The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

In Fan Zhe's plan, Du Zhengde is basically the first candidate for the director of "Martial Arts Master: War".

The fame is almost enough, the qualifications are old, they have cooperated with each other, and they know each other well...

On the whole, Du Zhengde is indeed very good.

Of course, now that he is proud of himself, it is different from when he was in a slump in his career, so the salary must be completely different.

However, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't go too far, Dimension Entertainment doesn't mind letting others make money.

After Fan Zhe and Ye Jiayi had breakfast, they drove to the company together.

In the car, Fan Zhe said: "Director Du, after initial contact, the feedback is good. With enough money, they are basically determined to take over the film project "Martial Arts Master: War". Of course , The specific treatment issues, contract negotiations, etc., must be discussed in detail by you guys later, and it is only at the stage of confirming intentions."

"That's fine. When can my people start to negotiate?"

"It shouldn't be too long. I made an appointment with Du Zhengde this afternoon to talk about the content of the movie. If everything goes well, formal negotiations can begin within two days."

Fan Zhe paused, and then continued: "If Du Zhengde is sure that he is willing to take over the job, then the crew can start to be formed in these two days. Even, our script has been completed now."

"Okay, as long as the movie can be completed after the second part of "Martial Arts Master" is finished next year, and then it can be ready to go online, then it will be fine."

"It shouldn't be a big problem."

...

Fan Zhe was busy in the company for a while in the morning, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, he met Du Zhengde in a teahouse.

"I thought you would ask me to drink." Fan Zhe said, he still remembered that Du Zhengde was an alcoholic.

"Haha, but you don't like drinking very much, you still have to consider the attitude of the boss."

Although there is a considerable age difference between the two, their personal relationship is not bad, and there is no major obstacle in chatting.

First we talked about other things, and then we got down to business.

In the many previous phone conversations, Du Zhengde basically agreed to accept the directorship of "Martial Arts Master: War".

This is quite normal.

For Du Zhengde, first of all, when he was able to get up so quickly when his career was at a low point, Dimension Entertainment reached out to him and let him shoot "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", which must have played a crucial role. Functional.

This kind of favor, in the circle, must be repaid if owed.

What's more, that cooperation was very pleasant. After that, he also formed a good friendship with Fan Zhe.

It's an emotional factor, but most importantly, the project itself.

Even if he owes a huge favor, Du Zhengde will definitely not shoot when he encounters that kind of rubbish film or a film that is not suitable for him-he doesn't want to climb into the ranks of first-line directors when he is almost Time to meet Waterloo again.

In fact, following the successive successes of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" and "Legend of Dragon and Tiger", he became very cautious in making movies later on, so that in two or three years, he made a film called "The Return of the Flying Dragon". The movie is a criminal action movie with a modern background. The performance is not particularly outstanding, but at least it is normal. It didn't make him go further, but it wouldn't make his status drop further.

If he can maintain this state and continue to make some movies, as long as his level is decent and he can stably have a good box office, then with more and more successful experiences, his status in the director circle will also increase with his qualifications. Ascension and promotion, and finally entered the ranks of real first-line directors.

However, Du Zhengde, who has always been quite ambitious from the bottom up, doesn't like this slow pace very much.

If there is no other choice, then such a step-by-step approach may be the kingly way. But if there is a choice, why doesn't he want to directly direct a movie that hits the box office?

Right now, "Martial Arts Master: Flame of War" is a very high-quality choice.

First of all, the genre of the movie is an action movie, which is what Du Zhengde is good at; secondly, the investment amount of "Martial Arts Master: Flames of War", according to what Fan Zhe told him before, is guaranteed to be more than 700 million yuan, which is almost equivalent to one yuan. More than 100 million US dollars, this can be regarded as a big production in Hollywood; third, this is a project of Dimension Entertainment. Du Zhengde must be well aware of their family's visual technology capabilities.

Moreover, this movie was born out of the IP "Martial Arts Master". The original work itself is a relatively popular novel, with a large readership base, and after being developed into a TV series, it is even the most popular TV series this year, with a huge audience base.

The combination of these factors declares that the chance of failure of this movie is very small, and it can almost be regarded as a certain success.

The difference is nothing but how successful it is.

To be honest, Du Zhengde would be a fool not to accept such a project.

Even if the salary is less, it must be followed. As long as the work is a big success, and the success is stronger, he might be able to use the power of this movie to reach a higher level, at least to gain a firm foothold in the ranks of first-line directors.

Today, when he met with Fan Zhe, he was not at all concerned about whether to accept the project, but had a chat with the investor, boss, chief producer and chief artist about the work itself.

After drinking a round of tea, Du Zhengde said: "I have read the script, but I still think we need to talk about the specific content carefully."

"Yeah." Fan Zhe put down the teacup, he couldn't drink it. Although the tea was very comfortable to drink, he really couldn't tell if the tea was good or bad.

"Have you watched the "Martial Arts Master" drama?"

"I saw it, how could I not read your work? Even if you don't use it for study, it's good to watch it purely as a personal hobby, and it's very enjoyable."

"Thank you." Fan Zhe was modest and continued: "The story of the movie is about a part that was in the original book but was deleted in the script of the TV series, because this part is not particularly related to the main plot, and According to the description in the original book, the shooting cost is relatively high, so we gave up when we were filming the drama. However, it is very good to take it out alone and make a movie."

"The world of "Martial Arts Master" itself is an overhead modern background, but there is a prosperous martial arts. The history, politics and economy have been blurred, and it is about the battles of martial arts masters."

"Under this world structure, in addition to the stable and harmonious society based on the domestic environment, there are also some war-torn environments abroad."

"The content of the movie is set in Southeast Asia, where there are warlords, the power of the unified government is insufficient, the power of warlords exists, and wars break out in the market. And this kind of environment is also liked by many warriors. For profit, even some people, just to hone themselves, will come to such places to explore."

"The story of the movie begins here."