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Chapter 12 Investing in Movies (Recommendation Request)

Gu Wei probably flipped through the script and found that it was basically the same as the original time and space.

"It's a good story, why can't it raise money?"

Lu Yang smiled wryly

"Junior brother, you don't know that being a director is difficult. Let's not talk about whether the filming process is difficult or not. Finding money in the early stage is the biggest problem.

For a director who has never proven himself at the box office, getting money from investors is simply as difficult as climbing the sky.

The award-winning movie [Cinema for the Blind] I made before, do you know how much I spent in the early stage? "

"How many?"

Gu Wei watched the news in his last life and only knew which movie had a good reputation, which movie had a high box office, and which movie won many awards. As for the twists and turns in making a movie, he didn't understand at all.

But now he is from a major, and the teachers and classmates around him, senior brothers and sisters are all his own people.

Hanging around in the circle, as long as he wants to learn, these are not difficult for him.

"350 million, I planned to use 350 million to finish the filming, but after looking around for money, only West Studios agreed to pay, and it was only 180 million. If you want to shoot or not, of course I will.

The 180 million is still the teacher in the school who helped me through the relationship, which gave me a lot of effort.Otherwise, if you, a new director, want to spend millions to make a movie, there is no way.

The filming was not bad. Although it was not screened, but participated in several film festivals abroad, sold the copyright, and did not lose money. It is also worthy of the teachers and investors. "

"Since the last movie was a success, there should be no shortage of investment for this one."

Gu Wei questioned

"It's not that easy. The investment in the last film was only 180 million. It was an art film, and it barely paid back. In everyone's eyes, I am a director of an art film.

This martial arts film is an obvious commercial film, and the investment cost is at least tens of millions.Which investor would you say is willing to take tens of millions to test the waters for me, a literary film director who has never made a commercial film. "

Lu Yang seemed to have finally found someone to confide in, and he was full of complaints and dissatisfaction as he talked to Gu Wei
"You said that no one can make commercial films at the beginning, but there is no way, no one is willing to give you this opportunity, and in addition to these years, the market for martial arts movies has not been good, and everyone is not optimistic about martial arts movies.

And the film company read the script and told me that the emotions of the characters in your story are quite interesting. How about changing the script, changing ancient costumes to modern ones, and Jinyiwei to urban management? "

Hearing this, Gu Wei couldn't help but laugh.

"Junior brother, tell me, isn't this nonsense!"

"There are so many film companies and major studios in the market, but none of them are interested?"

Gu Wei asked
"It's not like nothing. The third master of China Film Group is very optimistic about me. I talked to him. He is entirely based on wanting to support young Chinese film directors. In addition, I won an award in my last film and wants to help me. Just like he was optimistic about supporting Ning Hao before.

It's a pity that my movie is not [Crazy Stone], it's not something that can be won with a few million, and the investment of tens of millions is not something that the third master can just give, and it is still being discussed internally. "

Gu Wei now basically understands the general situation of this movie

"Then it depends on your budget, brother, how much does it cost to shoot the whole movie?"

Lu Yang lowered his head and hesitated for a while.

"I roughly calculated that if I want to get the effect I want, I need at least 3000 million."

"Who do you plan to cast as the main character?"

"The protagonist plans to find a star from Hong Kong and Taiwan, who can attract the box office. Mr. Jin Shijie recommended Zhang Zhen from Wanwan to me before, but I haven't contacted him yet. It's not that the investment has not yet been filmed. It's easy to talk about actors with money. "

"Brother, I've finished watching your movie, and I want to vote."

Gu Wei put down the script and solemnly told Lu Yang

"Gu Wei, think it over. I've told you a lot about the risks of this movie. We were introduced by the teacher. I can't cheat you. When the movie loses money, I won't have the face to see the teacher."

Lu Yang didn't call his junior, but solemnly emphasized the risks to Gu Wei again.

"Brother, I am not impulsive, but after careful consideration.

First of all, I am optimistic about you as a person and your director ability. Secondly, I am optimistic about this story. Like you, I also like this script very much. I think that as long as we work hard, this movie will be a success. "

Lu Yang was very excited when he heard this, and felt that this little junior brother was not only a timely help, but also understood himself and was his bosom friend.

"Junior brother, don't worry, every shot of this movie is in my mind, and I will do my best to make it well."

Gu Wei smiled

"Brother, don't get excited, I haven't finished yet, your film is not a small project, you are shooting a martial arts film, the role of martial arts guidance is very important, as well as photography, makeup, props and so on.

It is best to have a professional producer help you with the overall planning.

We need a big company to cooperate, so that the pre-preparation for shooting will be easy.

Although I can vote for all, but for this reason, I can only vote for half of 1500 million. "

What Gu Wei said was very beautiful, he didn't have that much money in his hand, so he decided to invest half of it, but he still acted like I was thinking about the movie.

Although only half of the investment commitment was received, Lu Yang was still very excited
"Junior brother, you are so right. With 1500 million from you, it will be much easier for me to go to China Film Group, and the preparation of the production team can completely follow the important people of China Film Group."

"Brother, I have a small request."

Lu Yang is still in a state of excitement

"Junior brother, you are an investor, you can just open your mouth if you have anything to do."

"I want to play Shen Lian." Gu Wei put away his smile and looked at Lu Yang and said
Lu Yang was also stunned for a moment, before he realized that this junior who opened his mouth to invest 1500 million in his film was actually a student of the Acting Department of the Film Academy.

Things are so strange.

Only then did he calm down, and once again carefully observed the junior in front of him.

Tall, with handsome features, a straight nose, and deep eyes.

It's just that the skin is too fair. Fortunately, this can be solved with makeup.

Gu Wei didn't speak at this time, he knew that Lu Yang was watching him, and his expression became serious.

The expressions try to fit the character's state he understands as much as possible.

At this moment, in Lu Yang's view, Gu Wei's expression became serious again.

"Very good, Junior Brother, your image matches the protagonist Shen Lian very well, and you are still a top student in the academy. I don't have to worry about acting skills. You are simply the best candidate for Shen Lian."

Lu Yang doesn't know what Gu Wei's acting skills are like, but he has already invested 1500 million, and he is basically the biggest investor. There is no problem with his image. What's wrong with playing a leading role.

When filming, if the acting skills are not good enough, then you can slowly train them. Isn’t training actors one of the director’s jobs?

After confirming the investment and starring role, everything else is trivial, and the two chatted enthusiastically.

A person who joins the group with capital can act as a movie hero before graduation, and the investment in the later stage can bring him a lot of income.

One is that after a long drought comes rain, after more than a year of hard work, I finally got investment to realize my movie dream.

Both of them felt that they had taken advantage of each other, and they unconsciously held each other to chat, and naturally the more they talked, the happier they were.

When Teacher Xu came back from class, he found that Gu Wei and Lu Yang were in the same state as friends for many years.

"It seems that you two hit it off right away, have you talked about everything?"

"I would also like to thank the teacher for introducing me, so that I can get help from my junior brother."

"Where, thanks to the teacher, I can know someone as capable as Senior Brother Lu"

Teacher Xu was very speechless, "Okay, you two stop complimenting each other, it will take a long time in the future, since it's settled, let's work hard to make the movie well."

After hearing this, Lu Yang quickly stated, "Teacher, don't worry, I will do my best."

Gu Wei signed an investment intention contract, and Lu Yang can take the contract to talk to China Film Group.

(End of this chapter)