Jia Yanhai was choked by these words, and sneered: "Look at what you said, the heroine of a blockbuster with an investment of 500 million, how dare I dare to decide!"

Lu Lin said in his heart: "Count your old boy acquaintance!" but said: "Okay, then the day after tomorrow, Longlin will hold a project seminar to bring together representatives of all parties who are interested in participating in the investment and discuss it." If Wanda wants to participate, I will go back and ask the assistant to send the time and address. ”

Jia Yanhai smiled: "Okay, then we will be on time the day after tomorrow!"

It can be said that with the successive successes of "The Return of the Great Sage" and "The Alliance of the Heavenly Gods" at the box office, Lu Lin has become a golden sign in the field of domestic commercial blockbusters. As soon as the new film plan came out, it attracted funds from all over the world to invest, and it was very popular.

However, on the third day, Lu Lin drove back to the capital from Huairou early in the morning to the company to participate in the "Houyi Shooting Sun" project seminar.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, representatives of various companies arrived. China Film's Han Shanping, Huayi's Wang Zhonglei, the glamorous Wang Changtian, Bona's Yu Dong and Huang Minfang, and Wanda Pictures are Jia Yanhai and Ye Ning.

At this time, Ye Ning was serving as the general manager of Wanda Cinema Line, and she was also a great figure in the Chinese film industry.

After everyone sat down in the conference room, Song Ge, the host of the meeting, said a few simple and polite words, and then stepped into the topic, saying: "Well, as everyone knows, our Longlin Pictures plans to shoot a 3D special effects blockbuster with the theme of "Houyi Shooting the Sun". The initial estimated production cost is 500 million, the publicity and distribution expenses are tentatively set at 150 million, and the preliminary budget for the total production cost is 650 million.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several CEOs present changed, 650 million?

And the investment amount of 650 million yuan reminds people of the name of a blockbuster - "Red Cliff".

Chinese movies are not without blockbusters, and "Red Cliff" in 08 is known as an investment of 600 million, which is almost equivalent to the investment level of Hollywood A-level productions. The cast is also very strong, and although the reputation in the mainland has collapsed, the box office in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia is still good.

As for the big productions under "Red Cliff", there are also many big productions, such as "Golden Armor", "Casting Names", "Night Banquet", "Warring States", "The Legend of the White Snake", and "Guan Yunchang".

The investment in these films is more than 300 million, and there are also 100 million or 200 million. Basically, they are all selling points with big-name stars and big scenes.

And Lu Lin's two 3D blockbusters include the publicity and distribution costs, and the investment cost is only two or three hundred million. The main reason is that there are no big-name actors, and the salary alone saves tens of millions compared to other blockbusters.

In addition, the duration of the film is about 90 minutes, and there are not many real big scenes, and the investment of two or three hundred million yuan is reasonable.

But for the movie "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun", Lu Lin plans to produce it in accordance with Hollywood's A-level investment standards. Considering the exchange rate level and the difference in the value of the stars of the two countries, he finally set a total investment amount of 600 million and a half.

Song Ge was also a little worried at first, but seeing that "The Alliance of Gods" continued to harvest the box office, he agreed.

However, a few of you here were taken aback by the ambition of Longlin Pictures, 600 million and a half! Wu Baige, who was in charge of such a big production in the last time, will not be guaranteed in the evening!

The scene was quiet for a while, and Song Ge said with a smile: "Of the total investment of 650 million, Longlin Pictures bears 350 million, and the rest depends on the bosses here!"

Yu Dong took the lead and said: "One hundred million!" Seeing everyone looking at him sideways, Yu Dong smiled and didn't speak.

Han Shanping's face sank like water, and he didn't speak for a long time. Wang Changtian rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Let's make 60 million!"

Wan Da's Ye Ning and Jia Yanhai glanced at each other, but they didn't expect to report the amount of investment when they came up. I thought I would talk about the script first, casting, the expected film effect, the box office of the schedule, etc., how can I ask how much money you can make?

A fine sweat appeared in Jia Yanhai's head, and he said, "Which, Mr. Song, Director Lu, let me go out and make a call!"

Song Ge nodded, Jia Yanhai came out of the conference room to make a call, Ye Ning's face remained unchanged, and he said to Lu Lin: "Director Lu, tell us about the expected situation of this movie, and when we report back, we will have an explanation!"

The people in the room laughed, this boss is different from a professional manager. There is too much difference in terms of permissions, if Song Ge hadn't felt constrained at the beginning, he would not have jumped to Longlin Pictures.

Lu Lin smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll talk about it briefly!"

Everyone knows the name of the film, "Hou Yi Shoots the Sun". The reason why I chose this is because it is a big IP in itself. This myth is a household name in China, and I don't know if it is spread in Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, but I believe that it will not be difficult for them to understand. ”

Wang Zhonglei said with a calm face: "Then in terms of the North American market, what does Director Lu think?"

Lu Lin smiled and said, "My consideration is to give up directly!"

These words made many people's faces change again, and they directly gave up the North American market, which is the world's largest box office market! How many Chinese filmmakers are committed to entering North America, or at the box office or awards, generation after generation of efforts.

Today's Lu Lin, as the king of the box office of Chinese-language commercial films, does not carry this banner, and actually gives up North America directly, which is really not enough and strategic!

Han Shanping's right index finger tapped lightly on the table, and only after a while did he say, "What about Director Lu's box office expectations for the new film?"

Lu Lin smiled and said, "Let's conservatively estimate it, two billion!"

Han Shanping said: "If it's two billion, it's just a return to the cost." Giving up the European and American markets, all pointing to Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia to make profits, the risk is not small!"

Wang Zhonglei echoed: "It is indeed a big risk!"

In fact, Lu Lin directly gave up the North American market, and there was no way. It is obviously not easy to expect Europeans and Americans to understand Chinese mythology. That is, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, such regions and peoples who have been influenced by the Chinese national Han civilization for thousands of years, it is possible to appreciate China's mythological blockbusters.

A typical example is the Indian blockbuster "Baahubali", which has beautiful pictures, a good plot, and good box office results around the world. But the upper part has a box office of less than 8 million in China, and the lower part is less than 80 million.

Although there is an element of piracy, the main reason is Chinese myth about India, not ...... Feel...... Prosper...... Interesting!

Another negative example is "Asura", the content of the film is not earthy. Although Chinese also watch "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", it doesn't mean that we like things we don't understand!

Even if you haven't read the original novels of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", you will know the general content if you go online to Baidu. But "Asura", to put it mildly, Baidu Encyclopedia may not be able to figure it out for a long time!

I really don't know what the expected audience and target market were when the project was first established?