Chapter 1548: The Market Is There

Beijing, in the projection hall on the basement floor of Maoer Hutong Mansion.

While the waitress was installing the copy in the operating room, Simon was surrounded by a group of girls on the middle seat of the projection hall, flipping through and discussing a 99 yuan collection of film and television sets for youth.

Ren Jingxi, who was playing with a q-version character doll, said, "I heard that the sales of the latest Cars in the United States will exceed 1 billion US dollars by the end of this year. Simon, is this real?"

Simon and Zhu Momo, who was clinging to him on the other side, unfolded a t-shirt together, a pure white t-shirt, this one is a silhouette of several characters from Zhiqing jumping up together, and there is a lyrics, 'you Say darling darling forever, never the same face'.

From Youth Without Regrets.

Zhu Momo generously wants to show Simon the clothes. The heating here is very good. Simon is not afraid that the girls around him will be cold, so he let go. Hearing the question from Ren Jingxi on the other side, he nodded and said: "Yes, probably. There are so many."

Ren Jingxi still had some disbelief: "1 billion U.S. dollars is equivalent to 8.3 billion yuan in China, which is too scary." As he spoke, he couldn't help but look forward to: "Simon, what do you think the Chinese film industry will have in the future? potential?"

Simon picked up a delicate key chain in the box again, and said it was full of memories. Back then, as a boy, who didn't have a key chain full of various small objects.

When Ren Jingxi asked, Simon smiled and said: "Speaking of potential, in China, the Shaolin Temple in the 1980s could sell more than 100 million at the box office for a few cents. Do you think this is potential? ?”

Mo Wuling sat on the other side of Ren Jingxi with a reserved posture, listening to them talking, he couldn't help but interject: "It was different in that era."

"It's the same," Simon shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "There has always been such a thing as commercial potential. For example, I remember a story about selling shoes to Africa. Wearing shoes, so I feel that there is no commercial potential. Some people are ecstatic because they find that Africans don’t wear shoes, so they perceive a huge market of 1 billion people. You say, people with two attitudes, who can succeed?”

Zhu Momo quickly took off her bottoming shirt and put on the t-shirt just now. The girl's figure is actually a bit flat, but because she is tall enough, this lady's t-shirt looks a little thin, but it wraps her body. A nice curve. Hearing what Simon said at this time, he hurriedly said, "Of course it's the latter, but it's not easy for people who don't wear shoes to wear shoes."

"Of course it's not easy. If everything is easy, everyone can become a millionaire," Simon said. "China is like this now. If you think there is no market because no one buys it, it must be wrong."

Jill Pector, who has been living here for the past two years and busy with his real estate business, sat behind the man with Zhao Anni. Jill also interjected, saying in a fairly fluent Beijing film: "The problem is that China's consumption capacity is limited now, the boss You just said that the ticket price in China in the 1980s was a few cents. Now, let’s talk about our Jinshu Cinema, even if there are members, it costs about 15 yuan a ticket, which is very expensive compared to China Let alone the imax screening hall. The price has risen, but the income level has not increased substantially, and the consumption capacity will definitely be limited.”

Simon nodded: "This is also a question, but Jill, do you know how many people there are in China now?"

Jill said, "1.2 billion."

Said also reacted.

China's population base is too large, 1.2 billion people, while the United States has only 280 million people, a four-fold gap, let alone other Western countries.

With the support of such a population base, even if one-tenth of the population has a strong purchasing power, it is enough to support the film industry they are currently discussing, and even more.

Thinking about China's current tens of billions of VCD industry, obviously, there is enough consumption capacity.

The problem is still development.

Zhu Momo threw herself on Simon, and then simply sat in the man's arms, ignoring the envious expressions of Li Youhu and Teacher Yu, who put her arms around Simon's neck and said, "Simon, when you talk about imax, what do you say?" Don’t invest in more imax screens here in China, the recent Mount Everest, the imax shows are so popular, my aunt and I watched it together, and we had to ask someone to get the tickets.”

What the girl is talking about is of course Mount Everest, which will be released in mainland China on November 5.

Relying on the popularity accumulated in North America, coupled with the large-scale publicity here, as a documentary that originally had little potential in the eyes of many people, after it opened on November 5, it earned 29 million yuan in the first week. box office.

Subsequently, the next week's decline was only about 20%, and another 23 million was closed.

In two weeks, this documentary has earned 52 million yuan at the box office in China. According to the current trend, it is only a matter of time before it breaks 100 million yuan. It has doubled the box office of 50 million yuan originally estimated by China Film and Jinshu.

What's more, among them, the imax screening version with the best visual experience, compared with ordinary screen shows, until now, the mainland is still in a state of needing to queue up to get tickets, which has also led to a wave of scalpers.

When Simon was with Chen Qing in Suzhou, he heard Nizi mention it as an anecdote. The conductor of Jinshu Cinema in Suzhou cooperated with scalpers to resell movie tickets for IMAX shows, earning thousands of yuan in a week.

And then got caught.

All right.

Rubbing the girl's slender and slender body, Simon shook his head with a smile when he heard her say this: "No

It's because I don't want to, but the conditions don't allow it. "

Zhu Momo intentionally pouted and made a cute face: "You just said that if there are no conditions, you must create conditions, and the market is there."

"Did I say, oh, you just take it as me and eat it back."

As Simon said, he made a gesture to bite the girl's nose, but unfortunately she blocked it with her mouth and resisted vigorously. The girls around couldn't help but turn their heads.

Ren Jingxi waited for the two to separate and said: "Because of the success of Mount Everest, many people have been focusing on the project to explore the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon recently. I heard that a company in Sichuan tried to contact us and found that it was impossible to intervene. Come in, and plan to do it yourself."

Zhu Momo's face was still sticking to Simon's chin, rubbing the man's stubble, and said: "Even if they do it, there is no Hollywood market, who will sell it to? The reason why it is so popular in China is not because it is sold in the United States. And , and Simon’s song, um, Life is like a summer flower, it’s really nice, I want to listen to it again now. Auntie, give me your ipyer.”

When the girl suddenly said this, Mo Wuling immediately felt guilty, and pretended to be calm: "The movie will be played soon, what song are you listening to?"

Zhu Momo grinned, didn't say any more, and twisted her body into Simon's arms.

Ren Jingxi let Zhu Momo interrupt a few words, but he was more concerned about the business: "Simon, even if Daenerys doesn't participate, there are other studios in Hollywood. Do you think the subject matter will be hit?"

Simon said: "There is no way to hit it. It is impossible to prohibit others from doing it. However, there are too many Hollywood movies with similar themes. The key is to see if they can be done well."

"Yeah," Zhu Momo echoed again: "Simon can do well, and the others are chickens and dogs."

Mo Wuling, who was sitting on the other side across from Ren Jingxi, looked at his niece lying in the man's arms with a look of youthfulness, and almost wanted to cover his face.

While talking, the waitress came over to remind that it could be played, and everyone quieted down.

When the lights dimmed, Simon held Zhu Momo, who was in his arms and was unwilling to move, and looked at the big screen.

This is the first film made by Ren Jingxi's Huanzhu Films. It's a test of the water. It's called Wormhole.

Simon has read the script in advance, which is similar to a setting of Groundhog Day, and the comedy effect is much stronger than Groundhog Day. After all, a person jumped into the well repeatedly in order to recover the lost 10,000 yuan , That picture is a bit nonsensical when you think about it.

In addition, what Simon noticed was the film's director, Jing Zong.

This is a young man who returned to China from a Hollywood exchange and study program. Like the other Simons, he is more concerned about the goal. If he can do well this time, he can also give more support in the future.

On the big screen, there is no such thing as Dragon Mark, and it is a feature film from the beginning.

After the short-lived sci-fi-feeling and inexplicably joyful fixed screen at the beginning, it was only the first unfolded shot, which made Simon very satisfied.

Mainly filter selection.

The reason why many movies in the past were considered inferior to TV series was often because of the picture. If it is too positive, it will inevitably lack some sense of movie.

And this wormhole, set off by the halo filter, is only the first shot, which reflects the atmosphere of this movie to the audience.

This kind of thing is very mysterious, but it is also very simple.

The key is to look at personal skills.

When Simon made the first Run Lola Run, he also considered this issue from the very beginning, and with the solid foundation of more than a dozen professionals in his mind, he produced a version that can be used directly without color correction Negatives.

After a brief distraction, Simon's thoughts were quickly attracted by the plot.

On the big screen, the rambunctious youth and the old seven are usually ignorant. Of course, this is just the appearance. Through some small details, such as helping the neighbor's old lady to move things, being reprimanded for some idle words and not refusing, it can be seen that the heart is still a good one. people. Of course, the main thing is that if you want to pass the trial, this is very important in China.

Otherwise, if it is the kind of two big smoking guns, think about it, don't even think about it, don't even think about it.

The story advances, and soon, the 10,000 yuan that fell from the sky made Lao Qi ecstatic, and was thinking of using this money to marry his childhood sweetheart girlfriend Juanzi for many years, when the money suddenly disappeared again.

In desperation, he jumped into a well.

Then, reincarnation.

Constant reincarnation, over and over again.

Lots of comedy.

For example, the third time he jumped into a well, in front of the neighbor's old lady, Lao Qi fell headfirst, and the old lady covered her heart in fright, and fell straight backwards, which almost made everyone in the projection room laugh out of breath .

In the end, after many reincarnations, Lao Qi gradually discovered the truth about the 10,000 yuan. At the same time, he realized life, and finally got married with his girlfriend Juanzi.

happy ending.