Rebirth Begins with a Manga Adaptation

At the end of January, under Cheng Lie's operation, it took less than half a month for the scripts of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories and Love Letter to be approved.

The total investment that Jing Yu can now put out is about 100 million. The screenwriter of the two works of The Soul of Chess and Stones of Destiny, the participation fee and copyright dividends, April at Jinhui TV was your lie, and the white phase Book 2's dividends and screenwriter fees, the episodes and theme songs in so many works, the download dividends on major music software in the past two years, and the two roles of Zuo Wei and Takumi to Go equipment manufacturers and Dazhou car dealers The image cost of advertising.

Jing Yu has accumulated quite a lot of net worth in the past two years. After all, he lives and eats the TV station, and his biggest daily consumption is buying games, so almost all the money he earns is accumulated, which is about 100 million, not counting the initials. D's surrounding dividends have not yet arrived. Even if he doesn't do anything now, with so many works in the past, the copyright and music dividends have earned several million a month.

But this amount of money, used to shoot two movies, is actually not too much.

To be on the safe side, Jing Yu didn't put all his money into it. He invested 90 million in the investment of the two works, and Yu Youqing, Xia Yining, and Cheng Lie also invested money in according to their shareholding ratio.

Of course, a considerable part of the capital expenditure of these two works is the actor's fee, and the biggest actor's expense is the participation fee of Jing Yu, Xia Yining, and Yu Youqing.

Although he invested money and paid for himself, but everything must follow the process. Jing Yu set a market price for himself, for Yu Youqing, and for the producer Cheng Lie.

In addition to having unequal equity in the company, the four of them also each gave copyright dividends according to market conditions after the release of the two works.

Although everyone is so familiar with each other, Jing Yu also understands very well that his brother understands the truth of settling accounts. He is a major shareholder and can use many methods to make profits for himself, but it is obvious that there is no need to take advantage of these.

Wait until early February.

After straightening out various contracts and signing them, Blue Star Culture Film and Television Company also officially started the first project operation after its establishment.

Need to recruit people.

In fact, when making a movie, apart from some financial and a small number of middle and high-level personnel in the company that need to be recruited, other directors and actors can basically be regarded as temporary workers who sign a one-time contract. Valid for the duration of the work.

Not to mention the shooting equipment, except for those TV stations that have long-term filming episodes throughout the year, most film and television companies choose to rent and some equipment, manufacturers only provide rental. If you want to buy it, they don’t sell it. .

If it is leased, it is more expensive, but the cost is within the range that Jingyu can afford.

But the problem lies in recruiting actors.

Because it is a newly established company, although Jing Yu is a great screenwriter in the TV drama industry, he is a newcomer in the movie industry.

Many film actors have no interest in these two works.

Even if they are second- and third-tier actors themselves, and the price Jing Yu gave is their market price.

but

They are also afraid of making bad movies!

That bit of remuneration is easy to earn, but the reputation of sacrificing bad movies is hard to earn.

At the same time that Jing Yu and the others were looking for actors in the entire film industry with Shanghai as the center, Cheng Lie was also looking for distributors and theaters for two films that had not yet started shooting.

The film industry of Dazhou is relatively mature in this respect. Even if Jing Yu's Blue Star Culture Film and Television Company is a newcomer in the film industry, which company didn't come from a small and weak step by step, and there are not so many love-hate entanglements and suppression. Can't do it

Moreover, Rurouni Kenshin invested 51 million yuan and Love Letter invested 44 million yuan, which is not a low-budget film with a medium production level.

Coupled with Jing Yu's popularity and ability in the TV drama industry in Dazhou, there are still several industry giants who are very interested in cooperation, and a preliminary cooperation agreement can reach a consensus, but in the end, after the filming of the drama is completed, how much will they be willing to spend? To help you operate, it still depends on the quality of your drama.

Movies basically account for one-third of the box office, distributors account for one-third of the box office, and theaters account for one-third of the box office. As long as the movie you make has potential and can make money, everyone will definitely not fight with money. make life difficult for.

Jing Yu's series of operations in February also made him leave Yunteng and set up his own company to make movies, and the news quickly spread among the fan community.

All the major fan groups were in a rage this day.

"Ms. Jing is going to make a movie."

"Really? I'm still looking forward to his new summer drama!"

"A new summer show?"

"Then movies are fine too! As long as it's Teacher Jing Yu's work, whether it's a movie or a TV series, I'll watch it."

"I'm still casting actors in February, so I guess it will take a few months to see the release, don't even think about it."

"On the contrary, you keep saying that Mr. Jing Yu is going to make a movie, but what kind of movie is that movie?"

"I don't know. Now I only know the title of the work, the love letter, and Rurouni Kenshin. Memories."

"If you talk about love letters, you'll know as soon as you hear it. It must be a romance movie. Rurouni Kenshin is a proper historical or fighting movie!"

"Is it also starring Teacher Jing Yu?"

"have no idea."

"Damn, what the hell is Mr. Jing Yu doing? If you don't make a good TV series, what kind of movie will you make? I also said that those who watched his new drama in the summer are now in vain."

"However, I heard that these two films are collaborations with Yu Youqing and Xia Yining. They each serve as the heroine of a film. For those fans who want to watch a three-person love story, this time Blessed are the eyes."

"Damn it. Is it true or not? We're working together again? I'll definitely go to the cinema to cheer."

The fans are relatively simple, they only know that Jing Yu is very powerful, very powerful.

It's great for making TV series, but can it be bad for making movies?

The audience's thinking is that simple.

mid-February.

After a month of preparation, formation, and various divisions of labor, the crew members of the two dramas, Cheng Lie and Jing Yu, were all found together.

Rurouni Kenshin is okay, there are not many supporting roles in the whole work. As for the love letter, there are not many supporting roles, but they are miscellaneous. The joining of popular veteran actors.

Of course, another reason why they will participate is that they think the script of this drama is good, and it is not clear whether it will be popular, but there is a high probability that it will not be sprayed with garbage after it is released, and that is enough.

And among them, Jing Yu actually likes the actor Yan Jiang of Gu Qing the most.

When he was young, he was also a popular niche in martial arts dramas in Dazhou, and his popularity exploded.

But as he gets older, natural resources decline, and he has an incompetent son who loves to gamble, otherwise he wouldn't be in his forties and still come to accept this kind of film contract from an unknown crew.

This guy... has really practiced martial arts. Not only is his movement smooth and smooth, but he can also fight in actual combat.

Cheng Lie invited him to kill two birds with one stone, not only let him play the role of Gu Qing, but also let him serve as the martial arts instructor for the memory of Rurouni Kenshin.

After all, if you want the action to look good, you must have an excellent martial arts finger.

The Modu film and television base has scenes of modern dramas, and naturally there are scenes of ancient styles.

Moreover, the magic capital is an ancient capital, and many places retain ancient buildings. It is also easy to take pictures, but the cost is

In the past, TV dramas were made with the TV station's money, Jing Yu didn't feel sorry for them, and Cheng Lie would never talk about these things with Jing Yu.

Anyway, it’s how you think it’s suitable to shoot, then shoot as you like, if the cost can be compressed, then compress it, if it can’t be compressed, start asking for money, and make additional investment with Yunteng.

But after he became an investor, he definitely couldn't be so casual. Cheng Lie's every payment in the crew would be listed in a detailed form and summarized for Jing Yu to review.

Costumes, Makeup, Lighting, Sets, Camera, Art, Action

All is money.

Jing Yu felt that his investment was not too small, but he only saw the shooting budget listed by Cheng Lie

All of a sudden the pressure is great.