"Zhang Chu, why are you over here?"

Jiang Hua sat on the box on the second floor, and unexpectedly saw a familiar figure, so he didn't care about the rules of the theater, and walked to the wooden railing to say hello.

At this time, Zhang Chu finally used money to open the way, and specially bought a one-month VIP package ticket for the Zhengyi Temple Theater, so as to get the opportunity to really communicate with the Peking Opera actors in the troupe.

In recent years, there are very few young people watching Peking Opera, and there are even fewer who are so generous, so these actors who are preparing to put on makeup regard him as a theater-loving audience, just as he is interested in the behind-the-scenes performance of Peking Opera, so he knows everything and says everything.

Zhang Chu looked up and saw that the bearded man waving his arms was Jiang Hua, so he said to the staff of the theater: "Then I won't disturb your preparations before the performance, and I'll come over and talk about it after the performance is over." ”

"No problem, Mr. Zhang, please. The staff dressed as ancient maids also knew that Zhang Chu had something to do, so they left in a hurry.

After Zhang Chu went upstairs, Jiang Hua suddenly began to say like a machine gun: "When I saw it for the first time, I thought I was mistaken, but I didn't expect the old man to take you to see a play and make you fascinated." What I'm going to play today is "Mu Guiying in Command", and they are all famous actors! Anyway, I saw the finale of "The Legend of Wukong" last night, and you finally finished writing it. ”

"Mr. Jiang, you actually have a study of Peking Opera? ”

"It's a friend of the old man, who said that no one watches Peking Opera in China now, and the actors are even more young, so the man wants more people to see Peking Opera, so he asked the old man to create a movie related to Peking Opera. You know, the old man is not as healthy as he used to be, and he already has the idea of retiring. Now he plans to shoot a film related to our traditional Chinese culture as a pen work. Didn't I come here to take notes and get edified!"

Zhang Chu suddenly realized, he didn't expect that Old Man Xu obviously looked old and strong, and he already wanted to retire.

Many foreign directors are still at the peak of their creation in their eighties, and the old man is still a cut away from his seventies, and it is time to close the pen.

"Then the sequel to "Psychological Crime", the old man shouldn't shoot it again, right?"

Jiang Hua nodded, and said very bluntly: "I don't know when this sequel will be launched, the old man said in private, if you write it out by then, our studio will definitely find a reliable director to shoot it, and we can't ruin the fame and praise of the first part!"

Zhang Chu couldn't help laughing at this time: "It means that you are unreliable, otherwise I should look for you." ”

Jiang Hua's whole face turned red, and he muttered: "If he really asked me to shoot it, would you investors dare to use me?"

"That's true, I'm not particularly reassured. ”

To tell the truth, Zhang Chu found that he was very relaxed when he chatted with Jiang Hua alone, and he didn't regard the other party as an elder at all, anyway, counting the age of the previous life, the two of them were almost the same age.

Jiang Hua sighed, "Isn't this the end." I'll go out and go solo with the old man in the last movie, but now the movies with the theme of Peking Opera are not so easy to make, I hope his reputation will not be dragged down by the last movie!"

In today's diversified entertainment, going to the theater to watch movies is the first choice for young people.

As a national opera, the theater performance of Peking Opera is gradually declining, and the theater has become the takeout of the middle-aged and elderly, and some people even call this phenomenon "sunset art".

At least Zhang Chu didn't see anyone who really appreciated the drama when he came to the Zhengyi Ancestral Hall twice, and most of the young people came in to take pictures of the retro atmosphere of the theater, and photographed the exquisite-looking Peking Opera actors, and then sent the photos and videos to Weibo or WeChat Moments to show off, check in at a certain place, and check in with a certain culture.

Peking Opera is a theater art, and in the face of many difficulties faced by theater art, how to attract more people to the theater, especially young people, has become a major problem for such art practitioners.

This is not something that can be solved by shooting a Peking Opera-themed movie, and the overall environment cannot be reversed, and everything is the same.

However, since Xu Ji already has a plan, he must have considered these things very clearly, Zhang Chu is just an outsider after all, and he has no right to speak.

The relationship between the interests of the two of them is nothing more than the movie "Psychological Crime"!

Speaking of this movie, Zhang Chu asked curiously: "How much is the box office of psychological crime now? I've been so busy recently that I don't have time to pay attention to this news." ”

Jiang Hua glanced at him with disdain, "Do you have box office dividends or do I have box office dividends?" I don't even care about my own money. ”

"How much, make me happy!"

"The billion that was just broken yesterday was also celebrated. It is estimated that the total box office will be about 1.5 billion, this is a satellite, no one would have thought that there would be such a high box office. Jiang Hua said excitedly that he can be an assistant director for a movie with a box office of 1.5 billion, and this qualification is very important.

Now that "Psychological Crime" has been in theaters for more than a week, the word of mouth has been fully developed, and there are almost no opponents in the same schedule, and the box office champion of the second weekend should be ironclad!

Zhang Chu is actually just a small share of the box office of "Psychological Crime", like the dividends that Director Xu Ji's studio can get.

As one of the investors, they can get 15% dividends, and at the same time, Director Xu Ji's personal salary is also converted into dividends, up to 8%!

Among so many investment distributors, Director Xu Ji's studio can be said to have made a lot of money.

The other big one is Yida Pictures, they not only participate in the investment business, but also take on the responsibility of distribution, and even their Yida Cinema is also making money, all three links are involved, and the share ratio is not lower than that of Director Xu Ji's studio!

Zhang Chu is a little sad when he thinks about his 2% box office dividend, even if the box office is 1.5 billion yuan, what he can get before tax is only 30 million.

If only I could have fought for a little more dividend ratio, maybe I could become a billionaire now.

However, he also knew that at that time, he was completely a newcomer in the film and literary worlds, and being able to get 2% of the box office dividends was already the result of the agency's vigorous efforts.

The film and television adaptation rights of many newcomers' works are taken out by the price of cabbage, no matter how much the box office is, it has nothing to do with them.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that Zhang Chu can get 30 million is already at the top level!

Of course, this strengthened his desire to stand on his own.

In the past, when they were nobodies, they needed to be matched by brokerage companies, and they needed to go to various film companies and game companies to discuss cooperation.

Now that Zhang Chu has become famous, it is the turn of those companies to take the initiative to come to the door, and the conditions are as long as he can get the copyright!

Just as he lowered his head and pondered, Jiang Hua, who was sitting next to him, began to chatter: "By the way, when will the Journey to the West movie you promised me before start filming? Don't conflict with Xu Lao's movie time, it will be troublesome." ”

"First of all, I'm not committing to you to do it. You've got to come up with your own work, or I'd dare to hand you the script casually, after all, we don't know each other well. ”

Tell it first, and then don't mess up, instead of letting him look forward to it in vain, it's better to let him really make a movie!

Jiang Hua clenched his fists, "It does take qualifications to make this kind of blockbuster, and I will first make a movie that really belongs to me as a stepping stone." ”

There is no evidence, how does Zhang Chu know what the strength of the other party is?

A person who has never made a movie independently, at first glance began to shoot a big-budget film, which is not to help him reach the sky in one step, but to harm him!

Zhang Chu nodded: "We can afford to wait, a good story will not be afraid of the passage of time." ”

Moreover, he also wants to operate this film in his own company, which will take time on any level.

Jiang Hua came to his senses at this time, and he asked jokingly: "Can you briefly reveal the content or name of the story?"

The tentative name of the movie is "Journey to the West", and the content of the story will be kept secret for the time being. ”

Originally, "The Legend of Wukong" borrowed some content from Stephen Chow's movie "Journey to the West", just like the character setting of Zixia Fairy and the sentences of many colleges and universities.

But if "The Legend of Wukong" is an imitation of "Journey to the West" to succeed, then this is also inaccurate, although these two books are also written about the story of the Monkey King, but they have completely different souls!

"Journey to the West" is composed of two parts: Moonlight Treasure Box and the Great Sage's marriage, and later made the third sequel after many years, but no one counted that movie into the overall story.

The ratings of the first two movies are among the best in the Douban movie TOP250, and the sequel score of the sequel starring the migrant worker thief and the shame of Chinese drama does not even have a score of five points, and he was scolded by netizens.

In fact, "Journey to the West" did not receive too many people's recognition when it was first released, and it was not until 1997 that it began to circulate in the mainland and on the Internet, and quickly became popular.

These are two quite classic nonsensical comedies that reinterpret Journey to the West, more like a follow-up to Journey to the West.

"Journey to the West" has a lot of success, although the box office was not high at the time, but the subsequent income is very gratifying!

The most famous company belongs to Xing Ye sold the game adaptation rights of this movie to NetEase, and NetEase gave full play to the role of this IP and made countless money from netizens.

first transformed the movie into a game of the same name, and in the early 21st century, "Journey to the West" was very popular, and then it had a Q version of the game called "Fantasy Journey to the West", which "Fantasy Journey to the West" became even more popular, with more than two million people online at the same time at its peak.

On this basis, there are all kinds of mobile games, and it can be said that Journey to the West has contributed to the prosperity of NetEase!