In the original time and space, Chen Kexin said in an interview, 'I can only say that according to the proportion of China Film's investment in "Casting a Name", if the mainland box office is only 150 million, everyone will lose, so basically I knew that the box office would not be lower than 150 million with my eyes closed, and China Film would not let it lose, and I don't know how much it can earn." ’

Where is the control of China Film?

First of all: China Film has the right to distribute imported films, so if the theater schedule is not good, they will not be able to get copies of imported films...

Secondly, Han Dong's personal courage...

Cinemas are willing to believe him!

Of course, "Vote for Fame" still loses.

Because overseas copyright income is very low...

Especially in North America!

In North America, "Casting the Name" was screened, and the reputation was poor, and it finally received $120,000...

Chen Kexin doesn't believe in evil, and later "Martial Arts" and "Blood Drops" were released...

What's even worse, "Martial Arts" was only on for three days, $11,000, and "Blood Drops" was simply one day, $5,200...

The reason is very simple - the type of realistic and heavy plot, foreigners will definitely not buy it, others themselves have a lot of them, and the only factor that can attract foreigners to watch Chinese kung fu martial arts.

Therefore, it is impossible for Shen Xudong to invest...

"You can convince Li Lianlian to attract less than $40 million in investment..."

Qin Hong is more concerned about earnings: "Can you make money?" ”

Shen Xudong pondered for a moment, and then said: "It's a little difficult, if the market can accommodate it, big productions will have a high box office in most cases, but with an investment of 40 million US dollars, the domestic box office will be 300 million at most, and it depends on overseas, overseas... No one can tell! ”

Chen Kexin interjected: "In many places overseas, the income of theaters has actually become used to recover publicity expenses, and many people don't watch the box office at all!" If we want to curry favor with foreigners and shoot something a little more fictitious, as well as the European and American markets, these markets together may double the box office in the mainland..."

"..."Casting a name" can't be empty!"

After a pause, Shen Xudong persuaded: "If you want to shoot "Casting a Name", you should first persuade Li Lian... As long as he is willing to act, the rest will be easy to do! ”

“… Also find the middle shadow! ”

“… Well, we need the support of Zhongying. ”

Chen Kexin nodded...

This doesn't need to be reminded by Shen Xudong!

In fact, not only him, but also many Hong Kong companies and many blockbusters want to cooperate with China Film.

Because everyone sees that China Film can collapse a movie that has collapsed at the box office in Hong Kong and other parts of the world, and make such a sale in Chinese mainland, everyone feels that the power of China Film is invincible...

Therefore, including Zhu Yanping and Zhou Xingchi, they all began to cooperate with China Film - "Slam Dunk" and "Yangtze River No. 7" are all controlled and distributed by China Film!

……

After chatting for a while, the food was ready, and we ate first.

"Actually, I wrote a script before, and I borrowed from "New Difficult Brothers"..."

"Oh, what's it called?"

"It's called "Riding the Wind and Waves"..."

Shen Xudong probably talked about the story synopsis of "Riding the Wind and Waves".

He wasn't worried at all that Chen Kexin would write down this story in advance!

The synopsis of "Riding the Wind and Waves" is nothing new, the core is that the father and son go from struggle to reconciliation...

It's nothing more than the use of the element of traversal...

In fact, "Riding the Wind and Waves" completely 'borrows' from "New Difficult Brothers", otherwise, why would there be the role of Ma Huateng?

Isn't it because there is Li Ka-shing in "New Difficult Brothers"!

Chen Kexin listened to this idea and nodded: "... Great, why not do it? ”

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I calculated that the cost is just stuck at about 20 million, plus publicity, that is, 35 million... It takes 100 million to get back to the cost, or forget it, it's too risky..."

"Yes, the current film market does not give medium-investment films a way to live!"

Chen Kexin nodded: "... There is also the mainland audience's understanding of blockbusters... I am very unhappy, I communicated with many reporters before the release of "If Love", and they all said that this drama is not like a blockbuster, I said that I have spent 70 or 80 million yuan, and there are three stars, but they still think that this is not a blockbuster...

They told me that "Boundless" was a blockbuster. Calculate it according to the set of blockbuster rules in Hong Kong: My three stars are all bigger than the stars of "Wu Ji", including Zhang Xueyou, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Chi Zhenxi, which are definitely more expensive than Xie Tingfeng, Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Dongjian, and Sanada Hiroyuki combined. Korean actors are cheaper, Japanese actors are even cheaper, as cheap as 1 million is fine.

At this stage, the most expensive is Hong Kong, and even more expensive are actors from Hong Kong who went to the United States. ”

"I understand now: the rules of the mainland are the opposite, Hong Kong is a star system, and the audience always goes to the stars, while the mainland is just the opposite, a director-centered system."

"After the release of "Wu Ji", there were 11 halls in one theater, and none of them were left for me overnight."

Qin Hong explained embarrassedly: "Xingmei Cinema still has to listen to China Film..."

Shen Xudong concluded: "For the Lunar New Year, you must first conquer the theater, because in December, the Lunar New Year, no matter what film is made, as long as the theater is opened, it will be sold." There are so many movies, so few theaters, we have to think about how to conquer the theater manager, the theater manager has confidence in you, and your movie will already sell money. ”

“… Anyway, I understand now! ”

Chen Kexin continued: "Actually, I don't believe in the appeal of stars, I never believe that finding someone to play will bring you tens of millions or hundreds of millions of box office, but I believe that stars will cause a lot of topics." ”

"I actually received a lot of scripts, but they were all very difficult! It is difficult to make movies in the mainland, because if you want to make money from movies, under the premise of not having a high investment, you must be outstanding in strange soldiers, and there will definitely be sensitive places if you are outstanding in strange soldiers. But isn't the main theme of censorship that it's better not to have a topic, not to be controversial, and only to shoot some safe subjects..."

……

Chen Kexin said a lot...

The angle is right, too.

He's a very smart guy, and his cleverness lies in his attitude towards movies - if you look at his resume, the films he directed have almost no bad movies, and the bad movie rate is 0.

It's a pity that he can only adapt to the rules, it is impossible to create new ones, plus the identity of an outsider ...

So, he made movies for a while that he didn't quite believe in!

But... If you only make movies that the audience likes and hide your thoughts, then what's the point of making a movie?

Later, it simply ran out.

Quite an interesting person...

Of course, no matter how interesting it is, the screenwriting fee must also be given - the script fee of "Casting a Name" is 1.5 million, no discount, and no dividends!

In addition, it is impossible for Shen Xudong to invest in "Nomination", let alone let the company participate in the investment...

Why invest when you know you're going to lose money?

Chen Xi didn't understand: "With Li Lian, why are you worried about overseas markets?" I heard that "Huo Yuanjia" earned more than $60 million in overseas copyright sales alone? ”

"Huo Yuanjia is a pure action movie..."Shen Xudong explained: ""Casting the Name" is not very like Li Lianlian's play. The play of Lee Lianlian, which is popular overseas, has a certain state, that is, it is played from beginning to end, and it cannot be too deep.

His overseas audience - we are not racist, many fans are black, or more grassroots, and they will definitely not be interested in Chinese culture, those people just like to watch and fight, so "Vote for Fame" is definitely not popular! ”

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“… Then do you still recommend Chen Kexin? ”

"It doesn't cost me money, this theme is easy to make into a boutique at a glance!"