551 My money cannot be spent by anyone who wants to spend it (4k)
Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, spring is in March.
On a rare sunny day, the Yongding River's bed is winding and curved, with green trees on both sides, blooming mountain flowers, and birds returning to their nests.
When Lu Fei came, Gao Yuanyuan didn't want to be busy anymore and left the crew behind. The two of them seemed to be dreaming back to "17 Years Old Bicycle", taking a leisurely walk in the park and being intimate with each other.
"Hey, I want to start an electronic magazine."
Gao Yuanyuan took Lu Fei's arm and asked, "What do you think?"
"Young, Mr. Gao wants to cross over and become an editor?"
Lu Fei looked sideways.
"I mainly watch Xu Jinglei, Qin Lan and the others do this. I think it's quite fun and I want to give it a try."
Gao Yuanyuan expressed her inner thoughts without any secret.
Blogs were originally dominated by Han Han and Xu Jinglei, but she took over the track first and took the title of "talented woman". With the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, coupled with various exposures and publicity, she became the "capable woman"
A new era female model who holds up half the sky.
The blog failed to win, so Xu Jinglei found a new way, developed a style of play, found the hot spots to show off, and laid out a new track. After all, compared to blogs, electronic magazines are obviously much more popular.
Who else knows how to pretend to be a cultured person better than celebrities?
Even Lu Yu and Yang Lan also joined in the fun. The name of "magazine editor" is so resounding, but she is not as vulgar as the blog queen. What she wants is a high-end, cultured and classy person!
"Okay, she is a perfect match for our talented girl."
Lu Fei's lips curled up: "I support it. What are you going to name it? Do you want me to give you some advice?"
"I've already thought about it, it's called "Yuan Lai It's You"."
Gao Yuanyuan rested her head on his shoulder: "In the first issue, there will be an interaction about 'taking a photo with Gao Yuanyuan'. As long as fans upload their own photos, they can create a composite photo, isn't it good?"
"Indeed, it can bring us closer to our fans."
Lu Fei said happily: "If you make one, why don't I make one too? I've already thought of the name. It's called "Men Must Pretend"."
"Pfft, what's your name? Your name is "Men Have to Pretend", am I the "Women Have to Pretend"..."
Gao Yuanyuan suddenly realized: "Okay, you are laughing at me!"
"My conscience, how dare I laugh at you?"
Lu Fei dodged and avoided her vise-gripping technique.
"What's more, are you pretending to be laughing at me?"
Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes: "Actually, I don't want to pretend. Pretending to be a 'talented girl' is much more tiring than acting, and it also costs a lot of money. Although there is no need for printing, website maintenance, picture production, and editorial team, everything needs money, I guess.
After all, the initial one year cost is at least 100,000, and you may not be able to make money yet."
"100,000? How can this be done!"
"Or forget it."
"No, no, I only lose 100,000 a year. It will take me hundreds of years to go bankrupt. It's too slow. I have to make this amount every year no matter what!"
Lu Fei stretched out two fingers.
"Fuck you, you're teasing me again!"
Gao Yuanyuan beat him several times with anger and laughter.
"It's nothing to lose a little money. It's my honor to witness Yuanyuan's infinite potential being activated." Lu Fei hugged her, "But you think about it, online reading is completely fragmented and fast food.
It’s okay to read a few hundred words of news, but if you want to read a magazine with dozens of pages, I’m afraid not many people have the patience.”
"Yes, what should we do?"
"So they run their magazine, let's go to our Weibo. Soon, New Wolf will launch a brand new product, which is equivalent to a streamlined version of the blog. Each message can only be sent 200 words. In the future, there will be more
Ported to mobile phones.”
"200 words is so little."
"Quite a few."
Lu Fei patiently explained that the reason why Weibo is limited to 140 characters is entirely an imitation, because Twitter supports 280 ASCII characters, and the Chinese equivalent is 140 characters.
Of course, 140 words is not a big problem.
Just like long videos, they cannot compete with short videos in terms of traffic.
“But what can you do with 200 words?”
Gao Yuanyuan raised her head and looked at his angular face.
"I'm telling you now, but you don't understand it. When you get started during the closed beta, I don't need to tell you, and you will understand it."
"Okay, what should I do now?"
"During Weibo's internal testing, all artists from the Han and Tang Dynasties must use it. Then when it is officially launched, we will ask you to meet media people, celebrities, and celebrities from all walks of life to register an account and then verify it."
"Is it just like NetArt Blog, first using celebrities to attract traffic, so that Weibo can quickly accumulate a group of users?"
"clever."
Lu Fei turned to the woods and said as he walked: "Weibo is not comparable to electronic magazines. In the future, newspapers, TV stations, and even government agencies will be stationed in this public opinion position, vying to be opinion leaders and influence."
, the blog may be only a fraction of Weibo.”
"What are opinion leaders?" Gao Yuanyuan asked curiously.
Lu Feiyan explained succinctly and comprehensively that the reason why Yao Dazui became the queen of Weibo was firstly because of the promotion of New Wolf packaging, secondly because he caught up with the wave of smart phones and mobile Internet and stood at the forefront of the trend, and thirdly because of the so-called "thinking (public)".
"Imagination (knowledge)" is awakened, and she often comments on public events, appearing to be an "independent woman".
For example, where the flower of evil blooms.
Gao Yuanyuan does not need to take this route.
"You can think about it more."
Lu Fei stopped and said, "Weibo will hold a launch ceremony when it goes online and invite some celebrities to the platform. It's called 'Weibo Star Night'. In the future, we may also have an award ceremony like Sohu and Baidu."
, Emerging Actor of the Year, Breakthrough Actor of the Year, Weibo King, Weibo Queen..."
"What a shameful name you have!"
Gao Yuanyuan chuckled, "You are not embarrassed, but everyone who receives the award is embarrassed. Isn't this the chicken king competition in "Wulin Gaiden", the best crowing chicken, the best leg award, the best rooster award, and the best hen award.
Chicken Award, Chicken you are so beautiful..."
“Is there an award for ‘You are so beautiful’?”
"Why isn't it? You added it to the script on purpose. It had to be added. I really don't understand what's so funny about it."
"Hehehe, maybe it will be funny in the future."
"Come on, if it's like what you said, wouldn't the internal entertainment be over? Maybe it was you who gave it to me."
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and patted him.
"Do you still need me to come to Huohuo for internal entertainment?"
Lu Fei disagreed, "It's more like me coming to save you."
The two of them laughed and played, then found a shade tree, spread out a mat, and lay down together, with the sun shining on them bit by bit.
Much more comfortable!
"Hululu~"
Lu Fei suddenly started snoring, and a gust of breeze blew past his ears, which was cool and cool. He thought Gao Yuanyuan was playing with him, so he murmured:
"Yuanyuan, don't make trouble."
Gao Yuanyuan lifted up her hair that was messed up by the wind, looked at his innocent sleeping figure, and couldn't help but reveal a happy smile.
After a while, the silence was broken by a humming vibration.
The ringtone of the cell phone then rang, startling the birds in the forest.
Lu Fei turned over and asked, "Who called?"
"Wang Jing, maybe something happened to the crew."
Gao Yuanyuan ended their world together unhappy, and returned to the Mentougou filming location under the escort of Wang Ben and others.
However, the crew was fine, but Wang Jing was in trouble.
"Looking for investment from us in the Han and Tang Dynasties?"
Gao Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows, "Whose movie?"
"You two should know each other. My predecessor, Director Wu Yusen, is the director who made "A Better Tomorrow" and then went to Hollywood to work on "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible 2"..."
Wang Jing's tone of introduction was full of envy.
Gao Yuanyuan was surprised, but Lu Fei was lukewarm and a notoriously xenophobic old-fashioned man. He dismissed it and said, "With his brand name and reputation, will he still be short of investment?"
"Well, it was an unexpected accident."
Wang Jing was extremely embarrassed, "Originally, Fa Ge, the male lead in "Red Cliff", gave up the role and turned to filming "Pirates of the Caribbean". As a result, many investors who were interested in Fa Ge also withdrew their capital, and the power was suddenly cut off.
Why don't you call me now and ask me to ask Mr. Gao if Han and Tang are interested?"
"Why did Brother Fa quit acting?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.
"Director Wu said that Brother Fa seemed to be used to Hollywood. He added a lot of harsh conditions during the negotiation. They couldn't reach an agreement and the negotiation collapsed." Wang Jing glanced at Lu Fei from time to time, but saw
He was indifferent. "Mr. Gao, we have also experienced this Hollywood treatment, haven't we? That feeling..."
"Who is the replacement?"
Gao Yuanyuan nodded, feeling the same.
"Liang Chaowei."
Wang Jing is like a salesman, working hard to promote Wu Yusen. After all, he is the hope of the Hong Kong circle after returning from Hollywood.
If "Red Cliff" succeeds, it will be able to carry the banner.
"Hey, the lineup is so luxurious?"
Gao Yuanyuan took a breath and heard that Tony Leung, Jincheng Wu, Zhang Fengyi, Hu Jun, Lin Zhiling and other all-star lineups from the three places across the Taiwan Strait, the single-film salary expenditure started at 100 million.
"Director Wu is very sincere. He also retained Sun Shangxiang, the female lead, for Zeng Li to star." Wang Jing said with emotion: "I have only seen this star cast in "The Banquet of the Rich"."
The number one female der!
Lu Fei rolled his eyes, not to mention that Zeng Li was pregnant and couldn't film, even if she could, she wouldn't be able to film "Red Cliff".
Wu Yusen harbors evil intentions and his intentions can be punished!
On the surface, Sun Shangxiang is the female lead, but in fact it is Xiao Qiao, who has more scenes. When Zeng Li went to act, she was promoted to a model.
Not to mention, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and other protagonists are all from Hong Kong circles.
Take my money and flatter your people?
He glanced at Gao Yuanyuan and saw that she seemed to be moving, so he immediately asked: "So how much investment does Director Wu still need?"
"More than 500 million yuan has been raised, and we are only short of 1.2 billion yuan."
Wang Jing was overjoyed to be chosen by Mr. Lu, so money was still an issue, it was just a hair on the body of a nine-year-old cow!
"The total cost is 600 million!?"
Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help being shocked.
As a member of the Hong Kong circle, Wang Jing couldn't help but feel a sense of pride: "Yes, Director Wu wants to create one of the most luxurious blockbusters in Chinese history. China Film and Shanghai Film have all invested in it. How about it, Mr. Lu?"
, Mr. Gao, this kind of opportunity is rare?"
"hooligan?"
If Lu Fei wasn't here, Gao Yuanyuan would have been hot-headed and immediately agreed. With big production + big director + big cast, she couldn't think of a reason why it wouldn't be a big hit at the box office.
"I'm in business, I only care about money."
Lu Fei disagreed. "The Wandering Earth 2" only cost 600 million. In comparison, "Red Cliff" is at most the level of "Half River Green". Even this costs 600 million?
Or the RMB 600 million in 2007?
To make back the money, the box office needs to be at least 1.8 billion. Obviously, the current domestic film market cannot support such a large box office.
"Oh, 600 million is the investment amount for two movies. "Red Cliff" will be divided into an upper part and a lower part." Wang Jing was excited.
"Even if there are two parts, each one will cost 300 million."
Lu Fei turned his head: "Yuanyuan, please help me think about it. In these Chinese costume blockbusters with more than 100 million invested in these years, do you lose more or make more?"
Gao Yuanyuan thought about it carefully, and it was like waking up from a dream.
"The Night Banquet" with an investment of 500 million yuan had a box office of 300 million yuan in the mainland, "Golden Armor" lost 400 million yuan, and "Seven Swords" with a blood loss of 60 million yuan has made Xu Ke unable to relax over the years.
Except for "Hero" and "Painted Skin", these blockbusters are not as profitable as expected. Almost nine out of ten movies lose money. The cost of "Red Cliff" is 600 million, and in the end, it may be lost.
"There are too few theater chains in China, and there are not enough screens. The maximum movie box office is 3 to 4 billion, which is the limit. 1.8 billion, maybe five or eight years later, this will be possible."
Lu Fei sneered: "Now, haha."
"Director Wu also knows that for an international blockbuster with such a large investment, the mainland box office alone is not enough. It must rely on global distribution to recover the cost, so he hired nine screenwriters from across the Taiwan Strait and three places to make "Red Cliff" a 'combination of Chinese and Western'
International Story.”
Wang Jing was extremely anxious, because "Painted Skin" broke the pattern of "Hong Kong stars as the mainstay, domestic entertainment as the supplement", and he was on the verge of being expelled from the Hong Kong industry. No matter what, he had to make meritorious service.
"Haha, this is the funniest joke I heard today, Yuanyuan, what do you think?" Lu Fei squinted.
"Um."
Gao Yuanyuan smiled knowingly, knowing in her heart that he seemed to be saying so much to Wang Jing, but actually he was saying it to herself.
She had completely figured it out and gave up the idea of investing.
"Director Wang, no matter how you edit the movie about the Three Kingdoms, it will not attract European and American stars. Stars like Tony Leung and Jincheng Wu are even worthless. Their combined influence may not be as famous as Wu Yusen and Sister Zeng. They are the only ones in the world.
In the overseas market, there are only neon products with the Three Kingdoms complex, but is it enough to rely on just this one ticket warehouse?"
"This this……"
Wang Jing looked embarrassed and was speechless.
Gao Yuanyuan shook her head and laughed: "I'm afraid it's not enough. Most of the overseas releases involve selling copyrights, and the box office revenue basically belongs to the distributor. Our "Painted Skin" was sold for more than a year, and the overseas revenue was only US$7 to 8 million. "Red Cliff"
How many can there be?"
"Oh, it seems that I don't have such a fate."
Wang Jing smiled bitterly and left in a sensible manner without being too entangled. He was quite clear about his position in Mr. Lu——
After all, I worked for Xiang Huaqiang.
Don't think that because Mr. Lu thinks highly of you, you feel that you are very important. Mr. Lu is more terrifying than the Xiang family when he criticizes and favors anyone.
In short, it is not of the same magnitude at all.
"A Fei, I actually think that 100 million may not be a good deal, but if you invest tens of millions, you can win the first female lead for Sister Zeng Li, and you can also sell Wu Yusen a favor, which is quite good." Gao Yuanyuan pursed her lips.
, "Anyway, we have coal bosses, Liu Qijin and the others will definitely be willing to pay for it."
"When I do business, in addition to looking at money, I also care about my mood and people. My mood today is actually very good, but Wu Yusen, hum, is not happy."
There was disdain in Lu Fei's eyes.
"Why?" Gao Yuanyuan asked doubtfully.
"What's his level? In "Windtalker", the boss of MGM was bankrupted, and he was a lost dog who couldn't make it in Hollywood. He made a bad movie to cooperate with me. On the contrary, it seemed to give me a chance. I
Do I still need to thank him?"
Lu Fei smacked his lips, just kneel down to make money, kiss the upper part of my shoes, and then ask me for help, it sounds more pleasant to you, why don't you ask Wang Jing to send a message?
