Chapter 881 Extra 22: The starting production cost is 9 million!Seeing that all the directors had deep love for their motherland, Chen An smiled with emotion.
They are such a loyal group of companions, he feels at ease with them around.
With such people, how could the beautiful country not prosper?
Faced with the perverse behavior of the old boss, the directors decided to hold high the banner of freedom and defend the glory of the free market!
After the meeting, Chen An found Zhou Shouzi.
"Shou Zi, as the global CEO, you represent the face of the company and must uphold the interests and sovereignty of the company."
"This is my duty, Mr. Chen."
Zhou Shouzi also roughly understood the attitude of the board of directors.
This group of capital giants will definitely not give their full support, but they also hope that Tik Tok can continue.
Compared with continuing to support or other means, Tik Tok, which currently affects the global market except China, is obviously more in their interests.
Just an old boss, but he rebelled against him!
If you are a squid, then we are not squids?!
Smashing the table when you can't make money is so shameful!
After talking for a long time, Chen An slowly stood up, not planning to stay long.
Zhou Shouzi saw him off all the way until they were about to get in the car. Chen An suddenly turned around and said, "If there is a chance, please help me contact Mr. Dong Wang."
"Him?" Zhou Shouzi nodded in confusion and didn't ask any more questions.
Without further conversation, Chen An bent down, got into the car, and left the Tik Tok building.
In 2021, after "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was rejected by Chen An and then failed, Wang Baoqiang, who had been thinking about it for several years, found Chen An again with "Octagon Cage".
This time, he got Chen An's recognition.
Unfortunately, due to the cold winter epidemic, the filming was not started.
Moreover, he has never been satisfied with the casting of young actors.
It was delayed all the way until March 2022 when it was officially launched.
Wang Baoqiang, dressed in dirty and old-fashioned clothes, sat in front of the monitor. The scenes in his memories faded away, and he gradually saw everything in front of him clearly.
Wang Xun waved his hand in front of his eyes, "Baoqiang, why are you in a daze? You are the director!"
After the other party showed him the script a few years ago, he set his sights on this project and finally waited for the filming to start.
Wang Baoqiang, who has experienced changes over the past decade, still has the same silly smile as before. He shook his head and said, "It's okay. I'm a little excited. Thinking about how Director Chen rejected 'Journey to the West: Conquering India' before, does this approval mean that our film can do well?"
"Why think so much? Just shoot well and the game will be over."
"Too."
Wang Baoqiang narrowed his eyes.
He has been writing the script for five years and it will definitely be a success.
The wind in Liangshan was very strong, stirring up the yellow sand all over the sky, but he was full of energy.
Beijing.
It was sunny on the eighth floor of the Light Years Pictures building.
But the faces of the people inside were not very bright.
"Nine hundred million?" Chen An smacked his lips, "More expensive than The Wandering Earth?"
"This is only a preliminary budget estimate and the possibility of overspending cannot be ruled out."
Li Xiaoping explained lightly.
According to Chen An’s requirements, the production level is estimated to be 9 million as the minimum.
The special effects, costumes, venues, personnel, equipment, props, etc. are all astronomical figures.
This 9 million is not the 2 billion in the original "The Wandering Earth 11".
The latter is the final funding, plus the subsequent premium share price, the actual production cost is not that much. The initial budget of "Myth: Yellow Turban" is as high as 9 million, and the possibility of subsequent increase is not ruled out. Adding the estimated distribution and publicity expenses, the starting point will be 2 million US dollars!
It is truly comparable to Hollywood's top A-level productions!
Chen An probably understood the other party's intention in coming to him. Although the overall contraction during the cold winter period did not cause large losses, Lightyear's funds were reduced after acquiring the cinema chain.
The company's projects are not simple. Top productions such as "The Wandering Earth 2" Part and Part , "The Legend of Zu" series, and "The Yellow Turban", the first chapter of the "Myth" series, will cost a lot of money.
The following films such as "She Vanished" and "Octagon Cage" also have production costs of 1-2 million yuan.
Guangnian has a large family and a large business and can afford it, but the risk is too great and he cannot afford failure, so he needs to share the burden.
Even Lightyear, the industry leader, is operating at full capacity.
"Don't worry about the sharing. I will take care of it, whether it's mine or The Legend of Shushan."
Chen An never thought of having the company take over all the big productions of Xu Ke and himself.
"Director Fu from China Film Group is coming up and expressed his interest in the project. He has already called us."
"Him?" Chen An recalled: "It doesn't matter if they are both from China Film Academy."
Although he is getting along well with Mr. Ren now, he has not given up on his relationship with China Film.
"Who else but him?"
"a lot of."
Li Xiaoping pushed her glasses and her eyes moved. She was really busy with calls and couldn't stop answering them!
A few days later, the reception room on the top floor of Lightyear Pictures was filled with people.
The 9 million budget did not scare off the people who came over, but made them even more excited.
Mr. Fu, who came on behalf of China Film Group, slammed the table, his attitude completely different from Mr. La's: "That's great! The bigger we get, the more money we can make!"
He belongs to Han Sanping, and the radicals think he is too radical!
Yu Dong, who came with him, also applauded, "It would be better if it were like The Battle at Lake Changjin and make a lot of money again."
The person who came from Shanghai Film Group this time was not Mr. Ren, but a man who looked more capable and elite, wearing a pair of rimless glasses and looking gentle and refined.
"The market has always been there, but the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies is not as high. This is mainly because the audience's enthusiasm for consumption has declined after the cold winter period. But as long as it is good enough, it is more than enough to support a movie with a cost of 900 million yuan."
What I mean is that high production costs are not a problem, investment is definitely necessary.
Apart from that, the rest of the people also started chatting with each other.
Chen An felt that he had given them too high expectations before, so he said: "Don't think too well, after all, I can't guarantee success."
"Director Chen is really good at joking. Whether it succeeds or not, the main thing is to trust Director Chen."
Yu Dong laughed, looking funny.
Everyone just smiled and said nothing. You always say this, but what’s the result?
Make a lot of money every time!
It’s the first time that I feel that modesty is so annoying. No matter what, you have to take a share!
Chen An stopped explaining after seeing this. He had said everything he needed to say anyway. Don't cry if you fail.
Of course not. The investment is not small, but there are many people here, and for everyone present, the cost will not be a big deal if it is shared.
Naturally, the biggest share went to Chen An, who took 10% of the director's salary + 35% of the capital investment, making a 50% share.
Light Year's project must be given preferential treatment, and everyone has no objection. As for the director's salary, there is nothing much to say. 15% of the market price is normal.
And the main reason why they don't care is that they won't suffer any loss.
Everyone here is getting the first bite, and they can eat as much as they invest at the normal price.
The remaining ones are thrown away for people outside to eat, and they have to buy them at a premium!
By then, the production cost will increase to over 9 million. With Chen An’s reputation, it is estimated that the price will increase a lot!
Nothing works after the cold winter period. If you want the top projects to take you to play, you have to spend money. You could play something else before, but now you have no money, get out of here!
Everyone scrambled to grab the remaining 50% and filled the gap left by Chen An, leaving no one behind.
Instead of giving it away at a premium and letting others make up for it, it is better to eat it yourself and then take out a little extra premium and sell it to those who are eagerly watching. Then they will know why the capitalists hang it on the street lights!
(End of this chapter)
