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Chapter 169 Science Fiction Movie Plan (Please subscribe)

meeting room.

Halfway through the interview, Film News reporter Gan Wenjing asked the first rather pointed question.

"What do you think of TV series and movies?"

In the industry, the quality of movies is obviously higher than that of TV series. Actors who can make movies will never make TV series.

"I personally feel that the core of movies and TV is the same, with stories as the core. The only difference is the presentation techniques."

Reporter: "What are the stories of the two movies that Star Media plans to shoot?"

"Both movies are related to time. One is a romantic comedy with a little bit of science fiction elements. The movie co-produced with Universal is a time loop movie and should be classified as a science fiction film."

"You like science fiction?"

"Yes, I like it very much. Xingchen Media means the sea of ​​stars. Not long ago, Xingchen Media just bought the rights to adapt the works of science fiction writer Liu Cixin, such as "The Wandering Earth" and "The Three-Body Problem"."

"Does Star Media have any plans to film "The Wandering Earth" and "The Three-Body Problem" in the future?"

"Yes, but this is a long-term plan."

"Long term? How long?"

"My goal for Xingchen Media is eight years. Within eight years, a domestic science fiction blockbuster belonging to China will be produced."

"Why eight years?"

"Mainly because of the film industry system, there is still a big gap between China and Hollywood. Films are art, but they are also industrial products, and science fiction films often require a lot of special effects shots.

Domestically, this area is still in its infancy.

In my opinion, being able to produce a blockbuster film that is not inferior to Hollywood within eight years is considered very fast. "

Of course, the reporters of the Film News understand this. So far, the themes of the super blockbusters in China that are said to be heavily invested are either history, kung fu movies, or martial arts movies.

There hasn’t been a true science fiction blockbuster.

After all, science fiction films are too expensive, often costing hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention whether they can afford it or not.

It is impossible to recover the cost based on the existing domestic box office volume alone.

Take "Red Cliff" released this year as an example. Although "Red Cliff" broke a series of box office records in China, only counting the domestic box office, "Red Cliff" will definitely lose money.

Whether "Red Cliff" can make money depends on overseas markets.

If overseas markets take a hit, China Film and Orange Sky may not be able to recover for a long time.

After briefly chatting about the film industry system, the topic turned to the upcoming filming of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" and "Source Code" to be filmed next year.

"Filming "Source Code" as a Sino-US co-production, is it your entry into Hollywood?"

“It can be said that it is, or it can be said that it is not. “Source Code” is not only a work to test the waters of Hollywood, but also a part of Star Media’s science fiction film plan.

Star Media's original intention of filming "Source Code" was actually to learn from the Hollywood team, learn from Hollywood's industrial system, and see how they control costs and conduct special photography. "

Reporter: "Isn't the investment of 4000 million US dollars a little too high for a new film production company? Aren't you worried that you won't be able to recover the cost?"

"I must be worried." Lu Yuan said with a smile: "If I lose all my money, I can only sell myself to pay off the debt."

"Sell yourself?"

"Haha, that's not what I meant. What I meant was selling myself to Universal and opening dozens or hundreds of tours."

Hearing this, even though Gan Wenjing was a professionally trained reporter, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Why does this sound more and more wrong the more I hear it?

That’s 4000 million U.S. dollars, nearly 3 million RMB. Last year, Huayi Brothers, the largest private film and television company in China, had an annual operating income of only 2.3 million yuan.Including movies, artist management and other businesses, the total revenue is only so much. If we only count the net profit, it is only 4-5000 million at most.

All I can say is that singers really need to make money.

However, after many times in China, Lu Yuan is the only one with such a strong ability to attract money, right?

After all, he earned a lot of money.

Soon, Gan Wenjing came back to her senses and followed Lu Yuan's topic and asked.

"Do you have any plans to hold a concert in the near future?"

"Not yet. In the second half of today, in addition to movies, I also have a TV series to be filmed. After filming the TV series, the music variety series prepared by Star Media and Magic City TV will be launched soon.

In between preparing for the show, I also have to prepare for my third Chinese album and a co-produced movie next year. "

Although the main coverage of the film newspaper is about movie-related content, after finally catching Lu Yuan, the film newspaper will certainly not only ask about movies.

Two hours later, the reporter left Star Media with satisfaction.

There is a lot of material today, enough to write several press releases, especially the 'New Director Support Plan' announced by Lu Yuan at the end.

Star Media expects to invest 2500 million to support young Chinese directors.

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However, one thing to say, what impressed Gan Wenjing the most was Lu Yuan's words of "doing dozens or hundreds of tours."

Star Media is really rich.

According to the Forbes list released this year, Lu Yuan's personal income is [-] million. Next year, this number will probably increase several times, right?

Maybe more than Dayao.

In fact, the reporter's guess is not wrong. If there are no accidents, Lu Yuan's income today will definitely exceed Dayao's.

Lu Yuan's album sales in North America totaled 230 million+. After deducting discounts, the total sales volume was approximately US$2800 million.

In addition to album sales, his single sales are also good, and his revenue from this area is currently about 1400 million US dollars.

The total amount is 4200 million U.S. dollars. According to the contract, Lu Yuan’s pre-tax income is 1260 million U.S. dollars.

And this is just North America.

If you include Asia and other regions where it is expected to be released globally in the second half of the year, your personal pre-tax income must be around US$3-4000 million.

As for domestic Chinese albums, if the annual income is a small target, it is not a big problem.

I earn 3-4 million per year, which is barely average.

To say it's trivial is a bit too crazy.

In the afternoon, Lu Yuan handled some official business at the company, mainly signing some authorization documents, and then he drove to the recording studio of Starlight Records.

Meina came to Beijing from XJ a few days ago, and the EP she was promised before is currently being recorded.

However, after listening to Ah Hai's report, it seemed that the recording work was not going very smoothly.

No, Boss Lu, who had just finished his work, immediately rushed to the Starlight Recording Studio, ready to take care of his young apprentice.

Not long after, Lu Yuan came to the recording studio. Counting this, this was his first official visit to the recording studio.

Although he had been here before, it was during the acceptance inspection and the recording studio had not yet officially opened for business.

(End of this chapter)