supergiant age

Chapter 452 Steady
Zheng Liaoyuan was waiting for Yi Shuihan in the office, and the filming of "Diary from the Past" was finally completed after more than three months.

Letting Yi Shuihan come over this time is also a matter of discussing the release and release.

After all, this is Yi Shuihan Studio's first investment film, so it should be taken seriously no matter what.

Not long after, Yi Shuihan pushed the door open and came in.

I haven't seen him for more than ten days, but Zheng Liaoyuan feels that Yi Shuihan's temperament has changed a lot, and he feels like a spring breeze, comfortable and gentle.

But this is also a momentary feeling, but when you look at it intently, it is no different from before.

"Ah Han, here you come, come and sit down." Zheng Liaoyuan got up and asked Yi Shuihan to sit down, and made tea.

"What made me come to the company so urgently?" Yi Shuihan asked with a smile, showing white and neat teeth when he smiled, and a gentle luster in his eyes.

Ever since he decided to play the role of Duan Yu, he has been pondering and substituting it all the time, so that at this time he has a little shadow of Duan Yu in him.

He even studied scriptures because Duan Yu was obsessed with Buddhism, so as to make his thinking more suitable for the role of Duan Yu.

Although Zheng Liaoyuan felt that Yi Shuihan was a little strange, he didn't go into it. He smiled and said, "Good news, the filming of "Diary from the Past" is over!"

"So fast?" Yi Shuihan asked in surprise. In his impression, the filming started at the end of the year, so it took only three extra shots?

Zheng Liaoyuan explained with a smile: "This is a small production movie. The scene is simple and there is no need for temporary construction, so it saves a lot of time. In addition to finding suitable actors, it will naturally go faster."

"Is that so?" Yi Shuihan nodded and said, "Then what's the next plan, you know, I've been busy with Tianlong Babu recently, and I may not have much energy to take care of it. "

Zheng Liaoyuan nodded in understanding, he pondered for a moment and said: "First of all, it is the positioning of the film! Although this "Diary from the Past" is the first film we worked on, I personally think it is better not to have too much expectations. .”

Yi Shuihan nodded his head to express his approval. Although Yi Shuihan thought the script was good, he was not so naive as to think that this small-investment movie with no well-known actors would be able to overcome all difficulties and invincible.

Zheng Liaoyuan continued: "First of all, there is a problem with the positioning of this film. We positioned it as a small-budget, warm-hearted film. The direction of publicity and the audience are based on warmth. Horrible."

"Well," Yi Shuihan nodded and added: "I think high school students and college students can be used as a breakthrough point for publicity. First, this kind of literary and fresh film suits the tastes of quite a few people. Second, they have enough The third point is that word of mouth is easy to spread and ferment in crowded places like schools.”

Zheng Liaoyuan laughed and asked, "You're confident. You haven't even seen a movie. Can you be sure it's good word of mouth and not bad word of mouth?"

Yi Shuihan smiled and replied, "If you don't have confidence in this movie directly, do the distributors and theaters still have confidence in us?"

"Well, but to give you more confidence, I plan to hold an internal preview meeting in the next two days to see the results of the film. If there are any flaws, there is still time to re-edit it." Zheng Liaoyuan said.

The internal preview meeting is just like the internal test of the game. If there is a bug, it depends on the severity and chooses editing or special effects modification. If it is really serious, the possibility of reshooting is not ruled out, but in this case, it will take a lot of effort.

"Yes," Yi Shuihan replied, "Has our publisher been in touch yet?"

Speaking of this, Zheng Liaoyuan frowned.

In fact, film companies with film production capabilities such as Sea God Entertainment, Huaxia Group, and Zhongnan Film and Television have distribution rights and capabilities.

However, Yi Shuihan Studio does not have the qualifications for publishing, nor does it have the ability and conditions to build a huge distribution network.

All they can do is to find a film with distribution rights to cooperate with them, so that they can be released smoothly.

But to put it bluntly, they all have their own movies to be released, so how can they give up good resources, good screens, and good time slots to other movies?
This is their inherent disadvantage, and the publisher also charges nearly [-]% of the net box office as a distribution agency fee.

Even so, there are very few distributors interested in this movie.

In their view, this kind of small-investment niche film with no well-known artists and no well-known directors has no distribution value.

Even if it is released, it may be the result of a round of tours, so no one wants this movie.

For this reason, Zheng Liaoyuan received a lot of rejections, and was even ridiculed at times, but he still persevered in his efforts.

Even when he encountered such a big problem, Zheng Liaoyuan did not complain, he smiled and said lightly: "Leave this problem to me."

Yi Shuihan nodded, and stopped asking about this matter.

As long as Zheng Liaoyuan takes care of the past, he has nothing to worry about.

"Do you have any expectations for the box office of this movie?" Zheng Liaoyuan asked with a smile.

"Preserve capital!" Yi Shuihan said after thinking for a moment.

"So conservative?" Zheng Liaoyuan asked suspiciously, "Isn't this in line with your personality?"

Yi Shuihan replied with a smile: "The film industry is dominated by dragons and tigers, and it is not such an easy place to break into. I don't know how many people broke in with confidence, but they returned in the end. As newcomers, if we can keep our capital, we will be successful. Accumulate experience to prepare for the next shock.

Moreover, even if we want to keep our capital, it may not be so easy. Under the attack of big-budget movies, we may get very few film schedules. If we are not careful, we may have the risk of being removed from the shelves.

Even if it stabilizes on the screen, our box office needs to reach more than 3000 million to break even.

Brother Yuan, the road ahead is hard! "

The film "Diary from the Past" invested 1000 million yuan, which does not mean that it will be profitable if the box office exceeds 1000 million yuan.

First of all, the box office income must be taxed first, and 5% of the total box office must be used as a special fund for film business development, and 3.3% of related taxes, and the remaining box office can be used to share the account.

For the remaining 91.7% of the box office, theaters take 50%, theaters take 7%, and distributors take 10%. The remaining 33% of the box office is the money that producers can actually receive.

That is to say, for an investment of 1000 million, at least 3000 million can be guaranteed.

Zheng Liaoyuan didn't expect Yi Shuihan to think so thoroughly, he patted his shoulder and said, "Hold on, we can..."

(End of this chapter)