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Chapter 119 The Most Suitable Movie for Fat House Akane
"By the way, Mr. Gu, the box office payment for "Ball Lightning" has also arrived. The total is 7000 million. Now that the company has sufficient cash flow, we can make a decision on what to shoot next."

During the meal, Zhang Miao, the manager of the business department, deliberately reminded Gu Zhongyu in public, and also let the two of them pretend to compare by the way.

Sure enough, this comparison was in place. When everyone present heard this number, they all sighed that the world was changing too fast.

Not so long ago, it was extremely difficult for domestic films to even get a box office of [-] to [-] million, let alone split the box office. In many cases, it was worth celebrating with champagne if they could get tens of millions.

In fact, the mainland movie market was booming quite early. The period from 1981 to 1992 was the golden age of domestic movies. The total box office of domestic movies reached a peak of 1992 billion yuan in 32. But after that, due to the flood of pirated VCDs, it soon became a disaster. It started to plummet!

In 1998, the total box office of domestic films fell to 8.1 million yuan, which was only a quarter of that in 1992. Even in 2003, this figure was only 10.1 billion yuan, less than one-third of the value in 1992.

Therefore, from 1994 to 2003, some people called it the "lost decade" of domestic films.

One of the important reasons why many people in the industry thank Zhang Yimou is that "Hero" turned out to win 2.5 million box office, which gave the mainland film market a shot in the arm, and Chinese-language commercial films ushered in the spring again.

And now, a single movie earns close to 4 million yuan, which is almost catching up with Zongheng's annual revenue in the past.

Today's film and television companies are actually not very profitable. Even a listed company like Huayi has an annual net income of just over one billion.It was even worse for Zongheng Film and Television. For the first two years, it was still in a state of super-debt operation. It relied on the funds Gu Zhongyu earned from other channels to subsidize the company's turnover to maintain normal operations.

After all, Gu Zhongyu’s stall is huge, and there were hundreds of employees not long after it opened, and the monthly salary alone costs three to four million. Since the company has not yet been listed, unlike Huayi, which can make money through the stock market, all income is Relying on copyright and advertising, how many film and television dramas can be produced determines the company's revenue and everyone's remuneration.

Before 2008, most film and television companies had small capital and little profit, and it was difficult to make money by making movies.Even though Zongheng produced a series of word-of-mouth movies like "Nightclub" and "Crazy Stone", they didn't actually make much money. The TV series made more profits, but it took a long time to get back the funds. The TV series that were filmed two years ago , Many of them have not settled the final payment yet.

Now that the subsidiary has nearly [-] million more on its books, it really feels like a nouveau riche who has turned from a hen to a duck. Many projects that were shelved before can be ready to launch.

"Movies are still the same as before. We will start with a B-grade movie with a small and medium cost. If it is a TV series, after "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" is finished, most of the staff will not have to leave. Datang Film and Television City can seamlessly connect "Wu Zetian" "Legend", even the set does not need to be disassembled, and the filming can start directly.

"Now that I have money, I will start filming an additional modern drama. If the male lead is concerned, I will tentatively choose myself."

"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" and "Legend of Wu Zetian" are both dramas set in the Tang Dynasty. At present, all Fuhuadao can be directly reserved for the new crew to use, which also saves a lot of expenses.

Congratulations to Fan Xiaopang, this time his dream has finally come true and he is about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!

The benefits of having a large booth in the past few years have emerged. Now that the company has sufficient manpower and equipment, it can start working on two high-investment TV dramas and movies at the same time in one year. This does not count the cooperation with other companies, all of which are exclusively produced by Zongheng.

"Well! I understand, what is the script of the B-level movie?" Gu Zhongyu has written so many scripts over the years that Zhang Miao can't even remember the corresponding investment level.

"The B movie is the one I told you about before, "Like You""

"Like You" is a romantic comedy film directed by Chen Kexin, starring Jin Chengwu and Zhou Dongyu. It tells the story of the heroine Gu Shengnan, who is the second chef of a western restaurant in a Broadway hotel. She has been secretly in love with the general manager of the hotel. Business crisis, the general manager proposed to break up.After Gu Shengnan suffered a double blow from lovelorn and career, he met the picky, vicious and arrogant Lu Jin who came to buy the hotel. The two people with different personalities developed feelings for each other while getting along with each other. The Story of a Loyal Dog Boyfriend.

The story looks very simple and vulgar, it is a standard chick movie with no merits and faults, but the overall style is still too cute, although the theme is old-fashioned, but the plot is novel, the two leading actors, Jin Chengwu and Zhou Dongyu, are not capable Actors who carry the box office, but still won nearly 2017 million box office in 3.

Domestic movies have always preferred this kind of romantic light comedy theme, low-cost fun movies that can be watched without thinking, as long as you don’t play the bloody routine of breaking up and abortion, you can basically make money, and the shooting time is also very short, no Delay other film projects.

To use a sentence that Grandpa Lu often said: Back then, Chen Kexin could win 3 million box office with Zhou Dongyu, the airport heroine, so I, Gu Zhongyu and Liu Yufei cooperated, and it would not be a problem to double the 6 million this time!
Before, he kept fooling around and said to find a gourmet movie for Sissi, and now he can finally fulfill his promise, and this movie does not require any acting skills, nor does it need to be sacrificed for art, and you can eat and drink by the way, it is very suitable for this fat house!

Gu Zhongyu picked up a piece of pork head and put it in his mouth. While eating, he had a hunch that Sissy might gain a few catties after filming this movie. What a lifespan!
"Her? The box office of movies starring Liu Yufei in the past two years has not been very good, Mr. Gu." Zhang Miao's head hurts when he heard Liu Yufei's name. It is well known in the circle that few companies with domestic entertainment capital dare to invite her to make a movie.

"Don't worry, it's just a chick movie, and the heroine is pretty and cute. Besides, I'm here, so don't worry about anything."

Oh!
Only then did Zhang Miao remember that his boss had an affair with this chick. Well, I have a bad memory, so I'll punish myself with a drink!

"Who should the director choose? Use our company's?"

Gu Zhongyu thought for a while, Guo Fan is going abroad, Cao Dun and Kang Honglei are not good at such subjects, Zhao Baogang is good at it, but he has no achievements in the field of film, and he may not be able to make such petty bourgeois sentiments well because of his fixed aesthetics For light comedy, it seems that the only way to find a director is outside the company.

"Help me get in touch with Chen Kexin and see if he is interested in taking over!"

　It's the beginning of the month, ask for a monthly ticket, brothers
　　
　
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