At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 389 Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture
This article "Shen Xudong and other talents we don't know? "A bit of a marketing account attribute...

At first glance, it is similar to "Jiang Yiyan American Architect Award, what can she not do?" "A hanging sample...

The difference is that Shen Xudong has works!
——Except for the three post-80s writers and screenwriters, he is also an excellent music producer!

And the kind that is not afraid of checking.

The article mainly talks about the new book "Snail House" and Shen Xudong's music.

Oh, "Snail House" was launched at the beginning of the month, and it sold over 20 copies in two weeks, and it was widely discussed and received many positive reviews.

This is quite normal. Compared with the emptiness of "Struggle", "Snail House" is more real: a very cruel story, which gave idealists a big blow!
There is another sentence in the article: "...It can be seen that Shen Xudong's creation is transforming towards realism, and this step is very stable. At least for now, when it comes to achievements in the literary world, Shen Xudong far surpasses Guo Jingming and Han silly!"

After reading the article, Deng Chao couldn't help calling Shen Xudong, but unfortunately, no one answered...

It's normal, it's the promotional period!

Shen Xudong really didn't have time to answer the phone, he was discussing a blockbuster movie with Huang Zhongjun, Feng Xiaogang and Qiu Gangjian.

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Qiu Gangjian can be described as a legendary screenwriter of a generation, "Running into the Wrath", the young Andy Lau debuted on the big screen;
"Rouge Button", Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui presented a beautiful performance;
"Ruan Lingyu", Zhang Manyu won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival;

"Underground Love" is Liang Chaowei's early representative works;

"A Ying" is the only film directed by Qiu Gangjian, starring Wang Zuxian...

He went north to make a living, lived in Dongsishitiao area, and rented a house.

"The Banquet" was originally called "The Prince of Swords", and Qiu Gangjian adapted it completely in Shakespeare's style.

After meeting with Huang Zhongjun, he said: "If you make a film, you will be the first to put Shakespeare's plays on Chinese screens!"

Huang Zhongjun made a decisive decision!

I didn't think about Feng Xiaogang at first, but I contacted Jiang Wen and Tian Zhuangzhuang. Some said that the schedule didn't match and they didn't succeed, and some said that they were afraid they would lose money...

Huang Zhongjun wanted Feng Xiaogang to direct...

Logically speaking, Feng Xiaogang has never made a blockbuster costume movie, so he should not be interested, but... blockbusters, the simultaneous international releases still attracted him!

Huang Zhongjun is not afraid of losing money, what is he afraid of?
The reason why it was renamed "Night Banquet" is because of "Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture".

"Han Xizai's Evening Banquet" shows the story that the emperor Li Yu sent painters to monitor Han Xizai's life, and Han Xizai carnivaled every day, deceiving people with the illusion of indulging in extravagant life...

This is the same as "Hamlet" pretending to be crazy to avenge his father.We have taken a fancy to this creative combination of Chinese and Western, which has the characteristics of ancient Chinese culture and stories familiar to Westerners. When combined together, it is the Chinese Prince's Revenge.The name "Night Banquet" is very good! "

"So, "The Banquet" is the Chinese version of "Hamlet"?"

"Akira Kurosawa can make "Ran", of course we can also make "The Banquet"!"

Chaos is adapted from Shakespeare's King Lear...

"How does Xudong feel?"

Shen Xudong scratched his head, and said honestly: "Actually, most of the Chinese movies that foreigners like have a sense of novelty...Let me give you an example: Disney's "Mulan" was a success in the West, but it was screened in China and was criticized by various people! "

"You don't like it?"

"Well...if the investment is only less than 5000 million, the domestic market is enough to recover the cost based on Director Feng's appeal, but if it exceeds this amount, the international market...even if it can sell well, the reputation may not be very good!"

Huang Zhongjun only heard the phrase that it can sell, and asked decisively: "Do you think it can sell?"

Shen Xudong said casually: "The trend of blockbuster Chinese-language costume movies is still going on...but I'm not sure how long it will last. If Director Feng wants to shoot, he'd better hurry up!"

Feng Xiaogang was a little puzzled: "...Why don't you like it?"

"You are a tragedy. Our teacher said that the tragedies in oriental stories are caused by the external environment, such as "The Orphan of Zhao", the exception of the family, or the physical disability of oneself are all affected by the outside world and cannot be controlled by oneself. But the tragedies in the West are different, each person thinks it out for himself, and the final tragic ending is produced by his own subjective influence."

After a pause, Shen Xudong said: "A western script, how can there be an oriental charm? And... In the long history of thousands of years in China, power and desire have caused countless court tragedies. No one would be interested in Hamlet! "

The prince in Hamlet is not a coward, he had the chance to assassinate his uncle while his uncle was praying, but Hamlet refused to kill him while his uncle was praying because it would put his uncle in heaven instead...

? ?
This seems a bit out of the question to us!
The main character is weak...

Qiu Gangjian became anxious: "You are not a market, how do you know that the public does not accept it?"

Shen Xudong chuckled: "...I just said it casually."

The script written by Qiu Gangjian has never been a hit at all, including "A Ying", Wang Zuxian has worked so hard to star in it, and it has sold so badly...

Huang Zhongjun quickly smoothed things over: "Xudong has a strong control over the market!"

Feng Xiaogang interjected: "...According to the current situation, it is certain that "National Witness" will exceed [-] million. Can it exceed [-] million?"

Shen Xudong hastened to be humble: "...it's too flattering."

"I heard that overseas copyrights are selling well?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "In addition to the distribution in Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan sold the copyright directly! The Korean copyright sold for 65 US dollars, and the Japanese copyright sold for 105 million US dollars. They were all contacted by Golden Harvest..."

"...how much does it cost?"

Feng Xiaogang said: "2800 million RMB..."

"so little?"

"A World Without Thieves" cost 4800 million, and Gong Li's salary was 150 million US dollars... There is no reason why "National Witness" would charge less!
Shen Xudong explained: "For Gong Li's remuneration, we have prepared 150 million US dollars and 50 US dollars + overseas copyright revenue sharing... She chose the second option!"

"Then how much can she share?"

"I can share 20%!"

"20%... You guys are really willing!"

Judging from the current income, the overseas copyright income of "National Witness" is at least 500 million US dollars - in Southeast Asia, the box office income × 2, basically the copyright income...

In addition, for European and American copyrights, $500 million is just the lowest forecast.

20% is $100 million...

Anyway, Gong Li won't suffer from this one.

Feng Xiaogang is very familiar with the matter of "National Witness". For this film, Taihe people voted for 20%...

He explained: "The Korean and Japanese copyrights of "National Witness" depend on Gong Li, and when we go to Venice to sell the film, we also rely on Gong Li... And if we really give 150 million US dollars in advance, the production cost will have to be increased by 1000 million. about…"

Huang Zhongjun was thoughtful: "So, if we want to shoot "The Banquet", we must find stars with international appeal!"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well, if you want overseas markets, you must do this!"

"Then who has overseas markets? Jackie Chan, Li Lianlian, Zhou Runfa?"

(End of this chapter)