Chapter 111: I Didn't Fake It (3/5)
After pondering for a long time, the reporter asked: "Aren't you afraid of losing money with a billion investment?"
“... Probably not, the increase in the domestic market is amazing, the overall volume last year was 11 billion, this year it is estimated that there will be 14 billion, and next year's Hollywood quota will be raised, and it is estimated that it will rise to 20 billion..."
"With a volume of 20 billion, the box office of the head movie must be at least 1.5 billion, right?"
"We should launch the first "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" in 2013, and the market at that time will be enough to pay for itself..."
""Gravity" will be launched in 2015, and "The Wandering Earth" will be launched in 2017, when the top works in the market will start at least 3 billion at the box office..."
"China's box office market is huge, theoretically speaking, in the saturation stage, we are at least three to five times that of the North American market, and now we are still far behind!"
“... But what if it fails?"
"It should be regarded as laying the foundation for China's film industry, and our three films will use at least more than 10,000 special effects personnel, which are the sparks of China's film industrialization!"
Another reporter asked: "Then are all these billions funded by oranges?"
“... This one involves trade secrets... Forget it, I'll talk about it!"
Lu Xiaoran suddenly sighed: "There are many people in the company who oppose it, they think we should continue to do comedies or dramas..."
"I can also understand, after all, there is a ten-figure investment involved..."
"And orange is a listed company, and blind expenditure is irresponsible to shareholders. ”
"So, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", I paid for it myself..."
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When the news spread to the Internet, some people felt that Lu Xiaoran was too inferior, and they all filmed "Source Code", and said that "it is twenty years worse than Hollywood"...
Some people also think that Lu Xiaoran is a real filmmaker, forging ahead for Chinese films...
Of course, more people are talking about '120 million small meanings', '1 billion can only be considered medium meanings'...
"Pretend to force me to only serve Lu Xiaoran, one billion is meaningful!"
"120 million, small meaning!"
"Actually, what he said is no problem, 120 million converted into dollars is less than 20 million, in Hollywood, it can really only be regarded as a small meaning, even if it is one billion, evenly divided into three movies, the production budget of each is 330 million, converted into dollars, it is not 45 million US dollars, it is really a medium-sized film production!"
"What are you worried about? Lu Xiaoran is worth more than 5 billion!"
"5 billion? Isn't it 4.7 billion?"
"Care about the stock market, the stock price of Orange has risen for two consecutive days!"
“... The big guy took me to speculate in stocks!"
Well, the topic has shifted ...
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On the 13th, the first working day, the single-day box office of "Source Code" was 46 million...
Forty percent drop!
set a record for the largest decline in Lu Xiaoran's movie!
November, after all, is not a big schedule, if it weren't for the release of "Source Code", the market would be very cold!
Lu Xiaoran doesn't care much about these, according to the current box office trend, if it is over 600 million, maybe it will be able to fight for 800 million...
Wuhan, "Watching Movies" Interview:
"Worth 5 billion, what's the difference from before?"
"It's really no different, in fact, I don't love money, I don't spend much, I'm not interested in money, when I was a sophomore, I won 8 million by chance, and I bought a house and a few shops, which is enough for me to be chic for a lifetime!"
"Actually, I just wanted to be an actor at the beginning, I didn't want to be a director, and I didn't want to be an orange!"
"You should know that Orange was just my personal studio at the beginning, with a total of four people who helped me deal with some brokerage business, and later filmed "Stone"..."
"During the filming of "Stone", it was really the happiest time for me, everyone loved movies, and they got together every day to discuss the next day's shooting, because the crew ran out of money, so I paid a sum of money in advance;"
"Later, I met Brother Big Dog and invested me in filming "Border Storm", Yang Qing was my assistant director, he found me with "Nightclub", I liked the script very much, so I invested..."
"Then Xu Zheng, Su Lun, Ning Hao..."
"I don't even know how I got to where I am today!"
Lu Xiaoran spread out her hands, looking helpless...
Ah Lang touched his nose: "I will write all these words in the magazine..."
"Write, that's what I really think!"
"Source Code invested 120 million, I watched your salary expenditure, less than 10 million?"
"Yes, most of them are used in props and special effects, if we want to shoot a sense of science fiction, we have to spend money, just that Wan Qian, Group Feng and their bases, we built it for half a year, and it cost no less than 30 million!"
"When was this part done?"
"We started the project at the end of '09, and then we did it! It was expected to be completed with 100 million, but then it was overrun..."
"What's your biggest regret?"
Lu Xiaoran thought about it seriously: "There are no regrets, really, it's enough to complete such a movie in a year and a half, we are very good!"
"Then the gap between what you are talking about and Hollywood..."
"There is a gap, people have been doing it for more than 50 years, this is the first time for us, it is normal to have a gap!"
"I mean, are there any regrets that are caused by not having enough money?"
"I don't think that's a good question. If we don't have a time limit and no money limit, then what can't I do, why do I still make movies? 120 million, I buy 60 houses, how good it is to sit back and wait for the appreciation!"
"You've been talking about industrialization, what exactly is industrialization?"
"Before mentioning industrialization, I think it is a hard thing, it is a big machine, in fact, it is not, what is the underlying logic of the so-called industrialization, to be standardized, to be quantifiable, and then it can be distributed, and only by being distributed can we divide labor, and only by dividing labor can we improve efficiency, which is the underlying logic of industrialization. We go back to the origin, which is formatting. ”
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The interview with "Watching a Movie" was completed that night, made into an electronic version, and uploaded to Weibo that night!
For netizens, the second half is not important.
The first half is enough;
"Worth 5 billion, what's the difference from before?"
"It's really no different, in fact, I don't love money, I don't spend much, I'm not interested in money!"
Lu Xiaoran pretended to be a quotation and continued to increase: 10 billion meaning, I'm not interested in money...
Netizens ridiculed all kinds of things, and even made them into emojis...
When Lu Xiaoran was chatting with Tangtang, she learned that her status in the emoji once overturned Yao Ming, Director Jin, and Hanazawa Coriander.
I'm confused...
Very aggrieved to explain on Weibo: I really didn't pretend to be forced, 120 million is really trivial in Hollywood;
It's useless, the comments below are all about:
Got it, Lu billion;
Got it, Lu doesn't care about money...
ridiculed online and offline, the box office of "Source Code" continued to maintain a single-day growth rate of more than 40 million, and for four consecutive working days, the single-day daily revenue was more than 40 million...
It was released for 7 days and had a cumulative box office of 380 million.
The second weekend is coming...
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