Chapter 173: Cost

The film festival is not the point, the focus is on the conversation of a bunch of bigwigs, which means that the film industry has indeed ushered in a shock.

For example, capital investment in movies is decreasing, and they would rather do online dramas than dare to spend money on blockbusters like before!

Also, there is a lot of criticism about the industry in society...

Of course, the biggest impact on these is a number of listed companies, and the withdrawal of capital has made many projects that have been planned empty again.

Many crews that had already prepared to be formed collapsed, and many practitioners were forced to find jobs again!

This is not a good thing for those working in the industry!

"Movies still have to come back to content after all!"

Xiaobai said while sandwiching the dishes: "In fact, the reason why there are so many bad movies in the first half of the year is mainly because most of them are last year's inventory, and it will be much better in the second half of this year. ”

"By the way, Kaixin, is there anything worth mentioning about your Singaporean films?"

"Huh? Director Chen Zheyi..."

Li Kaixin never thought that Bai Xiaofei would actually throw the topic to her, she was a little flattered, and then said a person's name.

"Oh, the director of "Mom and Dad Are Not Home", I know him, is there anything else?"

"Mom and Dad Are Not Home" won the 50th Golden Horse Best Film, defeating "The Grandmaster" and "Destined"...

In recent years, Korean films have risen, and the market has gradually been occupied by Korean films...

In such a small place, it's good to have three to five movies a year!

“… Also, "The Story of the Recruits"..."

Li Kaixin tried hard to recall the local movies in Singapore in her memory, but unfortunately, after thinking about it for a long time, only one movie and one director popped up...

"The Story of the Recruit", a Singaporean comedy, has been filmed several times in a row, and the box office is not bad...

A comedy that only typical Singaporeans can understand.

"Forget it, that's all over, hurry up and eat, let's go see the person in charge tomorrow!"

The person in charge is the person in charge of Nanhai Film and Television City.

That's right, Fo * Mountain attaches great importance to Bai Xiaofei's shooting, and the local government has sponsored a shooting fund of 20 million...

It's a bit like the tax refund policy of the old United States.

……

Li Kaixin, a little girl, is a stranger in a foreign land alone, and naturally develops the character of a dead house.

After returning to the hotel, taking a shower, wrapping in a bath towel, and lying on the sofa, she began to search for information about Bai Xiaofei on the Internet.

Previously, she only knew that Bai Xiaofei was her boss, after all, the name of the studio was 'Bai Xiaofei Studio', and she also knew that he was a very powerful young director.

This check, it was terrible, she realized that Bai Xiaofei was only 7 years older than her!

is also a post-90s generation!

"Knocking on Heaven's Door, isn't this Bob Dylan song?"

When she saw her masterpiece, her debut movie was "Knocking on the Door of Heaven", and she was a little curious.

Li Kaixin is a talented little girl, proficient in musical instruments, able to talk and sing, which is also the reason why Chen Baolian takes a fancy to her.

"Look at it!"

Anyway, she didn't have anything to do, she clicked on "Knocking on Heaven's Door", and then, she fell...

"Knocking on the Door of Heaven" is aimed at a literary and artistic young man like her who has not been deeply involved in the world, take a look at the soft lines in it: "There is only one theme in heaven, and that is the sea." At dusk, a fireball falling into the sea is spectacular. The only thing left was a soul fire like candlelight. ”

"The sun slowly burrowed into the sea, and the sun reflected in the sea calmly, and the whole world could hear each other's breath quietly."

The little girl was immediately impressed!

Soon, "Knocking on Heaven's Door" ended, and she began to watch "Riding the Wind and Waves"...

……

Xiaobai was looking at the cost accounting sent by Chen Baolian.

The cost of "Nine Sesame Officials".

In the early preparations, Chen Baolian has already done almost everything, of course, this process also needs to be understood.

The whole pre-preparation process is closely related to the director, what kind of lens language is needed, the possible influence of the actors on the film, the inspection of the studio and other departments to determine the lighting set, and the clarification of post-editing ideas, etc., these are all preparations that the director must make in the early stage.

As for renting prop venues, making sets, finding suitable roads and locations, etc., these will all be done by professionals.

It's not the first time the studio has done this, so it's natural to be well organized...

"Jiupin Sesame Official" is a costume drama, and it is unlikely that it will directly implant ads, so it can only sell patch ads, so far, patch ads have sold about 60 million, after all, this is Bai Xiaofei's first self-produced movie in the real sense, the producer is only Bai Xiaofei's studio, and the distributor has found Wanda...

The actor's salary totals 18 million, the shooting cycle is 40 days, and the post-production is two months, as for when it will be released, Xiaobai prefers the first day of the Lunar New Year, but the distributor prefers the New Year's file, after all, the Spring Festival file, they want to release "Detective Chinatown 2"...

According to the cost accounting given by Chen Baolian, the shooting cost of "Jiupin Sesame Official" is about 50 million - just the income from patch advertising is enough to offset the cost!

Coupled with the help given by the local government, let's put it this way, "Jiupin Sesame Official" has not yet started filming, and it has already made a profit!

Of course, this kind of profit is only numerical at this time, and if you really want to get the money, you have to wait for the official release of the movie...

Frankly speaking, Xiaobai is very stressed.

It's not that I'm worried about whether the movie can make a profit, if "Jiupin Sesame Official" can't get more than 500 million at the box office, Xiaobai can die!

He's a little worried about his acting skills!

How is Xingye's acting skills?

Wang Jing praised him: At present, Zhou Xingchi is the first person to be powerful among the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, he is the best actor I have ever seen, his acting skills are perfect and comprehensive, and the evidence of the tragedy can be controlled. He is definitely not the funnyman in your hearts, he can act in art films and tragedies, but no one is looking for him to act!

Du Qifeng said, 'I don't like him the most, but I think he is very good, I like him, I don't like him, and the person who is very confused is called Zhou Xingchi, and there is only one genius in the whole circle!' ’

A very interesting description is that most movies are usually called the works of a certain director, such as Wang Jiawei's works, Zhang Yimou's works, Ang Lee's works, and some will be named after the starring actors, such as Liu Dehua's works, Zhang Ziyi's works...

Some even use the name of the photographer, the name of the screenwriter, and the name of the action director to describe it, but when it comes to Xingye, no matter who your director is, who the actor is, or who the screenwriter is, they are all just Zhou Xingchi's works!

The King of Comedy deserves it!

If Xiaobai is simply imitated, of course he can restore it, and there is no problem with a smile!

But it's someone else's stuff, so how can you integrate it into your own understanding?