China Entertainment started in 2004

Chapter 18 Any time is fine
  Wang Shu currently has no plans to make a commercial film.

Last year, in 2004, the number one box office hit in the mainland was Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" with 1.73 million.

This year's box office champion will be "The Promise" directed by Chen Kaige, with 1.9 million.

A movie with an investment of 3 million yuan only had a box office of 1.9 million yuan, and the producer lost all his money.

Director Chen even left a famous saying.

Secondly, there is "Myth" starring Chen Long, with a box office of 0.97 million.

The investment is about 1.2 million, and the producer's domestic box office share ratio is only 22%, making it another loss-making film.

By the time the film ranked tenth on the box office list, it only had 2000 million.

In this era, due to the scarcity of screens and other reasons, the box office of movies cannot be much higher.

The limitations of the times mean that even if Wang Shu makes a good commercial film, it is impossible to get a high box office.

For example, "Let the Bullets Fly", released at the end of 2010, grossed 6.76 million at the box office.

This movie, if it were made 5 or 6 years later, would have a minimum guarantee of 30 billion.

Another example is the movie "Myth". If it is released not now but ten years later, it will still have a box office of 2-30 billion.

As for special effects blockbusters, that’s even more nonsense.

At present, there is no corresponding technical level in China. If you want to make a special effects blockbuster, you have to go to the United States to do it.

Getting it to the United States means that the production cost is almost astronomical.

Comparing this to the domestic market, which has only just started a few years ago and is still very limited, making such special effects blockbusters is courting death.

If you want to make a commercial blockbuster, you have to wait at least after 2010.

In 2010, "Avatar" directed by Hollywood director Cameron was released in China, ushering in an era of domestic single-film box office of one billion.

You know, "Avatar" is an epoch-making special effects blockbuster with huge investment, and it only broke one billion.

Since then, the construction of domestic theater screens has grown rapidly, and the era of box office blowout for commercial films has arrived.

Before 2012, it was the golden period in the television field.

I missed this period, but there is no such store in this village.

In 2004, my country launched digital TV, and set-top boxes began to enter thousands of households.

Before this, almost all TV users in rural areas used antennas to receive TV stations, and they could only receive 5 or 6 TV stations in total. They were all provincial satellite TV stations, comprehensive stations, and local satellite TV stations in the city. All they could watch TV programming is limited.

As for pot lids, they are not allowed to be installed in most places.
  Since the large-scale promotion of digital TV, TV users in rural areas can use set-top boxes to watch satellite TV stations from more than 30 provinces across the country, as well as more than a dozen CCTV stations.

Since then, the country has entered the golden age of digital television.

During this period, there were no smart phones and not many computer users. The common people were all loyal users of television.

It is also because of this kind of soil that Taiwanese idols and Korean wave can sweep across the country.

Filming TV series in this era can not only penetrate the market of the post-80s generation and previous generations, but also become a childhood memory of the post-90s generation.

In a few years, more domestic movie screens will be built and the market will become bigger, so we can start making commercial films again.

At that time, the post-90s generation began to enter the society. With money in their hands, they still had to pay to go to the cinema for the sake of feelings?
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  Therefore, Wang Shu's plan is to produce TV series and shoot award-winning films at the same time.

Although there is little success in commercial films in this era, award-winning films that focus on selling copyrights are still quite good.

Anyway, there are only so many screens in China, and the box office of commercial films is not much higher.

As for award-winning films, not only can they win awards, but their copyrights are also favored by film buyers at film festivals, and they can be released in theaters.

Delicious.

On the contrary, when the domestic film market becomes bigger in the future, award-winning films will be far less popular than commercial films.

By then, a commercial blockbuster can easily earn several billions at the box office, while an award-winning film can only earn tens of millions or hundreds of millions.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that domestic big-screen construction has not yet been fully completed and commercial films are unlikely to achieve high box office no matter how much they are produced, we first make award-winning films and go to Europe's top three to win some awards to establish our status, and then we make commercial films.

Furthermore, Wang Shu had previously acquired two factories. His purpose in making TV series was not TV series, but had other plans. It was also because of the acquisition of factories and the establishment of a film and television company that he spent all the 20 million in his hands before he could warm up, so that he was unable to invest in the production of TV series on his own.
  Of course, even if he could afford to invest in production on his own, he wouldn't do so.

Because this is a taboo.

People in the Tang Dynasty just like to eat alone. Even though they have produced many high-quality TV series, they have never been able to develop.

Wang Shu called the company’s director Zhou Xiaofa.

"Announce the news that our company and Enlight Media will jointly invest in the production of TV series, and then notify various brokerage companies, artist studios, etc. about the auditions for the new series."

"Understood." Zhou Xiaofa got Wang Shu's signal and immediately started to do it.

Wang Shu looked at Zhou Xiaofa's leaving figure and fell into brief contemplation.

In 05, it could be said that the TV series was a fight between gods.

"Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Bright Sword", "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty", "Lotus Lantern", "Family with Children", etc., as well as Wang Jinbei's three martial arts dramas shot in a row last year and Treasure Island Entering An idol drama in the mainland market.

"Boss, Mr. Chen said there is no schedule." Xiao Wu from the company opened the door and came in to report.

"That's it." Wang Shu was stunned. The heartthrob was very excited. It was a pity that we couldn't work together this time.

"Contact Yan Danchen for me." Wang Shu thought for a while and said.

"Okay." Xiao Wu left the office.

As the heroine of the TV series, Wang Shu originally planned to invite Chen Hao to star. The actress who starred in "Pink Girl" in 03 was dubbed the "heartthrob" as soon as it was aired.

Last year's starring role in "Double Boom" was another hit drama. Having such a well-known actor starring can drive the popularity and attention of the TV series.

However, the other party has no schedule.

As for the fourth double ice
  In 05, the salary for an episode of Shuang Bing's TV series had reached 600 yuan, which Wang Shu, with only a budget of million, could not afford.

Liu Yifei is also a good choice, but she is currently filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and will not complete her last scene until the end of April.

Gao Yuanyuan is also fine, but this one is currently filming "Li Shimin, King of Qin" and has no schedule either.

In the afternoon, a certain coffee shop.

"Hello, Director Wang, I am Yan Danchen." As soon as Wang Shu arrived, Yan Danchen stood up and introduced himself politely.

"Hello." Wang Shu reached out and shook hands with the other person, his fingers were very tender.

He took a closer look at Yan Danchen. He was indeed the culprit who turned Tianpeng into a pig. He was indeed very beautiful.

"Director Wang, what are you drinking?" Yan Danchen asked carefully.

"Just plain water will do." Wang Shu didn't expect Yan Danchen to come earlier than him, and he felt a little emotional.

This girl's stardom has always been bumpy. She is already 27 and still not very famous. The most classic role of Chang'e has not yet been broadcast on CCTV.

"Baolian Lantern" was completed in May 04 and premiered on CCTV in October this year.

Relying on the Bajie trap, the audience paid attention to it.

After Yan Danchen heard this, he quickly asked the waiter to bring him a glass of water.

Coffee is extremely harmful to the gastric mucosa. This is Wang Shu's painful lesson from his long-term stomach problems caused by drinking coffee.

Therefore, he basically doesn’t drink coffee now.

Wang Shu took a sip of water, looked at Yan Danchen who was a little embarrassed, and said softly: "People in the company should have told you that I am going to make a TV series and I plan to invite you to be the heroine, right?"

"This is the script, take a look."

"Oh, okay." Yan Danchen quickly took the script cautiously, glanced at it briefly, and said decisively: "Director Wang, I have no problem, thank you for choosing me."

"I can join the team at any time. Director Wang, just let me know when the time comes to start work."

"anytime is fine."

(End of this chapter)