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

Chapter 31: Completed the issue and returned to China (please follow up!)
  domestic,

Twenty-seven days after its release, "Mobile Phone" directed by Feng Xiaogang, the daily box office has already dropped by five digits, and after barely breaking through the 50 million total box office, Huayi chose to cancel the film early.

"Those Years" was released for 8628 days, with a box office of 8000 million. The 1 million box office that Chen Dong shouted at the premiere came true. Now everyone is curious whether this movie can reach million.

At present, the daily box office is still one or two million, so there seems to be real hope.

Tang Dynasty announced the cast list of Fairy Sword. The male lead was taken by newcomer Hu Ge, and the heroine was Liu Yifei... The latter's "Dragon" starring in it had just finished airing, and it was very popular. The promotional announcements issued by Tang Dynasty mainly focused on her. .

Feng Xiaogang's new movie "Without Thieves" has confirmed to the media that the star Andy Lau will join the cast.

With the role of Shen Jiayi, Yan Danchen has firmly established herself as the most beautiful school beauty on the Internet. Even her celebrity status has been elevated to the top, catching up with the big beauties in front of her.

"Those Years", distributed by Ying Huang, was released on the same day in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, with a box office of 420 million+ on the first day.

Hong Jinbao and Stephen Chow had a falling out on the set of "Kung Fu"...

……

Chen Dong successfully made an appointment with the project manager of Paramount Pictures who had dealt with him last time in Cannes.

"Chen, I heard that the second movie you directed exploded at the box office in your country?! Look, I told you, you are a genius."

Chen Dong smiled and responded politely, and the other party spoke again, asking if he was invited out for coffee and if he was going to sell him the overseas rights to the second film.

"Haha, of course not. Mr. Lumans misunderstood. To be honest, my second movie is not suitable for your Western tastes, so I have sold the overseas rights to Sony Pictures."

"Oh, it's such a pity to hear this news! But I'm also more curious about Chen's purpose of meeting me."

"That's right, I invested in a movie...Bara Bala."

Lumans frowned slightly when he heard Chen Dong's intention, but expressed his willingness to submit the film project he invested in to the distribution department of Paramount Pictures and promised to put in a good word for him.

Chen Dong could tell that these were polite words from the other party, but he was not unprepared.

So I took out the script of "Buried Alive" written in advance.

"This is?"

"Didn't Mr. Lumans buy the adaptation rights to "Buried Alive" last time? But how can we film it without a script?"

Lumans pointed to the American version of the "Buried Alive" script on the table and asked Chen Dong:

"Chen, can I look through it?"

"of course."

Ten minutes later, Lumans put down the script with an excited look on his face.

Don't hesitate to praise.

"Chen, I have to repeat my point of view. You are not only a genius director, but also a genius screenwriter."

Chen Dong kept a faint smile on his face, but that wasn't what he really wanted to hear.

Lumansi is also a smart man and knows Chen Dong's intention in coming up with this script.

He stroked his beard twice, and instead of the "perfunctory" rhetoric just now, he made it clear that Paramount Pictures could handle the promotion of the movie invested by Chen Dong.

Generally speaking, there are three models for a distribution company to promote a movie: the first is to buy out directly, and then the box office amount has nothing to do with the producer; the second is for the distribution company to charge 1% (1.5%, 2 %...); the third method is for the producer to pay and let the distribution company help distribute the movie.

Although in Chen Dong's previous life, the movie "Little Miss Sunshine" adopted the first mode, the first mode is actually relatively rare.

The second and third methods are the methods adopted by most movies, and the difference between them lies in whether the movie is favored by the distribution company.

Obviously, if the project "Little Miss Sunshine" could be rejected by other distribution companies and handed over to the 'professional' people at Paramount Pictures, it is also not considered a high-quality project.

However, the project was not returned due to the word from Loehmanns, but if it wanted to be distributed, the producers had to pay Paramount one million...US dollars.

The money was provided by Mark Turtle. What? disagree?
  Not only did he get a favor, but he also sold... ahem, he even got a movie script.

What's more, this is Paramount Pictures, which has theaters around the world. Mark Turtoto has no access to such strong distribution resources.

In the end, he could only agree.

But what Mark Lao didn't know was that Chen Dong actually received a script fee from Paramount Pictures, although it was not much, only $100,000.

"Alice, the "Little Miss Sunshine" project is the first business of Future Pictures. Please pay more attention to it."

"Don't worry, boss, I will keep an eye on you carefully. Are you planning to return to China?"

"Yes……"

"By the way, boss, people from Lionsgate Pictures contacted me. They want to buy a script written by you, boss."

Chen Dong's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Which book is it?"

""Record of Ghosts"."

When he heard that it was this script, Chen Dong's eyelids twitched and he said with a lack of interest on his face: "Reply them, this script is not for sale."

Damn, you have such a good eye, you can pick one at almost no cost.

'How about I make this movie myself? It doesn't cost much anyway...'

As soon as this idea came up, Chen Dong rejected it. Now is not the time.

Because even if the movie is made, it won't find a distribution channel, so it's better to wait.

He has thrown so much "original" bait here, and he doesn't believe he can't catch a big fish.

If that doesn't work, then just wait until the "Little Miss Sunshine" project makes money and continue to work with Paramount Pictures. Well, the prerequisite is that it makes money.

On January 1, Chen Dong returned to China the day before New Year’s Eve.

Nowadays, the transportation is not as developed as in later generations, and it is too late to go home for the New Year. Fortunately, he has greeted his parents in advance, and he has not received any complaints. The next call only told him to pay attention to his health and not to let what happened last time happen again. The family is worried.

Mom Yang Hui also specifically mentioned Miss Liu...

"Humph~"

As soon as I dialed Miss Liu's number, there was a fierce nasal voice from the other side.

"Hey, it's Chinese New Year, who made our Princess Sissi angry again?"

"Of course it's you pig... Bah, bah, bah, who belongs to your family."

If Chen Dong were in front of Miss Liu at this time, he would be able to see that her fair and pink pretty face has been stained with a light blush, adding a touch of cuteness to her playful expression.

After some questioning, Chen Dong found out why Liu Yifei was in a mood. It turned out that she was scolded by her mother for staying in bed in the morning, haha.

"Ah? Dongzi, aren't you going home to celebrate the New Year this year?"

"Well, my home is in a small county. I don't know whether I can still buy a ticket now. Even if I can, I won't be able to make it in time for the New Year's Eve dinner. I'll just go back and visit the old man after a while... By the way, Sissi, my mother and I just called , she also asked me to convey her concern for you, haha."

"You, you...you told aunt about us?"

"My dearest conscience, absolutely not. The main reason is that you acted too much like an ugly daughter-in-law in front of my mother last time, which aroused her suspicion."

"Humph, I'm not an ugly wife... Oh, I won't say it anymore, I'm so embarrassed. Dongzi, why don't you say thank you to auntie for me? Oh, and wish me a happy new year, hehe."

"If you still wish me New Year's greetings, my mother won't be able to give you a red envelope."

"Yeah, wouldn't it be bad..."

(End of this chapter)