other party heard that it was a student whom Professor Xie Fei valued and was preparing to go to the film festival to compete for awards, they immediately agreed.

Xia Ming successfully recruited Wen Muye, an experienced executive director.

At this time, Wen Muye had only graduated with a master's degree from Beijing Film Academy four years prior, and had won a major award at the Youth Film Festival with two short films.

Both in terms of status and ability, he is very suitable to work for Xia Ming.

Xia Ming obtained Wen Muye's contact information, sent him the script outline, and asked him to help break down the script into scene lists and then find suitable scenes based on the script's content.

In particular, you need to find a modern villa that is full of modern style and has a huge courtyard.

For the next few days, Xia Ming wandered around various film and television bases in Jinghai City, asking Tengzi and Qiyiguo to introduce him to established recording teams.

However, those teams generally required the rental of the entire Dolby Recording Studio, only handling ultra-large projects, which differed from Xia Ming's budget.

In the end, Xia Ming found Jiang Wen, and through Jiang Wen's connections, he met Wang Gang, the sound director of China Film Studio.

Wang Gang was also one of the mixing engineers for "Let the Bullets Fly," and he and Xia Ming were colleagues.

With Jiang Wen's help, Wang Gang naturally agreed to join the crew, bringing with him a 12-person recording team.

Wang Gang joining the crew has another advantage: Xia Ming can directly use the recording studio at China Film Studio for mixing, which not only allows him to get an insider price but also saves him the time of scheduling.

After a week of busy work, the "Parasite" crew has already grown quite large.

Upon returning to his rented apartment, Xia Ming immediately received several financing requests from investors.

These past few days he's been recruiting people all over the film and television industry in Beijing, and news of him setting up a film crew has already spread throughout the Beijing circle.

These hungry capitalists only saw one word in Xia Ming: money!

Xia Ming can make money by making films!

Moreover, the profits weren't just meager; they were terrifyingly high returns on small investments!

Tencent Video gained over four million new members with just one movie, "The Swindlers," while iQiyi made up for the losses caused by "Chinese Paladin 4" by acquiring a director's cut of "Atlantic Rim 2."

Ye Heng and Ma Ke, on the other hand, were more like personal investors who completely trusted Xia Ming's abilities.

Not only the four investors who had previously participated in the investment, but other investors also came to Xia Ming because they sensed his potential.

First, several leading film distributors in the industry, from China Film Group to Huaying Film Group, sent representatives to discuss matters with Xia Ming.

Then there were several ticketing distributors, such as Maoyan Entertainment and Alibaba Pictures, who also approached Xia Ming after the rise of the Internet.

Several large private film and television companies, such as Bona Film Group and Huayi Brothers, are hoping to cooperate with Xia Ming.

Even if Xia Ming were to say now that he wants to film "Atlantic Rim 3: The Great Hornet vs. the Hundred-Eyed Demon King", they would still invest money in it.

There's no way around it; Xia Ming has been undefeated since his debut, with a perfect record of no losses!

All the companies and businesses that followed the investment ended up making a fortune.

Things are different now; investors are lining up to join.

Xia Ming didn't want a lot of capital to flood into his film crew; filming "Parasite" really didn't require that much budget.

After thinking it over, he decided to assign tasks to these investors, and whoever completed the task would be able to participate in the investment.

He wants to make "Parasite," and he needs someone from the Peninsula film industry to serve as a producer to endorse the film's content.

Ideally, the producer should not be a director or screenwriter, to avoid them secretly inserting their own ideas.

However, they must also be well-known and able to provide persuasive power for the film; ideally, they should be the Best Actor in a Korean film.

Lacking connections on the peninsula himself, he naturally relied on these capital firms to act as headhunters and recruit talent for him.

Not only are the time requirements strict, requiring the person to be found within a week, but the salary is also very tight, with a maximum of two million, no more.

Even with such stringent conditions, all the investors' representatives were still incredibly motivated and began frantically contacting people on the peninsula.

Xia Ming only offered him a salary of two million, but he could make up the difference himself!

As long as we can get people to come and obtain Director Xia's investment rights, are we still afraid of not making a profit?

Xia Ming received the message in less than two days.

Ultimately, it was the large and powerful China Film Group Corporation that, through its previous collaboration with Peninsula Warner Bros. on "The Age of Shadows," managed to find Song Kang-ho, the lead actor in that film, and after much persuasion, managed to get him to serve as the producer of "Parasite."

Song Kang-ho will ensure that the actors' habits, set design, and other details are consistent with the lifestyle of the peninsula, and he can also provide technical guidance to the actors.

Ultimately, China Film Group won the final round and secured a contract with Xia Ming, investing 20 million yuan to become the second investor and distributor of the "Parasite" film.

With the production team settled, Xia Ming began to focus on selecting the cast.