Chapter 988 Uncle Ge (44)
"Haha," Shen Xudong couldn't hold it back, laughed and asked her, "Why do you have such an idea?"
"Don't you think it's a coincidence?"
"Have you watched "Private Customization"?"
Chen Xi shook his head and then nodded: "Not yet... but the general manager of our theater chain said that 'Private Customization' is a duplicate of 'Party A and Party B', 'the smell of fried rice is too strong' and 'the plot is too scattered'..."
The media and theater preview of "Private Customization" was held on the 15th, and approximately 300 people were invited...
Bad reviews!
Specific performance: The stock price plummeted!
However, capital is not that capable. Before a movie starts shooting, it can foresee that it will be a hit at the box office. Capital may even make wrong judgments about divestment based on past experience.
Wanda's withdrawal from "The Wandering Earth" is a good example!
Just look at it for yourself, the director is not a very successful well-known director, the actors have no traffic, and the special effects of key sci-fi movies are expensive to begin with.
No matter how you look at it, it is a wise choice to divest from "The Wandering Earth" and invest in "Lovers 2".
However, after a movie is scheduled to be released, those with energy will watch the samples submitted for review in advance, or learn about the inside story through censorship officials...
What insiders get is real word of mouth rather than propaganda!
Not to mention that "Private Customization" also had a media preview...
Capital knows in advance, and then is not optimistic about the stock price...
Cash out and leave right before the show!
Generally speaking, theater managers will make a pre-judgment for a movie and then schedule the film based on the pre-judgment.
This is the case in 2023 anyway. For example: "Super Family" was originally a hit of 2.5 to 3 billion. After watching the movie, theater managers directly adjusted their expectations to less than 1 billion...
Unexpectedly, the reputation collapsed much faster than the managers predicted. In the end, the box office of "Super Family" stopped at 300 million!
Now, it is normal for Chen Xi to know the true reputation of "Private Customization".
Shen Xudong nodded: "I heard that Director Feng made "Private Customization" and received 120 million for advertising placement alone. He took a group of actors to travel to Hainan for two months and the movie was finished... How dishonest!"
"... His status is different now. He wants to educate the audience, and his movies also bring some meaning. Comedy... still has to be funny, meaning is the added value!"
"...Well..." Shen Xudong agreed deeply, just like "Charlotte", it is obviously a comedy, but many people are exploring the meaning...
All kinds of 'terrifying if you think about it', 'Charlotte actually committed suicide', and 'the origin of Charlotte's AIDS'...
All in all, a bunch of in-depth explanations!
Especially about how Charlotte got AIDS, there are a lot of conspiracy theories: "Meng Tejiao passed it to Yuan Hua, Yuan Hua passed it to Qiu Ya many years later, and Qiu Ya passed it to Charlotte..."
It's not that complicated, you will know after watching the drama version - Charlotte was mentally depressed after reuniting with Ma Dongmei, went to the nightclub run by Meng Te, and was infected with AIDS by the "Little Northeast" on the periphery of his or her nightclub...
As for why you get AIDS?
Shake off the burden, Yuan Hua’s words ‘check it out for me too’…
But it’s quite interesting to see their analysis…
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In fact, Ning Hao has not been idle this year. He supervised the production of a movie "Funeral Coffin", which was later renamed "Heart Maze". The director was Qi Yukun...
His company invested in a postgraduate entrance examination duo, Jiang Wu, Lei Jiayin, Zhang Yu, Yang Xinming, and the actresses chose Tan Zhuo, Zhang Li...
The cost is less than 20 million, and it is scheduled to be released in March next year.
By the way, he also filmed "Death-Destroying Encounter", which was later renamed "Heart Blossoms on the Road"...
The film is still in post-production.
The main reason why he came to see Shen Xudong was that Shen Xudong informed him that the script framework of "Hello, BJ" was released and he came to discuss it together...
He didn't want to come over originally, but he heard that Ge You was also coming...
Ning Hao has always wanted to cooperate with Ge You.
"I went to see the scene of "Geng Hao Returns to His Hometown". Uncle Ge gave you the impression that he was understated, not exerting himself, and seemed to be very careless. But after the performance and watching the whole movie, you will find that the character he played is Irreplaceable…”
Shen Xudong is very willing to promote this cooperation!
"Hello, BJ" is based on the excerpts of "My Motherland and Me" and expands Uncle Ge's family conflicts to better reflect what kind of person he is...
Uncle Ge is also willing to cooperate with Ning Hao.
He also wants to explore more possibilities.
In fact, "Big Buddha", the confrontation between four top actors including Zhao Benshan, Ge You, Chen Daoming and Fan Wei was also very interesting, but the scene was too sad...
And because of his role (playing the monk Sakyamuni), Fan Wei didn't have many roles.
"Hello, BJ", he partners with Uncle Ge...
This is Shen Xudong's selfishness - Fan Wei is really amazing. After watching "The Long Season", he is over 60 years old and his acting skills are still improving. This in itself is amazing.
However, Uncle Ge came with Yang Shoucheng...
Well, Uncle Ge joined Emperor and signed a leading film contract, three films in five years, the kind that Emperor has the right to invest in. Then "Hello, BJ" was written and produced by Shen Xudong and directed by Ning Hao. Take a look behind the scenes. I knew that I would definitely buy it, and the Emperor would definitely invest...
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"It's hard to say. On the 19th of "Private Customization", Director Feng + Uncle Ge, the king of the Lunar New Year show..."
We met and exchanged greetings first. Yang Shoucheng praised "Charlotte Trouble". Shen Xudong was very humble. Then Ning Hao, who was drinking tea, couldn't help but interjected: "But I saw that the home page of the Maoyan APP said 'Witness the new domestic box office record' '…”
Shen Xudong immediately said: "That's propaganda...just like the slogan I used to sell books, 'The Holy Book of Martial Arts in the Post-Jin Yong Era'..."
"... Then it can be over one billion. I just watched it. Yesterday on working days, the box office of "Charlotte" was 64 million..."
"It's like this during the hot season..." Shen Xudong changed the subject: "By the way, Uncle Ge, you weren't invited to the Spring Festival Gala?"
Uncle Ge waved his hands repeatedly: "I can't act in sketches, it's not appropriate for me to go there."
"Why is it inappropriate... You are loved by audiences across the country. If you partner with Teacher Zhao Benshan... then absolutely..."
"...That won't work. There will be three and five trials in the Spring Festival Gala. I can't stand that..."
Indeed, the Spring Festival Gala is too stressful, and CCTV’s anti-corruption campaign has caused a lot of bad things...
Shen Xudong took out the outline of the script and handed it to Ning Hao and Ge You: "Oh, this is the framework of the script...the specific baggage and so on, you find someone to stuff it in..."
Ning Hao and Ge You turned over the script, and Yang Shoucheng smiled and asked, "How much is the approximate cost?"
Shen Xudong said casually: "About 100 million... Mainly shot in BJ, there are no big scenes, and we can contact relevant units for help..."
"Can we invest 30%...?"
Shen Xudong shook his head: "The most we can give is 10%. Ning Hao Studio wants 20%, several theaters add up to 10%, China Film Group has 10%, and Tianmei Company, as the main producer, wants 50%..."
Speaking of this, Shen Xudong glanced at Uncle Ge; "...If Uncle Ge is interested, he can invest about 10%..."
Ge You was surprised: "Am I also involved?"
"You are the leading actor, of course you have your share..."