Chapter 267: Building a Cinema Line

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"It's not as good as New York and Los Angeles, but it's a good feeling. Christopher Nolan said with a smile as he looked at the capital at night.

"It's hard to say what the future holds, but it's definitely a different place for Justin. Kate Green answered.

As Kate Green said, no matter how much he denied it, he always felt that the land of China made him feel at home, and in fact he grew up in the United States.

Chen Tian didn't feel so strong when he was in the United States, and at this moment he could only think of Grandma Wang.

Maybe it was Grandma Wang and the Chinatown that made him grow up, so his feelings were a lot stronger at the moment, especially the Beijing seen through the lens of the guΓ² DV camera.

It's eight o'clock in the evening at the moment, and it's still early before the real nightlife starts, and Han Sanping also arranged it on purpose.

He felt that young people like Chen Tian, especially those who grew up in the United States, should be very suitable for the environment of bars and nightclubs, but he himself didn't like it that much, so it was arranged at half past eight.

Usually bars and nightclubs don't get busy until ten o'clock, and according to his estimate, an hour and a half is enough for him to talk to Chen Tian about a lot of things and then leave.

"How is Xiao Liu preparing?" asked Han Sanping, hoping to achieve what he hoped to achieve tonight.

Chen Tian's coming to Huaxia to shoot "Raid" is only a small part of his plan, and looking forward to Chen Tian leading the Huaxia film market and letting Huaxia films come out internationally is his deep purpose.

Although he knows that it is basically a certainty that he will become the ruler of China Film Group next, he hopes that he can get enough convincing political achievements, and Chen Tian is his expectation.

He hopes that he can go down in the history of Chinese films. Become a hero of the rise of Chinese films.

"Mr. Han is ready. Besides, are we going to ......" Liu Qiangsheng gestured. was immediately interrupted by Han Sanping.

"Let's not take the initiative, if he wants to, it's his own business, okay, let's go!" Han Sanping didn't want to lose a big one because of a small thing.

In case Liu Qiangsheng's Jianyì is exposed, then he is likely to fail at a critical juncture, and he doesn't want such a thing to happen, although the probability of such a thing happening is almost negligible.

At this time, Chen Tian, who was sitting in the car, also realized that he had come to a place with a more prosperous nightlife in the capital, and Chen Tian did not have a lot of experience in nightlife.

Look at the flickering neon lights in the distance. Chen Tian couldn't help but laugh.

He remembered his first nightclub trip, that trip to Las Vegas, a night that changed his life.

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to go to the club, he wouldn't have traveled to 14 years ago, and he wouldn't have had a contact with the superstar Scarlett Johansson.

He will not gain a foothold in Hollywood so quickly and become a miracle director in the mouths of the media and fans.

And this qiΔ“ was given to him by a trip to a nightclub, although the number of times he was in a nightclub can be counted on one hand, but he still has a different kind of good impression of nightclubs.

"This is one of the top night clubs in China, and it was just built last year. Yuan Heping pointed to the places on both sides of the street and said, Chen Tian's understanding of the capital in later generations does not include night games.

There are far fewer nights here than there were later generations. So lively, but already visible gradually taking shape.

Since I said hello before. The staff also knew that it was an important person, and walked in directly with the group.

Since it is not yet the active time of the night club, the music is not so strong when you enter the store.

There are almost no people on the dance floor, and the lights don't seem so **, and the layered booths are completely exposed to the lights at the moment.

"Please follow me!" A sexy beauty dressed in a bunny costume led Chen Tian and them up to the second floor.

"This is a VIP private room, I hope a few people have a good time, you can call me at any time if you need to, I'm outside!"

The beautiful bunny girl half bowed, the spring light on her chest was half dewed, she didn't know that the person who came tonight was Chen Tian, and she didn't know who Chen Tian was, she only knew that tonight was a VIP room booked by a big man.

She hoped that her good looks would attract the attention of her guests, but she was somewhat disappointed that no one looked at her.

Smiling and closing the door of the private room for Chen Tian, Chen Tian looked at the entire private room.

The private room looks like a miniature version of the first floor, with three or four booths, a set of sofas, a simple small dance floor in the center of the room, and a place to pole dance on the right side of the room.

"I've made you break the bank today!" Chen Tian knew that such a place would definitely not be cheap.

Yuan Heping laughed: "It's not me who spends money today, it's President Han's treat, and he will come over soon." ”

Chen Tian didn't expect it to be Han Sanping's treat, and his intuition told him that tonight would not be just a welcome party.

"I thought, then I have to take back the thanks. Chen Tian joked, and also caught a glimpse of Donnie Yen sitting next to Yuan Heping.

He and Donnie Yen are not in the same car, but Donnie Yen has not spoken since he got out of the car, and he seems very silent.

"Why is Zidan so quiet today, aren't you satisfied with this place, I know that Hong Kong's nightlife is much richer than here. Chen Tian asked with a smile.

Donnie Yen was surprised, and a smile appeared on his face, but the smile was somewhat reluctant.

"No, I just felt the pressure.

Because they are very good, I think we can do better with our movement design, but I am not 100% sure how to do it better. ”

Of course, he wouldn't tell Chen Tian that he was because of the quarrel with Yuan Heping in the afternoon. This leads to his own worries that the actor may be replaced.

"You say so, I'm like Grande, now that we're out to play, don't think about work, let's think about it tomorrow. ”

Chen Tian's words and smile relieved Donnie Yen a lot, and soon the rabbit girl at the door brought wine.

Although Yuan Heping signaled that the drink should not be polite, Chen Tian still insisted on choosing a simple Chivas Regal and a cocktail with a low degree.

If it was just to come out to play, Chen Tian didn't mind getting drunk. But when he came here, Chen Tian felt that tonight would not be so simple just playing. If your brain is not 100% awake, you are undoubtedly putting yourself in a passive position.

This is something that Chen Tian absolutely does not want to see. That's why he ordered a drink very simply.

In less than ten minutes, Han Sanping took Liu Shengqiang to the box.

After a few minutes of pleasant drinking, the atmosphere in the box suddenly came alive.

"Xiao Chen, I have some ideas that I want to communicate with you, let's talk over there, and leave them here, how about it?"

Chen Tian knew that this moment would come, and he didn't know what Han Sanping thought. However, with the attitude that what has come is safe, Chen Tian smiled and nodded.

got up and followed Han Sanping to the booth on the left side of the box, and after the two sat down, they were isolated from the others in the box.

"First of all, thank you for accepting my invitation to make a film, we have a lot of expectations for The Raid this time, and we believe that you can make a great film.

In fact, the current attention of the movie is very high, and our Chinese audience is looking forward to it. Han Sanping smiled and raised her glass, "A toast to you!"

"Thank you, this is also one of my thoughts, thank you Mr. Han for inviting me. Chen Tian raised his wine glass and briefly clinked glasses with Han Sanping, both of whom took a sip gently.

"I don't know what you think of the Huaxia Film Market? In addition, if you are interested in cooperating with us for a long time, we will give you any convenience we can give. ”

Chen Tian did not reply immediately, but pretended to think about it. Chen Tian is very familiar with the Chinese film market.

In the projection of his film career, the Chinese film market occupies a very important position. This is also one of the important reasons why he agreed to come to China to shoot "Raid".

"Today's Chinese film market is still in its infancy, and it is far from mature.

With a population of 1.3 billion, the current film market can accommodate only a few hundredths or even less, so the potential of the Chinese film market is endless.

As long as it is correctly guided and developed, the future of the Chinese film market can be expected. ”

"Then what kind of guidance do you think should be correct? Good movies, more foreign blockbusters?"

For these problems, Han Sanping already had his own ideas, he wanted to hear Chen Tian's views, and take a closer look to confirm whether he wanted to cooperate with Chen Tian at a deeper level.

From his understanding of Chen Tian, Chen Tian has not only excelled in films, at least so far, but also has a keen insight into the film industry and even business.

He hoped that what he had learned was not an illusion, so he wanted to examine Chen Tian from the most basic.

"First of all, develop people's movie-watching habits, and this habit may be more about cultivating their awareness at least in the next five or even ten years, this awareness is not just that watching movies is part of life and entertainment, but making them think that watching movies is a high-end activity.

This is the only way for any film market to grow rapidly in the early stages of growth, and it is only when people get used to movies and become a part of their lives that the film market matures, just like the North American market is today.

At the same time, high-quality films are indispensable, and I hope to increase the number of foreign films, but I know that is not realistic, so I will start with domestic films.

Throw away the idea that the film only serves the award and make a movie in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Chen Tian's down-to-earth filmmaking completely talked about Han Sanping's heart, at present, except for many Chinese filmmakers for awards, they are basically making movies in a down-to-earth manner.

But once the film market develops, he can imagine that such people will be greatly reduced.

"In addition, to increase the number of screens, and even the number of theaters, if you want people to go into the theater, you need to have enough theaters.

In the short term, it may increase costs, but in the long term it is beneficial. Chen Tian is very aware of the growth of the number of Chinese screens in later generations.

In 2003, the number of screens in China was about less than 2,300, and since then it has been moving slowly like a snail, even if the film market is improving a little, but the number of screens has not improved much.

It was not until 2006 that a "City Full of Golden Armor" was released, and it was difficult to break through the 3,000 mark, and it was only after the 2008 Beijing Olympics that it broke through the 4,000 mark.

In 2009, the low did not exceed 5,000 yuan, but the turning point of the Chinese film market appeared in early 2010.

James Cameron's super Hollywood 3D masterpiece "Avatar" was released in China, which directly caused a hard-to-find scene.

Stimulated by huge box office interests and visual senses, the IMAX scalping tickets for "Avatar" once reached five or six hundred yuan a piece.

It was the emergence of this epoch-making masterpiece "Avatar" that made Chinese theaters across the country begin to frantically expand 3D screens, and by the end of 2010, the total number of screens in the country skyrocketed to more than 6,200.

It has risen by more than 1,500 yuan in one year, which is unprecedented, and "Avatar" also opened the most critical number of dead screens in the Chinese film market when it swept the world box office.

The growth of Huaxia Screen has been out of control, and it took less than two years to officially break through the 10,000 mark, and in 2014, it broke through the 20,000 mark.

While reaching half of the screen in the United States, the Chinese film market has also officially beaten Japan to become the world's second largest film box office market, and the total annual box office has exceeded 30 billion.

By 2017, when Chen Tian crossed, the number of screens in the Huaxia Film Market was close to 40,000, and the total box office sales almost caught up with the United States.

Nowadays, it is not easy for the Chinese film market to get a box office of 100 million yuan, after all, the number of screens is too small.

There are many people who want to go to the film and have no way, so this is also the most important thing for Chinese movies that Chen Tian thinks is currently the most important thing.

When he put forward this point, he felt the change in Han Sanping's expression, and he felt that he had spoken to the place where Han Sanping was thinking in his heart.

"yes, there aren't enough screens. Han Sanping adjusted his tone, he knew that this was a very important reason, but it is not easy for movies to make money at present, and if you want to increase the number of screens, you need to increase the number of theaters.

It is not easy to increase the number of theaters on the basis of not making enough money, which is one of the reasons why he contacted Chen Tian and then invited him to Huaxia.

Excellent movies get better revenue, so that the theater chain has more confidence to build theaters, instead of sticking to the current theater chain.

Hearing Han Sanping's answer, Chen Tian had the idea that Harvey Weinstein had put forward before coming to China.

Looking at Han Sanping, Chen Tian decided to bring it up at this time.

It's a risky investment for Miramax, and it may not be profitable for a few years, but Chen Tian believes that if Han Sanping can help, the idea will pay off in the future.

And this idea also comes from the different mechanisms of the Chinese and North American film markets, and in North American film production, the film industry and the theater chain must be separated.

No film company is allowed to own a cinema chain, and Huaxia is different.

Huaxia's film companies can build their own theaters, and Harvey Weinstein gave Chen Tian a plan to see if he can be allowed to invest in the construction of theaters in China.

"I have an immature idea, and I hope I don't mind if I say it. Chen Tian said with a smile, and at this time, the box door opened again.

Wu Jing and the other five players who were invited also came at this time, and Chen Tian glanced at Han Sanping.

"At present, Chinese filmmakers are reluctant to invest in increasing theaters, just because they are worried that they will not be able to get more benefits from losses.

And we Miramax are willing to invest in the construction of cinemas in Huaxia, and we will spend 100 million US dollars in advance, and it will continue to increase in the future. ”

As soon as Chen Tian's words fell, Han Sanping's eyes lit up, and he knew that Chen Tian was definitely not simply developing the Chinese film market.

But at present, no one in the Huaxia Film Market has come forward to increase the number of theaters, and Chen Tian is willing, this is what he is excited about at the moment. (To be continued......)