Chapter 376: The Way to Go
For the cooperation plan proposed by Chen Changle, Lin Zixuan naturally agreed, this is a profitable project. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although he doesn't pay much attention to the film and television industry in Guangdong Province, sitcoms like "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang", which has a local rating of more than 40%, will appear in the media from time to time.
Now it's not like before, the ratings of "Desire" can reach more than 90%, in addition to the touching plot, but also because everyone had no other dramas to watch at that time, so they could only guard Huaguo TV.
That's what created the ratings myth.
Now that the TV drama market is booming, the audience has a choice, and a drama with an audience rating of more than 15% is considered a hit.
This shows the popularity of "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" in Guangdong Province.
Lin Zixuan estimated that the production cost of this kind of film is not high, three million is enough, as long as it can win 10 million box office in Guangdong Province, it will be able to make a steady profit.
Feng Xiaogang's three Chinese New Year films basically have a box office of more than 10 million in Beijing, which is a geographical advantage.
Moreover, there is a big difference between the comedies of the North and the South, and there is no direct conflict with the Good Dream Company.
If there is a film and television company that wants to make a Beijing-style comedy, then Lin Zixuan will definitely not agree to cooperate, he can't cultivate competitors.
"Brother Chen, with our friendship, this is a matter of one sentence, if you have this thought, I will definitely do my best to help. Lin Zixuan promised, "I'm not familiar with Guangdong Province, and I don't know much about Lingnan comedy, this matter is still based on you, I'll help you do it." ”
"Brother Lin is too modest, you are experts in this area, you want to teach me how to do it. Chen Changle said politely.
"To be honest, with the foundation of the TV series, as long as the film is not too bad, the audience will definitely buy it, but Brother Chen, if you want to make a signboard, you have to work hard. Lin Zixuan suggested, "In the future, a movie will be launched every year, or every two years, and this series will continue to be made, then the first one will not disappoint the audience." ”
"That's exactly what I thought, just like a TV series, I keep filming and making money. Chen Changle nodded.
"That's it, Brother Chen, you get a book out first, I'll find someone here to get the shooting plan and post-publicity release, let's try to shoot it at the end of the year and hit the New Year. Lin Zixuan discussed.
This year, Feng Xiaogang withdrew from the Lunar New Year file, and many film and television companies are staring at this piece, Lin Zixuan doesn't mind intervening.
It is estimated that local comedy such as "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" has no competitors in Guangdong Province, which has a developed economy, a large audience base, and extremely considerable box office revenue.
Chen Changle just wanted to replicate the success of Feng Xiaogang's New Year film, and agreed with Lin Zixuan's arrangement.
Guangdong Province is influenced by the Hong Kong film and television circle, and the audience is more likely to accept Chinese New Year films.
It is not an easy thing to transfer from TV series to the film industry, when Haomeng Company filmed "Party A and Party B", it cooperated with Beijing Film Studio, and used the personnel and equipment of Beijing Film Studio.
Those people felt that Feng Xiaogang was a novice, and the crew had a lot of contradictions.
This made Lin Zixuan determined to form his own team, and Chen Changle faced the same problem, he did not have the talent to make movies.
There are state-owned film studios in Guangdong Province, such as Yuejiang Film Studio, which is in Huacheng, why did Chen Changle give up the near and far, not to cooperate with Guangdong Film Studio, but to find Lin Zixuan.
One is that Cantonese Film Studio may not necessarily cooperate with him, and he has no way.
Moreover, he was worried that the appetite of the Guangdong Film Studio was too great, and if he took the copyright of this film, it would be worth the loss.
This is not an impossible thing, if the Guangdong Film Studio thinks that this film is profitable, they will make a sequel by themselves, at most, they will give you some money to buy out the copyright, they have the confidence.
If you don't want to, they'll change their names at most and shoot the same.
Chen Changle and Lin Zixuan are both private film and television companies, one south and one north, there is no conflict of interest, Lin Zixuan has no foundation in Guangdong Province, he will not have any ideas, and everyone works happily.
This can be said to be Chen Changle's shrewdness, but it can also be said that his pattern is too small and he takes this film too seriously.
If he can find cooperation with Yuejiang Film Studio and establish a good relationship with Yuejiang Film Studio, the gains and losses of a film are nothing, and it may open up a new world.
Lin Zixuan's strategy is to first rely on state-owned film studios, gradually develop and expand himself, obtain the distribution rights of films, and then break away from dependence on state-owned film studios, so as to become truly independent.
This is the only way for private film and television companies.
Of course, in China, it is impossible to truly break away from state-owned enterprises, and win-win cooperation is fundamental.
Chen Changle's approach is quite safe, as long as he has the copyright of "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" in his hand, he is a steady stream of money-making tools, and he doesn't have to worry about it in this life.
The two discussed a rough charter, Chen Changle provided the script, and also used the original cast of the TV series to star.
Lin Zixuan will send someone over to help build the crew and be responsible for the post-production publicity.
In terms of investment, the total investment is 3 million, which can only be regarded as a low-cost comedy, Chen Changle invested 2.2 million, Lin Zixuan invested 800,000, and the income of the film was distributed according to the proportion of investment.
It's not that Lin Zixuan has no money, but he doesn't want to compete with Chen Changle for profit, if the investment is half of each, the income will also be half of the income.
After all, this is Chen Changle's project, Lin Zixuan will not be so disproportionate, only by knowing how to be proportional can we cooperate for a long time.
Now it's almost July, and if you want the film to be released at the end of the year, you have to speed up the action.
Lin Zixuan called Yu Dong, explained the situation, and asked him to dispatch relevant personnel to prepare to go south to carry out work.
Yu Dong was very surprised, he didn't expect Lin Zixuan to say that he would travel, and in a blink of an eye, he got a big cooperation project.
He researched it and found that this is a high-quality project with a high potential for profitability, and the key is to enable Good Dream to open up the southern film market and establish close ties with local cinema chains.
For a long time, the films of Good Dreams Company have been a situation where the north is hot and the south is cold.
This is related to the theme of the film, which is the case with Beijing-style comedy, and it is also because Good Dream has nothing to do with the South, and this time it may be able to make up for this shortcoming.
In the evening, Chen Changle entertained guests at the hotel, and everyone had an authentic Cantonese meal, during which he was very enthusiastic about Ge You.
He wanted Ge You to play a cameo role in the film, and Ge You, as a representative of northern comedians, would be very interesting if he appeared in a comedy film in the south.
gives people the feeling of a great fusion of northern and southern comedies, and Ge You's box office appeal should not be underestimated.
Lin Zixuan is not very optimistic about this idea, he always feels that the style of painting is wrong, each region has a different comedy form, and it is better to be authentic if the mix and match style is not popular at this time. (To be continued.) )