How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 197 Self-strategy, the most insane

1999, mid-February.

these years.

Ever since Zhang Nan made his debut with a movie called "Jingcheng Martial Arts", which raked in 4.8 million US dollars worldwide, and then went all the way out of such explosive results.

Later, the eldest brother Chenglong was added, and he rose through "Rush Hour 1" according to the path of comedy action movies in the original time and space.

Hollywood has become more enthusiastic about kung fu and action film and television projects with small and medium cost investment.

Every year, not only Hollywood tycoons, but every now and then, they always like to come out with a few movies to try their luck.

The same is true for those small and medium-sized film and television companies in Hollywood.

It's just that in each project plan, it is inevitable that Zhang Nan and Chenglong's current status will be used as a banner-most of them will be Zhang Nan.

Although so many action and kung fu-type movies were released, most of the box office was relatively mediocre.

Not to mention the big profits, even the small ones are not much, basically they just barely pay back their capital.

But there are not many big and small profits, and very few people lose money.

The entire action and kung fu film and television projects highlight a stable box office.

And this kind of stability has made Hollywood film and television companies, big and small, more favor this kind of small and medium-cost kung fu movies and action movies.

After all, sometimes, stability is not a bad thing.

Because regardless of the size of the film and television companies, every year they have to engage in project filming.

But shooting those film and television projects with unknown prospects is really not as good as shooting stable kung fu movies and action movies.

And compared to other types of film and television projects with unknown prospects.

Film and television projects of kung fu movies and action movies are not only stable, but also have the opportunity to produce miracles.

Not to mention creating a [Wuguan] series with a global average of [-] million U.S. dollars that Zhang Nanzhuo made his debut.

Even if it is the next best thing to come up with a series of "Rush Hour" by the big brother Chenglong, it will be a huge profit.

Therefore, over the years, Hollywood has produced a lot more kung fu movies and action movie projects than the original time and space.

Therefore, even though Zhang Nan helped Wu Jin, he took down [Fatal Romeo] that originally belonged to Li Lianlian.

But to be thick-skinned, it can't be regarded as stealing Li Lianlian's opportunity.

It can only be said that Zhang Nan used the hands of Li Lianhe to filter out a good project, because Zhang Nan also increased the frequency of opportunities for Li Lianlian in Hollywood in this space-time.

Barely also belongs to the equivalent exchange.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After the absence of "Fatal Romeo", Li Lianlian did rely on his own strength, and the opportunity given by Zhang Nan to expand in Hollywood, and made another "Super Master" action movie project Come out (this item is my invention).

With a box office of 500 million US dollars in North America and a total of 700 million US dollars in the world, compared to the cost of more than 1000 million US dollars, it is already a huge profit.

The most important thing is that the DVD of "Grand Master" sold very well, allowing Li Lian to continue on the road of peripheral superstars in the original time and space.

And Li Lianlian's success again has deepened the obsession of Hollywood film and television companies for action movies and kung fu movies.

Then March 22nd.

"Fatal Romeo" starring Wu Jin held its premiere in North America and officially landed in the North American film market, which can be regarded as taking over the small wave of action movies set off by Li Lian and "Super Master".

At the premiere, Zhang Nan specially attended the red carpet of the premiere in order to support the artists under his banner and to make Warner feel that the 200 million US dollars worth of money was worthwhile, and said something on the scene.

And following the popularity of Zhang Nan's guest appearance and attendance, he caught up with the small wave of action movies set off by Li Lian, and the quality of "Fatal Romeo" itself is good.

[Fatal Romeo] delivered a fairly good box office answer sheet in March, which is not a hot schedule in North America.

The first daily income was 600 million, and the North American box office grossed 400 million US dollars in a single week.

Before the final painting, [Fatal Romeo] won 5597.3 million US dollars in North America, which is almost the same as the box office performance of the original space-time - 5600 million US dollars.

This result is already very good, even higher than that of "Hero", directed by Guoshi Zhang Yimou two years later, with a box office of 5371 million US dollars in North America.

As for the global box office performance, both versions of "Fatal Romeo" are lower than the global box office of "Hero" with 1.77 million US dollars.

The box office of the original version of "Fatal Romeo" did not exceed [-] million.

And this version of "Fatal Romeo" starring Wu Jin may be affected by Zhang Nan's current influence in the global film market.

It was 9103.6 million US dollars higher than the original global box office of 2000 million US dollars, reaching a global box office of 1.11 million US dollars, successfully breaking through [-] million, and reaching an important milestone.

For both the leading actor and the director, this achievement is unknown in Hollywood, and the total investment is only 200 million US dollars in terms of project production fee after adding Zhang Nan's extra 700 million US dollars in salary.

Definitely a very good result.

Because in North America at this time, such a thing as a single film breaks 2000 million, it is generally possible for the project to invite superstars with a salary of [-] million to play the leading role, so that it has a certain chance to be realized.

only……

That's right, Zhang Nan's credit for the box office of "Fatal Romeo" exceeding [-] million yuan was placed on Zhang Nan's head again.

After all, both the lead actor and the director are newcomers, and the box office success of more than [-] million US dollars is placed on the two of them, and they can't handle it!
But after Zhang Nan was given the credit for the box office of "Fatal Romeo" exceeding [-] million yuan, a group of Hollywood film and television companies fell into deep thought.

They thought that Zhang Nan's daily salary of more than 1000 million US dollars was a bit outrageous.

If it weren't for the popularity of the [Doomsday Survival] trilogy, they would never have acquiesced to Zhang Nan's worth.

Because it's too scary and the impact is not good.

After all, Zhang Nan's guest appearance for one day, oh, it's eight hours now, and he can get more than 1000 million yuan in salary.

And the superstar leading actors worked for more than half a year, only to get a fixed salary of 2000 million.

Superstar leading actors are easy to get emotional and propose the idea of ​​increasing pay.

And some Hollywood giants felt from the bottom of their hearts that the price of Zhang Nan's guest appearance was a bit inflated.

For [Romeo Deadly], New Line for [Lord of the Rings] trilogy, DreamWorks for [Gladiator] and Paramount for [Mission: Impossible 2], Zhang Nan was paid a lot of money for guest appearances. After being taken advantage of.

Although the rest of the Hollywood moguls didn't say anything, they still wanted to ridicule them, thinking that the presidents of these companies had lost their minds.

But now seeing [Fatal Romeo]'s global box office of over [-] million, the remaining group of Hollywood executives suddenly woke up and noticed something was wrong.

It is said that people are in a daze, but projects like [Deadly Romeo] have been rotten in Hollywood in recent years.

But "Fatal Romeo" only had Zhang Nan's participation, and the global box office exceeded [-] million.

It's not like something you can do in a daze.

If they get dizzy, they also want to feel it once.

After all, the global box office has surpassed [-] million yuan this year, which is quite prestigious.

Then this group of Hollywood tycoons who didn't recognize Zhang Nan's price at first began to settle accounts in their hearts.

As a result, after calculations and calculations, I suddenly found out.

If there is Zhang Nan as a guest star, this film project will be able to stabilize the global box office of over [-] million.

Then Zhang Nan's single-day salary of more than 1000 million US dollars, although it is still a bit outrageously expensive, but it is still very fragrant.

Because the example of [Fatal Romeo] is here.

Invite Zhang Nan to play a guest role, and spend a little money to get two unknown and cheap leading actors and directors. The total investment of the project will not exceed 4000 million.

But the box office will exceed [-] million, and if you count the peripherals, it will be at least close to a profit of [-] million US dollars.

And this is not counting the benefits of a movie with a global box office of more than [-] million US dollars, which has boosted its own company's stock.

And compared to Zhang Nan’s salary of more than 1000 million US dollars, the superstars of the 2000 million salary club want more, and the success rate of the film’s box office breaking through 100 million is not as high as Zhang Nan’s—because Zhang Nan’s current movies, It is [-]% that the global box office breaks through [-] million, while others always fail.

At the same time, Zhang Nan's eight-hour work time can take away more than 1000 million US dollars in salary, which has turned from a defect to an advantage.

Because over the years, Hollywood superstars have made more and more outrageous demands on the crew.

Luxurious car, top-notch lunch, luxury service... etc., one by one, one by one treatment in the crew, are constantly requested by the superstars.

The daily cost of each item is not too much.

But after a few months of shooting time, the cost is almost tens of thousands.

This fee is almost catching up with the cost of hiring Zhang Nan.

Because Zhang Nan only has eight hours of playing time, he can only eat one meal for three meals a day, and there is no need to prepare a luxury car.

The most important thing is that the psychological comfort effect brought by Zhang Nan, the box office mascot, has been proved by so many years and so many projects.

That is getting more and more stable.

And it also comes with a good publicity effect (described in Chapter 183).

So spend some money and invite Zhang Nan.

The first advantage is that you can get psychological comfort before the project is released, or in the early stage of the release, so that you can sleep well, stabilize your mood, and relieve stress.

This is very attractive to the people in charge of the project of the producer, the director, the starring... and other main creative groups.

After all, such tens of millions of dollars of film and television projects are called medium, small, and micro projects in Hollywood, but that is for Hollywood giants.

It's really messed up, the main creative team will suffer, and it will affect their careers, so the psychological pressure of the main creative team is very high.

The second advantage is that you can add a superstar to join and increase the star power of the project's cast lineup.

The third advantage is that it has a good publicity effect.

The fourth advantage is that the story types of the project can be more diverse. After all, with the background of Zhang Nan's cameo, the leading actor can find anyone at will, instead of picking superstars with box office appeal to make up stories.

There are fifth, sixth... and so on.

　There's another chapter at four in the afternoon

　　
　
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