Shareholders are concerned about making money, and Lu Ping'an is even more concerned.

When he came to Hollywood, Lu Ping'an only did two things.

The first thing is to put on gold, and the rest is all about making money.

At present, "Batman" is used for him to impact the big director.

As for making money, that's what it's been doing.

The previous two horror films have achieved an amazing revenue ratio.

The next thing is naturally the same, continue to make low-budget horror films, and then come to a high-scoring and high-box office production from time to time.

In terms of small cost, there are too many films with small cost and high box office, and Guanglu Ping An knows that five films a year can be made for many years.

So he is basically not worried about whether he can make money in the future.

But that's only from his point of view.

For shareholders, it's a dance on a tightrope every time.

For example, this time "Batman", everyone is not optimistic, shareholders are optimistic, but in fact, there are not many, and there are many gambling components.

The next "Latent" to be released will be better, but it is still a bet.

After all, making a movie is a big risky event.

"Dead Silence" is even worse, if it weren't for Lu Ping'an's face, they actually didn't have much optimism about Wen Ziren.

As a shareholder, at this time, I naturally have to give everyone a shot in the arm.

So Lu Ping'an said directly:

"Regardless of the box office of "Latent", after "Batman", "Chainsaw 2" and "Happy Death Day 2" will be opened."

In a word, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared to the films mentioned above, the sequels to the already successful series will naturally reassure everyone.

"Chainsaw 1" won 110 million at the global box office and gathered a bunch of horror fans.

"Death Day 1" won 115 million global box office, and it is still an excellent series seed.

Among them, everyone has already read the script of "Chainsaw 2", and they are full of expectations.

So these two films should be a series.

Several shareholders immediately felt that if the summit was now listed, the stock price would rise a lot on the day as soon as the news was announced.

With the guarantee of Lu Ping'an, the atmosphere of the conference room was suddenly much more relaxed.

Lu Ping'an also stopped first, and did not say that he would not direct two films, let alone the rest of the low-budget film plans.

It's not too late to wait until both "Latent" and "Dead Silence" have achieved the desired goals he said.

Then the shareholders talked about something else.

For example, Lu Ping'an bought "Brokeback Mountain" and "He Came Tonight" before.

Lu Ping'an confessed: ""Brokeback Mountain" will be filmed this year, and I am ready to hit the Golden Lion Award for the Wesney Film Industry next year and the Oscar in 06. ”

As the first film of his artistic career, Lu Ping'an still values it very much.

The two leading actors have already greeted each other, and let them start preparing after the year.

It is expected that filming will start in August and September.

Watts' eyes lit up: "Are you sure?" ”

"Of course."

Lu Ping'an is full of confidence.

After hearing this, everyone's hearts also rose with anticipation.

The three shareholders are all Wenqing, and they naturally know that an award-winning film can bring different benefits to the company than a commercial film.

In terms of profits, the three major award-winning films in Europe can make a lot of money from copyright alone.

In the Oscar-winning films, even if they are literary films, the unspoken rule is that they can get more film scheduling bonuses.

In addition to profits, whether the company has won authoritative awards is also a criterion used to distinguish the company's grade.

From the perspective of Wenqing, this is the embodiment of forced qualification.

From the perspective of capitalists, this is to lay the foundation for the company's future financing and listing.

Therefore, everyone expressed their support for Lu Ping'an's award plan.

As for "He Comes From Tonight", Lu Ping'an also said: "It won't be filmed so early, I don't think the cost of this film will be small, let's talk about it later." ”

Everyone agreed.

Now the peak funds are tight.

Several previous small-budget films have earned big box office.

But it was Lu Ping'an who made the most money, and the peak actually didn't make much.

Now that "Batman" is in production again, everyone naturally doesn't dare to open other big projects easily.

After the matter was discussed, "Dead Silence" was successfully completed two days later.

The later stage of "Dead Silence" is expected to take two months, so if it is finalized, it will probably look like May.

At that time, the schedule was also more suitable for horror films, and I hope that "Dead Silence", which cost a mere 2.3 million, can do the box office of the original time and space.

In this way, the film can also make a profit several times the cost.

Then Lu Ping'an stayed in Laomei for another day before leaving for China, this time the destination was Xiangjiang.

Guorong called before, and when the New Year was approaching, he invited Lu Ping'an to go to Xiangjiang for a gathering, and Aunt Mei also wanted to meet him.

Now that Aunt Mei is in a situation where she can move almost freely, unless she relapses in the future, then there will be no big problem.

Since Guorong invited, Lu Ping'an naturally would not refuse.

For most of the past half a year, Guorong has barely been in the circle, either in Bashu or taking care of Aunt Mei.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and Lu Ping'an also wants to see the current situation of Guorong.

landed in Xiangjiang, and it was Xiang Guoqiang who came to pick up the airport.

Xiang Guoqiang has been dealing with the matter of taking a stake in Golden Harvest recently.

Now Xiang Guoqiang reports, the situation is not bad.

In addition to Boss Zou's shares, the rest of the shares have been acquired by about 18%, which means that the future of Lu Ping'an's films can already directly use Golden Harvest's distribution channels.

At present, Golden Harvest is talking about cooperation with China Film, and the two sides want to establish a new company, and the purpose of China Film is also to use Golden Harvest to develop overseas distribution channels.

Lu Ping'an's approach is not in conflict with China Film, and it will only work more closely in the future.

In addition to Golden Harvest, Xiang Guoqiang's business in the mainland has also made progress.

He cooperated with Uncle Liao, and now he has bought 8 theaters in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and the land in Beijing is about to be auctioned.

The 8 theaters in it are bought separately, and the rest have negotiated several rounds of shareholding with several theater companies.

At present, the biggest obstacle in front of us is actually a policy issue.

But this kind of thing is also easy to do, after all, there is now a private cinema chain in China: Century Universal Cinema Line Company.

It's just that the company's private capital is not dominant, and the first cinema company led by private capital is Wanda.

Lu Ping'an never thought of creating a cinema company larger than Wanda.

But you have to have a cinema in your hand.

First, it is to increase the right to speak in the distribution and lay a more solid foundation for the future in the industry.

The second is to land the technology in their own hands.

It's time for the filming technology obtained by "Wonderful Night" to start landing, and Xiang Guoqiang has also registered a company in China.

Lu Ping'an's plan is to wait for the release of "Wonderful Night", and there will be at least three movie theaters in his hand that can support IMAX or 3D.

This will be a promotional point for films, as well as for cinemas and technology promotion.

In the future, Lu Ping'an will have cinemas, content output, and high-tech.

At least in terms of commercial films, his advantages in China can already be formed.

Of course, it takes time to get to where you do, and there's more to planning than that.

Lu Ping'an is not in a hurry, anyway, there are still many years before the box office explosion, so it's good to take your time.

(End of chapter)