Chapter 18 New Projects (Part 3)
Zhang Junsheng was taken aback: "Are you sure it's Lu Chuan?"
Brother Song thought for a while: "... I guess so. A big investment of 3 billion!"
"Boss Jiang... It's kind of!"
Zhang Junsheng sighed.
Director Lu Chuan has never proven himself commercially, and the reason why he has been mentioned is mainly because of his tireless recruitment...
The copyright of "Nine-Story Demon Tower" was not sold to China Film, so Lu Chuan did not have a box office hit at all.
The series of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Notes on Tomb Robbery" have all been adapted into online dramas and have become the treasures of Yuehua Video Town!
At this time, even Tang Ningyu was surprised: "Three billion? Are you sure?"
"That's what they announced anyway!"
“… Isn't it going to help people launder money?"
Tang Ningyu shook his head: "No matter how much money is laundered, I don't dare to launder 3 billion at one time, it is estimated that Boss Jiang's "Monster Hunt" has made enough money, and I want to make another sum through the magic theme, by the way, the producer of the "Fengshen" trilogy is Du Yang!"
"I said how could I find Lu Chuan..."
Du Yang is Lu Chuan's lucky star, and the producers of "Ke Ke Xili" and "Nanjing, Nanjing!" are all her...
However, after that, he joined Yuehua and participated in the production of "Blooming Heart" and "Rescue Mr. Wu"...
Why is it mixed with Anle Film and Television, most likely because Yuehua is full of talents, and it is difficult for her to build her own team in Yuehua!
Three billion cost, trilogy, the total box office must be at least nine billion to recover the cost!
Good luck to Boss Jiang...
Brother Song asked, "Jiang Zhiqiang talked to us, should we invest?"
Zhang Junsheng didn't want to refuse directly: "... Unless the director is replaced, I don't like Lu Chuan, and you don't know it!"
"Moreover, I really don't think the "Gods" series can make money, let's be ourselves!"
Tang Ningyu nodded: ""All Channel Blocking and Interference" is set for the New Year, and "Wolf Warrior 2" is set for next summer..."
"A lot of people are now concerned about the sequel to The Wandering Earth..."
"I talked to Guo Fan, and he is confident that he will come up with a sequel in two years, let's preliminarily set the 2018 Chinese New Year file..."
“OK!”
One big production a year, this efficiency is a bit slow...
There is no hurry for the time being, according to Zhang Junsheng's plan, Yuehua will initially achieve the goal of creating two to three large-scale productions per year in 2020...
This thing is not only a problem of money, but also a problem of talent and industrial base.
Don't be in a hurry!
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Frankly speaking, it is difficult for the "Fengshen" series to successfully recoup its investment through the mainland box office!
It is difficult for the magic theme to become a hit.
From the analysis of China's popular movies in the past five years, all popular movies must be novel and groundbreaking, and generally have a strong empathy effect (such as "The Wandering Earth", "Wolf Warrior 2", "I Am Not the God of Medicine"), which can trigger social discussions.
Judging from the filing information of the Fengshen trilogy, the main story line is not much different from the original work of "Fengshen Bang", "Fengshen Bang" has many movies and television, especially TV series are more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the Fengshen trilogy lacks novelty, and the main selling point is "magic" and "special effects".
There are also costume magic movies that are more abundant in the market, resulting in a low box office for such movies.
In addition, "Monster Hunt 2" deceived a wave of box office, and the audience has a vigilant mentality, and the subsequent costume magic movies, once the reputation is poor, the box office will definitely hit the street...
Therefore, it is difficult for the Fengshen trilogy to become a hit and trigger social discussions.
Another point is that there is a box office ceiling.
There is a box office ceiling in my country for costume magic movies, which is expected to be 2.5 billion yuan.
According to public information, the cost of the "Fengshen" series is 1 billion yuan per film, and according to the box office sharing ratio, each one needs a box office of 2.597 billion yuan to return to the cost, and there is no successful precedent for a trilogy series of films with a coherent plot in my country.
In short, it is difficult to make a profit.
If you don't consider the overseas market, with the size of the mainland film market, the Fengshen trilogy with an investment of 3 billion yuan is a big gamble for costume magic movies.
The first part reached a box office of about one billion, which is not a big problem.
But the problem is that the audience is likely to just give face to the first part, if the first part does not have a good reputation, then the box office of the next two films will only get worse and worse, so even if the average box office of each one is one billion and the total box office is three billion, it may be a bit hanging...
The last so-called industrialized large-scale magic film with huge investment was called "Asura". In the end, the box office was 50 million, and then the loss was too miserable to explain, so it was released directly.
The last god-themed movie "Legend of the Gods" invested 500 million and had a box office of 283 million, even if several stars joined the special effects, it was still passable, and in the end it was a blood loss.
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In the office, Zhang Junsheng handed Wang Bo a notebook.
The latter looked at the cover: "The God of Indian Medicine?"
"Yes, based on the Lu Yong incident, you look at the script, think it's appropriate, let's do it!"
"The Lu Yong incident?"
Wang Bo thought for a while: "Is it Lu Yong who bought Indian anti-cancer drugs?"
"Yes!"
Wang Bo opened the script and asked by the way: "... You direct it yourself?"
“… I'm also a director, okay?"
Wang Bo smiled: "I'll take a look first." ”
Brother Bo's status, how to say it, his salary is 80 million yuan, the first in the mainland!
That's it, the film and television companies that gave him the script are still in an endless stream!
There is a saying circulating on the Internet: Wang Bo has a box office of 300 million!
Although this is a bit exaggerated, there is also some truth in it, the movies that can make him star in have a very good reputation, except for some projects that I really don't want to make cameos...
Of course, more often than not, he takes over the project and will participate in the copyright sharing as an investor.
In contrast, Zhou Xing, who was also Yuehua's first brother back then, failed to meet expectations at the box office of three consecutive movies, although it was not so much that there was no drama to film, but the gap between him and Wang Bo was indeed getting bigger and bigger...
And recently, a bunch of news about Zhou Xing's big name and indifference has gone viral on the Internet this year.
Although Yuehua did not intervene in it, the circle of comedy movies has long been divided, and Deng Chao has been excluded, not to mention Zhou Xing...
However, Zhou Xing has Fuji Xun behind him, so he may still be able to turn over.
In the past few years, Zhou Xing has looked for Zhang Junsheng several times, but he has avoided it...
Of course, in April this year, Zhou Xing's "Lucky Dragon" was released, Yuehua did not deliberately suppress it, Zhang Junsheng has slowly let go, of course, it is impossible to forgive him!
Wang Bo quickly read the script, and then looked up: "I took this book!"
“… I'm going to invite Liu Tianwang!"
“… Think "No Man's Land" has cheated people?"
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