At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 357

"Taken" is confirmed to be directed by Ye Weixin, starring Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Tony Jia, Hu Ge, and the villain is Wrinkle Zhaolong.

The heroine is still being selected for the time being. I guess it should be Chen Hao. After all, Tianmei Media also participates in the production. If the first sister does not play the heroine, should the second sister be Zeng Li?
Zeng Li could come, but she doesn't look like a sister at all!
In fact, Chen Hao is not like...

"New World", directed by Lin Lingdong, does not consider the mainland market, but mainly considers the regions around the mainland, such as South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia...

Of course, if the censorship allows it to be released, the revisions that should be revised will also be revised, and two versions will be made!
After the rise of co-productions in 04, dual versions have been popular—also to allow Hong Kong filmmakers to adapt to the rules of the mainland market.

However, after that, the double version will not be allowed directly, and Hong Kong films co-produced on the track cannot bypass the mainland and be released in advance or on their own in other cities...

Unless you are a pure Hong Kong movie...

After all, Wrinkle Huai still has confidence in "Cruel Street".

On the one hand, although this theme is a gangster movie, it is very realistic, unlike previous gangster movies about morality, it can be released simultaneously in the mainland, and it has not been cut;

On the other hand, in this year's May [-]st round, there are almost no decent players...

Hollywood doesn't know what's wrong this year, and May [-]st is another epic film-"Kingdom of Heaven".

The audience has long been tired of this type!

Speaking of it, Hollywood is also popular to follow suit. After "Gladiator", a bunch of epic films got together and were approved, but the box office including word of mouth is just like that.

有且仅有04年上映的《特洛伊》在全球拿到了5亿美元的票房，但那一年PG-13级的《蜘蛛侠2》收获了8亿美元的票房，因此也很难说《特洛伊》的5亿票房是多么优秀。

As for other epic films, the box office is even worse.

The global box office of "Alexander" is only 1.67 million US dollars, Disney's "King Arthur" is 2.03 million US dollars, and Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe's "Robin Hood" again has a global box office of only 3.21 million US dollars...

After that, there was "Ben-Hur", whose global box office exceeded 1 million U.S. dollars, which is considered a blessing.

The only commercially successful epic was 2007's Three Hundred…

In Wrinkle Huai's view, only one "Sanchakou" is a bit of a challenge, but... the human dilemma described in this movie is completely inconsistent with the market...

Destined to hit the streets!

Therefore, there is only one problem before Golden Harvest: how to make the audience willingly enter the movie theater and pay for the movie.

This is very difficult, because Hong Kong audiences are no longer so supportive of local movies in recent years. Last year, regardless of the championship "Kung Fu", it entered the list of top ten grossing films with a box office of over 900 million!
You must know that the tenth of the year in 82 was already 991 million—"Eighteen Kinds of Martial Arts"!
After 20 years, instead of advancing, we have retreated.

So, he wants to promote...

……

In Beijing, Shen Xudong and Gao Fenfen came out of the movie channel, and just held a script meeting for "Republic of China".

There is no problem with the script and it complies with the regulations.

The cost of the problem obviously exceeds the stipulated 200 million, and at least 1000 million—1200 million must be added to eliminate the effect!
Then it wouldn't be a TV movie!
If it's not a TV movie, it means going to theaters, and that's the problem. Who dares to guarantee a movie that is put on the market?
It's not that the movie channel has never made a movie. It has produced or co-produced "Born Out of the Sky" and "My French Years"...

The box office sucks!

Especially "Born Out", the box office is only 3...

The movie channel group of people are very hesitant...

In the end, it was the director who made the decision - shoot!

The original words are, "Most of the TV movies launched by our channel are based on village and ancient costume themes."Because TV audiences are mainly middle-aged and elderly, but we can't just see the present and throw young audiences to other channels. Losing young audiences is equivalent to losing the future of our movies.

While ensuring ratings, we should make more attempts to launch a batch of movies that young audiences like.I think that as long as the movie is good, young audiences are still willing to watch it. Young people like to watch Hollywood movies. The key is the quality of the movie! '

""Republic of China", the story is suspenseful enough, and it does not violate the regulations. I think it can be filmed!"

"As for the money issue, we will pay half of it, and leave the rest to them!"

How to deal with it?

In fact, the investment problem of "Republic of China" is very easy to solve. With Shen Xudong's appeal, he can find enough production funds to make a fortune with anyone.

However, Gao Fenfen wanted to fund it herself!
Shen Xudong has no opinion - the cost of 1200 million, the return of the pre-roll advertisement is 400 million, the film copyright of the movie channel is 200 million, and the publicity of 1000 million, the box office of 3000 million should not be a big problem!
There is still a high probability of getting back the capital, or even making a small profit.

After discussing this matter, the two of them returned to the company. Gao Fenfen said that he had bought the rights to adapt two works, "Why Xiao Sheng Silent" and "Bi Yu Shen" ("It's too late to say I love you").

"There is only 1200 million in the company's account, and there is no money to start the drama right now!"

"...It can attract investment!"

Gao Fenfen shook her head: "That won't do, it's dangerous to borrow too much money, wait for the first repayment of "The Best Family" to arrive, and then wait..."

"up to you…"

Shen Xudong can probably understand it. After all, the company's expenses are too high. It is in charge of the investment and production of the three TV series "Soldier Assault", "Assassination", and "Wulin Biography". In addition, the movie "The Aviator" is also being filmed...

The payment of TV series is slow...

……

"Cruel Street" has been released, but Shen Xudong seems to have not joined the promotion...

Gao Fenfen was very concerned about this matter, and asked directly: "Are you having a conflict with Jiahe?"

"No…"

"There is no conflict, so why does Golden Harvest's propaganda leave you alone?"

"The promotion in the mainland hasn't started yet, and the roadshow in the mainland will officially start tomorrow... Besides, isn't it inappropriate to put the promotional work on a screenwriter?"

Gao Fenfen rolled her eyes: "Are you an ordinary screenwriter? And we have plans to cooperate with Golden Harvest in the future!"

Shen Xudong was noncommittal, and asked instead: "...By the way, who are you going to recommend for the heroine of "Taken"?"

Hearing this question, Gao Fenfen frowned: "I have contacted Liu Yifei...but she doesn't seem to have a date..."

"You contacted Liu Yifei?" Shen Xudong was surprised: "Why didn't I know?"

"Tell you everything? She is the most popular now... and her agency is not professional. I contacted her mother and wanted to sign her..."

"...I said it!"

The original Aunt Liu I contacted, Aunt Liu is the existence that even Huayi puts pigeons...

Shen Xudong took out his mobile phone and was about to send a text message to ask Liu Yifei—"The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" and "Legend of the Hunter in Xing'an Mountains" rejected the two films, which is understandable. Those two are low-budget horror films, but "Hurricane Rescue" Refused, somewhat ignorant...

The lineup and genre are all action movies that Golden Harvest is good at, and the script is also written by Shen Xudong...

There is no reason to refuse.

(End of this chapter)