Big names rise

In Hulang's meeting room, He Mu, accompanied by Datang, met the director Lou Ye, who has both reputation and reputation, for the first time.

For director Lou Ye's persistence, He Mu is still very moved, which shows that his image in the minds of directors is not only handsome, but also stylish and stylish, and his acting skills are also fully recognized.

In order to show respect, He Mu listened quietly to Lou Ye's summary of the movie's plot. It turned out that this was not a story between two men. It involved three men and two women. It was a bit messy, but the story There are indeed some tricks, like the type that can win awards. Lou Ye hopes that the role played by He Mu is as important as Chen Sicheng's role. He Mu even feels that this role occupies a more dominant position in the movie. .

He Mu became a little interested in this story called "Evening Intoxicated by the Spring Breeze", but in order to maintain his own bottom line, He Mu still seriously asked Lou Ye about the scale of the film.

"Of course, the more natural the better, releasing my nature has always been what I pursue in movies, and don't be bound by morality and other people's eyes." Lou Ye said firmly.

Datang winked at He Mu from the side, meaning: Don't answer, don't answer!As a senior insider, he knows Lou Ye very well. If He Mu agrees to act, I am afraid that he will not leave a pair of underwear for him at that time. Even if it will not be screened in the mainland, it will inevitably spread through the Internet. It will be a very big blow to the healthy image that He Mu has worked so hard to create. He Mu is not yet big enough to be afraid of this kind of blow.

In fact, He Mu wouldn't take this drama without Datang's hint.He smiled and declined Lou Ye, "I'm sorry, Director Lou. I'm afraid I can't accept such a scale. I hope you can find a suitable candidate."

"It's a pity, it's a pity," Lou Ye asked again with a regretful expression, "I wonder if I can meet Mr. Xiao from Tiger Wolf? I still have a gap of more than 100 million for this movie. I want to ask Mr. Xiao Not interested in investing in one."

"How much investment did you make for this movie?"

"More than 100 million."

"Then there is still a shortfall of more than 100 million?"

"Ah."

He Mu suddenly felt that this was the focus of Lou Ye's visit to Hulang today.It is estimated that all the French funds are deceiving people, and He Mu even began to doubt whether he sincerely invited himself to star in this movie.Although he felt that Lou Ye was a bit of a swindler today, He Mu still told Xiao Fang where. "This is Mr. Xiao's office, he should have just come back."

Half an hour later, Lou Ye walked out of the general manager's office full of ambition, and when he saw He Mu, he kept thanking him.And said that there is an opportunity to cooperate again.

Wait until Lou Ye comes out of Tiger Wolf.He Mu immediately entered Xiao Fang's office, "Brother Fang, have you really invested in his movie?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Xiao Fang asked back.

"Don't you know that Lou Ye's movies basically didn't make any money, at most they won an award." He Mu was afraid that Xiao Fang would be fooled by Lou Ye.

Xiao Fang said disapprovingly, "Of course I know that Lou Ye's movies are basically losing money, but the investment in this movie is very small, and Tiger Wolf paid 100 million. If it is not enough, let him figure out a way for himself. He won't even pay 100 million. Sell ​​it. His films still have a certain market overseas, and if he can win an award, it will be a good start for our newly established Tiger Wolf Film Department, even if we pay a little bit, we can accept it."

He Mu felt that Xiao Fang took it for granted. A small-budget literary and artistic film that has no big-name stars and is destined not to be released in the mainland, even if it only has a production scale of 100 million, it will be very difficult to recover the cost. I hope Lou Ye’s so-called International fame can save this film, otherwise Boss Xiao's hard-earned money is doomed to go to waste.He Mu didn't say anything else, since Xiao Fang had agreed to Lou Ye, the matter was basically settled, and he couldn't get in the way. Now he was more concerned about the newly established film department that Xiao Fang was talking about. The circle is flexing its muscles.

According to Xiao Fang, if you want to do it, you must do it well and do it perfectly. Although the film department is a department under the company, there are also production teams, creative teams, distribution teams, and props teams within the department. Those who are seconded, but they have borrowed but never returned, these people will become the backbone of the film department.

Film distribution and TV drama distribution are completely different. One deals with theater chains and the other deals with TV stations. The promotion and distribution of a film is a very important link. Especially in recent years, the box office performance of a film depends not only on the quality of the film, but also on the quality of the film. It depends on the promotional strength of the movie and the number of films scheduled, these are the responsibility of the distribution company.

The relatively large companies in China, such as Huayi Brothers, Poly Bona, and New Picture, have the functions of production and distribution at the same time. In Hollywood, the same is true for several major film companies, but there is no monopoly law for film companies in the mainland. Therefore, they can also open theaters and completely connect the links of production, distribution, and screening. Both Bona and Huayi are now very active in building theaters.

Large companies don’t need to worry about the distribution of movies, but small movie companies can’t do it. They generally don’t have distribution capabilities and qualifications, or they don’t have distribution rights. Even if they have distribution rights, their popularity and resources are limited, or they don’t have Too much experience in publicity and distribution will generally not have very good results in the distribution process, which will directly affect the final box office revenue, so it is better to spend some money to let big companies or media companies specializing in film distribution to help them distribute Movies, and then pay a certain percentage of the box office as remuneration to the distribution company.

This kind of small company generally only has the ability to make movies, so its development is greatly restricted, and it has to rely on others to survive. Naturally, Xiao Fang does not want to ask his grandpa to sue his grandma to find another company to distribute the movies he makes in the future, so the company must have its own At the beginning of the establishment of the film department, he spent a lot of money to poach from several companies such as Enlight Media and Poly Bona, and poached several of their distribution business backbones. Graduated professionals form the most powerful distribution team in the film department, and the film version of "Stewardess" will be their first test field.

Speaking of the movie version of "Stewardess", He Mu asked Xiao Fang how his preparations were going.

"Basically, it's almost ready, and it will start up next month." Xiao Fang said, his face was a little tired. Out of the emphasis on the company's first film, he personally ran many links, which is different from the operation of the TV series. The method made him a little uncomfortable.

"Who are the actors chosen?" He Mu asked again.

Asked this, Xiao Fang showed a smug smile on his face, "The most popular TV series last year were "Stewardess", "Soldier", and "Struggle". With the cast of "Soldier" and "Struggle," I think it will be a big hit."

It turns out that the male and female actors selected by Xiao Fang are Chen Sicheng and Wang Luodan respectively. Chen Sicheng still has more than two months of schedule before "Evening in the Spring Breeze".

Although Chen Sicheng became popular with "Soldier Assault", in comparison, Wang Luodan, who played the second female Mi Lai in "Struggle", is more popular. In that drama, she is more popular than the first female. Last year Among the newly rising actresses, she and Liu Shishi are the most popular. Shishi is low-key, and her career is not strong. Unlike Wang Luodan, who frequently appears in big newspapers and small magazines every three days, she seems to be her Almost the hottest female newcomer in the past two years.

He Mu didn't expect such two candidates to be selected. They are both celebrities who have gone out of TV series, but they have hardly been tested in movies. It is still unknown whether the popularity brought to them by TV series can be extended to the box office of movies.

In terms of actors and roles, Chen Sicheng is not as good as Mu Shuai, and it is actually more suitable to play Lu Fei. He Mu also trusts Chen Sicheng's acting skills.And Wang Luodan is a bit far behind Ran Jing in the novel. Wang Luodan is not very beautiful. It may not be convincing for her to play the popular lover Ran Jing, but she is very popular, which is the main reason why Xiao Fang chose her. reason.

Afterwards, He Mu asked about the director and screenwriter, none of whom he was familiar with, but seeing Xiao Fang's confident appearance, He Mu didn't say anything.

"Xiao Mu, there is actually one more thing I want to discuss with you when I called you here today." After talking about all the previous topics, just as He Mu was about to leave, Xiao Fang said solemnly.

Seeing Xiao Fang's expression, He Mu also corrected his posture: "Say."

"I see that you are not focused on acting now. The previous "True Treasure" showed your talent in screenwriting. Now I find that you seem to have some ideas about the production announcement of the film and television industry. development in this area?"

In fact, what Xiao Fang wants to ask is whether He Mu has ever thought about opening a film and television company by himself. Before that, he was confident that Hulang could keep He Mu, but now He Mu has shown a lot of talent in the film and television industry. In the play, he often puts forward very reasonable opinions for the director and producer, which is impressive. He often looks at issues from a higher and farther perspective than an actor's perspective on the overall development of the film and television industry, and he is also a cultural As the big boss of a media company, can he be willing to stay in Hulang and become a contracted artist?

He Mu heard Xiao Fang's subtext, and Xiao Fang was worried that he would understand, because he did have this idea, but his foundation was too shallow, and Xiao Fang was kind and righteous to him, so this idea has been buried. In the bottom of my heart, no matter how deeply I bury it, it is still the thought in my heart. He Mu didn't want to say something against his will, so he nodded, "Well, acting is still very attractive to me, and I am still willing to challenge different things." role, but I am very eager to create a work that can be labeled as He Mu."

Xiao Fang was grateful for He Mu's frankness, this is the brother, so he asked another question, "What do you think of my tiger wolf movie?"

Before He Mu could react, Xiao Fang asked again, "Have you thought about becoming its master?"

... (To be continued..)

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