I Won a Prize of 100 Million at the Beginning, and I Became a Capital Boss

Chapter 76 Successfully won the copyright of "Three-Body Problem"!
When Zheng Wentong saw Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli in the office, he was extremely enthusiastic and quickly stood up from his seat to shake hands with them.

"Director Zhang, Mrs. Zhang, it's a pleasure to meet you. I've wanted to have a face-to-face communication with the two of you for a long time. I'm sorry to trouble you to go from Yanjing to Puhai."

Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli looked at each other. Since Zheng Wentong put on an attitude of a corporal, he might be able to persuade him to invest in the filming of "Three-Body Problem". Didn't the media say that he is a layman who doesn't know anything about the film industry?
Zhang Panpan thinks that industry giants are not good at fooling around, and it’s okay to fool a layman. As long as Mr. Zheng is advocating to carry the banner of Chinese sci-fi movies alone, break through the technical barriers between the Chinese film market and the Hollywood film market, and realize Chinese sci-fi movies from 0 A huge breakthrough to 1.

Xu Ru walked into the office swayingly, and first asked the guests, "Mr. Zhang, Ms. Song, our company has green tea, black tea and freshly ground coffee. What would you like to drink?"

Zhang Panpan asked for a cup of green tea, but Song Chunli didn't pay attention to it. After Xu Ru asked again, "Please give me a glass of water, thank you."

Zheng Wentong paid attention to the expressions of Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli. Zhang Panpan's expression was excited, and Song Chunli looked calm.

Song Chunli spoke first, "Mr. Zheng, I know you have a lot of things to do every day. Congratulations to your company for successfully acquiring Galloping Horse. I believe this company will soon be able to recover from its dead tree."

Zheng Wentong nodded in gratitude, "With your kind words, we will not interfere with Zhong Lifang's work here. Whether we can lead the pony gallop back to its glory depends on whether Zhong Lifang and the others have some golden thaumaturgy."

Zhang Panpan couldn't hold back, "I heard from Zeng Li that Mr. Zheng is also a fan of "The Three-Body Problem", so he wants to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this novel."

"Yes, that's right. I read some of them every day, which is very helpful for us to run the company, such as how to achieve dimensionality reduction in the Internet field."

"It can be seen that Mr. Zheng also likes this book very much. My wife is an avid fan of "Three-Body Problem". Blockbuster, specially bought the film and television adaptation rights of this novel for me."

"In addition to Mr. Zheng's slope capital, Chairman Lin Qi of Youzu Networks has also contacted us, and is very interested in making "Three-Body" a well-known IP similar to the old American "Star Wars."

"The IP of "Star Wars" has earned Disney 300 billion US dollars. Chairman Lin Qi is very interested in creating a world-class entertainment IP in China."

Zheng Wentong said in his heart, Lin Qi is so interested, you should ask him to invest money!It's not like I don't know the background of you two.

The reason why Lin Qi agreed to cooperate with Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli before rebirth was because Kong Ergou resigned from Xiaoma Galloping, joined Youzu Network, and became the CEO of Youzu Pictures.

At that time, Kong Ergou was frustrated in Galloping Horse and wanted to become a big IP. Lin Qi didn't have any experience in the film and television industry. With the support of Kong Ergou, Lin Qi agreed to cooperate with Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli.

Lin Qi, a layman, was fooled by Zhang Panpan. Youzu Pictures originally planned to invest 12 billion to make 6 "Three-Body Problems", each with [-] million yuan, to be directed by Zhang Panpan.

As a result, Zhang Panpan, who graduated from Yanjing Film Academy, has no experience in running large-scale projects, nor does he have enough artistic ability to control the film. The samples he produced are not even as good as PPT, and he can't even tell the simplest stories, let alone the core soul. .

After Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem" won the Hugo Award, high-level leaders came to Youzu Films to inspect with great interest, and asked to see the samples of "Three-Body Problem", but they were disappointed, and the "Three-Body Problem" film project was abandoned.

Lin Qi felt that he had been fooled by Zhang Panpan and Kong Ergou's alliance. In addition to heartache, he asked Xu Yao, a classmate who worked as a legal manager in Guanghai Group, to negotiate with Zhang Panpan. In 18, he spent 1 million yuan to let Zhang Panpan Pan Pan and Song Chunli took money out of the game.

Now Kong Ergou is still working as a screenwriter in Galloping Horse, saving his notebooks, and wants to make a movie, so he has no time to worry about Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli.

Kong Ergou is good at telling stories about the customs and humanities in the Northeast, and he is not good at this kind of science fiction masterpiece.

This time, without the strong recommendation of Kong Ergou, Lin Qi found out about Penguin Ma, Ding Sanshi, Zhang Chaoyang and other Internet giants who gave up investing in "Three-Body Problem", how could Lin Qi support you to film "Three-Body Problem", and then Be taken advantage of once.

Zheng Wentong did not expose Zhang Panpan, "As far as the current situation is concerned, I think the domestic sci-fi film market is too small. It can be said that "Three-Body Problem" is made into a movie, which can be said to be a loss but not a profit."

Song Chunli tried to argue, "In fact, domestic sci-fi fans have been cultivated in the past few years. Previously, Stephen Chow's "Yangtze River No. 7" was well received and well received."

Zheng Wentong smiled, "Ms. Song, although I have never made a movie, I am not a movie novice. Can "Yangtze River No. 7" be considered a science fiction movie? It is just a comedy movie with a sci-fi skin."

"Director Zhang just said clearly that he wants to make a hardcore sci-fi movie like Star Wars."

"From my personal point of view, I think there are two problems with domestic sci-fi movies at present. First, the audience of sci-fi fans is not enough, and it takes time to cultivate; second, the special effects production technology of domestic companies is not enough, so they can't make Asian first-class and world second-class movies. special effects."

Even if it was "The Wandering Earth", which became popular all over the Internet, the special effects were produced by four companies, including a South Korean special effects company.

Compared with the sci-fi blockbusters produced by Hollywood, "The Wandering Earth" is still 5 to 10 years behind in terms of technology, but it is already a milestone in domestic sci-fi movies.

Looking back now, Zhong Lifang’s move to acquire the Hollywood special effects company Digital Domain was actually no problem, but the vision was too far ahead, so in the end she had no choice but to sell it.Mr. Ren of Huawei said that one step ahead is advanced, and two steps ahead is a martyr.

Zhang Panpan was very disappointed, "According to Mr. Zheng, you don't think I can make "Three-Body Problem" comparable to "Star Wars"?"

"If Mr. Zheng thinks that the special effects are not good, we can invite a Hollywood special effects production team." Zhang Panpan tried to make the final persuasion.

"In 09, Cameron filmed "Avatar", and the production cost was nearly 5 million US dollars. Please ask the Hollywood production team, how much does a movie cost?"

"As far as the novel "The Three-Body Problem" is concerned, at least 6 to 8 films need to be filmed. If all Hollywood special effects production teams are hired, the cost of filming will be as high as more than 10 billion US dollars. It is impossible for any domestic company to agree to invest."

"Since you bought "The Three-Body Problem" from Liu Cixin, in the six full years, no film company at home or abroad is willing to invest, because science fiction movies are inherently risky."

“In the first half of the year, when Disney started filming, the sci-fi blockbuster “Tomorrowland” starring George Clooney suffered box office losses in North America and the mainland, and Disney lost at least 1.2 million U.S. dollars.”

"Other people have a big business, and they don't feel bad about losing hundreds of millions of dollars, but Galloping Horse will be hurt if they lose [-] to [-] million yuan, and they can't breathe for half a year."

"Director Zhang, Ms. Song, do you think we will agree to invest [-] million yuan for you to film "Three-Body Problem"?"

"Even if it's Cameron, it's impossible for him to shoot "Titanic" as soon as he comes up."

Song Chunli now understood Zheng Wentong's meaning, "Zheng always wants my wife to show off his ability to direct science fiction movies first?"

"Ms. Song is really a smart person, and she knows everything. The cooperation plan proposed by Zeng Pengyu before was formulated by me."

"We, Ramp Capital, are willing to buy the copyright of "Three-Body Problem", and promise not to authorize any domestic film and television company or director to shoot "Three-Body Problem" for five years. Because I am still willing to regard Director Zhang as the director of "Three-Body Problem" The best candidate."

"I think the cooperation plan between Director Zhang and us can be divided into three steps."

"We are willing to spend 1000 million yuan to buy the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem". Director Zhang will first cast an online movie that costs no more than 1500 million yuan. It must be a sci-fi theme. We will release it in theaters and online platforms simultaneously."

"As long as this movie can make a profit, then we will invest 1 million to support Director Zhang to shoot Liu Cixin's other science fiction novels. We, Incline Capital also bought five science fiction novels including "The Wandering Earth" and "Supernova Era". pick."

"If this sci-fi movie can keep its capital during the theatrical release, then we, Incline Capital, are willing to invest 12 billion to support Director Zhang and your husband and wife to shoot 6 "Three-Body Problems"."

Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli looked at each other, and felt that Zheng Wentong's proposal was exciting.

Song Chunli said, "Boss Zheng deserves to be doing equity investment. This kind of cooperation is very similar to the financing of Internet companies. Different assessment goals are set for the A round, B round, and C round. If it succeeds, everyone will be happy. damage."

"There is a saying in the art of war, a good fighter should think about defeat before winning. For Director Zhang, we are equivalent to signing a five-year exclusive agreement in advance. Director Zhang achieves the assessment goal, and our funds can be in place at any time."

Zheng Wentong knew in his heart that within five years, no company in China could shoot "Three-Body Problem", not even the special effects comparable to "The Wandering Earth".

Song Chunli and Zhang Panpan discussed it, and Song Chunli still prefers to get more money through copyright.

They finally transferred all the copyrights of "Three-Body Problem" to Slope Capital at a price of 1500 million, and Galloping Horse will contribute 1000 million to support Zhang Panpan in making a low-cost sci-fi movie.

The couple may feel that the lower the input cost, the greater the possibility of profit, and only in this way can they start the second step of the cooperation plan between Ramp Capital and Zhang Panpan.

Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli came here happily and returned with a full load. The two also declined Zheng Wentong's suggestion to have lunch together, and decisively chose to take the money back to Yanjing.

Housing prices in Yanjing have been soaring, and they also want to change to a larger house to improve their lives.

Xu Ru knew that Zheng Wentong never made a loss-making business, "Is it a good deal to buy the copyright of "Three-Body" for 2500 million yuan? If a small-budget sci-fi movie made by Pan Pan makes a profit, you really spend 1 million yuan to support him to continue. Filming?"

"I have news from here that the old American judges are very optimistic about Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem". He hopes to win the Hugo Award for this novel. This is the Nobel Prize for science fiction."

"If Liu really wins the award, Zhang Panpan and Song Chunli will definitely regret it, and feel that the transfer price can at least be doubled today."

"As for the conditions I agreed to Zhang Panpan, first of all, I really don't have the idea of ​​filming "Three-Body Problem" within five years, and I will sell the overseas TV adaptation rights of "Three-Body Problem" at that time."

"Secondly, if Song Chunli chooses 1000 million yuan to transfer the copyright and 1500 million yuan to shoot a sci-fi movie, I will give her a high opinion. After all, the biggest expense of a sci-fi movie is special effects. The higher the production cost, the more likely it will be successful."

"She chose to take 500 million more, and the shooting cost was reduced to 1000 million, which further squeezed the profit space of the movie."

"And they don't know much about online movie distribution channels. It is actually very difficult to make a profit on this kind of movie, but I have a hundred ways to make them lose money. So the two of them have no chance to get 1 million to make a real movie. sci-fi blockbuster."

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