star king gene

ps: Thanks to the book friend "Xiao Jushi" for the reward! !

To be honest, when Lin Zhimo saw such a report in "One Weekly Movies", he wondered if he had paid them advertising fees to ask them to write this way. After all, this was simply a naked advertisement for "Don't Talk to Strangers" Yes, although he didn't say it clearly, the meaning inside and outside the words is obviously to lure the public to watch.

But no matter what, since the "Weekly Movies" magazine published this report, Lin Zhimo had to accept it out of reason.

After the premiere in Yanjing, Lin Zhimo and his team attended two more premieres in Xia Hai and Guangdong East. A week later, "Don't Talk to Strangers" officially began to be screened in major theaters across the country!

Although it is a literary film, firstly because it is not the best time for film screening, and secondly because of the good relationship between Lin Zhimo Company and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, relying on the strong distribution capabilities of China Film Group, it insisted on arranging a 30.00% release Rate.

This is not a small number. Even last year's "Big Name" was only 40.00%, and "Don't Talk to Strangers" actually won such a huge release rate with a low-cost literary film. It can be said that It's amazing.

Of course, this is inseparable from Lin Zhimo's current relationship with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. In fact, even so, Lin Zhimo is still not satisfied.

At present, the box office share of a domestic movie is as follows. Take a movie box office of 100 yuan as an example: the special fund of the National Film Development Special Fund Management Committee accounts for 5%; business tax accounts for 3.3%, and the above two are fixed.

That is to say, the remaining 91.7% of the box office of a movie after removing these two parts is the income.Among them, theaters (theater chains) account for about 50%, and the remaining 41.7% belong to the producers and distributors, and the distributors account for about 10%.

In other words, 30% of the final box office of a movie is earned by the producer, and the rest cannot be earned by itself.If a film invests 3 million yuan, then its final box office will only recover the cost if it exceeds [-] million yuan.

And Lin Zhimo is now because of his relationship with the Zeng family, although he is a new director, the share he gets is the share of first-line directors like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.

And the reason why he is not dissatisfied is not because the share is too small. After all, the whole society is in this state, and Lin Zhimo has nothing to complain about; what he is dissatisfied with is that he did not think of taking the distribution rights in his own hands.

A film distribution license is a certification document issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Only with this document can a film be released.With Lin Zhimo's relationship, he can now get this certificate.But after all because of the first time.Lin Zhimo also has no experience, so he forgot about it, and now handed over 10% of the shares to others for nothing.

At the same time, Lin Zhimo began to ponder in his mind whether he should establish his own movie theater chain, after all, the share between the movie theater chain and theaters can account for a large part of the box office.And now I have plenty of money on hand.

"Well. And the real estate market is very hot now. Even if the movie theater doesn't make money in the future, the land under the movie theater should be able to recover the cost." Lin Zhimo thought while rubbing his chin.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Zhimo felt that it was too early to think about this issue, and he had better wait for today's first-day box office to come out.

March 2002, 3.On Friday, at 15:[-] pm, "Don't Talk to Strangers" officially hit theaters across the country.

Lin Zhimo didn't leave the company for a day, just to wait for the latest box office information.Of course, he could receive the call immediately no matter where he was, but he still felt that it was best to hear the news in his own company.

The waiting time is undoubtedly very tense. Although it is a literary film, you don’t need to pay special attention to the box office. Compared with the box office, next month’s college student film festival may be more worthy of Lin Zhimo’s attention, but Lin Zhimo still feels that this The box office of this film cannot be too bad.

A good film director will definitely not only make one type of movie in his life, but will make movies according to his own inspiration. Maybe this year he wants to make a movie that reflects love, and next year he wants to make a movie about gangsters , every good director must be able to adapt to various types of films.

Lin Zhimo never thought that he would not be able to shoot literary films at a young age. Similarly, he would not think that since he had shot literary films, he would not shoot commercial films.

Whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, it is a way for the director to present the story in his mind to everyone, and if the story is good, what is the most intuitive way to respond?

box office!

Lin Zhimo thinks that whether you are shooting a literary film or a commercial film, as long as you are not shooting a documentary, as long as you tell a good story, you will get a satisfactory box office figure. This "satisfaction" does not mean that the bigger the amount, the more Well, after all, literary films have inherent disadvantages and cannot be compared with commercial films.This "satisfactory number" refers to a number that meets the director's own mind.

Lin Zhimo believes that at any time, a good story will always move many people to go to the theater to watch it.

Lin Zhimo felt that the story he told was not bad. Maybe the overall style of the film was a bit depressing, but it was definitely not the kind of dead silence that made people breathless, but a kind of spiritual pain. While feeling depressed, people will also have a kind of reflection, which will lead people to do good.

"How is it, big director, are you nervous now?" Gong Li sat in Lin Zhimo's office and asked leisurely while peeling the apple with a fruit knife.

"Why aren't you nervous? I'm having some auditory hallucinations now, and the sound of the phone ringing can always be heard in my ears." Lin Zhimo looked at the phone on his desk and smiled wryly.

"Oh? Really, I thought you didn't even care about the awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and now you don't care about the box office." Gong Li said as she took a bite of the apple.

"It's two different things, okay? That award is too much influenced by human factors, and a single judge can decide the fate of a film; but no one can control the box office now." Lin Zhimo breathed a sigh of relief.He continued: "The quality of the film is completely reflected in the film's box office."

After finishing speaking, Lin Zhimo glanced at Gong Li who was eating an apple, and thought to himself: "Besides, if the box office of this film is not good, how can I be worthy of your trust in me, Sister Li?"

But Lin Zhimo just thought about this sentence in his heart and didn't say it.

"Then what is the final box office of this movie in your mind?" Gong Li asked curiously again.

"In my mind..." Lin Zhimo narrowed his eyes slightly, "I think it must reach more than 1000 million."

"1000 million?" Gong Li was taken aback, she didn't even have time to swallow the apple in her mouth, "Your heart is too big! Last year Director Feng's "Big Wrist" was only less than 4000 million."

Lin Zhimo smiled and said, "Sister Li, if I said that this is already my conservative estimate, how would you react?"

"Crazy. Then you must be crazy!" Gong Li said without hesitation.Then he looked at Lin Zhiyu with serious eyes and asked, "You don't really think that this film may become a dark horse?"

"Please! Sister Li, you have some confidence in me and yourself, okay? The two of us are also the best actor and actress at the Berlin Film Festival. Two international best actor and actress are in the same movie! If the box office is too big Is it worth the two Silver Bear Awards for the two of us?" Lin Zhimo complained pretending to be unhappy.

"Yes yes yes. I was wrong." Gong Li smiled and ate the apple in her hand.Then he said: "Okay, then I estimate that the final box office of this film can exceed 2000 million!"

"That's right, no matter how high the box office data is, the two of our films are not dark horses!" Lin Zhimo said with a smile.

Gong Li was about to speak when she heard the phone on Lin Zhimo's desk ringing.

Lin Zhimo and Gong Li looked at each other.They all saw a touch of tension in each other's eyes, and Lin Zhimo took a deep breath before reaching out to grab the phone in his hand, and said with a trembling tone: "Hi, hello!"

"Boss Lin! The box office is out!" The employee on the phone shouted in surprise.

When Lin Zhimo heard the other party's tone, the string that had been tense in his heart was loosened, and his body was no longer stiff. He asked in a relaxed tone: "Oh, then... how much is the box office on the first day?"

"150 million! 150 million! Mr. Lin, our box office on the first day is 150 million!" Listening to the other party's tone, it was as if he had won the 150 million grand prize.

"150 million..." Lin Zhimo couldn't help feeling slightly dizzy when he first heard this number.

The number of 150 million may not be too big, but it also depends on when it is placed. In mainland China in 2002, there was not a single domestic film with a box office of over 5000 million, and even films with a box office of over [-] million were rare. Where will it go.

To give the simplest example, Feng Xiaogang's "Big Wrist" released in December last year had a box office of less than 200 million yuan on its first day, but now Lin Zhimo's literary film can reach 150 million yuan on its first day. It can be said that it is extremely surprising.

After hanging up the phone, seeing Lin Zhimo's absent-minded look, Gong Li couldn't help asking, "How's the box office? It can't be..."

At this point, Gong Li paused, fearing that Lin Zhimo would not dare to say that the box office was not good.

Lin Zhimo also regained his composure at this time, his eyes burst out with joy, he laughed and said, "Sister Li, do you know what our box office is on the first day?" I couldn't wait to say the answer: "150 million! Our box office on the first day has reached 150 million! Hahaha!"

"150 million?" Gong Li also covered her mouth and said in disbelief.

Having filmed so many movies and won so many awards, the first-day box office of "Don't Talk to Strangers" is the biggest first-day box office movie she knows, so she can't help being shocked by this figure!

"So... we succeeded?" Gong Li murmured in disbelief.

"That's right! Sister Li, we succeeded!"

With this first-day box office results, the subsequent box office is almost predictable, this film is about to rise!Don't talk about reaching the 1000 million that Lin Zhimo said, even the 2000 million that Gong Li said is not impossible.

Lin Zhimo came to sit next to Gong Li, put his arms around Gong Li's shoulders and said, "Sister Li, I am finally relieved, I have lived up to your expectations and trust!"

Lin Zhimo knew that when Gong Li insisted on participating in the first film of her rookie director, she actually took on a lot of doubts.Both her agent and the outside world are talking about her, but Gong Li never said this to Lin Zhimo, but she just bears the pressure silently.

When she won the Silver Bear Award, Gong Li said that she was most grateful to Lin Zhimo for this film. Similarly, Lin Zhimo was most grateful to Gong Li, so she specially changed the script for her, so that her weight in the film was the same. Increase and increase.

Now that Gong Li has won the Silver Bear Award, it is foreseeable that the film's box office will not be too bad. It can be said that it is only now that Lin Zhimo feels that he has lived up to Gong Li's trust, so he can speak this sentence to Gong Li confidently talk. (to be continued..)