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"According to what Mr. Wu said, are there three protagonists in your script? Mr. Jiao and his two apprentices?"

Although Qin Dong had seen it in his previous life, he still pretended that he didn't know and asked carefully.

"It doesn't matter. The two protagonists, Mr. Jiao and his eldest apprentice, and the remaining apprentice are considered an important supporting role. The main plot of the three protagonists will seem scattered."

Wu Tianming hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

The script is still in the preliminary stage and has not been completely finalized. According to the idea, the two protagonists plus one important supporting role are enough.

"As a junior, I admire Mr. Wu's good intentions very much, and I also want to do my best."

Qin Dong first complimented and then continued:

"I wonder what Mr. Wu thinks if the filming location of the script is Wuzhen?"

"Wuzhen?"

Wu Tianming was stunned. How could he not know about the famous Wuzhen:

"This, isn't it a bit..."

The following words were not spoken, but all the directors present knew what they meant.

Wuzhen is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, one of the top ten charming towns in China, a town with beautiful environment across the country, and a national 5A tourist attraction. It is known as "China's last waterside home".

With a history of more than 7,000 years of civilization and a history of 1,300 years of town establishment, it is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River in China. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice, the House of Silk".

With a history of 6,000 years, it is one of the 20 Golden Week forecast attractions in the country and one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan.

Wuzhen, located in the "Golden Triangle", is very close to the three domestic super cities of Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Suzhou.

Needless to say, if you want to shoot a movie in this ancient town, the expenditure will be extremely exaggerated.

"Do you have any idea of ​​entrusting Mr. Wu's film to my company to invest in and produce it?"

Qin Dong naturally understood what the other party meant, so he didn't say anything and continued to ask.

"Of course that's good, I'm still worried about the funds for the new movie."

Wu Tianming received Qin Dong's kindness and replied with a smile.

This guy is giving him face.

In fact, there is no market for domestic art films at all today. There are actually many art films every year, but 90 of a hundred films may lose money. This is the reality.

Every time I make a film like this, even if it requires a small amount of money, I have to beg my grandfather and grandma everywhere. No one wants to keep investing even though they know that they will definitely lose money.

"Mr. Wu felt that while the main plot line remained unchanged, the filming location was in Wuzhen, and the two leading actors..."

Qin Dong talked about it and set an example for other directors to let them know what the venture capital held by Qin Dong was like;

"There must be a big age gap between the master and apprentice."

"So Mr. Wu, what do you think of Teacher Li Xuejian and Xu Wenfeng from my company?"

Wu Tianming was completely stunned and hesitantly touched his bald head:

"Although I don't know much about young people in the industry, I still know that Xu Wenfeng is very famous now."

"If a popular star like him joins a literary film, it will definitely have a guaranteed box office success."

"It's just that Xuejian is an old acquaintance of mine and his salary is not high. I can even let him join at a low price."

"As for Xiao Qin, how much is Xu Wenfeng from your company worth now? You know this better than me."

Regarding Qin Dong's intervention in the crew, not only arranging the filming location, but also the starring role, Wu Tianming said that he had no objection at all and did not care about this issue at all.

The other party's proposal is good and will be good for the movie's box office, so only a fool refuses it.

"I will solve this problem."

Qin Dong smiled and said:

"Xu Wenfeng, my company plans to train him as a representative artist of the new generation in our circle."

"Commercial films must be the top priority, but acting skills cannot be lost. Occasionally, you can take on a few meaningful literary films to practice your acting skills. That is the route that regular actors should take."

"It is impossible for such a low-cost literary film to offer a high remuneration."

"So for actors of this type, it is also for our local literary and artistic films to shine with a different style."

"My venture capital plan has a model, which is to produce and sell by myself."

Hong Dapao's eyes lit up. This was easy to understand, but he still asked to be sure:

"Director Qin, please tell me what does self-production and self-marketing mean?"

"It's actually very simple. Give us a share of the movie's box office profits."

Qin Dong didn't hide anything, and the people below showed curiosity:

"This model actually appeared a long time ago, but it's just not popular in our country."

"This has been popular in Hollywood for decades."

"Usually it's the popular leading actors and actresses in super commercial films and big-name directors who are qualified to propose this kind of share to the producers."

"Take Mr. Wu's new movie as an example. If the actors find Mr. Li Xuejian and Xu Wenfeng to star."

"So with Xu Wenfeng's current fame, the salary must start in the tens of millions. Literary and artistic films are usually low-cost. Let alone the tens of millions in salary, very few of the entire crew can reach eight figures."

"I can force Xu Wenfeng to join at a cabbage price, but people in my company, Xu Wenfeng himself, and outsiders will definitely not agree with my approach."

"Under such circumstances, self-produced and sold, compared with Hollywood's share model, Xu Wenfeng can join with a basic salary plus profit sharing after the movie is released."

"Whether the movie can be profitable or not depends on the appeal of the actor who occupies a share of the box office profits. If he can bring in more box office and the movie will be more profitable, the salary will naturally be higher. Otherwise, let's just get a basic salary."

"Many times literary and artistic films do not have big-name artists joining them, which is definitely detrimental to the film's reputation and box office. It is better to adopt such a sharing model. I hope that our local films can flourish and get better and better."

Everyone thought carefully after hearing this.

As Qin Dong said, this model is not pioneered, but has existed for a long time.

The only difference is that it is not popular locally.

The local area is dominated by film and television companies. Whether it is a loss or profit after a movie is released, it is the film and television companies themselves that bear the responsibility.

Actors receive a fixed remuneration, while people with high reputation and status receive their own remuneration.

"Okay, now that I am old, I will try this model when I get older. To be honest, I haven't had a big-name actor join my movie in many years. I have to thank Director Qin for giving me the opportunity this time."

After Wu Tianming pondered for a long time, he suddenly shouted and became excited.

For Qin Dong's film venture capital plan to invest in the movie, this is nothing at all.

It is difficult to find investors for literary films. Only a fool would hesitate if someone takes over.

"Well, Mr. Wu, I wish us a happy cooperation in advance."

Qin Dong said with a smile.

“A pleasure to work with.”

Wu Tianming laughed.

"But Mr. Wu, the shooting location just mentioned cannot be changed. It must be Wuzhen. And if there is a big city in it, I hope to choose the Magic City. It must capture the style of the world's super cities, whether it is high-rise buildings during the day or at night.

City lights scene.”

Qin Dong gave one final warning.

"Haha, I understand. To be honest, I have studied Hollywood movies since they entered our market. They are indeed very good. Those urban scenes, hey, they are indeed exported to the outside world."

Wu Tianming is a mature man, not to mention people who have experienced that era, so they naturally understand the truth. Some things don’t need to be said clearly, everyone understands them.