Big production, diversification of investment, this is also the unspoken rule of the film industry.

Film investment is even more uncertain and accidental than the stock market, after all, the stock market is traceable, in essence it is just an economic law, excluding human interference, it can be regarded as a market operation. But movies are art, and they are full of artificial subjectivity.

Maybe this type of movie is very popular, and if you want to make a sequel, even if the script and investment are larger than the first one, you may be given a cold reception. Not only do you need to consider the tastes of the audience, but you also have to integrate the whole environment. After all, when the economic situation is bad, the audience likes comedy more, while some people prefer the plasma niche.

Making a movie is inherently full of unknowns. Even if he is a world-renowned director, he can't guarantee that his film will definitely be profitable.

If it is a small cost, it will be lost if it is lost, and for large film companies, it will lose some profits at most. But if it's a big production, no matter how big a film company is, losing one or two films is enough to break the bones.

Take "Big Boat", which is now the world's No. 1 box office, which originally increased from $50 million to $200 million, and the high cost of the film almost made the board of directors of the investment company commit suicide en masse. Moreover, there is only one "Big Boat".

Su Zhiwei's opinion, Du Jiayi will naturally consider it, after all, as the general manager of Yijia Entertainment, he is more aware of the company's operation and actual capabilities.

Ning Hao naturally doesn't want to have other investors, one more investment is equal to multiple fathers. You have to accommodate investors in everything, even if you don't invest much, you are still investors, and directors are born to be a head shorter.

If Yijia Entertainment is a sole proprietorship, with the relationship between Ning Hao and Du Jiayi, it is naturally Ning Hao's own decision, and he only needs to be responsible for Du Jiayi, and he has considerable freedom.

However, from the perspective of capital and corporate risk, it is necessary to bring in other capital. Ning Hao won the Golden Elephant Award for Best Film in his first big movie, and his second film broke the domestic box office record, and even brought a new film genre to domestic films. According to the grapevine, at least 10 to 20 youth films were established after the big hit of "Those Years".

Youth films have proved its ability to attract money, so followers cannot surpass it, at least it can guarantee profits. The relationship between the characters in youth films is simple, the acting requirements are not high, and the scenes are relatively simple, and there is almost no threshold for imitation.

"We can't just go domestic, we have to go out." "This is what the whole group needs to do in the next phase." ”

"The first two films were too restrictive."

"Crazy Stone" is black humor, and there are even a lot of mountain city dialects in it, which is a sense of joy for domestic audiences, but for foreign audiences, it is simply a book of heaven, and there is no laugh at all. Not to mention "Those Years", it is not at all in line with the youth films that go straight to foreign countries and love together, it is more like a youth movie with domestic characteristics, which is not suitable for the international market.

"Bamboo Sea Wasteland", as the first domestic blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, also intends to take the road of internationalization, but the pursuit of chivalry and the beauty of the picture makes the story very monotonous, which is not liked by domestic audiences, and foreign audiences are also very insensitive. caused the domestic box office to be too low, and there was basically no box office abroad, which led to a huge loss in the end.

The comprehensive strength of China is increasing day by day, but in terms of culture, what can be mastered is martial arts and kung fu, which is still based on the success of the predecessors in Hollywood.

"Then whether we are filming a martial arts or martial arts, I'm not particularly good at this." Ning Hao scratched his head and said.

Martial arts and kung fu both involve martial arts, and Xiangjiang is better at this. As early as the 80s of the last century, after Li Dalong became famous in Hollywood, Xiangjiang's martial arts became something unsurpassed in the world. Even now, in many Hollywood movies, the fights with technology and aesthetics are basically martial arts masters on the other side of the Xiangjiang River.

"Neither." Du Jiayi smiled, "Something without borders is imagination. ”

"You mean...... We make sci-fi films? Ning Hao couldn't keep up with Du Jiayi's thinking.

There are almost no sci-fi films in China, and they are not well-known in the world. Due to the problem of a certain review mechanism and return on investment, basically no large film company dares to invest in this field.

"Wasn't you a majestic ambition at the beginning, did you make comedies and youth films all your life?"

"However, the steps are too exaggerated, and it is easy to pull the egg!" Ning Hao said speechlessly.

Su Zhiwei planned it in his heart, and analyzed it very rationally:

"If you can circumvent domestic policies, there is actually a very market. Sci-fi blockbusters abroad, especially Hollywood, are too Western thinking, and many times do not conform to the thinking logic of Orientals. ”

"And if this oriental sci-fi film can break into the international market, then it will be very simple to recoup the investment."

After all, the living conditions are different, and the number of moviegoers and ticket prices are all different. A science fiction film that can be eaten all over the world, then recovering the investment, and even making a profit, will become very simple and simple.

"It's so stressful!" Ning Hao couldn't help but say.

"It's not something I can handle alone, and I have to have a lot of professionals to help me make a sci-fi film, and the special effects of the film alone cost a huge amount. The most important thing is that there is no technology in this area in China, so I have to find a professional special effects company in Hollywood to do special effects! ”

In the 90s of the last century, Hollywood introduced digital special effects, and a lot of special effects were used in the mythical "Big Boat". Special effects mean burning money, or tens of millions, hundreds of millions. Without money, other digital special effects companies may not be able to achieve the results you need, after all, many things are still limited by technology.

"If there are a lot of special effects, more than 100 million may not be enough!" Ning Hao said embarrassedly.

Referring to Hollywood's investment in shooting sci-fi blockbusters, the light special effects seem to be about 50 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 3 or 400 million yuan, and Yijia Entertainment does not have so much money at all.

If you count the actors' salaries, venues and shooting costs, even if you want to save a little in China, you will have to save about 500 million. Now the domestic box office record is only half, which shows that the domestic market simply cannot tolerate it, and the risk for the company is too great.

What Yijia Company can take out by itself is only about one to two hundred million, and the budget alone is too much worse. (To be continued.) )