178: If you want to do it, do something big!(1/2)
Jiang Wen acted very quickly. The day after Wang Duoyu and Song Qian finished their exchange, he took Guan Xiaotong to the audition site of "Born Together".
Although Wang Duoyu has confirmed several leading female leads, except for Hu Ge, the other male leading actors have not yet been confirmed, so the audition has not ended yet.
"Mr. Wang, this is the little girl I told you about on the phone before. Take a look and see how it goes."
Jiang Wen pointed at Guan Xiaotong beside him and said.
Guan Xiaotong comes from an acting family, and her father is a well-known actor in Beijing circles.
So when she was very young, Guan Xiaotong relied on her father's resources to get involved in the acting profession.
Facing Wang Duoyu, Guan Xiaotong also smiled indifferently, looking very elegant.
When it comes to tutoring, generally good conditions are not too bad.
At least this is the reality, the Internet says otherwise.
Just like Wang Duoyu, he is somewhat polite to everyone in real life, but online he has a purely wealthy image.
"Hello, Mr. Wang, I have known you for a long time. I have been hearing about you from the elders around me. This is the first time we meet. Please take good care of me."
"It's easy to say, we are all our own people."
Wang Duoyu glanced at Guan Xiaotong's long legs.
Well, even though I'm only 17 years old, my legs are already in shape, so you can take a look.
However, because there were outsiders, Wang Duoyu only glanced at him and did not attract Jiang Wen's attention.
In any case, Guan Xiaotong was also introduced by Jiang Wen. If she teased Guan Xiaotong in front of him, it would be too disrespectful to Jiang Wen.
After all, Jiang Wen is now one of the top directors in China.
A little face should still be given.
"How do you like the script? Do you have confidence in this role?"
"Mr. Wang, what are you talking about? Since you are willing to give Xiaotong this opportunity, she will definitely not let you down."
Jiang Wen on the side said for Guan Xiaotong.
It is usually more appropriate for outsiders to say this kind of thing. If you say it yourself, it will seem a bit wrong.
If you say you have confidence, it will make people think you are a little too arrogant, but if you say you have no confidence...
I don’t have the confidence to take on this shit!
Of course, the most important thing is that Jiang Wen saw that Wang Duoyu had something to do with him.
His eyes have been on her since she first walked in the door.
With Wang Duoyu's temper, he should look at Guan Xiaotong more than once. If he doesn't look, it means something is wrong with him.
It can’t be that he has recently changed his taste and doesn’t like women, right?
That doesn’t mean he’s a bad old man!
"Well, as long as you can perform well."
Wang Duoyu said perfunctorily, and then looked at Jiang Wen again.
Jiang Wen also gave Guan Xiaotong a look.
"Xiaotong, go outside and familiarize yourself with the environment and see if there are any acquaintances. Maybe you will need someone else to take care of you later in the filming."
"Okay Uncle Jiang."
Guan Xiaotong has been in this circle for many years, so he naturally knows how to read eyes.
At that moment, he said hello to Wang Duoyu and left.
After Guan Xiaotong left, Jiang Wencai said to Wang Duoyu, "Mr. Wang, is there something wrong?"
Wang Duoyu didn't hide it, and directly expressed his thoughts yesterday: "It's like this, I recently had the idea of creating a personal IP, and now there are two problems that are difficult to solve. One is the script, because this time
IP creation is more complicated and involves many characters, so I would like to ask Director Jiang if he knows any more powerful screenwriters in the industry, preferably ones who are good at special effects description and strategy."
"Special effects? Strategy?"
Jiang Wen was confused after hearing what Wang Duoyu said.
How did these two words get mixed up?
Generally speaking, the scripts of special effects movies are not very good. In the past, domestic ones were pretty good, and they had some brains.
But now since Marvel has entered domestic movies, special effects films have simply become a money-burning thing.
The plot is simple, as long as it's not crazy and the special effects are perfect.
You don’t just want to fill up the plot, you also want to create a strategy, right?
What level of investment is that?
Moreover, what Wang Duoyu is talking about is IP. What is the concept of IP? That is to go all the way to the bottom! Is this an inappropriate waste of money?
"Mr. Wang, may I ask how much you plan to invest?"
Wang Duoyu touched his chin and said, "We have temporarily decided that the investment in the first TV series and movie should not exceed 2 billion. We will see the results in the future. If the results are good, we can continue. If the results are not good, we can only terminate it."
For Wang Duoyu, whether it’s a TV series or a movie, the same thing applies, you can’t lose money!
It doesn’t matter whether you make money or not, but at least you can’t lose money!
Wang Duoyu's decision to say two billion was based on the company's current profit.
Anyway, no matter what, my basic 30 billion cannot be touched.
If you want to make an IP of Fengshen Yanyi's level well, special effects will definitely cost a lot of money. Some particularly gorgeous shots often cost tens of millions, and two billion is really not that much.
But in China, this investment is definitely not small!
At least Jiang Wen was shocked when he heard about this investment.
You know, the current domestic movie box office of 2 billion is considered a super hit.
Your direct investment is only 2 billion?
Are you serious?
"Mr. Wang, are you serious? Invest 2 billion in the first film?"
"Well, so I value this IP very much now, and I'm going to polish it seriously in terms of the script."
"In terms of strategy, I would definitely recommend Teacher Liu Heping first. He is definitely one of the best in the country, but he is good at special effects description. I really don't know. I don't know much about these things, but Mr. Wang, you can ask
Ask Old Monster Xu, he is relatively familiar with this aspect."
"Liu Heping?"
Wang Duoyu made a sound of confusion, he was really not familiar with the screenwriter.
Jiang Wen also introduced Wang Duoyu to this screenwriter whom he highly respected.
You may not know many of Liu Heping, but many of his works are well-known to every household.
"The Yongzheng Dynasty", "Li Wei as an Official", "A Hundred Years of Change", "The Ming Dynasty 1566 Jiajing and Hai Rui"
After Jiang Wen's reminder, Wang Duoyu also remembered that the later "All Quiet in Peking" was also written by him.
Sounds like a powerful person!
"anything else?"
The IP of Fengshen is too big, and Wang Duoyu doesn’t think that just being a screenwriter can meet his requirements.
Jiang Wen recommended several other powerful domestic screenwriters to Wang Duoyu.
Zhu Sujin, "Kangxi Dynasty", "Zhu Yuanzhang", "Zheng He's Voyages to the West", "My Brother's Name is Shunli", the 10th version of "Three Kingdoms" and Jiang Wen's previous "Let the Bullets Fly" are all screenwriters.
In addition, this elder is also a novel writer.
One of his works is called "Shadow".
That's right, it was the original movie in which Guan Xiaotong became a god in one scene, and was later used by Lao Mouzi to praise Liu Haocun, and then trampled on Guan Xiaotong.
There were several other elders, Wang Duoyu silently wrote down their names.
Finally, the two of them talked about the director, and Jiang Wen's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Mr. Wang, although I have no experience in this area, I think I should be able to do it!"
"you?"
Wang Duoyu's eyes were a little strange.
Jiang Wen is not this type at all.
I guess I was excited to invest after hearing about it.
I am no different than other investors who say they get less.
I usually say how much I pay, but any director who has worked with Wang Duoyu knows that he is extremely generous and never holds back on funding. As long as you don't mess around, the money will definitely be there.
With this level of investment, even if the director is a fool, he can still spend money to create a good special effects film.
To be continued...