Chapter 426 Graduation Defense
After the end of Cannes, domestic media suddenly reported a lot of reports about "Night Banquet". It can be seen that Huayi took action.
Zhang Chen could understand the other party's mood and finally raised his head for a while.
On the TV, Feng Xiaogang was proud. The first blockbuster he directed himself sold overseas copyright, of course it was already ~
"The craze for Chinese costume blockbusters is indeed in decline, but this does not affect the sales of "Night Banquet".
Film manufacturers from all over the country expressed great interest in "Night Banquet". In the end, the North American copyright was won by Wienstein Pictures for $5 million. In addition to the good quality of the movie itself, all of this is also inseparable from Miss Zhang Ziyi's strong recommendation. Thanks to Miss Ziyi~"
Harvey Wienstein was indeed introduced by Zhang Ziyi.
To be honest, Zhang Ziyi has been doing well in Hollywood in the past two years.
Hollywood needs an Asian face, Gong Li is old, and Zhang Ziyi is just above the top.
Recently, Zhang Ziyi is discussing cooperation with Wienstein Pictures. Wienstein Pictures has an Asian film fund plan, saying that it will remake "The Cold-Blooded Thirteen Eagles", "The Drunken Man", "The Seven Warriors", etc. Zhang Ziyi is the heroine.
The two are in the sweet period, and there is a good deal. Of course, Zhang Ziyi wants to introduce it to Harvey.
Zhang Chen was playing with the remote control in his hand, but he was thinking about something in his mind.
There is no doubt that Harvey is digging a hole for Huayi, and he also blames Huayi. He has learned from "The Promise" and dares to contact Wienstein Pictures.
Maybe Feng Xiaogang thinks "Night Banquet" is better than "The Promise".
It is also possible that the Wang brothers think they are smarter than Brother Chen Kai.
How Wienstein Pictures cheated Huayi has nothing to do with him, Zhang Chen. What he was thinking about was how to get benefits from this matter.
Even if "Night Banquet" was returned, it would not be of any benefit to him, but what Zhang Chen thought was that it would be a pity if such a good prophet's advantage could not be cashed out.
How to cash in?
Zhang Chen thought about it and wanted to draw circles like Ikki, but he finally came up with a solution.
Wienstein Pictures must have threatened Warner to sell the video to them at a low price in the end, so Zhang Chen could take it.
Of course, he must have let White Gloves come forward, such as Diane.
It doesn’t need to pay much more for the North American copyright of "Night Banquet" in the name of Cube, as long as it is higher than Wienstein Pictures.
Even if it is the same as their bid, there is no way to choose. If you choose some, the Wang brothers will definitely not steam steamed buns and make a fuss.
As long as you win North American copyright, you will be profitable.
He doesn't need to be released, he doesn't have the ability to release, but he can sell the film to PepsiCo.
PepsiCo is the largest video tape rental company in North America. At its peak, it also rented and sold game cassettes. However, later the rise of streaming media, PepsiCo could not keep up with the situation and went bankrupt.
Chinese Movies have always performed very well in the North American video tape market, and North American audiences have always been curious about the mysterious Oriental.
Especially, Oriental also produces kung fu movies, which have always been a popular subject in the video tape market.
"Night Banquet" is not a kung fu film, but it has a bed scene, and you can sell it for a good price based on this alone.
The similar type of "Memoirs of Geisha" in North America has revenue of nearly $42 million.
Zhang Chen felt that "Night Banquet" should be sold at a good price, but it was somewhat immoral to do so.
Although the North American copyright is sold, the box office has nothing to do with Huayi anymore, but if it is not released, it will make the other party very defensive.
Feng Xiaogang will definitely fire at that time.
When "Hero" was suppressed by Miramax, Zhang Weiping jumped a lot.
But this is all for the future, so let’s take a look at it step by step.
Zhang Chen went to China Film again and looked at the later progress of "Painted Skin".
Then talked with Chen Xi about the progress of Jiahe's new movie. Wang Jing is worthy of being a fast gunner. "Extreme Career" has been completed for more than half of it. It is estimated that it will be completed in ten days. This is also the fastest-progress among the three movies.
Just just hung up Chen Xi's phone call, Liu Daoqiang called again to report on the work progress of the theme park.
The first phase of Star Paradise is scheduled to be in Changping. Construction has broken down and is expected to be opened in half a year.
Speaking of this period of time, it was really like a waste of money.
The acquisition of Jiahe shares in the hands of Li Chaoren and Chen Guoqiang, the construction of Star Home, and the promotional expenses of "Silent Land", are a considerable expense.
If it weren't for the overseas copyright of "Silent Land" two days ago and the blood was recovered, the funds in his hands would be risked to be taken away.
Japan is still asking about the role of "Pacific Rim". Zhang Chen immediately announced that he had decided to join the film, which was to block the mouths of those small books...
But South Korea is even more violent.
Japan is OK, why can’t South Korea?
Zhang Chen is indeed considering this, yes, Japan can do it, why can't South Korea?
It is simple to add a Korean actor, and it is also simple to reflect Korean elements.
Foreign heads of state visit South Korea, and the Republic of Korea likes to entertain foreign heads of state with girl groups. Don’t think wrong, it’s just a simple performance show, spicy dance, etc.~
Then this can be completely transplanted into the movie.
Hong Kong Dome Base, because it is on the front line of facing sea monsters, the people in the base are very depressed every day.
The kind and friendly Republic of Korea regularly sent its own girl group to the dome to send it to the labor force and perform programs to the soldiers and staff.
It not only reflects Korean culture, but also arranges Korean actors, a win-win~
When it comes to money, Zhang Chen feels that he still has to make a foreign language film.
In terms of cost-effectiveness, foreign language films are more suitable than Mandarin films.
Fast shooting, quick release, quick monetization~
And they all create big miracles with small costs.
A movie even has a profit of 20 million US dollars, which can be converted into RMB and exceed 100 million.
His movie is already the first sequence in China. Even if the box office of "Hurricane Rescue" exceeds 250 million yuan, the producer can get about 33% of the total box office after taxes, movie special funds, theaters and distribution fees.
That 33% is still shared with other investors.
It is impossible to eat alone in movies, you must always give benefits to others.
China Film and Shanghai Film and Television, both of them have theaters in their hands. Why do you support you? Isn’t it just because you support you to make money?
The box office share of "Hurricane Rescue" is more than 80 million, and finally according to the investment ratio, Star Entertainment only has more than 30 million.
Add to the 15 million DVD copyright and 5 million movie channel, the total profit in China is more than 40 million.
The more than 40 million yuan was exchanged for USD 5 million, which was only enough to make a small-cost movie.
Zhang Chen thinks it is better to open source as much as possible to make the Cube a few more movies to make money quickly.
Zhang Chen locked himself in the room and grabbed money, and there were too many scripts about the future in his mind.
"Sunny Little Beauty" seems to be a good choice~
"Juno" is also OK, it is definitely a box office killer.
"Twilight" and "Hangover" can be arranged~
Cube is really a good existence as an independent film company. At present, no one in China knows the relationship between Zhang Chen and Cube.
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Huayi
The Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang were sucking in the office.
North America sold $5 million, and everyone here is very satisfied.
The Night Banquet cost $15 million, and the miscellaneous ones have recovered $8 million, which means that if you make another $7 million, you will get the money back.
7 million US dollars is 56 million RMB.
So far, "Night Banquet" has sold 15 million yuan in DVDs in China, plus the movie channel revenue of 5 million yuan and the patch advertising revenue of 15 million yuan, which is a total of 35 million yuan.
The difference is only 21 million.
21 million, according to the current distribution ratio, as long as the box office exceeds 70 million. Is it difficult to exceed 70 million for Feng Xiaogang's movies?
Of course it's not difficult.
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The movie channel's interview about Zhang Chen was broadcast, but it was really not cut.
The words Zhang Chen complained about "The Untamed" were broadcasted without missing a word.
Princess Six, isn't it a bit too naughty?
You can imagine what expressions Chen and his wife looked like when they saw him.
It just so happened that "The Promise" was released overseas in the past two days.
After Miramax returned the product, although China Film temporarily contacted Warner, Warner was just in the process.
Their distribution strategy is very cautious, to the extreme.
In the beginning, only small-scale screenings were conducted in 213 theaters across the United States.
To put it bluntly, I just don’t like it.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
And "The Promise" did not disappoint everyone.
Chinese people don’t like to watch, and foreigners don’t like to watch either.
The box office of "The Promise" in the ten-day small-scale screening was only 510,000 US dollars, which was a big hit to my grandma's house~
The second weekend was even more miserable, with only a pitiful $110,000.
What does this mean? It means that this video is not recognized by the audience.
In the end, the North American box office of "The Promise" was frozen at the shameful 669,625 yuan.
The North American market has always been regarded as a weather vane for overseas markets.
The North American market collapsed, and the overseas market collapsed, and it was impossible for a film dealer to purchase copyright.
...
Several major events happened in the Chinese entertainment industry in June: "Night Banquet" sold North American copyright~
Zhang Chen sprayed "Wuji" again~
Xie Wang and Cecilia Cheung reunited~
"The Storm of the Giant Crocodile" is about to start filming~
There is no absolute protagonist, and they all have been in the lead for hundreds of years.
The filming location of "The Giant Crocodile Storm" was chosen in a studio in Hengdian. The Hengdian Group is so powerful that in order to give away two studios for free in the Pacific Rim, Zhang Chen also had to repay her.
According to Zhang Chen's initial idea, he would be the producer for a while.
It not only ensures that Wan Ziren's shooting is not a problem, but also helps the crew and director to integrate quickly.
Unfortunately, I caught up with the graduation defense.
The title of the paper submitted by Zhang Chen is "Introduction to Thriller Creation", and the defense is naturally centered around this.
"How do you define a thriller?"
"Thriller is a type of film that is based on detectives, mysterious events, crimes, complex psychopathy or schizophrenia.
It is similar to horror films, the difference is that thriller not only relies on the impact of visual senses, but also enjoys the audience through unpredictable scene plots and intricate narrative means..."
"What about conflict settings?"
"In conflict settings, there must be two types: external conflict and internal conflict. External conflict is the general environment, creating a tense atmosphere, while internal conflict highlights the complex relationship between characters and uses internal conflict to promote the development of the plot..."
As soon as Zhang Chen finished answering, a professor frowned: "Internal conflicts only serve to promote the plot? Why not try to extend it and discuss human nature or something deeper..."
Zhang Chen did not refute him, but replied: "It can be extended appropriately to allow the protagonist to face some choices and show maternal love, but even so, these conflicts are still set to promote the plot. If the rhythm of the whole drama is destroyed, I would rather not..."
"Then talk about the rhythm issue you just mentioned in detail..."
The professor obviously wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Tian Zhuangzhuang took the lead.
Tian Zhuangzhuang is the department head. He spoke, so the man had to give up.
Zhang Chen knew that the other party didn't want him to choke with the teacher.
Although he is a striking figure in Beijing Film Academy, not all teachers are on his side.
He had previously publicly opposed art films and was dismissive of the author's films, which really offended many people.
Faced with Tian Zhuangzhuang's question, Zhang Chen thought for a while and replied: "The rhythm should be the most important thing in a thriller.
The plot must be promoted quickly, so fast that the audience has no time to think about it.
In fact, the setting of many plots is not impeccable. The audience can figure it out with just a little thought, but as long as the plot advances fast enough, the audience will have no time to think carefully...
To give the most obvious example, have you seen the low-cost movie "A Glimpse of Life" produced by Hollywood in 2004?"
Most people did not respond, but Tian Zhuangzhuang nodded, and many other students listening next to him nodded, and Zhang Chen just regarded them as watching it.
"The Glimpse of Vision" wins completely by fast pace.
The kidnapped heroine can contact a stranger through the repaired phone number and let the other party help her solve the crisis...
This setting is actually very good.
But under this setting, the audience can completely predict the next step.
The reason why the audience can still watch patiently is entirely because the plot of the movie is advanced fast enough.
The audience may just be about to think about it, or just thought about it, and the plot also happened at the same time. At this time, the audience had no first-mover advantage and could only follow the plot completely~"
After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he looked at the thoughtful look on the faces of several examiners, and continued: "In addition to the rhythm, there is another very important thing, which is the brain!
This tests the screenwriter's ability.
Sometimes, a movie has no brains and no appeal, which directly determines the success or failure of the movie.
You throw out a very attractive setting. As long as the audience accepts it, the subsequent sense of substitution will be very strong.
Let me give you an example, "Black Hole Frequency", its setting is very attractive.
The male protagonist can contact his father 30 years ago through an old-fashioned radio, thereby changing history...
As long as the audience accepts this setting, it will follow the movie, and there is no possibility of exiting early. "
Zhang Chen originally used "Silent Land" as an example, but the movie has not been released yet. If the plot is revealed rashly, it may affect the box office, so it will be temporarily changed to "Black Hole Frequency".
"Black Hole Frequency" is a typical brain-thinking movie.
It attracts the audience purely by novel settings.
The audience could not imagine the next direction of the plot...
Unfortunately, it appeared in 2000 and there was no need to copy it.
But Zhang Chen remembers that South Korea also filmed a similar subject, called "Telephone", which was also very good, so you can take it in advance.
Not only that, the TV series "Signal" is also a similar setting, which is something that modern people can communicate with people from decades ago, thereby changing history.
It is also mixed with suspense elements, which is fascinating. "Do you think about it entirely from the market perspective?"
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Dear parents, the number of updates in the past two days is a bit awkward to everyone's reading.
Recently years ago, I was busy all kinds of things, and I wanted to write more, but I could only reach this level.
I'll try my best to ~
(This chapter is over)