The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 348 Don't worry, I won't compete with you for the Spring Festival stall
"Chen Dong, congratulations on the big sale of "Matrix"."

Chen Sicheng's politeness was mixed with a bit of uncontrollable envy. "Matrix" has been in theaters for a week now, and the box office has exceeded 13 billion. Although the National Day holiday is almost over, but word-of-mouth, 30 billion is definitely expected.

"Gravity" has only been released for less than a month, and DreamWorks is already unrivaled this year.

"Operation Mekong" in the Spring Festival, "Gravity" in the summer, and "Matrix" in the National Day file, which is still in theaters, can be called the most popular schedules that rule China. These three blockbusters alone can at least Get nearly 90 billion box office.

Plus SH Mirage" and "Your Name", 107 billion!
So far this year, the total box office of Huaguo has only exceeded 400 billion, and the box office of movies produced by a film company of DreamWorks accounted for more than a quarter!

If you add the overseas box office, although I heard that the distribution of "Matrix" in North America has encountered some problems, but according to the appeal of Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks, coupled with the quality of the film itself, 150 to [-] million US dollars should not be a problem. It should not be a problem for the factory to have a global box office of more than [-] billion yuan this year.

If you take it to the world, it is second only to Disney, Warner, Fox and Universal.

Although "Mekong" and "Gravity" DreamWorks are not the only production companies here, they are also amazing.

No wonder the IPO process of DreamWorks is stuck again. Presumably even the underwriters and even the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are unprepared for DreamWorks' achievements this year.

Chen Sicheng came here mainly for the release of "Tang Detective II", which has not been completed in the later period. After "Tang Detective" achieved a box office of more than 10 billion in last summer, Chen Sicheng also immediately started the sequel "Tang Detective II". make.

Because of the previous agreement signed with DreamWorks, DreamWorks must account for at least 45% of the investment in the sequel, and with the investment from United Cinemas and himself, there is basically no room for other capital. He didn't dare to offend him, and he couldn't reduce his investment share, so the capital drama that should have been sitting on the ground to pay back the money had no room for Chen Sicheng to display it.

He originally complained about this. The first part of "Tang Detective" was a success, and the most important thing was to accumulate word of mouth. Even a fool would know that the second part would not lose money. Who would have thought that Chen Jingxing would invest in the first part? When it came to the film department, it seemed that the eyes of the sky were long and generally required to sign an agreement to bundle the investment in the sequel.

At the time of the first film, Chen Sicheng's idea was that he could get enough investment for him to display, and he was only grateful to Chen Jingxing for lending a helping hand when he was worried about insufficient investment.

When the box office hits and prepares to make a sequel, DreamWorks becomes a nuisance, or even a vampire, in his eyes.

Chen Sicheng also thought about breaching the contract, but in the end he still felt that his foundation was weak. At that time, DreamWorks had risen and he dared not offend Chen Jingxing.

But at the moment, Chen Sicheng thinks that it is really good to have a DreamWorks signboard. With the name of DreamWorks produced, the audience's expectations are ridiculously high.

In Chen Sicheng's view, there must be many people who are looking forward to him or the reputation of "Tang Detective", but as narcissistic as he is, he can't deny the influence of DreamWorks, an increasingly good and shining gold-lettered signboard. , especially after the successive releases of "Gravity" and "Matrix".

The investment of DreamWorks is equivalent to an endorsement. Many netizens will naturally think that this is definitely not a bad movie when they see the name of DreamWorks in a movie. This kind of word-of-mouth accumulation is unique in China at present, and there is no second company.

How powerful is this kind of word-of-mouth accumulation? It is not appropriate to watch DreamWorks movies, because it is not clear whether it is the word-of-mouth of the movie itself or the word-of-mouth added by DreamWorks. Just watch Master Xing's "The Mermaid".

Without the word-of-mouth accumulated by Master Xing, how could "The Mermaid" get so much box office?
Word-of-mouth is invisible, but it is real money at critical moments.

After the success of "Tang Detective I" and the addition of DreamWorks, Chen Sicheng's ambitions are naturally much bigger. After a long time of thinking, he decided to aim at next year's Spring Festival.

For Chen Sicheng's idea, Chen Jingxing has no reason to object. "Tang Detective" itself is a suspense comedy, and the second part has more comedy elements. It is tailor-made for the Spring Festival.

The only concern is: "Can "Tang Detective II" complete the post-production and get the dragon label before the year?"

Mo was not responsible for the later stage of "Tang Detective II", although Chen Sicheng hoped to hand it over to Mo at the time. After "Source Code" and "Gravity", everyone has basically recognized that the special effects company under DreamWorks is the domestic High tech studio.

But Mo has to devote a lot of energy to the two 3D animations "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-E", and is also responsible for the post-production special effects of "Edge of Tomorrow". "Tang Detective II" can only line up obediently. This is Chen Sicheng I can't wait. Fortunately, "Tang Detective II" is not a special effects movie, and the quality of special effects is not high.

Chen Sicheng is full of confidence: "I have already urged, and it will be done before the end of the year."

Chen Jingxing was hesitant to speak, but he closed his mouth again. "Tang Detective II" was just finished filming a week ago. The post-production is indeed quite fast, but this is Chen Sicheng's movie after all. If money hitches a ride, it's better not to go overboard.

Feeling Chen Sicheng's gaze staring at him all the time, Chen Jingxing naturally knew what the other party wanted, so he readily gave him a reassurance: ""Edge of Tomorrow" will not be scheduled for the Spring Festival."

Hearing this sentence, Chen Sicheng was relieved, because the filming of "Edge of Tomorrow" was finished in July. No matter how huge the special effects work of this film is, in his opinion, it will definitely be completed before the Spring Festival next year.

Although "Edge of Tomorrow" is not Chen Jingxing's movie, Guo Fan also reassures him that he can't go anywhere. "The Mekong River" is the biggest dark horse and winner of this year's Spring Festival, and no one dares to underestimate DreamWorks movies.

Not to mention that although I don't know what "Edge of Tomorrow" is about, it is also a blockbuster special effects movie with huge investment, and it is also a sci-fi movie that DreamWorks is good at.

He is confident in the quality of "Tang Detective II", and it is also a comedy theme co-produced with the Spring Festival. Apart from DreamWorks movies, he has nothing to fear from other opponents.

"However..." Chen Jingxing's turning point raised Chen Sicheng's heart that had just fallen down again: "The company of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" has preliminarily set a schedule for the Spring Festival, but there is no official announcement yet."

""The Return of the Great Sage"?" Chen Sicheng was stunned for a moment before he realized: "The cartoon you made?"

Originally, the industry and even the media did not pay much attention to the animation film project that DreamWorks established last year, only some reactions in the animation circle. After all, the theme of animation film itself is invisible in the domestic film industry and is despised.

But after "Your Name", everyone began to pay attention to DreamWorks' animated film project, and even paid attention to the theme of animated films. After all, the box office of 7 million is very impressive even in live-action films. Don't look at it. Dreamworks' other films broke records at 20 billion to 30 billion, and most of the films were successful if they had a box office of [-] to [-] million.

Although Chen Sicheng was a little wary of "The Return of the Great Sage", he was a little bit downhearted. No matter how good "The Return of the Great Sage" was, it would still compete with "Tang Detective II". direct competitors.

Although he usually modestly said in the media and even in exchanges with his peers that "Tang Detective II" can reach the box office of the first part of more than 10 billion, but his ambition is far beyond 10 billion, even Even if a company wanted to sign a 16 billion guaranteed box office VAM agreement with him, he would directly refuse.

Chen Sicheng held his breath and wanted to directly challenge the box office record of 30 billion or even "Gravity". In the past two years, the box office records of 20 billion and 30 billion have been continuously broken. Anyone who is ambitious will not want to be one Where's the tide?Who wouldn't want to be the second DreamWorks?

After dismissing Chen Sicheng, who was still suspicious, Chen Jingxing was a little bit ridiculous. He didn't expect that even a cartoon could make Chen Sicheng so vigilant.

In fact, Chen Jingxing really didn't have too much expectation for "The Return of the Great Sage". The theme of the animation itself is a limitation. He put "The Return of the Great Sage" in the Spring Festival file, but he definitely didn't have the intention of challenging the leader of the martial arts, and he didn't lose his mind.

As for "Edge of Tomorrow", he really doesn't want to set a Spring Festival release. After all, "Tang Detective II" is also a movie invested by DreamWorks. Of course, he hopes that the box office will be as high as possible, and cannibalism is unnecessary.

……

Liu Hang and several roommates stared at the computer screen intently, with worried expressions on their faces.

"Is this episode almost over? Can you save it?"

"Fuck, the hero was suddenly kidnapped by the KB organization in the last episode?! Is there such a thing as digging a hole?"

"It's unfinished, this is it."

"What's the end? There must be a second season, isn't this just digging a hole for the second season?"

"Isn't that the case in the last episode of "Signal"? I really want to send blades to the screenwriter."

"The last episode of "Signal" has an open ending. There should be no second season. The last episode of this show digs a hole like this, and it must be to pave the way for the next season."

"It's so annoying, isn't this a tantalizing thing?"

"Shh-"

On the screen, because Fang Qi, played by Pan Yueming, was captured by members of the KB organization, Duan Yihong, who was anxious and worried, was walking on the bustling street, his eyes gradually turned from confusion to firmness, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly turned and looked up at A monitor with a flashing red dot extending from the street lamp.

The suddenly excited cello soundtrack made Liu Hang stop his roommate from complaining and complaining. He seemed to have a vague premonition of something.

The camera instantly switched to the surveillance screen, as if looking at Duan Yihong who was looking up at the probe on the road from the perspective of the surveillance probe.

Duan Yihong said: "He is in danger now——

because of you!
So you have to help me get him back! "

What does this mean?What did he say to the monitor?Who is the object of help?
While Liu Hang and his roommates were stunned, Duan Yihong's cell phone rang on the road where people were passing by.

He took out his vibrating mobile phone from his pocket, and an unknown number was displayed on the screen.

Shock and surprise flashed in Duan Yihong's eyes, and he slowly put the phone to his ear.

A black screen falls on the screen.

"I know!" Liu Hang said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)