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Chapter 500 This movie deserves it! (First update, please subscribe)
When Lin Xuan heard Zhou Zhengcheng's words, he finally understood why the head of the station came to Shanghai from the capital to meet him.

It turns out that there is something to ask for.

And the other party obviously couldn't find the person who made the movie, so they had no choice but to find him.

It's normal to think about it.

If Lin Xuan remembers correctly, in the history of Chinese movies in this world, the previous highest-grossing war movie should be a movie called "Crossing the Yangtze River", which was released three years ago, and its final box office was 2.35 million.

In addition, the box office of war films basically did not exceed [-] million.

Under such circumstances, the request from above to shoot a war movie with a box office of over one billion is tantamount to fantasy for Huaxia directors, it is impossible at all!
So none of those directors dared to shoot.

No one dares!
After all, once the box office fails to meet the standard, not only will its own reputation collapse, but it will also bear the accountability from above.For such a thankless task...of course Zhou Zhengcheng could only turn to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan figured everything out in an instant.

He frowned on purpose: "Minister Zhou, you are trying to embarrass me on purpose. Those old directors and artists dare not take on such war movies. How dare I, a young man in his early twenties? You should too. I know that the most needed thing to make such a war film is experience and experience. The more experience you have, the more you can make a war film that is huge, heavy, and passionate. If I go to make a war film, maybe it will be completely different, I..."

"It deserves..."

Zhou Zhengcheng interrupted him and snorted, "Stinky boy, don't complain to me. Isn't your "The God of Medicine" heavy? Not passionate? Not huge? A realistic movie can leverage four billion box office. Ranked in the top three of China's movie box office list. Why don't you say that you are only in your twenties with this score? Why don't you say that you need experience and experience? Don't talk to me about these useless things. Tell me honestly, what are the conditions? Let you agree to take this movie?"

"Forehead……"

Lin Xuan swallowed what he hadn't finished speaking.

old fox.

I really can't have a dim sum machine.

It seems that his smile just now made Minister Zhou judge that he is confident in making movies.

But he does have confidence, but confidence is not ordinary enough.

Just when Zhou Zhengcheng finished talking about making a war movie, the name of a movie came to Lin Xuan's mind.

On war movies.

On the grandeur of the scene.

On the cruelty of war.

On the blood of the picture.

No other war movie can match it.

In the previous life, it is estimated that there is no young person in China who does not know its name, the movie that turned Huaxia Film and Television upside down during the National Day of 2021: "Changjin Lake"!
So if Minister Zhou said he wanted to make a war movie, in Lin Xuan's opinion, this movie deserved it!
Irreplaceable!

Of course, this is not the main reason why Lin Xuan thought of this movie, but the box office of this movie.

How high is the box office of "Changjin Lake"?

57.8 billion!
Ranked No. [-] in the previous Huaxia box office list!

It was a war movie that went straight to the top of the box office, and I didn't know how many people were shocked at the time.

That's why Lin Xuan smiled when he heard Minister Zhou say a billion box office.

billion?

It's only two or three days at the box office!

But soon he frowned, because he thought of a difficulty: Although the box office of "Changjin Lake" is high, the difficulty of filming is many times higher than that of "The God of Medicine". underground.

He remembered that this movie in his previous life was co-directed by three of China's top directors.

Three top directors directed and directed "Changjin Lake". The difficulty of shooting this film can be imagined.Not to mention anything else, the number of people who participated in the filming of this film alone is as high as [-], which can be called the largest large-scale film in China.At most, there were more than [-] people working on site, and nearly [-] special effects companies participated.Large-scale costume props and military equipment are used in the movie, and there are more than [-] tanks alone.

The huge scale, of course, will lead to a sharp rise in costs.

If Lin Xuan remembers correctly, the filming cost of "Changjin Lake" was as high as 13 billion!
Yes.

You read that right, the cost alone is as high as more than one billion, which can be called the war documentary with the highest investment cost in the previous life.At that time, I finally heard that the material that was originally shot for 600 minutes or 10 hours was finally reduced to 360 minutes.But this is still too long and too long, but the film can't go any further.So after careful consideration, "Changjin Lake" was divided into two parts.

In other words, 13 billion is actually shooting two blockbuster films:
The first one, "Changjin Lake".

The second part, "Changjin Lake 2: Water Gate Bridge".

Of course, the cost is high and the box office is high.

"Changjin Lake" finally won 57.8 billion box office.

"Changjin Lake 2: Water Gate Bridge" finally won 39.6 billion box office.

With the superposition of the two, it raked in almost [-] billion at the box office, becoming a box office miracle for Chinese and even global war movies.Of course, in addition to the box office in the end, the response was also quite good, which aroused a wave of young people chasing after and admiring the martyrs.After all, the artistic elements in the movie "Changjin Lake" are not exaggerated. It can be said to be a living history of blood and tears, and a documentary film that truly recalls the anti-Japanese war of the ancestors.It is this kind of movie that has touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of young people in China, and made many young people know how their current stable life came about.

The educational significance of such a movie is many times higher than that of "Wolf Warrior"!
It fully meets the requirements of Minister Zhou.

"If I really want to shoot "Changjin Lake", I can only shoot the first part, or I can shoot two parts at the same time. If I shoot two parts at the same time, even if I have a complete finished film in my mind, the estimated cost will be about one billion And if only the first film is shot, the cost will not be much lower. After all, the two films are integrated, and the cost of filming a single film will not reduce much. At least it will cost more than [-] million. So it is really necessary to shoot "Changjin Lake" , it is the most cost-effective to shoot the upper and lower parts together."

thought here.

Lin Xuan raised his head and looked at Zhou Zhengcheng.

He took a deep breath and said seriously: "Mr. Zhou, I can make a movie. But the cost of such a movie may be a bit high."

Zhou Zhengcheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, he found the right person, there is nothing this kid Lin Xuan can't do.

He smiled and waved his hands and said, "Hey, isn't it just the cost? Since the country has made such a request this time, it doesn't count the cost. You can take pictures for me, and the higher-ups will allocate you whatever the cost will be. Well, [-] million is fine, no problem!"

Before coming here, Zhou Zhengcheng had learned about the costs of war films.For example, "Crossing the Yangtze River" three years ago cost about [-] million yuan.So in his opinion, no matter how much money is spent on this movie, it will not exceed [-] million.

However, the next second.

Lin Xuan shook his head: "Maybe [-] million is a little little?"

Zhou Zhengcheng was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise, "How much would it cost? One hundred and fifty million is fine."

Lin Xuan still shook his head: "It's still a bit small."

Zhou Zhengcheng was really astonished, his eyes widened: "[-] million?"

He never expected that Lin Xuan shook his head again: "I figured it out, if I really want to make a vast, magnificent, and tragic war film that can touch the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, the cost may be more than one billion."

???

Zhou Zhengcheng's eyes widened in an instant.

The director of Longtai had never seen anything before, but he was still almost scared to death at this moment.

What I want is a box office of one billion, what the hell are you telling me that the cost is one billion?

What a mess!

His throat squirmed, and he spoke after a while: "Don't be kidding me."

Lin Xuan's eyes showed seriousness: "Minister Zhou, I'm not joking, I mean it seriously."

"..."

Zhou Zhengcheng stared into Lin Xuan's eyes, and realized that the other party was not joking, but he still found it ridiculous. What kind of war movie costs one billion?Those foreign movies are not so exaggerated, okay?
He was almost speechless: "What are you shooting? The cost is one billion... making gold bars?"

It doesn't take so much money to buy gold bars, okay?After all, the gold bars can be taken back after the auction.

then.

He shook his head without hesitation: "One billion is impossible! No matter how much the higher ups pay attention to this movie, the [-] million budget has already come to an end. No matter how high it is, it is impossible."

When he said this, Zhou Zhengcheng wondered in his heart whether Lin Xuan deliberately said a sky-high cost, so that he could retreat in the face of difficulties.Don't say that a war film costs one billion. Now the cost of any film in China seems to have never been so exaggerated. The highest cost of a film is only about [-] million.

Lin Xuan thought in his heart: That is to say, I have a mature movie in my mind, which can greatly reduce the cost, otherwise one billion will not be enough, and several hundred million more will be needed.

Thinking of this, he said righteously: "Minister Zhou, don't get excited. I haven't finished talking just now, I can make movies, no matter how high the cost is, it doesn't matter. There is no money at the top, and I will pay the billion from the second world! After all, I It’s to make a film for the country, it’s okay to pay a little money, as long as the film can educate and cleanse the people of China, I am willing!”

Take a look!

The thought!

This awareness!
One billion, many big companies can't make so much money in their lifetime, right?
But Lin Xuan said he took it out and took it out.

No wonder this kid was able to spend tens of millions of filming "The God of Medicine" without hesitation to speak out for the seriously ill group. This is the spiritual realm!Although the box office of "The God of Medicine" is now nearly [-] billion, who would have thought it would be so profitable before it was released?Would anyone else dare to make a movie like this?dare not!
Zhou Zhengcheng was so old that he was almost as excited as Lin Xuan said. He laughed loudly and patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder: "Good job! I really saw you right!"

Lin Xuan chuckled, and said embarrassedly: "But when the time comes, the movie box office will be mine."

"Of course."

Zhou Zhengcheng was full of anger, "You have paid all the cost of the movie. This is equivalent to making movies for the country for free, and the country can still ask for your box office? So don't worry, the box office is all yours!"

Lin Xuan was elated when he heard it.

This is his real purpose.

Billions at the box office, how could he not want it?

But at this moment, I only heard Zhou Zhengcheng continue: "Lin Xuan, you have such an ideological awareness. The country can't treat you badly. So when the movie is released, I will personally do a few things for you:
One, exempt your Film Development Fund.

Second, the sales tax for movies is exempted.

Third, I will personally talk to theaters across the country and ask them to contribute to patriotic films.The movie box office is divided into about [-]%.

These three points can make you suffer as little loss as possible. "

From Zhou Zhengcheng's point of view, if Lin Xuan invested one billion yuan to shoot a war film, he might end up losing his pants.That's why he tried his best to find a way for Lin Xuan, otherwise he would be ashamed.

And beside.

Lin Xuan was stunned for a while, and then ecstasy flooded his heart.

The general movie box office is divided as follows: 5% of the film development fund, 3.3% of business tax, 50-60% of the theater chain, and the final profit is about 30-40%.

But now, if the film development fund and business tax are exempted, and the theater share is as low as 40%, how much money will "Changjin Lake" eventually make?

day!
Countless!

He didn't expect that the surprises hadn't stopped.

I saw Zhou Zhengcheng continued: "Since this movie records the heroic deeds of the Chinese martyrs, it is estimated that there will be large-scale military troops, equipment, venues...etc. in the movie. When the time comes to shoot these characters, equipment, and even the venue, The official can provide you with free use. Whatever you need, the official will satisfy it all!"

Lin Xuan opened his mouth wide.

They were all dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)