Cultural and Creative Entertainment, Sui Xi is discussing with senior sister Ji Yingzi in his office.
"Senior sister, when the movie started shooting, you said it would cost up to 400 million. Now the post-production is just over half of the budget and the budget is insufficient. Do you plan to go for 1 billion?"
The reason why Ji Yingzi came to the door today is that "Blue Fortress" has exhausted its previous budget and is in urgent need of finding new sources of funds.
As the first investor in the film, Sui Xi was naturally listed as the first choice.
"One hundred million, only one hundred million can be used to complete all post-production processing." Ji Yingzi raised a finger and said seriously.
"What if the cost cannot be recovered?" Sui Xi asked with a frown.
She has already invested 200 million, and if she invests another 100 million, it will be 300 million. The cost of "Blue Fortress" will reach 500 million.
The production cost of 500 million yuan means that the box office must exceed at least 1.5 billion yuan to recover the cost.
If you want to make a profit, you have to go above 2 billion.
But how many movies in the entire Chinese film market have had a box office of over 2 billion over the years?
Just two.
"Wandering Blue" and the "Infernal Affairs" that I just painted.
Although one of the movies was directed by Ji Yingzi, after all, every wise man will make mistakes. Who can guarantee that this movie will be successful?
What's more, spending 300 million is not a small sum for Sui Xi. It is almost equivalent to all the income earned from investing in "Wandering Blue" last year.
This year, cultural and creative entertainment is preparing for two-line development, and it must continue to invest in funds. Under such circumstances, how can she dare to spend money randomly?
"You have to have confidence in Senior Sister. This is the result of Senior Sister's five years of hard work. The quality is no worse than the previous "Wandering Blue"."
Ji Yingzi's tone is full of confidence. After the success of "Wandering in Blue", she became the top science fiction director in the country.
Sui Xi shook his head when he heard this, but did not say anything to refute, he just fell into deep thought.
What she was thinking about had nothing to do with trusting Ji Yingzi, but was worrying about the movie.
Now that the movie has entered post-production, it is definitely unrealistic to stop it. The only thing we can do is to continue investing and not let the movie go bad.
But on the one hand, the capital investment is too high. If the movie fails to be released, it will be a serious blow, and it may even affect cultural and creative entertainment.
"I'll think about it again."
In the end, Suixi still did not directly agree to the capital injection.
"The evil capitalists are starting to create dragon gate formations again!"
Ji Yingzi mumbled and returned disappointed.
After Ji Yingzi left, Sui Xi meditated in the office for a long time, until the phone rang: "Hello, Dad."
…
The rainy season comes in April, with continuous spring rain from morning to night, and thunder in the middle of the night.
The air is mixed with the faint fragrance of earth, and the irritable heart gradually calms down.
Jiang Bei stood by the window and stared at the spring rain outside in silence.
A lot of things have happened around me recently.
First of all, his father-in-law Li Qiangguo has entered the "villain mode" and started to manipulate Erjing Film and Television to deal with Sui Xi.
On the surface, Jiangbei also gave ten songs he wrote randomly to Erjing Film and Television for use in the competition with Li Youqing.
Not surprisingly, Erjing Film and Television and cultural and creative entertainment will soon collide head-on.
What he needs to do is to help his father-in-law Li Qiangguo suppress cultural and creative entertainment, thus bringing out the big backer behind Suixi.
Li Youqing had just finished recording a song and came out to take a drink of water. Seeing that he was in a daze, he didn't bother him, but went to listen to the song he had just recorded again.
Perhaps because she felt that the effect was not very good, she decided to record it again after discussing with the recording engineer and producer, so Xiao Nizi hurried into the recording studio again.
The whole hall became quiet again, and the silence was broken until Anseong Gambling King came to the sofa carrying a sack and started counting bottles.
"Boom~"
"Pa~"
"The cultural and creative company is really poor. We raided the entire company to order just this few bottles. I don't think they could even sell them for ten yuan."
Perhaps because he felt that today's profit was too poor, King Anseong was counting the bottles while complaining.
The complaints brought Jiang Bei back to reality. He walked to the sofa and sat down, looking at the bottles on the ground, a little bit dumbfounded.
The Anseong Gambling King is worthy of being the Anseong Gambling King. He can always find ways to make money from repairing mobile phone screens to picking up rags.
But this girl doesn't use the money she earns to buy clothes or skin care products. Instead, she focuses on thinking about how to turn herself around. She is really a strange flower in society.
"I think your peers should give you an award for showing great mercy and rescuing people in need. After all, you have supported the entire industry."
Liangliang didn't even raise her head when she heard the words. She tidied the bottles while replying: "I know you are teasing me, but it doesn't matter. One day I will let you know what the real 'Ancheng Gambling King' is."
Jiangbei smiled, this is probably a series in his lifetime, right?
The gambling king was still carefully arranging the bottles, then skillfully tied the sack and put it aside. Then he raised his head and said, "By the way, brother, I heard a few things from the company employees when I was collecting the bottles."
"Say." Jiang Bei slowly drank tea and said.
"Ji Yingzi came to Suixi. It was said that the production cost of "Blue Fortress" was insufficient, so she wanted Suixi to invest more."
"I remember that "Blue Fortress" didn't claim a restricted cost of 400 million? Isn't that enough?" Jiang Bei frowned and asked.
Investing 400 million to shoot a science fiction movie is not a small investment. After all, the original production cost of "Wandering Blue" was only 300 million.
"It would be no problem if it were anyone else, but you don't know Ji Yingzi's brother. I guess even if I give her a billion, I can spend it all." Liangliang shrugged, looking helpless.
"Did Suixi agree?" Jiangbei asked.
No matter how much the investment is, Jiangbei is not optimistic about Ji Yingzi's "Blue Fortress". If it weren't for the worry that Ji Yingzi, a pig teammate, would cause trouble, he would have wanted Youyou to be the heroine.
Liangliang shook his head, nodded again and said: "I didn't agree at first, but now I agree. Suixi promised to invest 100 million in "Blue Fortress" in the name of Cultural and Creative Entertainment, making Cultural and Creative Entertainment an investor in "Blue Fortress"
and issuer.”
Injecting capital into "Blue Fortress" in the name of cultural and creative entertainment, it seems that Suixi really wants to expand cultural and creative entertainment.
After all, it was "Wandering Blue" that brought her huge profits and fueled the ambitions of capitalists.
However, not every science fiction movie is "Wandering Blue". The vast majority of science fiction movies are still losing money in today's market.
Of course, this is a good thing for Jiangbei, because it can become a point for his father-in-law Li Qiangguo to suppress cultural and creative entertainment.
"Tell your uncle later about Cultural and Creative Entertainment's investment in "Blue Fortress"." After thinking about it, Jiang Bei gestured.
"I'll tell you in the group when I get back in the evening." Liangliang nodded in response.
"Anything else?"
"There is another thing. It is a rumor. The exact authenticity is not yet known."
"What is it?"
"A mysterious guest came to the company the day before yesterday. Secretary Xiao Wang personally heard Sui Xi calling his father. In addition, while pouring tea, he heard them discussing marriage."
"Besides, Sui Xi's condition has not been very good these past two days. Secretary Xiao Wang said that she is always in a daze and occasionally asks her about marriage-related matters."
"Combined with Sui Xi's age, we can conclude that Sui Xi was forced to get married by her father."