How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 231 [Heroes] Gains and Losses

After listening to Zhao Benshan's brief introduction, Zhang Nan fell silent.

[Hero] Zhang Nan had already set his sights on this movie project.

After all, during the period at the beginning of the millennium, there were only so many major productions in the mainland in terms of quality and funding.

Originally, Zhang Nan's plan was to stuff Wu Jin or Zhou Jie into it.

But now Wu Jin has benefited Li Lian's luck in Hollywood, and also has his support.

Li Lian could hardly get along in Hollywood, but Wu Jin was like a fish in water when he was in Hollywood. It can almost be said that after firmly controlling him and Chenglong, Li Lian was the third Chinese action superstar. Be inferior to Wu Jin.

Not to mention Zhou Jie.

It's a martial arts action movie, but it's actually a literary and drama drama, and it's still a hit at the box office, and future awards will be indispensable [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon].

Directly let Zhou Jie firmly stand as a second-tier star in Hollywood.

And unlike Chenglong and Wu Jin, Zhou Jie took the route of half action, half acting.

And with Zhang Nan's support, although this road is difficult, the victory is sure.

After Zhang Nan took over the supporting role of "The Bourne Shadow" for Zhou Jie, it may be that Zhou Jie's performance in "The Bourne Shadow" is quite eye-catching.

Later, some large and medium-sized Hollywood crews came to find Zhou Jie to play some supporting roles.

If Zhou Jie keeps going according to this trend, then in another four or five years, when Zhou Jie has accumulated some fame, even without Zhang Nan's support, there will be some small and medium-sized projects for the crew, looking for Zhou Jie Go starring.

If the project is successful, then Zhou Jie can continue to move forward.

If the project fails, then Zhou Jie's leading role may be cut off, and he can only consider the development of golden supporting roles.

It can be said that Zhou Jie's path is also the career situation of most Hollywood acting actors.

So Zhou Jie and Wu Jin are doing pretty well in Hollywood at the moment, and the [Hero] project is not interesting for the two of them.

After all, although [Hero] said that the global box office is 1.77 million US dollars, it seems that the box office is very high, breaking [-] million.

But at the box office in North America, it was only a little over 5000 million U.S. dollars, and it still took the light of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

But it can only be lucky this time, because the attitude of North American audiences towards mainland directors and leading actors is not as lenient as mainland audiences.

It is reflected in the reality that Zhang Yimou's second costume blockbuster [House of Flying Daggers] has plummeted at the box office in North America, with only 100 million US dollars.

At the same time, the lead actor Li Lian's limited box office appeal in North America was squandered with "Hero".

and so--

[Hero] This project is only suitable for artists who are not yet famous and have little box office appeal, and use this project to show their face in front of the global audience.

After all, there is no box office appeal in the first place, no matter how corrupt it is, it will not be reduced.

Or it is a well-known artist who has no intention of North American and international film markets, but only wants to develop in this acre of land in the Mainland.

After all, for the mainland film and television industry at this time, a "big" production such as "Hero" released "globally" can still give itself a lot of fame.

Of course, these are all considered from the artist's point of view.

If you think about it from a project perspective, [Hero] is still a good project.

After all, it is said that there is an investment of 3000 million US dollars, so it must not be so much.

If there is really 3000 million US dollars, Zhang Nan estimates that Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou can blow towards 5000 million US dollars.

But even if it is calculated at 3000 million U.S. dollars, its global box office of 1.77 million U.S. dollars, plus copyright, peripherals...etc.

Leaving aside the income from the theater chain, the production and distribution parties together are at least a project that can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.

Zhang Nan thought a lot in his mind for a moment, but in reality it was only a few moments. From Zhao Benshan's tone at this time, Zhang Nan heard that Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping should be by his side, so he politely said: :

"Uncle Benshan, please tell a certain director and Boss Zhang of Old Picture Films that I am still interested in this project. It would be better to meet and have a careful chat."

When Zhao Benshan heard Zhang Nan's answer, he quickly agreed with a smile on his face, and hurriedly asked Zhang Nan where it would be better to set the time and place.

After all, for such a big project, he helped to make a bridge. As the director, Zhang Yimou and the investor, Zhang Weiping, no matter what, they had to recognize him as a favor.

To put it mildly, he, Zhao Benshan, was able to get a good role to play in such a major project that is second to none in the Mainland, and consolidate his position in the Mainland film industry.

When he grows up, it is also a very good contact for him to develop into the mainland film and television industry in the future.

Yes, Zhao Benshan already has the idea of ​​developing into the film and television industry in terms of sketch comedy.

After all, it’s 2001 now, and in 2002, it will produce a movie called “Liu Laogen”, and in 2003, it will even establish Zhao Benshan Media, which will become a force that cannot be ignored in the film and television industry in Northeast China and the mainland. .

In the face of Zhao Benshan's inquiry, Zhang Nan said that the location doesn't matter, but he said that the time should be as soon as possible, because he will return to Hollywood, and there are still a lot of things to do there.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Nan returned to the warm reception given by the principal of Shanghai Opera.

Maybe it was the brief parting that made the encounter even more precious. Anyway, the enthusiasm from the headmaster of the Shanghai Opera became a little more intense.

In the end, Zhang Nan couldn't bear it any longer. He felt that he just left the benefit of being an honorary professor of the Shanghai Academy of Drama today, and he didn't feel sorry for the enthusiasm of the principal of the Shanghai Academy of Drama.

In desperation, Zhang Nan made a decision that he regretted: the joint training program.

That is to say, there will be a whole group of outstanding students here in Shanghai Opera, and the mainland branch of Longbow Film and Television will select one or several of them to sign a contract from among these outstanding students after a series of inspections.

The reason for proposing such a plan is mainly because Wu Jin and Zhou Jie have basically left their teachers. Although he still needs some resources to support him, most of them are resources from Hollywood.

In his hands, the Mainland, Xiangjiang, Neon... and other connections and resources in Asia are free again.

Idle is also idle, and the principal of the Shanghai Opera is so humane, why not take advantage of the trend and play such a show in the Shanghai Opera to alleviate the wave of excessive enthusiasm from the principal of the Shanghai Opera.

then……
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Extended Rolls-Royce.

Zhang Nan, who was sitting in the back row, felt numb all over.

He really didn't expect that the joint training plan that was originally intended to reduce the enthusiasm of the headmaster of the Shanghai Opera, but after speaking out, it increased the enthusiasm of the headmaster of the Shanghai Opera.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is quite insane after seeing the headmaster's enthusiasm.

　There's another chapter at four in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)