You've passed the college entrance examination, but can't you make it in the entertainment

Chapter 257 Let the new generation take the stage as soon as possible
Peng Yiwei attaches great importance to the confidentiality of the project. He did not tell anyone about the cooperation with Deng Xuefeng. He just silently worked with his confidants to prepare for the filming of the next movie while performing the road show of "The Pretender".

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

In addition to attracting investment and going to various locations as soon as possible to determine the shooting city and location, many outstanding actors in the industry have received audition invitations for Peng Yiwei's new movie in a short period of time.

Peng Yiwei, who was used to working slowly and meticulously, suddenly changed his previous personality. He had never been in such a hot-tempered situation before, so this incident quickly spread in the entertainment industry.

This day is another brand new road show.

On the way to the cinema, several main creators chatted about this big news in the entertainment industry.

Ge Man, who was also kept in the dark, couldn't help but laugh when he saw Peng Yiwei:
"Do you think you are still 18 years old? With only more than a month to prepare, even a stupid young man would not dare to do this."

Peng Yiwei also sent an invitation to Ge Man. Unfortunately, Ge Man was unable to board this crazy train due to personal reasons. This is the first time in the past five years that she has been absent from Peng Yiwei's film.

Peng Yiwei is a very nostalgic person who doesn't like to be exposed to new things, so his production team rarely changes, and the scripts are habitually built around one person.

This incident couldn't help but give Ge Man an idea.

Peng Yiwei was full of praise for Le Yan, both inside and outside his words. If he were to serve as the backbone of this new movie, then Ge Man would understand.

How to explain to Deng Xuefeng?
That day, I was so drunk that I slapped my chest and made a promise. Didn't this give that old boy something to talk about?

Leyan's head shook like a rattle:
"I will join the crew of another film in June."

Ge Man asked silently:
"After so many years of preparation, the funds are not ready?"

Now that I'm gone, who will be the backbone of Peng Yiwei's new movie?
Have you found my successor?

In the past two months, Peng Yiwei mentioned to him countless times that he wanted to cooperate again.

"What's wrong? Why are you so worried?"

Execution issues such as scripts, locations, and actors can all be solved with experience. The biggest problem is money.
Time was so tight that he could compress the time for filming and production, but he couldn't compress the time for capital evaluation behind him.

At this time, Leyan was even more curious than Ge Man.

This new investor cannot ignore the immediate interests, so the capital must be abundant.

What movie would you make without funds?
What's going on?

"A movie that has been years in the making."

Seeing Ge Man bring up this topic, Le Yan also joined the ridicule army:

It didn't matter whether he was slapped in the face or not, he never cared about the face.

When have you ever seen him look so sad?
What happened?

He began to regret his stupid behavior that night.

Ge Man shook his head, sat back in his seat, and closed his eyes quietly.

Peng Yiwei is a big devil on the set, but in private he is a 'big kid'. He is always happy with whatever he encounters and sees, and even plays some pranks from time to time.

Every shot has flashed through Peng Yiwei's mind countless times. Everything is ready and all he needs to do is put them together.

Ge Man suddenly opened his eyes, patted Le Yan on the shoulder and asked:
"Can your company invest?"

But foreigners are strict in doing things and have many rules. It is very difficult to get money within a month or two.

Although the cost of literary and artistic films is not high, it is not that easy to get money from capitalists. It requires layer by layer of evaluation and waiting time and time again, and this is a chain within a chain. If money does not solve it, Neither the actors nor the venue can be settled.

Ge Man, who didn't want to get involved anymore, thought of Peng Yiwei's face and couldn't bear to ignore him, so he gave him a suggestion:
"You try to find new investors."

Meeting the above two points at the same time is no less difficult than finding a girlfriend in a science and engineering university.

Peng Yiwei has been as busy as a fat top during this period. He is indeed doing things with the same energy as a young man.

It can be found. But it will take a lot of time, which may be longer than waiting for foreign investors.

Peng Yiwei scratched the door and evaded his words:
"The incident happened suddenly and was activated temporarily."

She knows that behind Peng Yiwei there is a foreign capital that has been working with him for many years, and that capital will support whatever Peng Yiwei shoots.

Seeing everyone's reluctant questions, Peng Yiwei explained in a low mood:

Now that the new movie is about to be released, why don’t you come and ask me?
Although I have other projects in the future, I should at least strive for them, right?

Secondly, we need to quickly get in touch with Peng Yiwei’s team.

She looked at Leyan silently
"Leyan, have you accepted this movie?"

With Peng Yiwei's fame and achievements, there is no shortage of people interested in making new movies, but...
"I have thought about this approach." Peng Yiwei took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes that were sore from overuse. "The income of literary and artistic films is not in the box office. It is a long investment path. The main focus is small and long-term. This is eliminated. For more than 90% of investors, the time it takes to find a suitable candidate in all aspects is longer than waiting for my sponsor.”

Ge Man looked at Peng Yiwei's face and asked nervously:

They are all 'our own people', so Peng Yiwei can rest assured and tell the truth:
"The production cycle for new movies is too short and the funds have not yet been secured."

"Director Peng, what kind of movie can make you rush like a young man?"

Apart from that, she couldn't think of a second possibility.

The film's script has been in development for at least five years.

Except for Le Yan, the people sitting in this car are all old friends who have worked with Peng Yiwei for several years or more than ten years. Although they have known Le Yan for a short time, Peng Yiwei has high hopes for him and does not regard him as an outsider. .

He learned about Peng Yiwei's preparation for a new movie from Ni Zhen, because several actors under Superstar had received invitations to audition.

During this time, everyone will not see you when you look up.
Why, those people who said they wanted me to be their successor were all lying to me?

When talking about wealth in the entertainment industry, the first thing that comes to mind is Superstar Entertainment.

During the darkest three years when the superstars were doing shit, they produced dozens of projects.

And with Leyan as an intermediate bridge, the communication efficiency between the two parties will be much faster. If it works, it will work, and if it doesn’t, it won’t waste too much time.

"I can ask." Le Yan quickly agreed.

The company attaches great importance to Peng Yiwei, otherwise Ji Xueli would not pay a special visit to him in the Lion City.

Le Yan agreed happily, but Peng Yiwei became coy:
"Superstars are too commercial, and the script won't work. They will probably force me to make changes, and working with superstars will definitely lead to a lot of complicated things. I want to make this film pure, and I don't want to waste energy on it. other aspects."

In order to meet Deng Xuefeng's needs, the content of this film cannot be dictated by anyone, and Peng Yiwei must be given full freedom.

How can these superstars be satisfied?

As we all know, Superstar's boss is a successful businessman.
Leyan kindly advised:

"Try? What if?"

Peng Yiwei shook his head stubbornly:
"If there is no possibility of cooperation, don't leak my script."

"Don't be so pessimistic. Our company is different now." "No matter how different your company is, it still has to make money. I'll think of other ways."

"Why are you so stubborn? Are you infected by Deng Xuefeng?"

"I am different from him! He is stubborn without any reason, but I have principles."

"Oh, you two, stop arguing." Ge Man shouted, pointing one finger at each other, "I'll save the game, Peng Yiwei, you meet the Superstar people."

Peng Yiwei and Le Yan turned to look at Ge Man at the same time.

"Are you here to save the game?"

You're not a superstar, and you're not going to star in this movie, so what are you doing?
What does it have to do with you?
Ge Man has already opened Tian Ni’s WeChat avatar:

"I have a bold idea."

That day at 8pm.

Tian Ni reported to Ye Xinchun that Ge Man asked her to meet.

"Ge Man is not participating in this movie, why is she here to invite you?" Ye Xinchun was preoccupied with two things, reading the company's weekly report and listening to all Tian Ni said.

"I didn't understand it at first." Tian Ni pushed up her glasses, "But I suddenly thought of something."

Ye Xinchun took the time to look at her:
"what's up?"

"In order for Bi Xia to cooperate with Le Yan, Ge Man accompanied a movie produced by our company. After the New Year, I asked someone to send information about the directors in the company and the movies in preparation, and told her to choose. But because she has no schedule this year, she can't rush the matter, so she hasn't pushed forward yet," Tian Ni said as she looked at Ye Xinchun.

Ye Xinchun stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Tian Ni and said:
"Ge Man is still worried about our company's resources. Even letting Le Yan participate is not enough. She wants to drag Peng Yiwei along with her to make this movie."

Tian Ni reported this matter long ago.

A few years ago, Ye Xinchun would have thought of this possibility without Tian Ni reminding him.

All I can say is that she is really old.

At first I just felt that my physical strength couldn't keep up, but now my brain isn't working as well as before.

Tian Ni didn't know Ye Xinchun's psychological activities at the moment. Seeing her expression suddenly turn cold, she said cautiously:

"I guess it's possible."

Superstar's current director team is stronger than ever, but it still focuses on commercial films.

Ge Man is now in a state of reducing production, and is very strict and picky in selecting scripts. If something goes wrong, the end of the season will be ruined.

Superstars are unfamiliar to her, and directors are also unfamiliar. All kinds of unfamiliar factors pile up together, and she feels very insecure.

But if the film involves her old partner Peng Yiwei, the situation will be different.

Ye Xinchun expressed her attitude directly and said seriously:
"She has a good idea, but Peng Yiwei makes literary films, and the situation is different from other directors."

Peng Yiwei has nothing wrong with his judgment of superstars. All the goals of superstars are to make money.

Moreover, this year's superstars have already passed the dark moment, and the content team overhaul is coming to an end. The pursuit of Peng Yiwei is not as urgent as the pursuit of Su Tian.

Superstars really need literary and artistic film directors like Peng Yiwei, who have won many international awards, to expand their business territory. However, the cost recovery link of artistic films is long and it is a high-risk and low-reward thing. It is best to cooperate with others. It doesn’t matter if you don’t get there.

But I think I am a local rich man and it is absolutely impossible to get a fortune from me.

Ye Xinchun is the boss of the company, and his main considerations when thinking about things are investment and return. Tian Ni's position is more about content richness and performance, so her attitude towards Peng Yiwei is much more positive than Ye Xinchun's.

Peng Yiwei only cooperated with domestic companies in his early years. After he became successful internationally, he rarely interacted with domestic entertainment and production companies. If he could cooperate with him, it would definitely be a great boost to internal morale. thing.

So faced with the boss's less than positive attitude, Tian Ni worked hard to find a solution:

"After Ge Man contacted me, I contacted Leyan and also learned about the project from him."

Since Le Yan became independent, Ye Xinchun rarely heard of Le Yan's name, and there was no news about him in the weekly and daily newspapers.

When Leng Buding heard these two words, he couldn't help but laugh.

She knocked on the table and asked in a relaxed tone:
"How did he say?"

Tian Ni saw that Ye Xinchun's expression changed when he heard Le Yan's name, and she knew she had found the right way!
"Leyan said that Peng Yiwei's film is about to start shooting, but it has encountered financial problems. If you want to recruit him, this is a good opportunity. You can use the funds as a bargaining chip and sit down with him to negotiate terms."

In fact, Le Yan's original words were not like this at all. He just revealed one more piece of information than Ge Man that the movie was "shooting soon." Tian Ni analyzed this situation based on the information obtained from the two people.

But because of the weight of Leyan's words, she put it on Leyan's head.

Boss, your big baby Leyan said this is a good opportunity.

Don't you think about it anymore?

Ye Xinchun twisted his sore neck a few times.

If it is true as Leyan said, this is indeed a good time to negotiate, but she will never do a business that loses money.

There can only be one "loser" Leyan in the company. Others, whether they are actors, directors, or employees in other positions, must bring her direct benefits of real money.

She calculated for a while and then said to Tian Ni:

"This movie star that has financial problems can be put into production, but the condition is that Peng Yiwei makes another movie for the star, and the two movies are signed together. The total budget of the two movies is capped at 3 million, but he wants to bet me on the box office of million. If you can’t make it, you must make a commercial film based on the script I gave you.”

Tian Ni was speechless for a while.

Although the cost of literary and artistic films is low, 1 million for two films together is still a very tight number. This means that the film production cycle cannot be too long, because machines and manpower are burning money every day.

The budget is already hard to talk about. What’s even more exaggerated is the box office bet that Ye Xinchun requested.
Calculated based on the producer’s share of about 35%, the 3 million box office can recover all costs.

The question is, how can any literary film make money during its release period? I haven’t even seen the box office numbers.

Literary films all make money by later selling their copyrights internationally.
Isn't this pushing cooperation in Huang's direction?
Seeing Tian Ni's reaction, Ye Xinchun's expression became serious again.

Tian Ni’s strength is content control and vision, but her energy is all on the content, and her sensitivity to other things is too weak. The offer she gave was full of sincerity, but Tian Ni did not respond immediately Understand it.

It was difficult for Ye Xinchun to hand over the superstar into her hands with confidence.

The successor must be chosen by someone else.

Ye Xinchun looked at the computer:
"Liu Min will go to this negotiation with you."

Tian Ni was a little surprised. Ye Xinchun's assistant was almost always by her side and rarely went out alone.

How come she was arranged to go out?
Before Tian Ni was about to leave, Ye Xinchun spoke again:
"Let Leyan go with you."

The new generation is looking for opportunities to take the stage as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)