Chapter 292 Golden Rooster Awards nominations are out!
“Brother Jin, good morning!”

“Good morning, Brother Jin!”

“Have you got a meal yet?”

“…”

The next morning, Chen Jin rushed to the Film Science Institute as he had a meeting to attend.

And all departments should make it clear that Chen Kai from Qiming Capital, who was recommended by Xiong Xiaoge before, is a good manager of the company and is a professional manager.

Chen Jin gave him an internship and observation period, preparing to promote him to CEO. The growth of a company definitely requires a professional team; however, several other departments had never been specially established before, but they were all established at once today, allowing film science to officially get on track.

In fact, Xiong Xiaoge and Ma Yunting were both interested in injecting capital into CETC, but were rejected by Chen Jin himself.

Although he is short of money, he is actually not short of money.

The release of “Life Events” and “So Young” should solve some urgent problems.

Xiaomi is about to raise funds. Both its mobile phones and chat products are developing very fast, and the valuation has reached 5 million US dollars. Therefore, if Chen Jin wants to own a stake, even 10%, it will cost 5000 million.

This amount of money is not a small sum, and Dianke certainly cannot come up with it. We can only think of a solution when the time comes.

Let’s wait until the movie is released.

If you can’t find a bank mortgage loan, this investment is an opportunity.

Moreover, the company needs to develop, and Chen Jin also needs to start other film investment projects. It will take a long time for him to make money just by starring in the film.

So this meeting is still very necessary.

“Sister Sun, where is Lao Guo? Why can’t I see him?”

Chen Jin happened to see Sun Ran in the finance department and asked him a question.

“It’s at the Qingying Studio. Come over later!”

Next to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology is the Beijing Film Academy’s Qingying Studio, which is only a 5-minute walk away. “So Young” has now entered the post-production stage, and of course Lao Guo spends every day there.

With such a free and practical place, Chen Jin saved a lot of costs and expenses.

Although the several old film studios are not good at producing films these days, their equipment and procurement are real. It is easier to do things with the support of Beijing Film Academy. The students’ internships and graduation works, etc. all depend on the output of Beijing Film Studio and Qingdao Film Studio.

Moreover, the requirements of Qingying Studio were not high. As long as the title and the production company were included when the film was released, it would be fine. A cost-saving expert like Guo Xun would certainly not give up.

Of course, he was also very caring during the filming and hired many veterans from Qingying Studio to work behind the scenes.

Several editors and lighting technicians are all veterans from Qingying Studio, with good skills and rich experience.

“So Young” is the third film produced by Qingdao Film Studio, after “Love Is Not Blind” and “Life Events”. People outside say that Qingdao Film Studio has caught a good opportunity and has become very famous.

Everyone in the factory now worships Chen Jin and Guo Xun as their ancestors.

Soon, the main employees of CETC arrived, including Chen Kai, Chen Su and Gong Ge’er.

Guo Xun also arrived on time.

The entire conference room was filled with people, and the receptionist, newly hired clerks, etc. also had a seat. This was a relatively relaxed corporate environment.

“Tell me a few things!”

Chen Jin didn’t say anything nonsense, and he was very casual: “The most important thing next is, of course, the premiere of “Life Events”!”

“This is the marketing department’s plan for the premiere tonight!”

“If nothing goes wrong, the pre-sale will exceed 5000 million. With such box office results for an art film, we can say we have won a victory!”

The cake still needs to be painted.

Just as Chen Jin and Chen Su predicted at the beginning, the pre-sale of “Life Events” was almost over 5000 million by the evening, and the pre-sale box office for tomorrow, Thursday the 15th, has exceeded 1500 million!
clap clap clap!
Everyone was applauding, and the company’s performance is always what everyone cares about most.

Especially many new employees.

Although many people joined because of the reputation of Chen Jin and Guo Xun, ultimately, the most important thing for a film and television company is the box office performance of the films.

Nowadays, a Venice award-winning art film can have a pre-sale of 5000 million, which is unique in the entire Chinese film industry.

“I discussed this with Mr. Chen before, and he should have told you guys before!”

“The company will set up several new departments next!”

A new personnel and corporate structure regulation has also been issued to everyone.

The first thing is to choose the CEO, who is the chief executive officer, who is mainly responsible for the operation and management of the company. Of course, Chen Jin is not available, so Chen Kai will be in charge.

“Production Department, Legal Department, Human Resources Department, Agency Department, Marketing Department…”

Chen Jin was appointed to each department one by one.

The finance department was of course handled by Guo Xun’s wife Sun Ran, and the production department was handled by Gong Ge’er, the legal department was handled by Yan Lukuan, the marketing department was handled by Chen Su… and the agency department was handled by Pu Lun, who also attended the meeting.

Unlike a year ago when the company was just a scratch team with only a few people, Film Science now has nearly 100 employees and its development can be said to be quite rapid.

And he is also very famous in the circle.

The main task now is to build up the production and agency departments.

“There are two more departments, one is the investment department, and the other is the screenwriting department!”

“I will be in charge of the investment department, and Sister Bao and Brother Tian will be in charge of the screenwriting department for the time being!”

The equity has not been moved for the time being, but Chen Jin has set up option incentives, which is also part of the normal operation of the company.

“Okay, that’s all I have to say!”

“President Chen will speak next!”

Chen Jin smiled at Chen Kai. It was not known whether it was a coincidence or something else that the current leaders of Film Science all had the surname Chen.

Although Chen Su is in charge of the marketing department, everyone in the company knows that he is the third in command.

Together with Chen Kai and Chen Jin, they are the Three Chens.

Chen Kai’s speech was very formulaic, mainly because he had experienced the hardships of working in a large company. Chen Jin whispered to Guo Xun beside him, “Is Wang Fei’s song recorded?”

Ma Yun was very supportive and spent 1000 million to find Dou Peng and Wang Fei to collaborate on a song.

It is the original theme song of “So Young”.

“The song has already been recorded, and they said they’d like to shoot a music video. I’m looking for someone to do it. I’ll also give you some movie trailers!”

“I’ll send it to you when I’m done. You should finish “Life Events” first!”

“it is good!”

Chen Jin just asked casually, and after Chen Kai finished speaking, Chen Su introduced himself.

After the meeting was almost over, Chen Jin kept Chen Su and Chen Kai.

The two people had something to discuss with Chen Jin.

Of course, Chen Su was talking about the release of “Life Events”, while Chen Kai was talking about the company’s next arrangements.

“Brother Jin, are we going to attend the Golden Horse Awards this year?”

“The organizers of the Formosa Golden Horse Awards sent an invitation letter to Director Tian and his company yesterday. They probably hope that we can go. Maybe we can win an award!”

Chen Kai said to Chen Jin.

“Golden Horse?”

Chen Jin actually forgot about this award.

He actually had a very favorable impression of the Golden Horse Awards.

Because this is the most valuable award in the Chinese-speaking world right now, let alone the Hundred Flowers Awards and the Huabiao Awards, even the Golden Rooster and the Golden Image Awards cannot rival it.

The Golden Rooster Awards still have some status in mainland China, but the selection and judging of the award list are difficult to describe.

It is the self-satisfaction of mainland filmmakers and is very unpopular among the people.

The Golden Statue Award is even more free from the constraints of rules and regulations and is a carnival for the Hong Kong region.

This award is only open to films produced by Hong Kong film companies and starring actors, etc. If the film is invested in by the mainland, it cannot be shortlisted.

Therefore, these two huge drawbacks led to the Golden Horse Awards winning easily.

He won without doing anything.

Because he welcomes all Chinese-language films, including those from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries. As long as there are Chinese-language films involved, he has a say in the entire Southeast Asia. The Golden Rooster and Golden Image Awards are now completely incomparable to him.

This award is also very authoritative and has produced many well-known filmmakers, directors and actors.

At least, that’s the case for now.

If there were no system, Chen Jin would indeed have a filter for the Golden Horse Awards.

But now…some unpleasant things happened in the future, and Chen Jin originally didn’t want to participate.

“but……”

Chen Jin thought of a better way.

“When is the Golden Horse this year?”

“Late November, the list will be out in October!”

“The Golden Rooster nominations will be announced in the next few days, at the end of October!”

Film companies attach great importance to these awards, because it is not only about winning the award, but also about promoting the film company’s reputation in the industry.

“Okay, then sign up!”

“Also report Love Is Not Blind!”

These are two films invested by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation. Chen Jin has no decision-making power on other films like “The Hawthorn Tree” and “The Founding of a Party”.

Of course, Zhang Yimou and Han Sanpin definitely don’t want to participate.

First, it may not be shortlisted, and second, “The Founding of a Party” will definitely not be admitted to the Golden Horse Awards.

Although political factors are not on the table now, the Golden Horse Awards’ requirements for film selection are also very “high”!
“Oh, by the way, Brother Kai!”

“That ‘Asian Youth Film Project’, you should discuss it with Brother Su!”

This is a promotion to support young directors, which is similar to picking up a bargain.

Any director who is interested can submit the script to China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and get investment.

Many well-known film companies have worked on this project, but few have been successful. For example, the Asian Rising Star Director, in which Ning Hao participated, is a similar project.

He is a relatively successful case.

But, it’s different when Chen Jin launches this project.

He knows which scripts and movies will be popular, so investing is completely stress-free.

It’s about picking up money.

This is currently the greatest advantage that film science has over other film industries.

The number of films he can make by himself is definitely limited. If he invests in more than 20 films a year and makes money on every one of them, then within a few years, Film Science will not only become number one in China, but may also be able to compete with the six major Hollywood films.

Because in the industry, there is no film company that guarantees 100% profit, and even Hollywood is no exception.

Investing in movies definitely has risks.

As for Chen Jin, even if he cannot achieve 100%, he has the news in his future autobiographical movies, which is much safer than any other film company.

For this kind of project, film science is the most suitable.

“it is good!”

“In fact, in the past few months, many directors and screenwriters have submitted projects to our company. I told you about it before. Why don’t you take some time to take a look?”

Chen Kai was talking there.

“Okay, have someone sort it out and bring it over!”

Chen Jin thought about what else to say.

He is only a little free today during the day, as he has to attend the premiere of “Life Events” in the evening, and will be very busy afterwards.

Guo Xun didn’t even have time to come to the office to say hello to Chen Jin. He went directly to the editing room of Qingying Studio.

After a while, Chen Kai came over with a stack of documents.

“Some of these were sent via email, and some were approached by investors themselves to solicit investment!”

“Several of them have filmed some productions!”

“Put it here, let me take a look!”

Chen Jin picked up a book at random, opened it and took a look. It looked unfamiliar.

The initial names of many movies are different from when they are released, so Chen Jin has to find some familiar plots to match the movie synopsis or trailers.

This actually takes a lot of time.

After flipping through a few books, Chen Jin discovered that he seemed to have overestimated the capabilities of the system.

I’ve never heard of it!
Fortunately, some of the signatures included the screenwriter and director, so Chen Jin could rely on the system index, otherwise it would be really difficult.

But even so, after looking through more than a dozen books, I found one that matched the name.

“Everyone’s Witness”!
The screenwriter and director are the same person. He has already directed a movie, but the box office was average and it seemed to have lost money, so he wants to find a larger film and television company for the second one.

“This movie seems okay…”

Chen Jin took out this book separately and flipped through a few more copies. The bargain he imagined… seemed not to be that easy.

Many good scripts actually already have investors before they are written.

Or just look at the people you invest in.

“In fact, with so many projects, it’s pretty good to be able to pick up just one!”

“There are only so many movies in theaters each year, and less than 10% of them make money, which is only a few dozen movies. So if you can find a profitable movie, you’ve already won a jackpot!”

Chen Jin thought about it for a while before reacting.

Moreover, among so many profitable movies, many of them are directed by big names, and are invested by well-known film and television companies in the industry, etc.; if you calculate it this way, there are only 1-2 dark horse films made by unknown directors and screenwriters each year.

“So, it’s not without gain!”

“Didn’t you at least pick up one?”

Chen Jin smiled, and suddenly her cell phone rang. It was Deng Chao calling.

“We have an appointment. Wen Zhang is not available. It’s this Saturday night. Is Brother Jin free?”

“I also called a few friends. Do you mind?”

“It’s okay, let’s get together!”

Chen Jin replied quickly, and at this time cheers were heard outside the office.

Chen Jin could still vaguely hear her own name.

“what happened?”

Chen Jin pushed open the office door, and Chen Kai said with a happy face: “We just received the nomination notice for the Golden Rooster Awards. Our “Life Events” was shortlisted for 7 awards!”

“Really? So many?”

7?
No wonder the whole company was celebrating. The nomination bonus alone was a lot, not to mention what you get after winning the award.

“Yes, they are all big prizes!”

“Where’s the list?”

Chen Jin was also a little impatient, so Chen Kai quickly asked someone to print it out.

There is of course no problem with Chen Jin’s nomination for Best Actor.

What’s amazing is that Zhao Jinmai was also nominated for Best Actress.

“Damn, this should be the youngest Golden Rooster Award nominee in history, right?”

Chen Jin never expected that this time, the Golden Rooster Awards would give her the Best Actress nomination.

“Awesome, Mai Mai!”

Playing yourself in the role is indeed the most invincible.

(End of this chapter)