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Chapter 72 Arrangement
It is rare for Xing Aina to come to Remote Media, she is not here to see Cheng Yuan, she is here to see Cheng Lingfeng.

With a script.

Ning Hao feels a little sorry for the company because of "Incense", although Cheng Yu'an has repeatedly emphasized that "Incense" is his personal investment and is not included in the company's performance, but Ning Hao is still ashamed of the failure of "Incense" at the box office.

So there is a new script, and I am embarrassed to bring it to the company.

In fact, "Incense" did not lose money. Although the box office was not good, the rights sold well.

It has been sold overseas in dozens of countries and regions, and the investment of 200 million yuan has been mixed.

Xing Aina made her own decision this time and secretly brought a new script to see Cheng Lingfeng.

"Green Meadow".

Cheng Lingfeng read the script: "It's a very good art film script, it can be done."

"Thank you, Mr. Cheng."

"Thank you, we are all family." Cheng Yu'an is not the only one who can see Ning Hao's talent and talent, Cheng Lingfeng is also very optimistic about Ning Hao and Xing Aina.

At present, Cheng Yu'an is the only director who can make money at the box office of Long-distance Media, and Ning Hao is the one who can make movies.

For a director to grow from naive to mature, first, it takes time to settle, and second, he needs to be fed with money and resources.

Give him the opportunity to make films, let him accumulate experience and sharpen his mind in practice.

Cheng Lingfeng is not the kind of person who only focuses on immediate profits, she is also training Ning Hao and Han Yan.

Han Yan did not direct independently before graduation, and Cheng Lingfeng arranged various jobs for the crew for him.

Ning Hao can make movies, but the total investment must be kept below 500 million.

Xing Aina still reported a budget of 200 million.

Cheng Lingfeng agreed, and said: "Nana, go back and tell your Haozi, don't be so burdened, just keep filming."

"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Cheng."

"Let's go back."

After Xing Aina left, Cheng Lingfeng started today's work: Casting for "No. [-] in the World".

First of all, the two supporting roles were finalized: Su Xin and Cao Zhengchun.

Su Xin was given to Da Zheng Shuang. Cheng Lingfeng originally wanted to find Lin Fangbin, but Lin Fangbin had already retired and concentrated on caring for her husband and raising her children at home.

Da Zheng Shuang's temperament is also quite in line with Su Xin, after some contact, it was confirmed.

For the role of Cao Zhengchun, Cheng Lingfeng and Cheng Yu'an had the same idea, so of course it was given to Teacher Li Jianyi.

Li Jianyi and Yuanyuan Media have collaborated in two plays, "The Young Emperor" and "Young Kangxi".

Mr. Li doesn't pick plays, he is very satisfied with acting in plays.

The most difficult thing is the casting of the four secret agents. Cheng Lingfeng intends to pull Deng Chao, and wants to give Gui Hai to him.

But after Deng Chao completed "Young Kangxi", he took over "The Wind and Cloud at the End of Ming Dynasty", which is really inseparable.He had no choice but to back off and promise to come and play a little emperor as a cameo.

In addition to "The Wind and Cloud at the End of Ming Dynasty", this is his fourth time playing the emperor.

He has really become a professional emperor.

Cheng Lingfeng, the cast member of "No. [-] in the World", is checking, and Cheng Yu'an flew to the United States.

Wen Ziren's "Cruise of Horror" and Ray Whannell's "The Mountain Has Eyes" have both been filmed.

These two buddies are really good at saving money.

Cheng Yu'an approved a total budget of 3300 million US dollars for the two films, because he remembered that "Cruise of Horror" used half a cruise ship in the original time and space to shoot the real scene.

I thought it might cost a little money here, and the special effects makeup of "The Mountain Has Eyes" is also more expensive.

Unexpectedly, Wen Ziren borrowed a scrapped boat from nowhere, paid some rent and shot it on the spot.

He was given 1500 million and he only spent 1000 million.

"The Mountain Has Eyes" has no room for tricks, special effects makeup is really expensive, and it actually cost 1500 million US dollars.

Saved $800 million inside and out.

Bob used the 800 million to open two more low-cost horror films, one called "Darkness Attack" and the other "Human Skin Inn".

Cheng Yu'an was stunned, he had never heard of these two films.

But I don't care too much, an average of 400 million yuan, even if the box office is not good, selling DVDs can still make money.

DVDs are the biggest revenue maker for horror films.

"Cheng, I have something to tell you." Bob walked into the viewing room, where Cheng Yu'an was watching the finished film of "Horror Cruise".

"Bob, let's talk." Cheng Yu'an paused the playback.

"Cheng, I think the company should expand the genre of films, we can't just make horror films." Bob said.

"Of course we can't just make horror movies." Cheng Yu'an said, "Don't we have "True Love Actually", which has a global box office of 2.5 million U.S. dollars, which is a good result!"

It is precisely because of the good performance of "Love Actually" that a major film company has enough funds to operate.

"The results of "Love Actually" are of course very good, but a good film company needs to keep moving forward and exploring new genres." Bob persuaded.

"I know, Bob, but horror is the surest way to make a profit, and we're just starting out, and Love Actually has made us a name in Hollywood, and I'm worried that going too far would be bad for the company. Of course, If you have a good project, we can sit down and discuss it together." Cheng Yuan expressed his concerns.

Cheng Yu'an didn't want to take a big step forward, his mind was full of scripts that were profitable enough.

He could pull out Avatar even now if he wanted to.

But with his current size, can he eat "Avatar"?

So meals have to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road has to be taken step by step. If the steps are too big, it is easy to talk nonsense.

If there is a project worth taking risks, Cheng Yuan is of course willing to try it.

Making a film is inherently risky.

Bob smiled and said: ""Love Actually" allowed us to gain Curtis's friendship, and he introduced us to a young British director named Joe White. He has been making short films before, and now he is looking for opportunities for feature films.

"Curtis said to him: 'You should go to Hollywood and find Bob and his boss Cheng, they are willing to give new people a chance.' So Joe came."

"What does he want to shoot?" Cheng Yu'an was very receptive to this kind of flattery. He didn't expect Richard, an old man, to praise him so much behind his back.

"He is a smart guy, and he wants to start with the adaptation of a famous book. Firstly, the script will be much simpler, and secondly, there is no need to pay copyright fees." Bob said with a smile.

"OK, which masterpiece does he want to shoot? Shakespeare?"

"NO, Cheng, there is not only Shakespeare in Britain, but also Jane Austen."

""pride and Prejudice"?"

"Yes, Joe wants to do Pride and Prejudice."

"What a clever director." How could Cheng Yu'an not know about "Pride and Prejudice".

Keira Knightley was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in 2006 for her role in Pride and Prejudice.

From now on, this girl's star journey will be magnanimous, and her journey will go smoothly.

"OK, this movie can be made. We'd better get a big film company to do this adaptation of a famous book. How about Universal?" Cheng Yu'an asked.

"Because of "Love Actually", the big eight Hollywood cast their eyes on us, Universal is indeed a good choice, and I also have good friends in Universal." Bob said frankly.

"There is a saying in China that one should not shy away from close relatives. Since you have friends in Universal, then we should cooperate with Universal." In Cheng Yu'an's view, cooperation with anyone in the Eighth National Congress is cooperation.

As long as it's not MGM, MGM is going bankrupt.

It will be acquired by Sony next year.

(End of this chapter)