China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 3 Impressing Clients with Professionalism

Guo Zhaosheng looked at He Fang's sincere eyes and nodded.

"Director He, tell me." Then he flicked the ash into the ashtray.

"First of all, let's take the award-winning as an example. Mr. Guo, maybe you don't understand movies, but you can do one thing. That is to take out the award-winning movies of the major film festivals and see which ones are selected through the Filming a person's road to success won an award? I can say that very, very rare. Even if there is, it is a biographical film of a famous person in history. Do you think you are?"

He Fang asked while picking his chin.

"..." How would Guo Zhaosheng answer this question?He doesn't work in movies, and he doesn't understand farts, so he just shook his head.

"Okay, you also know that this award is to lie to you, so let's talk about making money. Mr. Guo, you have never made a movie, and you haven't understood how movies make money, have you?" Human is a high-tech job, and it is the first time for him in two lifetimes, so he is a little nervous, so let's take a few cigarettes to calm down.

"I didn't know much about it. It was basically Wu Lai who told me. He said that after the film was shot, it would be screened in theaters, and then it would be able to win the box office. I heard that last year's films were "Painted Skin", "If You Are the One", "Chibi" "Each film has a box office of 2000-[-] million, and Wu said that even if our TV is bad, we can get [-]-[-] million box office." Mr. Guo shook his head and said.

"Ha, this dead liar is really good at fooling people. Then did he tell you that there are hundreds of Chinese movies produced every year? In 2008 alone, 406 feature films were produced, which is not even a cartoon. Science and educational films, documentaries, etc. Do you know how many films grossed over 2008 million in [-]?"

Guo Zhaosheng shook his head.

"54, do you know how many of these 54 are domestic films and how many are foreign films?"

Facing He Fang's question again, Guo Zhaosheng still shook his head.

"About half and half. Do you know the box office of the award-winning films "Li Mi's Conjecture" and "Children of Yellowstone"?"

Before Guo Zhaosheng shook his head, He Fang gave the answer.

""Li Mi's Conjecture" has a box office of 1200 million, and "The Children of Yellowstone" has a box office of 1100 million. According to the box office share ratio, the film side can only get 30%, and "Li Mi's Conjecture" can only get 400 million. But you know "" How much does Li Mi's Conjecture cost? The male and female protagonists are all the most popular mainland Chinese stars at the moment, and their salaries are tens of millions. Do you think this kind of movie makes money? You found out the box office of my series of data How difficult is it to make more than ten million? How difficult is it to make money from movies? Wu Lai and you just draw a cake and you believe that his box office can be tens of millions?"

"..." Guo Zhaosheng was completely dumbfounded by what He Fang said, his head was full of mud.

"So, to sum it up in one sentence, this Wu Lai lied to you through and through. So, you should understand, right?"

Guo Zhaosheng nodded, but he suddenly remembered a question.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier? You still help him to fool me with what Wu said?"

He Fang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect this loophole.

"No, Mr. Guo, your question is a bit amateurish. I work for money, and the producer said to me, 'I will tell Mr. Guo later, please cooperate with me', you said I can Cooperate? It's like you go out to run business...Isn't this kind of thing normal?"

Guo Zhaosheng was stunned, he understood, he was clear, and he was very sure that Wu Lai was the only one who lied to him.

"Then what do you mean by investing another 500 million in a film that really makes money?"

He Fang took another puff of his cigarette, and then flicked the ash.

"Mr. Guo, you run a factory and do business. Can you tell me what products make money?"

Guo Zhaosheng thought for a while, "Of course, it is the products that fit the market that make money. The common people like to buy high-quality and cheap ones. Like my shoe factory, the production quality is the same as that of Adidas, but the price is only a hundred dollars, which is crazy."

"Pa" He Fang excitedly patted Guo Zhaosheng's thigh.

"That's right, only those that fit the market can make money. Before Wu Lai lied to you that you were making movies that didn't fit the market, so it was very difficult to make money. But I studied in Hollywood for eight years how to make movies that fit the market and how to make movies that make money. You said, is this reliable?" He Fang raised his eyebrows and asked.

"It seems to make sense, but..." Guo Zhaosheng was a little puzzled.

"Mr. Guo, if you have any concerns, you can tell them directly." He Fang said.

Guo Zhaosheng took a deep drag on his cigarette, and then put it out.

"Director He, I was cheated out of 200 million, and now I invested another 500 million. How can I guarantee that I won't be cheated again?" Guo Zhaosheng asked.

"Mr. Guo, you didn't pay your tuition in vain. You first thought of the issue of film risks. This issue is the first thing that Hollywood film companies have to consider every time they make a film. Your thinking has already synchronized with that of Hollywood film companies." He Fang Immediately it was a compliment.

"Ah? Really? I'm actually very capable of learning, otherwise I wouldn't be able to open several factories..." Guo Zhaosheng said proudly.

He Fang nodded approvingly, "I can see this. After a few days of contact, I feel that Mr. Guo, you may not be the best at technology, management, or the market. But, you are Those who are best at learning from problems are proof that you can do so well in several factories at the same time.”

Anyway, good words don't cost money, so let's praise them first.

"It's okay, it's okay, this is one of the few strengths I have." Guo Zhaosheng nodded in satisfaction. Who wouldn't be happy to be praised by such an international director?

"So, you see. Why are so many countries in the world making movies, and Hollywood movies alone are popular all over the world and are the most profitable? They must first assess the risks before making a movie, calculate the cost, and package it beautifully. H."

"Uh, isn't this the same as opening a factory to make products." Guo Zhaosheng suddenly realized.

"That's right, making a movie is making a product. How to sell this product to make money is what we should do." He Fang nodded again.

"Director He, when you say that, I understand a lot. You are still a professional, and you have an international perspective. If I had known that it would be over if I cooperated directly with you." Guo Zhaosheng said regretfully.

"It's okay, we don't know the 200 million that we didn't lose, right? Come on, Mr. Guo, let me tell you how to control the risk. First of all, film investment does not mean that the film budget is 500 million, and then you immediately invest 500 million. Yes. Instead, the money has to be invested in batches. The producer has to make a schedule first, and then the investors will invest one by one according to the progress. In case something goes wrong, the investment should stop the loss and correct the error in time... "

"Yes, yes, yes, yes... the more you say that, the more I feel like I work in a factory." Guo Zhaosheng was spitting out excitedly.

(End of this chapter)