Chapter 359 300 million investment?
Wang Shu’s 25% is composed of three parts: script + director’s salary + investment.
Don’t look at 25% as just a quarter, but it actually accounts for a lot.
If you want to make the cake bigger, you need to share the benefits, so that others are willing to work with you to make the cake bigger.
Otherwise we wouldn’t even be able to make a cake.
Moreover, as the cake gets bigger, although the risks increase, the benefits are also greater.
For example, 3000W, this amount of money can be used to film a decent movie alone in the country.
In the movie "Travel to Taipei", it only occupied 15% of the share.
Another example is Wang Shu’s 25%, which is equivalent to 5000W.
5000W is naturally not worth mentioning in the emerging Internet industry.
But in the film industry, it’s no small sum.
With only 5,000W of funds, as long as we don’t hire the super-high-paid actors from Hong Kong Island, we can make a big-budget movie.
"Painted Skin", released in 2008 and directed by Chen Jiashang, had an investment of only 70 million.
Actually, "Painted Skin" claims an investment of US$15 million, so just listen to this.
The real investment in this movie is 70 million yuan. After the release, including the box office and other copyrights sold, the net profit is 25 million yuan.
With an investment of 70 million, the final box office was 230 million, plus copyright income, the net profit was 25 million.
It seems a little rare, but in fact it is quite normal.
These days, piracy is rampant, and online broadcast copyrights have not yet taken shape.
Since the movie is a film and television work that has already been screened in theaters, and major satellite TV stations do not broadcast movies, the TV broadcast copyright fee for the movie has not been high.
Although there are 6 sets of monitors, this one usually costs hundreds of thousands, one or two million to buy the films. If you like to sell them, you will be disappointed if you don't sell them.
It is even said that it is precisely because of the six sets of Yangshi that the TV broadcast rights can be sold, otherwise they would not be sold.
The 6 sets of Yangshi, in this link, are supporting the development of the film and playing the role of being taken advantage of.
Its characteristic is that it serves as a power bank for many filmmakers to recover from box office setbacks, rather than spending huge sums of money to buy the broadcast rights of blockbusters to be broadcast on TV stations.
As for the movie channels in other provinces, they are all prefecture-level channels. Not only is it impossible to spend a lot of money to buy a movie, but they are also unwilling to spend a lot of money to buy a movie that has been shown in theaters and has many pirated videos on the Internet. Movie.
Therefore, the TV broadcast rights of "Painted Skin" were sold for more than one million.
In comparison, the first-run broadcast rights of a high-quality TV series can be sold for tens of millions.
It can be said that it is precisely because the TV broadcast rights fees in the Mainland have never been high. Even if many new films are released from theaters, the TV broadcast rights have never been sold.
For some producers, this TV broadcast copyright fee is not as good as holding the copyright in their hands.
In this way, a phenomenon appears.
Obviously after the turn of the millennium, many films have been produced in the mainland.
When the post-90s generation grew up, 90% of the films they watched on TV were Hong Kong films from the 1980s and 1990s, and there were very few mainland films.
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"Painted Skin".
It was not released overseas, not even on the island. It was only released on the mainland and Hong Kong Island.
Facts have proved that when the investment in a movie is quite large, it is difficult to recover the cost if it does not target overseas markets.
Just like "Painted Skin", with an investment of 70 million and a box office of 230 million, the final net income was only 25 million.
230 million is a lot.
It ranked third on the mainland box office list of Chinese-language films in 2008.
"If You Are the One" ranked first, with only 325 million.
"Director Wang, we have never made a zombie movie in China, can we really make it well?" After verbally agreeing on the share, Ren Zhonglun looked at Wang Shu and couldn't help but ask.
Not long ago, Shanghai Film Academy participated in the investment of "Painted Skin" and spent a large amount of money.
Although "Painted Skin" is a fantasy movie, it is at least based on the adaptation of Liao Zhai and has a domestic market. In addition, it is directed by Chen Jiashang from Hong Kong Island. Ren Zhonglun has a certain confidence in his heart.
But "Travel to Taipei" is different.
This type of movie has never been made in China. I don’t know if Wang Shu can make it look good. I don’t know if there is a market for it.
Wang Shu said with a smile: "Zombie movies are actually not very difficult to shoot, especially this one, "Taipei Trip", which cleverly narrowed the perspective to the station and the train, which greatly reduced the difficulty of shooting."
"And zombie movies are not special effects movies."
"If it is a special effects movie, it would be really difficult to shoot in China."
"But zombie movies, the focus is on makeup and setting. ”
“These are hardware, and it’s not like we can’t get them in China.”
“So, I am quite confident about this movie.”
After speaking for a moment, he added, "Nowadays, zombie movie culture not only has an audience in our country, but is also a popular movie element abroad."
"Our "Travel to Taipei" is originally Targeting overseas markets, of course, is to get close to overseas audiences, so that the box office can be guaranteed.”
“If I hadn’t considered overseas markets, I wouldn’t have made this movie at all, but would have left the script to Hollywood. Shoot again."
At this point, he looked at Han Sanping and said, "I talked to Director Han before. I was originally planning to shoot this script in Hollywood."
"You should also know that zombie movie culture is very popular overseas. There are endless movies and TV series. It is a very popular film and television element."
"The original title is "Travel to New York", and there is a high probability that it will be favored by Hollywood and filmed in theaters."
"After returning to China, I chatted with Director Han. Since we are targeting overseas markets, I will change the original "Travel to New York" was adapted into "Travel to Taipei""
Hearing this, Ren Zhonglun and Wang Changtian understood that it was precisely because they were targeting overseas markets that Wang Shu would make this zombie film that has a huge audience overseas. Movie.
Otherwise, if it was limited to the domestic market, he would leave the script to Hollywood to seek opportunities to film it instead of preparing for filming in China.
The two looked at each other and said that no wonder "Terror Cruise" directed by Wang Shu was successful overseas.
It turns out that overseas audiences have been considered since the beginning of filming.
It is because the overseas audience is taken into consideration that the corresponding movie script appears, instead of not considering whether the overseas audience will like it or not, and just feeding the overseas audience a movie.
The two have completely different box office success overseas.
Although the total overseas box office of "Terror Cruise" is not very high, the third place in the overseas box office history of Chinese-language films is already a success compared to other domestic Chinese-language films.
Including Han Sanping, the three of them finally understood why Wang Shu suddenly wanted to make a zombie disaster movie.
It turns out that zombie movies are a popular movie element abroad, and they are made because they have an audience and a traction.
Rather than just having a hot head and suddenly wanting to make a zombie movie.
A few people carefully studied Wang Shu's previous words and thought that "Travel to Taipei" that Wang Shu said was originally "Travel to New York" and was originally planned to be filmed in Hollywood.
Now that I taste it, it has a different flavor.
Since the zombie element is a popular overseas movie element and has a huge audience, Wang Shu will make a genre movie based on this. As long as the movie is not bad, it will not be popular.
Take one step at a time and establish yourself in Hollywood.
It is because of consideration, knowing how to make movies with popular elements, and slowly accumulating reputation, instead of being arrogant and trying to become famous with unpopular movies.
Han Sanping felt a little touched in his heart when he thought of this.
"Travel to Taipei" was originally a movie script that Wang Shu used to slowly gain a foothold in Hollywood and build a reputation. However, due to his reasons, the script was adapted and filmed in China ahead of schedule.
Han Sanping kept this friendship silently in his heart. He then looked at Ren Zhonglun and said politely: "If Shanghai Film feels there is a risk, it can transfer its share to China Film."
"." Ren Zhonglun's face darkened when he heard this. Han Sanping, an old boy, really knew how to use every opportunity, but on the surface he smiled and said, "30 million is not much, but Shanghai Film Academy can still afford it."
Han Sanping smiled when he heard the words and did not answer.
In the beginning, he didn’t want to bring the two troublemakers, Shanghai Film and Lighting. share.
For this money, China Film Group can also afford it, so there is no need to bring the film and light.
She obviously took advantage, but she still treated her mother-in-law and mother-in-law one after another.
Really, it’s annoying to look at.
If Wang Shu’s opinion hadn’t been taken into account, these two girls would have been kicked out long ago.
Wang Changtian changed the subject at the right time and said: "Director Wang, what do you mean, are you going to Hollywood in the future?"
Hearing this, Ren Zhonglun also looked at Wang Tree.
Wang Shu said with a smile: "If I have the chance, I will definitely go there. If I don't have the chance, forget it."
Wang Changtian and Ren Zhonglun understood the meaning of the words and did not ask any more questions.
Some things just need to be understood in your mind, there is no need to get to the bottom of it.
The four of them then chatted and ate about the domestic film industry until the meal was over.
The next day.
"Painted Skin" crew.
"News, have you heard? Director Wang will jointly spend 300 million with China Film, Shanghai Film, and Enlight to create the first zombie movie in mainland China!"
Play the second male lead! Chen Kun came close to Zhou Xun, who played one of the heroines, and said something loudly.
In terms of age, Zhou Xun is one year older than Chen Kun.
In terms of size, Zhou Xun is small.
The two have been good friends for many years, and Chen Kun usually calls Zhou Xun Xiaoxun in private.
“300 million investment, zombie movie?” Zhou Xun was surprised when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, “How do you know?”
Both of them are actors, and they knew that 300 million investment must be Facing overseas markets.
Otherwise, domestic theater chains alone would not be able to recoup such a large investment.
“It has spread in Beijing circles that Director Wang, Director Han, Mr. Ren, and Mr. Wang had a meal together in private and everything was settled.”
"The next step is the audition and casting, and then the filming starts."
Chen Kun said.
Hearing this, Zhou Xun was surprised and asked: "Are you going to start auditioning so soon?"
"Painted Skin" started shooting in December 2007, and the film has only been shot for a month now , it’s far from being finalized.
Of course, this does not prevent Zhou Xun from auditioning for "Taipei Trip".
However, if "Travel to Taipei" starts filming in February, then the schedule of the weekly news will conflict, and auditions will be useless.
Chen Kun said: "I heard that Director Wang is going to Hollywood, so I hurriedly filmed this movie."
"Not only will there be auditions soon, but we will also start filming. The time seems to be at the beginning of next month. "
Mainland film and television crews do not have a Spring Festival holiday. If the crew is filming during the Spring Festival, then there will be no Spring Festival holiday.
For example, "Prosperity" directed by Wang Jiawei, this TV series was filmed slowly for two or three years. On the night of New Year's Eve, Wen Zhaolun was even called over to film.
Therefore, it’s not that the crew will stop filming as the Spring Festival approaches.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s Spring Festival or Spring Festival.
“Huh?” Zhou Xun was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.
I am really worried about what will happen.
She was worried about the schedule just now, but now she heard the answer she didn't want to see.
Compared with the drama "Painted Skin", she naturally wanted to audition for "Taipei Trip".
She even said that if she had not signed the contract, she would not have wanted to act in this drama.
In "Painted Skin", there was originally only one female lead, and that was Xiao Wei, played by Zhou Xun.
Zhao Yanzi and Sun Li are both supporting roles.
Now, Sun Li has starred in "Time Traveler" and has improved her celebrity status. She did not join the crew and her role was played by other actors.
However, even though Sun Li did not come, Zhao Yanzi and Zhou Xun did not change and accepted roles in "Painted Skin" one after another.
With Zhou Xun’s celebrity status, there is nothing wrong with playing the female lead.
The original heroine of this drama was Zhou Xun.
However, Zhao Yanzi had objections and changed it to two female protagonists in parallel.
Compared to "Painted Skin", Zhou Xun naturally wants to star in the first domestic zombie movie directed by Wang Shu with an investment of 300 million yuan.
With an investment of 300 million, it is the first zombie movie in China.
Investment aside, it is just a gimmick for the first domestic zombie movie, but all actors understand the value contained in it.
The first zombie movie in China, as long as the filming is not bad, it will definitely go down in the history of Chinese-language films.
As an actor, it is really a dream to be able to participate in such a heavyweight film project.
For example, Zhou Xun is currently starring in "Painted Skin". In 10 or 20 years, almost no one will mention such a movie with a bad theme again.
"Travel to Taipei" is different. As long as the filming is done without too much tension, let alone 10 or 20 years later, even 30 or 40 years later, as long as we talk about Chinese-language movies, we can't avoid the first zombie movie directed by Wang Shu. .
Because this will be the first zombie movie in the mainland.
Then, due to the tightened review of film and television works, it will be difficult for zombie movies to hit theaters in the future.
As the only high-quality Chinese-language zombie film, it may even be enshrined on the altar.
At that time, actors like them will also be constantly mentioned for "Taipei Trip".
Popularity. Lasting.
Of course, the premise is that "Travel to Taipei" can be filmed well.
It was precisely because Zhou Xun knew the value of this zombie movie that his face changed instantly when he learned that there was a high probability that he would miss it because there was no schedule.
There is no expression management at all, and there is no pretense, but the expression changes instantly.
She knew in her heart that even if she starred in 10 movies like "Painted Skin", it would still be far less important than the first mainland zombie movie.
Chen Kunqian laughed and said: "I heard that the audition will be held this month and filming will start early next month."
"I just heard about it at the moment. I don't know whether this is the case."
>"You"
"Maybe you can ask Director Wang."
(End of this chapter)