Chapter 358 Why Celebrate with Less than 4 Million?
"The production of "The Condor" has just been completed...I don't want to take on the role for the time being..."
"You're young and don't work hard. Do you want to lie down?"
"No, I have to make up for my lessons..."
"Oh well…"
Shen Xudong hung up the phone and Gao Fenfen looked at him: "How is it?"
"She said she wanted to rest..."
"...Then let her rest..."
Shen Xudong said 'hmm' and then asked, "How did you come up with the idea of poaching her?"
"Didn't you say you want to be younger? She is the most popular among the new generation!"
"...The Condor hasn't even aired yet, and she's already very popular?"
""Fairy Sword"..."
Well, "Sword and Fairy" has radiated to most local satellite TV stations across the country. Liu Yifei and Hu Ge swept all the domestic newcomer awards and became the hottest young actors. They are very popular.
At present, in terms of popularity alone, Liu Yifei is indeed unique!
Gao Fenfen added: "Moreover, she is self-employed, and a lot of companies are interested in her."
"I have a godfather..."
"I know, Godfather Chen... he has quite a lot of connections..."
"Change it."
"...Then you can only choose from the school..."
Shen Xudong suddenly thought of Tang Yan: "How is that classmate of mine?"
Chengtian has been weakened, and it is estimated that it will no longer be able to get along with Wang Jing. Then Tang Yan will probably not have the opportunity to go south to Hong Kong to develop, let alone get to know her father Wang!
Of course Gao Fenfen knew who the classmate Shen Xudong was talking about. After thinking about it, she replied: "...She hasn't signed the contract yet...Okay, I'll go ask about the situation."
"Forget it if you can't find the right one... just sell your favors to other companies!"
Gao Fenfen nodded: "With Wu Jing and Hu Ge in "Hurricane Rescue", it can be registered as a co-production. Whether the heroine is a mainland actor or not, it doesn't matter much!"
"Hey, how many did we cast for this play?"
Gao Fenfen answered seriously: "The total cost is 25 million, and we invested 10% plus your script, which accounts for a total of 20% of the investment share!"
"...Then how much money did you raise?"
"20 million... No, what do you mean? The 25 million cost is the real cost. We don't need to publicize it... Adding the publicity cost, the total cost is 80 million. Is there any problem?"
Shen Xudong was speechless: "You are right..."
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There’s a lingo: No one makes a movie with their own money!
Because movies are a high-risk investment activity.
It would be good if a quarter of the movies produced every year reach theaters, and only a few of them make money.
But in fact, there are still many people who invest in becoming directors...
Generally, new directors cannot get investment, so they basically invest their own money to make low-budget films.
But, if I can get investment, I won’t invest my own money.
Of course, there are risks in borrowing money to make movies. In the past, Huang Ying, a Hong Kong martial arts writer and screenwriter, invested in making movies. In the end, he lost money, was beaten by his creditors, and died of serious injuries - Huang Ying was the one in "The Transformation of the Silkworm" and "Shen Shengyi" s work.
Well, the loan shark he borrowed...
Gao Fenfen will definitely not borrow loan sharks~
She knows many rich people, including "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" starring Jackie Chan, "Hurricane Rescue" starring Donnie Yen and Wu Jing...
No matter how you look at it, you can make money!
Taking this as an opportunity, tens of millions were attracted...
"Glory of the Tang Dynasty", the company only invested 15 million, accounting for 10% of the investment share, "Hurricane Rescue" accounted for 20%...
So why does it cost so much?
No money is needed for other projects?
"Soldier Assault", "Martial Arts Story" and "Tough Love" add up to 30 million!
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In fact, "Sanchakou" was released on April 28th, and "Cruel Street" was released on the 29th...
Let's briefly talk about "Sanchakou". Sanchakou means three middle-aged men who took three paths for various reasons, and the paths diverged...
Police, lawyers, gangsters...
Starring Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng and Daniel Wu.
The star content is enough, but unfortunately, the plot is quite awkward. An affectionate policeman who is looking for his wife who has been missing for ten years, a principled and warm killer, and a perverted murderous lawyer who claims to be a righteous man - the three of them cherish each other in the dark. of enemies.
Finally, when police officer Aaron Kwok and lawyer Ekin Cheng were fighting to the death, the lawyer's wife came to stop them.
She looks exactly the same as Aaron Kwok's missing wife, but unfortunately she just begged Aaron Kwok to let her husband go. He always thought that his missing wife just lost her memory. In fact, one night ten years ago, she was shot by the fledgling killer Daniel Wu...
Well, that’s the story!
It's boring and featureless.
I always want to express my psychology through the lens, but the lens is not as effective as the soundtrack, it is just scratching the surface, and it cannot arouse resonance at all.
Emotions cannot be accumulated through the lens, so the harder you act, the more difficult it is to watch.
Maybe the director wanted to convey something - it can only be said to be a good idea, but it didn't work well from the script to the finished film.
Therefore, the box office was not great, and there was not even much discussion.
The same goes for The Original Time and Space. The Hong Kong box office of "Sanchakou" was HK$6.7 million and the mainland box office was HK$15 million. After all, it was a star-studded movie!
At this stage, mainland audiences are very picky about celebrities, so the huge sales of "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" and "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" are incredible...
"Cruel Streets" was released on the 29th. The first-day box office in Hong Kong was HK$2.7 million, and the box office in the mainland was HK$3.6 million...
Jiahe is very excited...
I'm really excited. You have to know that the total box office of "Lucky Superman" in Hong Kong has not reached 6 million yet - not even Leung Chaowei's salary!
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Shen Xudong only found out about the first-day box office results of "Cruel Streets" after receiving a call from Zheng Baorui...
To be honest, he felt that this score was a bit low.
After all, whether it's "Mountain Village Fox Wife", "The Legend of Xing'anling Hunter" or even last year's "Hold the Call", the first-day results were all inferior to "Cruel Streets"...
So, when he heard that Jiahe was preparing a celebration banquet, he felt numb all over.
"Did I hear it wrong? Or did you say it wrong? The box office in the Mainland was 3.6 million on the first day, right?"
Zheng Baorui is still very excited: "...Yes, Hong Kong has 2.7 million people, and Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore are close to 1.8 million..."
Speaking of this, he lowered his voice: "In addition, I heard them say that the copyright of Nippon Benzene has increased to 2.2 million US dollars!"
Wow, Japanese benzene rights sold for $2.2 million...
That means the cost has been recovered!
In recent years, South Korea and Japan have been aggressively buying films from other countries, using their money to invest in Chinese-language films, or simply remake classic Hong Kong films. For example, "A Better Tomorrow" was remade into "Stateless Man"...
But Shen Xudong still couldn't understand: "... Then there's no need to hold a celebration banquet now, right?"
3.6 million on the first day, not 36 million...
Celebrating?
What are you celebrating?
"For publicity, Boss Wrinkle also wants to come to the mainland to visit..."
"...Okay, when will you come to BJ?"
"I've already arrived…"
Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment: "Are you here? Why didn't you notify me in advance?"
"I'm here, they have to wait until tomorrow... give Edison and Gillian some space..."
Shen Xudong immediately gossiped: "Are they really in a relationship?"
"We're dating, but you can't say it, we're still going to hype it up!"
"…understand…"