Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were amazed by this lesson.
The two of them pride themselves on being able to talk, but compared to Chen Ziyan, their skills are like children playing house.
Chen Ziyan managed to keep her here without any effort, chatted with her, and persuaded her to come back.
Chen Ziyan said to the stunned two people: "You should leave first. I think she may not be able to relax while you are here."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe asked, "Why are we here? Can’t she relax here?”
He thought to himself that they were both so young.
Why is Zhang Mu not relaxing?
"The situation in Zhang Ruozhi's family is a bit special. She may not dare to let go of her guard in front of you. After all, you are celebrities and public figures. Not many ordinary people see public figures. You can relax," Chen Ziyan said, "You probably don't know that Zhang Ruozhi's father was there when she was a child. Zhang Ruozhi was raised by her mother alone. You can't understand how sad it is for a woman to raise a child independently. You are here, and she must be tight to prevent herself from revealing her strength. "
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi opened their mouths at the same time, but stopped talking.
This is something they didn't know before.
However, they must believe Chen Ziyan's judgment.
So, they left.
Chen Ziyan stayed alone in the cafe waiting for Zhang's mother to come back.
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Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi left the cafe and walked out. In order to avoid running into Zhang's mother, they walked in the opposite direction.
"Zhang Ruozhi's mother suddenly appeared just now and shocked me," Chen Siqi said.
Lu Yanhe nodded, "I was shocked too."
Chen Siqi: "Do you think Sister Ziyan can convince her mother?"
"I don't know. But if Sister Ziyan can't convince her, we will definitely have nothing to lose." Lu Yanhe sighed.
“You deserve this, who made you fall in love with a high school girl.”
"Why does this sound so weird?"
"Are you thinking wrong? Where did you go?" Chen Siqi shot a knife in the eye.
Lu Yanhe yelled at Qu: "Didn't you say this?"
"I was right, but wasn't it you who thought the wrong thing?" Chen Siqi said confidently.
Lu Yanhe decided to give up arguing with Chen Siqi and honestly admitted his mistake and apologized.
"I misunderstood."
Chen Siqi snorted.
They had no destination, so they wandered aimlessly.
Chen Siqi asked: "For the movie "Love Letter", you invited so many friends to help, didn't you ask them to help in vain?"
"Of course not, they were all paid. "Lu Yanhe said, "The contract has been signed and the down payment has been paid."
Even though it is help, you still have to give what is due to others.
It’s not like I’m so poor that I can’t afford the money. Lu Yanhe couldn't do this kind of immoral thing of having someone else's sex for nothing when he could obviously pay for it.
"How much box office do you expect the movie "Love Letter" will get?"
"I don't dare to predict." Lu Yanhe said, "Our domestic movie box office has no rules at all. , I can only set a bottom line for myself, the minimum cannot be lower, and then use this to see how much it will cost to make the movie. I can't risk losing money."
"Then you. What is the bottom line for "Love Letter"? ”
"My starring role with Sister Bige cannot be less than 50 million, right? That's what I think, and there is no basis for it. It's just a pure feeling." Lu Yanhe said, "So, I gave the film's production funding, The highest psychological expectation is no more than 20 million. "
"How much is it expected to cost now?"
"I will be the lead actor and screenwriter, and I will get a salary of 1 million, and the rest will be a share. Sister Bi Ge gets two million and then gets the box office dividends "Lu Yanhe said, "The two of us have reduced our salary, and the production funds are a little more abundant. Counting the entire production team of Director Luo, Liu Bige, and Sister Zi Xing, the labor cost is almost more than 8 million. Counting on the field There are all kinds of logistical things such as location, location, transportation, accommodation, etc. Currently, Sister Zi Xing has calculated a figure and said that it will cost at least 15 million to make this movie."
"That's it. Quite a few," Chen Siqi said.
“Well, it’s mainly photography, lighting, and service. I don’t want to save money on these aspects, so I hired a first-class team in the industry through Director Luo and Liu Bige’s network resources, and it was very easy. Spend money." Lu Yanhe sighed, "It's really expensive to make a movie."
"But think about it, with your and Chen Bige's status, even if "Love Letter" is not a commercial film and cannot be given your market price, you can still earn at least several million in salary, not just now. It has been saved A lot." Chen Siqi said, "According to this. With this production cost, including the subsequent publicity and distribution expenses, the pressure to pay back the capital for "Love Letter" is not great."
"Well, because the investment in this film was basically made by myself and those around me. I don’t want to risk the money that a few people have taken.” Lu Yanhe said. , "Including Sister Bi Ge, I didn't get a penny of the two million remuneration, so I gave it all to make this movie."
"Actually, I think "Love Letter" is If the movie can resonate, the box office should not be low."
"Really?"
"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "You have to know, especially the female audience, almost every girl must have had it or fantasized about it in her youth. Such a boy.”
Lu Yanhe laughed.
He is someone who has truly experienced how much resonance the movie "Love Letter" has caused. Twenty or thirty years after its release, it is still a classic in the eyes of the audience. It is conceivable that it is a movie about secret love and love. What a regrettable movie, how valuable it is.
“I hope so, that’s why we are in a hurry to start filming so that it can be released in time for Valentine’s Day next year.”
“Do you plan to send this movie to film festivals? "
"Send it to the film festival? I don't know how to send it," Lu Yanhe said.
A drawback immediately emerged.
The production lineup of this film is all Lu Yanhe and the people around him. There is no formal company to do it. How it will be released in theaters and how it will be promoted is still unknown.
Chen Siqi thought for a while, "Since Sister Ziyan is a producer, she must have thought it through."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi said: "Maybe when your film is almost finished, she will start looking for a distributor."
Film production and distribution are often not the same thing. Of course, domestically, this is basically all in one. In fact, many movies are made by small companies. After the filming is completed, big companies will come to see the films. If they like the films, they will buy the distribution rights. Many films compete and exhibit at film festivals, and finding buyers is actually one of the important purposes.
Many times, movies don’t start making money when they are released. Some movies have embedded ads when they are being shot. Advertisers have to pay a sum of money first. Some movies are halfway through filming. , the distribution rights are sold, which can also make a profit. Some movies even have the stock prices of related companies rising as soon as they are launched. The promising market even allows movie companies to make profits in the stock market. More money than the movie ultimately made.
In addition to these basic and extensive ones, there are more capital gameplays.
Of course Lu Yanhe's "Love Letter" does not do these things. He just made a movie honestly.
"Actually, I'll tell you the truth." Lu Yanhe suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Although I told you that the guaranteed box office in my heart is 50 million, the number I really hope it reaches is 200 to 300 million. I also think It has the ability to get this box office.”
You know, he only thought of the movie "Love Letter" just to make a movie with a good box office.
One is "Love Letter" and the other is "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years". The quality of the movies is on the one hand, and the box office is also what Lu Yanhe paid most attention to when he chose these two dramas.
Chen Siqi: "Yes, I will also help you design a publicity plan to achieve this goal on the first weekend of release."
Chen Siqi is really not talking nonsense.
But the current film market is really like this.
A movie that sells well will have a first-weekend box office of one to two billion or more.
The movie did not sell well, and it took a month after its release to struggle to break the 100 million mark. This also shows that there are people watching this movie.
The market box office is not in the shape of a pyramid at all.
Either get a very good box office number, or a bloodbath.
There are very few movies with a box office in the range of 200 million to 400 million.
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Chen Siqi said: "We are about to start the short film project you proposed before."
"Short film project?"
"Just holding a competition Competition, invite people who are aspiring to be directors to select stories from our "Jump Up" IP library, shoot a ten-minute clip, and compete. The winner will get the production funds provided by us and make a complete Feature film." Chen Siqi said.
Lu Yanhe thought about it.
Chen Siqi: "We have made an agreement with Northern Lights Video and Icefield Video to do this competition together."
Lu Yanhe asked in surprise: "Are they willing to join in?"
< br>"Well, and they will provide sponsorship." Chen Siqi said, "They believe that this competition and the short videos shot by these contestants can also bring attention and traffic to their platform."
"That's for sure." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi said: "Moreover, the key is that in the end, aren't we going to provide production funds to the top three to help them shoot feature films? The sponsorship funds for Northern Lights Video and Icefield Video are given to these three people, but the condition is that these three directors The film will eventually be released on their two video platforms, and the billing will be divided We will settle the matter with the producers."
Lu Yanhe said: "That's good."
"Well, it's good," Chen Siqi said, "You plan to sign these. Director?"
"Signing these directors?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.
Chen Siqi said: "While we were preparing for this, we suddenly realized that if we could discover some very talented directors, it would be a pity if we did not sign them."
"But if you want to sign them, you must have the resources to help them shoot the films they want to make, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "How can I have such strength now?"
Chen Siqi said: "Photography Not all movies are necessary If we spend our own money to help them find investors, it is more reliable than finding investors themselves, and we must have channels.”
Lu Yanhe couldn’t laugh or cry, as if no matter what the problem was, it could definitely be solved in Chen Siqi’s eyes. of.
"This matter is a bit big. I really don't have the confidence. I think I have to discuss it with Sister Ziyan." Lu Yanhe said.
"If you don't sign, I will." Chen Siqi said, as if he had made up his mind to do this, "If we have a few directors, we can steadily put our "Jump Up" on the Some of the novels have been adapted into film and television dramas, and they will be continuously released, and our Jump Theater can start directly.”
Lu Yanhe had forgotten that his girlfriend was a person with a stronger career ambition than him.
Just do it and never be afraid.
Lu Yanhe had no reason to say no.
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At four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Ziyan contacted them and said that they had secured Zhang's mother. Zhang Ruozhi would join the crew during this summer and winter vacation to shoot the movie.
Lu Yanhe took a long breath and said to Chen Siqi: "Look, I'm just saying that for this kind of thing, you still have to ask professionals to deal with it."
They met at a river fish shop by the river.
Chen Siqi curiously asked Chen Ziyan how she got Zhang’s mother.
Chen Ziyan said: "Just find out why she is unwilling to let Zhang Ruozhi act in the movie, and then solve the matter."
Sounds like a very simple thing.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi looked at each other and smiled at each other.
Chen Ziyan said: "Actually, it's very simple. Zhang Ruozhi's mother wanted her to concentrate on the college entrance examination in order to give her daughter a stable future. She always felt that she had suffered the disadvantage of not studying. I hope that my daughter will be like me. I made it clear that I am willing to sign Zhang Ruozhi. Before Zhang Ruozhi takes the college entrance examination, he will only make this movie and not any others. I will help her refuse everything. If Zhang Ruozhi's grades decline after filming the movie, and her final performance in the college entrance examination is not satisfactory, we will help Zhang Ruozhi contact Jiang Guang's high school so that she can go to Jiang Guang's high school. Repeat the study so that she can get better educational resources."
"That's it?" Chen Siqi was a little surprised. Isn't this too simple?
Chen Ziyan said with a smile: "You don't know what goes into your heart when you become a mother, and you don't even think about an opportunity to act in a movie with Lu Yanhe or to play a heroine, unless it is The kind of parent who hates the entertainment industry. No parent will be decisive about this kind of opportunity. If you don't want to, you don't want to. In particular, Zhang Ruozhi's mother is a mother who really wants her daughter to live well. She is not afraid that her daughter will become an actress, but she is afraid that if she doesn't perform well, the career of being an actor will not work. Seeing that the good university he could get into was lost."
Lu Yanhe suddenly nodded.
Chen Ziyan actually gave Zhang's mother a guaranteed choice.
If Zhang Ruozhi can both act and get admitted to a good university, Zhang's mother is absolutely willing.
Chen Ziyan is giving Zhang’s mother such a choice.
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Chen Ziyan rushed over in a hurry and settled the matter.
She didn't leave in a hurry, but waited for her assistant to fly over tomorrow with the contract and seal the matter in black and white with Zhang Ruozhi and her mother.
So, that night, Chen Ziyan was able to relax rarely and went boating on the Jiangzhi River with Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi.
“This place is so beautiful, but it’s just too hard to come here.” Chen Ziyan was lying in the canopy of the boat, with only her upper body exposed to the starry sky, and the sound of cool water could be heard in her ears. “You can still feel it here. To such a paddle boat, It’s not an antique boat with an engine, it’s rare.”
Lu Yanhe said: “If this place was easy to come to, it wouldn’t be as beautiful as a paradise.”
“That’s right.” >
Chen Siqi and Lu Yanhe leaned on each other and sat on the bow of the boat.
The bustling streets on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are sometimes far away from each other. They are hidden by trees and are quiet and deep. Sometimes they are bustling with people and confusing light and shadow.
No matter what the situation is on the shore, they are always cuddling together quietly on the boat.
Chen Ziyan looked at the scene of the two of them sitting huddled together, and a gentle light appeared in her eyes, which merged with the crushed moonlight on the water.
Naturally, in this leisurely night, the water mist covers the face, no one knows, and no one needs to know. (End of chapter)