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Chapter 359 3 million investment?
Wang Shu’s 25% is composed of three parts: script + director’s salary + investment.

Although 25% is only a quarter, it actually accounts for a lot.

If you want to make the cake bigger, you need to share the benefits, so that others are willing to work with you to make the cake bigger.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be able to make a cake.

Moreover, as the cake gets bigger, although the risks increase, the benefits are also greater.

For example, with 3000 million W, this amount of money can be used to film a decent movie alone in China.

In the movie "Travel to Taipei", it only accounted for 15% of the share.

Another example is Wang Shu’s 25%, which is equivalent to 5000W.

5000W is naturally not worth mentioning in the emerging Internet industry.

But in the film industry, it’s no small sum.

Facts have proved that when a movie requires a large investment, it is difficult to recover the cost if it does not target overseas markets.

When the post-90s generation grew up, 9% of the films they watched on TV were Hong Kong films from the 80s and 90s, and there were very few mainland films.

"If I hadn't considered the overseas market, I wouldn't have made this movie at all. Instead, I would have left the script to Hollywood for filming."

Therefore, the TV broadcast rights of "Painted Skin" were sold for more than one million.

"But for zombie movies, the focus is on makeup and setting."

2.3 million is quite a lot.

"Painted Skin", released in 2008 and directed by Chen Jiashang, had an investment of only 7000 million.

Obviously after the turn of the millennium, many films have been produced in the mainland.

This type of movie has never been made in China. I don’t know if Wang Shu can make it look good. I don’t know if there will be a market for it.

"Painted Skin".
It was not released overseas, not even on Treasure Island, and was only released in the Mainland and Hong Kong Island.

Since the movie is a film and television work that has been screened in theaters, and major satellite TV stations do not broadcast movies, the TV broadcast copyright fee of the movie has not been high.

The 6 sets of Yangshi, in this link, are supporting the development of the film and playing the role of being taken advantage of.

As for the movie channels in other provinces, they are all prefecture-level channels. Not only are they unable to spend a lot of money to buy movies, but they are also unwilling to spend a lot of money to buy a movie that has been shown in theaters and has many pirated videos on the Internet.

Not long ago, Shanghai Film Academy participated in the investment of "Painted Skin" and spent a large amount of money.

"Director Wang, we have never made a zombie movie in China, can we really do it well?" After verbally agreeing on the share, Ren Zhonglun looked at Wang Shu and couldn't help but ask.

Although there are 6 sets of monitors, this one usually costs hundreds of thousands to one or two million to buy the films. If you like it, you can't sell it.

It ranked third on the mainland box office list of Chinese-language films in 2008.

"And zombie movies are not special effects movies."

For some producers, this small amount of TV broadcast copyright fees is not as good as holding the copyright in their hands.

"If it's a special effects blockbuster, it would be really difficult to shoot it in China."

Just like "Painted Skin", with an investment of 7000 million and a box office of 2.3 million, the final net income was only 2500 million.

"If You Are the One" ranked first, with only 3.25 million.

Wang Shu said with a smile: "Zombie movies are actually not that difficult to shoot, especially this one, "Travel to Taipei," which cleverly narrowed the perspective to the station and the train, which greatly reduced the difficulty of shooting."

In comparison, the first-run broadcast rights of a high-quality TV series can be sold for tens of millions.

With an investment of 7000 million, the final box office was 2.3 million, plus copyright income, the net profit was 2500 million.

Its characteristic is that it serves as a power bank for many filmmakers to recover from box office setbacks, rather than spending huge sums of money to buy the broadcast rights of blockbusters to be broadcast on TV stations.

"Our "Taipei Trip" is originally aimed at overseas markets. Naturally, it must be close to overseas audiences so that the box office can be guaranteed."

……

In this way, a phenomenon appears.

These days, piracy is rampant and online broadcast copyrights have not yet taken shape.

With only 5000W of capital, as long as we don't hire the super-high-paid actors from Hong Kong Island, we can make a big-budget movie.

Although "Painted Skin" is a fantasy movie, it is at least based on a Chinese fairy tale and has a domestic market. In addition, it is directed by Hong Kong's Chan Ka-shang, so Ren Zhonglun feels confident.

It is even said that it is precisely because of the six sets of Yangshi that the TV broadcast rights can be sold, otherwise they would not be sold.

It seems a bit rare, but in fact it is quite normal.

The real investment in this movie is 7000 million yuan. After the release, including the box office and other copyrights sold, the net profit is 2500 million yuan.

After speaking, he paused and then added, "Nowadays, zombie movie culture not only has an audience in our country, it is also a popular movie element abroad."

"So, I am quite confident about this movie."

In fact, "Painted Skin" claims an investment of US$1500, so just listen to this.

It can be said that it is precisely because the TV broadcast rights fees in the mainland have never been high that many new films have never sold TV broadcast rights even if they are released from theaters.

But "Travel to Taipei" is different.

"These are all hardware, and it's not like we can't get them in China."

Having said this, he looked at Han Sanping and said, "I talked to Director Han before. I was originally going to shoot this script in Hollywood."

"You should also know that zombie movie culture is very popular overseas. There are endless movies and TV series. It is a very popular film and television element."

"The original name is "Travel to New York", and there is a high probability that it will be favored by Hollywood and filmed and put in theaters."

"After returning to China, I had a chat with Director Han. Since we are targeting the overseas market, I adapted the original "New York Trip" into "Taipei Trip."

Ren Zhonglun and Wang Changtian understood after hearing this. It was precisely because they were targeting overseas markets that Wang Shu would make this zombie movie that has a huge audience overseas.

Otherwise, if it was limited to the domestic market, he would leave the script to Hollywood to look for opportunities to film it instead of preparing for filming in China.

The two looked at each other and said that no wonder "Terror Cruise" directed by Wang Shu was successful overseas.

It turns out that overseas audiences have been considered since the beginning of filming.

It is because the overseas audience is considered that the corresponding movie script appears, rather than simply feeding the overseas audience a movie without considering whether the overseas audience will like it or not.

The two have completely different box office success overseas.

Although the total overseas box office of "Terror Cruise" is not very high, the third place in the overseas box office history of Chinese-language films is already a success compared to other domestic Chinese-language films.

Including Han Sanping, the three of them finally understood why Wang Shu suddenly wanted to make a zombie disaster movie.

It turns out that zombie movies are a popular movie element abroad, and they are made because they have an audience and a traction.

Instead of suddenly wanting to make a zombie movie.

Several people carefully studied Wang Shu's previous words and thought that "Travel to Taipei" that Wang Shu said was originally "Travel to New York" and was originally planned to be filmed in Hollywood.

Tasting it now, it has a different flavor.

Since the zombie element is a popular overseas movie element and has a huge audience, Wang Shu will make a genre movie based on this. As long as the movie is not bad, it will not be popular.

Take one step at a time and establish yourself in Hollywood.

It is a matter of consideration, knowing how to make movies with popular elements, and slowly accumulating reputation, rather than being arrogant and trying to become famous with unpopular movies.

Han Sanping felt a little touched in his heart when he thought of this.

"Travel to Taipei" was originally a movie script that Wang Shu used to slowly gain a foothold in Hollywood and build a reputation. However, due to his reasons, the script was adapted and filmed in China ahead of schedule.

Han Sanping kept this friendship silently in his heart. He then looked at Ren Zhonglun and said politely: "If Shanghai Film feels there is a risk, you can transfer the share to China Film."

"." Ren Zhonglun's face darkened when he heard this. Han Sanping, an old boy, really knew how to use every opportunity, but on the surface he smiled and said, "3000W is not much, but Shanghai Film Academy can still afford it."

Han Sanping smiled after hearing this but did not answer.

At first, he didn't want to bring the two troublemakers, Shanghai Film and Lighting, as they were of no use whatsoever. What was great was that they only helped the crew with errands, but they only had to pay a little money to occupy a certain share.

For this money, China Film Group can also afford it, so there is no need to bring the film and light.

She obviously took advantage of her, but she still treated her mother-in-law and mother-in-law one after another.

Really, it feels like an eyesore just looking at it.

If Wang Shu's opinion hadn't been taken into consideration, these two girls would have been kicked out long ago.

Wang Changtian changed the subject at the right time and said: "Director Wang, what do you mean by your words, are you going to Hollywood in the future?"

When Ren Zhonglun heard this, he also looked at Wang Shu.

Wang Shu said with a smile: "If I have the chance, I will definitely go there. If I don't have the chance, forget it."

Wang Changtian and Ren Zhonglun understood the meaning of the words and did not ask any more questions.

Some things just need to be understood in your mind, there is no need to get to the bottom of it.

The four of them then chatted and ate about the domestic film industry until the meal was over.

The next day.

"Painted Skin" crew.

"Little news, have you heard? Director Wang will jointly invest 3 million with China Film, Shanghai Film and Television, and Enlight to create the first zombie movie in the mainland!"

Chen Kun, who played the second male lead, came close to Zhou Xun, who played one of the heroines, and said something loud.

In terms of age, Zhou Xun is one year older than Chen Kun.

In terms of size, Zhou Xun is small.

The two have been good friends for many years, and Chen Kun usually calls Zhou Xun Xiaoxun in private.

"3 million investment, zombie movie?" Zhou Xun was surprised when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "How do you know?"

Both of them are actors, and they know that the 3 million investment must be for overseas markets.

Otherwise, domestic theater chains alone would not be able to recoup such a large investment.

"It has been spread in Beijing circles that Director Wang, Director Han, Mr. Ren, and Mr. Wang had a meal together in private and everything was settled."

"The next step is auditions and casting, and then filming begins."

Chen Kun said.

When Zhou Xun heard this, he was surprised and said: "Are the auditions going to start so soon?"

"Painted Skin" started shooting in December 2007, and the film has only been shot for a month now, and it is far from being completed.

Of course, this does not prevent Zhou Xun from auditioning for "Taipei Trip".

However, if "Travel to Taipei" starts shooting in February, then the schedule of the weekly news will conflict, and auditions will be useless.

Chen Kun said: "I heard that Director Wang is going to Hollywood, so I rushed to make this movie."

"Not only will the auditions be held soon, but the filming time seems to be early next month."

Mainland film and television crews do not have a holiday during the Spring Festival. If the crew is filming during the Spring Festival, they will not have a holiday during the Spring Festival.

For example, "Prosperity" directed by Wang Jiawei, this TV series was filmed slowly for two or three years. On the night of New Year's Eve, Wen Zhaolun was even called over to film.

Therefore, it’s not that the crew will stop filming as the Spring Festival approaches.

It doesn’t matter if it’s time to turn on the phone or not, whether it’s Spring Festival or not.

"Ah?" Zhou Xun was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.

I'm really worried about what's going to happen.

She had been worried about the schedule just now, and now she heard the answer she didn't want to see.

Compared with the drama "Painted Skin", she naturally wanted to audition for "Taipei Trip".

She even said that if she hadn't signed the contract, she wouldn't have wanted to act in this drama.

"Painted Skin" originally had only one heroine, and that was Xiao Wei, played by Zhou Xun.

Zhao Yanzi and Sun Li both play supporting roles.

Nowadays, Sun Li has starred in "Love Traveler", which has promoted her celebrity status. She did not join the crew, and her role was also played by other actors.

However, even though Sun Li did not come, Zhao Yanzi and Zhou Xun did not change and accepted roles in "Painted Skin" one after another.

With Zhou Xun's status as a celebrity, there is nothing wrong with playing the female lead.

The original heroine of this drama was Zhou Xun.

However, Zhao Yanzi had objections and changed it to have two female protagonists in parallel.

Compared to "Painted Skin", Zhou Xun naturally wants to star in the first domestic zombie movie directed by Wang Shu with an investment of 3 million.

With an investment of 3 million, it is the first zombie movie in China.

Investment aside, it's just a gimmick for the country's first zombie movie, but all the actors understand the value contained in it.

The first zombie movie in China, as long as it is not poorly made, it will definitely go down in the history of Chinese-language films.

As an actor, it is a dream to be able to participate in such a heavyweight film project.

For example, Zhou Xun is currently starring in "Painted Skin". In 10 or 20 years, almost no one will mention such a movie with bad themes again.

"Travel to Taipei" is different. As long as the filming is done without too much tension, let alone 10 or 20 years later, even or years later, as long as we talk about Chinese-language movies, we can't avoid the first zombie movie directed by Wang Shu. .

Because this will be the first zombie movie in the mainland.

Later, due to the tightening of censorship of film and television works, it was difficult for zombie movies to hit theaters in the future.

As the only high-quality Chinese-language zombie film, it may even be enshrined on the altar.

By then, these actors will also be constantly mentioned for "Travel to Taipei".

Popularity. Lasting.

Of course, the premise is that "Travel to Taipei" can be filmed well.

Precisely because Zhou Xun knew the value of this zombie movie, his expression changed instantly when he learned that there was a high probability that he would miss it because there was no schedule.

There is no expression management at all, and there is no pretense, but the expression changes instantly.

She knew in her heart that even if a movie like "Painted Skin" starred in 10 movies, it would still be far less important than the first mainland zombie movie.

Chen Kunqian laughed and said: "I heard that the audition will be held this month and filming will start early next month."

"I've only heard about it so far. I don't know whether this is the case."

"you"

"Maybe you can ask Director Wang."

(End of this chapter)