How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 379 Let [Transformers] completely explode its box office potential in the mainland
Hearing Zhang Nan's scolding of Paramount's vision for the "Transformers" series, Paramount President Dick Frank not only did not feel the slightest displeasure, but his eyes lit up.

Because Zhang Nan said that the plan for three movies is a bit too small, it means that Zhang Nan is very optimistic about the [Transformers] project.

"Zhang, what do you mean, how many parts of the overall plan would be appropriate?" Dick Frank asked tentatively.

Zhang Nan did not answer directly, but first gave two examples.

"The [Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron] spin-off series that I am cooperating with New Line Cinema will probably be able to make about ten movies based on the main storyline. If things go smoothly in the later stages, it will probably be around twelve or three. ; Although I have not yet discussed in detail the [Harry Potter-Voldemort] spin-off series that I have recently cooperated with Warner Pictures, the meaning and thoughts of Warner Pictures cannot be compared to [Harry Potter: Episode VII]. There should be fewer parts.”

[Lord of the Rings], [Harry Potter]..., Dick Frank secretly compared the [Transformers] series with these two series that easily cost hundreds of millions, and sometimes even exceeded a billion dollars. , the excitement in my heart could not help but surface.

"I will immediately ask an editor to design a main plot line for [Transformers] that can make ten movies." Dick Frank quickly expressed his position.

But Zhang Nan nodded after hearing this, raised his hand again, and continued: "It's not enough to have a long main plot. [Transformers] can do better."

After hearing this, Dick Frank looked at Zhang Nan with some confusion, wondering what he could do better.

Zhang Nan explained: "Compared with the [Lord of the Rings] and [Harry Potter] series, [Transformers] is not bound by the main plot. In terms of plot design, I think we can pave the way for special elements in advance."

Dick Frank still didn't understand Zhang Nan's explanation.

In desperation, Zhang Nan had no choice but to explain further: "Think about the relationship between my [Doomsday Survival] trilogy and the subsequent [Doomsday Rebirth] series."

As soon as he said this, no matter how stupid Dick Frank was, he realized that Zhang Nan wanted to pave the way for the rebirth plot in "Transformers".

Thinking of this, Dick Frank's eyes turned red from the stimulation of profits.

Without it.

The "Survival of the Doomsday" and "Rebirth of the Doomsday" series not only became the ballast of Zhang Nan's acting career, but also brought a strong shock to Hollywood giants.

Before the appearance of "Rebirth 1", no one thought that the series could be made like this.

Just recreate the old footage and expand the original plot without any thought.

The cost is saved, and the plot will not excite old fans. It can be said that it perfectly taps into the base of the original fans.

Let's say that.

Although the "Survival of the Doomsday" trilogy has grossed nearly 20 billion US dollars globally.

But there are still many envious and jealous people who have criticized the "Survival of the Doomsday" trilogy.

Many of them complained about the length of the "Survival of the Doomsday" trilogy, feeling that the movie was too long and affected the movie box office.

But when "Rebirth 1" directly expands the first 1 minutes of the plot of "Survival 72" to more than 100 minutes, it uses a lot of old footage and saves a lot of costs.

In the end, old fans bought it and new fans were happy. After "The End of Days" hit the global box office with more than 1 billion US dollars, no one complained about the longevity of the "The End of Days" trilogy.Because everyone can see that the length of the "Survival of the Doomsday" trilogy is so long!
Every second saves a lot of shooting expenses, and the water plot operation does not need to consider the acceptance of fans, which reduces the difficulty of shooting too much.

When the Hollywood giants saw the operations of [Doomsday Survival] and [Doomsday Rebirth], their eyes turned red with envy, and then they immediately followed suit.

However, the actual effects of similar rebirth-style follow-up works are very average.

Gradually, Hollywood giants selectively forgot about this operation.

Now that Zhang Nan mentioned this, Dick Frank immediately recalled his past desire for the [Doomsday Survival] and [Doomsday Rebirth] series.

"Can [Transformers] be designed like the [Doomsday Survival] trilogy?" Dick Frank's voice trembled when he asked this question.

He couldn't help but shiver.

Because as long as this operation is successful, Paramount will have a Dinghai Shenzhen in the next ten years, no, decades.

"If you design the plot well and add in my presence, it won't be a big problem." Zhang Nan gave an affirmative answer, and at the same time, silently began to add his own influencing factors to the answer.

Dick Frank swallowed, managed to calm down, and continued: "Is there anything else wrong?"

"Have."

Zhang Nan nodded and continued: "The producers of the [Transformers] series hope to introduce mainland capital if possible."

When Dick Frank heard Zhang Nan's words, he couldn't sit still. However, this project still needs to rely on Zhang Nan. As the president of Paramount, there were some words that he couldn't say out loud, so he directly told all the Paramount people around him. The executive winked.

Immediately, there was a wave of Paramount executives, who said in a somewhat jumpy tone: "Zhang, this [Transformers] project was promoted by Paramount. You can't just think about giving it to yourself just because you are a Chinese born in the mainland." Benefits for my hometown."

"This is a core project for Paramount and we will not allow outsiders to interfere with it."

Zhang Nan expected this kind of reaction from Paramount Pictures.

After waiting for a moment and all the Paramount Pictures executives finished expressing their opinions, Zhang Nan looked around the conference room and then said:

"You are all elites in the film and television industry, so you must be able to notice the changes in the mainland film market.

It is a movie market that is rising year by year, and the final box office size will definitely not be small with the support of its more than one billion people.

If it were just that, I wouldn't make such a suggestion.

But you should have some understanding of the rules of the Mainland Film Market after dealing with them over the years.

That is for non-mainland films. Firstly, it is difficult to obtain a good schedule. Secondly, the scale of the film schedule is limited. In addition, the third and most terrible point is that the release time is limited. Together, the three restrictions make it impossible for a film to be released. A movie that grosses one billion in box office in the Mainland may ultimately only make one to two hundred or three hundred million in the Mainland. This is a huge waste of resources and damage to profits, and it will cause losses to movies with greater box office potential. The bigger. "

(End of this chapter)