After Lu Yang made a statement to the project, he stood in the center of the stage, looked at the three judges with a little nervousness, waiting for them to ask questions.

Ning Hao’s problem is very sharp: “In recent years, martial arts films have been very sluggish, and mainstream audiences no longer favor this subject. It can be said that one film is being made and one film is being lost. There are many good martial arts films that have been lost, such as "Sword Rain"; Tsui Hark is the master of martial arts films, and his performance in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" last year was not satisfactory. "Embroidered Spring Sword" cost 0 million, and the box office must be close to 100 million to make a profit. This is your first commercial film. How do you ensure that this movie can win the favor of the audience?"

The bosses and investors present were nodding. Ning Hao’s question was exactly what they wanted to ask. The martial arts films are not responding well now, and the risk of investing in martial arts films is very high. They want to hear how Lu Yang answers.

Lu Yang thought for a while and said, "It's true that "Embroidered Chunjian" is a martial arts film, but it is not a traditional martial arts film. There are neither martial arts nor knights, and there are more other elements. The movie is a crime theme and has the characteristics of a spy film. Because it is a spy, it is also very thrilling. Our movie combines many new elements on the basis of traditional martial arts. In addition to martial arts fans, it can also attract suspense and other themes to the cinema, which will definitely be favored by the audience!"

Many bosses and investors present were not satisfied with Lu Yang's answers and did not resolve their doubts about martial arts films. However, Han Sanping used a pen to circle Lu Yang's name, and he admired Lu Yang quite a lot.

After Lu Yang left the stage, another young director walked onto the stage. He bowed to the judges: "Hello teachers! My name is Tian Yusheng. I have been working as a screenwriter since I graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. "Lost in the Road" is my work. The project I brought this time is called "Ex-Strategy". The story is..."

"Lost in Thailand" is a dark horse in domestic movies, which won more than 50 million yuan in box office with an investment of 8 million yuan; the sequel of the movie "Lost in Thailand" even achieved an amazing box office of 1.4 billion yuan. When the boss and investors present heard that they were the screenwriter of "Lost in Thailand", they immediately marked the symbols on their notebooks.

Venture capital will continue, and young directors come on stage to introduce their projects one by one and communicate with the judges. From their statements, it can be seen that many people are not used to this method. In the first 5 minutes, most people did not finish their stories and had to take up another 5 minutes to tell the director's thoughts and the cast. During the answering questions, the directors standing on the stage seemed even more nervous and panicked, and some even stuttered when they spoke.

However, the overall atmosphere of the venture capital association is very good. Although the three judges asked questions sharply, each project was systematically sorted out and valuable suggestions were given in many aspects such as the characteristics of the project, selling points, logic, technology, budget, etc.

That night, the three judges began to select ten shortlisted projects despite their physical fatigue. Zhang Ran, as the head of the film festival, naturally appeared at the selection site.

The first award selected is the Best Creativity Award, which will select the most creative story from ten projects.

The three judges had serious differences. Ning Hao's best creative award belonged to "The Last Rain in the World"; Jiang Zhiqiang's best was "The Heart Maze"; and Feng Xiaogang chose "Death Party". The three of them had their own reasons, and no one could convince anyone. So they turned their attention to Zhang Ran and wanted to listen to his suggestions.

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand and said, "You are the judges, but I am not. It is not appropriate for me to express my opinion!"

Ning Hao retorted: "Teacher Zhang, the venture capital association is not a competition, but to select talents. It's nothing to express your opinions. I'm talking about it, your opinions are just references, and we are the ones who make the final decision. Tell us what you think!"

Zhang Ran felt it made sense and said, "I will choose Xie Hang's "Death Party". There are many problems with this script, especially the first act is worse. If I only watch the first act, I can only score two points. But the third act is written too beautifully, even compared with famous movies such as "Death Id", it is not inferior at all. As a domestic suspense film, "Death Party" combines science fiction elements and is quite innovative and is a breakthrough for the same type of domestic movies. Since I chose the most creative award, I think "Death Party" may be the most suitable."

When Feng Xiaogang saw Zhang Ran say this, he said proudly: "Even Mr. Zhang says this, you have no objection now!"

Ning Hao and Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Now "Death Party" has two votes, so choose "Death Party"!"

The next morning, 10 selected outstanding projects were negotiated one-on-one with representatives of investors on the basement floor of the Film Palace; at the same time, venture capital meetings for mature directors in the Future Hall of the Film Palace are also underway.

Today's venture capital will have overseas projects, in addition to the bosses and investors of domestic film companies, there are also many bosses and investors of overseas film companies.

Today's venture capital will have a big difference, that is, not only directors but also producers who make statements on stage. Because many foreign film projects are accumulated by producers, and directors are just workers, so naturally the producers who make statements on stage.

Huang Bo on the stage introduced: "The famous Hollywood screenwriter and producer Dean Devlin who came on stage to make statements. Mr. Devlin served as the screenwriter and producer of blockbusters such as "Independence Day" and "Godzilla", and has a wide influence in the industry. Please welcome Mr. Devlin!"

The bosses of the foreign company present seemed very calm about Devlin's appearance. As we all know, since Devlin and his partner Roland Emmerich parted ways, they have never come up with decent projects. They are outdated. The Chinese bosses and investors present were shocked when they heard that they were the producers of "Independence Day". "Independence Day" is a super blockbuster. Such a powerful person has brought projects here. The venture capital of Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival will go to heaven!

After Devlin came on stage, many manuscripts and design drawings of movies appeared on the big screen. People who knew about the design drawings were the works of "Alien" designer HR Jig, and were shocked and realized that this project might be unusual.

Devlin said with a smile: "I'm very happy to participate in today's venture capital meeting. The project I brought was called "Ansopal Escape"." He pointed to the design drawings behind him and said: "I believe someone has recognized that these design drawings are works by HR Giger. This project was originally in charge of Ridley Scott, which was called the alien on the train. After working for several months, Ridley Scott withdrew from the project due to the conflict of ideas. Later, Emmerich and I took over the project. At that time, the actors were Stallone and Kimbasinger, but not long after, Carlock went bankrupt due to the huge losses brought by "Cutting the Throat Island", and the project died. After that, the project was restarted several times, but due to various reasons, it was never really started. Now I brought the project to China, hoping to find partners and everyone develop this project together!"

Many foreign companies at the scene nodded slightly when they heard that Devlin brought the project "Ansopal" and they all heard of it. The Chinese boss and investors were very shocked. Ridley Scott and Emmerich had taken care of this project, and the actors also decided to be Stallone, which was an awesome project.

Ma Yun was also quite moved and turned to Zhang Ran beside her and said, "This project sounds good! However, there must be a problem if the project has been launched several times but failed. I don't know where the main problem lies?"

Seeing that Ma Yun was interested in "Ansopal", Zhang Ran said, "A few years ago, when I was in Cannes, I met Davelin with this project for pre-sales. At that time, many people from film companies remembered this project, and the response was good, and the pre-sales were done well. However, if a project in Hollywood really started, it would have to get 50% of the funds through pre-sales and tax refunds, otherwise it would not be launched. The budget for this movie was too great. When the movie was launched in 1991, the budget was as high as 90 million US dollars, and now it costs more than 200 million. It is too difficult to get 100 million yuan in funds through pre-sales and tax refunds, so the project has never been launched."

Ma Yun understood what was going on, looked at Devlin on the stage, then looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "Do you think this project can be invested in?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "The cost of movies is too high, and the risk of recovering money is relatively high, but it is not impossible to do it. The key is to look at the performance of the Chinese market. If the Chinese market can get more than 150 million US dollars, it will definitely make money."

Xu Yongan next to him couldn't help saying: "It is difficult for Hollywood movies to get $150 million in the domestic box office, almost 1 billion yuan. So far, the only Hollywood movies with box office of more than 1 billion in China are "Avatar" and "Transformers"!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "It is true, but "Ansopa" has an advantage that other Hollywood movies do not have, that is, it can perfectly add Chinese elements. In recent years, in order to please Chinese audiences, Hollywood movies like to add Chinese elements to the movies and stuff Chinese actors, but because the implanted elements are too stiff, the audience's response is not good. "Ansopa" is different because the story takes place on an underground high-speed train, and the train route is Los Angeles-Hawaii-Mo Capital, a train from the United States to China. There must be a large number of Chinese passengers. It is natural for Chinese actors to appear in the movie."

When Ma Yun heard Zhang Ran say this, she said, "Since Mr. Zhang thinks this project can be done, let's do it together!" He looked at Xu Yongan, then at Han Shanping and Ren Zhonglun, and said, "What do you think?"

Xu Yongan, Han Shanping and Ren Zhonglun's eyes were all focused on Zhang Ran: "If Mr. Zhang is willing to take this head, then we will definitely have nothing to say and will definitely follow up. We will pay as much as Mr. Zhang asks us to pay!"

Zhang Ran laughed when he heard everyone say this: "There are too many uncertain factors in the movie, and no one can guarantee that their projects will make money. There are many projects that Century Peak destroys every year. I am under a lot of pressure if you say this!"

Han Shanping smiled and said, "I would definitely not dare to invest in such a big project without you taking the lead!"

Xu Yongan echoed: "Yes, I have never worked with Hollywood. If Mr. Zhang doesn't take the lead, I will feel unsure."

The project "Ansopa" was brought to Lin'an by Zhang Ran. This project has a certain reputation in the industry. It has been pre-sale in Cannes and Venice, but it has never been launched. If it can be successfully incubated in Lin'an, then the influence of the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival in the industry will surely rise, and it will inevitably attract more projects to Lin'an. In this way, the influence of the film festival will be truly opened!

In addition, Zhang Ran believes that when Wang Jianlin saw himself pulling Ma Yun and the others to shoot blockbusters with Chinese elements, he would definitely make blockbusters with tit-for-tat and film blockbusters with Chinese elements. In this way, Wanda would inevitably fall into the pit of Hollywood.

Ma Yun and the others were interested in participating, but Zhang Ran was desperate to ask for it. After pondering for a few seconds, he said, "This project can be invested in. Since everyone is interested, let's invest together!"
Chapter completed!