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Chapter 71 Investing in "Party A and Party B"

After greeting the crew, Qi Wei and Gao Yuanyuan flew back to the capital on the second day of the filming.

Gao Yuanyuan has just learned to walk like a duck, and she is not used to it.

Qi Wei bought her a suite near Gao Yuanyuan's school, and took good care of her day and night during her "rehabilitation" period.

The next day Qi Wei returned to his company to deal with things.

First of all, it is about the matter of the film and television company. The matter of consulting with Ge You before has come to fruition.

In a living room of a high-end hotel, Qi Wei and Ge You were waiting for the arrival of the distinguished guests, and they chatted first.

""Kou Laoxier" is originally a costume comedy created on the basis of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo". Since it is a comedy, who can compare to you, Uncle Ge?

Some people say this is not serious?Being unprofessional is the characteristic of this drama!This is a drama, but those old antiques have watched too many dramas and are not used to it, and the ratings prove the success of this drama." Qi Wei comforted.

When Qi Wei was filming the crew of "Jiang Ai" in early November, the drama "Kou Laoxier" was broadcast on Beijing TV.

After the show was broadcast, the ratings were gratifying, and it won the ratings crown of Beijing TV Station in 97.

Qi Wei has been very popular during this period, and the crew also used Qi Wei as one of the selling points when promoting it. Qi Wei also mentioned this drama many times in the interview to promote this drama, which has attracted Qi Wei a lot. Fans watch.

The ratings of the few episodes aired with Qi Wei's scenes did have a significant increase.

For newcomers, Qi Wei's performance in the play is quite satisfactory, without any bright spots or shortcomings.

But Qi Wei played a supporting role who didn't have many roles, so this drama didn't add much fame to Qi Wei.

The focus was not on Qi Wei either, the sky was falling and he was being resisted by tall people.

The key to the success of this drama is Ge You.

But Ge You was scolded miserably at the same time.

The reason is very simple. It is really that the down-to-earth image of Geyou's down-to-earth philistine does not conform to the character of a generation of famous people in people's minds.

Both Liu Luoguo and Kou Laoxier were prime ministers, but one was in the Qing Dynasty when the Han officials were slaves, and the other was in the Song Dynasty when they shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. Can it be the same?

At this time, people watched a lot of dramas. When many people saw Ge You playing Kou Laoxier, they felt as if the actor who played Wu Dalang played Wu Song.

Even Ge You's old father didn't buy it, and sprayed him severely.

Ge You also thought he had failed in acting, and since then he has never acted in a TV series, and basically never acted in similar roles.

"Your boy is quite good at comforting people, but the old antique you mentioned also includes my father." Ge You replied with a smile.

"You are all Uncle Ge, and your father is even older. I'm not trying to comfort you. I'm speaking out for justice, expressing our young people's views."

I watched "Kou Laoxier" in Qi Wei, regardless of the poor shooting of the camera, some shoddy production and other shortcomings, it is a good drama at all.

Tell the truth.

"Young people really have a generation gap with us, haha!"

Ge You didn't mind at all, he laughed loudly.

Relationships need to be maintained.

After filming "Old Kou Xier" and leaving the crew, Qi Wei kept in touch with Ge You and others.

Maintain a good network of contacts, and then inadvertently reflect your own value.

Just like it is now.

The two chatted for a while, and soon the waiting VIP arrived.

Qi Wei and Ge You got up quickly, and Ge You quickly helped each other to introduce each other.

"This is Han Sanye, the director of Beijing Film Studio." Then he pointed to the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks behind him and said, "This is Feng Xiaoan, the director of "Party A and Party B."

Then he pointed to Qi Wei and introduced: "This is Qi Wei, the pop king of the Mainland, he releases a record that sells well, even though he is still a student at Nortel"

"Uncle Ge, don't make fun of me. It's a pleasure to meet you two." Qi Wei said with a smile, shaking hands with each other respectfully.

Feng Xiaoan acted like a minion at this time, licking his smiling face and taking the initiative to help Han Sanping push the bench, and the two sides sat down to talk.

Han Sanping said: "You are Qi Wei, you are not bad, I just read the newspaper and heard that your "19 Years Old" solo album sold more than 400 million copies, so I listened to your song, your song "Autumn Doesn't Come Back" is very good”

"Me too!" Feng Xiaoan echoed.

As expected of someone who explored mainland commercial films together, he is still very down-to-earth.

I like this kind of "vulgar" song.

"Damn! Why didn't I send you two records?"

Qi Wei hurriedly took out a set of exquisite albums from his bag, including DVDs, CDs, vinyls, and tapes.

"I hope it's not too late. I hope you two can accept it. If I release another record in the future, I will definitely send it to you two as soon as possible."

Qi Wei explained with a smile: "The newspapers and news are all exaggerated. How can I sell so many albums? I just sold 200 million copies."

Hearing Qi Wei's admission of Versailles, Feng Xiaoan felt a little unbelievable, and said in shock: "It's only been half a year since your album was released, and you've sold 200 million? This is too exaggerated, isn't it..."

Seeing Qi Wei smiling and nodding, Han Sanping looked at Qi Wei squarely.

I knew that the singer made a lot of money and sold so many records, which means that Qi Wei made a lot of money, and he must be able to get the money out. This time, it shouldn't be in vain.

"Speaking of which, my album sold so well this time, thanks to Sanye Han's help," Qi Wei complimented with a smile.

Han Sanping smiled and asked back with narrowed eyes: "What does this have to do with me?"

Qi Wei explained with a smile: "My album is selling well this time because I regard the MV as a selling point. The MV can be shot well thanks to the good machines. The machines for the MV shooting are all from your Beijing Film Studio. It was borrowed. At that time, our filming funds were limited, and Beijing Film Studio only charged a symbolic amount of money. This was a great help from you."

These are Qi Wei's compliments. In fact, the machines that Wu Ershan helped to rent from Beiying Factory were charged at normal prices, and there was nothing less that should be missing.

"It turns out that we still have such a relationship. It seems that we are destined."

Han Sanping nodded, still squinting his eyes with a smile, and asked straight to the point: "I heard from Ge You that you want to invest in "Party A and Party B"?"

"Party A and Party B" is a film project led by the Beijing Film Studio led by Han Sanping. In this film, the Beijing Film Studio invested 100 million, and the Forbidden City Film Industry followed suit.

The rest is the investment of the poor man who found a can to exchange for an airplane.

And this loser is a big talker who wants to blow up the Himalayas. He promised to invest 36 US dollars in this movie, which is almost 300 million.

And this has a gap of more than 200 million.

This posed a big problem for Han Sanping.

Before the film reform started in [-], the policy of "unified purchase and sales" was still implemented in the film.

At that time, only the major film studios in the mainland had the right to produce films, and the distribution and release were under the unified management of other government units.

The major film studios do not have distribution rights, which means that they do not need to face market pressure, they only need to produce movies according to the indicators, and then sell the copies to the corresponding distribution consoles.

Without market pressure, there is no need to cater to the tastes of the audience. The films produced by the filmmakers at that time were almost all literary films with a personal style, and rarely had commercial attributes.

Movies that are separated from the audience, the audience will naturally not buy it, coupled with the competition brought about by the gradual popularization of television and the enrichment of entertainment life, the box office and the number of viewers have plummeted.

In 93, the film market began to reform, and the distribution rights were delegated. The major film studios had to rely on their own distribution, and lost the guarantee of distribution. The mainland filmmakers who were lying in their comfort zone and hadn’t reacted, almost had to pay for every film they made. .

The cost of the movie remained high, and in the end, even the compensation could not meet the annual production quota, and it still needed to sell the quota to complete the task.

To what extent is this situation serious? Take the North Film Studio of Han Sanping as an example.

When Han Sanping took over Beijing Film Studio, the situation was as follows: there were nearly 3000 employees, and the account was only 27 at the most difficult time, but the monthly reimbursement of medical expenses for the employees was 40.

The annual state allocation is 500 million, but the funds needed to complete the filming task are about 8000 to [-] million.

This gap is not a little bit worse.

In order to make up for this gap, he took the directors of Beijing Film Studio to "make money" and "beg for alms" everywhere.

He used various social connections to find money, and often waited in the hostel for the boss to sign the contract. Sometimes he waited until midnight, and when he heard the boss came back from drinking, he immediately ran to sign.

Even in order to raise money, he asked someone to make a "cassette", and he made a film for 400 to [-] yuan. After shooting in a week, he could earn more than [-] million yuan a year.

But in fact, this kind of "cassette tape" is all about edge balls, minor violence, and tenderness.

Not only the Beijing Film Studio, but almost every film studio in the mainland is in this situation. It is not easy to raise money, which also makes every film project have a strict shooting plan and budget.

The 100 million invested by Beijing Film Studio was also squeezed out through the gaps between the teeth, and suddenly the shortfall was so much short that Beijing Film Studio could not afford the money for a while.

As for seeking outside investment
Don't be kidding, you can hear a sound when you throw money into the water at this time, but you can't even hear the sound when investing in movies. Not many people are willing to step into the muddy water of movies.

What's more, "Party A and Party B" is an experimental commercial film with an adventurous nature.

You must know that "Party A and Party B" is not a movie with the main theme like "Kong Fansen" produced by Beijing Film Studio last year. There is no private room for government agencies and schools, so it depends entirely on the audience to watch it to support the box office.

Can this achieve high box office?

If you are perfunctory and don't cater to the tastes of the audience, the audience will naturally vote with their feet. At this time, mainland audiences don't like watching mainland movies.

That being the case, why not make another movie with a theme similar to "Kong Fansen" like last year?

It is because the current audience is fatigued after watching too much of the main theme. If there is no audience to watch, it is impossible to get the high box office of "Kong Fansen" just by booking the show.

But now the movie "Party A and Party B" is not favored even by many people in the industry, let alone laymen.

This can be seen from the chat with Ge You, he adopted a fixed salary instead of a split account model because he was not very optimistic.

When he learned that Qi Wei was willing to invest in "Party A and Party B", he also persuaded Qi Wei to think twice before acting.

In the end, when Qi Wei was determined, Ge You agreed to help set up the bridge.

Qi Wei replied with a smile: "Yes, I really want to invest in this movie."

Han Sanping said solemnly: "You must have learned about the situation from Ge You. There is still a funding gap for this movie, but now I want to know if you really want to invest. I don't want people to say that I am Coaxed into investing from a lay kid who doesn't understand movies"

Qi Wei shook his head and replied seriously: "Third Master is wrong, I am a student of Nortel, and a film and television professional, not a layman. I chose to go to Nortel to study instead of the music school. I prefer film and television to music, and the purpose of making a record as a singer is to make money, and also to prepare for my future film and television career.”

"If your fans know what you said, they will be sad." Han Sanping laughed.

"The truth hurts, but I choose to tell the truth. I am dissatisfied with you. I registered and established a film and television company not long after the record "19 Years Old" sold out, and I have already invested in the TV series "Jiang Ai"
Of course, when investing in film and TV dramas, I would rather invest in movies, and it doesn’t matter if I lose money, just treat it as if I stumbled while learning to walk and pay some tuition fees, and "Party A and Party B" may not necessarily lose money."

"Oh?" Han Sanping was a little surprised, "You are so optimistic about this movie? Did Ge You talk to you?"

"That's not true, but I'm optimistic about Uncle Ge. The movies he makes must not lose money. I've always regarded him as a guiding light."

Qi Wei took the opportunity to sell Ge You a favor.

Ge You laughed knowingly, and said, "Don't flatter me, you boy. The "Song of Qin" I filmed last year made investors miserable."

"It's not the crime of war, it's not the fault of people. I really like the movie you made!"

Speaking of the movie "Song of Qin", Qi Wei thought of Princess Liyang in it, which is really charming.

If possible, Qi Wei really wants to taste the moist taste.

Qi Wei pulled back his thoughts in an instant, and then said: "Besides, isn't the movie "Song of Qin" starring Jiang Wen, what does the box office hit the street have to do with your supporting role?"

"So you're saying that this movie hit the market because of Jiang Wen?"

"Is not it?"

"Jiang Wen is my brother in hand, close relative and friend, are you not afraid that I will speak ill of you in front of him? He has a bad temper."

"Aren't I your sibling, close relative or close friend? At worst, I'll add money"

"Just waiting for your words..."

Han Sanping smiled and watched Qi Wei and Ge You joke with each other, and said polite words with a lively atmosphere, and the smile on his face was even stronger.

He turned to Qi Wei and asked, "Since that's the case, I won't stop it. The movie "Party A and Party B" currently has a funding gap of about 100 million. How much are you going to invest?"

Qi Wei smiled and stretched out one finger, then five fingers.

Han Sanping nodded in satisfaction, "50 is a lot, I'll find a solution for the rest."

"I'm talking about 150 million, and I'm going to invest 150 million." Qi Wei shook his head with a smile and stretched out a finger of the other hand.

This move shocked everyone present. Han Sanping didn't know whether Qi Wei was confident or ignorant and fearless. He thought Qi Wei was ignorant and fearless, so he kindly reminded:
"This movie needs a maximum of 100 million to get it done, it doesn't need so much"

Qi Wei explained with a smile: "If this movie is a big hit, the distribution fee you guys prepared, Mr. Han, may not be enough. The 150 million is not too much. If there is any leftover, you can help me invest in other movies. I am a fledgling, newcomer, like a headless chicken, I believe in Han Sanping's vision."

"Then you have a heart"

Qi Wei is too good, Han Sanping is more and more satisfied with watching, but said with a little regret: "This film is almost finished, there are only a few reshoots and post-production, otherwise I can arrange it for you. As a character, I watched the drama "Kou Laoxier", and your performance is still very good."

"Thanks to Mr. Han's praise, this is taught by Uncle Ge. I invested in this movie, not because I was greedy for roles. Besides, your movie is going to be released during the Lunar New Year, and I don't have time to shoot it."

"Oh? Are you planning to release a new album?" Han Sanping asked curiously.

"No, the new album is planned to be produced and released early next year. I've been filming a movie and will be joining the team in two days."

"what movie?"

"Love in the Internet Age."

"Then play well, and I look forward to working with you in the future."

"Me too." Feng Xiaoan followed up.

Han Sanping was thinking in his mind, he got the investment from Qi Weixuezhong, and he was thinking about how to return the favor.

Qi Wei happily reached an investment in "Party A and Party B" with Han Sanping.

(End of this chapter)