Seeing Xu Xin looking at him with a puzzled expression, Jiang Kui shrugged:

"After "The Hawthorn Tree" exploded at the box office, some people in this circle were as if they were on fire. Everyone felt that the golden age of literary and artistic films had arrived. A "Hawthorn Tree" could make hundreds of millions, which would make everyone

My eyes are blurred. Tell me, does this count as your "credit"?"

Naturally, what he said was not a question.

But joking.

But after Xu Xin heard this reason, he subconsciously thought that the screenwriter of "Bathing" was one of them, so he asked:

"Is he talking like a lion?"

"That's definitely not the case...you didn't understand what I meant. After your "Hawthorn Tree" came out, it was like giving a shot of chicken blood to many directors and screenwriters of literary and artistic films.

But...in our circle, sometimes practitioners are the slowest to respond. Investors are the fastest to respond...

Do you know that after "The Hawthorn Tree" made more than 100 million at the box office in three days, right after Christmas, how many so-called investor "summits" were held that I know of?"

"Is the so-called investor summit...what I think it is?"

Although he didn't say clearly what he was thinking.

But Jiang Kui nodded directly:

"That's right. A group of people who have money in their pockets and want to make movies accept the worship of many directors, screenwriters, and agents from small companies..."

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless for a moment.

Jiang Kui laughed and blew out a puff of smoke:

"In the past month or two, the major venues in Yanjing City were like crazy. Investors and businessmen were crowded, screenwriters and directors were queuing up, and the scripts were like flower girls. I took the newly printed scripts in the morning and brought them back at night.

All the time has been wasted."

"..."

Xu Xinxin said, Second Brother, you are really good at using metaphors.

But it’s so vivid.

but……

"Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems with screenwriter Diao's script, right? After all, he's not an unknown person."

"At that time...it was indeed true."

Although Jiang Kui admitted it, there was a hint of helplessness in his words:

"But...if you ask me, this is his life."

"What do you mean?"

"It's the end of the year."

He shrugged helplessly at Xu Xin.

Xu Xin suddenly realized...

"Oh~"

But no.

After New Year's Day, although there is still one month to celebrate the New Year, it is indeed the "end of the year" in some people's concept.

At the end of the year, the company has a lot of things going on.

Not to mention anything else, even the three films of Xi Film Studio were planned years ago, but the announcement was only made in the spring of this year.

Seeing that he understood, Jiang Kui continued:

"At that time, there were several investors who were very interested. As far as I knew, there were a few good deals that were close to being negotiated. But I don't blame them for this. He wanted a production cost of 20 million, which is high, for sure.

not tall.

At that time, everyone was dazzled by your achievements. Let alone 20 million, as long as the script is good, 30 or 40 million can be done. But unfortunately, he planned to direct this script by himself... Speaking of which, 07

He was also shortlisted for Cannes last year, are you impressed?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

Then he shook his head:

"I didn't even come by myself at that time. Yang Mi came on my behalf. I have no impression of that Cannes."

"In 2007, his "Night Train" was also shortlisted for a certain category. But it was not released in China... In fact, if he had a released movie, and then look at the box office and investment ratio, it would be easy to say. But the question is whether he has enough screenwriting qualifications

, the director's qualifications are really not good. Even if he wants to direct, investors don't trust him.

Originally, this was just a negotiation. At most, we could reduce the budget a little, use more favors, and get the director's position anyway. But it happened to be the end of the year, so we made an appointment to start the new year. As a result..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Kui's expression suddenly became strange.

Looking at Xu Xin, he said:

"Now that I think about it, is it possible that he and you are not naturally compatible?"

"...?"

Xu Xin couldn’t laugh or cry:

"Second brother, I can't bear the blame you put on me one after another."

"I'm really not taking the blame. Let me ask you, you contributed to Liang Binning joining Xiying Film Studio, right?"

"……Um."

There is nothing to hide about this matter, basically everyone in the entertainment industry knows it.

But...what does this have to do with Liang Binning?

Soon, Jiang Kui answered his doubts:

"At the beginning of the new year, Liang Bingning's "Guanyin Mountain"... Originally, your "Hawthorn Tree" was first. Everyone estimated that "Guanyin Mountain" and "Gang Piano" won the best actor and the second best actor, even if they are not as good as you

, it’s definitely not too bad, right? The result…”

"I don't agree with what you said."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes:

"The total cost of "Guanyin Mountain" was only about 3,000 yuan, and the final result was more than 7,000 and almost 80 million yuan at the box office. Even if it is not a big hit, at least it made money."

Jiang Kui did not refute, but asked:

"Then how many films of "Guanyin Mountain" do you think can be released in a year? What about "Gang Piano"? How many films can be released in a year?"

"..."

This time, Xu Xin remained silent.

yes.

Not to mention "Hawthorn Tree", how many "Guanyin Mountain" can be produced in this industry in a year?

Then, after finally understanding why Jiang Kui took the initiative to "touch porcelain" on his side, Xu Xin asked speechlessly:

"So... pour this basin of cold water down?"

Jiang Kui responded:

"That's right, when a basin of cold water is poured down, the tree falls and the hozens scatter... Actually, you can't say that. Thanks to your three films, everyone has seen that the literary and artistic film market is indeed improving.

But the problem is...

Compared with normal genre films, this kind of development is still a bit too risky. Do you understand what I mean? Unless the film is either the work of a famous director or starring a famous actor, otherwise, everyone’s current estimate of the market prospects

Still not optimistic.

There are too many uncontrollable risk factors.

Therefore, the current literary and artistic film market, apart from the two elements I just mentioned, is still spinning in the low-cost range. As for Lao Diao, it costs up to 20 million, which is enough to make a genre film.

And, he is not a famous director... As for the actor, it would be okay if he could find someone with box office appeal in advance, but the problem is that he can't find one now. And he insists on directing by himself... You tell me, this is a good idea

None of them are good?"

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Hearing this, Xu Xin suddenly felt a little sympathy for this man.

really……

From what the second brother said, it sounds like...

He's a little miserable.

Starting from "The Hawthorn Tree", the people around him seemed to have drawn a big pie for him.

Then what……

I teased him again and again...
To be continued...