Looking at the company name "Extreme Records", Zhang Yang walked in curiously.
With an area of less than 100 square meters, some parts of the company are being renovated and look a bit shabby, and more than a dozen employees are working.
It is said that they are at work, but in fact most of the employees are fishing, some are flipping through magazines, and some are chatting happily in low voices, seeming a little idle.
After all, the intense work for several consecutive months has ended, and now there is suddenly nothing to do, which inevitably makes people relax. Liu Hao and his father also tacitly approved of this fishing behavior and turned a blind eye.
A bonus was given and we planned to organize a trip for employees to go out and relax.
Of course, Zhang Yang didn't know this. He only felt that Liu Hao's record company was no different from those leather-backed record companies with incomplete procedures.
It's hard to imagine that such a record company could successfully produce and release a million-dollar album.
I saw Liu Jianguo, Liu Hao's father, in the company, looking very happy. Zhang Yang enthusiastically went up to say a few words. After all, he was the father of his close friend, and Zhang Yang knew him.
Soon Zhang Yang met Liu Hao. He was thinner than the last time they met, but he also felt much more mature.
He glanced at Gao Yuanyuan, who looked a little reserved next to him, with a red face and lowered head.
Zhang Yang smiled knowingly, and the relationship between her and Liu Hao was clear at a glance.
Originally, he was very disgusted with this kind of capital messing around with people. After all, this was his first movie, and he also strived for perfection and strived for a double success at the box office and word of mouth.
But now it seems that the young and innocent Gao Yuanyuan fits the image of the high school student in the movie very well. If he were to choose by himself, it would be difficult to find someone more suitable than Gao Yuanyuan.
As for Liu Hao, regardless of whether his image matches the character or not, his current explosive popularity and the gimmick of the first movie were enough to attract a large number of fans to watch it in the cinema.
Just watch a few movies and you'll get your money back.
There has always been a fan economy, otherwise Liu Tianwang would not have been able to earn such a high salary when his business was not up to standard a few years ago.
As for acting skills, if you were admitted to China National Theater and Nortel, you should not only have good acting skills, but at least you should be very spiritual. As a director, Zhang Yang is confident that he can train him well.
Thinking of this and looking at Gao Yuanyuan and Liu Hao, Zhang Yang felt more and more satisfied, and the smile on his face became brighter.
After a few warm greetings, the two sides soon started talking about movies.
The first thing to talk about is the salary.
When Liu Hao heard that Zhang Yang could pay Liu Hao for the film, Liu Hao remained silent. Wang Jinghua, who received Liu Hao's hint, immediately spoke for Liu Hao and said with a look of disgust:
"Isn't it too little? Do you know how much money my Liu Hao made from the album he released? Several million, which is much more than your investment in movies. Now my Liu Hao can sing on stage for just a few minutes at any commercial performance.
The salary is higher than yours, and even my Liu Hao was allowed to film on your set for several weeks..."
"Wow..." Gao Yuanyuan quickly covered her open mouth with her hands, her face filled with disbelief. Millions was an astronomical figure that she couldn't believe.
"However, he is a newcomer who has not proven himself in the film and television industry, and he only acted in one of the units. Forty thousand yuan is already very conscientious," Zhang Yang said a little aggrievedly, "I have a limited budget for this film, otherwise
I give all the stars a flat price of 40,000 yuan. This is not a friendly price. We only have so much money, and my own director's fee is only 30,000 yuan."
"At least one hundred thousand. With my Liu Hao's current popularity, this price is already very favorable, otherwise there is no need to negotiate." Wang Jinghua did not give in.
"No," Zhang Yang still shook his head and refused to give in, "If we increase your salary, other stars will be dissatisfied and demand an increase in their salary..."
Zhang Yang strictly controlled the remuneration expenditure for his film and ensured that most of the investment was spent on film shooting.
Reluctant to compromise with each other, and seeing a deadlock, Liu Hao suddenly spoke, pointed at Gao Yuanyuan and asked: "How much are you prepared to pay her for the film?"
Zhang Yang hesitantly stretched out a finger.
"Ten thousand? Isn't it too little?" Although Liu Hao said this, he was quite satisfied with Gao Yuanyuan's salary.
After all, Gao Yuanyuan is a pure amateur in the film and television industry, and she is not as famous as Liu Hao is now. She definitely cannot be compared with those stars who have participated in movies and TV series.
Zhang Yang said with some embarrassment: "It's not ten thousand, only one thousand."
"One thousand? How can you say that? You know, advertisers now offer tens of thousands for her commercials. If that's the case, then we won't do it."
Wang Jinghua's words made Gao Yuanyuan a little anxious. Being able to participate in the movie was something she could only dream of. One thousand yuan was the normal market price, so she was willing even if she didn't get paid.
Liu Hao pretended to frown, and grabbed Gao Yuanyuan's anxious hand under the table, signaling her to calm down.
Zhang Yang looked embarrassed and remained silent. No matter what Wang Jinghua said, even though his face turned red, he still refused to give in.
Finally, Liu Hao stretched out his hand to signal Wang Jinghua to quiet down. Liu Hao said, "Otherwise, each of us will make a concession and choose a compromise method. I can only have a salary of 40,000, but I also hope that her salary can be increased."
To 40,000. If you are unwilling to give me a special remuneration, I hope she will be the same."
Zhang Yang glanced at Gao Yuanyuan, and he could actually accept this result.
But he still wanted to bargain, and said with a troubled face: "The production plan has been planned. If her salary is suddenly increased, I'm afraid it will affect the filming of the movie..."
"You and my eldest brother are close friends, so I always treat you as an older brother, so I won't embarrass you."
Liu Hao smiled, made some connections with Zhang Yang, and then said: "I know this is my brother's first movie. Even if Yuanyuan and I don't increase the salary, with the investment brought by my brother, we want to make a good film."
I'm afraid the funds for the movie are also very tight. I'll make this clear after a little research. I also hope that my brother will give me a serious answer, is that right?"
Zhang Yang thought for a moment, sighed, and nodded helplessly.
Zhang Yang tried his best to attract investment for his first film, but he only managed to get a total of more than 2.5 million from Rolling Stone and other places. According to his shooting plan, it was estimated that 3 million would be enough.
The film market in mainland China is really not very good these days, and investors are very cautious when investing in movies. The investment of 2.5 million is already Zhang Yang's limit, and no one is willing to invest anymore.
It is too difficult to get back the investment if the investment is high.
There is no other way, Zhang Yang can only think about starting the filming of the movie first, and then find the original investors to invest when there is a shortage of funds.
I'm not cutting corners or sacrificing my own business, but the budget for making movies is actually not enough. In order to prevent my previous investment from being in vain, even if they don't want to, those investors may have no choice but to invest more.
"As long as you are willing to give her the salary I mentioned, I am willing to invest in your movie!" Liu Hao stated his purpose.
"Really?" Zhang Yang's eyes lit up. If anyone was willing to invest in him, he didn't want to use those tricks that would bring bad reputation to others.
Zhang Yang held out five fingers and said, "My funding gap is this number, half a million!"
"No problem, it's only five hundred thousand." Liu Hao said nonchalantly, and glanced at Gao Yuanyuan tenderly, as if he was teasing the princes just for the beauty's smile.
"What a big water pipe," Zhang Yang was ecstatic in his heart. He didn't expect that the investment gap that had been bothering him for a long time could be solved so easily.
Zhang Yang glanced at Liu Hao and thought that he was indeed arrogant after making a lot of money, but he was still a young man, young and energetic.
Before Zhang Yang could speak, Liu Hao continued: "I took a look at your movie plan. Your movie will have many musical elements, so you asked Rolling Stone to invest. If you promise me to increase Yuanyuan's salary, I will
You can choose any of the songs you want, or even write two songs specifically for your friendly price."
Hearing this, Zhang Yang became even more elated. If Liu Hao could be asked to write a song or two for his movie, it would definitely attract more of Liu Hao's fans to go to the cinema to watch the movie.
Zhang Yang glanced at Gao Yuanyuan again. Although this girl was pure, beautiful and a perfect beauty, how could she have such great charm that people would willingly pay for her like this.
If it were him, he would definitely not do it. Zhang Yang sighed in his heart: "Young people are still too impulsive, crazy about love and regardless of the consequences."
"It's a deal, we're done!" Zhang Yang said immediately.
"I'm willing to invest in you, but you have to convince your other investors to let me invest."
"There is no problem with this, leave it to me." Zhang Yang assured.
"I trust you, so I am willing to invest in your movie, but I hope you will not treat me as a cheat. How much I invest is how much I should get and how much I deserve in return."
"Of course, we are all our own people, and I will definitely not trick you."
There are too many tricks in the movie, and an outsider who suddenly invests will definitely be cheated and lose all his money. However, Liu Hao's father and eldest brother are both from Beijing Film Studio, so they are considered insiders, so they are not too worried.
The two parties initialed a contract, and both parties were satisfied with the contract.
"Isn't it too risky for you to suddenly invest in a movie?" Wang Jinghua asked worriedly after Zhang Yangzhi left with satisfaction.
In the past few years, with the film reform, the mainland film market has gradually recovered, but this is mostly due to imported films.
For example, last year, most of the top spots on the mainland box office list were imported films.
The first place is "True Lies" introduced from Hollywood, with a box office of 103 million, the second place is Brother Long's "Red Zone", with a box office of 95 million, and the third place is Jiang Wen's "Spring Days"
, although it is a mainland movie, the box office is only 50 million.
Although the box office looks very good, the production cost of this movie plus additional fees exceeded 10 million.
More importantly, this movie was nominated at the Venice Film Festival and won such a high box office with the support of winning the Golden Horse Award.
Among the current mainland directors, especially those with professional backgrounds, some know how to make commercial films, and some can make films that audiences like.
It has failed miserably at the box office again and again, which is why it is now difficult for mainland directors to attract investment.
For a movie with an investment of 3 million, triple return means a box office of nearly 10 million. Can a movie made by a mainland director at this stage have such a high box office?
Wang Jinghua is also not optimistic that Zhang Yang's film can recover the cost, which is why Wang Jinghua is worried.
It's really too reckless.
After what happened before, Wang Jinghua did not dare to warn her face to face, so she could only wink at Liu Hao, but Liu Hao ignored her.
She knew that Liu Hao had always been a very thoughtful person, and he must have made such a decision carefully and with his own considerations.
You should not be carried away by love.
Probably not?
Wang Jinghua couldn't help but glance at Gao Yuanyuan.