Chapter 42: Suspended?
Ning Hao is an NPC that China Entertainment can't avoid... Diaphragm
No way, his appearance is a bit groundbreaking.
You see, in the mainland film market before Ning Hao, only those Hong Kong and Taiwan directors made commercial films.
There is only one Feng Xiaogang in the mainland!
The fifth generation is busy making blockbusters, and the sixth generation continues its own literary films...
Then, "Crazy Stone" came out, and relying only on word-of-mouth advantages, the mainland won a box office score of nearly 30 million.
You know, there is not a single star in "Stone"!
And there is also "Superman" in the same schedule... Diaphragm
Ning Hao's biggest contribution is actually to remind mainland investors: We mainland directors can also play commercial films.
To put it bluntly, at this stage, making movies is not a money-making business, there are a total of 3,000 screens in the country, and only relying on the mainland to share the accounts, except for those two horror films, Shen Xudong can't make money...
Do the math yourself, whether the account is 41%, or 41% after deducting 8.3% - you need to pay 5% of the special fund for the film industry and 3.3% of the special business tax...
That is to say, with a cost of 10 million, you have to get 30 million to make a profit!
Ning Hao's appearance tells everyone: If you serve the mainland audience well, you can make money at a small cost.
However, Shen Xudong doesn't need Ning Hao much, and he has proved this with "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" and "The Legend of the Hunter in Xing'anling".
As for investing in "Stone", it can be regarded as following the trend! Diaphragm
The company has money anyway, so why not?
"You come with me the day after tomorrow, let's go see Chen Daoming and Zhang Guoli... When is the movie made? ”
"The sooner the better, in fact, I have already got 1.5 million funds..."
Hearing this, Shen Xudong frowned: "... Who are the investors? ”
"Mr. Andy Lau... His Asian Rising Star Mentor Program..."
Shen Xudong shook his head: "Push it..."The copyright of "Stone" belongs to us, and we will bear the distribution and production..."
Ning Hao was entangled: "... It's not good, I've taken all the money! "Ahh
"They invest, they only share the accounts, and they don't occupy the copyright, right?"
Ning Hao shook his head: "I don't know about this..."
Shen Xudong thought for a while: "... Let the company talk to him, Andy Lau probably didn't think that "Stone" would sell well..."
In the original time and space, "Crazy Stone", Yingyi Entertainment's "Asian Rising Star Guide" plan gave him 1.5 million, and Zhou Lin, the boss of "Sifang Chuangyuan", paid 1.5 million and 3 million production costs.
Ning Hao wrote in "Mixed Adult": 'At first, it was 5 million, then it became 3 million, and then it was 1.5 million! ’
In addition, Sifang Chuangyuan invested in "Stone" and made a profit, and then invested in "Mingming", with a cost of 30 million, and lost a lot of money, and never invested in movies again, only making TV series...
Ning Hao nodded: "He didn't read the script..."
"That's okay, you get ready, let's go see Zhang Guoli and Chen Daoming the day after tomorrow... Is it a view? ”
"Well, the location has been chosen!"
"Well, if nothing else, it will be turned on in a week..."
……
Shen Xudong went directly to the company, found Gao Fenfen, and said "Crazy Stone"...
Gao Fenfen was a little hesitant, not that she didn't believe Shen Xudong's vision, but mainly Ning Hao... No work before!
And it is difficult for directors who are used to making literary films to transform. Diaphragm
For example, Wang Xiaoshuai, who was clamoring for transformation, brought in tens of millions of funds to shoot "Rizhao Chongqing", which is still a literary film!
"It's black humor! Comedy movies, didn't I talk about them before, the three major genres of small and big pairs, comedy, horror and astringent films..."Stone" is a typical comedy! ”
“… But this director is a newcomer..."
"I'm going to be an executive producer..."
"Then it's fine... How much? 6.5 million... Is it enough? ”
"Andy Lau's Yingyi Entertainment also invested 1.5 million..."After thinking about it, Shen Xudong said: "We invested 6.5 million, which is considered the main control investment, you ask him if he will follow, if he doesn't follow, we will produce it independently!" ”
Gao Fenfen nodded, and then called the head of the production department... Diaphragm
Shen Xudong was surprised to find that the company was big again...
After the people in the production department left, Shen Xudong asked about the current situation of Gao Fenfen's company.
Gao Fenfen was speechless: "There are more than 80 of our staff!" The salary expenses alone are almost 500,000 per month! ”
“… Do we have the money to support such people? ”
"We not only do film and television production, but also undertake publicity, distribution, including performing arts activities... You don't care, the company's cash flow is good anyway! ”
Shen Xudong 'oh' for a moment, and then pondered that there are a lot of projects that have been opened recently: "Then should we slow down?" ”
“… No, Mango Channel has already paid an advance payment of 18 million on the side of "The Best Family", and "Soldier Assault" has also negotiated the broadcast of four stations..."
After a pause, Gao Fenfen continued: "And Chen Hao's album is selling very well, and our first batch of accounts will come down quickly." ”
"She releases an album, and we also make money?"
"Of course, she's an entertainer in our company..."
"How much can you share?"
"There are always hundreds of thousands..."
"What's enough?"
“… You don't know how to run an artist..."
Gao Fenfen didn't bother to explain to him: "Let's go... You are responsible for writing the script and recommending high-quality episodes! ”
"I'm not afraid you're too tired..."
After muttering, Shen Xudong went downstairs.
……
I feel like I've been in a bit of a hurry lately.
One thing after another...
It can't go on like this! Diaphragm
If it goes on like this, it will be completely reduced to a worker...
Don't forget your original intention: make some money and support yourself with your talent!
Now that it's done, there's no need to work so hard.
The company is getting bigger and bigger, and it doesn't live up to my original expectations: just have a studio that can take care of my business...
Now, TiMi Entertainment is one of the largest private media companies in BJ.
No, I have to take a vacation...
Sitting in the car, Shen Xudong secretly made up his mind... Diaphragm
As for the producer of "Stone", when the time comes, I will go to the crew to stay for a day or two, and then go directly to the mountain city for half a month!
It's just a name!
Then, the mobile phone rang, it was Zhang Guoli who dialed, and she heard that Shen Xudong had a very good script to find him.
Shen Xudong answered the phone and introduced "Crazy Stone": "It's a rookie director... It's not too new, I've had two independent films before, so I'm quite experienced..."
"Of course the script is good, otherwise, I wouldn't have sent it to you..."
"Yes, I'm also going to invite Mr. Chen to see if he has time... Take a short cameo..."
"This script really wasn't written by me, it's Ning Hao's own work..."
"Tomorrow night... Okay! I'll take him with me! ”
"Well, thank you, Uncle Zhang!"
Talking about this, it's almost there, and then Zhang Guoli suddenly added mysteriously: "Introduce someone to you tomorrow!" ”
“… Who? ”
"You asked..."
"Male or female?"
Zhang Guoli still sells Guanzi: "There are men and women!" "Ahh
“… Uncle Zhang, I don't want to fall in love for the time being. ”
Shen Xudong subconsciously thought that Zhang Guoli was going to arrange a blind date, and then finally laughed, and then said: "You think too much, you will know when you come tomorrow night!" ”