Chapter 402: Shooting a Zombie Film

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Tencent's offer for "Shooting the Condor" is 6.6 million per episode, and the net search and Yilang are quoted 6.5 million respectively, and the most domineering is still Qifeng.com, which directly reported 7.1 million.

Therefore, Qifeng.com once again obtained the exclusive copyright of the network of "Shooting the Condor", for Qifeng.com and this kind of courage, the other three major video websites are also a little unexpected, a single episode of 7.1 million, which means that Qifeng.com has to pay 350 million fees for the copyright of "Shooting the Condor", although the ratings of "Shooting the Condor" are indeed very high, but the network traffic is sometimes not proportional to the TV traffic. Therefore, the other three major websites are waiting for Qifeng.com to obtain the exclusive copyright of "Condor Shooting" network.

After Huang Xiaoqiang announced that Qifeng.com had obtained the online copyright of "Shooting the Condor", Bao Qingjian directly signed a contract with Chopsticks Brothers Media, and at the same time, Qian Zhisao entered the account of Chopsticks Brothers Media.

At present, the total income of "Shooting the Condor" has reached more than 800 million yuan, and on the premise of not counting the right to broadcast three or four rounds, compared with 200 million votes, the yield of "Shooting the Condor" has reached 400 percent. Such an income once again shocked the industry, and the results of "Shooting the Condor" are still on the top of "Easy Immortal" and "Palace Scheming".

What makes some entertainment companies even more depressed is that at that time, "Condor Shooting" opened the door to investment and let all investors invest, and most investors were not optimistic about "Condor Shooting", Long Qi is 58 Entertainment, and even turned his face with Lin Chen in public, chasing back 10 million investment, and laughed at "Condor Shooting", and now 58 Entertainment has completely gambled on the door to cooperate with Chopsticks Brothers Media.

The Light Brothers Media regretted that they did not invest more in "Shooting the Condor" at that time, and Han Lei never thought that Lin Chen would be able to face "Easy Immortal" and "Palace Scheming" and make the income of "Shooting the Condor" so beautiful. At the same time, the TV series industry has also been impressed by the drama "Shooting the Condor".

Looking at such a comparison of investment returns, the most surprising thing is that it belongs to Pengxiang Entertainment, Pengxiang Entertainment invested in "Condor Shooting" at that time, completely in line with the mentality of playing soy sauce, but looking at the income statement, Pengxiang Entertainment never thought that while "Condor Shooting" brought out Deng Bing, it could also bring 40 million income to Pengxiang Entertainment, which can be said to be the most cost-effective transaction that Pengxiang Entertainment has done in the past few days.

Qifeng.com,Spend 350 million to grab the exclusive copyright of "Condor" is also facing a lot of pressure, the last time "Fairy Sword" helped Qifeng.com to rise to prominence, but what will happen to the results of "Condor Shooting", it is not known, although the valuation of a video website is very high, but the cash flow is not much, so the level of "Condor" traffic, although it will not determine the life and death of Qifeng.com, but it will definitely affect the industry's evaluation of Qifeng.com.

If the drainage is not ideal, it may make Qifeng regress.

The day of "Shooting the Condor" happened to be September 15th, and Bao Bei, Bao Qingjian, Tang Jun and all the high-level executives of Qifeng were all staring at the drainage of "Shooting the Condor" on Qifeng.com.

At eight o'clock in the evening, "Shooting the Condor" was officially put on the shelves, showing that the number of views of "Shooting the Condor" was 100,000 in one minute, and the number of views of "Shooting the Condor" in an hour was 4 million, and as of 12 o'clock, it showed that the number of hits of "Shooting the Condor" had exceeded 10 million. And because of "Condor Shooting", there are more than 600,000 users who come to Qifeng to open an account. Such results are undoubtedly stable for Qifeng.com.

Under the influence of "Shooting the Condor", various entertainment companies in China are taking a new look at martial arts TV series, and at the same time, everyone is paying attention to what Lin Chen is going to do next, Chopsticks Brothers Media.

A "Condor Shooting" directly brought several benefits to the Chopsticks Brothers, and Tiaozi said very excitedly: "Lao Lin, I think that while the martial arts style is hot now, we can launch "Condor 2" to make a lot of money." โ€œ

Listening to the strip's words, Huang Lanqiang said: "Mr. Lin, this is a good idea, now various entertainment companies are interested in launching their own martial arts TV series, if we want to launch a "Condor 2", there will definitely be a bright result in the ratings." โ€œ

Zhang Hao also nodded in agreement with the idea of launching "Condor 2", of course, all this has to be up to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen naturally also has the idea of launching the sequel to "Shooting the Condor", but now is the time for the martial arts style to get together, and the popularity of "Shooting the Condor" has not decreased, so regarding the idea of the "Shooting the Condor" sequel, Lin Chen decided to wait a little longer and live a new life.

It's almost October now, and it's the time when various film and television companies are starting up in a centralized manner, and many film and television companies are preparing for the Chinese New Year, so Lin Chen also decided to join the competition for the New Year.

Facing everyone in the studio, Lin Chen said: "We can choose to put the martial arts style thing aside for the time being, and then we have to make every effort to prepare for the Chinese New Year." โ€

Listening to Lin Chen's thoughts, Tiaozi said, "Lao Lin, what type of movie are you going to make?"

Zhang Hao and Huang Xiaoqiang are naturally more curious about Lin Chen's movie plays.

Lin Chen said: "What kind of cards do the Chinese New Year movies on the market play?"

Huang Xiaoqiang, who is the publicity manager, said: "Mr. Lin, there are more comedy movies in the Chinese New Year today, and everyone is naturally happy during the New Year, so there are more comedy movies in various film and television companies, and action movies are also more popular in addition to comedy TV." โ€œ

Tiaozi said: "Lao Lin, if we want to follow the trend and make a comedy type movie or an action type movie, it is also a good choice, or we have to combine the two together." โ€

Naturally, he has no objection to following Lin Chen, but with the entertainment wealth of another time and space, Lin Chen naturally wants to play some tricks. There is naturally nothing new in comedy action, so what to add to the foundation of comedy and action?

After thinking about it, Lin Chen said: "I want to make a movie in the action thriller comedy genre. โ€

Listening to Lin Chen's words, Tiaozi asked a little puzzled: "Lao Lin, you play a bit big with this trick, what can you make in an action thriller comedy movie?"

Huang Xiaoqiang reminded Dao Tiaozi: "Have you forgotten the movie "Happy Ghost"?"

Tiaozi retorted: "But "Happy Ghost" can only be regarded as a comedy and thriller, as for the action, "Happy Ghost" is not related to action. โ€œ

It's true that if it's just a combination of the two, it's not too difficult, but if the three are combined, it's really difficult to combine thriller, comedy, and action movies, which one do you want to make?

Listening to the discussion of everyone in the studio, Lin Chen suddenly thought of the classic series of movies in another time and space, this movie is almost in China in another time and space, and everyone knows it. It is this movie that lets everyone know that there is another kind of existence. That is the classic "Mr. Zombie" in another time and space.

Fortunately, the supernatural culture in this time and space is the same as that in another time and space, so there are all about Maoshan Warlocks and Taoists and zombie culture, so in terms of theme and back selection, "Mr. Zombie" does not have any problems.

Filmed in 1985, "Mr. Zombie" created an important genre of Hong Kong films, zombie kung fu films or called "psychedelic kung fu films", the film Hong Kong released box office as high as 20 million, no one of the same type of movies has broken this record so far, you must know that the time of this film was launched in 1985, and the filming of this film has also attracted countless followers, from 1986 to 1991, Hong Kong and Taiwan filmed more than 100 supernatural movies about zombies, but none of them can achieve the glory of "Mr. Zombie".

Xiangjiang has always worshiped ghosts and gods during filming, and it is necessary to cut the roast pig to worship the blessings of the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth when the film is started, and do not talk about ghosts and gods during filming, so as not to cause trouble. When filming "Mr. Zombie", a group of main creators filmed in the wilderness for more than a month, although no strange things happened during this period, but in the more than 20 years after the screening, three people died young, and social media even made a fuss about this, which also cast a layer of mystery on the film.

Then Lin Chen wrote down the general plot of the movie.

The rich and noble man Ren was instructed by Mr. Feng Shui at the time of his father's funeral that he had to lift the coffin and move the burial after 20 years, so he asked the local Maoshan master and the ninth uncle to help with this matter. On the day of the coffin, it was found that the curtain of the old lady Ren was a dragonfly**, and his body had no signs of decay for 20 years. made Uncle Nine suspicious......

It can be said that the reason why this movie leaves an indelible impression is inseparable from Lin Zhengying, who plays the ninth uncle, and it is Lin Zhengying's classic role that makes everyone remember Lin Zhengying's identity as the head of Maoshan Mountain, and with the passage of time, everyone misses it more and more.

"Half a bowl of clear water shines on the sky, and a spirit rune lives ghosts and gods. Step on the yin and yang gossip steps, and hold the peach blossom to kill the demon soul. The red rope glutinous rice is still there today, and I don't see the ghost hunters back then. โ€

This is probably the highest evaluation of Lin Zhengying's nostalgia. That righteous and awe-inspiring Taoist priest is still alive in everyone's hearts.

In addition to Lin Zhengying, Qian Xiaohao and Xu Guanying also left a deep impression in "Mr. Zombie". There is also the female director Tingting in the play.

The biggest test for Lin Chen to make this movie is to find a suitable actor for the role of Uncle Fajiu, which is the key to the success or failure of this movie, and the key to the success of this movie.

After the script was completed, Lin Chen first showed it to Tiaozi, Huang Xiaoqiang and Zhang Hao.

Judging from the script alone, you can't see the overall effect and feeling of "Mr. Zombie", so after browsing the general script, there are still some doubts about the action, thriller and comedy effect that Lin Chen said.

Tiaozi said: "Lao Lin only relies on such a script, are you sure to shoot thriller, action and comedy effects?"

In Huang Xiaoqiang's view, this is also a completely different type of movie from the style of "Happy Ghost", different from the comedic effect of "Happy Ghost", this kind of movie adds a lot of thriller factors. But the effect of comedy and action is not reflected in the script.

For everyone's doubts, Lin Chen naturally knows that the shooting effect of a movie cannot be seen from a script, in fact, a script is like a newborn baby, and the life of this baby is naturally determined by the cultivation and maintenance of the day after tomorrow, and at the same time, a good script naturally needs suitable actors.

Lin Chen ignored the doubts of Tiaozi and Huang Lanqiang, and said directly: "Next, we will start filming around this script, and now we are going to look for a suitable person for Uncle Nine for the public cloud." โ€

Tiaozi asked: "Lao Lin, how much are you going to invest in the filming of this movie?"

When it came to the filming expenses, Lin Chen thought that it cost 8.5 million to shoot "Mr. Zombie" in another time and space, and at that time, such shooting figures were naturally sky-high, and at that time, Golden Harvest film bosses He Guanchang and Sammo Hung predicted that this film would sell at most 6 million, and it would lose 2 million! But when Mr. "Zombie" was first released on Treasure Island, it was an unexpected success, and it was soon released in Hong Kong, with a box office of more than 2 million.

85 years is an era when there are very few 10,000 households, so if it is calculated according to the equivalent economy, it must be increased by at least ten times to calculate, Longqi is the design of some scenes, so Lin Chen feels that the investment in this "Mr. Zombie" has to be about 100 million, in this era of investing hundreds of millions of movies at every turn, the investment of about 100 million is naturally not a big deal, at most it is a medium investment.

After Lin Chen put forward a rough plan, everyone in Chopsticks Brothers Media prepared for the filming of "Mr. Zombie". But the requirements that Lin Chen said about the role of Uncle Nine to meet are really difficult for everyone.

When Lin Chen was publicly casting, it also attracted the attention of the Chinese film circle, Long Qi is the light brothers media, and the high return of "Shooting the Condor" naturally makes all walks of life pay attention to Lin Chen's "Mr. Zombie". So various entertainment companies want to cooperate with Lin Chen to shoot this movie.

An investment of 100 million yuan is naturally nothing to Lin Chen, but Guangguang Media has an advantage in distribution, and at the same time, in the selection of artists, the destruction of the Guangguang brothers can also help Lin Chen a lot, so Lin Chen is ready to pull the Guangguang brothers into the shares. At the same time, there is Pengxiang Entertainment, the cooperation of "Shooting the Condor" last time was a win-win situation, so Lin Chen is still ready to let Pengxiang become a shareholder this time.

Regarding the investment ratio, Lin Chen is ready to give 20% to the light, while Pengxiang Entertainment is only 10%.

Now Lin Chen is obviously the vane of investment in the entertainment industry, no matter what type of movies and TV series, everyone is vying to invest, and the most important thing is that Lin Chen is not bad for money now, so he is naturally satisfied with the investment ratio given by Lin Chen, whether it is light or Pengxiang Entertainment.

But the opportunity given by Lin Chen was naturally not given in vain, about the candidate for Uncle Jiu, everyone has to help find it, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to invest, but about the candidate who is suitable for the role of Uncle Jiu, the Light Brothers are a little scratching.

To understand yin and yang, you have to understand a little Maoshan technique, and the most important thing is to have acting skills. It's really hard for everyone.

Although there is no shortage of old actors in the entertainment industry, there are really no people who know this, at least there are people who like to study this, and they also study it privately, everyone is discussing tall things, and if you look at the entire entertainment industry with such conditions, you really can't find one.

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