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Chapter 717: Earn money while standing! (asking for monthly ticket)
Hao Yun took the revised version of "Twelve Citizens" from Jiang Wen.

The version given to Jiang Wen was the one that was discussed by fellow law students, and also included some suggestions from Chen Xingliang.

Of course, Hao Yun also did some polishing, after all, those people were not professional directors.

The reason why I showed it to Jiang Wen was, firstly, I guessed Jiang Wen might be interested in it, and secondly, I hoped Jiang Wen could introduce some veteran drama actors to him.

Jiang Wen complained first.

From his point of view, he will definitely complain, because this is already a new script and his "Let the Bullets Fly" is not finished yet.

Well, he didn't think it was his fault.

Then I made an appointment with Hao Yun to discuss the script of "Let the Bullets Fly" the next day.

The filming of "Back to 20" was completed and the military training was over. Hao Yun really couldn't find an excuse to refuse.

He showed up at Jiang Wen's house the next day.

"Don't stuff it in. Take all of these out. Here, and here..."

Hao Yun wanted to slap the final version of the script of "Let the Bullets Fly" directly on Jiang Wen's face, but he also knew that no matter what was given to Jiang Wen, he would have to change it before he would feel comfortable.

It's tiring to have a master like this.

"This is very important..." Jiang Wen felt a little guilty. This part had been agreed upon last time, but he ended up stuffing something in it.

"Without this, it's very important!" Hao Yun was very strong.

We have to be strong. Hao Yun’s idea is to release the film in 2009 as a tribute to the 60th anniversary.

"Jinling" has a similar idea.

It's almost 2008 now, and the script hasn't been completed yet. Add to that Jiang Wen's speed of filming, which often takes one or two years, and by the time it's finished, it will be too late.

Seeing that Jiang Wen wanted to say something, Hao Yun asked in a deep voice: "Didn't we say that we have to make the money standing up this time!"

"Alas, I'm unwilling to accept this!" Jiang Wen said hatefully.

There was an overspending during the filming of "The Sun".

Fortunately, Mr. Yang, the movie king, admired Jiang Wen very much and gave him as much as he needed.

But taking other people's money and not giving them corresponding returns is just a waste of favors.

Now that "The Sun" has not been released yet, he actually already knows that the box office will not be very good.

With a cost of 60 million, I wonder if it can gross 20 or 30 million at the box office.

Even if it can be sold overseas, it is unlikely to recover the cost.

It would be great if the overseas copyright could sell for one million dollars.

Someone like Hao Yun was able to sell the overseas copyright of "Bullfighting" for $1.5 million because he made overseas film producers make a lot of money with "Whiplash".

They were willing to give Hao Yun face.

This is so that Hao Yun will continue to sell his next film like "Whiplash" to them.

Other audio and video copyrights cannot be sold at much price either.

Therefore, when Jiang Wen saw the line designed by Hao Yun, "I want to stand and make money", he felt touched.

He really wanted to make money while standing.

"That's right, just cram it in the next one. Uncle Jiang, let me give you a suggestion. If you have too many things to cram in, it's better to cram less into one movie and make more movies to spread it out."

Originally, we produced one movie every three years, but now we produce three movies a year.

If we can reduce the cost a bit, I don’t believe it won’t be able to fit in.

Jiang Wen has never made any money from making movies, but a lot of capital wants to invest in him.

There is no way, even some investors are his fans.

“Not much…”

Jiang Wen made a weak defense.

In fact, he wanted to stuff more in, he was already very restrained.

When Zhou Yun heard this while holding the child, he burst out laughing. This master was becoming less and less confident in front of his apprentice.

"Let's not worry about anything else for now. We have to make money from this movie."

Seeing Zhou Yun coming out, Hao Yun decided to save some face for his master.

"You..." Jiang Wen suddenly said, "I don't care about the script. Just make a final version and I'll shoot it."

This time, not to mention Hao Yun, even Zhou Yun's eyes widened.

What is a movie?
Movies are her husband's life.

If you put your son and the movie on a scale, I guess the movie is heavier than your son.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wen actually planned to hand over the script completely to Hao Yun.

I don’t know whether to say that he wants to make money or that he has 100% confidence in his apprentice.

"Okay!" Hao Yun agreed readily.

He suspected that "Let the Bullets Fly" was originally Jiang Wen's movie, but was given to him by the system in advance.

In other words, what the system gave him was actually the version shot by Jiang Wen.

In that case, he just brought out the final version and was done with it.

All are happy.

Hao Yun likes to make quick decisions. No matter how difficult the script is, he will not spend more than three months on it, and he only squeezes out a short time every day. After leaving such a big thing, Hao Yun and Jiang Wen both feel relieved.

Jiang Wen doesn't have much obsession with the tribute, but if it can be released in 2009, it would seem pretty good.

We talked about investment again.

The Movie King said that he would invest in five movies for Jiang Wen, but that was not enough money to make five movies. No matter how rich the Movie King is, he can't be that generous.

They just invested in all five films.

Since the script has been handed over to Hao Yun, let Hao Yun take care of the investment as well.

Hao Yun quickly planned out several major producers.

Movie King, Huaying, these are very important assets to Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen must also pay some money himself.

Moreover, he has already compromised with business and may not compromise again in the future. He cannot give up all the opportunities to make money.

The three companies share 50%.

They can negotiate the specific division among themselves.

If you can’t finish it, Hao Yun will help deal with it.

As for the other 50%, Anhao Film and Television and Heidou Media will take a part of it, and the rest depends on who is willing to pay.

Aunt Hua may not vote.

On the one hand, they are not optimistic about Jiang Wen, and on the other hand, they also have to consider Ma Dagang's feelings.

There was a time when Aunt Hua was choosing between Ma Dagang and Jiang Wen, wanting to find a fixed partner.

The end result is obvious.

Ma Dagang opened the Lunar New Year box office, and Jiang Wen made "The Devils". Moreover, Ma Dagang often made a movie a year, but Jiang Wen only made one every few years.

I don't think any company would be able to accept such a difficult director.

However, Guangxian Media, Bona Films, and Hengdian Film and Television were all crying out for funding, so Hao Yun had no worries about not finding funds.

Even the Bayi Film Studio, which rarely invests, invested in several films after tasting the sweetness.

The situation for companies like theirs is becoming increasingly difficult. If they don't try to curry favor with others, they might be doomed one day.

Hao Yun's "Jinling" also needs investment.

The people in Nanjing are responsible for killing but not burying. The political achievements are theirs, but they are unwilling to spend money or effort.

However, there is no rush for this matter for now.

These projects are all for next year, and this year only "The Battle of Changsha" is left to be filmed.

Well, there is also "Wolf Fang".

Wu Jing invited Hao Yun and An Xiaoxi to guest star as the protagonist's little boss.

Hao Yun and An Xiaoxi play the male and female killers.

There will be no need to go to Hong Kong for filming at that time. The production area of ​​"Wolf Tooth" is Hong Kong, and the filming location is Hong Kong and the mainland.

The same will be true for "Twelve Residents".

The production area and story background are both Hong Kong, but the filming location is mainly in the mainland, and we just go there to shoot some exterior scenes.

Even the lines are in Mandarin.

Hao Yun quite likes this approach. It has certain advantages in introducing the film to the mainland, and it can also be released directly in Taiwan without being subject to Taiwan’s restrictions on mainland films.

When Jiang Wen talked about the production cost, they both thought it would cost 100 million.

If Zhou Ruifa had not been hired, at least 30 million yuan could have been saved in film remuneration.

However, a movie like this is extremely expensive both in production and promotion. Hao Yun was also worried that Jiang Wen would waste film and delay the construction, so the budget had to be generous.

Promotion and marketing are also very important.

People who like Jiang Wen’s movies really like them, but they are very unfriendly to ordinary movie fans, who all say they can’t understand them.

Even if I want to make money this time, no one may believe it.

Therefore, sufficient publicity and promotion must be done.

Hao Yun relies on hype to promote his movies; for "Little Forest", he even spent only the money on editing the trailer.

However, hype is a double-edged sword.

Just like Zhang Jizhong, everyone bought into his trick at the beginning, but later on, neither the media nor the public were fooled by him.

Even if Hao Yun is hyping up celebrity gossip that everyone loves to hear, there will come a day when people get tired of hearing about it.

Therefore, it is most important to promote the movie honestly.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the quality of the movie is good enough. If "Little Forest" has no quality, let alone Hao Yun's hype of scandals, even if they really got married, not many people would buy it.

Jiang Wen gave the script to Hao Yun, and he went to attend the Venice Film Festival.

Hao Yun took An Xiaoxi over after he finished his work.

His work "Little Forest" was not registered for the competition, so it did not join in the opening ceremony.

However, the film will be screened several times as a showcase film in order to sell overseas copyrights.

The day they arrived in Venice, they happened to encounter the premiere of "The Ring", so Hao Yun took An Xiaoxi to support it.

(End of this chapter)