Guo Fan didn’t hold back: "For the special effects in this film, I plan to benchmark against the top-tier Hollywood movies, and there will be far more special effects shots than in the previous two films, so this ti the investnt might exceed 2 billion."
"Such a big investnt might need a box office of 6 billion to break even, so you still need to think carefully about whether you want to invest."
Hearing his words, Sun Dasheng was sowhat surprised.
It wasn’t the hefty production cost that surprised him. Although a 2 billion production cost for a film is indeed unprecedented dostically, what surprised him was that this person actually told him everything so honestly?
You see, so directors won’t tell you the truth.
They’ll bluff to get the investnt first.
Then halfway through the filming, they ask you to add more money; will you add or not?
If you don’t add more, the investnt goes down the drain. If you do, you pinch your nose and shell out more money.
Many of King of Sunglasses’ financiers have been tornted to death, and quite a few were bankrupted by him.
Guo Fan is different, very straightforward.
There’s a downside though, which is the ntion of 2 billion scared off quite a few people, many of whom worked with him last ti.
Because their expectations for the box office were only 4-5 billion.
After all, the further a series progresses, the worse it gets; that’s universal worldwide.
They had a ntal expectation of 4-5 billion for the third movie, really for the sake of the director’s face.
Unexpectedly, at this investnt eting, the director started with a bang: a 2 billion investnt cost.
As everyone knows, a movie has to earn three tis its budget to break even.
So it needs a box office of 6 billion.
This... who would dare to gamble on that?
It’s not a matter of tens of millions; losing won’t break the bank.
Guo Fan stated the investnt amount, then stared intently at the ’big boss’ in front of him.
Seeing him not speaking for a while, he felt a bit disappointed: soone else who got scared by the investnt amount.
Ready to leave.
But got called back!
"Wait!"
"?"
"Is this money enough?" Sun Dasheng asked.
"Huh?" Guo Fan thought he had a hearing problem, heard an auditory illusion.
Next to him, Wu Jing bead with delight and loudly said beside Guo Fan: "President Sun is asking if the 2 billion investnt is enough?"
Only then did Guo Fan realize it wasn’t his hearing playing tricks on him, so he imdiately happily grabbed Sun Dasheng’s hand and excitedly said:
"Enough! More than enough!"
"Our crew has done many detailed budget assessnts, and 2 billion is more than adequate."
Facing the curious looks from everyone.
Guo Fan rarely blushed:
"Been too poor in the past, every bit of funding had to be pinched, living frugally, even had to cut down actors’ pay multiple tis. Luckily, these good actors were willing to take small paynts to participate..."
Then he looked at Wu Jing beside him, put his arm around his shoulder: "During the shooting of the second film, the money was also insufficient, thanks to Wu Jing waiving his own pay and investing quite a bit."
Turns out there were so many twists and turns.
Sun Dasheng, slightly puzzled, asked: "Your first film was so successful, logically the second shouldn’t be lacking funds, right?"
This sentence left the surrounding crew mbers stunned.
It seems so, they all looked at Guo Fan in unison.
Guo Fan gave a self-deprecating smile: "I approached those investors, they all said my success was dumb luck, that there’s no soil for sci-fi in the country. Success can’t be repeated; hence their expectations for the second film were low."
Reluctantly scraped together a bit of money to send off.
However, fortunately, many friends in the industry backed up, allowing to complete the second movie."
"Precisely because there were many regrets with the first two films, I wanted more investnt for the third one to shoot what I truly want to."
Sun Dasheng felt a bit emotional, realizing how tough dostic sci-fi movies really are.
Even with consecutively amassing a box office of 4 billion, it’s still just a small success, and the rest...
Forget it, not to ntion the rest, films like The Wandering Earth are nothing more than money-grabbing garbage, hardly anyone is genuinely crafting in this field, just trying to capitalize and then leave, not to ntion any passion.
For dostic sci-fi films to truly rise, they must rely on genuinely passionate directors like Guo Fan.
So, he nodded: "For this 2 billion production, I’ll provide you with a guarantee, aning you pull in investnts, and if there’s a shortfall, whatever is lacking, I’ll make up for it."
Upon hearing this, Guo Fan was sowhat incredulous.
He initially thought this person might have so interest, investing a part would already be incredible.
Didn’t expect...
He actually provided a guarantee.
This really resolved his worries, allowing him to focus on crafting and perfecting the movie script.
Wu Jing, being quite shrewd, gave Guo Fan a gentle push: "Quickly thank our big patron."
Guo Fan promptly clasped his hands: "Thank you, thank you, rest assured, I will finely polish the script, spend the money wisely, and present the best film outco. When the movie sells big, your investnt will surely have a return."
Oh, truly, even a seemingly dull director is a smooth-talking salesman.
Indeed, they’ve been dealing with investors for years, without good speaking skills, how could they convince soone to invest?
"Um, may I make a request?" Sun Dasheng said.
When an investor starts talking, the director knows what they’re about to say.
So he smiled and said: "No problem, besides Brother Jing as the lead, no one else is set yet; how many do you want to add?"
Well...
So direct?
Alright.
Regarding this matter, Sun Dasheng is indeed a bit inexperienced.
Investors putting people into productions is an old tradition, and people in the industry are already accustod to it.
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