Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 263 Emma Thomas

In the TV drama industry in the past two years, in addition to the four major masterpieces that have been successively planned to be remade, "Myth" has now been exposed, which is a considerable resource.

Producer Jackie Chan also gained good exposure for the film.

The hype at the end of October did bring a lot of popularity to Zhang and Liu.

They did a full show, and the two even met with Tang Jili, the director of the "Myth" film, in Beijing, deliberately allowing reporters to take pictures.

Tang Jili also praised the two after Jackie Chan.

"Actually, the filming of the TV series will not start so early. Everything is still in the planning and preparation stage. We are quite surprised to be discovered by media friends so early." Tang Jili said, "I really like Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei to star, but we can't confirm it yet. , all details, including actors’ schedules, are being coordinated, and we will inform you of any new information as soon as possible.”

The early exposure of "Myth" disrupted Yinhuang's rhythm. They didn't even write the script!
But don’t waste the free popularity.

Moreover, if Zhang Yuanjun can be cast as Meng Yi and Liu Yifei as Yu Shu, the popularity will reach the sky!
It’s more expensive for two people, no matter how expensive it is, how expensive can it be!

Then Yin Huang started to speculate, and really planned to negotiate the two of them to star in "Myth".

But hype is hype. Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei have a good sense of proportion and the level of hype is okay, but they really don't want to play "Myth".

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The global financial crisis has affected the film industry, especially Hollywood.

Wall Street is running out of money. Even if they are not bankrupt, many bosses are tightening their wallets and being more cautious about film investment.

The film funds of major companies cannot raise more funds.

So they set their sights on the far East. The just-concluded Olympic Games made the world re-recognize China. Coupled with the booming domestic film market in recent years, filmmakers all over the world know that there is money in this eastern land.

Among them is a woman named Emma Thomas, an independent producer.

She works with her brother-in-law to support her husband's movies.

She was looking for investors all over the world for her husband's new film, but Hollywood was out of money, so even if it had money, it wouldn't invest in her.

Because even though her husband has proven that he has good directing abilities through his previous films, he still has not gained the trust of major studios in directing original science fiction blockbusters.

Her husband’s name is Christopher Nolan.

She had to travel to the East to find investment.

She first stayed in Japan for half a month and finally obtained investment from a cultural foundation. After feeling that she would not make any more money in Japan, Emma chose to come to China.

Emma had done her homework in advance and knew that the top domestic film investment company in China was China Film Group, followed by private companies such as Huayi and Bernard.

So she made an appointment with the relevant person in charge of China Film International Investment Company in advance, in the name of Warner International Producer.

Warner will invest part of the funds in Nolan, and she can use this banner to negotiate investment.

Emma and Nolan are considered a golden couple in the industry, and they are quite famous in the industry.

However, she spent two days in China Film Group for investment talks, but she was unable to meet Han Sanping, the head of China Film Group, as she wished.

Moreover, the discussions with the person in charge of international investment did not produce any results.

Against the background of global monetary tightening, China Film is also very cautious about international investments.

Projects around the world are open to the public. China Film Investment Corporation only needs to inquire in the United States to find out what the film Emma brought is:
"Inception," an original sci-fi blockbuster from "The Dark Knight" director Nolan and Warner Bros., has reunited to star in Leonardo DiCaprio.That's all.

Just this sentence, do you want China Film to invest more than 1000 million US dollars?
There are no doors!

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the stakes in this film are frighteningly high.

First of all, Nolan can make comic book adaptations, but no one knows how capable he is of making large-scale original works.

It's exciting to have Leonardo, but the global economic environment is so bad, no one can guarantee how many people Leonardo can bring into the cinema.

Finally, if China Film only invests US$500 million, China Film will definitely be willing to use the money to achieve political achievements, but US$1000 million is too much. Now that the domestic market is hot, they would rather keep the money domestically, so that it can be regulated.

Emma met at China Film Academy and then went to Huayi.

Huayi is very excited about the film, but is also worried like China Film Group. The risk is too high!
And in other words, the current global environment is not good. If this film can really make money, will Warner and Legend let Emma Global look for investment?
Share the cake with others?Don’t you enjoy it yourself?
Nolan's previous work "Batman" sold over 10 billion US dollars worldwide, and now Leonardo is involved. On the surface, this project is good, but at times like this, we have to be more cautious.

Huayi also refused to invest.

The film company refused to invest, so Emma turned to various cultural funds and financial institutions for investment.

But this group of people who work in finance are more sophisticated than those who work in movies, and are more sensitive to the global market. Emma has been in China for almost 20 days and has found nothing!
On this day, her brother-in-law Jonathan Nolan called her and told her that she could try a young man.

"I have met his manager Eddie in the United States. Eddie can't decide on such a large investment. If you have time, you can go and meet his boss."

Of course Zhang Yuanjun knew about Emma's arrival in China, but he was not in a hurry. Rushing was not a business deal.

When Eddie told him the news, he knew he could either meet Jonathan or Emma.

Therefore, when assistant Xiao Zhao set up the morning tea time from 10 to 11 a.m. for him, he knew that Emma was here.

Just make an appointment at the coffee shop downstairs.

The two parties had never met before, but both had heard of each other.

"The performance in "Buried Alive" was great." Emma said, "I only knew you were an actor, but I didn't know you were also an investor with a unique vision."

This is a bit nonsense. Emma is from the film industry, and "Buried Alive" did so well. It's impossible for her not to know that Zhang Yuanjun invested in this film.

"I'm just lucky. I prefer the career of being an actor."

"Sometimes luck is more important when investing in production," Emma said.

Zhang Yuanjun did not talk about "Inception", but told Emma about her husband Nolan, saying that he liked Nolan's works very much.

"I love Memento."

Emma was surprised by this answer. She only heard Zhang Yuanjun say: "It's just a pity that the performances of Nolan's actors are not eye-catching enough."

Nolan's actors don't get valuable acting awards.

The British procrastinate when talking and doing things. After refilling two cups of coffee, Emma mentioned "Inception":
"Zhang, we are preparing a new movie. Others do not have the vision to see how great this movie is. I believe that with your knowledge, you should be able to see that our movie is worthy of investment. I will come to you as soon as I get off the plane. You." In order to attract investment, Emma spoke plainly without blushing at all.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Oh? When you put it like that, I really want to watch this movie. But, Emma, ​​I am just an independent investor. I don't have the money of those big companies and foundations."

"I believe in your vision." Emma showed Zhang Yuanjun the script and movie-related information.

(End of this chapter)