Ren Kuang did not want to play the role, so Sun Dahai would not force him. Zhang Wanting finally chose Chen Baiqiang, who had played this role in his previous life.
It seems that although history has undergone some changes due to the influence of Sun Dahai, it will still tenaciously return to its original trajectory.
Youlian Film and Television has just been established, and although the staff has been recruited, it has not been integrated yet. Therefore, Gabriel will serve as the co-producer of these two films, and it is estimated that he will be busy for half a year.
At this time, Gabriel suddenly remembered something and said to Sun Dahai: "By the way, boss. When I arrived in the capital, I met a friend of Britten's, Jeremy Thomas, who was working on a co-production.
's producer.
He is cooperating with the great Italian director Mr. Bertolucci to make a film about the last emperor of China."
""The Last Emperor"?" Sun Dahai blurted out.
"I don't know the name of the movie very well, but they are running into some trouble now. The total investment for this movie is US$25 million. It is a big production, and the investment is much higher than the two movies we have now.
This film was co-produced by Britten, Italy and China, and many film and television companies participated in the investment.
The film is about to be shot, but now a company with a large investment proportion wants to withdraw, and it can't find a suitable replacement at the moment, so there is a gap in funds, and he is worried about this matter."
"How big is the funding gap? If I am willing to invest to fill this gap, what conveniences can I enjoy?" Sun Dahai asked.
"Boss, if you are interested, I can help you ask. He left me the phone number of the hotel he rented."
Unfortunately, no one answered Gabriel's call, so he had to go to the service desk and ask the waiter to leave a message.
"Have you known about this project before?" Sun Dahai asked.
"You know, it seems that they started preparations a year or two ago, and many people in the industry know about it. But everyone is not very optimistic about the box office of this movie, so not many companies are really willing to invest. Many companies are
Out of love, I just randomly invested 1.8 million US dollars in it."
"Is this movie not favored?" Sun Dahai was puzzled. This kind of subject matter is the favorite of the Oscar academic judges. Why is it not favored by everyone?
"Everyone lacks understanding of China's history, and the investment in the film is very high, so everyone is not optimistic about this project. You know, biographical films of historical figures rarely have much box office returns.
If you make a European historical film, you can barely make back your money. As for winning awards, Chinese historical films are unlikely to win awards because their ideologies are too different. Everyone is worried that if they invest in this film, they will end up empty-handed and lose all their money.
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"I understand." Sun Dahai stood up as he spoke.
"It's getting late, I'm going back to the room. If the other party replies and is willing to accept investment, I authorize you to negotiate cooperation with the other party in the name of Youlian Film and Television Company. Don't worry about the funds, I will lend it to the company in my personal name.
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The next morning, Sun Dahai personally escorted the Huo family boss to the airport and took a flight to Shanghai. The Huo family boss promised that when he returns to Xiangjiang from Shanghai in two days, a negotiation team will be sent to the island city for formal negotiations.
As soon as he returned to the hotel, Sun Dahai saw several groups of people waiting for him.
"I'm here for a vacation!" Sun Dahai complained, but there were still things that needed to be done.
The first person in line was Gabriel. He came to find Sun Dahai at seven o'clock in the morning. Unfortunately, Sun Dahai had to see him off at the airport and had just left.
Last night, no, I should say early this morning, Gabriel received a call from producer Jeremy. It turned out that he had gone to Fengtian to select actors and had just returned to the hotel.
Gabriel told Jeremy that his company was willing to fill the film's funding gap. Jeremy, who was worried about money, was immediately overjoyed and prepared to rush to the island city as soon as possible to talk to Gabriel in detail.
Gabriel booked a train ticket for tomorrow and would be able to return to the capital the day after tomorrow, so he was not asked to come over and made an appointment for an interview in the capital.
But since Gabriel was interested in investing, Jeremy told him the current preparations for the film.
"Of the total investment of US$2,550, I invested US$6.5 million and enjoyed 20% of the box office share and 5% of the offline derivative sales.
This share ratio is not very attractive. You know, I am helping them save the situation." Sun Dahai expressed that he was not satisfied with such conditions.
"Of course, Jeremy and the others must know that investing in a film like this will most likely result in a loss of money, and the share ratio actually doesn't mean much.
So he discussed with the director Bertolucci and offered us an additional compensation, and we could nominate a few actors to participate in the filming of the film.
The specific role we can get depends on Bertolucci's interview. But they guarantee to give us at least one main supporting role or two important supporting roles."
"I'm just saying, if you invest in a film like this, it's good if you can get half of the money back. If there is no exchange of roles, who will give them millions of dollars to save them."
After hearing such conditions, Sun Dahai finally agreed. If such conditions cannot be guaranteed, it only means that the other party is not sincere.
"But, boss, our company has no contracted actors, so this condition doesn't mean much to us."
Gabriel is a veteran in the industry and will naturally weigh the intrinsic value represented by various conditions. He did not mention this condition first because he did not feel that this condition was more beneficial to the company.
"We haven't signed any actors yet, but we have actor shareholders." Sun Dahai expressed his thoughts.
Youlian Film and Television Company had just been established, and there were only ten people in total, let alone contracted actors and actresses.
Fa Ge, Hong Gu and Leslie Cheung are about to join the cast of "A Better Tomorrow 2". In addition, Leslie Cheung does not plan to take on any films in the short term. Fa Ge and Hong Gu's upcoming film appointments are already full and they want to free up enough time.
It's really too difficult.
Sun Dahai's words reminded Gabriel. He thought about it seriously and said: "If the funding problem is solved, the movie will start shooting within two months, and the actual shooting time is expected to be about half a year.
Speaking of which, among the several shareholders, only Ren Kuei is available, and he has studied in the United States, so his language and adaptability to the crew will not be a problem.
But boss, what role do you want him to take? I asked Jeremy to send over the script of the relevant character so that he can prepare for the audition."
It's a pity that in Sun Dahai's memory, he has very little impression of this movie, and he really can't think of any suitable roles for Ren Kuei to star in.