Lin Wenwu and Zhu Haitao stared at Sun Tao with bright eyes. Sun Tao felt calm. In fact, the situation was not as exaggerated as they said. At least last year's box office did not dominate the market with Hollywood blockbusters.
Last year's box office champion was "Kung Fu" released at the end of the year with a box office of 160 million; the runner-up was "House of Flying Daggers" with a box office of 150 million; the third runner-up was "A World Without Thieves" with a box office of 1.2.
Then came "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," "The Day After Tomorrow," "Troy," "Spider-Man 2," "New Police Story," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and "2046."
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Although he knew that Lin Wenwu was wrong, Sun Tao did not refute him, because Sun Tao also knew what was going on.
Rumor has it that the Film Bureau has verbally conveyed a notice that it hopes each theater chain will support domestic films and will no longer encourage the introduction of overseas blockbusters during the summer vacation. Even so, there were still five Hollywood blockbusters in the top ten last year.
And Sun Tao also knows that from 1994 to 2014, for 20 years, the box office records of Chinese movies have been firmly dominated by Hollywood blockbusters.
China's box office records range from "True Lies" to "Titanic" to "Avatar" to "Transformers" and finally "Avengers 4" (4 billion)
The film that broke Hollywood box office records was "Wolf Warrior" but that was already in 2016.
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Sun Tao smiled and shook his head, "It's too far to talk about that. Let's talk about this now. This time is actually an attempt of mine. After all, it is my first time. I don't understand anything."
Lin Wenwu, "Huang Lei just said you have a producer called, what?"
Sun Tao, "My name is Ning Hao. He graduated from the directing department of our school and made a movie before and won many awards. He helped me. Without him, I really wouldn't dare to do this.
But to be honest, I really invested a little this time. I wrote the script and filmed it myself. The actors I hired were all classmates and friends. The sponsor was a hotel owner. I took my classmates there to film and it was considered a vacation. He took care of all our expenses. Food, accommodation and travel expenses, and people have said it doesn’t matter whether it can be released to the public or not. ”
Zhu Haitao said calmly: "Why can't it be released? In fact, we all know the general story. At most, it is a little taboo for high school students to fall in love, and in the end, the two of them did not really start dating until they were admitted to college. , there is no element that triggers review from beginning to end.”
Lin Wenwu, "Well, youth, love, regret, these factors are intertwined, and the box office return is definitely guaranteed.
By the way, I have been thinking about what you said these days: people cannot have youth and the feeling of youth at the same time. I feel that just by this sentence, as soon as this narration comes out, the audience's tears will flow. ”
Sun Tao smiled helplessly: "What has happened to our school? Sieve, how come you know everything?"
Zhu Haitao smiled slightly and said, "Isn't this strange? The teachers and students who have worked with our company on this campus must all be over 100. We don't know what is going on in the school. I also know that you haven't decided on the heroine yet. At first you hoped to find Liu Yifei, but she ended up going to Hengdian to film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes."
Lin Wenwu curled his lips and said, "What did I just tell you? It's a big production, Director Sun. If you had posted a hero post widely from the beginning to ask everyone to co-finance it, Liu Yifei would have definitely won it. The shooting cycle of a youth campus drama like ours is so long." Short, if you give me the money, people will definitely come over.
Besides, we are also an investor in the drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and it's okay for us to even ask Zhang Jizhong to start filming later to give you time. ”
Zhu Haitao said with a hint of regret: "Last year's "Sword" was so popular. If you could invite Liu Yifei to this film, it would definitely make a profit at the box office. You should regret it!"
Sun Tao: Speaking of regrets, a little bit, I think more of it was because I didn’t have confidence in my first movie. When things came to a close, I was really worried. The salary offered by Liu Yifei’s mother was only 200,000 yuan. Alas!
Sun Tao smiled and said: "I made this film just to try my hand at it. I'm really afraid that the film won't work well and it will affect others' popularity."
Zhu Haitao smiled slightly, "Then we have a newcomer here. He used to be the host, and he was just signed in 1980. He can barely play the role of a high school student. Why don't you give it a try?" Sun Tao asked doubtfully: "Actually, I don't understand you now. What’s your purpose here? Do you want to invest in my film, or do you want to establish a long-term cooperative relationship?”
Zhu Haitao waved his hand, "There are many ways to invest, and letting our actors participate is one of them. And doesn't any long-term cooperation start with a short-term cooperation?
Come on, come on, take a look at the photos first. If you think they're okay, we'll make an appointment next time for her to try it out. ”
Zhu Haitao smoothly pulled out a resume with a photo from his briefcase. Sun Tao recognized it as soon as he glanced at it. Isn't this Liu Yan?
Sun Tao: Yanzi, Yanzi, how can I live without you!
Sun Tao picked up her resume and looked at it carefully. In 1980, she was 24 years old. Liu Yan in the photo was still very young. It was hard to tell whether her breasts were big or not. Liu Yan said that her breasts were original and did not have silicone. I don’t know if it was true or not.
Sun Tao took a look and said, "I'm going to hold an interview at the end of the month. Let her come over then."
Lin Wenwu, "Hey, hey, we also have a few suitable girls over there, let's come over and give it a try."
Sun Tao, "Okay, there is contact information on our company's website, and the interview address is probably at the company headquarters, around Anzhen Bridge."
Lin Wenwu, "Okay, I know that place, about the investment..."
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Six o'clock in the evening, Canteen No. 2 of the Film Academy.
There were four people in a dormitory, each with a piece of spicy hotpot. The other three people were sizzling and eating, and only Sun Tao was on the phone.
Sun Tao, "Ah, they contacted Manager Li this afternoon. How did they discuss it?"
"..."
Sun Tao, "Well, okay, then I understand. I told her that she doesn't need to discuss any trivial matter with me. You should also remember from now on that the company is getting bigger and bigger, and you can make the final decision on small matters." , don’t be afraid of making mistakes, I’ll take care of you when you make mistakes, isn’t that how people are trained?
Well, you can decide the interview time. Oh, remember to tell director Ning Hao, he is the only one among us who has experience. ”
"..."
Liu Hao smiled and said: "I finally understand why Zhang Yimou only becomes a director and does not start his own company."
Wang Xiaoshuai, "We have studied in the dormitory before about why Chen Kaige started his own company and Zhang Yimou honestly worked for others as a director. Now I understand, this thing is too tiring."
Xiao Hao, "Okay, stop talking, boss. The food is almost cold. Hey, boss, the heroine hasn't been decided yet?" (End of Chapter)