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It's a pity that Wu Yuan was disappointed. 6⃞ 9⃞ s⃞ h⃞ u⃞ x⃞ .⃞ c⃞ o⃞ m⃞

The movie project planned by the Happy Twist team is not the "Charlotte Troubles" he imagined, but a book called "One Thought in Heaven".

This book was born very early. The screenwriter Fan Wei is a very young screenwriter. By chance, he met Yu Kai, the co-founder of Happy Twist, and then came up with this book.

But again, Happy Twist has no channels in the industry and no ability to make a theatrical movie.

In fact, before approaching Wu Yuan, Zhang Chen had tried to organize his own game.

It has indeed made him famous. Several film and television companies are willing to invest in this movie, but the premise is that Happy Mahua can only serve as the production team.

In other words, this movie can be made by them, but the investment, subsequent publicity and distribution operations need to be left to other film and television companies.

It is equivalent to all the biggest profits being taken away by the film and television company. In addition to gaining fame, Happy Mahua can only get a very low remuneration.

Of course, this also has advantages, that is, Happy Mahua does not have to worry about any losses, because they do not need to contribute in terms of investment, and they can get the remuneration that belongs to the creative team whether the film is good or bad.

Such conditions are already a good thing for new directors who simply cannot afford to make movies.

Most new directors first make one or two movies like this. They find a big investor. The investor pays to bear all the risks, the director provides the script and technology, and a crew is assembled to make the movie.

In the end, after the movie is released, regardless of whether it loses money or makes money, the advantages and disadvantages will be borne by the employer.

This is also the reason why people in the industry have been liking Mr. Coal for the past two years.

Just because the coal boss is the investor who has the least troubles, gives the most benefits, and is the most able to delegate power.

If an ordinary director with little talent could negotiate such a good condition, he would definitely agree.

But Happy Twist is different here.

What Happy Mahua wants is to transform into a film and television entertainment company, not just to make movies.

They must invest their own money to produce their own movies.

But if you want to invest on your own, work alone, and be an upstream capital investor, it is not an easy task.

If there is no other choice, then Happy Twist may struggle for a year or two and finally find a few film and television companies to cooperate. They will just work as coolies and pay the admission ticket. They will squeeze into this circle first.

But isn’t there a second option?

Zhang Chen immediately told Wu Yuan the synopsis of "One Thought in Paradise" and was not afraid of plagiarism.

Not worth it.

After listening to Zhang Chen's introduction, Wu Yuan also recalled this movie in his mind.

We can't blame him for his poor memory. In fact, "One Thought in Heaven" is the most inconspicuous of the movies produced by Happy Twist.

This movie is actually the second big-screen film of the Happy Twist team, released after "Charlotte".

But in fact, the filming of this movie started much earlier than "Charlotte", and it is the first real movie produced by the Happy Twist team.

It was also during the production of this film that the Happy Twist team learned the transition from drama to film, learned how to make a feature film, and paid admission tickets to mainland film and television companies. This is how "Charlotte" was created. "Trouble" is a hit dark horse.

"Sounds pretty good, very dark humor." Wu Yuan commented.

In Wu Yuan's impression, the movie "One Thought of Heaven" did not make a big splash after its release, but that does not mean that the movie was not well made.

In fact, in the field of satirical comedy, this movie is still very good.

Internet celebrities fall in love and kill each other, and scammers cheat each other's teammates.

Compared with the dense joke lines in "Charlotte Trouble", "One Thought in Heaven" is not a purely reverse comedy, but reflects reality and gives people an experience of laughter and tears.

This movie uses comedy techniques to show the real life of little people. It is very black humor and has a tragic color.

As we all know, the core of comedy is tragedy.

When a comedy movie can have tragedy in it and make the audience feel it, then the comedy movie won't be that bad.

It's just that the film and television company that collaborated with Happy Twist on the movie "One Thought of Heaven" is not strong enough. They hardly invested much in publicity for the release of this movie, and arranged it to be released during the New Year's Eve. This made this movie become a cross-border movie. Years of cannon fodder.

If the era of light and shadow were used to promote it, this movie might not be able to have a good box office performance.

After all, the Shen Ma group is indeed somewhat invincible in the field of comedy.

"I want 30% of the shares." Wu Yuan said decisively: "This movie sounds good, and Light and Shadow Times can take on the publicity and distribution work."

For a movie to be released, it is divided into two stages: production and distribution.

Happy Mahua only pursues production on their own. They cannot handle distribution on their own. They do not have any distribution channels at all, and they do not intend to be their own distribution company.

The era of light and shadow is different. Relying on the development of theater brands in the era of light and shadow, Li Xiaoping has also made great efforts in the field of film distribution in recent years and established her own distribution team.

In the current era of film and television, it is already a film company that integrates production, production, promotion and distribution. Together with Bona and Enlight, it belongs to the first echelon of mainland film private companies.

Not only for its own company, Light and Film Times has also undertaken the distribution work of many other independent films and films produced by small and medium-sized film and television companies in recent years.

It's good to be a distributor. No matter how much the movie box office is, it will take about 12% of the box office. As a distribution fee, it can be said to be a guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood.

After many movies are released, it often happens that the producers cannot recoup their costs, but they make a lot of money through distribution.

"This is the best." Zhang Chen nodded with a smile.

He wanted to introduce Wu Yuan's strategic investment because of course he valued the publicity and distribution capabilities of the Light and Shadow Era. They could overcome the work of making movies on their own, but the distribution channels and theater connections were not something that could be achieved through hard work. s things.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation?" Zhang Chen asked anxiously.

"Of course." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, stood up and reached out his hand proactively: "I hope we can have a happy cooperation."

What a joke.

Happy Mahua came to ask for cooperation, and also agreed to let him inject capital. Can Wu Yuan let such a good thing go?

"If nothing else, the male and female protagonists of "One Thought in Heaven" are Shen Teng and Ma Li, right?"

Wu Yuan looked at Shen Teng with admiration and said with great admiration: "These two have very good acting skills. They have been trained in dramas, so I can rest assured if I leave it to them!"

"Let's get the movie started as soon as possible. Come to the company in two days to sign the contract and try to catch it for release next summer."

"Comedies, apart from the Lunar New Year season, are the best-selling ones during the summer season."