A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 482 Don’t let yourself go!

"No, the film is over budget. It has been over budget since the project was launched, so we are still looking for external investment. If you can participate, it should be able to be released."

Yuen Wah thinks that Chan Kam-yen is a good fit and that if he could join the project, it would be a win-win situation for both parties.

But Chen Jinnian shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, saying that this movie would definitely not be released.

The filming has not been completed yet with a production cost of 300 million yuan. If the post-production shooting, production and promotion are added, the minimum cost will be 600 million yuan. Such a huge investment is on the same level as "The Wandering Earth".

But science fiction movies have huge box office potential, and police and gangster movies can't catch up.

It is extremely absurd that the film can be approved when the market rules are so ignored.

In Chen Jinnian's opinion, something that could be completed with a total investment of 200 million yuan was not completed even after spending 300 million yuan.

Putting aside how the budget control was done, what he was most curious about now was where the money went. If there was no need to set up a special effects stage, where did the money go?

Even if you use money as toilet paper, it won’t cost three hundred million.

"I have too many projects to invest in right now, so I can't afford to invest in movies for the time being." Chen Jinnian declined hastily. He didn't want to get involved in such a bottomless pit.

"What a pity, it's a good movie." Yuen Wah said regretfully.

But Chen Jinnian shuddered after hearing this.

As for the big-budget movies in recent years, except for Little Broken Ball, other film and television projects cannot be imagined without a ten-year cerebral thrombosis.

The Legend of the Gods, with an investment of 500 million yuan;

The Shanghai Cannon, with an investment of 400 million yuan;

Turandot, with a 300 million investment;

Ashura, who invested 100 million US dollars;

Among this group of "Crouching Dragon and Phoenix" that lost 2.6 million at the beginning, "The Legend of the Gods" which earned million was regarded as too outstanding. The box office of the other three brothers combined was not as high as that of "The Legend of the Gods".

All I can say is that there is always someone better than you, and the new generation is better than the old one.

"Teacher Yuen Wah, perhaps Director Mai's artistic achievement is to keep this movie hidden and never release it. Perhaps in 20 or 30 years, this movie can become a classic like Ashes of Time."

Chen Jinnian said in a low voice.

As long as it is not released and remains mysterious, this movie will always be the white moonlight in the hearts of movie fans.

Yuen Wah looked at him in confusion, not understanding what Chen Jinnian meant.

"Ahem, let's go over there quickly. Teacher Zeng and the others are already ready." Chen Jinnian coughed twice awkwardly and then walked into the shed.

Hong Kong-funded films have done a very poor job of localizing in China. Ever since the huge success of Infernal Affairs, all they have been are police and gangster films and crime films, and the plots and content are also very procedural. Sometimes Chen Jinnian is not sure which movie he is watching unless he looks at the title.

If Chen Jinnian were asked to invest in a police and gangster film, especially a police and gangster film with a huge investment, he would not dare to do it at all.

He doesn't think that Hong Kong-funded films have the ability to earn more than 2 billion yuan at the mainland box office. Even the highly successful "The Mermaid" would have exceeded 1 billion yuan if it had not used mainland actors like Brother Chao and replaced them with Principal Gu and Citizen Liu.

Chen Jinnian is not interested in film investment now. Apart from filming "White Snake" in the studio in the morning, he spends the rest of his time filming and talking about games.

Feng Ji had nothing to do recently, so he ran from Nanshan District to Chen Jinnian's company every day to discuss the subsequent game plans.

After a week of discussion, the two companies formally came up with an investment plan.

It was at this time that Chen Jinnian found out that the person who wanted to invest in Youke was actually his old rival.

"No, what does it have to do with Huayi?" Chen Jinnian asked puzzledly.

"It's a big deal. We have a partner whose investment company is Huayi. I had already agreed to the investment intention in the first half of the year, but then the contract issue suddenly broke out. Huayi was completely overwhelmed, and our angel round was put on hold."

Feng Ji looked at Chen Jinnian with resentment.

Apart from those who could not be nominated, Chen Jinnian was the most active. It was from then on that Feng Ji knew that there was someone like Chen Jinnian in the entertainment industry.

"Forehead--"

Chen Jinnian dragged out the words. He didn't expect that the industry would be so interconnected, and things in the entertainment industry would affect the gaming industry.

"How much money were you talking about?"

"Trade secret." Feng Ji never mentioned it. He could never tell Chen Jinnian that you bought it too expensive.

Chen Jinnian lowered his head and confirmed the contents of the contract. It seemed that there was no problem in purchasing 30% of Youke's shares with million yuan in installments over one year.

He still wanted to acquire the company, but the investment proportion in the angel round was between 10% and 20%, and the current investment proportion of 30% was already the limit of Feng Ji's concessions.

If Chen Jinnian had not promised not to interfere with operational decisions and not to take the lead in the project, Feng Ji would not have dared to give Chen Jinnian such a large investment share.

"Forget it. I will pay the first installment as agreed. As for the remaining amount, I will settle it before June next year."

Chen Jinnian said.

His company doesn't have much cash, so he can't pay Youke off for the time being. He needs to wait until the subsequent box office revenue arrives.

"Don't worry, the initial 20 million is enough for us to start development."

Feng Ji said excitedly that the planning of the stand-alone game of Journey to the West was derived from the "Douluo Dalu" project 10 years ago, and the foundation of the world view had already been established.

"What I want to restore most now is the catastrophe at Wuzhuang Temple."

"Oh my god, don't mess around." Chen Jinnian shouted in surprise.

He knew too well how Feng Ji planned the Wuzhuang Temple. According to the other party's original idea, gods would also die, and to avoid death they could only obtain spiritual essence to maintain energy.

But spiritual essence is extremely difficult to obtain. After a long exploration, both the Eastern and Western gods turned their attention to the human race.

The Western Gods discovered the magical effect of the incense of human faith, while the Eastern Gods discovered that the human body can be used as a container for storing spiritual essence.

As a result, the human race instantly seized the means of production of both sides. In order to plunder more people and obtain more spiritual essence to maintain immortality, the two races of the East and the West launched repeated struggles.

The ginseng fruit is not a spiritual root of heaven and earth. It is actually a product of the experiments of the Eastern gods.

When Wukong was passing by, he accidentally discovered the sea of ​​blood and corpses hidden under the ginseng fruit tree, and angrily pushed the ginseng fruit tree down.

"If you dare to make the things you want, we'll be done with you." Chen Jinnian said warningly.

He can guarantee one hundred percent that if the game contains the chapter on Wuzhuangguan, Black Myth will definitely not be able to obtain a game license.

"I'm just saying, I haven't made any plans yet."

Feng Ji quickly explained.

There are many difficulties in Journey to the West that make it unsuitable for adaptation, such as the Lion Camel Kingdom where all the people were eaten by the Great Peng and the Lion Camel Ridge covered with white bones. If you want to put it in a game, it's not because the technology is not up to the task, but simply because the effect cannot be displayed.