The filming work is over, the crew of "Youth Singing and Dancing" also announced its disbandment, and Wang Yang and others returned to Los Angeles. Of course, people like the film's lead actors, original musician David Lawrence, cinematographer Valley Pfister and others have to follow up on the post-production of the film, while choreographer Anne Fletcher, lighting engineers, stylists, etc., have all done their jobs brilliantly and are left without their work.

The official website of "Youth Musical" released the news of the completion of the movie for the first time, and also released a batch of new stills, including several handsome photos of Wang Yang on the set, looking at the camera viewfinder, instructing Tom Welling how to act, and looking at the script contemplatively. There are a few stills of him who are handsome, and the make-up artist plays with him for a long time beforehand, then the gaffer adjusts the lighting, and Vary-Pfister shoots it from a beautiful angle.

This is also a helpless move in the promotion of the film, compared to Tom Welling, Jessica and other leading actors, Wang Yang's popularity is higher. Fans who have been paying attention to this film are not big stars, but the second film and the first film movie of "Magic Young", they are curious about whether this movie is good or not, and whether it can create another box office miracle?

The overseas release of "Ghost Record" is basically over, just like the madness in North America, this DV horror film has swept movie theaters all over the world, and the overseas box office has reached a high of 150 million US dollars! Together with the previous $160 million in North America, the total global box office of "Ghost Shadow" has reached 310 million US dollars! How much does it cost to produce? The whole world knows that it is only 10,000 US dollars.

Wang Yang and Lionsgate have become a veritable "money-grabbing couple", and some media even joked that at the 71st Academy Awards held in March this year, "Smart - Ghost Record" will sweep the major awards like last year's "Titanic", it will beat "Saving Private Ryan", "Life is Beautiful" and other movies to get the best picture, and Amazing Young will beat Steven Spielberg, Peter Weir (director of "Truman's World") and others to win the best director. What? "Ghost Record" doesn't have a single Oscar nomination?!

Although these are jokes, major media and magazines will definitely mention "Agility - Ghost Shadow Record" and Wang Yang when summarizing the 1998 movies.

The Los Angeles Times put it this way: "In 1998, James Cameron conquered the world with a ship and became the 'king of the world,' and the whole world cried over the love of Jack and Ruth, and it is said that the paper towel industry became profitable because of it." This year, there are also excellent movies such as "Saving Private Ryan", "Elizabeth", "Shakespeare's Love History" and so on...... Finally, I have to mention that there is also an 18-year-old young man who scared the world with a DV machine, yes, the wonder boy Wang Yang, and his debut novel "Agility - Ghost Shadow". ”

"In 1998, there were two strange things, the first was that everyone rushed to the cinema and watched "Titanic" over and over again, and the second was that all the young people rushed to the cinema and watched "Smart - Ghost Record" over and over again. ”

The total box office of 310 million US dollars and the year-end summaries of major media and magazines have caused Wang Yang's popularity to be at an unprecedented peak. Everyone likes the kind of people who are "not controlled by gravity", everyone worships heroes, the United States pays attention to teamwork, and advocates comic-style superheroes, there is an 18-year-old guy who single-handedly used 10,000 US dollars to create a box office miracle of 310 million, isn't he a superhero? If Wang Yang is white, his popularity will only be higher and higher, at least he hasn't been on the cover of Time Magazine, has he?

Therefore, the fan expectations of "Youth Singing and Dance" are also at a high point, and the news of its completion has made many fans and Wang Yang's female fans excited, and they can't wait to watch this campus song and dance film.

But the question now is, when will "Youth Musical" be released? Its release schedule has not yet been decided.

A meeting was being held in the conference room of Flame Films, with CEO Mark Slunter, distribution manager Simon Willis, production manager Sandy Pikes and other department managers all present; Wang Yang sat in the middle of the top of the conference table, looking at the documents in his hand, the financial statements of the end of the filming phase of "Song and Dance" so far.

A very detailed list of all expenses, including the salaries of the actors, the salaries of the crew, the rental of photographic equipment, the cost of buying film, the cost of buying the rights to songs, the cost of hotels...... Wait, Wang Yang glanced at one after another, Jessica Alba 500,000, Tom Welling 300,000...... Although all this is his money, Wang Yang is still bored, looks at it hastily, and sees the back, and now the total cost is about to reach 7 million. It is expected that after the end of the later work, the final cost will be more than 8 million. Fortunately, this movie doesn't need any special effects, and it's just fireworks.

The estimated cost of 8 million seriously exceeded the original budget, in addition to the fact that too much film was burned and the shooting cycle was half a month longer; the main reason was the salary of the crew, just like the position of dance director, the initial budget was only 10-200,000, and Anne Fletcher was invited to turn down the invitation of Flame Films at first, but Wang Yang called her many times, sincerity plus a salary of 500,000, Anne Fletcher finally took the job. Her salary of 500,000 is also the same as Jessica, the highest-paid actor in this movie.

After looking at it again and finding no problems, Wang Yang closed the financial statement, put it on the conference table, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's discuss the next item!"

The next item of the meeting is to determine the release schedule of "Youth Singing and Dancing". Only when the release schedule of a film is determined can its publicity work be carried out and cooperated, and the process of post-production of the film can be carried out in an orderly manner only when the schedule is decided. Of course, independent films are not among them, they have completed post-editing and then are looking for distribution.

"How's our campus projection system set up?" Wang asked, looking at Simon Willis, the manager of the distribution department.

Simon Willis looked at the secretary in charge of the meeting, Foona Hasen, and motioned for her to give the documents to Wang Yang, and he said: "We have established relationships with the major campus movie theater companies, and if we want to release movies, we can capture most of the movie theaters in schools, schools, and universities in the United States, and many of the remaining school movie theaters are self-operated, and it is difficult to contact them one by one, and some of them have no movie theaters at all." ”

After taking the document handed over by the secretary, Wang Yang took a look at it, and the number of schools was several thousand, all over the United States, and he couldn't help but nod and smile: "Very good! Enough, these schools are enough." ”

Simon Willis added: "However, they usually show old movies, or movies that are about to be painted, and the tickets there are almost half price. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's rare for a film to choose to schedule its first week in a campus movie theater, and the profit margin is very low. ”

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said disapprerovingly: "What we want is popularity and influence, the profit from the premiere screening is nothing, the important thing is the next large-scale screening, that is the big head." "Ghost Shadow was screened in less than 30 theaters in the first week, more than 700 in the second week, and more than 2,000 in the third week;

"My boss, you're quite right. Mark Slunt smiled and took over: "My idea is that we will select some campus movie theaters with high box office revenue, about 500, as the targets of the first week of test screening, and after a week, they will be offline and transferred to 500 schools in the same city." This way we don't lose too much of the market profit. If we can receive the corresponding good results, those theater companies will automatically contact us. ”

"Well, the plan is good. Wang Yang nodded, and after two weeks of trial screening, he got a good report card, formed an influence, and then released it on a large scale.

In fact, there are two main factors in choosing this method, first, the focus of film promotion is on the campus; second, the theater companies of urban cinemas are not interested in "Youth Musical", maybe the sluggish song and dance film market can't give them confidence, maybe this movie has all the "elements of a bad movie", anyway, they are only willing to provide some dilapidated and remote movie theaters for prime time, or good movie theaters for poor time.

Neither Wang Yang nor Mark Slant liked these two options. The former can easily get a movie to appear in 1,000 theaters, but it can only collect less than a few million at the box office, and rightfully sit on the throne of "bad movies"; in the case of the latter, who will go to watch a campus song and dance movie in the middle of the night? This is not a horror movie, and it cannot stimulate the nerves of the audience, and they are likely to fall asleep after seeing half of it, and they can also successfully win the title of "bad movie."

Then, just use the results to convince them, cinema companies and movie theaters are all grass on the wall, when they know which movie to show to make money, they will scramble to show it, and if the time is slowed down, the box office will be gone.

"Young, you know, the next good schedule is the summer vacation. Mark Slunt looked at Wang Yang and said. Wang Yang nodded and smiled: "The summer vacation file is just right." ”

The summer vacation starts in June, and there are still more than 5 months to go. Both Wang Yang and Mark Snout understood that the release date of "Youth Musical" could not be delayed too late. Because the world is changing too fast, new things appear every day, Wang Yang's popularity and name will fade quickly with time, and if you can't seize the opportunity, you will only be forgotten in the end. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that it is now the peak of his popularity, the best effect is obtained, and if the movie is released when his popularity and attention are gone, the probability of failure will be greatly increased.

Mark Slunt added: "Our screening plan has decided on the first two weeks, and the school has not yet been closed, so we have to advance the summer vacation for at least two weeks. He spread his hands helplessly and said, "But Star Wars Prequel: Phantom Crisis will be released on May 19, and we can't collide with it head-on, so we have to advance it by another two weeks." ”

"Well, that's a month in advance. Wang Yang thought about it, and suddenly thought of a day, and couldn't help blurting out: "April 28th!" He looked at Simon Willis and asked, "If it is released on that day, will it be okay?" Simon Willis nodded and said, "No problem." Wang Yang laughed happily, glanced at Mark Slent, and said with a smile: "Then it's decided, the premiere will be held on April 28." ”

(To be continued)