Chapter 51: The Resolute Red Colt Publishing House
Yue Qingyan finished writing the manuscript and was angry. In addition, his trip in Hong Kong was over, and the time was almost time for the Hong Kong pass that had been postponed once. Originally, he was going to pack up and go back to SH, rest for a few days, and then attend another reader exchange meeting organized by the Thirteenth Fleet. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yu learned about his thoughts and immediately called him to beg him to stay in Hong Kong for another two days, and confirmed that Yue Qingyan was willing to hand over the adaptation rights of the two short films to Hongju.
Although he had not had time to leave the contract, Xu Yingying, as a representative of the Ming Dynasty, said hello to her boss and confirmed the matter. It was just two short stories, and it was great to be able to sell the right to adapt a movie. What's more, Yue Qingyan made this in Hong Kong these days, which was a complete accident. Selling copyright is equivalent to picking up money.
Of course, this reason cannot be explained to Yue Qingyan.
So Yue Qingyan spent two more days. Zhu Yu asked Yue Qingyan to stay for two more days, so he naturally needed to finish his friendship with the landlord. Although he had to race against time to prepare for the work, he did not delay making some preparations for Yue Qingyan's actions. With his local connections and resources, Zhu Yu easily arranged six Michelin meals for Yue Qingyan in the past two days: Long Jingxuan, Bo Innovation, Tang Pavilion, Ming Pavilion, Xianggong, Xintongle... It is really good to be able to accurately arrange these six meals.
So, for two days, Yue Qingyan spent happily while eating and walking. At the same time, Mooresheng gained four pounds, Fang Anxin gained two pounds, and Xu Yingying gained more severely, gained six pounds! So the next night, after weighing her weight in the room, she went to the gym to torture herself with a pale face. As for the talks with Hongju Publishing House, it didn't matter at all.
Yue Qingyan did not ask Zhu Yu what he was going to do at first. Since he had promised to give her the right to adapt the movie, it should be something related to the movie. However, Yue Qingyan would not have expected that Zhu Yu would actually bring a meeting with the 30th little guy.
"This is what I plan to designate to the director of "Victoria One", Zhao Tianzhao. This is the director who is preparing to use for "Cold War", Xu Yuqing. This is the director who recommends that he wants to star in "Victoria One" after reading the novel... The starring actors of "Cold War" are basically confirmed, but they are more noticeable and the schedule is tight, so they didn't call them over. Then... This is the boss of the best special effects studio in Hong Kong, Ji Weiming..."
"Mr. Zhu... are you..." Yue Qingyan seemed to understand something.
"In a few days, I have fully finalized the plan to make a total of three movies from the investment level to the cast and crew level. According to the saying in the circle, it is called "Summary of the game." Zhu Yu smiled tired but confidently and happily: "Although it is not 100% worth of my ideal lineup, the current lineup should be the strongest lineup in Hong Kong in recent years."
"This... Mr. Zhu," Yue Qingyan said astonished: "Your efficiency is really...but our film and television licensing agreement has not been signed yet?"
"You promised me that there is no problem, and I believe your promise. I know there are risks, but firstly, no one can get this lineup, and secondly... this is also my sincerity. The two adaptation rights must be taken higher than the market price, and you will not suffer any loss." Zhu Yu said: "We are acting on your "Yinying" which is also a credit bonus."
"But this is too fast." Yue Qingyan said: "Are you preparing to... start immediately?"
"Yes." Zhu Yu said: "The novel is very mature, or when you write it, you almost write it according to the framework of the movie, and it is really changed into a script in minutes. We spend a few days to determine a series of contracts, and prepare for the synchronization. We will build the group in a week and start the film simultaneously within a month."
"I will communicate with you as soon as possible. I will communicate with you in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no problem with everything." Yue Qingyan said: "Mr. Lian asked me to ask you, can you give the investment share of Ming Dynasty 5%?"
Xu Yingying is not here, otherwise she should have raised this question more appropriately.
"5%? No problem." Zhu Yu agreed immediately. "The investors I have confirmed are Yindu Institutions, Bank of China Hong Kong and Shanghai Film and Television, each of which is 15%. I made a budget of 20 million Hong Kong dollars in Victoria One. The budget set by "Cold War" is relatively high, with 200 million Hong Kong dollars. If you need to add another additional HK$220 million, the total market of 220 million Hong Kong dollars, the three companies invested 99 million. Hongju Publishing House directly invested 44 million, and our parent company Jincheng International invested 44 million. There is still 20% investment share. Hong Kong issuers do not need to give share, but whether there are any issuers in the mainland are willing to join the market, it still needs to be considered. However, it is absolutely fine to give the option of 5% investment in the first half of the Ming Dynasty. If there are issuers in the mainland willing to join, then let's wait and see if they are diluted."
Zhu Yu obviously had already considered the entire market: "I haven't had time to communicate in the mainland yet. In fact, I think there might be easier to handle than Hong Kong."
So many people Zhu Yu called were usually mixed in the movie circle. Although they were gathered together because of the same thing, they were whispering. Zhu Yu didn't say much to them, but just came to meet the original author. These people were quite surprised by Yue Qingyan's youth, but no one dared to underestimate this inconspicuous author.
Hong Kong's economy is not very good now, and many economic development indexes are actually highly dependent on the mainland. Even in the film industry, relying on the distribution of local Hong Kong, movies with a slightly higher cost cannot be collected. As a result, the vicious cycle has led to the local content becoming more and more biased and artistic, and increasingly describe the life and despair of the underlying class. Movies are the reflection of reality. Why is it like this? It's just that life is difficult, and are people in the movies getting darker? Why don't they do big productions? Don't have money. If you really have money, art films and art films can also be played very well.
What these people dare not underestimate is Zhu Yu. After all, they are separated from Yue Qingyan and they cannot see his energy clearly. However, in just a few days, Zhu Yu saved up three movies and two complete film teams. Is the investment of the institutions she mentioned easy to get? But she got the money she asked for with her two novels with almost no twists and turns. The three companies originally wanted to each give themselves a little more share, but Zhu Yu didn't want it.
Besides, Hongju Publishing House took out 44 million at once and the parent company took out 44 million. This is a bit scary. Zhu Yu had never played movies before and did not know the situation. There are very few movie projects that have all the funds that have been paid before the filming starts, and many of them are allocated while filming, so that the funds and payment pressure of each participating company are less. But Zhu Yu doesn't understand this. You can have a share and the money will be received before the specified time. Hongju Publishing House and the parent company have already been in a dedicated account. Bank of China Hong Kong's money has been received, and the money of Yindu Institution will be received tomorrow... If Zhu Yu is willing to speak, almost all the money of the movie can be received before the group is established.
Hong Kong filmmakers have never seen such a rich man in recent years. It is one thing to ask for money. The attitude of asking for money is another thing. Zhu Yu only used one phone number to get the parent company and told the boss about the situation.
As for dealing with the cast and crew, it is even simpler. If the protagonist wants to read the story, he will send someone to send the printout and then recycle it after watching it in person. Zhu Yu directly signed the supporting role and other staff members with a schedule contract: a few months are specified, and you have to have such a role or position, and there is a lot of money. Will you sign? These people have never seen such a cast and crew sign such a cast and crew sign.
But it was with this simple and crude style that Zhu Yu really did it.
Yue Qingyan exclaimed: "Just because of your style of acquiring the game, you can write a story."
Zhu Yu smiled and said, "Because I believe these two films can make money and open up the situation."
Yue Qingyan said seriously: "Then, please give me."
Zhu Yu smiled and said, "This is what I should do."
Yue Qingyan stood up and said to everyone present: "Thank you, I didn't expect it to be so fast. I have seen Mr. Zhu's courage. Thank you for coming today. We know this. I don't know anything about the movies. After that, because of work, it's unlikely that we will learn from you. Please ask you all for these two stories. Can Mr. Zhu help arrange it? I'll entertain everyone to drink."
Zhu Yu smiled and said, "No problem."
He Chaoyi was originally the heroine of "Victoria One". This time she was still her, which made Yue Qingyan have the idea of a cycle of heaven. He Chaoyi is easy to deal with. Seeing Yue Qingyan say this, he suddenly interrupted and said, "Oh? Don't you come and play with it? It won't take much time. "Victoria One" can be finished in dozens of days."
Yue Qingyan said: "I also want to follow and learn a lot. But I have a lot of work arrangements. Writing things and pleasing readers is my job and my foundation. If I don't lay a solid foundation, I dare not run around and play. But don't worry, I think there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."
Neither Mooresheng nor Fang Anxin made such a decision on behalf of Yue Qingyan, but they were also praised by Yue Qingyan's decision. How noble is a movie, especially this time the lineup can be said to be quite luxurious whether it is in Hong Kong, the mainland, or even in the Asia-Pacific circle. It is really casual to say that it is to learn or something, but how much money can you benefit from following the group? As the original author, the opportunities for exposure of various media will increase a lot. But Yue Qingyan still insists on writing things and following the readers' path, and this mentality is really calm. However, as he himself said, there will be no fewer opportunities for cooperation in the future.
Zhao Tianzhao asked: "Victoria 1 is really only one month, why have you finished filming? Mr. Yue, your creative efficiency is too high. See if you have any ideas, we can cooperate one round after another. Mr. Zhu has very good resources here, and it doesn't cost you too much energy to do this business. If you have a good story, you still have to think about us. Xu Yuqing's "Cold War" will probably take away for a year, but I'm doing things very quickly."
"It's still very hard to write something." Yue Qingyan said modestly: "But I do have other stories to reserve. Director Zhao, Mr. Zhu, let me go back and think about it carefully. If possible, I want to do a series of Hong Kong themes. When Director Zhao finishes "Victoria One", or when Mr. Zhu has time, we will meet in SH in a few months?"
Zhu Yu's heart moved and nodded. "I'll try these two movies too. If they can succeed, they can sell well. From now on, we will be this fixed capital market, and we will do it in a round round."
"It's true." Yue Qingyan said happily.
Chapter completed!