How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 310 [A World Without Thieves] and [Kung Fu]

Zhang Nan originally thought that after sending Zhang Weiping away, Zhou Xingxing's [Kung Fu] would come next.

As a result, a "Cheng Yaojin" suddenly appeared on the way - a Chinese-American king and Feng Xiaogang came to visit.

"An investment of 3000 million yuan!"

Zhang Nan raised his brows and looked at the three of them with feigned surprise, "You are quite courageous. You are no less courageous than Zhang Weiping last year."

"Where is it? You praise it."

Mr. Wang appropriately opened his mouth to Zhang Nan and smiled modestly: "Compared with Mr. Zhang from the old scene, we Chinese are still a little less interesting. He started out as a [Hero] with a production fee of 3600 million yuan. , and then came "House of Flying Daggers" with a production fee of [-] million US dollars. It can't be compared, it can't be compared at all."

Listening to the Chinese-American boss mention "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" in his mouth, his tone was slightly sour.

Zhang Nan knows that the curtain of the mainland blockbuster era has been completely lifted.

Next, with the continuous development of the mainland film market, the mainland film market industry will become more and more prosperous, and gradually grow into an existence that can compete with North America, the world's largest film market.

"However, according to the current situation in the mainland, your investment of 3000 million yuan will have to triple to reach a box office of 9000 million yuan. If this number is rounded, it can be said to be a box office of [-] million yuan.

And I see that with this theme of yours, not to mention the global box office, even the box office in Asia is a bit high. "

Zhang Nan pointed out the huge box office potential defect of the project "A World Without Thieves"-"A World Without Thieves" can't follow the way of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers", which are released globally.

Of course, the big and small kings of Chinese descent knew about the situation of [A World Without Thieves], but when they heard Zhang Nan mentioning it, they subconsciously looked at Feng Xiaogang.

Feng Xiaogang clenched his fists and said, "Director Zhang, I am confident that [A World Without Thieves] will get back its money. Even if it can't, it won't lose a lot."

Feng Xiaogang has been at his peak in recent years and has directed many box office hits.

比如3600万人民币票房的【甲方乙方】、4300万人民币票房的【不见不散】、3300万人民币票房的【没完没了】、3000万人民币票房点【一声叹息】、4200万人民币票房的【大腕】。

The cumulative personal box office has exceeded 1.84 million yuan, reaching [-] million yuan.

Although its profit contribution to Chinese Americans did not reach 5000 million yuan, it definitely exceeded [-] million yuan.

So even if this wave of Feng Xiaogang completely missed, the Chinese can only be regarded as a big wound, not to the point of injury, after all, it is only an investment of 3000 million yuan.

As long as Feng Xiaogang performs normally and earns tens of millions of RMB at the box office, the Chinese will lose tens of thousands of RMB at most. But if Feng Xiaogang performs exceptionally, the Chinese will rise completely.

With this kind of gamble, if you lose, it won't hurt much, but if you win, you will have the opportunity to take off directly. The Chinese king only hesitated a little and then settled down.

"So - now that you have confidence and investment, why are you still coming to my place?" Zhang Nan asked with some confusion.

Mr. Wang, a Chinese-American, answered at this time: "Although this subject matter has some limitations, we still want to try to see a large-scale release in Asia, so..."

After hearing this, Zhang Nan understood.

Chinese Americans are determined to win "A World Without Thieves" at the box office in Asia.

"To be honest, this matter is quite difficult to handle. After all, the subject matter of this movie is here. If you force it on, it will take a lot of effort and money. But we are all old acquaintances. Let's start with a large-scale screening in Asia. For a moment, if the effect is good, then the scale can naturally be increased, if the effect is mediocre, then..."

After Zhang Nan said this, there was actually a reversal in the follow-up, but the Chinese Mr. Wang quickly answered: "Thank you, Director Zhang, for your help."

Then, the three of them chatted with Zhang Nan for some time. The assistant outside the room suddenly opened the door and came in, saying that another guest was coming. The Chinese-American Wang Xiaowang and Feng Xiaogang left.

"Invite the guests in!" Zhang Nan ordered, and the assistant naturally invited the guests in.

The person who came was none other than Zhou Xingxing, who had made an appointment early. After seeing Zhang Nan, he nodded and smiled to Zhang Nan humbly. His words even showed his support for Zhang Nan's [Kung Fu Football] project. gratitude.

The assistant was about to leave upon seeing this, but Zhang Nan waved his hand and said, "I just agreed to help the Chinese arrange the Asian screening of their new project [A World Without Thieves]. You go down and make arrangements."

The assistant was stunned when he heard this, and asked cautiously: "Then...how to arrange it specifically?"

"How to arrange?"

Zhang Nan said with some displeasure in his tone: "You came here to ask me to do something, and you just kept telling me some clichés. When I agreed, you didn't even finish my words before continuing without any expression. His little king always followed me. It doesn’t matter, Feng Xiaogang was able to get up, and I helped him out in the first place, but now he is trying to be clever in front of me, how else can he arrange it? Just arrange it how you want."

As soon as the assistant heard Zhang Nan's words, he knew how to arrange it, but his eyes glanced at the visitor Zhou Xingxing, feeling that Zhang Nan's move of temporarily stopping him seemed to be showing off to Zhou Xingxing.

But the assistant just thought about it for a moment, and then left politely.

In fact, the assistant was right. Zhang Nan's actions were just for Zhou Xingxing to see.

It can be said that Zhou Xingxing has basically no problem with his personal ethics, outstanding talents, and his character is also undisputed. Yuan Shikong has not heard of him doing anything to people for many years, and he stands out as silent.

But when it comes to money, when you cooperate with others, there may be some friction and you may like to take advantage of others.

This can be seen from the fact that after so many years in the industry, every time he makes a movie, there are few guest appearances by old friends.

There is a way to teach people by words, but it is useless to teach people a hundred times; to teach people by deeds, only once is enough.

What Zhang Nan was thinking about was using the Chinese thing, and secretly expressed his core idea to Zhou Xingxing, that is, if you want me to help, you have to pay a reasonable price, and you can't have sex for nothing.

So as not to end up making the scene unsightly.

"Director Zhou, I didn't entertain you well. I just returned to the mainland, so there are a lot of things going on, which makes me laugh." Zhang Nan used laughter to disperse the atmosphere created by his previous words.

Zhou Xingxing said with an awkward smile: "No, I came to the door suddenly, which is a bit disturbing."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Nan went directly to the topic.

"I've seen the [Kung Fu] project. There's no problem with investment, and there's not much problem with distribution. Just let the people below talk about it. I just have one request."

"You say."

"It will be released on the same day as [A World Without Thieves]."

After the success of "Kung Fu Football", Zhou Xingxing's movies are no longer in need of investment and distribution, so finding Zhang Nan is just a matter of habit.

However, Zhou Xingxing, who pursues maximizing the profit of the film, is still a little reluctant to have his film directed by a famous mainland comedy director.

"Director Zhang, this is your request."

"I can make a cameo appearance as the leader of the Crocodile Gang for a low salary."

"Director Zhang, I promise to handle your request properly."

(End of this chapter)