"Carol"'s current revenue is limited to overseas rights...

After all, it hasn’t been released yet!

For now, it's just about getting back the money. After it's released, it will get a few more nominations. Making money is only secondary. What's important is that Shen Xudong has proven his strength!

It's time to set up a private equity fund.

Give a 15% return.

Funding for the filming of "Juno", "The Fault in Our Stars", and "The Twilight Saga" will come soon.

Xu Cairen didn't care about this, so she asked: "Have you ever slept with her?"

“…That’s called artistic discussion!”

"That means you've slept...how do you feel?"

"It's very good. You know the warmth and warmth, and you know how to cooperate..." Shen Xudong changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I think you should try a commercial film! In our country's evaluation system, dramas serve the people and provide guidance for correct values. Direction, works that the people like to see and hear, are the only criteria for film and television art workers."

Xu Cairen had a different opinion: "According to what you said, Ivy is definitely the most popular!"

"...It's different, you're being too arrogant!"

Riben Aiwei…

Suddenly a question came to mind: If Marvel movies are no longer popular in China, will it cause foreign blockbusters to completely block the Chinese market? That would be tragic...

Then someone answered: Personally, I think you can skip American blockbusters, but you can’t live without Japanese movies.

Quite right…

"Come on, I don't want to think about this for the time being!"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Okay, come to me if you have any ideas!"

After that, get up and get ready to get dressed...

"...Where are you going?"

"I made an appointment with director Xu Ke."

"Xu Ke...forget it..."

…

As Wang Shuo's top star, Xu Cairen also has her own arrogance. Wang Shuo doesn't like martial arts, he doesn't like Hong Kong movies, and she doesn't like them either!

However, Shen Xudong likes martial arts very much, and he admires Xu Ke quite a lot.

When they met, Xu Ke took the initiative to chat with him about "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp".

"Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is quite popular, Tang Jili publicly said that he wants to adapt it...

Of course, he can't attract investment...

Shen Xudong said he wanted to adapt it, and then he found Xu Ke, and he could easily attract an investment of 200 million!

“I’ve seen that maybe...it’s a curiosity attribute?”

"Yes, it mainly tells the adventure story of veteran Hu Bayi and Fatty and others searching for ancient tombs in Northeast China, XJ, Yunnan, XZ and other places.

The so-called ghost blows out the lamp, which means 'people light candles, ghosts blow out lamps, and the roosters crowing and the lamps go out without touching the gold'... It means that when a tomb robber enters the tomb, he must light a candle in the southeast corner. If the candle goes out, it means that the owner of the tomb is the owner of the tomb. If you don’t want you to take its things, you have to put them back...touch Captain Jin!"

"Is Mojin Xiaowei passed down from Cao Cao's time?"

"Yes, in order to make up for the lack of military pay, Cao Cao set up military ranks such as Faqiu Zhonglang General and Mojin Xiaowei to specialize in robbing tombs to obtain wealth and supplement military pay."

"This author is amazing. I heard he has sold 2 million copies?"

"Well," Shen Xudong explained: "His parents used to do mineral exploration in the Northeastern Inner Mongolia area and dug out many ancient tombs. There was a Taoist priest next door to the family who had done tomb robbing, so he had heard a lot of strange things since he was a child. Later, he started his own mining business and often communicated with Mr. Feng Shui, and learned a lot of common sense about Feng Shui..."

""Jingjue Ancient City", right...I read your script, it's a very typical treasure hunt and adventure script...the selling point is the spectacle and the fighting..."

Shen Xudong nodded: "Fighting is a must...otherwise, it will be difficult to pass the trial!"

"Jingjue Ancient City" mentioned overseas tomb robbers, but did not arrange an encounter...

As a novel, there is nothing wrong with it, but as a movie, it is a bit unsatisfactory...

Adding a scene where the two sides meet, confront, and then fight will make it easier to pass the review - protect cultural relics!

Xu Ke roughly understood it, and then said: "Where are the actors? Who are you going to use?"

"Liu Ye, Jiang Wu and Zhang Ziyi!"

"You have decided...not to use Hong Kong actors?"

Shen Xudong shook his head and explained by the way: "Another reason why "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" is attractive is the language characteristics. It's garrulous and funny. These Hong Kong actors can't understand it!"

Xu Ke shook his head: "That's right...Actually, I don't quite understand the script..."

Shen Xudong hurriedly said: "Director Xu, the cost of 200 million cannot be fully recovered by relying on the domestic market. There must be overseas markets... Zhang Ziyi is the only suitable candidate... Liu Ye was chosen because the original author created the What we bring in is the image of the male protagonist of "Blood Romance"... Jiang Wu was also chosen carefully by us... Wherever he goes, some people want to laugh..."

Obviously, Xu Ke has not been kidnapped by capital yet...

It was not until the later "Detective Dee: The Dragon King of the Dragon King" that Zhao Youting was used at Chen Guofu's suggestion...

He still attaches great importance to casting rights!

Once I heard that the roles have been assigned, I must be dissatisfied...

Therefore, Shen Xudong simply said: "How about you meet the actors first, and if there are no problems, we can continue the discussion?"

"…good!"

In fact, it was to let him get familiar with the script again...

After all, if you want someone to ask for something, it's not like "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp" is what Xu Ke needs. In the current Chinese-language film market, Xu Ke's name is still very resounding.

A bunch of people want to invest in him.

Otherwise, how could a ridiculous plot like "Searching" attract investment?

However, at this stage, Xu Ke...like most directors in Hong Kong and Taiwan, does not really believe in the market appeal of mainland actors...

Shen Xudong changed the subject: "Have you visited the Shangmei Factory? Did you gain anything?"

“…It’s a shame not to mention a gain!”

"It's okay, I will definitely do animation in a while!"

"You want to make animation?"

"Yes, the market is so big...of course you can't miss it!"

…

What's a pity?

Shangmei Factory is the pride of New China Animation!

Once represented the world's most advanced animation technology...

It's a pity... From the beginning, these were tasks, not the market - Shangmei Factory started with ink animation to win honors for New China and win awards internationally.

After failing to learn Japanese TV animation in the 1980s, SMI turned to Disney's film animation.

It just so happens that the American animation industry has also extended its tentacles to China.

They offered tens of thousands of high salaries and established a company in Shenzhen to attract Chinese animation talents into the American film and animation industrial system, supplemented by green cards, immigration and other preferential treatment...

Think about it, in the 1980s, if it were you, would you be moisturized?

Now, it is said that the development of computer animation is encouraged, so there is a rush to make computer animation, and the development of 3D animation is encouraged, and there is a rush to make 3D animation.

We talk about developing national characteristics, but in our minds, the newer, the better, and the more foreign, the better.

Some people say that this is a confusion of values, but in fact it is not chaotic at all. The core is very clear: money, political performance...

Shangmei Factory still adheres to the mission attribute, and "Baolian Lantern" is a mission - the finished cartoon is limited by management mode, technical level and other factors, resulting in low quality of the finished product. However, the propaganda tone is very strong, and it will surpass Disney blockbusters at every turn. As a result

Of course it's disappointing.

Later, I made "Warrior" myself, a three-day theatrical tour... and lost trust in business investment.

It doesn't matter, after "Kung Fu Panda 2" made a box office of 600 million, there are many people investing in animation...

Shen Xudong's idea is to acquire a few companies so that he doesn't have to cultivate them himself...
Chapter completed!