The road to becoming a movie star from the villain

Chapter 129 Everything is ready, ready to start shooting!
After Hongchen Studio was established, Hong Chen temporarily put 500 million in it as start-up capital and company operating expenses.

The budget of "Detective Chinatown" is about 9 million, which is not a small amount of money. Hong Chen sold his Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce Phantom to make up 5 million. It can be said that this is his All the belongings.

During this period of time, Hong Chen also approached many big companies to discuss cooperation, such as Qianda Films, such as Huahai Media, etc., and wanted them to be a joint producer.

In this way, on the one hand, the risk can be minimized, on the other hand, it can also increase the funds for the film, produce better effects, and also increase the reputation.

But these companies knew that his studio had just been established, and Yan Chi was also a new director, so they didn't choose to invest.

This is normal. After all, these companies also have to consider the risks and benefits of investment. From the current point of view, the risk of this movie is too high, and the investment risk is very high.

So in the end, Hong Chen only got three investors, namely Wu Zhan's studio, which invested 500 million; HK Emperor Entertainment, which invested 500 million; Xu Zheng's studio, which invested 1000 million.

Xu Zheng made a lot of money from "I'm Not the God of Medicine", so he made a lot of money.Moreover, Xu Zheng believed in Hong Chen's vision and strength.

At the same time, Yan Yileng took the initiative to invest 3 million yuan, which moved Hong Chen a little. Hong Chen promised to give Yan Yileng a share, but Yan Yileng refused.

"You have just established your studio and need money. If you feel sorry for it, I will lend you the money. I am your girlfriend. Shouldn't I support your work?" Yan Yileng said on the phone.

Yan Yileng knew that Hong Chen was more or less a little "tsundere", he just didn't want people to think that he was relying on women or eating soft food, so he didn't want to accept her self-help.

Therefore, she will take Hong Chen's feelings into consideration.

In fact, Yan Yileng is very obsessed with Hong Chen now, and she wished to invest a large sum of money to support Hong Chen's establishment of a studio.

But she knew that Hong Chen would definitely not be happy.

Such a strange self-esteem of a man.

"It's so good, but it's a dead brain." Yan Yileng put his chin in his hand, thinking of Hong Chen, but smiled happily.

Hong Chen's persistence in certain places is particularly attractive to her.

The funds are in place, and the rest is to determine the role of the script.

At this time, Ge Chen played a role. She has a wide network of contacts, has appropriate considerations for each role in the script, and can also find suitable actors.

This movie is labeled as a comedy, so we need to find some actors who are more comical, or actors with a more natural comedy effect.

This is very important.

For example, Baoqiang is much more natural than Bao Beibei if he is also acting as if he is not very smart.

The new studio has just been established, and it is starting in all aspects, and the first movie is ushered in. Hong Chen is very busy these days.

"Huh, it's not easy to be the boss." During the break, Hong Chen shook his head helplessly and said.

Ge Chen nodded, "Everything has been rushed together. After a while, the studio's work will be stable, and then it will be much easier to take on the show or something."

"If you have time, I still have a lot of scripts waiting for you to read! The announcement is almost scheduled for the next year."

Hong Chen waved his hand, "Let's finish filming Tang Tan first, and then I'll talk about it. It's the first time I'm a producer, and I'm really flustered."

Movies are also a high-risk industry. People at the top make money, but it is not uncommon for people at the bottom to lose everything.

Hong Chen has invested a lot this time, and it can be said that he has all his belongings.

However, he used "script understanding" to watch movies in parallel worlds. The effect of this movie is really good, so he shouldn't lose money.

During this period of time, Yan Chi has been in contact with the actors. With the foundation of "Those Years", Yan Chi's ability is still worthy of recognition. Coupled with the availability of funds, he also invited many unique comedians.

In the end, everything was settled.

The male lead, Hong Chen, plays the role of detective Qin Feng, whose dream is to carry out a perfect crime.

The male second, Bao Qiang, used to be the male protagonist of the Xu Zheng囧 series, responsible for making jokes.

Comedians such as Chen Xiaoxian and Xiao Yang are left to join, and the lineup is also considered strong.

There are no female leading roles in this drama, only two small but very important female characters, one is the number one beauty in Chinatown, Ah Xiang, and the other is a child.

"Ah Xiang, let Lu Jia act, how about it?" When deciding on the role, Ge Chen suggested from the side, "Actually, if I didn't open a studio this time, I originally planned to sign her as well."

"Lu Jia?" Hong Chen thought of that youthful girl. When filming "Those Years", Lu Jia was her loyal fan and supported him all the time.

Counting it, Lu Jia has graduated for almost a year.

"Okay, it's very suitable, just what this role needs is her style." Hong Chen nodded.

Hong Chen had no objection, and Yan Chi naturally had no objection either.So, Ge Chen started to contact Lu Jia about the matter.

After graduating, Lu Jia also participated in some film and television dramas. The roles were not big or small, and they were familiar to the audience, but they were not well-known.

After all, there are tens of thousands of beauties who graduate from film and television colleges every year. If they want to be popular, they must either be lucky enough to be spotted by big directors like Yimou and Xingye, or they have to rely on the capital behind them to make them famous.

Lu Jia was very happy when he knew that Hong Chen asked him to act in a play, and rushed over after a while.

Another little girl, Yan Chi, has been confirmed to be played by child star Zhang Xiaofeng.So far, all crew members have been confirmed.

The shooting location is set in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand.

The Tang Dynasty was a very prosperous era in Chinese history. Overseas Chinese living abroad were often referred to as "Tangren", which is also the origin of the name Chinatown.

Chinatown, also called "Huaxia City", is full of Chinese elements.

Hong Chen and Yan Chi came to Chinatown in advance to find a suitable shooting location, discuss cooperation matters, and so on.Only after real experience can we understand how cumbersome the preparatory work for a movie is.

Fortunately, with the help of Ge Chen and Wang Shaoqi, at the same time, Hong Chen and Wu Zhan also learned a lot of experience.

Wu Zhan also has his own studio and is an artist under another entertainment company.It does not belong to the four major entertainment companies, but its strength is not bad.

"What? Hong Chen opened a studio?" Some artists in Huahai Media were very surprised when they heard the news, especially the B-signed artists.

In just one year, Hong Chen has almost become the artist with the highest achievement among Huahai's B-signed artists. At this time, he actually gave up Huahai's resources?
Could it be that the steps are a little too big?
Because of the "Zhu Xian" incident, Yuan Jiaming's word of mouth collapsed, but he still has some spare energy.Now that he heard about Hong Chen, his face was filled with surprise.

After several contests, Yuan Jiaming found that Hong Chen was terrifying, no matter in terms of acting skills or ideas.

"He dares to open a studio? Isn't he afraid that he will never recover from it?" Yuan Jiaming murmured.

In Yuan Jiaming's perception, is it not good to wait for the company to provide resources, make a movie, and then make money?It saves worry and makes a lot of money.

Although the company will share 6%, the resources are originally given by the company.It makes sense to make money for the company.

Opening a studio and making decisions on your own is tiring, difficult, and risky, so why bother?

Of course, Hong Chen doesn’t think so. On the one hand, his philosophy conflicts with the company’s philosophy. The former wants to make good movies, while the latter just wants to make money; The company relationship is not great.

But this time, Yuan Jiaming also had to admire Hong Chen.He knew that, no matter what, compared with Hong Chen, he was a complete loser.

Some A-signed artists in the company were also surprised when they found out about this, such as Mu Qingxue and Xun Yuan.

They are like expensive flowers in a greenhouse, they always maintain a superior attitude, but they can only be confined in the greenhouse forever, at the mercy of others.

To be a towering tree, Hong Chen must go through the wind and rain by himself to obtain his own sky.

It can be said that for a while, all the attention in Huahai was on Hong Chen's studio.

Success or failure will be something future artists will talk about.

Then, Hong Chen and Yan Chi were busy for more than half a month.Yan Chi first had to send the script to the review department for review, but his own father was there, so it basically passed the review within a day.

Finally, the crew of "Detective Chinatown" gathered in Chinatown, Thailand in early August, ready to start filming!
(End of this chapter)