Chapter 634 Pre-Heating for "The Martian"
Thank goodness.
Li Xiaoping had long been accustomed to Wu Yuan's hands-off behavior.
After making a few sarcastic remarks to him, the two entered into a formal conversation.
The second phase of the young director support plan that Wu Yuan was concerned about has almost all come to fruition.
Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Blade" has basically completed the preparation phase. Because the investment in this drama is relatively large, the progress is the slowest, and it is estimated that it will not start until July or August.
Su Lun's first film "Lips and Lips" has been completed, which is one of the three films that the company is doing post-production.
Unfortunately, the script that Su Lun submitted to Light and Shadow Times was not "Time Travel Cohabitation", and the birth of this film is still early.
Tian Yusheng's "The Guide to Ex-boyfriends" has also been completed.
This drama began preparations in September last year, the cast was determined in October, and it started in November. The shooting rhythm is almost the same as "Dear", and it was completed a week earlier than Wu Yuan because they did not have a holiday during the Chinese New Year.
Not to mention the art films of Bi Gan and Hou Pu. With a script, this kind of film is the fastest to shoot, and even the post-production is completed, just waiting for the release date.
Xin Yukun's "Heart Labyrinth" has also completed filming and is currently in post-production.
As for the last film that has been completed and is waiting for the release date, it is "Go Away! Tumor King", which was completed in post-production before the New Year.
This is mainly because this is an urban drama, there is no need for special effects, and the post-production is also done quickly.
So currently the company has six films waiting to be released or about to be released.
This does not include Wu Yuan's own "Dear".
In a blink of an eye, Guangying Times has indeed become the largest film company in China. It can invest in six or seven films a year. Counting the films it participates in, Guangying Times can participate in the production of more than a dozen or twenty films a year.
Similarly, in terms of TV series, Guangying Times should not be underestimated. Although it is not the first TV series production company in the industry, it can produce 2-3 TV series a year.
In addition, the company's variety show department is also operating well. After introducing "Running Man", the company's variety show department seems to have set its sights on Korean variety shows, and has successively introduced Chinese versions of "We Got Married", "Infinite Challenge", "Strong Heart" and other variety shows.
Recently, the company is planning to produce the Chinese version of "I Am a Singer", which is also introduced from South Korea, and plans to broadcast it in cooperation with Mango TV.
Although they all buy copyrights from South Korea to produce Chinese versions of variety shows, it has to be said that this is already very profitable.
The main reason is that Wu Yuan has too many things to do, so he really doesn't have the time and interest to take the initiative to copy some future variety show plans to the company.
Please, he is not a tentacle monster, and he can work hard in multiple fields at the same time.
As a company focusing on film and television, Guangying Times can be said to be first-class in the three fields of film and television, movies, and variety shows in China, and it has done well enough.
After Li Xiaoping learned about the company's recent situation, Wu Yuan was also very satisfied.
Guangying Times, Guangying Kuaibo, and Guangying Special Effects, these three companies constitute Wu Yuan's domestic business map.
In the near future, these three companies will definitely merge into the Light and Shadow Media Group, and then operate and list the separate subsidiaries.
At present, Wu Yuan is most interested in operating and listing Light and Shadow Kuaibo. This money-eating beast must go to the financial market to make money.
As for Light and Shadow Times and Light and Shadow Special Effects, there is no rush.
He is not the big and small king of Huayi, who is counting on Huayi's listing to make money every day. He can make enough money just by making movies.
In other words, if the big and small kings of Huayi can make Huayi make a lot of money just by making movies like Light and Shadow Times, they will not think about making movies every day.
After chatting with Li Xiaoping for a while, confirming that the second phase of the company's young director support plan went smoothly, Su Lun and Xin Yukun also signed into the company, Wu Yuan was very satisfied and planned to leave.
"Are you leaving now?"
Li Xiaoping was speechless: "How long have you not shown up in the company? At least show up in front of the middle and senior management and listen to the report?"
"Okay." Wu Yuan listened to Li Xiaoping's advice obediently.
After hearing this, he stayed in the company for a whole day, and was finally freed when he got off work in the afternoon.
Regardless of whether they had met him or not, leaders of all levels in the company appeared in front of him under various banners. Even some artists who were signed later came to the company to watch after hearing the news.
There was no way. Wu Yuan's name had become a mystery, and even the company's own people rarely had the opportunity to see him.
He never participated in any activities in the entertainment industry, which made it even more difficult for celebrities in the industry to see him.
Now that there was an opportunity, it must be seized!
In this way, Wu Yuan's office was like a zoo visit. One by one, "tourists" bought tickets to enter the venue. They were limited to three minutes. After they had enough time to visit, Li Xiaoping let Wu Yuan go.
Wu Yuan was still wiping his sweat until he left in the car. This enthusiasm was really scary.
However, what he didn't expect was that Wu Yuan, who originally thought he could rest, received another work call before he got home, and it was from the other side of the ocean.
John called in person.
The Martian is about to start preparing for the early publicity.
It is already the end of February or the beginning of March.
The Martian was scheduled last year and will be released during the summer of this year.
As a new film by the international director Wu Yuan, and an IMAX 3D science fiction blockbuster, "The Martian" must be promoted early.
Not to mention that it is known to everyone, but it is necessary to preheat it in advance.
The distributor of "The Martian" this time is no longer Universal, which is a common cooperation of Light Era, but Disney has taken over the distribution work.
This can also be regarded as a little bundled transaction of Light Era's sales contract.
After all, it is estimated that the box office share of "The Martian" will not be fully recovered until next year. If it is distributed in cooperation with Disney, it will be easier to handle the subsequent interests in the later stage.
Disney did not agree to pay more money after all, and would rather let Wu Yuan make a fortune from "The Martian" and stop.
They don't think this movie can get more than 1 billion US dollars in box office worldwide. Although there are more and more movies entering the 1 billion US dollar box office club now, it is no longer the case that you can count them on one hand, but it is still not an easy thing.
As a science fiction movie without the popularity of the previous work and a completely original script, Disney does not think that this movie has the potential to have a box office of 1 billion.
However, they will still work hard to promote the film. After all, the higher the box office of the film, the more the distributor and promoter will get. No one wants to go against money.
Disney also hopes to cooperate more with the great director Wu Yuan. After all, there is still a long way to go. Wu Yuan, who is no longer with the Guangshidai film company, is still the most admired foreign director in Hollywood! (End of this chapter)