Liu Hao said he was willing to help, not that he wanted to invest on his own, but that he was willing to help them attract investment.
Liu Hao has understood the current movie market. Investing in making a movie at this time is basically a loss-making business.
Originally, mainland movies at this time rarely achieved high box office.
Even if the movie you make has great potential and is well-received by the market and very popular after it opens, it may not necessarily achieve ideal box office results.
Because at this time, theater chains all over the country were hiding their box office, and this situation was very common.
It is difficult for you to know the true box office performance of your movie, and if you do not have personal connections, it is also difficult for you to get back your share of the box office share.
Cinema chains everywhere are in a state of loss, so delays and delayed payments for various reasons are common. If you want to settle the share, there is nothing you can do if you are asked to wait for several years.
If Big Brother's movie hadn't attracted Mr. Han from Beijing Film Studio and secured investment from Beijing Film Studio, it is very likely that he would have encountered this situation.
But even if Mr. Han helps to mediate, this situation will inevitably occur. The capital will be better, and other places will at best be more restrained.
The current environment is not suitable for investing in filmmaking.
Previously, Liu Hao invested in the movie "Love Malatang" directed by Zhang Yang. Based on the situation in later generations, Liu Hao thought that investing in this movie would make a lot of money.
But the actual situation was different, and it was beyond Liu Hao's expectation.
The film was finalized last year and has been produced for a long time, but it is still far from being released in theaters.
If you can't find a suitable schedule, it will be difficult for you to achieve satisfactory box office results if you open the film now.
Liu Hao also couldn't figure out how this movie achieved such high box office.
Following the lessons learned from Zhang Yang's movie, Liu Hao now doesn't dare to invest randomly in movies.
In addition to investing in my elder brother, for the few movies produced by my own film and television company, one or two movies a year is enough.
Liu Hao has no plans to invest in other people's movies.
If you have money to invest in movies, you might as well invest in producing a few more TV series.
The TV drama market is booming now.
The 500,000 yuan invested in Zhang Yang's film was regarded as the tuition fee to enter the industry. The films invested in the eldest brother's film were also low-cost films. They were small-scale films. Even if they really lost money, they wouldn't lose much. They were all within the range that Liu Hao could bear.
within.
But "Red Love" directed by Ye Dayin is different.
With his brother Zhang Guorong joining the cast, it will have a certain box office reputation foundation, but it also means that the investment cost will never be low.
It requires an investment of at least tens of millions, or even more.
Liu Hao doesn't know the final cost of the film, nor does he know whether the film will make a profit or a loss later on.
But Liu Hao can roughly calculate it.
According to the current movie market, it is possible to make a profit at the box office with three times the investment cost. This mainland-themed movie can achieve a box office result of at least 30 million yuan.
This is still the minimum investment algorithm. The more investment, the higher the box office will be.
Liu Hao thought it was unlikely.
At this stage, few mainland films can achieve this result.
As for capital recovery in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even overseas markets...
Come to think of it, forget it. Movies with red themes don't have much market overseas.
The popular movies with red themes in later generations can only achieve high box office in the mainland, and even their own Hong Kong cities are not interested.
The possibility of making a profit by investing in this movie is almost slim.
It's a good movie, but unfortunately it's hard to make money.
Liu Hao himself doesn't know how to invest, but that doesn't mean no one is willing to invest.
Just like Huayi Brothers, they are definitely willing.
Perhaps they were stimulated by the fact that they first established a film and television company to produce film and television dramas, so Huayi Brothers also accelerated their pace.
It didn't take long for them to establish their own Huayi Brothers Film and Television Company, and even invested in a number of film and television dramas.
In this life, their own existence and their own record company have made the Huayi Brothers a lot of money, and it has also given them more capital and confidence. Film and television investment now does not count the cost, and profitability is not their biggest concern.
After establishing the film and television company, they also encountered the same problem that Liu Hao encountered at the beginning, which was the lack of talents in the film and television industry.
Liu Hao is a member of China National Television, and now he has received great help from China National Television and has been able to attract many professional talents from China National Television to his own film and television company.
There is a steady stream of talent coming in every year.
Liu Hao and Zhongxi complement each other.
Huayi Brothers can only spend money. It doesn't matter whether you make money from investment or not. The key is to make friends, friends in the film and television industry, especially friends in Beijing.
Eat people with short hands...
Having deep pockets can always attract talented people.
Ye Dayin was originally from the Beijing circle, and he also had a status in this circle. Liu Hao helped bridge the gap and introduced such a person to Huayi Brothers. Huayi Brothers were grateful even before it was too late.
As for whether he can get investment from Huayi Brothers, it depends on Ye Dayin's ability to deceive.
But it shouldn't be a problem.
Even if Liu Hao does not invest himself, he has fulfilled his promise to help attract investment, and Ye Dayin will definitely be grateful.
A matchmaking session can allow them to each get what they need and win the goodwill of both families....
They may all think they made a profit, but Liu Hao definitely didn't lose.
Speaking of Huayi Brothers' investment, Liu Hao thought of the 10 million they invested in Chen Kaige's new movie "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin".
I really dare to invest, and I am not afraid that the ten million will be wasted.
Liu Hao vaguely remembers that the box office of this movie in later generations was very miserable in the Mainland.
As for whether the film can recover the investment cost from other aspects, Liu Hao is not sure, but even if it can recover the investment cost, whether Huayi Brothers can recover the investment is another matter.
In the film and television industry, it is common for blockbuster movies to be recorded as losses.
And this is not exclusive to Hollywood, it happens all over the world.
The mainland film and television industry is also very professional when it comes to cheating investors.
Think about the coal bosses of later generations quietly withdrawing from the industry. When the film and television industry was finally taken over by Internet capital, and those practitioners in the film and television industry began to miss the coal bosses again, have they ever thought about how you screwed the coal bosses so badly in the first place?
of.
It is purely self-inflicted and you will not survive.
Huayi Brothers definitely has to pay tuition fees to enter the industry, but the tuition fees may be a bit too much...
As for the role of "Lao Du" that Huayi Brothers was competing for in the movie "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", Liu Hao finally decided to take the role after careful consideration.
It's a rare opportunity to work with a big director in a major drama with big investment.
Well...director Chen Kaige has become famous far and wide. The movie "Farewell My Concubine" established his status as a first-line director.
This is the great guide that Teacher Chang Li cherishes so much, and even ranks higher than Zhang Guoshi in her heart.
Sometimes, when accepting a role, you can't just consider the role itself and the quality of the script. Do you really think that those well-known actors acting in bad dramas are just because they don't know that it is a bad drama?
Sometimes they offer too much and it's hard to refuse, but more often it's just a matter of human nature.
This circle is full of human kindness and sophistication.
Huayi Brothers has invested so much to get you a role, and other directors have agreed to give you such a role. If you don't go, you won't give face.
Liu Hao didn't care in his heart whether he was given this face or not, and it didn't matter whether he offended them or not, but in this circle, it was best not to break his face or not, and to have as many friends as few enemies.
Except if it's a particularly annoying person like Megatron.
Although Liu Hao has participated in three film and television dramas now, one of them has not been aired yet. Speaking of which, he is still a newcomer. It is an honor for Liu Hao to get this role.
Others still can’t ask for it.
You must know that the actor who played the role of "Lao Du" in later generations was Wang Zhiwen.
He is now a well-known actor and has won many awards. His status in the film and television industry is far beyond that of Liu Hao now.
Liu Hao also wanted to watch and experience the production of a big-budget movie. After all, he had never seen it before, so the opportunity was rare. Liu Hao even considered asking his eldest brother to go to the crew to learn.
It can be considered as a precautionary measure.
Of course, the more important point is that Liu Hao also plans to make friends. Liu Hao vaguely remembers that there are many good actors in this movie.
One of the quickest ways to make friends in the industry is to have worked together before.
So I didn't refuse in the end.
As for the role of "Lao Du", he should be in the play and not have to perform the wheel-turning...
Well, probably not...
After receiving Liu Hao's promise to help attract investment, Ye Dayin was very happy. He immediately turned into a friend of many years and became particularly enthusiastic. He even invited Liu Hao to dinner in the evening and then talked in detail.
But he was declined by Liu Hao. It was getting late. Looking at the time on his watch, Liu Hao took the initiative to say goodbye and left.
After Liu Hao left, Ye Dayin showed a trace of displeasure on his face, and asked his brother Zhang Guorong with some worry: "Tell me, will his promise to help attract investment be fulfilled?"
"Of course, I'm absolutely sure!" My brother replied affirmatively.
"That's good," Ye Dayin was satisfied and asked again, "Then why does he refuse to attend our dinner party in the evening? Is he looking down on us?"
The elder brother laughed and replied: "That's not true. He told me before that today is his girlfriend's birthday and he has to rush back to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday."
After being reminded, Mei Ting nodded aside and added with a smile, "Yes, his girlfriend is from our dormitory and is the beauty of our class..."
Ye Dayin suddenly realized this and started laughing.
"No wonder he keeps rejecting Xu Jinglei. It turns out that he has a girlfriend. If Xu Jinglei knew this news, she would definitely be heartbroken and anxious. She is so ruthless..."
In Pengcheng, young Ma Ge was still relatively thin, wearing large-rimmed brown glasses, the most popular "37-point" haircut, a white shirt and black trousers, with tightly tied trouser pockets.
Absolute A4 waist.
The look and attire of IT men in the late 1990s cannot be more classic.
He hurried to the agreed place.
"Lao Zhang, why are you so anxious to find me?" Brother Ma asked with a puzzled look on his face when he saw his college classmate and friend.
"Lao Ma, don't you want to start a business and are saving money now? I just happened to take a big job here..."
"Oh? What's the big job?" Brother Ma suddenly became interested and asked.
"Someone asked me to help build a novel website."
"How much is the reward?" This is what Xiao Ma is most concerned about.
"Fifty thousand yuan! This is just the cost of building a website..."
"Where did the big water monkey come from, so readily giving back so much..."
If Xiao Ma knew that the cost of building the website given by Liu Hao was 200,000, he would definitely be even more shocked.
There are layers of outsourcing everywhere….
Liu Hao didn't understand the market conditions of the Internet at this time, so he immediately agreed to whatever price he thought was appropriate.
There was no counter-offering at all, so it was normal to be cheated.
"You are a popular singer. You can easily make a lot of money by releasing a record. Of course you will be happy if you have money..." Lao Zhang introduced Liu Hao to Party A.
"I see, he is quite popular now, and I quite like his songs..."
Brother Xiao Ma fell into thinking and asked doubtfully, "Why does the big singer want to build a website, or a novel website..."
"You don't care what other people think. Maybe they just like reading novels and have this hobby. I helped you get this job. Do you want to accept it or not?"
"Yes, why not?" Brother Xiao Ma took the website plan and read it carefully, "It seems that this big singer still understands the Internet very well. It has functions such as classification, likes, recommendations, etc.
There’s so much demand…”
Liu Hao did not write down the functional requirements for reward subscriptions and other functions in later generations. After all, the Internet at this time was still in the stage of free sharing.
Don’t even think about paying, free is the way to go.
"Do you find it troublesome?"
"No, no, no," Brother Ma shook his head and thought, "I'm just curious, how come this big singer seems to know so much about the Internet when he has so many things to do."
"They are all young people. It is easier to accept new things and have more ideas. It is normal. It is not strange that he understands the Internet. This is also a good thing..."
Brother Xiao Ma nodded and thought so. Suddenly he had an idea and said in surprise: "Do you think we can find him to invest in our business? It would be too troublesome for us to save money to start our own business..."
"
The person next to him fell silent for a short time, and then said: "If you want to find someone else to invest, you must at least complete other people's affairs beautifully first..."
"That's for sure!" Xiao Ma said with great confidence.
"You want to start a business, but have you thought about what you want to do to start a business?"
"I haven't thought about this clearly yet. It's good to take on work and outsource it now. But now I've come into contact with a software, ICQ, which is an instant messaging software. It's very popular abroad. I think it's very profitable. We
What do you think about doing instant messaging..."
"..."
What Liu Hao never expected was that he suddenly thought of setting up a novel website and became Xiao Ma's client.
And now he is rushing to Zeng Li's home in the dusty world. Today is her birthday.