Chapter 287: Mutual Praise and Investment Promotion

Everyone returned to the company, and Xingchen Company was still in good order.

Matt Damon joined the company's project, which was a big deal for other companies.

But for Xingchen Company, it was at most a big deal for the "Pacific Rim" project team and the publicity department.

The other project teams were still stable and did what they should do.

As for autographs and group photos, of course they wanted them, but don't worry, the "Pacific Rim" project team had already arranged them.

This is called leaving some benefits for the brother departments.

So just wait until the time is up, and then take action.

It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The "Pacific Rim" press conference began.

The Xingchen press conference hall was crowded with reporters.

As Lu Ping'an brought Matt Damon and other foreign actors to the stage.

A group of reporters suddenly exclaimed.

Then, Lu Ping'an formally introduced the actors and the corresponding roles.

The reporters exclaimed again, and then the flash lights flashed.

Lu Ping'an's "Pacific Rim" actually cooperated with Matt Damon!

Needless to say, this news will definitely make the headlines.

Without waiting for more thoughts, everyone felt the same feeling as Liu Xiaoli did at noon.

Matt Damon: "I was really excited when I received the audition call. I didn't expect Lu to really invite me. I knew about this project and I liked it very much, but I didn't think I would get the opportunity at first. I didn't expect that I got the opportunity and could come to China to shoot. Wow, I'm really excited, so now I just want to say, thank you, Lu."

He really understands.

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, this made the reporters in the audience excited instantly.

What could be more exciting than listening to foreigners bragging about their own people and their own country?

For a while, the press conference was extremely lively.

Lu Ping'an also gave feedback: "I have wanted to work with Matt Damon for a long time."

Then everyone was happy.

The commercial mutual bragging lasted for more than an hour.

That night, various news about "Pacific Rim" began to bombard the Internet.

As expected, the matter of Matt Damon becoming the male lead became the focus.

After all, it is early 2006 now.

At present, no co-production in China can afford to hire such an international first-line actor.

This alone can attract a huge amount of attention.

Plus a 100 million US dollar investment.

Directed by Lu Pingan.

It is a co-production, but overall it is still a Hollywood A-level production with various gimmicks.

For a time, the news of "Pacific Rim" directly dominated the front page headlines.

The most intuitive manifestation brought about by this is that people who want to participate in the investment have leaked the phone number of Xingchen Company.

All this is expected.

Xingchen has its own relevant response.

Then the investment promotion meeting was launched soon.

The division of shares was carried out quickly because various companies had asked about it earlier.

This time, the 20% share totaled 20 million US dollars, which is not a small amount, but it was quickly divided up.

Among them, China Film did not have a premium, while the old partners such as Huayi, Guangguang, and Eagle King all had a premium of 150%.

And they all came at a cost of 75 million.

There is also Wanda in it.

Wanda began to enter the cinema industry last year, and this is the first official cooperation between Xingchen and Wanda.

Wanda also knows the rules and follows the premium.

After all, this is a Hollywood blockbuster.

A 150% premium is actually a profit.

Because the next advertising investment will definitely not be bad, it is highly likely that the investment will be recovered after the investment is completed, unless the filming is overspent too much.

Lu Ping'an also agreed to sell it well.

After all, this is Wanda, they are in the real estate business, and now they have a large number of cinemas.

In addition, Lu Ping'an's fried chicken shop also cooperates with them, so the two parties are actually not strangers.

In the end, the 20 million US dollars share was recovered for just over 36 million US dollars.

The highest premium was a coal boss, who spent 30 million yuan to buy a share of 3 million, just to promote an actress, and the requirement was only to show her face and appear for no less than three seconds.

This price is much more expensive than advertising investment.

Lu Ping'an was very curious about which actress was so precious and charming.

As a result, he soon gave the coal boss a thumbs up.

Because they said that the actress was undecided.

In other words, competition for the job!

Tsk tsk, in that line of work, to become a millionaire in 2006, besides luck, means are indeed indispensable.

Lu Pingan finally told him that he had to be clean, not involved in drug-related illegal activities, and that there had to be results within two weeks, and he couldn't keep dragging it out.

The coal boss was very happy and said on the spot that he would take care of the evening activities of the investment promotion conference.

Lu Pingan refused because he was busy and afraid of accidents.

Who knows what he would do at night.

Before the end of the investment promotion conference, the shares were divided. Lu Pingan congratulated everyone on becoming partners, and then reminded everyone that all parties should work hard to control public opinion.

Huayi and others knew the truth about this matter.

Because the heroine is Liu Xixi, this is bound to cause a lot of speculation.

Although Liu Xixi now has works such as "Chinese Paladin 1" and "The Story of a Noble Family", and the upcoming "Little Dragon Girl", her popularity is among the top among the younger generation.

But even so, her status is still far from Hollywood A-level productions such as "Pacific Rim".

Now that she has become the female lead, there will definitely be some commotion.

But everyone said they would cooperate.

Why? It's just the rules of the game.

Who wouldn't promote their own family or their own woman in the future?

And everyone has an interest in the current project, and some companies have also stuffed people in it.

So controlling public opinion is a common interest.

In fact, Lu Ping'an could also have a fake audition.

But due to time constraints, and uncertainty about whether doing so would cause some uncontrollable troubles.

So simply don't do this.

Nowadays, the top domestic film companies are basically in the same trench, so there is no need to worry about it in the future.

Of course, preparations for the change are still to be made, and one must be on guard against others, so starting today, the Xingchen Network Department will be on standby at all times.

The next morning, Lu Ping'an and a group of main creators held a start-up ceremony at the Xingchen studio.

This time, more reporters came.

In addition to reporting the event itself, everyone wanted to see who the female lead was.

When they found out that it was Liu Xixi, everyone was surprised in various ways.

Then their minds quickly began to wander.

Did Liu Xixi's godfather help?

Or maybe it was Lu Pingan himself?

So Liu Xixi is actually Lu Pingan's woman? !

Wow, that's a child bride! !

When fame and resources don't match, similar speculations will explode.

Many people have already conceived millions of words of content in their minds.

However, when the reporters on the scene received the big red envelopes, and then the reporters on the scene were told to report normally, otherwise after the Green Corpse Cold warning, everyone also woke up.

They looked at a pile of seven or eight major producers.

So they knew that this thunder should not be touched!

Of course, if Liu Xixi doesn't act well, it's not our fault!

The opening ceremony ended.

Lu Pingan also officially entered the shooting state.

First of all, there is one thing to be made clear again.

"Pacific Rim" is a co-production, but it is mainly aimed at the international market.

This kind of pure mecha fighting monsters is more suitable for the American heroic narrative structure.

Just like most online novels, the protagonist is violent and killing.

There is no connotation, but commercial films have to be like this.

Of course, this film will also add some descriptions of "mass mobilization" and "community of human destiny".

After all, it's the end of the world.

Most of the people in the movie are yellow people, and the main characters are yellow, black and white.

The last bastion is in Hong Kong.

It is natural to show the anonymous logistics members in the base and the people in the city behind.

However, the overall script framework will not be changed too much compared to the original version.

The main line of fighting monsters cannot be changed.

Just make some adjustments.

So the current changes to the script are in the following aspects: