The "Ghost Blows the Lantern" series, at least three films will be filmed!

And because of the domestic audit requirements - later, I simply directly ordered to strictly manage the themes of 'treasure appreciation, 'tomb robbery' and so on...

What is strict management?

Cut directly to the strictest!

I heard that it is because there are too many crimes committed by this thing: there is a fraud gang in BJ that has deceived nearly 30,000 elderly people by appraising cultural relics and auctioning fees.

Directly contributed to the issuance of the ban...

Of course, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" belongs to the adventure genre in the strict sense, and it cuts into the curse of the ghost eye, and the main line becomes the protagonist looking for the dust bead to lift the curse.

But... It is foreseeable that once "Exquisite Ancient City" is successful, there will definitely be a bunch of the same type of followers on the horse.

There are many works that follow the trend, and shoddy production is secondary, so I'm afraid they will all make money...

Once it's all profitable, it's easy to become a mainstream theme...

This type can exist, but it is not good to become mainstream.

Once it became mainstream, tomb robbers became positive characters...

It's easy to be capped!

Therefore, Shen Xudong hopes to use three parts to open up the international market, at least the Asian market.

He has investigated that the "Mummy" trilogy, South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia have a very high box office, which shows that "Exquisite Ancient City" has a future in these two markets!

The first part tested the waters, originally he wanted to sell half and give it away, but it turned out that Xijie offered $3 million and Toei offered $7 million...

That's just hard to accept!

It's too expensive now?

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I actually tend to the agency + sharing model of overseas copyright, and you yourself offered $3 million to buy out the copyright!" If you regret it, you can give advice to Zhong Lifang... I heard that she was talking to Kim Tae-wook about creating two co-productions! ”

“… Kim Tae-wook knows what movies... I mean, if you want to cooperate, you must find someone who knows how to do it..."

Kim Tae-wook is the producer of ShowBox, and his masterpiece "Tai Chi Flag Flying" is also his main investment in "Red Cliff"...

The Korean film market is very competitive.

The Three Kingdoms series of movies produced by TiMi Company has performed very well in the Korean market - not to mention the frenzy of movie-watching, but it is basically above 1.5 million viewers, of which "Cao Cao" won 2.1 million viewers, and "Zhao Zilong 2" is 2.6 million...

Don't think it's easy to have millions of moviegoers.

The 28 rules of the Korean film market are particularly obvious, with tens of millions of people at the head, and the second place is likely to be 5 million moviegoers...

Two million moviegoers, this achievement is already very powerful, enough to trigger the competition of major film companies.

Yes, CJ is TiMi's partner in Korea.

But that doesn't mean you have to work with them...

Shen Xudong mentioned this, Zheng Taicheng understood...

After a brief chat, Shen Xudong talked about his Hollywood blockbuster plan, and Zheng Taicheng became interested.

……

The most eager thing for Korean film studios is to let local films go global, especially into the American market.

Because of the political father-son relationship, the cultural "counteroffensive" is seen as an honor.

This is also an important reason why they befriended Shen Xudong - to cooperate with him and enter the American market.

In fact, Shen Xudong wanted to find Xijie to produce "The Legend of the Wicked", but at that time, the time was relatively tight and it was troublesome, so he invested directly!

Zheng Tae-sung first asked about "The Legend of the Wicked", and Shen Xudong replied: "The American version of "The Legend of the Wicked" costs 45 million US dollars, which is converted into RMB and Korean won, but it is of a medium level in Hollywood... Our box office expectation is 60 million in North America and more than 100 million in the world... If you can get back to basics! ”

"You're too modest..."

"No, the genre of "The Legend of the Wicked" is a suspense action movie, and the theme is a bit outdated... You see, the box office of the "Die Hard" series is getting lower and lower..."

Zheng Taicheng shook his head: "There are no outdated themes, only filmmakers who don't understand movies!" Can you tell us more about the Hollywood investment plan you are talking about? ”

Shen Xudong sat down: "There are three projects, one is a zombie film with a very mature script..."

"Zombie films?"

"Well," Shen Xudong explained: "It can be seen from "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "I Am Legend" that there has always been a fixed audience of fans for lost movies, as long as the quality is passed, there is absolutely no problem at the box office!" ”

"What do you tell me about?"

"The story is very simple, the male protagonist is a lawyer with a successful career, in terms of family, the relationship between husband and wife is broken, and there is a daughter... The male protagonist lives in a small town with his daughter, and it just so happens that a leak in the laboratory of a company in the town has caused the spread of some kind of virus, and the symptom of infection is zombieization... The story of the male protagonist who takes his daughter by train to his wife's city, only to be ravaged by zombies and continue to spread throughout the train..."

Hearing this, Zheng Tae-sung retorted euphemistically: "Americans usually drive cars when they go out, right? ”

Shen Xudong thought for a while: "Indeed, Americans don't like to take trains, so we can change the place where the story takes place in Europe, Germany, and France!" ”

"If it happened in Germany or France, it wouldn't be called an American film!"

Shen Xudong was surprised...

Underestimate this Korean stick!

It had to be real: "Then change the story to take place in the supermarket... Anyway, a confined space..."

Zheng Taicheng has no opinion this time: "That... How much does it cost? ”

"$20 million or $60 million!"

Zheng Taicheng was stunned for a moment: "Why is it so bad?" ”

Shen Xudong shrugged: "We are in contact with Leonardo and Johnny Depp, if either of them agrees, the cost will be expanded, at least to make it an A-level production!" ”

“… Oh, that's understandable. ”

Superstars join, the scenes, actors, and production must be upgraded...

Zheng Taicheng nodded, and then asked, "Aren't there three projects?" What about the other two? ”

"A sci-fi film and an action movie with Warner... The average cost is around $60 million! ”

“… Can you show me the project? ”

Shen Xudong shook his head: "It's not no, I didn't bring this thing... I came to Cannes to sell films..."

"Is there a complete plan on Manager Zhong's side?"

Shen Xudong still shook his head: "This is a project that my company operates independently in the United States, and Zhong Lifang and they don't know about it..."

"Okay, I'll go back and report to Chairman Li..."

Li Dong is Li Meijing, the entire helmsman of Xijie Media.

"Well, you can discuss, by the way, if the box office of "Exquisite Ancient City" is good, Xijie is welcome to invest in the next few films!"

“… Can you use our actors? ”

"No problem!"

……

The Ghost Blowing Lantern series, if it wants to be released simultaneously in South Korea, it must absorb investment from South Korea, and the same is true for Japan!

Because these two countries have a protection policy in terms of films, Japan, no matter which country you are The blockbuster will be delayed for a long time, and South Korea is targeted, except for Hollywood movies...

And it's government-enforced!

If they play targeting, it is very simple, and the release will be delayed for half a year, and the box office will collapse by half.

Piracy is well developed in South Korea.

So, it has to be a co-production, it has to be an international production.

At the same time, it is also an insurance initiative...

Co-productions, you can't just ban it...

The zombie film that Shen Xudong said is "Train to Busan", the original time and space, the cost of this film of 9 million US dollars won the global box office of more than 100 million, and the whole of Asia set off a movie-watching frenzy...

It sold 68 million Hong Kong dollars in the Hong Kong market, setting a record for a non-Hollywood film, which was slightly better than the highest record of a Chinese film at that time, "Cold War 2"...

Change it to an American film, add a little plasma, and I don't know the probability of selling out...

That's why Shen Xudong wants to raise funds!

(End of chapter)