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

Chapter 296: China Film Group participates in the investment, and foreign language films become co-productions (Please subscribe!)
After posting on Weibo, Chen Dongshun went online for a while.

The news that he and his son saw his wife off at the airport yesterday is still high on the Internet.

"Cheng Long responded to netizens' questions on behalf of Zhang Baizi..."

This is today's number one trending search.

Chen Dong clicked on it out of curiosity and found out that the reputation of "The Heroines of Yang's Family: Military Orders Are Like Mountains" was polarized after its release, and netizens had the greatest doubts about the heroine Zhang Baizi.

The reason why Cheng Long stood up to speak for Zhang Baizi was because he was the producer of this drama.

"Legend of the White Snake", for which Chen Dong had been invited to the premiere, has been released for a week and its cumulative box office has exceeded 6000 million. If Yangzi had not boasted about the investment cost of this film, then this would have been a box office flop.

As for the reputation of this movie, it seems to be even worse than "The Heroines of the Yang Family".

However, Yangzi not only refused to admit that it was a problem with the quality of the film, he even attributed the main reason for the poor reputation to the attacks of the troll army.

What's even more abstract is that he personally criticized the handsome guy and had a fight with the internet trolls, who were actually netizens who gave low scores.

He even gave himself a title of Admiral of the Navy...

Chen Dong and Fang Xinguo chatted and found out that "Legend of White Snake" was not attacked by the Internet trolls at the beginning.

But after Yangzi directed and acted out this blame-shifting drama, he really attracted the internet trolls.

As a result, the online reputation of "Legend of the White Snake" gradually changed from very bad to terrible.

Even so, that man actually had the nerve to say he wanted to shoot a second part...

The dogs shook their heads when they saw this.

The 48th Golden Horse Awards has announced the shortlist.

Chen Dong saw many familiar names, such as "Seediq Bale", "A Simple Life", "Traces of the Pirates", and "Let the Bullets Fly".

At the same time, his own work "Hearing Girl" also won China's only "Oscar" spot this year.

This is his second time representing Chinese films in the Hollywood Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, following "Kan'er" two years ago.

Before this, the biggest rival of "Hearing Girl" was Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao".

A few days ago, the crew of Chen Kaige's new movie "Search" started shooting in Zhejiang, and a reporter talked about this at the press conference.

The great poet once again brought out his theory that awards are unimportant.

Yes, if it is not important, why do you always miss every opportunity to submit your work to a film festival?

Chen Dong knew that this person just liked to flatter himself and was not targeting anyone intentionally, so he would not expose his shortcomings.

Another one is "1942", a movie that Feng Xiaogang claimed he wanted to shoot ten years ago. After more than nine months of preparation, it was finally completed. No, it was finally ready to start shooting.

Chen Dong did not have any delays in October, and because of this, the post-production of "The Unknown" was not only completed on schedule, but even two days ahead of schedule.

Because Chen Dong was going to Hollywood to shoot "The Night the Comet Came" next, but he also planned to release "The Unknown" during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, so naturally he brought it to China Film as soon as he finished post-production.

"Your movie is quite interesting. Although it is in dialect, it can be understood by people from other places. It is also humorous, down-to-earth, and memorable... This should be another movie with a box office of at least 5 million yuan."

"Haha, then I'll borrow Mr. Han's words."

Han Shanping waved his hand and handed over the film schedule: "You came to me at this time, it seems that you have also set your sights on this year's Lunar New Year period. Take a look and pick one."

Chen Dong smiled without saying anything, took the screening list and started scanning it.

Perhaps he had heard "The Flowers of War" too many times recently, so he fell in love with Zhang Yimou's movie at first sight.

The other film will also be released during the Lunar New Year holiday on December 12th.

Although Chen Dong knew that "The Flowers of War" was not as great as Zhang Weiping boasted, but with Zhang Yimou's box office appeal, it was hard for Chen Dong to say which would have a higher final box office than his "The Unknown".

But he is clear about one thing: if he lets "The Unknown" and "The Flowers of War" compete with each other, it may have a miraculous effect, but it is more likely that both will suffer losses and the other movies will benefit in vain.

Chen Dong is not a gambler. He has no grudge against Zhang Weiping or Zhang Yimou, so he is naturally not interested in fighting with them. In order to avoid the December 12th date, Chen Dong selected two options after screening, one is December 16st and the other is December 12th.

When he was hesitating between the two numbers, Han Shanping couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to think about it for so long?"

"…I choose December 28th."

Sure enough, sometimes people still need a little external force.

Even when making choices.

"December 12th, have you decided?"

"Yeah, I've thought about it."

Han Shanping nodded slightly and immediately asked his employees to enter the release time of "The Unknown" into the system.

"By the way, this movie hasn't been reviewed yet, right?"

"I won't hide it from Mr. Han. The later stages were just completed yesterday. I asked my employees to submit it for review before coming to you today."

"It's okay. Your film won't have any problem getting approved. I'll also help you keep an eye on it..."

Not to mention that "The Unknown" did not have investment from China Film Group Corporation, even if it did, Chen Dong felt that Han Shanping's enthusiasm at this time was a bit abnormal.

"Xiao Chen, I heard that your next movie is going to be a foreign language movie, right?"

Chen Dong was stunned and guessed what Han Shanping was planning.

He nodded slightly, and then heard Han Shanping continue:

"What subject matter?"

“It’s a science fiction movie.”

When he heard that the subject matter was not banned in the country and was science fiction, Han Shanping's eyes brightened up.

"What's the investment budget... Forget it, just be direct and tell me how much investment is still needed?"

Han Shanping seemed to see Chen Dong was a little hesitant, so he added another strong dose of medicine: "It is difficult for foreign-language films to get preferential policies in China now, but co-productions are different. They enjoy the same treatment as domestic films..."

The reason why Chen Dong hesitated just now was actually because he was thinking about this.

Since Han Shanping had made it so clear, he no longer hesitated and interrupted him, saying, "Boss Han, I can give China Film a 20% investment share."

"30%."

“At most 25%.”

"……make a deal."

Han Shanping continued: "What is the total investment?"

Chen Dong shook his head.

"have not do yet?"

"No."

Chen Dong explained: "I remember telling Mr. Han just now that the movie I want to shoot is a mystery science fiction film, right? But to be precise, it should be a mystery soft science fiction film."

"So there aren't many science fiction elements?"

"That's right, so the production cost won't be too high. The main cost is concentrated on the actors' salaries. So the budget depends on the value of the actors."

Han Shanping didn't know whether he felt regretful or happy after hearing this, but he smiled bitterly and sighed: "I thought the budget would be more than 1 million US dollars."

“Haha, not really…”

(End of this chapter)