Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 238: Even Death Can Rebirth
Just when the online public opinion was in chaos recently, another piece of news set the Internet on fire.

"Lucy 1 has grossed over million US dollars in North America."

"The leading actress Liu Tianxian ranked first in the global popularity index in Hollywood's most authoritative IMDB movie rankings. It is also the first time that an Asian film actress has topped the list."

This is nonsense. She is actually ranked 107th. She is just the first Chinese actress. Other Chinese actresses are ranked behind her. Those ahead of her are European and American movie stars.

"Liu Tianxian has awakened and is going global!"

Such news appeared in major domestic media, including reports from mainstream media and international media.

“Wenhui Daily: Lucy 1 is a big hit in North America, and North American audiences are still tolerant of Chinese-language films.”

“CNN Review: The Chinese version of Lucy is so amazing that even Thanos is scared!”

"China Film News reports: International movie stars comment on Liu Tianxian's "Lucy 1", redefining the 'global idol'!"

Seeing Liu Tianxian's "big hit" in North America, many fans and moviegoers were also happy. They all rushed to her Weibo, some threw flowers, some applauded.

After four years, my sister returns to the international stage. The last time she did that was in "The Forbidden Kingdom"!
Even Fang Long said to the media: "I have always believed that Liu Tianxian will be an international superstar in the future."

Liu Tianxian responded on Weibo: "Thank you, brother, thank you everyone!"

No one expected that "Lucy 1" would earn tens of millions at the box office in North America.

Not only the fans did not expect it, the audience did not expect it, even the Film Bureau did not expect it.

You have to know that the last time this result was achieved was "The Forbidden Kingdom", which was a co-production between China and the United States. Now it is a purely Chinese movie.

And there are no internationally famous movie stars like Fang Long and Jet Li, and we can only rely on Liu Tianxian as the heroine!

Seeing the success of "Lucy 1" in North America, Zhang Hongsen made a statement: "Movies know no national boundaries, and unnecessary 'political correctness' should be discarded!"

This is to encourage film and television companies to learn from Yutu and go global. When making movies, don't include politics or ideology. Go global first.

But who can learn this?

If you are so studious, you could go and learn from Hollywood, but it is really not easy.

"Fun" is easy to say but difficult to do. If everyone can understand this word thoroughly.

Those who write novels are all platinum masters!

In his previous life, Fang Hong had been studying how to make the audience feel "happy", and with some experience in his mind, he finally grasped the essence of this word.

However, this essence is worth 2 to 3 million US dollars, which means a box office of to million yuan, which is not bad.

Seeing that the big guys above have spoken, those people in the entertainment industry who were slandering Liu Tianxian have temporarily stopped. They must not sing against the bosses above. They must be aware and not walk into trouble!

Anyway, some female stars are quite depressed, so how come Liu Tianxian hooked up with the principal?
Although the film is lively in China, it is actually quite cold in North America. A box office of tens of millions of dollars is nothing to them. At most, they just took a look at the person called "Liu Tianxian".

In fact, I don’t even have an impression of it. I forget it as soon as I see it!

When "Lucy" was first released in North America, the box office was not good, with only tens of thousands of tickets sold.

Word of mouth slowly spread from Chinese communities to hundreds of thousands, and Universal thought it was okay, so it expanded the number of cinemas, and then it gradually became popular.

The highest box office revenue in one day was 639 million.

In fact, this is due to the fact that the structure of the film imitates Hollywood superheroes. Previous heroes were all men, and even Black Widow was paired with a man, but this female character is very novel.

What’s also very unique is that the heroine controls the villain’s rhythm throughout the whole process.

According to the thinking of Europeans and Americans, their superheroes have to go through all kinds of hardships and be attacked by enemies in the early stages before they rise to prominence.

But in this movie, the villain is completely controlled by the heroine. I know everything you do, which is very refreshing.

But it's only a few tens of millions of dollars, 50 million is hard to come by! Liu Tianxian still needs to work harder!
It is August now, and "Lucy 1" has been released for half a month, with a total box office of 8.57 million yuan, making it the highest-grossing Chinese-language film.

Second only to this year's re-release of "Titanic".

However, there is still a chance to surpass this movie. There is still half a month left, but in the second half of the month, Tupiaopiao stopped the ticket subsidies.

Without ticket subsidies, the box office was instantly hit, struggling only around 2 or million, while the box office of "Painted Skin " rose again, reaching million.

Those audiences are so fucking realistic!

After all, Liu Tianxian is still not able to carry the box office. Zhou Gongzi and Yan Zi are still better than her.

If it weren't for Fang Hong's capital strategy, it really wouldn't be able to beat "Painted Skin 2".

Even though the movie is bad, the stars are still there.

But that's all for "Painted Skin 2", which currently only has 2.24 million yuan and will only last for a week.

This wave of Tupiaopiao actually burned 2.57 million, which was burned in half a month.

However, Tupiaopiao is also an issuer, and there are still tens of millions of dollars to be recovered. In any case, the money burned has not met expectations. Once the money comes in, there is no need to deduct the money from Yutu.

With only over 2 million yuan burned, the pace of financing can be postponed, and more financing can be done after a wave of growth. The remaining money can be used to consolidate the existing plate and improve the APP.

Many small loopholes were found during this ticket subsidy!

The development of Tu Piaopiao is to constantly adjust, constantly learn from experience, master the audience's viewing habits, and establish a database.

"The Purge 2" has been released for two weeks recently, and in North America, more people are paying attention to this movie than "Lucy 1".

Before the movie was released, Universal had already arranged 2536 theaters in North America.

The production cost of this movie was only 300 million US dollars, which is less than the production cost of "Lucy 1".

There is no way around it. Imported films cannot be compared with American films.

The Purge 2 led the North American box office with $1670 million in its debut, and topped the North American box office with $3637 million over the weekend, becoming one of the most popular films in North America this summer.

However, the film only received a C rating in cinemascore, and the Rotten Tomatoes website only gave it a 41% freshness score. It is obvious that it was badly criticized by the audience!

This movie is just a random setting with no logic at all.

In the second week, North American box office performance declined, reaching 2837 million US dollars.

Currently the global box office exceeds 80 million!
This kind of movie can only make money in the first few weeks, but it won’t be that good after that. However, it will have no problem making over 100 million yuan.

Just as good news was coming from all over the country, all departments of Yutu had completed their adjustments after half a year.

However, the structures of each department are still being improved and the number of staff is still increasing. The current problem is that there are too many people in each department, making it overcrowded.

For example, the three departments of special effects, animation, and games were all placed on one floor, which had no more space, so the staff had to work in a crowded way, which was very depressing!
There are now more than 300 people in the special effects department, and the animation department has increased to more than 800 people. Animation is an intensive industry!
There are 1300 people in these two departments alone!
The number of game players has not increased much, and is still over a hundred people. This department is full of technical positions and does not need so many people.

This requires more space for staff to work.

所以方洪把16、17、18、19楼全租了下来，其中18楼是租金最便宜的一层，其它都比较贵。

一个部门一层，小破站13楼；游戏14楼；动画15楼；特效16楼；影业17楼；19楼财务和版权运营。

No department leader wanted to stay on the 18th floor, and even Chen Zhixi didn't want to stay there, as he thought it was unlucky.

Chen Zhixi is on the 17th floor, and film and television production, agency business and screenwriting are also on this floor.

Then Fang Hong can only be in charge of the 18th floor!
There is no way, I have a strong life and can be reborn even after death!
The 18th floor does not only have Fang Hong’s office, there is also a reception room and a meeting place on this floor.

The meeting is about to start anyway, so those people still have to come up!
And he was not the only one on this floor, his assistant and secretary were also on this floor.

With this adjustment, all departments of Yutu will be much more spacious and they won’t have to be crowded together. Mainly because there are no big buildings, so we’ll leave it this way for now.

"Mr. Fang, the 100 million you allocated to the animation department is almost used up, and now we need to continue investing." Shi Zhimao ran up to Fang Hong to ask for money.

"One hundred million, and you only spent it in one year?" Fang Hong raised a finger.

The game department has a budget of 2 million yuan, but not much has been spent so far; the special effects department has not spent all of the million yuan; and the animation has all been spent, which is too fast.

"I'm still spending relatively little. The standard for Hollywood to produce an animation is around 200 million per minute," Stone Spear said by comparison.

"Rubin?" Fang Hong asked.

"Dollar!"

Fang Hong choked at this, and Shi Zhimao threw him a piece of information and asked him to check the expenses himself.

If you calculate it this way, a 90-minute animated film costs 1.8 million US dollars, which is 12.6 billion RMB!
Even more exaggerated than the movie "Da Ma"!
It is indeed very expensive to make an animated film with perfect details and according to Hollywood standards.

Technological breakthroughs must be made and talents must be cultivated, because talents in this area have high qualifications, and high qualifications mean high salaries.

Even if these 800 people are paid 9600 yuan each, that would be million yuan a month and million yuan a year.

However, only those with a monthly salary of over ten thousand yuan are in the management level. People with real skills, such as middle and low-level technicians, only earn a few thousand yuan. If the salary were really that high, Fang Hong really couldn't afford it.

This does not include venues, equipment, etc.!

More than 1600 people participated in the production of "Ne Zha". The production cost was just over million yuan, which means that a large number of low-level people only earn a few thousand yuan a month, or are temporary workers.

This is also the reason why Hollywood animations are so awesome and impossible to imitate, simply because their production budget is really outrageous!

However, Fang Hong cannot learn from the domestic ones. If he wants to match the level of animation production in Hollywood, he needs to invest in both talent and technology.

Give high salaries when they are due, break through technology when it is necessary, and be meticulous when it is necessary.

Any technology is acquired through practice during the production process, and technology accumulation is accumulated through practice!

You can’t accumulate if you are not willing to invest!

"I'll give you another 100 million, you can spend it first." Fang Hong is stubborn and wants to imitate Hollywood!

The release of "Lucy 1" can be regarded as a wave of funds being brought back from overseas, simply because the copyrights have been sold.

Netflix spent US$2500 million to buy the streaming rights outside of China.

The signed agreement requires that the film can only be put on the platform after it is taken off the screen!
When Universal did not ask for the full copyright of "Lucy 1", Chairman Donna did not expect that this movie would become so popular.

He was just trying it at Fang Hong's request!

This wave was indeed a bit of a mistake, but Universal still took over the DVDs, TVs, and peripherals. I don’t know how much profit it will make, but we’ll see after a while of operation.

Domestic video platforms such as iQiyi, Youku, Tencent Video, Tudou, PPS, and other television platforms bought the copyrights for prices ranging from 200 to 1500 million.

Since each company has different traffic, the copyright fees will also vary, but iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are wealthy, so they naturally pay more.

Copyrights are now being regulated, and with the fierce competition among these video platforms, copyright fees are naturally rising.

But it is not exclusive. Fang Hong wants to give it to the small broken website for free to attract traffic.

The domestic copyright sold for a total of 6400 million!
Yutu received 2.39 million yuan in copyright fees from this movie alone, which can be said to be a huge profit.

It still has to rely on overseas to make money. The overseas copyright fees alone earned 1.75 million, which is more than what "Bad Genius" earned.

It’s really easy to make money with US dollars, no wonder so many big directors want to go overseas!

Fang Hong first took out 1 million to continue investing in animation, and used the remaining money to deal with risks, mainly to stabilize the situation.

Yutu has too many staff and too many projects, so the administrative expenses are huge!

The US money has other uses.

(End of this chapter)