The new film plans to invest 900 million yuan, and Shao Shuaijun and Dream Chasing Company can come up with 500 million yuan for investment, but they still have to leave 100 million yuan for capital turnover. Therefore, in the end, there is a shortfall of 500 million yuan for other companies to invest.

"Mr. Shao, this script seems to be full of selling points, with revenge, superpowers, and the analysis of justice and evil, and it should be a blockbuster if it is filmed well. However, this investment is not too big, 100 million US dollars, 900 million yuan, and there are several companies here with a total capital of less than 10 million US dollars. Isn't that too risky? The boss of the hero of the century knocked on the table, a little apprehensive.

"What's the matter, Lao Wang, you are a bear, you are willing to pay for Brother Chen Kai's "Wuji", but now you are reluctant?" Wang Zhongjun despised Lao Wang for a moment, and then looked around, "Our Huayi brothers have cooperated with Mr. Shao for many years, and this time we will definitely continue to cooperate, just Mr. Shao, let's invest 50 million!" ”

Wu Kebo of Dengtian Entertainment also said: "I regret not drinking the sweet soup of "Painted Skin" with you, this time we can't lag behind anymore, 30 million, we will also get together." ”

Shao Shuaijun smiled: "I am very confident that I will make this movie wonderful, but you also know that when you make a movie, it is impossible to only make money and not lose money, and you need to be cautious in investment. ”

"This is inevitable, how can there be a good thing of only making money and not taking risks, we will also pay 50 million." Yu Dong of Poly Bona said proudly.

In the end, the financing in the capital determined the scale of about 200 million, plus the 4 billion yuan of chasing dreams, and has successfully attracted 6 billion investment. Then Shao Shuaijun took the idea again. I went on a trip to Hong Kong. Lin Jianyue of Media Asia has been plotting against Jiahe, and after being robbed by Dream Chaser, his personal relationship was almost broken, but when it came to making money, Media Asia had no reason to refuse, and directly invested 50 million.

Huanyu's Lin Xiaoming and another Meiya film invested a total of 50 million yuan, raising the total film capital to 700 million. With 700 million, Lionsgate soon responded with an investment of $28 million. That's more than 200 million. The cost of the film 900 million was successfully achieved.

In mid-July, in Hollywood, Summit Entertainment held a press conference to announce the official launch of Shao Shuaijun's latest film "Night Watchman". The movie "Night Watchman" will be shot in a mix of 3D and IMAX shooting. The total investment is 150 million US dollars.

"The Chinese director started his Hollywood path." The Hollywood Reporter covered the press conference in its entirety.

"Gave up directing Twilight: Twilight. Shao Shuaijun chose the superhero mode blockbuster. "Night Watchman" is launched, let's look forward to it together. -- The red-letter slaughter version of the film website has given great attention.

After the news was transmitted back to China. It caused an uproar, and Shao Shuaijun's fans naturally celebrated with each other, rushed to tell each other, and posted on major websites and communities to celebrate. "People's Daily" made an exception to give a small section to report the news, which is much higher than the standard of "The King of Kung Fu", another Sino-American co-production blockbuster that was established this year.

Because it is a Sino-US co-production, the review situation is a little delayed, and Shao Shuaijun is ready to take advantage of the review time to improve the storyboard script and actor script. Although this idea looks cool, it is not easy to fill the characters and plot, but fortunately, the goal of "Night Watchman" is to compete for next year's summer slot, and he still has a lot of time to prepare calmly.

In China, Shao Shuaijun was rarely interviewed by several media.

"From the cost of 500 million yuan for "Painted Skin" to the current cost of 1.5 billion yuan (claimed to be 150 million US dollars) for "Night Watchman", the cost has tripled, do you think you can handle such a large investment? It's also a huge investment in Hollywood, and if you've never tried to make a film in Hollywood, will it be stressful? ”

Shao Shuaijun said confidently: "The pressure is never less, but I can't stop trying because of pressure, the size of the investment and where to shoot the movie is not important, the important thing is that you shoot it well and sell it, and that's enough." ”

"Have you ever thought about what if the movie doesn't hit as well as you think?"

"Any movie has the possibility of losing money, of course I thought that the movie would lose money, but I believe that we investors also believe that "The Night Watchman" will be a big hit."

"The total investment of 150 million US dollars in "Night Watchman", such a large investment, once lost, is a big loss for all investors, but for you, for Dream Chasing, it is tantamount to half of a house collapsing. Do you think that with the current momentum of dream-chasing, should it be more steady? ”

"Are you so sure that Nightwatchman will lose money? Anyway, I think it's making a lot of money, at least the movies I used to think were making money. Shao Shuaijun spread his hands and felt that these media were really ridiculous.

Before the filming of "Source Code" started, all the media ridiculed him, and as a result, "Source Code" almost broke 100 million US dollars worldwide, and once it was released in Europe, it was inevitable to break 100 million. Before the filming of "Painted Skin" started, he was not optimistic about him, but as a result, "Painted Skin" has a global price of 1.4 billion yuan, and Europe has recently begun to release it one after another, and the feedback box office is not bad, at least it can receive more than 300 million box office.

Now that "The Night Watchman" has started filming, I came to ask him again, what should I do if I lose money!

Although this is his original work, Shao Shuaijun has the confidence and confidence to make it successful, he can make "Painted Skin" successful, and he can make "Night Watchman" successful.

"It won't be long before we know what 'Night Watch' is like, maybe a year. Okay, that's all for today's interview, I still have something to do, let's go first. ”

……

The next day, I was about to go out to the Directors Association and drink tea with a few directors, when Shao Shuaijun's mobile phone rang, and it was from home.

After connecting, Dad's voice came from inside: "Junzi, I won't tell you if I don't ask your mother, so you won't tell us?" "The Night Watchman" is right, the cost of more than a billion yuan, such a big production, have you thought about it carefully? ”

"Dad, I'm not too busy to tell you." Shao Shuaijun felt a little guilty, he had recently been so focused on having fun and imagining the situation that the movie would become popular all over the world after its release, and he forgot to call home.

"If it weren't for Xiuxiu's call, we wouldn't have known that you were so capable now, and you were going to Hollywood to make movies. You have indeed achieved results in the past two years that your parents did not dare to imagine, but you also have to remember that you are still young and you can think about everything before making decisions. There are a total of several capitals chasing dreams, and you have all failed, what will you do in the future? ”

Shao Shuaijun smiled bitterly: "Dad, I have thought about it carefully. ”

"I'm not pursuing you for anything, you are now at a higher level than your parents, and you understand the problems more deeply than us. But we're also old people anyway, and we've eaten more salt than you've ever eaten, and you look at the news about you lately. Dropped reporters' microphones at the airport, sloppily coped with fan autographs, drunk in hotels, and yesterday, there was one more, making a lot of nonsense and not thinking about failure. It's good to have faith, but you can't blindly assume that anything can be successful. ”

"Dad, those are all scribbled by reporters, what kind of person I am, don't you know your mother very well?" Shao Shuaijun shouted.

"Dad is not stupid, knowing that news and facts are two different things......" (To be continued......

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