Chapter 51: Sincerity
"Is it Senior Yu Dong?" asked Chen Hao.
It is a little related to himself, and it is estimated that Yu Dong will take the initiative to contact him at this time.
"Haha...... It seems that my junior brother still remembers me. Yu Dong laughed.
"The senior is famous now, so naturally I remember it. Chen Hao said with a smile.
"Senior brother is too famous, I am looking for you today. Yu Dong said.
"Oh, you say, I'll listen!" the corners of Chen Hao's mouth couldn't help but turn up.
"Then I'll be straightforward, I want to release your "Comet", how about it?" Yu Dong asked directly.
Chen Hao paused and said, "I just received a call from Mr. Xu of Huaying, and I was talking about the distribution of "Comet". ”
"Then you decided to cooperate with Huaying?" Yu Dong immediately asked when he heard this.
There is no doubt that when it comes to distribution capabilities, no one in the mainland can compare with Huaying, and Yu Dong was deflated before because of the distribution problem of "Legend of Tianmai".
Now it looks like it's going to be a repeat on Comet again.
"Not yet, Huaying's conditions are a bit harsh, and we haven't reached an agreement yet. Chen Hao said.
"Oh, how about working with Bernard, why don't we find a place to meet and talk!" Yu Dong hurriedly spoke.
The quality of "Comet" itself is good, and it won an award at the Busan International Film Festival and was also nominated for the Golden Horse Award, which has made this film a lot of popularity now.
I don't know what the box office will be, but if I want to release it, I don't think it will lose money.
At the same time, what is more important is Chen Hao himself!
Now there is an extreme shortage of commercial film directors in the entire mainland, and the truly influential national teachers, Feng Dapao and Chen Kaige already have solid partners, and others can't get involved at all.
There is also Jiang Wen, who has just been banned for 5 years, and he can't be counted on for the time being.
Therefore, not to mention the directors who have proven themselves now, even the directors who have just shown their potential in this area will be popular.
Think about Yang Qing in "People in Embarrassment" many years later, and Ning Hao in "Crazy Stone", who were treated as guests by all film companies after becoming famous, let alone 2001 now.
"Comet" was nominated for two major film festivals, which made Yu Dong see that Chen Hao had potential in this regard, so he now wants to bet in advance.
If Chen Hao really became famous and contacted again, then Yu Dong felt that his chances were probably very small, after all, Berner did not have much advantage now.
Charcoal in the snow is much better than icing on the cake!
"Okay, senior, you set a time and place, and I will definitely go to the appointment on time. Chen Hao naturally agreed, and Berner himself was in his plan.
"Don't set another time, just now, how about we meet in the café next to Emperor Ying in twenty minutes?" Yu Dong said in a loud voice.
"Okay, we'll see you in twenty minutes. Chen Hao agreed.
Chen Hao put down his mobile phone and saw Hao Yi who was eager on the side, and said with a smile, "Bernard's Yu Dong asked me to talk about the release of "Comet". ”
"Okay, okay, then let's go quickly!"
"Come with me if it's okay. Chen Hao said.
"Okay, it won't help, but at least it can be stronger. Hao Yi nodded.
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Ten minutes later, Chen Hao and Hao Yi rushed to the café next to the school.
"Is it too big?" Hao Yi asked when he saw that no one had come yet.
"At least it's bigger than Huaying's grasp. Chen Hao said with a smile.
"I heard you say that Berner is also just starting out, so it shouldn't be as excessive as Huaying!" Hao Yi said.
"Definitely, I know from Yu Dong's willingness to come and talk in person. Chen Hao said with a smile.
"That's good!" Hao Yi nodded.
After waiting for another five minutes, Chen Hao saw Yu Dong walk into the café.
"Senior, here!" Chen Hao stood up and shouted.
When Yu Dong heard this, he immediately walked over with a smile.
"See you again, junior. Yu Dong greeted with a smile.
"It's nice to see you again, senior!" Chen Hao said with a smile.
"I still remember when you shouted that you signed up for two major film festivals, but I didn't expect you to return home with the award just a few days ago. Yu Dong looked at the young Chen Hao and exclaimed.
"Aren't seniors also doing a great job? Chen Hao replied.
"Hahaha, it's just a little fight. Yu Dongyan's face was a little smug when he heard this, but he quickly relented.
"It's not okay to make a small fight, I still think that the senior can strengthen Berner and bring the younger brother with me. Chen Hao said with a smile.
"You kid, okay, don't pry me, talk about the release of "Comet"!" Yu Dong said with a smile.
"Okay, you say!" Chen Hao nodded.
When Yu Dong heard this, he knew that Chen Hao must have a plan in his heart, and it was not easy to fool him, but he didn't want to fool Chen Hao himself, he sincerely wanted to make friends with this young junior.
"If "Comet" is handed over to Berner for distribution, I promise to spend 200,000 yuan for publicity, and at the same time make 50 copies directly, all of which will be paid by Berner in advance, and I only need 10% of the distribution share. Yu Dong said.
A copy costs about 7,000-10,000 yuan, and 50 copies are between 350,000 and 500,000 yuan, plus 200,000 yuan in publicity costs.
According to the minimum price, Berner had to invest 550,000 yuan before the movie was released.
Don't look at the small publicity cost of 200,000 yuan, the current 2001 is no better than various TV variety shows, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and various social platforms in later generations.
All kinds of propaganda, that's overwhelming.
This overwhelming publicity method will not really appear until the release of "Let the Bullets Fly"!
At this time, except for the films of great directors such as the National Teacher and Feng Dacang, which were known throughout the country before they were released, most of the movies were not even promoted in the newspapers.
Not to mention TV variety shows, the Internet has not yet developed.
Most movies are released by making a few posters, and then leaving it to fate, and the audience decides the box office!
Many viewers only know that this movie is released when they arrive at the cinema, and there are no tricks in the way of publicity and distribution at this time.
Of course, there are few tricks, but also because the distribution is basically monopolized by Huaying, and before the reform of the theater system, there is a lack of commercial competition mechanism, which cannot activate the potential of the film at all, including publicity and distribution.
Think about it again, the production cost of "Comet" is only 50,000 yuan, and the publicity and distribution costs are 4 times the shooting cost, which is absolutely unique.
And Berner invested 550,000 at once, and according to the distribution share of 10%, the box office of "Comet" must reach at least 5.5 million to protect the capital.
In addition, there are 50 copies, generally a copy has 5 discs, each disc is 20 minutes, and it is usually necessary to maximize the use of one copy, that is, each theater takes turns to show it.
For example, the first set is placed in Hall 1, the second set is placed in 20 minutes, the first set is taken to Hall 2, and after another 20 minutes, the 3rd game is placed in Hall 1, the second game is placed in Hall 2, and the first game is placed in Hall 3.
By analogy, ideally, one copy can be shared by five offices.
If the movie is popular, but the copy production is not enough, there will be a situation where two or three movie theaters in a city share a copy.
At this time, you may find that after a movie theater is played, some staff members immediately ride to the next movie theater and then play.
However, this is the most ideal state, in reality, a copy can be provided for three theaters at the same time, according to this calculation, in fact, more than 20 shows can be arranged in a day.
But this is the treatment of a super blockbuster, and ordinary movies can't get such a schedule.
But in any case, it can be seen from Yu Dong's conditions that he is absolutely full of sincerity, and even has a sense of losing money and making money!
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