Chapter 290 Give It a Try! (First Update! Please Subscribe!)

After coming out of the restaurant, Huo Jianning endured it for a long time and finally couldn't help but speak.

"Ajun, you really don't think about it more?" Huo Jianning said, "You said you came to Xiangjiang and earned more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars in more than a year. Now you are so rash after only hearing the story. After throwing away nearly 50 million Hong Kong dollars, aren't you afraid of losing all your money? Do you know that there are many movies in Hollywood that are losing money! Even Lucas and Spielberg, they are not necessarily It’s safe!”

The current Huo Jianning is not the old fox that he was a few decades ago. He is not so sophisticated now, so he directly expressed his worries.

Yin Jun nodded slightly in his heart.

If Huo Jianning doesn't say anything today, as if he didn't see or hear anything, then Yin Jun really has to think carefully about how to use him.

If you can't help but do what Li Chaoren does to other talents, kick him aside after you've used him.

He said now that at least he is still kind at heart and willing to care about the people around him.

"Brother Ning." Yin Jun stopped, "Do we want to make a bet?"

"Bet?" Huo Jianning said in surprise.

"Yes, bet." Yin Jun said, "You heard it when they told me the plot just now. Do you think this story will be a hit?"

"It's hard to say." Huo Jianning shook his head.

"Do you think the global box office can reach 100 million US dollars?" Yin Jun asked.

"Hard to say."

"Where's the $200 million?"

"It's hard."

"Where's the $300 million?"

"Unrealistic."

Hearing this answer, Yin Jun said, "Then let's make a bet like this. If the global box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" does not reach 300 million US dollars, I will buy you a house in Taiping Mountain in Hong Kong, brother Ning, and you can choose the place. If it reaches 300 million U.S. dollars, Brother Ning, please come and help me for ten years. After ten years, you can decide for yourself whether you want to stay or go."

Huo Jianning's eyes lit up, but he did not speak immediately. After thinking for a while, he said: "Ajun, are you so optimistic about me? Do you think I can be worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars?"

"I think there's more to you, Brother Ning." Yin Jun said with a smile, "I am a very accurate judge of people. I don't need to have any achievements as a foundation. As long as I talk to him, I can get a rough idea of ​​how he behaves. Of course, if you are just talented, I may not be willing to pay such a high price to bet against you... If you don't say what you just advised me to say today, our relationship will be that of employer and employee at most... And now, you He is my friend Yin Jun."

Huo Jianning smiled unconsciously.

There was admiration for Yin Jun in his smile.

He is indeed a genius boy. He has various considerations and calculations when doing things anytime and anywhere.

Huo Jianning was sure that Yin Jun's main goal this time was to invest in Lucas and Spielberg's new film, but he didn't expect that he would also be inspected by him.

Huo Jianning didn't feel ashamed at all about this. Instead, he felt that if the future boss had such a character, the company's development would definitely be good.

The boss who always takes one step at a time is so smart and sophisticated by nature that he can let others take advantage of him?

If this idea was followed, Huo Jianning was a little confused for a while.

Yin Jun must think that Lucas and Spielberg's movie will make a lot of money, but why is he so sure?

Is it just because he is the number one screenwriter in Hong Kong that the excellence of this movie can be seen from the script alone?

However, there are many steps between a script and a movie. If one step fails, the whole movie will be ruined.

What factors gave Yin Jun such strong confidence?

"Because they are Lucas and Spielberg." Yin Jun said, "I write scripts, so naturally I also pay attention to famous screenwriters and directors around the world. I have studied these two people, and there has never been anything like them. The young and frizzy character, especially Spielberg, is very good at combining art and box office. This is also an important reason why "Jaws" is obviously a slightly scary movie, but it can have so many box office in the end.

If it hadn't been for a good script, Lucas wouldn't have been working on it for so many years, and he wouldn't have turned to Spielberg, whom he considered the best executor, to shoot the movie. Spielberg is even more critical. If it hadn't been for a good script, and if it hadn't been approved by him, he wouldn't have taken the job at all. This man, who is still a young man at heart, wouldn't tolerate himself making bad movies to ruin his reputation. of reputation.

There are risks in making movies, whether you invest in making movies or make your own movies. In fact, you are right, this investment is a gamble, but when we gamble, we can constantly add chips to ourselves and use various judgments to increase our chances of winning. This is what I can do All of them. "

When Huo Jianning asked, Yin Jun told him this.

At this moment, Huo Jianning felt in his heart that it seemed that Yin Jun was not taking a risk this time, because he had considered so much before making the move, and it was not because he admired the two great directors that he invested stupidly.

In just a few minutes, Yin Jun was able to think of so much, and he had the courage to directly discuss with the two directors, and successfully persuaded them to hear the complete story of the script.

With a talented gold medal screenwriter like Yin Jun, of course he could tell whether the story was good or not and whether it would be profitable if made into a movie, so he acted decisively.

Of course, Lucas and Spielberg are not afraid of Yin Jun plagiarizing this story in the name of investment. Not to mention that the story had already been polished five or six years ago, given their status in Hollywood. , who dares to plagiarize their two works? Isn't this courting death?

"I made a bet with you!" On the way home, Huo Jianning, who had been thinking for a long time, finally made a decision.

But he didn't do it for the tempting bet, but because he was optimistic about Yin Jun, so he started to place the bet.

Huo Jianning has already decided that no matter whether Yin Jun wins or not, he will join Yin Jun's company to see how far this young man, who is ten years younger than himself, can go.

If Yin Jun really develops, then as the first person to follow Yin Jun, Huo Jianning will get immeasurable benefits from Long Zhichen.

Even if Yin Jun doesn't have much future in the end, this can be regarded as an experience for Huo Jianning in his career, and he can choose his future master again.

"Brother Ning, after forty years, you will feel that this is one of the best decisions in your life." Yin Jun smiled and extended his hand, "I welcome you in advance to join my company."

"Haha, the outcome is still undecided, Ah Jun, don't be careless." Huo Jianning shook hands with him.

"Well, because there are many unknown factors, I want to ask Brother Ning to do me a favor." Yin Jun said smoothly.

"you say."

"When making a movie, the investor will have a supervisor present, responsible for the allocation and use of funds." Yin Jun said, "I believe you also know that although I will invest 10 million U.S. dollars... well, it may be more than 10 million U.S. dollars. But the money will not be given to them in one lump sum, so I need someone I trust to manage the money and supervise Spielberg’s filming progress.”

"You said...you asked me to go?" Huo Jianning was stunned, "But I don't understand movies!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand movies. As long as you have stuck with funds, you can learn and understand anything." Yin Jun said harmoniously: "We will definitely make movies in the future, following a super star like Spielberg. When a director makes a movie, you may only have one chance, so I hope you can learn more."

"I understand." Huo Jianning also simply figured out that he would do things with Yin Jun, so he wouldn't be coy and he would naturally do the best in what the boss asked him to do.

As for trivial matters like keeping an eye on money expenses, it is simply not worth mentioning to Huo Jianning. He is an accountant qualified in the United States.

The next moment, Huo Jianning asked again, "Do I need to have a good relationship with Spielberg and the crew? Will we be able to use them?"

Yin Jun was very happy that Huo Jianning used the word "we".

He nodded and said, "A director like Spielberg, whether he can be used or not, should have a good relationship with him. As for the crew..."

Having said this, Yin Jun pondered for a moment, "Forget it about the crew, including Harrison Ford, as long as we have contact."

Although Harrison Ford is one of the prides of Americans, the advertising effect of this superstar is not that good.

His global influence is far less than that of The Governor and Iron-Blooded Stallone, perhaps because during that period, Americans preferred relationships between muscular men.

Regarding these famous foreign movie stars, Yin Jun is a very practical person. He is not willing to spend a lot of money to hire big stars to star in his movies.

If you make a classic movie that you wrote, it’s okay if you don’t give me any money, but you still want to get a high salary? Go ahead and dream!

Not to mention the remuneration of Hong Kong's superstars, which brought down the entire Hong Kong film market. In fact, in the United States after 2010, the situation was similar.

Superstars are getting higher and higher salaries and dividends, and the cost of making movies is also getting higher and higher. Once a movie is messed up, there will be losses of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars. Such huge losses, even for the eight major Hollywood movies A giant cannot bear it twice or three times.

Fortunately, the United States opened up the Chinese market at that time. With the world's second largest supermarket, they were able to develop relatively safely.

It is also for this reason that among the oriental bad guys in Hollywood, they directly become North Koreans. They never dare to speak ill of China. Maybe this is another kind of kneeling.

Why is it that Xiangjiang Film and Hollywood Film both invested heavily and burned money, but the last one collapsed and the other became the number one in the world?

Very simple.

Because Hollywood, with its high investment in film remuneration, also invests more in filming costs, increasing its sincerity.

However, Xiangjiang Film always wants to save money, thinking that I have invested so much in salary, so I can save on the shooting cost. Anyway, it is all about selling face.

The result is that Hollywood movies that are more expensive, more sincere and more attractive have won the recognition of movie fans around the world. However, Xiangjiang movies, a model that only sells appearance, directly hit the market, leaving no room for struggle.

It is said that it is because they did not catch up with the opening of the mainland film market. But look at the situation after the opening of the mainland film market and the arrival of Hong Kong films.

Except for a few people such as Fatty Wang, all the other films by famous directors in Hong Kong are just street stuff and have no way of impressing mainland audiences.

This situation has not changed even in 2020, and with the aging of the golden generation of Xiangjiang directors, it is difficult for new directors to earn more than 100 million in box office - you know, at that time, mainland movies with a box office of 700 to 800 million were simply not that big. many!

Therefore, no one is stupid, and no one should think that anyone is stupid.

Making movies seriously is what filmmakers should do most.