Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 189: Get Them Out (2/4)

"The Phone Call" is the second drama produced and invested by Spark Studios...

A horror thriller, the prop is just a dilapidated villa...

The filming location was chosen as Lingshui County, Hainan...

There are a group of unfinished villas in the local area. I picked one at random and renovated it, and it turned out to be very similar to the villa in the movie!

In addition, a 'police station' and a 'hospital' were also built...

According to the budget made by Yang Siwei, the total production cost is less than 700 million!
Including the actors' salaries and crew salaries... the total is less than 1500 million.

According to the script, Yang Siwei contacted ten brands, four of which were willing to sponsor...

Just sponsorship!

It's a horror thriller after all...

Brands rarely use this type of product placement.

It's understandable. After all, domestic thrillers these days are all about nonsense and illogicality...

On the other hand, brands don’t want to be associated with this genre!
However, after Far Cry, several brands that had previously contacted Yang Siwei found him again...

This time it was not only free sponsorship, but they even made a request for product placement - sponsorship and product placement are two different concepts.

Sponsorship does not require money, but implantation requires an implantation fee!
I really want to thank Yang Mi!
Directly cut the cost in half...

In other words, "The Phone" is a small project worth about 8 or 900 million!
To be honest, for this kind of small-budget movie, Ji Xiang and Shen Yan wanted to find a few theater chains to work together, so as not to bother Guangguang and Huayi...

You have found a cinema and the distribution issue is also resolved!
But now Guangguang and Huayi have come knocking on our door...

Ji Xiang is quite helpless...

The cake is so small, of course I don’t want to share it!

But this is difficult, because in recent years, with the rise of Chinese films, the film industry stakeholders, capital parties, and theaters have vaguely formed interest groups, which have formed groups with each other to divide the cake.

You either join in or get left out!
Unless you want to establish your own...

When I called to ask Shen Yan for his opinion, he just said: "Tell them that this movie doesn't need funding..."

"That's not good, harmony brings wealth..."

"What's the point of being friendly? Can they bring in additional publicity resources or theater resources? We can cooperate with Wanda and absorb investment shares from several major theater chains... and solve the distribution problem directly..."

"Then we'll fall out!"

"Why did we fall out? We just refused to take them on for investment. Do we think we can invest in the Huayi Brothers' Detective Dee series?"

"…the Detective Dee series, if you'd like to appear in it…"

Shen Yan interrupted him and asked directly; "Is it the protagonist?"

“…It seems Zhao Youting has been chosen as the protagonist!”

Shen Yan asked back, "Do you think I would play a supporting role for a Taiwanese actor?"

“In fact, Huayi also made ‘Painted Skin 2’ and invited us!”

"What's the matter? Let me replace Chen Kun?"

"It's not..."

"There's no sincerity at all, and I'm not even as good as Guangguang. At least Wang Changtian invited me to star in "The Four"!"

Ji Xiang: "Didn't you reject 'The Four'?"

Shen Yan was a little disdainful: "Whether I accept it or not is my business, whether they are sincere or not is their business... They can't even bear to give me the leading male role, and you still want investment... Dream on!"

"…That…"

“You said there’s no shortage of investment…”

"All right…"

Ji Xiang nodded and continued, "I invited Wu Jing to star in 'Big Shot'... He agreed to star in it..."

“That’s good…”

"What should the director do? Kuo Shu-bo still has to shoot 'The Call'..."

"You find a director named Lu Yang..."

"Lu Yang... I know him, but he makes art films!"

"...Of course I have my reasons..." After a pause, Shen Yan added, "He can make commercial films, but he just hasn't had the chance to try. I've already said that with Wu Jing and me in 'Big Shot', there won't be any problems with the commercial rhythm!" "Okay, I'll contact him right away... But for this type of film, it's best to have relevant organizations work together..."

"Why don't you contact the Public Security Department's Golden Shield Films? After all, our campaign to crack down on gangsters and eliminate evil is in line with the main theme... They have no reason to refuse!"

"Well, I'll find them right away!"

"Okay, hang up first!"

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yan felt a little unhappy...

This is too bullying!
I'm already so awesome, and you still want me to play a supporting role? To play alongside Zhao Youting?

Why?
Is Zhao Youting your father? Why are you praising him so much?

Damn, Jing Tian wants to play the leading female role, but she has to spend money...

Then, Zeng Jia called...

The first thing she said was "Mia also wants to participate in the production of 'Telephone'..."

Shen Yan didn't indulge her and said directly: "If Yang Mi is willing to act in this movie, then she can act. If not, I will find someone else... She is not the only choice!"

“…But Far Cry sold…”

"Which of my movies doesn't make 100 million?"

"...your attitude, I..."

"That's my stance. If you accept, we'll continue our cooperation. If not, get lost... Who the heck is Meiya? Does it have the theater, publicity, and distribution resources of mainland China? Why should I let it invest?"

Zeng Jia was choked, but still insisted: "The US has a sales network in Southeast Asia..."

"Really? Then how much did Far Cry sell in Southeast Asia?"

Far Cry Southeast Asia...

It wasn't even released, and at most the TV rights were sold...

The total amount will not exceed 100 million Hong Kong dollars!!

"I've told you all along that a crappy company like Meiya has no future. Look at Yang Mi, she's been flaunting her sex appeal in Hong Kong lately... What's wrong? Do you want her to film a three-pole film?"

Uh, during this period, Da Mimi was traveling in Hong Kong...

Various red carpet glamour...

In the original time and space, he played a lot of minor roles, most of which were roles that continued the label of sexiness...

This is the usual path for mainland actresses to enter the Hong Kong circle - there are quite a few such mainland actresses. The earliest one can be traced back to the 1990s, when a large number of mainland actresses went to Hong Kong to shoot extreme movies...

Later, Dong Jie, Huo Siyan, Tang Yan and Liu Yifei went to Hong Kong to develop their careers, all of them were labeled as sexy...

Shen Yan was really curious. It was already 2011, and there weren't more opportunities in the mainland than in Hong Kong?

Why let Yang Mi go to Hong Kong to play some minor roles?

What does this thing mean to her?
"Hong Kong's capable people have all gone north to develop their careers... Who could have foreseen that the mainland is the production center for Chinese-language films and TV series? At this time, you're still asking Yang Mi to develop her career south? And you're still expecting the US to invest in my films?"
Don't forget, Yang Mi has signed five film contracts with us!" Shen Yan became more and more angry and cursed directly: "Are you crazy? Sober up and talk to me again! Hang up!"

……

Shen Yan didn't like Zeng Jia in the first place...

All thanks to Yang Mi’s agent!

After leaving Yang Mi, Jiaxing Tianxia is nothing...

Relying on artist management to make a living...

He wouldn't even bother with such a person!

He actually tried to use the actors to threaten Shen Yan?

Bad brain stuff!
Besides, you can use Yang Mi's salary to convert into investment. Are you actually thinking of getting the US involved in the investment?

What’s wrong? If you accomplish this, your American boss will reward you as a good Chinese employee?
Chosen worker?

However, Shen Yan didn't have time to be angry... The director of "Number" decided to focus on filming his scenes...

Isn't this asking for leave?

Xu Ji thought on Monday and decided to forget it and concentrate on shooting, and finish it in half a month!

Then Brother Yan had big night scenes for a week straight.

(End of this chapter)