Chapter 440 Where is the audience? They are all investors!
Financing is a very common thing in the film and television industry.
Even a film and television company like China Film Group will actively look for other investors to cooperate with it when launching a large-scale project.
The specific reasons for financing are actually very complicated. There are factors such as performing arts and film and television resources, as well as reasons such as distribution or wanting to borrow social resources from other investors.
But in the final analysis, it is all about sharing risks equally.
Because no matter how awesome the producers and producers are, they cannot guarantee that a project will be put into production immediately after it is put into production, that the actor/director will not fail after it is put into production, that the film will be released once it is completed, and that it will make money once it is released. …
The most obvious example is that in 2016, Ningxia Pictures produced a fantasy movie "Asura", and hired Wu Lei, Tony Leung, Carina Lau and other big names, and then... and then nothing happened.
This film invested more than 800 million, and the box office was 45 million.
Another example is when something happened to Shuangzi, or when the Korean ban was imposed, how many producers and producers wanted to jump off the building...
Filmmaking is a metaphysics, and not everyone is interested in it.
Therefore, it has become a fixed pattern that the first thing to do after a project in the film and television industry is established is to raise funds first.
How can I get financing?
Generally speaking, the producers find their own connections to start private placements, or even worse, they insert female celebrities into the coal boss's bed... How can there be someone like Li Youzhi! ?
Shaking hands.
As Li Youzhi sent out the crowdfunding with the changed shares, the comment area completely exploded!
"You're laughing so hard, what the hell is this? I didn't buy it just now because I was registering an account. Five thousand yuan a share is a great deal as a member of Waguang Culture, right? As a result, after I registered, I suddenly became It’s a hundred yuan a piece, and I still have to place an order of fifty. Who made this suggestion? Pull him out and play jer for half an hour!”
"Hahahaha, I've got ten copies! I feel the power coming up. From now on, we are the same as the coal boss! @I would like to advise my brother Li Youzhi, who is the actress in the movie? Now, pack it up immediately Send it to my room!"
"Twenty orders have been placed. Whether I can buy a house in the capital this year depends on this wave!"
"Minato! You're the idiot in front of me, you're going to make me laugh to death, hahahaha!"
"He really made me cry to death... The price of two lottery tickets gave me a new identity. @I advise my little brother Li Youzhi to call the boss quickly and make me happy!"
Beep!
Received amazing points, 2019820 points!
dormitory.
Li Youzhi laughed when he heard an amazing reminder that the value had been credited to his account, and then saw that the 100,000 copies of the crowdfunding he had just listed on the film financing website had sold more than 30,000 copies in an instant.
But looking at the crowd of fun-loving netizens in the comment area, Li Youzhi was speechless.
As for the unspoken actress, please take it easy... What we're doing this time is an anime!
And the one who bought 20 shares and is looking forward to buying a house in the capital... Film and television projects are not arms projects. Even if you invest in Laiyang Steel Pipe, there is no return rate of 2,000 yuan into 20 million yuan!
It is true that a bicycle can be transformed into a motorcycle, but no matter how hard it is, it cannot be transformed into a star battleship, right?
Give Brother Zhi some time to calm down, Hundan!
Seeing the demons dancing wildly in the comment area, Li Youzhi took a deep breath and parachuted directly into the comment area.
Article 33 of "Workplace Survival Code": It doesn't matter if you are full, you are a mother if you have breasts! Leaders/Parties A who really benefit you in the workplace must be protected!
In line with this principle, Li Youzhi directly posted a comment and manually pinned it to the top!
"Hello bosses! Thanks to the bosses for their investment and support. Currently, 40,000 copies have been sold through crowdfunding, and the project start-up funds have been initially settled. Next, I will improve the script and settings, and start working with the friends of Heguang Culture. In the production of "Nezha", this time...the aesthetics and destiny are decided by ourselves!"
in the comment section.
Seeing Li Youzhi's pinned comment, people who were already having fun melted!
Everyone knows how Li Youzhi's animation project came about.
I was completely offended by the operation of "The Heroic Boy" and was suggested by netizens!
It's like what?
It's like your family has arranged a blind date for you. Opposite you is a 300-pound tank with a pockmarked face. You feel disgusted, but your seven aunts and eight aunts who have the right to speak still say that this girl is good.
But at night, your cousin, who is usually closest to you, takes you into a small alley. Here you will find many gentle and lovely ladies, extending their tender little hands to you. Calling you softly, calling you handsome, and inviting you into the house to play together...
At this moment, your cousin is your god!
"Brother, just go ahead and do it! Don't be mentally burdened, I'm worthy of the project!"
"I only advise you to hurry up. As long as this movie doesn't make you squint, and the rest of it is a piece of shit, I'll go to the cinema and eat it!"
"It's on fire. Mom, it's on fire all of a sudden! Gather the crowd, gather the crowd for me. Although "The Wandering Earth" was a success, to be honest, we have no sense of participation at all. This time, as an investor, I want to participate in the whole process participate!"
"You upstairs are really a genius! You don't need me to create a group, we can build it ourselves! Come on, come on, I have a QQ group with 5,000 people here, +++++!"
Beep!
Received a stunning value of 903939 points!
Beep!
Receive a suggested task (form a capital group and let capital participate in the production) with a difficulty level of 7 stars. After completion, you will receive a B-level reward treasure chest!
"..."
Minato.
Li Youzhi smacked his lips when he saw the new mission popping up in front of his eyes.
Good guy, it’s enough to make a movie if only one developer intervenes in the production. What the hell... 10,000, 20,000...
Looking at the movie financing website, which has accumulated more than 20,000 people participating in crowdfunding, Li Youzhi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
You bunch of fun-loving people don’t have the slightest bit of awareness from coal bosses...
If it doesn’t work, I’ll mail you some Ao Bing’s paper person or something later.
If more than 20,000 investors participated in the project, this project... would be so exciting!
Looking at the QQ group account sent by Leziren shareholders in the comment area, Li Youzhi quietly lurked in using his trumpet and turned off his phone.
Don't worry about the film financing network for the time being. This is the financing platform created by Rongdian Film and Television City.
The financing model is that the producer publishes and attracts people. Cats and dogs can all be crowdfunded, as long as someone buys it.
But money needs to be supervised, and the platform will establish a supervision account after the financing is completed.
Looking at it now, the crowdfunding of 100,000 units is expected to be almost sold out in two days.
While Chen Delu's side was not full of people and the people were messing around, he had to make preparations quickly.
Li Youzhi cheered up after turning the computer back on.
Animation projects are actually a little lighter than "The Wandering Earth". For animation, there are very few shooting parts. Motion capture can be done in a studio, and the main thing is to burn production costs.
But spending money is one thing. The requirements for the producer's control, scripts and related settings are surprisingly high!
When he was working on the project script just now, Li Youzhi had already completed the creative and story conceiving aspects. However, the complete setting of an anime is quite complicated, and all the characters have to be fabricated out of thin air.
In normal acting, you tell an actor roughly how to act, and the actor can shape the character for you based on experience, but this is not the case with animation - the storyboards of the script must be detailed down to the movements - otherwise the motion capture actor will not be able to perform.
Concentrating all his energy, Li Youzhi held his breath and moved his fingers like flying. With the clicking of the mouse and keyboard, the character designs and animation layouts of "Nezha" were gradually listed...
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In the next few days, Li Youzhi, Zhuang Hongbin and other friends from Heguang Digital began to refine the settings of "Nezha".
In the past few days when Li Youzhi was busy refining the settings, one after another new faces carrying large and small bags also appeared at the Film and Television Academy.
September 12th.
At around six o'clock in the afternoon, Li Youzhi, who finally completed all the detailed settings and finalized the production outline, stretched himself greatly.
"Why?"
As soon as he raised his head, Li Youzhi saw the shadows outside the window of Heguang Digital Studio.
"What's going on outside?"
Pointing to the unfamiliar faces peeking out of the window, Li Youzhi asked Zhou Yuan, who was in charge of logistical support...well, that is, receiving milk tea and takeaways.
"Hey, are you talking about these people? You have been busy setting up these days. Dean Chen is doing receptions in the school every day and you didn't even notice. There are digital teams from all over the place who come to join our project!"
Ouyou?
Li Youzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Good guy, Lao Chen moves very quickly!
After learning that people had begun to arrive one after another, Li Youzhi quickly stood up, opened the door of the studio and came outside the office building.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. When he saw it, Li Youzhi shouted "Good guy!"
I saw no fewer than 200 people gathered outside the Zhizhi Building where Heguang Digital was located!
Seeing Li Youzhi walking out of the door, the crowd who had been looking at the interior of Heguang Digital Studio immediately started making a noise.
Looking at the people standing under the window and pointing at him, Li Youzhi looked around, and in less than two seconds he saw Chen Delu standing in front of the gate of Zhizhi Building on the phone.
"Crooked? Director Liu, I begged you to free up the school's gymnasium and you didn't do it for me? What? To occupy the gymnasium, you need to ask the leader for approval? Which leader? Our Film and Television School is working on a large industrial-level project, twelve Provincial and municipal publicity departments and industrial bases, student teams from seven colleges and universities including Zhongchuan, Jidong, China, Sichuan, West, Hu, and Shandong Gongmei all participated. Film Channel Production Center, Shake Hands, and Bizhan United It’s a production, and the film bureau has its name on it. Are you telling me that using the gymnasium still requires approval from the leadership?
Let me tell you: once this project is launched, there will be no branch campuses, no teachers or students, everyone has the responsibility to cooperate. Our Film and Television School is determined to give everything we have! In front of this project, Agricultural University has only one leader, and that is me, Chen Delu! If Huo Renhong says no, ask him to come directly to me! "
After saying a few words to the other side of the phone, Chen Delu hung up the phone directly.
Seeing Chen Delu's red face, Li Youzhi stood silently and gave a thumbs up.
"Hey, Xiaozhi, are you done there?"
Facing Chen Delu, whose expression changed instantly, Li Youzhi grinned.
I can't do it until it's finished... If I keep doing this for a few more days, you won't be running after the principal.
I know your lines well. I heard them in "The Great Battle"... You are obviously running towards the Chairman!
Didi, didi, didi...
Just when Li Youzhi wanted to make a few sentences to remind Chen Delu that he still needed to be patient and not blindly expand, his cell phone suddenly rang softly.
Looking at the prompts on the screen, Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows.
Those were two hot searches pushed to him by Assistant Tu.
What’s the hot search?
[Classmate Xiaozhi’s new film "Nezha" has been launched, and the 100,000 crowdfunding copies have been sold out, with a round of financing of 10 million yuan]
[A man invested 1 million in a movie and lost 960,000. Investing in a movie is risky and has a high probability of losing money. Beware of movie financing scams! 】
Aha?
Li Youzhi snorted when he looked at these two hot searches that were not related but were closely related.
The project hasn't even started yet, and you're already playing dirty, right?
Laughed.
If a person loses a million dollars in investment, it is a financing scam.
If a person's investment of 100 yuan is lost, what is it?
Then it is to contribute to the Chinese animation industry!
Ignoring the two hot searches, Li Youzhi took out his mobile phone, took a photo of the team representatives from various places who had arrived at the Agricultural Film Festival, and posted a picture of his shaking hands.
[Dads from the capital, the production team (representatives) of "Nezha" are in place. Please give us your instructions on what to do next! 】
coax!
Following Li Youzhi's dynamic release, the comment section of Douishou, which had been enthusiastic about capital investment in the past two days, exploded again and again!
PS: It was too late to finish the drip last night, and I wrote half of it, so there is still one chapter left today. The temperature has been cooling down in various places recently. Please take good care of your health, remember to wear a mask when going out, and remember to vote at home!