Chapter 18 Any time
Commercial film, Wang Shu has no plans at the moment.
Last year, in 2004, the number one box office hit in the mainland was Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" with 173 million.
This year's box office champion will be "The Promise" directed by Chen Kaige, with 190 million.
A movie with an investment of 300 million yuan only had a box office of 190 million yuan, and the producer lost all his money.
Director Chen even left a famous saying.
Secondly, there is "Myth" starring Chen Long, with a box office of 97 million.
The investment is about 120 million, and the producer’s domestic box office share ratio is only 22%, making it another loss-making film.
When the film ranks tenth on the box office list, it only has 20 million.
In this era, due to the scarcity of screens and other reasons, the movie box office can't get much higher even if it is exhausted.
The limitations of the times mean that even if Wang Shu makes a good commercial film, it is impossible to get a high box office.
For example, "Let the Bullets Fly" was released at the end of 2010, with a box office of 676 million.
If this movie were to be released 5 or 6 years later, the minimum guarantee would be 3 billion.
For example, if the movie "Myth" is released not now but ten years later, it will have a box office of RMB 200-300 million.
As for special effects blockbusters, that is even more nonsense.
At present, there is no corresponding technical level in China. If you want to make a special effects blockbuster, you have to go to the United States to do it.
Getting it to the United States means that the production cost is almost astronomical.
Compared with the domestic market, which has just started a few years ago and is still very limited, making such special effects blockbusters is courting death.
If you want to make a commercial blockbuster, you should at least wait until after 2010.
In 2010, "Avatar" directed by Hollywood director Cameron was released in China, ushering in an era of domestic single-film box office of one billion.
You know, "Avatar" is an epoch-making special effects blockbuster with huge investment, and it only broke one billion.
Since then, the construction of domestic theater screens has grown rapidly, and the era of box office blowout for commercial films has arrived.
Before 2012, it was the golden period in the television field.
I missed this period, but there is no such store in this village.
In 2004, my country launched digital TV, and set-top boxes began to enter thousands of households.
Before this, almost all rural TV users used antennas to receive channels, and they could only receive 5 or 6 TV stations in total. They were all provincial satellite TV stations, comprehensive stations, and local satellite TV stations in the city. All they could watch TV programming is limited.
As for pot lids, they are not allowed to be installed in most places
Since the large-scale promotion of digital TV, TV users in rural areas can use set-top boxes to watch TV programs from more than 30 provinces across the country. satellite TV stations, and more than a dozen CCTV stations.
Since then, the country has entered the golden age of digital television.
In this period, there were no smart phones and not many computer users. The common people were all loyal users of television.
It is also because of this kind of soil that Taiwanese idols and Korean wave can sweep across the country.
Producing TV series in this era can not only penetrate the market of the post-80s generation and previous generations, but also become a childhood memory of the post-90s generation.
In a few years, more domestic movie screens will be built and the market will become bigger, so we can start making commercial films again.
At that time, the post-90s generation began to enter the society. With money in their hands, they still had to pay for their feelings and go to the cinema?
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Therefore, Wang Shu's plan is to produce TV series and shoot award-winning films at the same time.
Although there is little success in commercial films in this era, award-winning films that focus on selling copyrights are still quite good.
Anyway, there are only so many screens in China, and the box office of commercial films is not much higher.
As for award-winning films, not only can they win awards, their copyrights are also favored by film buyers at film festivals, and they can be released in theaters.
Beautiful.
On the contrary, when the domestic film market becomes bigger in the future, award-winning films will be far less popular than commercial films.
By that time, a commercial blockbuster will easily earn several billions at the box office, while an award-winning film will only earn tens of millions or hundreds of millions.
So, taking advantage of the fact that the construction of the domestic big screen has not yet been completed, and no matter how much commercial films are made, it is impossible to have a high box office period, we should first make award-winning films and go to the three major European majors to win some awards to establish our status, and then make commercial films. .
Furthermore, Wang Shu had previously acquired two factories. His purpose in filming the TV series was not the TV series, but had other plans. It was also because of the acquisition of factories and the establishment of a film and television company that he spent all the 20 million in his hands before he could keep it warm, so that he was unable to invest in the production of TV series on his own
Of course, even if he was able to invest on his own production, he wouldn’t be either.
Because, this is a taboo.
The people of the Tang Dynasty just like to eat alone. Even though they have produced many high-quality TV series, they have never been able to develop.
Wang Shu called Zhou Xiaofa, the company’s director.
“Announce the news that our company and Enlight Media will jointly invest in the production of TV series, and then notify various brokerage companies, artist studios, etc. about the auditions for new dramas.”
"Understood." Zhou Xiaofa got Wang Shu's signal and immediately started to do it.
Wang Shu looked at Zhou Xiaofa’s leaving figure and fell into brief contemplation.
In 2005, in the TV series, it was a fight between gods.
"Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Bright Sword", "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty", "Lotus Lantern", "Family with Children", etc., as well as three movies that Wang Jinbei shot in a row last year Martial arts dramas and idol dramas from Baodao enter the mainland market.
“Boss, Mr. Chen said there is no schedule.” Xiao Wu from the company opened the door and came in to report.
"That's it." Wang Shu was stunned. The heartthrob was very excited. It was a pity that we couldn't work together this time.
"Contact Yan Danchen for me." Wang Shu thought for a while and said.
"Okay." Xiao Wu left the office.
As the heroine of the TV series, Wang Shu originally planned to invite Chen Hao to star. This "Pink Girl" starring in 2003 was dubbed the "heartthrob" as soon as it was aired.
Last year's starring role in "Double Boom" was another hit drama. Having such a well-known actor starring can drive the popularity and attention of the TV series.
However, the other party has no schedule.
As for Si Dan Shuang Bing
In 2005, the salary for an episode of Shuang Bing's TV series had reached 80,000 yuan, which Wang Shu, with only a budget of 6 million, could not afford.
Liu Yifei is also a good choice, but she is currently filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and will not complete her last scene until the end of April.
Gao Yuanyuan is also fine, but this one is currently filming "Li Shimin, King of Qin" and has no schedule either.
In the afternoon, a certain coffee shop.
"Hello, Director Wang, I am Yan Danchen." As soon as Wang Shu arrived, Yan Danchen stood up and introduced himself politely.
"Hello." Wang Shu reached out and shook hands with the other person, his fingers were very tender.
He took a closer look at Yan Danchen. He was indeed the culprit who turned Tianpeng into a pig. He was indeed very beautiful.
"Director Wang, what are you drinking?" Yan Danchen asked carefully.
"Just plain water will do." Wang Shu didn't expect Yan Danchen to come earlier than him, and he felt a little emotional.
This girl's stardom has not been smooth. She is already 27 and is not very famous. The most classic role of Chang'e has not yet been broadcast on CCTV.
"Baolian Lantern" was completed in May 2004, and it was not premiered on CCTV until October this year.
Bajie trap attracted the attention of the audience.
Hearing this, Yan Danchen quickly asked the waiter to serve him a glass of water.
Coffee is extremely harmful to the gastric mucosa. This is Wang Shu's painful lesson from his long-term stomach problems caused by drinking coffee.
So, he basically doesn’t drink coffee now.
Wang Shu took a sip of water, looked at Yan Danchen who was a little embarrassed, and said softly: "People in the company should have told you that I am going to make a TV series and I plan to invite you to be the heroine, right? "
"This is the script, take a look."
"Oh, okay." Yan Danchen took the script cautiously, took a brief look, and said decisively: "Wang. Director, I have no problem, thank you for choosing me.”
"I can join the team at any time. Director Wang, just let me know when the time comes to start work."
"I can join the team at any time."
(End of this chapter)