Chapter 356 Movie Project
() Found the way home!
This music festival will select the top ten golden songs of 2013, including "Confession Balloon", "Cultivating Love", "Time Cooking Rain", "Only", "If There Is a Next Life" and "Red High Heels" all received nominations. In addition, the EP album "3.June" was nominated for the Best EP Album. In addition to being the Best Newcomer and the Most Popular Female Singer, Qin Mohan was nominated for the Best Female Singer of the Year.
"Mo Han may win the award very much. The organizing committee arranged for me to award the 2013 Most Popular Female Singer Award. This award is probably the most popular one for Mo Han." Chen Fang looked at Qin Mo Han and said, "Best New Female Singer will probably be given to several professional singers. The best female singer may have been between Weiwei and Li Yuchun. As for the top ten golden songs, it is good to win one or two. It is estimated that the "Confession Balloon" is the most likely to win the award." After confirming that the two will attend the ceremony tonight, the organizing committee also issued an invitation, hoping that they can sing this song on the spot, so Chen Fang had such a guess. "There should be at least three of the top ten golden songs. You account for nearly one-third of the shortlist of twenty songs, and even if you divide the cake, you will get more points." Tan Weiwei was very disdainful of the way to divide the cake at the domestic award ceremony. In her opinion, Chen Fang's songs should win awards.
Tan Weiwei's statement was approved by He Li: "If we calculate based on the time of the champion single, Chen Shao's songs also have the advantage."
"Don't worry about these things. Tonight is just a show, as long as the fans like it." Chen Fang stopped their complaints and suddenly asked Tan in surprise: "You should be trying out the costumes in the wheat field today, why are you here to us?"
"I have already opened the personal stylist that Mai Tian has prepared for me." Tan Weiwei said embarrassedly: "I came here today to ask Sister Chen Lan for help. If possible, I will hand over the image design to your company for management."
"Do we have this business?" Chen Fang asked, looking at Qin Mohan beside him.
"Sister Chen Lan is now very famous in the circle, so the company is planning to separate here and establish an artist image design studio controlled by Wild Fox Company." Qin Mohan explained to Chen Fang: "I heard from Director Pan that the company's artist image design package will be given to this studio in the future, which will facilitate the company's account hedging."
Last year, the company made too much profit, so in order to reasonably avoid taxes, it was necessary to increase expenses. In the past, the artist image design belonged to the internal department of the company and did not calculate the expenses. Now, if it is independent, part of the profit can be distributed. After all, the business tax is much less than the value-added tax.
Since Pan Yunxi has certainly had her intentions in doing this, Chen Fang is ready to take time to talk to her that tax avoidance can be avoided, but tax evasion cannot be avoided. The country is strengthening supervision in this regard. If it is caught as a typical example, it will be worth the loss.
After a while, image design director Chen Lan came over, followed by several employees of the dress shop, including the image consultant Chanel worked with last time, who should have confirmed the style for several artists in the company.
Chen Fang attended the ceremony, which is a suit. He had already prepared in advance and was ready until the afternoon to take care of his hair. However, Qin Mohan and his friends needed to choose the matching of clothing, accessories and hairstyles first, and then they could only dress up in the afternoon after they were confirmed.
Chen Fang and Qin Mohan gave her some advice and asked her to take care of Han Xiao, and she was going upstairs to communicate with Huo Mingda about some things.
Huo Mingda also wants to report to Chen Fang. He will rush to western Guizhou next Monday, and another annual drama invested by the company, "The Bone of Flowers" will start filming. This drama needs to be filmed in Lishui City, Guixi Province. Lin Na from the TV drama department has just entered the industry for a short time and has many connections that have not been able to be connected. At this time, Huo Mingda, an old man who has worked in Shanghai Theatre Group for many years, must come forward.
"There are a lot of special effects shots in the drama "Bone of Flowers". How are Guifa Tiangong preparing?"
I still drank the wild tea that Huo Mingda brought from his hometown, which was still as green as it was, with a little bitterness.
Seeing that Chen Fang liked it, Huo Mingda asked his secretary to send a few kilograms of new tea bags this year. "This time they will send someone to follow up and shoot the whole process. Mr. Chen has added a lot of equipment to combine real-time scenes and special effects, and no longer have to shoot completely green screen like before."
Chen Fang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I heard Chen Lei blow it to me. It seems that he has dug up several more talents from Vita Digital and cheated out another amount of funds and upgraded equipment from me."
Huo Mingda comforted him: "It is worth spending money right. They have now completely absorbed the technology in the digital field, and they are still top special effects companies in Hollywood."
"I just want to talk about this matter with you." Chen Fang looked at Huo Mingda and said, "Our country's special effects are still concentrated on the fairy tale, flying around. To be honest, it's really a waste of their resources."
After taking a sip of tea, Chen Fang continued: "The special effects are more shocking in science fiction movies. The script library of Benma Pictures has several scripts for science fiction movies. How about you say we will establish a project and invest in one to try the waters?"
Regarding Shen Fang's plan, Huo Mingda shook his hand and asked uncertainly: "Are you talking about "The Three-Body Problem"?"
The novel "Three-Body Problem" is a long science fiction masterpiece created by Liu Cixin, a famous Chinese science fiction writer, spent five years constantly modifying and filling. The novel has a great worldview, and the characters, races and scientific common sense involved are unprecedented. Moreover, the time span in "Three-Body Problem" is also very long, from the 1960s to the 26th century, lasting five or six hundred years.
"I haven't considered producing "Three-Body Problem". The world view in this novel is very big, and if it is not good, it will fail." Chen Fang continued: "In the past few years, we will first try two or three independent science fiction movies, which can train the technical level of magical craftsmanship and arouse domestic audience's interest in domestic science fiction movies. It will be appropriate to produce "Three-Body Problem" at that time."
Chen Fang told Huo Mingda about his thoughts on "The Three-Body Problem": "My plan is to polish the script first, extract the different story lines in the novel, and divide them into a series of scripts. When the market matures in four or five years, we will first make the first film in this series, start with one of the plots of the second "Dark Forest" in the novel, and then shoot a trilogy. Then shoot the third trilogy of "Death Eternal Life", and finally shoot the prequel "The Three-Body Problem", so that other stories can be extended according to the first, and finally make an IP similar to "Star Wars".
Huo Mingda was shocked by the plan to release the movie. Although the box office of "Left Ear" reached 650 million, it still did not catch up with the Marvel movie "Captain America 2". Hollywood is now making series of films to form its own cinema universe. Disney has its own Marvel Universe, Star Wars Universe, Warner Bros. has its own DC Universe, and even Legend Pictures is building its own monster movie universe.
If the Wild Fox Company can build its own "Three-Body" universe, then in the next ten or fifteen years, the Wild Fox Company will become China's leading film and television company. With the acceptance of science fiction movies by European and American national teams, if the "Three-Body" series can enter the Western market, the Wild Fox Company may one day become a world-class film and television company. Thinking of this, Huo Mingda's heartbeat is accelerating. If there is really that day, he still has the opportunity to control this world-class film and television company, and he will be considered successful in his life.
Huo Mingda calmed down and then said to Chen Fang cautiously: "We must keep this plan confidential for the time being. The domestic science fiction film market must also be cultivated, so that the audience can realize through two or three films that domestic science fiction films have matured. Otherwise, with the current situation of Chinese film and television circles following the trend and plagiarism, they will rush into the science fiction film circle, with different quality and shoddy production. I am worried that the hole we just opened will be blocked by them again."
He was very satisfied with Huo Mingda's conscientiousness and Chen Fang, and nodded and said, "Well, your concern is reasonable. Let's do it secretly first. Anyway, Guifu Tiangong has overcapacity, so we will create the script first, and then prepare the preliminary work there, and then produce the two movies together. If two or three movies succeed in succession and a reputation is formed, then other companies will have benchmarks for comparison if they want to enter."
"Okay, I'll find someone to polish the script first. No matter what type of movie script is the fundamental one." Huo Mingda said to Chen Fang: "When the script is completed, we will consider the director. If it really doesn't work, I will ask for some experienced assistant directors from Hollywood to help."
"Yes, you'll decide this." Chen Fang agreed with Huo Mingda's suggestion.
The two reached a consensus on this matter and Huo Mingda could start the operation.
Huo Mingda looked at Chen Fang with some embarrassment and said, "There is another thing. "Embroidered Spring Sword" is scheduled to be released on July 24. Director Lu Yang has insufficient appeal. Starring Zhang Zhen and Wan Qian are not people who like to hype topics. The company hopes that Mo Han can help promote it."
If it weren't for being here, the company wouldn't have to discuss with Qin Mohan at all, just arrange her itinerary.
Chen Fang frowned: "Mo Han is only a small supporting role in this drama. Is it appropriate to promote her as a topic?"
"The company's distribution department and theaters are both confident in the quality of this film, but the director has no fame and cannot support the scene. In the early stage, he mainly used Mo Han's fame to attract audiences to the cinema, and naturally he would have to speak with word of mouth in the future." The distribution department's box office forecast for this film is about 150 million. If Qin Mohan's appeal can be added, the box office in the first week can be doubled at least. With the support of this double the audience's reputation, the final box office may double.
"I'll discuss with her and talk about it if she can arrange her itinerary." Chen Fang knew that the difference in interests was huge, which was related to the company's distribution, public relations, theaters, directors, and crew members. After all, the box office was high and the income commission was high.
"Okay." Seeing that Chen Fang did not refuse, Huo Mingda said: "The company will not let Mo Han be busy. When she took on this drama, she paid only 200,000 yuan. The company is preparing to make up for her salary."
Chen Fang nodded. He clearly divided the public and private affairs. This was the income that Qin Mohan deserved, so he had to give it to her. Although Chen Fang was the boss of the company, he did not let his fiancée work for nothing. Moreover, the Wild Fox Company system is a joint-stock group company, and the CEO responsibility system is implemented. All income and expenses must be clearly listed in accordance with the rules and regulations, and they must be responsible to the company's shareholders.
"The pay for Qin Mohan must be paid up for the tax." Chen Fang emphasized again, which was also what his uncle Jin Yi repeatedly told him. The country has been preparing to rectify the chaos in the entertainment industry in the past two years, and the tax issues of artists are the most important point: "Company artists must clearly declare taxes and must not conceal their income. If any artist is dissatisfied, they can terminate the contract with him."
Seeing Chen Fang and righteous emphasis on this point, Huo Mingda couldn't help but ignore it. He knew Chen Fang's background. Since he emphasized this, it must be something big move the country will do.
Huo Mingda assured Chen Fang: "I would like to emphasize again that every income of the artist will definitely be open and upright."
"Well, that's good." Chen Fang nodded and talked about several other companies: "The "Good Mr." produced by Rong Zhixin has been filmed in the United States. You can contact Peter later. I have already greeted him and asked him to take care of him. Wild Fox Investment has invested in several film and television dramas in the United States and Netflix, and there are still connections in the circle."
"Thank you, Mr. Li told me about this. If Mr. Humphrey is helping, it would be much more convenient. I would like to visit the United States recently and go to Hollywood for a visit." Since there is a bridge that has been built, Huo Mingda is preparing to fly to the United States in person after the matter of "The Bone of Flowers" is over. Major Hollywood film and television companies are no longer as reluctant to investment from China Film and Television companies as before. If there are good projects, you can also get a kick in.
"Okay, let Linda accompany you at that time." Chen Fang smiled: "She is more familiar with Hollywood than us." Linda's ex-girlfriend is a Hollywood actor and is now a star who is not too big or small.
"I'll communicate with Mr. Lin then." With Linda, who is familiar with Hollywood, Huo Mingda has become much more confident.
The two then communicated some of the company's recent investments and cooperation projects. Regarding the investment with Tencent Video, Wild Fox Company and Tencent are still discussing the equity of the two companies that are currently in the honeymoon period, they can communicate and solve the problem within this month.
Chen Fang gave his own opinions on the short video cooperation project with character dance. In addition to soft cooperation with "Toutiao", we should increase the cooperation in video images. Chen Fang suggested that the company specially organize some people to edit some of the behind-the-scenes and exciting clips of film and television dramas in the public relations department and put them on Kuaishou to promote.
The development of character dance is very rapid now, especially after the acquisition of Kuaishou short videos, the content of its own product has been enriched. The number of APP downloads of several products has exceeded 100 million. The valuation of character dance has exceeded 5 billion US dollars, which has appreciated five times the value of Zhang Yiming when he communicated with him in March. If Zhang Yiming agrees to raise funds, a large number of investment companies will be delivered to the door with checks. It is just because of the strong support of Chen Fang, the funder, Zhang Yiming has no plans to expand his mother-in-law circle yet.
Seeing the lunch time, Chen Fang stood up and said goodbye. There was a grand ceremony tonight, and I don’t know when it would end, so I had to have a good lunch. However, before leaving, I remembered something and told Huo Mingda: "Let's continue with Guangxian's cooperation. Director Xu's "Hypnosis Master" will end the roadshow in the past two days. It's just right for him to form a group."
Chapter completed!