China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 55 Fudge?Qian Jing!
On the second day after the celebration banquet, Han Sanpin came to Lu Ping'an's Xingchen Film and Television.

This was Han Sanpin's first visit to his company, and Lu Pingan showed him around.

There is nothing to visit, more than 600 square meters, about ten people, very empty, but fortunately, it has all the internal organs. A few days ago, Lu Pingan built a post-editing room and a recording room by himself. enough.

This time, "Time and Space Evil" will be edited by itself, and there is no need to continue to bother Beijing Film Studio. Xingchen Film and Television needs to grow independently.

Of course, Zhang Yifan, the big cow, and several later masters, such as art and music, were also invited by him, either to be affiliated with, or to become employees directly so that he could learn, as well as behind-the-scenes makeup and lighting. Waiting for outstanding talents is also there, adding a lot of heritage to the company.

After looking around, the two returned to Lu Pingan's own office, bought some tea, and got down to business.

Han Sanpin asked: "Ping An, what's the plan for the next movie? Do you want a big one?"

Lu Pingan nodded, took out the script that had been prepared a long time ago from the drawer, and handed it over: "There is a movie plan, please read the script first."

Han Sanpin took over the script,
Afterwards, he opened the script and was suddenly surprised: "It's still science fiction?"

"Yes, science fiction, but the cost will be a bit high."

Han Sanpin's interest also increased greatly at the moment, he stopped talking, but focused on reading the script.

Lu Pingan drank tea silently, waiting for his reaction.

Soon, after Han Sanpin finished reading the script, he first liked it.

"Not bad, it's still your style."

After giving the thumbs up, he added, "It's okay to set the world background in the future, which can avoid some problems, but the military background still needs to be blurred. It's best not to appear the city name, and blur it too..."

Han Sanpin said several things that need to be changed, and Lu Pingan wrote them down one by one.

After correcting, Han Sanpin asked again: "Do you want to add a lot of special effects this time?"

Lu Pingan smiled and replied: "Yes, but not too many. If I want to do it, I will make it the best. The special effects are not a problem, I am fully sure."

Han Sanpin asked again: "Is that Acres yours?"

Hearing this, Lu Pingan was not surprised, he could find it out if he wanted to check it out, and Lu Pingan didn't intend to hide it, his offer was at the same level as Hollywood, even with the same quality, it was much cheaper than theirs.

So even if someone thinks that Lu Ping'an is left-handed and right-handed, they can't say anything. Anyway, you get what you pay for. If they really want to find a substitute, it can only be more expensive. In addition, Xiang Guoqiang has already done it at the company level. After all the effort, I couldn't find anything tricky if I tried to check.

So he generously admitted: "It's mine, but the technology has not been fully developed yet. In the end, I still have to go to Laomei to do it."

Han Sanpin nodded. He knew that special effects were expensive. The special effects of "Heroes" were made by Americans. It was very expensive, but he had to hold his nose.

After all, there is no decent special effects team in China. If you want high-quality ones, you have to find Hong Kong, Taiwan or Hollywood to do it. Now Lu Pingan is preparing to introduce localization of Hollywood special effects. This is a good thing, and we can support it in the future if necessary.

Han Sanpin asked: "How big are you going to do this time?"

Lu Pingan reported a figure: "It may cost about 1500 to 2000 million, which is a bit big, and the market may not be able to bear it, so I am still hesitating now. I think it may be better to wait a few years."

This number looks big, but it depends on who is compared with whom.

Compared with "Hero", it is naturally not comparable, ten times the gap.

But it's high enough compared to the average movie.

And Lu Pingan has always spent a small amount of money to do big things. Han Sanpin thinks that this film has good potential, and of course if more is added, the effect will be even better.

Just hearing Lu Pingan talk about worry, Han Sanpin showed a confident smile.

He smiled and said, "Don't worry, domestic theaters will be approved in June. There are a total of 6 theaters in total. By the end of the year, it is estimated that there will be 30 to 1700 big screens. If you need to arrange films, I will help you negotiate!"

"The cinema is really coming out?"

Lu Ping'an looked surprised, after all, he was just a student, how could he know what happened in the future.

"right..."

Han Sanpin then began to explain the advantages of theater chains and traditional administrative divisions of theaters, as well as the great significance to the domestic film industry in the future.

Lu Pingan naturally knew this, but he still listened with an open mind.

And what Han Sanpin said can be summed up as follows: as long as you win the theater chain and the full support of the theater, you can break through [-] million!Of course, the premise is that the film is attractive enough, such as "blockbuster".

Most people may think that these words are mostly deceitful, that is, blowing wind in your ears, asking you to spend a lot of money to add political achievements to him.

But Lu Pingan, who actually knew what happened later, naturally didn't think so.

What Han Sanpin said now, the future has come true, and it is far beyond his imagination.

Even this year, Han Sanpin was a bit conservative in thinking about the result with the full support of the theater chain and the theater.

Judging from the current situation, can the box office of a film exceed [-] million with the full support of the theater?
In fact, this is completely achievable. The "Life and Death Choice" in 2000 was like this, directly exceeding [-] million yuan.

It's just that this film is a bit special, and everyone understands it.

When it came to "Hero", the theaters debuted, and commercialization began to officially move to the front of the stage.

The first blockbuster domestically produced, many superstars joined in, and once the investment of 3000 million US dollars came out, the roles of the film and theaters were reversed.

If you are a blockbuster movie, it is reasonable to arrange more movies, and it is even reasonable to increase the movie ticket price.

Didn't Zhang Weiping just let go later, if you don't raise the ticket price, don't increase the bill, the movie won't be shown for you!

In addition, the number of big screens has also increased a lot, and the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies has been activated on a large scale. Finally, the postponement key is added, and the most important thing is the strong support of the top, that is, China Film.

As a result, the theaters were at full capacity, and the film crew even won the movie ticket price, which increased by several dollars. The theaters' share increased from 38% to 40%. In the end, the box office went straight to 2.5 million, which was a quarter of the total box office that year. .

The industry was shocked beyond measure, so the era of blockbuster films and commercial films officially began.

So full support from above is really important.

This is also the purpose of Lu Pingan taking out this script today and pretending to hesitate.

You want me to make a blockbuster, I can do it, but you can't let me do it for nothing, you have to give me support beyond my expectations, I have to make money!
Investors of all kinds flocked to it, fans of all kinds, and advertisers all came.

None of this worked.

The key is to look up!

Well now, there is a mountain eagle attitude, although it is only a verbal promise, but if the quality of the film is guaranteed, it can be fulfilled, which means that the foundation of "blockbuster" is more than half solid, and it may return you more than you expected. result.

Lu Ping'an was basically at ease.

However, he still behaved conservatively: "If this film is really going to be done, I dare not even think about breaking the [-] million mark. If it can make it back, it will be a great success."

Han Sanpin laughed after hearing this: "Peace, be more confident, your script and your brand will be worth at least 4000 million at the box office, which is still under normal release."

This number is similar to what Lu Pingan thought. Before his two movies were said to be "released nationwide", in fact, less than 1500% of the 6 big screens in the country can really be used. The rest of the movies are the same. Feng Dapao may have more, But now, after all, it is a princely system, and many theaters don't like your kind of movies, and many of them have mission movies.

So in this case, around 4000 million is the limit for domestic films.

This is why Lu Pingan chose the current script.

Now this script, as far as the box office is 4000 million, Lu Pingan can already make a lot of money.

Because this film is said to cost 1500 to 2000 million, but he actually made it himself. If there are no high-paying stars to join in, the 500 million will not be used. The rest of the money is all for special effects.

That is to say, if the film is released according to the normal mode, and it takes 4000 to [-] million, he will lose money on the book, but in fact he has already made a huge profit.

And if you fully support it, it's even more difficult to think about.

Now it seems that there will be support, and Lu Pingan knows it well.

But he couldn't agree so quickly, so Lu Pingan said: "Uncle Han, let me think about it."

Han Sanpin is not surprised by this, after all, this is the first time for domestic film and television, and the cost is tens of millions, so it is reasonable to think more.

He continued to suggest: "If you are really afraid that it will be difficult to get back your money, my suggestion is that you find some big names, from Hong Kong and Taiwan, who have box office appeal."

Han Sanpin then talked about the benefits of finding a big name.

To put it simply: the value of big names lies not only in their box office appeal, but also in their ability to attract investment.

The former is easy to understand.

The biggest names in this era are very popular at the box office.

In particular, Xiangjiang's top stars are indeed very popular at the box office at the moment, and bad movies can pull out good box office.

With them joining, although the production cost will be much higher, the advantage is that in addition to being able to attract audiences who do not have much movie-watching habits in the mainland to enter the cinema, it can also open up more overseas markets, such as East Asia. Southeast Asia and so on.

For example, if one of the four kings joins the film, in addition to adding a gimmick in the mainland market, they can also sell high box office in their original advantageous market, and they can also negotiate for splitting accounts.

In addition, big coffee also has its own metal-absorbing properties, which is the ability to attract investment.

For a movie, big names join in, and the advertisers are actually the ones with the keenest sense of smell.

It has almost the same meaning as the later traffic stars.

Why do so many people like to find traffic stars, because they are the traffic piled up behind them.

With them joining, there is really no shortage of money. The production cost of hundreds of millions seems scary, but in reality, the film crew can't hold back their smiles. Of course, the premise is that the house doesn't collapse. . .

At present, Lu Ping'an's own signboard has a certain potential for attracting investment. If you add big-name stars, you may be able to recover a lot of production costs before the film is finalized.

In addition, the production cost of the film itself is imaginary, and the quality will be excellent. If it really finds a big name to join in, the financial situation of this film may exceed expectations again.

Of course, not any big name has this kind of appeal, there are a lot of box office poisons.

Moreover, not everyone can afford to hire top celebrities. After all, this is the initial stage of development of mainland films.

The coal bosses have not entered the market yet, and there is not much hot money in the market.

The whole country is counting on their fingers, those who can hire big names are all big directors, and big names also have to choose people.

In other words, if Lu Pingan can attract big names to join him, he will also be a big director to some extent. . .

In this regard, Lu Ping'an's attitude is actually relatively calm.

The title of "big director" is all false in his opinion.

To ensure the quality of the movie without losing money, it is actually enough to guarantee these two points.

On top of that, it depends on the situation.

For example, now, Han Sanpin has given great support and made another move, the right time, place and people are basically in place.

The next step is to see how big a problem you want to deal with.

Anyway, the cost is only 500 million. Adding a celebrity will cost a few million more at most.

The total calculation is 1000 million, and he can earn more than 3500 million at the box office. This figure has already broken his own box office record.

As for whether the box office can break through 3500 million, Lu Pingan has full confidence in the films in his hands under normal release conditions, let alone now.

So Lu Ping'an nodded and said, "Okay, I'll look for it first, and if I can find a suitable star, I'll talk to you."

"Think it over and tell me, you can do it with confidence and boldness, make the film well, and I fully support the distribution. If China Film Group can't do it, we can cooperate with other distribution companies. The significance of blockbuster films is extraordinary. We're not going to put up barriers."

Lu Pingan smiled and said, "Okay Uncle Han, I will think about it carefully."

　Thanks to the head of "Xiao Niu's brother" for the reward, thank you! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)