Chapter 40: "Uncle"

Zhou Chunwang only then remembered that it was almost the time it appeared, after all, now Ning Hao's conditions are better than in the previous life, and he is not afraid of running out of funds, of course it will appear some time in advance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info remembers that in the original world, it was almost a production budget of about 3.5 million, and it got a box office of 23.5 million, creating a box office myth of small-budget films. It is a little higher than the box office of Zhou Chunwang's first movie, and much less than the second one. And Ning Hao is also famous for this movie with very novel shooting techniques and very funny characters and lines.

And Ning Hao also opened Zhou Chunwang's movie, the name of the movie is "Uncle", I can't see anything in this name, and then read the introduction and introduction, but I was a little surprised: "Agent film? Or an action movie? ”

"yes, let's see first." Zhou Chunwang said.

So Ning Hao stopped talking, and the two of them read the script.

"Uncle" is mainly about a secret agent Yuan Hao, who lost his beloved family after being retaliated against by others after a mission, and has been living a life of hiding ever since. He closed himself off and made a living by running a pawnshop. He is cold and unapproachable, and he hardly takes the initiative to interact with people, except for the guests who come to the store to entrust things and the little girl Xiaoxue who lives next door. And Xiaoxue is also a poor person, she has no father, her mother is a drug addict, and she has entanglements with gangsters, and she never cares about her, so she often goes to Yuanhao, because only he is willing to say a few words to her sometimes, and only he never bullies her.

Later, Xiaoxue's mother is implicated in the gangster's drug robbery, and finally puts herself and Xiaoxue in danger. It just so happens that Xiaoxue and her mother are seen by Wonho on the day they are kidnapped, so he begins to fight against the yakuza to rescue Xiaoxue. At the same time, the police are also investigating the case, and Won-ho's true identity is slowly emerging. But there is still no news from Xiaoxue's side, and Yuan Hao has been tracking down, but only found the body of Xiaoxue's mother, who had all her valuable organs removed・・・・・・

"How?" "Crazy Stone" Zhou Chunwang only read a rough idea, so he had already finished reading it, and when Ning Hao also finished turning the last page, he asked.

"This ・・・・・・ hard to pass the trial, right?" Of course, the script is good, so Ning Hao directly pointed out this problem. It's gangsters and drugs, and it sells organs, so it's strange that it can pass the trial.

"I'm going to use Xiangjiang as a background, so it's much easier to operate." Zhou Chunwang said.

Ning Hao suddenly realized that this was indeed a way.

"However, most of the plot will still be filmed in China, and a small part can be filmed in Xiangjiang." Zhou Chunwang said.

"Then it's fine, I think it's good." Ning Hao said, "China Film feels invested? ”

"I haven't looked for them yet," Zhou Chunwang said, "but I think it's a little difficult." ”

"What's wrong?" Ning Hao felt strange, the script was really good, although the fight scene couldn't be written, I don't know how it was, but when the time comes, I think it won't be much worse if I spend a lot of money to hire a professional martial arts instructor.

"How much do you estimate how much it will cost to make?" Zhou Chunwang said.

Ning Hao thought about it for a while, this movie has two protagonists, one is the protagonist Yuan Hao, and the other is a little girl, the actor of "Yuan Hao" must find a well-known actor, one is to need acting skills, and the other is to have box office appeal. After all, this is a big production, so the salary for this role will be at least 300-5 million. Although the little girl is also important, she is definitely a rookie actor, so the salary is almost negligible. And the action scenes are estimated to account for a large part of the funds, and there are also a lot of participants, and it costs money to ask for a martial arts instructor, so Ning Hao was a little smacked: "It won't be a production fee of more than 20 million, right?" ”

Zhou Chunwang shook his head: "It may be about 40 million." ”

Ning Hao was really surprised, he spent a few days calculating the cost of the movie he was going to shoot, and he thought it might cost 3 million, which was quite a lot, but he didn't expect Zhou Chunwang to dare to spend so much production money now. But after all, he himself only made a rough calculation here, and Zhou Chunwang obviously had a serious estimate with the people in the company, so it should be so much.

In fact, Ning Hao has made a few movies, and he also understands this situation, many times you think it's nothing, but when you actually go to shoot, you find out where the special money goes? Why is it spent again? That's how he made two movies before, he obviously thought it was enough, but before he could shoot much, the money was spent.

Like in 2003, Feng Xiaogang filmed the movie "Mobile Phone", which didn't look like a big scene, but the production budget was 16 million yuan. Subsequently, his film production fee also went all the way up, and the production cost of "No Thieves in the World" doubled again, and even more so in 2006's "Night Banquet", with a total investment of 87 million yuan (claimed to be over 100 million, but later Feng Xiaogang himself said all the actual content in the newspaper). However, on the one hand, due to the expansion of the economy, money will become less and less valuable; On the other hand, actors' salaries are also slowly rising, and the prices of other things are also rising. Like a martial arts instructor, Yuan Heping alone will take nearly 7 million, and nearly 20 million will be spent on visual and sound effects (the cost of Ye Jintian's team and Tan Dun's team), so Zhou Chunwang will also take the form of a blockbuster this time, and the production fee will not be cheap.

He must also invite the best martial arts instructor, and he can only go to Xiangjiang to ask for it. Yuan Heping can be considered, but the style is a bit out of place, and it is indeed too expensive. Hung Jinbao is more suitable, and the action style of "Ip Man" he will direct in the future will be similar to that in "Uncle", which is a direct, simple, practical and ferocious route. Then please ask one or two martial arts instructors who know how to fight and taekwondo to cooperate with each other.,And it has to be the kind of fighting technique in the military.,After all, the identity of the hero is an agent.,What he's pursuing is definitely the most direct and effective means of attack.,Not something good-looking flower boxing embroidered legs.。

And the number of actors participating in this performance is also relatively large, and the crew is also larger, so the daily expenses are also very large. So Lin Lin finally came down, 40 million is actually not much.

However, you have to see who this money is invested in, it is indeed not much for Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou, but what about Zhou Chunwang, a 23-year-old director? And it's also a spy action movie?

"Then you have to get at least 120 million box office?" Ning Hao said. Generally, if the total investment is left at 3, it will probably be able to protect the capital, and the latter is the money earned.

"There's no need to ・・・・・・・・," Zhou Chunwang said, but he didn't continue, because it didn't make sense to say it.

Nowadays, film advertising placement is also one of the main sources of income, but it also depends on the person. Like Feng Xiaogang's movie, there are many big names, so although its total investment is also about 40 million, it can make money without selling 100 million box office, because when it sells advertising, it will recover 40 million. In addition, by then, sales to movie channels can earn 4 or 5 million, and sales of CDs can earn more than 10 million (the CD of "Night Banquet" earned 15 million), and the overseas box office has not been counted. But you have to see that it is a play directed by Feng Xiaogang, and there are stars such as Andy Lau and Ge You in it, all of which have accumulated fame over decades. It is really unrealistic to say that the name Zhou Chunwang can sell twenty or thirty million advertisements now; Xing Ye's "Kung Fu" has only sold 15 million, of course, and then those advertisers snickered.

However, Zhou Chunwang should also sell seven or eight million, and he can also earn two or three million when he joins the movie channel, and he can earn some money back by selling CDs, but in fact, the box office pressure is also great. Without a box office of 100 million, it really doesn't make money.

"Let's talk about yours first." Zhou Chunwang said, "This project can be done, how much money are you going to use?" (To be continued.) )