Chapter 21 Negotiating Shen Teng
A few weeks later, the final cooperation on "Legend of Lu Zhen" was finally reached.

Previously, Tangren refused to cooperate on "Legend of Lu Zhen", but seeing that Yang Hao Studio was about to reach a cooperation with Penguin, Tangren wanted to get involved again, and the person who came to negotiate was Cai Yinong.

Yang Hao is not a fool. He can see through Sister K's thoughts at a glance. She refused to cooperate with Yang Hao's studio before because she did not believe in Yang Hao's ability. But now Yang Hao is doing very well in the entertainment industry, and Penguin has joined in this cooperation, which is basically a sure-win deal. Of course Sister K is eager to cooperate.

Emotionally speaking, Yang Hao doesn't like Sister K's thorough businessman style, but reason tells him that Tangren's participation will be good for the entire TV series. Tangren's production level and reputation in the industry are trusted by major TV stations. With Tangren's participation, the final transaction price of this drama will inevitably rise.

There was no way out. Money was more important than face, and finally the three parties reached a cooperation agreement.

"Legend of Lu Zhen" does not have any big-name stars. The male and female protagonists are Yang Hao himself and Zhao Liying, and they are basically paid the same price as ordinary people. The package price of Yang Hao and Zhao Liying is 500,000 yuan. This price is given out of consideration for Yang Hao being an investor. If they were really ordinary people, 200,000 yuan would be the maximum.

The final production cost budget was only 4500 million yuan.

Tangren invested 1200 million yuan, Yang Hao Studio and Penguin Video each invested 1650 million yuan, and the final investment share was one-third each.

Yang Hao Studio and Penguin Video Network each paid a premium of 1.5 million. Tangren is such a powerful presence in the industry now that it comes to others for cooperation and even asks them to pay a premium.

Tangren invested 12 million yuan and will also package some roles. Through the role pay, part of the funds can be repatriated. It can be said that this kind of investment by Tangren is basically risk-free.

Even if the drama flopped, Yang Hao lost money, Penguin lost money, the TV station lost money, but Tangren made money.

After the investment contract was signed, "Legend of Lu Zhen" was officially launched.

The pre-production of costume dramas is extremely cumbersome. The previous version of "Legend of Lu Zhen" took a full nine months to shoot. The pre-production alone took three or four months, and the post-production took another two or three months. The time spent on actual shooting only accounted for a small part.

Thinking that it would take another three or four months to join the team, Yang Hao became a little restless.

Yang Hao checked the system. Because he had spent 3450 million yuan on investing in "Legend of Lu Zhen" and "BJ Meets Seattle", the cashback amount had reached 690 million yuan. Adding the 220 million yuan he had spent before, he already had 910 million yuan. He only needed 90 yuan to upgrade the system and draw the lottery again.

Should I take this opportunity to shoot another movie? Upgrade the system.
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At this moment, the stage play Charlotte's Troubles is being performed at Happy Twist Theater.

Yang Hao bought a ticket to enter the theater, a VIP seat for 688, which was really not cheap, much more expensive than the movie.

Shen Teng had just appeared on the 2012 Spring Festival Gala, and had become somewhat famous for his role as Hao Jian. Plus, Charlotte's Troubles was a newly launched play, so quite a few people came to watch it. As the plot of the play progressed, one joke after another unfolded, and the audience below the stage laughed happily from time to time.

At this time, Shen Teng is no longer the school idol of the PLA Art Academy. Shen Teng is not the self-proclaimed school idol like Sha Yi. If you have seen his photos when he was young, you will find that he is handsome.

Yang Hao really couldn't imagine what had happened that could cause such a drastic change in a person's image and temperament in ten years.

There are still many differences in the plot between the drama and the movie. It should be that some changes have been made. The classic "Ma Dongmei" segment is not in the drama, and the snowflakes fluttering BGM is also not reflected in the drama. It is precisely because of these many differences that Yang Hao, who has watched the movie countless times in his previous life, does not feel bored watching the two-hour drama at this time.

"Shen Teng, Shen Teng", the drama ended and the audience gradually dispersed. Shen Teng was about to retreat behind the scenes, but Yang Hao saw this and shouted the other person's name loudly.

"Is there anything I can help you with, sir?" Shen Teng walked over and asked.

When Shen Teng heard someone calling him from the audience, he didn't show any impatience. After all, it was a stage play, so it was normal for fans to call him for photos and autographs after the show. Shen Teng thought he would encounter a similar thing today.

"Shen Teng, do you want to act in a movie?" Yang Hao said straight to the point.

"what"

Shen Teng touched the back of his head and was stunned. He had seen people asking him for autographs and taking photos after a show, but this was the first time he had encountered someone asking him to make a movie. "Who are you?" Shen Teng asked tentatively.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Yang Hao. I am a film and television producer and investor."

Shen Teng touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed. He had never heard of the name Yang Hao.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... It's been a long time since I last acted in a TV series. It's been seven or eight years since I last acted in a TV series. I've been performing in stage plays and haven't paid attention to the developments in the film and television industry for a long time."

Shen Teng said sorry many times in a row, stretched out his hands and bowed to express his apologies, with a very humble attitude.

"It's okay, it's okay," Yang Hao waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

"Have you heard of the recently popular "It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beauties"? I invested in this. I also co-invested in "BJ Meets Seattle" directed by Xue Xiaolu with Wanda China Film. Recently, I co-invested in "Legend of Lu Zhen" with Tangren Penguin Video, but the latter two dramas are still in the early stages of preparation."

Yang Hao directly mentioned the projects he had invested in. He was afraid that Shen Teng had not even heard of "It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beauties", so he also briefly mentioned the co-investors to use them to elevate his own status.

"Oh, I've heard of it, I've heard of it, I even bought a ticket to watch it," Shen Teng pretended to be suddenly enlightened, as if Yang Hao was really some well-known investor.

Seeing Shen Teng's expression, Yang Hao touched his forehead and felt that the conversation that day was really awkward.

If Shen Teng hadn’t just said that he had bought a ticket to watch “It’s Over, I’m Surrounded by Beauties”, Yang Hao would have been really fooled by his acting skills.

This is clearly an interactive movie game, how can you say ticket buying at all? He really says one thing to one person and another thing to another person. However, it is no surprise that he can make a name for himself in the entertainment industry with such a smooth way of dealing with people.

Forget it, Yang Hao was too lazy to expose the other party’s embarrassing performance.

"Just now, I watched the play The Troubles of Charlotte performed by your team. I feel that it is very suitable for being made into a movie. Are you interested?"

“Here, this is the script.”

Yang Hao had already written the script of Charlotte's Troubles before coming here. Now that he has come to Happy Twist, he only needs to purchase the film and television adaptation rights of the drama and then negotiate with a few actors and the film will be basically done.

Shen Teng took the script handed to him by Yang Hao and read it carefully.

Before taking the script, Shen Teng had actually made up his mind that he would perform no matter what the script was like. As a small actor, how could he have the right to choose the script? He would just act in any play he could get, no matter whether it was good or bad, and eat his fill first.

But after reading the script, he found it surprisingly good. The plot was not much different from a drama, but the jokes were more reasonably arranged and the plot was smoother.

"Mr. Yang, this script is really good. Who wrote it?" Shen Teng looked curious.

"Of course I wrote it," Yang Hao said, pointing at his nose.

"Don't call me Mr. Yang. We are going to work together soon. It's too formal to call me Mr. Yang. Just call me by my name. I will call you dear brother."

"Row"

Shen Teng felt awkward calling a young man who was so much younger than him "Mr. Yang", so he just agreed without thinking.

(End of this chapter)