Bright Spring

"There's nothing around, and it's still a bit cold." Gao Xu said.

Sun Jing looked up at the moon in the sky, then looked at Gao Xu, smiled and said: "Because there is nothing, talking is interesting. TV, computer, mobile phone, trivial matters of work and life, don't you think that sometimes they are too full ?”

Gao Xu smiled and said, "I don't think so, I often sit in the yard in a daze or read a book."

"President Liu is indeed a very special person." Sun Jing looked at his face.

Gao Xu said calmly: "I will say this too, usually to beauties."

Sun Jing laughed out loud.

She stopped her smile and said in a sentimental tone: "Occasionally, I still want to have someone to talk with, woman. But it's not easy to find."

She looks pretty good, especially after putting on makeup, her figure is well maintained, and her family background seems to be good.

Gao Xu thought: Maybe for some needs, she can consider giving up other requirements?I don't know if such a strategy is feasible.After all, a situation like Miao Jin's doesn't have much reference value. She and Gao Xu have been together "before".

Gao Xu didn't say anything, he didn't bother to care so much.He politely stood with Sun Jing for a while, then said: "Be careful of catching a cold, go back and rest. You can come to work soon after you adjust your condition."

Sun Jing said: "Okay, thank you Mr. Liu for driving me."

Gao Xu nodded and said, "See you later."

A few days later, Gao Xu found the management of Phantom Film Studio, contacted the brokerage company, and began to sign a substantive agreement.The costume drama project is about to be put on the agenda.

As the controlling party of Phantom Film Studio, the Wei family has no objection in being responsible for the production.But Wei Chenghua is also one of the investors of the fashion project, promising to invest 1000 million yuan.

So Vice President Wei Jixun came to talk to Gao Xu and put forward some opinions on the candidate for the director.Probably the reason is that Wei Jixun feels that director Ma is not well-known, and the market performance of his previous works is not very good, so there are better choices.

There is some truth in his words. Maybe Ma Xuan's previous works were affected by many objective reasons, such as insufficient investment, poor script, etc., but the risk of Ma Xuan's failure again cannot be ignored.

After weighing the matter, Gao Xu still believed in his intuitive judgment, thinking that Ma Xuan was indeed talented.And Gao Xu also expressed his own considerations in front of Wei Jixun: he didn't care much about profit when making this drama, the production cost is limited, and he can afford to lose money.

So Wei Jixun had nothing to say, and directly claimed the 1000 million project investment.However, the Wei family obviously didn't just expect the project to make money when they invested the money.

Chapter 64 Intuition

The investment of Gao Xu's series project is less than half of that of the animation project, and the total investment of 4000 episodes is about [-] million yuan; the profit expectation is completely incomparable with the animation film.Just like Wang Siqi and most people's views, the movie box office is the one that brings in the fastest money.

But Gao Xu put more energy into the costume dramas.

The crew built a shooting location in Xiyu Province.From 509 to the first half of 510, during the production period of less than a year, Gao Xu flew twice to observe the filming scene in person.Sun Jing under his command has also been stationed in the Western Regions for a long time, passing all kinds of information back to Taicang.

A large media company in Taicang has signed an exclusive premiere agreement with Dream Incubation Studio.

The terms are a bit complicated, and the key content is the cooperation model of floating copyright fees.When the episode was almost finished, a pay TV station owned by the other party was the first to show it, and then put it on their video website.The higher the ratings and playback volume, the higher the copyright fee, and it can be executed according to the agreement.

At the same time, Gao Xu will also follow up the animation project of "Zootopia".With the experience of last time, this time he is also familiar with the road.However, signing various contracts, negotiating affairs in the process of cooperation, and complicated things still can't be lazy.In short, for more than half a year, Gao Xu entered a busy life again.

After both projects hit the market, things were a little bit unexpected.

"Dragon Inn" became popular in China very quickly, and the ratings of the TV station rose unexpectedly.Taicang Shengying Film Factory, as the producer, evaluates based on the current data. Not only will this project not lose money, but it can also make a lot of money.The exclusive broadcast in the early stage can at least recover the cost, and then it can be sold to other TV stations and websites, as well as export copyright.So profit is a sure thing.

After exporting this kind of traditional costume drama, at least Japan, North Korea, Annan and other places have a high degree of acceptance.

The exclusive premiere company has already expressed their willingness to continue working together, and they hope to slightly modify the ending of the episode in order to shoot a sequel.But Gao Xu didn't accept it, he had his own plans for costume dramas and didn't want to continue this theme.

Of course, such a decision made Wei Jixun and the people in the media company unable to understand, because the outside world now believes that this subject matter has become a high-quality project.Gao Xu's thinking angle is different, he is considering the content of Wude period.

"Zoo City" has just been released globally simultaneously, and it is expected to make money.

The surprise is that this animation has just been released, and observing the domestic box office trend, it seems that it cannot surpass the previous animation "Looking for Dreams"; on the contrary, it has performed surprisingly well in foreign markets.

Logically, this should not be the case. Gao Xu felt that the viewability of "Zootopia" was no worse than that of "Looking for Dreams", not to mention the halo bonus of the Concubine Shu's Golden Fan Award, but domestic audiences did not buy it as much as expected.

This day, "Big Uncle" Wei Jixun came and came to Dream Incubation Studio in person.Gao Xu invited him into the office and asked Xiao Yu to make two cups of tea.

Wei Jixun didn't hide his feelings, and said directly, "To be honest, last year I really didn't intend to make money from dramas."

"I know." Gao Xu smiled.

When the two talked about this topic, Gao Xu opened the video website, clicked on "Dragon Inn" on the homepage, and moved the monitor so that Wei Jixun could also see it.

What impressed Gao Xu the most in memory was the movie version that Maggie Cheung participated in. Due to technical limitations, the picture and fineness of the movie in memory were not as good as those on the monitor at that time.

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The drama that is being played, the way of serving, the details of the scenes, the shooting techniques, and the acting skills of the actors are all at the movie level in Gao Xu's eyes.Gao Xu has watched it before. The series pays more attention to the relationship between the characters and the plot, and the whole world view is also very round and smooth.This show is undoubtedly excellent.

Gao Xu is in a very good mood. According to this level, if he continues to shoot the story of Wu Dechao, the spread and influence will definitely not be bad.

Wei Jixun looked at it for a while, and said, "It's really good, I admire it very much. Brother Liu is really a general who wins in business."

Gao Xu smiled, noncommittal.He felt that this TV series, in addition to being well-produced, also had to admit that the creativity took a shortcut.There are a large number of bad movies in various periods, and it is often difficult to distinguish them before the market test; and he directly takes the classics recognized by countless people in his memory, and he will not be far behind.

Maybe innovation is not so easy, and it can't even come out with money alone.Innovation in literature and art is nothing more than innovation in technology, sometimes it can directly start the engine of the world economy, which is no joke.

Wei Jixun's voice said again, "The main reason why I came here to disturb you today is because uncle mentioned you."

"Oh?" Gao Xu looked away from the screen.

Wei Jixun said, "After my uncle said, I also realized Brother Liu's excellence. It should be the first time you invest in a drama series. It is not easy to organize such an unknown project."

"The consultants around me are also very capable, at least they didn't let me fall into some pitfalls." Gao Xu said relaxedly.

Wei Jixun nodded and said, "Brother Liu is indeed very knowledgeable. Directors like Ma Xuan, I was not optimistic at the time. We talked about it, and you must use him."

Gao Xu said, "Looking at it now, you didn't see the wrong person, right?"

Wei Jixun pondered for a moment, "Brother Liu doesn't know the director profession, how can he make a definite judgment?"

This sentence caught Gao Xu's attention. He thought for a while and said, "It's mainly based on intuition. As a person, I am willing to listen to other people's analysis and opinions, but I only rely on myself for making decisions and results."

Wei Jixun froze for a moment, then looked at Gao Xu in blank dismay.

However, in Gao Xu's heart, intuition is actually a vague summary produced by summarizing information from various sources.Not to mention a director, the big deal is just to affect a business. The civil and military officials appointed by Gao Xu back then frequently affected the operation of the dynasty and the outcome of wars. Didn't he do it by intuition?

Wei Jixun's eyes were both admiring and jealous, and his tone was a bit strange, "Uncle thinks highly of you."

Gao Xu took a look at him, and said humbly, "Thank you Mr. Wei Zhongming for his love. However, Mr. Wei's business is not the same as ours, and there should be a fundamental difference."

Wei Jixun said, "By the way, the Twelve Nations Economic and Trade Conference will be held in Taicang next month. Uncle will also come to Taicang at that time. He asked me to take a message and invite Brother Liu to go with him."

Gao Xu showed a surprised expression, and asked, "I am a person who works in entertainment and film, do I need to attend such a meeting?"

Wei Jixun shook his head and said, "I don't know the reason either. For example, my father's capital scale is larger than Brother Liu's, and he didn't receive the invitation. But since uncle has spoken, he has his own reasons."

"I'll give you an answer in the next ten days, and I'll call Brother Wei when the time comes." Gao Xu said.he still