Do Tomahawk Entertainment executives have the vision? Do they have the guts?

Yes! At least they are more willing to bet than other companies.

But that doesn't mean they are willing to waste their money.

Although the company does not own their shares, they will pay dividends at the end of the year, and there are quite a lot of them. Every time the company invests in a movie, their dividends at the end of the year will be smaller.

After all, not everyone is like Liu Rong, and they will still feel bad if they really lose money.

When the "Escape" project was approved, domestic science fiction movies were in a slump. It was an absolutely unpopular subject, but in the end they looked at the script and the various sci-fi special effects ideas proposed by Han Lan and approved the project with a high vote.

When the project of "Fearless Fearless" was established, Chinese kung fu movies were almost synonymous with domestic bad movies. This was a less popular subject than domestic science fiction. But after they read the script and took Han Lan's own martial arts prowess into consideration, they also received high votes.

The project was approved.

When the project of "Angel Angela" was approved, it was almost crazy to invest 500 million in a literary film. They were betting 500 million to buy a Cannes movie queen, but the project was approved with a high vote.

Even when the project for the puppet show movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" was approved, after many twists and turns, in the end, for the sake of the script, creativity and Wang Shenzhi's joining, they passed another project that was not very profitable in the eyes of outsiders.

Every time, as Han Lan said, the one who wins will be the first to eat crabs! They have eaten a lot of crabs now.

But now, the sample effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" have come out, and they are far from what they hoped to achieve. Although the samples of several previous projects came out, they were far from the final film, but at least they could see a chance of winning. And now

, "A Chinese Ghost Story" obviously didn't give them any chance of winning.

This is normal, after all, they view this movie with conventional movie thinking.

No matter how exquisitely made the puppets are, with their eyes, mouths, limbs, and fingers being very flexible, they are still not as good as real actors, and they cannot even reach the performance level of ordinary people.

Too stiff!

Even though the crew followed Han Lan's suggestion during filming and took a trick, most of the footage they shot were of large movements, with few close-ups of various facial movements in dramas and dramas, but the preview effect presented to the executives was still too stiff.

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Perhaps it’s because of the lack of special effects and dubbing and the incomplete plot that the audience’s attention will still focus too much on the puppets’ performance, especially their facial expressions.

At present, this movie has allocated 80 million and nearly 100 million, and there is still a budget of 120 million that has not been allocated. If it stops in time, the loss can be stopped and a lot of investment can even be recovered. 120 million taels

Ten million is a small goal, but not a small number.

Surviving with a broken arm is also a skill that managers must learn. If they are reluctant to give up, they may end up losing more. Especially for this kind of project that leaves them with almost no hope.

In fact, as long as there is a 10% or 20% chance of winning, these gamblers are willing to follow Han Lan and go crazy. However, now the odds of winning for them in this project are getting lower and lower, and they are not even close to 10%.

Han Lan was also looking at them. There was silence in the conference room for a moment, but Han Lan suddenly asked: "Is there something wrong with the company's finances?"

Han Yiping and others did not expect that Han Lan would point this out, so they all fell silent.

Financial pressure is indeed one of the reasons why they want to stop the "A Chinese Ghost Story" project. They can't use Liu Rong's funds to save the situation every time, right? These people still remember Tang Entertainment's infighting. There is no problem now, but who

What happens after you find out?

Wang Shenzhi was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He was about to follow the producer and exit first when he saw Han Lan waving his hand to indicate that they did not need to avoid it.

"Shouldn't it be right? The company has been profitable in the past two years, so there shouldn't be financial problems, right?" Han Lan asked.

"It's just that the short-term funds are a little tight. Once the box office of the next few movies is fully recovered, the problem will not be big." Han Yiping said.

"The box office of "Angel Angela" should be settled in the next few days. Can we get more than a billion? It should be enough to last until the follow-up "Fist of Fury" is released. It is not short of an investment of more than 100 million, right?

" Han Lan said again.

"Han Shuai, that's not how the accounts are calculated." The boss of Tomahawk Entertainment's financial department finally couldn't help it anymore and reminded him with a sigh:

"Han Shuai, no one can guarantee how the movie will fare at the box office before it is released. Even if we watch "Jing Wu Chen Zhen", we feel that it will not be a loss, but we have to prepare for the worst, right? There will be "Zhu Xian 1" in the follow-up, and

is an unknown number. If these two movies do not perform well, our losses will exceed 700 million. Coupled with the expenses of other departments of the company, as well as the budget of next year's movie, the box office revenue of "Angela" may not be able to make ends meet.

At this time, maintaining a project that is obviously losing money will put too much pressure on the company's capital turnover."

Someone took the lead, and other executives also spoke out:

"Han Shuai, actually this year you really want to go out one at a time. Four movies will be shot at the same time in the first half of the year, and they are all independent investments. No company can bear it..."

"Yes, this year the company is completely dancing on a tightrope."

Of the four movies in the first half of this year, it goes without saying that "Jing Wu Chen Zhen" was unanimously approved. There were also "Angel Angela" and "Zhu Xian 1". Although they were a little reluctant, in the end, with Han Lan's insistence, a group of

Looking at Han Yiping's face, one could only agree.

As a result, I didn't expect to shoot a music video, and Han Lan made the entire movie. If Han Yiping hadn't given instructions in private, it wouldn't have been approved!

But now, various problems began to arise, and they finally couldn't bear it anymore.

This is actually not a big disaster for Tomahawk Entertainment. Even if there is another "A Chinese Ghost Story", they will be able to revitalize their funds. Even if "A Chinese Ghost Story" really loses 200 million, it will be very difficult for them.

It's not a big deal.

But what about the future?

These people are all human beings. Knowing that Han Yiping is Han Lan’s son, Tomahawk Entertainment will definitely be handed over to Han Lan in the future. When Han Lan becomes more courageous, he will launch seven or eight blockbusters at the same time a year.

What the hell is that?

This group of people want to take advantage of the completion of "Zhu Xian 1" and Han Lan's return to the company to use the incident of "A Chinese Ghost Story" to beat him up and teach him not to act willfully and nonsense!

There is nothing wrong with making a movie being a high-risk investment, but you can’t walk a tightrope by betting on the fate of your company every day!

In the past, Tomahawk Entertainment made one or two movies a year, and basically only started betting on the next movie after the box office results of one movie. But this year, four movies will be released at the same time. What's wrong?

Han Lan finally understood their thoughts and looked at Han Yiping again. Han Yiping did not interrupt, obviously acquiescing.

It's even possible that Han Yiping was behind what happened today.

Although this fat man dotes on his son, he still needs to be taught some things.

"I was too impatient..."

Looking at the company's senior executives and Han Yiping, Han Lan finally lowered his head. Their concerns were not unreasonable.

Even if all four movies are profitable, it would still be too irrational to start shooting at the same time in the first half of the year, and it is easy for the capital chain to go wrong.

As an artistic creator, if he has the ability to implement his own ideas, he will implement them. This is naturally correct; but as the heir of Tomahawk Entertainment, he cannot only consider the success of his own movies.

Han Yiping said nothing, patted him on the shoulder, and led a group of senior executives out.

Before I left, I didn’t say that I would stop this project. Funds for “A Chinese Ghost Story” will still be allocated.
Chapter completed!