China Entertainment’s Born Protagonist

Chapter 207 Inspire Ning Hao
During this period, many filmmakers who wanted to compete for awards would set their stories in Xingjiang or snowy areas, such as Hoh Xil. This kind of background met the needs of foreign adults and had great advantages in award evaluations.

In particular, films that can distort certain things, such as magnifying environmental and humanistic issues, labeling the Hoh Xil wetlands as deserts, and then filming them as no-man's land, with all kinds of sinister people and unruly people emerging from remote areas, are qualified films for the exhibition.

The director has won awards abroad, but at home he is a fighter who exposes the darkness of reality. His reputation has been restored, and he has gained both fame and fortune.

This is the reason why Ning Hao has not gained much in terms of awards. He is still not as shameless as some directors, and the bottom line is too high.

He also understood what Zhang Nanyi meant, so he said: "To be honest, I struggled with it before, but later I chose to follow my heart and shoot what I like.

I prefer the feeling of being on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, the feeling of pushing away the yurt and seeing that the surrounding [-] acres of grassland is my home.

Brutal and domineering, yet casual and natural.

Sometimes I often fantasize about my life on the grassland.

So the movie is called Green Grass. "

Zhang Nanyi returned the script to Ning Hao and said: "If you want to make this movie, you should know the outcome. I can support your dream and give you 100 million investment.

This is the upper limit. Once it’s all spent, you’ll have to figure it out on your own. "

A feature film like Green Grass will definitely not be released to the public. When the time comes, it will be exhibited in film festivals and then some copyrights will be sold. Even if the 100 million yuan cannot be repaid, it will not be a big loss.

If it works well, it is possible to make a little money, but the probability of losing money is greater.

Zhang Nanyi was too lazy to change Ning Hao's script. Firstly, he might not be able to change it well, and secondly, Ning Hao would definitely feel uncomfortable after changing it.

Since we want to train key directors, we must pay a cost.

And the cost is not high.

Ning Hao's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard Zhang Nanyi's words. He said 200 million before, which was too much.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Nanyi was really willing to invest 100 million, which is already very good. For this feature film, the actor is going to be a child from Inner Mongolia. The actor's salary is very small, and the main cost is photography film.

According to the shooting plan, 100 million is definitely enough.

He smiled and said: "It feels so good to hold my thigh."

Zhang Nanyi smiled and said: "I am not a big fan. There should be other investors in your movie. This is our company's practice.

Even if you invest only 100 million, you cannot break this good habit. "

Investors who are willing to invest with the company even if they lose money are hardcore investors.

It cannot be said that you invest in projects that make money and withdraw from projects that make no money. There is no need for Zhang Nanyi, an investor like this, to pay attention.

For example, Liu Daqing invested in Time Travelers. Zhang Nanyi felt that this project had a high probability of making money, so he also wanted to participate in the Green Grass investment.

Ning Hao saw Zhang Nanyi's careful calculation and sighed sincerely: "My wife has always said that I am stingy. Compared with Mr. Zhang, I am still far behind."

Zhang Nanyi laughed loudly, poured Ning Hao a cup of tea, and then called Liu Daqing.

On the other end of the phone, Liu Daqing's voice was loud.

"Brother Zhang, you personally called me for a 100 million project. I'm sorry for your status. I'll cover all this investment brother!
I know it’s a feature film, so it’s okay, okay, okay, I’ll listen to you, if you don’t want me to invest more, then I’ll invest 50, accounting for 30% of the profit.

Okay, okay, are you free tonight? Let's have a drink together?
I envy you, surrounded by beautiful women, okay, let’s meet again another day! "

Zhang Nanyi hung up the phone and saw Ning Hao's envious and admiring eyes, he said: "The company invests 50, Mr. Liu invests 50, and your green grassland can be prepared.

But first I have to finish shooting the very sweet MV. "

Ning Hao sighed: "You are still awesome. Investors invested 100 million without blinking an eye. Even though they knew they might lose money, they were still willing to invest."

Zhang Nanyi took a sip of tea and said calmly: "That's because I can earn him more than 100 million on other projects, and no one is a fool.

If you want to experience this feeling of being sought after by investors, make a commercial film as soon as possible.

There is no future for feature films. In today’s environment, you can’t kneel down. It’s really difficult to win big awards abroad.

So what if I win a prize?
In order to film "Green Red", Wang Xiaoshuai began to sell off the pot, and investors did not like him at all.

Even though he has the reputation of being a great director, his life is still difficult.

The paths of Zhang Yimou and Cheng Kaige are dead ends. The times are completely different. If you continue to follow their path, you will be dead.

On the other hand, Feng Pants, look at how famous he is now. He is so famous that even the Wang brothers of Huayi want to support him because he can make commercial films and make money.

After taking pictures of the green grass this time, think about it carefully. "

Ning Hao's talent lies in commercial films, so Zhang Nanyi must guide him well to prevent him from getting into trouble and thinking about dramas.

After hearing Zhang Nanyi's words, Ning Hao said directly: "No need to think about it. As long as you support it, Mr. Zhang, I will definitely be willing to make a commercial film. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it well."

Zhang Nanyi said: “Actually, a good idea when making commercial films in China is to learn and refer to successful foreign films.

Haven't you always liked Guy Ritchie?You can refer to his two big smoking guns, take their essence, integrate them into the Chinese mainland, and make a purely funny entertainment and commercial film, which will definitely be successful. "

Zhang Nanyi inspired Ning Hao to conceive the movie Crazy Stone.Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Nanyi's words, Ning Hao's eyes lit up, and then he said hesitantly: "If I do this, does it count as plagiarism? Isn't this bad?"

"You can just borrow the narrative structure and techniques. The characters and stories are completely new. This is definitely not considered plagiarism."

Crazy Stone and Crazy Racing both have Guy Ritchie's style in terms of lens language and multi-line narrative structure, but it would be a bit far-fetched to say they are plagiarized.

Because Ning Hao’s crazy series is completely the story of local little people, and some of the funny baggage and plot points are also local.

This is a relatively clever learning method.

Later, Chen Sicheng also used this trick to make the Tang Detective series and Missing Her. The content of these movies was the fusion and tailoring of old movies or overseas movies, but they had high box office.

Just like "She Disappeared", viewers who read a lot of movies will immediately think of movies such as "Gone Girl" and "The Invisible Guest".

However, most viewers who go to the cinema do not read many films. When they see a suspense film like "She Disappeared" for the first time, their eyes light up and they think it is pretty good.

Compared with Chen Sicheng's tailoring, Ning Hao is obviously much better.

Hearing Zhang Nanyi's words, Ning Hao suddenly became very motivated. He said hurriedly: "Where's the contract? I signed it quickly and then went to shoot the MV and green grass."

It happened that Liu Xiaoli came in with a contract, which was similar to Yu Feihong's previous contract. The contract period was 8 years and there were no harsh terms.

After Ning Hao scanned it, he directly signed his name.

Zhang Nanyi smiled and said: "This is a contract of sale. If you don't find a lawyer to look at it, what if I cheat you?"

Ning Hao was very honest, "The two taels of meat on my body are not worth anything if sold. I just want to be cheated, and I guess few people are willing to look at me."

After saying that, Ning Hao took out a stack of paper from his briefcase and said, "I listened to the very sweet new album last night.

I have to say, Mr. Zhang, your talent makes me admire you.

Every song is very nice. Based on the lyrics and artistic conception, I have already conceived the outline of the MV script overnight.

You can start shooting at any time. When will Very Sweet be free? "

Zhang Nanyi said: "I'm free these days, and there are only 5 song MVs. You should hurry up and try to finish filming before the 7th, otherwise you will have to wait a few more days.

On the evening of the 8th, Sissi and I are going to attend the Golden Melody Awards in Bay Island. "

When a singer releases an album, he usually shoots a MV for the title song, and selects a portion of the rest of the songs to shoot a MV. Like Zhou Jialun, who shoots a MV for every song is a rather willful behavior.

Zhang Nanyi consulted Very Sweet's opinion. They were not obsessed with shooting MVs, or were not active, so they simply chose 5 songs to shoot. One of them was the title song "Invisible Wings", and the other four songs were all A duet song with Zhang Nanyi.

Therefore, Zhang Nanyi will inevitably participate in these MVs.

Fortunately, Ning Hao's speed was really not slow. In four days, he traveled around Yanjing and shot the MV of 5 songs.

After filming the MV, the time came to May 5. Zhang Nanyi was pulled by Liu Yifei and the three daughters, and together they prepared the dress for the Golden Melody Awards.

Although the venue of the Golden Melody Awards in Bay Island is always very shabby, especially the Avenue of Stars outside the venue, which is relatively simple.

But every Golden Melody Awards will include a red carpet, and there is still a sense of ceremony. This is much better than the top ten golden songs in Hong Kong.

Yang Tianzhen attaches great importance to this red carpet appearance. She ordered the dress very early and came here to try it on today. It is more about exquisite makeup and jewelry matching.

Zhang Nanyi always has a casual attitude when it comes to dressing up, and his dress is also very sweet. The three of them prepared it, so when trying on clothes, they were just puppets throughout the process, allowing the three beautiful girls to do whatever they wanted.

At around 11:10, Zhang Nanyi said: "The time is up, I'll leave first. The dress is great. Thank you to the three beauties for their careful preparation."

He had an appointment at noon, and the three girls knew it was very sweet.

"You go and do your work first. We have to try other combinations." Liu Yifei said very sensibly: "If you don't go home at night, remember to give us a call."

"Mr. Liu, please be busy first. Xiao Zhang is going to earn money for you to customize the dress."

Liu Yifei suppressed her laughter, pretended to look satisfied with her leader, waved her hands and said: "Go ahead, go ahead, improve your performance, Mr. Liu, I have recently fallen in love with a car.

Xiao Zhang, if you work harder, Mr. Liu, I will have money to buy a car. "

Zhang Nanyi laughed loudly, said a few words to Liu Yifei, and then turned around and left.

He drove to a restaurant in the HD area called Tianji Restaurant.

The name of the restaurant is very down-to-earth, but it actually serves high-end private cuisine. The environment of the restaurant is antique, there is no lobby reception, all are private rooms.

Zhang Nanyi, wearing sunglasses and a hat, asked the waiter: "Where is the private room No. [-]?"

"This way please, I will show you the way."

Under the guidance of the waiter, Zhang Nanyi walked through a corridor before finding a seat. After entering the private room, there were 5 people sitting inside.

They are Huang Lei and his wife Sun Li, Liu Yifei's teacher Wang Jinsong, Olympic gymnastics champion Liu Xuan, and Jia Jingwen who just returned to Yanjing a few days ago.

Zhang Nanyi didn't want to come to today's dinner. It was only after Jia Jingwen begged many times and made great sacrifices that Zhang Nanyi agreed to attend.

(End of this chapter)