China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 124 Guo Fan repays his life

The most famous brand of He's private dish is "Baiting Luzon Yellow". Chen Jingxing took a few bites. To be honest, it was a little crisper than the fans. It had a slightly fishy smell. The taste was not strong and lighter.

Chen Jingxing stopped chopsticks with a little regret and said seriously: "Old Guo, you want to treat me to dinner next time. You can find a mutton hotpot... How far is the Mekong River? Haven't the budget come out yet?

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Chen Jing took action on Guo Fan's treat and only served a little food at noon. He endured his hunger and came over after work, but cruelly found that he was a pig who couldn't eat fine bran and had no blessings.

Guo Fan was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this to thank you? I can't show my sincerity without delicacies... The offline budget for Mekong River is probably coming out, the online budget has not been decided yet, and the opinions in the production team are a little different."

The online budget refers to the remuneration of the producer and the main creators.

The offline budget refers to the scene setting, recording equipment, film, related personnel remuneration and later expenses during the shooting period.

"But it is expected that it will not be less than 150 million."

Chen Jingxing nodded. The amount was not as expected. If the subsequent promotional and distribution expenses were added, it would probably reach 200 million.

This is also a great pressure on DreamWorks. DreamWorks can currently use less than 100 million yuan. In addition to the Mekong River, Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown" and "Signal" must be released in theaters.

The tickets made.

Thinking of this, even Chen Jingxing felt that he had been spending more than half a year on the 180 million yuan he raised and about 100 million yuan of "Fatal Identity". At this speed, Internet startups may not be as fast as him.

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Chen Jingxing's words sound domineering: "What DreamWorks wants to do is content producers. Excellent content producers must first draw a clear line with the artist's brokerage business. For example, Luo Chen, if I have suitable projects in the future

He made a film appointment, wouldn't he come? I never have to worry about whether to use my own artist or other companies to make movies. If I want to use an actor to wave, he will come. If I don't want to use a wave, he will come.

Bye bye, there is no need to bind an artist with an agent.”

"The current cast of "Operation Mekong" has not yet been decided. Do you have any recommended actors?"

After laughing, Guo Fan sighed: "I don't know how to repay you."

But Guo Fan couldn't refuse this pie, or it would be difficult for any commercial director to refuse, let alone a newcomer in the industry.

To be honest, the friendship between them was only a classmate for more than half a month. Unexpectedly, Chen Jingxing suddenly brought him a movie project such as the Mekong River, and this project had nothing to do with him.

Yes, Chen Jingxing tried his best to make him a director. Even though he didn't know about the character of Qin Zhonghe of Guoying before, he knew that it would be absolutely not an easy task to convince the Ministry of Public Security and Guoying.

As a rising star in the film industry, DreamWorks does not do artist business at all, which makes Guo Fan curious.

Chen Jingxing shrugged: "How many artists are there under Tianrun? You have to be a housekeeper to get this income. I think this is Tangtangshui. Once your company signs an artist, is the company's homemade film and television drama?

Should we give priority to our own artists?

In fact, Xu Wenshen once asked him whether to sign a few artists, but he refused many times.

Although his director "You, the Deskmate" was a well-known box office, it was a youth romance film. Even if the Chinese Film and Television read through all directors in China, it might not be possible to turn it into him.

Guo Fan couldn't help but nod: "It's not only pretending but also extremely worthy of beating. As far as I know, Tianrun Pictures' artist brokerage income last year was nearly 120 million."

Chen Jingxing changed his expression to not take this little thing to heart and said, "Actually, you don't owe me any favors. You have to think so. I have invested half of the investment in Operation Mekong, so I want to choose one that can bring me.

The director with the greatest profit, I think you are the most suitable candidate for this project. If you want to repay me, make this movie more exciting and achieve greater box office results. I will thank you at that time."

Guo Fan had a serious expression on his face: "I can't decide the two protagonists in one sentence, but I can still confirm the supporting role."

"actor?"

Fortunately, Xu Wenshen and his fourth uncle Yang Dairong are already contacting the bank to make a loan. Although DreamWorks currently invests in many projects, there are no failed cases, and the company is not in debt. In the past two years, hot money has flocked to the film and television industry.

It is definitely a high-quality customer for loans. There should be no problems, but I don’t know if the time can catch up.

"Then I'll give you a few names. I've worked with since "The Comet". I think the actors with good acting skills are suitable. If you think it's suitable, use it. Don't force it if it's not suitable."

Guo Fan was a little puzzled: "Didn't you have signed an artist? Hey, I really don't hear of any stars in DreamWorks."

Guo Fan was silent for a while, as if thinking about some difficult questions, and asked for a while: "You just said you were not interested in signing an artist."

Of course, there is another way to raise money without debt - equity financing. After all, Chen Jingxing currently has 85% of the shares, but "Signal" will be released on the National Day holiday in more than two months, unless he is a fool.

Otherwise, the second round of financing would not be launched during this period unless it was forced.

Guo Fan couldn't help laughing: "As you said, it seems like the entire entertainment industry is your pond."

"You are right, the pond master is my goal!"

"Why?" "Youth" achieved an impressive box office of 460 million yuan, and Guo Fan also became famous in the circle. After termination of the contract with Tianrun Pictures, he also established his own film company and signed several contracts.

Eighteenth-tier artist.

"That's right."

Moreover, if he wanted to repay this huge favor, he found that he could not repay it.

Chen Jingxing leaned back on the chair: "When DreamWorks was first founded, I said I would not do artist brokerage business."

If Guo Fan is a star and has the value of his agency business, as a director hidden behind the scenes, no one will ask him to shoot advertisements as an endorsement.

Chen Jingxing frowned. He had never thought of installing several actors in "Operation Mekong". Luo Chen and Hu Ge are unlikely to take on supporting roles in the Mekong River. Let them play the leading role, and also follow the Mekong script.

The protagonist's character is not very consistent.

"If I say I don't like this little bit of artist brokerage business, wouldn't I be a little pretentious?" Chen Jingxing replied with a little laugh.

The genius director who is ten years younger than him is not only talented, but also a capitalist, and can be "self-sufficient".

It can be said that most domestic film and television companies are currently involved in artist brokerage business.

It was like a man suddenly stuffing a lottery ticket into his hand and telling him that he had won the five million jackpot, which was even more outrageous than a pie falling from the sky.

This is something you cannot avoid, and doing so will damage your content creation ability, not to mention that it is easy to have disputes with artists when doing brokerage business, and once a lawsuit occurs, it will damage the company's image."

"I'm not an artist."

"……so?"

"I wonder if DreamWorks is interested in directors?"

"ah?!"

(End of this chapter)