Century Galaxy has the full adaptation rights for "The Devil". After Liu Ye agreed to join the crew, Century Galaxy could not help but pay attention to the movie "The Devil". Luo Yin, who was already in a semi-retired state, even served as the nominal producer of the movie "The Devil". The news spread like wildfire in the entertainment circle.
Before the filming even started, a big gimmick had already been created. The leading actors included Liu Ye and Jiang Se, and the production company was Century Galaxy. This inevitably attracted the attention of many investors, who were eyeing this piece of juicy meat.
Luo Yin has had a lot of social engagements recently, and many old friends have been interested in asking him whether the news is true, expressing their desire to invest in "The Devil".
After all, in recent years Liu Ye has had a strong box office appeal in the entertainment industry, with outstanding acting skills, a solid position, and many fans. All the movies he has made are masterpieces, well-made, and have achieved both good reputation and box office success.
In comparison, although Jiang Se is a newcomer who has only entered the entertainment industry not long ago and has not produced many works, the global box office of her previous film "Beijing Events" has reached 3.7 billion, which has proved her strength. The cooperation between Liu Ye and her can be regarded as a strong combination.
These two main actors will naturally make many investors eager to invest.
When Jiang Se received a call from Nie Dan asking her to meet, she had just finished exercising and took a pen to tick the last task assigned by her coach in her planner.
She stretched her legs. After practicing dancing for more than half a year, splitting was not difficult for her. Nie Dan asked her to have dinner together in the evening, saying that he had something to discuss with her.
Jiang Se took a shower, changed her clothes and arrived at the place where she had agreed to meet Nie Dan. Nie Dan had already arrived, as well as Xiang Qiuji and others. When she saw her, Nie Dan's eyes widened and she could hardly believe her eyes.
She was wearing low-waisted light blue jeans and a white shirt with the hem tucked into her pants. She wore a dark blue knitted sweater and a loose jacket on the outside, with black drawstring boots and her hair was loose. Her temperament had not changed, she still looked cool and aloof, but she had lost a lot of weight.
"Does Brother Yi know?"
Nie Dan asked hesitantly. Pei Yi treated her like his own precious baby and might not know that the jewel in his eyes had become so thin.
Cheng Runing felt something was wrong and couldn't help asking:
"What's going on?"
Several people met in the audience pavilion, Jiang Se shook his head:
"I recently accepted a new role in a new drama. I plan to lose 15 pounds to meet the requirements of the role. I will go back to recuperate after the filming."
She briefly described her situation and recalled Nie Dan's appointment with her:
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Nie Dan heaved a sigh of relief when she said this, and when she took the initiative to ask about why several people were looking for her, he couldn't help but smile:
"Sese, you should know that we invested in "Beijing Events" with Brother Yi before."
At that time, in the early stage of filming "Beijing Events", because Dong Mingsheng unexpectedly withdrew his investment, Pei Yi and Nie Dan temporarily took over and invested more than 200 million yuan. Pei Yi contributed 160 million yuan alone, and the rest of the money was collected by Nie Dan and others. He pointed at Cheng Runing, glanced at Xiang Qiuji and Xiang Qiuran, and didn't bother to be polite with Jiang Se:
“The subsequent movies were released and we made some money.”
The total box office of "Great Event in Peking" is close to 3.8 billion. Excluding the share of cinemas and theater chains as well as taxes, the amount of money that several people received is quite considerable.
"Brother Yi has received his share of the money, and it is temporarily with us." Nie Dan poured a glass of sparkling wine with a low alcohol content for Jiang Se:
"We have also considered investing this money into movies. It just so happens that you have a new movie and I heard that Liu Ye will also be in it. What do you think?"
Previously, Pei Yi's investment was just for fun, and a few people thought it was fun, so they followed him, and the money was not much.
But this time it was different. Nie Dan had just tasted the sweetness of investing in the entertainment industry, and now he wanted to try the waters again. It was not just a hobby.
The Xiang family originally had some connection with the entertainment industry. Several elders in the family worked in the Ministry of Culture. After discussing it, they also thought about doing something. When they heard that Jiang Se was going to take on a new drama, they immediately became interested:
"Sese, if you think it's feasible, I'll take Brother Yi's share of the money we earned this time and we can invest it together."
Friendship is friendship, business is business. After Nie Dan finished speaking, the others nodded.
If he asked about other things, Jiang Se might not dare to guarantee it, but when he asked about "The Devil", she remembered that Xia Chaoqun had said before that Feng Nan was also interested in obtaining the adaptation rights of "The Devil" and had set his sights on "The Devil", and then she remembered her own guess about Feng Nan.
If her guess was correct, Feng Nan did know some things that would happen in the future, which led to her entering the entertainment industry after her rebirth. The scripts and roles she targeted would all receive good responses later on. Then, it is unlikely that Nie Dan and others would lose money by investing in "Devil".
Thinking of this, Jiang Se nodded:
"You can give it a try. I've read the script and it's pretty good. Liu Ye took on the script based on this consideration and he turned down several offers from foreign producers."
She stretched out her hand to push the wine glass away a little, and asked for another bottle of mineral water. Her hand was very thin, and the veins on the back of her hand were bulging:
"Zhao Rang also intends to make further progress with this film. I have worked with him twice, and his seriousness is no less than that of Director Lin."
When Jiang Se said this, he saw Nie Dan and the others cheered up:
"But the specific details and whether to invest are up to you to consider." Investing in this industry is a gamble. The box office returns are quick and the time is short. Some lucky people may become rich overnight, while some people with little financial resources may lose everything.
But the little money they invested was not something they could afford to gamble, and Jiang Se knew that.
After chatting for a while, Nie Dan and his friends wanted to keep her for dinner before leaving, but she shook her head.
After deciding to lose weight, she became particularly strict with herself when it came to food, and she absolutely did not indulge herself in the slightest. She would not touch any food five hours before going to bed.
Not long after she returned home, she received a call from Zhao Rang before going to bed. He excitedly said that investors had been found and funds were in place, which meant that the filming of "The Devil" was officially on the agenda.
Jiang Se was not surprised by this result. Nie Dan and the others should have been tempted in the first place, and after talking to her tonight, they should have been more determined.
Once the investment was in place, the remaining matter was to negotiate the remuneration of the two main actors. Liu Ye was particularly fond of "Devil", so the remuneration was directly set at 70 million. His net worth was there, so this price was about the same. As for Jiang Se, although she had not been in the industry for long, because her previous film "Beijing Event" had good box office performance, Xia Chaoqun also negotiated 30 million for her. When this remuneration figure was determined and the contract was signed, Jiang Se breathed a sigh of relief and asked Xia Chaoqun:
"Sister Chaoqun, should I have paid off the money I owe now?" (To be continued)