After a pause, the emperor's high-level executive named Chen Xidong said:

"After reading those statistics, they are densely packed with Hollywood blockbusters, even if there are Chinese films, they are also from Xiangjiang, such as "Unparalleled in the World", which got 23 million, and after it is "Hedong Lion's Roar", which is also the only two Chinese films in the top ten, ranking eighth or ninth at the end. ”

The meaning is self-evident - the mainland box office market is not good.

Ning Yuan felt heaved in his heart about this, in his old words: I can't pull out and complain about it.

At this time, "Unparalleled in the World" was still ranked eighth, and when "Hero" came out, it should fall to ninth place.

In fact, in Ning Yuan's previous life, in addition to "Hero" in 02, there was also "Zhou Yu's Train", and the box office was also good, getting 20 million, and the box office in the mainland was slightly less than "Hedong Lion's Roar", ranking eleven.

However, Ning Yuan didn't bother to argue with him about anything, if he won, he won't have more meat, and when "Hero" comes out, his own face will hurt, but at this time, Yang Shoucheng shook his head and said:

""Unparalleled in the World" is different, it is co-produced by the mainland's Donghai Film Factory, and Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai's companies, and the Donghai Film Factory has invested a lot. ”

Hearing Yang Shoucheng's words, Chen Xidong was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to be recalling something, and then said:

"But Donghai Film Studio didn't do anything else except investment, it's still a co-production, the key is that in addition to Qian Wei, the director and actors are all from Xiangjiang, if you don't read the subtitles, it is estimated that the audience will think this is a Xiangjiang film. ”

Ning Yuan made up a knife at this time: "Then in our movie, most of the directors and actors are from Xiangjiang, and they are produced by Xiangjiang, since "Unparalleled in the World" is okay, why can't we?"

Chen Xidong: "......"

The words were said by him, and Ning Yuan followed his theory, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Ning Yuan didn't say a word: Could it be that Cheng Long's appeal is not as good as Liang Chaowei's?

Perhaps in the future, Cheng Long's appeal will not decline as much as Liang's, but at this time, in terms of movies, Liang Chaowei, Wang Fei, Zhang Zhen and Qian Wei combined are still beaten by Cheng Long.

Although Ning Yuan didn't say it, but according to his words, there is no difference between "Unparalleled in the World" in other aspects, and even a more authentic Xiangjiang film than it, if you feel that it is not as good as the other party, then there is only this one possibility.

Seeing that Chen Xidong was speechless, Ning Yuan smiled: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to sell well, and as a part of it, I am also honored." ”

Yang Shoucheng smiled and nodded: "I understand, we will think about it again." ”

He said so, and Chen Xidong didn't say anything more, of course, Ning Yuan's true truth was that he fell into a prejudiced position at the beginning, but after going around, his words became contradictory again, since mainland audiences watch "Unparalleled in the World" because it is a Xiangjiang film, then his own more authentic Xiangjiang film is still starring Cheng Long, who is more appealing, why not?

That's when they realized it.

It's never too late to make amends.

Speaking of which, this idiom still originated in Ningyuan's hometown, Hu Lai, the king of Chuxiang, even the country was occupied by Qin, he fled to Chengyang, which is now the suburb of Xinyi City, and invited Zhuang Xin, who was run away by traitorous ministers, to come back, Zhuang Xin used this as a metaphor for the status quo to cheer him up.

Later, it did cheer up and regain the lost territory and a lot of people, but it is a pity that the weakened Chu State met the Qin State that was in full swing, and it was still in vain, and it could not be reversed at all.

Just like in Ning Yuan's previous life, in 04, Xiangjiang began to pay attention to the mainland box office, Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi entered the mainland with new films at the same time, "New Police Story" won more than 40 million is indeed good, but "Kung Fu" is more than 170 million, a four-fold gap.

This is what non-human beings can reverse, after all, the kung fu of "Kung Fu" is better-looking, and the stunts are cooler, and you can't feel it at all if you don't go to the cinema, and "New Police Story" is biased towards the plot flow, and it also plays tragedy, even if you don't watch the movie, after listening to the description and then making up Cheng Long's movie routine, you probably know, you can watch it or not.

At this moment, Ning Yuan's heart moved.

Time difference!

At this time, "Kung Fu" did not even have a film, and if "New Police Story" entered the mainland, there would be absolutely no natural enemies.

This natural enemy does not mean that there is no opponent, after all, "Hero" is there, but that there is no comparison to compare.

For mainland audiences, Lao Mouzi and Cheng Long, their identities are different firstly, one is a director and the other is an actor, and secondly, the sources are not the same, one mainland and one Xiangjiang, and one ancient and one modern, there are too many differences, for the psychology of watching movies, they will not watch this one because they don't watch that one.

But "Kung Fu" is different, it is also from Xiangjiang, and they are all more famous for their actors - although this one is directed by Zhou Xingchi, the gimmick is still starring him, not to mention, the competition between the two weeks has lasted for more than ten years, and it comes out at the same time.

The higher "Kung Fu", the more it crushes the space of "New Police".

If there is no "Kung Fu", it may still be affected by "Heroes", but it will not be so homogeneous.

So, if I release this movie in the mainland in the same way that I went to the neon country to release "That Mountain", can I also take the opportunity to make a profit?

Although Ning Yuan has not released a movie in the mainland, when he did the roadshow of "That Mountain" in the mainland, Ning Yuan also made a lot of efforts to push up the box office, and cooperated with many theaters at the same time.

After establishing the company, Ning Yuan did not forget to get closer to them - not to prepare for this movie, but he knew that producing movies must be the company's future direction, and even the top priority.

At this time, the theater chain is not as strong as it will be in the future, and it is far easier and less expensive to arrange in advance than in the future.

If you control the distribution channels, you will not only have more right to speak, but also have more efforts to increase the film schedule.

As long as the movies he chooses to shoot, the quality and box office have been verified in his previous life, and every time he adds a number of films, the income will be different.

Although he thought of it so much, Ning Yuan didn't say it immediately, but his head was racing quickly, thinking about this matter carefully before and after, and after confirming that there was no problem, he still didn't say anything.

Until the end of the dinner, Ning Yuan found an opportunity to come to Cheng Long's ear and said that he wanted to talk to him, as well as Yang Shoucheng and Chen Xidong, about the mainland distribution.

The reason why Chen Xidong was called was that although he had more confidence in the mainland just now because of his own words, he was more skeptical, after all, it is impossible to reverse the prejudice of many years at once.

At this time, Ning Yuan regretted his previous words a little, what the hell, nothing to pretend to be forced...... It's just digging a hole for yourself, otherwise, the cost of winning the mainland distribution will definitely be smaller.

However, this also shows that Ning Yuan is frank, if he doesn't say it in advance, he will become popular later, even if Ning Yuan says that he doesn't know, will they believe it? Will he be hated and suppressed?

Compared with the efforts and returns of the negotiation between "That Mountain" and Han Ping at the beginning, it is not a bad thing to look at it this way, after all, Ning Yuan does not want to make a hammer deal, and persistence is the last word.