Chapter 272: Small-budget movies sing big dramas
"Source Code", in terms of Wu Xiang, a reborn person, there is no difficulty at all in copycat such a movie, and the reason why he chose this movie as his first move to attack Hollywood is also for many objective reasons.
First of all, the investment in the film "Source Code" is quite small.
Among other things, the film has a total of four main scenes, on the train, the office of a mysterious research institute, Chicago, and the cockpit where the male protagonist himself thinks he is.
The investment in the scene is small, just like the @ people movie, the scene is very simple, it is a house, a big CHUANG, so the investment in the @ people movie is very, very small...... Well, Wu Xiang's discipline is almost gone, let's not talk about that aspect of the movie.
As far as Wu Xiang knows, the investment in this movie does not exceed 40 million US dollars, which is already a Hollywood 'blockbuster' with a very small investment.
said that "Source Code" is a blockbuster, mainly because her box office is very good, really, this is a very profitable film, and this is also an important reason why Wu Xiang chose to copycat her.
There is another reason, don't forget, Wu Xiang is not well connected, and the Hollywood movie star he is most familiar with now is probably Jack Gyllenhaal.
If you want to talk about Jack, 05 is last year, this guy is really in the limelight.
At the beginning of the year, there was a "The Day After Tomorrow", which was a big-budget Hollywood movie, and it achieved a good box office and a good reputation, and Jack's performance was also very good. Then, it's "Brokeback Mountain", as soon as this movie is released. That really touched the countless glass masses of the American imperialists, to say that the American imperialists are really very strange, after Wu Xiang returned, a few years later, these people, oh, it can be said that this kind of people who love the United States, they began to ask for the legality of same-sex marriage. The last thing is really done.
To be honest, this matter is really speechless, and the United States is a Catholic country. The person who believes in angels the most in the whole world is this country, and this country is so desecrated...... It makes people blush when they talk too much.
Human rights, human rights, human rights...... Do it yourself.
And then don't forget that "Pot Head". These movies are both word-of-mouth and box office. It's all very good, and this guy Jack is now a hot and popular student in the United States.
Fame, really fast!
Therefore, Wu Xiang thought of "Source Code", from any point of view, this movie is the best choice at the moment, there is no one.
But then again, it can be seen from this investment in Source Code. Hollywood films are really too expensive.
The investment of 30 million is just Wu Xiang's estimate. Originally, it seemed that 32 million was invested in history, and this is simply a small-budget movie in Hollywood, and there are many places in Hollywood with a production cost of hundreds of millions.
And don't forget, this counting unit is US dollars, that is, if Wu Xiang invests in this movie alone, it will be 240 million RMB, which is not a fraction.
Although it is said to be a copycat, although it is said that this movie was successful in history, but the risk is indeed too high, and it is really dangerous for Wu Xiang not to pull a few investments in.
But anyway, this movie is still ready to be launched, and the preliminary preparations, Wu Xiang handed over the preliminary work to Sam Mendes to do, looking for actors or something, in fact, Wu Xiang has already given the direction, Gyllenhaal can't run, as for the production team, this is still looking for Hollywood.
Now that he is preparing, Wu Xiang will take advantage of this preparation time to return to China, because there are still important things waiting for him to do in the country.
Last year, Ning Hao handed Wu Xiang a notebook, this book was compiled by him with a few buddies, and it is quite regional, this book is "Crazy Stone"!
This is a very good movie, very, very good, it is Ning Hao's own style of film, Wu Xiang naturally has to support it strongly.
However, there is a problem here, that is, this movie was originally invested by Andy, and Ning Hao belonged to a new Asian star guide supported by Andy, so in this situation, does Wu Xiang still want to find Andy?
This matter has tormented Wu Xiang for a while, as a reborn person, how can he not know what results this film will achieve after the most deaf?
However, after the worst, Wu Xiang still found Andy and shared this good opportunity.
For what?
The main reason is that Wu Xiang told Andy before that he should come to the mainland!
Yes, it's for this sentence, of course, it's also because after this good start, Andy will be more involved in the mainland film market, in fact, the future movies, according to the famous movie star Zeng Zhiwei said.
There shouldn't be any Hong Kong movies, mainland movies, they should be called Chinese movies!
This cooperation is very good, Wu Xiang's 307 and Andy's Yingyi are fighting side by side again, this movie is much better than the one in the original history.
And now, it's time to do the promotion of this movie.
At this time, it was just March of 06, Wu Xiang could stay in the United States for more than a month, and "Crazy Stone" was arranged by Yu Dong to be released on May 1, that is, the Golden Week schedule, this schedule is quite good, not everyone can squeeze in.
This naturally depends on Wu Xiang's face, this guy is the producer in this movie.
Wu Xiang's products must be high-quality products, and Andy, the cinema line attaches great importance to it.
This is not quite the same as the original history, it turned out that "Crazy Stone" was released in June, although it was a summer file, but it was not the best time period, because this movie was very famous, but in fact the box office was only more than 20 million.
Since we are going to do it this time, we must work this propaganda and build up this momentum!
Viral marketing, then don't need it, this movie is not very suitable for this way, "Crazy Stone", there are many dialects in the mountain city. Netizens, they are all from all over the world.
Let's just make the tradition, the trailer, the promotional video. Print media, the Internet, plus the elevator of Focus Media, anyway, where we can do advertising, let's do it, don't fall behind.
Wu Xiang came back to formulate this propaganda plan, which is a big deal. Not to mention investing a lot of money, you have to get a little creative.
"I'm not from Yamashiro, but. I think it's interesting for the people in the mountain city to talk. So, I came up with the idea that we could make use of dialects. On the Internet, let's have a dialect conference. What dialect of the latter is funny? By the way, popularize the Shancheng dialect. Or the four C's, what do you think?"
This is Wu Xiang's idea, but Wu Xiang can't do this, he can't speak the dialect over there.
Since the boss has spoken, let's straighten it out, isn't it just a dialect, then there is no one?
Thereupon. 307 united with penguins to make a funny dialect science popularization activity together. It's a lot of fun.
The investment in this movie is actually not much, and it will be done with 5 million RMB before and after, but the cost of this publicity is good.
At the instigation of Wu Xiang, Andy paid 10 million yuan, and Wu Xiang also paid 10 million yuan, that is to say, this publicity cost can make four such movies.
To be honest, Wu Xiang is sighing, this Nima's price has risen too fast, right? !
Thinking about the propaganda methods that Wu Xiang used before, not to mention the good effect, it is also cheap, but now, I will go to it, and the advertisements are expensive, hey~
Anyway, anyway, our propaganda work is in place, don't leave any regrets.
Running the movie "Crazy Stone" is just part of Wu Xiang's work, and there is still a lot of work waiting for him.
"I mean, over there, where's the light?...... Hey, is the makeup done over there?!...... That dead makeup, some more powder......"
Kang Honglei was there with a big microphone to direct, and Wu Xiang watched from the side, continuing his work of supervising the production of fingers.
Listening to this death, you should know that this drama is "My Leader, My Regiment"!
That's right, Wu Xiang is here, this drama is now being filmed in Yun NAN, this place is not bad, spring all year round.
But in fact, Wu Xiang's heart is not as sunny as the weather, he is actually quite worried.
Because Wu Xiang remembered that in the original history, there was an accident and someone died during the filming of this drama!
It was the pyrotechnic master who accidentally killed him.
This thing was a 'big thing' at the time, gossip, I like to do this.
Wu Xiang is a person, he actually doesn't like gossip very much, but he also knows a little bit about it, but he doesn't remember the specifics.
And this time to shoot "My Captain, My Group", it is a combination of Wu Xiang Investment, Kang Honglei and Lan Xiaolong, and this pyrotechnician is not using Yin Xingyun, this time it is someone else, a well-known pyrotechnician named Guo Yan.
With Yin Xingyun, it will be a bit overkill, the key is the high cost, we can't spend it indiscriminately if we have money.
But Wu Xiang was afraid that something would happen, so he simply came here to sit down, mainly to advise.
"Don't pay attention to safety, don't pay attention to safety......"
In other words, Wu Xiang's guy is really incurable, if you kid spends a little more money and invites Yin Xingyun to come, don't you need to worry.
But then again, Yin Xingyun can be 100% accident-free?
No one can guarantee this, but the profession of pyrotechnician is indeed very dangerous.
But fortunately, maybe it was Wu Xiang's advice that played a role, and the new version of "My Regiment Leader, My Regiment" did not have any accidents, and it was completed safely.
Time flies quickly, and this is seeing that the May Day Golden Week is coming, and "Crazy Stone" is about to be released. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you Brother Long Shao for your reward, thank you very much!
Today's second chapter is presented, but the black car says a little bit about things. Recently, the Yun@Nan earthquake, our soldiers went to save people, and the clear water was gone, and the noodles were cooked in muddy water, let's say that this thing is really shocking. But the black car doesn't understand, why don't so many people come over and ridicule it? There are a lot of people who say this and that, cynicism, I really don't understand, even if you make money from this, but are you embarrassed to take such disgusting money?
After the last, Heiche just wanted to say, pray for the compatriots in Yunnan, may God bless China!