Chapter 214: 20 million start-up capital
Chairman's Office.
Xu Wenwen reported to Chairman Cao Qianyuan about Han Zichen. When he learned that Xiao Qu's father was going to prepare for a movie, he was obviously stunned.
"What is this kid going to do? I have given him so much authority, what tricks does he want to play?"
It is obvious that Cao Qianyuan did not agree with Han Zichen's intention to film a movie. What kind of style is it to be a musician who actually wants to shoot a movie?
Kissing?
If it is that simple to make a movie, then everyone will go to make a movie. Why do some people develop this and someone develop that?
After all, not everyone can eat this bowl of rice.
Your little father Qu has talent in music, so why not just eat music? Why bother to touch the path of movies?
This road is not easy to walk...
Listening to Cao Qianyuan's words, Xu Wenwen said, "Young people always have some ideas. Just like me, when I first entered this industry, didn't I think about being a star or something? Later I found out that the agent's path is more suitable for me."
Cao Qianyuan smiled and said, "How can I not know what you mean? After all, I also dug you into this profession."
Xu Wenwen said, "Mr. Cao, you are far-sighted. Young people have never fallen, so they don't know how painful it is. But if you don't try anything, how can you know if you will fall or not?"
Cao Qianyuan said, "So what do you mean?"
Xu Wenwen said, "I mean, give him a 10 million yuan for him to play with. When he falls and finds out, he will not mention this matter again in the future and will concentrate on his music career."
To be honest, for those movies that require special effects, it is not enough to even make a small wave.
Even for a movie with a low cost, 10 million is definitely a small amount for the director. Not to mention shooting a movie, you must invite celebrities. If you don’t have a famous star, you will be invited to come. When people see this, they will see that there is not even a familiar star. They will definitely spend money to buy movie tickets to watch it.
And if you invite a well-known star, then this...
How much do you plan to give this artist a filming ten million?
Five million?
Or eight million?
Well, people only charge so much money for your sake, so what about the remaining money?
What's enough for?
Do the employees and extras in the filming need to pay? Do they need to eat?
I can only say that 10 million is really nothing.
As Xu Wenwen said, this ten million is just to lose Xiao Qu’s father to play with. People didn’t even think about what kind of movie they could make with this ten million investment, let alone get back on their money.
It was all because he was Xiao Qu’s father, so he was willing to give out ten million.
If it were someone else's words, let alone ten million, there wouldn't be a single hair.
When Xu Wenwen said the number '10 million', even Cao Qianyuan was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly smiled, "It seems that you are not optimistic about our little father Qu."
Xu Wenwen said, "Seeking truth from facts, he really has nothing to say about music lyrics and composition. He is a newcomer with very high potential among musicians in recent years. Even when he revealed his identity as "Sand Sea", I once thought that he could become a person who surpassed Wang Xingze. But Mr. Cao, you also know that Dad Wang himself has invested in a movie, and the cost is not low. What do you think? This total investment of 150 million movies has only been recovered for more than 10 million yuan. The box office of Rabbit Eye is full of bad reviews of this movie, and its overall score is only 3.2 points. This can be regarded as a bad movie, and this is also the only stain on Dad Wang? So from this matter, we can also see that some people are indeed the top leader in making music, but if you want to talk about movies, it is really hard to say. It's not that I look down on Dad Xiao Qu, but with the lessons of the past, we should be careful."
Although Xu Wenwen was bewitched by Han Zichen's appearance for a moment, she was a professional agent after all, let alone the person chosen by the chairman.
So although she is now Han Zichen's agent and needs to consider it for him, on the other hand, she also has to consider the interests of the company.
Cao Qianyuan listened to Xu Wenwen finishing his words and then smiled, "You are right, but when you go back, you tell him that I invested 20 million in his movies. If these 20 million are the gifts I gave him, the other 10 million is my investment in his movies. If the investment in this movie fails, he doesn't have to do anything. Just come back and make music."
After listening to Cao Qianyuan's words, Xu Wenwen was stunned, "Mr. Cao, you..."
It would be fine if I took out 10 million for Xiao Qu's father to play with, but now I even took out another 10 million for Xiao Qu's father to throw it out.
Assuming that the movie investment is successful, Xiao Qu’s father can get half of the income after deducting the theater income and taxes, and of course the other half belongs to the company.
In addition, even if the investment in this movie fails, the company will lose 20 million yuan, and Xiao Qu’s father will not have to give up a single hair.
This doesn't look like Xiao Qu's father, it's like treating his biological son.
"This child's appearance is very similar to when I was young, and I have an inexplicable sense of familiarity with him..."
Xu Wenwen looked at Cao Qianyuan now, and she couldn't imagine what Cao always looked like when she was young. But when she thought of Cao Ying'er's stunning face, perhaps what Mr. Cao said was not without reason, but... Is there anyone who praises you so much?
In Xu Wenwen's opinion, even in the past and present, no one is more handsome than Xiao Qu's father.
Even if there is, they are much worse than Xiao Qu's father in terms of talent.
Xiao Qu Dad is a person who is both beautiful and talented.
Looking at Xu Wenwen's slightly speechless expression, Cao Qianyuan stopped joking with her.
"He is a rare musician in recent years. His talent even catches up with Father Qu. Just as you said, he may surpass Wang Xingze to become the youngest best musician in history. Once he really gets this title, what is my current effort? You can gain the favor of a future Father Qu in just 20 million, why not do it?"
"But what if it fails?"
Xu Wenwen asked back.
"Successful, then the returns will inevitably be higher than the current investment of 20 million, and at least dozens of times. If you fail, you will be considered a failed business."
"Wenwen, you should know that business is profitable and loss-making. It is impossible for every business to be a business that is stable and profitable. If that were the case, I would have become a financial tycoon long ago. In the business world, sometimes it depends on a bold gamble, not to mention that it is just a transaction of 20 million yuan per transaction, which is not a loss."
Xu Wenwen nodded and said, "I understand, Mr. Cao."
"There is another point. He is a friend introduced by Ying Er. Apart from my investment in him, there is another point because of this. I have not done anything for Ying Er over the years. Since he is Ying Er's friend, isn't I help him? "
Cao Qianyuan is a qualified businessman, but he is also a not very qualified father.
Xu Wenwen left the chairman's office, and soon, she met Han Zichen.
Creation Department on the 21st floor.
Han Zichen's office.
"The chairman has agreed to allocate funds to you."
Han Zichen said excitedly, "Really? How much money is the chairman planning to allocate to me?"
Xu Wenwen said, "It's about the same amount as my estimated investment, but at least it's much higher than what I originally thought, 20 million."
A look of loss appeared on Han Zichen's face.
Xu Wenwen looked at this scene and conveyed what Chairman Cao Qianyuan had said to her to Han Zichen.
"So, the chairman has actually done his best to you. 20 million yuan of funds, 10 million yuan is his investment, and the other ten million is left to you for your own use. This ordinary chairman cannot do such a thing, especially when shooting a movie, which is thankless in itself."
Han Zichen understood what Xu Wenwen said.
If it were any other entertainment company, it would be impossible to spend 20 million yuan for its own musicians.
Because Is this possible because I am a musician to do a director? Is it realistic?
If Han Zichen hadn't owned the system and had watched this movie, how could he dare to do such a crazy thing?
It can be said that if he was the chairman of an entertainment company and the musician below wanted to shoot a movie that allowed you to invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, would you invest?
Han Zichen's answer: No!
Because of uncertain things, his ideas will inevitably put this matter on hold like most chairmans.
Cao Qianyuan did not. Even though he knew that this was a stable deal, he still invested 20 million in Han Zichen's movie. He was even worried that Han Zichen would have a psychological burden. He invested 10 million in Han Zichen's movie in the name of the company, and another 10 million was equivalent to giving Han Zichen a waste.
This kind of thinking filtered in his mind, and Han Zichen gave Cao Qianyuan a thumbs up. Such a chairman and such courage would definitely not have been included in him.
I had thought the chairman was a little stingy before, and it was really not right.
"Thank you Mr. Cao for me. I have absolute confidence in my movies and I believe that I will not disappoint Mr. Cao."
Xu Wenwen nodded and said, "Then you can shoot this movie well."
"Um."
Although there is 20 million start-up capital, these funds are far from enough in Han Zichen's opinion, and at least 10 million or even 20 million are needed.
"Forget it, there will definitely be a solution if you wait for these things in the future."
"In addition, there are several songs that are very important in "Charlotte's Troubles". For example, when Yuan Hua appears, he must bring a BGM sound effect, as well as "Once Once" and "Our People in the Village"."
Because this is a time-traveling movie, and it also involves a lot of classic music from the past. The system also gave Han Zichen two versions.
One version is the original version, without any corrections, and the song also comes from another planet.
For example, "You Once Upon a Time", "Those Flowers", "Ice Rain", "Agreement of 98", "Star Qing", "Chrysanthemum Platform", "Nunchaku", etc.
These are music that Han Zichen had never heard before, but it is undeniable that these music must belong to the fire songs on another planet.
Of course, if Han Zichen wants this version, there is no problem, because the movie does not require all of these songs to be sung, so the system gave Han Zichen a very big discount.
At the same time, because these songs are all from movies, not singles, the price is relatively cheap. A song only costs 200,000 yuan to buy the use rights from the system.
Of course, these can only be used in the movie "Charlotte's Troubles", not for commercial purposes, and cannot be distributed separately, unless the host buys all the copyrights of these songs.
Another version retains some important interludes and theme songs, while the songs that appear throughout the movie are replaced by fire songs that have become Blue Stars.
This version was instantly recognized by Han Zichen, because many people from Blue Star have never heard of the original songs. If they go to the cinema to watch this movie in the future, they will never hear all the songs, which will be difficult to resonate.
Similarly, there is another reason. If the original version was filmed, it consumed too much money, which was much more than four or five million more than the funds required for the second version.
His startup capital itself is not much, only 20 million. If one-quarter of the startup capital is used to purchase the copyright of the song, then the film may be over before it starts filming.
Jay Chou mentioned in "Charlotte's Troubles" is thought to be the king of the other planet.
Han Zichen is not so unfamiliar with the existence of this "Jay Chou", because the song he just threw to Chen Fengsheng and dug him into Tianyi Entertainment is the work of this Jay Chou.
"Charlotte is worried that Jay Chou cannot appear in this movie, because people in Zhongzhou have never heard of him, let alone a king of heaven. However, I can replace him with the king of heaven in Zhongzhou. However, if you want to use his name, you have to ask someone to say hello to avoid being locked in a small dark room because of this problem after the movie is on the shelves."
Han Zichen plans to hand it over to Xu Wenwen to deal with this issue.
As a person who is quite good at Tianyi Entertainment, Xu Wenwen should still have such face. If it really doesn’t work, just ask Chen Fengsheng and Ying Er to say hello. This should not be a difficult task.
Besides, he was just using his name in the movie, and there was no intention of hacking him. By the way, he could also help him with promotion, but he had no reason to refuse.
Chapter completed!