Many people ridicule Huayi Brothers' de-cinematization strategy, thinking that they are not doing their jobs, and the company that started with movies actually went to cinematization?

In fact, from a capital perspective, there is nothing wrong with this strategy.

The strategy of de-cinematization was proposed in 2014, when the film market was 29.6 billion, and Hollywood imported films accounted for half...

The most ideal idea, the market rose by 20% annually...

Then by 2018, it will rise to 60 billion.

However, according to the "Sino-US Film Memorandum", after February 2017, it will be renegotiated, and it is likely that the quota for imported films will continue to be expanded.

In other words, the upper limit of Chinese movies is 30 billion!

According to Huang Zhongjun's words: Half of this plate is an American blockbuster, and the remaining half is divided by so many domestic film companies. So we have to transform, just say that there are a few movies, it doesn't make sense.

Then, in 2015, the market value of Huayi Brothers was close to 100 billion!

It shows that the secondary market is also optimistic about Huang Zhongjun's strategy.

It's just that no one expected that the Chinese film market would soar all the way, approaching 45 billion in 2015 and more than 60 billion in 2018...

The box office of a single film can explode to 5 billion!

If the Huayi brothers want to regain their leading position in the movie, it will not be so easy!

Shen Xudong's idea is very simple, to make movies, TV series, and if there is a chance, build PPTV into one of the growth video platforms.

He didn't think about anything else.

Oh, and the game doesn't count...

The game "Wulin Gaiden" has brought more than 200 million revenue to the company;

Later, the "Zhao Zilong" game jointly developed by Perfect... Launched last year, it is not considered a hit, with a monthly turnover of about 20 million;

By the way, there is also "Three Kingdoms", "Three Kingdoms" is a game development company under the company, and it is distributed through PPTV...

Page Tour!

PPTV has 10 million registered users, and it attracts traffic through the video platform.

At present, the company has not intervened in the development of PPTV, anyway, it has bought the exclusive broadcast rights of thousands of episodes of film and television dramas, and the copyright fees distributed are enough for PPTV to operate for several years.

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"You can do it if you want to, but you must pass the quality test, after all, "Wulin Gaiden" is the feelings of many audiences... I recommend joining Liu Zhi County..."

"That's Louzhi County..."

"Where did you find someone with a famous surname Lou?"

At the airport, Shen Xudong received a call from Chen Xi, who wanted to do the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden"...

In fact, it's not that she wants to do it, it's the audience's enthusiastic request.

Then gather all the original team and have one!

"A big star surnamed Liu? Andy Lau? ”

"Isn't Liu Qingyun good? Liu Ye can't do it? ”

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong remembered something: "Let Ning Caishen be the producer and director..."

"The director should use Shangjing... He's been quite embarrassed in the past few years. ”

Well, Shangjing has indeed encountered a career bottleneck in recent years...

It's not a bottleneck, but the subsequent works, "In front of the house and behind the house", "Whimsical", "The Story of the Cooking Class 3", "Urban Six", "The Story of the Health Team", "The Invincible Three-legged Cat"...

The response was mediocre.

Therefore, letting him direct the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" is an opportunity for him to prove himself.

But... In the original time and space, the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" was quite a failure...

The original "Wulin Gaiden" movie, it can be seen that the director is a little selfish, and puts too much energy on showing martial arts scenes and showing off his camera skills.

I feel that Director Shangjing is not trying to amuse everyone, but to show that he has the ability to make movies...

The film starts with a dazzling aerial parkour, and it's 4 minutes long!

It's not necessary, it's neither new nor pretty, and it's easier to design a funny scene if you change it to running on the street.

"Don't show off your skills, just make it a sitcom, and besides, don't change the tone..."

"Change the tone?"

"You just tell the crew as I say!"

This thing is also what Shen Xudong hates in his memory...

In the movie version, the colors have become gorgeous, the sets have been rich, and a panoramic view of the town has appeared, but the pace is fast, so fast that people can't remember that this is a play that should be slow and leisurely...

To tell you the truth, are you better than Xu Ke in pure fighting?

Have you compared Zhang Yi to the set?

Why bother with your own shortcomings and attack their strengths?

In fact, "Wulin Gaiden" is naturally not suitable for making a movie!

Because the movie can't throw off the burden as often as a soap opera, the movie has to tell a complete story, but the charm of "Wulin Gaiden" doesn't lie in constantly throwing off the burden...

It's a slow and leisurely product, but if it is not brought to speed up and make it a fast-paced sketch, this can't be played, and the most important art and charm in it will be lost, and it feels nondescript.

But... is still the same sentence, as long as the quality is at the passing level, the box office will easily exceed 200 million!

Feelings are very valuable!

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Brad Payton is a director recommended by Dwayne Johnson, and most of his previous works have been TV series.

I have also made films, mostly independent productions.

At the beginning, I also wanted to rely on horror films to get ahead, and in 02 I filmed "Evil Spirit Cute Girl Evelyn", but unfortunately, this film was not successful!

But it also won him the opportunity to intern in Hollywood, entered the Warner set, and served as an assistant director in various crews...

I also met a lot of people!

Dwayne Johnson met at this time.

The core character of "The Legend of the Wicked" is the gangster played by Dwayne Johnson, who is also one of the producers, and of course has the right to recommend the director.

Mark Wahlberg is the one who took the initiative to ask...

According to Joseph, Dwayne Johnson took Mark Zuckerberg to watch the original version of "The Legend of the Wicked", and Mark Wahlberg had a lot of ideas about the criminal police of the serious crime unit codenamed "Mad Dog"...

So, the behind-the-scenes team was formed!

That... Who will play the serial murderer?

The most reasonable choice is, of course, Kevin Spacey, who looks like a perverted murderer!

But he's expensive, and... He is an Oscar winner, a first-line star, and let people play a role?

What about playing?

Joseph Drake recommended Jesse Eisenberg, the actor of the previous "Fault in the Stars"...

The starring lineup is complete, the director is also available, the preliminary preparations are very smooth, the filming was originally scheduled to start in March, and then the investment company is gone...

It's not gone, the logo of the new line is still retained, but the investment in "The Legend of the Wicked" is gone, but fortunately, Marvel Studios has filled the vacancy.

Dwayne Johnson and Brad Payton have conflicting views on Shen Xudong...

On the one hand, I know that he is very powerful, and in just two years, he successfully planted the flag in Hollywood with Wonderful Studio, becoming a non-negligible independent film company;

On the other hand...

Worried about his strong personality.

Previously, Marvelous Studios was only a co-producer, and although Joseph was also a producer, it was more of a co-producer and did not intervene in the shooting...

Now it's different, Wonderful Studio has become an independent film of "The Legend of the Wicked", Shen Xudong has exclusive power, and he is qualified to transform "The Legend of the Wicked".

If there are different opinions, then who does the crew listen to?

It can only be said that they thought too much, after Shen Xudong arrived in the United States, he first caught up with Christine and Amanda Seyfried, tossed for a week, and then met Susan Collins to discuss the creation of "The Hunger Games".

On April 18, he also attended the US premiere of "The King of Kung Fu"...

I didn't go to the filming site of "The Legend of the Wicked" at all.

(End of chapter)