Chapter 122 Investment
() Found the way home!
On the morning of March 14, Qin Mohan attended the signing ceremony for Sophie products with Tang Yuan and Zhou Qi. The endorsement fee was 1 million yuan, and the contract period was two years. This was Qin Mohan's first product endorsement. If it weren't for the product being too embarrassing, Chen Fang would like to celebrate with her.
Qin Mohan began to be recognized by the public since filming the MV of "The Young Master Walks North" in January 2013. "Confession Balloon" topped the Chinese music rankings, and then the stunning appearance of Tomato TV Spring Festival Gala. The outside world gradually knew that Liang Hui Company had a strongly promoted little flower. Some businesses also began to notice Qin Mohan. Her perfect figure and pure and beautiful appearance were all the reasons why Sophie willingly signed her for 500,000 yuan a year. Originally, Sophie planned to sign three million for five years, but was rejected by Zhang Jiajia. Five years later, Qin Mohan's net worth would definitely be more than this. She would rather be less and the time would be shorter.
Chen Fang was going to the company in the morning to meet with a well-known director Kong Sheng from Hengdian and Hu Yi from Shanghai Yiren Film and Television.
"Mr. Chen, you are really strong. There are not many classes in Yanjing that can afford such a large office location." Before Chen Fang arrived, Hu Yi and Kong Sheng had already visited the tour under Zhang Jiajia's leadership.
"If you have idle funds, I suggest you buy some property and put it in. The housing prices in Yanjing are far from the top." Hu Yichen has always had a good impression of Chenfang. Yiren Film and Television has obviously declined in the past two years, and celebrity artists have left one after another. Hu Yi, the number one leader in Yiren, has been taking on the role of Yiren. He has been constantly taking on roles and making newcomers, setting an example for Yiren Film and Television artists.
"Young Master Chen, this is Kong Sheng, Director Kong. "Crossing Guandong" is Director Kong's work." When Zhang Jiajia set up a company, she took the initiative to introduce Kong Sheng to Chen Fang. "Director Kong established a film and television production company called Dongyang Zhengwu in Hengdian, and this time he came to work with us."
"Hello, Director Kong, please sit down." Chen Fang greeted several people to sit down and chat. "I wonder what projects Director Kong has to cooperate with us?"
"That, Mr. Chen. Can the film and television adaptation rights of "Langya Bang" be in your company?" Kong Sheng asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Langya Bang?" Chen Fang pondered for a moment and did not reply, but looked at Hu Yi sitting aside.
"Young Master Chen, that's it. The novel "Langya Bang" was recommended to me by a fan of mine. He thought I was suitable for playing Mei Changsu. I was filming in Hengdian at that time, so I took the novel and asked Director Kong that it was suitable for adapting it into a film and television drama. Director Kong was also very moved after watching it. When we contacted the author, we realized that this work had been bought by your company last year." Hu Yi explained the whole story. It was not easy to encounter a script he liked in the film and television industry, so Hu Yi and Kong Sheng had to come here to try their luck.
"Director Kong, you also know that we are also a film and television production company. Although it has just been established, the film and television production plan for the drama "Langya Bang" has been established. We are planning to implement this project next year, so I really can't meet your requirements." The drama "Langya Bang" is a big drama by Wild Fox and Chengfeng Tianxia in 2014, and it is definitely impossible to give it to Kong Sheng.
Chen Fang's rejection was also expected by Kong Sheng. However, the film and television industry itself is a matter of resource sharing and resource exchange. "Shen Shao, our company is preparing to produce a TV series "No War in Peking", I don't know if you know it."
"Isn't your company producing a drama "Fighting Changsha"?" Zhang Jiajia has some knowledge of the filming of films and TV series in the industry.
"The Battle of Changsha" was completed last month," Kong Sheng said, "The film "No War in Peking" was established by us in September last year. It was founded by Zhou Chu of Guangdian General Ju. At present, we have confirmed actors including Liu Ye, Cheng Baoguo, Jiao Huang, Liao Fan and others, and are preparing to start filming in July."
"Wow, this drama is very heavy." Chen Fang couldn't help but exclaim as he listened to these famous characters.
"This drama is very good, and the actors are almost in place, but they have not been able to start filming, mainly because of lack of investment." Kong Sheng continued, "The screenwriter of this drama is the famous Liu Heping, but the story tells a real story that happened before the liberation of Peking, involving a large number of insider stories about the Kuomintang and the Republic of China. Many investors are worried that they cannot pass the review after filming, and cannot be played on the satellite, and they will lose all their money." Kong Sheng was also very straightforward and did not hide it, but directly told the inside story of the drama.
Liu Heping is quite famous in the film and television industry. Although he doesn't have many works, the success of the two dramas "Yongzheng Dynasty" and "Ming Dynasty 1566" can fully demonstrate the quality of the script of the drama "No War in Peking". However, this drama encountered seven investments and seven withdrawals in the hands of Liu Heping. Later, Zhou Chu of Guangdian General Ju recommended this drama to Mr. Hou at Noon, Dongyang, but he has not invested in the project since it was established, which is also because of investment problems.
"If Mr. Chen is interesting, I have a script and project plan here, you can take a look." Kong Sheng took out a stack of documents from the briefcase he carried with him. He seemed to have forgotten about the "Langya Bang", but focused on the cooperation of the drama "No War in Peking".
"Okay, you guys wait a little, I'll take a look." Chen Fang was quite interested in this project and asked Zhang Jiajia to chat with them for a while and take a look at the information first.
Chen Fang read it very seriously. In addition to the plan, he also had a general understanding of the script. This drama tells the story of Fang Mengao, an underground member of the Communist Party of China who lurked in the Kuomintang Air Force in 1948, making difficult choices for the happiness and peace of the people at the critical moment to peacefully liberate Peking. The shooting budget is 100 million yuan, no wonder few companies dare to invest.
"Mr. Huo, do you have time now? I'm here on Chengfeng Tianxia. If you have time to come here." Chen Fang did not reply to Kong Sheng, but called Huo Mingda first.
"Oh, old Kong, what wind blows you today." Huo Mingda was surprised when he saw Kong Sheng.
"Mr. Huo, Huo Mingda." Kong Sheng laughed and said, "I really didn't expect you to be the general manager of the Wild Fox Company. I thanked Hu Yi to come to find Mr. Zhang."
"Mr. Huo, do you know each other?" Chen Fang asked. He didn't expect that Huo Mingda and Kong Sheng were actually old acquaintances.
"We have known each other for seven or eight years. We have worked together in the drama "Qianmen Tower Jiuzhangjiu" back then. At that time, I was the producer and the director, and there were many disputes." Huo Mingda briefly talked about the relationship between the two.
"Look at this project." Chen Fang handed Huo Mingda the script and plan in his hand.
"Wow, the investment is quite big, it costs 100 million." Huo Mingda also took a breath when he saw the investment.
"There is no problem with investment, mainly because the plot of this drama is a bit troublesome."
"Let me see." Huo Mingda opened the script: "Hey, Liu Heping's script." He had also heard of Liu Heping's name.
Huo Mingda spent about five or six minutes to roughly read the script, "This script is a bit risky. It's a bit of a strait ball. If you get stuck in the game a little bit tighter, it's probably troublesome."
"What do you mean is that this drama is a good or bad? It's a big human factor?" Hearing Huo Mingda's tone, his eyes lit up. Huo Mingda is an old man in the industry. He has a general idea of those who can pass through film and television dramas and those who cannot pass through. If it is a good or bad project, then you can try it. At present, no one in the bureau would deliberately block the project of his company.
"Director Kong, we are very interested in this drama. I wonder how much investment is missing now?" Chen Fang put down the script and plan.
"We only invest 20 million now." Kong Sheng felt a little embarrassed. The project of 100 million yuan was only 20 million yuan, which was just enough to invest start-up capital.
"Okay, let's invest the remaining 80 million." Chen Fang continued: "We invested 80 million in this project, accounting for only 60% of the equity. Then, Director Kong will help us guide the drama "Langya Bang" in the first half of next year, and you can see how it is."
"I have no problem in guiding the drama "Langya Bang". Can we bring funds to the group?" Although Kong Sheng was very moved by Chen Fang's investment in the drama "No War in Peking", he did not want to let go of the drama "Langya Bang".
Although Chen Fang didn't want to agree, he still recognized Kong Sheng's directorial skills. He looked at Huo Mingda and wanted to hear his opinions.
"You can bring funds to the group, but you can only enjoy the benefits and no copyright rights. The investment in the "Langya Bang" is more than 80 million yuan, and you cannot invest more than 5% of the money." The filming location of this drama is mainly in Hengdian Film and Television City, Zhejiang Province. If there is a local snake, Dongyang Noon collaboration, it should be much more convenient to shoot.
"Okay, there's no problem with this." Kong Sheng agreed readily. He wanted to invest in "Langya Bang" and wanted to get a share of the pie behind the Wild Fox Company. The drama "No War in Peking" has a great investment. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the profit is not big, and it's a blessing to be able to recover the cost. The drama "Langya Bang" has a very high possibility of success. Even if the investment is 5%, the profit is not much worse than "No War in Peking".
Chapter completed!