At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 368 Suspension?

Ning Hao is an NPC that cannot be avoided in China Entertainment's novels...

There is no way, his appearance is a bit earth-shattering.

You see, in Ning Hao's mainland film market before, only those directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan made commercial films.

There is only one Feng Xiaogang in the Mainland!

The fifth generation is busy making blockbuster films, and the sixth generation continues to make their own literary films...

Then, "Crazy Stone" came out, relying on word-of-mouth alone, the mainland won nearly 3000 million box office results.

You know, "Stone" doesn't have a single star!
And there is also "Superman" in the same period...

Ning Hao's greatest contribution is actually to remind mainland investors: We mainland directors can also play commercial films.

To put it bluntly, at this stage, making movies is not a profitable business. There are a total of 3000 screens in the whole country, and only relying on the mainland to split the bills. Except for the two horror movies, Shen Xudong can't make money...

你自己算嘛，分账是41%，还是扣除8.3%之后的41%——需要缴纳5%的电影产业专项基金以及3.3%的特种营业税…

In other words, with a cost of 1000 million, you have to get 3000 million to be profitable!
The appearance of Ning Hao tells everyone: If you serve the mainland audience well, you can make money at a small cost.

However, Shen Xudong doesn't need Ning Hao very much, he has already proved this with "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" and "Legend of the Hunter in Xing'an Mountains".

As for investing in "Stone", it can be regarded as taking advantage of the trend!

The company has the money anyway, so why not?
"You will come with me the day after tomorrow. Let's meet Daoming Chen and Guoli Zhang... When will the movie be shot?"

"The sooner the better, in fact, I have already received 150 million funds..."

Hearing this, Shen Xudong frowned: "...Who is the investor?"

"Mr. Andy Lau...his Asian New Star Mentoring Project..."

Shen Xudong shook his head: "Push it... The copyright of "Stone" belongs to us, and we will be solely responsible for the distribution and production..."

Ning Hao struggled: "...This is not good, I already took the money!"

"They invest and only share the accounts, and don't take up the copyright?"

Ning Hao shook his head: "I don't know about this..."

Shen Xudong thought for a while: "...Let the company talk to him, Liu Dehua probably didn't expect "Stone" to be a hit..."

Yuan Shikong, "Crazy Stone", Yingyi Entertainment's "Asian Rising Star Director" project gave him 150 million, and the boss of "Sifang Chuangyuan" Zhou Lin paid 150 million, 300 million for the production cost.

Ning Hao wrote in "Mixed Adults" that 'at the beginning it was 500 million, then it became 300 million, and then it was 150 million! '

In addition, Sifang Chuangyuan invested in "Stone" and made a fortune, and then invested in "Mingming", with a cost of 3000 million, and lost everything. It will no longer invest in movies, only TV dramas...

Ning Hao nodded: "He didn't read the script..."

"That's fine. You are ready. Let's go to see Zhang Guoli and Chen Daoming the day after tomorrow... Have you seen the scene?"

"Well, the location has been selected!"

"Well, if there are no accidents, it will be turned on in a week..."

……

Shen Xudong went directly to the company, found Gao Fenfen, and talked about "Crazy Stone"...

Gao Fenfen was a little hesitant, not because she didn't believe Shen Xudong's vision, but because Ning Hao...had no work before!
Moreover, it is difficult for a director who is used to making literary films to make a transition.

For example, Wang Xiaoshuai, clamoring for transformation, raised tens of millions of funds to shoot "Rizhao Chongqing", which is still a literary film!
"This is black humor! Comedy movies, haven't I said before, the three major genres are small and big, comedies, horror movies, and pornographic movies..."Stone" is a typical comedy!"

"...but this director is new..."

"I'm going to be the supervisor..."

"Then it's fine... How much is it? 650 million... Is it enough?"

"Andy Lau's Ying Yi Entertainment also invested 150 million..." After thinking for a while, Shen Xudong said: "We invested 650 million, which is regarded as the master investment, you can ask him if he will follow, if not, we will make it ourselves! "

Gao Fenfen nodded, and then called the person in charge of the production department...

Shen Xudong was surprised to find that the company has grown again...

After the people in the production department left, Shen Xudong asked Gao Fenfen about the current situation of the company.

Gao Fenfen was speechless: "We have more than 50 staff members! The monthly salary alone is almost [-]!"

"...Do we have the money to support these people?"

"We not only do film and television production, but also undertake publicity, distribution and performing arts activities... Don't worry about it, the company's cash flow is very good anyway!"

Shen Xudong "oh" for a moment, then pondered that there are a lot of projects opened recently: "Then we should take it easy?"

"...No, Mango Channel has already paid an advance payment of 1800 million for "The Best Housekeeper", and "Soldier Assault" has also negotiated to broadcast on four channels..."

After a pause, Gao Fenfen continued: "And Chen Hao's album is selling well, and our first batch of accounts will come down soon."

"She releases an album, and we also make money?"

"Of course, she is an entertainer of our company..."

"How much can you divide?"

"There are always hundreds of thousands..."

"What's that enough?"

"...you don't know how to manage artists..."

Gao Fenfen didn't bother to explain to him: "You go...you are responsible for writing the script and recommending high-quality dramas!"

"I'm not afraid that you are too tired..."

After muttering something, Shen Xudong went downstairs.

……

Things feel a little rushed lately.

one thing after another...

Can't go on like this!

If things go on like this, they will be completely reduced to a worker...

Don't forget the original intention: earn some money, rely on talent to support yourself!

Now that it has been done, there is no need to work so hard.

The company is getting bigger and bigger, and it doesn't meet my original expectations at all: just have a studio that can help me take care of business...

Now, Tianmei Entertainment is the largest private media company in BJ's area.

No, I have to take a vacation...

Sitting in the car, Shen Xudong secretly made up his mind...

As for the producer of "Stone", I will go to the crew to stay for a day or two, and then go shopping in the mountain city for half a month!
It's just a name!

Then, the phone rang, and it was Zhang Guoli who called. She heard that Shen Xudong had a very good script for him.

Shen Xudong answered the phone and introduced "Crazy Stone": "It's a new director...not too new. He has made two independent films before, so he is quite experienced..."

"Of course the script is good, otherwise, I wouldn't have sent it to you..."

"Yes, I'm planning to invite Mr. Chen to see if he has time... Take some time to make a guest appearance..."

"I really didn't write this script, it's Ning Hao's own work..."

"Tomorrow night... okay! I'll take him with me!"

"Well, thank you Uncle Zhang!"

It was almost the end of the chat, and then Zhang Guoli suddenly added in a mysterious way: "Tomorrow, I will introduce someone to you!"

"... who is it?"

"Don't ask me..."

"Male and female?"

Zhang Guoli is still telling the truth: "There are men and women!"

"...Uncle Zhang, I don't want to fall in love for now."

Shen Xudong subconsciously thought that Zhang Guoli would arrange a blind date, and finally laughed, and said: "You think too much, you will know when you come tomorrow night!"

(End of this chapter)