Chapter 489: "A Thought in Heaven"

Unfortunately, Wu Yuan was disappointed.

The film plan of the Happy Twist team was not "Charlotte's Troubles" as he imagined, but a script called "One Thought in Heaven".

This script was born very early. The screenwriter Fan Wei is a very young screenwriter. He met Yu Kai, the co-founder of Happy Twist, by chance, and then came up with this script.

But as I said, Happy Twist has no channels in the circle and no ability to make a theater movie.

In fact, before finding Wu Yuan, Zhang Chen tried to organize his own group.

It did make him famous. Several film and television companies were willing to invest in this movie, but their premise was that Happy Twist could only serve as a production team.

In other words, they can let them shoot this movie, but the investment and subsequent publicity and operation need to be handed over to the film and television companies.

It is equivalent to the biggest benefit being taken away by the film and television companies. In addition to being able to gain fame, Happy Twist can only get a very low reward.

Of course, there are also advantages to this, that is, Happy Twist does not have to worry about any losses, because they do not need to pay for the investment, and they can get the remuneration belonging to the creative team whether the film is good or bad.

Such conditions are already a good thing for those new directors who can't afford to make movies.

Most new directors make one or two movies like this when they enter the industry. They find investors who are suckers, and the investors pay for all risks. The director provides the script and technology, and the crew is formed to make the movie.

After the movie is finally released, whether it loses or makes money, the benefits and disadvantages are borne by the investors.

This is why the circle has liked coal bosses in the past two years.

It is because coal bosses are the investors who have the least things to do, give the most benefits, and are the most able to delegate power.

If it is a general director who is not appreciated for his talent, he will definitely agree to such good conditions.

But Happy Twist is different.

What Happy Twist wants is to transform into a film and television entertainment company, not just to make movies.

They must invest and make their own movies.

If you want to invest on your own, work alone, and be the upstream capital, it is not an easy thing.

If there is no other choice, then Happy Twist may struggle for a year or two, and finally find a few film and television companies to cooperate, just as a laborer, just as paying for the admission ticket, and squeeze into this circle first.

But isn't there a second choice?

Zhang Chen immediately told Wu Yuan the story outline of "One Thought in Heaven" briefly, and he was not afraid that he would plagiarize.

Not worth it.

After listening to Zhang Chen's introduction, Wu Yuan also recalled this movie in his mind.

It can't be blamed on his poor memory, because "One Thought in Heaven" is the least impressive movie produced by Happy Twist.

This movie is actually the second big screen movie of the Happy Twist team, and it was released after "Charlotte's Troubles".

But in fact, the filming of this movie started much earlier than "Charlotte's Troubles", and it was the first movie produced by the Happy Twist team.

It was also during the production of this film that the Happy Twist team learned how to make the transition from drama to film, how to shoot a feature film, and paid the mainland film and television company for the admission ticket, which led to the hit dark horse "Charlotte's Troubles".

"It sounds good, very black humor." Wu Yuan commented.

In Wu Yuan's impression, the movie "One Thought in Heaven" did not seem to make much of a splash after its release, but that does not mean that the movie was not well made.

In fact, in the field of satirical comedy, this movie is still very good.

Internet scammers and Internet celebrities love and kill each other, and scammers and partners pit their teammates.

Compared with the jokes and golden sentences in "Charlotte's Troubles", "One Thought in Heaven" is not a pure reversal of funny, but reflects reality and gives people a tearful experience.

This movie uses comedy techniques to show the real life of small people, which is very black humor and tragic.

As we all know, the core of comedy is tragedy.

When a comedy movie can have a tragic color and let the audience feel it, then this comedy movie will not be too bad.

It's just that the film and television company that cooperated with Happy Twist on the film "One Thought in Heaven" was not strong enough, and almost no investment was made in the release of this film. It was also scheduled to be released during the New Year's Eve, which made this film a New Year's Eve cannon fodder.

If it was replaced by Light and Shadow Times to do the publicity and promotion work for it, this film might not be unable to have a good box office performance.

After all, the Shen Ma combination is indeed a bit invincible in the field of comedy.

"I want 30% of the shares." Wu Yuan said decisively: "This movie sounds good, and Light and Shadow Times can take on the work of publicity and promotion."

For a movie to be released, it is divided into two links: production and distribution.

Happy Twist only pursues production by itself, and they can't handle distribution by themselves. They have no distribution channels at all, and they don't plan to be their own distribution company.

Light and Shadow Times is different. Relying on the development of the Light and Shadow Times theater brand, Li Xiaoping has also made efforts in the field of film distribution in recent years and established her own distribution team.

In the current era of light and shadow, it has become a film company integrating production, production, publicity and distribution. Together with Bona and Guangxian, it belongs to the first echelon of private film companies in the mainland.

Not only for its own company, Light and Shadow Times has also undertaken the distribution of many films produced by other independent films and small and medium-sized film and television companies in recent years.

It is good to be a distributor. No matter how much the box office of the movie is, it will take about 12% of the box office as the distribution fee, which can be said to be a guaranteed income.

After many movies are released, it is often the case that the producers cannot recover the costs, but the distributors make a lot of money.

"This is the best." Zhang Chen nodded with a smile.

He wanted to introduce Wu Yuan's strategic investment, of course, he valued the publicity and distribution capabilities of Light and Shadow Times. Happy Twist can overcome the work of making movies by themselves, but the distribution channels and theater connections are really not something that can be obtained by hard work.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation?" Zhang Chen asked nervously.

"Of course." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, stood up and took the initiative to extend his hand and said: "I hope we have a happy cooperation."

What a joke.

Happy Twist took the initiative to ask for cooperation, and also agreed to let him inject capital. Can Wu Yuan let go of such a good thing?

"If nothing unexpected happens, the male and female protagonists of this "One Thought in Heaven" will be Shen Teng and Ma Li, right?"

Wu Yuan looked at Shen Teng with admiration and said with great respect: "These two have good acting skills. After training in drama, I feel relieved to hand it over to them!"

"Let's start the film project as soon as possible. Come to the company to sign the contract in two days and try to catch up with the summer release next year."

"Comedy movies, in addition to the Lunar New Year, are the best-selling in the summer."