Chapter 192 Let’s make a blockbuster
It was blocked and just released
Sure enough, Father Zhang’s answer confirmed that his guess was correct.
"There is indeed something. In fact, that friend of mine is not just him, many people have this idea.
They heard that Lao Li made money by investing in movies with you, and they all thought Participate in one share and ask me to help you. Do you still have a chance?”
Sure enough.
The coal bosses have become very rich in the past two years. All of them have money and nowhere to spend it.
After all, this is the golden decade of coal. The golden decade started in 2002 and ended in 2012, with a restructuring in the middle.
In 2009, when the economy was weak, the coal enterprises in the coal province were reorganized, that is, they were nationalized.
The number of mine operators has dropped sharply from more than 2,200 to 130. Coal bosses must either be merged into state-owned enterprises or take a sum of money and leave.
With money, coal bosses don't know what to do. They make various transformations, including those who invest in red wine, those who invest in real estate, those who open supermarkets, and those who plunge into the entertainment industry.
That’s why coal bosses invaded the entertainment industry later.
If the coal bosses want to invest in his movie, Zhang Chen will definitely not agree.
As soon as the words of rejection came out of his mouth, Father Zhang was dumbfounded.
“I don’t agree, then why did you say you could go to the coal boss when you gave a speech at school? I thought you were encouraging...”
Zhang Chen didn't expect that his father had actually seen his speech, and it seemed that he usually paid close attention to him.
There was an argument on the other end of the phone, as if my mother had overtaken it: "Please let me say a few words to my son..."
Then the voice on the other end turned into my mother's voice: " Son, don't listen to your father. He brags about you every day, otherwise he wouldn't let others stand there..."
Immediately, my father's muttering came from the side: "How can I brag, little one? It’s fine if Chen says no, I’ll just refuse them.”
Zhang Chen must be thinking that his father and others are being careless.
He was in charge of the wagons, and the person he had the most contact with was the coal boss, with whom he often played cards.
They have money, but he doesn’t, so why brag? Why don’t you brag about your son?
“Dad, let me be honest with you, my movies are now very popular and profitable, and there is no shortage of investment. If you want to invest in my movies, you must have the corresponding resources to help. Me, or distribution, or theaters, or whatever.
Those coal boss friends, they have nothing but money. Investing in my movie is equivalent to me giving them money for free.”
< br>Father Zhang didn’t expect this to be the case, and he didn’t know what to say.
Zhang Chen didn't want his father to break his trust among his friends, so he gave an idea:
"My speech at Nortel was from the perspective of a student. If it were from the perspective of a coal boss, , it’s best not to invest in other people’s movies. This business is very risky, and they don’t know anything. There is a high probability that they will lose money.
But let me give you an idea. Don’t they have money? You can let them. Together, the theater chain is to open a movie theater. The theater chain is the focus of development in recent years, a rising industry, but it requires relatively large funds and is considered asset-heavy. "
"But opening a movie theater is not something that ordinary people can do. They don’t understand this stuff~”
“It doesn’t matter, just spend money to recruit people, just find two people who understand to help manage it.”
"Can I make money?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I'll talk to them."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen was quite sad.
Actually, the previous coal bosses were not so good because the coal industry as a whole was not good.
If you have money, it is basically within your own small circle, and your reputation cannot spread outside.
And he is only relatively rich, so it would be painful for him to shell out tens of millions at once.
The real excitement came after the millennium.
China's accession to the WTO has led to explosive growth in demand for coal. The country has canceled the guided price of thermal coal and everything is in accordance with the market.
Supply and demand are imbalanced, and coal prices begin to rise explosively.
At that time, as long as you were related to the coal industry, you could make money.
Even if you open a coal washing plant at the lowest level, you can make a lot of money.
The years when the coal blowout happened to be the years when Zhang Chen was in college. In his previous life, there were living examples around him.
The neighbor's young man was very energetic, and then he became friends with a girl from the coal boss's family.
The coal boss gave me a car as a gift when we met. The original words were: "No matter whether you end up with my girl or not, this is a meeting gift from your uncle."
Just after hanging up the phone, the door creaked open. As soon as Dong Jianqiang came in, he rushed to the water dispenser and poured himself a glass of water.
‘Gudong Gudong’ drank it all in one gulp.
“Is the interview over?”
Dong Jianqiang was still drinking water and nodded without thinking about answering.
“Did you enjoy the spray?”
This time Dong Jianqiang couldn't hold it in anymore, a smile appeared on his face, and then he choked with "cough cough cough".
A group of people laughed. It took a while before Dong Jianqiang came to his senses, but his face was already red from suppressing it.
“What are you asking?”
“It’s not those questions, it’s nothing strange, but they actually know that our invitation to Liu Tianwang was rejected...”
"The news revealed over there?" "Probably, anyway, I didn't save him any face, so I revealed the matter directly."
“Aren’t you afraid of offending people?”
“What are you afraid of? What can he do to me? The worst is that we won’t cooperate in the future~”
Dong Jianqiang seemed very bachelor, but he immediately Said: "Zhang Chen, let's make a blockbuster?"
"Huh?"
"I said let's make a blockbuster, right?" Dong Jianqiang was particularly serious this time.
"Why did you remember this? Did you get excited just now?"
"Well, just now he asked me why Xingchen Entertainment doesn't make blockbusters. I didn't know how to answer for a while."
“Do you want to make a blockbuster?”
“Who doesn’t? Although we claim to produce high-quality products at a low cost, and we do get good box office every time, in terms of influence, it’s really Not as good as blockbusters.”
Everyone here understands what he said.
At this stage, an ordinary person may only go to the cinema once a year.
What can attract them to the cinema?
Of course it’s a blockbuster.
Big cast, big scene, big investment~
Only this kind of movie, coupled with overwhelming publicity, can attract people who have no movie-going habits to enter the cinema.
This is why Han Sanping is focused on promoting the blockbuster strategy.
Whether Zhang Chen wants it or not, of course he does.
He has seen many blockbusters in his two lifetimes, but has never filmed one.
In the entertainment industry, as a director, no matter how successful you are, how good your box office is, or how popular you are with the audience.
As long as you haven't made a blockbuster movie, you're not top-notch.
This is also the reason why Poet Chen and Feng Xiaogang have sharpened their heads to make blockbusters.
Famous~
The entertainment industry is all about chasing fame and fortune, no one is an exception.
It’s just a person’s design to be pure and stoic, maybe there’s something going on behind the scenes.
Of course, there are also Buddhists, but those who generally do not do well may be famous, but they will certainly not become the industry leaders.
How to make a blockbuster film?
What is a blockbuster?
The investment must be at least over 100 million to be called a blockbuster.
Such a huge cost cannot be recouped by being close to the domestic market, so we must aim at overseas markets.
At this stage, the only Chinese products that can go overseas are costume blockbusters.
There is no choice at all.
What story does the costume blockbuster tell?
The first thing Zhang Chen thought of was the Three Kingdoms.
Dong Jianqiang was also thinking of the Three Kingdoms: "How about the Three Kingdoms?
The theme of the Three Kingdoms has a large audience base throughout Asia. Names such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang are not only extremely popular in Japan and South Korea, they are also very popular in Southeast Asia.
Especially in Japan, there are countless games with the theme of the Three Kingdoms. ”
But what can be done with the theme of the Three Kingdoms?
Red Cliff?
The theme is too grand and cannot be played by myself.
Seven in and seven out of Changbanpo?
Even if it was such a scene, Zhang Chen couldn't control it.
"No, I can't handle the war scene. I'm not capable enough."
In his previous life, he was just a great internet director. He said that he was invincible in the world. If he does it, he will have to show his true skills. of.
If nothing else, he can't handle it just by scheduling it.
War scenes require at least a few thousand people to watch them. If it can't fill even one shot, it would be too fake and it's not TVB.
But scheduling thousands of people is not a simple matter. If the filming is not good, it will be another "Mo Gong".
Think about "Armageddon". Hundreds of thousands of people were used to shoot the movie. Does it make your scalp numb just thinking about it?
How?
No one laughed at Zhang Chen when he said he couldn’t film a war scene. This is very realistic.
"Three Kingdoms is not good, then it can only be magic, "Liao Zhai", "Journey to the West" or "Fengshen"..."
These three dramas are simply the youth memories of their generation, they are too familiar.
Especially in "Journey to the West", the story of Sun Wukong is well-known to every household and familiar.
Anyone who comes here can tell you about three dozen white-bone demons who were crushed by the Five Finger Mountains and were running around.
But for Zhang Chen’s first time making a blockbuster film, he would definitely choose the safest one.
So his choice was - "Painted Skin".
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