Entertainment Empire System

Ye Ming said with great confidence: "Cinema chains, next year, the country will allow foreign investment in cinema chains. This is an opportunity. Although in the short term, the investment in cinema chains will be huge, but in the long term, cinema chains are the most important." The real king is, in this era when marketing is king, if you control the theater chain, you control the lifeline of the movie."

This is a consensus in the entertainment industry. It doesn’t matter who makes the movie, even if it’s Cameron. Most of the movies shot by Spielberg are screened in movie theaters. Theaters generate box office, and box office is the foundation of a movie. Everything else is nonsense.

Chen Yang had never participated in such a thing, and he said with some disdain: "Theatrical chain is king, you said it, but why don't Huayi Brothers, Poly Huayi, Zhongbo and other film and television companies have one?" To set up your own theater chain, do you just mean that your brilliant film and television company will set up its own theater chain?" Although I am not very familiar with the entertainment industry, but in fact, most film and television companies do not have their own theater chain. Chen Yang is very clear.

Ye Ming said with a smile: "It's not that they don't have it, but they don't dare. Investment in theaters is not something that a film and television company can do. It must be supported by a large consortium.

Therefore, it is not easy for me to do it myself. If it were easy, I would not ask you to cooperate. "

Ye Ming said so many words without politeness, but in fact, he only meant one thing on this issue, that is, he didn't have money, and he didn't have much money to do it himself.

Chen Yang hesitated for a moment, his eyes flickering. But after all, I couldn't make up my mind, so I finally sighed and said: "This is not in our Chen family's plan. Investing in a theater chain involves a lot of things, and it is not something that can be done easily. . I can’t promise you now. Moreover, theater chains are not so easy to do sometimes, and they burn too much money.”

Ye Ming shrugged and said: If that's the case, then just pretend that I didn't say anything. "However, Chen Yang's arrival has affected Ye Ming's life. In fact, he originally did not plan to be a theater chain. The theater chain is indeed a very money-burning industry. The initial investment is very large. Moreover, the operating expenses are also quite high. However, Ye Ming has not given up on this idea. After all, theaters are king. This is a later development trend. More than half of a movie's box office must be given to theaters. , if the film and television company does not have a theater chain, then it will wait to be exploited in the future.

After talking about this matter to Sister Fang Fang, Sister Fang Fang said disdainfully: "You'd better save money, theater chain, do you have that much money? The company only has how much money, and you can't always do it all." Let’s use it as a theater.” In the end, Ye Ming put aside his idea for the time being. However, he is also waiting for a suitable opportunity to enter a business like the theater chain.

A week later, Zhang Yimou called and said in a tired voice: "Ye Ming, the crew of [My Father and Mother] has officially shut down. There will be a shutdown ceremony tonight, and your kid is coming over." Ye Ming looked at After a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "Director Zhang, it's already half past five in the afternoon. You can't play tricks on me like this. Even if I drive a helicopter over, I guess your shutdown ceremony will be over by the time I break it." .”

Only then did Zhang Yimou burst into laughter and said, "I knew you would say that. Don't worry, we are holding a shutdown ceremony in the capital. At 7:30 in the evening, we will have a banquet hall on the third floor of Red Star Seafood City. You must come then." .”

Since we are in the capital, Ye Ming naturally has no reason not to go when things like that are happening. This is the rule in the circle. If there is no last resort, it is usually a shutdown ceremony like this, that is, with the university. The dinner parties are the same, they are all must-go. After asking for leave from Director Li Ping, Ye Ming returned to the dressing room to remove his makeup, but he was a bit pressed for time.

At this time, Fan Binbin ran in wearing a traditional costume and a bright red down jacket and said: "Brother Ming, how are you? There is a show tonight. Brother Five is inviting me to have supper. Do you want to come with me?" It's been a long time since we all went together to cause trouble. Shall we go together?" Ye Ming had already begun to take off his makeup. Fan Binbin looked at it and said, "What, you are taking off your makeup now, are you going out later?"

The crew still had scenes to shoot in the evening. Normally, makeup would not be removed at this time, but Ye Ming was removing makeup in the dressing room, which meant that he was about to go out. Ye Ming said while taking off his makeup: "I just received a call from Director Zhang, saying that [my father and mother] have shut down their phones. The shutdown ceremony will be held in the capital. I am the leading actor no matter what. If I don't go, what will happen?" I offended people. I just agreed with Director Li that my scene will be postponed to tomorrow night.

You go and play today. You may not know what time you will be back then. Hearing this, countless little stars appeared in Fan Binbin's eyes: "Director Zhang, Zhang Yimou, Director Zhang, he actually called you to invite you. When can I be afraid of Director Zhang's play?" "

In China, it is indeed an honor to be able to film a movie about a national teacher. Who doesn't know that a movie about a national teacher is most likely to win awards internationally. Even though Fan Binbin is now a famous actor, the national teacher Zhang Yimou is still so unattainable to her.

Ye Ming said with a smile: "There will be a chance. To be honest, Zhang Ziyi's acting skills are not necessarily better than yours. The key is the opportunity. If the opportunity comes, maybe you can become it." Fan Binbin can do this. It was obvious that these were words of comfort to her. It's cold, the moon is full on the west tower, and the moonlight pours in like water from the sky, passing through the layers of night and falling on this colorful city.

There is still no traffic jam in the capital, so when Ye Ming arrives, it will only be seven o'clock.

If it is an ordinary crew and the big names can come on time, this is already a considerable favor to the director. If you are late for less than 20 minutes, is it called late? If you are not late for half an hour, you cannot be called a big shot. However, no one in Zhang Yimou's crew would be late, so Ye Ming naturally said that he would never make such a mistake.

Although Ye Ming arrived half an hour earlier, he was still a little late. At this time, other members of the crew had already arrived early. Naturally, the earlier Zhang Yimou's crew arrived, the better.

Zhang Ziyi felt very unhappy when she saw that Ye Ming had come so late. If he was the last one to come at this time, then Wangwang would be the most important member of the crew. Although he was not late, he came The further back, the more qualified the actor is. Zhang Ziyi stood next to Zhang Weiping in a sky blue evening dress and whispered softly: Mr. Zhang, this Ye Ming is a little too arrogant. He wants everyone to wait for him. He is not putting you and Director Zhang in his eyes. "

This is the meaning of giving Ye Ming little shoes to wear. However, Zhang Weiping didn't seem to be angry at all, and said with a helpless look in his eyes: "Ye Ming, this kid is not simple, you know? I had dinner with Wang Zhongjun and Jiang Wen the day before yesterday, and among the five people sitting together, One of them is him. Brilliant Film and Television is one of the five major investors in Jiang Wen’s new film, [The Devils Are Coming], and this guy is very ambitious and wants to enter theaters.”

In fact, Zhang Weiping didn't say a word. Among the four bosses present at the time, who didn't have the intention to enter the theater chain? The theater chain is king. The four of them were very clear about this. It's just that they don't have money. If they have money, it is estimated that the four of them will take such an action.

Zhang Ziyi's face suddenly became dull after hearing this, "Cinema?" While he was still busy making movies, Ye Ming had already started working on theaters. Although it was just an idea, it was not something that ordinary people could imagine.

Therefore, Zhang Ziyi's expression gradually became serious at this moment. Zhang Yimou saw Ye Ming coming and walked over and said, "Ye Ming, you came just in time. In fact, I also have something to ask you for. This movie of mine lacks a good theme song. It won't be much if I let Sanbao do it." If it's suitable, why don't you give me a song? If it's like [Invisible Wings], that would be the best."

Sure enough, this shutdown ceremony was not so easy to participate in. Ye Ming thought for a while and said, "Director Zhang, you really said what you said. In fact, when filming this movie, I actually wrote a song. If Director Zhang doesn't say it, then I really can't bring it up?" Zhang Yimou was actually very surprised. Ye Ming is very good at writing songs. This can be seen from "Invisible Wings" came out, but he never expected that Ye Ming actually said that he had written the song in this silence. At that moment, Zhang Yimou laughed loudly and said, "Really? In this way, we really have a good understanding. Please tell me what song it is. If it's not appropriate enough, then I won't agree."

In fact, Zhang Yimou did not expect Ye Ming to agree immediately. If the film can be written before the end of post-production, that would be a pretty good thing. But I didn't expect that he actually had such a song. A singer who could win the title of king in a battle would naturally write a song that was not so simple and perfunctory. If Ye Ming dares to say that in front of him, it means that he is very confident in his song. A good song will definitely complement a movie. Zhang Yimou is very clear about this. (To be continued)