The trainee starts by splitting bricks with bare hands

"I'm not sure. I never said that this thing can make 100% money. Making a movie itself is risky, and the risk is not small, let alone this kind of unpopular subject matter? But it's still the same sentence I said when the project was established. One, we are the first to eat crabs." Han Lan said.

Hearing Han Lan's words, Wang Shenzhi still supported them, so he was relieved a lot.

In fact, what he is most afraid of is that Han Lan will be disappointed after reading it, and give up this project.

Han Yiping's brows were still furrowed, and he asked people to pause the replay of Nie Xiaoqian: "To be honest, after watching these few clips, the vixen that impressed me the most, what else...is too stiff .”

"They are puppets. If they are compared with real people, they must be stiff. It can only be said to be an artistic style. Moreover, our goal has basically been achieved by making you remember this vixen. Dad, a very popular character , is enough to make a movie popular. What's more, the plot, special effects, and scenes of this movie are not bad."

"Yes, Mr. Han, don't look at the roughness now. That's because the special effects haven't been added yet. When the special effects are added, the color is adjusted, and then professional voice actors dub, it will be a completely different movie!" Wang said. Juzhi also tried to explain.

Han Yiping looked at several executives of the company, who still shook their heads.

Chapter 0542 put pressure on the prince

Do Tomahawk Entertainment executives have the vision?Do you have guts?

have!At least they are more willing to bet than other companies.

But that doesn't mean they're willing to waste their money.

Although the company does not have their shares, there is a dividend at the end of the year, and it is quite a lot.Every time the company invests in a movie, their year-end dividends will be less.

After all, not everyone is like Liu Rong's big dog, and it will still feel distressed if they really lose money.

When the "Escape Age" project was approved, domestic sci-fi films were in a slump. This was an absolutely unpopular subject, but they finally looked at the script and various sci-fi special effects ideas proposed by Han Lan, and the project was approved with a high number of votes.

When "Huo Yuanjia" was established, Huaguo kung fu movies were almost synonymous with bad domestic movies. This is a less popular subject than domestic science fiction, but after reading the script and considering Han Lan's own martial arts skills, they also received high votes. Approved the project.

When the "Angel Angela" project was approved, it was almost crazy to invest 5 million yuan in a literary film. They made a bet of 5 million yuan to buy a Cannes Film Queen, and the project was approved with a high number of votes.

Even when the puppet show film "A Chinese Ghost Story" was approved, after many twists and turns, they finally passed another project that was not profitable in the eyes of outsiders because of the script, creativity and Wang Shenzhi's joining.

Every time, as Han Lan said, if you win, you will be the first to eat crabs!They also eat a lot of crabs now.

But now, the sample of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has come out, which is far from what they hoped to achieve.Although the sample films of the previous projects were far from the final film when they came out, at least they could see the winning side.But now, "A Chinese Ghost Story" obviously didn't let them see any chance of winning.

This is also normal, after all, they look at this movie with the thinking of conventional movies.

No matter how delicately a puppet is made, its eyes, mouth, limbs, and fingers are flexible, but it is still inferior to real actors, and even the performance level of ordinary people cannot reach it.

It's too stiff!

Even though the crew took a trick according to Han Lan's suggestion when filming, most of the scenes shot were big actions, and there were very few close-ups of various facial movements in literary dramas, but the preview effect presented to the executives was still too rigid .

Perhaps it is also because of the absence of special effects, dubbing, and incomplete plots. The audience's attention will still be too much focused on the performance of the puppets, especially the facial expressions.

At present, 8000 million and nearly 2000 million have been allocated for this film, and there is still a budget of 2000 million that has not been allocated.If you stop in time, you can stop the loss, and even recover a lot of investment.[-] million is a small goal, but not a small number.

Surviving with broken arms is also a skill that managers must learn. If they are reluctant to give up, they may end up losing more.Especially this kind of project that makes them see almost no hope.

In fact, as long as there is a [-]% to [-]% chance of winning, these gamblers are willing to go crazy with Han Lan, but now the project gives them a lower and lower chance of winning, and it is not even [-]%.

Han Lan was also looking at them. There was a moment of silence in the meeting room, but Han Lan suddenly asked: "Is there something wrong with the company's finances?"

Han Yiping and the others didn't expect Han Lan to point this out, so they were all silent.

Financial pressure is indeed one of the reasons why they want to stop the "A Chinese Ghost Story" project.You can't use Liu Rong's funds every time to save the game, can you?Tang Yu's infighting, these people still remember it.It's fine now, but who knows in the future?

Wang Shenzhi was also stunned when he heard the words, and was about to follow the producer to leave first, when Han Lan waved his hand to signal them not to avoid.

"Shouldn't it? The company has been profitable for the past two years, shouldn't there be financial problems?" Han Lan asked.

"It's just that the short-term funds are a little tight. When the box office of the next few movies is all recovered, the problem will not be a big problem." Han Yiping said.

"The box office of "Angel Angela" should be settled in the next few days. Can we get more than one billion yuan? It should be enough for the follow-up "Jing Wu Chen Zhen" to be released. Isn't the investment of more than 1 million yuan? " Han Lan said again.

"Han Shuai, that's not how accounts are calculated." The boss of Tomahawk Entertainment's financial department finally couldn't help it anymore, and reminded with a sigh:

"Han Shuai, no one can guarantee how the film will perform at the box office before it is released. Even after watching "Jing Wu Chen Zhen", we don't think it will lose money, but we have to prepare for the worst, right? There will be "Zhu Xian 1" in the follow-up, and It is an unknown. If these two films do not perform well, we will lose more than [-] million yuan. In addition to the expenses of other departments of the company and the budget of next year's film, the box office revenue of "Angel Angela" may not be able to make ends meet. Yes. To maintain an obviously loss-making project at this time will put too much pressure on the company’s cash flow.”

Someone took the lead, and other executives also spoke out:

"Han Shuai, in fact, this year you really want to make a comeback. The four films started shooting at the same time in the first half of the year, and they are all independent large investments. No company can bear it..."

"Yeah, this year the company is totally dancing on a tightrope."

Of the four films in the first half of this year, "Jing Wu Chen Zhen", needless to say, was unanimously approved.There are also "Angel Angela" and "Zhu Xian 1", although they are a bit reluctant, but at the end of Han Lan's insistence, a group of people can only agree with Han Yiping's face.

In the end, I didn't expect to make a v, and Han Lan made the whole movie again. If Han Yiping didn't give instructions privately, he wouldn't have passed at all!

But now, various problems began to appear, and they finally couldn't bear it anymore.

This encounter is actually not a catastrophe for Tomahawk Entertainment. Even with the addition of "A Chinese Ghost Story", they are still able to revitalize their funds. Even if "A Chinese Ghost Story" really lost [-] million yuan, it wouldn't be a big deal to them.

But what about later?

These people are also good people. Knowing that Han Yiping is only Han Lan's son, Tomahawk Entertainment will definitely be handed over to Han Lan in the future.At that time, Han Lan will be more courageous, and launch seven or eight blockbuster movies at the same time a year, so what's the point?

This group of people wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of "Zhu Xian 1" to wrap up and Han Lan to return to the company, and use the "A Chinese Ghost Story" incident to beat him up and teach him not to be willful and fool around!

There is nothing wrong with making a movie as a high-risk investment, but you can't bet on the fate of the company every day to walk a tightrope!

In the past, Tomahawk Entertainment made one or two movies a year, and basically only started betting on the next movie after the box office of one movie showed results.And this year, four movies will be released together, what's going on?

Han Lan finally understood what they were thinking, and looked at Han Yiping again. Han Yiping didn't interrupt, apparently acquiescing.

It is even possible that Han Yiping was behind today's incident.

Although this fat man dotes on his son, there are still some things that should be taught.

"I was in a hurry..."

Looking at the company's executives and Han Yiping, Han Lan finally bowed her head. Their concerns were not unreasonable.

Even if these four films are profitable, it is still too irrational to start filming at the same time in the first half of the year, and the capital chain is prone to problems.

As an art creator, if he has the ability to implement his ideas, he will implement them. This is naturally true; but if he is the heir of Tomahawk Entertainment, he can't just consider his own movies.

Han Yiping did not speak, patted him on the shoulder, and led a group of executives out.

Before I left, I didn't say to stop this project, and the funds for "A Chinese Ghost Story" will continue to be allocated.

But, there can be no next time.

Chapter 0543 Han Yiping changed

Tomahawk Entertainment's second floor office building.