Chapter 372 Investing with caution
chance encounter?
Eat together, drink at the bar together, get drunk together and go home together, go out together...
Did you really meet a crush?
In the entertainment industry, never be so naive.
Wu Long sees through things without telling them.
Call Angeli and ask her if she is free. If she is free, we can deepen our friendship together. During the day, we can deepen our friendship and talk about business.
Angeli is truly wild and can communicate deeply anywhere.
She didn't know much about converting real estate or selling and buying again, and she didn't have many connections or connections. However, Wu Long guessed right, her father did.
I know someone who specializes in this business, and there are many types of properties. The quality and service are guaranteed, but the charges are relatively expensive. However, the hands must be clean and no problem.
I moved to a smaller place, at least it's not that remote. The surrounding environment is nice and it doesn't look like a den of thieves.
An office location has been secured, and investment in new films has also been secured.
The investment budget was 100 million. Wu Long told Tom that if Weiner Pictures had concerns, it could consider joint investment with Lion Pictures.
When Tom submitted the script, there were disagreements at the senior management meeting.
"No martial arts?"
"No katana?"
"Playing with a gun?"
"No, no, no, this won't work. If we invest tens of millions, we will throw the money to him without batting an eye. But with a budget of hundreds of millions, even if we don't lose money, it's not worthwhile because it takes up too much money."
"I think it's okay. With Wu Long's reputation, even with an investment of hundreds of millions, the profit can be over 100 million."
"No, no, no. Wu Lung directs and stars. If his movie does not triple the profit, it will be a failure!"
Seeing the senior management arguing endlessly, Tom secretly lamented that Wu Long had foresight and knew that the senior management was not willing to make such a large investment.
After all, Wu Lung’s previous films were not big investments, and were mainly about fighting. Now this film abandons the fighting that Wu Lung is best at, and engages in special effects and gun battles. For the film company, it is Wu Lung’s transformation film, and it is undoubtedly a transformational film.
adventure.
After the senior management argued for a long time with no result, Tom said:
"If we don't invest, Wu Long will talk to Lion Pictures tomorrow."
Reactions from senior management were mixed.
"Lion Pictures? Haha, if it's an investment of tens of millions, Lion Pictures will invest. If it's an investment of hundreds of millions, Lion Pictures won't be able to invest."
"Lion Pictures also has other films, so it is impossible to risk another 100 million."
"What if Lion Pictures is willing to take a risk? Just to enhance the relationship with Wu Long. If this film loses money, Wu Long will definitely feel that he owes Lion Pictures. If he makes a movie in the future, he will definitely find Lion Pictures first.
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"This is possible. So if you ask me to give Wu Long 100 million, even if I lose money, I can still tie Wu Long to our boat."
"Impossible. Our current budget cannot give 100 million to Wu Long."
"If we have sufficient budget, we can do this. But the timing is unlucky and funds are a bit tight."
Tom rolled his eyes secretly, saying he was short of funds at this time? If no one thought of jointly investing with Lion Pictures, he would have to say it.
He didn't want to say it himself, so he wanted to throw out Lion Pictures, just to let the senior people bring it up. If he did, it would be easily misunderstood.
Just when Tom was thinking about finding a suitable opportunity to say it, someone finally suggested it.
"Since Lion Pictures can't be fully owned, and we can't be fully owned either, it's better to talk to Lion Pictures about joint investment."
As a result of the meeting, it was agreed to discuss joint investment with Lion Pictures.
In the end, the three parties agreed that Weiner Pictures and Lion Pictures would jointly invest. Although Lion Pictures said that Wu Long should approach them first, they would definitely let Wu Long film the film with full funding. However, this is just a scene. If you really dare
For full investment, you can definitely talk to Wu Long privately.
Gusi
We are all competitors, and this kind of thing is normal. Weiner Pictures couldn't fully invest, so Wu Long found a film company that could fully invest, and no one could say anything.
Lion Pictures did not do this, proving that they also have concerns.
The concern is still because of Wu Long’s character.
Wu Lung is the King of Kung Fu, and suddenly he makes a movie without exciting fights. If the audience doesn't buy it, it will definitely be a hit.
If it was only tens of millions, or sixty or seventy million, either Weiner Pictures or Lion Pictures would dare to take the risk.
The budget is hundreds of millions, who knows if there will be additional investment during the filming process?
This kind of situation has not happened before in Haolaihu.
If the filming period is extended, or additional investment is required, the film will ultimately fail miserably at the box office due to sunk costs.
If it happens to Wu Long, as it is this time, then whether it is Weiner Pictures or Lion Pictures, as long as they invest alone, they will be laughed at.
Obviously, Wu Long's situation is too special. He relies on his kung fu and fighting to attract people. To put it another way, this kind of situation is the easiest to attract people.
When Wu Long told Angeli that the heroine of this movie was her and that it was specially made for her, Wu Long received an enthusiastic response from Angeli.
"Wanted/League of Assassins"!
Angeli rested her head on Wu Long's belly and read the script.
"What? Bullets can turn?"
"Honey, what's going on in your head? How could a bullet turn?"
Wu Long wrote scientific records seriously.
"Have you ever seen football? When football is shot, there is a ball called a curve ball. Since the football can fly out of the arc, why can't the bullet fly out of the arc? As long as you can give the ball at the end of the bullet at the moment when the bullet flies out of the muzzle.
If the bullet has a side force, the rotating bullet will fly out of the arc due to the additional force added."
Angelie sat up in shock.
"can you do it?"
Wu Long shook his head: "I know the principle, but I can't do it. Didn't you read the script? The person who can do this has an ability."
Before the movie starts shooting, there is one important thing to do. In the movie "Bullet Time", when bullets turn and collide, CG special effects can be used directly, but some scenes require the use of special equipment.
For example, "three-dimensional digital scanning technology", namely 3-d cyber-scanning.
Use a 3D photocopier to scan and shoot around the actor to generate a three-dimensional model of the actor. This model is input into the computer for CG modeling. The CG special effects artist then uses this model to make muscles, attach them to the skin, and then scans the material of the clothes to put on the model.
In this way, a realistic virtual actor with flesh and blood is created in computer special effects software.
Then capture the actor's movements and facial expressions and assign them to the virtual actor. Then you can control the virtual actor on the computer to perform actions that cannot be completed in reality.
This is actually one of the reasons why Weiner Pictures and Lion Pictures did not dare to invest heavily in Wu Long after reading and evaluating the script.
One of the most important selling points of Wu Long's previous action films was authenticity. Wu Long used real actors to perform many actions that were difficult for ordinary people to complete, and he even rarely used stand-ins.
Long action shots are one of the hallmarks of Wu Long's fame.
Now Wu Long has given up this strength and engaged in CG special effects. Without the selling point of real fighting, will the audience buy it?
The evaluation believes that the audience will not buy it. The audience will not buy it, which means that the film is a flop. Maybe the box office on the first day of screening was good, but the audience found that without the long action shots or real fights that Wu Long is good at, it became the same as other films.
Special effects, then Wu Long's movies will no longer have the advantage, and the audience will not find it fresh. If the reputation drops, the box office will naturally drop, or even plummet.
In addition, there are two places in the script that may be highlights or poisonous points.
One is the loom. The code hidden in the cloth woven by an ancient loom is used to explain that God has designated a person to die.
What a nonsense!
Another thing is that the bullet will turn. It may be a bright spot, or it may be a poisonous spot.
Bullets look like banana balls?
Chapter completed!