Chapter 357 If You Refuse Again, You Will Be a Bit Ignorant.
"Escape" is confirmed to be directed by Wilson Yip, starring Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Tony Jaa, Hu Ge, and the villain is Wrinkle Zhao Long.
The heroine is still being selected, and I guess it should be Chen Hao. After all, Tianmei Media is also involved in the production. If the first sister doesn't play the heroine, should the second sister Zeng Li be the one?
Zeng Li can come, but she doesn’t look like a sister at all!
In fact, Chen Hao is not like...
"New World", directed by Lam Ling-tung, does not consider the mainland market, but mainly considers the mainland market, such as South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia...
Of course, if the review allows it to be released, the changes that need to be made will also be made, and two versions will be made!
Since the rise of co-productions in 2004, double versions have been popular - also to allow Hong Kong filmmakers to adapt to the rules of the mainland market.
However, dual versions will no longer be allowed in the future, and Hong Kong films that are co-produced cannot bypass the mainland and be released in advance or on their own in other places...
Unless you are purely into Hong Kong movies...
Coming back, Wrinkle Huai still has confidence in "Cruel Streets".
On the one hand, although this theme is a gangster movie, it is very realistic. Unlike previous gangster movies about morality, it can be released simultaneously in the mainland without any cuts;
On the other hand, there are almost no decent players in this year’s May 1st round...
I don’t know what happened to Hollywood this year. There is another epic film on May 1st - "Kingdom of Heaven".
The audience has long been tired of this type of show!
Speaking of which, Hollywood is also following the trend. After "Gladiator", a bunch of epic films were planned, but the box office and reputation were just like that.
"Troy", the only one released in 2004, grossed $500 million at the global box office, but that year's PG-13 "Spider-Man 2" grossed $800 million, so it's hard to say "Troy" The box office of 500 million is so outstanding.
As for other epic movies, the box office is even more miserable.
The global box office of "Alexander" was only US$167 million, Disney's "King Arthur" was US$203 million, and "Robin Hood", the collaboration between Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe again, only had a global box office of US$321 million...
Then there is "Ben-Hur". It is lucky to have a global box office of more than 100 million US dollars.
The only successful commercial epic film is "300" in 2007...
In Wuzhihuai's view, only one film, "Sanchakou", is a bit challenging, but... the human dilemma this movie tells is completely out of line with the market...
Destined to hit the street!
Therefore, there is only one problem before Jiahe: how to make the audience willingly enter the cinema and pay for the movie.
This is very difficult, because in recent years Hong Kong audiences have become less supportive of local movies. Last year, leaving aside the overall champion "Kung Fu", it was included in the top ten grossing list, with a box office of over 9 million!
You must know that the tenth of the year in 1982 was already 9.91 million - "Eighteen Martial Arts"!
After twenty years, we have retreated instead of advancing.
So, he wants to promote it...
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In Beijing, Shen Xudong and Gao Fenfen came out of the movie channel and had just held a script meeting for "The Detective of the Republic of China".
There is nothing wrong with the script and it complies with regulations.
The cost of the problem obviously exceeds the stipulated 2 million. To eliminate the effects, at least 10 million must be added - 12 million!
That wouldn’t be a TV movie!
If it is not a TV movie, it means it will go to theaters. The question is, who dares to guarantee the success of the movie on the market?
It’s not like the movie channel has never made movies. It has produced or co-produced “The Last Day”, “My Days in France”…
The box office is terrible!
Especially "Born Out of the Sky", the box office was only 30,000...
A group of people at the movie channel were very hesitant...
In the end, it was the director who made the final decision - shoot!
The original words are: ‘Most of the TV movies launched by our channel are based on rural and ancient costume themes. Because TV audiences are mainly middle-aged and elderly, but we cannot just look at the present and leave young viewers to other channels. Losing young viewers is equivalent to losing the future of our movies.
While ensuring ratings, we should make more attempts to launch a group of movies that young audiences like. I think as long as the movie is good, young audiences are still willing to watch it. Young people like to watch Hollywood movies. The key is the quality of the movie! ’
"The story of "The Detective of the Republic of China" is suspenseful enough and does not violate the regulations. I think it can be filmed!"
"As for the money issue, we will pay half and leave the rest to them!"
How to deal with it?
In fact, the investment problem of "Republic of China Detective" is easy to solve. With Shen Xudong's appeal, he can get enough production funds from anyone he can find.
However, Gao Fenfen wants to finance it himself!
Shen Xudong has no objections - the cost is 12 million, the post-advertisement payback is 4 million, the movie channel movie copyright is 2 million, a 10 million promotion, and a box office of 30 million should not be a big problem!
The probability of getting your money back or even making a small profit is still very high.
After discussing the matter, they returned to the company, and Gao Fenfen announced that he had bought the rights to adapt the two works "Why Is the Flute Silent" and "Bi Zong Shen" ("No Time to Say I Love You").
"The company only has 12 million in its account, and there is no money to start a drama for the time being!"
"...It can attract investment!"
Gao Fenfen shook his head: "That won't work. It's dangerous to borrow too much. Let's wait until the first repayment from "The Best Servant" arrives, and wait a little longer..."
"up to you…"
Shen Xudong can probably understand. After all, the company's expenses are too high. It has taken charge of the investment and production of three TV series: "Soldier Assault", "The Conspiracy", and "Wulin Gaiden". In addition, the movie "The Aviator" is also being filmed...
TV dramas are slow to pay back...
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"Cruel Street" has been released, but Shen Xudong seems to have not participated in the promotion...
Gao Fenfen was very concerned about this matter and asked directly: "Are you and Jiahe having a conflict?"
"No…"
"There was no conflict, so why did Jiahe's publicity leave you alone?"
"The promotion in the Mainland has not started yet. The road show in the Mainland will officially start tomorrow... Besides, wouldn't it be inappropriate to leave the promotion work to a screenwriter?"
Gao Fenfen rolled his eyes: "Are you an ordinary screenwriter? And we have a follow-up cooperation plan with Jiahe!"
Shen Xudong was noncommittal and asked: "...By the way, who are you going to recommend as the heroine of "The Rescue"?"
Hearing this question, Gao Fenfen frowned: "I contacted Liu Yifei... but she seems to have no schedule..."
"Did you contact Liu Yifei?" Shen Xudong was surprised: "Why didn't I know?"
"Tell you everything? She is the most popular right now...and her agency is not professional. I contacted her mother and wanted to sign her..."
"...I said so!"
Aunt Liu, who I originally contacted, is a person that even Huayi is afraid of...
Shen Xudong took out his mobile phone and was about to send a text message to ask Liu Yifei - "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" and "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" were rejected. It was understandable, since those two were low-cost horror films, but "Hurricane Rescue" Rejection is a bit ignorant...
The lineup and genre are all action movies that Jiahe is good at, and the script was also written by Shen Xudong...
There is no reason to refuse.