Chapter 168: 'Who Threw Me with a Knife' and Shocking Ambition
Han Zhou now knows why such a big boss as Wang Xiya has an old-fashioned calculator at work.
Now Han Zhou can't wait to hang the calculator on his body, 'return to zero' at any time, and then calculate how much income he has in a wave.
"Idol Summer" is over, but ACE9 has just begun.
Just yesterday, the Yanjing Luowangfu Commercial Center opened, inviting ACE9 to perform two songs.
Quote 24 million!
Don't look at this lot, in fact, only 2.4 million points were given to nine idols.
The remaining more than 21 million, after deducting the operating costs of more than 3 million, the remaining more than 17 million, 27 percent of the tax, the rest is the income of this activity New World.
Han Zhou adheres to the principle of earning what he can earn, and now ACE9 has just formed a group, and it is becoming popular, so he hurried out for a commercial performance.
When the price of their commercial performances is low, it is not too late to consider albums, TV series, and group comprehensives.
Now there will be a large-scale commercial performance every three days on average, that is, more than 10 million yuan, can he not make money in this matter?
However, the cost is also very large, and every time you appear, you have to prepare the clothes of nine people, the jewelry used by nine people, watches, and other things, although most of them are rented, but it also costs money to serve the road.
And the further back you go, the more you spend.
But the net profit is still very impressive.
Even on the set of "Kung Fu", Han Zhou couldn't help but calculate this.
That's so lucrative!
But that's not the only thing that's the most profitable.
In the filming of "Idol Summer" this time, Han Zhou used the resources of the four giants to establish an idol training system belonging to the new world.
Now Shinsekai has the ability to train trainees with a size of 300 people.
Carefully select 300 people and train them to the highest standard, isn't it a problem to send him three or five people to debut every year? That's what really makes money.
Within New World, trainee training has been truly industrialized.
With the profitability of this core industrial pillar, Han Zhou can do a lot of things that he didn't dare to do before.
For example, Han Zhou is very bold in filming "Kung Fu" now.
The film was not made according to the time of a certain actor, nor was the movie made according to the set layout.
Instead, it is filmed according to the storyline.
What? You're well-known, and you don't have a lot of schedules? Then you can go along.
Except for the cameo, everyone else's time must be enough for the whole movie and live on the set all the time.
Han Zhou could put anyone on camera at any time.
"Dao'er! It's set! β
Han Zhou got up, Zhang Jiuquan sat in the director's seat, and Han Zhou had already arrived at the set that had been arranged.
Now it's the scene where someone throws me away with a knife.
When Han Zhou entered the set, the vigor of the young man quickly faded, and there was an indescribable sense of age.
The fat boy played by Ge Cong is also in place.
At the scene, Zhang Jiuquan was looking at the monitor, while Xie Fu was holding a loudspeaker and helping Han Zhou shout to start.
"Come, all departments prepare!"
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Han Zhou took the flying knife and threw it out.
The knife slammed into the wall beam and fell.
"Click!"
The drama manager immediately picked up the flying knife, and then pressed the knife prepared in advance on Han Zhou's body.
This section is to be done with special effects.
None of the people at the scene saw what was going on, but they all wanted to know what the effect would be after the special effects were made.
"Come on."
The fat boy was stunned: "I'm coming?" β
The long-haired Han Zhou's deep eyes stared at the fat boy and nodded.
The fat boy looked straight ahead, and with a strong hand, the prop knife smashed directly on Han Zhou's body.
The drama manager quickly put the second knife on Han Zhou's body.
Under the camera, Han Zhou: "......"
Although this speechless expression is very exaggerated, and many people seem to think it is very distorted, Han Zhou knows that once the special effects are done, the performance of this section is actually very good.
Because Han Zhou is completely in accordance with the original Xing Ye's play, to be precise, he entered the role played by Xing Ye, every move, although it is not a one-to-one replica, but it is more reproduced than a one-to-one deliberate replication!
When the third knife appeared, Han Zhou: "You point forward." β
This time, the third knife was a good switchblade prop, the fat boy was in front, and when he was charging back, the knife was directly 'pierced' into Han Zhou's arm.
Then the fat boy threw the handle of the knife out.
At this time, in the distance, Mao Qi, who had been ready for a long time with a cigarette in his mouth, tilted his head and took off the knife from his face: "Who threw me with a knife?!!!! β
Fat Boy: "Knife handle??" β
"Huh? Why do you have a knife here? β
As he spoke, the fat boy pulled out his knife.
At the same time, Han Zhou: "Don't! β
Fat boy: "Whew! β
The knife stabbed in again.
At this time, the charter wife played by Mao Qi came all the way: "It's you two again!" β
The fat boy directly picked up the snake box next to the aisle, and the snake inside fell out.
Han Zhou was surrounded by real snakes, although they knew that these snakes had their fangs removed, but the actresses were still very flustered and hid far away.
Because this is under the same plot, and the filming went very smoothly, Xie Fu signaled to continue filming this scene.
Fat Boy: "I've heard people say that whistling snakes won't bite you." β
Han Zhou: "I won't believe you anymore!" β
The two snakes in their hands were already on guard.
Han Zhou looked confused.
Originally, the snake's movement was to be done with special effects.
Why are these two snakes really working together now?
Or are they really trying to bite me?
Han Zhou continued the play.
"Appeal ......"
The two snakes really rushed up and bit Han Zhou directly.
But it wasn't so cooperative, instead of biting his mouth, one wanted to bite Han Zhou's face, and the other bit Han Zhou's hand.
The next thing to do is to do it with special effects.
Han Zhou dropped two snakes: "Click!! β
At the scene, many scene managers and actors knew that this should be a funny clip, but before the special effects were made, everyone couldn't figure out how funny it was.
They don't know that they have witnessed a famous scene in film history.
Xie Fu: "I think this time is very good, but I recommend resuming the scene shooting again to facilitate special effects." β
"Special effects are very difficult to do, and it's better to have one or two different original versions, lest they encounter certain actions and not be able to make special effects."
Han Zhou smiled: "No, our special effects team is very powerful, this kind of little thing can't be done, what am I raising them for." β
Liu Tiantan was next to him and laughed.
In his opinion, this kind of special effect, when done, is a small scene.
Xie Fu: "Can your company's special effects team really do this kind of real special effects?" β
There is such a saying in the fan circle, I can't see that the special effects of special effects are the best special effects.
It is mostly used to describe the special effects production of the Marvel series.
However, in this section of "Kung Fu" many years ago, knowing that it was a special effect, knowing that it was a knife and a snake, it was impossible to shoot this effect in real time, it must have been done by special effects.
And who can tell that this is a special effect?
Technology, in fact, is not difficult, the difficult thing is how to use these technologies without a director.
There have been teams in China that have been learning to do special effects for a long time, and now, the special effects of some teams are actually not much worse than those of Hollywood.
The point is that the director doesn't know how these special effects can be produced in conjunction with the shooting.
For example, Xie Fu, although he is a well-known director in the industry, is the only remaining big man in their generation.
However, he didn't understand how to use special effects.
According to his thinking, it is to shoot a few more clip versions, and then let the special effects himself study how to make the effect he wants.
This is obviously unreliable.
In fact, under Han Zhou's shirt, data collectors and sensors are installed.
Liu Tiantan has been looking at the 3D model 3D deconstruction.
When making special effects, you can use this data to locate them, and you can easily make these special effects.
After a break on the scene, this shot had to be filmed.
The main thing is that the charter wife starts to chase the protagonist, and it must be filmed at the same time, otherwise if it is filmed again the next day, there will be a visual gap no matter what.
Because no matter how the environment is restored, it will not be restored to 100% of the state.
This scene is much more difficult to shoot than the previous scene with special effects.
Han Zhou must be quickly put on makeup.
Aunt Mao is not joking, after all, she is a good hand dug by Han Zhou, leading the team to quickly make makeup.
As soon as this sausage mouth was made, many people at the scene burst into laughter.
It's because it's too exaggerated, so it's extraordinarily spoofed.
Xie Fu was a little worried next to him: "Han Zhou's previous movies are all biased towards guiding thinking, right?" Will this kind of funny way really have a good market effect? β
The previous movies made by Han Zhou had an investment of about 8 million yuan and tens of thousands of yuan.
Xie Fu has seen it and knows it.
Now this one, the investment and publicity add up to at least more than 300 million!
This is also a top-level investment in China.
If the game is smashed, the new world will be greatly damaged.
Zhang Jiuquan: "The director is special in that, this level of investment, he didn't blink his eyes." β
Generally speaking, someone spends 50 million to make a movie, which is already a big boldness.
And this movie, just the scenery and set construction, cost 50 million!
Xie Fu: "Today's young people are motivated and courageous. β
"Rest on me, the box office will hit 100 million, I will take a few more looks."
"The film...... Publicity and shooting of more than 300 million, if you release it all-inclusively, it will take 600 million to pay back. β
"If you want to issue it together with a large domestic company, it will take 900 million to pay back!"
"It's ...... so much"
When Xie Fu first promised to name Han Zhou's next movie, he didn't expect Han Zhou's film to invest so much.
New World is a new entertainment company.
This company has little experience in filmmaking other than the big online movie "This Man is from Earth".
Directly came up with the filming plan of the largest investment in China, which is a kind of gambling.
Liang Qiao, the actor of the Huoyun Evil God: "Director Xie, in fact, this movie will definitely not lose." β
Xie Fu was a little puzzled: "Oh? β
Liang Qiao: "Because Director Han's TV series "No. 1 in the World" has exploded. Not to mention anything else, just because fans buy martial arts movies with the same theme, they can have a box office of 300 million. β
"Now Director Han has another TV series, if this TV series is also popular, then just the drainage brought by the TV series can have a box office of 500 million, and the times are different."
For passers-by and fans, what does Han Zhou and martial arts themes feel like?
Pretty!
In this case, martial arts, Han Zhou, plus movies, the three elements together, are they worth a ticket?
On the contrary, the actors that Han Zhou won did not add any bonus to this movie.
In other words, Han Zhou himself can't afford the box office now, but the words Han Zhou plus kung fu are combined, and now passers-by are popular.
Xie Fu took a deep breath: "I don't watch TV series, can the drainage effect of TV series be so strong?" β
Liang Qiao: "My granddaughter is also watching "No. 1 in the World", she knew that I was coming to this crew, and begged me to ask Director Han to help sign it. β
"I didn't want to help."
Xie Fu tilted his head and waited for the following.
Liang Qiao: "Her classmate said that she would pay 50,000 yuan for an autographed photo. β
There are people who like the combination of Han Zhou and Kung Fu and spend 50,000 yuan to buy a signed photo, is no one willing to spend 50 to buy a movie ticket?
Xie Fu understood: "The launch of two TV series by New World is actually laying the foundation for the movie. β
Although the TV series has high ratings, it is not actually profitable.
These two TV series opened up the market, gained popularity among passers-by, and then made movies to monetize?
Xie Fu sighed: "However, the funny theme ...... Isn't it easy to be scolded? β
In Xie Fu's opinion, this theme is too easy to make into a big bad movie with a funny style.
Isn't that just bad money?
At this moment, Xie Fu's mind flashed countless unsightly bad money movies, saying that they were funny, but in fact, the acting skills were not up to par, and they couldn't be filmed seriously, so they chose to be funny at the beginning, just to put it badly.
Zhang Jiuquan: "Director Xie, then you still don't know much about Director Han." β
Zhang Jiuquan lit a cigarette.
The mustache that has grown out, with this face, and the director's vest, not to mention, doesn't look like a newcomer, like the kind of old director who has 20 years of directing experience.
Xie Fu raised his eyebrows: "Oh? β
Zhang Jiuquan: "My Brother Han, in terms of acting skills, I am not afraid of offending people, and I am invincible in the world." β
"Some things are innate, and when you really want to show your acting skills, Director Xie will know how terrifying Director Han is."
"All of China, the same scene, can have more feelings than Director Han's, there will be no one."
"Perhaps, comedy films, coupled with deeper emotional expressions and more delicate acting skills, may collide with some amazing sparks?"
"I have a hunch that this film will leave a permanent name in the history of Chinese films."
"Whether it's the box office, or word of mouth."
Xie Fu laughed a few times, noncommittal.
In Xie Fu's opinion, funny movies are still word-of-mouth, and they are famous in film history? Or is it a box office hit? None of them are reliable.
In fact, it's not that Xie Fu doesn't have foresight, but that he has been in this industry for forty years, and after watching it for forty years, there is no precedent.
He doesn't know how much modern urban society is oriented to the movie-watching choices of passers-by and movie fans.
I have never seen the vitality and strength of comedy in the era of box office explosion.
I have never seen a nonsensical form of a movie.
Why did Han Zhou dare to shoot kung fu? You must know that Kung Fu is actually losing money.
Because, the loss of kung fu is because the ceiling of the film market in 04 will inevitably cause him to lose money.
1.70 billion is the upper limit of the film market, not the upper limit of kung fu.
Han Zhou predicts that this Spring Festival stall, the box office will be very explosive.
And he has built a good reputation and popularity of martial arts TV series, and has prepared special effects blockbusters, plus comedies are suitable for family fun.
With so many factors together, there is only one goal, and that is the king of the Spring Festival box office.
It is expected that the box office will go to 1.5 billion.
It's just that no one on this set could have imagined that Han Zhou's idea was so fierce.
Everyone thinks that Han Zhou saw that there were three blockbusters with a box office of more than one billion during the Spring Festival last year, so he also wanted to invest a lot, plus the reputation of this year's operation, to make a lot of money.
No one thought that Han Zhou was staring at huge profits!
However, in the entire crew, there are still discerning people.
At the end of the day's shooting, Han Sisheng's phone called.
Han Zhou picked up the phone: "Fourth uncle, have you eaten?" β
Han Sisheng: "If you haven't eaten at eleven o'clock, it's not the day shift." β
"How much money did you invest in the movie "Kung Fu" this time?"
Han Zhou: "Three hundred million." β
Han Sisheng: "You tell the truth, pure dedication." β
Han Zhou: "In terms of special effects, I prepared 60 million, 50 million on the set layout, 100 million during the shooting, and the remaining 90 million is the cost of publicity. β
"In other words......" Han Sisheng: "Are you going to finish filming and distributing by yourself, and negotiate the account sharing by yourself, all of which will be handled by New World?" β
Han Zhou: "That's right. β
Han Sisheng: "Then let me tell you, during the Spring Festival, the most important thing in theaters is to make money, you may have to give them fifty percent of them in order to get the number of films you want, you want to hit the box office of 1.5 billion, right?" β
Han Zhou smiled awkwardly: "Oh, what 1.5 billion, 600 million is about the same." β
"Less fart!" Han Sisheng: "You are a guy who can't afford to be early, I can see through it." β
"How much money is you expected to make from that variety show? Two hundred million? Three hundred million? β
Han Zhou smiled awkwardly: "This ...... Don't you see that? β
Which company in the entertainment industry pays how much tax, Han Sisheng is still unclear?
"Idol Summer" earned 340 million in the show alone!
After the end of the show, there is at least 600 million space, and the net profit is at least 300 million or more.
This does not include the future profits from the company's hardware and software upgrades.
Han Sisheng: "You are a big gamble this time, if you lose the bet, the signboard will be smashed." β
It's not a question of making money and making money, and not making money next time.
At that time, a large number of people will seize the failure of your film and keep promoting it on the Internet.
"Han Zhou's commercial blockbuster failed at the box office"
By the way, hack your commercial film shooting ability.
If you carry this reputation on your back and turn it around, it will not be so easy.
Han Zhou: "Fourth uncle, everyone knows that the billion-level box office market has come, and those films during the Spring Festival this year can be said to be garbage, and it is purely because of the market that I got so much money." β
"During the Spring Festival next year, I must make the name of the new world, I have been arranging for a year, and I have no more time to arrange it for another year."
Han Sisheng was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "You prepare for the National Day and come to the premiere of "Charge". β
As the soundtrack of "Charge", Han Zhou provided a lot of music and three core tunes, and it was inevitable to attend the premiere.
And when Han Sisheng says this now, it is obvious that the spotlight will be on Han Zhou when the time comes.
Han Sisheng: "I have pushed seven directors to make commercial films, and I have done seven. β
"I haven't pushed you yet, you're in a hurry."
"I'll be on the set the day after tomorrow."
"Comedy ......"
As Han Sisheng spoke, only he could hear his voice, and Han Zhou could only hear him muttering on the other end of the phone.
Looking up, the moon in the sky seems to be round, is the Mid-Autumn Festival coming?
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Time is like flowing water, October is coming, and the National Day holiday is coming.
Han Zhou didn't expect that there would be an unexpected joy during this time.
Originally, this National Day, the prime time of Central One will inevitably broadcast a TV series with the main theme.
But! First, this year is not an integer celebration year, and second, there is an actor in this year's main theme TV series who exploded, and after intense editing, the quality has dropped a notch.
Therefore, Director Ren tried his best to disagree with the public, like the director of the station, to let Han Zhou's "Young Bao Qingtian" be moved from the prime time of Central Eight to the prime time of Central One, and the original main theme TV series "Bathing in the Spring Breeze" was moved from the prime time of Central One to the prime time of Central Eight.
Han Zhou was originally going to Yanjing to attend the premiere of "Charge", but he didn't expect to have to go to Yangyi once.
In the past this time, Yang Ma's director wanted to meet Han Zhou.
This opportunity, without a doubt, is no less than meeting Fourth Uncle Han at the beginning.
However, Han Zhou was not too restrained, and he did not prepare anything in advance, because this meeting was a public meeting.
Han Zhou wants to participate in the internal meeting of the prime file office of the central government as a partner.
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Ask for a commuter pass!!
(End of chapter)