Chapter 212 He can't do much (4k)
Liu Lan looked at Duan Ming expressionlessly, as if he was not very interested, "How should I say?"
Duan Ming felt the reason There are simply too many.
“First of all, Yang Rongfa’s investment in this project is too high, and the pressure to repay the capital is high.”
“Then the subject matter they chose is a realistic subject that is not easy to sell. Director Wang Ren His directorial style also tends to be slow-paced, which may be liked by experienced audiences, but most audiences don’t have the patience to watch his kind.”
"Also, they don't have a big platform investment behind them. It will be difficult to sell it after it is completed. Even if it is sold, the price of a short drama with more than ten episodes will not be high."
A lot of reasons.
There are some parts that deliberately cater to Liu Lan, but most of them are his true thoughts.
Even the consensus among everyone in the circle is basically the same. Everyone agrees that Yang Rongfa and his team have a high probability of losing money on this project. Even if they don't lose money, they won't make much money.
In addition to the project itself, the investor Wu Mu is also a negative factor.
"Wu Mu sings and appears in variety shows, and maybe everyone in the industry recognizes him, but as an investor, he is a complete layman. His investment can not bring any other resource help except money."
Project Investment , although funds are important, the resource help behind investors is also key.
The same amount of money, what Penguin invested, and what Wumu invested, who had no connections behind him, were obviously two different concepts.
What's more, Wu Mu also has to play the second male lead, which is even more of a negative bonus.
Others don’t know about Wu Mu’s acting skills, so how can he, Wu Mu’s former manager, not know about it.
If you put something that doesn't even exist into a crew full of seasoned actors, how can you act like that?
Although he had also thought about Wumu’s singing ability like this before, and then Wumu also shocked a lot of people’s jaws with his singing ability.
But people have to be realistic and logical after all, and Wu Mu has not shown any improvement in his acting skills. He can't just imagine that Wu Mu's acting skills have suddenly become better.
This statement is well-founded. Anyway, from all angles, Wumu’s investment has no reason to succeed.
Liu Lan listened, still looking calm and nodded expressionlessly, "Where is his new studio? What do you think?"
She couldn't care less about Wu Mu becoming famous and making money.
But if Wu Mu opens her own studio and company and becomes capital, then she will feel unbalanced.
One of the reasons why she never took Wu Mu seriously before was that Wu Mu was already a celebrity and was very far away from her. People from two worlds.
But if Wu Mu were to use her own capital and become bigger, it might make her even more unhappy than what happened to Lin Qingyue.
Fortunately.
"Wu Mu's new studio?"
Duan Ming was stunned for a moment, "There's nothing special about his new studio, right? It's just a place to help him deal with things that he is too busy with."
Looking at the boss like this, are you still worried that Wu Mu will start his own company and expand it?
How is this possible.
Wu Mu firstly has no capital, secondly he has no resources, and with his own personality, he doesn’t like to make connections within the circle.
Is this going to be a big deal?
There are many companies in the industry that were originally started by celebrity studios or celebrities themselves became bosses, and then became big.
But these companies are undoubtedly not started after years of accumulation in the industry and a large number of personal connections.
How could Wu Mu, an idol star who has only been popular for a few years, have such resources?
Whether it is artist management, film and television series production, online dramas and variety shows, music production and distribution, etc., what can he do as an idol star?
"Can't he invest in projects by himself? Just like now." Liu Lan asked expressionlessly.
Duan Ming feels that his boss is really worried too much, "He simply cannot bear the risks of his own investment projects. Even if Yang Rongfa and their current project do not suffer much loss, he will continue to invest like this in the future. Sooner or later, he will encounter a loss-making project. If he encounters a project that is not profitable, he will probably lose everything. After this project is over, Wu Mu will have to recognize the reality and make money by being his own star.
He is not optimistic about it anyway.
It’s not just Duan Ming who is not optimistic.
The industry is not optimistic either.
Then this directly leads to the fact that people with ability and ambition have no idea of jumping to work in Wumu.
After Cong Wumu spread the news and asked his friends to help him keep an eye on it, some people came to him through various channels and recommended themselves.
But after Wumu inspected it, he found that these people could not even meet the minimum requirements for reliability. They were all third-line behind-the-scenes personnel in the circle, with the purpose of using his reputation to increase their resume. Come to your door.
On the other hand, the producer recommended by Lin Qingyue is indeed reliable.
In a private restaurant near their home that they had visited several times, Wu Mu met the producer recommended by Lin Qingyue.
This is a woman who is about forty years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and looks a bit serious and formal.
Lin Qingyue introduced him, "Wu Mu, this is the producer of my previous film, Yan Yongmei, Sister Yan."
She smiled and said: "We will make the next film , the producer should also be Sister Yan.”
The woman called Sister Yan looked at Wu Mu, and after staying on Wu Mu’s face for two seconds, she extended her hand, “Hello.”
Wu Mu shook his hand and said, "Hello, Sister Yan."
In fact, Wu Mu has met one of Lin Qingyue's producers before. The one Lin Qingyue called to his house for dinner was named Zheng Qiuxia. The woman is also the producer of Lin Qingyue.
However, the producer was mainly responsible for the money, and because the producer often talked about Lin Qingyue’s mother during meals, he could also roughly guess that Zheng Qiuxia should be Lin Qingyue. Yue’s mother’s relationship.
Then Sister Yan in front of me, from the series of projects that Sister Yan introduced herself as a participant in, several of them were films directed by Lin Qingyue’s father, Lin Xueming.
He guessed that Yan Yongmei was probably related to Lin Qingyue's father.
Gee, is this the gold content of Gouerdai? Parents can send people to help with the projects they have connections.
Wu Mu smacked his lips and looked at Lin Qingyue.
Lin Qingyue glared at him funny, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. I didn't rely on them. They made a lot of money by investing in my film."
Yeah , Director Lin, you have to rely on yourself, right?
As it happens, so am I.
What I am today is all the result of my own efforts. Wu Mu thought happily.
Of course, he also knows that Lin Qingyue is not telling lies. Considering the size of Lin Qingyue’s previous films, the investment cost is very small, and he has won another award, so he must have made a lot of money. earn.
Sister Yan Yongmei, who was sitting opposite them, looked at their tacit interaction with a slightly strange look in her eyes, but she was sensible enough not to say anything and just talked about business directly.
"Qingyue has already told me why you are looking for me. I found someone to learn about Yang Rongfa's project before I came here. The shooting cycle of their entire project is about three months. Before One month was spent in Beijing Dongshan Film and Television City, and the next two months were transferred to Spring City. The main filming location was the Spring Steel Plant in Spring City. The entire crew of about 120 or 30 people will be stationed at the Spring City Guest House."
Yan Yongmei introduced the specific situation of Yang Rongfa's project to Wu Mu.
Other than being a professional, he has deep connections in the circle and knows more things than Wu Mu, an investor.
What I learned involves all aspects, from the shooting time and location, to the composition of the crew, and even the approximate investors behind it, who will be sent to follow the crew, and who will have the final say on the crew when the time comes, Yan Yongmei I have a general understanding of everything.
Wu Mu listened to Yan Yongmei’s introduction and nodded.
He naturally had no objections to the candidate introduced by Lin Qingyue.
After demonstrating his professional abilities, the next step is Yan Yongmei's fee quotation.
Even if an acquaintance helped introduce me, there is no reason why people should work in vain.
For fees, Yan Yongmei has two standards.
“If you only hire me to ensure the safety of your own funds, to understand the whereabouts of your funds and to follow up on the progress of the entire project in real time, and you don’t need me to keep an eye on the crew every day, then you can just take 300,000 yuan. "
"If you want me to follow the team throughout the process and be deeply involved in the project arrangement, it will cost 800,000 yuan."
Eight hundred thousand, this number sounds like a lot.
But Wu Mu understands that senior producers in the industry usually charge this kind of fee.
Eight hundred thousand is even considered relatively small. Some producers who can help find resources start charging a few million.
Using hundreds of thousands to ensure the safety of tens of millions of funds is undoubtedly a choice everyone knows.
And he doesn’t need Yan Yongmei to keep an eye on the team. That is only needed if he plans to intervene in the specific production of the project. He mainly wants to insure his own funds, not to dictate to Yang Rongfa and their production. .
So you only need to pay three hundred thousand.
And the three hundred thousand came with an unexpected bonus.
After negotiating the fee and deciding to hire Yan Yongmei, Wu Mu and Lin Qingyue inevitably talked about the manager he needed.
Regarding this, Lin Qingyue has no good recommendations for the time being. After all, it is a personal decision to jump to Wumu, a ship with unclear prospects.
On the other hand, Yan Yongmei was listening with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Do you need a manager to help you run the studio?" she asked Wu Mu.
Wu Mu nodded, curious, "Does Sister Yan have anyone to recommend?"
Yan Yongmei really does, "I have a friend who shoots short plays and wants to transition to behind the scenes. He used to I also worked as an assistant director under Director Lin. I can help you ask him if he is willing to come."
Director Lin?
Wu Mu looked at Lin Qingyue subconsciously.
Lin Qingyue smiled, "I'm talking about my dad."
She also looked at Yan Yongmei curiously, "Is it Senior Brother Shi Wu? Does he want to change his career behind the scenes? No longer a director?"
Yan Yongmei was helpless, "All the short plays he filmed in the past two years were lost, and he still paid a large sum of money, so he felt that he really had no talent in the directing industry, and wanted to change careers while he was still able to do it. Do other things."
Lin Qingyue shook her head funny, "Short plays are not that easy to shoot. They look simple and crude, and the context is unclear, but the audience still doesn't buy it."
Lin. Qingyue said, looking at Ammu's confused look, and explained to him, "This is a former student of my dad's from Nortel's directing department. After graduation, he worked for my dad as an assistant director for several years, and then started filming on his own. I went to the movies, but after shooting two low-budget movies, there was no improvement. In the past two years, short plays have become more popular, so I invested in making short plays myself.”
Well, I can only say that it is completely normal to lose money when making a movie.
There are basically few directors in the industry who have never made money-losing movies. However, some directors still have a chance to make a comeback after losing money, while some have no chance to make a comeback after losing money, or they are simply heartbroken. Frustrated.
These people usually change careers to do other things.
Although he has been losing money while making movies and looks unreliable, Yan Yongmei did not introduce him to Wu Mukeng.
Yan Yongmei looked at Wu Mu and said seriously, "Although Shi Wu has been losing money while making movies, he is well versed in every industry in the industry and has deep relationships in the industry, not just with Director Lin. Even he has a lot of good relationships with his colleagues at Nortel, so you will definitely not lose money by hiring him as a manager.”
Lin Qingyue agreed, "Senior Brother Shi Wu does know a lot of people. He has been in the industry for so many years. Apart from making movies and losing money, there is basically nothing that can trick him, and they are not bad either."
Looking at it this way, this person is really suitable.
Wu Mu thought in his mind.
The managers of entertainment companies sound very professional, but in fact they really don’t need anything professional.
As long as you have enough understanding of the various professions in the industry, know which people to contact for what matters, where pitfalls are likely to occur, how to find reliable people, etc., it is enough.
If you are still closely connected in the circle, it is completely a bonus.
Wu Mu didn't hesitate, "Sister Yan, can you introduce me to Senior Brother Shi Wu?"
"Yes, I'll call him now to see if he can come over. "Yan Yongmei nodded.
Listening to Lin Qingyue's description, Wu Mu felt that this person was quite suitable.
But the person they were chatting with, Shi Wu, started muttering after receiving a call from Yan Yongmei.
The manager of Wumu Studio?
This doesn’t seem like a good place to go.
Basically, anyone who is not confused is not optimistic about the development of Wumu Studio.
Not to mention the lack of resources, Wu Mu’s previous personality was not used to directly exposing various companies on Weibo. Everyone felt that it would be difficult for such a person to make a big success in the industry.
Speaking of relying on Wu Mu’s own fame, he can still survive by handling the projects that invite Wu Mu to appear on the show. There is no need to worry about the studio not being able to open.
But for a studio that has no development at all, it's okay to just hang around without any motivation, but it seems a bit unwise to go for a real career.
Shi Wu lost money while filming the movie, but he didn’t have to find a place to hang out.
However, after Shi Wu hesitated for a while, he finally decided to go see Wu Mu.
After meeting Wu Mu, he said bluntly, "I'm not very optimistic about the development of your company, but I can work in your company temporarily for a while. You should mainly need someone to help you now." You are the one who puts up the company’s frame, I can help you with this.”
(End of Chapter)