At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 681 Arriving in the United States
Many people ridiculed Huayi Brothers' strategy of de-filming, thinking that they are not doing business properly, and a company that started out with films actually de-filmed it?

In fact, from a capital perspective, there is nothing wrong with this strategy.

The strategy of de-filmization was proposed in 2014. At that time, the film market was 296 billion, and Hollywood imported films accounted for half...

The most ideal idea, the market's annual increase of 20%...

Then by 2018, it can rise to 600 billion.

However, according to the "China-US Film Memorandum", after February 2017, there will be renegotiations, and there is a high probability that the quota for imported films will continue to be expanded.

In other words, the upper limit of Chinese-language movies is only 300 billion!
According to Huang Zhongjun's words: half of this plate is for American blockbusters, and the remaining half is divided among so many domestic film companies.So we have to transition, just say there are a few movies, it doesn't make sense.

Then, in 2015, the market value of Huayi Brothers once approached [-] billion!

It shows that the secondary market is also optimistic about Huang Zhongjun's strategy.

It's just that no one expected that the Chinese film market would grow all the way, approaching 2015 billion in 450 and exceeding 2018 billion in 600...

The box office of a single film can explode to 50 billion!
It will not be so easy for the Huayi Brothers to regain their leading position in the film industry!

Shen Xudong's idea is very simple, to make movies and TV series, and if there is a chance, make PPTV one of the growth video platforms.

He never thought about doing anything else.

Oh, games don't count...

The game "Wulin Biography" brought more than 2 million revenue to the company;

Afterwards, the game "Zhao Zilong" jointly developed by Perfect...was launched last year, not counting as a blockbuster, with a monthly turnover of about 2000 million;
By the way, there is also "Three Kingdoms Killing", "Three Kingdoms Killing" is made by the game development company under the company, and it is released through PPTV...

Page tour!

PPTV has 1000 million registered users, which are channeled through video platforms.

At present, the company has not intervened in the development of PPTV. Anyway, it has bought thousands of episodes of exclusive broadcasting rights of film and television dramas, and the copyright fees distributed are enough for PPTV to operate for several years.

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"You can do what you want, but you must pass the quality test. After all, "Wulin Biography" is the sentiment of many viewers...I suggest joining Liu Zhixian..."

"That's Louzhi County..."

"Where do you go to find a famous Lou?"

At the airport, Shen Xudong received a call from Chen Xi, who wanted to make a movie version of "Wulin Biography"...

In fact, it's not that she wants to do it, it's the audience's enthusiastic request.

Then gather the original cast and make a movie!

"A big star with the surname Liu? Andy Lau?"

"Is Liu Qingyun not good? Liu Ye is not good?"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong thought of something: "Let Ning Caishen be the producer and director..."

"Let's use Shang Jing as the director...he's been very embarrassed these few years."

Well, Shang Jing has indeed encountered a career bottleneck in the past few years...

It's not a bottleneck, but the subsequent works, "Front and Back of the House", "Wonderful Imagination", "Story of the Cooking Class 3", "Six People in the City", "Story of the Health Team", "Invincible Three-legged Cat"...

All responses were mediocre.

Therefore, letting him direct the movie version of "Wulin Biography" is an opportunity for him to prove himself.

But... In the original time and space, the movie version of "Wulin Biography" was quite a failure...

In the original "Wulin Biography" big movie, it can be seen that the director is a bit selfish and put too much energy on the performance of martial arts scenes and camera show off.

I feel that director Shang Jing is not trying to amuse everyone, but to show that he is capable of making movies...

The beginning of the film is a dazzling aerial parkour, and it lasts for 4 minutes!

In fact, it is not necessary, it is neither novel nor good-looking, it will be easier to design funny scenes if it is changed to running on the street.

"Don't show off your skills, just make it into a sitcom, and don't change the tone..."

"Change color?"

"Just pass it on to the crew as I said!"

This thing is also the place Shen Xudong hates in his memory...

In the movie version, the color tone becomes brighter, the scenery is richer, and the panorama of the town appears, but the pace is fast, so fast that people can't remember that this is a play that should be slow...

To be honest, are you better than Xu Ke in filming pure fighting?

Are you better than Zhang Yimou in setting?

Use your own weaknesses to attack the other's strengths, why bother?
In fact, "Wulin Biography" is naturally not suitable for making a movie!

Because there is no way for movies to throw burdens as frequently as soap operas. Movies have to tell a complete story, but the charm of "Wulin Biography" lies in the constant throwing of burdens...

It was originally a leisurely leisurely piece, if it is not brought to speed up and turned into a fast-paced sketch, this one will not be playable, and the most important art and charm in it will be lost, and it feels nondescript.

But... the same sentence, as long as the quality passes the line, the box office can easily exceed [-] million!

Feelings are precious!
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Brad Peyton is the director recommended by Dwayne Johnson, and most of his previous works were TV series.

I have also made films, mostly independent productions.

In the beginning, I also wanted to rely on horror films to make a name for myself. In 02, I filmed "Evelyn the Devilish Girl", but unfortunately, this film failed!

But it also won him the opportunity to practice in Hollywood, entered the Warner Studios, and served as an assistant director in various crews...

I also met a lot of people!
Dwayne Johnson met at this time.

The core character of "The Evil Man" is the gangster played by Dwayne Johnson, and he is also one of the producers, so of course he has the right to recommend the director.

Mark Wahlberg is an unsolicited…

According to Joseph, Dwayne Johnson took Mark Zuckerberg to watch the original version of "The Wicked Man". Mark Wahlberg had a lot of ideas about the criminal police of the serious crime team code-named "Mad Dog"...

Thus, the formation of the behind-the-scenes team was completed!
So... who will play the serial murderer?

The most reasonable choice is of course Kevin Spacey, who looks like a perverted killer!

But he is very expensive, and...he is an Oscar winner, a first-line star, let others play such a role?

play?

Joseph Drake recommended Jesse Eisenberg, formerly the lead actor in The Fault in Our Stars…

The starring lineup is assembled, the director is also in place, the preliminary preparations are going well, the filming was originally scheduled to start in March, and then the investment company disappeared...

It's not gone, the New Line logo is still retained, but the investment in "The Evil Man" is gone. Fortunately, Wonderful Studio has filled the vacancy.

Dwayne Johnson and Brad Peyton have conflicting views on Shen Xudong...

On the one hand, knowing that he is very powerful, in just two years, he has successfully planted his flag in Hollywood with Wonderful Studio, becoming an independent film company that cannot be underestimated;
on the other hand…

Worry about his strong character.

Previously, Wonderful Studio was only a co-producer. Although Joseph was also a producer, he was more of a co-producer and did not interfere with the shooting...

It's different now. Miracle Studio has become the independent film of "The Story of the Evil Man", and Shen Xudong has the exclusive power. He is qualified to transform "The Story of the Evil Man".

If there are disagreements, who will the crew listen to?

It can only be said that they thought too much. After Shen Xudong arrived in the United States, he first talked with Christine and Amanda Seyfried for a week, and then met with Susan Collins to discuss "The Hunger Games" creation.

On April 4th, I also attended the US premiere of "The King of Kung Fu"...

I didn't go to the shooting scene of "The Evil Man" at all.

(End of this chapter)