December 30th. Hanhai Film and Television Group's "Xiuzhen Fengyun" and Beihai Film and Television Group's "Fantasy Continent" were finally released, with a total box office of 780 million and 850 million respectively......

The box office is good, but ...... It's worth paying off......

Because the production company is the same as the distribution company, they can get about 40% of the box office dividends. That is, around 300 million, minus the publicity costs, there will not be much left, maybe a little loss. Compact disc? Web video? At most, it will be more than 100 million dividends. After a year and a half of hard work, it took up so much money, but in the end it was only so little, which is a bit of a cheat.

The first box office of 80 million to 90 million at the beginning, and now it is only such a total box office......

Why is that?

Filmmakers quickly figured it out: the content of the two movies is empty, if it weren't for a few special effects fights and exterior support, it would be an ordinary martial arts film. And their special effects are too few, at the beginning of the freshness, everyone flocked to the cinema, but when they watched it, in retrospect, they will feel that there is nothing worth recalling, and they will cheat on the money.

As soon as the novelty passes, the natural evaluation will get lower and lower. And the eye-catching 4.0 score on the mtime online is proof of this.

If you want to talk about movie fans, the most unhappy are the fans of the novel of the same name, who feel that they are ruined and blind when they watch the movie, and the gap between them and the virtual world they built in their minds when they read the novel is too big!

Modu University of Film and Television soon published a paper called "On the Combination of Special Effects and Film".

"The combination of special effects and movies needs to be cautious, and examples like "Xiuzhen Fengyun" and "Fantasy Continent" are examples of failure. Both movies are too much in pursuit of a sense of picture, and as a result, they lose their content and are pale and weak. And like "Fast and Furious", while the special effects are not small, the content is not small at all, and the plot setting is a typical commercial film, which is a successful example. ”

"At present, the cost of special effects is too high, resulting in a sharp increase in costs, and "Xiuzhen Fengyun" and "Fantasy Continent" have found out the direction for us: the current special effects do not allow us to make such a huge virtual world. Therefore, the combination of online novels and movies still needs further testing, and we can't be too blind and impulsive, and we can't rush to it as soon as our heads are hot. ”

"This kind of movie that has built a huge virtual world still has many deficiencies, the special effects are too few and too monotonous, easy to aesthetic fatigue, and the risk is very large, once it loses, the lost funds will directly reach hundreds of millions of ......"

"At present, the major film groups have begun to cooperate with foreign special effects companies, which costs a lot of money, and the most typical of them is Wang Shang, the owner of Tianwang Studio, who admires special effects, and he can even be said to be a radical in the development of special effects technology, and most of the profits of the entire company are used in the training of special effects artists, maybe crazy, maybe sharp-eyed......"

There is a lot of content in this paper, Wang Shang read it completely, and at least roughly saw the attitude of Modu Film and Television University: "Support special effects, but they must be reasonably applied to movies." ”

When he saw those comments on Tianwang's studio, Wang Shang smiled bitterly.

After building a special effects studio for so long, Wang Shang found out that this thing was a piggy bank that would only swallow money and not spit out money. In other words, the technical development of the special effects team has not advanced by leaps and bounds as Wang Shang imagined.

Why is that?

Wang Shang has always been puzzled.

"It looks like I'm going to have time to go to Hollywood, well, and I'm going to Hollywood to see how far the 3D technology has progressed."

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The total box office of "Xiuzhen Fengyun" and "Fantasy Continent" has caused a whirlwind in China, countless filmmakers have analyzed them, and various arguments have constantly appeared in society......

The Beihai Group and Hanhai Group were both happy and painful.

What hurts is that the two big-budget movies are directly scum compared with the extremely popular "Fast and Furious".

But happily, the two movies are a good movie when compared with "Wu Ji". Because the investment in "Wuji" is more than 100 million more than theirs, and the box office is even more miserable than theirs. At this time, the decline of "Wuji" has been revealed, and it is even worse than "Xiuzhen Fengyun" and "Fantasy Continent", and it is estimated that the underwear has fallen off this time.

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"Ah Shang, do you have time?" Just as Wang Shang was thinking about the next movie, Tang Zongshi called.

"Well, there's time, what's wrong? Something? ”

"I want you to help me with something, you come to Datang International." The relationship between the two doesn't have to be so polite.

After Wang Shang hung up the phone, he called the secretary outside the office: "Ah Yue, prepare a car, you also prepare to go to Datang International, now." ”

Within 1 minute, Secretary Li Shuiyue knocked on the door and came in: "Wang Dong, the car is ready." ”

Although she was still a little scared of Wang Shang, she was not as nervous as she was at the beginning.

The car was waiting at the downstairs door of the office building, and it was a black and calm style car sent by General Motors, worth more than one million. Since the release of "Fast and Furious", the four major companies have increased their car sales all over the world, and it can be said that they are happy that they still have the leaders of the headquarters company.

Now that I have tasted the sweetness, I naturally want to get the sponsorship of the second film of "Fast and Furious", of course, it would be better to get exclusive sponsorship. And there is also "Transformers", which must also be indispensable for car commercials.

So a few days ago, the four companies each sent a high-end car to Wang Shang.

Wang Shang naturally smiled happily, and he didn't have to promise them anything anyway. I kept one, and the other three were allocated to Mr. Bi and several other high-level officials.

Half an hour later, the driver drove Wang Shang and his secretary to the office building of Datang International.

As soon as he entered, a Datang security guard greeted Wang Shang with a smile on his face: "Hello Mr. Wang!" Long time no see! ”

"Ah Fu is good." Wang Shang remembered him and responded with a smile.

The security guard didn't expect Wang Shang to be able to call his name, and he was even happier that he even felt light when he walked.

Later, I met many people who greeted Wang Shang excitedly, all of whom were a little familiar, and there was also a person who wittily pressed the elevator for Wang Shang.

When Wang Shang got on the elevator, the hall began to be in chaos. And the one named Ah Fu naturally belongs to the proud one.

"That is Wang Shang from the Heavenly King Studio just now?" A few beautiful women at the front desk asked excitedly.

"That's right, it's him, he used to stay here for a while, but now 5 years have passed, and he has become a nationally renowned director, and he is also the owner of a company." Someone said with envy and adoration.

"I heard that his current net worth is two or three billion, it's really amazing, he is self-made!!"

"He's my idol, not a celebrity idol, but an entrepreneurial idol." A young man said with high spirits.

"I watched the movie "Fast and Furious", it really looks good~"

"Such a good man, it must be very good if he can be his girlfriend~~" Several unmarried women are leaning on squinting and have begun to be.

"Boss, you know you very well here!" Shui Yue looked at the people who were talking below through the elevator glass and said with a sigh.

"Yes, I've been here before, but I didn't expect 5 years to pass in a flash." Wang Shang used to go in and out here, and when he saw Director Zheng Long, he had to recommend himself and curry favor. Now, I can unconsciously compete with directors like Zheng Long.

It's a bit embarrassing to think about......

If I hadn't chosen Datang International, but had chosen other film and television companies, it was estimated that the road would have become a little more difficult. Therefore, Wang Shang has a kind of feedback and kindness to Tang Zongshi and Datang International.

Thinking about it, Wang Shang soon came to Tang Zongshi's office, and at this time Tang Zongshi's secretary was already waiting there.

Wang Shang bowed his head and told his secretary: "Wait a minute, you can talk to this secretary more and learn something......

Li Shuiyue nodded yes.

After Tang Zongshi saw Wang Shang coming, he hurriedly greeted: "Ah Shang, I invited you over today because I want you to help me take a look at the "Ancient Martial Future", this year's Chinese New Year file is too intense, and the three movies I am optimistic about are all losing money, which makes me very unconfident." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Zongshi was a little deflated.

The three movies that he originally thought should be able to achieve good results were dismal at the box office, and the box office results of "Xiuzhen Fengyun" and "Fantasy Continent" were also extremely bleak, so at this time he was also not confident in "Guwu Future".

Wang Shang understood what he meant, and during this time, he also paid attention to the films of major film companies in the Lunar New Year file, and found that half of the movies that Datang International hit the New Year file were on the street.

"I think you still have to change to a person ......in charge of the editorial department who has a keen sense of smell for movies," Wang Shangxiao said.

"What I want to invite the most is you, but it's a pity that you are not from Datang International." For Wang Shang's vision, he admires it very much, usually he would not call Wang Shang over, but now the investment in "Guwu Future" is too large, he does not dare to act rashly, call Wang Shang to come over safely, and the idea of this movie is still provided by Wang Shang.

Then he didn't say much, and went directly to the screening hall set up by the post-editing department in the Datang International Office Building. And Li Shuiyue, who was amazed by the relationship between Wang Shang and Tang Zongshi, also came here together, and was fortunate to watch it in advance.

The movie was screened soon, and Wang Shang watched it seriously.

Wang Shang watched a paragraph and thought it was good, there were many various future technologies in it, such as virtual screens, three-dimensional projections, citizen chip identity, hovering cars, ......

These future technologies are all fake images made with CG technology, but they all seem very real, so that Wang Shang, who is used to seeing future sci-fi blockbusters, can't help but marvel.

And then there's Guwu.......

(To be continued.) )