Rebirth: I just wanted to study hard, but I became a scumbag

Chapter 419 Investing in Movies

Because of Li Daimo's incident.

The reputation of "The Voice of China" has still taken a certain hit.

Fortunately, the matter was eventually settled smoothly.

The filming of the show is still going on in an orderly manner.

One day Su Ze went to visit Zhao Lingling on the set and had a meal with Feng Feng and Liao Jian.

At the dinner table, Liao Jian took out a stack of thick folders, which were stacked half a meter high.

"These are scripts I recently acquired. Mr. Su helped me review them. I don't believe others' opinions, but I believe you!"

The previous "Hawthorn Tree Love" was successfully screened.

Su Ze just recently planned to make another movie.

Now is the development period of the domestic film market. You can pick up money with your eyes closed. It would be a pity to miss it.

However, Su Ze has been too busy recently and has no time to write his own script.

Now that there was a ready-made script, Su Ze took it over and flipped through it.

What surprised him was that some of these scripts he had heard in previous lives.

For example, "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" has a strong cast.

This is also Liao Jian's favorite movie.

"I have talked with many producers. This film will definitely be a hit!"

"The stars participating in the show are basically confirmed. Super big names like Liu Mouhua and Lin Mouling will all participate!"

"If you make the decision, Mr. Su, we will start the project immediately!"

Su Ze's reaction was dull.

He had seen this movie once in his previous life.

The filming was very average, the only feature was the strong cast.

As a new entertainment company, Big Shot Entertainment is naturally inappropriate to accept such a bad movie just after its debut.

So he didn't think much about it at all.

"Don't shoot."

Liao Jian was stunned: "Mr. Su, do you want to stop thinking about it?"

Su Ze asked, "Have you calculated how much these actors' salaries cost?"

"About [-] million." Liao Jian said with some confusion.

Su Ze continued to ask: "If you include other expenses, it will be almost 2 million. How much do you think the box office of this movie can be?"

"There can be at least 8 million, right?"

Liao Jian's tone became a little less confident.

Su Ze shook his head: "In my opinion, the box office of this movie cannot exceed 4 million."

"No way."

Liao Jian didn't believe it: "With so many actors joining, how can it only be 4 million?"

"This 4 million is just for the sake of the cast. Without their fame and support, it would be a miracle for this crappy script to exceed [-] million."

Su Ze shook his head and threw the script of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" aside.

He continued to flip through it, and then showed a hint of surprise.

"This script is good."

Su Ze handed the folder to Liao Jian.

"'On the Road'? It doesn't sound like a blockbuster." Liao Jian curled his lips.

In his opinion, the film has nothing to do with it.

Road movies are still very niche in China.

Liao Jian was not very interested as soon as he saw the subject matter.

But Su Ze's attitude was very firm.

"It's not just a blockbuster movie, it can be used for you to practice."

"I've also decided on the actors for you. I'll find Xu Zheng and Wang Baobao to play the roles."

"You can choose a director at will, just find one that is above the standard."

In his previous life, the director of "The Lost Road" came from Hong Kong Island.

He himself has not experienced the Spring Festival travel rush, so he cannot empathize with the core theme of the movie.

The main directing work is actually more likely to be done by Xu Zhenglai.

This is also the reason why Xu Zheng later re-filmed Thailand and was a huge success.

In addition, this movie is actually a masterpiece with low cost and high box office.

The total investment was only 700 million, but the box office was as high as 5000 million.

The most important thing is that this movie created the IP of the "囧 series" movies.

Later, "Thai囧" earned a box office of 3000 billion with a cost of 12 million, which can be called a money printing machine in the entertainment industry.

Although everyone is nominally a partner, Liao Jian still looks to Su Ze as the leader in everything.

Therefore, facing Su Ze's rigid requirements, they could only implement them step by step.

However, the first step of finding investors was extremely difficult.

Like Liao Jian, everyone is very secretive about the subject of road movies.

At that time, the market for comedy and horror films was very stable, and they would sell well as long as they were produced.

I can’t say that I made a lot of money, but my profits were stable.

Therefore, everyone is more inclined to invest in movies with these two themes.

Although the film also has a comedy label, its full title is "Road Comedy."

This makes the majority of investors feel a little uneasy.

Fortunately, 700 million investment is not too much.

In addition, big-name entertainment also makes a lot of money from variety shows.

Su Ze simply decided to develop the film independently.

Soon, the film entered the shooting stage.

The star lineup this time was average, and Su Ze did not arrange for anyone around him to participate, so he did not visit the class in person.

It wasn't until after the filming that Su Ze treated the main actors to a meal.

At the wine table, everyone raised their glasses.

Su Ze said a few toasts, and then drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

He pulled Xu Zheng, one of the leading actors, to chat about the follow-up to the film.

"Mr. Xu, are you interested in continuing this series?"

"If possible, I would like to cooperate with you again."

"I've prepared the script."

Su Ze took out the script and laid it out on the table, with "Embarrassed in Thailand" written clearly on it.

Xu Zheng picked it up and turned it over, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"This is literally tailor-made for me!"

Xu Zheng raised his glass again gratefully: "Mr. Su, thank you very much!"

"I will definitely perform well and live up to your cultivation!"

Su Ze smiled and clinked glasses with him: "Teacher Xu is too polite. We are cooperating with each other. What can we do to cultivate each other?"

Due to the low cost of filming "A Man on the Road", it entered the release stage just one month later.

The result was naturally the same as Su Ze's prediction.

After the movie was released, it was like a dark horse, riding high.

Liao Jian looked at the box office of tens of millions and felt like he was in a dream.

"Mr. Su, your vision is really amazing!"

"As soon as this movie came out, our celebrity entertainment reputation was completely established!"

"I promise to obey whatever you say from now on, and I will never say anything twice!"

What Liao Jian didn't tell Su Ze was that "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" of the same period was still in the process of filming.

Due to the large number of stars, producers from all parties believe that this movie will be a hit.

Therefore, in order to get more attention for their stars, they constantly asked the director to modify the script.

As a result, the script was changed again and again, and the script became completely different.

The director ended the final shooting in pain. Although all parties were satisfied with the finished film, the quality was disaster-level.

However, the investment in the film has been exhausted, and the producer can only bite the bullet and release it.

Liao Jian did not pay attention to the final box office results later, but he knew that it must be the same as Su Ze speculated.

The maximum cannot exceed 4 million.