Chapter 204 Looking for Investors
Having said this, Zhang Huanchun stopped escaping.
Zhang Huanchun put down his cup and said, "Go out for a walk."
"Now?"
"Yeah!"
Zhang Huanchun came from outside, wearing a jacket, casual pants, and cotton leather shoes. When he entered the hall, he took off his down jacket and put it on the back of the sofa.
Although the two had met a few times, they had not developed a deep friendship after all. Sun Tao also came down in formal clothes. Considering that he might be invited to drink some coffee elsewhere, Sun Tao also brought a down jacket. Unexpectedly, he came down. Really useful.
……
On Sunday, January 12, 2003, the temperature was minus 23 to minus 6, and the westerly wind was level 3 to level 4.
At 8:30 p.m., Sun Tao followed Zhang Huanchun out of the hotel.
There is light snow in the sky.
It didn't snow, but the snow on the ground was blown into the air by the wind. The street lights actually added a bit of a dreamy feeling.
However, neither of the two grown men was in the mood to enjoy the snowy scenery.
Sun Tao didn't know where Zhang Huanchun was going, so he looked around and asked, "How did you get here?"
"Hahaha, what are you thinking about? No matter how down-and-out I am, I am still the deputy director of Changying. The driver is waiting for me in the parking lot. I sent him a message and he drove over."
"Smoke one?" Zhang Huanchun took out a box of Hibiscus King.
It was not Hua Zi, Sun Tao was shocked!
"Why, you look down on King Furong?" Zhang Huanchun joked, and then said calmly: "I'm used to this taste."
Sun Tao took the lighter from Furong Wang. He first helped Zhang Huanchun light the cigarette and then lit it for himself. Finally, he put the good-looking lighter into his pocket.
As soon as he bought this zippo lighter, Sun Tao didn't want to return it. The material seemed to be pure copper, and there was an auspicious cloud pattern on it, which seemed to be some kind of commemorative model. He didn't take it carefully and took it back to take a closer look.
……
Zhang Huanchun looked a little pained, but he was more relieved. Sun Taoshun took away his things, which showed that in Sun Tao's heart, he was still the stronger party.
Sun Tao didn't think too much about it. The drivers he was familiar with when driving Didi often gave each other small things. In fact, it was to confirm their relationship.
If the other party smiles and says, "Fuck", "Shabi", "You still have it..."
This is a friend. If someone stares at you with a cold face, apologize quickly, return the things to him, and treat him as a normal person from now on.
……
Zhang Huanchun shook his head with a smile, and then took a hard puff.
Sun Tao smiled slightly and took a sip.
Don't slap people in the face when you hit them, don't expose their shortcomings when scolding people.
Sun Tao won't ask whether the driver and the car are real or fake. Even if they are, the car has probably been mortgaged, and the driver probably hasn't seen his salary for a long time...
The two of them didn't go far and stopped in front of a flower bed. Zhang Huanchun was smoking a cigarette and said, "You ask me what I lack? I just lack money. If I have money, I lack nothing.
There are a lot of things needed to make a movie, not to mention various qualifications. A filming license can tie up many people. Alas~~~If you don’t have money, you have nothing, no actors, no venues, no...”
Sun Tao interjected, "Actors, can't we go to the film school to find them? Those college students who have never filmed movies are willing to come without any money."
After the words were spoken, Zhang Huanchun let go, "If you don't pay, you have to take care of food and lodging. Aren't you going to provide lunch boxes? Are you not going to provide mineral water? Are you going to let people sleep on the street during filming?
Let me tell you, I have photographers, videographers, lighting technicians, makeup artists, all these people and facilities here. You also said actors, well, we can’t afford them. We can always find them for free. I have the venue. I can think of a way... But even if these people are willing to help me for free and help us with work, we can't provide them with food and accommodation. ”
Sun Tao asked casually, "The actors are all gone, what about these people..."
"Hahaha, it's not like all the actors are gone. The good ones are all gone. The famous ones and the beautiful ones don't have to worry about finding a home. The rest are old, weak, sick and disabled..." He took a look. Sun Tao, "We have been leasing equipment. The key cameras are not high-tech, so they can't find a home."
Sun Tao, "If you don't work hard now, you will work hard to find a job in the future."
"Haha, can you please stop making troubled people laugh? Where do you come up with all these weird words?"
Sun Tao livened up the atmosphere and asked tentatively, "Brother Zhang, tell me how much you estimate it will cost to make this movie?"
"Hmm~~~" Zhang Huanchun was silent for a long time, until only the butt was left in the cigarette.
"Last year, Mr. Li from Beijing Film Academy and a young man named Ning Hao raised 40,000 yuan in "Heaven and Earth" and made a movie called "Incense". I have only heard about it but have never seen it. The film is completed, but most of the film is not released.
It was also last year, oh, just last month, I went there. Lao Mouzi held a premiere of "Hero" in the Great Hall. 200 Qin warriors lined up and shouted, "Great wind, great wind, fuck," The momentum was almost like exploding.
Zhang Yimou, Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Chen Daoming, Zhang Ziyi and those group of musicians and martial arts instructors who are all awesome anyway went there.
I heard that there are more than 600 media outlets around the world and more than a thousand domestic and foreign people like me... "Hero" cost 30 million U.S. dollars, which is more than 200 million yuan when converted into RMB! ”
Sun Tao gritted his teeth. There is so much nonsense. Why are you talking about that? Why don’t you just say how much money it is and be done with it?
Zhang Huanchun looked at Sun Tao, "Don't understand?"
Sun Tao, "Don't understand?"
Zhang Huanchun, "If you have money, there are ways to shoot with money. If you don't have money, there are ways to shoot without money. You can shoot with 100,000 yuan, you can shoot with 1 million, you can shoot with 10 million. If you have 10 million, you can shoot." I’ll hire Zhao Wei to play Ma Dongmei and Lin Ru to play Qiu Ya. Isn’t it cool?”
Damn it, they are not good birds, Grandma Rong did not stab the wrong person!
Zhang Huanchun saw Sun Tao thoughtfully, and his eyes suddenly lit up, getting brighter and brighter, and he said in his heart, "Yes, I have a bad reputation. Sun Tao has just started, let him go out and sell porn, bah, just to save face." Maybe someone really buys it!”
He thought it was Zhao Wei and Lin Ru who had stimulated Sun Tao, and said with a trembling voice: "Two million, I couldn't guarantee it before, but now that I have read the script, I can guarantee that without saying more, it will definitely be released. The box office is 4 million, at least double that!”
"Two million won't be enough even if you break me up and sell me!" Sun Tao glanced at him.
"One and a half million, it can't be any less, really. You see, director, photography, camera, recording, editing, etc., whether it is people or equipment, we don't count it as money, but transportation, transportation, food and accommodation cannot be counted. Not really, at least 50,000, and then the actors, the venue, the film..."
In fact, Sun Tao is also thinking that with the rise of May Day ringtones next year, by the end of the year, one million or two million may not be a big deal.
But by then, Changying Studio may have become Changying Group, and it would be difficult to gather the resources to make a movie.
Sun Tao still didn't express his position, so Zhang Huanchun became anxious, "One million, no more."
Sun Tao, "...box office share, right? Then I am both a screenwriter and a starring role. How much share can you calculate for me?"
Zhang Huanchun punched him and said, "You are an investor, so don't you have the final say? You can calculate the share of the director and cameraman, hahaha."
Sun Tao put out his cigarette, "I'll go and ask, okay, I'll call you."
(End of chapter)