942 [Ask for Script]
When Luo Yuan learned about the overseas situation of "Chainsaw", the box office of this movie had ushered in an official outbreak, which could be called a good start, and the world's attention was once again focused on Crimson-
The difference is that this time it's a branch of Crimson.
Luo Yuan felt very happy, he felt that handing over the branch to Wang Qi was indeed a very correct decision, and he believed that Wang Qi would become the indispensable soul of the branch in the future, because he had learned about the difficulties that Wang Qi encountered overseas, and how to solve the problem, etc.!
He was satisfied.
While satisfied, he also sent a message to Wang Qi in person, making it clear to the other party that if there is anything that needs help, even if he talks to the head office, the head office will meet their requirements.
Luo Yuan thought that Wang Qi would probably be modest.
As a result, what made Luo Yuan stunned was that Wang Qi actually replied, and really made a request very simply:" I need scripts, more scripts, there are many people here who are rushing to invest in us, all of them are foreign entertainment companies and some businessmen, they are very optimistic about the future film and television development of the Scarlet Branch, and even we don't have to spend our own money to film, so the only thing missing is the script, and the prerequisite for those investors to invest in our company is that the script must come from the boss, otherwise it will not be so easy to reach an agreement......"
Luo Yuan had a feeling of lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot.
In his drawer, although there are a lot of scripts, but because he has no time to write scripts recently, he uses one and one less, if Wang Qi wants to take away several copies at once, Luo Yuan will also feel distressed!
He even wanted to go back on it.
Why say anything that you have to ask for despite mentioning this kind of big talk?
In desperation, Luo Yuan could only open the drawer and choose a script suitable for Wang Qi's shooting, the principle is to try to choose the kind of movie that can be big with a small one, the current Scarlet Branch, it is difficult to shoot a super blockbuster, I believe that the investors in Wang Qi's mouth do not plan to invest a terrible large amount, but mostly plan to invest a small amount to explore the situation, after all, the current Scarlet Branch has only succeeded in one "Chainsaw", there are no more examples as a reference, and there are always people who worry that the success of this movie is just accidental......
This is Luo Yuan's understanding of the real situation.
So, since the current Crimson Branch is famous for the horror film "Chainsaw", then the previously scheduled "A Quiet Place" can also be put on the agenda, this movie was released in 2018 in the previous life, the film won $50 million at the box office in the first weekend, and later broke the box office record on the first day of domestic imported horror films, and the box office exceeded 100 million at the release box, an absolute hit!
"Why don't you shoot 'A Quiet Place' first?"
Luo Yuan sent a message to Wang Qi, he still wanted to go a long way.
Wang Qi replied quickly: "Boss, I know you still have a lot of scripts there, I think you should hand over some of the scripts to me for safekeeping, I will choose which movie to shoot in the future, I believe you should know that my vision for choosing movies is very accurate, maybe worse than you, but I believe you also hope that you can be completely in charge of the shopkeeper and hand over the branch to me to operate......
This Wang Qi is a mouthful of "you".
Luo Yuan was generalized, sighed, knowing that one-third of the script in his hand could not be kept, so he could only continue to choose the right story, first of all, the script Luo Yuan chose was the little horror film he completed the year before last, "Return of the Clown".
This movie is also a model of small and big.
The film did not use any big-name actors, mainly relying on some newcomers and young actors to carry the role, the finished film was full of its own unique style, and there was no sign of "hit" before the release, but during the 14-week release, at a cost of $35 million, the domestic box office of $327 million was recovered, and the box office performance was close to 20 times the cost!
It can be said that it is super fierce.
And the reason for continuing to choose horror films is also very simple, Luo Yuan hopes that the crimson branch will follow the path of Hollywood Lionsgate in the previous life in the early stage, focusing on small-budget horror films to make a big deal with small ones, and when the company enters a smooth transition state, it will shoot some popcorn commercial films that explode at the box office.
That, it is definitely not enough to make the company stable with three films.
Luo Yuan also selected the movie "Escape from Desperate Town", with a cost of 4.5 million US dollars, released for more than ten weeks, and received 175 million US dollars in box office feedback, and the high return on investment made the entire industry look sideways, not to mention that this movie has also received unanimous praise in the industry, and has even become one of the top ten in the minds of authoritative film media in Europe and the United States.
There are four in total!
It's all horror movies!
And "Chainsaw" can be expanded, filming the second, third, fourth, etc., in this way, it is equivalent to Luo Yuan preparing nearly ten horror films for the branch in the early stage.
"It's only two?"
The electronic script, Wang Qi received it quickly, but people were obviously not particularly satisfied, and even felt that the boss was a little picky: "I think the boss should give me a bigger choice, and what scripts have been completed, although I sent them, including some non-horror film themes, I know that the boss wants me to make more horror movies in the early stage, but we will definitely not be able to only make horror movies in the future, the boss gave me some scripts for non-horror films, and I also made some plans for the future early." ”
Luo Yuan: "......"
I have to admit that what Wang Qi said is very reasonable, Luo Yuan has been planning the back road by himself before, what time period, what movie should be made, so if he shows Wang Qi the script in advance, Wang Qi can actually make plans, and Wang Qi is overseas, he knows better than Luo Yuan what the local situation is, and he can more accurately judge when to shoot what movie is appropriate.
"Then I'll look for it. ”
Luo Yuan said this to Wang Qi and fell into deep thought.
If you want the crimson overseas branch to grow thoroughly, then you also need some top big IP, what should you give when the branch needs top big IP in the future?
The answer is not hard to find.
After hesitating for a long time, Luo Yuan decided to take out the "X-Men" series that he had secretly completed, and sent it to Wang Qi, Marvel's adaptation has already made Luo Yuan very nerve-wracking, and if he changes the Chinese version of "X-Men", Luo Yuan's brain cells will die, so it is better to let foreigners shoot the story of Professor Magneto and Uncle Wolf.
Anyway, I'm the boss.