Chapter 441 Don’t Spend My Money

In the original time and space, Chen Kexin said in an interview, "I can only say that based on China Film's investment ratio in "The Movie", if the box office in the mainland is less than 150 million, everyone will lose money, so basically I knew the box office with my eyes closed at that time." It won’t be lower than 150 million. China Film will not let it lose money. I don’t know how much it can make. ’

Where does China Film’s control lie?

First of all: China Film Group has the right to distribute imported films, so if the theater schedule is not good, they will not be able to get copies of imported films...

Secondly, Director Han’s personal courage...

The theater chain is willing to believe him!

Of course, "Tou Ming Zhuan" still lost money.

Because overseas copyright income is very low...

Especially in North America!

In North America, "Venture" was screened and got a bad reputation. It finally closed at US$120,000...

Chen Kexin did not believe in evil, and later "Martial Arts" and "Blood Drop" were released...

Even worse, "Martial Arts" only lasted for three days and cost 11,000 US dollars, while "Blood Drop" only lasted for one day and cost 5,200 US dollars...

The reason is very simple - foreigners will definitely not buy into the realistic and plot-heavy genre. Others have a lot of them themselves. Chinese kung fu and martial arts are the only factors that can attract foreigners to watch.

Therefore, it is impossible for Shen Xudong to invest...

"If you can convince Li Lianlian, you can at least attract US$40 million in investment..."

Qin Hong is more concerned about profits: "Can it make money?"

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, and then said: "It's a bit difficult. If the market can accommodate it, large-scale productions will have high box office in most cases. However, with an investment of 40 million US dollars, the domestic box office will only be 300 million at most. It depends on overseas , overseas... no one can control it!"

Chen Kexin interjected: "In many places overseas, the income of theaters has actually been used to recover promotion fees. Many people don't watch the box office at all! If we want to please foreigners and make something a little more unreal, there are also European and American markets. These markets combined It is possible to double the box office in the Mainland..."

"...the "Notice of Contribution" is not valid!"

After a pause, Shen Xudong advised: "If you want to film "The Call to Fame", you should first convince Li Lianlian... As long as he is willing to star, the rest will be easy!"

"...We still need to find China Film Group!"

"...Well, we need China Film's support."

Chen Kexin nodded...

Shen Xudong doesn’t need to remind you about this!

In fact, not only him, many Hong Kong companies and many blockbusters want to cooperate with China Film.

Because everyone has seen that China Film Group can take a movie that has failed at the box office in Hong Kong and other places around the world and make it so profitable in mainland China. Everyone feels that the power of China Film Group is invincible...

Therefore, including Zhu Yanping and Zhou Xingchi, they all began to cooperate with China Film Group - "Slam Dunk" and "Yangtze River No. 7" are both controlled and distributed by China Film Group!

…

After chatting for a while, the food was served and we ate first.

"Actually, I wrote a script before, based on "Brothers in Trouble"..."

"Oh, what's it called?"

"It's called "Riding the Wind and Waves"..."

Shen Xudong gave a brief outline of the story of "Riding the Wind and Waves".

He was not worried at all that Chen Kexin would write down this story in advance!

The synopsis of the story of "Riding the Wind and Waves" is nothing new. The core is that the father and son go from struggle to reconciliation...

It’s nothing more than the use of time-travel elements…

In fact, "Riding the Wind and Waves" is completely 'borrowed' from "Brothers in Trouble". Otherwise, why would the character Ma Huateng be included?

Isn't it because Li Ka-shing is in "Brothers in Trouble"!

After hearing this idea, Chen Kexin nodded: "...It's very good, why not do it?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I calculated that the cost is around 20 million. Including the publicity and distribution, it is 35 million... It will take 100 million to get back the original cost. Let's forget it. The risk is too great..."

"Yes, the current film market does not allow mid-level investment films to survive at all!"

Chen Kexin nodded: "... and the mainland audience's understanding of blockbusters... One thing that makes me very unhappy is that before the release of "If Love", I communicated with many reporters, and they all said that this movie does not look like a blockbuster. I said that I have spent seven or eight dollars on it. It cost tens of millions of yuan, and there were three stars, but they still felt that this was not a blockbuster film...

They told me that "The Promise" is the blockbuster movie. Calculating using Hong Kong’s set of blockbuster rules: my three stars are all bigger than the stars of "The Promise", including Chang Seol-woo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Ji Jin-hee, and they are definitely more expensive than those of Tse Ting-feng, Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Dongjian, and Hiroyuki Sanada combined. Korean actors are cheap, Japanese actors are even cheaper, as cheap as 1 million.

At this stage, the most expensive ones are in Hong Kong, and the more expensive ones are Hong Kong actors who go to the United States. "

"I understand now: the rules in the Mainland are opposite. Hong Kong has a star system, and the audience always goes to the stars. But the Mainland is just the opposite, it is a director-centered system."

"After "The Promise" was released, there were 11 halls in the theater, and overnight there was not a single hall left for me."

Qin Hong explained awkwardly: "Xingmei Cinemas still has to listen to China Film..."

Shen Xudong concluded: "For the Lunar New Year period, you must first conquer the theaters, because in December, during the Lunar New Year period, no matter what film is made, it will be sold in the theaters that are open. There are so many movies and so few theaters, how do we want to conquer the theater managers? , if the theater manager has confidence in you, your movie will already be sold."

"...Anyway, I understand now!"

Chen Kexin continued: "Actually, I don't believe in the appeal of stars. I will never believe that finding someone to act will bring you tens or hundreds of millions at the box office. But I believe that stars can create a lot of influence." topic."

"I actually received a lot of scripts, but they were all quite difficult! It's very difficult to make movies in the Mainland, because if you want to make money from movies, and the investment is not high, you have to stand out. If you stand out, there will be sensitive areas. . But the main theme of censorship is that it’s best not to have a topic, not to be controversial, and to only shoot some safe subjects..."

…

Chen Kexin said a lot...

The angle is right too.

He is a very smart person, and his smartness lies in his attitude towards movies - if you look at his resume, there are almost no bad movies he has directed, and the rate of bad movies can be said to be 0.

It's a pity that he can only adapt to the rules and cannot create new ones. Plus, he is an outsider...

So, he made movies for a while that he didn’t really believe in!

But...if you only make movies that the audience likes and hide your own thoughts, what's the point of the movie?

Later, I simply moistened it out.

Quite an interesting person...

Of course, no matter how interesting it is, the screenwriter fee must be paid - the script fee for "The Call to Action" is 1.5 million, no discounts, no dividends!

In addition, it is impossible for Shen Xudong to invest in the "Investment Certificate", let alone let the company participate in the investment...

Why invest when you know you will lose money?

Chen Xi didn't understand: "With Li Lianjie, why are you worried about the overseas market? I heard that "Fearless" earned more than 60 million US dollars just from selling the overseas copyrights?"

""Fearless" is a pure action movie..." Shen Xudong explained: ""The Call to Action" is not quite like Li Lianjie's drama. Li Lianjie's drama, which is popular overseas, has a specific state, that is, it is played from beginning to end, and There can't be anything too deep.

His overseas audience - we are not racist, many fans are black, or relatively grassroots, and will definitely not be interested in Chinese culture. Those people just like to watch the fight, so "The Famous" is definitely not popular ! "

"...Then would you recommend it to Chen Kexin?"

"It doesn't cost me any money. This subject can be easily made into a masterpiece at first glance!"