Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 46: Getting rich first leads to getting rich later
The pirated version of "Those Years" that appeared was the original high-definition, uncensored, and watermark-free video, and the DVDs were already being sold on the street, which was a blow to the box office.

It’s just that the virus hasn’t spread too seriously online yet and hasn’t made its way onto mainstream video platforms. It’s only being spread on marginal film and television forums.

Chen Zhixi also kept sending lawyers' letters, but lawyers' letters are the most useless things, so he still had to rely on China Film.

But China Film Group is not too dedicated, and they don’t have a share of the investment. They only make a few million from the distribution of the products. Can we expect them to fight the pirates to the death?

At most, I could provide Chen Zhixi with some information and let her handle it herself.

This is the helplessness of having no strength!
If Fang Hong had his own legal team, his own monitoring system, and his own publicity and promotion platform, he could have defeated a large number of people.

This world will always bully the weak and not the strong!

On the eighth day, the box office of "Those Years" fell to 862 million.

Day nine, 784 million!
The total box office that day exceeded 1.2 million, but still did not reach the million mark.

Although piracy is becoming more and more rampant, the box office performance is still quite stable, which is a very good result.

Chen Zhixi was already very satisfied with the profit exceeding 100 million, and did not dare to ask for too much.

She said to Fang Hong: "At this stage, we can probably earn 30 million. What are your plans next?"

However, the air was very quiet. Fang Hong lowered his head and looked at his phone, as if he heard nothing.

"Hey!"

Chen Zhixi stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

Fang Hong came back to his senses: "What?"

"I'm talking to you, why are you so absent-minded these two days?" Chen Zhixi said.

"What did you tell me? Say it again." Fang Hong said.

Chen Zhixi was speechless: "What are your plans next?"

"For filming a movie, what other plans can you make? Didn't I ask you to decide on the filming location and equipment rental? And see how many of the people you worked with before are willing to come back?" Fang Hong said.

Chen Zhixi held his forehead with his hand: "What I mean is, we can get tens of millions from this movie, so your company should set up a framework."

She also knows how to make movies, but she needs an explanation as to how the company will develop, whether it will be an empty shell or a team.

“It’s not my company, it’s our company.”

Fang Hong corrected her, saying that they should have a unified mindset and not use it as a temporary residence, and continued, "Set up the special effects first."

"What?!" Chen Zhixi was a little confused: "May I ask what kind of capital does your family have? You want to make special effects?"

She really didn't want to hit this guy. Not to mention whether she could afford to support special effects personnel, she couldn't even afford to produce a special effects movie!

Any special effects movie costs hundreds of millions, and the production cycle is long.

Besides, when it comes to special effects, the filming team is not up to standard, so they rely on students who have just graduated from school or have not left?
"Who says that to make special effects we must make special effects movies? Can't we make games as well? Let's give them a chance to practice on the games first." Fang Hong said.

Special effects movies and games have a lot in common, such as: model modeling, texture mapping, lighting processing, CG vision, etc.

The difference is that games require interactivity and real-time rendering, while movies have pre-made visual effects.

But movie special effects are more complicated than game special effects, because movies emphasize authenticity, the connections between various nodes, and the need to switch cameras at any time.

The game does not require nodes, just wide special effects are enough, and it can also be simulated with textures.

The main thing is that the game production cycle does not need to be too long, and the graphics can be gradually improved as players play the game.

Movies have to be perfect before they can be released online!
This is the difference between the two, but no matter how different they are, they are also connected. As long as you don't make a 3A game, it is still possible to get a team of dozens of people to make an online game.

Special effects is an experience-based industry. The longer you do it, the more experience you gain.

Moreover, special effects are also connected with the animation field. Once created, it can realize the connection between movie special effects, games, and animations. It is equivalent to building all three fields together.

It can be said that Fang Hong has a long-term vision. The only bad thing is that it requires spending a lot of money. This money is not a short-term burn, but a long-term burn.

But games can be quickly monetized, and the risk is low because people still play games based on thesis defense.

The risks for movies are much greater, and the current domestic market capacity simply cannot accommodate special effects movies.

"Brother, your thinking is too jumpy. We are in the film and television industry. Is it really a good idea to jump to games? We don't understand that." Chen Zhixi did not flatter his idea.

If you do something without understanding it, you will only lose all your money.

"That makes sense. I was just saying it casually. Don't take it seriously." Fang Hong changed his tone.

He can just do it on his own, there's no need to involve Chen Zhixi. This girl should focus on her movie, games are not her forte.

How does the saying go? People are judged by their status.

Fang Hong added: "Then set up the production. You can decide which people are worth staying with and sign them directly to the company."

First, set up the behind-the-scenes work, forget about artist management. Without TV dramas, it is difficult to set up artist management.

"can!"

Chen Zhixi agreed to this, which was equivalent to forming a team.

"This time you find two new photographers. I will let Yu Xian be my executive director." Fang Hong said.

After working hard for more than half a year, I only earned tens of millions. After sharing it with others, only a few tens of millions were left. And these were just numbers on the books and could not be used.

The money was coming in too slowly, so he wanted Yu Xian to get started as a director as soon as possible.

"Okay, I'll take care of this!" Chen Zhixi nodded.

To attract the crew was originally his job as a producer. It was done by Fang Hong before, but now she does it herself.

“Also, don’t use those students for free during the filming of ‘Love Is Not Blind’. We should pay them wages and remuneration as they deserve. They supported us so much in the past, and we should give back now that we have money.” Fang Hong instructed.

We agreed that the rich will help the poor to become rich!

"Then this 500 million budget is not enough!" Chen Zhixi said.

Fang Hong only got 500 million, and it would take several months for "Those Years" to arrive in his account. Where would he get the money?
Fang Hong asked: "According to the ideal situation, what is the budget?"

The budget this time was not made by him, Chen Zhixi did it himself, and he had to do everything, so why did he need this woman?

"At least eight million!" Chen Zhixi said.

"Have you sold the copyright of your song, 'Those Years'?" Fang Hong said.

"This won't sell for much money. Piracy is rampant. It's a good deal if it can sell for hundreds of thousands." Chen Zhixi said.

Songs in this era were not valuable, and the record market had long been destroyed by Internet piracy. Record companies packaged and sold their entire music library, making only a few million a year, unlike later packages that could sell for hundreds of millions.

Making money came later after copyright regulations were implemented.

And this hundreds of thousands is just the price of Huo Ge, and it may not be this price.

So this is also the reason for the music gap. Records can’t be sold, piracy is rampant online, and there are no copyright fees. Who will make music?
Don’t even mention Zhou Milk Tea, how many Zhou Milk Teas are there?

Those musicians rely on performing and giving concerts, and the creators can't even afford to eat.

It's the same with music, and it's similar with movies and TV shows; piracy is rampant.

(End of this chapter)