Illiterate top class: three years of poor performance, become a superstar

Chapter 282: Putting it all together is just the right time for the entire project launch conference (4K)
"..."

Leaving aside Chen Yifan, the 'newest star in the industry', Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui still have plenty of confidence to invest in a drama.

Just the share of overseas box office revenue from the film "Infernal Affairs" earned them enough money to make them wake up laughing in the middle of the night.

Not to mention domestic box office revenue, copyright operating revenue and a series of other incomes... It should be noted that this time they are the film studio with complete decision-making power!

Just spend tens of millions to invest in a new drama, and let’s sprinkle water on it.

Even if Mr. Xu's box office appeal fails, even if the box office fails, as long as he can participate in this cooperation, he will make money.

Including Chen Yifan, Li Cheng and others actually need some 'recognition' from Chinese film and television and the higher-ups more than Xu Nian!
Anyway, a blockbuster with the description of "epic" is already a must-make based on the current public expectations.

Instead of waiting for others to do it, do it yourself.

Money can be earned again if it is gone, but if fame is gone, career prospects are over.

As a result, many parties quickly jointly determined the investment amount, investment plan, and investment ratio.

The first batch of investment capital is 5 million yuan, one of which is:

1. The total cost of actors’ remuneration and filming should not exceed 5000 million.

2. Actors' remuneration does not include the personal remuneration of leading actor Xu Nian.

Second:

Li Cheng + Zhuang Hui + Chen Yifan invested 30%, Xu Nian personally invested 20%, and Tianyue invested 50%.

Regarding this plan, Mr. Qi Yongyi, Tianyue’s representative at this conference table and Tianyue’s executive vice president, fully supports Mr. Xu Nian’s decision.

He is only responsible for attending and witnessing.

Unless Xu Nian has specific needs that require him to come forward, he can only agree.

Xu Nian obviously has no demand at the moment, so he personally handled the cooperation.

In addition to the discussion on investment planning and investment ratio, the box office revenue sharing ratio was also directly agreed upon.

Referring to the general style of the industry and considering the current actual situation, the final decision was made at [-]-[-]%.

7 credits, 3 main creators.

Although according to the current actual situation, the main creator and the film crew are almost the same group of people, and there is only one more unit in the film crew, Tianyue.

However, the labor and artistic contributions of the creative staff are valuable and require additional sharing.

For example, Mr. Xu used to always get a share of the total box office.

This time, Xu Nian personally agreed on the distribution ratio of the main creative part.

Based on their initial contribution and their full trust in Mr. Xu’s popularity, performance level, and box office appeal, Li Cheng and others agreed that 50% should be allocated.

Xu Nian had some objections and eventually changed the share to 40%.

At the same time, he once again starred in the film with zero remuneration and only a share of the film, with no hedging clause.

This is also an important decision for Xu Nian to express his position.

High investment, large production, and new categories combine all the risk factors of the film and television industry. As half of the leader, Xu Nian needs to show some attitude.

The drama "The Wandering Earth" is very different from the previous films, and it has more to do with the meaning of Tianyue, Xu Nian, etc.

Even Li Cheng and the others need some recognition.

But... Mr. Xu is too lazy to be so long-winded. He believes in the charm of the earth's excellent film and television works.

After talking about the business part, Li Cheng took the initiative to mention: "The overseas box office share of Infernal Affairs..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Nian: "This is not the part I am responsible for. You can contact Tianyue directly."

Li Cheng: "?"

He didn't react at first, and then he understood what Xu Nian meant.

Xu Nian only focuses on the "Wandering Earth" project. The previous projects should be the same as before, and not mixed together.

One is one, two is two.

To put it simply, Xu Nian will not intervene in existing projects midway, nor will he give up his main project midway.

So Li Cheng quickly changed the topic: "The corresponding structure of the two male protagonists in Wandering Earth has an orderly feel, which is very suitable for expansion into a series..."

After talking for a while, Li Cheng looked at Xu Nian and asked: "Which role do you want to play?"

"Xu Peiqiang," Xu Nian replied with a smile, "It seems like there will be less drama. If you don't point to winning the prize, you will have to take less of the blame."

Li Cheng thought about it briefly: "Then let's slightly adjust Xu Qi's role."

Chen Yifan quickly answered: "It can just define the direction of the second part. The growth of Xu Qi's character is relatively limited."

In fact, he is also a wonderful person. Before taking out the book, he had already changed the protagonist's surname.

His idea was simple.

In the past, all the movie characters played by Xu Nian were named Xu, which seems to be an alternative beauty of order.

So he conveniently changed the character's last name.

Mainly it's not complicated either.

.........

Then there was a little discussion, such as the very important casting tendency.

"What are your thoughts on the character Xu Qi?"

"He must be a new and capable actor, but it doesn't matter. Judging from the introduction, I shouldn't need to act with him."

"Then let your Tianyue internal selection and recommendation help you save some money."

"random."

"What about important female characters?"

"You decide, but some important supporting roles have been selected. I will invite Uncle Long to play the role of grandpa, and I should invite Ms. Green from France to participate."

"???!!!"

"Don't look at me in such a fuss. We are all friends. It is normal to work together to make Chinese films and TV shows."

"Uncle Long came to you on his own initiative?"

"Yes, Ms. Green has been in contact with me a lot recently, so I wanted to collaborate. Science fiction movies with a big world view need some foreign faces."

"..."

Li Cheng, Zhuang Hui, and Chen Yifan didn't know what to say anymore.

So what is this called a big production?
Actor Long plays the supporting role, and it's really just a supporting role that doesn't have too many roles, but it's not a guest appearance.

Then, although Rose de France is a little older, it is still very well-known internationally.

And looking at Mr. Xu's attitude, it seems that he not only wants to invite Green, but also wants to invite other celebrities.

The key point is that the international celebrities invited by Xu Nian are of high status.

This will pave the way for audience awareness in the global market, right?

While they were talking, Qi Yongyi, who had been silent until now, suddenly interrupted: "Congratulations to Mr. Xu, Infernal Affairs has broken the domestic box office record."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Cheng stood up suddenly.

"Okay, how much!"

"The real-time total box office is 57.78 billion."

"very good!"

"Not bad!"

"..."

Although Chen Yifan is not a member of the "Infernal Affairs" project, he has also become lively.

The conference room was filled with joy.

Even though the record breaking was already confirmed before, it will still be a surprise when it comes to this moment.

This is an absolute milestone event in Chinese film and television.

To be ranked first in film history is an absolute strength!There may be some moisture in the second and third ones, and the first one is the first one.

So, in the air of joy, Mr. Xu made a suggestion: "Let's hold a project launch conference in the afternoon while it's hot."

Li Cheng showed a puzzled look: "Why did you suddenly think of doing this? Wandering Earth doesn't need to start catching on now, right?"

"While it's hot!" Xu Nian emphasized.

Li Cheng: "?"

He was a little out of touch with his emotions. He always felt that the word 'while it was hot' was a bit weird, and he didn't know if he thought wrongly.

Normally you don't need to use it in this kind of situation.

Looking at Li Cheng and several other people with blank faces, Xu Nian could only say: "Let's put it this way, The Wandering Earth will either not be released. Once I think it can be released, I will definitely go to the top." No. [-] in film history!”

"This is my lowest expectation. Of course, you can also understand it as ambition."

Li Cheng suddenly realized: "I understand, I have no problem."

"We definitely have no objection." Zhuang Hui and Chen Yifan said quickly.

Unlike Li Cheng, the two of them have won many honors and have a lot of resources.

The only one Zhuang Hui can produce is Infernal Affairs, while Chen Yifan has basically no works that he can produce.

Xu Nian's meaning is very simple. All the movies he starred in in the past lacked publicity resources.

The most important factor is lack of time.

Now, it would be great to start publicity and accumulate public impression from the establishment of the project. In this way, a small amount adds up to a large amount, and then it explodes at a critical moment.

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At 03:30 in the afternoon, countless entertainment media gathered in a dedicated media press room in the Tianyue headquarters building.

They even include the media teams of CCTV and CC6 in Guangfu. It can be said that all the domestic heavyweight entertainment media are here.

Secondly, some overseas media teams based in Guangfu also came to the scene because they received invitations.

Tianyue itself is not a top-notch company in China Entertainment, but Tianyue has Xu Nian...

A top star who can easily change the world.

A young man who can undoubtedly become popular all over the world.

Even on a global scale, it is very popular for entertainment~

At this time, the hall, which was arranged like a desk, was crowded with people, and everyone was whispering to each other.

"Why is it so mysterious? There seems to be a special background board on the stage?"

"Is this to promote Infernal Affairs to break historical records? It is indeed worth writing about."

"I don't think so. Tianyue officials and the producers of Infernal Affairs have already released the 'battle report' through social media platforms, and the popularity online is already very high."

"That makes sense, but Xu Nian hasn't promoted it personally yet. Maybe he wants to have fun?"

"Hiss~ You don't understand Xu Nian very well. With his bad behavior, let alone proactively engage in such things, he is too lazy to cooperate passively. This is why there is no activity on his personal Weibo."

"I always feel that today is big news, and Tianyue has invited too many media."

"..."

In fact, Xu Nian, Li Cheng, Zhuang Hui, Chen Yifan, and Qi Yongyi walked into the hall without letting the media reporters present wait long.

At that moment, the media's cameras pressed the shutter frantically, and the flashes connected together.

Qi Yongyi made a guest appearance as the host: "Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media, good afternoon."

"Thank you everyone for coming to report..."

After a simple but unavoidable opening greeting, Qi Yongyi handed over the stage to Xu Nian.

Of course, this kind of small scene can't trouble Xu.

Xu Nian, who was sitting in the middle, fiddled with the microphone, glanced at everyone present, and smiled softly: "We are all old acquaintances, relax."

"Today I asked all of you to come here so hard to announce a small matter. I need your help to report it... Please give me more traffic. I would like to thank you all in advance~"

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere at the scene immediately became relaxed, and some reporters felt that the familiar feeling was back.

Sure enough, the scene about Mr. Xu is still the same in my memory.

"It must be a very important thing for Mr. Xu to be so interested~"

"Mr. Xu, do you still need traffic?"

"For Mr. Xu's sake, let me publish two more reports~"

"Will Mr. Xu have a Q&A session today?"

"..."

For a time, the atmosphere inside and outside the hall was filled with joy.

Everyone likes this familiar taste.

Lively.

No worries.

There is a kind of beauty that does not care about everyone's life and death.

Xu Nian also likes this. He doesn't care about any Gouba image anyway, he focuses on being pure and natural.

He actually doesn't care about the expectations placed on him. If he can do well, it's good, but if he doesn't, he'll retire.

perfect~

Xu Nian did not 'suppress' the excitement at the scene. He just gestured to the staff to move in the large background board that had been prepared long ago.

Soon, the movement attracted the attention of the media reporters at the scene, each one craning their necks more than the last.

Without letting everyone guess, Xu Nian announced straightforwardly: "I am very happy to share with you a newly launched project of ours today——"

""The Wandering Earth"!"

As Xu Nian finished speaking, the big background board was settled, and a brief promotional curtain appeared in front of the media reporters.

Almost the next second, the flash lights in the hall were as bright as day.

All the media got a little excited.

They never expected that with Xu Nian's messy style, he would start a new project a year ago.

Incredible!

It should be noted that most people in domestic entertainment now know how valuable the name 'Xu Nian' is!
Xu Nian was very good at grasping the rhythm. Before the commotion at the scene was about to break out, he opened his mouth and said: "As you can see, the project has just started, and a lot of information is blank. However, in order to prevent everyone's trip from being in vain, we are slightly prepared."

Before he finished speaking, the commotion at the scene stopped abruptly.

All the media reporters present were quieter than the last, their ears raised high, for fear of missing any details.

Xu Nian’s description comes straight to the point: “First of all, this project is a science fiction space opera film with a lot of science fiction imagination.”

"Secondly, this project is jointly invested by Tianyue, myself, and directors Li Cheng, Zhuang Hui, and Chen Yifan."

"In the end, the project has a start-up capital of 5 million yuan, and more than 90% of the funds will be used for production. We will meet you at all costs to see you within this year."

"In the end, our goal is to open the door to science fiction in Chinese-language film and television!"

As soon as the words fell, the audience burst into applause.

The media reporters present even forgot their own jobs for a moment.

No one thought that Xu Nian would really start a 'fantasy' large-scale film and television project.

You must know that the huge success of "Ten Thousand City World" has filled the entire Chinese film and television industry with a "sad" atmosphere of "things hurt their own kind".

One Wancheng collapsed, and thousands of project ideas similar to Wancheng were frozen.

Although online public opinion had been urging Xu Nian to take the lead, everyone was just talking about it and knew that the risks involved were extremely high.

Who would have thought...Xu Nian could be so courageous!

(End of this chapter)