This director is very reliable

Chapter 471 I'm stupid, watch two movies for one dollar? (14)

The interview mainly revolved around Hong Kong films, and of course mentioned the decline of Hong Kong films...

"The decline of Hong Kong movies is predictable, and the power center of the entire Chinese-language movie is BJ! The movie industry itself is a luxury, and it needs a lot of cash flow to make movies on a rolling basis."

"The prosperity of the film industry will naturally produce two scarce resources, big directors and famous actors. How many years have these two resources not appeared in Hong Kong?"

"Why is there a decline in Hong Kong movies?"

"It's not a decline. I think this is what Hong Kong films should look like as a center of Chinese-language films. The prosperity of the entire Hong Kong film industry can be traced back to the fact that the entire Shanghai film industry and talents in the 30s and 40s were moved to Hong Kong. I think the discussion of this The question is meaningless, it is better to ask what factors stimulated the glory of Hong Kong films from the 60s to the 90s, and when these factors dissipated one by one, Hong Kong films returned to their proper position.”

"Then why did you create a branch office in Hong Kong?"

Shen Changlin thought for a while, and then said: "Because many themes are exclusively made in Hong Kong, such as police and gangster movies, violent action movies... If "Slaying the Wolf 2" is not a Hong Kong movie, it will not be released at all!"

"How many films does the company produce every year?"

"Yes, there is a plan, about three to five films a year, not too much, and the cost is concentrated between 5000 million and 8000 million, not too high. By the way, I should direct one next year..."

"It was also filmed in Hong Kong?"

"Um…"

""Slaying Wolf 2", how is the overseas performance?"

"Basically all of them have been released in Southeast Asia. I think it's pretty good if I add a box office of more than three million US dollars... And "Slaying the Wolf 2", the box office in Hong Kong is not bad, and it has exceeded [-] million in ten days. Over there to discuss North American copyright..."

"There will be another "Lucky Key" this year, starring Wu Zhenyu and Brother Hu?"

"That's right... I think Brother Hu is too handsome, he needs to be spoiled. "Lucky Key" let him play a low-level actor..."

"So up to now, the box office of Changlin Film and Television this year has exceeded 65 billion. Is the goal for this year 100 billion box office?"

"...We still have four movies, "The Megalodon", "The Way of the Heart", "The Lucky Key", and "Big Man: Breaking the Ice". The most basic goal is to exceed [-] billion!"

……

Ten billion is the most basic goal!
This year's total box office is predicted to be 350 billion. After deducting imported films, the total box office of domestic films is at most 200 billion. If Changlin Films produces and manufactures tens of billions, it is really half of the country!
At least in the summer season until now, all the box office and word-of-mouth masterpieces are works produced by Changlin Film and Television!
"League of Lost Treasures", the annual blockbuster;

"The Untold Story", a tear-jerking masterpiece of 11.6 billion;

"There will be no future", the box office has exceeded 5.5 million;

"Slaying Wolf 2"…

Of course, there is also "The Megalodon", which will be released on August 8th...

"The Meg" is very important. If this movie fails, then... all previous efforts will be for naught. After all, this is a big production with an investment of 1.6 million US dollars!
Therefore, the second half of the interview is basically talking about "Megalodon"...

"The big proposition of Sino-US co-productions is actually quite difficult to solve. In the past, the so-called co-productions, except for the top international team and the characteristics of huge funds, are left with abrupt Chinese elements and endless plots... I think it is still the subject matter. The reason...Because when it comes to ethnicity and civilization, the China in the eyes of foreigners is different from the China in our own eyes. For example, "The Mummy 3", this movie is the most disgusting theater movie I have ever seen !"

""The Mummy 3"? Which one did Li Lian play in?"

Shen Changlin nodded: "Simply, distorting history, forcibly instilling values...especially the resurrection and the terracotta warriors who inexplicably started shouting "freedom, freedom, freedom." It really made me sick...Egypt is ancient Egypt, but China is still China! Four We are still alive in the ancient civilization, and we are still alive, so we don’t take us seriously? Trample our history and culture like this?”

After a pause, Shen Changlin changed the subject by himself: "So, if you want to make a Sino-US co-production, you can't involve history and culture... It's either a monster movie or a disaster movie!"

"Then why "The Megalodon"?"

"The copyright of "The Meg" is relatively easy to buy. Once it was published, Disney bought the copyright, and after ten years of release, it was no longer popular. The copyright was resold, and it would not be filmed after buying it. Famous directors rejected it in various ways, and eventually became a hot potato... After "Jaws", there hasn't been a particularly successful big-budget movie of the shark genre, so I'm taking a big risk in doing this!"

"Then why do you want to do it?"

"Because there is no good choice, I want to make a monster movie, focusing on prehistoric giants. This is the best choice. After discussing with Wen Ziren, I decided to make a version of Jurassic Ocean."

"... Wen Ziren made horror movies, right?"

"Yes, but he still has experience in large-scale scene management. He has filmed "Illegal Sanctions" before. Although the box office is not high, I think that movie is good, and "The Megalodon" focuses on horror, which is his specialty. item!"

"Then where is the Chinese master control of this project?"

"After purchasing the film adaptation rights, our team was responsible for the concept structure and design in the early stage, including the initial character setting. After the American screenwriter wrote the script, the Chinese development team and screenwriter put forward relevant opinions and participated in the script. Revise…"

"The overall shooting and production is mainly controlled by the New Line Wen Ziren team. We decide the cast and casting, and most of them are filmed in New Zealand...Because New Zealand has a relatively complete tax rebate policy, the original cost of "Megalodon" was 1.6 million US dollars. After the tax refund is complete, the cost is $1.2 million…

In the end, the megalodon in Sanya Bay was rampant in the shallow sea and killed thousands of people at one time. The Chinese team was mainly responsible for it, including the navy's dispatch to kill the megalodon is also our idea! "

"Is there anything interesting about filming?"

Shen Changlin shook his head: "There's nothing interesting, there's a lot of bullshit!"

"I'm not kidding, there are a lot of trivial matters. After the script came out, the producer gave me a thick stack of regulations...all of them are matters that Hollywood productions need to pay attention to. For example, in terms of roles, the gender ratio and racial ratio of the team must be balanced. ...It's extremely cumbersome!"

"really?"

"Of course, why am I lying to you? But this is their rule... So, don't keep talking about the freedom of filming in the United States, freedom ass!"

"Then do you think "The Megalodon" will be successful?"

"...I watched the internal test screening, and I think it's okay, especially the scene where the megalodon appears, it's quite scary!"

……

No box office forecast...

Who can say for sure?

The forecast given by Warner is that China will exceed 80 million, North America will be 3 million, and the world will be [-] million US dollars...

Reaching this standard will almost pay for itself.

As for the sequel, it depends on word of mouth and market feedback...

After the interview, the staff sent the interviewer away, Yang Fan and...Zheng Zhihao knocked on the door and walked into Shen Changlin's office.

"...Yo, why did you two come together?" Shen Changlin closed the book, a little surprised...

Yang Fan saw at a glance that Shen Changlin was watching Wei Junzi's "Hong Kong Movie Romance".

"How did you read this book?"

Shen Changlin shrugged and said indifferently: "Why don't you have nothing to do, and it's very interesting to study Hong Kong movies. You see, when Hong Kong movies were prosperous, there was a large influx of funds from Southeast Asia, Taiwan and even Japan, but the same, these foreign funds, What I want is to make money, not to incubate eggs... It's nothing more than spending money on a star, and then spending a few days to make a movie to make money, isn't it similar to the current Internet entering the film and television industry?"

"At that moment, at this very moment?"

"Yes..." Shen Changlin called the secretary to help them pour tea, and when the secretary went out, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Just a little idea..."

"Say it!"

Zheng Zhihao said: "Dianping, Tao Piao Piao, including Yu Piaoer launched a one-dollar movie viewing..."

"Wait a minute, watch movies in one yuan?"

"...That's right, two tickets for one yuan, one ticket for one yuan... Don't you know about various promotional activities?"

"Fuck me, watch two movies for one dollar? I said why are the box office of recent movies so high!"

Shen Changlin searched Dianping, and sure enough there was a 'Movie Discount' event...

Nima, two tickets for one yuan, free of charge!

And the home page recommends "Girlfriend"...

I said "Girlfriend" is a super bad movie, how did it break 2 million at the box office...

"Shall we follow up with some activities?"

"...It's not necessary. If you look at two tickets for one yuan, "Moon Moon Heaven" and "Girlfriend" plus one have never done "Slaying the Wolf 2". What does it mean? It means that everyone has requirements for movies..."

"Recently, Yupiaoer wants to collaborate with us on some activities, what do you think?"

"Yupiaoer... is it owned by WeChat?"

"Yes... To be precise, it belongs to Fujixun..."

"Okay, but don't watch movies for one yuan, we can't afford it..." Shen Changlin scratched his head: "Our online payment system is mainly Alipay?"

"right…"

"I'm really worried that Alipay is deliberately blocking us..."

"I'm also worried...but we don't use WeChat Pay much now."

"It's okay, Fujixun will find a way!"

What do you think?
Sponsoring the Spring Festival Gala, it should be this Spring Festival Gala, WeChat red envelopes sponsored the Spring Festival Gala, the number of card-binding users soared from 800 million to 3.7 million, completing the user accumulation that took Alipay more than eight years to complete...

(End of this chapter)