A film has an investment of 500 million yuan and a box office of 3 billion;

A movie has an investment of 17 million and a box office of 300 million...

In fact, investors prefer the latter, why?

Because the risk is relatively low!

Yes, the first one earns a lot, but the cycle is also very long.

From a purely ROI point of view, "Let the Bullets Fly" is not too high.

With a three-year production cycle, Yuehua was just starting out, and now Yuehua Media is the largest media group in the mainland...

The total investment of 130 million plus publicity is 180 million

Among them, Zhou Runfa's salary is 34.35 million + dividends;

Ge You received a friendship price: 5.3 million;

Jiang Wen's director + starring salary is 10.5 million...

Therefore, if the box office of this movie cannot exceed 450 million, it will not make money.

With the current handicap of the Chinese New Year stalls, as well as the speed at which piracy is circulating, the highest box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" is 800 million...

As for the overseas box office...

A small North American release is estimated to fetch about $1 million, after all, 'for viewers who don't understand Chinese or don't understand what happened in the warlord era of 1920, this is a bad movie full of farce!' (taken from the North American film review)

Why did Zhang Junsheng blow 1 billion?

Nonsense, he invested $15 million!

……

At the end of the movie, Jiang Wen and they had to rush to Songjiang, and Zhang Junsheng and Uncle Ge took the car back to the company.

In this year's Lunar New Year, the busiest person is not a director, but Uncle Ge.

"Zhao's Orphan", "Let the Bullets Fly", and "Private Custom" all have him as the starring role...

Including "Zhao Ziyue" released during the Spring Festival.

Zhang Junsheng asked: "Uncle Ge, there are no outsiders here, which of the three movies do you like the most?"

“… I can't tell..."

Uncle Ge refused to answer...

It's normal, Uncle Ge has always been a very cautious person.

Stepping back, not arguing, not publicizing, and not causing trouble, this is the strongest part of Uncle Ge's character...

Zhang Yimou came to him for filming "Alive", but he excused himself and said: "I can't act, I can't act." ”

Zhang Yimou didn't do it: "That's not good, you have to do it." ”

Then, Uncle Ge took "Alive"...

"After you read the script, you don't have an inner bias?"

“… When I was shooting, I didn't know they would be together!"

Zhang Junsheng thought for a while and said: "In fact, the first job of a film director is to make investors get returns. From this point of view, "The Orphan of Zhao" can be regarded as a failed work!"

“… I can't say the same, I see many people like "Zhao's Orphan"..."

"Come on, to tell you the truth that is not good, that is, the Chinese film market is far from mature, and a big director like Chen Kaige, who has been losing money and bloodshed for 20 consecutive years, will continue to be sent money to him to burn. , if you put Hollywood aside, after "Wu Ji", he should almost retire!"

"Wuji" invested 240 million, box office: 170 million, loss: 180 million...

directly lost the North American market that still had a good impression of him because of "Farewell My Concubine".

Uncle Ge thought for a while and replied: ""Zhao's Orphan" is not a loss, Xiangshan Film and Television Base has provided a lot of help, and it is estimated that you can make a little money..."

"Difficult!"

Sighing, Zhang Junsheng continued: "But there is a lot of hot money now, Lao Zhao told me two days ago that there is a man who sells a house and wants to invest in "Teahouse", what conditions do you guess he offered?"

"Hey, do you still have to give people conditions for investment?"

"What do you think, we said that the starring role of "Teahouse" was Ge You, and he said that he would invest 100 million at the time, but it can be announced that he only invested 80 million..."

"Won't it?"

"Why are you lying to you, too many people outside the circle want to come in, our reputation has always been here, at least we won't lie to them!"

The two laughed for a while, and Uncle Ge hesitated for a long time, but still spoke: "Junsheng, our five-part film contract has been completed, right?"

“… Well, I'll ask you to renew it when you go back, how much do you want for this signing fee?"

Uncle Ge's status in Yuehua is a bit like Dinghai Shenpin.

Even ten years later, he is still a symbol!

After filming a bad scene, no one will scold him for acting badly, and those who scold him are the director and screenwriter...

Therefore, the signing fee is not a matter for Zhang Junsheng, anyway, he can't directly ask for 1 billion...

Five years ago, the signing fee was 180 million, and according to the current market, 300 million is about the same...

Ge You shook his head: "Junsheng, I'm sorry, I want to go out and have a look!"

"Where's it going?"

"Sakura Emperor, Hong Kong!"

Zhang Junsheng was silent...

After a long time, Zhang Junsheng asked rhetorically: "You should know that we don't deal with Emperor Sakura very well, right?"

"I know... But I owe him a favor, a great favor!"

Zhang Junsheng shut up, there is no such thing as human affection...

When Uncle Ge left Huayi, it is estimated that he was also trapped by favors.

What can I say about this thing, Yang Shoucheng himself is very good at winning people's hearts...

"Okay, do whatever you want, I absolutely support you!"

……

After the release of "Let the Bullets Fly", it broke out immediately.

premiered on December 16, "Let the Bullets Fly" detonated theaters across the country at an almost shocking speed, and the national box office exceeded 30 million at the premiere at 7:30 o'clock alone!

In just one day on December 17, the data came out, which scared everyone, and won a box office score of 45 million on Friday!

On the 18th, it is even more fierce, its single-day box office even exceeded 60 million, and "Avatar" tied for the most in Chinese film history.

The box office in the first week came out, and this figure reached 180 million, surpassing the box office record of 160 million set by "Kung Fu Panda 2".

Of course, it was released on Thursday, one day more than Kung Fu Panda 2...

Countless Jiang Wenchui appeared on the Internet.

"Movies, especially those with lust and fame, are not like writing, which is inherently lonely. However, the big looms in the city. In this turbulent market torrent, a horse single-handedly kills a Jiang Wen, which makes people sigh that creation is immortal!

This is the preface to the book "The Sun Also Rises" written by Mr. Shi Tiesheng to Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen's talent is really visible to the naked eye, and it took three months to adapt Wang Shuo's "Animal Fierceness" into "Sunny Day", and then wrote "The Devil is Coming", "The Sun Also Rises", "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Devil" and "Bullet" are all adapted works, just like Jiang Wen himself said that he read the book and then the story continued to derive in his mind. Jiang Wen always looks at a story from a different perspective than ordinary people. ”

"What are the world-class film masters that everyone admires now? I personally know Kurosawa, Herzog, Lars von Trier, Woody Allen... The films of these people often have a strong personal style, profound visual expression, and a point is the philosophical meaning left after the disappearance of light and shadow.

Jiang Wen's personal style is undoubted, and it is easy to feel, and who else is there besides Jiang Wen who insists on finding philosophical meanings in China?"

It's speechless to watch, Jiang Wen has a strong personality and outstanding characteristics, he should have been a person who is easy to evaluate, but his fans blew at him, and the blowing made people can't see clearly.