I'm almost a Muggle

Of course, it is impossible to budget for the fourth and fifth parts now.

Wang Zhou wrote the budget for the third part honestly.

"I think you can write more. If you don't have money, why don't you make animations?" Lin Dong encouraged from the side.

Just point in the nose of Rock Husky and say, look, the protagonist is just a dog, and the production cost is 300 million, but you only wrote 30 million.

Isn't it too promising?

Lin Dong hopes that the production cost of "Lingshan King 3", which is 300 million, can also be paid, so that he can clear the system funds and ask for new starting funds from the system.

You can continue to earn Galleons.

It's a pity that he couldn't say it clearly, and Wang Zhou only dared to add a little more. In the end, even the weekly employee dinners with good food were included.

It only managed a budget of 40 million.

"Okay, let's just go ahead and sign the contract, and I'll let the finance side pay the money."

Lin Dong was also convinced.

Some people can take away 350 million in resettlement subsidies for laid-off workers so that their daughters can go abroad to sleep with foreign fathers to pursue their music dreams.

And some people do things in a down-to-earth manner.

Even if I get an extra 20,000 yuan, I feel uneasy.

There is a real gap between their vision and ambition.

What could Lin Dong say?

He could only settle down after Wang Zhou left, feeling depressed.

【Settlement in progress...】

[Project: The movie "Quiba 3", with a production cost of 40 million and a total box office of 38.56 million. According to the investment ratio, you lost a total of 26.504 million. Congratulations on your successful loss]

[Since what is consumed is not the system’s initial capital, no Galleons will be settled]

[Settlement is over. Since the system account funds are not zero, a new round of starting funds will not be issued. The current fund balance of your system account is 276.231 million]

It feels like a drop in the bucket.

There are still 270 million. If this continues, even if we lose one order a month, ten months...

Hey, I lost all my money in ten months.

The wizard did some calculations on his fingers and found that long flowing water is also a good business.

He took out the list he had made before and started making phone calls.

"Teacher Wang, your movie was released last year, what are you doing now?"

"Oh, what else can I do? Let's bask in the sun at home."

"Don't be ridiculous. It's the end of July and the maximum temperature in the capital is 38 degrees. Why are you basking in the sun? Have you started preparing for a new movie?"

"Listening to your tone, you really plan to continue to cast me in movies."

"Oh, Teacher Wang, why are you so forgetful? Didn't I tell you when we broke up last time? I will continue to invest in the next movie. Hurry up, make a budget and come to me to get the money."

"Wait for a moment, I'll be right over."

This is Wang Yingjun, the kind who can do all kinds of rogues just to make a movie.

Unlike Wang Zhou, he didn't have any embarrassment.

What should investors do if they lose their money?

Come on, does this matter?

Lin Dong hung up the phone and continued calling the next person.

"Teacher Cao, haha, I am Lin Dong, from Crest Culture Media. I want to ask about your current situation. Have you finished editing the movie?"

"Oh, it's Mr. Lin, it's finished."

"When are you going to come?"

"Isn't this already discussed? Postponing the release date. The time is not yet ripe. Does your company have any new ideas?"

"No, no, I just want to know if Mr. Cao has time to start shooting a new movie now. Our company plans to continue to support Mr. Cao in your new movie."

Oh, this little old man is quite arrogant.

If it weren't for your experience in losing money, who would want to talk to you?

"There is indeed a new movie called "Sunspot". The script has just been revised. How much does your company want to invest?"

"how much do you need?"

"This is not cheap. I plan to hire Meng Chao as the lead actor. His salary alone will be 10 million, and there will be other things too, which will not be too little."

"Okay, how much do you need?"

"RMB 3,500 for production, RMB 2,500 for promotion and others, how much can you invest?"

"Sixty million, right? I've got it all."

"Take it all... OK, I'll give it to you."

"If Mr. Cao is free, please come over and sign the contract in the next two days. I'm in a hurry to get the money."

"..."

In fact, these days there are very few film and television investment companies that can take one project at a time.

The risk is too great and it is easy to get stuck with funds.

Lin Dong settles instantly. It doesn’t matter how many years it takes for a movie to go from project establishment to production to release. For a normal project, it can be shot and edited quickly within six months. It often takes investment companies to get their money back.

One to two years.

We only have so little working capital. If we spend it on one movie, the entire company will be unable to operate.

Normally, when a project comes out, several investment companies gather around it.

How much money do you pay, how many characters do you want to take away, which one do you want to sleep with...

Ahem, just kidding.

In short, it is a protracted struggle and wrestling process, which is full of intrigues and exchanges of interests.

Crest Culture Media rarely shares it with others.

Eat alone, this is a broken company.

Fortunately, this company has few artists and they are not forced.

After it swims away, everyone will swarm around the director to grab food, or the director will make the final decision.

No one said that they would unite to boycott Crest Culture Media because it was a solitary enterprise. After all, they only paid for the night and they didn’t sleep.

You are not happy if I ask you to bleach.

Lin Dong called Guo Ci again, the one who filmed "32". Unfortunately, director Guo is still filming and may not finish filming this year.

Just make an appointment next year.

Teacher Xue Yixia's "Beautiful Destiny" has already been released, but Lin Dong doesn't want to pay attention to her.

You are a teacher from Nortel, and the movies you make actually make money, and you make hundreds of millions of dollars. We, the principal, even lost money in the movie. Don’t you feel that you are out of the league?

"Teacher Zhang Meng."

"Mr. Lin?"

"Haha, it's me. It's been so long since your "Piano of Steel" ended. When will you start moving on?"

"The filming of the new movie has already started. Huang Qingbo is invited to play the role. It is planned to be released next year."

"Oh, it seems I missed it. Teacher Zhang, I thought it was quite enjoyable for us to work together on the last film. Why did you find someone else?"

"Lower lower."

"Then it's settled. You must call me for the next one. I've recorded the phone call. Don't call anyone else."

Zhang Meng, who was still busy on the set, looked at his cell phone that had been hung up.

Here comes a sentence.

are you crazy.

Lin Dong studied the remaining directors he had contacted over and over again, and found that almost none of them were guaranteed to lose money.

Jiang Huateng is absolutely unacceptable.

The name "Sea Bunker" is irresistible once you hear it.

If he didn't think it was too offending, Lin Dong would have blocked him.

"Second brother, are you busy now?" Lin Dong is calling Zhang Xu. They co-starred in the movie "The Guard". In the movie, Zhang Xu is the second child, Lin Dong is the third child, and the eldest is Wang Yiyuan.

——The one who played "Piano".

So everyone calls it that in private.

"It's okay, what do you want from me?"

"Do you know Teacher Xu Haoran? Please introduce him to me."

“Get to know each other, meet in person or add WeChat?”

Don't you know? Xu Haoran is the screenwriter of the movie "The Grandmaster", in which Zhang Yun played the role of the Bajiquan master Yintian.