"Wait a moment. Let's have a cup of coffee. I told Lin Juan about this and he was very interested."
In Chenguang Building, Tianhai City, Li Lan smiled and said to the young man sitting opposite. The young man nodded and said with a smile: "Okay."
Although he looked calm on the surface, his hand holding the coffee cup was actually shaking.
Lin Juan...
Can his work be noticed by him? The most successful director in the country.
"Um...is your name Chen Du?" Li Lan asked with a smile. The young man nodded with a smile and said politely: "Yes, my real name is Chen Du, my stage name is Baozi, because I have loved eating Baozi since I was a child."
Li Lan covered her mouth with a smile and asked: "Why did you think of making this kind of movie in the form of animation?"
"The first is because the investment will be relatively small, and the second is because it would be awkward to shoot this kind of movie with real people, so I wanted to use an animation movie..."
"Do you know what the current domestic animation film market is like?" Li Lan asked.
"Yeah, I know." Baozi nodded. This was where he was least confident in convincing investors.
"We previously invested in an animated film called "Elf King", which received good reviews from fans, but it lost everything at the box office. Currently, the most successful animated film in the domestic box office market is Hollywood's "Zootopia" worth 1.5 billion.
The highest box office of a Chinese comic is 600 million for "Bear Bears". You said that you will invest 100 million for this movie, but it is not yet announced. You have no other works before, so why are you confident that you can recoup your investment?"
Li Lan said calmly.
Yes, I didn’t expect it... The domestic animation movie with the highest box office is actually "Bear Bears"...
Chen Du was sweating on his forehead. It is true that he had no other works released before and only had one award-winning short film on his resume. That was many years ago.
"Mr. Li, I don't have anything else, just this script that I have been polishing for a long time, and the short film that I made by myself in two years." Chen Du is very single and sincere. He really
I was forced into a corner and had no choice.
Li Lan smiled helplessly. At this time, she couldn't help but compare it to Lin Juan.
When Lin Juan came here, he at least brought a complete movie, which did not require their investment. This guy... came with a script and a one-minute short film, and asked for 100 million...
Who is crazier?
Just as he was thinking about it, the phone rang. When Li Lan saw that the caller was Lin Juan, he immediately made a gesture to Chen Du and answered the call: "Hello? Xiao Juan, have you read the short film and the script?"
"After reading a little bit, Aunt Lan, can you let me say a few words to him?" Lin Juan's voice sounded.
"Okay, I'll put the speakerphone on." Li Lan said, put the phone away, turned on the speakerphone and smiled at Chen Du and said, "Lin Juan wants to say a few words to you."
Chen Du's heart skipped a beat. After suppressing his nervousness, he stood up, rubbed his hands on his pants, walked over, smiled and politely called into the phone, "Director Lin."
"Hello, are you Director Baozi?" Lin Juan's voice was gentle.
"Yes, it's me. Hello, Director Lin. I admire the structure of your movie."
"Thank you. I have a few questions to ask you. Did you write this script yourself?"
"Yes, it's me."
"How much are you prepared to invest?"
"One hundred million, because I counted, there are a total of 1,300 special effects shots, no matter how many shots there are, there will be no effect..."
"If it is made using full CG, how much do you think it will cost? Are you confident that it can be done well?"
"This... I haven't thought about it." Bao Zi was stunned. It's all CG? Anime wouldn't dare to think about it, let alone CG...
Although it will definitely be more shocking if it is made with full CG, no matter how good the effect is if it is made with animation, it is still an animation movie and has inherent limitations. If it is CG, it will be an epic blockbuster, but he is a new director...
"I will help you, are you confident?" Lin Juan said with a smile.
Li Lan couldn't sit still anymore and said with an awkward smile: "Sorry to interrupt, Xiaojuan, have you thought about it?"
"Well, Aunt Lan, we should do something meaningful." Lin Juan's tone was slow and firm, and it sounded like he had given it careful consideration.
“What scale are you prepared to take?”
"The size of the alliance."
Li Lan was silent for a moment, then shook his head and smiled helplessly: "It's up to you. Just decide. I believe you."
"Thank you, Aunt Lan. I think this is no more unreliable than when I used to use my mobile phone to find you." Lin Juan smiled on the phone.
Baozi was frightened when he heard this.
What's going on? Aren't I here to talk about anime? Why did it suddenly become all CG? How big is the alliance?
I?
"I know, you are the big director and you have the final say, but don't think about leaving Aunt Lan. If you decide, we must buy shares." Li Lan said angrily. Although he felt a little crazy in his heart, Lin Juan was actually optimistic about it.
, she must keep up.
She looked at Chen Du in front of her, and the more she thought about it, the more amazing it became. A crazy person met an even crazier person.
Then I'll let you go and have a hard time, and I will stay with you until the end.
"It still depends on whether Director Baozi agrees. Uh... I'm sorry, Director Baozi, what is your full name?"
"My name is Chen Du." Chen Du quickly replied.
"Okay, Director Chen, do you agree?"
"Should I still direct?"
"Of course, this is your project. I will supervise it, but generally I will not interfere."
After a few seconds of thought, Chen Du solemnly nodded: "I agree!"
Disagreeing is a bad sign!
"Then...please cooperate." Lin Juan said with a smile.
After saying a few more words, Lin Juan hung up the phone, put down the phone, tapped his fingers on the desktop, and looked at the pictures on the computer in deep thought.
It would be quite difficult to make this movie full of CG, even more difficult than filming Alliance.
Just look at "Pandora" to see what the current CG technology can do. It was only ten years ago, but making this movie is still a difficult problem. It's not a technical problem, but it's cumbersome.
To make such a mythical movie, it involves a huge amount of character models, scene design, and special effects shots. If the animation special effects shots are one thousand and three, then if you use CG, it will be at least more than three thousand.
, the requirements for original paintings are also higher, which makes people’s heads ache just thinking about it.
However, I think Baozi has been preparing for it for so long, so he should have some experience in character models, scene design, etc.
Lin Juan smiled, he didn't want me to do it anyway...
besides.
It would be great if one day I could see my Chinese film industry rising to the top of the world...
"Xiao Juan, come out and eat!" Chen Lin's voice sounded in the hall. Lin Juan agreed and then walked out with a smile. He left that to Baozi for now. As for himself, he should focus on the alliance. Now the alliance has entered
During the critical period, he couldn't escape.
Over at Tianhai, Li Lan also officially signed a contract with Chen Du, but the contract was for this drama. The directing fee was the same as Lin Juan's at the beginning, 500,000, plus 2% of the box office profit share.
After all, for such a high investment, it is impossible to give too much, and if you lose money, you will have nothing.
Five hundred thousand is not much at all for a movie that has not been produced for at least three years, but for him, the most important thing is this opportunity.
In any case, the "Nezha" project was finalized quietly.