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Chapter 950 Movies (4300+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Dai's Restaurant!

Wu Jianye and Han Heping sat together again, this time still discussing the investment in Wu Jianye's new movie.

When Han Heping just became the deputy director of Yan Film Factory, Wu Jianye had already told him that he would support his work, but after hearing about the investment in his new movie, Han Heping also needed to go to Yan Film Factory. management to discuss.

Now that Wu Jianye's new movie is ready to be approved, it's natural to ask Han Heping what he means!

"Director Wu, isn't this investment a little too exaggerated?" After seeing the investment in Wu Jianye's new movie, Han Heping was still shocked by the investment even though he had made sufficient preparations!
1 billion!
It's not RMB, it's US dollars!
Now, in the history of the country, the film with the highest production cost on record is "Eternal Night", which is currently being screened nationwide!
Even so, the investment in this film is just over US$50 for "The Last Emperor"!

The investment of "Eternal Night" has been increasing in the later stage, and the final shooting cost is fixed at 2650 million US dollars.

However, this is a two-part movie. In fact, the movie with the highest production cost in the country before that was still the 2600 million movie "The Last Emperor"!
Although the later publicity also increased a lot of funds, it is still far from the [-] million US dollars that Wu Jianye said now!

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "The investment for this film will be made later. I'm not sure if there will be additional investment, but that's all for the investment now. It depends on whether Yan Film Studio is interested in it or not!"

After entering 1995, the central bank adjusted the exchange rate between RMB and US dollar again, which was slightly higher than last year, 8.351 RMB to 1 US dollar!

In other words, the investment in Wu Jianye's new film will exceed 8 million RMB!

What is the concept of 8 million yuan in Huaxia at this time? The giant building of Shi Juren in Baidao has 70 floors, and the total cost is only 12 billion yuan!

Now Wu Jianye wants to spend 8 million to shoot a movie!
Not necessarily enough!

If this data does not give you an intuitive understanding, you can refer to the film production cost of Zhang Yimou who opened up the blockbuster era!
The production cost of Zhang Yimou's first real domestic blockbuster "Hero" was about 2.5 million, while the production cost of Chen Kaige's "The Promise" was 3.4 million.
Han Heping smiled wryly: "Director Wu, you really gave me a problem!"

Wu Jianye smiled and didn't say anything, waiting for Han Heping's answer. For Wu Jianye, it doesn't make much sense whether Yan Film Factory invests or not. He only agreed to Yan Film Factory to help Han Heping Investment only.

After thinking for a while, Han Heping said, "Director Wu, according to the information I got, the domestic box office of the movie "Eternal Night" has exceeded 1.2 million! The global box office has also exceeded 5000 million US dollars! "

"Eternal Night" has been released in China for more than two weeks, and the box office has officially exceeded 1.2 million. The global box office has also increased significantly because the movie has been released in North America.

But it is undeniable that the movie "Eternal Night" is too rich in Chinese culture, so the box office in North America has set a new low for Wu Jianye in the first week since the movie "The Love of Ghosts" was released. .

But even so, the global box office revenue of 5000 million US dollars is already a very impressive movie box office revenue.

According to the data released by Tangting Culture, Tangting Culture’s domestic box office share is 5:5 with Fengge Cinemas and other theaters, while overseas box office, Tangting Culture is mainly with Xiangjiang’s Fengge Media, North American’s The distribution contract signed by Phantom Pictures, the box office split is also 3.5:6.5!

According to the calculation based on this account sharing model, in more than two weeks, the box office share between Tangting Culture and the domestic Fengge cinema line is 6000 million, and the overseas box office share is 1750 million US dollars!
Total: 2.614 million RMB.

The actual production cost of "Eternal Night" is 2.213 million.

Already paid back!The release cycle of a movie is two months, plus the movie "Eternal Night" is still two parts. If the income and peripherals of the next movie are added, "Eternal Night" will become a cultural center for the family. Bring at least 5 million in revenue!

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Anyway, I've already given you the investment share. It's up to you Yanying Studio to join or not!"

Han Heping gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Investment, we will invest even if we sell everything. You were already very pessimistic about the last movie, and the return on investment ratio was doubled. This time we will keep up with everything."

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Okay, since you agree to invest, then let's find a time and sign the contract!"

Han Heping sneered: "Mr. Wu, didn't you say before that you can contact Standard Chartered Bank to provide a loan for our Yan Film Studio?"

Yan Film Studio would definitely not be able to afford the investment. It happened that Wu Jianye had promised Han Heping that Standard Chartered Bank could provide loans if Yan Film Factory needed it.

This is also the way out for Han Heping!
Wu Jianye nodded indifferently, and said, "Yes, but how much is Yan Film Studio planning to invest?"

Even if Wu Jianye fell in love with the resources of Yan Film Factory, it is impossible for Standard Chartered Bank to provide loans to Yan Film Factory.

Han Heping was not greedy, and said: "1 million US dollars, just as I said before, use the film library and land of Yan Film Studio as collateral!"

Wu Jianye smiled, the land of Yanying Film Factory will be a golden egg in the future, and said with a smile: "No problem, you can contact the Standard Chartered Bank of Yanjing tomorrow!"

After talking about this matter, Han Heping asked some questions about Wu Jianye's new movie. The most important thing is that the unprecedented [-] million US dollars was spent there!
special effects!

Still special effects!
After listening to Wu Jianye's description, Han Heping looked at Wu Jianye with some doubts, and said, "Mr. Wu, will special effects in movies really play such a big role in the film industry in the future?"

Wu Jianye nodded, and said firmly: "The use of special effects will become the mainstream of the film market in the future. If the film industry in our country can't hurry up and invest in special effects research, it will be impossible to overtake on curves!"

"If you look at the current Hollywood movies, those that can achieve perfect international success can basically be divided into two types. One is their action blockbusters, and the other is their science fiction films. In our country, they are actually science fiction films. As for Xianxia movies, the Xianxia movies here include the previous "Eternal Night" and movies like "New Dragon Inn."

"Xianxia movies are the bottom line of Chinese movies, while sci-fi movies represent the upper limit of Chinese movies!"

In the end, Wu Jianye concluded.

"What about mainstream movies?" Han Heping asked.

For Han Heping, mainstream movies mean many things!

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Mainstream movies mean the conscience of Chinese movies!"

"The conscience of Huaxia movies?" Han Heping repeated, and then looked at Wu Jianye suspiciously.

"Yes, there are many kinds of mainstream movies. There are those currently being prepared by Yan Film Studio, and there are also military-themed movies. In the future, movies will become one of the most mainstream pastimes for ordinary people. Whether you want to admit it or not, when the future When life is filled with more and more things, ordinary people are no longer willing to understand the things of our nation as they are now, and they may have more, in their view, more practical pursuits.”

"At this time, the film actually takes on a part to let ordinary audiences understand our country's history and culture, such as our country's soldiers!"

"I remember that when we were young, everyone was proud of being a soldier, but now? Although some people still have this idea, more young people have no such idea. At this time they Their idols have become those successful businessmen, but the status of soldiers has a different view in their hearts. If we film workers can make excellent military movies and war-themed movies, we can better serve Young people create the image of those good soldiers."

"Even some university professors no longer believe that our soldiers can become the best soldiers in the world. Do you still think they can better educate their students?"

Wu Jianye's words are not aimless. In fact, in later generations, ordinary people will only think of our army when disaster strikes, but in ordinary life, few people mention it anymore.

When Super Girl was at its peak in 2004, there were girls who thought they were high-ranking entertainers and looked down on the people's soldiers.

Later, when Wu Yan filmed "Wolf Warrior 2", many public figures and university professors came out to express their opinions, thinking that there were many unreasonable things in the movie and a series of news.

Here, Wu Jianye agrees very much with what Wu Yu said in the interview. How can an American soldier in a Hollywood blockbuster be able to do anything in a movie? If he switches to a Chinese movie, there must be so many sayings up!
Sometimes, the more knowledgeable a person is, the more bent his knees are!

This is why in the history of China, every time a dynasty changes, the civil servants are often the first to kneel down!

"Just like the main theme movies we are shooting now, although the quality is not a problem, it is impossible to compare with movies like "Eternal Night" in terms of box office!" Han Heping said.

Wu Jianye nodded and said: "Yes, movies still have certain limitations after all. For example, the most important thing in movies is entertainment, and the movies you shoot are often the most scarce entertainment. Now Chinese people choose They still watch such movies, and once the lives of ordinary people become more colorful and there are more optional entertainment activities, the living space of such movies will be even smaller!"

Han Heping smiled wryly: "No wonder you said that mainstream movies are the conscience of a country's film industry. It turns out that such a conscience means less money!"

How many people are willing to invest in such a movie if they earn less money and may even lose money!
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "It's not that mainstream movies must make less money or lose money. As long as you can tell the story well, even mainstream movies can create box office myths!"

Movies like "The Founding of a Nation" that are piled up with stars cannot be counted in this ranks.

However, films such as the "Wolf Warrior" series, "Operation Red Sea" and "Operation Mekong" in later generations can actually be classified as the main theme films, but these films also achieved unprecedented success at the box office.

Han Heping smiled and said, "Then Director Wu, are you interested in making such a movie?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Maybe there will be such an opportunity in the future!"

The two chatted for a long time, and when they left Dai's Restaurant, it was already past ten o'clock at night.

On the second day, the leader of Yan Film Factory approached Standard Chartered Bank and applied for a loan.

With Wu Jianye saying hello, the loan of 1000 million US dollars was quickly approved.

This batch of loans was directly transferred to the independent account of Wu Jianye's new film, and Tangting Culture also transferred its investment share to the account of the new film.

As for the share of the movie "Eternal Night", we have to wait!

In the absence of an online payment platform, all viewers who want to watch movies must go to the theater to buy movie tickets.

On the theater side, they will choose to make statistics every half a month, or once a month, and hand over the exclusive fees and taxes to the state, then keep their own part, and hand over the rest to the theaters.

After receiving the money, the theater chain will keep the money belonging to the theater chain at a fixed time every month, and then hand over the remaining money to the settlement center of China Film Corporation. As for why it is handed over to China Film Corporation, it is because The main distribution company is China Film, because China Film starts with the Chinese character and has sufficient authority, which is equivalent to finding an authoritative third party to do the settlement work.

If ordinary distribution companies do not want to sign with China Film Group, there is actually no problem, but it will be a very troublesome thing to sign separate settlement contracts with all the theater companies of the national release company.

However, Tangting Culture is not worried about this kind of trouble. At the same time, there are not as many distribution companies in China as in later generations, only Tangting Culture is one, but now the country is preparing to issue another distribution license.

If it is Tangting Culture, at this time, Tangting Culture has actually received the money, but for other film companies, there are still several processes to wait.

Because after the money arrives at China Film's settlement center, it will be settled and a slight settlement fee will be charged at the same time. However, the money will be kept here for a long time.

Because the release time of the current film is basically more than two months, it is possible that the money for the first ten days has already arrived in the account, and the money for the next 20 days will arrive in the account next month, and there will be one after another in the middle, and there will be some sporadic supplementary reports. box office, so the settlement center will not settle with the main distributor immediately, and the money will not be transferred to the account of the main distributor until six months after the film is released. If the film chooses to extend the release time, it will actually choose Extended settlement time.

After the main distribution company gets the funds, there will still be a lot of steps to go. As Tangting Culture regards movie promotion as an important form in the movie industry, some companies really want to sell their movies after making movies. There is no money for promotion and publicity, and at this time the main publishing company bears the cost of promotion and publicity, and the money should be paid to the main publishing company first.

This includes not only the promotional expenses advanced by the main distribution company, but also the distribution agency fees, which is why if a movie loses money, the production company loses the most money.

By the time the final money reaches the producer, it has been six months since the movie was released, and this does not include the time spent on crew building and filming.

(End of this chapter)