In the past, there were usually only 4 or 5 producers and distributors of a movie, covering production, theaters, distribution, and publicity.

And in recent years, the list of film producers of big directors has become longer and longer.

At the beginning of the year, "Journey to the West: Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" reached 21 producers alone...

It's not that Yuehua wants to divide its own income, but a film, in addition to its own reserved equity, the remaining equity is distributed to some well-related companies, individuals, funds, etc., and these scattered equity is replaced by a bunch of outsiders after changing hands layer by layer...

There are also some individuals who have a good relationship with the filmmaker or director who may get a small part of the equity before the start of filming, and then sell it to the next family, making the difference in the middle by themselves, and the actual money is not necessary.

In the case of more producers, the project share of the main controller has not decreased much, but the share of the company that entered the game later is relatively small.

For example, Yuehua Animation, it got 10% of the investment rights of "Journey to the West: Three Dozen White Bone Spirits", and then Hengdian Film and Television was willing to buy it at a premium, and the price given was very high!

"Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" has a total investment of 400 million, Yuehua Animation can invest 40 million, and they sold this share to Hengdian Film and Television at a price of 100 million...

Of course, the mainland box office of "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" is 1.8 billion, and the overseas box office is 180 million US dollars.

In the past, several producers could put up a film project plate, and they also wanted to keep more benefits for themselves, and they didn't want to share them with others, but in the case of a sluggish market environment, everyone wanted to pass on the risks in advance and introduce more and more investors.

Now, no matter how good a film is, it is difficult to accurately predict the final box office.

Therefore, the producer is willing to attract multiple investors with a very small share and concentrate more resources together.

In this regard, the 'producer' who joined the gang later explained to the outside world: Some projects spent 150 million yuan for two years, but the main prosecution is ready to sell you for 200 million yuan because of poor capital turnover, is this considered a premium? 150 million yuan of funds plus two years of capital use fees, there must be more than 200 million yuan, if the quality of the film is evaluated, this receiver will not lose!

"The Wandering Earth" is not an exaggeration, after all, Yuehua is still very confident that this project can make money, and the investment allocated is only fifty percent...

The most exaggerated is "The Great Cause of the Army" being produced by China Film, with 44 producers!

Many investors only have a 0.5% share.

These people don't care if the investment in this film can make money, they just can't wait for 0.5%, as long as they can participate, and the name of their company is on the beginning, they are satisfied...

……

There is still almost a week before the release of "The Wandering Earth", and Yuehua has formulated a series of promotional activities.

For a large series with a total volume of up to 500 million US dollars, you can imagine how important it is to hit the first shot!

Although the young actors who participated in the show back then were already small flowers and little fresh meat in their own right, these people gathered together under the call of publicity, followed Guo Fan on six variety shows in a row, and ran to 14 cities...

At the same time, Yuehua told the national film and television company what is the promotion of top blockbusters!

Movie theaters, on the street, KFC, McDonald's and many other stores are full of movie posters, movie trailers are playing in elevators, movie channels, five David TV are showing movie trailers...

What's even more shocking is that "The Wandering Earth" bought out the first 30 seconds of "News Network" for seven consecutive days and played movie trailers.

This trailer is actually an introduction to 'The Wandering Earth':

The Sun, located in the Orion Spiral Arm of the Milky Way, occupies 99.68% of the total mass of the Solar System. Now, the Sun's inner core is rapidly aging and expanding, and the Earth will be engulfed. In order to survive, humanity has devised an unprecedented plan to drive the entire planet to flee to a new home 4.2 light-years away.

The program is divided into five phases:

In the first stage, mankind poured everything into building 10,000 "planetary engines" to drive the earth forward and 10,000 dungeons to shelter human beings.

In the second stage, the "steering engine" around the equator is turned on one after another, driving the Earth to stop rotating. The planet came to a standstill, causing a massive tsunami to sweep across the globe and nearly halve the world's population.

In the third stage, the Earth will use the Sun and Jupiter to complete the final acceleration sprint and officially embark on a wandering journey.

In the fourth stage, after the Earth leaves the solar system, the "planetary engine" will be turned on at full power, and it will accelerate to 5/1000th of the speed of light in 500 years and glide for 1,300 years. The engine is then reversed and decelerated for another 700 years.

Stage 5: Earth docks into the target star system, arrives at its new home, and becomes a new planet in the target star system.

Although we don't know what kind of home the new sun will bring 4.2 light-years away, from today, the courage and perseverance of human beings will be forever engraved under the stars.

- Of course, this has the support of the Film Bureau and CCTV, otherwise, no matter how much money you give, there will be no fun!

Yuehua also mobilized all the people, Tang Ningyu, Zhang Junsheng, Song Ge, including Ye Ning, and all kinds of theater managers formed a game...

Nothing else, I just hope to get a few more prime films!

When there are still six days before the release, "The Wandering Earth" officially opened pre-sale, and the data was given by Eye Ticketing: in two hours, the pre-sale exceeded 100 million!

This result broke the record set by "Monster Hunt" last year!

But the investment in "Monster Hunt" is only 300 million, which is not enough for "The Wandering Earth" to lift shoes...

……

“… Don't take it lightly, it's a battle you can't lose!"

Tang Ningyu smiled: "It's been a long time since I've seen you so combative!"

"Of course, "The Wandering Earth" is related to an investment of more than 100 billion..."

Liu Sisi, who was sitting next to him, was very curious: "More than 100 billion?

"If The Wandering Earth is a big hit, we can build new projects in theme parks, sci-fi corners, and negotiations with a bunch of derivatives companies can go well..."

"The derivatives market for science fiction movies is very vast, and we have negotiated with more than 80 derivatives merchants, once the movie is released..."

Zhang Junsheng smiled bitterly and answered: "Think about it, if the movie fails, these people will probably jump off the building..."

"Not really, right?"

"Hehe, "Warcraft" also signed more than 30 derivative developers, and after the movie was released, more than a dozen went bankrupt, and the boss ran away directly..."

"We won't let them run away, but once the movie fails, the theme park is not likely to introduce related derivatives..."

Liu Sisi swallowed: "... I'll just say a word, and you can talk..."

"I heard that Wanda released two movies in July..."

"What movie?"

"'Bounty Hunter' and 'Knight's Trail'..."

"Is "Jue Ji" directed by Guo Jingming?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Junsheng smiled: "Hehe, Zheng Zihao is scared of being scolded?"

Tang Ningyu also smiled: "What do you say?"

The four parts of "Little Times" made a lot of money from Eye Entertainment, and of course they were also scolded as a sieve.

Many people say that "Little Times" is more harmful to society than "Crazy Boy" back then...

This is very strange, I admit that "Little Times" is indeed a failing movie, but there are countless people who can't recognize the status quo to watch it.

However, because the movie is not good, will it be dark if someone watches it?

Probably because Guo Jingming himself, as well as his fans, are too arrogant and directly challenge the bottom line!

Whether Guo Jingming's works are plagiarized or not has long been decided!

Then, his fans ran to Zhuang Yu's blog to insult and swipe the screen, "If he doesn't copy you, can you be popular?" is basically such a remark...

"Twilight" was called the American version of "Little Times", but it didn't make it mainstream...

The quality of the Hollywood film industry is still there, there is no massive decline;

Also, there is a unified standard for judging the values of the whole society!

Why do we hate Guo Jingming?

Because, an idol can be rebellious, can be anti-authority, challenge the existing music form, and dress up in fancy clothes, but the definition of plagiarism, the protection of intellectual property rights, and the basic values of whether private life is erosive, will never challenge the bottom line!

It is dangerous to engage in topics that run counter to basic values.

And many Chinese celebrities are precisely challenging the bottom line, and they absolutely refuse to admit their mistakes, whether it is splitting, plagiarism, or copycats...

This is probably the main reason why so many people hack "Little Times" and Guo Jingming!