The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 118 The Night Banquet

Not only Ning Hao, but other directors were also a little surprised.

The case of the Mekong River has a relatively large social influence, and it has long been heard that it will be made into a film and television series. The TV series version was filmed last year, but the film version has not yet started.

Never expected that the movie version would be related to Chen Jingxing.

From this tone, it seems that it is still a joint production of National Film and DreamWorks.

This news will definitely cause shock in the industry.

DreamWorks has been established for less than a year, and has become a new star in the industry with "Comet" and "Fatal Identity".

Years later, he announced two sci-fi film projects in a row, and invested in a top special effects studio in the industry. The news continued, and it can be said that it is a trendy domestic film and television company.

Now that I have joined the National Film Festival, and I have eaten such a big piece of cake, it is like a triple jump.

As long as "Signal" or "Source Code" has sufficient market performance, DreamWorks will immediately become a film company second only to the five traditional studios.

There seems to be a magical power in this young man, who can do things that others cannot, and his courage is different from ordinary people.

Originally, there were some criticisms in some media about DreamWorks's sudden success, blind expansion, and blind project establishment after DreamWorks' financing. Now it seems that this kind of evaluation is not without reason.

After obtaining financing, DreamWorks not only invested 8000 million in a special effects company, but also launched two film projects.

According to the disclosed information, the combined production cost of "Signal" and "Source Code" plus the final publicity cost even exceeded 1.5 million.

Even if DreamWorks only takes half of the share, it will have to bear more than 8000 million.

These two items alone almost spent all the funds raised.

Moreover, DreamWorks itself has experienced a round of expansion and has to maintain operations.

Once the two projects of "Signal" and "Source Code" have any mistakes, fail at the box office, or encounter other difficulties and delay their release, DreamWorks will encounter great difficulties. There are too many risks and uncertainties.

Not to mention that Chen Jingxing just revealed that he will co-produce the Mekong River movie project with China Film Group. They are also insiders in the industry, and they vaguely know that this project may also cost a huge billion.

This means that DreamWorks has to spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of funds on this project.

Even through the movie "Fatal Identity", DreamWorks can get hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, but this calculation almost exhausted all the working capital.

This kind of reckless and crazy investment project can be described as desperate.

Chen Jingxing didn't realize that Dreamworks' investment was already a crazy spending in the eyes of others.

Even if he realizes it, he doesn't care. DreamWorks has no debts at present, and at worst, everything will return to the original point.

The topic of everyone's discussion soon came to their respective ongoing projects.

The party has already progressed to the second half, directors Chen Jingxing and Ning Hao gathered together to relive the "study friendship", and no one else came to disturb them, so everyone talked less anxiously.

Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife" and Xiao Yang's "Raptors Crossing the River" will be released one after another in the summer.

Ning Hao's "Heart Blossoms on the Road" is also scheduled for summer.

It was ridiculed by Chen Sicheng as the "civil war" of "studying in the United States".

Of course, regarding this ridicule, Ning Hao, Lu Yang and Xiao Yang have no grievances between the three of them.

First of all, the types and positioning of these three movies are different, and they are not in the same heavyweight class. The release time is even more one-to-two-week intervals, so it is not a direct competitor.

However, Chen Sicheng revealed a piece of news that Zhang Weiping's martial arts blockbuster "White-haired Witch" may adjust the schedule.

It is very likely to leave the summer file and enter the National Day file.

Everyone focused their attention on Chen Jingxing. After all, they all knew that "Signal" might be scheduled for National Day. In this way, "White-haired Witch" would become his direct competitor.

There was no fear on Chen Jingxing's face, even though "White-haired Witch" is a big hit this year, and it is a hit movie at the same level as Ning Hao's "Heart Blossoms".

Not only is the investment huge, but it also brings together a luxurious lineup of Zhang Weiping, a gold medal producer, and two first-line stars.

"Why is it delayed?"

Chen Sicheng said with a smile: "I'm afraid this has something to do with Lao Ning's "Heart Blossom Road", because "Heart Blossom Road" is scheduled to be released on August 8, only a week later than "White-haired Witch". After all, "Let's Go" is different from other movies, it's a hit at the same level as "White-haired Witch", Zhang Weiping is probably worried that the box office will be affected, so he wants to leave the summer film altogether."

Chen Jingxing was a little dumb, and after a long time, he seemed to be fanning the butterfly wings by himself.

Because his "Signal" was scheduled for National Day, Qin Zhonghe put "Heart Blossoms on the Road" in the summer file, and then "White-haired Witch" was squeezed out of the summer file and became his competitor.

The finalization of the movie really affects the whole body.

After revealing the inside story, Chen Sicheng talked about the film project he was preparing, saying that it is a film that combines comedy elements and suspense elements.

Although Chen Jingxing guessed what movie it was when he heard it, he was secretly surprised that from "Operation Mekong" to "Detective Chinatown", he didn't have to go out to look for it by himself, but one by one was delivered to his door.

"I already had this inspiration before filming "Northern Love", but the estimated investment was relatively large, so I couldn't make it at all. The box office of "Northern Love" was not bad, but it was still difficult to find investment. Only the United Cinemas had a little Intent, it’s all thanks to Xiao Chen, if it wasn’t for the box office success of "Fatal Identity", the film company wouldn’t even watch it when they heard about the suspenseful crime theme, and the United Cinemas has always wanted me to cut production costs, But my project is going to be filmed abroad, and there are many characters, so the production cost can't be reduced at all. Now I don't count on film companies anymore. I plan to look for Internet companies in the next step to see if they can invest. "

Chen Sicheng never expected to be in another plane. He waited for a year and a half before finding enough investment to start this project.

After listening to Chen Sicheng's overview of the story of "Detective Chinatown", Chen Jingxing asked with interest: "How much do you estimate the production cost?"

Chen Sicheng replied without much thought: "I estimate 8000 million, at least 7000 million, no less."

"Success, how many gaps are left? I voted!" Chen Jingxing made a domineering decision.

Chen Sicheng showed a look of surprise: "You mean DreamWorks is willing to invest?"

The richest director among several directors is actually Chen Jingxing. Although Ning Hao also has his own company but has not yet raised funds, Chen Sicheng never expected Chen Jingxing to really pay for it. "Source Code" and the Mekong film project, there is basically no liquidity left after a rough calculation.

Secondly, investing in a film project is not so simple. He already has the box office results of "Northern Ireland" in his hand, and he doesn't even need to make enough investment with United Cinemas. Send money?

(End of this chapter)