Chapter 1005 I’m Not Interested in Making Money

Zheng Zhihao left, Gao Fenfen frowned: "Is he not suitable to be the person in charge of Maoyan?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand; "He is the top professional manager. Professional managers think about things differently from us."

"What's the difference?"

"What we consider is the market and whether the audience likes it or not. When a professional manager faces a project, his focus is profit... Even if he cannot make a lot of money, he must at least ensure that he returns his money!"

Gao Fenfen scratched his head: "But investing in and producing movies is a gamble... No one can guarantee the market performance of the movie after it is released."

"Yeah...so, I dislike Hollywood movies less and less now!"

"How to say?"

"Hollywood has now fully entered the era of professional managers. Behind almost every one of the six major Hollywood companies are bankers and listed companies, and the chairman adopts a rotation system. When all decision-making directions fall into the hands of professional managers, most people are not willing to If you are willing to take risks, making a sequel is the best way to ensure you don’t make mistakes..."

After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "The only thing they have improved is the special effects!"

"It's not that bad..."

"No?" Shen Xudong shook his head: "You know the movie "Edge of Tomorrow", right?"

"Yes, I heard the cost is US$170 million!"

"Well, compare it with the landing battle. Compare it with the landing battle in the second episode of "Band of Brothers" and "Saving Private Ryan". The chaos is visible to the naked eye..."

"why?"

"The 1990s was the most powerful era in the United States. The new blood and blood of the Soviet Union fed the United States from top to bottom, and the entire country was prosperous. Everyone had a lot of time and money to entertain and imagine a new world without the shadow of communism. world.

By 10 years, "Avatar" sounded the death knell for all this. From then on, all blockbusters used special effects, because the fall of the Soviet Union made ordinary Americans poorer and poorer, wealth was further concentrated, and capital became more greedy.

Movies are also more profit-driven, and special effects are getting cheaper.

All kinds of miracles that Industrial Light and Magic racked their brains to create back then can now be accomplished in three years of self-study in animation. In the past, directors traveled all over the world to select locations for filming, but now they can do it with just one piece of green cloth. Filmmaking has changed from an artistic act to a purely commercial act..."

Gao Fenfen glanced at him: "What about you?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I'm different, I'm not interested in making money!"

"…real?"

"Really, all I want to do now is make art... no, it's art!"

…

After "Fire" was released, it quickly formed a dimensionality reduction attack on other types of films!

It is indeed a dimensionality reduction blow. Compared with "Fire" and other movies, it really looks too shabby, especially in terms of scene creation...

Then, "Earth Fire" has a group of fans... They use forums, post bars, including Weibo, WeChat Moments, various Amway "Earth Fire"...

The company is very happy, these are die-hard fans.

Judging from the development history of many overseas science fiction IPs, the degree of audience participation is directly proportional to the vitality of the IP. The most typical ones are "Star Trek" and the Gundam series...

It is also because of the existence of these fans that these works can be renovated again and again...

Then, this group of people started attacking movies of the same period online...

It's normal. After all, it has a shell called "China's first heavy industry movie blockbuster". Many people hate it when they see this shell. But when more viewers see this layer, they immediately separate from the movie itself and become We have created a business card IP that can represent China’s cultural strength and export culture to foreign countries.

Hope it wins!

The problem is, the box office forecast given by Maoyan: 1.035 billion...

Well, it’s over one billion, but the box office of “Charlotte” was 1.426 billion!

Everyone feels unhappy - how can a low-key comedy movie get high box office?

Is the box office of the high-cost and big-production "Fire" not as good as it?

The target of their attack is "Charlotte Troubles"...

Who made "Charlotte" cost 50 million and have a box office of 1.4 billion...

This thing is mainly due to self-media and marketing accounts.

In fact, according to the current box office trend of "Underground Fire", it can obviously exceed one billion!

This data is already very good for Tianmei Company including Shen Xudong - the previous prediction was only 700-800 million at most, and the extra 200-300 million is considered as profit...

As for what many people say online...

It's actually quite popular among fans, but no one interfered - there hasn't been much entertainment news recently anyway.

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"I think the movie "Fire" can not only promote the overall improvement of the film industry, film industry, and film industry, but also drive the whole society's attention and confidence in domestic science fiction movies, Chinese science and technology, and China's comprehensive national strength, political The meaning, social significance and cultural significance are significant and salient.”

Oh, another panel about "Earthfire"...

Shen Xudong's expression didn't change. He was used to it.

He was very uncomfortable at first - a group of people would praise you in front of you and delve into the meaning of your work...

Previously, Gao Fenfen and Chen Xi were asked to participate in his place, but for "Earth Fire", Shen Xudong was basically named by the above.

It was finally over, I said goodbye to all the big guys, and then... I was about to get in my car, and then my phone rang... I looked at the caller ID, and it turned out to be Shen Haobo...

Shen Haobo hasn't contacted Shen Xudong for a long time!

He is busy doing things... Motie Culture has tied up with a bunch of Internet masters. Although the third uncle of the Southern School has established his own business, Tianxiaba Sing has new books every year, as well as Ma Boyong, Yi Zhongtian... Zhang Jiajia!

After three rounds of financing, Motie Culture’s valuation exceeds 4 billion…

Most importantly, their shareholder list includes Shen Xudong - Shen Xudong's celebrity effect is very powerful!

Imitate film and television companies and bind well-known writers...

In addition, Motie Culture has participated in many films directed by Shen Xudong, including this time "Fire"...

Of course, Shen Haobo said, "Film and television investment is a feather on the hat, the least important thing. Making good books is still the most important business of sharpening iron culture." ’

So what are you doing on the phone now?

Could it be that...he is here to urge the manuscript?

"...Dinner date? Now?"

"Okay...I'm fine anyway..."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xudong asked the driver to drive to the agreed upon hotel...

Shen Haobo also put away his phone and turned to ask his friend next to him: "He will be here soon... please tell me the plan in detail!"

"...I don't have any plans, it's just that Han Han wants to make a movie, and I don't know much about this stuff..."

The speaker was a man wearing glasses, his name was Lu Jinbo...

Lu Jinbo is actually also a publisher, having signed contracts with Han Han, Annie Baby, Cai Jun, An Yiru, etc. to establish Guomai Culture.

He came to Shen Haobo just to ask Shen Haobo to introduce Shen Xudong. After all, Han Han's movie needs a mature producer...

If...if Shen Xudong also joins as a producer, then the gimmick of Han Han's first movie will be big enough...

Shen Haobo looked at Lu Jinbo suspiciously: "Han Han also wants to make a movie?"

Take a break today, there is another chapter tonight...