Magic Modified Huayu

After all, there aren’t that many good Chinese-language films.

As long as the plot is smooth, audience-friendly, the IQ is basically online, and the actors' acting skills are not bad, the audience will generally like it.

There is no doubt that "Red Strongman" did it.

Therefore, the audience expressed their love for "Red Strongman" through box office and ratings.

Director Wei pulled his hand out of Lady Li's arms and answered the call from his secretary.

"Boss, the first-day box office and word-of-mouth of 'Red Strongman' are both better than expected.

The first-day box office took in 2.4 million yuan, and box office forecasters have already raised their estimates of the total to over 30 billion yuan, which has satisfied investors. "The investment in 'Red Strongman' is not low, but it's not too high either."

Because the pay of Hong Kong actors is not too expensive nowadays.

At least they didn't dare to ask for a high price for Director Wei's film.

Moreover, Director Wei does not want to have the cake and eat it all by himself, so more than half of the investors of "Red Strongman" are local Hong Kong film forces.

Most Hong Kong actors are artists under these investors.

You want your own artists to star in a movie invested by your own company and still want high pay?

Do you really think that the capitalists are philanthropists?

That is to say, Director Wei exaggerated the chaotic scene in Hong Kong.

In the middle, Director Wei got angry and the crew stopped working for a while

Resulting in more investment

But overall, the cost of "Red Strongman" is relatively low among the films directed by Director Wei.

Taking into account the water content, the total investment cost of "Red Strongman" is only 2 million.

After all, this is not a special effects blockbuster.

If you squeeze out the water, the investment cost of "Red Strongman" is only over 100 million.

So in fact, only 3 million box office revenue is needed to recoup the cost.

All the money above 300 million is profit.

Add to that the sales of other copyrights... Judging from the first-day box office of "Red Strongman", the investment of major investors this time is not a matter of doubling but several times over.

Facts have proved that there is meat to be eaten by following Director Wei.

Director Wei is really generous.

Director Wei himself is very calm about this result.

"As expected, for the movies I've made, 30 billion yuan at the box office is almost a standard, provided the external environment remains stable."

Problems with the external environment mean that audiences cannot go to the cinema to watch movies.

Then it will be useless no matter how great Director Wei’s appeal is.

That is not the case now.

Director Wei’s appeal is naturally beyond doubt.

Shooting a small production with a cost of 2 million is just picking up money.

Director Wei is willing to give the opportunity to make money to other investors, so he is the big daddy of the investors.

Of course they are satisfied.

Director Wei continued to ask, "What about word of mouth?"

The secretary said, "It's currently 8.7, but newly released ratings are often inflated. After the film is released, the normal rating should drop by about one point. The final estimate is between 7 and 8."

"That's right. If a commercial film wants to hit the box office, the best score is between 7 and 8."

Director Wei nodded with satisfaction.

A score higher than 8 is really not a good thing for a commercial film.

Because the music is too high-brow and difficult to appreciate.

A score below 7 is naturally not a good thing.

That would be a bit disrespectful to the IQ of most viewers.

The rating of over seven points is just right, in line with the viewing preferences of most viewers.

"Promote it as planned, but don't go overboard."

Director Wei instructed, "Be more restrained. The higher-ups don't want this movie to have too high a box office or too much influence. We have to be sensible.

A box office of over 30 billion is fine, not too high, not too low, just right."

"clear."

If Director Wei is willing to put in more effort and add more publicity funds, the box office will definitely be higher.

However, if the popularity is deliberately reduced and the publicity efforts are suppressed during the promotion period, the box office will naturally be affected.

These are all controllable.

No one wants their movie to have a low box office.

But the objective facts are here.

Director Wei naturally didn't dare to be stubborn.

The conversation between Director Wei and his secretary woke up Lady Li.

After Director Wei finished the call, Lady Li excitedly asked, "Director Wei, did 'Red Strongman' make a killing?"

Director Wei said calmly, "Of course, it's no problem to multiply the return on investment several times."

Lady Li was overjoyed, but also a little dazed.

"Is making money so easy? Why do I feel like it's just like picking up money?"

She and her husband withdraw their living expenses from the family trust fund every month.

Although it is also picking up money, it is obviously different from the feeling of Director Wei making money and becoming self-reliant by making movies.

If you can make money on your own, who would want to live under someone else's roof?

Li Meiren had a hard life since childhood, and she always knew that making money was difficult.

That's why she always wanted to be with a rich man.

As a result, Director Wei demonstrated to her how easy it is to make money.

Li Meiren's worldview was refreshed.

Because Director Wei left her a portion of his investment share.

She gets a share of the profits.

Of course, Lady Li also knew that Director Wei was giving her money.

But Lady Li actually paid the cost.

Thinking about this return on investment, Li Meiren felt for the first time that she could survive without her husband.

Regarding this, Director Wei was very calm.

You have been a housewife for too long and don’t understand the current entertainment industry. The current entertainment industry is just about making money.

"Besides, 'Red Hot Man' had a 200 million yuan budget and a box office of 3 billion yuan or more isn't outrageous. The first part of 'Cold War' was only 25 million yuan, and the second part was 80 million yuan. In terms of return on investment, it's actually not much worse than 'Red Hot Man'."

What Director Wei said is true.

Making Hong Kong films these days is much more economical than many people imagine.

The pay for Hong Kong actors is really cheap.

It is much cheaper than the current pay of actors in Central China.

Of course, Hong Kong actors don’t ask for high pay when making Hong Kong movies, so local protectionism has always existed.

Hong Kong actors charge a different price when filming in Central China.

However, even if they film in Central China, their pay is much cheaper than that of many Central China actors.

The pay of mainland actors is really outrageous nowadays.

Moreover, "Red Strongman" is also a Hong Kong film, and the Hong Kong actors did not dare to ask Director Wei for more.

So in terms of cost, it is really low.

但这种投资回报率一点都不离谱。《寒战》第1部投资2500万，票房2.54亿。《寒战》第2部投资8000万，票房近7亿。

The output is almost ten times higher.

Moreover, the two directors of the "Cold War" series were still newcomers at the time.

In comparison, "Red Strongman" was directed by Wei.

A cost of 2 million yuan, a box office of over 30 billion yuan, plus a groundbreaking plot and subject matter, and most importantly, the appeal of Director Wei.

Among professionals and ordinary audiences, the performance of "Red Strongman" is very reasonable.

Only someone like Li Meiren, who has been away from the film industry for too long, would be surprised.

In fact, no one thought that Director Wei's "Red Strongman" would fail. The only problem was how much profit the movie would make and the "technical" issues.

"Mrs. Xu, open your eyes and look at the world. Times have changed.

Compared to being a housewife, you can make more money by working in the industry, and you have the looks."

Lady Li glanced at Director Wei's hand on her and grumbled, "Do you really like calling me 'Madam'?" Director Wei thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Then call me Madam Xu?"

Mrs. Xu really wanted to kick this stinky man away.

But she kicked Director Wei's hand.

Then, Mrs. Xu was taught a lesson by Director Wei.

After the battle, Mrs. Xu quickly fell back into sleep.

Director Wei also wanted to sleep.

But suddenly a few lines of subtitles appeared in front of his eyes.

Prompts from the system.

[After the magical modification, "Red Strongman" has received good system evaluation.

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[The system has noticed that changes are about to happen in the real world and that the host's industry will suffer a devastating blow in the future. The system will modify the rewards.

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[The system serves the host and helps the host realize his dreams.

The system has made its judgment. If the real world continues to develop normally, the host's dream will never be realized no matter how hard he tries.

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[A person's destiny must take into account both personal struggle and the course of history.

Many times, the course of history is often more important than personal struggle.

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[The system makes a judgment - the course of history must be modified in order to help the host continue to realize his dream.

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【The system is trying to upgrade.

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[Upgrade failed.]

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[Is the host willing to pay the price of the system being dormant for five years in exchange for the highest reward of the magic modification system - a magic modification of the real world.

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【yes? 】