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Chapter 440 Planning to shoot a commercial film

The news that "The Pianist on the Sea" was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival soon spread across the country like snowflakes, and the entire industry was shocked. The story of young people living at the bottom of the society trying to get rid of the harsh environment and lead a better life is a literary film shot in the style of a documentary.

Different from the fledgling Liao Yuan, Director Qi Wen is a veteran director who debuted in the Mainland for more than 20 years. He has been nominated and awarded the best director many times. This is unbelievable news for everyone in the industry.

But it did happen.

"Liao Yuan is not yet 30 years old?"

""Sea Pianist" is his second movie, right? My mother!"

"This is the best pianist I've ever seen, so unprofessional!"

"A pianist who can't make films is not a good director."

"The box office of "Sea Pianist" can only be said to be so-so! It can't be compared with those blockbusters released on New Year's Day, the gap is too big, but I didn't expect to be nominated for the Golden Bear Award. Whether it wins or not, it is already nominated. Awesome."

"I can't say that. The Berlin Film Festival is different from other film festivals. There are many films shortlisted for the main competition unit. In the past, there were more than ten films. There are also many films this year. There are [-] films shortlisted for the main competition unit just announced. .”

""The Pianist on the Sea" is not a commercial film. Its box office of 11 billion is already very good. You can't expect a literary film to surpass the box office of a Hollywood blockbuster, right?"

"Yes, Liao Yuan is a pianist after all, and his aesthetics is only in literary films, can't he make commercial films?"

"Liao Yuan can't make commercial films? Are you kidding me! Have you seen "The Tuner"? Haven't you? Have you seen "Signal"?"

"I have to admit that Liao Yuan does have the potential to make commercial films. "The Tuner" is just a short film, and it got a high score of 9.4 on Douban, and it has been evaluated by tens of thousands of people. There is also the script "Signal" written by Liao Yuan. It was filmed as an online drama and became a hit of the year. Even now, on major video sites, the score of "Signal" is as high as 10, and some even 9.2 points..."

"Liao Yuan's products are all high-quality products!"

"No wonder someone calls him the godfather of entertainment. He is invincible in the piano world and in the composer world. When he comes to the film industry, he will immediately win the best director and best actor rhythm. Who will not accept this?"

On Weibo, major social networking sites, and forums, a trend of "Liao Yuan blowing" gradually began to surge. Countless people praised him as the godfather of entertainment, invincible in the entertainment industry, etc. The most acute question is whether Liao Yuan can carry it. To set up the banner of the new generation of directors and leaders, not only must blossom in the field of literary and artistic films, but also blossom in the field of business and so on.

Of course, Liao Yuan also heard the news, and he scoffed at it. If it weren't for the conditional restrictions, the Liao Group's foundation is weak, and he would have recruited troops to prepare a series of commercial blockbusters by now.

Literary films are not the focus, only commercial films can make a lot of money.

Of course, after earning 11 billion at the mainland box office, the company will soon be able to get a share of the box office. The harvest of [-] million yuan is enough for Liao Yuan to start making a commercial blockbuster.

Liao Yuan will not touch literary films such as "The Pianist", "The Spring of the Cow Herding Class", and "Green Book" for the time being. He urgently needs funds to develop the company, and even has the possibility of going public because of this. Thoughts, but the current economic environment is not good, Hong Kong stocks and A-shares are in turmoil, and even the U.S. stocks have a tendency to be overwhelmed, so it is not a good time to go public. Besides, Liao Yuan is not seeking funds wholeheartedly. The funds he needs He can completely rely on his own potential to obtain money from banks and the capital market, and with his current worth and strength, many capitalists are willing to cooperate with Liao Yuan.

In addition to the [-] million mainland box office share, "The Pianist on the Sea" is now nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

So if it wins an award, it will definitely have an unfathomable influence on the overseas box office of "Sea Pianist".

At that time, I am afraid there will be another burst of box office harvest.

Even if the final income is not worth the box office in the mainland, no matter how little mosquito meat is, it is still meat, let alone a piece of fat meat, which can greatly relieve Liao Yuan's financial constraints.

But now with the fresh and hot [-] million funds in hand, Liao Yuan did not follow the previous idea to engage in infrastructure construction, but decided to start filming the next movie.

The so-called strike while the iron is hot, is now the time when Liao Yuan's influence in the film industry has reached its peak, so the sooner the next film is released, the better.

The new movie is the key factor to establish Liao Yuan's influence, so Liao Yuan must be very cautious.

This night, in the dead of night, he came to the study alone, sat in front of the computer, and began to sort out the gradually blurred memories in his mind.

The memory of the past life is recalled now, like a dream.

So many fragments are fragmented.

Liao Yuan has to work hard to recall in order to comprehend by analogy, so he needs extremely focused mental power.

Now there are [-] million idle funds, and if some advertising revenue is added, there will be about [-] to [-] million funds.

Three to four billion, sounds like a lot, but investing in a commercial blockbuster won’t make a big splash, especially if you want to compete with Hollywood’s commercial blockbusters, you have to invest more money. If it’s a blockbuster with special effects, then More powerful capital investment is needed, at least one billion yuan is required.

This aspect is actually very easy to solve. The name Liao Yuan is a shining golden signboard, and most capitalists are willing to enter the market to support.

But the number of admission support needs to be supported by reading the magic item of the script.

A good script is the foundation of the building, which determines how tall the building can be, so Liao Yuan must carefully select it.

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"Titanic"?First of all, the preparation time is too long, and the plot set in 2024 is already a bit old-fashioned, so it is excluded.

"The Wandering Earth"?It is indeed possible to reap a huge box office market in China, but it seems to be somewhat unworkable abroad. The most important thing is that Liao Yuan feels that the reason why this milestone film of Chinese science fiction was able to win the box office of 46 billion in his previous life relied on various factors. Liao Yuan is not sure if he can get such a result in all aspects of the elements, because domestic science fiction films have achieved good results, and it seems a bit difficult to mobilize the power of the whole people to support it?So also ruled out.

"war Wolf"? Emmm...

"Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" is a good choice, but Liao Yuan's company does not have the technology in this area, the script can be written, but he can at most dub the voice.

"I'm Not the God of Medicine"?The subject matter is a bit sensitive. The main reason is that too many such films have been produced recently, and the audience may be a little fatigued. Moreover, this film is not strictly a commercial film, at least not the kind that Liao Yuan wanted to make.

"The Pursuit of Happiness"?Sad and bitter dramas, literary and artistic films, now Liao Yuan doesn't want to touch them at all.

"Avatar"?Just thinking about the huge world view, Liao Yuan was a little speechless.

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As for the Marvel series, the Superman series, and even the famous Harry Potter series, Liao Yuan ignored them all. He didn't have the energy to do them. Just thinking about the relationship chain of the Marvel universe and so on, he would feel his head would explode. , so stay away.

In the end, Liao Yuan decided to write the names of seven movies on the list.

They are "Shutter Island", "The Truman Show", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Interstellar", "Inception", "Independence Day", "The Martian".

Among them, "Shutter Island", "The Truman Show", and "The Shawshank Redemption" are movies that Liao Yuan remembers deeply. Although they are not strictly commercial films, their box office can reach the scale of commercial films. Of course, the most important thing is Because the script is relatively simple and smooth to write.

And "Interstellar", "Inception", "Independence Day", and "The Martian" are all relatively expensive movies, and they are also so-called science fiction blockbusters.

Among them, "Independence Day" has the lowest production cost, and [-] million yuan can probably be produced.

"The Martian" needs [-] million.

The most expensive are "Inception" and "Interstellar."

Each of these two movies is a money-burning work, with an investment of at least one billion yuan to start, and the script is quite brain-intensive and complicated to write, but if it is made, Liao Yuan is confident that these two movies, let alone now, Even after ten years, it will not be outdated.

Because regardless of the creativity or the story line, the two films are undoubtedly the top level.
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