Li Ming happily gave them the water he bought, Guo Kaige introduced him to Zhang Hehuan, and Zhang Hehuan shook hands with Li Ming.

Li Ming said: "The car is waiting in the parking lot, let's get in and chat."

A few people came to the parking lot together and got into the Mercedes-Benz nanny car that had been ready to be there.

Guo Kaige said: "Mr. Li wanted to know you before. I heard that you came back from Seoul and had to come here to pick you up in person."

Zhang Hehuan laughed and said, "I am used to being alone, and my whereabouts this time were leaked internally by our company."

Guo Kaixuan raised his right hand and said, "I admit that it was me who leaked the secret..."

Guo Kaige said: "I forced him."

Zhang Hehuan laughed: "It's all his friends, as long as you don't attract paparazzi."

Li Ming said: "Mr. Zhang, I have arranged a dinner in Yuxinyuan to welcome you."

"Mr. Li, don't be so grand. Just treat me to a bowl of fried noodles."

Li Ming smiled and said, "This can be there." He doesn't drink wine, but uses tea instead of wine.

Li Ming asked others for his compliments, so he gave Zhang Hehuan enough etiquette. Zhang Hehuan was not used to this: "Mr. Li, you don't have to be polite to me. Kaixuan is my good friend and I am also my good partner. Mr. Guo is like my own brother. You and Brother Guo are friends, so I will call you Brother Li."

Li Ming said: "Okay, I heard from the past that you are a happy person, so I will call you Brother Huan."

"Call Huanzi."

Li Ming said: "Huanzi, I believe you can see that I came to pick you up this time because I came to ask you for advice."

Zhang Hehuan put down his wine glass and Guo Kaixuan filled him with it.

Li Ming nodded and said, "After Kaige comes back, he talks about you and tells me about the matter. I think your opinion is very correct, so I'm anxious to meet you and ask for advice in person."

Guo Kaige said, "Huanzi, I told you without permission. Don't blame me for being my brother. It's mainly because of the "Taiping Wheel" project. We have invested a lot of money. Now this giant ship is almost an aircraft carrier. If it sinks, we will all suffer a lot of losses."

Guo Kaixuan said: "I said when I invested, these old directors returned to China to cheat money because they couldn't make it in Hollywood. You just don't believe it. They only remember their glory. Now this era is developing too fast. The mainstream audience is no longer your age."

Guo Kaige glared at his younger brother, and he talked too much.

Zhang Hehuan said: "Brother Li, give me a solid foundation. How many have you voted in "Taiping Wheel" so far?"

Li Ming said: "Two sixty million, if we follow the budget of the creative team, I estimate that all the films will exceed 400 million."

Guo Kaixuan said in surprise: "Doesn't it take 1.2 billion to recover the cost? Damn, it's a record of domestic film investment."

Guo Kaige said: "Special effects are expensive. Mr. Li has high requirements for special effects. He used the original team who made special effects for "Titanic". The people also had high requirements, and the advance payment was 70%.

Zhang Hehuan said: "It takes enough, but 100 million special effects are enough." After a few conversations, he realized that Li Ming is an outsider in the movie, and he paid 70% in advance, so he really dared to give it to him.

Li Ming said: "To build the set, in order to reproduce the scene at that time, we copied the Taiping Wheel 1:1. The props and costumes are all world-class teams and actors. Our cast is also very strong. Even the supporting roles are all well-known veteran actors. Including the production team's pay, the total pay should be more than 100 million, and it is still only a prepayment at present."

Zhang Hehuan said: "Have Brother Guo told you about my previous opinions?"

Li Ming nodded: "I said that, but now the project has been half done. If I don't continue to invest, I will face a loss of more than 200 million yuan."

Zhang Hehuan said: "If you continue to invest, you may face greater losses." The final box office of Taiping Round was 200 million, and the producers could share about 70 million, with a total investment of 430 million, and the book loss reached an astonishing 360 million.

This film dragged down Xiaoma Pictures, and many people believe that Li Ming's sudden death a year later has an inevitable connection with the movie.

Li Ming said sincerely: "Kege and I both recognize this problem. We really want to make changes, but we are worried that we will choose the wrong direction."

Zhang Hehuan said: "I am bluntly, this movie was wrong from the beginning. Titanic is the best and most successful example of combining disaster films and romance films. How much investment is they have, and what lineup? Despite this, the highlight of the movie is a couple. Director Wu has played big this time."

Li Ming said: "Will cutting off one of the story lines cause incomplete plots?"

Zhang Hehuan shook his head and said, "In 2046, I personally think that the first thing the audience sees when they enter the theater is a movie, not a certain star."

Gu Ji/span>Guo Kaige said: "I think I'll cut off the line of Huang Xiaoming."

Zhang Hehuan laughed and said, "I am just a bystander and I don't have to be responsible for my words. You must not take it seriously."

Li Ming said: "Kege suggested that I change David Tong and Ziyi Zhang."

Zhang Hehuan said: "They have no problem with their acting skills, but neither of them has much box office appeal. Brother Guo's idea is not bad."

Guo Kaige said: "Huanzi, I think Zhang Ziyi's performance in the role of Yuzhen is average. An Ran's performance in "The Flowers of Qinhuai" is very good. If she takes over Zhang Ziyi's role, she might be even more outstanding."

Zhang Hehuan has guessed Guo Kaige's intention: "Brother Guo, An Ran is indeed suitable for this role. This role overlaps with the Yumo type she has tried. If an actor always plays a repetitive role, it is easy to be stereotyped by the market. I personally do not recommend her to take on this role."

Li Ming said: "Zhang Ziyi can be changed, but David Tong's appeal is a little weaker."

Guo Kaixuan said: "What does it mean to be weak? He has no appeal in movies at all. Among the young actors nowadays, who can appeal more than Huanzi?"

Zhang Hehuan laughed and said, "You are just a praising me. I just luckily hugged the thighs of several popular actresses and rubbed some popularity. I have no appeal."

Guo Kaixuan said: "Don't be so selfish. You always hug me alone. Can you hold so many thighs over? I'll share a few of them."

Several people laughed.

Zhang Hehuan was embarrassed to scold him in front of Guo Kaige, and continued: "I don't agree with your idea of ​​dividing "Taiping Wheel" into two parts. Dividing them into two parts will not only not reduce the cost, but may also increase. After all, the two movies will have to be separated by a period of time, and a lot of promotion and distribution costs will be invested when the second part is released."

Li Ming said: "If it is made into a movie, the length will be too long."

Zhang Hehuan said: "The movies are all cut. If you remove a story line, you can save at least 30 minutes. Since "Taiping Wheel" wants to express family, country, hatred, love, hate, and hatred, it should be put behind it. In terms of the sentiment of a great country, Hong Kong and Taiwan directors are weak, not because their directorial level is problematic, but because they lack feelings in this regard."

Guo Kaige said: "If you don't break, you won't be established. In my opinion, you should take out the spirit of a hero cutting off your arm and invest an additional 150 million yuan. With this money, you can make a new movie."

Li Ming finally made up his mind: "I will give the crew a big blood change. Huanzi, can you help me?"

Zhang Hehuan said: "Mr. Li means to let me invest?"

Li Ming was stunned. He looked at Guo Kaige. This was not the case. The result of their private discussion was that they wanted to ask Zhang Hehuan and Anran to replace David Tong and Zhang Ziyi. This would increase the appeal of the box office. Zhang Hehuan obviously understood it wrong.

Zhang Hehuan said: "It is difficult to make a profit in this movie, but it is not impossible to do it."

Guo Kaixuan quietly kicked Zhang Hehuan. In fact, many people in the industry know that "Taiping Wheel" is a big pit. The investors who had already negotiated withdraw their investments one after another, and those who had already invested were reluctant to invest. In Guo Kaixuan's opinion, Zhang Hehuan should not take on this mess.

The primary difficulty Li Ming faced was investment. Even Guo Kaige never mentioned adding investment. He thought Zhang Hehuan was just talking casually and said with a try-and-see attitude: "Are you planning to invest?"

Zhang Hehuan said: "The return on investment in the middle will definitely be very low. Our company has money in its account. How much can it invest and what method to invest in needs to be carefully considered."

Guo Kaige couldn't help asking, "Huanzi, are you optimistic about this project?"

Zhang Hehuan smiled and said, "It's up to people, Mr. Li, why did you give the company such a name?"

Li Ming said: "To be honest, I have always been a fan of Director Wu. One of his favorite characters in the movie is Brother Ma, so I named it Xiao Ma when I founded the company."

Zhang Hehuan sighed in her heart, this is another typical example of paying for feelings.

Zhang Hehuan said: "Brother Li seems to have a special liking for "The True Color of Heroes".

Guo Kaige said: "It's not just because he has a special liking, he also bought the right to remake "The True Color of Heroes".

Li Ming said a little embarrassedly: "You really don't know which pot you can bring up. You made some money at that time. The film market in Hong Kong and Taiwan happened to be in a downturn. Many classic movie remakes from the past were very cheap, so I bought it. Now it seems that it's a waste of money." He spent 50 million to buy the remake of 100 classic Hong Kong films.

Zhang Hehuan said: "Mr. Li doesn't plan to remake it?"

Li Ming sighed and said, "A "Taiping Wheel" has made me feel haggard. I first entered the film and television industry because I felt that this industry was relaxed and happy. I could make money while playing. Now I realize that I was very wrong."

Guo Kaige said: "This is not what you said. Who swore to become Run Run Shaw from the mainland?"
Chapter completed!