The road to becoming a movie star from the villain

Chapter 227 Returning to Kyoto, Uncle Yu's Racecourse

Hong Chen's current total assets are almost just over 10 billion.

Liquidity is only 2 million at most.

This investment move, I have to say, is very risky.

Guo Fan was stunned, because Hong Chen's handwriting made him overjoyed.

Considering the movie's original budget, and Wu Zhan's additional investment of 6000 million, the special effects money for this movie is completely enough.

In Hong Chen's eyes, money is very important, but it is even more important to spend money where it matters most.

Huaxia needs such hard sci-fi special effects films, and Huaxia needs to make something with a sense of technology.

Because, whenever people in the world mention Huaxia, they all know Huaxia Kung Fu movies and jackchen, but they don’t know that China’s special effects and technology are also very developed.

In many western countries, the impression of China is still in the old days.

Hong Chen hopes to let the world see China's special effects power and China's technological power.

This is far from what those web dramas can achieve with 5 cents for special effects.

Then, Hong Chen contacted Ge Chen, and Ge Chen contacted the financial department and the investment department.

An investment appraisal person in the investment department said:
"President Ge, do you really want to vote? The risk of this movie is very high. Although Mr. Hong is the leading actor in this movie, the market for movies like hard science fiction plus special effects is very small, and at most only science fiction fans love to watch it. There is no way to get it back.”

This person is concerned about the profitability of the company, which is also the responsibility of investment evaluation.

Ge Chen glanced at him, and said indifferently: "The boss said to vote, so he voted. You have to trust the boss's vision, he never misses it."

"In the future, it is not allowed to question the boss's decision."

"Yes, President." The assessor nodded and said.

In fact, he was somewhat unconvinced in his heart.He is a professional evaluator who will analyze the market and prospects of a film.

Special effects film?sci-fi movie?
Does China have such a movie?
Does anyone watch this movie?
But he didn't show it on his face, but he thought silently in his heart: "It's not my money, it's none of my business, whether you like it or not."

As for Ge Chen's belief in Hong Chen's vision, he was even more skeptical.He thinks that Hong Chen is indeed impeccable in terms of acting skills and character, but his investment vision may not be as good as his own.

So, next, Ge Chen and Guo Fan docked, signed an investment contract, and directly invested [-] million into "The Wandering Earth".

This handwriting is not insignificant.

But Ge Chen knew that this investment would definitely not be lost.

To give the simplest example, the investment department may have made a lot of money by evaluating and investing in movies, but the movies that the company actually made the most money were all investment projects finalized by Hong Chen.

For example, when Wu Zhanla invested in "Wolf Warrior 2" last year, Hong Chen invested 1 million directly after reading the script.

Wu Zhan was stunned.

The budget of this drama is 1.5 million, of which 8000 million is Wu Zhan's personal assets.He mortgaged the villa to raise money.

There was another touching thing at that time, that is, his wife Xie Nan said to him: "If your dream is not to be idle, we will regret it for the rest of our lives even if we live in the best house. The movie pays me to support you."

As a result, Hong Chen directly invested 1 million
Wu Zhan didn't want so much, he only wanted 5000 million, and he didn't want his brother to take such a big risk.

As a result, the final box office of the movie was 56.83 billion, which broke the record of Chinese movies and is still the number one.

56.8 billion, going out to theaters, publicity and distribution costs are about 22 billion in profit, Hong Chen divided 6 million from it.

This is definitely one of the most profitable investments in the history of film investment.

Such a large investment has nearly 10 times!
Therefore, this year's work in all aspects of the studio is so confident.

Now, Hong Chen wants to invest 1 million yuan in "The Wandering Earth", so naturally Ge Chen fully supports it.

The post-production work was done by Guo Fan, and both Wu Zhan and Hong Chen were finished.

Hong Chen later learned that during the post-production, Guo Fan basically stayed up late every day, so he bought a spring bed in the production room, and lay down on it for a while when he was tired, often only sleeping for two hours a night.

Guo Fan tried his best.

On the one hand, it was because he really wanted to make this movie well.

On the other hand, he was under a lot of pressure.Because he has a debt of about 2 million yuan, which needs to be repaid by this movie.

Ordinary people can lose the desire to live if they are in debt of 5 million. Now that Guo Fan is in debt of 2 million, one can imagine the pressure.

However, Guo Fan also told Hong Chen and Wu Zhan that the movie will not be released during the Spring Festival this year.

Special effects rendering is very time-consuming. A film has 24 frames per second, and one frame takes half an hour. He found several companies to render at the same time.

It is estimated that it will not be released until the Spring Festival next year.

Both Hong Chen and Wu Zhan expressed support for this.

All good things take time, especially good special effects movies.

Like Huaxia's other so-called special effects blockbusters, it took only three or four months from shooting to completion, which is impossible no matter how you think about it.

Special effects are very costly and time consuming.

The Huaxia investors who are eager for success now can never wait patiently for so long.

Therefore, this kind of film needs people like Guo Fan, Wu Zhan, and Hong Chen.

A few days later, Hong Chen returned to Kyoto, and Ge Chen told him that the audition in Hollywood was confirmed, on December 12th, almost 27 days later.

Hong Chen also attached great importance to this matter.

After all, it was his springboard to the world.

After returning to Kyoto, life is comfortable.

On this day, Wu Zhan asked him to go to the outskirts of Kyoto to play, and Hong Chen happily went.

The so-called outskirts of Kyoto City are actually in the grandpa's racecourse.Although it is already the beginning of winter, it is not cold and the weather is very sunny.

Uncle Yu has been rich since he was a child, and he has loved eating, drinking and having fun all his life. He is still the vice president of the Kyoto City Rock and Roll Association at such an old age.

Now I am talking about cross talk in Deyun Club, and my status is second only to the leader of the club.

Wu Zhan and Uncle Yu already knew each other, and there was a video of them drinking together before.

At that time, Uncle Yu was smoking a cigarette, and he was criticized by netizens for this matter.

The keyboard man said that smoking in public places is really unqualified for Uncle Yu.

In this regard, Uncle Yu pointed to the vast horse farm behind him, and responded calmly: "Smoking in public places is unqualified. But you can see clearly, this is our home. My home is bigger."

This response, which is domineering and funny, also made netizens like it one after another.

"Master, this horse looks pretty good." Wu Zhan and Hong Chen said with a smile when they saw Yu Qian after arriving at the racecourse.

Uncle Yu waved his hand, he is like this, he may not react if you praise him, but if you praise his horse, then you are friends.

"Uncle Yu, I'm Hong Chen, hello." Hong Chen greeted Yu Qian politely.

"Haha, the film emperor is here, welcome." Uncle Yu was very hospitable and immediately said with a smile.

Hong Chen felt that he was very kind, so he also laughed. Then, Hong Chen lifted a bag of gifts from his hand.

It's the first time I come to Uncle Yu's place as a guest, so I can't come empty-handed.

And these things were all drawn by him from the system.

"Wine? I don't lack wine here." Yu Qian said curiously after seeing the gift.

"Master Qian, first ask what kind of wine it is. I've had this kid's wine once, and it's definitely the best." Wu Zhan also smiled.

Hearing this, Yu Qian curiously opened the wine jar and smelled it.He has drunk many kinds of wine since he was a child, and he can be said to be an expert in wine recognition.

At first Yu Qian didn't pay much attention to it, but after smelling the wine, a look of surprise gradually appeared on his face.

"This wine is interesting."

(End of this chapter)