Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 278 "The Wind and Cloud Dominate the World" released (two chapters in one)

To be honest, Chen Qiming was caught off guard by the re-invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.

At the beginning of January, he rejected the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, intending to settle down and complete his tour.

But Zhao An, the director of the Spring Festival Gala, kept calling Chen Qiming after he learned that Chen Qiming was shortlisted for the Grammy Awards.

How exaggerated is this guy!

He exaggerated to the point where he made five ocean calls to Chen Qiming in just one day.

Zhao An's behavior that Chen Qiming would not give up until he attended the Spring Festival Gala really gave Chen Qiming a headache.

In the end, he had no choice but to agree to attend this year's concert.

However, considering that he doesn't have enough time, this year he will not prepare a new song, but choose a popular song from the previous songs to sing.

Zhao An obviously knew that Chen Qiming was very busy and it was impossible to prepare a new song, so he decided to sing the song "Sad Pacific" released this year.

However, after Chen Qiming agreed to attend the Spring Festival Gala, Zhao An relied on Chen Qiming again.

Last year, Chen Qiming's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" EP sold well in the mainland.

The three songs in it have become popular Chinese New Year songs in the Mainland, and almost everyone can sing them.

This made Zhao An fully aware of Chen Qiming's talent, and also coveted his New Year's song.

Last year, he was resigned from the position of director of the Spring Festival Gala due to some reasons. This time he will be the director of the Spring Festival Gala again. He very much hopes to make good results.

And this good result is nothing more than the effect of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

So, he directly relied on Chen Qiming and asked him to compose a new song for this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Even if he doesn't have time to rehearse and sing, the program team can invite others to sing.

In the end, Chen Qiming, who was so annoyed by his phone calls, could only spare some time, copy a song from his mind, and send it to the Spring Festival Gala program group.

After sending the song, Chen Qiming ignored it and continued with his concert.

Time passed, Chen Qiming's US tour ended soon, and at NO.14, Chen Qiming moved to Europe again.

Started to tour in the UK, France, Spain and other countries.

Compared with the United States, Chen Qiming's popularity in Europe is not so popular.

Here, in some places, he is as hot as Europe, America and Asia, but at the same time, in some places he is also like a little transparent.

No way, his operating time in Europe and America is too short.

Even if his EP is very popular in Europe.

But the time is so short that many fans don't even know who he is.

Many fans only listen to the songs, but don't care who the singer is.

If it's a native European singer, it's okay to be on the TV here every day.

However, Chen Qiming is an Asian, and his exposure in Europe is seriously insufficient.

Maybe seven out of ten people on the street are listening to his songs, but among these seven people, less than three people really know the name Chen Qiming or Jamie Chen.

Therefore, when the European tour is hot, the venues are full, and when they are left out, there will be less than half of the people in the venues.

Less than half of the people attending the concert was not worth it for Chen Qiming.

This is Europe, and Chen Qiming's concerts here are all in the form of outsourcing.

If they can't make money, the organizers will basically not take the initiative to advance the cost of the concert, and need Chen Qiming, Fulong and Warner Music to pay for it.

Concerts are all about making money and losing money, how is this possible.

Therefore, after deliberation, Chen Qiming and others decided to directly cut in half the more than 20 concerts originally scheduled in Europe.

It is only held in areas where Chen Qiming obviously has a good appeal, such as the UK and other places.

After the concert has been reduced and only performed in influential places, the effect is really good.

In the days that followed, Chen Qiming's concert never had the kind of situation where the venues were not full.

January 21.

This day should be regarded as a relatively happy day for Chen Qiming.

On this day, "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony" was screened in Hong Kong.

The film eventually grossed a total of 500 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong.

There is no doubt that the film earned.

And it can be said that it will be a big profit.

Hong Kong films have never relied on Hong Kong's local box office to make money.

Instead, it relies on other cities.

The copyrights of Japan and South Korea, the copyrights of Taiwan, and even the copyright fees of the mainland are all sold with reference to the Hong Kong box office.

With a box office of 500 million Hong Kong dollars, this is definitely a top box office in Hong Kong.

For a movie with this box office data, the income in other cities will definitely be astonishing.

As long as the copyrights of other regions are sold, it will be a piece of cake for the movie to make money.

Among them, the copyright of Baodao was taken away by Changhong Film and Television after three parties discussed.

Because this is a movie invested by three parties, Changhong will not participate in the cost sharing of other regions as the price for Changhong's exclusive ownership of Baodao's copyright.

Well, it's just a gamble.

The high box office in Hong Kong made Changhong decide to take a gamble, and they directly gave up the out-of-town accounts in other regions.

Although there are differences in movie viewing tastes between Hong Kong and Taiwan, they are not that great.

Generally speaking, movies that sell well in Hong Kong tend to have a good box office in Taiwan.

Therefore, Changhong intends to bet that this movie will be a big hit in Baodao.

Changhong itself is a film producer in Taiwan. The reason why they entered Hong Kong before was to invest in Hong Kong films, and then use the convenience of investors to obtain the distribution rights of these films in Taiwan.

This time, Changhong exercised this right.

Changhong took away the distribution rights of Baodao, and the follow-up distribution of accounts in other cities, including Hong Kong's box office distribution, naturally has nothing to do with them.

Which also includes the mainland box office.

Therefore, Changhong did not continue to participate in the next out-of-town copyright negotiation, but Qiming Film and Television and Shanghai Studio jointly negotiated.

Among them, Shanghai Studio is very smart.

After they saw that Changhong exchanged their investment share for the exclusive right to Baodao's income, they immediately moved their minds.

They approached Chen Qiming directly, planning to do the same as Changhong did, excluding income from Hong Kong and other regions, as long as income from the Mainland.

Facing the proposal from Shanghai Studio, Chen Qiming thought carefully.

Finally decided not to agree.

The existence of the dream made him very clear about the potential that the mainland market will explode this year.

In 1995, this will definitely be a year that can be recorded as a historical moment in the Chinese film industry.

This year, due to China Film's foreign film introduction plan, the film market in mainland China was completely detonated, and it gradually became the number one film market in the Chinese-speaking region.

This year, the first movie with a box office of over [-] million in Chinese film and television was born.

Although it is a foreign film.

But the introduction of films is of great benefit to the development of Chinese films as a whole. One is to promote the development of the film market, and the other is to motivate Chinese filmmakers. After all, there is competition to make progress.

Also due to the stimulation of foreign films, the mainland market officially began to gradually replace Hong Kong and Taiwan, and in the future, it will become the center of Chinese films in one fell swoop.

Well, the reason for the decline of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies is actually the same.

The box office in the mainland market has been booming this year. On the top ten box office list, all of them have a box office of more than 3000 million.

3000 million, this is RMB, not Hong Kong dollars.

Among them, "True Lies" reached a terrifying 1.03 million.

Jackie Chan's "Red Fan District" also got a staggering 9500 million.

Such a hot market directly made a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers see the potential of the mainland market, and began to seek development in the mainland. In the next ten years, they completely shifted the focus of Chinese films to the mainland.

And this year's mainland film market is so hot, Chen Qiming is naturally very excited.

Otherwise, he would not have tried his best to build a good relationship with China Film Group, and wanted to release "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony" in the mainland.

Chen Qiming did not have extravagant hopes for the box office data of "Red Fan District" which was 500 million RMB.

He set a small goal for "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World", to get a box office of at least 3000 million in the mainland.

3000 million yuan, according to the regulations on the introduction of imported films, the producer can get 25%.

3000 million is 750 million RMB.

The exchange rate with Hong Kong dollars is about 1000 million Hong Kong dollars.

From the looks of it, that doesn't seem like much money.

But Chen Qiming felt that "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" should not only have such a box office.

Moreover, Chen Qiming is very clear that the future focus of the Chinese film industry is the mainland.

The focus of his future career will definitely turn to the mainland.

And this time, maybe it is an opportunity.

With the help of "The Wind and Cloud Dominates the World", he can have more contacts with China Film Group, which will make his future development in the mainland more convenient.

And if the mainland market of "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" is given up to the Shanghai studio.

This may indeed save a lot of trouble.

But at the same time, it will also make Qiming Film and Television miss the opportunity to have more contact with China Film.

This is not what Chen Qiming wants to see.

Therefore, he directly rejected the Shanghai Studio's proposal.

On the 25th.

Chen Qiming finished his European concert and officially returned to Taiwan.

The next day after he came back, he flew to BJ again without stopping.

He came to BJ for two things this time.

[-]. Work with China Film Group on the last mainland release of "The Wind and Cloud Heroes".

Second, the Spring Festival Gala is coming soon. Although he does not need to sing new songs this year, he also needs to rehearse.

Before the mainland release of "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony", Qiming and Shanghai Studio had already negotiated with China Film Group many times.

This time, the two parties at most went through a formality, signed the various profit sharing contracts, and then directly set the time.

On the 29th.

This day just happened to be New Year's Eve.

And on this day, not only "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" will be screened in the mainland.

Golden Harvest's "Red Fan District" is also on this day.

"Mingzi, what a coincidence?"

Coincidentally, as soon as Chen Qiming came out of China Film's office, he met Zou Wenhuai from Golden Harvest.

"The films of our two companies will be released on the same day in the mainland, and I hope you will be more merciful when the time comes.

After all, our movie has your part in it, everyone is our own! "

Zou Wenhuai smiled.

Because Chen Qiming sang the theme song of "Red Fan District", so, in a certain sense, he is also a part of this movie.

It's just that, relatively speaking, he is a bit like a soy saucer.

"Mr. Zou was joking. Brother Long's appeal in the mainland cannot be underestimated. You should be merciful!"

Chen Qiming said with a smile.

"Red Fan District" can be regarded as Jackie Chan's milestone movie. Chen Qiming, who has a dream, knows its horror very well.

The box office of 500 million yuan in the Mainland.

Grossed over $8000 million worldwide.

This kind of movie, "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" wants to compete with it in the mainland, and Chen Qiming himself is still under great pressure.

However, relatively speaking, the current "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" still has an advantage.

The film has already grossed 500 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong.

This made China Film Group attach great importance to this film. In terms of publicity investment, "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" has more publicity resources than "Red Fan District".

oh!Here, let’s talk about the introduction of film promotion rules in the Mainland.

Unlike the publicity in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe and the United States, which is borne by the exhibitors, the publicity costs of imported films released in China are borne by the distributors.

As for China Film, its current role is the issuer.

Any imported films are distributed under the control of China Film Group.

The size of publicity resources is entirely determined by China Film Group.

At present, because "The Wind and Cloud" has a high box office guarantee in Hong Kong, even if Jackie Chan has a good appeal in the mainland, the resource ratio of "Red Fan District" is also not as good as "The Wind and Cloud".

It is also because of this that "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World" has the confidence to compete with "Red Fan District".

"By the way, Mingzai, we happen to be here today, why don't we talk about that "The Calamity of the Python" together?
We are very interested in this film, and today we just took this opportunity to discuss it with China Film Group! "

After chatting with Zou Wenhuai, Chen Qiming was about to leave, but Zou Wenhuai stopped him again.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help but glance at Zou Wenhuai.

Before, Golden Harvest did not attach so much importance to this project.

The reason why Golden Harvest wants to participate in this project is mainly to take this opportunity to catch up with Time Warner's channel.

Now, after seeing the huge sales of "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony" produced by Qiming Film and Television, and Chen Qiming's popularity in Europe and the United States, Golden Harvest should really start to pay attention to this project and want to make more money from it.

"Okay! It just so happens that the people from the Shanghai Studio are here, so we can decide on this project at once!"

Chen Qiming nodded.

"The Calamity of the Python" will be an important project of Qiming Film and Television next year.

It is also good for Qiming Film and Television that this project can be finalized as soon as possible.

"Then wait for me for a while, I will talk to China Film Group about the release of "Red Fan District", and then we will talk about it."

Zou Wenhuai said something, and after greeting Chen Qiming, he went straight into the China Film Office.

And Chen Qiming was waiting in the lounge.

By the way, he called Director Liu of the Shanghai Studio and asked him to come over.

The Shanghai Studio trusted Chen Qiming very much. The project of "The Calamity of the Python" had just begun to take shape, so they contacted Chen Qiming, hoping to participate in this project.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether there is a Shanghai studio or not.

But Chen Qiming is very clear that the entertainment industry is not alone.

You can't eat alone.

It just so happened that the cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant, so Chen Qiming didn't mind joining the Shanghai studio.

　In the future, try to combine two chapters into one chapter,
　　
　
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