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Chapter 66 Feng Xiaogang is curious

12 month 1 day.

"If Love" was released, kicking off the first battle of the 2005 Lunar New Year season.

However, this film was absent from mainstream theaters in Western Europe and was only shown in a few theaters.

After this news came out, many people doubted the quality of "If Love".

If it is a good film, why are Western mainstream theaters unwilling to show it?

Isn’t this about money?
  In this regard, a reporter interviewed mainstream theaters in Western countries.

The hospital explained: "After we saw the trailer of the film, we felt that it was a literary film, and it also had a song and dance nature, so it was not easy to sell."

"If it's a particularly good film, we won't give up."

"For example, "The Promise", "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles", and "The Great Sage" are all released simultaneously across the country."

Obviously, the hospital has a sharp vision.

The investment in the drama "If Love" was as high as 8000 million, but the final box office in the mainland was only 3000 million.

However, the reporter later learned another reason.

"If Love" has shrunk its position and changed its distribution model.

We only choose to implement split distribution with box office centers such as Beijing and Shanghai, and buy out copies of theaters with relatively weak box office.

For example, a copy buyout has a minimum price ranging from 10 yuan to 20 yuan. If the box office exceeds 20 yuan, it will be divided into accounts. If it does not exceed 20 yuan, the theater chain will pay the money for the copy.

The distributor is blindly arrogant, thinking that "If Love", which has the title of the first and largest Chinese musical and dance drama film in China, can win theaters across the country.

The fact is that they overestimated themselves. When they implemented this bill-sharing model, no mainstream theater chain paid attention to it.

Both sides broke up.

Of course, no matter how overbearing the cooperation model is, as long as the film can make money, theaters will still agree.

Therefore, the main reason is that the mainstream theaters who have seen the film believe that "If Love" is not enough to implement the box office splitting model with a guaranteed bottom line.

Perhaps, if "If Love" did not implement the differentiated account sharing model, it could be successfully released in other theaters in addition to Beijing, Shanghai and other box office centers.

Then the box office is likely to be more than 3000 million, but will double upward.

However, who told "If Love" to choose this differentiated account sharing model?

For mainland theaters.

So what if it’s a movie directed by a director from Hong Kong Island?

So what if I represent Hong Kong Island and win an Oscar nomination?
  It's not "The Promise" by Chen Kaige.

Where did the confidence come from?
  After the movie was released, Wang Shu did not go into the theater to contribute movie tickets, but worked overtime to complete the post-production of "The Tuner".

He couldn't catch this movie during the Lunar New Year season.

As for the Spring Festival stalls, you can still give it a try.

At that time, it will be no problem if it touches Jet Li's "Fearless".

As for the imported film "King Kong", it was released in the mainland on December 05, 12, during the Lunar New Year period.

The biggest headaches are "The Great Sage" and "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" both released on December 12.

Because the release of "King Kong" will once again bring a small shock to the mainland film industry.

This small shock had a huge impact on "The Great Sage" and "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles".

After watching this movie, many people once again lamented the gap between the domestic film field and Hollywood.

As time passed, the box office growth of "If Love" became slower and slower, and Shanghai Film Group Corporation, one of the producers, sighed.

Zhou Xun, as the leading actor, was also a little disappointed.

Although she doesn't have a share of the film's box office, she can't get an extra point no matter how high the film's box office is.

However, for her who wants to gain a foothold in the film industry, the higher the box office of the movie, the greater the bonus for her to gain a foothold in the film industry. Although the box office of feature films has never been high, "If Love" is the first large-scale musical and dance feature film in China.

She was still looking forward to this.

Because, if a groundbreaking film can be both well-known and popular, it can become a well-known masterpiece of hers.

But now.
  After all, it was a luxury.

She was on the set of "The Night Banquet" and couldn't help but think of the script Wang Shu gave her. Not only had she been reading it these days, she also watched the DVD of "The Golden Branch" when she returned to her residence in the evening.

She also completely understood what Wang Shu said about why the play "The Legend of Zhen Huan" mainly uses characters to drive the play, rather than using the play to drive the characters.

"Zhou Xun, I heard that you go back to the hotel every day and stay in the room watching TV?" Feng Xiaogang asked curiously.

He had heard that the crew had arranged to go out for supper several times, but Zhou Xun didn't go.

As for the reason, it was because Zhou Xun was watching TV in the room, and it seemed that he was watching TV series from Hong Kong Island.

"Yeah." Zhou Xun nodded, there was nothing to hide.

"What TV series is so good?" Feng Xiaogang became even more curious after hearing the exact answer.

"The golden branch desires evil." Zhou Xun told the truth.

"I've never heard of it." Ge You was right next to him, and he was blinded when he heard this.

Huang Xiaoming also stood aside, also looking confused.

"A Hong Kong film." Zhou Xun said with a smile.

"Are you obsessed with Hong Kong movies?" Ge You asked in surprise.

"No." Zhou Xun shook his head and explained in a hypocritical manner, "There is a play similar to "The Love of the Golden Bough" on Hong Kong Island. I want to try to see if I can have a chance to participate in it."

Feng Xiaogang and others understood clearly after hearing this, they wanted to make sufficient preparations before going to audition.

After realizing it, he looked confused again.

With Zhou Xun's current status, what kind of drama would require her to audition before deciding?

It's even bigger than his name.

and.

Why is there no news at all about Huayi?

Ge You was a little startled when he heard this. Zhou Xun could take him so seriously, and he still needed to pass the audition before he could get the role.
  It’s rare to see such a crew in the industry!

He knew that in Zhou Xun's current position, the roles she played were basically the producers handing her scripts for invitations, or directly deciding on recommendations, and it was rare that she had to audition to compete with others.

And often when she needs to compete with others for a role, it means that her script resources should not be underestimated.

Huang Xiaoming also understood this truth and was extremely curious about what Zhou Xun said about the crew.

"What kind of crew does it require you to audition and compete before you can decide?" Feng Xiaogang asked in surprise.

Lao Mouzi's "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" is about to be released, so it can't be his play.

Chen Kaige's "The Promise" is also about to be released, and it is also not his play.

Gu Changwei. Wait, it’s impossible.

Zhou Xun is so solemn, whose show are you competing for?
  Moreover, why doesn’t Hua Yi know?

Feng Xiaogang was confused again.

He knew that Huayi had already reached an agreement with Zhou Xun, and when Zhou Xun's contract expires next year, he would join the Huayi family.

Logically speaking, Hua Yi should know?
  Hua Yi knew it, so he knew it too.

What's the situation now?
  Zhou Xun smiled awkwardly after hearing this. Although she had been cast by Wang Shu, she had suffered a loss since "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and she would no longer be confident until the moment of official announcement.

Moreover, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is still in the confidentiality stage, so it is inconvenient for her to reveal the information in advance.

(End of this chapter)