Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 406 2010 Summer Movie

In general, the movies that deserve special attention in the summer season of 10 include "Iron Man 2", "Shrek Forever After", "Prince of Persia" and "The Expendables".

In addition, there are "Minions", "The Twilight Saga 3", and "Taken" related to Chen Linfeng.

其中《小黄人》预计在6月18日上映，《暮光之城3》是6月30日。

Chen Linfeng thought about it and remembered that there was another movie called "Inception" in the summer season in his previous life, and it seemed to be released in mid-July.

This life is gone because of him.

He asked in detail about the movies that would be released in July and decided to release Taken at the same time as the domestic release, both on July 7th.

If it were to clash with The Twilight Saga 3 any earlier, it would have interfered with each other.

Also, "Twilight" is a pure fan movie, which was particularly fierce in the first week, so it is really not suitable for direct confrontation.

In this way, there is a "Predator" at the same time, which should be the fourth part of this IP.

Chen Linfeng thought about it and felt that the box office of this movie in the previous life should have been average. At least in his impression, it was not a big hit.

The next week, July 7, is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," a $16 million film.

Starring Nicolas Cage, he had never heard of it in his previous life, which shows that it is not a particularly great movie.

I think it's one of the worst movies made by Nicolas Cage.

He is worthy of being the king of bad movies, a chosen worker born to pay off debts.

Chen Linfeng shook his head and didn't take it seriously.

"Then it's settled. It would be best if it were released on July 7th. It will be released in both countries at the same time."

Chen Linfeng clapped his hands and asked Sister Mei to communicate with Disney, the distributor, and then notify other partners.

He turned to Liu Qianqian, who had been listening quietly.

"Xixi, you have to be prepared. After the movie is released, you have to visit more theaters. We have to rely on roadshows to win this time."

Liu Qianqian nodded in confusion. She didn’t know what her boyfriend meant by “visiting more stores”.

After discussing "Taken", the next thing to discuss is the movie "The Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan" starring Sissi.

This movie is directed by Cheng Er, but because Chen Linfeng is the screenwriter and producer, it is generally regarded as Chen's movie by the outside world.

In addition, it will be easier to promote the film since Liu Xixi is the lead actress.

The public has a relatively good impression of her, and she has many core fans and casual fans, so she can create a lot of hype just by promoting her online.

However, there are too few examples of female protagonists carrying the box office, and few people have confidence in such films. It is still unknown whether the public recognizes Liu Xixi's ability in movies.

Therefore, the focus of this topic is still Chen Linfeng.

After all, his first commercial film as a director was a "miracle movie" that did not have any big-name stars but managed to earn 3 million yuan in domestic box office and over 6 million yuan worldwide.

Coupled with several heavyweight film awards and the title of "great director", the public will naturally have more trust in his film works.

This is also the significance of being a great director - being able to sell box office movies based on his own reputation.

Liu Qianqian still needs to continue working hard on this.

Chen Linfeng emphasized, "If one day you can make people walk into the cinema just because of your name, then you will become the most powerful female star in the country, which is something that Gong Li and Zhang Manyu cannot do."

"I know." Liu Qianqian nodded seriously. She had an idea about this.

"So when is the movie scheduled?"

"Let me think about it. There's The Expendables at the end of August, so we should try to avoid it. There's also Shrek 8 in mid-August, which is also a strong competitor. So, let's put it earlier, in early August, on August 8th."

Chen Linfeng recalled the box office of these two Hollywood movies. Neither of them was easy to beat. Domestic movies were easier to beat.

After they have confirmed it, they will then communicate with various companies.

Fang Long attached great importance to "Taken". He did not object when Chen Linfeng suggested using roadshows to increase the box office.

He knew exactly how many companies the other party was going to visit for the roadshow.

We have to visit all the key cities across the country, including second- and third-tier cities.

At least thirty or forty cities were visited within half a month, which means an average of two cities a day.

Even if we are divided into two groups, we will visit one city per day.

If you add in the fact that there is more than one cinema to visit in a city, then there is almost no free time, either in the cinema or on the road.

Although Fang Long agreed, he still had some doubts.

"Xiao Chen, will this really have a big effect? ​​Especially in cities outside of the eight major voting bases, almost no one would go there in the past."

"We are going because others are not going."

Chen Linfeng explained, "Those places rarely see big-name stars, so if we go there, it will definitely be big news.

For this reason, local cinemas will certainly try every possible means to strive for it, and accordingly, we can use this as a condition to increase the number of screenings.

Publicity is one thing, but scheduling is the key. Even if we work together, if our reputation is high enough, it is always a good thing to schedule more films.”

"That's what you said."

Fang Long understood. Although he didn't know how effective this would be, it at least sounded logical.

He thought of Xiao Chen's last commercial film, "Police Incident". At that time, many new methods were used, whether it was trailer bombing or large-scale previews, which had a lot of effects.

Many people in the industry have noticed this, and Van Longs is also paying attention.

From this point of view, Xiao Chen is still very thoughtful.

He took the opportunity to ask, "Are we going to use this propaganda method again this time?"

“We can still make a few more trailers, forget about the previews. Brother Fang Long, too many people are paying attention to your movie, and there must be a lot of pirates eyeing it, so we still have to be on guard.

This is not like Police Case. At that time, I was still a newcomer in the film industry and not many people cared about it. It’s different now.”

"That's right." Fang Long felt that the other party was quite thoughtful.

In fact, Chen Linfeng has thought about converting it to 3D later. It’s not that the effect will be very good, but it will be very helpful in preventing piracy.

Just think about it, there will be many movies that are selling dog meat under the name of mutton and use the name of 3D movies to cheat money.

There is no need for him to join in the fun and ruin his own reputation.

This is the domestic publicity strategy, but Mark will be the one to decide for overseas. He is not in Hollywood, so he certainly doesn't understand the situation as well as Mark does.

After Chen Linfeng and Mark had a conversation over the phone, they decided to mainly let Fang Long go to Hollywood to participate in the promotion.

After all, he is more famous abroad and is the leading actor, so he is more suitable than Liu Qianqian.

Shortly thereafter, Van Loong went to Hollywood and began to frequently appear on TV shows to promote his work.

Liu Xixi is in the country, giving interviews and appearing on variety shows.

The crew had taken this into consideration when they filmed the show specifically focusing on her content.

Throughout May, Chen Linfeng focused on filming and occasionally accepted interviews.

It just so happens that I don’t have to go out to shoot on location for a while, and doing these things at the film and television base will not affect the operation of the crew.

However, reporters are still not allowed to interview the crew, and on the other hand, they are continuing with their mystery marketing.

On the other hand, the focus of publicity is on "Taken", which cannot overshadow the main event.

Liu Qianqian would go out to appear on shows from time to time.

The movie starring Fang Long, directed by Chen Linfeng, and with a special appearance by Liu Qianqian, will be released in July.

It has been watched by veteran movie fans since the early days, but now the news has appeared in the public eye and spread quickly.

Someone did the math and found out that you can watch "Fate" in June, "Taken" in July, and "The Ugly Duckling" in August.

Every month there are great works that are worth looking forward to, and the arrangements are very clear.

What a beautiful thing this is.

In the eyes of the public, works related to Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian are generally good works.

Many people have already formed this kind of thinking habit.

The above statement quickly spread on the Internet, and some people who like watching movies kept telling others about their movie-watching plans online.

It's almost according to this statement.

When Feng Xiaogang heard this, he almost slammed the table.

"What does this mean? Everyone goes to see Xiao Chen's movies. He is the only one who can make good movies? Isn't this bullying honest people?"

Then I quickly set the date.

It was two weeks after Taken.

At least we don't have to confront each other head-on, Feng Xiaogang thought.

Zheng Zhihao instructed his subordinates to speed up the progress as much as possible and develop and test an application with preliminary basic functions within three months.

It is better to catch up with the boss's trend first, and then you can make adjustments slowly during the operation.

He dialed the number left by Chen Linfeng and began to contact Wanda, Huaying and other theater chains, hoping to establish a cooperative relationship.

The early online ticketing websites mainly relied on theater chains.

The cinema chain only needs to receive the ticket issuing machine from Maoyan and verify the movie tickets.

On Maoyan's side, installing a ticket machine is a very tiring job. In addition, a ticket machine costs more than 10,000 yuan, so the initial investment is also huge.

The initial cost investment is millions, which does not include software development, servers, and employee salaries.

In other words, Chen Linfeng knew the prospects of the website and was willing to spend money, so he gave all the money needed for the angel round and the first round of financing.

Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether Zheng Zhihao would be willing to do this.

However, now that the conditions are in place, he can be more relaxed.

Not only did he get in touch with the theater chains, he also used Chen Linfeng's connections to negotiate promotional channels like V Station and Sina Weibo, and even negotiated promotional routes with old bosses like Penguin.

Of course, you have to pay for it.

It’s just that there are plenty of people who have money but don’t know where to spend it, so it’s a good thing if we can negotiate it smoothly.

(End of this chapter)