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Chapter 328 The upcoming "Lost in Thailand" and private jets and yachts
"Wow, your phone screen is so big!"

"What constellation do you belong to? Your personality is too split?"

"Of course I know you're not Lao Zhou."

"It's more difficult for me to get a power of attorney than to go to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures."

"Hi, I'm Fan Bingbing."

"..."

In the editing room, when seeing the white and glowing Fan Xiaopang appear on the screen, Wei Yang smiled and shook his head.

Xu Zheng has been getting Fan Xiaopang throughout the movie, which left a deep impression on the audience, but because of Wang Baoqiang's image and setting, everyone didn't think about that, and it also made Fan's guest appearance in the end a pleasant surprise very strong.

Wei Yang could already imagine the moment when Fan Xiaopang appeared when the movie was released.It is estimated that there are exclamations of "Wow~" everywhere in the theater.

After the movie finished, Wei Yang applauded and said to Xu Zheng, who was beside him with a nervous face.

"Thanks for your hard work, brother, the filming is very good."

"Lost in Thailand" has been confirmed to be released on the Lunar New Year file, which is expected to be in mid-to-early December. Now that the film has basically been produced, Xu Zheng specially invited Wei Yang to take a look.

On the one hand, Wei Yang is the sponsor, so he must show the boss after the movie is finished.

If it weren't for the fact that "Lost in Thailand" was mainly filmed in Thailand, and Wei Yang was too busy, he should have come here long ago. After all, it was an investment of tens of millions.

Of course, Wei Yang wasn't there, but "Lost in Thailand" has people from Blue Whale, and some professionals have watched it, so Wei Yang is generally aware of the film's progress and evaluation.

Boss Wei is not one of those coal bosses who don't care about throwing away money in film and television investment.

He has a well-known film and television company and production team like Blue Whale under his command, so besides supervising many investment projects, he also has the right to directly intervene.

It's just that in most cases, Wei Yang won't use it, and he doesn't have the manpower and energy, so he can only offer suggestions.

Wei Yang, as the big boss and the person in charge of investing in "囧囧" in person, has never been to the crew to watch it. Xu Zheng had a thread hanging in his heart, so he invited Wei Yang to come and watch it when he was free. look.

On the other hand, this year Wei Yang's debut movie box office exceeded 5 million+, becoming a movie upstart. His vision is here, and Xu Zheng intends to invite him to come over and hold his eyes.

If something is found to be wrong, it is still some time before the release, and maybe it can be remedied.

Not only Wei Yang, Ning Hao, Peng Haoxiang, Zhang Jianya, Liu Yiwei and other familiar directors and filmmakers have all been invited by Xu Zheng.

This is also the normal state of new directors, and they are not sure, so they always hope to be recognized and encouraged by seniors and celebrities in the industry.

When Wei Yang finished editing "Famous and Li Wan", he also invited many people to come over and watch.

Hearing Wei Yang's praise, Xu Zheng was somewhat relieved, but a little apprehensive.

You know, "Lost in Thailand" is a comedy movie. Whether this kind of movie is exciting or not, the most intuitive thing is to see how many times the audience laughs.

And Wei Yang was undoubtedly the one who laughed the least among the "audience" he invited.

However, Xu Zheng misunderstood this. Wei Yang is a professional screenwriter himself. He has browsed countless materials and experienced the era of short video explosion.

Many ordinary audiences may seem good burden lines, such as "two to infinity" and "pure natural broom star", in Wei Yang's eyes, they are old-fashioned and boring.

Not to mention, he himself has watched this movie several times, and even worked on it as a professional screenwriter and studied the script.

In this case, Wei Yang can occasionally show some smiles, which is already due to the excellent performances of Wang, Xu, and Huang.

Even if he already knows the lines and the plot, he will still be amused by their performance. This is the charm of a good comedian.

But in Xu Zheng's view, Wei Yang's reaction to "Lost in Thailand" was very cold, even if it was an outspoken compliment, who knows if it was a courtesy consolation.

This actually shows that Xu Zheng doesn't understand Wei Yang, and Wei Yang may take care of his face in public.

But in private, especially in his own business, he is too lazy to do this. If he is satisfied, he is satisfied. If he is not satisfied, he will speak out directly.

The movie "Lost in Thailand" may not be considered a classic, but it is also a very well-completed road comedy. Wei Yang just told the truth.

"How much box office do you think I can get?"

Regarding the quality of the film, Wei Yang has no comments to make. He is more concerned about the announcement and release. By the way, he checked the expected box office.

If it was before the film was made, Xu Zheng would say more to give investors more confidence.

But now that the movie is finished and it's about to be released, he's conservatively estimating it, so as not to make the sponsor unhappy if he doesn't reach the goal.

"I personally think 2 million is very promising."

But he took a look at Wei Yang's face, gritted his teeth and added: "3 million is not impossible."

2-3 million!
This estimate is really not too small, after all, this data can make it into the top [-] of the annual ranking.

This year's Chinese-language movies are not booming. Although "Painted Skin 2" and "Rising Fame" are at the forefront, most of them are imported films from Hollywood.

The "Four Famous Catchers" filmed by Guangguang at a high price did not have 1.5 million yuan, while Chen Dadao's new work is only about [-] million yuan.

Ning Hao's new work "Golden Robbery", as well as the super IP "White Deer Plain", directed by Fatty Wang, and the star-studded "Great Shanghai" are also around 1.5 million.

Xu, Huang, and Wang are very popular, but the comedy has some appeal, but in terms of the lineup alone, it is not particularly good. 2-3 million is a relatively normal estimate.

And Xu Zheng is also a little cautious. The filming cost of "Lost in Thailand" + publicity and distribution is about 5000 million yuan. Calculated according to the share of the film studio, the movie box office of 1.5 million yuan can be recouped, and the rest is profit.

The performance pressure of 2-3 million is not great, and the profit is enough to satisfy the sponsor.

Xu Zheng didn't plan to finish a movie after finishing it. If he wanted to continue to be a director, he would definitely have to make money for the sponsor.

Blue Whale has strength and funds, and the cooperation with each other this time is considered pleasant. Xu Zheng intends to continue to cooperate.

He has never thought that "Tai囧" can be a big hit, so he has always thought that as long as he makes a profit, he can gain a firm foothold, and then he can continue to hug Boss Wei's thigh and develop in the Shanghai circle and even the film industry.

Wei Yang could understand Xu Zheng's thoughts. Almost everyone involved in "Lost in Thailand" had similar predictions, just more or less.

He didn't even dare to be a prophet, saying that this movie could break 10 billion, otherwise everyone would not be shocked now, but treat him as an idiot.

"Thailand" breaks 10 billion VS Maya doomsday
Randomly find a hundred people, and more than 90% of them will choose the latter. Wei Yang even wonders if the box office of "Lost in Thailand" has something to do with the end of the world.

The release time is very close to the predicted time, and everyone may go to see it with the mentality of the last movie ticket, retaliatory consumption.

hiss!
If it weren't for the fear that the relevant departments would come to the door, Wei Yang would really have the heart to do a wave of marketing in this way.

But even though he was discouraged, Wei Yang still encouraged Xu Zheng and several people in charge.

"This year's summer season has made great progress compared to last year. The Lunar New Year market will also be more prosperous. Comedy movies are promising. 2-3 million is too conservative. I think it is expected to surpass "Rise of Fame."

This remark is very encouraging in everyone's opinion. "Rising Fame" is currently the second-ranked Chinese-language film this year, with a total box office of 5.05 million.

If "Tai囧" can surpass "Fame and Li Wan", it will be 5 million+, and Xu Zheng can become famous in one battle.

Xu Zheng also had a dream about this matter, but intellectually he had no hope, he thought Wei Yang was joking, and laughed.

"Borrow Mr. Wei's auspicious words, when you get rich, you can treat us to dinner then."

"You can eat as a monthly subscription."

Wei Yang smiled and patted Xu Zheng. If he, a butterfly, had little influence, after dozens of days, this bald head would be recorded in film history and become a new core filmmaker in the Chinese film industry.

And I will also get one of the most lucrative project investment returns since my career...

After all, the size of "Celebrating More Than Years" is not a joke, and the film still needs to be divided into shares. On a comprehensive basis, the "Celebrating More Than Years" series still earns more, but the energy and painstaking efforts of the two are heaven and earth.

It is even an exaggeration, the money in Guiyang is just like "pick up for nothing".

When having dinner with Xu Zheng and the others, and talking about his upcoming trip to the United States, Wei Yang also thought that if the schedule goes well, he can go to the airline to see if there is a suitable private jet.

Now the company has too much business and the flight is too troublesome. If I can buy a private jet with suitable conditions, the transportation will be much more convenient.

Blue Whale himself worked so hard on the projects, and he earned too much of Wei Yang's "hard-earned money". He was a little reluctant to part with such a low-cost luxury such as a private jet.

But Wei Yang is much more generous with the free money from "Lost in Thailand". He bought a private jet that he can use for himself, the company can also use, and he can also avoid taxes.

This trick is still learned from Jack Ma. The company pays for the plane, buys it back at the same price, and then leases it to the company. The company pays him the annual rent and maintenance fee. Not only can he avoid taxes, but he can also cash out from the company.

The most important thing is that the assets of this aircraft are always in the name of the parties concerned. Even if the company goes bankrupt, this aircraft cannot be liquidated as a company asset.

Reasonable, legal and compliant, this is the real master!
However, Wei Yang's shareholding in Blue Whale is not comparable to that in Alibaba. It is basically equivalent to Wei Yang's wholly-owned company. The operation is not that complicated, and the food looks much better.

In fact, compared to a private jet, Wei Yang wants to get a yacht and go out to sea to catch fish from time to time.

However, the environment in the domestic yachting circle is mediocre. The reason why private jets can still travel at least is that yachts are pure playthings. They are even linked to a certain feast. They are too eye-catching. If you really want to play, you can rent them.

In late October, Wei Yang and Xiao Zhao quietly flew to Miami, USA for vacation.

Miami is a seaside city with spring-like seasons, and it is also a world-famous sanctuary for the elderly.

The last time they went to Europe, Wei Yang and Liu Shishi went to Northern Europe to experience the ice and snow. This time when they come to America, they should enjoy the hot beaches of capitalism.

By the way, I can also watch the NBA. Wei Yang only knew that James is currently in the Miami Heat because he was doing travel guides.

Although Wei Yang doesn't like to watch basketball, James still knows it. He can come and see the stars, maybe get a signed jersey or something, and he can beat Li Jiahang for a few meals when he goes back...

(End of this chapter)