“What?!” When Jane Xiaodan, who had been busy all day, went to Gaoleng’s room to report on her work, she heard Gaoleng casually tell her that she had invested in a director’s sensitive film. She almost bounced off the sofa, “Two hundred million sensitive films? That’s a waste of money!”

Jane Xiaodan immediately put down a pile of her own materials and looked at Gaoleng. “What kind of book is it? Director Zhang has crossed the line every time he makes a literary film. After finishing several books, he spends money and can’t go online. Let me take a look at the book.”

“You said it was a waste of time, so why bother reading the book?” Gao Leng smiled faintly and said. Knowing that it was a loss of money, there was no need to worry about it. There was no need to worry about it anymore.

…

He was speechless.

“Sensitive movies are just trying to get Director Zhang to cooperate with us. Two hundred million yuan is worth it. If you have enough money at the end of the year, give him money.” Said Gaoleng.

“Cooperation? Apart from sensitive movies, what else?” Jian Xiaoxiao said as she picked up the calculator and pressed it. Not to mention, she really had the posture of the owner of the commissary, so she began to count the money.

“Make a tribute film. It’s about politics.” Gaoleng took her calculator and threw it to the side. “Isn’t next year the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic?” She said. “Don’t tell me that tomorrow is not the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. This is Empire, not China. It would be a coincidence if there were any similarities. Thank you. I want Director Zhang to make a tribute film.”

“Gift film?!” Jian Xiaodan bounced off the sofa again and almost screamed, “Next year, there will definitely be a lot of company tribute movies!”

Sounds like both movies are unprofitable.

Every year on the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic or the founding of the Communist Party, there will always be film studios to make anti-Japanese movies. Such films are easy to pass the censorship at this special juncture, and they may receive preferential treatment in policy, especially in large-scale battles or films of national heroes, which are commonly referred to as tribute films. Of course, there were plenty of requests from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and plenty of requests from the shareholders.

Although you may get preferential treatment in policy, there are too many similar films in the same year, so you may not get preferential treatment.

It sounds risky no matter what.

It was a well-made anti-Japanese movie. After getting preferential treatment in cinema scheduling, you would find that “Wind” took up at least half of the screening room when you went to the cinema to buy a movie online, just like when “Wind” got preferential treatment in politics back then. After that, a large number of anti-Japanese movies, such as “Listener”, attacked. When there were more such movies, no matter how tilted the policy was, it was useless, and there was no advantage in filming movies in cinemas.

There are only two ways to obtain the advantages of cinema filming: First, preferential treatment; Second, the box office was high. The second type is customary. If the film is good, the box office will come up when the market is hot. But this second method costs a lot of money.

“Two hundred million sensitive movies is already the limit. Next year, our Starlight Group will still have to operate. The second batch of venture capital for green agriculture will only have tens of millions of dollars. There is no money left to make gift movies.”

Gaoleng glanced at the calculator and saw that it read: 3.6. Apparently, this year’s net income was about 360 million. Apart from 200 million for Director Zhang’s sensitive films, there were only 160 million left, and they still had to operate tomorrow.

With such an algorithm, money was indeed not enough.

“A lot of people are making tribute films. They are all experienced filmmakers. So many famous filmmakers will definitely not miss this opportunity. It is unlikely that Radio and TV will tilt their policies towards us. If they don’t tilt, the box office of this kind of film won’t be high.”

What Jian Xiaodan said was the truth. It was as if the Anti-Japanese War movies were moving to the big screen, unless they were exceptionally outstanding ones.

‘”Because Starlight Group can’t be favoured by the policy, we must find Director Zhang if we want to make a tribute film. We don’t have the advantage of the group, we have to have the advantage of a director. Director Zhang is our advantage.” Gaoleng stretched out his hand and gently pushed the excited Jane Xiaodan onto the sofa. “If you want to shoot, you have to shoot something that can completely crush them. This time, our tribute film will bring in all the big names in the entertainment industry.”

“What?!” Jane Xiaodan bounced up again, so much so that Gaoleng felt that she had eaten too much candy today, and had never stopped like a grasshopper, and it hurt his eyeballs to jump about.

“How much do you plan to invest? A first-tier brand is very expensive.”

“Anyway, we need to invite at least a dozen first-tier brands. You can do it.”

Pa pa pa pa, the calculator frantically pressed, but a minute later Jane Xiaodan looked at Gaoleng Woodland and raised the calculator, “Ten big first-line brands, just the cost of inviting them here is at least 200 million to 300 million.”

Nowadays, celebrities make a lot of money, especially big brands. First-line big brands make 20 to 30 million yuan from a few months’ worth of movies. It’s a regular price, a friendship price. That doesn’t count for the price of serving these big brands throughout filming.

“Ten first-tier brands isn’t enough. All seven or eight of them have to be invited. Count them at a price of one billion yuan.”

…

Jane Xiaodan stopped jumping this time and looked at Gaoleng blankly.

“If so many stars come to support my film, do you think the government will give it preferential treatment?” Gaoleng looked at the dumbfounded Jane Xiaodan and asked.

If most celebrities are in favor of a film, hype is easy and policy is prone to tilt

“You want to gamble again? Take out all your money and gamble? But even if you win, the policy favors you. You can’t earn money even if you invest so much. Is it worth it to earn a reputation?”

It is indeed expensive to invite so many superstars. In addition, they had to include the cost of filming and the cost of later publicity. This was a movie that would take the power of the Starlight Group, and even if the box office earned more than a billion yuan, it was only to recover the cost.

If you earn a deal, you earn a deal.

Gao Leng smiled cunningly, “You don’t have to worry about the money. I have other plans.”

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“President Su, these are some historical romance movies that Director Zhang handed over.” Butler handed over a stack of information. “These are Director Guo and Director Li’s.”

After Su Su picked up Director Zhang’s information, she put Director Guo and Director Li aside first. After flipping through it for a long time, she nodded her head, “These two movies should be pretty good. Take them to evaluate. After the evaluation, prepare a report for me. Director Zhang’s film must be shot.”

“Alright.” Butler nodded.

“By the way, what kind of film is Gaoleng cooperating with Director Zhang?” Su Su did not raise her head and continued to flip through other information. She asked. She had stayed in France for two or three days. Director Zhang went to look for Gaoleng several times. She was about to return home. They should have made an agreement.

“I heard it’s a gift film.” Butler handed over a notebook: “This time, we also made a gift film. We invited Director Long. Director Long has a hard relationship with Radio and TV. He said that we will be given preferential treatment in policy and there is no problem with the cinema scheduling.”

Huantai Group’s starting point was naturally much higher than Gaoleng’s. While Gaoleng was still worrying about preferential treatment, they had already received the promise from the higher ups.

“I competed with him at the box office. He cast an art film and a gift film to compete with me? Are you sure?” Su Su took the book in Butler’s hand and flipped through it, expressing her speechlessness at Gaoleng’s bad moves.

Director Long has a hard relationship in radio and television, and he has always been making anti-Japanese movies in China. Of course, if he has a hard relationship, he will make anti-Japanese movies. This kind of policy is also a bit better. Next year, on the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, there will be a huge wave of tribute films.

“In the end, he is the young head of the business world. It’s really meaningless to easily defeat him.” Su Su put this pile of information aside and stretched her waist, “Alright, leave the filming matter to the team. I’ll have a meeting later.”