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Chapter 625 New Year's Day 8134W
As Pacific Rim achieved a box office of 6 million yuan in domestic theaters on November , there was some excitement both inside and outside the circle on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao.

They were so jealous that they all wanted to replicate it.

If a Hollywood film achieved this result, perhaps it would be reasonable.

However, Pacific Rim was directed by Wang Shu, which made investors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong think that if Wang Shu could do it, then other Chinese-language film directors might be able to do it too.

Especially the coal bosses in the mainland, since 08, due to some reasons, they have entered the film and television industry one after another without any shortage of money.

These bosses mainly target someone who knows nothing about the business but has a lot of money.

Of course, most of the coal bosses' investments are in TV dramas.

Because the scale of a TV series is much smaller than that of a movie, a cost of tens of millions can be considered a big production.

For them, investing in small and medium-cost TV dramas is not a big deal.

When investing in a movie, you have to think carefully.

Now, with "Pacific Rim" having earned 6 million at the box office in just ten days, it is really enviable.

Coupled with the various lies spread by people in the film and television circles at the dinner table, many coal bosses could not contain their inner restlessness and started to invest money in movies.

However, most coal bosses have no connections in the film industry and are basically unable to invest in film projects by big directors.

In addition, they don’t know much about the industry, and many of them are fooled into investing in some weird film works.

But no matter what, Wang Shu has promoted the development of domestic films in a side way this time.

In the past, the domestic film and television industry, from top to bottom and inside and outside, was all about making money by putting new wine in old bottles and rehashing old ideas, with no ambition at all.

Now, finally, there are some changes.

No matter what the final result is, as long as there are new waves, it is always good.

In fact, originality is not necessarily necessary to make domestic films more diverse.

For example, movies such as "The Accidental Murderer", "Charlotte's Troubles", and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" are all adapted from foreign film and television works.

Another example is that during the golden age of music, too many classic musical works were adapted from Japanese music.

Based on the music industry, people in the film industry who do not have the ability to create original and excellent scripts can simply purchase the adaptation rights of overseas films and make their own adaptations.

But, it's just such a simple truth.

It was not until the emergence of films such as "Charlotte's Troubles" and "The Accidental Murderer" that there were many adapted commercial film works, which made the film industry a little prosperous for a while.

It is undeniable that being original is better.

However, adapting foreign films is always better than importing foreign films and making them a big hit.

January 2010, 1, New Year's Day.

During this New Year's Day holiday, the box office performance of "Pacific Rim", which had already shown signs of decline, rose again.

The film achieved a box office revenue of 8134W in a single day.

Han Sanping now understood why Wang Shu proposed to move the release date of "Avatar".

Not to mention that he had watched "Avatar" early on, the box office results achieved by "Avatar" overseas have already made him understand it completely.

After all, Cameron is an internationally renowned veteran director, and the reputation of "Titanic" is really too great.

Many people paid for tickets and went to the cinema simply because "Avatar" was the masterpiece of the director of "Titanic".

Few can compete with such terrifying box office appeal.

Now, without Wang Shu mentioning it, he wants to postpone the release of "Avatar" in mainland theaters.

He knew very well that the earlier this movie was released, the earlier its impact on "Pacific Rim" would be.

Compared to the explosive box office performance of "Pacific Rim" during the New Year's Day holiday, the box office performance of "Three Shots Surprise" was quite sluggish.

On New Year's Day, the box office revenue was only 831W.

Compared to Pacific Rim, it's nearly 10 times worse.

However, "Three Shots Surprise" is an art film after all, so it is normal that it cannot compare to "Pacific Rim" at the box office.

These two movies are released in the same period, and Guo Shi is not inferior to Wang Shu.

As for "Life of Pi", it is also an art film and a foreign language film, and its domestic box office is more than 100 million higher than "The King and the Beast", there is reason for it to be so.

For example, the release dates of "Three Guns Surprise" and "Pacific Rim" were only one week apart.

"Three Shots" is an art film, while "Pacific Rim" is a commercial blockbuster.

The box office of "Three Guns Surprise" may be sluggish due to the influence of "Pacific Rim".

Therefore, comparing the box office of "Three Shots Surprise" with that of "Life of Pi", Wang Shu's victory is unfair.

So, the national teacher did not lose.

This is what some people say on the Internet.

Even though many people knew in their hearts that the national teacher had lost, they could not refute this statement.

In the end, we can only admit that Wang Shu’s victory was unfair and the national master did not lose.

"Over 80 million on New Year's Day alone?" Ren Zhonglun of Shanghai Film Group lost his composure when he heard the news.

Previously, "Pacific Rim" had achieved a box office revenue of over 6 million yuan, and now it has earned more than million yuan.

According to this box office trend, the box office of "Pacific Rim" will most likely not be fixed in the range of 800 million or 900 million, but will reach 1 billion!
A billion box office!
Looking at the Chinese-language films in recent years, a box office of over 100 million is considered a success.

With 200 million, we even held a celebration party.

If it were 300 million, I would wake up with a smile even in my sleep.

In such an environment, a co-production film directed by Wang Shu is expected to break 1 billion? !

Ren Zhonglun couldn't sit still any longer, so he took out his cell phone and called Wang Shu.

"Director Wang, do you have time? Let's have dinner and chat together?" Ren Zhonglun said with a smile after the call was connected.

When Wang Shu received another call from Ren Zhonglun, he felt too embarrassed to make excuses.

He had received several calls from the other party before, but each time he got the excuse that he was too busy at work or had something else to do.

So he said, "Okay."

noon.

Wang Shu went to the dinner party organized by Ren Zhonglun's group as scheduled, but what he didn't expect was that Ning Jing was also there.

"Director Wang is here?" When Ren Zhonglun saw Wang Shu coming to the box, his eyes lit up and he immediately stood up to greet him with great grace.

He is now the president of Shanghai Film Group and became the chairman in 2014.

Since the film industry was reformed again after the millennium, the main theme has been "Chinese films are now only concerned with box office, not profits."

In the original timeline, China Film’s main revenue in 2008 was more than 7 million yuan, and its profit was only 0.15 million yuan.

Regardless of whether you can make money or not, you should first make the market lively and prosperous, and then promote the development of this industry.

Shanghai Film Group is different. Under the leadership of Ren Zhonglun, it advocates "industrial chain".

For example, the Shanghai Crowne Plaza Hotel, Shanghai Cinema, Shanghai Film Museum, the establishment of Shanghai Emperor Entertainment Group and Shanghai Media Asia, and the further expansion of the Chedun Film and Television Base to 650 acres...even the Shanghai Film Festival is part of the "industrial chain".

In the same year of 2008, Shanghai Film Group’s main operating revenue was 15.18 billion yuan and its profit was 2.16 million yuan.

Shanghai Film’s profit is 20 times that of China Film.

It’s not that Ren Zhonglun is better than Han Sanping.

The missions of the two major film companies are different. China Film has always been committed to making the domestic market hot and prosperous and promoting the development of the film industry.

If China Film Corporation had not been the scapegoat, there would not have been so many commercial films since the millennium, and so many actors and big directors from Hong Kong would not have flocked north to make films.

Profit is not the primary priority. The keynote is to expand the pie, make the market prosperous, attract more people to join in and promote development.

It is different for private enterprises such as Shanghai Film Group and Huayi Film Group, all of which focus on making money.

Now, the appearance of Wang Shu has greatly increased China Film’s profits.

It can even be said that Wang Shu's cooperation with China Film Group Corporation is promoting the development of the domestic film industry.

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"Mr. Ren, Sister Jing." Wang Shu responded politely when he saw Ren Zhonglun and Ning Jing both stood up.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, then sat down to eat.

Ren Zhonglun gave Ning Jing a look, and Ning Jing raised his glass to toast Wang Shu.

"Director Wang, I'll toast to you. I hope you won't forget me if there are any projects in the future." Ning Jing said with a smile, holding up the wine glass.

Wang Shu raised his glass and politely replied, "Sister Jing, what are you talking about? If there is a suitable role in the future, I will definitely look for you."

Everyone is happy to hear such nice words. Ning Jing had a smile on his face and clinked his wine glass with Wang Shu's.

After a few rounds, Ren Zhonglun felt that the time was right, and asked, "Director Wang, are you interested in cooperating with Shanghai Film Group?"

Without waiting for Wang Shu to reply, Ren Zhonglun immediately said, "What I mean is that Director Wang can sign a letter of intent with Shanghai Film Group."

After that, he paused for a moment and then said, "1000 million per film, the director's salary is calculated separately."

"If it is Director Wang's own script, the copyright fee of the script will also be paid."

"Also, if Director Wang wants to participate, that's fine too."

"The production can also be mainly based on Director Wang's Yikeshu Company."

This condition is already extremely generous in the domestic film industry.

If Wang Shu remembers correctly, Shanghai Film Group and director Chen Kaige signed a binding contract.

It seems to be 500 million per film, and the director’s salary is calculated separately.

Ren Zhonglun offered a letter of intent for a film worth 1000 million yuan, which means he thought Wang Shu was more powerful than Director Chen!

Ning Jing was quite shocked when he heard this.

A binding contract for 1000 million yuan per unit?

Is the director’s pay calculated separately?

Looking at the entire Chinese-language film industry, there is no director with such a high net worth!

Considering that Wang Shu is an Oscar-winning director, and that Pacific Rim has already grossed over 8 million yuan, there is nothing wrong with it.

Other directors don’t have this value, but Wang Shu does!

Before that, she received a call from Ren Zhonglun, who told her that he would organize a dinner party for Wang Shu to discuss something and asked her if she wanted to come.

Ning Jing thought about it for a moment and agreed.

Because she also wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Wang Shu and try to get a role in Wang Shu's film in the future.

With the help of "Pacific Rim", Mei Ting not only became a first-line film actress, but also had the opportunity to replicate Zhang Ziyi's path and step onto the international stage, which made her very envious.

At this moment, I was also a little restless.

Wang Shu pretended to be silent. To be honest, he didn't even think much of the binding contract of 1000 million yuan for a film. However, for him now, it was the same whether he cooperated with China Film or Shanghai Film.

If we can make more money by cooperating with Shanghai Film Group, it is not impossible to set aside China Film Group and work with Shanghai Film Group.

Then he said, "Mr. Ren, I have negotiated a project with Paramount, and will go to Hollywood to direct this movie next, so there is no rush for this matter. How about letting me think about it?"

Ren Zhonglun was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked in astonishment: "Director Wang is going to Hollywood?"

Ning Jing also felt nervous. Now that Wang Shu had gone to Hollywood, didn't she have any chance again?
Wang Shu smiled and replied, "When Spielberg was at Paramount, he led a science fiction film project. Now he has gone to Disney, and the project remains at Paramount. Now it has found me."

When Ren Zhonglun heard this, he suddenly realized something and asked, "It seems that Paramount has contacted you before, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Shu responded, "He contacted me before, but we didn't reach an agreement."

“Now we have reached a cooperation intention.”

After a pause, he continued, "This science fiction project is difficult to produce, and I will probably be staying there for a long time."

After hearing this, Ren Zhonglun did not pursue Wang Shu and force him to sign the binding contract first.

After all, Wang Shu is a young man, so we should avoid pressing him too hard and having the opposite effect.

In addition, he thought that the conditions he offered were already very sincere, so he immediately said, "Okay, then Director Wang, you can consider it and give me a reply later."

The two of them clinked glasses and chatted for a while before Ning Jing asked, "Director Wang, how much do you think Pacific Rim will earn at the domestic box office?"

Ren Zhonglun was also very curious about this question, so he stopped eating and looked at Wang Shu.

Wang Shu responded directly: "It has already exceeded 8 million, and 10 billion should be possible."

Ning Jing smiled and complimented, "Director Wang, it's hard for domestic films to make over 10 million yuan at the box office. You've opened the billion box office era."

"A horse that leaves the dust behind!"

Ren Zhonglun also smiled and complimented: "Before, no one would have thought that in our domestic film market, there would be a movie that could achieve a box office result of over 10 billion."

“After this, I’m sure many people will enter the film industry.”

"The domestic film industry may usher in a wave of rapid development."

"If this is true, Director Wang deserves credit for this."

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Ren Zhonglun's compliment might have been a polite one, but when Wang Shu heard it, it sounded a little different.

Because he knows very well that domestic entertainment will soon be on the fast track.

In the next few years, movies with box office of 10 billion, 20 billion, 30 billion, or even 50 billion will appear one after another.

So, if Wang Shu opened the 10 billion box office era, attracted the attention of all walks of life to the film industry, and ushered in the development of the film industry
Doesn’t this correspond exactly to the period of vigorous development of the domestic film industry in the next few years?

Therefore, we will review this history later.

Perhaps it could evolve into Wang Shu's contribution to the domestic film industry, pushing the domestic film industry into the 50 billion era?
At the end of 09, a film that grossed over 10 billion yuan at the domestic box office made the whole country see the potential of the film industry.

Then a large amount of money poured into the industry, and the film industry ushered in a golden decade? !

(End of this chapter)