Full-time actor

Chapter 174 [1] An investment falling from the sky!

Thursday, June 2003, 1.

In the new year, Chen Yu didn't feel much New Year's atmosphere. After all, New Year's Eve is not popular nowadays. This was a New Year's Eve party organized by Mango Channel on December 05, 12, which made today's young people celebrate. People have an additional festival with a sense of ritual.

Merchants are also happy with this kind of hype, so New Year's Eve will only be taken more and more seriously after 05.

Moreover, that party was very successful, and its ratings exceeded that of CCTV in the same period; countless TV stations have also tasted the benefits and organized various New Year's Eve parties one after another.

Now, New Year's Day is obviously just an ordinary holiday, and Chen Yu doesn't feel it at all, because he was filming in those days.

He flew non-stop from Yunnan to the Imperial Capital yesterday, and then rushed to the Central Theater early this morning, not because of class, but because Chang Li had something to ask him, and he couldn't explain it clearly on the phone.

Tuk Tuk!

Chen Yu knocked on the door of the office. Chang Li immediately took off her glasses, smiled and said: "Come in!"

"Teacher Chang!"

Chen Yu greeted him respectfully, Chang Li glanced at the student she hadn't seen for a long time, and then pointed to a stool in front of her: "Sit down!"

"Better stand!"

"Please do something, I must sit on a stool!"

Chang Li smiled, and Chen Yu hurriedly said: "Teacher Chang, just tell me, I will definitely help if I can do it!"

"Is your family in good condition?"

Chang Li's sudden question confused Chen Yu.

Is this...a household registration investigation?

"Haha, don't think too much. Didn't you invest in Director Huo's movie last time? I think your family should be fine!"

"It's... not bad!"

Chen Yu didn't dare to tell her that his family didn't have much money, but he did.

There are still more than 2000 million in the account.

But Chen Yu gets angry when he talks about it. The reborn person is not omnipotent. In his memory, Moutai has been rising all the way, but it actually fell in 02-03. He still lost 7.8% in the stock market.

If Huo Jianqi hadn't needed money last time and Chen Yu had gone to Big A to take a look, he would have probably lost even more.

Sure enough, that sentence was correct. Even if Buffett came, he would have to throw millions in Big A before leaving. This reborn person was also cheated, which made Chen Yu get angry and took all the money in it. Come out, now he has more than 2500 million in his account.

"That's right. Our Chinese Theater Directing Department graduated a student in the past two years. She is short of 100 million in investment to make a movie!"

Speaking of this, Chang Li felt quite embarrassed: "Don't think too much about it. I'm also asking on behalf of the school. You happened to have invested in movies before, so I wanted to ask if you are interested..."

"..."

The directing department of Chinese...Chinese drama?

For a moment, Chen Yu couldn't think of any famous people who graduated from the Chinese Theater Directing Department.

Indeed, after racking my brains for a while, I really can’t think of even one.

Unlike Nortel, just pull it out and there will be a pile.

"This girl is also very honest. She has filmed two short TV series. Now she wants to make a movie. She has searched around and now Shanxi Film Studio has promised to invest in her, but the premise is that she has to raise 2 million by herself. Only then will they be willing to invest the remaining 100 million!”

"Script, is there a script?"

Chen Yu must be interested in investing in movies; but, in this circle, don’t look at movies that make you rich overnight, with tens of millions or hundreds of millions in box office, that is only for the audience and netizens to see, and those who have not seen it will lose money. There are directors who kneel down to investors.

China Film Group did statistics a few days ago. In 02, a total of 321 movies were made in China, of which 126 were released in theaters, of which 19 were profitable!

This probability is not even 10%, less than 6%.

Out of 20 movies, only one can make money, and it’s not a big profit.

"Are you interested?"

Chang Li really just asked Chen Yu to come over and ask casually. Because of the tasks given by the above, China Theater has been supporting the director department and obviously wants to make some achievements; but, it is impossible for China Theater to participate in investment, so it can only Ask them layer by layer to see who has the resources to help graduates in the department.

Isn't that how Nortel got started back then?

And regardless of whether Nortel's directing department is very good, that's relative. With so many graduates in each class, it's good to have one of them famous. There are more directing departments who will remain unknown throughout their lives, and Nortel has to secretly support them.

Many students who graduate from the directing department will go back to their alma mater to ask their teachers for help and see if they can get investment or something.

After all, making movies really costs money. Many directors are so poor that they can’t even afford cameras. How can they have money to make movies?

"I'm sure I'm interested. If my book is good, 100 million will be used as support for my senior!"

Chen Yu smiled, he still knew how to say nice things.

"Then I will give you my contact information directly and you can contact me?"

Chang Li was quite happy when she heard that. She looked for the other party's mobile phone number, but as if she thought of something, she suddenly raised her head and said with a serious face: "Chen Yu, although the teacher hopes that you can invest in supporting the students of the directing department of our school, , but you have to be really interested, it’s not like you just cast random shots just for the sake of winning the show!”

"After all, this money is also hard-earned by your parents!"

"This drama has a small audience. It is a rural theme. Although the investment is not large, I guess it will be difficult to get it to theaters!"

If it was easy to get into theaters, or if the script was good, the other party wouldn't ask for a school, and countless people would have invested long ago.

When running into obstacles everywhere, most people will think of their alma mater, treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

What if there is a surprise?

Although the possibility is very small, China Drama is really trying its best to help.

"Teacher Chang, don't worry, you must read the script first!"

"Only if the script is suitable can I cast it, right?"

Chen Yu also had a bottom line. Chang Li felt relieved after hearing this: "If you have this kind of heart, you are very good. If you want to invest, you must think about it carefully or show the script to the screenwriting teacher in the department. , they have experience!”

"it is good!"

Chen Yu nodded, and Chang Li immediately wrote a string of mobile phone numbers to Chen Yu.

"This student is from Inner Mongolia, and his name is quite convoluted, Ulantana!"

Chang Li wrote her name on it, and Chen Yu turned around in his mind. He really didn't have any impression of the name. It probably wasn't famous. Mongolian director Chen Yu, whose surname is Wu, only knows one person, and that is Wu Ershan who shot the "Feng Shen" series!

I have basically heard of Chen Yu, a well-known director in the industry, but this one is very unfamiliar.

Not surprisingly, this movie must have jumped to death...or it was never made at all in its previous life.

However, since Chang Li gave her the phone, Chen Yu would definitely make a routine call to ask.

After walking out of the office, Chen Yu took out his mobile phone and dialed directly.

"Hello, who is it?"

A softer voice came from the other end of the phone, and Chen Yu immediately said: "Hello, senior sister, I am a student of the Chinese Theater Academy. I heard that you want to make a movie. Are you short of 100 million in investment?"

The female voice on the other end of the phone became obviously excited: "Oh, hello, hello, junior, may I ask what your last name is?"

"My surname is Chen!"

"Junior Chen, I'm sorry, I really have no other choice, so I came to China Theater to find a tutor. I didn't expect..."

Wu Lanta said awkwardly, but Chen Yu didn't think anything of it: "It's okay, it's understandable!"

When making movies, it’s normal to be short of money.

"My script was actually liked by Li Shuihe, the director of Shanxi Film Studio. However, studios all over the country are not doing well now, so they can only spend 100 million, but my budget is about the same. It requires 200 million, so I wanted to ask if anyone is willing to invest..."

Urantana spoke quickly there, which was of course a rhetorical skill.

It highlights the excellence of his script, but in fact it is possible whether Li Shuihe took a fancy to her, or he just said this deliberately to reject her.

"Can you send me the script to read?"

"This one……"

Ulan Tana was a little hesitant. After all, he showed the script to a stranger. What if the script was "robbed"?

This is very common in the industry.

Not to mention distributing scripts, even if they are read to others, it is risky, unless they know each other.

"Is junior still in school? Or has he graduated?"

"I'm at school!"

"I happen to be in the imperial capital, how about we choose a cafe near the school and I can read the script to you?"

This is already the bottom line for Urantana.

"Okay, then let's go to the Starbucks on the west edge of Qianhai next door!"

On the west coast of Shichahai Qianhai near the China Theater, the 19th Starbucks in the imperial capital was opened last month.

Chen Yu still listened to Liu Yifei.

She prefers to drink coffee, and in later generations she will never leave her hands with coffee; Starbucks, an old-American gadget for ordinary people, is obviously a bourgeois product in China, so for someone like her who returns from the old America, she must try it.

"Okay, I'll be there in about half an hour!"

"Senior, see you in half an hour!"

Chen Yu smiled slightly and hung up the phone.

With a polite reception, if the script is not suitable, Chen Yu will definitely reject it. Although 100 million is nothing to him now, it is still money!

Chen Yu obviously wouldn't do something stupid like throwing a million dollars in water. He was heartbroken after losing more than a million dollars in the stock market. How many cups of coffee could he buy for Liu Yifei?

After sending a message to Liu Yifei, Chen Yu walked towards Starbucks.

Ten minutes later, Chen Yu also ordered a drink, sat in the corner, picked up his phone and played Snake.

Ding!

"I have arrived!"

When Chen Yu was playing hard, a text message popped up from another Bird phone.

Chen Yu now has two mobile phones. Bird was given by the endorsement company, so he didn't want them for free.

Chen Yu raised his head and immediately saw a round-faced lady standing outside the coffee shop. She looked a little reserved. At first glance, she looked like she had never been to a place like Starbucks.

Because you can tell something from a person's clothes.

The Ulan Tana in front of her was at most 25 years old, with a strong Mongolian appearance. When she saw Chen Yu walking out, she was still a little unbelievable: "Chen...Junior Chen?"

"It's me, senior!"

Chen Yu smiled and opened the door for her. Wulan Tana immediately nodded slightly to Chen Yu before sitting down opposite Chen Yu.

Chen Yu has already ordered a cup of coffee for her.

"This is the only kind of coffee in this shop, so I ordered it!"

Chen Yu explained, but Ulan Tana pursed his lips and whispered: "Thank you!"

"It should!"

"Oh, here's the script!"

Ulan Tana immediately took out a fairly thick book from his shoulder bag. It was slightly curled, and at first glance, many people had flipped through it.

It can be seen that this script has indeed been "sold" to many people.

"Okay, let me take a look!"

Chen Yu didn't take it seriously. He took the script and saw the two big characters on it.

"Warm Spring"!

In an instant, Chen Yu shook his hand and flipped open the first page.

He actually had some doubts about whether it was the "Warm Spring" in his memory, which was the small-budget film with the highest return rate in China before 2012. The TV series of the same name even broke the ratings record of Shandong Satellite TV.

(End of this chapter)