Chapter 257 No need, not even a cent of investment
Early morning.
Huaxing entrance.
The night that should have been completely silent was now bustling with people and busy traffic.
Countless camera lights illuminated the Huaxing gate like daylight. The reporters crowded in and out like zombies and frantically stretched out their hands holding the microphone, wishing they could extend their arms three or four meters further forward...
""Struggle" is a low-budget movie!"
"The estimated investment for this movie is about US$50,000, and the shooting time is estimated to be about a week..."
"If all goes well, the film will be officially released to everyone at the end of March...
"..."
The starry sky is bright and the night is shrouded.
With a smile on his face, Zhou Yang seriously answered every question raised by reporters under the spotlight.
Instantly, the whole place was in an uproar.
Immediately afterwards, a wave of noise swept through the entire Huaxing Building. The reporters were extremely excited and continued to ask various questions as if they were crazy.
The leading reporter, Xu Bei, was holding the microphone and was stunned on the spot. After an unknown period of time, he took a deep breath, suppressed the complicated emotions that burst out, and asked with great uncertainty. One sentence: "Mr. Zhou Yang, is it fifty thousand dollars?"
"Yes, it's fifty thousand dollars!" He saw Zhou Yang nodding.
"Finished in one week?" His heart trembled slightly, but he asked again.
"Yes, the filming will be completed in one week." He again saw Zhou Yang nodding with certainty.
"It's not a documentary, it's a movie?"
"Yes, it's a movie!"
Xu Bei.
One of the reporters who has good relations with Huaxing Entertainment. He had sent out many of Zhou Yang's first-hand interviews before.
In the early hours of this morning, he heard a rumor from Wang Jing that Zhou Yang would announce the news of a new movie in the early hours of the morning, probably around the time the box office of "The Golden Guard" was released.
He was so excited!
As soon as he received the news, he rushed here in a hurry. He thought he should be the earliest reporter.
However, when he arrived here, he found that countless media had covered the inside and outside of Huaxing, and even cameras were set up in the corners of some walls.
At that moment, he realized that Zhou Yang's new movie was not simple...
He even thought that Zhou Yang might want to shoot a big movie like "The Golden Armor" with an investment of more than 300 million yuan!
After all, at the Oscars ceremony, Hollywood actor Will Smith personally announced that he would star in Zhou Yang's new movie "Struggle."
Will Smith, his salary in Hollywood is upwards of 15 million US dollars. If converted into RMB, it would be almost 100 million RMB!
He was very excited, wondering whether the movie was a war movie, a science fiction movie, or even a martial arts movie...
Although there is an indescribable sense of disobedience when I think of black people practicing Chinese Kung Fu...
Thanks to his good relationship with China Star Entertainment and being a reporter that Wang Jing focuses on, he is in an excellent position and is the first reporter to ask questions!
Then……
He was confused.
The huge gap in his heart made Xu Bei feel like he was dreaming.
But!
The noisy and crazy feeling constantly reminded Xu Bei that this was not a dream...
This is real!
Zhou Yang is serious!
$50,000 to make a movie!
Filmed in one week?
How the hell are you going to shoot this?
What kind of international joke is this?
Does the entire Chinese film industry, no, the entire world film industry, have such a movie?
A few minutes later.
The security guards worked very hard to open an exclusive passage for Zhou Yang. Zhou Yang looked at the time, said sorry to everyone, and left Huaxing under the protection of the security guards.
Xu Bei looked at Zhou Yang's back blankly.
He still couldn't get out of that shocking emotion.
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"sky!"
"is this real?"
"A movie with a US$50,000 investment? Are you sure Zhou Yang is not joking?"
"Wait a minute, that's not right. It's March 3rd, not April 1st. This isn't April Fool's Day at all!"
"It should be a joke. Who would be so stupid as to invest $50,000 to make a movie? What would it be like?"
"I think it's crazy. A guy like Will Smith has just won an Oscar and his net worth has skyrocketed. How could he be in a movie like this?"
"Sharing? Sharing is too ridiculous. A movie made with 50,000 dollars has to be watched by someone. I don't believe that Zhou Yang has the ability to turn stone into gold..."
"Will Smith's brain was kicked by a donkey? You said he was really driven by love? I don't believe it at all. Don't talk about racism or contradiction with me!"
"..."
The morning of March 3rd.
Netizens woke up and discovered that Zhou Yang had once again made the headlines in major media after winning the Oscar for Best Screenplay.
After seeing the news, netizens were shocked and watched Zhou Yang's interview video over and over again no less than ten times...
It's not a composite, nor a cut-out, but a real live interview video.
Film critic Ba Liming was even more stunned by the contents of the interview video.
He couldn't figure out what kind of plane Zhou Yang wanted to build!
"Saw" is now a hit, and it's time to take a closer step to attract investment and prepare for a blockbuster movie.
Movies starring Will Smith, especially those from China and the United States, are very easy to attract investment. After all, is there celebrity effect?
Even if Zhou Yang announces that he will make a movie with an investment of 400 million US dollars and make a movie more awesome than "Jurassic", Ba Liming will not be surprised!
But……
This guy suddenly announced that he was going to make a movie with Will Smith and an investment of only $50,000?
What does this mean?
He was in front of the computer, thinking for five hours and still couldn't figure out what Zhou Yang meant...
He even felt that Zhou Yang had been bowed down.
When other people make movies, the investment gets higher and the project gets bigger, but when Zhou Yang makes movies, the investment gets lower and the shooting time gets shorter and shorter.
After Ba Liming saw the popularity on the Internet, he suddenly felt like...
This should be another hype planned by Zhou Yang!
The purpose is also very simple, just to attract people's attention.
But……
After the sudden realization, he fell into a deeper confusion.
No, Zhou Yang just won the Oscar for Best Screenplay and is now very popular. Does he need to use this kind of gimmick to hype him up?
Isn’t this just holding on after eating enough?
Could it be that this guy really wants to be photographed?
……………………
Django has insomnia.
He lay on the bed, tossing and turning for a long time and still couldn't figure out what Zhou Yang was going to do.
but!
A little bit of Django for sure!
Even if Zhou Yang was so arrogant, he would never believe that Zhou Yang would suddenly get crazy and actually pay 50,000 US dollars to make a movie with Will Smith at this time.
Doesn't this insult his intelligence?
How can anyone, when they are at their peak, make some bad movies that will hit the streets?
It’s more of a neurological problem than anything else!
Nine o'clock in the morning.
He followed Cao Bangguo to the relevant departments for a meeting.
Jiang Ge asked Cao Bangguo this question with dark circles under his eyes.
Cao Bangguo did not answer directly, but shook his head slightly and narrowed his eyes.
"He's a smart guy!"
"You'll find out later."
After saying these words, Cao Bangguo turned his head and looked out the window, his eyes slightly complicated.
The car did not drive directly to the relevant departments as usual, but stopped when it reached the Huaxing Entertainment.
China Star Entertainment is still surrounded by reporters.
Jiang Ge didn't know what Cao Bangguo meant by these two sentences, but he didn't ask. He just watched Cao Bangguo staring at the gate in confusion.
About half a minute later, after seeing someone, Cao Bangguo suddenly took out his cell phone and made a call as if to confirm something.
"Young Master Wang Sikai from Wanda Group went in?"
"Oh, okay, I understand. The person in charge from Yongxin has also gone in?"
"Okay, I know."
After making the call.
The car continued to drive.
Jiang Ge was stunned when he heard those familiar names from Cao Bangguo's mouth.
Wangda Group and Yongxin Group are well-known companies in the Chinese film industry.
Especially the young owner of Wanda Group, Wang Sikai, is a big money spender in the film industry. He just took over the investment business of Wanda Group the year before last and invested money in many blockbusters, including "Hero" released last year. Wang Sikai's millions of dollars of investment in "The Golden Armor", which will be released this year, and even Jiang Ge's own movie "Roboman"...
Wang Sikai, why did you come to Huaxing for no reason?
Could it be.
"He is a smart man..."
"He is taking advantage of the situation..."
"Actually, every path he has taken since his debut has been to exploit the situation..."
""Saw" used the opportunity to create hype, vilifying the United States, arousing resonance among some black people, and then boosting the box office. "The Crow" used the theme of women's trafficking as a hype, arousing public opinion and resonance, and even the former "Mineral" "Bottoms" is most likely a hype, don't you think it's ridiculous? Not long after returning from Berlin, the "Bottoms" scandal happened. In fact, a police friend of mine told me that, in fact, "Bottoms" The police had been tracking Eucalyptus before he arrived in Berlin. All this seems to be a coincidence, but in fact, when analyzed, it is actually very scary. I am afraid that there must be something fishy that we don't know about..."
"He suddenly showed up at the premiere of "The Golden Guard" with a lot of media, and he was also using the momentum of the Oscar for Best Screenplay to hype..."
"He is using his own way to explain to all capital that he has a very large influence in China. This influence is enough to affect the box office trend of a movie!"
"'Jinyiwei' is a very successful example!"
"Think about it, with a total investment of 7 million, the daily box office now exceeds 10 million. With such a crazy revenue ratio, what capital is not crazy?"
"As for "Struggle"? He seemed to announce in front of all the media that he would make a movie with $50,000, but in fact, how could an investment of $50,000 be enough for a movie starring Will Smith?"
"He is telling capital that his new round of hype has begun. He is hinting to capital that capital can come in..."
"Let's go!"
"Right now, this guy is probably in the company, talking about investments with Wang Sikai and others!"
"..."
After Cao Bangguo said this series of words, he looked out the window, and suddenly there was a sense of regret on his face: "This kid, it would be better if he didn't go against the association. It's easy to break the rules..."
When Jiang Ge heard Cao Bangguo say these words, he felt a trace of unspeakable discomfort in his heart and felt that these words were particularly harsh.
"Director Cao, a person's character is the most important. I think scheming and hype are just trivial paths... that won't go far." Jiang Ge couldn't help but say something. After saying it, he felt that it was still wrong.
If it wasn't enough, he added another sentence: "If you have no respect for your predecessors and are blindly arrogant, how can you go far? Which senior in the association has not been brilliant before?"
After hearing this, Cao Bangguo smiled, but did not respond.
About half an hour later, the car stopped at the door of the relevant department.
"Huh? Wanda Group?"
"Sister Jing, let me tell you this, we do not accept investment..."
"Really, we can just invest in the movie ourselves."
"Yes, you don't need any investment. Just refuse them all for me."
"No, no, I'm in the relevant department now. Sister Jing, please tell Mr. Wang and the others that this movie really doesn't accept any form of investment..."
When several people got out of the car, he saw Zhou Yang walking straight out of another car with his mobile phone in hand. He happened to walk next to them and said this in a helpless and serious tone.