Chapter 41: The Film Project
"It's estimated at 4 million. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ning Hao changed his words at the last moment. He thinks that Zhou Chunwang dares to spend 40 million to make a movie, so he can't be too provincial, in fact, 3 million is really a well-budgeted number, if he spends 4 million, at least the quality will be better. Of course, it doesn't mean that the more expensive the better, if "Crazy Stone" also spends a total investment of thirty or forty million, it may be a real loss.
Zhou Chunwang nodded, and didn't say anything, now that Ning Hao's conditions are good, the pursuit must be a little higher, and it is nothing to have hundreds of thousands more than in the original world, after all, the rate of return is very high, and in the end it is still profitable. So Zhou Chunwang quickly agreed, and then discussed some details with him. Ning Hao said that he wanted Du Jie to be the photographer, and then the starring actor invited Huang Bo to come. The other main role has two candidates to consider, the first choice is Sun Honglei, and the second choice is Guo Di; Of course, Xu Yu is also in it········
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"This is your new plan? Are you kidding me? ”
Lin Kangsheng sat in front of Zhou Chunwang, and there was Zhou Chunwang's script on the table.
He admits that some places are indeed well written, but they are only good, and many of the very best-selling novels and excellent scripts are not necessarily good, so Lin Kangsheng is quite disappointed.
The most disappointing thing is that it turned out to be a spy movie, and the Chinese make a spy movie? What are you kidding?
Since the last time Zhou Chunwang said that the next film would make big changes, he has been prepared, but the result is still unexpected to him, it turned out to be a spy action movie.
This genre is not to mention Chinese mainland, few people on the Xiangjiang side are touched, they are best at police and bandit films, there are almost no real agent films, that is, Chenglong's is also a comedy police and bandit film, but Zhou Chunwang this time Yan Zhenger Bajingdi made a special agent action less, and it is another genre film. Not only is there no comedy color difference, but even his best witty and humorous lines have been abandoned, and the span and changes are so big all of a sudden, do you think Lin Kangsheng can not worry about it and not be disappointed?
There is also content, and many of the settings in it can't pass the review level at all. OK, it's okay to change the background to Xiangjiang, then this one will be revealed for the time being. Back to the most important question: how do you make money?
Zhou Chunwang said that the production fee should be at least 40 million yuan, what is the concept of 40 million? Generally, the box office triples before it starts to make money, which means that this movie has to sell at least 120 million box office when it is made, and it is just to protect the capital when it is sold so much.
Now don't talk about making money, how did you make 120 million first? In 2004, there were only two or three films with a box office of over 100 million, and the directors were all at the level of Feng Xiaogang and Xing Ye, I admit that you Zhou Chunwang are geniuses, but you want to challenge them now?
The box office is more than 120 million, and I really feel that Lin Kangsheng himself doesn't expect to make a film that breaks 100 million under his hands.
"Although it's an action movie, there are actually a lot of places to talk about warmth."
"And the number of screens is increasing every year, and I will release this film next year at the earliest, and the number of screens next year will definitely be much more than in 2004, and the market potential will be great."
"And since it's a blockbuster, it's definitely going to be released abroad. Hong Kong is definitely going to be on it, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. must be considered, and even Europe and the United States can be used to release it. ”
The above points are the main points that Zhou Chunwang tried to convince Lin Kangsheng. But Lin Kangsheng was still unmoved.
"Talking about warmth can really add points, but I don't think it can create a box office of 120 million."
"The increase in the number of screens does not guarantee that your movie will be able to break 100 million, if you return to comedy, there may still be some hope, I can still grit my teeth and believe in you, but this time the risk is too great."
"Into Europe and the United States? How many of our domestic films can make money on the European and American continents? Don't talk about anything else, let's just say that Xiangjiang is good, how much box office did the last movie "People in Embarrassment" get in Xiangjiang? ”
Zhou Chunwang was speechless, he also said what he should say, and Lin Kangsheng couldn't look down on it and had no choice.
Lin Kangsheng was speechless, he had also learned Zhou Chunwang's stubbornness, anyway, he also said what he should say, whether he could listen to it or not depends on himself.
So the two parted unhappily.
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"Sometimes you don't think you're a little too headstrong?" Su Zhiguo said.
Zhou Chunwang was speechless, and it seemed that he was also opposed: "If I wasn't willful, I wouldn't be able to get the results I have now." ”
That's right, Su Zhiguo feels reasonable: "Are you really that confident?" ”
"I've always been confident." Zhou Chunwang said.
"It doesn't seem like that was the case a while ago." Su Zhiguo said.
“······” Zhou Chunwang said.
"Then is China Film ready to invest now?" Su Zhiguo said.
"I didn't say death, but there was not much chance, they said that if I came to shoot "People in Embarrassment 2", they could give me 10 million funds, and they would have a salary and box office share." Zhou Chunwang said.
"Then you can't shoot?" Su Zhiguo said.
"What do you think?" Zhou Chunwang said.
"Okay, then what do you want me to do now?" Su Zhiguo said.
"How much money do we have now?" Zhou Chunwang said.
"In the early 4 millions." Su Zhiguo said.
"So little?" Zhou Chunwang was a little surprised.
"What do you think?" Su Zhiguo said.
This year, the main income of Fanxing Pictures came from "Struggle" and "People in Embarrassment", and Huang Bo and Huang Baoqiang also earned a little, but not much, so there were about more than 10 million. Then "Who Calls the Shots of My Youth" started filming, cooperating with Zhaobaosteel Company, and one person invested half of the funds, which cost 7 million. Although the advertising placement also received millions of dollars, there were not many points between the two families. Then Ning Hao's movie will also set aside 4 million, so it is not bad to have 4 million to use now.
Now that Zhou Chunwang wants to make a new movie, of course Fanxing Pictures itself will also participate in the investment. It's just that even if there is 40 million now, it is unrealistic to have a sole proprietorship, and now it is only 4 million.
However, with a total investment of 40 million, Fanxing Pictures only invested 4 million, which is too little.
Do you want to find someone to borrow money again?
But this is not the most important thing at this time, the most important thing now is to talk to some companies that have the ability to invest tens of millions of films to see who is interested in this project.
So the next day, a piece of news quietly came in the film and television circle that the cutting-edge director Zhou Chunwang had a new film plan and was seeking investment in the company at this time.
On the third day, a number of film companies approached Fanxing Pictures successively.
On the fourth day, there was internal information that a number of film companies Wu Fanxing Pictures collapsed, according to people familiar with the matter, the young director's new project is too risky, the capital is too high, no one dares to invest, even China Film, which has always cooperated with Zhou Chunwang, does not dare to take risks.
As soon as this series of news came out, it really attracted a lot of attention, is it possible that the cutting-edge directors who have been in the limelight recently are going to be abandoned? What kind of movie is it, and how much money is there, that these film companies dare not cooperate with this very potential director? (To be continued.) )