"The investment in this movie is 3 million. I will pay 1 million myself. If you want, I can give you a share."
"Wow! Can you make money?"
"Who can guarantee this? Let's give it a 50-50 shot! But from now on we will be in the film industry. Not only will we gain face when we go out, we can also date young stars. Haha."
"I count it as mine."
"Save one for me!"
"..."
The crowdfunding process went very smoothly. Everyone else subscribed for a share of 200,000. Li Yuan also subscribed for a share. He even noticed that Ying Xin was a little hesitant, so he took the initiative to subscribe for a share for her.
Although I know that this money is basically thrown into the water, there is no need for everyone to be drunk and I am sober. 200,000 Hong Kong dollars is not too much!
You must know that these people are Huang Jiaojiao's friends, so this investment is mainly of a social nature. Just like when "Casino" was published, these people used to pay to support it, but now it is Li Yuan who pays to support it.
In a way, even if you know the trap, you still have to jump into it. This is also a kind of courtesy.
However, at this moment, Sun Haojiang suddenly pointed at Li Yuan and Ying Xin carelessly: "You mainlanders don't have much money, so there is no need to do this. If we accept it, we will give you 100,000 yuan! Haha."
Ying Xin didn't feel offended at all.
In this era, Hong Kong and Taiwan are generally discriminatory towards mainlanders, and they will unconsciously show that superior attitude and behavior. Mainlanders also feel that it is quite normal, as if they are born to be inferior.
But Li Yuan felt a little uncomfortable. It should be said that Sun Haojiang had good intentions, and maybe even they themselves didn't feel anything was wrong.
But as a soul from decades later and an arrogant IT elite, I am the only one who looks down on you, Brother Yuan, so why should you look down on me?
But here, it is impossible to have an attack on the spot. Li Yuan's expression remained unchanged and he nodded with a smile: "Then 100,000! Haha."
"..."
This little storm passed quickly, and almost everyone else was unaware of it.
The young ladies and gentlemen also left quickly. They were busy looking for other investors, and even made an appointment to bring the crew over for a party in a few days...
Only the Huang brothers and sisters, Li Yuan and Ying Xin are left here.
Li Yuan smiled and explained to Xin: "Xinxin, I will pay for the 100,000 yuan."
"No, no, no." Ying Xin waved her hands repeatedly.
"I don't mean to look down on you, huh? This movie is not very reliable when I first hear it. I would basically throw it into the water."
"Hey, do you still know about movies?"
"Didn't I tell you? I'm an artist! Hahaha!"
There is a saying that among all the people present, Li Yuan understands the film industry best, and he also managed several film and television projects in his previous life.
Although those projects... don’t mention them!
But at least the project process, crew structure, staffing, financial transactions... these situations are all quite familiar.
In fact, it’s not that complicated. The IT industry needs to fool investors, so shouldn’t film and television projects also fool investors into making movies? It’s much simpler with just a few crews of a few hundred people.
Otherwise, how could Li Yuan have the energy to take care of both at that time?
After even seeing the filming process, Li Yuan did it several times himself, and felt that I could do it too?
Due to the extensive use of digital shooting technology and the abundance of film resources on the Internet, which means there are places to learn on your own, making movies has indeed become easier and easier.
It needs to be explained here: if you want to shoot a blockbuster with technical content, you still need famous directors and famous photographers. This is also irreplaceable.
But for ordinary ordinary movies, you can find a good photographer, a few good actors, an experienced and mature crew, and a dog as the director!
But when the words fell into the ears of the two women, they thought it was Li Yuan bragging again.
"Are you still an artist? Do you want to laugh us to death?"
"He is just a big liar, ignore him."
"Yes! For such an old-fashioned person, he still makes movies? It would be about the same for me."
"Hey, Lisa, you want to make a movie?"
"That's right! I want to invest in those art films, that's called real taste. It doesn't matter whether you make money or not. Unlike some people, who are vulgar and unbearable! Hmph!"
"Okay, okay! I wrote a script when I was a freshman, and I even won an award from our school."
"What prize?"
"Third prize. Hehe. In fact, they are blind. What I discovered is that a rural girl met a..."
"..."
Li Yuan and Huang Dongsheng looked at each other. The two girls discussed female art films? Please! Have you two seen rural girls? There is still another... no, several life-or-death love affairs?
If the movie just now was a bargain, these two are the fighters in the fight!
But seeing that they are getting more and more excited as they talk, just let them go as they please! As long as you are happy!
Anyway, the eldest lady hasn’t made any money yet, so she’s starting to drift off again. Now she wants to pursue artistic films? What kind of taste does she have? I’m dizzy!
"Li Yuan, did you hear that? You have to help us!" Huang Jiaojiao suddenly pointed at Li Yuanjiao and shouted.
Huang Dongsheng on the side almost burst out laughing, looking gloating at his misfortune.
Li Yuan was confused: "Then you go and take pictures? What does it have to do with me?"
"We want to create art, but now we need an errand boy! Humph."
"Uh...sisters, do you know there are professional producers?"
"I don't care. Do you still have money?"
"Ah? Do you still need me to pay?"
"What do you think?"
Huang Dongsheng finally couldn't help laughing wildly. He gave him a look that was asking for blessings, and then hurriedly fled the Shura field.
…
Finally, when the market closed at noon, the closing price was HK$1.53.
Qin Lang called: "Master Yuan, our acquisition cost this morning was 1.42. That's it..."
"Isn't that great?"
"That's it...we only bought more than 4.3 million shares."
Li Yuan felt confused. Wouldn't it be better if he could buy less? The losses in the future would also be less. Why is this Alang like this? Does he have the potential of a young man? Isn't it okay that he can't see his boss?
"Is there any problem with this?" Li Yuan finally couldn't help but ask.
"Shao Yuan, according to the turnover rate in the morning, there should be other people scanning the goods."
"shopping?"
"Yes! According to their operating methods, it should be a large organization. Yuan Shao, is he your friend?"
Li Yuan was confused. Are there any big institutions entering the market? But then he thought, it’s none of my business.
"Alang, you don't have to worry about it. Follow the original plan."
"I understand, I understand." Qin Lang understood. He must have made up a lot of things in his mind, "But if we have little luck, if someone competes with us to grab stocks, the acquisition cost will increase, and we will make a little profit in the future?"
Li Yuan was so surprised that he didn't laugh. It turned out that this kid meant this: "Alang, you can't make enough money."
"I understand, I understand. I just want to perform well in front of you and try to get more red envelopes?"
"Haha. I won't forget you with the red envelope."
"Then thank you boss. Mr. Yuan, I won't disturb you anymore."
Li Yuan never thought about making a price difference, so he didn't care about the acquisition cost. But there are still institutions entering the market? That is quite interesting...
When the market opened in the afternoon, the price was still hovering around 1.5. Everything seemed calm and it seemed that this price had been maintained.
Li Yuan found a magazine and flipped through a few pages. However, not long after, he saw Huang Jiaojiao and Ying Xin dragging Huang Dongsheng over. Huang Dongsheng said with a sad face: "Yuanzi, just take care of these two."
A woman! They have gone crazy and are really planning to make a movie!"
"ah?"
Li Yuan was overjoyed. The filming of the movie was not over yet? He thought that these two girls might have forgotten it after a while.
Huang Jiaojiao excitedly hugged Li Yuan's arm: "Xiao Yuanzi, we have already calculated it. We will use 5 million to make a movie. We don't want more. As long as we can find a popular star and a box office of several million in Hong Kong, we can make a movie."
With millions of box office in Southeast Asia, it’s just a question of how much we earn and how little we earn. And we invest everything ourselves. We don’t let the money go out, and the whole family gets rich together! Hahaha.”
Huang Dongsheng shouted quickly: "Little sister, don't count me, I'm not a member of your family."
"Second brother~!"
Hearing this coquettish voice, Huang Dongsheng trembled with fright. He was full of grief and anger: "Little sister, tens of thousands of dollars are enough. You want me to have one million? You only give me 10%?"
"Don't worry, big brother can't escape either!"
"I choose! Is this Big Brother's problem? Yuanzi, please persuade her quickly."
Li Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Huang Jiaojiao is very skilled at cheating brother, right?
"Jiaojiao, Xinxin, what movie are you planning to shoot?"
"Of course it's an art film! Commercial films are too low-key and not suitable for us at all."
"That's it. Yuanzi, just use the script I wrote. Don't worry, if there's anything inappropriate, I can go to the school professor to revise it."
As soon as he heard this, Li Yuan became even more uneasy. Alas! The literary youth of this era are killing people!
"What about the popular stars?"
"Of course it's Hua Zai. He will always give you this face, right? We won't pay less."
"Wait a minute." Li Yuan felt a little confused, "The protagonist of that film is a rural girl, right? You use Hua Zi?"
Ying Xin quickly explained: "Is that why we have to change the script?"
"..."
Li Yuan is speechless. Gu Liang, you are all talented people!
At this time, Li Yuan understood Huang Dongsheng's pain very well. It was like watching his sister jump into a pit of fire!
After thinking about it for a few seconds, I couldn't just ignore it.
Li Yuan sighed: "Oh! Let's do this! Let's analyze it from the beginning. Do you want to make an art film? The box office is not important, but it is mainly for winning awards?"
Huang Jiaojiao giggled and said, "Haha, it's pretty good to be nominated."
Ying Xin also giggled: "We haven't thought about winning any film awards. The quality is definitely not good enough. As long as it can be shown in cinemas, we will be very happy. Hehehehe."
Li Yuan was immediately angry. Thank God, you also know that your level is not good enough?
"Okay! Then let's set our goal lower and participate in the Cannes Film Festival!"
"Ah? Cannes? Are you lowering your goals?" Huang Jiaojiao was shocked.
Ying Xin on the side was a little confused: "What is the Cannes Film Festival? Can't it be the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers?"
Holy shit! Li Yuan was so angry that he was about to burst into tears. Is he such an outsider? He doesn’t even know about the Cannes Film Festival? He dares to make a movie? Or is it some crappy art film?
"Xinxin, do you know Lao Mouzi's "Red Sorghum"? It won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. There are three major film festivals in Europe - Cannes, Berlin, and Venice. Among them, the Cannes Film Festival has the highest status."
Ying Xin's eyes lit up: "Is that so? That's great!"
Huang Jiaojiao on the side interrupted quickly: "Xinxin, don't listen to his bragging. Why is it so easy to get into the Cannes Film Festival? Xiao Yuanzi, other times he would brag and be too lazy to pay attention to you. Now you are not allowed to joke."
"Why are you joking?" Li Yuan laughed.
Due to his experiences in his previous life and having met many people in the film and television industry, Li Yuan still knows some inside information.
"Jiaojiao, Xinxin, and Brother Dongsheng, you may have a misunderstanding, thinking that it is extremely difficult to participate in an international film festival. This is only half right. International film festivals like the Cannes Film Festival select almost the same films each time.
There are more than 1,500..."
"So many?" Ying Xin was surprised.
"Yes! In fact, there are generally several ways to select movies for delivery: one is the recommendation of major studios, such as the seven major Hollywood studios, several major domestic film studios, including those from other countries; the other is the recommendation of various film studios.
Recommended by film selectors from countries and regions. They are usually direct relatives of major film festivals. In our country, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, it should be Director Yang Dechang Yang, right? If you know him, there will be convenience. However, these two methods are very difficult.
Gao, after all, major studios and film selectors will cherish their feathers and will not recommend people casually. In other words, there are only new works by famous directors, and newcomers basically have no chance."
"What should we do?" Huang Jiaojiao asked quickly.
"There are several other ways." Li Yuan smiled: "The Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee has an agency. As long as you send the film there, they will act as agent for the whole process; in the end, you have to send it to the organizing committee in person. As long as it meets the most basic requirements
The organizing committee will also accept your request."
Huang Dongsheng immediately asked: "Yuanzi, according to your opinion, isn't it just money?"
Li Yuan laughed: "It just costs money. For example, agencies, they can not only act as agents for film selection and delivery, but can even act as agents for film festival advertising, agency business operations, and even one-stop services for receptions. Including renting famous models from the island and inviting local celebrities.
, those European politicians and aristocrats, as long as you spend money!"
"Ah?" After listening to Li Yuan's introduction, the other three people felt a little bit shattered in their faith. Huang Jiaojiao had an expression of disbelief, "Xiao Yuanzi, don't lie to me, is it so easy?"
Li Yuan said with a smile: "Don't think it's easy. A trip to Cannes costs hundreds of thousands. If you take the entire crew, walk the red carpet, and do publicity, one million will disappear. If you continue
Bring your own makeup artist, image artist, camera crew, etc., and hold a cocktail party. How much will it cost? Even the cheapest one costs hundreds of thousands for a round trip, plus the tens of thousands for agency fees.
It has been able to block the vast majority of people! There is no way, the poor have no human rights!"
