At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 432

All the company's attention is focused on "Wulin Biography"...

When a drama becomes popular, the most direct impact is the second and third rounds of quotations.

CCTV was the first to come over to talk about the second round...

Originally, "Wulin Biography" couldn't even sell the pre-roll ads at the end of the film, but after ten episodes, let alone the pre-rolls, even the six 6-minute commercials were all full, and it was only possible to squeeze in one of them when it was too close. .

When they first bought the drama, the cost was not high, and now they have made a fortune with this dark horse, earning nearly 5000 million.

As a result, the leaders of the film purchasing department of the eight sets personally came to discuss buying out the copyright...

Gao Fenfen warmly entertained and then flatly refused...

It's okay to sell to CCTV in the first round, and buy it in the second round?
That's right, CCTV is different from other TV stations. When it is broadcast, other TV stations are not allowed to broadcast it!

The second round of quotations is definitely not as good as the first round...

Still only one platform?
Therefore, the average TV will only sell for the first round at most...

Although CCTV is domineering, it’s not the 90s anymore, and it’s impossible to buy and sell by force...

Of course, just in case there were too many nights and dreams, the company quickly released the news, and all the David TVs that had been eyeing it for a long time suddenly heard the news and came to discuss it one after another.

Four big TVs bought two rounds, [-] per episode.In addition, there are more than a dozen local stations that won the third round, [-] per episode, and there are four rounds, five rounds, and overseas exports...

A total of 400 million investment, although the first broadcast only sold 600 million... plus some public relations and management expenses, basically no money.

But then it was exchanged for two 2000 million.

Earned!
Then there is the situation of the actors - the six leading actors in "Wulin Biography", except for Yao Chen and Mo Xiaobei, the other four are all hired by the company...

Of course, it is limited to helping to contact the project or something.

At the request of Shen Xudong, Yu Entai, Yan Ni and Ni Hongjie joined the group "Life Events" as Uncle Wu, Sister Mo and Aunt Wu; Jiang Chao and Mrs. Qian guest-starred as the couple in the wedding dress shop next door...

Well, "Life Events" is also a gathering of stars!

"Life Events" is Han Yan's first time directing, the work of setting the scene is over, and Shen Xudong has to follow...

The company is busy promoting "Wulin Biography", and Shen Xudong himself is busy casting "Life Events"...

Who has the energy to care about "The Promise"...

"Life Events" was filmed in Wuhan...

The city of Wuhan takes into account both the sense of age and the times, and the camera quality is extremely high. In addition to having a fashionable and glamorous side, it also has a human touch and a quack atmosphere.

Actually, Chongqing is also...

Relatively speaking, the city of Chongqing has a strong three-dimensional sense, while Wuhan has more sense of age and texture.

In addition, Han Yan chose Wuhan for the first stop, and then fell in love with it!
So, let's go to Wuhan!
Of course, the willingness of the film and television companies in Wuhan to help is also the reason why we chose Wuhan. Location selection and shooting are called wailian. Without the help of local local snakes, you will have a hard time...

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Shen Xudong no longer writes articles related to "The Promise", and coupled with the explosion of "Wulin Biography", it seems that "The Promise" has no popularity?

Thinking too much, with the fermentation of "Mantou", "The Promise"...has almost become a laughing stock, and the theaters have lowered the lineup of films - originally there were about 20%, now less than 10% are left!
The publicity team returns to BJ's.

It was January 1 at this time, and "The Promise" was released for 11 days, and it was close to its release.

However, compared to the cost of 3500 million US dollars, this box office is a drop in the bucket.

In fact, with regard to "Mantou", Producer Chen has already responded: "The Promise" film studio does not object to netizens expressing their opinions related to "The Promise" on the Internet.On the Internet, everyone can express their personal opinions.This short video is just a personal behavior of a netizen, after all, the Internet is a diverse world...

But the reporters were more concerned about Dao Chen's thoughts, so a group of people surrounded him: "What do you think of "Mantou"?"

"I have already sued the court, and I will definitely sue to the end! One cannot be so shameless!"

Producer Chen added: "This has exceeded the scope of normal comments, not only hurting the director, but also everyone who has worked hard for "The Promise"!"

'People can't be shameless to this point! '

Well, here comes the explosion!

You thought it was over?

After thinking too much, the reporter asked again: "I heard that "The Promise" was returned by Weinstein Films, and it also affected the export of Chinese costume blockbusters. Is this true?"

Director Chen's face darkened, and he shook his head: "This is nonsense, there is no such thing, "The Promise" has sold the distribution rights in North America, and Warner will distribute the North American and German markets, and the publicity in Europe and the United States is also good. "

Producer Chen added: "We are not being returned. The previous incident was caused by Harvey Brothers' financial problems. It has nothing to do with the quality of the film "The Promise" itself!"

Ok?
Isn't it not returned?

You... are you making this matter real?
The reporter continued to ask: "But Zhang Weiping said, because of the overseas copyrights of "The Promise", "Curse of the Golden Armor" and "The Banquet"..."

"That's their business..."

……

Well, Zhang Weiping also jumped out. When he was promoting "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles", he mentioned the filming of "Golden Armor in the City"...

The main reason was that the reporter asked about overseas copyrights. Zhang Weiping couldn't help complaining: "In the past, "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" were the film studios who talked about business after watching the trailer. But "The Promise" made Weinstein Pictures After returning the product, I lost the deposit. This circle is very small, and the entire Hollywood studio knows about it. It makes people feel that the films directed by China are somewhat unreliable.

Our partner, Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang, is in charge of overseas distribution. Now he is very distressed. The overseas market of Chinese films is extremely difficult to break through the deadlock because of "The Promise"...

Now, we can only go to the 'Golden Armor' studio to watch the shooting... The director is very reluctant to let others see the filming process, but for the sake of the market, he agreed...I feel sorry for the director! "

"The Promise" was returned?

Journalists are determined to be interested...

Zhang Wei added: "Last October, Yimou and I went to the Hawaii Film Festival to promote "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" and received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Harvey approached us and said that after watching "The Promise", he found that the film was shoddy. Decided to return it.

At that time, there were still two months before the release of "The Promise", which was the most critical time for the publicity period. If I let the reporters of more than 20 media know, would "The Promise" still be released?After all, Director Chen represents Chinese directors, and he still has to maintain the image of domestic films in front of foreigners. I don't want people to see our jokes. '

Not only Zhang Weiping spoke, but Huang Zhong from Huayi also said: "It is indeed influential. The channels for Chinese-language films to enter the international mainstream market are limited every year. Because the situation of "The Promise" is not very good, overseas film companies are now purchasing Chinese films at a faster rate. Slow down and be more cautious. If "The Promise" sells well, it will bring us a lot of convenience, such as public relations promotion will be much easier..."

Well, the "Steamed Bread" incident is still on the upsurge, and the return incident broke out again...

(End of this chapter)