China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 92 Big Scene

Three days later, in the China Film Conference Room.

Sitting on both sides of the conference table were Yan Yiyun, director of Xiying Film Studio, Yudong Yuzong of Berna Culture, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei brothers of Huayi Brothers, and Wang Changtian, chairman of Guangzhi Media.

Han Sanping of China Film Group and Han Dong sat in the main seat, and Li Mu sat in the first position on the right side of Han Sanping.

"Cough cough."

Han Sanping cleared his throat, and said, "A few days ago, Director Li Mu, who was the most troublesome in the film industry, called me."

Speaking of this, Director Han imitated Li Mu's tone and said: "Hey, Director Han, this time my new movie is a bit big, you must lend a helping hand to support me."

"I thought to myself, which time did you, Li Mu, make a big noise? It's you, Li Mu? There are directors who can make small noises everywhere, and there are only a few directors who can make big noises in the country. Among them, the biggest It’s Li Mu! One day, if you, Li Mu, don’t make a big fuss, I might really feel a little uncomfortable.”

Wang Zhongjun said with a smile: "At this stage, our Chinese film market is really dominated by blockbuster movies. Most of the audience entering the movie theater mainly want to see big stars and big movies. So in recent years, Huayi Brothers has been To increase investment in films is not to spend money to make more films, but to increase the investment of a single film, which is to increase the investment in a single film.”

"It's because we saw this that Huayi Brothers prepared a Lunar New Year comedy film for director Feng Xiaogang with an investment of 5000 million yuan, which is equivalent to 10 times the average investment of director Feng Xiaogang's previous Lunar New Year comedy."

"So I dare not say anything about other companies, at least here at Huayi Brothers, we are afraid that we will not have a good script, or a good script that can open up the international market, and we are never afraid of a large investment in movies. With Huayi Brothers, the bigger the investment, the better."

Bernard Yudong said with a smile: "No matter how big the film investment is, it can't support the number of companies we participate in. I'm not afraid of a large investment, but I'm afraid that the investment share given to us Bernard is too small."

Wang Changtian of Guangzhi Media smiled and said: "Our Guangzhi Media missed the first few films of Director Li. I have to admit that this is a great regret for us and Wang Changtian. Now we have finally squeezed in. There is a reason to be afraid of the large amount of investment. The larger the investment in Director Li's new film, the happier I, Wang Changtian, will be. The more I invest, the more I will earn. In the past, I, Wang Changtian, have been envious of seeing you guys eat meat and share money. My mouth is watering."

Yan Yiyun smiled and said, "We at Xiying will support Li Mu's movie unconditionally."

Han Sanping turned to look at Li Mu: "You introduce the basic situation of the new movie to the bosses."

Li Mu nodded:

"Last year, I published a number of novels at Thor Publishing Company in the United States, and one of them was called "Inception". This time, it is this novel that I want to put on the big screen."

Next, Li Mu spent about half an hour to give a general introduction to the "Inception" project to several bosses. The text script has been sent to several bosses. Mu introduced.

Li Mu has the complete original movie in his mind. In addition, he has watched the movie many times in order to make a movie budget during this period of time, so at this moment, some movie logic and logic that are obviously easy to confuse people The details of the movie, in Li Mu's mouth, become lifelike and vivid, with a strong sense of picture.

Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, and the bosses seemed to have returned to the era when they gathered in front of the TV and listened to the storytelling by cross talk masters.

Yu Dongdao: "I have read Director Li's novel version of "Inception". To be honest, it was a bit brain-burning. When I first heard that Director Li said that I would shoot "Inception", I was somewhat guilty, afraid that the film would be released. It’s too obscure, I’m afraid the audience won’t be able to understand it, now it seems that I’m worrying too much, I have a vague feeling that this will be a very great movie.”

Wang Changtian said: "I noticed that Director Li didn't read any materials during the whole process of introducing the movie. He just told us a few things from memory, and his thinking was clear, logical and rigorous. The picture sense is very strong. I had a sudden understanding of Director Li before. Such a great achievement still feels unbelievable, but now I fully understand it. Just because of the trick that Director Li missed just now, there is no reason for Director Li to fail in making a movie, this is called being confident!"

Wang Zhongjun said: "Tell me, how much is the budget?"

Li Mudao: "It's about 1.2 million US dollars, it may be more, or it may be less."

"hiss!"

The whole conference room suddenly gasped.

What a gasp.

We all know that the investment in Li Mu's new movie will not be small, and we all know that Li Mu can make a fuss, but who would have thought that this kid could be so good at it?

"Assassin" filmed last year, with an investment of 6000 million US dollars, the entire entertainment industry was stunned and shocked, and guess what happened?This kid's next movie will directly double the investment!
6000 million US dollars can already invite Cheng Long and Li Lian to have a peak duel, so now Li Mu is asking for 1.2 million US dollars, what does he want to do?Who does he want to invite?
The investment of 6000 million U.S. dollars in the previous film has won a global box office of 3.55 million U.S. dollars, so this time the investment in the new movie will directly double, how much global box office will the new movie win?

crazy!

$1.2 million investment?

It is simply impossible to recover the cost, absolutely impossible!Must pay!
When a movie is released in China, the producer can get about 43% of the box office; when the movie is released in the international market, according to the experience of "Assassin" and "Taken", the producer can get about 30% of the box office.

For such a large-scale production, the bulk of the income must be in the international market, and the domestic market is still too small at present.

According to the distribution of movies abroad, the producer gets a share of about 30%. Generally speaking, the box office of a movie must reach three times the production cost to be profitable.

How much is three times the $1.2 million?

$3.6 billion!
$3.6 million for a movie?impossible!
Is this a pure loss, how is it possible, 3.6 million US dollars, and it is still profitable—huh? How much is the global box office of "Assassin"? 3.55 million dollars!
Hearing the figure of 1.2 million US dollars, everyone instinctively felt that they must pay, but then they thought, aren't the box office of "Assassin" and "Super Body" both close to 3.6 million US dollars?
So why can't it be profitable?
The global box office of "Super Body" may even exceed that of "Assassin", but the investment of "Super Body" is only 2000 million US dollars, and now the investment of Li Mu's new movie is five times that of "Super Body"!
""Super Body" is likely to take 3.6 ​​million US dollars at the box office, and now the investment has directly increased by 5 times!"

"Is it really possible to make money? Is it really possible to make money with an investment of 1.2 million US dollars? And maybe it's a big profit?"

The bosses unconsciously looked at Li Mu, feeling absurd for no reason.

With an investment of 1.2 million US dollars, it is very possible to make a profit. Did you dare to think about it before?
dare not.

Not to mention the past, even now I still feel a little unbelievable.

"Do you have any idea who will be the lead actor?" Yan Yiyun asked.

Li Mu nodded: "There are several options, it depends on who can accept it, Tom Hanks, Leonardo, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves."

After speaking, I found that the bosses were all staring at Li Mu.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with these actors?"

Wang Zhongjun shook his head and said, "It's you who have the problem. You made the big-budget star theory I mentioned at the beginning sound a bit ridiculous. What kind of big-budget stars are those of Huayi?"

Yu Dongdao: "Crazy, we are all crazy. As for the things we discussed here today, let alone ten years ago, who would dare to think about it a year ago?"

Wang Changtian said: "It seems that I missed a lot of good shows before. I came too late, I came too late!"

Yan Yiyun smiled and said: "I said a few bosses, how are you? The people who came out of our Xiying Studio are not bad, right?"

"No bad no bad."

Several bosses joked together.

"Let me say a few words." At this moment, Han Sanping said suddenly.

"From "Taken" to "Assassin", and then to "Super Body", which is currently being screened, I think everyone can see that Li Mu is the real soul of these movies. The first two can be said to be Cheng Longli The credit for the link, but what about the third "Super Body"? The domestic box office exceeded 3.55 million, and the overseas box office is also expected to exceed [-] million, and it is still in US dollars.

"Without the blessing of Cheng Long and Li Lian, "Super Body" can still achieve such a result. The actors have indeed contributed a lot, but when it comes to the root, the biggest contributor must be Li Mu."

Speaking of this, Han Sanping paused for a moment, seeing that several bosses were nodding slightly, he continued:

"Since Li Mu is the soul and the biggest hero, we have to be inclined when we divide the money. Li Mu is the screenwriter and director, and it seems that he has to play a cameo role, so I mean, in addition to giving him 1000 million U.S. dollars In addition to the remuneration of the director and actor, he will be rewarded with 15% of the share, Hua Shang will take 35% of the money, accounting for 50% of the share, and we will discuss the remaining 50% share, what do the bosses think?"

(End of this chapter)