Chapter 162 The Third Circle (24)

"Are we looking for you to buy the adaptation rights?"

"We're close, he invited me to dinner tonight..."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xudong said to Shen Haobo: "Why do you want to invite me to dinner? It's clear that you are interested in "Orphans"!"

Shen Haobo looked confused: "Are you at such a high level now?"

"...What level?"

"What did they say on the phone?"

"Just talking about eating..."

"Then why do you say that he is interested in "The Lost Orphan"?"

"...It can't be "Sword Rain" and "Suihou Pearl"..."

Shen Haobo: "So, are you going over tonight?"

"I'm sure I'll go there... Someone's inviting me to dinner, why don't you go there?"

"Then if he wants the rights to adapt "The Lost Orphan"..."

"...Look at the sincerity..."

"Sincerity?"

"It's just...the adaptation fee and what he plans to do..."

Shen Haobo breathed a sigh of relief: "Didn't you just say that he is not suitable for "The Lost Orphan"?"

"...Did I say that? You must have misunderstood!"

Shen Haobo was speechless, asked for the address, and then drove there...

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"...No, the program team took good care of me and didn't make things difficult for me at all!"

"I just asked some questions, and then I answered... You and my mom remember to tune in on Saturday..."

"Well... that's all. The phone bill is quite expensive, so I won't talk anymore..."

After Shen Xudong finished talking to his father on the phone, he chatted with Shen Haobo for a while. When he got there, he got off the car and asked Shen Haobo, "Do you want to come with us?"

"Come on, it's you I'm invited to. I'll go up and figure out what's going on. See you later!"

I left very freely...

Shen Haobo probably never thought about joining the circle, let alone publishing a book with this group of people. Celebrities usually publish books with publishers they are familiar with. For example, Feng Xiaogang's "I Dedicate My Youth to You" is published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House. Request a manuscript…

This thing and Shen Haobo have always been two systems!

He usually cooperates with Chaohua Publishing House. "The Best in the World" and "Zhu Xian" are both published by Chaohua Publishing House, and "Shiyilu" is published by Yuanfang Publishing House...

What's more, it's really inappropriate for an outsider to follow him...

Shen Xudong just said it out of politeness, turned around and left. The waiter led him upstairs to a private room and opened the door for him...

…

Zhang Guoli really fell in love with "Lost Orphan".

In fact, there are not many movies suitable for him, after all, he is about to turn fifty...

The film market is now dominated by commercial films. Which commercial film have you ever seen where the protagonist is a man in his late fifties?

Not counting those Hong Kong movies from later generations. Although they are almost sixty, they still play forty-year-olds!

The script "Lost Orphan" is very good, and the male protagonist is a middle-aged man...

It's not that Zhang Guoli wants to change his career. "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" was very well done. What kind of transformation are you considering?

I just feel happy to see Hunter and want to act in a good movie!

"Old Orphan" is definitely a good movie. The novel itself is highly completed and tells a twists and turns story to a high level, with restraint and appropriateness.

Although the subject matter is sensitive, it is within a controllable range and has great practical significance...

I don’t hide the critical nature of it…

After reading the novel, I immediately found my good friend and partner Feng Xiaogang...

Oh, he and Feng Xiaogang started a company together. It was a beautiful idea. One person would make movies and the other person would make TV series. It was a perfect partnership...

It’s called Taihe People’s Film and Television Investment Co., Ltd.…

When the company was first established, the two people's goal was to make the company stronger and bigger. Zhang Guoli set a goal of making two movies and TV series a year, and Feng Xiaogang also wanted to make two movies a year.

I thought that by doing this, more people would invest in my company...

It's a beautiful idea, but neither of them understands capital operations very well, although Zhang Guoli is the first person in this circle to realize that being an actor will never make money as an investor...

Therefore, in the early years, they organized and filmed "Kangxi's Private Interview"...

To put it bluntly, in the era when "Kangxi Private Interviews" was born, the rule in the industry was contracting. That is to say, if a person contracts a TV series as a producer, the investor will only pay part of the money, and the producer needs to fund the excess. , and if there is a surplus during settlement, it is the producer’s profit.

Zhang Guoli had little experience at the time. Although the drama was a hit, he did not make much money due to overspending. Later, when he came to "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", he learned the lesson, brought some funds to join the group, and then participated in post-sales , and then I made a little money...

But after all, he is still engaged in art, and he is far behind in capital operation...

I originally thought about teaming up with Feng Xiaogang, filming a few TV series and movies every year, and working for myself to make money. With their reputations, there is no problem at all...

Not long after, they met a big boss who asked for an investment of 5 million, which directly turned them into workers. What's even more hateful is that it didn't take long for them to find out that this big boss was a big liar, and all he wrote to them was a blank check...

Feng Xiaogang felt that Huayi had just offered the price for the company's pills, so he patted his butt and left...

Of course, the two of them are still full of confidence.

Feng Xiaogang also thinks that "Lost Orphan" is a good subject, but...it is difficult to sell well...

When the company was first established, you had to produce some hits, otherwise, how could it continue?

Zhang Guoli made some calculations. The main reason for "Lost Orphans" is that there are a lot of filming locations. Two starring actors are enough, one for him, and another young guy to partner. If you want to shoot beautifully, you need to use a high-definition camera. There is no 5 million I'm afraid I can't stop it!

Zhang Guoli could probably judge that "Lost Orphan" would be difficult to make money in the market, so he found his old partner Han Shanping and wanted China Film to participate and jointly finance...

In this way, even if you lose money, you won’t lose anything!

Of course, he had to make an appointment with Shen Xudong, so Shen Xudong met his third circle in BJ, Han Shanping, Zhang Guoli and Feng Xiaogang...

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"I've admired his name for a long time. I didn't expect Teacher Shen to be so...handsome. You should really learn acting!"

"No…"

After entering the door, he said hello first. Han Shanping teased Shen Xudong's appearance, which was like shortening the distance...

Zhang Guoli introduced Feng Xiaogang: "Didn't you say before that you like Director Feng's "Party A and Party B" very much? Director Feng is here!"

Shen Xudong stood up quickly: "Director Feng..."

"...Xiao Shen, I have heard them mention you a long time ago. You are really young and promising..."

"Thank you for the compliment…"

Feng Xiaogang grinned, and then asked: "Do you only like "Party A and Party B"? Don't you like my other movies?"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then answered honestly: "...It's not that I don't like it, it just doesn't have the same dreamy feel as when I first watched "Party A and Party B"... I have always felt that the most important thing in a movie is to create dreams, and "Party A and Party B" is to give the audience a dream , and also gave the creator a dream... The sentence at the end of the movie, '1997 has passed, and I miss it very much', has a long meaning, and there is a feeling that good times do not last long and things are ever-changing..."

Feng Xiaogang was happy, stood up and held the wine glass: "...Thank you, thank you for liking this movie. At your age, you actually..."

Shen Xudong said: "I really like it, and I even wrote a script based on this movie..."

Zhang Guoli and Han Shanping said at the same time: "Hey, tell me!"