At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 870 Popular Rising Star!

When it comes to the theme of magic, Han Shanping naturally thinks that it is "The Great Magician", the original novel by Zhang Haifan.As for the film adaptation of the same name directed by Er Dongsheng and starring Liu Qingyun and Tony Leung, it is completely different from the novel.

By the way, Zhang Haifan's works are really good, "Death Record", "Blue Blind: Prison Break", "The Great Magician", "Five Thieves"...

"Blue Blind Prison Break" was adapted into a TV series "Blue Blind"...

Zhang Haifan later joined Huace, and had organized "Flower Thousand Bone", "Hua Xuyin", and tried to organize "Zichuan"...

After all, Shen Xudong was talking about "The Thief", oh, to be precise, "Jing Tian's The Thief"!

This movie has a deep memory - a new spectacle genre, a series of dazzling pictures, and the story is more mellow,

It’s very difficult. The cool special effects are very simple-the cost is 7500 million US dollars. If you can’t even do a little special effects, you simply don’t want to make a movie. The key is to tell the story well and still have a certain degree of innovation. It’s very difficult!

Hollywood movies are actually innovative...

"The Thieves 2" didn't do it, and directly ended the series-abandoning the gorgeous stage magic of the first film, and reduced it to a thoroughly third-rate Hollywood heist crime movie...

I really don't understand what the film studio is thinking, you need to make a stealing movie?

Shen Xudong first denied "The Great Magician", and then briefly talked about the setting of "The Thieves". In fact, the plot of this movie is quite simple: the process of "punishing rape and eradicating evil"-four magicians with their own special abilities+ The big guys in the dark fight against the villains together!

"Lynching punishment?"

"That's right...so, the main theater of the film cannot be in the mainland, I think Macau or Hong Kong are fine!"

"...why magic?"

"It is convenient to create a dazzling visual feast, colorful stage, dazzling lights, flying ribbons, dazzling 360° rotating lens, allowing the audience to be in the special performance of a famous magician..."

"...how much will it cost?"

Shen Xudong made an estimate, and then said: "Let's say at least [-] million... I just suddenly thought that the specific production will have to wait for the script to be released..."

"...No matter how much the cost is, leave half for China Film Group!"

"no problem…"

Han Shanping nodded, and then asked: "Do you want to manipulate the box office of "Painted Skin 2"?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, after "Painted Skin 2" surpassed 6 million, Hollywood has already paid attention... It is difficult to think about a billion at the box office, unless some unconventional means are used, such as buying box office, organizing public screenings for a fee, and forcibly raising the box office to [-] million yuan." A billion, but not necessary!"

"Already paid attention to overseas?"

"Of course, the first half of the year was completely defeated. In July, a movie came out, and it is about to surpass the box office of "Mission: Impossible 7" in mainland China..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Hollywood is very important to the Chinese market. They will not be satisfied with the current market share of less than 4%, they are studying what kind of movies Chinese audiences like!"

"...Imperialism will never die!"

"It's not that serious, the Chinese market..."

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Han Shanping is not easy!

This is not easy, because the system needs to be cautious...

The composition and structure of China Film Group is not a company. There are many hills in the interior. Han Shanping later stepped down, and he is more or less a victim of factional struggles!

For example, Zhang Qiang used to be the deputy general manager of China Film Co., Ltd. He was Han Shanping's senior brother after the incident in Beiying, and he served as the latter's deputy for many years.

When Han Shanping retired, Zhang Qiang was also considered a candidate for chairman of China Film Group Corporation, but in the end the position was taken over by another person.

Then, in 2014, Ma Yun aggressively entered the entertainment industry, acquired Culture China and established Ahri Films, and Zhang Qiang served as the executive president of Ahri Films...

During Zhang Qiang’s stay at Ari, he released “Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms” (movie version)…

Unfortunately, the development of Ahri Films is obviously not satisfactory.

On the contrary, they often brag about the "full IP industry chain", stories, backgrounds, and all kinds of grandeur, and the key point is that people at that time really dared to believe it.

It's a pity that bragging is always bragging, and it's still a little short of awesome.

Zhang Qiang, like Song Ke and Gao Xiaosong, also became an insider who left Ahri Entertainment, and Ahri Entertainment entered the era of Ahri leadership.

Alas, during the heyday of big capital in those few years, they gathered well-known directors in the circle and drew a bunch of cakes.

In the blink of an eye, a pile of unfinished "mess" was left, and it was necessary for financial and courageous receivers to intervene in order to make the long-awaited projects of the audience see the light of day again.

……

"Four Famous Catchers" will be released on July 7...

Nazha replaced Liu Yifei, there must be a gap in popularity, but it doesn't matter, "Four Famous Detectives" itself is a big IP, and the distribution ability of the light is not good. The box office on the first day was 2100 million, which directly interrupted the 2-day continuous single of "Painted Skin 15". Daily box office champion, the latter received 1480 million in a single day;

"Painted Skin 2" is already in its third week of release, and it's definitely not as popular as the newly released "Four Famous Catchers"...

What's more, "Four Famous Catchers" is starring Deng Chao.

After "Let's Run", Deng Chao's popularity soared. Let's put it this way, in terms of popularity alone, he is not inferior to Han Geng!

Fortunately, "Painted Skin 2" has a good reputation-the most important thing is that it does not engage in fake 3D.

The box office of "Four Famous Catchers" was 9400 million in the first four days, and the box office of "Painted Skin 2" was 7200 million in the third weekend, with a cumulative box office of 7.3 million...

Judging from the current film schedule-"Nine-story Demon Tower" will be released on July 7.

Let me add a sentence: "Crouching Dragon" will be released in August, and the film bureau has made special adjustments to move "The Bullet of Disappearance" and "The Wind Listener" to July 8th, giving "Crouching Dragon" a big enough gap to hit a billion...

"Wolong", starring Tang Guoqiang, is the final film in Tianmei Media's True Story of the Three Kingdoms series, costing 2.5 million - including 2.5 million from overseas investment!

That's right, the copyright investments in Southeast Asia and Japan directly covered the costs!

There is not even a film, and the starring lineup has not even been announced. There are only a few words about the final work of Tianmei Media's "Three Kingdoms Series". Shen Xudong produced, produced, and supervised the production.

I, Qin Shihuang, make money...

Then the money really comes out!

Mainly, Tianmei Media's "Three Kingdoms Series" has a well-known reputation and has become a signature. Regardless of how the box office in the mainland is, the box office in Southeast Asia is generally around 1200 million US dollars, and the box office in Japan is also more than 30 billion yen. Converted into US dollars, it is 2500 million US dollars. above!

Even if the Japanese release date is about half a year later than that of the Mainland and Southeast Asia, it still cannot stop the enthusiasm of the audience!

In other words, there is still a gap of more than a week, "Painted Skin 2" has a high probability of winning 8.5 million box office, and "Four Famous Detectives" should also have [-] million box office...

It's also a win-win!

Then, the publicity team got to work: eager to crown Naza as the new box office queen.

Nazha has starred in two movies, the new "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Four Famous Catchers", both of which are doing very well at the box office...

Movies to be released include "Left Ear" (she plays Li Bala) and "Xiu Chun Knife: Miao Jiang"...

The latter is a spin-off movie of "Xiu Chun Dao" and will be linked with "The Swordsman" to form the Ming Dynasty.

In short, Nazha is a real popular new star born in the 90s...

Of course, popular new stars definitely need artistic direction—to avoid missteps and wrong paths. You must know that Vanity Fair has a lot of temptations, and young actresses are not good at swallowing, so they must have the help of seniors to control the direction...

It just so happened that Shen Xudong was willing to give advice.