China Entertainment's performance is king

Chapter 83 Investing
"Hello, is this Shen Lang?" Shen Lang was thinking, when Huang Mengying came back, he heard a middle-aged man's voice.

"It's Teacher Wu." Shen Lang looked at the middle-aged man wearing glasses, and quickly stood up and said.

This is the director and screenwriter of "Made in the Border Region", and he is also an actor. After learning about "Made in the Border Region", Shen Lang also knows a little about him.

He has also filmed a lot of movies. Most importantly, he is acquainted with Ning Hao, the head of Huayu Xinshou Village. He is also the producer of Ning Hao's "Incense" and "Wednesday and Thursday".

Although they are just friends that Ning Hao didn't get to know, they can be regarded as personal contacts, and they might be able to go to Ning Hao's place.

He made an appointment to have a face-to-face chat with Shen Lang. This Shen Lang was quite surprised. Under normal circumstances, although the domestic system is centered on directors, when it comes to finding money, the producer should go first.

For example, "Heart Labyrinth", he knew about it from his classmates, the works of alumni, but after knowing his investment intentions, the producer came to the door first.

This producer is not the actual director's parents, but a young man surnamed Ren who invested in Xin Yukun. Shen Lang has met him before, and he is very busy.

However, considering that the director of "Made in the Frontier Region" is also a producer himself, it is understandable. There is a high probability that he organized the project.

Shen Lang has also watched it. He used to be a public servant, the deputy director of the publicity center, and the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in a certain district of the provincial capital city. No wonder he thought of making this kind of movie.

This is also his first film as a director. At least there is no pressure on investors to make this kind of film. If there are subsidies, it will be easy to pay back.

Movies don't make money by selling box office at all, they are successful if they can be released, which is also understandable, why there are many movies that lose money when watching them, and the subject matter is not pleasing, but there is no shortage of people to make them.

This man's name is Wu Jun. Shen Lang made an appointment with him to meet here. The place is a coffee shop near the school.

Shen Lang didn't take Joe either, he came first, although he wanted to invest, there was no need to be too aggrieved, there was no need.

"Yes, Wu Jun, introduced by Xiao Zhang."

This little Zhang is Xin Yukun's friend, and Xin Yukun also connected Wu Jun through him.

"Teacher Wu, what would you like to drink?"

"Just coffee."

Wu Jun is not surprised by this kind of occasion, talking about things is either at the wine table or in the coffee shop.

"This time I also heard from Xiao Zhang that we have fellow villagers who want to invest in movies, so I hurried over here." Wu Jun said.

This technique is very applicable, what Shen Lang said here is only possible, you are sure of what he said.

"Mr. Wu, I also want to know about the situation of our movie?"

"Hey, in the past few years, I wrote a script. Some friends thought it was good and recommended me to make it. I have been an actor for many years, and the producer has done it several times. I really have this idea.

My friend also plans to invest in me. I am so cruel, come on, it just so happens that the higher ups have subsidies for our kind of movies.

It's not that the preparations went smoothly at the beginning, and the filming started, and the funds were cut off. " Wu Jun probably said something.

"Is the subsidy not in place?" Shen Lang said.

"That's not true, my friend invested, and the subsidies from above, plus the actor's equipment is in place, the investment is very small.

There is also support for the filming location, accommodation and everything is subsidized, which is enough, who knows that my friend's financial chain is a bit tight.

It doesn’t matter if the capital chain on his side is broken. The main reason is that the subsidy from above is not in place at one time, but is given in several installments. We can’t get the money from our own side, and the subsidy from above is also worried about accidents and gets stuck. " Wu Jun said.

All right, the higher-ups can give you subsidies and support, but you have to pay for it yourself, simply relying on subsidies to make movies to earn subsidies. Although you do this, you can't say that.

Generally, you invest money to build it first, and the above sees that, if you are qualified, I will give you support.

After my friend Wu Jun withdrew his investment all at once, it became difficult. In fact, everyone knew that you wanted to earn subsidies, but they all depended on subsidies. What were you thinking?

As for why he retired, Shen Lang didn't ask Wu Jun, but he learned about it from Xin Yukun's friend.

The main reason is that he feels that there is no future. He originally wanted to rely on Wu Jun to earn support subsidies. As long as it can be screened, the total subsidy will be 200 million. Adding miscellaneous things, 250 million should not be a big problem.

This is not a curse, it is really very hopeful, 250 million, if you spend one million or hundreds of thousands to make a movie, you can still get back hundreds of thousands.

If you are very, very lucky, you can make some money after the movie is released. After all, Wu Jun has a good resume, Ning Hao's friend, and a gold-lettered signboard.

The investor originally planned this way, but later saw that there were no familiar people who joined the group. This group of people was flatter than him, and he thought the same.

That's fine, but the crew often asked him for money later on. The original plan was to invest hundreds of thousands, and earning 10,000+ would be enough.

Don't think too much, Wu Jun will definitely have to share the money. After all, these subsidies will depend on him, and there is a high probability that he will still get the bulk.

But later, there was a little overspending, and investors felt that they were losing money, because both the expenses and the income were all in the 250 million miles.

If you spend more, you will end up with a little less money. He thinks it is not worth it, and then he doesn't want to spend money later.

Shen Lang understood, it wasn't that the production crew deliberately cheated money, no matter how good the presets were, it was inevitable that there would be places that were not in place, exceeding tens of thousands of yuan.

To be honest, this is not a lot of money, but for such a movie, the damage is quite big.

In fact, Shen Lang also knew that Wu Jun himself could renew the money, and he himself had money, but he wouldn't do that with his own money to invest in movies, and he didn't want to take any risks.

The reason why investors are unwilling to continue investing is that they feel that it is not necessary. If they reinvest, the money they earn might as well use the money to do other things.

"Then how much investment does the film still need?" Shen Lang asked serious business.

"Actually, it's not too much. My friend has invested 50 before and after, and the next 30 will be able to prepare the crew again."

"Can the filming be finished with 30 yuan?"

"No, there is a subsidy of 100 million, but only about 50 has been received. As long as the crew can get 30 investment for re-shooting, the remaining 50 can be divided into several installments." Wu Jun said.

"In this case, the investment is not low, more than 180 million?" Shen Lang asked doubtfully.

"Yes, but you are also a member of the industry, and the number of investment in movies is already very low." Wu Jun said.

"Um, how is the income calculated? Can it be paid back? Teacher Wu, let me be more straightforward." Shen Lang said.

"Of course, no one's money comes from the wind after all. I can tell you about the expected income of the film, the follow-up share of the box office, and the sale of copyrights."

Shen Lang listened very carefully, but he also knew why his friend didn't want to invest.

(End of this chapter)