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Chapter 493

For Dou Po fans, the movie "Dou Po: The Finale" is the reputation and appetite accumulated from the previous four movies.

For Jingtian's fans, this is Li Hao inviting them to watch the movie in order to marry his idol.

For Hu Ge's fans, this is Hu Ge's last film as "Xiao Yan". From then on, there will be no more Xiao Yan in the world, only Hu Ge. "Xiao Yan" is just one of Hu Ge's classic roles.

For Hu Ge and Liu Yifei’s CP fans, this may be the last step for the two to collaborate.

Of course, for more ordinary people, it is more possible to pluck wool!
Free means endless attraction in China.

The movie theater was even more revelry. After all, they sold the coke, popcorn, etc. for watching the movie, and Haotian Media paid the bill.

How can the profit from movie tickets compare with these non-ticket income?

The cinema had obviously prepared a large amount of Coke, Sprite, popcorn and the like, but they were still out of stock, so they had to urgently purchase them from the surrounding area.

Cinemas are much more popular than during the Spring Festival in 2021.

To say it was overcrowded would not be an exaggeration.

Some people don’t want to wait in the cinema all the time, so they go shopping.

Even in the capital city, when there is a cold wave, the shopping malls seem to be crowded with people.

At this moment, if it were not mentioned emphatically, no one would have thought that we were in the middle of winter and had just encountered a cold wave.

The long-lost excitement of the Spring Festival has appeared again.

February 2022, 2, the first day of the new year.

Hu Ge, Liu Yifei and others came to the Magic City.

As he started from Tangren Film and Television and became popular step by step, Magic City can be said to be Hu Ge's home base. Even if he later moved north to join Haotian Media, Hu Ge never gave up his base camp of Magic City.

Born in Shanghai, and graduated from theater, he is the hottest star to emerge from Shanghai, and is the city’s image spokesperson!
If the demons don’t support Hu Ge, who will?
If people in the capital don’t like Hu Ge, who do they like?

Every time Hu Ge's movie gets great box office success in Shanghai, a very important reason is Hu Ge!

Shanghai, the economic center of China, has no shortage of wealthy people and a large number of middle class people.

The annual movie box office output here is equivalent to that of a province, and among provincial-level administrative regions, Magic City ranks among the top four in box office output every year, and its growth rate is quite fast.

It has always been regarded as the most important ticket warehouse in China by film and television companies!
Therefore, it is also a key city for various film and television companies to promote.

For example, on the first day of the new year, not only Hu Ge, Liu Yifei and others were promoted in Shanghai, but also Ma Li, Wei Xiang and others from "The Killer Isn't Too Cold", as well as the crew of "Four Seas" such as Han Han.

Everyone is actually in competition.

"Lao Hu, the box office exceeded 15 billion in the first week. How much do you think the box office of this movie can reach?" Liu Yifei said suddenly.

Starring Xiao Xun'er in Dou Po is definitely a great benefit for Liu Yifei.

Exposure, improvement in acting skills, and topicality.The most important thing is to take this opportunity to sign in Hu Ge Studio, thus indirectly boarding the big ship of Haotian Media.

Over the years, she has continued to have film appointments and has always been at the top of the female star ranks.

Whether it’s TV series or movies, there’s never a shortage.

Literary films, commercial blockbusters, everything.

"I don't know, but I think we will make a new breakthrough in the future." Hu Ge pondered for a moment and said, "Director Li has spent a lot of money this time and invites everyone to watch the movie. Who knows how many people will be attracted by this kind of stimulation? Go into the cinema.”

"Our mission is to cooperate with publicity and attract more viewers into the cinema." Hu Ge is very clear about his positioning.

Even now, he still firmly holds the position of Haotian's first brother.

It's not that there are no actors with better acting skills than him, but under the same circumstances, his performance is the best in all aspects.

Even though he has not participated in many variety shows, Hu Ge's business ability is still the strongest among the male stars in the Haotian family.

"Well, at first I always wanted to develop into Hollywood movies. As a result, our mainland movies have caught up with Hollywood movies in terms of quantity, but they are still far behind in terms of system." Liu Yifei said, "But fortunately I did not miss this The best of times.”

When she thought about it, Liu Yifei found it incredible that she had missed the most precious ten years and could still turn around.

At the beginning, she grasped the Hong Kong circle's thighs hard, hoping to make a breakthrough in the coffee position.

As a result, after a few years, she discovered that the Hong Kong scene was already declining. She was basically a sheep in tiger skin. Facing Haotian Media, she was unable to resist, and Hong Kong movies were not doing well at the box office.

Then, he thought about starring in Hollywood movies to improve his celebrity status. However, at that time, the halo of Hollywood movies was gradually fading in the mainland film market.

Unconsciously, Haotian Media replaced Huayi and became the leading film and television company in the mainland, and it was even stronger than the original Huayi.

"It takes time. It always takes time for everyone to grow up." Hu Ge smiled. In fact, he was quite regretful. If it hadn't been for the past two years of winter, he would probably have starred in a Hollywood movie to further develop the international market. .

As an "old man" who has been involved in film and television for almost 20 years, Hu Ge naturally doesn't know anything about Hollywood movies.

Hollywood's film production system is roughly divided into two categories: commercial production and independent production. Commercial production is divided into three levels: large, medium and small. The cost is to trap money.

Independent production refers to films produced by numerous small production companies throughout Hollywood and production companies affiliated with the six major companies, such as Fox Searchlight under Fox.Independent productions enjoy greater autonomy and will not be restricted by Hollywood's narrative requirements.

Commercial movies, those are big-budget, A-level movies that are exclusively released in the United States. They can easily lose money and are very risky.Therefore, A-level movies must be "global movies" that are released in many countries around the world. Only then can the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars be recovered more easily. This kind of business can take into account the tastes of audiences in so many different countries, regions, and cultural beliefs. You can imagine the limitations of movies.This type of A-level production is roughly divided into branded films and original films.

Branded movies, to be easy to understand, are movies or movie sequels with a huge fan base.For example, the "Harry Potter" series, the "007" series, and the "Avengers" series.It's basically a comic book adaptation, a literary adaptation, or a sequel to a box-office-successful movie.

The characteristic of this type of movie is that the copyright is basically not in the hands of the production company. Companies that control the copyright, such as Marvel Comics and Marvel, give the film adaptation rights to one of the six major production companies to complete the production, and then everyone splits the money. .

This kind of movie will definitely not lose money and will make a lot of money (note that the box office revenue of such branded movies often only accounts for a quarter of the total revenue). The common approach when the six major companies compete for the adaptation rights is: Big director + big star + high investment, when the returns are scary, the risk is reduced and everyone is willing to spend money. At the same time, this can attract the favor of copyright owners.

This is an important reason why the audience has the impression that big-budget movies must have great directors and actors.

(End of this chapter)