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Chapter 202 New Mode

"But if I want to film the martial arts Jianghu I want on the premise of ensuring the box office, I should still be somewhat sure." He is particularly confident.

Anyway, when I remade "Shushan", I encountered Waterloo again.

Teacher Su didn't dampen his confidence, and said: "Confidence is a good thing, if you want to know what the world I want.

In fact, this definition is very broad, because the rivers and lakes can be happy and enmity, or it can be selfish and the law of the jungle that lives for oneself.

I want to present this kind of colorful martial arts arena, just what I told you last night.

You have to have your own exploration, and don't stick to Hu Jinquan's kind, conveying the romance and chicness of martial arts movies in a natural artistic conception.

It is to create joyful grievances and vengeance in the fantastic and magnificent special effects and dazzling fighting, no longer stick to the tradition, but should be as unrestrained as a powerful and unconstrained style. "

"Indeed, if you want to get rid of traditional martial arts, you must add new elements." Tsui Hark deeply agrees with Teacher Su's point of view.

Teacher Su went on to say: "At the same time, the world of martial arts should not only be men, but should also be given to the world of women, so that women will not lose their glory in this world of swords, lights and swords, and give them a new kind of beauty in the women in your lens. in life.

Breaking out of the shackles of tradition and exuding an unprecedented charm is even more interesting than the shirtless, knife-holding chopping of only men.

Not only do you have to radically transform the traditional world of martial arts, but you also need to transform the Chinese female group in the traditional impression, so that they can perform a new life in your camera, and give your martial arts arena a new vitality! "

Tsui Hark was enlightened when he heard it, and he also had the feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds and mists.

Suddenly, it felt like it was too late to meet Mr. Su.

Because what Mr. Su said was exactly what he hadn't thought of before. Although he knew to give martial arts a new vitality, he didn't know how to do it.

"Mr. Su, listening to your words is really better than reading ten years of books." Tsui Hark has been convinced by Teacher Su's words, "If you want to come to make a movie, I guess we will all look up to you."

Of course, this is a joke, because it is impossible that if you know more, you will be able to do well.

This can only be regarded as a compliment.

Teacher Su smiled: "I don't know how to make movies. If I knew how to make movies, I guess I would have already made movies. I'm just a businessman. Since I'm a businessman, if anything is in my eyes, I naturally want to make movies." Find a way to maximize its benefits.

It's like a movie. Although I'm not shooting it, I will consider whether certain lines or the acting skills of a certain character will affect the movie. "

"But your understanding of martial arts really amazes me. I feel that I have already figured out what kind of martial arts I want." Tsui Hark stroked his mustache, with a sincere expression on his face.

However, he didn't know that his luck had been taken away by Mr. Su.

What Mr. Su said is all his experience that he didn't know came to an end after a few movies on the street.

"By the way, are you interested in joining DreamWorks?" Teacher Su asked with a smile.

Tsui Hark was startled, he didn't expect Teacher Su to be so direct.

Teacher Su didn't wait for him to come back, and continued, "Although I don't have a theater right now, I told you last night that no matter who the director is, we won't interfere with his creation, and it doesn't even matter if the movie hits the street."

"Uh..." Tsui Hark really didn't have the idea of ​​joining DreamWorks, especially now that Mr. Su doesn't even have theaters. If he joins, it is estimated that the film will not be released.

Directors, not only for food, they also want to produce more works to prove themselves.

It's like many actors nowadays, holding back their energy and wanting to prove themselves.

The deeper reason is that there is too much competition in the industry. If you don't work hard, you will be eliminated by more and more hardworking people.

After all, when the times eliminate you, you don't even say a word.

Even if I hit it off with Mr. Su, it is impossible to join DreamWorks after chatting twice.

He smiled: "Mr. Su, if you let me join your DreamWorks, although you will offer generous conditions, but you don't have theaters.

Moreover, I am not familiar with those major cinema chains. If a movie is made, it may be difficult to release it. You may not be able to make up for this shortcoming in a while. "

Teacher Su nodded: "Although I have no friendship with the theater, but Zhou Jianren, you or Shi Nansheng, all have friendship with Boss Lei, right?"

"Uh……"

"What I can provide is to give you a superior creative environment, and at the same time maximize your rights, such as what movie you want to make, what actors to hire, and distribution, we will find someone to talk to, you just need to make your movie Just do it."

Teacher Su said: "And you don't have to be controlled by others, to make movies that you don't like, such as "Best Partner", the publicity and distribution are handled by DreamWorks, and DreamWorks is also responsible for the investment.

At the same time, when it comes to dividends, I will not continue to divide accounts unfairly like New Art City.

I told you last night that DreamWorks will not rely on the box office, that is to say, we will not rely too much on the box office to split the accounts, because the box office split will become very complicated.

The total box office has to be shared with the theaters first, and then the producer will share the remaining money with the investors, right? "

"Yes, this is how movie dividends are distributed now." Tsui Hark nodded.

Teacher Su went on to say: "This kind of dividend, if you add high-paid actors, then the filmmakers and the filmmakers will feel that they are losing money, and everyone will end up unhappy."

"Mr. Su, I would like to ask, you have repeatedly mentioned that you do not rely on the box office, so where do you earn your income?" Tsui Hark asked.

Teacher Su smiled: "If I said, if you don't join my company, wouldn't it be a big loss for me?"

Of course, if this pattern unfolds, then others will know about it, it's just a matter of time.

"I take the liberty, this is indeed a commercial secret." Tsui Hark did not continue to ask, he was just curious about where Teacher Su's confidence in not relying solely on the box office came from.

"But you and I hit it off right away, so it doesn't matter if I tell you." Teacher Su changed the subject, "I have three methods in total, let's talk about the first one first."

"Appreciate further details."

"First, in the first week of a movie's release, DreamWorks can collect 80% of the box office, and the theater can only collect 20%.

In this way, DreamWorks can take advantage of the popularity of the film to recover the cost as soon as possible.

As the film's release time becomes longer, DreamWorks will receive less and less box office.

The second and third weeks are around 60%.

By the fourth week it might be only 20%.

The advantage of this model is that DreamWorks can recover the production costs of blockbuster movies as soon as possible, thus effectively reducing the risk of the producers making big movies.

As for the theater, if the blockbuster is attractive enough to attract fans even in the fourth and fifth weeks of the film's release, then the theater can also get a good profit.

Of course, this requires a good movie, and it also depends on whether the theater agrees to this agreement. " Teacher Su talked eloquently.

This model is actually very difficult to work, but you still have to fool what should be fooled.

Then, Teacher Su said: "In addition to this model, DreamWorks naturally has other models. If you are interested, why not join DreamWorks..."

Tsui Hark: "..."

(End of this chapter)