Ding Cheng and Wang Tian glanced at each other, worthy of being the king of heaven, really real!

"No one is stupid, and now the general situation is that production companies will invest together with distributors, theaters, and radio and television groups, and resources can be integrated from publicity, distribution, and creation, which is the most ideal state. ”

"Especially for the works of big directors, the investors not only include their own studios, but also Columbia Pictures, Emperor Pictures, China Film, Wanda, Shanghai Film and many other investors, don't you find that the opening advertisements are getting longer and longer?"

"In the past, the producer applied for a film license after getting the script outline, and then submitted the script to the Production Review Division for review after completing the script. ”

"Scripts involving major themes will also be sent to the special approval team, and only after passing will they enter the official filming stage, which can at least ensure that the probability of passing the review after the film is completed. ”

"Now it is a direct abolition of the review of film scripts, which is equivalent to concentrating the review of the first two links into the final review of the finished film. Once you can't pass the review in the last link, the whole investment will be wasted!"

Speaking of this, Liu Tianwang seemed to remember something, and said with palpitations: "Back then, Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" was released after four years of filming, and it has undergone countless reviews and revisions, just because there are always bad guys who can't be changed, and content that destroys unity. ”

Ding Cheng nodded, when a film reaches the review stage, if it fails to pass the test for various reasons, it usually accepts the revision suggestions as much as possible, after all, the film distribution link is interlocking, and the time cannot be delayed.

can not only express the intention of the work, but also successfully pass the review, which tests the narrative skills of the film creation team. Some directors even use a lot of various metaphors in order to pass the review, but this will also cause the film to step on thunder.

Will the audience be able to understand it?

Can you buy it?

"In recent years, there have been more and more movies, and everyone is rushing for the schedule, and the earliest schedule to be developed is the Chinese New Year file created by Xiaogang, such as the world without thieves back then. followed by the summer file, May Day file, and National Day file......"

"The summer and Chinese New Year files are often the hottest of the year, and the producers and distributors value these two schedules and will spend a lot of money to create films that will be released during this time. The same type gathers in the same schedule, some can laugh proudly, and more will become cannon fodder. ”

"After all, the box office capacity is limited, and the schedule selection is actually a game, in fact, it is also picking opponents. ”

"The fiasco of "1942" back then, I think the wrong Chinese New Year file was a very important reason. At the end of the year, no one wants to watch some tragic films in the cinema, and would rather watch comedies that don't use their brains, right?"

"For example, "Donkey Gets Water" only costs 10 million, has a box office of 1.7 billion, and a yield of 476%. is because of avoiding the popular schedule and choosing to release it at the end of October, there are no holidays and no festivals to take advantage of, and to achieve a counterattack in the weak file. ”

Gave Wang Tianyi a thumbs up and said: "And your sniper phone booth last year, which was released before the National Day at the end of September, can be attacked, retreated can be defended, smart!"

Wang Tian hurriedly said a few polite words, Ding Cheng smiled and said nothing, in fact, for investors, the box office is like looking at the hole cards, sometimes the box office looks good, but investors may not be able to get much.

In the end, all investors share the cake according to the shares, the big guy eats meat, and the younger brother drinks soup.

"In the early years, we made movies, and many of them were invested by coal bosses, so they were called local tyrants!"

"I clearly remember that in 00, coal was 129 yuan per ton, and in 07 it rose to 330 yuan, and thermal coal was even speculated to 1100 yuan per ton. The craziest thing is that in the first three quarters of 0, the price of coal was calculated by the hour, and the price was different per hour. ”

"At that time, I was chatting with a man surnamed Huang, and he said that there was no tax ticket for pulling coal, and he could let it go if he bought the coal inspection station. Once I went up the mountain to pull coal, I encountered a surprise inspection, and all kinds of trucks were lined up outside the coal inspection station for dozens of kilometers. ”

More than a dozen of his cars waited for a day and a night before they were released, but they didn't expect to be a blessing in disguise, and overnight, the price of coal rose by two percent, and the money was really blown by the wind. ”

"Later, I couldn't do it, I started to transform with a lot of cash in my hand, and I heard that making movies makes money quickly, and many people invested in it. ”

"In 09, someone invited me to dinner, good guys, more than a dozen coal bosses sat at a big table, and the youngest brother had three or four hundred million in his hand, as long as you were willing to shoot, you would give cash directly. ”

"I told them for more than half an hour how to divide the box office and how risky it was, but no one listened!"

Er Dongsheng once met a coal boss who drove a truckload of cash to him and wanted to invest in making a movie. As a result, he didn't want to live or die, not because he didn't lack money, but because he didn't dare to ask for that kind of money. ”

"They invest in films, and they have a bad habit: they like to stuff people into the crew. ”

Ning Hao later filmed "The Great Gold Robbery", and the leading actors held a little-known little girl, no way, people have gold owners, commonly known as bringing capital into the group. ”

Peng Haoxiang is also very favored by coal bosses, and finds him willing to invest in an art film, it doesn't matter how much it is, as long as he can go to the international film festival and walk the red carpet, there is only one requirement: the heroine must be his girlfriend. ”

"They invested 30 million, hoping that you would make an "Avatar". I like the small cost of about 5 million the most, and I can't lose much, so I should pick it up if I make it. Spend a little money, and when you go back to your hometown, you can show off in front of the villagers, it's worth it. ”

"Until 12 years, ten came in, nine lost out, and no one entered the coal boss with a lot of stupid money. ”

Everyone laughed, they deserved it!

Ding Cheng looked at Liu Kaihua, who was happier and happier the more he talked, and felt that the relationship was obviously one step closer.

The last time I filmed, it was just a cooperative relationship between the actors, at most it was mutual appreciation.

This time is different, as an investor, everyone is in the same boat, and the interests are closer, which is naturally different.

"Do you know what I'm playing now?" Liu Tianwang said mysteriously: "Have you ever heard of the film?"

Wang Tian was stunned for a moment, as if he understood something, and seeing that Ding Cheng was still confused, he explained: "It is to import and buy out films, buy out the screening rights from foreign film companies at a fixed price, and get them to be broadcast in China, which is similar to gambling stones." ”

Ding Cheng suddenly realized, worthy of being the king of heaven, and the game was really different.

"In fact, it also depends on vision and intuition, there have been hits in the past two years, such as wrestling bar dad 1.3 billion, and genius gunman more than 200 million, 20 or 30 million to buy, do you say it's good to make money?"

"In the past, a batch of films only cost 20,000 US dollars, from the purchase and processing of the film to the distribution and publicity, it took no effort to at least 4 million box office. "Diary of an Emperor Penguin", which was bought out by one million that year, sold more than 20 million as a result. ”

"The Expendables" in 10 years created a box office of 21.5 billion, becoming the first batch of films with a box office of over 100 million, do you know how much it cost at that time?"

"Half a million dollars!"