August 23, 2016, Tianhai City, Wufang Pictures Building, 10:05 a.m., front desk.
"Hello, I would like to contact your company's film purchasing department. Do you accept independent films?"
Li Yan raised her head and saw a young man who was about 1.8 meters tall and had an ordinary appearance but sharp features. He asked with a polite smile and looked a little nervous. She quickly made a judgment that he was an honest man.
Should it be a staff member of some production crew or something? After thinking about it, her pretty face showed a formulaic smile and asked: "Do you have an appointment, sir?"
"No, I came directly." Lin Juan pursed his lips and replied.
"Then wait a minute, let me ask." Li Yan smiled politely, and then made a phone call. After a while, she put down the phone and said with a smile: "Please follow me."
Lin Juan nodded, tightened the strap of his black backpack, followed Li Yan, took the elevator to the fifth floor, turned right, and entered an office area. Everyone was busy and didn't care about Lin Juan's arrival. They came in.
After a few steps, a man about 1.75 meters tall, with short hair sticking up on his back, a good-looking man in his thirties, wearing a suit and leather shoes, walked over, stretched out his hand first and said: "Hello, I am from the film purchasing department of Wufang Company.
Sir, my name is Fang Mu, what is your surname, sir?"
"My surname is Lin, just call me Lin Juan." Lin Juan also stretched out his hand and shook Fang Mu's hand with some discomfort.
"Let's go to the conference room." Fang Mu suggested, and Lin Juan nodded. He couldn't help but feel good about this Wufang company. The service attitude is so good, it must be a good company.
After a while, the two came to a small conference room. Fang Mu poured Lin Juan a glass of water, then sat down and said with an enthusiastic smile: "Mr. Lin, do you have a movie to sell to us?"
Lin Juan nodded and said, "Yeah, but it's not selling, it's issuing."
"Distribution is also possible. Our company has released many blockbuster movies, such as "The Sting", "Behemoth", "Invisible", etc., all of which were distributed by our company. Among them, "Behemoth" has a box office of more than 1 billion.
Our company's distribution system is very complete, and the charging ratio is relatively low. If you consider selling the copyright, we will also give you a reasonable price." Fang Mu said enthusiastically, it is rare for someone to come to the door by himself, it used to be them.
These people in the film purchasing department look around for the films that have been made, and then come to buy them and negotiate terms. They also have to shop around and face competition. Now this situation is like meat being delivered to your door. Of course, you have to be enthusiastic.
"But we also have to evaluate the quality of the movie. If it's average, we can only release it to online theaters for you." Fang Mu said with a smile.
Lin Juan nodded to express his understanding. The film and television industry is now quite developed. No more than before, there are now two distribution systems in the country. The reviews are average. Movies that cannot go to theaters will go to online theaters for paid viewing. After the release period, if
If the box office performance is good, the video website will buy it and put it in VIP or broadcast it for free. If it is not good... then of course they will not buy your copyright.
Only the more high-quality movies will be recommended to theaters for box office competition. Compared with online theaters, the competition in physical theaters is fierce.
"Then let's get down to business. I would like to ask Mr. Lin, what category is this movie in your hand? How much is the investment? Who is the leading actor? Are there any famous people in the director or other behind-the-scenes staff? You are the producer of this movie.
"Yes? Do you own the full copyright of this movie?" Fang Mu took the pen and notebook and prepared to record it.
Lin Juan put his hands on the table, holding the tea cup, and said: "I am the director of this movie, and all the copyrights of the movie are in my hands. This is a horror movie, and I am also the star. I invest..."
Lin Juan calculated it and said, "About ten thousand yuan."
The total cost of the three months of filming is about 10,000 yuan, right?
Fang Mu suddenly paused while holding a pen and paper in his hand. He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Juan, his face and expression clearly expressing a meaning.
Are you kidding me?
"The words of the people behind the scenes..."
"Wait a minute, Mr. Lin." Fang Mu politely interrupted Lin Juan and asked with a smile, "You just said that the investment for this movie is only 10,000 yuan?"
"Well, yes." Lin Juan nodded and looked at Fang Mu quietly. In fact, he also knew that this was a ridiculous and ridiculous thing, but with this condition, he couldn't help it...
Fang Mu unconsciously pulled up the corners of his mouth, spread his hands, put down the pen, and asked, feeling ridiculous: "How can you make a movie with ten thousand yuan? The camera costs tens of thousands."
"I shot it with my mobile phone." Lin Juan said awkwardly, and then added: "But it's a really good movie."
In fact, he understands people's mood, but he thinks that the core of the art of film is actually telling stories on the screen. The pixels of mobile phones are still at a level that could not be reached decades ago. DV movies have been released abroad a long time ago [
[Ghost], it shouldn’t be too hard to accept making a mobile phone movie now?
Probably?
"Ha..." Fang Mu laughed ridiculously, then he quickly reached out to cover it and apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I couldn't hold it back. You just said you took the photo with your mobile phone, right?"
Lin Juan pursed his lips and nodded: "Yes."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, then I think we can't reach a cooperation. Mobile movies have never appeared in the market, and our company has no cooperation business in this area. I'm sorry." Fang Mu stood up, shook his head and extended his hand with a smile.
Lin Juan looked at his hand, and his eyes darkened a little. He stood up and stretched out his hand. Fang Mu touched Lin Juan gently and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I have something else to do. Please do it."
With that said, Fang Mu packed up his pen and notebook and turned around to go out. Lin Juan kept looking at Fang Mu. When he was about to go out, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Fang, can you watch my movie?"
Fang Mu turned around and said with a smile: "No need, Mr. Lin, my time is precious and I have other things to deal with. If there are no other things, you can leave. If you don't leave, I will call security."
Lin Juan nodded silently, lowered his head, pursed his lips, forced a smile, nodded and said, "Thank you."
Then he didn't say anything, picked up his backpack and walked out the door.
In fact, he could probably guess this outcome before he came. After all, it was not difficult to guess.
But some things have to be done, and he can only make one movie like this under this condition.
No one likes to be looked down upon.
He just doesn't want to admit defeat.
He wants to become a director.
Great director!
Otherwise, all those years of studying in the system would have been in vain!
Fang Mu couldn't bear to look at his back, but the mobile phone movie...
There is really no need to waste time.
After walking out of the door, Lin Juan was unaware of the gaze he was looking at. After walking a few steps, he heard someone asking: "How was it? Why did you come out so quickly? Didn't the deal reach an agreement?"
"What's not settled? He came to the door with a film shot on a mobile phone and said that the total investment was only ten thousand yuan. It's really..." Fang Mu smiled and shook his head, turning to glance at Lin Juan's
The back figure, I don’t know why, but when he looked at this back figure, he felt vaguely that he was missing something.
"Are you crazy?"
“There is really everyone for everyone now.”
"Yeah, it's really weird. You must be crazy about money."