Chapter 677 [The Wandering Earth] Completed Film
Beijing, the screening room of [Wei Tianxia] Company.
After returning to Beijing from his trip to Japan and South Korea, Gu Wei received a very surprising news.
Just a few days ago, the post-production of [The Wandering Earth] was completed and the finished film has been released.
So he immediately invited people from China Film Group to come and watch the movie. At the same time, he notified Wu Jing, who had always been very concerned about movies, to hold a small movie viewing party in the company.
More than two hours passed and after the subtitles started rolling on the screen, warm applause erupted in the screening hall.
"Director Guo, you really didn't disappoint us!
The movie was so good, China Film's money was not wasted!"
La Dong stood up and faced him. Guo Fan congratulated.
[The Wandering Earth] After more than half a year of post-production, the total production cost is as high as 450 million yuan, of which China Film Group invested 200 million yuan.
This 200 million yuan in real money is not a small amount for China Film. It can be said that "The Wandering Earth" is now China Film's most important project in the past two years.
So today's movie viewing party, as the chairman of China Film Group, La Peikang was personally present.
He also wanted to see the effect of a science fiction movie that cost so much money to produce.
Now that he has seen the finished film, La Peikang, as a veteran filmmaker, can't help but feel a little moved. This is the first time he has seen a domestic science fiction film with this effect.
Now there is only one thought in my mind: “This money is not wasted!”
"Director Guo, the movie was shot so well, and the post-production special effects are simply explosive.
Our hard work during the filming was not in vain at all!"
Wu Jing was equally excited. He was originally Gu Wei I pulled him over to help, and my relationship with Guo Fan got better and better.
He was touched by Guo Fan's dedication to the film, so he was particularly careful when filming his own scenes.
Now that I have seen the completed film of [The Wandering Earth], I feel that all my hard work has paid off.
“Congratulations to Director Guo!”
“The shooting was great~”
“I can’t believe this is the effect that a domestic film can produce!”
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In the screening room, other staff from China Film and executives from [Wei Tianxia] all expressed their congratulations to Guo Fan.
Gu Wei stood aside smiling and applauding.
This was Guo Fan's highlight moment, and he was sincerely happy for him.
Gu Wei is an investor and an actor in the movie. He knows best how much Guo Fan paid for the filming of "The Wandering Earth".
In fact, the IP of "The Wandering Earth" is there, and the adapted story is relatively simple, but the final effect was achieved entirely due to Guo Fan's efforts for excellence.
As a reborn person, Gu Wei knows the final effect of "The Wandering Earth" and also knows all the plot of the movie, but if he is asked to leave Guo Fan and make this movie by himself, he has no confidence at all. to the extent of the original.
"Thank you, thank you everyone!" Guo Fan was very excited.
“Thanks to the support of Mr. La and Mr. Gu, Brother Jing’s help, and everyone’s help, [The Wandering Earth] was able to be produced so smoothly.”
Guo Fan is not the first. The first time he watched the film "The Wandering Earth" was completed, he was involved in all aspects from preparation to filming to post-production. He did everything by himself, and the last time he would keep an eye on it to make sure it could meet his requirements.
Now that the film can be recognized by investors, it also gives him greater confidence in the film.
“Not to brag, I think our film [The Wandering Earth] can be said to have opened a new era of domestic science fiction movies.
It is an exaggeration to say it surpasses Hollywood, but it is definitely unprecedented and surpasses all previous domestic science fiction films.
When it is released, it will surely amaze all Chinese people and become a benchmark for domestic science fiction movies! "
Gu Wei finally spoke and gave [Wandering Earth] a very high evaluation. But looking at the expressions of other people in the room, everyone agreed with his statement.
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Everyone here is an old man who has been in the film and television industry for many years, and they all know how good "The Wandering Earth" is.
"Mr. Gu, La Dong, now that the film has been released, when should it be released in the future?"
After accepting everyone's congratulations, Guo Fan asked the two people in the room who can really make the decision. The issue that concerns him most now.
Although [The Wandering Earth] has been recognized by investors, the final results will depend on the box office after its release and the evaluation of the film by the general audience.
La Peikang thought about it and already had some plans in mind, but he did not say it directly, but looked at Gu Wei.
“What do you think, Mr. Gu?”
Gu Wei smiled.
“I have 100% confidence in [The Wandering Earth]. Once our movie comes out, there will be almost no other movies on the market that can compete with it.
So if you want to To maximize profits, it must be released during the hottest time of the year!"
"What Mr. Gu means."
"Yes, it will be during the Spring Festival in 2019!" Wei said decisively.
“Ever since [Mermaid] sold over 3 billion yuan, the Spring Festival has become the most popular time of the year.
Although Jing Ge and I’s movie “Wolf Warrior 2” created a box office legend during the summer season , but based on data comparison, the total box office during the Spring Festival is the first in the whole year.
With February 2019 still 5 months away, [The Wandering Earth] also has enough time to prepare. Hot promotion.
Next year’s Spring Festival is undoubtedly the best time for the movie to be released!”
“Haha~
The heroes have similar views, and I also think that with the quality of [The Wandering Earth], it can achieve good results in the Spring Festival." La Peikang expressed his approval with a smile.
Two investors from the producer The decision was made, and with China Film Group's presence, the release time of "The Wandering Earth" was decided.
Gu Wei then communicated with China Film Group about some details before the film was released.
[Wandering Earth]. "Earth" is a project led by China Film Group. It was originally expected to invest more than 300 million. Later, after Gu Wei joined the project, the total investment was increased to 400 million.
The filming was completed at the end of last year, and post-production took more than half a year, and funds were tight again. , Gu Wei invested an additional 50 million yuan in Guo Fan, and finally the film was successfully produced
Nowadays, the film production cost alone is as high as 450 million yuan, which is 100 million yuan more than the original time and space. The investment ratio is 55% for "Wei Tianxia" and 45% for China Film.
The additional investment of 100 million yuan is not surprising to Gu Wei. The version of "The Wandering Earth" starring Gu Wei is obviously more refined in the post-production than the original version, and is close to the special effects of "The Wandering Earth 2" Effect.
During the filming, Guo Fan had always had plenty of money, and he did not save money and make alms to make movies like Yuan Shikong did.
This is also why film production costs so much more.
Finally, after communication between [Wei Tianxia] and [China Film], it was decided to allocate 5% of the investment share from both sides to other large companies in the circle.
Of course, it is not given away for free. 10% of the investment share is sold to other companies at a price of 100 million.
The target companies currently planned include Youku Films, Jingcheng Yaolai Media, Jinyi Pictures, Dadi Times, Alibaba Pictures, Tengxun Pictures, Shanghai Taopiao Pictures, Maoyan Pictures, etc. company.
These are all film and television companies that can play a role in movie promotion, film scheduling and other aspects when it is released.
Once this is settled, all you need to do is communicate with them in the future.
Neither Gu Wei nor La Peikang considered that some people would not accept the shares they sold [Wandering Earth] at a premium.
The 10% investment share is priced at RMB 100 million, and the film needs to have a final box office of over RMB 2.5 billion for these companies to recover their capital.
But this is not a problem.
Gu Wei and Wu Jing created the 6 billion box office myth before, and now the two are collaborating again. Gu Wei mentioned the term "Space Warrior" when he was pre-promoting "The Wandering Earth" , I believe that no matter which company in the industry it is, they will be very happy to spend this money to join this project that looks like it will be a hit!
(End of this chapter)