Chapter 184: Sharpening the Knife to "Leek"
The first version of the script was finalized, and the entire project was soon officially launched.
Like Chen Sicheng's previous work "Northern Love", the main investor and producer this time is still Wanda Pictures.
In addition, Chen Sicheng's own Chengya Film and Television, Mango Entertainment, Youku's newly established Heyi Film and Television, and Arclight Film and Television also participated in the investment.
The total budget of "Detective Chinatown" is 80 million. According to the conventional standards in the industry, Meng Bai's screenwriter salary and original script adaptation fees are about 5 million.
The salary is converted into investment, plus a part of the funds, Arclight Film and Television has invested a total of 13 million in this project.
Although this money does not need to be paid out at one time, Chen Jing still reminds Meng Bai not to start new projects before the income of several works currently invested by Arclight Film and Television is recovered.
She counted for her boss, and the company currently has a total of four projects invested and operated -
"The Pretender", "Forensic Qin Ming", "The Best of Us" and "Detective Chinatown".
In addition, there are some small projects here and there. For example, the cooperation with Guo Fan, the stage play "Soul Ferry" that Yu Yi is doing, etc.
To be honest, for a "small company" like Arclight Film and Television, which has just been established for more than a year and has not received financing, operating four works at the same time, others must be "unable to digest".
Fortunately, although Arclight was established for a short time and has not produced many works, each of them is a hot hit.
Arclight Film and Television's revenue last year was almost more than 30 million, plus this year's "Soul Ferry 2" more than 20 million share, which supported such a huge "investment scale".
Whenever I think of this, Chen Jing wants to thank Liu Jun.
Although this "uncle" is a bit greasy, he always wants to "lead astray" his young boss. But as a collaborator, the other party is still very reliable.
Without him to settle Arclight for each project at the fastest speed, how could his boss have any spare money to engage in VC.
But then again, Chen Jing originally thought that Meng Bai would soon select a few companies to start operating after getting the information. But I didn't expect that after so many days, he didn't move at all, but instead started another movie project.
"Arc Light is a film and television company. What else would it do if not in the film and television industry?"
Meng Bai said with a smile: "As for venture capital, there is no rush for the time being. I'm waiting for the right opportunity."
"What opportunity?" Chen Jing asked puzzledly.
Meng Bai sighed, and looked out the window with a quiet and profound gaze. After a long time, he said, "Wait for the stock market to crash."
"This..." Chen Jing frowned, "Boss, where did you get this news from?"
"Uncle Huang, the security guard at the gate of the park."
"Well, I remember that the security uncle seemed to be surnamed Wang."
"Really?" Meng Bai thought for a while, "But that uncle does have a heavy accent, where is he from?"
"Sounds like Shanghai... No
, that's not right." Chen Jing suddenly realized, "Aren't we talking about the stock market? Can this security uncle predict the future trend of the stock market?" "Oh, that's not the case." Meng Bai said, "But we happened to chat for a while while jogging that day. He asked if our company was listed and how many shares he planned to buy. He also told me that he invested tens of thousands of dollars in it and made more than ten thousand in less than a week. He has already begun to consider resigning."
There is a famous "vegetable market rule" in the stock market, which is that when the aunties who usually bargain for more than half an hour in the vegetable market just to save a dime start talking about stocks, it means that the market is basically coming to an end.
After all, at this time, all the funds that can enter the market have already entered the market. Without the entry of new funds, the only thing left is outflow.
The stock price drop caused by the departure of large funds led to panic, and the new "leeks" fled frantically, which turned into "empty killing empty". The final result was a "click" knife, and everyone was buried underneath.
Since the beginning of last year, the domestic A-shares have been in a "bull market" that lasted for a year. The Shanghai Composite Index has risen from 2,000 points to more than 4,800 points today, and is still rising at a high speed.
A lot of novices who have never had experience in stock investment before can make money by buying with their eyes closed, which has created a rush of the public.
In the past few months, everyone feels that something is missing if they don't talk about "what did you buy and what did I buy" and "how much did you earn and how much did he earn" when they meet.
When the water is full, it overflows, and when it is full, it loses. Everyone knows that this situation of "everyone lying down and making money" cannot last long, but everyone thinks that they can escape at the last moment.
Well, there is a kind of innocent beauty that "has not experienced the sickle harvest".
Anyway, in this situation, Meng Bai dare not leave. Who knows if the money invested today will become a brick that "kills" him tomorrow.
On the contrary, he is now one of those who expect a collapse.
Because only in this way can the overheated sentiment in the capital market subside. The value of various assets will also return to a cheap position, and his 30 million will be more valuable.
"Then, how long do we have to wait?"
"How can I know this, Sister Jing, you really treat me as a fortune teller." Meng Bai said.
The contradiction is here. Everyone knows that it will collapse, but no one knows when it will collapse.
But he is not in a hurry. Anyway, he has cash in hand and can wait slowly.
Of course, he is not just waiting. During this period of time, he has read the more than 200G of information and has a general understanding of the overall start-up market.
Don't say it, at a glance, he really has a lot of companies that interest him.
But interest is interest. With 30 million yuan in funds, companies with slightly greater potential basically have to invest all of it. He is far from being able to shout "I want them all".
After weighing for a long time, Meng Bai selected seven or eight startups that he felt were good based on Chen Jing's list, and then asked her to focus on collecting more in-depth and specific information about these companies.
The selected companies are all in the "angel round" or small-scale "A round" stage. Startups of this scale can basically guarantee a certain amount of capital attention and also guarantee venture capital returns.
The waiting process is always long, but fortunately Meng Bai has other things to do.
More than a week after the end of "The Best of Us", "Forensic Qin Ming", which was also filmed in Blue Island, also finished filming the last scene and announced that it was finished. At
the Oriental Film Metropolis Studio, Zhou Yutong looked at her colleagues and staff who were talking and laughing and saying goodbye to each other, and stood there in a daze. It's
not that she had never filmed a play before, nor had she experienced the wrap-up. But at that time, she was a supporting role, so she was more just feeling that she had to start running around again, but she didn't have any extra thoughts.
But this time is different, she is the lead actress, from the beginning to the end of the story.
Until she got up this morning, she didn't feel anything.
Until just now, watching the crew's stagehands put away various equipment and some props began to be dismantled, she realized that she really had to say goodbye to the identity of "Dabao".
"Da!"
A crisp sound awakened Zhou Yutong, who was immersed in emotions. She looked back and found that it was Meng Bai who snapped his fingers in front of her.
"What are you thinking about, girl?" Meng Bai said, "I see you have been standing for a long time. What, do you plan to carry forward the style of the lead actress and stay to clean the set?"
"Ah, do you need to?"
"...If you have to participate, then I can't stop you."
Zhou Yutong laughed awkwardly. She just realized what she was talking about.
"What's wrong, you look absent-minded."
"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that the filming was suddenly finished, and I feel a little emotional."
Meng Bai thought about it and roughly understood how she felt now. But this kind of thing always has to be experienced, and it will be fine after it passes.
Sure enough, Zhou Yutong quickly calmed down. He looked at Meng Bai and bowed earnestly, "Thank you, Mr. Meng, for giving me this opportunity."
"I've said before that it's up to you to fight for it." Meng Bai waved his hand and smiled, "I still remember the meal you owed me."
(End of this chapter)
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