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Chapter 255 3 billion?

When I got home, it was already past two o'clock in the morning.

Just as Wang Shu took a sip of water, his phone rang. It was a text message sent by Yang Mi.

"Director Wang, are you home?" Yang Mi.

"We're here." Wang Shu replied.

"Yeah, Director Wang, go to bed early." Yang Mi replied.

"You should also rest early." Wang Shu replied.

"I'll return the hat and scarf to you next time." Yang Mi said.

"There's no rush." ​​Wang Shu replied.

"Yeah, okay, good night." Yang Mi said.

"Good night." Wang Shu replied.

After replying to Yang Mi's text message, Wang Shu washed himself, then set the alarm clock and lay down on the bed to sleep.

At eight o'clock in the morning, he got up and selected a cured chicken, a cured meat, a cured fish, and a cured sausage from the cured goods he brought from his hometown, packed them up, and left the house.

I drove to the supermarket and bought some fruits, tobacco, alcohol, and milk. Then I went to where Han Sanping lived and knocked on the door of the other party's house.

Wang Shu knew where Han Sanping lived, but this was his first time here.

The man who has been confirmed to be promoted to chairman of China Film Group has now entered the handover stage, and it will be finalized in a month or two.

Apart from being indisputable from now on, Han Sanping will be the most powerful and powerful boss in the domestic film and television industry.

Filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places all follow his lead.

The doorbell rang for a while, and it was Han Sanping's wife Liu Wenlu who opened the door.

"Happy New Year, sister-in-law." When Wang Shu saw the other party, he was the first to shout with a smile.

"Director Wang. Haha, happy New Year." When Liu Wenlu saw young Wang Shu, she was stunned for a moment, and then while greeting him generously and warmly, she shouted into the room, "Old Han, Director Wang is here."

After shouting, Wang Shu saw big and small bags of gifts in his hands, and immediately complained, "Just come here, what else are you carrying?"

As Han Sanping's wife, she also knew that the young director Wang Shu had a good relationship with her husband, so she did not treat Wang Shu as an outsider.

Wang Shu smiled dryly when he heard this and said, "It's just some small gifts, not valuable."

Liu Wenlu had no choice but to help take the gift from Wang Shu and lead him into the house.

There are many Wang directors in the film and television industry. Han Sanping, who was preparing to go out to pay New Year's greetings at home, was startled when he heard the words. He came over and saw Wang Shu, who had been welcomed into the living room by his wife, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Happy New Year, Director Han." Wang Shu saw Han Sanping and shouted with a smile.

"Happy New Year!" Han Sanping responded politely, and then asked Wang Shu in surprise as he motioned for Wang Shu to sit wherever he wanted.

He knew about Wang Shu's return to his hometown for the New Year.

It seems that I moved on New Year's Eve, only a day or two passed.

Wang Shu sighed and briefly explained the troubles faced by Mingming when he returned to his hometown.

After hearing this, Han Sanping was very happy and laughed: "No wonder I returned to Beijing so quickly. That's what happened."

At the same time, Liu Wenlu also brought over the brewed tea.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Wang Shu thanked him politely.

There is a nanny at Han Sanping's home on weekdays, but she is not there during the Spring Festival.

Liu Wenlu smiled and said: "You're welcome, we treat it like our own home and you can talk."

She knew in her heart that the young director in front of her had made considerable contributions to her smooth and well-deserved promotion to the position of chairman of China Film.

Although many people from the film and television industry have come to his home to pay New Year's greetings since yesterday, Wang Shu is different.

What's more, I just heard that the other party had just returned to his hometown for a meal on New Year's Eve and started to return to Beijing on the first day of the new year. It was already evening when he returned to the capital, and he came here early the next morning to pay New Year's greetings.

The bloodshot eyes in the other person's eyes were obviously the sequelae of not sleeping well during the past few days of traveling, being busy, and doing all kinds of things.

This intention.

rare.

Wang Shu took a sip of tea and first said some New Year greetings.

Han Sanping was in a good mood. He was polite to Wang Shu for a while, and then talked about work: "Can "Terror Cruise" be released in time for May Day?"

Wang Shu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Han. The film will be edited within this month after the Spring Festival. As long as there are no delays in the review, there will be no problem at all."

Han Sanping nodded and said with a smile: "The investment this time is not small. Are you confident that the domestic box office will exceed 3 million?"

For the movie "Terror Cruise", Gong Li's salary alone was as high as 260 million US dollars.

At the end of 2006, the U.S. dollar exchange rate was 7.9718.

260W US dollars, nearly 2100W RMB.

This salary was due to Gong Li seeing the script for the heroine and the preferential price given by China Film Group.

You know, in 2006 Gong Li starred in the Hollywood movie "Miami Vice" and her salary was as high as 500 million US dollars.

260W starring in "Terror Cruise" has really reduced his net worth.

As for Leung Ka Hui, his highest salary was HK$800 million at his peak.

Now he is no longer in his prime, and his salary is 500 million yuan.

Weekly news, 300 million yuan.

Zhou Haiwei, 50W.

Jiang Wu, 20W.

Zhang Hanyu 30W.

The salary of just a few leading actors is as high as 3000 million.

In addition, there are miscellaneous investments such as setting, filming, crew expenses, etc.

The amount of investment is 50 to 60 million.

And that's just the investment in production, including estimated publicity and distribution costs.

Total investment, 1.2 million.

The cost is 6000W, and the announced distribution is 6000W, totaling 1.2 million.

Due to the characteristics of its script, the drama "Terror Cruise" does not have a grand scene of huge crowds of people, and there are not many magnificent shots. All it has is just a cruise ship.

The cruise ship in the movie is just an exterior shot, and the interior shots were all shot in a set-up studio.

The cost of setting up the scenery is not large.

The biggest expenses for the entire movie are actors' remuneration and publicity expenses.

Whether publicity is useful and whether money should be spent is the answer. "The Promise", which won the highest box office of the year in 2005, is the answer.

The investment of 1.2 million is naturally not as good as "The City of Gold" which claims to have an investment of 3.6 million and "The Promise" which claims to have an investment of 3.4 million, but it is not much different than "The Banquet" which claims to have an investment of 1.5 million.

Of course, although the investment budget of "Terror Cruise" is set at 1.2 million, it will not tell the truth to the outside world.

Therefore, China Film and Yishu will announce an investment of 2 million.

Gong Li, Liang Jiahui, Zhou Xun and others were invited to participate. If the investment announced to the outside world was low, it would give people the feeling of a cheap and bad movie.

In order to avoid this happening, the investment will be larger.

However, since Wang Shu has already had a record of making big box office hits at low cost, he can't just brag about it.

We can only try to be as reasonable as possible.

China Film invested 8000 million in this movie, accounting for 60%. Wang Shu received the script and director salary plus 800 million, accounting for 40%.

Wang Shu didn't know whether China Film had privately allocated its shares to other companies.

He only knows that his 40% has not been divided.

An independent filmmaker like Wang Shu can account for 40% of a movie, which is already extremely high.

The movie is not about Wang Shu setting up a company. He wants to own 100% of the production, or 60, 70, 70 or 80, so that the film can be successfully produced.

If you have too much appetite, you will only scratch the eggs.

There are many key points.

By cooperating with China Film Group, China Film Group can not only block out many messy things, but also ensure that the film is scheduled after its release.

Both the former and the latter are important.

The former is human nature and rules and cannot be changed.

the latter.

If a movie does not have a strong backend, it will be difficult to get scheduled in a high-quality schedule, or the schedule will be limited.

Both of these will greatly affect the box office of the movie.

The movie "Crazy Stone" was able to earn more than 20 million at the box office with limited publicity.

In addition to the excellent quality of the movie itself, there is also the China Film Group Corporation standing behind it.

Because China Film Group ensured its release and film schedule, it was able to wait until word of mouth fermented.

For other films, most of them would not be able to wait for word-of-mouth fermentation, and they would be hit directly due to the problem of dwindling film schedules.

Moreover, it is equally difficult to get a good schedule with other films.

When Zhou Xingxing of Hong Kong Island was filming "Yangtze River No. 7", in addition to his Xinghui, his production companies also included China Film, Columbia, and Beijing Film Studio.

Among them, China Film and Beijing Film Studio are state-owned enterprises.

When Huayi was producing the film "Assembly", its production companies besides Huayi also included Shanghai Film, Zhejiang Film, China Film Co-Production Company, and MK.

Among them, Shanghai Film, Zhejiang Film, and China Film Co-production Company are state-owned enterprises.

With so many production companies co-producing, there is certainly an element of shared risk.

But...in this era, Zhou Xingxing and Feng Xiaogang can guarantee the box office, and the risk is not high.

When Wang Shu heard Han Sanping's question, he smiled and said, "If "The Golden Armor" hadn't helped Gong Li warm up in China, I would have been a little scared before."

"Now this movie has once again brought Gong Li into the public eye. The domestic box office of "Terror Cruise" has exceeded 3 million. The possibility is not small."

There is no movie in China that has exceeded 3 million yuan yet. If Wang Shu wants to make 3 million yuan at a time, it will only appear to be arrogance.

He feels that he should be more conservative and not "arrogant".

In 2007, the domestic film with the highest box office was "Assembly" directed by Feng Xiaogang, with 2.46 million.

The tenth-ranked domestic film is "A Better Man" with 3500 million W.

However, the movie with the highest domestic box office is the Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers" with 2.7 million.

"Transformers" is a foreign language film, but it can sweep away domestic films, earning 2.7 million, becoming the highest-grossing film of the year.

This shows that the mainland commercial film market is enough to enter the era of 3 million box office.

Just waiting for a good enough movie to come along.

Whether "Terror Cruise" can become such a movie, Wang Shu cannot directly judge.

He knows that if the overwhelming publicity is in place, and some secret operations are used to squeeze out the schedule of other movies like when "The Golden Armor" was released, "Terror Cruise" will ensure that it will occupy a large market.

3 million is not a dream!

China Film Group is responsible for publicity and distribution. With its energy, as long as the funds are sufficient, it can be overwhelming and even get endorsements from well-known figures in the industry and some official organizations.

Such illegal operations as secretly ensuring a large number of films can be accomplished with China Film Group's energy.

Therefore, Wang Shu is still very confident about "Terror Cruise" breaking 3 million.

When Han Sanping heard what Wang Shu said, he thought for a moment and joked: "You are very confident in yourself, aren't you?"

"Director Zhang's "A City of Gold" features well-known artists such as Gong Li, Chow Yun-fat, and Jay Chou. The scenes are also magnificent and only cost 2.8 million."

"The scenes of "Terror Cruise" are completely inferior to "The Golden Armor". Are you confident that you can surpass Zhang Yimou and break 3 million?"

Although Han Sanping said these words in a joking way, Wang Shu still heard that the other party did not have enough confidence.

So he laughed and said: "Director Han, although "The City of Golden Armor" has a strong cast and movie scenes, this movie also received a lot of criticism when it was released."

"But my "Terror Cruise" is different. It has the accumulation of the two movies "The Tuner" and "Time Traveler".

"The scenes of "Terror Cruise" may not be as good as "The City of Golden Armor", but I personally think its excitement level should be much higher than "The City of Golden Armor"."

"So, as long as the announcement and film arrangement are guaranteed."

"A box office of 3 million is a no-brainer."

Previously, Wang Shu spoke more tactfully, but now that he heard Han Sanping's lack of confidence, Wang Shu immediately decided to give him a shot in the arm.

It is no longer euphemistic, but affirmative.

Movies like "Terror Cruise" are not unusual in Hollywood.

But if placed in the field of domestic commercial films, it is an epoch-making work.

In particular, the comparison between Feng Xiaogang's "The Night Banquet" and Zhang Yimou's "A City of Golden Armor" can highlight the differences of this movie.

The foreign-language film "Transformers" can earn 2.8 million, and a domestic film like "Terror Cruise" that can impress audiences definitely has the potential to earn 3 million at the box office.

The premise is that both promotion and film arrangement can be guaranteed.

After hearing what Wang Shu said, Han Sanping was stunned for a moment, then thought about it carefully and suddenly asked: "Are you really confident that you can break through 300 million?"

Of course he was aware of the criticism of "The Golden Armor", and the level even reached the point where the Film and Television Bureau came out to endorse it.

Now that he heard what Wang Shu said, he suddenly realized that he might have gone astray before.

I have always thought that Zhang Yimou gathered many well-known artists to star in the film, made a magnificent film, and coupled with some behind-the-scenes operations, he only achieved a box office of 2.8 million.

Wang Shu is just a young director, and the investment in "Terror Cruise" is not as good as "The Golden Armor".

Impossible, surpass Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou is a high mountain among mainland directors. How could Wang Shu cross it?

At this moment, he suddenly reacted.

If Wang Shu shoots and produces a movie similar to "A City of Golden Armor", then it is most likely what he thinks.

But "Terror Cruise" is not such a movie.

He has read the script. It has suspense, time and space, and reversal. It has the flavor of "The Tuner" and "The Time Traveler".

This is not only something Wang Shu is good at, but it is also a rare and novel work in mainland movies that can make the audience shine.

After the movie was released, it seemed possible that it would be a surprise success, with a box office of over 3 million.

Thinking of this, he was so happy that he suddenly lost his composure.

　Some people have always said that the protagonist's share of the movie is too small, and it is just giving money to others.

　　In fact, there are quite a few.

　　This is Chinese entertainment, and it would be unrealistic to say more.

　　Huayi is making a feature film with the entire cast, Li Mi’s Guess, which is owned by the company, and is co-produced with other companies.

　　Huayi has obtained the distribution rights, and its movies are still being distributed jointly with China Film and others.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)