China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 80 Two Characters
  In the morning, Chen Dong negotiated the investment share with Warner's team. In the afternoon, they began to talk about the investment budget and the allocation of major roles.

Because when Chen Dong transferred the script of "Inception", he never thought about filming it himself, so he didn't do much secondary processing on it.

Therefore, the characters have almost remained the same. The male protagonist is a dream thief and is still named Cobb, the female protagonist is Mel the Phantom, Arthur the Sentinel, Eames the Pretender, Saito the Tycoon, Fisher...

It seems that a key female character is missing, called Dream Builder.

Well, Chen Dong also made slight adjustments to this dream builder.

Change her background from a white girl to an Asian girl.

Of course, his name was no longer Adrian, but changed to a Chinese name, Sophie.

"Chen, how do you plan to divide these main roles?"

Unlike the tense discussion about investment ratio in the morning, the atmosphere now is much more harmonious.

"The roles of the two Asians belong to me, and the others belong to you, how about it?"

"Okay." Everyone at Warner had obviously expected that Chen Dong would want the roles of Dream Builder and Tycoon, so they were not surprised at all.

"Next, let's determine the investment budget for the movie... Chen, I wonder if you have made a cost budget for "Inception"?"

"Of course." Chen Dong gave the assistant next to him a look, and then continued: "The budget of the movie I make is about US$1.3 million."

As he spoke, he handed the other party a bunch of fax information sent from the United States that his assistant had given him.

“I wonder what your company’s investment budget is?”

Carson, Warner's vice president in charge of commercial copyright, briefly glanced at the budget analysis handed over by Chen Dong, nodded to the side, then looked at Chen Dong and replied: "It's very different from Chen Qian's investment budget. We are in 1.3 Between 1.4 million and million.”

Chen Dong also received the budget analysis report from the other party. After looking at it twice, he passed it to the people next to him for circulation. He raised his head and smiled: "Then I wonder what the specific investment budget should be?"

Carson also had a shrewd smile on his face and said, "I think US$1.5 million is more appropriate. What do you think, Chen?"

"Okay." Chen Dong nodded tacitly. As the bookmakers, the bigger the handicap, the more they would make.

As for why the investment cost is too high, what if the box office fails to make back the money?
  Haha, there are many ways to make money for such a big project, and box office is just one of them.

……

While Chen Dong was negotiating with Warner's team, the outside world was extremely lively.

First of all, there are film and television companies, all looking for opportunities to participate in a share;
  Next, there are agencies and celebrity artists, all of whom are asking about the roles in "Inception" to see if they have the chance to star.

Finally, there are some melon-eating people who are reading 666 on the Internet.

Huayi, after the last breakup with Wang Jinhua, although the artist management business has been severely damaged, the old foundation is still there, especially after the launch of the "Night Banquet" project, in just a few months, it seems that Already caught his breath.

It has to be said that the name of the first private film and television company should not be underestimated.

But the two Wang brothers feel that this is not enough. Their goal is to make Huayi the first listed film and television company in China.

At this time, it was in Huayi’s president’s office.

"Brother, are you looking for me?"

When Mr. Wang saw Mr. Xiao Wang come in, his first sentence was: "Zong Lei, this time Chen Dong and Warner's film project, we at Huayi will participate in it no matter how much we pay."

"Why?" Mr. Xiao Wang was puzzled for a moment, but he quickly turned around and said excitedly: "Brother, you mean this will help us Huayi go public, right?"

"It is of great help." Mr. Wang corrected him. As for whether they can make money by investing, that is their second priority.

"Chen Dong is afraid that he won't let us board the ship..." After calming down for a while, Mr. Wang expressed his concerns.

"That's because the benefits are not big enough." Mr. Wang said forcefully.

"Brother, do you have any good ideas?" "Premium price!"

Xiao Wang always heard these two words and couldn't help but roll his eyes at his brother.

But if you think about it carefully, although this method is direct, it is also the most effective, as long as the price you offer is higher than others.

……

The magical power of the media is vast.

The negotiations between Chen Dong and Warner Bros. have just ended, and the two Asian characters in "Inception" have already been exposed on the Internet.

"Role 18: Dream Builder Sophie, the second female lead, but her role is no less than that of the lead female lead. She is years old, and her original background is a Chinese student who went to France to study architecture... In the play, she serves as the male protagonist's assistant, responsible for all aspects of the construction. The general environment framework in the dream, so that the target person will believe that he is in his own dream after entering this dream."

"Character 2: Tycoon Saito, an important villain, a rich and powerful figure..."

When these two characters were exposed by the media, I don’t know how many star actors had the word longing in their eyes.

Chen Dong's cell phone just turned on, and sure enough, there were a bunch of missed calls and unread text messages.

Before he could check them one by one, a new call came in.

It's Jiang Wen.

"Brother Jiang, what's the emergency that made you call me three times."

"Have you eaten? Do you want to come out and drink some more?"

Chen Dong reacted for a moment and asked instead, "Who is there?"

Jiang Wen, who was opposite, didn't hide his words and choked, and just announced the names of the people on the table: "There are Wang Zonglei, Ge You, Wang Shuo, Zhang Guoli, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Jinglei... Oh, by the way, and me."

Good guys, this is a party in the Beijing circle.

However, Jiang Wen was quite open-minded and did not trick him directly. Otherwise, given their friendship, Chen Dong really would not refuse.

As for now, I naturally declined, making up whatever reasons I wanted. Anyway, you guys are just having fun, so I won’t join in the fun.

On the other side, Jiang Wen, who was slightly drunk, hung up the phone and shrugged at the table of people who were looking at him.

There was no trace of disappointment or dissatisfaction at being rejected, and he said carelessly:

"Director Chen said he was drunk and wanted to go back to rest. He asked me to say sorry to everyone."

In fact, Jiang Wen didn't want to make this call, but due to human nature, there was nothing he could do about it.

However, Jiang Wen boasted that he handled it well. To describe it in his heart, he said: 'Fortunately, I am smart! '

On the way back to the company dormitory, Chen Dong just finished the phone call with Jiang Wen, and then the next call came in.

Anyway, his phone calls never stopped that night.

The next day, a 19-person representative team sent by Warner walked into Chen Dong's Dongcheng Pictures. It was not only a visit, but also required to discuss some details such as costumes, props, shooting spots, etc.

Of course, these trivial matters are mainly discussed by professionals in both teams. Chen Dong, for example, occasionally listens to them, but spends most of the time discussing movies with Director Nolan.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and Chen Dong's Dongcheng Pictures finally signed a formal contract with Warner.

On October 10, a 20-member delegation sent by Warner boarded a plane with the contract and left China.

On the same day, Dongcheng Pictures held a media conference...

(End of this chapter)