Chapter 225 Establishing Your Own Business? Investing in 'Manslaughter'
Chapter 225: Set up your own business? Invest in "Manslaughter"
Upon seeing this, several other film and television companies also chatted with Lin Yuan about cooperation.
Almost all of them told Lin Yuan how brilliant the script their company had was, and now everything was ready, just waiting for a talented actor like Lin Yuan to star.
Having said that, Lin Yuan didn't know whether they had any good books or not.
If Lin Yuan can be persuaded and willing to cooperate with them, the worst he can do is spend a lot of money to buy a better script. Anyway, with Lin Yuan's current popularity and box office appeal, before he makes any bad movies to ruin his reputation,
Basically there is nothing to worry about at the box office.
"Thank you to all the bosses for their love. However, I have a lot of things going on recently and I have no plans to take on a movie yet. However, if there is any suitable script in the future, I would like to ask all the bosses to take care of it."
Lin Yuan politely declined the kindness of these bosses, but he still understood the principle of waiting for a price.
Unless these film and television companies really have any good scripts on hand, they can only offer him a satisfactory salary.
If he had just come out of Hengdian, this trick might still have worked for him, but now, it is obviously impossible to fool him into making a movie together by just talking.
Seeing that Lin Yuan did not let go at all, several bosses also sighed inwardly.
In 2016, when a powerful actor like Huang Bo was filming "Master of Memory", his salary had already reached more than 30 million, which was considered the highest salary for a mainland actor. Although Lin Yuan did not win as many awards as Huang Bo, but
However, his popularity is booming now, and his salary is only higher than that of Huang Bo.
It seems that if you want to cooperate with Lin Yuan, you have to go back and discuss it carefully to see what price is appropriate for Lin Yuan's remuneration.
After talking politely to the CEOs of these film and television companies, Lin Yuan began to entertain his friends in the industry.
Basically, they just say hello and say a few words. After all, there are so many people at the banquet. No matter what, Lin Yuan, the host, cannot just chat with one person. Xu Zheng and Ning Hao are responsible for entertaining a group of people, and Lin Yuan is responsible for some people.
, the division of labor is clear and a lot of embarrassment is saved.
Since the movie "囧囧" ended, the relationship between Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng has not eased much.
The reason why Wang Baoqiang wanted to make "Havoc in Tianzhu" was partly because he wanted to prove himself. Even if he didn't cooperate with Xu Zheng, he, Wang Baoqiang, could still make a movie that would explode at the box office.
However, the result is that, under the banner of a comedy film directed and acted by Wang Baoqiang, although "Havoc in Tianzhu" has a high box office, its reputation in the hearts of the audience has directly collapsed, competing with the results of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" starring Xu Zheng.
In comparison, it can be said to be a world of difference.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine how awkward the atmosphere between the two was when they met.
Lin Yuan walked up to Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sichen and said politely: "Director Chen, Director Wang, congratulations to both of you for your movie's box office success."
Chen Sichen's "Tang Detective 2" has an investment of 400 million and a box office of over 3 billion; Wang Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu" has a total investment of 100 million and a box office of over 1 billion. Although the reputation of both movies is not ideal, at least from the beginning
Judging from the box office results, both movies can be said to have made a lot of money.
Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sichen smiled, first congratulated Lin Yuan for winning tens of billions of box office, and then said a few simple polite words.
While chatting, Chen Sichen naturally talked about the movie "Tang Detective 3".
Although "Tang Detective 2" has a lower reputation than "Tang Detective 1", its box office is almost three times that of the first film, with a box office of 3 billion. What director would not be tempted by this?
It is no exaggeration to say that if "Monster Hunt 2" during the Spring Festival this year had a box office of 1.5 billion, Blue Star Pictures would not choose to put the Monster Hunt IP aside, let alone the performance.
"Monster Hunt 2" is even better than "Tang Detective 2".
Relying on the IP of "Tang Detective", as long as the quality of the third movie is not too bad, there is basically no problem if the box office is maintained at around 2 billion. Even if the film's promotion and distribution are properly operated, it is not impossible that the box office will surpass "Tang Detective 2".
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Even if Chen Sichen doesn't want to make a sequel, Wanda Pictures will not miss this good opportunity to make money.
Lin Yuan thought for a while and did not give his answer directly.
As a leading actor in a movie, he knows the quality of the scripts of the two movies "Tang Detective" most clearly. "Tang Detective 1" is Chen Sichen's turnaround, and he put a lot of thought into polishing the scripts.
The script quality of "Tang Detective 2" has obviously declined a lot.
If Chen Sichen and Wanda Pictures only want to make money from the "Tang Detective" IP, instead of thinking about how to operate the "Tang Detective" IP benignly, the quality of the third film will basically not be guaranteed. Whether they continue to star in "Tang Detective"
"Detective" movie naturally requires him to think carefully about it.
While chatting, Lin Yuan glanced around and then asked: "Where is Xiao Yang?"
It is said that after Xiao Yang transformed into an actor, his acting skills have also improved by leaps and bounds, and his performance in "Tang Detective 2" is obvious to all.
It stands to reason that Xiao Yang will definitely star in "Tang Detective 3", but now Xiao Yang is not seen, which makes Lin Yuan a little curious.
"He's busy now." Chen Sichen was about to explain to Lin Yuan, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He pursed his lips behind Lin Yuan and said, "Isn't it true that Cao Cao is here and no one can come?
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Lin Yuan turned around and saw Xiao Yang walking over with a young man of about the same age talking.
The wine glasses in both of their hands were empty. It looked like they had just toasted to someone.
It wasn't until he got closer that Xiao Yang noticed Lin Yuan looking at him with a smile. He quickly greeted Lin Yuan and congratulated Lin Yuan on his tens of billions in box office.
Lin Yuan smiled and joked: "You're not bad either. Thanks to the two "Tang Detective" films, the box office has exceeded 5 billion. I think it's not far away from the 10 billion box office."
Xiao Yang laughed heartily. Since he turned into an actor, his luck has suddenly improved.
As he said that, Lin Yuan looked at the young man wearing glasses next to Xiao Yang. He looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it.
After thinking for a while, he finally asked directly: "Who is this?"
"Oh, this is Ke Wenli. Director Ke wants to make a movie with me." Xiao Yang quickly introduced Lin Yuan.
Even after hearing the name, Lin Yuan did not remember who this person was for a while.
But this is normal. Ke Wenli is a director from Malaysia. In 2014, his first short film "Free Man" was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film that year, and even won the Best Short Film at the 51st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
award.
This achievement is impressive, but his works are not very popular, so Ke Wenli is not well-known in domestic circles.
As for why Ke Wenli, a Malaysian director, suddenly approached Xiao Yang to make a movie, Lin Yuan was still confused for a while. Is Xiao Yang already famous in Malaysia?
Ke Wenli seemed to see Lin Yuan's doubts and explained: "That's it. I saw that Mr. Xiao Yang's performance in "Tang Detective 2" was very good, so I wanted to cooperate with him to remake a Thai movie."
"Remake?"
Lin Yuan was a little puzzled.
There are quite a few domestic remakes of foreign films, such as "12 Citizens", a remake of "12 Angry Men", and "20 Again", a remake of "Weirdos". The reputation of the films is pretty good, but the box office performance is somewhat poor.
It's too terrible to look at.
After all, it is not easy for a remake of a movie to surpass the original.
What's more, to remake a foreign movie, you must first obtain the adaptation rights of other people's movies. The cost of filming is also much higher than that of many original movies. Once the box office does not meet expectations, it will really be lost.
Ke Wenli nodded: "Yes, it is an adaptation of an Indian movie, "Manslaughter"."
After hearing the name of the movie, sporadic movie clips quickly flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.
This movie is one of the few Indian movies that echoes the movie-watching experience of Chinese people. At least there are no abrupt dances in the original movie, and there is no exaggerated plot. It can be regarded as a high-scoring masterpiece.
Just when Lin Yuan was about to end this topic, Xiao Yang suddenly thought of something and blinked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan looked at Xiao Yang winking and didn't understand what he meant.
Xiao Yang pretended to cough twice, then pulled Lin Yuan two steps aside and said in a low voice: "Brother Yuan, are you interested in investing in this movie?"
“Invest in this remake?”
"That's right." As if he was afraid of Lin Yuan's rejection, Xiao Yang hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will use 100% of my acting skills to make this movie, and I guarantee that I won't lose money!"
Lin Yuan glanced at Xiao Yang with interest: "Are you sure you can guarantee the movie's box office?"
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After two seconds of silence, Xiao Yang squeezed out a smile and said: "It's a little difficult to win at the box office, but I can guarantee that the movie's reputation will not be bad!"
Xiao Yang is still very self-aware.
Even though he has become popular with "Tang Detective 2" and suddenly became a first-line actor, he has no box office appeal at all.
The previous movie "Oldboy: The Way of the Dragon" was able to achieve a box office of 208 million, all due to the influence of the Chopstick Brothers.
Now that he is asked to star in a movie, he really has no idea how much box office he can earn.
After hearing this, Lin Yuan finally understood what was going on.
No wonder Xiao Yang and Ke Wenli were holding wine glasses in their hands and looked gloomy just now. It looked like they were looking for investment from film and television companies, but the results were not ideal.
"I remember, didn't you use your remuneration to invest in "Tang Detective 2"? You should not be short of money to make a movie." Lin Yuan asked.
With the movie "Tang Detective 2", Xiao Yang can earn at least hundreds of millions in remuneration, and Director Ke can easily raise tens of millions of investments. It should be no problem for the two of them to collaborate on a remake of the movie.
Xiao Yang smiled bitterly and explained: "Isn't all the money spent?"
The reason why I approached Lin Yuan to invest in the movie was firstly because other film and television companies were not optimistic about the movie and were only willing to invest one or two million. For the entire movie shooting, this amount of money was a drop in the bucket. Secondly, Xiao Yang knew Xiao Yang.
Among those who have the strength to invest in an entire movie at once, only Lin Yuan is the one.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lin Yuan's current salary for a movie can match the shooting cost of a small-budget movie.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xiao Yang no longer has enough money to invest in the remake of the movie "Manslaughter".
"All spent?"
"Well, I'm going to direct and act in a movie myself, and I'm going to involve my good brother Wang Tili." When Xiao Yang said this, his voice suddenly became much softer.
Before the Chopsticks Brothers became famous, Wang Tili's father did not want him to pursue these unrealistic dreams of becoming a star.
However, Wang Zaili always wanted to prove himself to his father. Unfortunately, while filming "Oldboy", Wang Zaili's father died of illness, which led Wang Zaili to choose to return to ordinary life in a down-to-earth manner.
Stop chasing your dream of becoming a star.
Now that Xiao Yang has fulfilled his dream, he naturally wants to help his brother. No matter what, he must make a real movie for the screen to fulfill his brother's dream.
He spent all the money he earned from investment on this movie, and now he naturally has no money to invest in the remake of "Manslaughter".
"Okay, I've invested in this movie, but if the movie loses money then"
Before Lin Yuan finished speaking, Xiao Yang gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, if we lose money, I will sell myself to pay the debt at worst!"
When he thought of Xiao Yang's appearance in "Memoirs of a Male Geisha", Lin Yuan suddenly lost interest in Xiao Yang selling himself to pay off debts.
Lin Yuan didn't talk much about investing in the remake of "Manslaughter". He would just let Director Ke Wenli talk to Sister Xia when the time comes. Anyway, he has a lot of savings now.
The remuneration for movies such as "A Good Show", "Kung Fu Yoga", and "The Ex 3" alone has reached hundreds of millions of yuan, plus the final box office dividends of "Tang Detective 2" and "I Am Not a Drug"
In addition to the director's fee and actors' remuneration for the movie "God", I still have a savings of 0.5%, which is more than enough to invest in a movie.
After the celebration banquet, Lin Yuan returned to Xitian Company. There were too many things to do and he did not have time to delay at the banquet.
Tell Sister Xia about investing in the remake of "Manslaughter".
It is normal to invest in movies, but at this time, it is somewhat sensitive. Even Sister Xia couldn't help but ask: "Lin Yuan, are you ready to start your own business?"
Just like Ning Hao, after making a few films and gaining fame, his film studio transformed into Bad Monkey Pictures. Although it is not as good as Enlight Media and Wanda Pictures, it is still doing well in the industry.
Since then, we have invested in more and more movies.
Lin Yuan's current operations are somewhat similar to Ning Hao's, so no wonder Sister Xia would ask this.
"I would like to start my own business, but unfortunately I don't have the capital. It's just that Director Ke and the others can't get much investment. I think this movie is quite promising, so I just want to help." Lin Yuan explained slowly.
Now is the period when his career is on the rise. At this time, he is transitioning from being in front of the screen to being behind the scenes. Isn't that a fool's errand?
As for investing in movies, it is entirely because of recognition of Xiao Yang's acting skills, coupled with Xiao Yang's performance in "Tang Detective 2", and also echoing the thoughtful image of the male protagonist in "Manslaughter". When the time comes, Xiao Yang will rely on The movie became an instant hit and he was able to make a lot of money from it.
Sister Xia was relieved when she heard Lin Yuan's words.
She didn't object to Lin Yuan working alone, but she was afraid that Lin Yuan would want to eat a fat man in one bite, but now it seemed that she was overly worried.
After writing down the investment in the remake of the movie, Sister Xia suddenly said: "By the way, major film studios are making big moves at the end of the year. It is said that major domestic film studios are preparing to jointly produce a movie, and it will also have a luxurious cast. , Mr. Wang from Enlight Media asked me to tell you to adjust your schedule."
Enlight Media CEO Wang Changtian can personally give instructions, and it also has a full cast of luxurious actors. All major film studios jointly produce the same movie. You don't have to think about it to know that there must be something big going on.
Hearing this, three words suddenly came to Lin Yuan's mind: Come and live!
