How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 852: million RMB buyout [Hello, Li Huanying]

"These are all ordinary cooperation models. Is there any deeper cooperation?" Zhang Nan asked meaningfully as he looked at the six cooperation contracts drawn up by his superiors.

The person in charge looked confused and said he didn't quite understand.

"It's about cooperation in guaranteed distribution and buyout distribution. Do the producers of these projects have any intention?" Zhang Nan explained in more depth.

The person in charge can no longer play dumb at this time.

Yes.

The person in charge was just pretending to be stupid. He actually understood what Zhang Nan meant.

However, among the six films, including "Assassination of Novelist", "The Order of the Samurai", "Detective Chinatown 3", "Raging Fire", "Boonie Bears: Wild Continent" and "New Gods: Nezha Reborn", none of them are "easy targets", so this kind of cooperation is difficult to achieve.

[Assassination of Novelist] Needless to say, it is starred by Lei Jiayin and Yang Mi, and the total investment is very high. It is also advertised as a domestic special effects commercial blockbuster. The producers are very confident that they are aiming for the box office champion of tens of billions of RMB during the Spring Festival.

Then "The Order of the Samurai" is not bad either, starring Chen Kun and Zhou Xun, who were the original stars of "Painted Skin".

The original version of "Raging Fire" was to be starred by Andy Lau, who is now working in Hollywood, and most of the freed-up resources have been taken by Aaron Kwok, which has resulted in Aaron Kwok enjoying a second spring in the mainland film market, making "Raging Fire" quite popular.

As for "Detective Chinatown 3", there is no need to say more.

Comedy films are already a hot commodity in the mainland film market. After the poor performance of the Lost on Journey series, Detective Chinatown 3 has come from behind to become the leading comedy series in the mainland film market.

And after Wanda Pictures experienced the baptism of this wave of global events, the cinema industry suffered tremendous trauma.

[Detective Chinatown 3] can be said to be the last attempt of Wanda Pictures. The fact that it can be released on Changgong Film and Television's VR viewing helmet platform is a last resort for Wanda Pictures after seeing the general trend. It is simply impossible for [Detective Chinatown 3] to cooperate with Changgong Film and Television for guaranteed distribution or buyout distribution.

The last two remaining animated films are "Boonie Bears: Wild Life" and "New Gods: Nezha Reborn".

The cumulative box office of the former "Boonie Bears" series has reached more than 2 billion yuan, making it a mature series.

The latter, [New Gods - Nezha Reborn], as the name suggests, is intended to ride on the popularity of [Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World], and the producers are very ambitious.

"Director Zhang, the producers behind these projects have high expectations for the projects and are unlikely to cooperate with us further.

Of course.

If we rely on the power of the Changgong Film and Television VR viewing helmet platform and force them to cooperate, it is not impossible, but the damage to the platform will be too great. Although our current Changgong Film and Television VR viewing helmet platform has advantages over traditional physical theater platforms, it is still short-lived and the advantages are unstable. If we do this, it is easy to achieve failure halfway! ” The person in charge explained timidly.

Zhang Nan naturally knew all this, so he continued to emphasize: "I didn't ask you to force them to cooperate. I just wanted to talk to them about their cooperation intentions. It would be great if they agree. If not, don't we still have four film projects left that you don't think highly of? It shouldn't be difficult to reach a relevant cooperation with them!"

Zhang Nantu's true colors are revealed.

The purpose of laying the groundwork for so long is to get a hand in the profits of "Hello, Li Huanying".

After all, this is a box office of 54.13 billion RMB!

It's not a small amount.

The person in charge did not sense Zhang Nan's true intentions, but only felt that Zhang Nan's move was a bit unexpected.

Because in his opinion, the remaining four films are basically loss-making projects.

But since the boss has spoken, it is not difficult to do, and as an employee, you have no right to refuse.

……

【Hello, Li Huanying】project.

When Jia Lin saw the list of Spring Festival films announced on the Changgong Film and Television VR viewing helmet platform, he was a little panicked.

Because just looking at the movie projects above, you can feel the feeling of a large number of blockbusters. There is even a top series of comedy movies of the same type - [Detective Chinatown 3].

But after a little panic, Jia Lin was no longer panicked.

Because Jia Lin’s biggest expectation for "Hello, Li Huanying" is to break even.

Of course.

It's not just the director Jia Lin.

The producers of "Hello, Li Huanying" also thought so.

This can also be seen from the large lineup of producers of "Hello, Li Huanying".

After all, in the current mainland film market, except for the top projects, the profits are so huge that they have to divide the cake and prevent jealousy, and there are many producers.

There are only the lowest-level projects, because the risks are too great and the loss rate must be reduced, and there will be many producers.

The production team of "Hello, Li Huanying" includes as many as eight companies.

And since the director of "Hello, Li Huanying" was transformed from a comedian, Jia Lin, who directed a movie for the first time, it can be seen that "Hello, Li Huanying" is obviously the latter and has so many producers.

However, the risk of "Hello, Li Huanying" is actually not that great.

Because the production cost of "Hello, Li Huanying" is only 50 million yuan, if it is released on the Changgong Film and Television VR viewing helmet platform, it will be able to recover its investment with a box office of more than 57 million yuan.

The box office data of more than 57 million RMB is not a difficult standard, let alone in the Spring Festival period, even in any ordinary mainland film market period.

But it’s not too difficult, but there are always risks.

However, Jia Lin is still very obsessed with getting rid of his image as a comedy master and completely transforming himself into a director.

After all, in the mainland film and television industry, the living conditions of a female comedian are much worse than those of a female director.

So after Changgong Film and Television expressed its intention for deeper cooperation, Jia Ling immediately chose to seize this opportunity and actively began to lobby the various producers of "Hello, Li Huanying".

After all, no matter how successful "Hello, Li Huanying" is after its release, and how much box office revenue it makes, for a new director like Jia Lin, the fixed income is limited and there will be no more.

But if "Hello, Li Huanying" fails, Jia Lin's directorial journey will basically come to an end.

Given this choice between having and not having, anyone with a clear mind would know which one to choose.

The reason why the various producers of "Hello, Li Huanying" invested in "Hello, Li Huanying" was basically because of various personal considerations for Jia Lin.

Now I have earned favors and the profits are firmly in my hands.

With only benefits and no disadvantages, few producers choose to refuse.

Even some smart producers of "Hello, Li Huanying" guessed that Changgong Film and Television were optimistic about the box office potential of "Hello, Li Huanying".

However, after learning that Changgong Film and Television was not only discussing in-depth cooperation with "Hello, Li Huanying", but was also discussing with all projects that would be released during the Spring Festival but had a wide range of producers behind them, I put this speculation aside.

So it took less than a day before "Hello, Li Huanying" was bought out by Changgong Film and Television Company for 80 million RMB.

Of course.

The remaining three films were also bought by Changgong Films at extremely "low" prices.

(End of this chapter)