Let you invest, you support half of the entertainment industry?

"Director Jiang, if we have something to say, let's just talk about it. I can't afford your good words." Xu Jia said with a smile.

Maybe there was some truth in what the other party said, but showing courtesy for nothing was either cheating or stealing, which made him even more curious about Jiang Wen's purpose.

"Haha, it's not that we haven't dealt with each other before. This trick was taught to me by Ge You. No matter what I need to ask for help, it's right to give him a tall hat first when we meet."

Jiang Wen smiled, his expression became serious, he took out a few thin pages of paper and handed them to Xu Jia.

Said: "I plan to make a Republican film called "The Evil Cannot Suppress the Righteous". The prototype is Zhang Beihai's novel "Xia Yin". It tells the story of a young martial arts practitioner who witnessed his senior brother colluding with Japanese people to kill his master and his family. After escaping, The story of being rescued and then receiving agent training and returning to China for revenge. Here is a brief introduction. You can take a look at it first. Well... Is it because I heard that Jiaxing is working on a global distribution system, so I thought of trying it here? Test the waters.”

The contact between the two so far has made Xu Jia believe at most two out of ten words spoken by Jiang Wen. These two sentences may still have deep meanings.

As for sincerity.

Just looking at these A4 papers, this sincerity is as light as a feather.

Xu Jia raised his eyebrows and deliberately picked up the introduction and read it. In fact, it didn't matter whether he watched it or not. It's not like he didn't know about this movie.

After pondering for a while, he asked: "Just tell me the approximate range of the film production budget."

Looking through Jiang Wen's resume, the films he directed are indeed extraordinary and he has won a lot of honors, but they are all for the growth of his personal career. On the contrary, investors have basically made no money, that is, "Let the Bullets Fly" 》It’s a bit profitable, but with the soaring prices in China and the rapid development of other industries in recent years.

After all calculations, investors still suffered losses like Muggles. Under such circumstances, no matter how famous the other party was, it would not work in the current situation where the film and television industry was gradually cooling down. No wonder they would come to find themselves.

"The production budget is no more than 100 million, and including publicity and distribution, I estimate it will be at most 200 million."

When it came to the specific data of the movie, Jiang Wen still answered seriously.

But Xu Jia sneered, and under the slightly unhappy look in his eyes, he said calmly: "The 200 million Director Jiang said is at least 300 million. Let me not ask you why a Republic of China movie costs so much." With such a large amount of funding, let’s say the cost is at least 300 million, and your movie must be at least 800 million, so that I can guarantee not to lose money. If I remember correctly the movies you have made, none of them should have exceeded one billion, right?”

These words made Jiang Wen's unhappy eyes turn to embarrassment. Why did this guy find Xu Jia because of the distribution system.

It was purely because Jiaxing was wealthy and should be able to accept his own production funds that he came to the door. I thought that Xu Jia, a young man, was easy to fool, but he never thought that he was an old fox.

"It's boring to say that. The quality of a movie cannot be determined by the box office..." Jiang Wen planned to quibble.

"The quality of a movie is indeed not determined by the box office, but the life and death of the investor is that you can't bear to deceive the people around you and take advantage of me."

Xu Jia interrupted Jiang Wen's sophistry and said directly: "We are all experts. As I said, if Director Jiang has something to say, just say it. Let's be more relaxed. There is no need to be cynical when it comes to a project worth hundreds of millions."

To him, streaming media services with hundreds of billions of projects are under development, and these hundreds of millions of yuan movies can really only be regarded as small businesses.

As early as when the other party found him, he already knew what the other party's plan was, and it was just to attract investment for the movie "The Evil Cannot Suppress the Right". The reason why he was willing to sit down with Jiang Wen for an interview was not because of the potential of the movie. To help him earn as much as he wants.

In the previous life, "The Evil Cannot Suppress the Righteous" had a total box office of more than 500 million. In this life, even with Jiaxing's blessing, it will not reach 1 billion. The amount of money earned is not enough to fill the gap between Jiaxing's teeth, but who can let it go? Given Jiang Wen's status and reputation in the industry, this guy is like a certain Poseidon. Even though he is not top-notch in everything, no one can keep up with him.

This investment is like buying a horse's bones for thousands of dollars, letting people in the circle see that after the Jiaxing Night, big names like Jiang Wen took the initiative to invest in Jiaxing. Such an unruly person can cooperate with Mr. Xu. , others will naturally follow suit.

Yes, Xu Jia never thought he was a good person.

What's more, Jiaxing is currently short of projects that can be run by major film festivals, and "The Righteous" can be arranged just right. It is at least better than "The Gathering at Southern Station" and is more convincing to the public.

The most important thing is that when this project comes, he will sell it to the streaming media company that will be established next. It is equivalent to spending other people's money to raise his own cubs, so why should he be afraid?

"Okay, then I won't hide it anymore. This movie doesn't have gorgeous special effects or big scenes. It's a pure drama. I don't think it will perform well commercially, but I will try my best to take care of it. I came to you Jiaxing because of you. You are professional enough and rich enough. Although you can get investment from outside, they are either gesticulating or just playing the piano randomly, so I will try my luck with you first."

After Jiang Wen finished speaking, he completely let go of the flattery he had just been trying to do. He became more generous and returned to his original nature.

To him, being humble at the beginning was nothing. As long as he got the funds, it would be clear who his father was during the filming. The film should be used for free. Not even Lao Mouzi had ever been so generous.

When Xu Jia heard the other party's reasons, he couldn't help but laugh. He couldn't figure out whether the other party was praising Jiaxing or derogating him.

You could say he was disparaging Jiaxing, but this guy regarded Jiaxing as his first choice. You could say he was praising Jiaxing, but he came here because he saw that Jiaxing was wealthy, could afford to lose investment, and didn't want to cheat his friends.

"I've already given up on you. If it doesn't work, forget it. Anyway, you don't have to expect me to make those military action movies like Lao Mouzi. It's so fake." Jiang Wen said with the energy of breaking a jar. , in his opinion, he was obviously going to lose money on the business, but he was determined not to do it, so he naturally gave up hope.

"Even if you want to make it, I can't let you do it. With your habit of lavishing money on movies, I don't know how much money will be wasted if I hand over a military movie to you."

Xu Jiamo stroked his chin and said leisurely: "But I can vote for your movie, and I won't interfere with your creation, but I have to decide on the personnel arrangements."

In his global distribution system, content aimed at the domestic film and television market is not a problem, but there are too few cards for expanding abroad, and Jiang Wen is exactly the card that can be used in the international film world. This is The guy still has some fans around the world who are willing to support him.

What's more, Xu Jia here is completely able to produce and sell itself. A movie may be just a movie in the hands of others, but in his hands it can derive various benefits and influences. Therefore, in Jiaxing, all film and television content is more than just a movie. product, but an overall project.