From Middle Age: Leisure Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 93 "Hello, Teacher" (please read)

"It's not that he won't give you money. Their crew's budget is very tight right now, and they can barely finish the film without even having much promotional expenses, so he wants to pay you this money through future box office revenue." Meili hurriedly added.

Owe first?

"What if he fails at the box office and doesn't make any money? Then I also lose money?" Yu Dongqing said, half joking and half serious.

"Brother-in-law!" Meiliang said angrily: "I think my senior is very talented, and the movie he made will definitely make a difference!"

"Really? What kind of movie did you, a senior, make?" Yu Dongqing asked casually while driving.

"It is a movie that reflects campus life in the 1980s. The movie has been completed. I have watched part of the plot. It has a very contemporary feel and is very different from the popular youth movies on the market today. Even if it is not a big hit, it will not be a loss!

"

Campus story of the 1980s?

Yu Dongqing suddenly remembered that she was fishing with Liu Yimin and others at the Shangzhuang Reservoir during the National Day, and met a crew filming a movie, which seemed to be about a campus story in the 1980s.

At that time, Yu Dongqing watched it for a while and felt that the photo was quite good.

Could it be this one?

Yu Dongqing suddenly became interested.

"Let's get started!"

"The title of the film is "Hello Teacher". If so, I'll call my senior right away!"

After saying that, Meimei took out her cell phone and started making a call, then hung up after a while.

Sure enough, it was the director I met while fishing in the reservoir that day.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Li Wan changed the subject: "Now we have less than one million funds in our account, so we really have to save money, otherwise we will lose the publicity expenses in the future."

But thinking that Li Wan was actually saving it for himself, he couldn't say this and just sighed.

"What I wrote needs to be sung, and the copyright royalties plus singing fees are at least 300,000, right?" Wang Dongsheng pondered and said.

Wang Dongsheng has been making movies for ten years. He has not made many movies. They are all low-cost movies and they are all based on nostalgia. Most of them have not made any money and some have even lost money.

"Forget it, are they still willing to accept our conditions?" Li Wan drank the last mouthful of noodle soup, wiped his mouth and stood up.

The post-production of the "Hello, Teacher" crew is also here.

The two have been friends for almost ten years, so they talk more casually.

"Dong Sheng, you heartless person, for your film, I used all kinds of connections, begged my grandfather to sue my grandma, and finally managed to get an investment of six million, and I even put in another one million!"

Including the film "Hello Teacher," many investors were not optimistic and were unwilling to pay for it. Wang Dongsheng was forced to find his friend Li Wan.

The next morning, Yu Dongqing went to the company to fish all morning, editing a BGM for a TV series. At noon, he drove immediately, first to the Chinese Theater Campus, picked up Mingliang, and then went to Qishushu together.

Director Wang Dongsheng stays here day and night to supervise and guide film editing, including recording, special effects and film dubbing. At the same time, with him is producer Li Wan, who is about forty years old. He is mainly responsible for attracting investment.

"Mingli, what's the name of the movie? Can you let me see the film and then I can decide?"

"Dongsheng, every time I make a movie with you, I feel poor." Li Wan sighed and said, "Damn it, I eat instant noodles every day."

Movie promotion is also very important.

"I have heard the song "Young Jinshi". It is very popular and will help increase the popularity of our movie. Moreover, the song itself suits the movie we are making. I wonder how much Yu Dongqing wants to pay for it?"

"I can't help it. This is how I make movies. Not only do you not make any money, but you also have to pay for it." Wang Dongsheng laughed at himself.

Located in QU Dongba, Chaoyang, this area was originally one of the ten major industrial areas during the Yanjing Industrial Period. The two parks next door to Shochuang Langyuan were once the Yanjing Textile Warehouse and the Yanjing Local Product Warehouse.

The two old Kurdish areas have changed and counterattacked.

"Damn it! I only plan to pay 100,000!" Li Wan's eyes widened: "Why don't you find Meimei?"

However, Yu Dongqing didn't say this. After a brief introduction and greetings, he asked to watch the movie.

"Hey, if you like to make youth movies, just make modern ones, about breakups, abortions, fights, whatever the hell you want. You're guaranteed to make money if you use them all! But you have to make some nostalgic movies from the 1980s.

!You are simply a child who cannot be taught."

It's snowing outside and it's very cold.

Of course, they were short of funds and couldn't afford to hire a powerful film and television post-production company like Dingshengjiahe, so they just signed contracts with small companies.

Li Wan read the script and thought it was pretty good, so he decided to enlist his brother's help and became a producer.

"My senior said it's okay, but when will you be free?"

"You can't blame me, right? Who said you couldn't attract investment?" Wang Dongsheng rolled his eyes at him.

After listening to Li Wan's words, Wang Dongsheng smiled and consoled him: "Aren't we saving money? Eating instant noodles, and I asked our school girl Mingliang to help with the theme song."

Seven Trees Creative Park.

You miser! Can you also respect the fruits of other people's work?

In a small hotel room opposite the industrial park, two people were devouring instant noodles. Takeaways were too expensive, but instant noodles were affordable.

A well-publicized bad movie can make over 100 million in box office in just two or three days by luring everyone to the cinema. A poorly promoted movie has been released for half a month and no one has paid attention to it. The film schedule is even more crowded, so it is best to make it in advance.

The box office of the next movie is only a few million, which is the importance of movie promotion.

Both of them are from Chinese opera backgrounds and knew each other in school. Li Wan was three years ahead of Wang Dongsheng. After graduation, he worked as a director for a few years and then turned into a producer.

Li Wan looked like he hated iron.

"What kind of job will a person who is about to leave his job work?"

Li Wan sighed after finishing speaking.

"You do not have to work?"

"I can't take the photo." Wang Dongsheng replied calmly.

Li Wan's eyes widened immediately after hearing this:

"I'm free every day." Yu Dongqing smiled and replied: "Tomorrow afternoon."

Wang Dongsheng agreed.

While playing on the computer on the table, Wang Dongsheng inserted a USB flash drive and said to Yu Dongqing with a smile: "Mr. Yu, the sound effects have not been processed at all. It can only be regarded as a semi-finished product. Don't be surprised."

As the saying goes, the smell of wine is also afraid of the deep alley, and the good movies are also afraid of being ignored.

According to incomplete statistics from industry insiders, the post-production output of film and television dramas undertaken by settled film and television production companies accounts for nearly 60% of the country's share, and the scale of industrial agglomeration is far ahead in the country.

When they arrived at Qishue Creative Park, they found the east side production company according to the address given by the other party. In an office on the second floor, they met director Wang Dongsheng and producer Li Wan.

"It's okay, I just took a look."

The movie starts playing soon.

"Hello, teacher"

Thanks to Gaga Guangzhou for the reward, and thanks to 20180627115137102 for the monthly ticket

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