ghost on paper

Chapter 527 Raising Funds (Earth)
The sweet princess, who is eighteen or nineteen years old, is in the best time of her life. Her skin is as tender as a puddle of water, her personality is charming and lovely, and even Chen Ye almost falls under her adoring gaze.

Princess Tian is asking Chen Ye for advice. If she can become famous, when will she become famous?
"It will probably take more than ten years." Chen Ye said, "But you don't have to worry about whether you are popular or not, because you are all filming."

"No way... people still want to enter the entertainment industry based on their true strength." Princess Tian lowered her head and clasped her hands behind her back, seeming a little unhappy.

"How can something like true strength be as important as beauty~" Chen Ye said with a smile, "You are so beautiful that you don't need true strength."

"Director Chen is really good at coaxing girls!" Princess Tian smiled like a flower.

"Why are you coaxing? It's all truth. If you have time, let's study the scripts carefully. I have a few scripts that are particularly suitable for you."

"What kind of script is this?"

"A book called "Si Teng" tells the story of a vine that became a spirit."

"Huh? What's that story?"

The two of them were walking when a car suddenly stopped in front of them. Then a middle-aged man got out of the car. He greeted Princess Tian and looked at Chen Ye with a wary look. If the matter ended here, , there would be no twists and turns, but in order to satisfy his curiosity, because he had never known who this person was in his previous life, Chen Ye rushed up to exchange business cards with him, and then said with a look of realization, "It turns out to be you." .

After the two parties said goodbye, the middle-aged man looked at Chen Ye's back carefully. Princess Tian said, "Director Chen wants to invite me to film a movie. It's a story about a vine spirit." The middle-aged man showed a dangerous expression.

Then, Chen Ye made several appointments with Princess Tian. Chen Ye’s original intention was that since the person behind Princess Tian had so much money that he could waste it at will, it would be better to spend the money wisely, that is, to spend it on him, Chen Ye. Isn't it good for a movie to make a sweet princess famous?

But it seemed that he had been misunderstood. When Chen Ye received the text message "Stay away from Tiantian", he didn't care at all, but it turned out that he was careless.

……

"Look, look, how many pretty girls has Chen Ye hooked up with recently? I'm telling you, good daughter, if you don't hurry up, this guy might be hooked up by someone!"

Zhang Xingyun looked at the entertainment newspaper handed over by Jiang Wenque and didn't bother to take a second look.

Of course, not only in newspapers, but also in various online gossips recently, there are also photos of Chen Ye, as a director, "discussing work" with a certain celebrity or female college student. They say they are chatting about work, but who knows what they are doing.

"Hmph... This philandering big pig will not end well." Zhang Xingyun said.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xingyun's words came true. Another week later, "the news came that Chen Ye, a famous director of the younger generation, was attacked on the street." It was said that he was seriously injured.

Zhang Xingyun was very happy about the news, but Jiang Wenque forced her to visit the doctor.

This is not the first time Zhang Xingyun has seen Chen Ye in the ward, but this time Chen Ye looks very serious. His whole body is wrapped in white gauze, like a mummy.

"Hey? Director Chen, why are you injured so badly!" Jiang Wenque became sad.

"Ha~" Zhang Xingyun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

But a voice rang in my ears, "Why are you laughing?"

Turning around, Zhang Xingyun saw Chen Ye, who was chewing an apple, appearing in her sight. She was startled and couldn't help but shout "What a pity".

Jiang Wenque also noticed that he was crying at the wrong grave and felt a little embarrassed. However, Chen Ye thought this was a sign of deep affection and held Jiang Wenque's hand and chatted for a long time.

"Did you catch the person who attacked you?" Jiang Wenque asked Chen Ye. Although Chen Ye was not mummified, one arm was still hanging on his shoulder. He was obviously injured and had some difficulty moving.

"How can you catch something like this, but I know who did it very well," Chen Ye said.

"Who did it?" Jiang Wenque asked.

"A bunch of little bastards who are envious, jealous and hateful of me are not worth mentioning." Chen Ye continued to nibble on his apple.

In fact, it is not "not worth mentioning". That character has considerable power in the mainland film and television industry. Otherwise, Princess Tian would not have been promoted to the leading role from the moment she debuted. She was supported by gods and Buddhas all over the sky. Chen Ye did not expect that. This guy was so jealous. He just had an in-depth chat with Princess Tian for a few days. This guy used ruffian tactics and even sent a letter asking Chen Ye to get out of the mainland and go back to Hollywood to film, otherwise he would end up worse than before. This is even worse.

Of course, Chen Ye is not the kind of person who doesn't fight back after suffering a loss, but that's not what matters now. News came from Hollywood that Ang Lee was anxious to ask Chen Ye to help, so Chen Ye thought about it and decided to take revenge later. After being discharged from the hospital, he flew to Hollywood to complete the main mission of his life.

By August, the world's attention was focused on the Olympic Games. Chen Ye received a wave of attention because of the Olympic theme song, which allowed him to safely supervise the film production progress of "Youth CHUMEN" in Hollywood.

3D movies are a new topic for everyone. The production cycle of "Avatar" is more than 48 months, and it should be officially released worldwide in December 2009. If it is faster than that, the production time of "Young CHUMEN" cannot be longer than Two years, or 12 months, is definitely a big challenge for Disney.

While the Olympics were in full swing, Chen Ye and Ang Lee were spending a lot of money in Hollywood. The production cost of "Avatar" was US$3 million, and "Young CHUMEN" was faster than it. In addition to Chen Ye's prescient guidance, , you have to spend more money.

Making 3D movies sounds profound, but the process is nothing more than the stacking and appending of a large number of animations. If you have more people, use more computers, and produce more special effects at the same time, you will naturally be able to achieve faster progress.

A few months after the Olympics, that is, in early 09, both Chen Ye and Ang Lee noticed one thing, that is, 20 billion yuan may not be enough to support them in producing this unprecedented film.

During a regular meeting with the team.

The person in charge of special effects said that everything was going smoothly, and the person in charge of publicity and distribution thought that it was time to start finalizing the schedule. "Avatar" next door had already started promoting it. Chen Ye said, "Okay, okay," but privately told Ang Lee, "The fund pool has bottomed out." .

Raising money is naturally the director's responsibility. If he relies on a major company, he can force the latter to come up with more money. However, this time the filming of the film was all self-financing, which made the situation more difficult.

"Disney also saw the potential of 3D movies during the production process. They should be willing to invest, but at this time, I am afraid that the conditions they offer are unacceptable to us." Ang Lee said very cautiously.Of course Chen Ye knew the virtues of major Hollywood studios. If he asked them for help at this time, he would have to be stripped of his skin. The domestic coal bosses would not agree.

"It's okay, I'll go back to China to make peace." Chen Ye said lightly.

"Is it convenient for you to return to China to raise funds now?" Li An was quite worried.

The fact that Chen Ye was beaten on the street and then left the country in embarrassment has been spread in the domestic entertainment industry. Ang Lee also has friends in China, so of course he has heard about it.

Since Chen Ye's previous actions were like the story of a prodigal in the entertainment industry, so this incident was naturally considered to be an accident caused by it, and everyone was in a fun-loving mood. But Ang Lee couldn't watch the excitement. Chen Ye's trip was related to the success or failure of the movie, so he was very worried.

"Convenient. What's the inconvenience?" Chen Ye smiled very confidently, "I happen to have a film that was shortlisted for the Hong Kong Film Awards. After winning the award, I will have more leverage to negotiate with them."

In addition to going to Hong Kong to win the award, Chen Ye also didn't have enough "recognition" in his hands, so he had to go back to make his presence felt in order to avoid death.

……

The 28th Hong Kong Film Awards were held at the Grand Theater of the Hong Kong Cultural Center.

In 2009, Hong Kong films still have some afterglow, and mainland films only show some prominence. The Academy Awards are still the most globally influential film awards in China, although this influence is limited to the Chinese region in Asia.

Therefore, many Hong Kong and mainland stars came to participate in this film festival party. The films participating in the review include "Painted Skin", "Yangtze River No. [-]", "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", "Red Cliff", "Ip Man", "Hold the Call", "The Sparrow" and "Half" "Half the Fire in the Sea", "The Witness" and other films produced in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland, there were also a large number of movie stars in attendance, and "The Devotion of Suspect X" also applied for "Best Movie", "Best Actor and Actor", etc. Awards.

As a producer, Chen Ye arrived in Hong Kong with Zeng Yi, Nishitani Hiroshi, Fukuyama Masaharu and others on April 4. After staying in the hotel for a day, he participated in the awards party on the 13th. Afterwards, "The Devotion of Suspect X" successfully won She won two awards for Best Film and Best Actress. Chen Ye's competitors include Stephen Chow, John Woo, Chan Ka-shang, Wilson Yip and other famous directors, while Zeng Yi's competitors include Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing, Lin Chiling Waiting for female stars.

09 was not a bad year for film and television productions. The films produced in this year were later regarded as high-quality films. "Suspect Chen Ye happily accepted the award. Although this was a bit unruly, no one ruined the atmosphere. When Eric Tsang and Sandra Ng presented the trophy to Nishiyama Hiro, Nishiyama Hiro motioned to Chen Ye to hold it together.

Immediately afterwards came Hiroshi Nishiyama's speech. His speech was quite satisfactory, and he especially thanked the producer Chen Ye and the original author Keigo Higashino.

Afterwards, Eric Tsang smiled and said, "Mr. Chen is so young. He is truly a young talent. Is there anything you want to say to everyone?"

Chen Ye couldn't help but smile, probably thinking of the previous CHUMEN's "amazing performance" in all award-winning awards.

"I want to say that I am very grateful for the difficulties and obstacles." Chen Ye said, "You are the motivation for me to move forward~"

Zeng Yi seemed to have a close connection with Chen Ye. When she received the "Best Actress" trophy presented by Liu Weiqiang and Chen Jiashang, she also said: "Thank you to those who have tempered my hardships. They urged me to succeed."

The award-winning speeches of these two people were widely retweeted in the Hong Kong media. This kind of speech that was like "The Return of the King" undoubtedly slapped some people in the face. Zeng Yi, a powerful actor who has been silently banned, this time Being awarded the honorary title at the Academy Awards is simply elated, and Chen Ye's statement sounds a bit like "explaining sorrow for the sake of writing new lyrics." After all, he was successful at a young age, and the director's first film was made with a small budget and a large box office. , the second film produced by him won the Academy Award, so how could he feel any grievance?

However, well-informed people in the industry, especially the powerful paparazzi in Hong Kong, have uncovered some interesting inside information.

Within a few days, there was an article "A young director is trapped by love, and a rich man named Lin from Mainland China breaks up the mandarin ducks in anger. After bloodshed in the streets, he finally regains his dignity with a golden statue!" "The news was published in the newspapers. The content of this super-long headline was enough to fill a movie. It made the viewers hooked and a rich man named Lin from the Mainland dropped his cup.

……

These are just episodes.

The first thing Chen Ye did when he arrived in mainland China after winning the Academy Award was to gather his investors and tell everyone good news and bad news. The good news is that the expected box office of this movie has reached an unprecedented US$10 billion. The bad news The news is that investment will rise accordingly, reaching US$2.5 million.

Obviously, for the coal bosses, this is just empty talk to get another 10 billion yuan of investment from them. This behavior is too bad, not to mention, Chen Ye has no attitude of asking for help at all.

Chen Ye's attitude was, "If I don't have money, I really won't be able to continue filming. Otherwise, you can kill me."

Or, "You can't get your investment back, even if you kill me, you can't get it back."

Also, "The promise was made, but it really can't be fulfilled. Otherwise, I will kill one of you."

Looking at Chen Ye, the investors were helpless. Although they could indeed work together to kill Chen Ye, the previous investment of more than one billion yuan was in vain. Some people suggested that they go to China Film to make trouble. After all, it was China Film. Guarantee, but was laughed at for being too naive. Unless it can be proven that Chen Ye and Li An committed corruption and misappropriation, why should the regulatory authorities get involved in this kind of investment?

There is no other way but to raise money.

The grave of "old friend" Yu Shao's family suffered disaster more than ten years in advance because Chen Ye accidentally intervened in this timeline.

A coal boss said to Chen Ye: "Director Chen, all my wealth is here. Don't let anything happen to you. If something happens to you, even if I dig your grave, I still have to let you crawl out and finish filming this movie." .”

"That's right, even if I die, I still have to get up and satisfy the bosses and movie fans around the world~" Chen Ye agreed with a smile.

In this case.

Chen Ye was robbed.

It was Zhang Xingyun, or in other words, her mother Jiang Wenque who first discovered that Chen Ye was missing.

Chen Ye returned to the mainland this time to give Zhang Xingyun his newly written theme song for "Youth CHUMEN". They had already made an appointment with the recording studio, but the mother and daughter waited and waited until Chen Ye arrived, thinking it was Chen Ye. However, Jiang Wenque felt something was wrong and called the police. After investigation, the police confirmed that Chen Ye was indeed missing.

　Just a few more chapters and it will be over~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)