This director needs to apologize

Chapter 79 Investment Seminar

After seeing off the Sixth Princess and his party, Chen and Ma walked back side by side. Da Zhuang couldn't wait to express his emotion.

"Tie Zhu, you are really good at talking. That parallelism was perfect. We heard it with excitement outside. In the war years, you should have been a political commissar and done ideological work."

Chen Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry and pushed him, "Pull him down quickly. You are singing a high-profile speech to the media. Are you serious about it?"

He sighed leisurely, spread his hands and said, "I have no choice but to do this. The background of this film is a bit blue. I don't know if it can be regarded as a main theme film. If I don't raise the tone during promotion, I'm afraid it will become a movie." There will be twists and turns after the trial.

Not to mention the finished film, I am currently worried about the review of literary scripts. "

Mr. Ma knew the ins and outs of the project, and knew that the root cause was his father's daydream of "two flowers". If he only focused on one end, there was no need for his brother to bother so much.

He shrugged and bumped Chen Yiming's shoulder, "I understand it's a dilemma, so relax. I won't stand on the bank and watch the excitement."

Chen Yiming shook his head and threw the interview out of his mind. This was an unplanned matter and should be dismissed as soon as it was dealt with.

He turned to Ma Yunteng, "Da Zhuang, how has it been going in the past week? Is there anything happening with the crew?"

The latter started to list them one by one with his fingers, "Everything went well on location. I just had a phone call with Lin Xiao yesterday, and the roads to and from the location have already met at the top of the mountain.

The vehicles sponsored by SAIC have been at Moying Factory for three days, and Xiangrui is following up on the modification matters.

The cameras Alai rented to us for free arrived last Friday. There are 2 cameras in total, 1 improved F35 and 1 specially customized split-type F25B. According to the previous arrangement, I asked the brothers from the Documentary Channel to bring the cameras. Went to Bayi Factory to find Sang Ping.

The lease contract with Hengcheng has been signed, and a total of 800 Type 2 prop guns will be in place before February 10th.

The Demon Shadow Factory has completed samples of the 50-style summer military uniforms. They have been bleached and distressed several times according to your requirements. I sent photos to Professor Sha for confirmation, and he replied that they basically match the original appearance.Once the group performances are confirmed, mass production can begin. "

While talking, the two returned to Da Zhuang's office. As soon as they sat down, they saw Xiao Mei coming in with a notebook. It turned out that the investment funds of Jindun and Moying were in place.

Jindun's sum of 4500 million (including the investment from the Ordnance Factory and the Military Region) and Moying's sum of 3000 million have all been credited to Jueji's account.

I have to say that several investors are quite generous.

It is understandable that the project master Mo Ying is happy to spend money. After all, it is the head office that lends money to the "subsidiary" company.

In contrast, the military's enthusiasm is even better. There is no pre-deduction at all for the personnel and equipment assisting in the shooting, and 100% of the investment funds are directly received in one step, without even taking into account the general principle of investment control in installments.

Chen Yiming was immediately thrown out of the sky because of the trace of leisure he had caused by fooling the young lady.

At the moment when the funds were in place, "1951" really put him under heavy pressure of "investing over [-] million" in a large project. If this messed up for him, he could not think of any other solution except to go back to the original time and space. .

In his previous life, he was just a tool man. Regardless of the billions of dollars of investment in the dramas he made, it had nothing to do with him. He only had to clock in and get off work according to the production schedule.

It was different now. Controlling a large crew with hundreds of people was something he had never imagined in his previous life.

Huge amounts of money were spent and burned with his signature approval. If the money could not be earned back, he would be the first person to bear the brunt.

Chen Yiming took a deep breath and secretly warned himself to calm down.

After all, the project received strong assistance from the military. Compared with the estimate at the beginning of the project, the shooting cost has been significantly reduced, giving him more room for maneuver.

In other words, he can shoot "a little" freely without having to worry about running out of budget halfway through the shoot.

He secretly encouraged himself to have a one-shot gimmick. It would be unimaginable to have a box office of over 5000 million like "Holiday in the City", but to receive [-] to [-] million Nut Coins from overseas should not be considered as whimsical.

Thinking of this, he asked Ma Yunteng, "Da Zhuang, did you contact Sister Shen last week? What does she think about the overseas release of "1951"?"

Ma Yunteng thought for a while and said, "She is currently focused on "Holiday" and can't care about "1951" for the time being. However, she mentioned that Warner Brothers is very interested in your second movie. Warner China may be interested in it in the near future. Someone will be sent to our company.”

Chen Yiming raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing here? It's so early and there are no samples to see."

Da Zhuang had a disapproving look on his face, "It's about keeping in touch with each other. Once the movie comes out, you'll get familiar again. Why don't you take advantage of it when the movie comes out? You'd better concentrate on making movies. You don't understand these social activities outside.

Oh, by the way, Sister Shen also said that since you are sure to take the bus of the three major European trains, you must choose the train number, otherwise it will be easy to go in the opposite direction. "

Chen Yiming became a little interested when he heard this. This is a major matter related to the project KPI.

Ma Yunteng didn't give in and directly revealed the answer to the mystery.

“She said that you definitely won’t be able to catch the Berlin Film Festival in February, so you can only consider Venice in May and Cannes in August.

The three major European film entries are required to premiere at the film festival, so you must think carefully. If it is released in June as originally planned, "6" will have to go to Venice.However, Sister Shen said that this year's Venice may not be suitable for "1951", because next week the film festival will announce to the public that the chairman of this year's jury will be Gallic actress Anna Rebecca.

The three European awards are different from the Oscars. The jury has either 7 or 9 people. The fewer people there are, the more important the 2 votes in the chairman's hand are. If the film the chairman sincerely supports, even if it does not win gold, it can at least win silver. of.

The theme of this year's Venice Film Festival will obviously revolve around female themes, and there's really no need to hit it hard with a war movie.

Sister Shen strongly recommends "1951" to go to Cannes. Although the chairman of the jury there has not yet been announced, it is no surprise that it will be the genius director Tony Tarantino. He particularly loves war and crime themes, and "1951" will definitely be a good match. his appetite.

Shen Pengfei is still one of the film selectors at Cannes this year. She said that as long as "1951" meets the competition requirements, it can easily be shortlisted for the main competition unit with its one-shot gimmick. "

Although it was Ma Yunteng who relayed it, Chen Yiming could still hear Shen Pengfei's subtext.

This eldest sister obviously didn't have any expectations for a war movie with a main theme, so she only mentioned that it would be shortlisted for three major blogs and had no plans for overseas distribution at all.

However, Sister Shen’s opinion is pertinent. Cannes is indeed more suitable than Venice.

"1951" cannot take advantage of Princess. If the three major films fail to win awards, they will lose their biggest selling point, and the overseas box office will definitely be greatly reduced.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that releasing it in mid-to-late August is the most ideal schedule.

It can not only catch the end of the summer season, but also extend the release date to September, staggering the National Day screening of Han Sanye's "The Founding Ceremony".

By doing this, the production cycle will be more generous. You can wait until April when spring flowers are blooming before starting the production. The shooting time will be enlarged to more than three months, and the redundancy will suddenly double.

Chen Yiming decided to use the banner of Sister Shen's family to fool the Malaysian director tomorrow, and he must postpone the premiere of "1951" to the Cannes Film Festival in August.

As a result, he was still thinking about what to say to the second uncle, who called first.

"Yi Ming, prepare to fly to the Imperial Capital with me immediately."

Chen Yiming was startled. He was about to ask what happened, but the phone on the other end was already disconnected.

The three members of Bo Jue looked at each other in the conference room, and Ma Yunteng asked anxiously, "What's my dad's tone like? Can you tell whether it's good news or bad news?"

Going to the Imperial Capital at this time must be a matter of script review, and there is no other thought.

Chen Yiming ignored Da Zhuang's question and did not recall the second uncle's tone at all.

He was weighing it over and over in his mind. If the script really needed major changes, where should his bottom line be?

If the project ultimately aborts, how much of the investment that Platinum Jue has made can be recovered.

Although he had prepared for the worst, the first words he heard when he sat next to Mr. Ma still made him feel cold inside.

"Yiming, there will be a seminar at the Imperial Film Academy the day after tomorrow. The attendees will be experts from the Film Bureau Review Committee, the Film Federation, the Film Research Institute, and several universities in the Imperial Capital. You should prepare your speech and answer questions."

Chen Yiming couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Ma, it's impossible for such a big battle to be specially prepared for me, right? What a shameless boy!"

Mr. Ma Er laughed and said, "How can you kid have such weight? This time, the fire at the city gate has affected Chiyu. The seminar was actually prepared for Han Laosan. We were taken advantage of."

Chen Yiming looked puzzled, "What sensitive points did "The Founding Ceremony" touch on? It can't be possible, Mr. Han has always been upright and popular."

Ma Erye tried his best to comfort him, "That's Han Laosan's business, we don't need to worry about it.

Put your heart back in your stomach. Lao Gao and Lao Sun have both read the script of "1951". I also asked the old screenwriters and directors in the factory to pass it. There was indeed a breakthrough, but there was no issue of principle.

When the military's opinions arrive in the imperial capital, you can directly ask Lao Sun. I will tell you now about the magic shadow, and it will be a green light all the way. "

Chen Yiming tried to calm down and asked, "Uncle Ma, what should I prepare? There must be a theme for the speech. By the way, what is that seminar? Doesn't it have a name?"

What responded to him was a sneer, "The fart theme is just a bunch of old antiques showing off their presence. It's the 60th anniversary of Daqing. The official business can't get involved, but people can't be absent."

Chen Yiming half understood what he heard, and the second uncle didn't explain, he just gave instructions.

"Yiming, Deputy Director Sun and I will also be present, so you can just talk a few words about the creative ideas of the script and deal with it.

We are not the real owners of the seminar, so don’t try to steal the limelight from the real ones. "

(End of this chapter)