Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 239 Ming Wah Entertainment Company
Faced with everyone's doubtful eyes, Liu Tianwang seemed confident: "There is a character in our movie that fits Mr. Lu's personality very well. If Mr. Lu plays it, it can definitely be regarded as a real performance."

Afterwards, he joked again: "And Mr. Lu's image and temperament are so good, you can edit the content as a promotional film later. Mr. Lu, for the movie's box office, you sacrifice a little bit."

Liu Tianwang's meaning was very clear, in fact, he wanted to use Lu Yiming's identity and fame to advertise the film.

Lu Yiming couldn't laugh or cry at this: "My good fellow, you still ambushed me here."

Even though he said so, Lu Yiming still felt that the experience of filming was very fresh, so he agreed.

The next day, in order to take care of Lu Yiming and Lin Yuzhen's studies, Wang Jing directly pushed back all the other scenes of the movie, and concentrated on filming Lu Yiming's scenes.

They don't have many roles, and basically don't have any lines, it's purely an experience project.

And taking advantage of the gap between filming, Lu Yiming also found Liu Tianwang in private, and asked him: "How did you think about my previous proposal?"

Liu Tianwang frowned with a dignified expression, still unable to make a decision in his mind: "I've been thinking about this too, but I still haven't figured it out yet."

Lu Yiming knew exactly what Liu Tianwang was thinking, so he suggested: "Otherwise, you can continue to establish yourself in Xiangjiang, and then go to the mainland to test the water in your spare time. This way, you can walk on two legs instead of putting all your eggs in one basket."

When Liu Tianwang heard this, the wrinkles on his brows immediately decreased a lot, and he recognized it very much: "You can try this."

He didn't need to abandon the resources, contacts and reputation he had accumulated so hard in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, and he felt a lot easier.

But Lu Yiming also reminded him: "Although based in Xiangjiang, some filming resources and opportunities should start to be tilted to the mainland. For example, when casting roles, it is very important to give more opportunities to some mainland actors."

Stars in Xiangjiang often have great geographical limitations. Except for the group who became famous in the early 90s and [-]s, the follow-up basically did not take over. In the next ten years, there was no newcomer who could take the lead.

On the contrary, the mainland is full of stars and talented people, and many people have rushed out of Asia to go international.

This is almost a doomed result. After all, after the mainland's economy develops, it is naturally more willing to support actors from the mainland. There is nothing to criticize.

For the suggestion of Lu Yiming, the big boss behind the scenes, Liu Tianwang naturally dare not ignore, let alone refuse, and he actually knows the current embarrassment of Xiangjiang entertainment circle better than Lu Yiming.

"I will seriously consider these opinions of Mr. Lu."

Lu Yiming then casually mentioned another matter: "Actually, I have been thinking about it for the past few days. A person's strength is limited after all. In this world, there are too many good stories that cannot be filmed. The main reason is that there is no money, no Fame, no chance, can only be buried by time and years in the end."

Regarding this matter, Lu Yiming sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You know, the golden age of creation is so short, life is too short, and you can only choose to give up when you are exhausted. So I plan to launch a venture capital plan, not only to give more There are opportunities for actors in the mainland, and we plan to vigorously support emerging directors from the mainland, collect good scripts, and shoot those interesting stories directly!"

After Liu Tianwang listened to it, he also felt quite sad, because what Lu Yiming said was not only a portrayal of reality, but also a little-known side in the film and television industry. .

After all, there are many people who give everything for the movie, but not everyone can win their whole life with one desperate bet.Most people, often after a failure, never recover from a setback and are buried in the ashes of the years.

Lu Yiming directly threw an olive branch to Liu Tianwang: "How about it? A wave of cooperation?"

Liu Tianwang was quite moved and looked forward to it: "How do we cooperate?"

Lu Yiming immediately expressed his idea: "I will invest [-] million yuan, and we will cooperate to establish a film and television company, focusing on investing and shooting movies in the mainland. We will start a venture capital plan for new directors. You don't have to pay, I will hire you as the CEO, responsible for For the daily management and operation of the company, I will give you [-]% dry shares."

"One hundred million?"

When Liu Tianwang heard this number, he couldn't help being speechless. It was a huge sum of money that he couldn't get out of anyway, but to Lu Yiming, it was just a small amount of money that could be easily escaped to play tickets. It doesn't matter if you lose.

But he was very puzzled, after all, if things go wrong, there must be demons.

"Mr. Lu, please forgive my recklessness. In fact, I have always had a doubt in my heart. Why did you choose me?"

What he meant was that there are still many talents in Xiangjiang's performing arts industry. Among other things, there are four of the four heavenly kings, and there are three besides him.

After all, Liu Tianwang is a very pragmatic person. Although he really wants to cooperate with Lu Yiming to make money, but when Lu Yiming really chooses him and throws money and resources on him, he feels unreal .

It was like a pie fell from the sky suddenly, but it was a golden pie, which directly knocked him into a daze.

"Why you..."

Speaking of this matter, Lu Yiming has a lot of memories in his heart.

Liu Tianwang himself, around 2004, will set his sights on the mainland. "A World Without Thieves" is the first mainland movie he invested in and participated in personally.

After the film was a big success, he set his sights on newcomers from the Mainland. For this reason, he also set up a "Asian Rising Star Guide" program through the company, and Liu Tianwang personally invested 500 million Hong Kong dollars to show the newcomers in the whole Asia. Select six young directors from within the scope and sponsor them to make films.

In the end, Ning Jie, the only young director in the mainland who won the quota, stood out from a group of newcomers, and this has the following story.

Liu Tianwang made Ning Jie, and Ning Jie, who successfully stepped into the film industry, with a heart of gratitude, made Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Lu Yang, Guo Fan, Wen Muye and others, thus giving birth to " Embroidered Spring Knife 2", "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and even "The Wandering Earth" are top-quality domestic films.

The original passing on of the torch has finally echoed after 16 years.

For the development of the mainland film industry, Liu Tianwang can be said to have made great contributions.

In Xiangjiang, there are actors who have more money and fame than him, but in the end he was the only one who did such a thing.

Turning his thoughts around, Lu Yiming smiled slightly, with affirmation in his eyes: "Because you are Liu Tianwang."

He is not a groupie, but if he had to choose one of the four heavenly kings, he would definitely choose Liu Tianwang.

But in fact, judging from the follow-up, the best among the four heavenly kings is none other than Liu Tianwang.

In the eyes of people nowadays, Lu Yiming is making a forward-looking plan, but in fact, he is just participating in it step by step according to the historical track, and he is even suspected of occupying the magpie's nest.

But does it matter?

It's not important.

As long as everyone is happy in the end, it doesn't really matter who does it.

Regarding Lu Yiming's answer, Liu Tianwang could only smile helplessly.

He wasn't sure if Lu Yiming was joking or saying polite words, but at least he knew Lu Yiming's attitude and determination, and that was enough.

"Thanks to Mr. Lu, I will think about the details of the cooperation after I go back today, and then prepare for the company."

Seeing that Liu Tianwang agreed to cooperate, Lu Yiming immediately smiled and asked, "What do you think, the name of the company is Minghua Entertainment Company?"

In this regard, Liu Tianwang has nothing to do with it: "It's a very good name."

At the end, Lu Yiming did not forget to tell: "As an investor, we must make it clear from the very beginning that we will not put pressure on these young directors. All risks will be borne by our investors. I am not afraid of losing money. The only requirement is that all of them The films that are invested and shot must be based on the plot, and the audience should not feel too dull and incomprehensible."

What Lu Yiming dislikes the most are those bad domestic movies that are under the banner of literary and artistic movies.
Good art can explain complex stories clearly with a simple structure, and the content is thought-provoking.

And the art that some people call is to make simple things cloudy and foggy, and finally make people feel dizzy.

In Lu Yiming's opinion, those directors who can't "tell a story" to the audience should leave as soon as possible, and leave their positions for other newcomers who have more ideas and better execution.

That's why Lu Yiming launched such a venture capital project for emerging Asian directors. He plans to gather aspiring young filmmakers, discover new forces in film, and provide young filmmakers with creativity, attitude, personality, and ideals with a leadership and planning. , has a pattern and a future development platform.

At the same time, he is also making arrangements in the show business circle, starting his fight for the right to speak.

Lu Yiming's philosophy coincides with Liu Tianwang's.

After listening to Lu Yiming's plans and plans for the future of Chinese-language films in his mind, Liu Tianwang gave him a thumbs up sincerely, and was even a little emotional: "Mr. Lu, you are an investor who really understands movies."

He has contacted too many investors, and basically few of them understand movies.

But these investors are often good and playful, and they always like to "show" their talents. All kinds of laymen guide experts. As a result, the movies they invest in often have various bugs, various plots and The character design, which messed up the original good movie.

"Excuse me, can I join?"

At some point, Wang Jing appeared behind the two of them.

After listening to the conversation between the two, he was also very moved by the cooperation between Lu Yiming and Liu Tianwang.

Lu Yiming didn't dislike Wang Jing.On the contrary, Lu Yiming has always liked Wang Jing's filming techniques and understanding of films.

Wang Jing is very clear that movies are never preaching. He never wants to educate the audience. He has always used content to bring happiness to the audience.

This is superficial and very commercial, but it also coincides with Lu Yiming's ideas.

Most of the audience are ordinary working-class people. They have experienced 996 and even 007 in their lives. They exchanged their physical and mental exhaustion for a little Weibo salary. Who can resist a psychological or even physical PUA output?
The customers are the uncles, and the uncles spend money to go to the movie theater to have fun. If you make them happy, won’t it be over?
Whether it is a tragedy or a drama, a horror film or a war film, the ultimate goal should be to satisfy the audience's spiritual desires and demands.

In the end, when you come to the movie theater, you have to teach yourself to be a human being by a stupid director like you. Isn't this like spending money to make money?
Is it okay for me to spend dozens of dollars on food and drink?Do you have to come to the cinema to eat shit?

There is no such reason in this world.

Lu Yiming and Andy Lau looked at Wang Jing.

Wang Jing was taken aback, and quickly took out the mineral water in his hand: "I'm here to deliver mineral water to you, but I didn't intend to eavesdrop on your conversation."

Lu Yiming smiled and joked: "We are not a business secret. If you want to join, of course I have no objection. After all, Director Wang is an experienced director, so you can help guide newcomers." .”

In fact, not only Liu Tianwang and Wang Jing, but also some outstanding film talents in Xiangjiang, Lu Yiming wanted to cooperate with.

By attracting them to join, you can not only build momentum for yourself, but also gain a strong box office appeal.

Although Xiangjiang Movies is in decline, after all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and there is still a lot of surplus value to be dug up. No matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, it is still meat.

The three of them were chatting, and suddenly felt a gust of fragrant wind blowing, followed by Yingying Yanyan.

It turned out that Lin Yuzhen and others had finished filming.

"It's all over? How do you feel?"

Lu Yiming smiled all over his face. He was in a good mood after just talking about important matters. Seeing Lin Yuzhen and the others' lively and cheerful figures made his mood even better.

Wu Qiuya's face was flushed, and she chirped with rare excitement: "This is really a novel experience, I think I even like this feeling."

Lu Jiajia also smiled and nodded desperately: "It is indeed a very interesting experience. I feel like I am experiencing another life."

Lin Yuzhen smiled like a flower, and even the fine sweat on her forehead looked crystal clear. When she spoke, her eyelashes were raised high, just like her current mood: "Filming is so much fun, you don't know, I just shot the first During the first shot, I didn't know where to look with my eyes, I was so embarrassed... By the way, are we considered actors now?"

Lu Yiming took out a tissue to wipe her sweat, and then teased: "You guys, now you can only be regarded as extras, or the kind of people who bring money into the group, don't think too much."

Lin Yuzhen was very unconvinced after hearing this: "Nonsense, Fairy Zixia just praised us for being beautiful, so we must be very photogenic."

Lu Yiming curled his lips and exposed the truth mercilessly: "That's a statement of high EQ, why don't you praise your acting skills?"

Lin Yuzhen was so stunned that she pouted, and was so angry that she almost threw her ponytail on Lu Yiming's face: "You bastard, you know how to beat people, you really deserve a beating."

But then, she put Lu Yiming's hate on her behind her, and instead asked curiously: "I see that you and Liu Tianwang chatted so speculatively, what are you talking about?"

Lu Yiming replied casually: "It's nothing, I took out [-] million to invest in the establishment of an entertainment company, intending to support emerging directors and actors in the Mainland."

"One...a hundred million?"

Lin Yuzhen's eyes popped out: "So much money, you just take it out as soon as you say it?"

Lu Yiming was puzzled: "That's not it? Should I stay in the bank and wait for the pups? How risky is that? Maybe the next time I go to withdraw money, the bank will tell me that my money has gone away by itself. It's better than now." Take it out and do something, and put the investment into practice.”

Wu Qiuya was also shocked, and couldn't help worrying for Lu Yiming: "That's [-] million, aren't you afraid of losing money?"

Lu Yiming is quite indifferent about this: "It's only [-] million, and I can't afford it. The key is that I can't miss the new track of mainland movies."

Wu Qiuya was overwhelmed by Lu Yiming's "dominant" response, and couldn't help being fascinated by the man in front of her. After all, these days, there are very few people in China who can afford to lose [-] million.

(End of this chapter)