World-class director in the entertainment industry

"According to Mr. Wu, are there three protagonists in your script? Mr. Jiao and his two apprentices?"

Although Qin Dong had seen it in his previous life, he still pretended not to know at this time, and asked carefully.

"Forget it, the two protagonists, Mr. Jiao and his big apprentice, and the remaining apprentice is an important supporting role. The main storyline of the three protagonists will appear to be scattered."

Wu Tianming hesitated and shook his head.

The script is still in the preliminary stage and has not been fully finalized. According to the assumption, two protagonists plus one important supporting role are enough.

"As a junior, I admire Mr. Wu's hard work and hard work, and I want to do my best."

Qin Dong complimented him first, and then continued:

"Then I don't know what Elder Wu thinks, if the filming location of the script is in Wuzhen?"

"Wuzhen?"

Wu Tianming was taken aback for a moment, how could he not know about the famous Wuzhen:

"This, isn't it a bit..."

The following words were not spoken, but all the directors present knew what they meant.

Wuzhen is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, one of the top ten charming towns in China, a town with a beautiful environment in the country, and a national 5a-level tourist attraction.

With a history of more than 7000 years of civilization and 1300 years of township history, it is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River in China, known as "the land of fish and rice, and the home of silk".

With a history of 6000 years, it is one of the [-] golden week forecast scenic spots in the country and one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wuzhen, located in the "Golden Triangle", is very close to the three major domestic super cities Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Suzhou.

Needless to say, it would be very exaggerated for such an ancient town to shoot a movie there.

"Wu Lao's movie, do you have any ideas for my company to invest in the production?"

Qin Dong naturally understood what the other party meant, so he continued to ask without saying anything.

"Of course that's good. I'm still worried about funding for the new movie."

Wu Tianming received Qin Dong's kindness and replied with a smile.

This kid is giving him face.

In fact, there is no market for domestic literary and artistic films today. There are actually many literary and artistic films every year, but [-] may lose [-] of them. This is the reality.

Every time I make this kind of film, even if the funds needed are small, I have to ask my grandpa to sue my grandma everywhere. No one wants to invest in it knowing that it will inevitably lose money.

"Mr. Wu thinks that with the main plot line unchanged, the filming location is in Wuzhen, and the two leading actors..."

Qin Dong talked about it carefully, and set an example for other directors, so that these people know what Qin Dong's venture capital investment is like;

"Master and apprentice must have a big age gap."

"Then Mr. Wu, what do you think of Teacher Li Xuejian and Xu Wenfeng from my company?"

Wu Tianming was completely stunned, and touched his bald head hesitantly:

"Although I don't know much about the young people in the industry, I still know that Xu Wenfeng is very famous now."

"A literary film with a popular star like him will definitely guarantee the box office."

"It's just that Xue Jian is an old acquaintance of mine, and his salary is not high. I can even let him join at a low price."

"As for Xiao Qin, Xu Wenfeng from your company, how much is he worth now? You know this better than me."

Regarding Qin Dong joining the crew, not only arranging the shooting location, but also arranging the starring role, Wu Tianming said that he has no opinion at all, and doesn't care about this issue at all.

The other party's proposal was good and would benefit the movie's box office, so the idiot refused it.

"I will solve this problem."

Qin Dong said with a smile:

"Xu Wenfeng, my company intends to train him as a representative artist of the new generation in our circle."

"Commercial films must be the top priority, but acting skills still cannot be lost. Occasionally take a few meaningful literary films to practice acting skills. That is the route that regular actors should take."

"This kind of low-budget literary film is bound to be impossible to give a high salary."

"So for this type of actors, it is also for our local literary films to show a different style."

"My venture capital plan has a model, which is to produce and sell."

Hong Dapao's eyes lit up. It was easy to understand what he said, but he still asked to be sure:

"Then Director Qin, what do you mean by self-produced and self-marketed?"

"It's actually very simple, give the movie a share of the box office profits."

Qin Dong didn't hide anything, and the people below all showed curiosity:

"This model actually appeared a long time ago, but it's not popular in our local area."

"It's been around in Hollywood for decades."

"It's usually the popular male and female protagonists of super commercial films, big-name directors, who are qualified to propose this kind of share to the producers."

"Take Mr. Wu's new movie as an example. If the actor finds Mr. Li Xuejian and Xu Wenfeng as the starring roles."

"Then with Xu Wenfeng's reputation today, the salary must start in the tens of millions. Literary and artistic films are usually low-budget, let alone tens of millions of dollars, and it is rare for the entire crew to add up to eight figures."

"Let Xu Wenfeng join at the price of cabbage, I can force it, but the people in my company, Xu Wenfeng himself, and people outside will definitely not agree with my approach."

"Under such circumstances, self-produced and self-sold, compared with Hollywood's sharing model, Xu Wenfeng can join with a basic salary plus profit sharing after the movie is released."

"As for whether the movie can make a profit, it depends on the appeal of the actor who occupies the box office profit share. If he can bring in more box office and the movie makes more profits, the film salary will naturally be higher. Otherwise, let's take a basic salary."

"Many times there are no big-name artists to join literary and artistic films, which is definitely not good for the film's reputation and box office. It is better to adopt such a sharing model. I hope that our local films can flourish and get better and better."

Everyone thought carefully after hearing the words.

As Qin Dong said, this model is not created, but has been around for a long time.

The only difference is that it is not popular in the local area.

The local area is dominated by film and television companies, and the loss or profit after the film is released is borne by the film and television companies themselves.

Actors get a fixed salary, and people with fame and status get their own salary.

"Okay, I'm old, and I'll try this model when I get old. To be honest, I haven't had a big-name actor join my movie for many years. This time I have to thank Director Qin for giving me the opportunity."

After Wu Tianming pondered for a long time, he suddenly shouted and became excited.

It's not a big deal for Qin Dong's film venture capital plan to invest in movies.

It is hard to find an investor for a literary film. If someone takes over, a fool will hesitate.

"Then Mr. Wu, wish us a happy cooperation in advance."

Qin Dong said with a smile.

"Pleasant to work with."

Wu Tianming laughed.

"However, Mr. Wu, the shooting location mentioned earlier cannot be changed, it must be Wuzhen, and if there is a need for a big city, I hope to choose the magic city, and I must shoot the demeanor of the world's super metropolises, whether it is high-rise buildings during the day or at night. The colorful city lights.”

Qin Dong gave a last word of advice.

"Haha, I understand. To be honest, I have studied Hollywood movies since they entered our market, and they are indeed very good. Those urban scenes, hey, really deserve to be exported."

Wu Tianming is an old man, not to mention those who have experienced that era, they naturally understand the truth, some things don't need to be said, everyone understands,