Chapter 1060 Ren Zhonglun’s words; share division...
Ren Zhonglun took his secretary and assistants and rushed directly to Han Sanping as soon as they got off the plane.
This time when he came to the capital, his main task was to discuss the investment share of "Operation Red Sea"; but in his heart, "The God of Medicine" was also a top priority, and its status was even slightly higher than the former. .
Because in the final analysis, "Operation Red Sea" is just a commercial blockbuster with the main theme of the navy, but "The God of Medicine" is different:
Its unparalleled practical significance and the bold breakthrough of the first such film , universality and empathy destined to be focused and concerned by the whole people...
Once the project is successfully established and filmed, it will definitely go down in history, and its creators and producers will forever remain in the history of film and be remembered!
“Operation Red Sea” will indeed allow Shanghai Film to produce one more movie with great political achievements, but there is nothing to promote it overwhelmingly. After all, “Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom” is the first movie A commercial film with the main theme of crab;
But "The God of Medicine" is not the case. As the first genre film to 'create the world' for Chinese films, the original incident even promoted the changes and modifications of relevant legal provisions, benefiting everyone across the country;< br>
It will allow SIPG to enjoy its honors till death, and allow me to serve the last few years of my term in a glorious manner. Even if I retire, I will still be showered with flowers and applause. ..."
Sitting in the living room of Zuoshan Diao's house, Ren Zhonglun talked non-stop, with an excited and excited tone.
This scene made Han Jianu roll her eyes, but you are serious about it!
Compared with the somewhat irritable Xiao Han, Old Han was smiling and happy to watch Ren Zhonglun's "performance".
"So, what did the Magic City say? Did you agree to help?" Han Sanping asked after a moment while Ren Zhonglun was picking up a cup of tea to moisten his throat.
"Yes, Uncle Ren, has there been any agreement? Hurry up and tell me!"
Listening to Han Sanping's slightly concerned inquiry, he looked at Han Jianu's An anxious expression. At this moment, Ren Zhonglun felt extremely sad.
"Old Han, I traveled for two and a half days straight for the movie Beautiful Girl; I met with the leader yesterday afternoon, but it only lasted ten minutes."
Speaking of this, Ren Zhonglun was interested After stopping, he picked up the teacup again and moistened his throat.
"Uncle Ren, come here, let me give you some." Han Jianu thought she was very "sensible" and picked up the teapot, while Ren Zhonglun nodded with a smile and handed it over.
Han Sanping shook his head speechlessly and said jokingly: "Beautiful girl, if there is no promise over there, do you think your Uncle Ren will be able to have the leisure to act pretentious here now?"
"Ah?" Han Jianu suddenly turned back to look at her biological father.
"Hahaha, I knew I couldn't hide it from you, a mountain eagle. I've put in so much effort, why can't I let the beautiful girl give me a glass of water?"
I ignored him and looked at him with a bewildered look. Excited classmate Xiao Han, Ren Zhonglun continued to speak with a sigh, his tone was quite serious and solemn:
"Old Han, I don't know how your relationship is going here, but over there in the Magic City, my I owe Dafa a favor.
To be more precise, I don’t even have the favor or face to owe it. I just begged the higher-ups for help. If there is any order from the other side, we can’t. Hiding. "
After Ren Zhonglun said these words, even Han Jianu, who had always been carefree, fell silent. She knew very well how heavy the subtext contained in these sentences was, very, very heavy!
"Well, I know, I understand what you mean." Han Sanping nodded heavily again.
"Well, it's good to have an idea."
The living room became quiet, only the sound of adding tea and water was intermittent, and the topic went far away.
After a long time, Ren Zhonglun looked at the time, then stood up and left. He had to do something else.
When the father and daughter sent him out of the villa and Ren Zhonglun stepped into the car with one foot, he hesitated again, stepped back, and then whispered to Han Sanping in a low voice:
"When I left the city hall yesterday, the publicity person joked with me seemingly casually: If the film successfully obtains the filming permit by then, I hope Director Lin Nan can do his best to make the best shot."
Until the car drove out of sight, Han Sanping looked at Han Jianu as if nothing had happened, who was happily sending messages on her mobile phone.
"Beauty, this time your Uncle Ren and I will co-produce. You can be the assistant director for Lin Nan again, screenwriter and assistant director."
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After being busy with Tiangong Color all morning, Lin Nan did not go to the company in the afternoon, but went to Guangguang.
Wang Baoqiang strongly invited him to watch the later stages of "Havoc in Tianzhu". The implicit meaning behind his words was obvious, that is, his personal affairs would never affect his work.
On the one hand, Lin Nan was embarrassed to refuse the other party with polite words, but on the other hand, he was sympathetic, so he agreed.
But to be honest, from the perspective of a professional director, Lin Nan is not optimistic about "Havoc in Tianzhu", which is why he originally invested in it in the name of Shanhai Media.
Similarly, Director Lin is still not optimistic about the post-editing of the small clips that have been completed in "Havoc in Tianzhu"; well, he is not optimistic about Wang Baoqiang, because the script that is the basis of the movie is very poor from the beginning. rotten.
But, just think of it as a comedy similar to "The Breakup Master" and "Bad Angel". After all, Lin Nan originally only wanted to invest in Wang Baoqiang, not "Havoc in Tianzhu".
"The woman hid her two children. School has started now, but the children didn't register at all. She just went to the court this morning, hoping to use the power of justice to get the person to be handed over. , let the children go to school."
Wang Changtian smacked his lips and sighed in a low voice. As for Wang Baoqiang, he has once again devoted himself to post-editing work.
"It fits his character. He has never studied much, but he pays special attention to his children."
Lin Nan smiled and said with certainty. As a very traditional person from a rural area, Wang Baoqiang’s weakness was taken advantage of, namely, children!
"You may not understand what I mean, I mean he is really powerful and his ability to withstand pressure is terrifying."
"Huh?" Lin Nan was a little confused.
"My mother seems to have been diagnosed with a bad disease in the past two days..."
Wang Changtian glanced at Lin Nan and clicked. This topic was indeed a bit heavy, and neither of them wanted to continue discussing it.
"Let's talk about the release. There are only three weeks left before the release of "The Murderer"." Lin Nan changed the topic.
"Don't worry, the light will give you the greatest distribution. But you have to be mentally prepared. After all, Cao Baoping's film is not a commercial film in the traditional sense..."
Lin Nan nodded, he understood the meaning of these words. That is to say, don’t have too high expectations for the box office.
"Operation Red Sea" has been decided?" Wang Changtian is still determined to be evil.
"It will be confirmed tomorrow morning. If you have nothing else to do here, I will go back, right?" As he spoke, Lin Nan sat up.
“Are you afraid that I will speak again?” Lao Wang immediately lost his temper.
"I'm a little scared, so don't worry about it. It's hard to say how much share our company can get this time."
Lin Nan didn't mean to deceive Wang Changtian. The investment amount in "Operation Red Sea" will be very high, especially in the loss of military equipment. As for the specific distribution of the shares, it depends on what the maritime affairs department says tomorrow morning.
In the outside world, movies to be released in September are all in the final push for publicity.
In the first half of the year, there was "The Yangtze River" which just won the "Silver Bear Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution" in Berlin this year;
In the middle of the month, there were "Westward Journey 3" and "July and Ansheng" ", "Anti-Corruption Storm 2", China Film's "My War", "The Chaser" and other movies;
And in the second half of the year, there are several commercial films that have clear goals and are heading towards the National Day schedule. , namely: "Passing Through Your World", "Grand Traces"...
At first glance, the domestic film market in September seems to be quite promising, but what it actually looks like is another story for another day. In short, Lin Nan Pictures has one and a half movies to be released. ......
"Lin Nan, hurry up. Director Guo and Director Lu have been waiting for you for a long time."
Hearing this, Lin Nan looked at his hands He looked up at Liu Yifei, who kept urging him with a "nothing to do with me" look in front of him. He just wanted to ask: "How do you have the nerve to rush me?"
" Haha, don’t be in a hurry, you two eat slowly, it’s only nine o’clock now.”
Lu Yang sat there and joked with a smile, and Guo Fan even lowered his head, trying not to laugh out loud.
The two of them were called by Hai Zheng to go to the film bureau with Lin Nan today, so they ran excitedly to meet Lin Nan early in the morning; but the reality is that the two of them found themselves Came early.
As for how early? When we got here at 8:30, Director Lin was still sleeping, well, so was Producer Liu!
Then, Liu Xiaoli embarrassedly arranged for the two of them to have another breakfast, while she turned around and entered the villa... "smashing" the door.
“It’s not in a hurry. On occasions like this, we don’t talk about business until after 11 o’clock. At least until lunch time, and then finalize it at the dinner table. Well, this is the system of hospitality The unspoken rules of other units...the same applies to the reception of Hai Zheng!"
Lin Nan said with great certainty that he had rich experience in this matter because he had eaten there so many times in the bureau.
Not long after, Lin Nan set off with Guo Fan and Lu Yang. After watching several cars leave, Liu Yifei turned around and entered the yard.
"Sissi, the phone number of the company assistant is about Bazaar again..."
The news of the official opening of the Venice International Film Festival was also announced when Lin Nan and others arrived at the film bureau. It was spread back to China and appeared online.
It’s still the same, there is no Chinese-language film in the main competition section, and in other sections there are only two inconspicuous Chinese-language films, "Where Are You" and "Bitter Money", that entered the screening section and Horizon unit.
Generally speaking, at this Venice International Film Festival, Chinese-language films have almost no participation.
But for a large number of domestic actors and stars, this doesn’t matter; although they have no works, this does not affect them in the least from competing for beauty there, taking photos, making videos, and publishing press releases...
When they were brought to the conference room, Lin Nan and the other three heard Zhang Hongsen complaining about this matter:
Said that these domestic actors and stars who have not been shortlisted for film works are now in major foreign films. The reputation of the festival is getting worse and worse;
Even foreign media are reporting that there is a business specifically for Chinese celebrities, that is, selling "red carpet tickets" - buy a ticket and walk on the red carpet!
For this reason, there are also foreign professional teams operating this kind of business during the film festival, including but not limited to: pretending to be media personnel to conduct interviews, pretending to be foreign fans or movie fans to enhance the atmosphere, acting...
In short, it is a full set of services , allowing these Chinese celebrities to send out enough press releases to deceive domestic fans and netizens!
"Lin Nan, you three have finally arrived." Tong Gang said hello with a smile.
"Hello, leaders. It shouldn't be too late now, it's not even 11 o'clock yet." Lin Nan responded with a smile.
The people in the conference room were still the same as 5 days ago, namely: Tong Gang, Zhang Hongsen, and the three from Hai Zheng, as well as Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun, and La Peikang.
"Director Lin Nan, Director Guo Ban, Director Lu Yang, please sit down quickly. Let's take a break and let's get down to business."
The head of Haizheng nodded with a smile and pointed to the seat aside.
After ten minutes of brief greetings, everyone sat around the conference table.
I saw the deputy on the left hand side of the maritime affairs chief, opening the document bag in front of him and distributing the documents one by one to everyone present; the focus was on Lin Nan, La Peikang and Ren Zhonglun, because The three companies are the co-producers of "Operation Red Sea".
“The Maritime Administration has a dedicated team to prepare the budget, and the Navy also provides help. This is what you see now:
The military equipment cost budget involved in "Operation Red Sea" is around 200 million, which is already the lowest cost within the budget.
This expenditure cannot be given away for free by the Navy, because every account on the army must be clear; and this time "Operation Red Sea" not only requires the dispatch of a large number of naval officers and soldiers , time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is necessary to dispatch a formation with the Type 054A guided missile frigate Linyi as the core. In addition, there is also the loss of artillery shells... Military expenditures are not a trivial matter!
In addition, all filming and post-production expenses, as well as actors' remuneration, director, producer, supervisor's remuneration, etc., plus the crew's expenses for more than half a year, are tentatively set at 300 million.
In the end, the total budget of "Operation Red Sea" is tentatively set at 500 million! Take a look, you should have no objections, right? "
This kind of big battle, even the missile frigate formation is out, who can say that 500 million is expensive? It is really not expensive, it is too cheap!
"This budget of 500 million yuan completely gives people a feeling of great value for money, as it should be!
Unlike some movies, the cost is very high, such as "The Ferryman" with a 400 million investment, " "Legend of the Gods" has an investment of 500 million... One day, another movie will have an investment of 1 billion, but in real terms, are they really worth that much money compared with the lineup and budget of "Operation Red Sea"? It feels like everyone is selling stolen goods. Haha..."
Lin Nan joked unscrupulously, and everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard it.
"You can just joke about this in private, but don't say it when you go out. If you say this in your status, the impact will be too great." Tong Gang pointed at Lin Nan and cursed with an angrily smile.
"What Tong Ju said is true, but what Director Lin Nan said is not unreasonable. Nowadays, the film and television industry is indeed a bit tricky in terms of production costs, which can easily amount to billions, but in fact Not much! ”
The head of Haizheng said ambiguously. After all, Haizheng is responsible for the navy's publicity and construction work. It has its own production work and is more or less a unit in the film and television industry.
“Okay, let’s not go into the digression. Now let’s discuss the specific division of shares. The cost of military equipment will be borne by the maritime administration.
In addition, abroad All procedures and communication with relevant parties will be handled by the Navy. Only 40% will be retained by the Maritime Administration, and the remaining 60% will be divided among the three of you."
As soon as the Chief of the Maritime Administration finished speaking, Lin Nan and Ren Zhonglun. The three of them, He La Peikang, looked at each other subconsciously; Hai Zheng was very generous, as his first goal was to make a good film of "Operation Red Sea", not to make money. The former gave Lin Nan three parties a huge advantage!
"Then let's divide it equally? Lin Nan, La Dong?"
Ren Zhonglun was the first to speak, which could be regarded as setting the tone. Because La Peikang was given the upper hand, this meant that it was difficult for him to have any objections, and it was also difficult for him to eat and occupy more.
"I have no objection, 20% is good." Lin Nan nodded immediately, while Guo Fan and Lu Yang listened while reading the documents.
“China Film Group has no objection either.” La Peikang followed closely and responded.
In just a few minutes, the specific investment shares of the four major producers were determined for "Operation Red Sea" with a budget of 500 million.
"Ju Zhang, are you sure the script will be released tomorrow?" the head of Hai Zheng asked Zhang Hongsen.
"No problem, I'll watch it myself."
"Well, after the script is announced tomorrow, we will immediately open the casting to the entire industry. I'm sorry to the two directors Guo Fan and Lu Yang, but we will start from the latest The audition will start on the 10th.
We also hope that Director Lin Nan can keep an eye on us. We know that Director Lin is currently busy with the post-production of the film, but he is close enough so he should be able to keep an eye on us. , Hai Zheng will also send someone there, I hope Lin Nan Pictures can arrange it..."
"There is no problem with the audition on the 10th. We will send out the joint announcement tomorrow. I think it will be a sensation in the industry. Get up.”
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"With the lineup of producers, behind-the-scenes production, and investment scale of "Operation Red Sea," how could it not be a sensation in the industry? It's absolutely lively..."
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"Then when the time comes It will be held in the large conference room on the third floor of Lin Nan Pictures, because this time it is completely conceivable that there will definitely be more actors in the industry coming to audition, haha..."
Lin Nan followed Guo Fan, Lu Yang, Han Sanping and others later nodded in agreement with a smile.
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As expected, everyone was left by the film bureau to entertain lunch at noon.
At the dinner table, the head of Hai Zheng once again talked about the "rhythm" issue of "Operation Red Sea";
That is, after the audition and casting, take a rest for a few days, at most a week. , and then all the main creative staff of the crew had to go outside with the Navy to officially start military training, including the sea part and the land part.
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(End of this chapter)