China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 258: Traveling to the United States, Future Pictures adds artist management business (please subscribe!)
How popular is Mr. Cang in China?
Someone made a statistics and found that just 30 hours after she joined Weibo, the number of followers exceeded .

Such a terrifying rate of increase in followers has made even many first- and second-tier celebrities envious.

It also shows that Teacher Cang has a huge number of students in China.

Zhang Yimou can be called a model worker among mainland directors.

His "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" had just been released from theaters, and he immediately picked up "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" without even taking a breath.

The man behind Lao Mouzi seems to have high hopes for the film.

It is claimed that it will cost 600 million to build it.

But he has a huge appetite, refuses all investments, and wants to eat alone.

However, 600 million is not a small amount, and the New Picture family cannot afford such a sum of money.

Zhang Weiping got the loan from the bank.

At the press conference, a reporter asked if you were not afraid of losing money?

Zhang Weiping answered easily and confidently: "I think it won't be a big problem if the domestic box office reaches 10 billion. In this way, the producer can get 2 million, and the remaining million can be recovered from overseas..."

Originally, Chen Dong, like many people, watched movies online for fun.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Weiping, in addition to using Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt to hype, also wanted to use his wife to hype.

But as soon as it started to show signs, Chen Dong used Weibo to clarify the online rumors for his wife.

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"Director Jiang Wen accepted an interview on Weibo and said that he dared to make any movie!"

"Feng Xiaogang signed a contract with Huayi again."

"Jay Lun hosted the TV Festival and had awkward conversations throughout the whole process. He was bombarded by well-known media people but still went back to singing."

"Director Chen Dong appeared at the Capital Airport this afternoon, suspected of heading to Hollywood..."

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Los Angeles.

Future Pictures.

Chen Dong walked to his office while talking to Alice.

Although his office has not been used for a year, it is cleaned every week, so when Chen Dong uses it again, although it is not spotless, at least it is still very tidy.

Because she knew that Chen Dong was coming, yesterday Alice had sorted out this year's work report and the materials for the "Hunger Games" project she was responsible for, and placed them on Chen Dong's desk in categories for convenience. The boss flips through.

In fact, Alice reports to Chen Dong via email every week about work reports and the like, so although there is a lot of material here, he only briefly scanned the chronological data, and he didn't waste much time.

Chen Dong mainly focused on the project book "The Hunger Games".

Movie: "The Hunger Games."

Director: Gary Ross.

Seeing this, Chen Dong was slightly startled.

He raised his head and looked at Alice curiously: "How did you find Gary Ross?"

"It was recommended to me by Lions Gate...Boss, is there anything wrong with this person?"

"Oh, no." Chen Dong shook his head, sighing at the great inertia of history, so he continued to focus on the project book.

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…

When Alice saw Chen Dong's eyes falling on the starring list, she seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked: "Boss, can the company open an artist management business?"

Chen Dong raised his head in surprise: "Who do you want to sign?" "The heroine, Jennifer Lawrence, and Amandla Steinberg."

Chen Dong once again set his sights on these two names, and stayed on their mugshots for a moment, and then said nonchalantly: "If you're not afraid of trouble, Alice, then be free."

"Okay, thank you boss."

Then Alice made no more noise.

The only sound left in the room was the rustling of Chen Dong flipping through papers.

Movie cost budget: $8500 million.

Investors and proportions: Future Pictures invested US$5000 million, accounting for 60%, and is responsible for production and promotion; Lionsgate Pictures invested US$3500 million, accounting for 40%, and is responsible for promotion and distribution.

Producers: Alice (Future Pictures), Camé Deese (Lionsgate Pictures)

Introduction: After North America was destroyed in a great war, people built new homes, but the new homes also had new policies: that is, every year, a total of 12 contestants, one man and one woman, must be selected from the 24 districts under the jurisdiction. Participate in the 'Hunger Games'. In this 'game', contestants not only have to fight against various beasts, but also must kill other contestants, because only the last one can survive and receive generous rewards... But all this will happen soon. With the participation of Katniss (the heroine), the balance of this game is broken.

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After Chen Dong read it, he discussed some of the areas he had doubts with Alice, and finally confirmed that they were correct, so he signed his name and stamped his official seal on the back of the project book.

"By the way, boss, "The Hunger Games" still needs a few actors with Asian faces, do you think?"

Chen Dong understood what Alice meant in an instant. He nodded: "Okay, you can sort out the character list and give it to me later."

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Then, Alice saw Chen Dong's phone ringing, so she left the office.

"Haha, I just arrived in the United States. How come Director Wen knew I was coming?"

"Director Chen is now a world-famous director. How could the media not pay attention to you when you appear in Hollywood?"

"Why is it that I am a world-famous director and I am still far behind?"

Naturally, James Wan's phone call was not just to reminisce about old times, but also to invite him to attend the premiere of "Shutter Island".

The premiere is on November 11th, which is still three days away. Chen Dong is not in a hurry and decides to go to DreamWorks to watch "Coco" first.

"Chen, long time no see."

"Spielberg, long time no see."

When Chen Dong came to DreamWorks, Spielberg and a few senior executives who came out to greet him briefly met and greeted him. Without any delay, Spielberg led him directly into the viewing room.

While watching, Chen Dong compared it with the original version in his memory. Because it was the same script, the core of the two movies was the same, but the pictures were different.

There's nothing we can do about it, after all, the production teams are all different.

From the perspective of Chen Dong's aesthetics, this version is even better. Perhaps he modified some minor flaws in the original version in the script, or perhaps DreamWorks' production level is superior.

According to the contract, Chen Dong enjoys all the copyrights of "Coco" in China, but the current dubbing of the film is a foreign language version.

In other words, if Chen Dong wants to introduce it to China for release, the first thing he needs to do is to dub it again.

This is not the work of DreamWorks and needs to be completed by Chen Dong himself.

Secondly, "Coco" is a foreign language film. If you want to enter the Chinese market, there is a process -

The right to introduce foreign-language films into China is in the hands of China Film Group Corporation, and there is a quota limit every year.

However, Chen Dong believes that with his relationship with China Film Group, it will not be difficult to get a spot.

At most, the benefits of publicity and dissemination will be given up...

(End of this chapter)