First of all, the script "Old Boy" is well compiled!

Very typical youth nostalgic film.

There is also a very good theme, about dreams...

Secondly, if this film or short film is expanded and made into a 90-minute movie, it should be a big deal!

"Old Boy", 11 Degrees Youth Series...

Chen Mengxi has seen these 11 short films, and the one that impressed the most is "Old Boy" and then "Li Lei and Han Meimei"...

"Old Boy" is of course because of that song - life is like a ruthless carving knife, which changes us;

"Li Lei and Han Meimei" was because the film crew complained to Douban. After watching it, I realized that it was not the same director...

The other few, it’s better not to mention them.

However, Xiao Yang only wants to arrange it into micro-films, or in other words, his expected value is just a micro-film.

"I think your book can be changed into a movie, extending it a little more..."

Xiao Yang asked carefully: "What about the starring actor?"

"You must decide the leading role for your play, we only provide the candidates..."

After thinking about it, Chen Mengxi said: "You may not be very clear about the style of our company, and we will not interfere with the details. But you have the right to supervise and correct the script, budget, shooting progress, and commercial effects. As for the actors, we only suggest that if there is a conflict, we will mainly focus on the director's opinions. After all, this is your script, and you are the director!"

"Then I'll try..."

"Yes." Chen Mengxi stood up and sent him away, suggesting by the way: "I think it's best to write the youth part according to the three-act drama, and take up one-third of the space..."

Xiao Yang nodded quickly...

"The strongest thing in our company is the screenwriter's strength. I will introduce a few screenwriters to you and let them help improve it!"

"Okay... I'm not a professional screenwriter after all, so it's really a bit difficult to write this..."

...

It's so good, and there will be good projects to come to your door.

"The Piano of Steel" and "Old Boy" are both good projects...

Of course, the probability of "Piano of Steel" is very low, but it can win awards!

The investment is not high, and it is also a good reputation if it is spread.

Most of the people who invest in art films in the circle have this mentality and have no intention of making money from the beginning. Generally, if the cost is low and the quality is good, they will invest to win awards overseas.

If you win the prize, you can naturally sell it. There are US dollars on the other side, and you can earn it by just giving it a few hundred thousand.

Even if you can't win the prize, the investor will not lose much and can still gain a good reputation for supporting newcomers.

Later, why did there be fewer art films?

Because they are too arrogant and can't find anybody, they dare to offer a project worth 30 million...

He had a colleague before, and had a project proposal with an estimated cost of 5 million to 8 million. He wrote a script shot by China, Japan and South Korea - a travelogue of the Three Kingdoms of Literary Female Young People. There are many large-scale scenes in the middle, and the title is "Lost East Asia"...

It's really a silly silly who has never been abroad. I don't know how much it will cost to pull people to Japan before they can be photographed...

Of course, this project was rejected. If you really want to shoot it, you can't beat it without 40 million!

Back to the topic, it may be that Chen Mengxi has a good reputation, or that everyone thinks he is capable, Qin Hong brought a person named Yu Feihong to visit him.

By the way, I brought a filmed work called "Love has a Next Life", and I wanted him to help release it...

Troubled!

This movie is really hard to publish!

...

"Love has a Next Life" is known as the Chinese version of "The Love of Man and Ghost".

The team behind this film is amazing: the screenwriter has Wang Shuo, the photography is Lai Yaohui of "Spring Light", and the editing is "The No. 1 cutter in the world" Lin Aner.

The director is Yu Feihong...

It is said that it cost 40 million to shoot it!

Original time and space, box office...2 million!

From a business perspective, this is completely failed!

Chen Mengxi has watched this movie. To be honest, even if there is no "The Founding of the Country", "Tiananmen", "Bullfighting" in the same period...

"Love has a Next Life" is also difficult to get a high box office!

This film is made too much like a movie from the 1980s and 1990s. Sister Xie handled it very poorly. The stage design, editing, and the effect were not satisfactory, and it was so stiff...

There is no commercial element at all, and the subject matter is obviously very good: a lovely ghost who has been away from the suffering of reincarnation for 50 years, a love-loving woman who has changed after being reincarnated, a love-loving relationship that has never been completed in another world, and a classical "Term Time and Space to Love".

and…

Say to say: Yu Feihong looks a little old in the movie...

However, there are gimmicks!

Chen Mengxi was shocked when he first watched this movie - there was something wrong with this movie!

Yu Feihong, how did you do it?

A ghost actually appeared on the Chinese movie screen!

Using the theme of ghost films to explain a pure love story, it is unprecedented in mainland movies...

If you seize this point of hype, you won’t dare to say that if you have too much, you should be able to get a box office of 10 million!

Recovering costs is too difficult...

Chen Mengxi made it clear in front of Qin Hong and Yu Feihong: "Teacher Yu, this movie has nothing to do with it..."

Qin Hong asked: "Then how many box office do you think it can be?"

Chen Mengxi did not answer directly, but said: "The current market is very picky about genre films. The extensive operation of the film industry has led to the audience's blindness and herdness when choosing films. People are not willing to watch movies like "Love Has a Next Life". If we take over the release, our promotional point is 'Ghostly Romance Films'!"

Yu Feihong didn't say anything...

Even if she is dissatisfied, she probably doesn’t know how to say anything. After all, 40 million is basically the money paid by Xingmei!

Chen Mengxi asked again: "Can it be promoted on a large scale?"

"no problem."

That's good, Chen Mengxi continued: "Two things, first, if we do the issuance, schedule, and publicity work, you just need to cooperate;"

"Second, the trailer, let's cut..."

Yu Feihong immediately asked: "Can you ask, how do you want to cut it?"

"Cutting it into a horror style, I think the ending clip of looking in the mirror is very attractive..."

Yu Feihong shook her head and refused firmly: "No, we have already cut the trailer!"

"...I'll tell you clearly, this drama lacks stars, pure love movies, and there is not even a climax... If there is no gimmick, it's really hard to post!"

Qin Hong interrupted: "Then how much box office can you achieve if you follow your method?"

Chen Mengxi thought for a while and said, "…it should be 20 million."

"Ah... only 20 million?"

Qin Hong was desperate...

He invested in "Love has a Next Life" with the intention of taking a gamble - although the probability is not high, it may be successful!

Now, even Chen Mengxi has said up to 20 million...

Ahem, there is a rumor in the circle that Chen Mengxi can roughly predict the box office when he sees a movie...
Chapter completed!