China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 81 Is this how a new Hollywood movie is decided?

It is not that complicated to complete the Los Angeles branch of Tuanhuo Culture. They introduced an American as a director, and Tuanhuo Culture can only be a major shareholder.

After all, the person in charge is an American, and it is easier to handle many things. Therefore, He Fang recruited Du Chunsheng. He is not only a Chinese, but also a producer. understand better.

Therefore, after a group of people discussed, the Los Angeles branch of Changsha Tuanhuo Culture was established, and Du Chunsheng became one of the directors of the company.

He is mainly responsible for the production and publicity of Tuanhuo culture's Hollywood films, or the global promotion of Changsha Tuanhuo culture films.

It can also be a payment, or it can be a shell for a co-production, whatever.

In order to avoid taxes, Changsha Tuanhuo Culture has to register a company in the Cayman Islands, and then use the name of the Cayman Islands company to control Los Angeles Tuanhuo Culture.

Let Du Chunsheng do all these things. He is very good at it. After all, he is a producer in Hollywood. What kind of tricks does he not know?There may be some tricks he hasn't done, but he definitely knows.

In addition to the company's problems, the next step is the film preparation of "Invasion of Wall Street".

"He Fang, do you basically use Hollywood actors as an actor?" Du Chunsheng asked.

"Well... the heroine should be a Chinese actor, I have to give a Chinese actress a chance to break into the world." He Fang spread his hands.

Du Chunsheng shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect He Fang to be so affectionate.

"Take care of your muscles, don't keep doing such ghost things, you are interfering with the normal production process." Du Chunsheng protested.

"No, I'm doing this for the Chinese market. There are differences in performance in the Chinese market with and without Chinese actors. Of course, Mr. Producer, please believe that the acting skills of the actors are absolutely qualified."

"Okay, but we have to audition. It's not enough to pass the acting skills. Can she speak English?"

"Uh... I didn't ask, wait a minute, let me ask."

"Oh, Xie Te, He, please don't do this kind of thing, can you be serious about making movies?" Du Chunsheng howled.

Zhang Qian and Jiao Guoxiong watched from the sidelines. Could it be that... Hollywood producers always consider controlling the quality and cost of movies?Don't even give the boss face?

"Hey, Liu Yan, can you speak English?" He Fang asked on the phone.

"Three nights in the middle of the night... English? You know a little bit." A lazy voice sounded on the phone.

"Can you speak fluent American English?"

"That's not okay. I can at most go abroad to ask for directions and have a meal or something."

"Oh, forget it, you go to sleep..."

Liu Yan looked at the phone that had ended the call, and smiled helplessly. Suddenly she thought of something... Isn't it?

It's just that when she called, the phone was busy.

"Hey, Dongdong, can you speak English, standard American English, the kind that is fluent."

"Ah, I won't..."

"Okay, then you continue to sleep."

"Hey, Yu Xin, do you speak English? The kind that speaks fluent American English."

"Is not likely to,"

"Okay, then you can continue to sleep..."

……

"Hello, Miss Bingbing, how is your English? Can you speak American English fluently?" He Fang called Fan Bingbing.

"Ah...it's okay, although it's not very pure, but it can't be heard, at least it's fluent." Fan Bingbing is very clever, and she knows what's going on as soon as she hears it. No more.

Then He Fang immediately spoke English with him, and told Fan Bingbing some lines in English for her to read aloud.

And put on the hands-free, let the producer listen to it.

Fan Bingbing had no choice but to say something.

Du Chunsheng shrugged his shoulders to indicate that there was no problem, and He Fang nodded.

"Okay, sister Bing Bing is fine, I have a low-budget Hollywood movie here, and there is a lack of a heroine."

"Low cost? How low?" Fan Bingbing asked.

"Uh... It's not cheap in RMB. It costs 1000 million dollars to produce, and 1000 million dollars to announce."

He Fang talked with Du Chunsheng before, and the cost of this movie cannot be very low, at least 2000 million.Otherwise, it can only be regarded as an independent film, and the independent film must follow the route of an independent film.

Of course, there are two types of independent films, one is pure art films and the other is cult films.

Pure art films take the award-winning route of literary and artistic films, while Cult takes another route, specializing in film festivals with a heavy taste of horror, and then selling DVD discs or TV pay-per-demand and website on-demand to survive.

But the story of "Invasion of Wall Street" is neither a pure art film nor a cult film. This film is not an art film, and it has no heavy taste.

So there is only one way, take the theater.

But if you don’t have a star in the theater, and you don’t have a certain amount of publicity costs, then going to the theater is courting death.

After Du Chunsheng's analysis, no matter what, 1000 million US dollars of publicity and distribution is needed. For international distribution, find Fox or other companies in the United States, and China will do it for 1000 million yuan.

Every movie has its most basic bottom line. You can’t succeed if you shoot it at a low cost, nor can you make money if you shoot it at a high cost.

All movies must have a balance line. First, determine the subject matter of the movie. If it is a commercial film story, then go through the commercial process. The necessary stars and a certain amount of publicity and distribution costs cannot be escaped.

And the necessary stars and certain fees need to start at tens of millions of dollars. Since all stars are hired, the quality of the film must be guaranteed, the shooting time must be sufficient, and the props, equipment, and scenes must be sufficient. Fundamentals of spending money.

Some people may think that if I spend 100 million to make a movie and spend 1000 million to announce it, will it be successful?There is a high probability that it will not, because the production quality of 100 million is difficult to support the recovery of the investment of 100 million.

Of course, there are special ones, such as the world-famous ultra-low-budget movies such as "Shark Beach" and "A Quiet Place".

But those are, after all, a minority of the minority and cannot be regarded as typical.Typically, it is necessary to ensure the star and quality, and at the same time, match it with appropriate publicity, so that it can be a standard commercial film.

"2000 million U.S. dollars? It's more than one hundred million yuan, which is very high." Fan Bingbing said.

"But in Hollywood, this is really a low cost. If you want to lower it, you can only hire some actors who are not well-known at all, and get rid of a large amount of publicity. Forget it, I won't tell you this, do you want to accept it? No Pick me up and find someone else." He Fang asked.

"Pick up, why not pick up, when?"

"It will be turned on on June 6. I will send you the script later, and you should hurry up and practice your oral English. You must practice your oral English well."

"Okay, when are you going back home?"

"Well, I'll be back when I come back." He Fang said that he raised his eyebrows at a few people, and they immediately rolled their eyes, not seeing He Fang's embarrassment.

"What level is this actor in China?" Du Chunsheng asked.

"Well, it's equivalent to Hollywood's Anne Heatherway, the most beautiful one, the most talked about one, the national goddess." He Fang said.

"OK, He, you are awesome, I have nothing to say."

"Ha ha……"

(End of this chapter)