Chapter 217 Investing in Wang Jinghua
Zhang Chen did not refuse directly, but asked: "Sister Hua, why don't you do it yourself?"
"Do it yourself?"
"Yes, do it yourself."
After a pause, Zhang Chen said again: "Do you know about the CAA in the United States?"
The latter nodded, of course she knew about Innovative Artist Company. In fact, there was no one in their industry who didn't know about it.
“The CAA approach may not work in China, but we can definitely learn from it...
With so many big stars in your hands, you can sign a few more directors and screenwriters, and you can even make your own films and TV shows. The company is not very sure about movies, but TV series should be fine.”
Compared with movies, TV series are indeed easier to operate.
TV dramas are B2B, and movies are B2C. One is only for TV stations, but the other needs to face millions of viewers.
It is obviously easier to deal with a few people than to deal with a large group of people.
Moreover, most of Wang Jinghua’s talents are TV celebrities. Chen Daoming is currently the most expensive TV drama actor in the country. One episode costs 100,000 yuan, but it is a guarantee of ratings.
And the past few years have been the period of his rise. "Black Hole" and "Chinese Divorce" are all hits. It can be said that as long as he is in a drama, TV stations are willing to pay for it.
Wang Jinghua hesitated when she said, who doesn’t want to be the boss? Who doesn’t want to have the final say?
What’s more, Wang Jinghua is also the number one agent in domestic entertainment.
Through Huayi Brothers, she also understood that it would be difficult for her to stay under others for a long time.
"But..., where do the funds come from?"
Money is needed to make a TV series. A TV series can cost at least 20 million, and a movie may be less, but with the money he has It’s impossible to shoot a star’s position with a low budget.
These are all money.
"Finance is easy to come by. I can introduce you to a few coal bosses. They all want to join the industry, but they are afraid of being cheated. If there is an expert who is willing to lead them, they will definitely be happy."
"Thank you Director Zhang for your kindness. Director Zhang pointed out a clear path for me. I'm really moved, but I still don't know whether Director Zhang is interested in investing in my new company..."
Wang Jinghua sent out the invitation unexpectedly, which was exactly what Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang wanted.
The two of them came here with this idea in mind. Firstly, they could not let Wang Jinghua and Cheng Tian cooperate. Secondly, they did not want to be deeply bound to Wang Jinghua. Thirdly, they wanted to get the brokerage bonus.
Seeing Wang Jinghua looking over, Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang looked at each other: "Xingchen Entertainment can invest part of Sister Hua's new company, but we don't guarantee that we will definitely use Sister Hua's people in the future. The main thing is to see Is the role suitable?"
Zhang Chen’s ugly words come first.
"Of course there is no problem, the show is the biggest, I understand, I just hope that under the same conditions, I can use my artists as much as possible."
Wang Jinghua also made it clear, and finally everyone discussed it, Xingchen Entertainment Invested 3 million yuan, accounting for 15% of the shares.
"Great, congratulations to Sister Hua and Director Zhang for their powerful alliance. Let's have tea instead of wine..."
Xu Qing next to her saw that everyone had finalized the cooperation and immediately gave everyone a The teacup was filled with tea again.
Everyone clinked their glasses with a smile. Zhang Chen and Wang Jinghua both felt that this was a good ending and a win-win situation.
Zhang Chen actually didn't pay much. He chose actors according to the same principles as before, and he also enjoyed the bonus from his agent.
Wang Jinghua’s place is more cost-effective.
As long as she spreads the news about Star Entertainment's investment, the new company's status will immediately rise, and "Hurricane Rescue" is the best proof.
With funds, celebrities, and the endorsement of Star Entertainment, the development of the new company can be expected.
After the cooperation was settled, everyone unnaturally started talking about Cheng Tian and Wu Kebo.
Wu Kebo, even if his personal grudges were put aside, Zhang Chen did not want him to get involved. This person was not someone who settled down to make films and TV shows. All he could think about was investment.
What is investment? Investment is a money game and does not produce any value in itself.
In other words, Chengtian, who followed the investment route, had no choice but to develop if he wanted to develop. This is exactly what he did. The first time he made a move was to tap Wang Jinghua’s team and almost transform the artist structure of Huayi Brothers. Hollow out.
“By the way, Director Zhang, Wu Kebo seems to have been contacting Hong Kong recently. He has always wanted to make a blockbuster. Later, when he learned about "Hurricane Rescue", he wanted to eat ready-made.
If I can’t cooperate with you now, I will probably cooperate with a Hong Kong director to make a blockbuster movie..."
Wang Jinghua didn't have much information, and some of it was just speculation.
Zhang Chen pondered:
Hong Kong director?
Wu Yusen?
"Red Cliff"?
After the few chatted for a while, they prepared to leave. Before leaving, Zhang Chen specifically told Wang Jinghua: "Sister Hua, since we have decided to do it ourselves, we should try our best to maintain the relationship with each company and achieve win-win cooperation. In the past, Let him let those grudges go.
I will find a chance to help you and Hua Yi ease the relationship later. The unhappiness in the past was all due to different positions. Now that the position has changed, there is nothing to worry about. "
"Then I would like to thank Director Zhang for his kindness." Wang Jinghua didn't care about the unhappiness with Huayi. Zhang Chen was right. Those were all misunderstandings caused by positions. The positions have changed. The misunderstanding no longer exists.
She was like this in the original time and space. She was at odds with Huayi at first, but later her relationship with Huayi eased, and there was much cooperation between the two parties.
To put it bluntly, it’s all about money.
One side has money and production capabilities, and the other side has big stars. The two sides just complement each other.
Showing face and not cooperating means having trouble with money.
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Two days later, the premiere of "Letter from a Strange Woman" will be held at Xingmei International Cinema
Xu Jinglei's work was actually released as early as last year The filming has been completed, but it has been postponed and not released. Instead, it has participated in film festivals around the world.
But it was rewarding, as it won the Best Director Award and a Best Film nomination at the Locarno International Film Festival.
The Locarno International Film Festival is an international Class A film festival, second only to the top three in Europe.
Tonight Xu Jinglei is very beautiful, wearing a luxurious dress, greeting the guests from time to time. Zhang Chen is also wearing a handsome suit. He's here to cheer him up. Of course he has to wear something formal, otherwise everyone else is wearing a straight suit. If you wear a sportswear, you're not here to cheer him up, you're here to ruin the occasion.
Of course, it would be another matter if you could get as far as Xiao Ma.
Nowadays, premieres are just like award ceremonies, including red carpets.
Zhang Chen saw Zhang Guoli and his wife in the crowd. Zhang Guoli also saw him and waved him over.
"Uncle Guoli~"
"Why did you come alone?"
"My company didn't sign a female artist, so I came alone."
"That's not like this. With your current status, if you make a phone call, the people who want to accompany you on the red carpet won't be lined up outside Dongzhimen?"
"Haha, I'm just too lazy to look for it. I didn’t know there was a red carpet event at first.”
“Okay, come with us~”
After waiting for two minutes, the host announced Zhang Guoli and Zhang Chen. In the name of Zhang Chen, Zhang Guoli and his wife walked together.
Originally, he wanted to leave directly, but Zhang Guoli still asked him to inform the organizer to avoid making mistakes on the part of the organizer, which would be a bit disruptive.
Entering the venue, there were quite a few guests at the premiere.
Xu Jinglei's face, or rather the face in the Beijing circle, is very useful. Not only are almost all the big guys in the Beijing circle appearing in the show, but many other celebrities are also here.
This is the time Starlight Glimmer was talking about.
Zhang Chen greets people he knows from time to time. He seems to be a person now. Many celebrities take the initiative to say hello when they see him.
This premiere is different from Star Entertainment. Star Entertainment’s premieres always show the original film, but "Letter from a Strange Woman" only played some clips, most of which were with the actors. interaction.
"Letter from a Strange Woman" is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, starring Jiang Wen.
This time he didn't do anything like "Looking for a Gun". Maybe Wang Shuo's face played an role.
Most of the interactions on the stage were directed at Jiang Wen and Xu Jinglei. Occasionally, if there were any questions, Zhang Chen would come to him, and Zhang Chen would not hesitate to praise them.
“The Best Director Award and the Best Film Nomination at the Locarno International Film Festival are amazing. I haven’t even won the Best Director award at the four major European film festivals. I’m looking forward to it...”
Berlin, Cannes, and Venice are the three recognized ones. The fourth one is slightly controversial. Some people say it is the Locarno International Film Festival, while others say it is the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Zhang Chen is not talking nonsense. He has indeed never won the top three titles in Europe.
In fact, Zhang Chen has won very few awards at all, and none of them have won any A-category film festivals.
The Saturn Awards, the Spanish Fantastic Film Festival, etc. are all Category B and belong to a niche. I have never heard of these awards unless I read Huayu’s novels.
As for China, there is none.
In terms of awards alone, Xu Cairen has indeed surpassed Zhang Chen.
"Director Zhang is so polite. Director Zhang is a great commercial director and does not need the support of awards at all. When I have time, I have to learn how to shoot commercial films with Director Zhang..."
Faced with Zhang Chen's praise, Xu Jinglei immediately became humble.
The premiere ended in a relaxed and happy atmosphere, but the focus of the guests was actually the thank you banquet after the premiere.
Just like the dinner after the Hollywood awards ceremony, this is a social occasion where many directors, actors, and producers make connections and reach preliminary cooperation intentions.
This film is directed by Poly Huayi, and Huayi is of course the protagonist tonight.
Wang Zhonglei led the ‘Huayi Legion’ to the dinner party.
After parting ways with Wang Jinghua, Huayi’s number of stars has visibly decreased.
Although tonight's Huayi Legion still has a large number of people, not many are famous, only Li Lianhua and Huang Xiaoming.
Huang Xiaoming is not from Huayi yet, but the two parties have been in close contact.
After Wang Jinghua left, Huayi needed to find stars who could take action, so it has been in contact with Huang Xiaoming and Mr. Zhou.
Huang Xiaoming happens to be dissatisfied with his current brokerage company and has the idea of changing companies.
Zhang Chen was chatting with Director Chen: "Uncle Dao Ming, I'm afraid "Secret Agents" will have to wait for a while. I want to use "Hurricane Rescue" as the beginning of the agent universe. Uncle Dao Ming probably has to help with a guest appearance... …”
“No problem, then do I need to receive training?”
In the past two days, the news that Liang Jiahui was sent to Hollywood by Zhang Chen to receive formal firearms training has spread all over the world, no. I know how many people are envious.
That’s Hollywood~
Entering Hollywood is the ultimate dream of many actors.
“No, your role this time is just to show your face, to pave the way for the introduction of your character later. It is a purely literary drama. When the filming of "Sanctioned Agent" actually starts, then Uncle Dao Ming will need to learn firearms. Skills..."
"Haha, it seems that my desire to play with guns is going to come to nothing..."
"Uncle Dao Ming is really good at joking..."
"I can It’s not a joke. Although there were guns in the scenes I shot before, they were all props and they looked fake when they were used. They are not as good as those in North America, where they used real guns.”
Well, that's true.
There isn’t much else in the United States, but there are a lot of guns.
The per capita number of guns is 1.57, and many families have at least one long gun and one short gun.
There is no way, this country is too free, people can buy things for zero dollars at every turn, it’s really hard to defend yourself without anyone.
While the two were chatting, a burst of hearty laughter came. It was Wang Zhonglei who came with his Huayi Legion.
(End of this chapter)