The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 124 Guo Fan Repays Himself
The most famous signature of He's private cooking is "Braised Luzon Huang". After Chen Jingxing took a few bites, it was a bit crispier than vermicelli and had a slightly fishy smell.

Chen Jingxing stopped his chopsticks with some regret, and said seriously: "Old Guo, if you want to invite me to dinner next time, please find some hot-boiled mutton... How far is the Mekong River now? Has the budget come out yet? "

Chen Jing acted for Guo Fan's dinner, and he only had a little food at noon. Enduring the hunger, he hurried over after work, but found out cruelly that he was a boar and couldn't eat the chaff, so he didn't have this blessing.

Guo Fan was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this just to thank you? I can't show my sincerity without delicacies from mountains and seas... Mekong's offline budget has probably been announced, but the online budget has not yet been finalized. There are differences of opinion within the production team."

The online budget refers to the remuneration of the producer and the creative staff.

The off-line budget refers to the setting, video recording equipment, film, remuneration of related personnel and post-production expenses during the shooting period.

"However, it is not expected to be less than 1.5 million."

Chen Jingxing nodded, the amount was not what he expected, and if the subsequent publicity fee was added, it might reach 2 million.

This is also a great pressure on DreamWorks. DreamWorks currently has less than 1 million funds that can be used. In addition to the Mekong River, there are also Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown" and "Signal". Do the ticket supplement.

Thinking about it this way, even Chen Jingxing himself felt tongue-tied. In just half a year, he had spent overspend on the 1.8 million raised in financing and the approximately 1 million proceeds from "Fatal Identity". Internet start-up companies may not burn as fast as him at this speed. .

Fortunately, Xu Wenshen and his fourth uncle Yang Dairong have already contacted the bank for loans. Although DreamWorks currently invests in many projects, it has not yet had a failure case, and the company has no debts. In the past two years, hot money has flocked to the film and television industry. Definitely considered a high-quality loan customer, there shouldn't be any problems, but I don't know if the time will catch up.

Of course, there is another way to raise money without debt—equity financing. After all, Chen Jingxing currently still has 85% of the shares, but "Signal" will be released on the National Day file in more than two months, unless he is a fool. Otherwise, it will not open the second round of financing during this time period unless it is forced to.

"The current cast of "Operation Mekong" has not yet been decided. Do you have any recommended actors?"

"actor?"

Guo Fan had a serious expression on his face: "I can't decide on the two protagonists, but I can still confirm the supporting roles."

Chen Jingxing frowned. He hadn't thought of putting a few actors in "Operation Mekong". It is unlikely that Luo Chen and Hu Ge would take on the supporting roles in Mekong. The main characters don't fit well.

"Then let me give you a few names, all of which I have worked with since "Comet". I think the actors have good acting skills. If you think it is suitable, you can use it. If it is not suitable, don't force it."

Guo Fan was a little puzzled: "Don't you have any artists signed by DreamWorks? Hey, it seems that I have never heard of any stars in DreamWorks."

Chen Jingxing leaned back on the chair: "When DreamWorks was first established, I said that I would not engage in artist management business."

In fact, Xu Wenshen once asked him if he wanted to sign several artists, but he refused many times.

"Why?" "You are a young man" achieved an impressive box office of 4.6 million. Guo Fan also became famous in the circle. After the termination of the contract with Tianrun Pictures, he also established his own film company and signed several contracts Eighteen-line artist.

It can be said that most of the current domestic film and television companies are involved in the artist brokerage business.

DreamWorks, as a new star in the film industry, does not do artist business at all, which made Guo Fan curious.

"If I say that I don't like the fluff of artist brokerage business, isn't it a bit pretentious?" Chen Jingxing replied with a bit of a smile.

Guo Fan couldn't help but nodded: "Not only is it pretentious, but it's also extremely beating. As far as I know, Tianrun Pictures' income from artist brokerage last year was nearly 1.2 million."

Chen Jingxing shrugged his shoulders: "How many artists does Tianrun have under his management? To get this income, he has to be a housekeeper for so many artists. I think this is a waste of money. Once your company signs an artist, is the company's self-made film and television drama Do you want to give priority to your own artists?

This is unavoidable for you, and doing so will damage your ability to create content, not to mention that being a brokerage business can easily cause disputes with artists, and once a lawsuit occurs, it will also damage the company's image. "

Chen Jingxing's words sounded domineering and sideways: "What DreamWorks wants to do is to be a content producer. An excellent content producer must first draw a clear line from the artist brokerage business, like Luo Chen. If I have a suitable project in the future He issued a film contract, will he not come? I never have to worry about whether to use my own artist or another company's artist when I make a film. I want to wave to which actor I want, and he will come. If I don’t want to wave, he will come. Goodbye, there is absolutely no need to bind a certain artist with a brokerage contract."

Guo Fan couldn't help but laugh: "According to what you said, it seems that the entire entertainment circle is your pond."

"You are right, the owner of the pond is my target!"

Guo Fan laughed and sighed, "I don't even know how to repay you."

To be honest, the friendship between the two of them was nothing more than a friendship between classmates for more than half a month. I didn't expect that Chen Jingxing would suddenly bring him a film project as big as the Mekong River, and this project had nothing to do with him originally. Yes, Chen Jingxing tried his best to make him a director. Even though he didn't know Qin Zhonghe's personality before, he knew that it would definitely not be an easy task to convince the Ministry of Public Security and Guoying.

It's as if a person suddenly forced a lottery ticket into his hand and told him that he won the 500 million jackpot, which is even more outrageous than a pie in the sky.

But Guo Fan couldn't refuse this pie, or it would be difficult for any commercial director to refuse, let alone a newcomer in the industry.

Although "You at the Same Table" directed by him was a hit at the box office, it was a youth romance film, and even if Guoying searched all the directors in China, it might not be able to find him.

And he wanted to repay this huge favor, but he also found that there was no way to repay.

The genius director in front of him who is ten years younger than him is not only talented, but also a capitalist himself, so he can be completely "self-sufficient".

If Guo Fan is a star, he still has the value of a brokerage business, and can be used as a director hiding behind the scenes, and no one will ask him to shoot commercials as endorsements.

Chen Jingxing changed his expression and said, "Actually, you don't owe me any favors. If you think about it this way, I invested half of "Operation Mekong", so I want to choose one that can bring me a lot of money." The director with the greatest income, I think you are the most suitable candidate for this project, if you want to repay me, make this movie more exciting and achieve greater box office results, then I will thank you."

Guo Fan was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem, and asked after a while: "You just said that you are not interested in signing artists."

"Yes."

"I'm not an entertainer."

"……so?"

"I wonder if DreamWorks is interested in the director?"

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)