Chapter 115: The movie is ready
As long as you can make a good movie, it doesn't matter if you lose a little money. In fact, good movies rarely lose money. Some movies lose money because of improper operation and insufficient distribution capabilities of their own companies.
Just like Wang Jiawei's movies, although they failed at the domestic box office, the copyrights were sold well in Europe and the United States, and they basically did not lose money. Many good literary and artistic films did not lose money either, but it took a little longer to recover the funds.
Now the crew is almost ready. Regarding the actress Zhao Hong, the first thing that comes to mind is Chung Chu Hong. She is known as the Marilyn Monroe of the East. She has a very hot figure and is even sexier and more sultry than the original starring He Jiyuan. He feels
This movie is just for her.
Dong Dong, "Please come in."
Hu Mei came in from the outside with Chen Baixiang, "Chairman, are you looking for me?"
"Yes, Axiang, how are you doing with the movie during this time?" Zhao Hong said to him while sitting on the boss's chair.
"Chairman, the movie is generally slightly profitable, but it's not much. In the past half year, it only made more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars." Chen Baixiang said softly.
He was a little embarrassed. All the subsidiaries of DreamWorks were making huge profits, but the movie company was only making small profits.
"Tell me the specific situation." Zhao Hong said softly.
"Okay, Chairman, so far this year, our company has released a total of nine films, but there are very few commercial films. Only three commercial films have made some money. As for the other six literary films, they have basically maintained their capital to ensure that they can be paid for in the future.
I can make a little money...", he talked about the profit situation of the movie during this period.
Zhao Hong nodded from time to time. Chen Baixiang has done well during this period. He has shot so many artistic films and the company can still make so much money. It is really difficult for him. Among them, he also knows three profitable films, two of which
Photographed by Wang Jin.
After he finished speaking, Zhao Hong said: "Axiang, you did a good job! I didn't expect that the company could make so much money." Zhao Hong said encouragingly.
"The chairman praised it. The main thing is that we have our own theater chain. Our theater facilities at DreamWorks are the best in Hong Kong. We also have small screening halls that allow literary and artistic films to reap the box office. They also have an audience.",
Chen Baixiang said flatteringly that he had clearly investigated the impact of small theaters on box office. If there were only large theaters as before, the company's movies would never make so much money.
Now he admires Zhao Hong endlessly. He heard that he was the one who came up with the idea of changing the hall into a small hall. This idea is simply brilliant. He estimates that the company will earn at least hundreds of thousands more Hong Kong dollars per movie compared to other companies.
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"Well! Small theaters are the future trend. I heard you tell me that Director Wang Jin is still a talent. You should support him more in the future and don't be stingy with rewards." Zhao Hong added.
"Don't worry! Chairman, he is quite satisfied with the remuneration I gave him." Chen Baixiang said, patting his chest. He really had nothing to say to Fatty Wang Jin. Not only was the director's salary high, he also received big red envelopes for making money.
"Chairman, I wonder if there is anything else?" Chen Baixiang opened his mouth and said when he saw that Zhao Hong seemed to have something else.
"Yeah! It's the female pig's trotter in the movie I want to make. I want to invite Zhong Chuhong to play the role, and I want you to invite me." Zhao Hong said with a smile.
"No problem! Chairman, you have great taste. The female lead in this movie is very suitable for her. Don't worry! I will definitely invite you." Chen Baixiang promised, patting his chest.
He knew the plot of this movie and admired Zhao Hong's vision. Everyone in Hong Kong knew Chung Chu Hong's sexiness. The female lead was crucial to the success of this film, and Chung Chu Hong was both
Sexy and good at acting, she is the perfect choice for the female pig's trotters.
"Don't force people, just forget it if you don't want to. This is a movie script. You can show it to her! You can use a stand-in for some scenes. If nothing goes wrong, just go back!" Zhao Hong finally said, and he motioned to his secretary to give it to Chen Baixiang.
A dozen scripts.
"Okay, Chairman." Then he said goodbye and left.
"By the way, one more thing, how was the external box office of my last movie?" Zhao Hong saw that Chen Baixiang was leaving, and suddenly thought that he didn't know the overseas results of his film "Hachi"!
"Chairman, this movie was completely canceled the week before. The overseas box office revenue was a total of 26 million U.S. dollars. In Japan alone, it was almost 10 million U.S. dollars. The amount that was in our hands was about 10 million U.S. dollars.
"After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Hong with a look of resentment.
This money will not be deposited into the film company's account. He has known for a long time that all the money Zhao Hong earns from filming movies will be donated. This makes him feel very distressed! The boss is too willful.
He is not surprised at all that it has such a large box office in Japan, after all, the original story is from Japan.
Zhao Hong looked at him with a cold look in her eyes. She couldn't stand the look in his eyes, but there was one thing she hadn't asked clearly yet, so she couldn't let him go. "Axiang, how are you doing with the movie copyright I asked you to acquire?"
Already?".
"Chairman, there are film companies in Hong Kong that go bankrupt at any time, so the acquisition of copyrights is very smooth, but there are no classic movies. I only acquire some good films, and the company's master tape storage room has been built. I have the company's film
Keep it all inside." Chen Baixiang said honestly.
In the past six months, he has spent almost 10 million yuan to buy movie copyrights, which are permanent copyrights. Many small companies heard that DreamWorks wanted movie rights, and they all took notice and bought the movie rights that had been released.
I bought them all, and many companies that were going bankrupt were still able to survive. Some people behind the scenes said that DreamWorks was a bit stupid. In their opinion, this was no different from giving them money.
Even Chen Baixiang couldn't understand why Zhao Hong spent a lot of money to buy these copyrights and built a special storage room to protect these old films.
Zhao Hong didn't explain anything. In the original time and space, the colors of many old Xiangjiang films were distorted, many companies improperly protected them, many classic films were destroyed, and some of them completely disappeared.
He is protecting Xiangjiang movies, and of course he is also paving the way for future online videos. In the original time and space, although piracy was rampant around the millennium, after 2010, film copyrights became more and more valuable, and Xiangjiang movies were indispensable for Chinese-language movies.
Part of it, if these old films are protected, then they will be money.
Now his permanent copyright is simply a bargain.
"Very good, this matter is ongoing. The company will continue to do it and spend a large amount of money every year to buy the film rights of other companies." Zhao Hong praised.
Chapter completed!