"You want us to invest?" Meng Xiaobai deliberately said in a surprised tone, "It's like saying that we don't make any money, so we still want to invest in you?"
In fact, he has long wanted to invest in the other party. Firstly, he trusts their own special effects, and secondly, he feels that the other party's movies are pretty good. The most important point is that he really can't make much money doing special effects with them, so he might as well invest in movies.
, if the box office is a hit, you can still make a lot of money.
I thought so in my heart, but Meng Xiaobai must let the other party say it out, so that he can have the initiative to negotiate terms!
"Mr. Meng, listen to me!" Shui Dumpling explained, "Our total investment now is only 60 million! We can count your special effects production costs as 6 million! Our movie only needs 150 million
You won’t lose any money!”
"I bet this "Nezha" can get a box office of 300 million yuan! It can even reach the 500 million level of "White Snake". If it explodes and reaches 900 million yuan of "The Great Sage", it will be a big profit!
"
"You make it simple, don't think I don't know how many movies are released a year!" Meng Xiaobai retorted.
"With risks come rewards!" Shui Diao spared no effort to promote his work. Meng Xiaobai struggled with him for a while before saying, "Then I'll give it some thought."
"Also, our special effects work is only worth six million? Is it too low?"
"Six million is enough, otherwise the other investors will be dissatisfied!" Shui Dumpling said.
"Then you won't do those last wonderful special effects shots?" Meng Xiaobai asked.
"What? You mean, the special effects shot of Nezha and Ao Bing resisting the catastrophe at the end?" Shui Diao asked in surprise. That scene was according to his conception.
It is the historical background of the entire earth that flows rapidly in time, stars move, the sun and the moon change, life is born and then falls silent!
Because this shot was too difficult and the production cost was too high, Shui Dumpling and other producers had already decided to give up. Meng Xiaobai brought it up again at this time.
"Of course!" Meng Xiaobai said.
"Can this... be made?" Shui Diao certainly hopes that his idea can come true, but five special effects companies have already rejected his request.
"Yes!" Meng Xiaobai replied affirmatively.
"Okay! Great! As long as it can be produced, of course the investment amount for the work can be increased! Who doesn't agree with me to talk to him!" Shui Diao said loudly, his voice full of surprise.
The dumplings did not disappoint Meng Xiaobai. After his persistence, the production team of "The Devil Boy Nezha" decided to let Deep Space Digital become an investor, and the investment amount was calculated based on the cost of the special effects work.
Deep Space Digital will finish all the remaining special effects shots and improve and enrich the original special effects scenes. The cost of this set will be calculated as 10 million for them!
Ten million sounds like a lot. But for movie special effects, it is not much. For those blockbusters, sometimes a special effects shot of more than ten seconds will cost this money! Because "The Devil Boy Nezha" is an animated movie,
So the cost is less.
In this way, Meng Xiaobai suddenly became one of the investors of this animated film, and he was also a major investor accounting for one-seventh of the total investment amount!
After becoming a film investor, Meng Xiaobai became more attentive to special effects production. He even took the time to personally guide the production of difficult scenes.
The task that the producers originally thought would take three months to complete, was completed in only half a month by Deep Space Digital! And the finished product is even better than expected!
The producers also couldn't wait to perfect the film. In more than a month, it passed the film review as quickly as possible and was ready to be released!
In the past two months, the data marketing team arranged by Meng Xiaobai has also made some achievements. The advertising delivery system they created has been well received by advertisers.
The marketing team took the opportunity to launch a "personal advertising" model. Groups such as individual e-commerce merchants or Internet celebrities can spend their own money to advertise on "Look at Me". Different expenses correspond to different promotion models.
Because their advertising conversion rate is very high, the number of individuals and businesses willing to advertise on "Look at Me" has gradually increased.
According to data from the financial department, the company's advertising revenue will be able to equal operating costs next month, and it will start to make profits next month!
For a start-up company, this is quite rare! Many Internet products require hundreds of millions or billions of money before they can barely break even, but Deep Space Digital can do all this in just half a year!
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"The Devil Boy Nezha" is about to be released. It is not a holiday, nor is it a good day. The release date is an ordinary day.
This is because the producers really don't have the funds to promote it, nor do they have the capital to compete with other movies for schedule. In order to release it quickly and make money back, they have to rush the time.
Unfortunately, the movie "Fortress", which is known as a large-scale production, the light of domestic science fiction movies, and the king of traffic, will also be released at the same time. All of a sudden, it caused great competitive pressure on "Nezha"
!
Because he is also an investor, Meng Xiaobai also rarely pays attention to relevant situations.
"There are advertisements for "Fortress" everywhere these days!" Gao Yuan said while eating after get off work. The promotional poster for "Fortress" popped up on the interface of her mobile phone.
"Super popular stars, big directors, big productions, adaptations of works by famous writers..." Gao Yuan looked at it and asked: "Mr. Meng, can the animated movie you invested in compare to this one?"
"How is that possible!" Gan Huarong shook his head and said, "If an animated movie has a box office of 200 to 300 million, it is a good achievement! This is a serious science fiction movie, with a box office of at least 1 billion!"
"I don't think so!" Meng Xiaobai said, "We are working hard on the production. Does the leading actor in "Fortress" have acting skills?"
"It seems not." Gao Yuan thought for a while and said seriously.
"Yeah, we'll find out when it's released," Meng Xiaobai said.
"Then why don't you advertise!" Gao Yuan asked, "The producer is too poor! I can't even see any promotion when I open the movie website!"
"There is nothing we can do about it." Meng Xiaobai said helplessly, "The director is also working hard to promote it! Look!"
As he said that, he showed his cell phone to Gao Yuan. On Weibo, director Shui Dumpling was vigorously posting on Weibo to promote his movie, and the number of people following him seemed to be less than a thousand!
"Just promoting it like this?" Gao Yuan couldn't help laughing and said, "The director is really working hard. Let's see what he posted."
On Weibo, the latest news of Shui Dumpling: "Next Friday, "The Devil Boy Nezha" will be released shockingly! It took five years to create, the most exciting plot and pictures... Special thanks to Deep Space Digital Studio for the special effects produced for our film
, so amazing! You will definitely not regret buying the ticket!”