Chapter 473: Fruitful
In fact, many times, the most important source of income for a movie is often not the box office, but many other things.
If it is a Chinese film in Li Chencan's last time and space, not only is the source basically just a matter of box office sharing, but also the source of profit is basically just a problem of China's box office sharing......
Otherwise, it's basically not much of a possibility......
Most of China's literary films can still win awards in Europe, and after winning the award, the copyright sales in Europe are still very good.
But other films, at most, have a slight chance of distribution in East and Southeast Asian countries, and most of the other places have to finish their calves.
In this time and space, many things are different, the distribution capacity of Chinese films is all over the world, and the scope of copyright is also very wide, and the copyright can be sold through many places.
In this part of China, the copyright of movies also includes the extension of DVDs, TV stations, peripheral goods and many other places.
The same is true in the worldly realm......
Therefore, many film companies, what is really rich is not the income when the movie is released, just like the six major Hollywood film companies in the previous time and space, the most valuable thing for a film company is actually their film library.
A film company's film library is indeed quite valuable, and if a film company wants to sell, the most profitable thing to sell is also their film library, after all, a movie not only has a lot of peripheral copyrights that can be accumulated slowly, but also has other situations. For example, adaptation of copyrights and the like...... In short, the copyright of a movie is very valuable, and it is worth so much that many people dare not imagine.
Now Li Chencan's personal studio also has the copyrights of four films, including "Old Boy", "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", "Infernal Affairs", and "Saving Private Ryan". Their film library has gradually been enriched.
Soon, "Saving Private Ryan" held a celebration banquet on January 21.
This celebration banquet will be held in the capital, and it will not be as low-key as when it was in "Infernal Affairs", and many people will be invited to come, but the scope of the invitation is still relatively limited, but it finally invited some more famous people in the circle, including actors, singers, and directors.
This celebration banquet is compared to the time of "Infernal Affairs". The scale is a little larger, and the attention is also a lot higher, and there are a lot of media reporters who come to the scene. Two or three hundred people came directly.
Li Chencan actually hasn't invited so many people to make the celebration banquet bigger, although he still hopes to be famous, but his hope to be famous mainly comes from some wishes in his previous life, and he also hopes that he can have more things to support the shooting of his movies...... He was not a vain man. But so many media reporters are here today. He was still a little surprised.
However, this is also the reason why so many things that Li Chencan has made now have brought him more and more popularity, so many media reporters are eager for him.
However, before the official start of this celebration banquet, Li Chencan also found that many little stars who rubbed the camera came, and such people were not uncommon.
After all, for some small stars, it is too difficult for them to get opportunities, and there are too few such opportunities...... Every time you walk the red carpet or something like that, it comes in a hurry.
Li Chencan didn't have much feeling for these people. Anyway, he's seen too many things like this, so he doesn't feel anything. Merely. Now there are a bunch of reporters surrounding Li Chencan and them, of course, most of the microphones and lenses are handed to Li Chencan and Lu Weidong.
Lu Weidong has become quite popular after "Infernal Affairs" and "Saving Private Ryan", and his popularity and recognition have increased a lot.
In the past, Lu Weidong once won the title of Golden Dragon Award actor, but after this incident, Lu Weidong has not reached that point because of luck and other things over the years...... There are indeed many such examples, after all, there will be one actor of the Golden Dragon Award every year, and not every such star can become a real superstar.
Lu Weidong was rejuvenated only by Li Chencan, from "Old Boy" to the present, Lu Weidong's fame has become bigger and bigger...... has been following Li Chencan's hands, and Lu Weidong has a second chance to shine.
And this time is different, he is no longer the protagonist of a movie that is not popular, and his current films are not only very popular, but also perform quite well at the box office.
It's not easy to applaud and applaud......
I have to say that he has more opportunities this time because he is by Li Chencan's side, and although Li Chencan is young, he is too experienced, and his eyes are poisonous enough, every movie can make him have a lot of acting skills, which is more convincing and helpful than making his movies that can have a dual performance at the box office and word of mouth.
This celebration banquet, Lu Weidong is of course and one of the happiest people, "Saving Private Ryan" is not only an affirmation and progress of his acting skills and many aspects, but also a halo on him.
Under the attention of all the reporters, Li Chencan also began to accept all kinds of detailed questions.
"Director Li, the success of "Saving Private Ryan" is what you expected?" The reporters are now asking directly.
"You should be able to say that, but you can't say it entirely." Li Chencan said to reporters with a smile: "Because from the very beginning, I was indeed very confident in "Saving Private Ryan", and it was because of this confidence that I dared to put the investment in the movie, after all, it was a huge investment of one billion......"
"It's just that, although I have confidence in the movie, there have been many times in the middle that I have some irrepressible apprehensions...... Especially when I later borrowed 300 million from the bank for this movie, I would dream that my "Saving Private Ryan" hit the street at the box office...... The box office is not high, so I can't pay off my own loan in the bank, and the debt is high......" Li Chencan accidentally said the word "hitting the street", although there are also here, but everyone does not use it often.
"The movie "Saving Private Ryan" is still facing a lot of controversy, what do you think of these controversies?" The reporters then asked, and sure enough, these guys are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they are not all asking questions about hello, hello, hello, everyone.
These controversies mainly come from the current situation of this movie, which shows that there are many people who watch this movie, and the movie is often facing various controversies, and it is also facing the scrutiny of many people. So, there's controversy, and a lot of times I think that's a good thing. ”
However, a lot of such controversies involve issues of values, not just some small controversies about the film itself...... Isn't it? The reporters also asked.
Li Chencan secretly cursed in his heart, the reporter who didn't spend money was his mother's trouble......
Look at these controversies, and now they are in front of your eyes...... Indeed, when it comes to the issue of arguments over values, the matter of "Saving Private Ryan" is not so simple.
Li Chencan said: "I think I have said enough about these questions on the previous "Focus People"...... Let's find out in it. ”
"But there is a question in it that you haven't answered, that is, now some people are saying that the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is actually a shell wrapped in a Chinese film, but in fact the core is all American movies, do you think such an accusation can be valid?"
Hearing this, Li Chencan's face also fell......
In fact, the core problem of the movie, most of the audience may just watch it, but for connoisseurs, it can be seen at a glance...... Therefore, many people have mentioned the spiritual core of the film "Saving Private Ryan".
However, this matter was only discussed by some people on the Internet before, and some people agreed, but today it was directly asked in front of Li Chencan......
The question of this cultural clash between the West and China is also one of the things that everyone likes to discuss the most in this era.
"Spiritual core...... Please judge for yourself, this is a real Chinese movie. Li Chencan's face was not good, and the reporters didn't dare to say more...... It's just that they also find a taste of a topic from it.
…… After that, Li Chencan didn't want to pay much attention to the reporters...... To be honest, these guys also poked at one of his sore spots, that is, a kind of gap between two planes...... No, it's mainly a cultural clash between China and the West.
In another time and space, those movies and other products that really affect everyone are basically from the Western world, and many things, there are more things that conflict between Chinese and Western cultures here, and this kind of thing has caused more topics.
So this made Li Chencan feel more conflict...... Especially for him, the pioneer of 'Chinese-style' songs, the sense of conflict is a little stronger.
However, now he ignored so many things for the time being, and started a formal celebration banquet.
The first thing after the celebration banquet is to give out red envelopes, and they are to give red envelopes in front of the media, which also shows that they are quite magnificent, everyone is fruitful, anyway, one or two hundred million or twenty million will still be sent out, this is just the skin of the movie's profits, and Li Chencan can't be reluctant to make such a little money.
PS: Today is the fourth watch again, pay off the debt!
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