Chapter 864 You Have Quite Good Taste! (14)

The Asian box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" should be US$205 million, of which the mainland box office is US$171 million, which means that other regions in Asia contributed more than US$25 million!

300 million yuan buyout, there is profit!

Almost half the profit.

Of course, no one can guarantee the box office before this movie is released~

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Stephen Chow not to sign a distribution contract with Huayi...

According to the supplementary contract filed in the lawsuit, the box office exceeded 500 million, and Stephen Chow would receive dividends...

Of course, the two sides have different definitions of 500 million. Zhou Xingchifang believes that if the box office exceeds 500 million, there will be dividends, while Hua Yi said that the box office revenue is 500 million...

In fact, as long as Huayi admits that there is a figure of 500 million, anyone who knows the business will know that Huayi wants to default on its debt...

The box office revenue is 500 million. What is the concept? The box office is 1.5 billion...

There's no way this thing is possible...

However, now, Zhong Lifang proposes a 300 million buyout...

What concept?

Stephen Chow made a total of 187 million!

Oh, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" cost 113 million...

Later "Mermaid" and "Subduing the Demon" were premium investments...

Shen Xudong was speechless: "Not satisfied with 300 million? Do you want dividends? Which kind of dividends will you get?"

"...he likes money..."

"You tell Zhong Lifang, either buy it out for 300 million, or let him find the issuer by himself. We don't have time to play with him!"

Chen Xi nodded: "Okay, I understand..."

Shen Xudong said 'hmm' and continued to read the script. Chen Xi came over and said, "Is this "Detective Chinatown 2"?"

"right…"

"Are you directing it yourself?"

"It depends on the situation. If there is a suitable director, leave it to him and I will be the producer..."

"...Do you have any plans to direct a new film?"

"Not yet...why are you asking about this?"

Chen Xi explained: "I had a phone call with Da Tiantian two days ago, and she asked..."

Shen Xudong asked: "Didn't Tiantian star in "Special Identity" with Donnie Yen?"

"...She wants to play roles that allow her to develop..."

"Then let's act in a TV series...find her an ancient doll..."

"That's okay..." Chen Xi nodded, and then remembered something: "Nowadays, the salary of celebrities has increased a bit outrageously!"

"What an outrageous method?"

"What do you think Zhao Liying's price is for accepting a TV series?"

Before Shen Xudong could speak, Chen Xi answered on his own: "The whole drama produced by our company, "Brilliant Star", was quoted at 20 million... I originally thought it was very high, but it turned out that an outside drama was quoted at 35 million..."

“The market is so big, the audience is so large, and there are only a few people who recognize it. Everyone is grabbing it, but it doesn’t mean it’s high.

Stephen Chow's salary level in the 1990s was 20 million. That was the 1990s. It is a hit not only in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also in all of Southeast Asia.

Hollywood stars are more expensive than Chinese stars because they have a global market. "

"That's too exaggerated! How can they have a Southeast Asian market?"

"The major video platforms are at war and have raised the price of long-form video copyrights. If you look at the prices they charge for movies, they are not that outrageous!"

"That's true..." Chen Xi sighed: "It can't go up any more. If it continues to go up, how can we make money?"

"We can let them convert their remuneration into investment!"

Chen Xi shook his head: "I don't want to."

"Don't want to? Why?"

"Pay the film remuneration directly, guarantee the income during droughts and floods, and convert it into investment. What if the series does not sell well?"

"...Then if it sells out, wouldn't the actor earn more?"

"Not many actors have this kind of courage."

…

Actors' pay skyrocketed starting in 2009. Cable TV was fully popularized, and a satellite TV ranking tool was developed. Each satellite TV station competed for viewers and advertising fees, buying movies at high prices. At this time, mainland film and television companies were rushing to go public to make money. Movies Huayi, TV Huace, all have money...

Crazy bidding to grab A-list stars!

Chen Daoming, Li Youbin, and Sun Honglei directly rose to 800,000 per episode...

Then around 2015, with the implementation of the one-star policy for two dramas, the Internet platform ushered in its highlight moment. In order to compete with traditional satellite TV for audiences and high-quality film and television resources, a lot of money was burned...

Directly burning the star's salary to more than 50 million for a single series!

This is called market decision.

Later, the market couldn't bear it, and there were all kinds of complaints. Then the higher authorities issued policies. More than 400 lower-level companies, including video platforms and film and television companies, collectively endorsed the demand to limit high film remuneration.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is also market regulation!

The video platform can no longer win, and it doesn’t want to win, so salary cuts have become a consensus...

This is actually a manifestation of the content company's lack of confidence in itself. If you look at Noon Sunshine, there is no such thing. Many so-called big-name actors are willing to take the initiative to cut their salaries to participate in Noon Sunshine dramas!

Shen Xudong believes that once PPTV’s self-produced drama takes off, many actors will definitely be willing to cut their salaries to participate!

Although most stars and actors in our circle love vanity, there are benefits to being vain, because good works can increase their chips when bragging.

…

The release of "Wu-Tang" did not stop "Painted Skin 2" from continuing to dominate the box office list...

It's just that the market share has dropped from 80% to 70%...

"Wu-Tang" is so bad!

In fact, the setting of this script is quite good, and it has the flavor of cultivating immortals, but the specific performance is much worse.

If the protagonist were changed to a seasoned Taoist who wants to cultivate immortality and ascend to heaven, the movie would be a good suspense film, but unfortunately, it cannot...

Not even a little bit of suspense factor!

If you look at the setting of the script, in the early days of the Republic of China, a grand martial arts event that happens once in a century is about to begin. Masters from all walks of life gathered in the Taoist holy land of Wudang Mountain to compete for the title of "No. 1 in the world". On the surface, they were making friends with martial arts, but behind the scenes, they had a big mission. …

The archeology professor also came to Wudang for the legendary mountain-tightening treasure, but he did not know that he fell into the biggest crisis in Wudang since Zhang Sanfeng founded the sect...

The protagonist is an archeology professor!

The first half is very martial arts, and the second half is completely "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...

The two genres were forcibly fused, and the fusion was quite poor, so it became a bad movie!

Netizen comments: After ruining the Shaolin Temple for so many years, I finally want to take action against Wu Dang!

Thanks to "Wu-Tang", it was a disaster on the first day. "Painted Skin 2" grossed another 192 million the next weekend, and the cumulative box office exceeded 600 million!

Yang Xiaomi was speechless and came to Shen Xudong to complain.

At least that's what she told Shen Xudong!

Came directly to the racecourse...

Shen Xudong was a little surprised when he saw Yang Xiaomi, because she was not alone: ​​"You can come as soon as you come, why do you bring someone with you?"

"...This is the actress signed by my studio, named Zhu Xudan, how do you like it?"

Zhu Xudan quickly said hello: "Senior...Senior..."

"Oh, are you from a Chinese drama?"

"...Yes, I acted in a Chinese drama this year..."

"This year...how old are you?"

"I'm 20..."

Yang Xiaomi explained: "She used to be an artist under Jieshi, but Jieshi didn't have many filming opportunities, so I'm coming..."

Shen Xudong frowned: "Freshmen and sophomores in Chinese drama are not allowed to film!"

"What do you think of her?"

Shen Xudong replied casually: "You must have good taste... let's go and ride a horse!"

"...I won't go, I'll go around with Xu Dan..."

"You come to the racecourse...forget it, I'll ride the horse myself!"