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Chapter 467 Another cooperation?
"Director Yang, Brother Pengfei, what are you chatting about so happily?" Lin Xiao found Yang Hao and Wang Pengfei after dismissing several giants, and interjected with a smile.

"Hahaha, sure enough, you can't talk about people behind your back. If you don't talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will come." Yang Hao said with a smile.

"We were talking about you just now." Wang Pengfei also said with a smile.

"What are you talking about?" Lin Xiao asked curiously.

"Let's talk about you, an evildoer. Not only do you have extremely high attainments in music, but unexpectedly, your acting skills are no worse than those of us old guys. What is it if you are not an evildoer?" Wang Pengfei joked with a smile.

"How can I compare my acting skills with Brother Pengfei?" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"By the way, Lin Xiao, you should know about the "Lost City" I'm going to shoot next, how about it? Are you interested in making a cameo?" Yang Hao said with a smile.

"Cameo appearance, of course." Lin Xiao certainly wanted to give this face.

"Then it's settled, I'll contact you when the time comes." Yang Hao said with a smile.

"Brother Pengfei, do you have any plans for the future?" Lin Xiao asked Wang Pengfei suddenly.

Wang Pengfei shook his head and said: "Speaking of which, I'm also to blame. After filming "Infernal Affairs", I received quite a few notebooks, but with the pearls of "Infernal Affairs" in front, I don't like those few notebooks at all. ,Eh."

"That's just right. Is Brother Pengfei interested in cooperating with me again? In "Infernal Affairs", you are a thief and I am a soldier. How about letting you be a soldier and I a thief this time?" Lin Xiao asked with a smile .

"Oh? There's a new project so soon?" Wang Pengfei asked in surprise.

Yang Hao also looked at Lin Xiao in surprise.

"Well, but this time I want to direct the movie myself." Lin Xiao added.

"Uh, you directed it yourself?" Wang Pengfei frowned slightly, but he hesitated.

Yang Hao smiled and said: "You, let me count, writers, songwriters, singers, actors, storytellers, boxers, all are well now, and they are ready to compete with me for jobs again."

"However, being a director is different from other industries, how much do you plan to invest in this new film?" Yang Hao asked again.

"The current budget is around [-] million. If it is insufficient in the future, we will make up for it." Lin Xiao said.

"Hiss!" Yang Hao and Wang Pengfei couldn't help but gasped.

With a budget of around [-] million, that would be considered a blockbuster movie. Originally, Yang Hao and Wang Pengfei thought that Lin Xiao wanted to practice, but unexpectedly, Lin Xiao wanted to make a big production as soon as he came up.

"Lin Xiao, if I remember correctly, you don't seem to have any directing experience before?" Yang Hao asked.

"That's true! I just made a micro movie to practice my hands before." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"Why don't you try some low-budget films? It's a big production, tsk tsk, are you so confident?" Yang Hao asked with a frown.

In Yang Hao's view, it's okay for Lin Xiao to want to direct by himself, but if it's a big production, it's a bit unstable.

Originally, Wang Pengfei was very interested in Lin Xiao's idea of ​​cooperating again, but when he heard Lin Xiao said that he wanted to direct the film himself, his heart turned cold.

In the end, Wang Pengfei said that he needed to see the script for consideration, and Yang Hao also persuaded Lin Xiao that it was best to practice with a few low-cost productions first.

Obviously neither of them had much confidence in Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao, who had hit a wall on Wang Pengfei's side, originally thought that if he knew it was the movie he wanted to direct, Yao Ding and the others would retreat, but the result was exactly beyond Lin Xiao's expectations.

Although at the beginning when Lin Xiao said that he wanted to direct by himself, Yao Ding and others suggested that if Lin Xiao wanted to direct by himself, he could use a few low-cost films to practice first, but Lin Xiao did not waver. , They did not persuade them in the end.

"Mr. Yao, if you Tianhua are not interested, we Huaxun can take all of the [-]% share." Yan Wei of Huaxun said with a smile.

"President Yan, I don't like to listen to your words. I'm just offering some suggestions from the standpoint of a friend. When did you say that Tianhua is not interested?"

"We, Ari, also have great confidence in Mr. Lin. If Mr. Lin is willing, we will not only invest in this film, but also hand over the announcement and distribution to us." Shi Zhipeng also said with a smile.

"Our Huaying is fine." Zheng Jiang also said with a smile.

While the four looked at each other, they all cursed secretly in their hearts, old fox.

For the few of them, no one is really optimistic about the first film directed by Lin Xiao himself, but they are still willing to invest.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Unlike Wang Pengfei and Yang Hao, for them, even if they lose money on investment, they can still make Lin Xiao owe a favor.

So not only did he not shirk, but he wanted to get more investment shares.

Lin Xiao thought about it and understood their thoughts, but he didn't think it was something to be owed. Although he was not so confident about the first film he directed, but the thickness of the script was there, Lin Xiao believed in losing money. does not exist.

The final result is that the four giants will share the 50.00% investment share, and will jointly release the film.

This was something Lin Xiao didn't expect.

Among the four giants, ECCOM is the weakest in distribution, but has the most advantage in publicity, while the other three have independent distribution capabilities.

Now the four companies are not giving in to each other, and finally jointly released. It can be said that as long as the film is not too bad, it is difficult to lose money.

Compared with "Infernal Affairs", the release lineup of this film is obviously larger. Of course, none of them think that the first film directed by Lin Xiao can surpass "Infernal Affairs".

It's just that everyone wants to sell Lin Xiao's favor.

Some things are difficult to keep secret, for example, Lin Xiao wants to direct a film with an investment of over [-] million yuan.

After the news came out, it can be said that the film and television circles were in an uproar.

Although it is not a strange thing to say that acting and directing is not a strange thing in the film and television industry, but most directors who act and direct will only try some small-budget productions at the beginning, as a practice work.

But like Lin Xiao, it is really rare to see a big production with an investment of hundreds of millions.

Not saying there aren't any, but none of those people were successful.

Not to mention directors who are good at acting and directing, even those directors who are somewhat famous can rarely direct such films with an investment of over [-] million yuan.

After all, the possibility of failure is too great, and few people dare to take such a big risk. After all, for big directors, it may not be a big deal to fail one or two works, and they can make a comeback, but for new directors, or For a director without any great success experience, screwing up a big production will have a very far-reaching impact, and may even lead to the direct termination of his career as a director.

(End of this chapter)