Chapter 1944 Dinner for the big names
In mid-March, a movie invested and filmed by the Huajing Branch of Qilin Culture was released in theaters across the country.
The name is "The Stubborn Lord".
This movie written by Wang Shuo, directed by Feng Xiaogang, starring Zhang Guili, Ge You and Wang Gang, has a very good publicity and offensive.
Song Dacheng, the national son-in-law, and Li Dongbao, are two kings in the film and television circles in China today.
Under the active publicity offensive, everyone knew about the movie they starred in, so when it was released, many people chose to watch it.
But after reading it, the reaction was different.
Some people think "The Stubborn" is sarcastic and has many truths hidden in the laughter, which makes people think deeply and is worthy of being a good movie.
But some people think that the Huajing Pizi's style and self-feeling are too good, and the content they show is very dark and unacceptable.
Of course, there are still a group of people who just went to see two big stars and just went to watch jokes, which would have a good enjoyment.
With such a split reputation, the box office of "The Stubborn" has reached about 35 million after more than a month of release.
It's not too good, but as a work by a private film and television company, it's already very good without any consignment.
After the whole thing is divided, Qilin Culture Huajing Branch can get 16 million yuan.
Then, after all expenses were removed, the net profit was 10 million.
Among the expenses, the most expensive ones were the three protagonists’ pay, each given 500,000 yuan. The rest were Feng Xiaogang and Wang Shuo received 200,000 yuan and Wang Shuo received 50,000 yuan.
After hearing the news of the box office victory, Wang Shuo took out the money without saying a word and asked a few people to have a meal at Donglaishun Restaurant.
Although Wang Shuo has a slutty and arrogant spirit, the very picky and arrogant Huajing literary atmosphere, sometimes particularly annoying, but it is undeniable that he has many advantages.
For example, being righteous to friends, not caring about money, etc.
Among the few people, he received the least amount of money, but he still often treats guests.
It is because of his characteristics that he and Wang Gang and Zhang Guili have become good friends.
The six leading actors and creators of "The Stubborn" sat together. Wang Shuo first proposed to leave one, and everyone drank a glass of white wine before sitting down with a long smell of alcohol.
"Youzi, if the box office is so good, we should have a lot of dividends, right?" Feng Xiaogang asked directly.
"It should be quite a lot." Ge You nodded.
"Can we get a higher salary in detail?" Feng Xiaogang asked with interest.
Before Ge You answered, Wang Shuo said impatiently, "Gangzi, don't chatter there. Our box office is good, but if you say so much, that's not! The company only earns about 10 million in total, and the pay for us people is almost 2 million. How much do you think they will give you?"
In this era, Wang Shuo was still Xiaogang Cannon's elder brother, so it was a casual thing to scold him.
Feng Xiaogang smiled embarrassedly, "I'm a little itchy, so they should give a lot of them. Whether it's movies and TV series in Xiangjiang or movies and TV series in mainland China, isn't this a tradition set by Jun Shao?"
"This also depends on the results." Zhang Guili, Liu Xiaoqing and He Qin have worked together, so of course they know more news. "If the ratings are so high, like Xiaogang, you helped director "Huajing People in New York" before, the dividend reward is very high. Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing have received at least 500,000 yuan and all of them are dividends.
The dividends in Xiangjiang will be higher, but the score is more practical. You can definitely get dividends if you can achieve it. The better the score, the more dividends you pay. They have a very detailed evaluation standard, and they all follow this, so whether the director, actor, or other staff members are more convinced. You can tell this point if you ask Teacher Wang.”
Wang Gang didn't want to talk too much, but when he saw that he was talking to himself, he smiled and said, "Yes. However, the commercialization in Hong Kong is very developed, and movies can be sold to Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, and even Europe and the United States, so the box office is naturally very high. If you only count the local box office in Hong Kong, 30 million Hong Kong dollars is already very, very good."
"Isn't HK$30 million worth only 15 million?" Feng Xiaogang, who was eating mutton hotpot, slapped the table when he heard this, "The people of Xiangjiang are not very motivated to watch movies!"
Wang Shuo wanted to cry and laugh, "Gangzi, shut up and eat your food! There are only more than 6 million people in Xiangjiang, how many people are in our mainland?"
Feng Xiaogang then reacted, scratched his head, and smiled embarrassedly.
"In general, our movie is still of a little standard, but it is thanks to the performances of Lao Zhang, Youzi and Teacher Wang, you three." Wang Shuo pulled Feng Xiaogang up, "Come on, let's give you a cup, thank you for fulfilling our dream of screenwriter and director."
Zhang Guili and the other two quickly stood up and each other left.
After sitting down again, Zhang Guili couldn't help but say something more, "Now, watching our mainland, the era of making movies, especially commercial movies, is far from coming... I think in the past ten or twenty years, the development of our mainland film and television industry in China may still be on TV series! Not to mention others, just say that Yuzi and I have become a big name in a TV series, and everyone in the country knows it. Such charm is really amazing!
Not to mention Jiang Wen. With his film "The Chinese People in New York", he was directly valued by Jun Shao and entered Hollywood. The American movie he is now starring in is called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", with a global box office of more than 300 million US dollars! They have become well-known internationally, and they are several levels higher than us!"
Ge You didn't say much, and he just smiled when he heard this.
But he still agrees with a TV series that made him famous.
However, Ge You did not have the sour feeling in Zhang Guili's words.
Jiang Wen has a way of Jiang Wen, and Ge You also has his own ideas.
Going down to acting and being a person seriously is the path Ge You chose for himself.
Now, after the filming of "The Stubborn Lord", Ge You has been rehearsing a drama at the People's Art Theater in the past two months. The performance will begin in May, with a total of 12 shows.
"I don't agree with Lao Zhang's words." At this time, Wang Gang spoke. He and Zhang Guili didn't know why, but just saw it right. After such a TV series, the two became good friends who could talk about everything, and their friendship was deeper than the rest.
Knowing that Wang Gang had been in Xiangjiang for two or three years, his abilities and insights were not comparable to those of others, so the few people immediately became energetic and waited for him to continue.
"If we rely on the development of the domestic film industry, it will definitely not work." Wang Gangdao, "It is common for the whole country to conceal the box office and make copies privately. If it weren't for these situations, our box office would double, which would be no problem at all."
"Who said no? These donkeys!" Wang Shuo immediately agreed with a angrily scolding.
But they have no way to decide on this matter, and they have no ability to change it.
This is a matter of the entire system, and even the top distribution company has no way to stop it.
One place has its own interests, and they are all for their own units and their employees. With this, no matter how angry the above is, they cannot deal with them.
It's impossible to fire all of them, right?
What a bad impact would that have?
So only when the state-owned cinema system collapses and becomes a commercial cinema alliance can we hope to get real rewards as much as possible at the box office.
"But now it's different." Wang Gang's words turned around. "June Jun has built 8 Qilin Commercial Plazas in the mainland. A very important function of this Qilin Plaza is the function of a cinema. According to the news I got from Xiangjiang, Qilin Commercial Plaza has a total of 8 floors on the ground, and half of the highest floor on the ground belongs to the cinema.
The model of this cinema is different from our mainland. It is the most advanced small hall model in Xiangjiang. Each small hall can only accommodate 150 people, and all of them use the world's top audio and screening equipment, giving people the best viewing experience. Each Qilin Commercial Plaza has six such small halls, and in total, 8 seats are 7,200 seats."
"7200 seats? That's still a little, too little!" Feng Xiaogang shook his head and said.
"Don't panic, Jun Shao's plan is to build 120 Qilin Commercial Plaza within 20 years, and then there will be 100,000,800 seats." Wang Gangdao, "According to five or six shows a day, it will be at least 300,000 viewers, and 9 million people will be watched in a month! Do you think such a cinema is still small?"
"It's not too small." Wang Shuo said directly, "but it's been waiting for too long and it's not suitable to talk about it now."
"Well, so Jun Shao came up with a way to integrate it." Wang Gang said with a smile, "This is the previous cooperation model of "The Lion King", "The Prodigal", "The Blind Man", "The King of the Uniform Guard", and "Life and Death Speed"... In addition to the movies broadcast on Qilin Theater, the rest are sold to the film bureau in a total of copies. Each copy is 10,000 yuan, which should be about 2,000 copies per movie."
"Good guy, this is a guaranteed harvest for drought and flood!" Feng Xiaogang said with a smile.
"At that time, Jun Jun must not only sell Xiangjiang movies, but also have to make movies in the mainland like now, right?" Zhang Guili said, "If that were the case, the income of 20 million yuan would not be enough even if it was added to its own cinema. Maybe it would be worse than our "The Stubborn Lord".
"Why don't you think about it the other way around, why can't our movies go out?" Wang Gang said seriously, "If the film is done, mainland movies can still be released in Xiangjiang and Asia! Just like "Shaolin Temple" and "The Legend of Cixi"! Are you still afraid of not making money at that time?"
"right!"
Wang Shuo slapped the table again and agreed, "Teacher Wang is right. Young Master Jun is such a far-scheming person, so he must have a thorough thought. Let's keep working hard, so as not to keep up with Young Master Jun's pace in the future and we will be eliminated!"
"You are right about Shuozi," said Feng Xiaogang. "If you want to follow the best people, you must have your own abilities! I will work hard to improve my directorial ability in the future. At least I can ask Jun Jun to write a script for me specifically!"
"Hahaha……"
Everyone started to laugh unconsciously.
Feng Xiaogang's ambition is really great.
But who dares to say that Feng Xiaogang can’t get such a good script with his efforts?
In this era, people have to dare to think and do it compared to 30 years later!
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Chapter completed!