China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 172 "House of Flying Daggers" meets Flying Daggers

Actors in Hollywood studios are also graded.

It's like having a boss in an NBA locker room.

The attitude of the boss will largely affect the harmony and combat effectiveness of the team.

Hollywood is not that serious, but it is undeniable that since old Americans have this kind of culture, Hollywood will not be completely spared.

Therefore, the relationship between a big guy like Morgan Freeman and the production team is very harmonious, and Lu Pingan's prestige has reached a new height, so other actors will naturally not be stabbed.

The filming of Batman is step by step, and "Latent" also ushered in the North American filming.

Four weeks after its release, "Latent" had a North American box office of 8700 million, and the global box office was still a week away from closing, but at this time the total box office also reached 1.7 million.

For a horror film with a cost of only 300 million, this achievement is already extremely explosive.

Lu Ping'an is also quite satisfied with this result. The box office of the original version was 1.55 million, and it has already surpassed it now.

If the remaining week is included, the excess box office will add another 2000 million.

This is without taking inflation into account.

If this factor is included, the results will be even more explosive.

This is quite worthy of Wen Ziren.

Hollywood is a vanity fair, "Latent 1" was a big hit, and it did not surprise Lu Pingan with all kinds of expected bonuses.

The most direct one is that his director's net worth has soared.

Wattsberg said that some companies have already made bids, saying that Lu Pingan directed a horror film, and the film salary can reach more than 1000 million US dollars.

The remuneration of other types of films has also increased a lot, from a base of 300 million US dollars to at least 500 million US dollars.

And it's not a fixed salary. Now he can talk about dividends. Although it's not a lot, it's incomparable with a real big director, but it's also a huge improvement in personality.

Summit has also received inquiries from many institutions about investing in shares.

"Chain Saw" and "Latent" are two films that Lu Pingan has clearly said will be series, which has greatly increased the valuation of the summit. It has reached about 1.2 million US dollars, which is more than double that of half a year ago.

It's just that the summit shareholders are not in a hurry to accept other shareholders.

The company is well funded and has a promising future, so there is no need to dilute the shares.

Only in this way, other investors must be introduced in a single project.

Hollywood is also in the arena. If your low-budget movies hit one after another, people in the arena will definitely stare at you.

If you don't let them take a share, do you still want to hang out?

In this regard, Road Ping An and shareholders already have a plan.

If you are in the rivers and lakes, then don't be so arrogant, you can't get far anywhere if you eat alone.

Therefore, under the premise of reasonableness, Summit accepts cooperation for new projects.

So soon, Wattsberg started the project investment meeting of "Chain Saw 2", "Death Day 2" and "Latent 2".

This is not over yet, taking advantage of Lu Ping'an's prestige reaching a new high, Summit also released other company project plans.

"Brokeback Mountain," "Kung Fu Panda," and "District [-]."

In the three projects, a minimalist plot introduction was released.

"Brokeback Mountain" doesn't need too much introduction. This is an old American art film project that few people in Hollywood don't know.

"Kung Fu Panda" is "co-produced by China and the United States". The story is very simple. The protagonist panda learns kung fu and defeats the villain.

There are only a few sentences in the introduction, and only three pictures of the characters.

But this is Lu Ping An's purpose.

First put in an eye, tell the world that he has this project, and it is already in production, so that other people who are interested will not waste their efforts.

If you want to do it, join our team.

The same is true for "The Ninth District". The original space-time project will release a short film in 05, and then there will be a feature film.

What Lu Pingan did was to intervene first. With the script and the public project, the future will be his.

Three new projects with different styles and themes, plus three successful series projects, and finally add "Batman" which is currently being filmed.

For a while, Summit Entertainment was in the limelight.

Investors from all walks of life in Hollywood flocked to it.

Among these investors, Wattsberg will also focus on large companies first.

New projects are placed first, and series films are first taken out to replace resources.

Although he can't understand the Big Six in Hollywood, he also knows the importance of building a good relationship with these people.

Hollywood is in full swing, and the domestic war between "Night at the Museum" and "House of Flying Daggers" has also begun.

At the beginning of April, there was news that "House of Flying Daggers" had been finalized, and the scheduled time was the same as the original time and space, July 4.

And "Wonderful Night" is suggested to be released after July 7.

This is the result of several influences.

"House of Flying Daggers" was finalized at the end of January, and the post-production stage has already been completed. However, part of the soundtrack work for "Wonderful Night" is still unfinished, because Zhao Jiping is similar to Fang Wenshan. They are representatives of slow work and careful work in the industry, and finally completed Another month or so.

So the other party has the right to set the file first.

In addition, isn't Lao Mouzi now accepting a national-level mission? People who have accepted this kind of mission go out to live and die, and it is easy to seek some bonuses that are not particularly excessive.

Therefore, at least two weeks after the release of "House of Flying Daggers", other blockbuster films are not easy to be released.

So "Wonderful Night" was originally scheduled for the 16th, but now it has to be moved back.

According to common sense, it's okay to move back a bit, after all, there are more than two months of summer vacation.

But this year is a bit special. August 8th is the Athens Olympics. According to Han Sanpin, the film market will cool down during the Athens Olympics, because the current inertial thinking is that in the context of major events, the big screen cannot compete with the TV.

Of course, "Wonderful Night" can also be released before "House of Flying Daggers", but it also needs to be separated by two weeks, and in this way, you won't be able to get the dividends of splitting accounts and movie ticket prices, unless Lu Pingan is willing to make such a move .

But Lu Pingan felt that it would be fine after two weeks.

The original plan was to release "House of Flying Daggers" a week later, but now it's just postponed for another week, so it's not a big problem.

Moreover, Han Sanpin believed that the Athens Olympics would have an impact on the film market, but Lu Pingan felt that the actual impact would not be particularly large, of course, provided that the quality of the film was decent.

Is the quality of "Wonderful Night" decent?
Lu Pingan has this confidence, especially under the premise of "House of Flying Daggers" laying the groundwork.

What's more, this time he won't just rely on the movie itself to attract the box office.

Therefore, "Wonderful Night" is finally scheduled for July 7, and the official announcement will be made at the right time.

Of course, it is also delusional for "House of Flying Daggers" to want to comfortably go through the protected two weeks.

Lu Pingan still has two movies that can be used.

The American version of "Happy Death Day" has been introduced to China this year, and is currently being finalized, and "The Hunger Platform" is also preparing to be finalized.

Then put it all in front of "House of Flying Daggers".

He didn't have high expectations for the box office, anyway, both films have already paid back their budgets.

"If you play like this, "House of Flying Daggers" really meets Flying Daggers."

Han Sanpin smiled and settled the matter.

"Happy Death Day" and "Hunger Platform" will be released in late June and early July.

Lu Pingan turned around and called Xiang Guoqiang, asking him to speed up the renovation of the dozens of cinemas he already owned.
(End of this chapter)