Chapter 229: Hollywood's Abacus

It can be said that these opponents will not have a good time when they meet one, if they meet two at the same time, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation, they make movies to make money, there is no need to fight to the death.

Everyone in the audience is also thinking hard, with the outbreak of the domestic film market, it is not like before, basically a slightly better schedule is about to break through, and the publicity and distribution work is becoming more and more difficult to do.

The director of the marketing department proposed, "We can make an appointment with major companies to discuss and stagger the release time with each other, all to make money and make money!"

When everyone heard this, they felt that it made sense and agreed with it.

Wang Zhongjun also nodded, but he asked again, "How long will it take for the post-production of the movie?"

The director of the production department on the left-hand side hurriedly said, "The later stage of "Guan Yunchang" has just begun, and it is estimated that it will take two months!"

Two months? Wang Zhongjun frowned, wouldn't it be August two months later!

Wang Zhongjun regretted for a while that he had delayed so long in the selection of the leading actor!

When the film project was established, most people in the company agreed to continue to use Donnie Yen as the leading actor, after all, the previous cooperation between the two sides was still very successful.

Regardless of whether success depends on luck or something else, success is success, success means that it is right, and they do not agree to substitution.

However, Wang Zhongjun was bent on supporting Huang Xiaoming to the top, and he thought that his popularity was not low at that time, and with "Zhao Zilong" Zhuyu in front, as long as the movie was shot well at the box office, there would be no problem.

However, after thinking about it for half a month, I was persuaded by everyone in the company to continue to cooperate with Donnie Yen.

If you had been decisive at that time, no matter who you used, it would have been released in mid-July now, and there are still 20 days before "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)" released on August 4.

But now is not the time to regret it, Wang Zhongjun continued, "In this way, post-production must be hurried, notify the special effects company over there, the price is not a problem, let them work overtime and make the finished film in mid-July!"

The manager of the production department looked embarrassed, this is a 3D blockbuster, and it is also a war movie, whether it is editing or special effects, it is not easy to do, a month and a half is too rushed, but the chairman has spoken, he can only do it, he has no doubt that if he can't do it, it will lead to the box office failure of the movie, Wang Zhongjun will be the first to take him.

"Chairman, don't worry, I'll take someone to nail to their company in the past month and a half, and I won't leave until the movie is finished!" said the production manager patted his chest and reassured.

"It's better to be like this!" Wang Zhongjun nodded, and then said, "But we also have to prepare for the worst, make an appointment with Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Zhang Weiping for me to discuss how to arrange the schedule!"

"The marketing department will start building momentum for the film now, and immediately come up with a perfect publicity plan!"

"From now on, all departments are ready to prepare for the release of the movie, in case of box office failure, we will lose more than the 300 million production costs!"

Hearing Wang Zhongjun's last words, everyone's hearts tightened.

As one of the largest private enterprises in the industry, Huayi's films cannot, of course, all of them be invested by themselves, and some of them will be invested by other companies.

And this time, Huayi only paid 300 million out of the total investment of 400 million in "Guan Yunchang", and the remaining 100 million came from some shell companies.

As for who these shell companies are, the people here have guessed a little in their hearts, and if they take away these people's money, they will be unlucky.

......

Berner Film Group and Yu Dong are also convening a meeting of the company's executives, and the theme of the meeting is also the same as Huayi.

"Let's analyze what kind of idea the people of the United States are fighting this time!" Yu Dong looked around twice, leaned back in his chair and spoke slowly.

"I think the rice guys just watched our mainland market become more and more popular, and they were crazy about money, so they put four blockbusters in the same month!"

"That's not necessarily, didn't there be three movies released at the same time on May Day, the box office was not bad, and the three movies together were more than 2 billion!"

"If you want me to see it, it is estimated that they didn't talk about it, and the talk collapsed, so they were huddled together!"

......

Yu Dong listened carefully to everyone's opinions and nodded from time to time.

A few minutes passed, and everyone said a little bit of their thoughts, and after speaking, they looked at Yu Dong and wondered what he thought.

"You all have a point!" Yu Dong sat up straight and spoke slowly, "But did you find one thing?"

One thing?

What's up?

Everyone shook their heads, confused by Dong's words.

"Who remembers the top 10 at last year's annual box office?" Yu Dong asked.

Top 10 at the box office?

Everyone didn't know what this had to do with today's topic, but they all counted it silently in their hearts.

Without waiting for them to speak, Yu Dong said, ""Zhao Zilong", "Journey to the West: Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", "Avatar", "Thai Embarrassment", "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2", "Tangshan Earthquake", "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", "Inception", "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", there are six movies with a box office of more than one billion, but there is only one Hollywood blockbuster, and eight of the top ten are domestic movies!"

Hearing Yu Dong say this, everyone reacted that there were only two imported films in the top ten of this year's annual box office list, which was uncommon in previous years.

There were four imported films in the first ten miles of 09, and the first and second were all imported films.

There were three in 08, but there were twelve imported films in the first twenty miles.

In the past five years, there have been six, four, and five in the past five years, nearly half.

Yu Dong continued, "In the past few years, Hollywood blockbusters have occupied a high proportion in the domestic market, and in the eyes of many of our audiences, Hollywood blockbusters are better than domestic films, and it can even be said that Hollywood blockbusters occupy a mainstream position in our country, but this year we have regained the dominant position, which makes them panic, they can't give up such a huge market, so there is the current situation!"

When they heard Yu Dong report the names of the ten movies before, they faintly felt something, and they completely understood when they heard these words.

As long as the box office of domestic films is affected and shrinks collectively this year, they can take this opportunity to press domestic films under them again, so that Hollywood movies can be demanded in the domestic market and become their box office backyard.