Hearing Han Sanping mention the goal of 35 million, Xu Feng raised her eyebrows slightly. She was relatively confident that "Time Traveler" could achieve this box office.
Even before this movie was filmed, Zhou Yan's concerts had already received widespread attention.
Later, the movie was officially shot, and it continued to gain popularity and was often reported in the press.
With Wang Zuxian and Zhou Yan having such a big base, the domestic box office may not be as good as "Springtime of the Cowherd" in the end, but it shouldn't be a big problem if it gets a box office of 35 million.
Xu Feng's expectations for this movie are of course not limited to the mainland box office.
If they only focus on the mainland box office, they will definitely lose money. The production cost of this movie ultimately exceeded 30 million.
According to the current domestic accounting system, without a box office of 90 million, there is no way to maintain capital, and the possibility of achieving such a box office is extremely slim.
If this movie wants to make money, it must be successful in other box offices.
Not to mention Europe and the United States, which are not very stable. Xu Feng's main focus is on the box office of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Neon, especially Neon. As long as Neon's box office performance meets expectations, the film can make money.
It doesn’t have to be at the level of "The Sixth Sense", it just needs to be at the level of "Spring of the Cowherd". The ration revenue of "Spring of the Cowherd" in Neon is more than 1.3 billion Neon coins, although it is not comparable. Zhou Yan's first two movies were also very impressive.
Han Sanping also knew that it was meaningless to talk about the box office at this time, so he just mentioned it and did not go any further. He looked at Zhou Yan who was pouring the wine and said, "After this movie, you should be aware of it for a while." There’s no new movie?”
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I'll see if I can get the next movie, but it will definitely not happen next year, and it won't be until the year after next at the earliest. I have a lot of other work on hand now, and I will be too busy to make new movies. ”
"Well, finish the work at hand first. It's still a big job." Xu Feng said.
Han Sanping asked, "Besides the soundtrack of "Titanic", what other jobs do you have?"
"I promised Alan Kliman to score his new movie, and they will start shooting soon. The movie "Shutter Island" that I wrote will also start shooting next spring, and I will definitely make time by then. Go over there.”
"We still have to go there. It seems that the screenwriting fee is not easy to earn." Han Sanping said sarcastically.
Zhou Yan nodded, "It's really not easy to make money."
"If you write a script for them, how much screenwriting fee will you pay?" Han Sanping asked curiously.
"Seven hundred and seventy thousand."
Han Sanping's eyes widened, "US dollars?"
"Of course, who would do it if it wasn't US dollars?" Zhou Yan said with a smile.
"Is 770,000 US dollars considered high in Hollywood?" Han Sanping didn't know much about the market in Hollywood.
"It's not very high, there's still a script worth four million dollars."
"Oh, there is also a script worth four million U.S. dollars. When you hear it like this, 770,000 U.S. dollars is indeed not very high. The market in Hollywood is indeed high. U.S. dollars 770,000 can be used to make a medium-sized film in China. No wonder so many people want to go out to develop, the money is really easy to make.”
What Zhou Yan didn't tell Han Sanping was that in addition to the screenwriting fee of US$770,000, he also received US$1.8 million in film and television licensing fees, which totaled US$2.57 million.
When "Shutter Island" is released later, if the sales are good, he can also get a bonus, and it is very considerable.
Xu Feng smiled and said, "Don't be too envious of Hollywood. Their production costs are too high. You can't make any movies with millions of dollars. This is not conducive to the development of independent producers."
"Their overall level is still high, and it is worth learning from us. Zhou Yan did a good job in this regard. He spent his money wisely. The audio and video quality of the movie is very high. On the contrary, the overall equipment level of domestic cinemas is poor, which may delay The hind legs of the movie.”
"That's not the case. Although the equipment level of domestic cinemas is relatively poor, the audio and video levels of different movies can still reflect the differences. Otherwise, those Hollywood blockbusters would not be so popular." Xu Feng said.
In fact, the equipment level of domestic cinemas is not as bad as Han Sanping said. After all, there has been no innovation in film projection technology in recent years, and there is almost no generation difference between domestic and foreign countries.
The technology currently used in the United States is not fundamentally different from the technology used in China.
Although new technology has been introduced abroad, it has not been popularized in movie theaters.
"Indeed, the main shortcomings of domestic cinemas are not the equipment, but that the cinema system is too loose and not market-oriented enough. Relevant departments want to solve this problem, but there has been no good way." Han Sanping sighed.
"In fact, it is not difficult to change this situation. Just break the existing cinema system and adopt another system. With funds and film supply as the link, it is formed by a film distribution body and several cinemas, and implements a unified brand , a distribution system with unified film arrangement, unified operation and unified management,” Zhou Yan said.
Xu Feng said with a smile, "Isn't this just the theater chain system in North America?"
Han Sanping sighed, "Actually, there were voices like this in previous internal meetings, but they were not firm enough, and they were just voices without practical plans. Our national conditions are different from those of the United States. If we want to adopt a theater system, we will definitely Encountered a lot of resistance.”
Now, the shooting and distribution of domestic movies and the operation of movie theaters are controlled by public economic organizations, and only state-owned enterprises are qualified to operate related businesses.
The filming step is a little looser. Companies like Tomson can also cooperate with major studios and take a roundabout route to borrow shells to lay eggs.
There is absolutely no way to touch the screening and distribution, because once access control is relaxed and private capital enters, the former state-owned enterprises will face great risks.
Complete liberalization and allowing private capital to develop wildly will definitely not work, but if we are timid and do not break the existing system, it will only lead to a slow death.
Taking into account various circumstances, relevant departments are also in a dilemma when formulating strategies.
Relevant departments must find a suitable method that can not only mobilize the enthusiasm of private capital and the vitality of theater development, but also impose strong restrictions on private capital and hold the initiative in their own hands.
Zhou Yan is a person who has experienced the reform of theater chains and knows the general development of the domestic theater chain system. It can be said that the reform of China's theater chains has been successful, not only improving the vitality of the market's micro-operations, but also ensuring the control of macro-management.
One thing Han Sanping did not mention is that the domestic cinema system is in urgent need of reform. Not only is it not dynamic enough, but many state-owned cinemas are in a "monopoly" position and lack supervision. They often underreport box office revenue.
After the implementation of accounting, the box office revenue of movie theaters will be shared with the producers, which gives the movie theaters room to maneuver. As long as they conceal the box office revenue, they can give less of the share to the producers and keep the money in their own pockets.
This is not an isolated case, it is a common phenomenon across the country.
Because it is too simple to do, there is a lack of supervision and a system, and the box office revenue data mainly relies on the cinemas.
As a result, the producer's income is reduced, and naturally there is a lack of enthusiasm for production.
If there is no money for production, the number of movies will decrease, the quality will decrease, and the income of cinemas will also decrease, which forms a vicious circle.
"If the theater system is implemented in China, does Mr. Xu have any ideas?" Han Sanping suddenly looked at Xu Feng.
Xu Feng shook his head and said, "I really haven't thought about this. Director Han, as you know, I founded Tomson Film Company because I like movies and want to make more good movies. My thoughts at this stage Nothing has changed. I still focus on filming." Han Sanping smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. You can think about it in the future. Tomson Pictures is developing well in the mainland and has the foundation to establish a theater chain. If you have ideas. , that couldn’t be better.”
"Maybe I will have ideas in the future."
Han Sanping nodded and said nothing more.
The reason why he told Xu Feng about theater chains was not just because Tomson Pictures was developing well. If the theater chain system was really to be implemented, ordinary film companies would not be able to establish theater chains.
But Tomson is not an ordinary theater company. The development of the local industry of the Tomson Group controlled by Xu Feng’s husband Tang Junnian is obvious to all.
As a couple, one is engaged in the film and television industry and the other is engaged in the real estate industry. If they start a theater chain, they are in a unique position.
However, it is too early to say this now. Whether the theater chain system can be implemented is still unknown. Even if it is implemented, it will be basically impossible within three to five years.
Now the internal voices are not unified, and there is no way to formulate clear policies in a short time.
It will take some time until the internal voices are unified, policies are formulated, and then implemented.
According to Han Sanping's judgment, even if it happens quickly, this matter will have to wait until after 2000.
Without saying anything more about the movie theater, Han Sanping asked Zhou Yan again, "Are you going to attend the author representative meeting tomorrow?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I will go to the conference tomorrow afternoon."
"It's in the Great Hall."
"Well, the conference will be held in the Great Hall. I don't know about the subsequent activities." Zhou Yan will not participate in the subsequent reelection activities.
"Would you like to contact the TV station to take some photos for you tomorrow and write a report? It can also build momentum for the movie."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You can write reports, just take photos, they are too eye-catching."
Han Sanping nodded and said, "It's okay if you don't take special photos. I'll ask CCTV later. They should take photos of you."
There will definitely be many official media reporters at the conference tomorrow, and they will definitely have photos on hand. It will not be difficult for Han Sanping to ask for photos.
Xu Feng smiled and picked up the wine glass, "Director Han, you are so attentive to the announcement of your new movie. Come on, Ayan, Xiaoxian, the three of us, on behalf of the whole crew, propose a toast to Director Han."
Hearing what Xu Feng said, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian also picked up their wine glasses. Zhou Yan said, "Sister Feng is right. Third brother is really working on the new movie this time."
Han Sanping picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, "What you are saying is obvious. We are all from one family. What two families talk about. Besides, I asked my third brother to make this movie. Speaking of which, I have to thank you." Third brother, come on, I respect you, thank you for your contribution to the film, and thank you for your contribution to the Chinese film industry.”
"Everyone works together."
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After lunch, Han Sanping sat for a while and then left.
Xu Feng sat on the sofa holding a tea cup. She drank a little too much at noon and was a little drunk. After a while, she looked up at Zhou Yan and said, "Do you have any thoughts on what Director Han said?"
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"What happened?"
Han Sanping said a lot of things today, and Zhou Yan didn't know which one Xu Feng was referring to.
"It's about theater reform. Do you think the reform will be implemented?"
"Of course it will be implemented." Zhou Yan said with certainty, "However, it is not certain when it will be implemented. According to my speculation, it may not be until after joining the WTO."
Xu Feng pouted, "I'm not sure when I will join the world."
In 1986, China officially submitted an application for resumption of customs relations to the GATT, the predecessor of the WTO. It was not until last year that it launched multilateral negotiations with the 37 member states of the WTO. However, the situation is not clear. Many people are pessimistic about joining the WTO. emotions.
After all, ten years have passed since they submitted their application for customs resumption, and this matter has not been promoted at all.
So far, China has not reached an agreement with any country.
Even if we get five done in one year, it will take more than seven years to talk about it.
The key is, can we do five in a year?
"It's definitely possible, and it's not too far away."
Seeing Zhou Yan being so optimistic, Xu Feng was curious, "Did you hear any news?"
Xu Feng knew about Zhou Yan's background. If Zhou Yan could hear some inside information that ordinary people didn't know, it would be very normal.
In some respects, Zhou Yan's information should be more extensive and reliable than Han Sanping's.
"China is such a big market, and those member states will not give up. They just want us to make more concessions."
"Then will we make concessions?"
"Concessions are necessary, but there is a degree in between, so negotiations need to take time to find the balance."
"In terms of time, do you have any judgment? I heard someone say before that even if it succeeds, it will take at least ten years."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I don't know, maybe."
Although Zhou Yan did not give a direct answer, who was Xu Feng? She had already seen from Zhou Yan's reaction that Zhou Yan believed that it would not take ten years for China to join the WTO.
Xu Feng had inexplicable confidence in Zhou Yan's judgment.
On the one hand, because of Zhou Yan's background, she believed that Zhou Yan would definitely be able to obtain some information that ordinary people could not access.
On the other hand, Zhou Yan's judgment has never been wrong. Although Zhou Yan has not given judgment on this kind of matter before, now that Zhou Yan has spoken, there must be a reason.
If China can indeed join the WTO within a few years, domestic economic policies and market environment will have a major impact, and their development will also have to follow the policies. (End of chapter)