Chapter 484 Yu Zheng Studio

The banquet hosted by Zhang Meng for Wu Yuan lasted until after 10 o'clock in the evening.

Both of them drank a lot of wine, and talked a lot about the differences in the directors' ideas and shooting techniques.

Overall, Wu Yuan was very satisfied with the socializing tonight.

Although Zhang Meng did not agree to join Guangying Times, he also expressed his willingness to cooperate with Guangying Times. If he has a new movie or Guangying Times has any suitable script, they can contact each other for cooperation.

It is good to get such a promise.

Wu Yuan did not think that he could really trick a very opinionated director to Guangying Times with just a meal.

His minimum requirement is to get closer to Zhang Meng, and if the company wants to make "Life Events" or "Mr. Donkey" in the future, he can invite him to direct.

Unless Wu Yuan himself takes part in these two film themes, Zhang Guorong, Li Yang, Li Ruijun and others will not be able to shoot them.

Han Yan seems to be able to give "Life Events" a try, but Han Yan has recently been preparing for his new movie.

In the past few years since entering the era of light and shadow, Han Yan has been in a state of being left alone.

With the support of the company's human and material resources, he has made several of his own movies.

He first made a movie called "Prelude to Marriage", and then made a movie called "Let Me Rely on You".

To be honest, the box office results are not very good, and can only be regarded as experimental products.

Han Yan is not a talented director. The miracle of becoming a big hit has not happened to him. He can only grow up bit by bit.

Fortunately, after the training of these two movies, Han Yan found the most suitable film path for him, and is preparing a new film that officially opens the road of "Korean-style warm movies".

This new movie is called "First Time".

It is a movie about the beautiful and romantic first love story between Song Shiqiao, a girl with a genetic disease but who loves dancing, and Gong Ning, a rock boy.

This movie should be regarded as Han Yan's later "Go Away! Tumor King" and "Send You a Little Red Flower" are the prelude works.

Although this movie called "The First Time" is not well-known, it is this movie that laid the foundation for Han Yan's subsequent film shooting style and laid the foundation for Han Yan's special film route of focusing on the disease population.

Wu Yuan naturally did not want to disrupt Han Yan's pace, so he had to take the initiative to find other directors for the company.

It was also after meeting Zhang Meng that Wu Yuan remembered the Light and Shadow Times Young Director Support Plan that had been held once and then shelved.

The first phase of the director support plan last year was very effective, and several directors who are now the backbone of the company were selected.

Li Yang, Liu Meichuan, and Li Ruijun all stood out through this support plan.

Although Cheng Er and Xue Xiaolu did not join the Light and Shadow Times, they are also beneficiaries of this young director support plan.

Wu Yuan has mentioned many times that he would hold a second phase of the young director support plan again, but this matter has always been just on his lips and has not been truly implemented.

This is also one of the reasons why most domestic plans and projects to support young directors are stopped after one or two times.

Doing this is really a thankless task in most cases, and it is purely to support the development of the industry.

However, when Wu Yuan thought of this matter again, he was no longer just talking about it.

The day after meeting Wang Meng, he came to the company and talked to Li Xiaoping about restarting the young director support plan.

"The company still needs to continue to invest in supporting young directors."

"Director itself is a difficult profession to cultivate, and now the atmosphere in the circle is becoming more and more impetuous. There are too many talented directors who have lost the opportunity to stand out because of the blind enthusiasm of the market."

"After the coal bosses and capital holding hot money poured into the entertainment industry, everyone only looked for famous directors to make movies, only looking at fame, which led to a large number of directors who were not appreciated for their talents. They were very good in level and talent, but no one was willing to give them a chance to show their talents."

"Which director did not start from his debut work?"

"We should support more new directors, so that more new directors can shoot their debut works and take the most critical first step. Only then will there be more outstanding directors emerging in the future of China."

"Of course, we can also select some excellent directors from them to strengthen the company's director team."

"Isn't that how Director Liu Meichuan and Director Li Yang came about?"

Faced with Wu Yuan's request, Li Xiaoping really couldn't say why she refused.

"Soul Ferry: Huangquan" has just been completed, and Liu Meichuan is the pillar of this series.

"I see." Li Xiaoping had no choice but to respond positively: "I will let the company implement the second phase of the young director support plan as soon as possible."

"It will definitely be promoted this year."

"Are the requirements the same as the first session? As long as the director is under 40 years old and is preparing for his first debut, he can submit the script to the company?"

"We have prepared six places and 20 million investment funds?"

"20 million is too little." Wu Yuan shook his head: "Times are different. Now it costs more and more to make a movie."

"3,000, a director has a budget of 5 million, which is definitely enough to make a feature film."

Wu Yuan's own "Love Letter", not counting his own director's fee, plus Liu Yifei's friendly performance, the cost is about 5-6 million.

This is also the minimum cost required to make an independent film now.

Wang Meng's "The Piano in a Factory", the male and female protagonists did not ask for salary, and the director did not have any director's fee. Under such circumstances, Wang Meng still spent 5 million to complete the preparation, crew establishment, shooting, and post-production of the entire film, and barely made this film.

It is no longer the era when Wu Yuan debuted and a few hundred thousand could make a movie.

Now even shooting a TV series costs 3-4 million RMB per episode.

"Tsk tsk." Li Xiaoping also sighed: "The production cost in the circle has indeed changed every year in recent years."

"When the company was making "Fated to Love You", the entire TV series only cost a few million to shoot."

"Now the company's latest project, the TV series "Legend of Lu Zhen" in cooperation with Yu Zheng's studio, has a production cost of up to 80 million, which is simply scary."

"Huh?!" Wu Yuan was a little surprised, and his tone was three points higher: "When did our company cooperate with Yu Zheng?"

"Oh, this matter has just been discussed, and I was just about to report to you." Li Xiaoping pushed her glasses and explained: "Yu Zheng made that "Palace Lock Heart Jade" two years ago. It was broadcast at the beginning of the year and the ratings were explosive!"

"Then Yu Zheng set up a studio and wanted to do TV series production by himself. He also publicly sought cooperation, so I went to talk to him."

"This screenwriter is really amazing, and he is very good at doing business and very cunning."

"If you cooperate with him, the probability of success is still very high."

Wu Yuan's face immediately became a little ugly.