China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 218 The scenery is unique here
Facebook has risen again from its low valuation at the beginning of the year. According to the National Social Network Market Report, Facebook’s market share in the United States in September was close to 9%, which is a very scary number.

You must know that in September 08, Facebook's market share was only 9%, and MySpace's market share was 19.94%. In September 66.84, MySpace's market share had dropped to 09%.

"Boss, we have made another successful investment!"

David was very happy when he saw this data. Happiness in the investment field and in the film field are two different things.

This kind of behavior that seems to only look at the eyes is very addictive, as if making money is as easy as drinking water.

The two of them just brushed off this topic. Crystal Pictures still focuses on film production.

"Boss, all tickets for this year's US midnight premiere of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" have been sold." David was still reporting the pre-sale information for the upcoming movie.

Pre-sale of these movie tickets starts on August 8st.In the United States, pre-sale tickets for "New Moon" have exceeded those for "The Twilight Saga," according to online ticket booking site Fandango.

So far, theaters are gradually adding new screenings to meet the needs of more audiences.

In terms of return on investment, "Twilight", the film of the same name adapted from the best-selling novel about the love between vampires and humans, is undoubtedly the most commercially successful film last year, a small-budget film that cost only US$3700 million. , which grossed US$4 million at the global box office.

This year's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" seems to have attracted more fans' attention.

Not only in the United States, according to data provided by Cineplex Cinemas in Canada, the pre-sale box office of "New Moon" in Canada has exceeded 150 million US dollars, setting a new record for pre-sale box office.

"These girls are so crazy." Li Mu is also very happy. The better his grades, the more he earns.

According to statistics, last year's vampire movie "The Twilight Saga: Twilight", a mash-up of two young actors who were not famous enough at the time, deceived girls under the age of 25 into a crazy person. At that time, 75% of them were women. The audience cheered, and 55% were under 25 years old.

David followed and smiled, very obscenely.

The most important thing about this kind of fan movie is the box office in the first few days. Judging from the current pre-sale results, it will be easy to surpass the first-day box office of "2012", and maybe even surpass the first-day box office of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" box office record of $7700 million.

Unfortunately, after just a few days of glory, there will soon be a cliff-like decline, and it will not be able to fight a protracted battle.

"But, boss, the DVD rental market seems to have entered a period of decline."

David read the research reports and found that the scale of the DVD rental market is visibly declining. This still has an impact on Crystal Pictures. Several of Crystal's horror films were originally sold out as DVD rentals.

"DVD is moving to online streaming."

Li Mu is very clear that there is not much time left for DVDs. With the popularization of home Internet and the early online affirmative movement, more and more content resources are appearing on the Internet for free.

The ceiling of DVD has appeared, and this is an eternal law.

"Pay more attention to Netflix. This company has begun to switch to streaming media. If we have the opportunity, we can invest in it."

Netflix emerged when DVD equipment was developing rapidly in the United States and when streaming media was booming.

Unfortunately, there are not many opportunities for Li Mu to intervene. The IPO was launched in 02 and it was listed on Nasdaq. The opportunity to intervene can only be had when it really needs a lot of capital or encounters a crisis in 12.

David nodded. He had also heard of this company, because selling the copyright to streaming media after the movie stopped showing would provide an additional revenue path.

However, judging from the current payment situation, streaming media income is just the icing on the cake rather than the bulk of profits, because the current content copyright fees are not expensive.

"Copyright will be very expensive in the future, so grab it first."

Li Mu smiled, the real revenue generation of streaming media will come later.

Crystal Pictures has also exposed the so-called final trailer and several new stills of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" from time to time, always keeping the hearts of the audience in mind.

You must know that Robert Pattinson, who became famous because of "Twilight", has been awarded the No. 2 sexiest male artist of the year. You can imagine how popular he is.

The "Witch" project has been launched. All major media in Hollywood know this. The production cost of 2000 million US dollars is considered a small production in Hollywood.

However, since it is a project of Crystal Pictures, many companies have paid a little attention to it.

This company is good at using small things to make a big difference, and using big things to make things bigger. There are also cases where "2012" is an example.

In the previous life, the investment for this movie was only US$500 million.

Domestic netizens are paying close attention to it because it is Liu Yifei's movie.

"Looking at the name, it's a movie with a leading heroine, "The Witch". The name looks very domineering!"

"The movie where Director Li praises his girlfriend should be good, otherwise Liu Yifei wouldn't be cast in it!"

"That's for sure. You don't have to look at what kind of movies Li Mu has asked Liu Yifei to act in. They are either global big-budget movies or domestic record-breaking movies. If she is asked to play the female lead this time, there is no doubt that she will be tailor-made!"

"expect!"

Han Sanping was a little greedy when he saw the movie information in the office. Unfortunately, he called and asked. Crystal Pictures produced this movie independently and had no plans to spin it off.

"The more this happens, the more money you make!" Han Sanping thought to himself.

The cost is low, and once it explodes, it will make a lot of money. Sometimes a small-budget movie can make as much money as a blockbuster movie.

When Zhang Ziyi saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable: "How come Liu Yifei can play a major heroine movie in Hollywood so easily!"

Then she thought about her fiancé's silence about marriage, which made her feel a little guilty, and she stopped talking about marriage.

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival is here as promised, in this season of "the refreshing autumn breeze and the fragrance of osmanthus".

Unfortunately, the number of journalists who signed up to participate in this film festival this year has shrunk significantly, and there are only a handful of big-name stars. For many crews, only directors appeared with trailers. Huang Bo became the biggest star in the first few days of the event.

This year's Baihua Golden Rooster Film Festival has encountered too much criticism before it even started, due to its history of "double-yolked eggs", this year's high ticket prices, and the "generous speech" of the director of the festival organizing committee. .

"Of course everyone hopes that every best one will be the only one, but when faced with the prospect of a 'harvest', the judges are reluctant to give up their love. There is no way to guarantee a 'double yolk egg'."

"I just laughed, what kind of rubbish award is this? It just means giving out "double yolk eggs" again!"

"It's obvious. Stop reading. I'm tired!"

"A ticket costs 2800 yuan to 3000 yuan. Anyway, I won't go to see it. I'll go and play by myself!"

Now with Weibo, it is more convenient for netizens to complain.

As expected, "Mei Lanfang" and "Assembly" shared the best picture, and Jiang Wenli and Zhou Xun both won the best actress.

"What kind of egg did the golden rooster lay?"

“It’s not just journalists who are absent from the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival!”

“Chinese-style film festivals don’t care about money but look forward!”

Suddenly there was a burst of curses, and criticisms came from daily newspapers in major cities, but Jin Ji didn't care, he was used to it anyway.Li Mu took advantage of the fact that he had not returned to China to visit the crew of "The Witch" several times.

Liu Yifei had cut her hair at this time, and her long hair became short hair that was slightly longer than her ears. With her harmless face, Li Mu could imagine the surprised expressions of the audience when the plot was reversed.

At this time, the crew was still in the filming stage. Even when Li Mu came, the filming was not stopped. Liu Yifei's movements were still crisp and neat, and the beauty of violence was already beginning to emerge.

"If you hit me with this fist, I'm afraid it will hurt a little bit." Li Mu stood beside him like a crowd eating melon, watching with gusto.

After a while, the crew took a break. Liu Yifei's eyes revealed joy and she smiled sweetly at Li Mu: "How is it? Did my performance go well?"

"Not bad!" Li Mu nodded affirmatively.

"It's a pity that you weren't the one who was tortured by me. I think it's good for you to play the villain, so that I can feel more comfortable beating you."

Liu Yifei said with a smile, but Li Mu always felt that Liu Yifei's smile was dangerous, and thought to himself: "Oh my god, this little girl has violent tendencies, it's over!"

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Li Mu is still in North America. He plans to return to the imperial capital after attending the premiere of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" in November.

This year’s domestic Lunar New Year festival will officially kick off in more than a month. Domestic Zhang Weiping can’t wait any longer and can’t wait to release his “three shots” to lead the way.

A grand preview screening of Zhang Yi's new movie was held in the imperial capital. Since Li Mu was not there, Liu Weijuan went to attend.

After the preview, "Three Shots" was unanimously favored by major theaters, believing that this "high-quality" film is very likely to become the "number one seed" in this year's Lunar New Year festival.

Gu Guoqing, CEO of China Film Distribution Company, took the lead in shouting the slogan "One shot is [-] million, three shots are [-] million."

As soon as the news was released, there was another burst of anticipation in the circle.

“I haven’t watched Lao Mouzi’s movie in a few years, I’m looking forward to it!”

"I only like movies by three people, blockbusters by Li Mu and Zhang Yimou, and comedies by Feng Xiaogang!"

"Me too, Li Mu's blockbusters are so beautiful!"

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Zhang Weiping was relieved of the gloom of the past few years and felt extremely refreshed.

Zhang Yimou looked a little sad.

On Monday local time in the United States, the sequel to "The Twilight Saga" "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" held a grand premiere in Los Angeles, and Li Mu also participated in a low-key event.

The young leading actors on the red carpet were the well-deserved protagonists of the night, and the enthusiastic screams of the young fans beside the red carpet were destined to overtake the box office performance of this sequel movie.

Several vampires also revealed hot topics from time to time during interviews, which were specially arranged by Crystal Pictures.

Ashley Greene, who plays Alice: "I just received news that the pre-sale box office of "New Moon" broke a record.I'm predicting a $7900 million opening weekend. "

Another "female vampire" Nicky Reed expressed that he does not hope that the box office of "New Moon" will exceed that of "The Twilight Saga": "$6900 million is fine. As long as the fans are happy, I think it is a success."

The stars of "New Moon" also expressed their belief that "New Moon" will surpass "The Twilight Saga" which grossed US$6950 million at the North American box office in its first weekend.

Immediately, fans screamed and expressed their support!Great support!
Sitting in front, Li Mu heard the shouts of these fans, as if he heard the calls of leeks.

"It's better than a fan movie! It's so fanatical."

Although the premiere has been held, fans still have to wait a few days. "New Moon" will be released in North America starting this Friday, and Li Mu has returned to China one day after the premiere.

After Li Mu returned to China, he went directly to China Film.

"Director Han, congratulations, the domestic box office has exceeded 4 million."

"You are a bit ironic. Congratulations to me who has a box office of tens of billions and who has a box office of 4 million." Han San commented, but the smile on his face did not diminish.

Obviously this 4 million is very useful to him.

"By the way, there is still one imported film quota this year, and it will be "District [-]" by Crystal.

"Director Han, although this movie is profitable in North America and around the world, it may not be a box office success in China."

Han Sanping waved his hand and said he didn't care. He had to bring in someone anyway, so he might as well pick someone from his own family. That was how the matter was settled.

Li Mu definitely doesn't have any objections either. It probably won't bring in much money at the domestic box office, so it's better than nothing.

"I heard that Hollywood will cut production by about one-third next year. What do you think of domestic movies now?" Han Sanping attaches great importance to the development of the film market, but is not very interested in whether a single movie will make money.

“With the lack of funds in the Hollywood industry and the digital revolution in the way audiences consume movies, Hollywood is expected to undergo a style transformation soon.

Now Hollywood is also facing some challenges, and its sources of film revenue are also facing drying up. In the most important sales of audio-visual products such as DVDs, some studios have seen sales plummet by as much as 25%. Part of this loss is caused by piracy and the Internet. caused by downloading.

Digital downloads and video-on-demand are popular new technologies that have squeezed out some of the box office and DVD sales markets.

The most important point is that ordinary audiences still prefer films produced by local talents. The hegemony of Hollywood English-language films is being challenged around the world.

For example, in France, French-language films have maintained a relatively stable box office revenue. Faced with Hollywood production cuts and declining film quality, the domestic box office of French-language films will continue to increase year by year.

Now, this trend has spread to countries such as Greece and Japan. In fact, China is also among them.

A few years ago, local movies in these regions accounted for only 5% of the total box office, but now this figure has risen to 65%.

Director Han, there is a lot of potential for domestic films! "

Li Mu's words gave Han Sanping great confidence.

"In 2014, it exceeded 200 billion yuan, and China Film will achieve a box office of 10 billion yuan in 300 years! That's what this year's report says!"

Han Sanping was immediately filled with pride.

Li Mu smiled and said nothing. Han Sanping's prediction seemed very heroic, but unfortunately he still underestimated the potential of the Chinese market. Let alone 300 billion, doubling it would be more.

At this time, no one can estimate the potential of this market.

Chinese movies, the scenery here is unique!
　I'm going to have my bones set later. If I come back early and continue typing, there may be another chapter.If you come back late, I will start with one chapter today.

　　Sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)