Chapter 482: Turning Waste into Treasure
Huang Bai doesn't care about Liu Jingjing, Liu Bingbing, and Zhang Baoer.
Liu Bingyang and Zhang Baoer, the two daughters, are very familiar with Jinghua City, and in addition, there are Liu Jingjing's bodyguards secretly protecting them, so there should not be too many problems in terms of safety.
Not long after, Huang Bai and Su Ruoxue also arrived at Baiyi Entertainment Company.
The company is on the radio channel in Jinghua City.
If you want to talk about this broadcast road, just like Yanjiang Road, Jiefang Avenue, and Zhongshan Avenue, many cities will also have such street and block names.
However, the Broadcasting Avenue in Jinghua City is actually much more famous than the Broadcasting Avenue in Baihuacheng and other cities.
In the period before and after the opening up of the Dragon Kingdom to engage in economic construction, this is the entertainment center of the entire Dragon Kingdom. At that time, the people of the entire Dragon Kingdom were also mainly watching the entertainment works produced here in Jinghua City.
Music, film and television, without exception.
So, it's really famous.
It's a pity that after entering the Internet era, Jinghuacheng's entertainment industry has really declined.
The main thing is what I talked about earlier, the market is bigger, the entertainment center has turned to the domestic land, and at that time, you can make more money by any means, and the competition is no longer so fierce. In order to cater to the audience, entertainment works have also begun to be shoddy, and have entered a development model that relies purely on hype, and a development model in which the traffic of small fresh meat is king has begun to appear.
Such a series of vicious circles have made the entire entertainment industry in a situation where development is vain and no longer cares about making entertainment content.
Everyone is like this, so there are fewer and fewer excellent works.
Now, the entertainment industry in Jinghua City really seems to be quite depressed.
The prosperity of the film market does not seem to have much to do with Jinghua City. Because, those works are not produced by them in Jinghuacheng, even if there are their artists and stars, they also invest in the production together. However, the dominant position is no longer the entertainment company in Jinghua City.
Huang Baiyi's entertainment company is not bad, with its own office building.
Huang Bai went to Huang Baiyi's office and got to know the managers of several major departments of Baiyi Entertainment Company and several major stars of his company. This is Huang Baiyi knew that Huang Bai was coming, so he specially called them to greet Huang Bai together and give Huang Bai face.
Everyone sat down to drink tea first, Huang Baiyi and they saw Su Ruoxue's ruddy face and sitting beside Huang Bai obediently, he knew what the situation was, and the managers of his company, etc., also tacitly looked like they were all tacit.
Among them, there may be some male stars or company executives who are a little sad, the most tender cabbage in their own company has been arched by cork, and those who have a little thought about Su Ruoxue will definitely feel a little uncomfortable.
However, in front of Huang Bai, none of them dared to show anything.
Huang Bai naturally didn't guess what they were thinking, and he wouldn't pay attention to who among them had any thoughts about Su Ruoxue.
After taking two sips of tea, Huang Bai also said directly to Huang Baiyi: "Boss Huang, Ruoxue talked to me about the current situation of your company, it seems that something is not good, is there such a thing?" ”
Huang Baiyi will naturally not deny it, he has also talked to Su Ruoxue a long time ago, and he just wanted her to use Huang Bai to promote the cooperation between his own company and Huang Bai, so he hurriedly said: "That's true, the main thing is that the movies we have invested in in recent years have lost money one after another, and the company's other investments are unable to make ends meet, and now the capital chain is about to break, and the company's situation is really precarious." ”
"Huang Shao, our Baiyi Company is indeed serious about doing a good job in entertainment content, which is also our company's insistence. We are really eager to cooperate with Huang Shao, and hope that Huang Shao can pull us along. This affection, I, Huang Baiyi, will remember it in my heart. ”
Huang Baiyi looked at Huang Bai and said sincerely.
Huang Bai nodded, but still waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about cooperating with my Mythical Entertainment Company in advance, I believe there will definitely be a chance." The reason why I suddenly came to your company to ask for trouble is because I heard Ruoxue say that you have recently made a movie and are doing post-production, right? Called the wrong car. ”
"Yes, yes, there is such a thing, I believe Ruoxue also told Huang Shao about it, in fact, it is also a script written by me after artistic processing according to Su Ruoxue's real situation. I think there's something in this story that we should celebrate. ”
Su Ruoxue naturally told Huang Baiyi in private that Huang Bai was coming to Baiyi Entertainment, so Huang Baiyi also knew about it.
When Huang Bai heard this, he said directly: "This drama is also starring Ruoxue herself, I heard her talk about the movie, I personally think that the story creativity of this movie is really good, and it is much better than other small fresh meat movies." So, I'd like to take a look at the semi-finished products you've shot first, and maybe I can give you some advice. Also, you're worried about the theme song and interlude of the movie, right? I might be able to help with that. ”
"Okay, I actually received Su Ruoxue's message, we are all ready, and now we can go to the company's screening room at any time to have a look."
Huang Baiyi naturally couldn't ask for it, and he was really ready.
Now there are actually the crew members of the film production, and several leading actors are also there.
Huang Bai also saw the actor who played the mute, it seems that he is indeed a little similar to the actor Sun Yue who took the wrong car in the original version, anyway, he is a little similar in temperament, and he should be an old actor with quite good acting skills.
There are also several actors from the movie, who will also be present.
"Then let's go and see it first, only after reading it, can I give advice."
"Okay, let's go this way."
Huang Baiyi hurriedly got up and led the way.
After a while, they came to their company's screening room.
At this time, the company's projection staff was already ready.
A group of people, more than ten or twenty people, looked like they were in a screening room that wasn't too big.
Judging from the half-finished products that have been temporarily edited, there are indeed many similarities with the movie Taking the Wrong Car.
However, because the times are different, the background is certainly not the same.
This era started around the 80s, and the background is Jinghua City, not Wanwan in the original movie. The identity of the mute veteran is naturally not the same as the original.
Of course, this veteran is not dumb either.
The background, character costumes, etc., are also more contemporary and not as old-fashioned as the original.
The movie played for a while, and Cork asked them to fast-forward.
So I finished reading it in about half an hour.
How to say it, music is naturally the biggest problem, but it is indeed too literary and not commercialized, and if this movie is really released according to the editing made now, it is estimated that it will really hit the street.
Su Ruoxue starring, not famous enough, can't afford the box office of a movie.
And his adoptive father, who is not too famous now, is a second-tier entertainment star, but he has long been out of fashion, an actor in his fifties.
The other actors, who are not the real protagonists, have a good image and temperament, but they still can't afford the box office of the movie.
After the screening, Huang Baiyi asked people to turn on the lights, and then asked Huang Bai a little eagerly: "Huang Shao, the movie is almost like this, edit it again, with music, it's almost fine." But...... I don't have confidence in this movie, I guess it will be like the earlier movie, and I will still hit the street in the end, with this movie, I guess it won't save my Baiyi Entertainment. I don't know if Huang Shao, do you have any solutions? ”
"Well......" Huang Bai seemed to be thinking about it, and said: "Boss Huang, as well as your managers and big stars of Baiyi, what do you say, do you think this movie is likely to become popular?" ”
As Huang Bai spoke, he also glanced around at everyone.
"Difficult to ......"
"We did shoot it very seriously, but now it seems that there is not much difference from the original movies, so the box office results are ......."
"It's a pity, because of the problem of character setting, there is no way to shoot with little fresh meat, and it doesn't seem to make much sense to make a cameo. The first-line stars of our company can only make cameos, not starring ......"
……
Everyone spoke one after another, showing a certain pessimistic view.
"Ahem, I see, you all think this movie is mostly a hit on the street. Right? Huang Bai coughed and said: "Boss Huang, if I say that your movie can actually turn waste into treasure, it can make you a big success, a box office explosion, and you can make Baiyi Entertainment turn over in one fell swoop, gain fame and fortune, do you believe it or not?" ”
"This ......"
Several high-level executives of Baiyi Entertainment also looked at each other for a while, and they didn't believe it.
Even Huang Baiyi shook his head at this time and said: "Huang Shao, I have been making movies for more than 20 years, and sometimes, I don't know what to make in order to make money, but I really can't make that kind of movie without a little depth and no artistry." In today's film market, movies like mine are really not popular. If you can recoup your costs and make a little profit, I believe it. But if you want to say that the movie is a box office hit, this ......"
"Boss, I believe Huang Shao, he said that if he can explode, he will definitely be able to." Su Ruoxue interrupted Huang Baiyi's speech at this time and said very firmly.
I don't know where she got her confidence.
"Hehe, you don't even believe me? Then I said really, and this movie ...... box office Well, you guys say it yourself, how much of a movie is a big hit at the box office. Huang Bai glanced at Su Ruoxue with a smile and then said to Huang Baiyi and the others.
"According to the current film market, like our film, the production cost is not too high, and if there is a box office of 100 million movies, it will already be able to return to the cost, or even make a small profit. Speaking of explosions, the box office of two or three hundred million is considered to be a explosion, which is equivalent to the box office of those little fresh meat movies. It is precisely because of this that most entertainment companies will use small traffic fresh meat to make movies, because, as long as the production cost is controlled, then they are destined not to lose, once it is released, no matter how good or bad the movie is, this is already a small profit. An old filmmaker said a little helplessly at this time.
Another Baiyi high-level answered: "For us, more than 500 million is a big explosion, and about 1 billion is a special explosion." But this movie ......"
Huang Baiyi also said at this time: "I don't dare to think about 1 billion, I think there can be a box office of 500 million, this is really a big hit." ”
"Haha, 500 million? It's pretty much the same to add an extra zero. Huang Bai laughed, looked at Huang Baiyi and said, "Boss Huang, how about making a bet with you?" For this movie, I would like to make some suggestions, you can reshoot some shots, although I will pay for the production cost, in addition, I will take a stake in the theme music, not more, I want a 20% share of the total box office. How is it? ”
“5…… 5 billion? ”
Everyone in the screening room gasped, something they had never dared to think about. In fact, it has been more than ten or twenty years since Baiyi Entertainment established the company, and it has really not produced a movie with a box office of more than 5 billion. No, there are not more than 2 billion. There is only one movie that exceeds the box office of one billion, and there are several movies with a box office of about 500 million.
Well, don't look at the movies of Myth Entertainment now, the box office of the Dragon Kingdom film market is billions at every turn. But in fact, the box office of the entire Dragon Kingdom movie is not very high.
Entering the Internet era, they are all movies in the past ten years, and from time to time there will be some movies with a box office of two or three billion, and there are not many more than five billion.
The market is big, but there are also many people who share the cake, so unless it is a really brilliant movie, it will be a box office hit. Otherwise, it is generally hundreds of millions of movie box office results.
"5 billion is only the Dragon Country Film Market, excluding the overseas film market, adding up, it is estimated that it can exceed 10 billion." Huang Bai said: "I only need 20% of the total box office of the movie, it shouldn't be too much, right?" In the end, you will definitely get more than 20% of the share. You can put the producer in my name, and the newspaper can write the movie in cooperation with my mythical entertainment company, and use my name to negotiate with the cinema chain for a share, and it is estimated that you can get 25% to 30%. If you calculate it, you can earn at least two or three billion. With this movie box office, you Baiyi Entertainment can solve even if there are any problems. Ruoxue, do you think that's the truth? I didn't want much. ”
"Well, Huang Shao was able to turn the movie into treasure, and the income far exceeded expectations, so he took this share, which is really not much. Even if you take 30%, you should do it. Su Ruoxue will be full of cork, and she is really confident in cork, as long as it is said by cork, not to mention tens of billions of box office, she may firmly believe it.
When Huang Baiyi heard this, he glanced at Su Ruoxue speechlessly, and thought to himself, could this be the water spilled by the married girl, and the fingers are not crutched in? I've only been with Cork all night, and now I'm talking to Cork wholeheartedly? It's not too much to take 20%? Still want to give him 30%?
The tax deduction is about 30%, and the cork takes 20%, so there is 50% left.
The Dragon Country Cinema is different from the big beautiful country, and the theater in the big beautiful country takes 10%. But the theaters in the Dragon Kingdom basically have to share the box office equally with the film production company. This means that as a film production company, they only have about 25% of the revenue share.
However, if what Huang Bai said is true, then even if he takes 10%, it will be a big profit, and it will also allow Baiyi to solve the difficult problem of bankruptcy that he is currently facing.
"It doesn't matter if we believe it or not, if Huang Shao really has a way to make this movie a hit, 20% is 20%, no need to discuss it with the company's shareholders, I can promise Huang Shao you now."
Huang Baiyi was still a little courageous, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, then go back and sign an agreement." Huang Bai didn't say anything more, and settled with Huang Baiyi first.
Huang Bai naturally doesn't want to help in vain, it is impossible to do it in vain, and it is really not too much to ask for this share.
"Okay, I'll let you arrange it right away, and I'll fax the contract to your mythical company. So can you talk about it first, how is this going to be done? Huang Baiyi now really wants to see how Huang Bai will turn his film into treasure.
The rest of the people also looked at the cork with blank eyes.
"Your movie, even if you don't change it, arrange my music into it, which may make the movie box office break through to more than 500 million. But it's definitely not okay just like this, you have to work hard for the crew, rework and add some shots. Especially the plot scene where Xiaomei performed on stage at the end, it should be filmed more grandly and the plot arrangement should be more reasonable. ”33
"Okay, anyway, Huang Shao, you agreed to invest money, you can do whatever you want." Huang Baiyi and others.
"Hmm...... So, Sun Ming? You're filming your adoptive father, and you may have more places to reshoot. Because, the adoptive father in the movie, what I need is a mute, some scenes that are reshot, and I need your acting skills, and I can act well to act well. ”
Huang Bai looked at the actor who played his adoptive father and said, his name is Sun Ming.
"Dumb? This...... Okay, I'll definitely shoot it well. ”
"Also, add an extra dog to the movie."
"Dogs?" Huang Baiyi and the others were stunned. The adoptive father became mute, and he added another dog? What does this add an extra dog do?
That's right, Huang Bai watched it, and there was no dog in the movie they made.
"Own use...... In this way, let's agree together now, cut this movie, rearrange the script and plot, determine where to change, and when the time comes, you will supplement and improve the movie according to my request. Hurry up and release it as soon as possible. Don't wait until the Spring Festival schedule, your film is a tear jerker, and if it is released during the Spring Festival, it will be too striking. Therefore, it will be released as soon as possible. Talking to the cinema also needs to be carried out as soon as possible, as soon as the movie is done and approved, it will be released. The movie promotion also needs to be hurried, I asked Su Ruoxue to sing the songs in the movie, and I can shoot some clips as movie promotional videos first. ”
Baiyi Entertainment is also a mature and complete entertainment company, and many things don't need to be reminded by Huang Bai that they know how to do it.
What Cork can help now, that's what it can do.
As for how the movie needs to be filmed and how to supplement it, Huang Bai will definitely not be able to follow the crew. I can only talk to them now, let them go to reshoot, and after they do it, they will take a look at the finished film by themselves, and finally decide whether it is okay or not.
Huang Baiyi and the people in his company were also full of enthusiasm at this time, this is a matter of tens of billions of wealth, who dares not to work hard?
Some people died, but not completely......