They are all too deep into the drama!

Chapter 618 Golden Finger, I want virtual reality technology!
After finishing the co-production of the film, Huo Mingjie finally set off back to Yanjing. As soon as he got off the plane, he was taken directly to the company by his adopted nephew without even going home.

After piling a bunch of new project plans in front of his second uncle, Huo Chengyin chuckled and said shamelessly:
"Would you mind picking two out of these?"

"I take the photo?"

Looking at the pile of new projects in front of him, Huo Mingjie raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but say:

"This is too much, I just came back from outside!"

If I remember correctly, I seem to be the boss of the company, why am I being exploited now...

After hearing what his second uncle said, Huo Chengyin quickly smiled and explained:
"No, it's not you who's shooting. The main reason is that the company has too much liquidity now, and we're thinking of investing in a few more TV shows and movies..."

"I know you have a good eye and can always pick out scripts that will become popular!"

The movie was released in the country of cherry blossoms and the country of Korea, and the three small goals were almost achieved. Then there were the TV series introduction fees, DVD copyright fees, Huo Mingjie's peripheral support items and other miscellaneous things, and there was a lot of miscellaneous money.

Green Shade Media now has a lot of liquidity on its books. I'm afraid none of its peers in the industry have as much money as Green Shade!

Now that he had money in his hands, Huo Chengyin naturally couldn't help but make some big moves. He couldn't let the money in his hands sit there like dead money.

Hearing this, Huo Mingjie frowned slightly and said:
"Hasn't the company's projects for this year already been finalized?"

"The company has four projects per year because the film and television production department's capacity can only take on so many projects before."

The TV series and movies produced by Green Shade Media are all its own teams, from the main creative staff behind the scenes to the actors, crew directors to the entire filming team.

There are only so many people, and this is the amount they can produce even if they work around the clock all year round.

Huo Chengyin paused, then continued to explain:

"But our company is bigger now, with so many actors and artists under our umbrella, and we need more resources. We can't use this model anymore!"

"Our company previously participated in the investment and co-production of 'Before the Dawn', and the ratings were also good. This cooperation model can still be promoted."

Green Shade Media’s current model is actually no different from that of Tangren, both of which are equivalent to a “self-sufficient” small workshop model.

This model has its advantages, as it can ensure the quality and reputation of the film and television works produced.

But when the company grew bigger, it was no longer suitable!

After all, the entire company has only so many resources it can mobilize. It has to keep some for its own actors and give some out to exchange with other companies for resources. How can that be possible?

Later, when Tang Ren was no longer at his peak, those artists with potential were either suppressed or tried their best to file lawsuits to find a way to leave Tang Ren.

This is certainly due to the factors of Tangren’s senior management, but it is also an objective fact that there are not enough resources to be distributed!

Therefore, Green Shade Media must learn from the "wide-spread network" model of Huayi and Chengtian, and participate in the investment of film and television works everywhere, so as to obtain more sufficient resource allocation...

The only problem is that if you want to ensure the healthy development of the company and its artists, you have to have a good eye for choosing dramas!
Otherwise, it will be the same as Huayi, where they will lose tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars at any time, which is unbearable.

Huo Chengyin, who had great trust in his second uncle's vision, now decisively wanted to push the heavy responsibility of choosing the drama to Huo Mingjie!

Huo Mingjie couldn't help but shook his head after hearing his explanation:

"Don't just count on me. The company has so many people to support. You can try to hand things over to them."

Although he said this, after Huo Mingjie finished speaking, he couldn't help but reach out and look through the plans for these new film and television projects.

Since he still had some vague memories to draw on, Huo Mingjie didn't intend to waste it. After all, it was his own money...

Seeing that his second uncle agreed, Huo Chengyin said happily:

"In fact, the company has already evaluated them and there are a few that are quite promising. I'll show them to you!"

Huo Mingjie took over several project books found by his nephew, flipped through them casually, and was stunned for a moment.

"Startling by Each Step" sent by Tangren, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" handed over by Yanjing TV Drama Center, and "Palace Lock Heart Jade" made by the dead girl Yu Zheng.

Hey, the people in charge of selecting dramas in our own company are really good, and they are all popular dramas!

There are so many Qing Dynasty dramas that Huo Mingjie wants to complain...

Huo Chengyin, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh again:
"These three dramas all wanted you to shoot them at the beginning. Do you have any ideas?"

That’s right, it’s OK for “Scarlet Heart” and “Palace”, even “The Legend of Zhen Huan” they wanted to cast Huo Mingjie in the beginning.

Although Chen Jianbing's fourth uncle always makes people complain about why a group of concubines in the harem can fight to the death for the love of Da Pangju...

But the original novel is not actually about Yongzheng. The male protagonist is a standard female male protagonist, and the relevant description is "young, handsome, and gentle as jade"!
It was after the adaptation by Zheng Xiaolong and his wife that the story background was changed to the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.

Even though Huo Mingjie's overly handsome appearance does not quite match the image of Emperor Yongzheng in history, no one would have any objection as long as he is willing to play the role.

If Kang Mazi could grow up to look like Cheng Daoming, then why couldn't Yongzheng let Huo Mingjie come?

Huo Mingjie smiled and said:
"I'm fine with the investment, but just let me take the photo!"

Not to mention that he didn't like the style of Qing Dynasty palace dramas, the revenue alone was not attractive to Huo Mingjie at all.

He has both fame and popularity, and he also has his own representative works.

I don't get much in terms of pay, and even from the perspective of the gold finger rewards, it feels like I won't get any useful skills or items!
Seeing that his second uncle had no interest, Huo Chengyin was not surprised at all.

While Huo Mingjie continued to look through the remaining project books, Huo Chengyin continued to ask:
"By the way, Uncle, are you willing to take on the endorsement now?"

"There's a game here that wants you to be its spokesperson. They've even invested in a promotional TV series and want you to be the lead actor..."

"That's really a big spender. The endorsement fee is 15 million. If you're willing to star in a TV series, they'll add another 10 million!"

All the endorsements Huo Mingjie had taken on before were now signed. Since he was not short of money, he was not too active in this regard.

The reason why Huo Chengyin mentioned this now is because the money given was really a lot!
It’s still 10 years ago, and the endorsement fees of first-line stars are only around five or six million, and the pay for TV dramas is even less.

In the mainland celebrity income ranking list last year, this 25 million in income was ranked in the top 20, which is really a lot!

However, Huo Mingjie himself was not short of money, so he just flipped through the project book in his hand and asked casually:

"What game is this? It's so generous?"

"What's called Swordsman Love..." Hearing this answer, Huo Mingjie couldn't help but look up, then shook the plan in his hand and said:

"Is this "Swordsman Romance: Hidden Sword Villa" the TV series that the game intends to promote?"

Huo Chengyin didn't expect such a coincidence. He took a quick glance to confirm it before nodding and saying:
"That's it. Not only do they want you to act in the show, they also want to cooperate with our company..."

“It’s just that the professionals in the company have read the script and said that the setting is quite interesting, but they feel that the level of the screenwriter hired by this game company is really not good, so they are not optimistic about it.”

Well, Huo Chengyin was already being very tactful when he said that the screenwriter’s level was not good enough.

In fact, this level is really disgusting!
The script begins by setting up the game as a virtual online game, and one can enter the game world through sensors.

Then at the game launch conference, it was hacked and all the people who participated in the experience were trapped in the game world and unable to exit.

Virtual online games, coupled with the development of Sword Art Online, are still a virtual world with the background of Chinese martial arts.

A TV series with this setting is still very attractive.

It's just that due to the level of the screenwriter, the main storyline is confusing, the plot jumps back and forth, and it feels like the thing is wrapped in a gorgeous package.

With this level of skill, it would be strange if the TV series could become popular. No wonder Huo Mingjie didn't have much impression of it...

In the past, Huo Mingjie probably wouldn't have thought too much about it and would have simply thrown aside a script of this level.

But looking at the project book in his hand at this moment, Huo Mingjie showed hesitation and consideration.

He is not short of money, so he is not hesitant because the other party offers a lot of money.

The main reason is that Huo Mingjie has now reached the stage where he no longer pursues fame or pay when filming.

In addition to using movies to increase his popularity abroad and participating in idol dramas to export culture, Huo Mingjie can now fully consider how to make the most of the golden fingers rewarded by the role!

Before, Huo Mingjie's attention was only on scripts such as martial arts and fairy tales, and he wanted to obtain the extraordinary skills and items contained in them.

But since he starred in "Inception" and acquired a series of new energy technologies, he also began to pay attention to the science fiction technologies in various film and television works.

Just like in this script, virtual reality technology is mentioned!
As early as the last century, people have been researching VR technology, but it could not be applied due to technological limitations.

If I can develop the virtual reality technology in it, even if it will be weakened and cannot bring about any rapid development of technology, at least it can create a gimmick.

By then, they can hype up "VR" and "metaverse" and raise a lot of money by listing in the US...

The rewards after character settlement are random, which is a bit of a headache.

But over the years, Huo Mingjie has come up with some ideas.

The richer the character image and setting, the more scenes and plots there will be, and the more and better skills and items the character will have.

Likewise, the rewards become even more uncertain!
On the other hand, the simpler the character setting, the less screen time and plot there is, and the skills and items they have are few and of poor quality.

But because there are fewer things in the "prize pool", the rewards you get are more predictable!
In order to maximize the usefulness of the golden finger and obtain something useful to himself, Huo Mingjie felt that he needed to start with the script.

Try to grasp the scale well, so that you can use the golden finger to accurately obtain the good things that are useful to you!

The script of "Swordsman Love" in front of him is a complete opportunity for Huo Mingjie to try his hand.

Anyway, even if it doesn’t work out, I won’t lose anything since I’ve received the endorsement fee!
Thinking of this, Huo Mingjie had already made up his mind and said:

"Let the game company come and have a chat!"

Huo Chengyin was somewhat surprised when he heard this:

"You really like it?"

To be honest, Huo Chengyin felt that there was absolutely no benefit at all from his second uncle filming this movie.

If I have to choose, any one of the three scripts mentioned above is better than this one. No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't choose this bad script!

Facing Huo Chengyin's doubts, Huo Mingjie nodded and said in a deep voice:

"I'm quite interested in the setting, but the script is too bad. If the game company is willing to let us revise the script, we can talk about it..."

"If it doesn't work, forget it!"

Firstly, the script was so bad that there was nothing special about it except the setting, and Huo Mingjie didn't want to damage his reputation.

Secondly, I also want to start with the script and try to make the most of the gold finger rewards...

Hearing that his second uncle had this idea, Huo Chengyin suddenly realized it, and then couldn't help but said:
"In this case, doesn't it mean that our company will start its fifth project this year?"

There is a gaming company across the street. How could they know anything about filming?

According to Huo Mingjie, he completely took over the leading role in the filming, which naturally became Green Shade Media’s fifth project this year!
Huo Mingjie nodded without comment, and then asked:

"Can the company allocate a filming team?"

"We have to wait until the second part of The Great Qin Empire and The Journey of Flower are finished filming, at least until September in the second half of the year..."

"But at that time, you have to go to the other side of the ocean to shoot a movie, and your schedule will be unable to change!" Huo Chengyin said with some embarrassment.

In the second half of the year, there is a movie called "Time Traveler" waiting for Huo Mingjie to shoot on the other side of the ocean!

Huo Mingjie thought for a moment and shook his head:
"I'm not playing the main role, so my role in the film shouldn't be too important. It will be fine as long as we coordinate our schedule..."

"I have communicated clearly with the game company. If they agree, we can cooperate and I can pay them at a normal price. But if they don't agree, then forget it!"

It’s just an attempt anyway. If the other party is unwilling, Huo Mingjie won’t force it!

At this moment, Huo Chengyin just felt that his second uncle seemed to really like the setting of this script, so he nodded immediately and said:

"Okay, I understand. I'll contact them right away!"

Not to mention that my second uncle has always had a good eye, just because he likes the setting of the script so much, I just filmed it...

(End of this chapter)