When passing by this sexy beauty, Li Xiaole couldn't help but stretch his neck to take a look. This sexy girl had black smoky makeup on her eyes, her face was delicate and fair, and her long black hair was neatly combed with hairspray.

Afterwards, judging from the translucent skin that could be broken by ear blows, he looked no more than 17 or 18 years old. The dark circles under his eyes and the Martin boots with laces made him feel like he had been partying with a group of rock musicians for a week.

Exudes a subtle atmosphere of decadence and darkness.

Her face is not perfect, but it is charming, and she has an indescribable strange charm. She looks more like a character from "The Matrix" than a person in real life.

The gray-haired man in front of her was more off-putting. Despite his short stature, his face was swollen as if he had been punched twice. He looked like an old man who had eaten excessively and gained weight from drinking and smoking.

Li Xiaole couldn't help but secretly cursed in his heart, God is so blind! The combination of flowers and cow dung is purely an exorbitant gift... According to the law of three and more on No. 5 Street, if this sexy girl is not a mistress, then she must be a paid-dating girl.

Okay, is this look like The Matrix style...?

I sighed and felt regretful, and at the same time, I couldn't help but start to have evil reverie, what price should such a sexy girl cost? I don't know if I have enough money with me...

While thinking wildly, he had already reached a brand new building that was more than 20 stories high and was still being repaired. Jin Nan took him inside. This was their destination today - Anmin Investment Company.

Judging from the group of construction workers on the first floor who were still tinkling and tidying up the wall glass, it was clear that this commercial building had not been completely completed. He walked to the elevator door and pressed the button for the 15th floor. After the elevator door opened with a "ding" sound, Li Xiaole

I walked in, took a deep breath and tried to relax.

He came to investors again. He remembered that in his previous life, he had experienced this situation no less than a dozen times. He took a script that seemed stupid now and got the same result with the same disappointed look in his eyes.

——"Go back and wait for notification."

What will happen this time? Can the other party invest? Although he has a script that will be a blockbuster in the future, doesn't it look even more "stupid" than before if it is in the hands of a 19-year-old college dropout like himself?

But aren’t dreams always “stupid”?

Li Xiaole felt anxious, if only everything could be as easy as described in those time-travel novels. Alas, he can only pray that he can meet a discerning investment manager.

***

In the simple-style office, in front of the picture of galloping horses on the white wall, Cui Zhongxiu is smoking a cigarette and sitting on a chair, looking attentively at the plan report for the movie "Color Is Empty". The Feng Shui on the desktop

In the fish tank, two small goldfish, one yellow and one red, swam freely in the water.

Thirty-six-year-old Choi Jong-su looks very thin, with a slender figure and face. He is not a film professional. He is good at market analysis and selecting suitable projects from the market for investment. In Choi Jong-su’s view,

This student director and producer named Li Xiaole is not worthy of any investment at all. He has no experience in the industry. Let alone short films, he has not actually participated in TV commercials or experimental documentaries. The only confirmed star in the work is -

—Ha Ji-won, she has no tendency to attract attention in the TV industry.

This does not require any sophisticated data analysis at all. It is 100% a loss-making business.

When Cui Zhongxiu heard that the company arranged for him to accept this project, he immediately had the worst psychological expectations. The company's position was also very helpless. It was under the Film Industry Association and the other party's project must be signed. The only thing he could do now was

One thing is to suppress the other party's application for investment to reduce the company's losses.

Dangdang, there was a knock on the door at the office. Cui Zhongxiu recovered his thoughts, turned around and said, "Come in."

"Manager Cui, we are here." Jin Nan came over to say hello as soon as he entered the door: "I'm sorry to trouble you again."

"Hello, Manager Cui." Li Xiaole nodded to Cui Zhongxiu as a greeting.

"Here, brother Jin, sit down quickly. Is this classmate Li? Come on, come and sit down~" Cui Zhongxiu greeted Jin Nan with a smile on his face, and called the secretary in the next office and asked her to prepare tea.

"Brother, have you eaten? Let's find a place to eat and chat while we eat." Cui Zhongxiu was extremely polite to Jin Nan. After all, more than half of Anmin Company's profitable business comes from the film industry.

"No, it's still early at noon, we won't need long." Jin Nan said with a smile.

While talking, the secretary took two cups of tea and placed them on the coffee table in front of Jin Nan and Li Xiaole. Li Xiaole noticed that there were photos of Choi Jongsu and Lee Changdong and Im Taekwon, two great Korean directors, shaving their heads together in the photo frame on the desk.

I probably knew in my heart that Manager Cui had participated in the "bald head movement" 2 years ago and was a veteran in the film and television investment industry.

After a few words of greetings, Cui Zhongxiu smiled and said: "Classmate Li, time is precious, so let me get straight to the point. We have received information from the Film Festival about your plans to make a movie. Why don't you just tell me how much you want to apply for?"

What’s the investment amount?”

"Well, Manager Cui, Uncle Jin and I discussed it and the application amount is 120 million." Li Xiaole admired Cui Zhongxiu's straightforward approach and directly reported his expected figure.

"One hundred and twenty million?" Cui Zhongxiu suddenly burst into laughter, looked at Li Xiaole and said slowly:

"Classmate Li, what I want to tell you is that most of the previous student films did not exceed 60 million in venture capital... As soon as you opened your mouth, it was twice as much. I'm afraid..."

If we just talk nonsense and want to invest more than 100 million, do we think that our investment companies are all being taken advantage of? Who doesn't know that the film industry has the lowest profit-loss ratio among all investment categories these days.

"It's not too much, I've already prepared the budget." Li Xiaole handed over his laptop:

"Look, this is our financial budget. It includes the remuneration of actors, photography, lighting, and recording teams, personal insurance, and equipment insurance provided to us by the school, as well as office supplies, catering props, and music copyrights.

All these combined cost budgets..."

Li Xiaole explained in detail the reasons why he applied for this investment quota:

"According to the current popularity of the leading actor Ha Ji-won on the Internet, according to the statistics of ATC Network Company, more than 6.53 million people have an impression of her. Although it may not impress the movie purchase managers in the theater, the finished product can be participated in the university film festival on the Internet after filming.

If you promote it, you will have a great chance of receiving subsidies from film channels. In addition, by selling the copyright to three film channels, you can recover the cost in three phases. There should be no problem..."

Li Xiaole never thought about getting investment just by saying a few words. The most important thing to impress a businessman is profit. As long as you can make him feel that he is making money, then nothing else will be a problem. This is also the reason why Ha Jiwon needs to be known before.

To put it into perspective, the official data he produced are now available for reference, and these are real things.

Perhaps in the imagination of most people who have never made a movie, they think that movie investment means that the producer takes the script to find investors, and they all talk about which stars to hire, how can they cater to the market, and then casually give investors their own expectations?

The price is like buying vegetables in the market. You have to haggle over the price and rely solely on your eloquence to win investment.

In fact, this is not the case at all.

In countries like the United States and South Korea, which have strict laws and regulations, most film investment amounts have rigid targets. The general formula is roughly multiplying the pre-sale amount by three, and the number you get is the specific investment amount you can apply for.

The so-called pre-sale money refers to the sales channels that the producer contacted before the filming of the film started, and obtained some film-related business contracts, such as DreamWorks' "Transformers", which took about half a year before the filming started.

After negotiations, a total of US$43 million in contracts were obtained from car advertising sponsorship, game adaptation rights and toy pre-sales, and then finally received US$140 million in investment from investors.

Otherwise, without a pre-sale contract, no matter how eloquent the producer is, he or she will not be able to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in you out of thin air.

Of course, people who are new to the industry will not understand this mode of operation. Passionate young people usually hold on to their dreams and try to impress investors with their enthusiasm. Of course, the results can be imagined. For example, the mainland director Ning Hao used "

A top-notch script like "Crazy Stone" went to more than 30 investment companies across China, but it didn't get a penny of investment for two years.

Li Xiaole has done research before. According to the latest film promotion law, several major film channels must acquire the copyright of supported films. He applied through the school a week ago, and he had received the permission from the film channel on the 5th.

The other party has issued relevant acquisition certificates, and with the support of the Film Industry Association, films can apply for channel subsidies, and pre-sales of nearly 40 million won are almost certain.

Therefore, the 120 million quota is completely in line with Anmin Company’s existing investment procedures.

Cui Zhongxiu watched Li Xiaole talk incessantly, and the first reaction in his heart was to curse: "Damn, he is another 'academic little bastard' who has read too many movie magazines. He frowned slightly and looked at Jin Nan's eyes and only muttered in his heart, Lao Jin

Ah, why did you bring such a person here?

"Manager Cui, you'd better take a look first and then talk." Jin Nan said to him with a strange expression.

Cui Zhongxiu reluctantly took the laptop. After just a few glances, he felt something was wrong. He raised his head and glanced at Li Xiaole, and looked at it again.

Weird... Is this really data produced by college students? The report in hand is not only clear in format, but the daily shooting budget data is also extremely detailed. Even transportation expenses, phone bills, and entertainment expense details are budgeted.

This is entirely the work of an experienced producer.

What’s even more weird is that this guy even produced a pre-sale certificate of nearly 40 million won... Although this is most likely the final profit of the movie, but it is reasonable, the other party applied for an investment of 120 million

The amount is no problem...

Moreover, several of the idg market budget formulas were very strange and novel, which even impressed him who had passed the MBA certification. They were obviously the work of an expert in market budget. When passing by this sexy beauty, Li Xiaole couldn't help but stretched out his hand.

Looking from the neck, this sexy girl has black smoky makeup on her eyes, her face is delicate and fair, her not-so-long black hair is neatly combed back with hairspray, and her translucent skin can be broken by blowing it from her ears.

She doesn't look like she's seventeen or eight years old, with her dark eye makeup and Martin boots with laces, but she feels like she's been partying with a group of rock musicians for a week, exuding a subtle aura of decadence and darkness.

Her face is not perfect, but it is charming, and she has an indescribable strange charm. She looks more like a character from "The Matrix" than a person in real life.

The gray-haired man in front of her was more off-putting. Despite his short stature, his face was swollen as if he had been punched twice. He looked like an old man who had eaten excessively and gained weight from drinking and smoking.

Li Xiaole couldn't help but secretly cursed in his heart, God is so blind! The combination of flowers and cow dung is purely an exorbitant gift... According to the law of three and more on No. 5 Street, if this sexy girl is not a mistress, then she must be a paid-dating girl.

Okay, is this look like The Matrix style...?

I sighed and felt regretful, and at the same time, I couldn't help but start to have evil reverie, what price should such a sexy girl cost? I don't know if I have enough money with me...

While thinking wildly, he had already reached a brand new building that was more than 20 stories high and was still being repaired. Jin Nan took him inside. This was their destination today - Anmin Investment Company.

Judging from the group of construction workers on the first floor who were still tinkling and tidying up the wall glass, it was clear that this commercial building had not been completely completed. He walked to the elevator door and pressed the button for the 15th floor. After the elevator door opened with a "ding" sound, Li Xiaole

I walked in, took a deep breath and tried to relax.

He came to investors again. He remembered that in his previous life, he had experienced this situation no less than a dozen times. He took a script that seemed stupid now and got the same result with the same disappointed look in his eyes.

——"Go back and wait for notification."

What will happen this time? Can the other party invest? Although he has a script that will be a blockbuster in the future, doesn't it look even more "stupid" than before if it is in the hands of a 19-year-old college dropout like himself?

But aren’t dreams always “stupid”?

Li Xiaole felt anxious, if only everything could be as easy as described in those time-travel novels. Alas, he can only pray that he can meet a discerning investment manager.

***

In the simple-style office, in front of the picture of galloping horses on the white wall, Cui Zhongxiu is smoking a cigarette and sitting on a chair, looking attentively at the plan report for the movie "Color Is Empty". The Feng Shui on the desktop

In the fish tank, two small goldfish, one yellow and one red, swam freely in the water.

Thirty-six-year-old Choi Jong-su looks very thin, with a slender figure and face. He is not a film professional. He is good at market analysis and selecting suitable projects from the market for investment. In Choi Jong-su’s view,

This student director and producer named Li Xiaole is not worthy of any investment at all. He has no experience in the industry. Let alone short films, he has not actually participated in TV commercials or experimental documentaries. The only confirmed star in the work is -
To be continued...