Chapter 540 Should We Make a Series or a Sequel?

Many people say that Hong Kong is a bridgehead...

Exchange point between East and West!

In fact, no, Dai Ying never regarded the colony of Xiangjiang as a bridgehead for the interaction between the Western world and the East. At most, it was an information station or trading point!

The elites in Xiangjiang have never regarded strategic thinking, especially geopolitical and economic thinking, as the fulcrum of their own interests. They only regard Xiangjiang as a station for making money.

This "fast food" pattern is unsustainable, especially when the environment fundamentally changes...

Therefore, in a few decades, the concept of Xiangjiang may disappear, and when mentioned again, it will be just a piece of land in the Greater Bay Area.

However, what happened to Xiangjiang had nothing to do with Shen Xudong, and he would not settle down here.

"Mom, I'm going to the United States after the Chinese New Year. Do you want to go with me?"

"You go to work?"

"Well, there's a movie casting, and I have to control it!"

Hearing this, Mother Shen shook her head: "...you went to work, we won't go..."

"You guys can go travelling."

"Forget it, your dad and I don't understand English. We don't even know how to ask for directions when we get lost!"

"...Okay, I'll go by myself... By the way, do you two want to go to the movies? Our company's blockbuster "Zhao Zilong" is released..."

Shen Mingguang was very interested: "The one starring Liu Dehua?"

"Hey, how do you know?"

"I went to visit Temple Street two days ago and saw posters for three movies: "Zhao Zilong", "Night at the Museum" and "The Disciple" hanging at the entrance of the theater..."

Shen's mother quickly joined the chat: "Is the competition so fierce?"

The two of them have always wanted to know about their son's work. They only knew that he made movies, but they were pure outsiders and really didn't understand how to make movies.

Shen Xudong smiled and said: "The Spring Festival period is a big period in the past. In the past, every company would put their top works in the Spring Festival period."

"But I saw that "Night at the Museum" was not released in the mainland..."

"Well, the Hong Kong film market keeps pace with North America...it's different in the Mainland..."

Dad Shen then asked: "Will "Zhao Zilong" lose money? I read reports that the cost is 40 million US dollars... With such a large amount of money, it must be difficult to recover the cost!"

"Why do you care?"

Dad Shen said: "I read Zhang Weiping's report. He said that the mainland market for "Golden Armor" only received 30 million yuan..."

"...30 million? How is that possible?" Shen Xudong wondered: "Where did you see the news?"

"Just the information on the Internet..."

"Online?" Shen Xudong immediately searched "Zhang Weiping's "Golden Armor" 30 million", and then a bunch of news popped up. Sure enough, there was relevant news:

Zhang Weiping made an calculation to reporters: According to the ratio of 40 to 60% between the producer and the theater chain, they only received more than 100 million yuan from the 256 million yuan domestic ticket. After excluding the 12.8 million yuan paid into the special film fund, 8.44 million yuan was paid. After business tax and more than 60 million yuan in promotional copy fees, the company that produced the new picture was left with only a "fragment" of 30 million yuan...

"He's talking nonsense. According to his calculation, no one will invest in movies!"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "The promotion of "Golden Armor" involves business cooperation, and the posters are sponsored by the brand... The business cooperation income of "Manslaughter" is close to 45 million, and "Golden Armor" will only be more."

"...Then why did he say that?"

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, and then said: "Maybe it was to create a character and brag about losing everything for art; on the other hand, it was also to fool Zhang Yimou. You see, he didn't make any money as a producer, and then gave Zhang Yimou 1.5 million For the director's fee, wouldn't Zhang Yi be grateful..."

"How wicked!"

"He has no money and no power, so why should he cooperate with Zhang Yimou? All he relies on is his mouth..."

Mother Shen returned to the original topic: "Aren't we talking about "Zhao Zilong"?"

Shen Xudong told the truth: "Actually, the cost is not that high. We spent about 16 million US dollars..."

"Then why $40 million?"

"For publicity, you must brag, usually about three times." After thinking about it, Shen Xudong continued: "The investment in "Zhao Zilong" is mainly divided into three aspects. South Korea's CJ Film Company invested US$6 million, and Japan's Dongben Zhu Film and Television invested US$8 million, but we actually didn’t pay any money. Even if we include publicity costs, it’s only about US$2 million...”

Shen Xudong patiently analyzed the box office prospects of "Zhao Zilong" with Father Shen...

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"Zhao Zilong" was released on February 14th. Before the Spring Festival, it undoubtedly topped the crowd with a good performance of 32 million yuan, occupying 80% of the market share with another "The Disciple" - "The Disciple" was released on February 13th. , as of February 17, the cumulative box office was 17 million.

During the Spring Festival, "Zhao Zilong" scored 72 million at the box office, and "The Disciple" had 30 million...

Both movies have good results, of course, "Zhao Zilong" is better!

According to the estimates given by the theater chain, if "Zhao Zilong" is released, the box office will be around 230 million...

"The Disciples" almost 50 million...

That's right, as soon as the New Year arrives, the theaters get off to a good start!

In the Hong Kong film market, "Night at the Museum" takes the first place - 19 million Hong Kong dollars. "Zhao Zilong" is also good, with 16 million Hong Kong dollars. "The Disciple" is much worse, with only 9 million Hong Kong dollars.

In the Asian market, "Zhao Zilong" is very popular... Of course, the box office is not as good as "Night at the Museum".

"Night at the Museum" has a global box office of US$575 million. It is a global hit and has been made into three movies...

Of course, "Zhao Zilong" is not bad either. After all, it is based on the theme of the Three Kingdoms and stars Andy Lau.

Andy Lau's ability to sell ports is quite strong, and the theme of the Three Kingdoms is still Zhao Zilong...

In the original time and space, movies related to the Three Kingdoms such as "The Dragon Removes Its Armor" were sold in Southeast Asia for 8 million US dollars, and "Red Cliff" (Part 1) even received 25 million US dollars...

Even "Guan Yunchang" has 7 million US dollars.

The theme of the Three Kingdoms itself is a legendary story that is familiar to the public. In addition, the script is good and the cast is also very good. There is no reason why it should not be a hit!

Oh, although the title of "Zhao Zilong" is Zhao Yun, which seems to tell the story of Zhao Zilong's life, the climax of the story is the Battle of Changbanpo - riding horses and firing guns, rescuing Adou from a million-strong army...

The reference is "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", which has four chapters: adventure, courage, voyage, and return home...

Of course, just for reference.

The first one to seek refuge was Gongsun Zan. He showed his talent and was valued by Liu Bei. Later he followed Liu Bei...

Therefore, the selection of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, including Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao will be crucial. Liu Bei chose Yu Hewei, Guan Yu chose Yu Rongguang, Zhang Fei... Teacher Jin Song, Zhuge Liang, Shen Xudong considered for a long time, and finally chose Teacher Wang Jinsong...

There is no way, the appearance of other actors feels more like ordinary literati, rather than Zhuge Kongming who is strategizing.

Cao Cao chose Teacher Heizi...

I originally wanted to choose Teacher Weizi, but he is already over 50 years old and is still a bit old.

Shen Xudong had no intention of overturning the verdict, so he just filmed it according to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!

He is not a historian. "Zhao Zilong" is a commercial film, and there is no need to challenge the audience's inherent perceptions.

The truth about "seven in and seven out" is: Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought in Poyang Lake at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. General Zhang Dingbian of the Chen Army once broke into Zhu Yuanzhang's camp alone, and broke into it several times...

What does it have to do with you?

Zhao Zilong's story about Changbanpo rescuing Adou has been rumored for hundreds of years. What case are you trying to solve?

are you crazy?

In March, "Zhao Zilong" was released in South Korea, directly attracting 1.1 million moviegoers, with a cumulative box office of 9 million US dollars. It was released simultaneously in Japan and Japan. It has been the box office champion for three consecutive months, with a box office of 2.9 billion yen, which is 21 million US dollars...

This is something to say later, it is the end of February now.

Gao Fenfen called Shen Xudong excitedly: "Will the Five Tiger Generals series be continued to be developed?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "...Let's continue working on "Zhao Zilong 2"..."