Millennium director

Director Han agreed very quickly. There was no reason why Wu Baige would dare to invest in a large-scale production worth 600 million yuan, but Wu Yuan would not dare to invest in a large-scale production worth 300 million yuan.

However, the specific investment proportions and matters will have to wait until the first-stage budget is made before negotiations can begin.

The first thing Director Han needs to do is help Wu Yuan contact the National Space Administration.

Until now, he has not realized that Wu Yuan made "Gravity" for Wei Guangzheng's reason, actually to snipe "Red Cliff".

"Red Cliff" hasn't even been started yet. Director Han doesn't even know when this movie will be released. How could it be possible that Wu Yuan would want to coincide with "Red Cliff"?

Director Han was very positive. When the National Space Administration heard that a domestic director wanted to make a space-themed movie, Wu Yuan, a world-renowned director, also responded very positively.

Don’t think that great scientists who are engaged in science don’t watch movies and are completely indifferent to what’s going on outside the window.

In fact, most of them also know Wu Yuan and know this talented director who has brought glory to the country internationally.

If other directors said they wanted to make China's own space science fiction movie, they would definitely sneer at it.

Those who engage in science pay more attention to professionalism.

In their view, ordinary Chinese directors simply cannot master a complex and difficult movie like space science fiction, which has never been made in China before, and it will definitely be a bad movie.

The space agency also wants to be proud. Not just any cat or dog would be happy to agree if they want to make a movie together.

But it was Wu Yuan who came to the door, so the situation was different.

This is the best director in China who is good at making special effects movies. If he can't make space science fiction movies, then there will be no director in China who can do it, not even Zhang Yimou.

Without seeing the script, the leadership of the space agency immediately agreed and made an appointment to meet at the National Space Administration next weekend.

They plan to meet with the great director Wu Yuan to discuss specific matters.

Wu Yuan was perfectly fine with this.

But it was only a week, so he could still afford to wait.

After returning from the United States, Wu Yuan finally had a short vacation.

"Love", "Painted Skin" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" have all been filmed, and he only has one "Rush Hour 3" that he has agreed to work on.

Although "Rush Hour 3" has begun preparatory work, it will not start filming until the end of the year at the earliest.

In other words, Wu Yuan can almost have three or four months of vacation to enjoy.

However, before starting his vacation, Wu Yuan still needs to deal with the chores of his domestic company.

The professional manager I have been looking for finally found someone.

Li Xiaoping, who was the original image chief designer of CCTV's "Economic Half-Hour" and left CCTV in 1999 to join Enlight Media, was finally poached by a headhunting company called by Wu Yuan.

In fact, not many people know Li Xiaoping's name, but when it comes to the movies she produces, she is well known.

From "Crazy Alien" to "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" to "My Motherland and Me", these are all films for which she served as a producer.

Of course, she is not a professional producer, she is actually the head of a professional film production company.

Since March 2011, she has served as the president of Enlight Pictures, leading Enlight Pictures to ride the wind and waves all the way when the film market exploded, and the market value has doubled.

This is undoubtedly a senior manager who is very suitable for the position of general manager in the light and shadow era.

Fortunately, it is only 2005. Although Li Xiaoping has begun to show her talents in the Rays, she is not yet indispensable.

If you make an annual salary of 1 million after tax at a headhunting company, you will receive option rewards after five years of employment, and you will receive 0.5% stock options every year for 5 years.

Moreover, these option shares can be lifted immediately after they are listed in Guangying Times, and Li Xiaoping can cash out and leave the market at any time.

Under the temptation of such conditions, Li Xiaoping heartily agreed to change jobs.

Enlight Pictures seems to be pretty good at the moment, but Wu Yuan’s own company is not bad either!

The most important thing is that Li Xiaoping feels that Enlight has never had a cooperation contract with a major director, which is a big disadvantage!

Huayi has Feng Xiaogang, and the Light and Shadow era has Wu Yuan himself and the up-and-coming Zhang Guorong.

From this point of view alone, it seems that the era of light and shadow is more promising.

It seems that Guangying Times and Huayi are more likely to go public smoothly in the future when the ban on the listing of film production companies is lifted.

Well, the annual salary of 1 million in 2005 was indeed an offer that no one could refuse.

On the second floor of the headquarters of Light and Shadow Times, Wu Yuan met the future company general.

"Mr. Li, have you sorted out the company's situation in the past two days?"

Wu Yuan smiled and looked at the girl Qi Liuhai occupying his general manager's office.

After Li Xiaoping arrived at the company, Wu Yuan abdicated as the general manager of the company and gave way to someone else.

Since Guangying Era was not listed on the market, there was naturally no board of directors, president's office or other institutions. The biggest leader of the company was the general manager.

In the past, Wu Yuan had been holding this position part-time by himself. Now that the company has a manager who is actually responsible for daily operations, of course he will no longer occupy the position.

Perhaps when Guangying Times is successfully listed in the future, he will take up the position of chairman again, and he can also be called Director Wu in the future.

Well, I think Director Wu sounds better.

"Director Wu, I understand the situation of the film projects that the company has completed before, and there are no problems with the billing process."

Li Xiaoping stood up and led Wu Yuan to sit on the sofa in the office.

She is not old this year, only 28 years old, which is the time of youth.

According to the original trajectory, she should have worked hard for another five or six years in the company before she could become the president.

Li Xiaoping is still a little immature now, but she is definitely capable of running this small company of Light and Shadow Era.

"All box office accounts of Director Zhang's "If Love" have been settled. After sharing with China Film Group, our company's net profit is more than 13 million yuan, which is a small profit."

"Director Wu, your movie "Love" sold the copyright for US$7.52 million in Europe, and the money has been received."

"According to the cooperation agreement between the company and Tangren Film and Television, and your request, the company has borne half of the production cost of "Flying Fairies" and jointly produced this TV series with Tangren Film and Television."

"Tangren also sent a script for "Young General Yang", saying that the project will be launched at the end of this year, and asked us if we have any investment intention."

"Look?" Li Xiaoping looked at Wu Yuan with a questioning look.

"Young General Yang?" Wu Yuan pondered in his heart.

At that time, he signed a total of five TV series cooperation with Tang Dynasty. Now he has voted for "Sword of Sword 1" and "Flying Fairy", and there are still three spots left.

The only TV series that will be popular in Tang Dynasty in the next few years are "Sword and Sword 3" and "Bu Bu Jing Xin".

Among the remaining TV series, "Young General of the Yang Family" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are about the same.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that Hu Ge, who won 2.8 billion in box office in Asia with "Your Name", is still returning to film Tang Dynasty's self-made drama.

Without him, there is no place for him in the current film market.

Just like Jing Boran after starring in "Monster Hunt", although he has become the box office record holder in the mainland, there are simply no movies suitable for him in the industry, or his connections are not enough to allow him to access the top cakes.

The same goes for Hu Ge.

Without Wu Yuan, neither he nor Tangren Film and Television behind him would be able to win big-budget movies by Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and others.

Including "Red Cliff" that Wu Baige is preparing, Wu Baige does not use him, not even a handsome supporting role.

Who told Wu Baige to be unhappy with Wu Yuan? How could he use someone from the "Wu Yuan lineage"?

What’s even more embarrassing is that the directors who make commercial films don’t use Hu Ge, and the directors who make literary films don’t want to use Hu Ge either.

Because Hu Ge became famous through commercial films, there is really not much guarantee for his acting skills. In addition, with so much box office on his shoulders, many directors of literary and artistic films think that he must be very expensive and cannot afford it.

Cai Yinong took Hu Ge around and tried many movies by big directors, but failed to get any roles, or could only get some "low-end" protagonists. She had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring Hu Ge back. Filming my own homemade drama.

"Legend of Sword and Fairy" was broadcast on Hunan TV at the beginning of the year, and it was aired before the authorities issued a policy prohibiting the broadcast of TV series adapted from games.

I can only say that Mango Terrace does have something good.

After the TV series was aired, the ratings were very good, and it swept almost the entire young people in China. Even Internet cafes across the country started a trend of watching "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

2005 was the first year of online video platforms. "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was able to ride on this trend and became the first TV series to become popular online.

Although, all TV drama resources on the Internet now are pirated

But Hu Ge and Liu Yifei really made a big splash in front of young people across the country after half a year.

Not only that, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was also broadcast in Japan.

Japan's Fuji TV has placed this TV series in the night time slot, that is, from 23.30 to 2 in the morning.

This is the time for late-night dramas, which is second only to prime time in terms of audience numbers.

The response after the broadcast was also good. Most Japanese viewers who watched "Your Name" were very generous and came to support "Sword".

The Japanese version of "Sword and Sword", which has been specially dubbed in Japanese, has attracted a lot of attention among Japanese drama fans due to its special "Sword Fairy color" and the "yokai culture" that Japanese people can still understand. It caused quite a stir.

During the broadcast, it topped the late-night drama ratings for three consecutive weeks.

Light and Shadow Era and Tang Ren are making a lot of money, and the popularity of Hu Ge and Liu Yifei in Japan has been consolidated again, and both of them have received a lot of endorsements.

Liu Yifei has decided to announce her signing with Sony Japan at Sony's coming-of-age ceremony this year, and then go to Japan to release records.

As for Hu Ge, the Tang Dynasty couldn't find a channel to enter Japan. Of course, they could only capture Hu Ge and continue to make their own dramas, and then rely on the relationship with the Light and Shadow Era to continue selling the dramas to Japan.

It was also with this in mind that when Wu Yuan was filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", he received the notification of the project of "The Fairy Tail" and agreed to invest in this drama.

This is a mythological drama, and Hu Ge continues to star. He can really cast a cast, and then try to sell it to Japan and make two money.

But "Young General Yang"

Although Cai Yinong promised to continue starring Hu Ge, the background of this TV series is not the Three Kingdoms period that Japan is more familiar with.

"It doesn't feel as good as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". At least it is a martial arts film. There is still a market for martial arts films in Japan." Wu Yuan thought to himself, and decisively said to Li Xiaoping: "Reject it."

"This TV show feels so-so."

Now if he invests in a Tang Dynasty drama, he must meet one of two conditions, either it can become a hit in China, or he can sell it in Japan and make two bucks, otherwise he will not invest.

Li Xiaoping immediately nodded to express her understanding, and then opened the memo.

"One last thing, the TV series "Destined to Love You" was the project that you personally ordered before, Director Wu, right?"

"This TV series has been filmed, and the post-production and editing have been completed. I have asked Li Jichang to take the samples to the film purchasing departments of major TV stations to try to sell them."

It is different from "Sword and Fairy 1", which became popular even before the male and female protagonists were sold, and major TV stations rushed to get it.

Although the protagonist of "Destined to Love You" has the fiery young boy Lu Yi, it is a brand-new idol drama after all, so people won't rush to buy it as soon as it is finished. We still have to go through the normal promotion process.

"How is it?" Wu Yuan asked curiously.

He is very curious about the current vision of the film purchasing departments of domestic TV stations.

"The situation is not bad." Li Xiaoping said with a smile.

She has watched the finished film of "Destined to Love You". As a 28-year-old working woman, Li Xiaoping really likes this TV series and feels that this TV series has the potential to become a hit.

She dutifully reported: "Several northern provinces don't dare to try to broadcast such idol dramas in prime time, so even if they want to buy it, the price offered is not high, and they all want to broadcast it in the afternoon or morning. .”

"The TV stations in the south, Dragon TV, Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV, and Mango Channel are all very interested in this TV series. They are also bold and willing to broadcast it in prime time, but the price they offer is not very high."

"The highest bidder is Mango Channel, which is transforming to create a younger and more entertaining channel. It is willing to buy the first-round exclusive broadcast rights for 300,000 yuan an episode."

"Destined to Love You" produced by Light and Shadow Times was edited according to the 40-50 minute length of an episode of mainland TV series, with a total of 40 episodes cut out.

One episode is 300,000, and the total of 40 episodes is only 12 million.

In fact, the price is not bad. The total production cost of this TV series was only 13 million, and most of it was spent on renting luxury cars, luxury goods, and high-end shoes and bags.

Urban dramas are second only to sitcoms in terms of saving money to shoot.

Moreover, during the filming of this drama, in order to save money, Li Jichang begged his grandfather and grandma to do some investment promotion and pulled in a lot of pre-roll advertisements. The advertising fee in this area was supplemented by 3 million.

In other words, the first round of broadcasting can recover the cost and make a small profit of 2 million, which is already a very cost-effective thing.

If the response to the next broadcast is good, selling the second, third, and fourth rounds will all be for nothing!

But Wu Yuan was not satisfied with the price.

He shook his head: "Go and talk to Mango Channel again, negotiate a betting agreement with them, and use the ratings to bet. The higher the ratings, the more money they will give, and the lower the ratings, the less they will give. "

"I think their new station director is an ambitious person and will agree to this kind of gambling contract."

"Ah?" Li Xiaoping was stunned for a moment.

This is not the era of crazy gambling among 85-year-olds.

These days, it is rare to use ratings as a bet on TV series sales.

However, Li Xiaoping was also a well-informed person, and she quickly reacted. In addition, she was also very optimistic about the TV series "Destined to Love You", so she nodded: "I understand, I will follow up. of."

"Okay." Wu Yuan stood up. Just as he was about to encourage her a few more words, the phone in his pocket rang.

Taking out his cell phone, Wu Yuan saw a familiar name of the caller.

"Hey, Sissy, what's wrong?" Wu Yuan answered the phone with a smile.

Liu Yifei's sweet voice came from the phone: "Brother, my coming-of-age ceremony will be in two days, don't forget to attend!"

"I got it~" Wu Yuan said amusingly: "This is already the third phone call you have made in the past few days."

"I'm afraid you'll forget about it," Liu Yifei said playfully.

"Don't worry, I will be there on time."

Wu Yuan's tone was still so gentle and steady, without any hint of irritation.

It just so happens that Liu Yifei likes his stable, gentle and patient appearance. It's really easy to get addicted to him.

She said with a smile: "Okay, let's do this for now. I won't disturb you, Senior Brother~"

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

Looking at the end call interface on his phone, Wu Yuan smiled fondly and put it back in his pocket.

When he raised his head, he saw Li Xiaoping looking down at her toes seriously, as if there were flowers on her toes.

Yes, he is a sensible and knowledgeable subordinate.

"That's it for now, and you'll notify me of the results of the negotiations later." Wu Yuan reached out and patted Li Xiaoping's shoulder, narrowed his eyes, and said with a bright smile: "I'll leave the company's daily administrative work to you. "

Li Xiaoping raised her head and met Wu Yuan's bright smile.

Damn, this boss looks so handsome when he smiles!

Li Xiaoping wailed in her heart, what a pity! The boss has already taken over!

Unexpectedly, the scandal between him and Liu Yifei was actually true? !

Anyone with a normal mind can tell something from Wu Yuan's doting smile on the phone just now.

Li Xiaoping's thinking is also normal.

Therefore, she could only quickly cut off some unwanted thoughts, put her legs together, hold her head high, and seriously promised: "Don't worry, Director Wu! The company will never make mistakes!"

How can I afford the annual salary of one million and the future option dividends?

Wu Yuan nodded with a smile, and then left the company with confidence.

Today is already August 22nd, and Liu Yifei’s coming of age ceremony will be in two or three days.

It's time for him to pick up the gift prepared for Liu Yifei.

This chapter has 5,000 words, and I’ve only finished two chapters today. I’m very dizzy, and I feel like it’s the sequelae of post-impotence. I’ve just finished the second chapter after fumbling around until now. I can’t add more, so I’ll add more tomorrow.