At first, I just wanted to make money

In the original time and space, Chen Kexin said in the interview, "I can only say that based on the investment ratio of China Film in "Voting Certificate", if the box office in the mainland is less than 1.5 million, everyone will lose money, so basically I knew the box office with my eyes closed at the time." It will not be lower than 1.5 million, and China Film Group will not let it lose money. I don't know how much it can make. '

Where is China Film's control?
First of all: China Film has the right to distribute imported films, so if the theaters are not scheduled well, they will not be able to get copies of imported films...

Secondly, Han Dong's personal courage...

The cinema is willing to believe him!
Of course, the "Certificate of Voting" still lost money.

Because overseas copyright income is very low...

Especially in North America!

In North America, "Certificate of Fame" was screened, and the word of mouth was poor, and the final closing price was 12 US dollars...

Chen Kexin didn't believe in evil, and later "Martial Arts" and "Blood Droplets" appeared again...

To make matters worse, "Martial Arts" was only available for three days, at $1.1, and "Blood Droplets" was only available for one day, at $5200...

The reason is very simple - foreigners will definitely not buy into the genre of realism and heavy drama. Others have a lot of them themselves. The only factor that can attract foreigners to watch is Chinese kung fu and martial arts.

Therefore, it is impossible for Shen Xudong to invest...

"If you can convince Li Lianlian, you can still attract at least 4000 million US dollars in investment..."

Qin Hong is more concerned about the income: "Can I make money?"

Shen Xudong thought about it, and then said: "It's a bit difficult. If the market can accommodate it, most of the big productions will have a high box office. However, with an investment of 4000 million US dollars, the domestic box office can be up to [-] million at most, and it depends on overseas production. , overseas...no one can grasp it!"

Chen Kexin interjected: "In many places overseas, the income of theaters has actually been used to recover promotional fees, and many people don't even watch the box office! If we want to please foreigners, we will shoot some less imaginary things, as well as the European and American markets. It is possible to double the box office in the Mainland..."

"..."Certificate of Voting Names" cannot be false!"

After a pause, Shen Xudong persuaded: "If you want to shoot "Certificate of Fame", you should convince Li Lianlian first... As long as he is willing to act, the rest will be easy!"

"...We still need to find Zhongying!"

"...Well, we need the support of China Film Group."

Chen Kexin nodded...

Shen Xudong didn't need to remind me of this!

In fact, not only him, but many Hong Kong companies and blockbuster films all want to cooperate with China Film Group.

Because everyone has seen that China Film Group was able to make a movie that sold at the box office in Hong Kong and other parts of the world like that, and make it so profitable in mainland China. Everyone thinks that China Film Group’s power is invincible...

Therefore, including Zhu Yanping and Zhou Xingchi, they all started to cooperate with China Film Group - "Slam Dunk" and "Yangtze River No. [-]" are both released by China Film Group!
……

After chatting for a while, the food was served and we ate first.

"Actually, I wrote a script before, which I borrowed from "The New Distress"..."

"Oh, what's it called?"

"It's called Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves..."

Shen Xudong briefly talked about the outline of the story of "Riding the Wind and Waves".

He wasn't worried at all that Chen Kexin would write down this story in advance!
The story outline of "Riding the Wind and Waves" is nothing new, the core is the father and son's struggle to reconciliation...

Nothing more than the use of time travel elements...

In fact, "Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves" completely "borrowed" from "New Brothers and Difficult Brothers", otherwise, why would there be Ma Huateng as a character?

Isn't it because there is Li Ka-shing in "New Difficult Brothers"!

Chen Kexin nodded after hearing this idea: "...that's very good, why not do it?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I calculated that the cost is just stuck at around 2000 million, plus the publicity, that's 3500 million... It takes [-] million to get back the cost, so forget it, the risk is too great..."

"That's right, the current movie market doesn't give medium investment movies a chance at all!"

Chen Kexin nodded: "...and the mainland audience's understanding of blockbuster movies... I am very upset. Before the release of "If Love", I communicated with many reporters. They all said that this movie is not like a blockbuster movie. I said that I have already spent 8000 yuan. Ten thousand yuan, and there are three stars, but they still think this is not a blockbuster...

They told me that "The Promise" is the blockbuster.Calculated using Hong Kong’s set of blockbuster rules: my three stars are all bigger than the stars of "The Promise", including Zhang Xueyou, Kaneshiro Takeshi, and Chi Zhenxi, and they are definitely more expensive than the combined price of Xie Tingfeng, Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Dongjian, and Hiroyuki Sanada.Korean actors are cheap, and Japanese actors are even cheaper, as cheap as 100 million will do.

At this stage, the most expensive is Hong Kong, and the more expensive ones are Hong Kong actors who have gone to the United States. "

"I understand now: the rules in the mainland are the opposite. Hong Kong has a star system, and the audience will always go to the stars, but the mainland is just the opposite, a director-centered system."

"After "The Promise" was released, there were 11 halls in a theater, and none of the halls were reserved for me overnight."

Qin Hong explained embarrassingly: "Xingmei Theaters still needs to listen to China Film..."

Shen Xudong concluded: "For the Lunar New Year holiday, you must first conquer the theaters, because in December, no matter what kind of movie is made, as long as the theaters open will sell it. There are so many movies and so few theaters, how do we conquer theater managers? , the theater manager has confidence in you, and your movie has already sold money."

"...Anyway, I understand now!"

Chen Kexin continued: "Actually, I don't believe in the appeal of celebrities. I will never believe that if you find someone to act, it will bring you tens of millions or hundreds of millions of box office. But I believe that stars will cause a lot of trouble." topic."

"In fact, I received a lot of scripts, but they are all quite difficult! It is very difficult to make a movie in the Mainland, because you want to make money from movies, and under the premise that the investment is not high, you must stand out. If you stand out, there will be sensitive areas But the main theme of the censorship is that it is better not to have topics, not to be controversial, and only shoot some safe subjects..."

……

Chen Kexin said a lot...

The angle is also right.

He is a very smart person, and his smartness lies in his attitude towards movies - if you look at his resume, there are almost no bad movies directed by him, which can be said to have a bad movie rate of 0.

Unfortunately, he can only adapt to the rules, it is impossible to create new rules, plus the identity of an outsider...

So, he made films that he didn't quite believe for a while!

But... If you only make movies that the audience likes and hide your own thoughts, what's the point of making the movies?

Later, simply run out.

Very interesting person...

Of course, no matter how interesting it is, the screenwriter's fee will also be paid--the script fee of "Certificate of Fame" is 150 million, no discounts, and no dividends!

In addition, it is impossible for Shen Xudong to invest in the "Certificate of Investment", let alone let the company participate in the investment...

Why invest when you know you will lose money?

Chen Xi didn't understand: "With Li Lianlian, why are you worried about the overseas market? I heard that "Fearless" earned more than 6000 million US dollars from overseas copyright sales alone?"

""Huo Yuanjia" is a pure action film..." Shen Xudong explained: ""Courtesy of Fame" is not quite like Li Lianlian's play. Li Lianlian's play, which is popular overseas, has a certain state, that is, it is played from beginning to end, and You can't have things that are too deep.

His overseas audience - we are not racist, many fans are black, or relatively grassroots, absolutely not interested in Chinese culture, those people just like to watch and fight, so "Certificate of Voting" is definitely not popular ! "

"...Then you still recommend it to Chen Kexin?"

"It doesn't cost me money, this theme can be easily made into a boutique at first sight!"