China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 388 Where was the $ million spent?

After the fireworks were fired at the grand press conference, Lu Yuan immediately hid back in the confinement center.

Let the wind blow from the southeast to the northwest and hide in the small building to unite.

One hundred million dollars is very powerful.

An investment of more than 100 million US dollars in a movie would be considered a big deal ten years from now, not to mention now.

The establishment of the "Zhu Xian" project is no less than dropping a nuclear bomb in the entertainment industry.

Various film and television companies contacted Lu Yuan in a roundabout way, but these people did not directly ask for roles.

Not that big of a face.

Either make an appointment or ask for an audition opportunity.

Regarding these miscellaneous relationships, Boss Lu refused all the former in the name of escorting, while the latter gave him all the auditions he had to give to companies he was familiar with.

There are only two truly immovable characters in the movie "Zhu Xian".

One is the protagonist Zhang Xiaofan, and this role must be Lu Yuan. If he doesn't play the role, other investors will probably withdraw their investment, or take back part of their investment shares.

It was because of his jealousy that he made Zhu Xian's dumplings.

The priorities cannot be reversed.

Secondly, the role of Lu Xueqi is also unbeatable.

The remaining characters such as Baguio, Tian Linger, Zeng Shushu, and Lin Jingyu can all be discussed.

The premise is that it fits the personality.

If the conditions are not met, no matter how much money you spend, you will not be able to join the cast of "Zhu Xian".

Returning to the confinement center, Lu Yuan spends time with his wife and children during the day, handles daily official duties, and rushes to the recording studio to record new songs in the evening.

According to the current progress, the new album will be released around January.

This album should be the one that Lu Yuan spent the least time on. Others were responsible for the arrangement and other post-production work.

He just needs to listen to the demo and then communicate with Zhang Yadong and others.

As for MV shooting, the business volume is also not large.

Except for "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth", the other MVs were shot in the studio, and the rest of the outdoor shooting was handled by others.

Reba, who was recommended by Sugar Man, filmed three MVs by herself, namely "Su Muzhe", "Qing Ping Tiao", and "Know or Not".

"Once Upon a Time Slow", "Last Night's Book", and "Phoenix Flying" are animated MVs. Most of the characters in "Young China" are the Magic City Youth Chorus.

There are ten MVs in total. Although Lu Yuan does not appear in many scenes, it does not mean that the quality of the MVs is poor. The shooting budget is as high as 10 million. How can the quality be so bad?

Conscience is full.

The filming of the MV still follows management and is handled by directors under Star Media.

This time, it was Guo Fan's turn.

Knowing that he was about to be responsible for directing the MV, Guo Fan took Lu Yang to have a big drink that day.

What does it mean to direct the boss's MV? Is it self-evident?

It will be reused soon!

In fact, this is also the case. Guo Fan is also one of the deputy directors of the "Zhu Xian" project.

"Zhu Xian" has an investment of US$2 million. It is definitely not a 3D movie, but a fashionable 'D' fairy tale movie.

With a budget of 100 million US dollars, one of the big expenses is Lu Yuan's personal salary. His salary alone is more than the entire team combined.

Half of the remaining US$4500 million was invested in special effects, and the remaining US$2500 million was spent on Fuhua Dao, which is half of it, which is US$ million. This part was mainly spent on setting up the scene.

The difficulty in adapting fairy tale novels must have their place in the scene.

Although Lu Yuan is not an infrastructure fanatic, he will not build a city for a movie like Lao Mouzi or Chen Kaige.

However, in order to pursue texture and effect, some important scenes, such as Dazhu Peak and Qingyun Main Peak, must be built in real scenes.

The remaining $25 million was the cost of filming.

"Zhu Xian" was filmed in more than one location, with more than a dozen filming locations at home and abroad.

The first one confirmed was Dazhu Peak.

The selected location is located in the Bamboo Sea Scenic Area of ​​Yixing, Suzhou Province.

The Yixing Bamboo Spread stretches across the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui for 800 miles. The crew has contacted the scenic spot management and is preparing to build several pure bamboo houses.

Currently, the scenic spot is applying to superiors for approval. That is to say, now, seven or eight years later, Lu Yuan will be stuck in a state of despair just because of environmental protection.

After Guo Fan shoots Boss Lu's MV, he will be sent to scout locations.

Flying all over the world just to find a location that fits the description of the novel.

For the next six months, Guo Fan had no time to spare, not even a holiday during the Chinese New Year.

Lu Yuan has high hopes for Guo Fan.

After filming "Zhu Xian" is completed, the next big production will be "The Wandering Earth".

It is expected to start filming in 13 and be released in 14 or 15.

The investment budget is also US$100 million.

Fill it up directly!

Lu Yuan is going to hand over the director of "The Wandering Earth" to Guo Fan. He has not told anyone about this yet.

Although "Zhu Xian" and "The Wandering Earth" are not movies with the same theme, the industrial systems behind them are similar.

The processes of special effects shots, 3D shooting, shooting base construction, prop production, crew coordination, etc. are all the same.

The difference between the two sides is that one is a fairy tale style and the other is a sci-fi futuristic style.

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A blink of an eye.

It's the end of October.

On October 10, the news that Fan Binbin won the title of Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival broke the Internet.

Among them, push hands are naturally indispensable.

But Lu Yuan had no time to care about this. He had never had any contact with Fan Xiaopang. The few times they met were at various events.

True acquaintance.

In addition, the relationship behind this woman is a bit complicated. Her situation is similar to Zhang Ziyi, so it is better to have less contact with her.

So as not to get involved in a circle that you shouldn't be in.

It just so happens that on this day, Nolan's "Inception" was officially released.

"Inception" was released on September 9st. At that time, "Those Years" was in theaters, but even so, "Inception" still achieved good box office results.

So far, the box office of "Inception" has exceeded 4 million, which is more than million higher than "Those Years".

"Those Years" was released on August 8th, postponed for one month, and will be released on October 15th, with a cumulative box office of 10 million.

Unfortunately, the final box office failed to exceed 300 million.

Although the box office did not exceed 300 million, the impact of "Those Years" was no less than that of "Source Code".

How can youth movies make so much money?

Those film companies have woken up one after another. Previously, the movies produced by Star Media were not particularly easy to copy.

Because they couldn't invite Lu Yuan.

But "Those Years" is different. Chen Xiao and Zhao Liying are strictly newcomers to the film industry.

Their popularity is entirely based on "Running Man".

of course.

The success of "Those Years" is partially related to Lu Yuan, but that's not important. Without Lu Yuan's blessing, they just hired two 'traffic' and earned tens of millions at the box office, and they just had fun.

After all, youth movies are notoriously cheap.

"Hawthorn Tree Love", released in September, is also a youth film, but it is about the youth born in the 60s and belongs to Lao Mouzi's generation.

The film's box office performance was also impressive, with a cumulative box office of 1.4 million.

The success of two consecutive youth films is enough to prove the market potential of youth films.

shoot!

Get on your horse now!

(End of this chapter)