ghost on paper

Chapter 520 Coal Bosses (Earth)

Until December 11.

"People on the Road" has been offline.

The box office finally stayed at 8650 million yuan, not exceeding 11 million yuan. It ranked second in the box office rankings in November. The first place was of course "Lust, Caution", with a box office of 1.4 million yuan. This box office is so high that it can be recorded in the current history of Chinese films. Top ten.

The box office of "Lust, Caution" exceeded everyone's expectations. As an international director, Ang Lee has also enjoyed success in the domestic market, especially attracting a wave of praise. A certain "outstanding young domestic director" promoted by Ang Lee has also become Industry focus.

An investment of 500 million was invested in "The Lost Road" and the box office was nearly 9000 million. This return on investment of nearly 18 times can be called "turning stone into gold". For domestic coal bosses who want to enter the film and television industry with a lot of money, The young director is more attractive than Ang Lee.After all, Ang Lee is an international director who is out of reach. New directors like Chen Ye are easier to access and control.

It is a trend of the times for coal bosses to enter the film and television industry. Since 2001, China has entered the WTO, and the demand for coal exports has increased significantly. In January 2002, the country canceled the guided price of coal and electricity, and the marketization of coal prices gave birth to a large number of "coal "Big Rich", in the 1 Hurun Energy Rich List, 2005 coal bosses were selected, 11 of whom were from Shanxi.

Then at the end of this year, the coal industry encountered a financial crisis, and coal sales in Shanxi dropped sharply. Then the well-informed coal bosses heard the news that Shanxi coal companies were about to be reorganized. So many bosses sold their mines, holding the money, and some started real estate. , some people started to engage in culture and invest in film and television, which was one of the most popular attempts.

The coal boss has three needs in the film and television industry. The first is to support the roles, especially the heroines. "Bringing money into the group" is not a good reputation at this time. The second is to save face and use the name of a producer. Washing away the "soot smell" from your body is of great help, and the third most important thing is making money.

Therefore, Coal Boss’s request is very pure. It’s no wonder that 10 years later, a well-known screenwriter will bluntly say that he “misses Coal Boss’ investors.”

At this moment, the film and television industry is still wary of the money coming from the coal bosses. Directors feel that the coal bosses have interfered with their creative freedom and are keen to stuff heroines into their dramas. But they will not find out until another 10 years. , the era of Coal Boss can be called the golden age of Chinese film and television. After the Internet giant Long Video Platform becomes the father of the financier, they will gain even less freedom.

In short, if Ang Lee and Chen Ye join forces to get 1.5 million US dollars from these bosses, it is not impossible, but a single boss really cannot come up with such a huge amount of money, so the biggest problem is that this movie There can be several heroines in the movie.

This is indeed the biggest problem, because according to the original script, there is no heroine in this movie at all.

But Chen Ye has a way.

……

When Lao Lin walked into this office on the 26th floor of SOHO Modern City, he felt that it looked like a grassroots team.

Because the entrance is a big photo of a young man and Li An. In the photo, the two of them are holding hands and looking very happy. Li An can be recognized by everyone. As for this young man... he is Chen Ye, right?
Most of those who need to pull this kind of tiger skin are not serious institutions. If you look at the line above, "The only investment office in the world for the "Young CHUMEN's Fantasy Adventure" project, it looks more like it."

You are still "the only one in the world", China can no longer accommodate you.

Lao Lin stood at the door and looked at it. At this time, he heard chatter from inside the door, and then saw a middle-aged man who looked like a potbellied boss walking out with his arms around a charming girl. Chen Ye in the photo was accompanying him at this moment. The two of you, the two sides were having a great conversation, and their words kept saying, "Please, Director Chen." "No, no, your third son is so talented that he will definitely become a superstar." "My name is Bing Bing~" "Calling you by your profession is a sign of respect. Well, it’s like you call me Director Chen”…

When sending these two off, Chen Ye saw Lao Lin and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"You two, go slowly~" After Chen Ye waved goodbye to the two of them, he turned around and held Lao Lin's hand: "Uncle Lin, you are finally here!"

Chen Ye's enthusiasm surprised Lao Lin. Although they had a relationship, it was already two years ago. At that time, Chen Ye was an extra in the crew and provided some evidence to Lao Lin, so that Lao Lin could avoid Some emotional and financial injuries, the friendship between the two parties was nothing more, so when I received an invitation from Chen Ye and claimed that he wanted to prepare an "international film project" that would be jointly directed by him and international director Ang Lee, Of course Lao Lin didn't believe it.

But Chen Ye proved that the currently popular "People on the Road" is his work, which made Lao Lin interested. After asking around in the industry, he found that what Chen Ye said was true. This project does exist. Ang Lee He did participate in it. Lao Lin didn't know how Chen Ye jumped over the dragon gate overnight, but he did have ideas about the film and television industry, otherwise he would not have invested in that messy copycat version of "The Condor".

For Lao Lin and other Shanxi coal bosses, money is not the problem, the problem is how to spend it.

So Lao Lin came to BJ.

But with caution.

Chen Ye's weird enthusiasm made Lao Lin especially wary.

"Is Mr. Yu okay?" Chen Ye asked, "Now he should be in the sixth grade of elementary school, right? He and I are old friends, and we have known each other for a long time~"

What is "a friendship beyond the grave"?Lao Lin didn't understand for a while.

But that doesn't matter.

Chen Ye then enthusiastically introduced the film and television project "Young Chumen's Fantasy Adventure" to Lao Lin. The investment in the entire project is expected to be 15 billion yuan, and the minimum investment amount is 5000 million yuan. In other words, if you want to invest, you need a minimum Get 5000 million.

"Then what can I get?" Lao Lin asked.

"Uncle Lin, you are right to ask. Director Li and I have designed a very rich reward option." Chen Ye took out a booklet that looked like a restaurant menu.Lao Lin casually flipped through it and was shocked, because there was an Academy Award trophy printed on the first page. The statuette with hands folded on the chest was printed slightly clumsily, and below it read "Chief Sponsor Rights and Interests" ".

"The chief sponsor needs to provide 5 million funds." Chen Ye said, "Uncle Lin, your financial resources do not meet this requirement, so there is no need to watch."

"Director Chen, you are looking down on me." Lao Lin was a little unhappy, "Besides, I haven't asked you how you can guarantee an Oscar, but you don't think I have enough money? This is not the attitude of doing business. "

"Uncle Lin, I can guarantee the awards. "Young CHUMEN" can guarantee no less than 8 nominations and no less than 2 trophies." Chen Ye said seriously, "I will never lie. If you can't do it, you will get a full refund." .”

Lao Lin looked at Chen Ye with a serious face and felt more and more unreliable, so he flipped down the "recipe" without comment.

In the "Awards" section, in addition to the Oscars, there are also the Golden Globe Awards, as well as the domestic Golden Rooster Awards, Academy Awards and Golden Horse Awards. The sponsorship costs required are much cheaper than the Oscars. The most expensive Golden Globe Awards only 1.2 million are needed.

Chen Ye recommended: "Considering that this movie has no clear male and female protagonists, the only awards that can be applied for are various technical awards, such as photography, soundtrack, editing, and original songs. If Uncle Lin really considers this, I strongly recommend buying it." With this award of "Original Song", no matter who you praise, you can immediately embark on the road to stardom in film, television, singing, and singing. It only costs 8 million, which is very affordable."

"There is no clear male and female protagonist...then what does the actor play?" Lao Lin was a little curious, "For example, what did you sell to him just now?"

"There are no male or female protagonists, but there are supporting roles." Chen Ye said, "Although the supporting roles are relatively small, there are still some."

"How many... can there be?" Lao Lin asked.

"There are 8 seconds, 25 seconds, 38 seconds, and the longest is 180 seconds." Chen Ye said.

"Haha." Old Lin was very happy. This was so funny. It even caught up with CCTV's prime time advertising price. This person was selling the movie as an advertisement. He was curious, "What did that person just buy?"

"The 180-second vixen, which also comes with three lines of lyrics, only sold for 6600 million." Chen Ye said, "It's a great value."

"Why is there still something about the vixen?" Lao Lin was curious.

"This is the plot content of the movie. It cannot be disclosed to outsiders originally, but I am so familiar with Uncle Lin and have a close relationship with your son, so I can reveal that this is a movie that uses 3D technology as the main means, and the story content is combined "Peach Blossom Spring" mainly shoots a lot of fantasy visual effects, and there will be all kinds of monsters. It is expected that the global box office revenue will exceed 6 million US dollars, which is nearly 50 billion yuan."

Lao Lin listened to Chen Ye's boasting, nodded, and then shook his head.

"Uncle Lin, how much did you vote for?" Chen Ye asked.

"To be honest, I don't want to vote at all." Lao Lin said, "I think you are a liar."

As a director, Chen Ye was not reserved at all, which gave Lao Lin a bad impression.

Lao Lin, like some coal bosses, is still in awe of the director industry. He believes that directors are cultural people, and cultural people must be more reserved in order to be reliable. In other words, big bosses like them throw money at it. If they don’t The feeling of forcing a good girl into prostitution always makes me feel uneasy.

"It doesn't matter, everyone thinks so." Chen Ye didn't feel offended and said with a smile, "So tomorrow Director Li and I will hold a press conference together, please ask Uncle Lin to attend then~"

……

12 month 10 day.

The "Youth CHUMEN Film and Television Project Press Conference" was held at the BJ Hotel.

The prospective investors who were invited were originally skeptical about this project, but when they saw the superior department leaders, China Film Chairman, Ang Lee and Chen Yehou coming to the stage to speak one by one, they couldn't help but be stunned by this formation. , as we all know, Xuan is the ancestor in the industry, and Ying is the father of everyone in the industry. These two people coming to the platform can only prove that this project has national origin.

The chairman of China Film Group Corporation is also a producer whose name often appears in various movies. Most Shanxi coal bosses have only heard of him and admired him, but have never seen him in person. Listening to his speech at this moment, they can only It was an honor, but the leader of the higher-level department spoke too much in official dialect, which made the coal bosses feel sleepy.

This person said: "...We welcome everyone to invest in the film and television industry. The film and television industry is an eternal sunrise industry and a nation's conscience industry. We are committed to dedicating excellent Chinese culture to the world and letting the world recognize us." "Youth CHUMEN" project will be overseen and overseen by me personally, and will be guided by Mr. Li An and Mr. Chen Ye. I believe it can play a very positive role in promoting national culture..."

wow la la la~
applause.

The coal bosses whispered to each other, "Mr. Han is right, we must carry forward the main theme", "Yes, we are all Chinese, let foreigners see our traditional culture" and "Culture overseas!", but in fact they were all talking privately. Send a message to Chen Ye to confirm whether the previously negotiated cooperation terms can be implemented as soon as possible.

Private business does not delay verbal doctrines. Only those who take both into account are outstanding businessmen in the new era.

(End of this chapter)