Chapter 469 Blockbuster Strategy

"Republic of China" was released on the 12th. The early attendance rate was full, but it started to drop from the 22nd, and on the 25th, many theaters significantly reduced their film schedules.

Relying on bits and pieces of income every day, I have been able to survive until the 30th. When it is offline, I estimate that the box office will be in the early 50 million, and it should not reach 51 million...

At this time, the specific accounts have almost been calculated.

The cost is 12 million, and the publicity investment is 14 million...

In terms of income, TV copyright and audio-visual copyright are 4 million, and the box office share is 18 million. Overseas income is close to 3.6 million US dollars, which is 30 million, and 30% will be allocated to Jiahe - overseas copyright and distribution are basically handled by Jiahe...

In addition, there are advertising revenue and sporadic online copyrights...

Anyway, added together, the net profit after deducting costs is 29 million. The movie channel will get 30%, the company will get 60%, and Chen Hao will get 10%...

"Investing in movies is really a huge profit!"

"...Making money is only a minority, and losing money is the norm. If nothing else, the box office of your performance in "Please Praise Me" did not reach 500,000... Just let it go and release the disc!"

Chen Hao shook his head: "That's a literary film."

Shen Xudong chuckled: "I was shortlisted for the best feature film..."

"...I can't tell you... Now that dinner is here, you go to the bedroom first."

The waiter pushed the dining cart through the door, offering three dishes, one soup, and a bowl of rice...

After he left, Shen Xudong came out of the bedroom...

They are all his favorites, braised beef, spicy shrimps, three delicacies and pickled cabbage, tofu and fish soup...

Chen Hao put the rice in front of him: "You can eat the rice..."

"You don't want to eat?"

"I don't dare to eat... The director told me to stay in good shape."

Shen Xudong picked up the rice unceremoniously - Chen Hao didn't have a melon-seed face, he had a round face, which was particularly noticeable once he gained weight, so he usually didn't eat rice at night...

The two of them were eating and chatting.

"I saw that they were all reporting on the Han-Bai war, and you joined in...what happened?"

"...It's just a bunch of qualified cultural critics who are pretending to be cool, but they are not very good at it, which makes people uncomfortable. Then Han Han replied, 'The literary world is nothing, no one should pretend to be cool'..."

Shen Xudong did some basic research and then shook his head: "For people like Bai Ye, if you talk to him professionally, he will talk to you about morality, and you will talk to him about morality, he will say that he doesn't want to talk about it... he doesn't want to talk about it, and he will go all out in public. Show up, do a bunch of interviews…”

"Why did he want to be interviewed?"

"He thinks Han Han has no right to speak in the media!"

Chen Hao nodded, and then asked in confusion: "Then why do you want to join?"

Shen Xudong explained: "Some media asked me, so I just said a few words casually. No matter how I said it, I also write books, and I can be considered a scholar!"

Chen Hao nodded, thought of something, and smiled: "Yes, you are still a genius!"

"...What? You slept with the talented man, are you in a good mood?"

"They say that since ancient times, talents have struggled to pass the test of beauty. Have you passed my test?"

“…”

…

On the evening of the 30th, in the lobby of a hotel in Beijing.

"boom!"

"Wow!"

Gao Fenfen, Shen Xudong and You Dazhi each carried a hammer and started chipping away at it. The big ice block with the words "50 million" turned into pieces in the blink of an eye.

Immediately, the three people poured wine, and dozens of people below also held wine glasses and raised them forward in unison.

Celebrating!

"Republic of China" has been released, and its box office result of 50.75 million exceeded everyone's expectations. It is certainly worthy of celebration.

Originally, the director of the movie channel was supposed to be on stage during the ice-breaking session, but he didn't want to, so forget it...

You Dazhi picked up the microphone and wanted to say a few words: "Thank you to the company for trusting me. In fact, I haven't made a name for myself in Hong Kong. Last year, Xudong found me and said, 'Come to the mainland and I will take you to make a movie!' …Then I came…I’m so grateful to Xudong and Fenfen…”

A little excited...

It’s understandable, after all, he became famous at a young age and became lonely in the middle...

At that time, he, Johnnie To and Wei Jiahui were known as the "Du Weiyou" iron triangle.

You Dazhi contributed three of the best noir films as a director: "One of Two Can Live", "Dark Flower" and "Very Sudden"...

But in the end, I left Galaxy Image. The reason is very simple: Galaxy highlighted Johnnie To and Wei Jiahui, and the others will definitely be ignored!

After leaving Galaxy, he worked for a TV station and filmed some TV series. Then he received an invitation from Tianmei Media to shoot movies in the mainland and became famous in one fell swoop!

It is really successful. So far, except for Zhou Xingchi and Jackie Chan's movies, their box office is higher than his in the mainland, and everyone else's movies...

No, there was another "Initial D" last year...

But that’s it for these three!

In other words, as long as there are no major problems with his next film, he will be able to become a famous director soon.

The next film is still "The Detective of the Republic of China"...

Tianmei Company directly signed five film contracts with him...

"No need to say polite words, you can eat and drink as you like, and everyone will get red envelopes!"

Gao Fenfen took the microphone and announced boldly.

"yeah!"

"President Gao is the best!"

Everyone loved to hear dry information, and there was a burst of cheers.

This celebration banquet was purely internal, no media was invited, and it was not promotional in nature - it was all filmed, what the hell is publicity?

The participants are basically the staff and actors of "The Detective of the Republic of China"...

The red envelope reward is also deserved. Although it is only a few thousand yuan, it is still a good bonus!

No outsiders were invited, and everyone was very relaxed. You respect me, I respect him, and the atmosphere was harmonious. Gao Fenfen found Shen Xudong who was chatting with Huang Bo: ""Carol" has been shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes. Are you going?"

"I will definitely go..."

Shen Xudong nodded and asked, "What? You want to go too?"

"...How can I leave..."

"When I go this time, I will bring someone who sells the copyright of "The Detective of the Republic of China"..."

"Would foreigners be interested?"

Shen Xudong hesitated: "It's hard to say... I guess the probability is low. Let Jiahe try it..."

During this trip to Cannes, apart from "Carol", the most important thing is to sell films. Golden Harvest is planning to bring four films, "The Dressmaker", "Taken", "Manslaughter" and "The New World" to Cannes for screening...

In fact, it’s about selling movies.

With the addition of "The Detective of the Republic of China", it won't be a big problem!

Gao Fenfen nodded: "Jiahe basically agreed to our request for investment..."

Well, Tianmei Company has invested in Jiahe...

After all, we have to count on Jiahe as the distribution channel in Southeast Asia.

Shen Xudong agrees with this... It is an established strategy to invest first and then directly acquire when the time is right.

"Let's not talk about it for now," Gao Fenfen interrupted, and then asked: "Have you read online reviews recently?"

"What review?"

"Say we can't make a blockbuster movie!"

Blockbusters…

Shen Xudong hesitated: "Why make a blockbuster?"

Gao Fenfen's expression was very serious: "Although our company's profitability is first-rate, in the eyes of our peers, it is still not first-rate because we don't have a truly big production. In today's world, being able to make blockbusters shows that you are capable. Even the theaters gave it a high three-point rating!”

"...Sure, let me think about it..."