Gossip King - Chapter 1158
Chapter 1158 This Routine…
After sleeping, he had to give them some preferential treatment.
Ding ding ding.
The phone calls in the car rose and fell one after another. Director Zhang simply turned the phone silent. This time, he came to the door to play too many things, so he had to do it first. For the time being, he only received some first-line phone calls from big brands.
On the other hand, Gaoleng chose to directly transfer to Jane Xiaodan. With Xiaodan around, everything would be fine.
The radio and television were right in front of him.
“How much do you think this play will cost?” Gaoleng asked.
“About 300 million. Although the actors’ remuneration is saved, the rest of the scenes will be arranged in seven or eight places. This is the number. Besides, this film needs to be made in detail. It needs money to be smashed.” Director Zhang said.
The film that the chief had personally ordered did not allow for carelessness. There were many scenes that had to be set in real life. This was all money.
“Yes, let’s go.” Gaoleng lifted his leg and walked to the elevator of Radio and TV. “We need to compress the funds to less than 100 million yuan,” he said.
“100 million?!” Director Zhang jumped up, “100 million isn’t enough. Investing 100 million to make New Year movies is not enough. This kind of movie is definitely not enough. This director’s handpicked movie is not sloppy! If it’s done well, it should be. If it’s not filmed well, I don’t have much face. When the time comes, the people won’t be satisfied. I’ll fall down hard if I applaud it!”
Gao Leng shook his head, “You’re wrong. It’s precisely because it’s the director’s film that you absolutely can’t spend too much money.”
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“Yes, you’re right. I didn’t think about it.” The leader took a sip of tea thoughtfully and nodded his head in agreement, “President Gao, you have indeed considered it thoroughly. Since this is a film that our radio and television have recommended, and it is also a film about the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it really cannot be too extravagant.”
“The mountains and rivers that have been laid down with great difficulty, There was nothing wrong with patting him, “However, if we spend hundreds of millions of dollars and seniors use our blood to invest in Jiang Shan, we will throw huge sums of money at the movies, and some critics who like to pick on us will probably mock us. Besides, the country is now taking the path of economizing on parties, and the chief is cracking down on corrupt officials. If we invest so much money, I’m afraid …” Gaoleng looked at the leader worriedly.
“Indeed, it is inappropriate.” The leader nodded and said, “If I hand out that document, there will definitely be many people in the entertainment industry who will perform at zero pay. How much do you think you will have to invest?”
In the end, he was very familiar with that group of people in the entertainment industry.
“At least 300 million.” Director Zhang hurriedly answered.
“It’s too much. We can’t break through 100 million. We have to be frugal.” The leader made a decision and said in a warning tone, “The film pushed by the state must not be extravagant and wasteful. Your sum must be reduced to less than 50 million yuan.”
“Fifty million?!” Director Zhang’s cigarette ash fell to the ground. He hurriedly placed the cigarette in the ashtray and trembled, “Leader, fifty million yuan is definitely a rotten film. Really, if this is a rotten film, it wouldn’t be good, right?”
If you want to make a good film, you have to invest. If you don’t invest a lot, the camera will be very rough. If you invest a lot, you can even choose the film, let alone the makeup and clothing. We sometimes watch low-cost movies. No matter how we look at it, we feel stingy. Makeup is not beautiful either. That’s because they can’t afford to hire first-rate makeup artists and costume teams in China.
Of course, as long as the story is filmed well, the plot will move people, just like those Hong Kong movies filmed in the nineties.
But the problem is that this movie is different. This is a tribute movie. It’s made to let the people sigh with admiration about the hardships of the past and the current peaceful times. In the end, you should be stingy. Where did you end up like a poor man? How can this work?
If you want to level up, you need to invest. This doesn’t mean that you need to invest up to a higher level…
Even this clever woman can’t cook without rice, let alone Director Zhang, who has always been good at making big scenes. Without money, you want him to make big scenes? It can’t be!
‘”Yes, it’s difficult, but you can’t be too extravagant. Otherwise, the foreign media will say that a movie company has spent a lot of money to make a movie to suit the chief’s hobby. As you all know, the foreign media …” The leader frowned deeply.
Many people in Empire did not know that the foreign media were slandering the mainland. Media people, especially those at the high end of the media can deeply understand.
Forget about the foreign media, it has not been a year or two since Taiwan’s media slandered the mainland. Since the reform and opening up, the mainland has undergone tremendous changes. Although there are still many places that are extremely poor, in the end, it is because this stall is too big and is not easy to govern. It was already a miracle that he had reached this level in just a few decades.
As far as the Luo Yixiao incident that occurred in the past two days was concerned, Father Luo only needed twenty to thirty thousand yuan for the current three hundred thousand yuan in medical expenses, and the rest of the countries were all reimbursed. The state has made great efforts in all walks of life, such as health care, education and so on. It was not that the people could not afford to eat tea eggs.
However, under the influence of politics, most Taiwanese media still report a lot of negative things.
Not to mention the United States, the United States has a number of Alliance States. Alliance States report negative things together, and good things are also reported as bad things by them. Some of the BBC news that you are interested in listening to can be heard in their instant broadcasts. Among the 100 pieces of Empire news that are broadcast, 99 are negative. It is no exaggeration to say that a small domestic brawl will be broadcast on the BBC in two hours.
The BBC has a lot of information purchasers in the country, all from Empire. It’s very cheap to exchange a story for 200 yuan.
If the foreign media wanted to discredit him, his international image would be damaged. In addition, Starlight Group was a private media, so he might be forced to spend a lot of money on filming. After Gaoleng reminded him, the chief became more cautious.
“You’re a private company, and if you spend too much money, you’ll get criticized. It would be better if you were in the state media.” The leader explained.
“I have a way.” Gaoleng took the call, “The major TV stations…”
This guy really has tricks! Director Zhang, who was sitting at the side, immediately understood. He looked at Gaoleng with admiration and thought to himself.
“That’s right. Good idea. All the major TV stations will contribute some money. Since this is a donation from the TV stations, everyone will donate.” The leader waved his hand and said, “I’ll send a document later.”
This turned into a gift from all departments. Empire was vast and rich. Every person had a terrifying amount of money. A bunch of provincial-level TV stations made a move, and this amount of money was not a small deal. If it wasn’t a private enterprise that paid for it, there would be no more rumors.
“Thank you, leader.” Gaoleng reached out and held the leader’s hand, while Director Zhang praised Gao Leng with his eyes.
“I will donate half of the profits from this movie to your welfare organization for the elderly.” As soon as Gaoleng said that, the leader immediately held his hand and said, “Half? Too much. You’re making this movie to make money…”
“The country has given me such a good policy. This is what I should do.” Gao sneered.
Director Zhang, who was standing at the side, felt pain for Gaoleng. At the very least, this sentence represented four hundred million yuan, but he actually donated it just like that. In fact, if Gaoleng did not mention this matter, the leaders would not let him donate. Although he could earn a lot from the government’s policies, this policy was also handled by Director Zhang. Since this matter had fermented, it was only natural for him to earn money.
The rarest thing to do is to spit out money to someone else.
“You don’t have to donate half of your earnings, do you?” After leaving the house, Director Zhang still felt a pain in his flesh, “If you give half of the money to the welfare organizations under Radio and TV and invest 200 million in my literary films, then you won’t be able to earn anything at all. Aren’t you working in vain?”
It could be predicted that this would definitely be a movie that broke through the box office of one billion yuan. The producer was Gaoleng, and according to the industry’s rules, it would earn 43% of the box office revenue. Of course, this was a situation where he had not scrubbed the tickets. If the producer scrubbed the tickets, the profits from scrubbing the tickets would also be deducted.
Obviously, Great Founding of a Republic, who won the national policy, didn’t need to scrub the tickets at all. The Starlight Group received 43% of the actual total box office receipts. Normally, producers and distributors earn 43% of the box office profit, and cinemas and theaters earn the remaining 57%.
With that, it was only a little more than 400 million yuan. Two hundred million yuan was donated and two hundred million yuan was filmed for Director Zhang. Gaoleng really couldn’t earn much after a long time of tossing and turning.
“How can you not earn anything?” Gaoleng put his arm around Director Zhang’s arm and said, “You are my Brother Zhang. I have at least earned a brother like you!”
Director Zhang, who was accustomed to obedience but had long been immune to obedience, could listen to Gaoleng’s words. Why? Because Gaoleng wasn’t just being obedient, he was really going to give him 200 million gold and silver.
Because he helped Gaoleng shoot Great Founding of a Republic, just like the bosses who invested in his art movies. I gave you art movies, but you had to make money on commercial movies for me. Therefore, if Director Zhang felt that it was reasonable to take 200 million yuan from Gaoleng to invest in art films.
Now Director Zhang felt guilty and moved: Gaoleng, Great Founding of a Republic, didn’t make any money. He was different from other investors.
“You’re too unlucky. There’s no need to donate. Besides, there’s no need to donate so much.” Director Zhang glanced at Gaoleng and pointed at him, “You’re too young. It’s good that you keep your hand behind. Just donate tens of millions and send out a newsletter to hype it up. It’s good to be famous.” Besides, you’ve earned a lot of money from the movies that the commander appointed. Which domestic media dares to blindly talk about it? “Foreign media are much more lenient than domestic media. You invest in movies to make money, so they have nowhere to hype.”
“Some money can’t be earned, especially movies designated by the commander, let alone earn money.” Gaoleng shook his head decisively. It was an instinctive choice for Gaoleng not to earn money. He felt that it was a great honor to be able to make such a magnificent historical film for his country.
It was as if he could do something for Empire.
Blood surged in Gaoleng’s heart.
He still remembered when he was young, although his family was poor, his humanity was pure. He was always excited to see the scenes of killing Japanese in TV dramas. At that time, he hoped that he could grow into a particularly useful person.
Jian Xiaodan also hoped that she would become a useful person, but what she thought was’useful ‘was because of the insecurity in her bones. She felt that if she was useful, she would not be abandoned again.
He also wanted to become a useful person, while Gaoleng’s’useful ‘was even more majestic.
Like Olympic champions, win gold medals to win honor for the country;
Like scientists, they fought hard on the frontlines of scientific research, researching sharp weapons to deter enemies;
Arrest criminals like special police;
Like entrepreneurs who build schools everywhere, poor children are given the opportunity to go to school.
Like these people, he could only think about it in the end. But now, with these abilities and opportunities, he was actually able to present a gift film to the motherland. And this gift film was ordered by the commander. How honorable was this? Why not?
This kind of honor was purer.
Another deep-seated reason came from Mu Zhengtang.