Chapter 169 Who Throws Me With A Knife And The Shocking Ambition
Chapter 169 ‘Who threw me with a knife’ and shocking ambition
Author: The falling knife on a rainy night
Chapter 169 ‘Who threw me with a knife’ and shocking ambition
Han Zhou now understood why such a big boss as Wang Xiya kept an old-fashioned calculator at work.
Now Han Zhou can't wait to hang a calculator on his body, "return to zero" at any time and calculate how much income he has earned.
"Summer of Idols" is over, but ACE9 has just begun.
Just yesterday, Yanjing Luowangfu Commercial Center opened and invited ACE9 to perform two songs.
The quote is 24 million!
Although this is a lot, in fact only 2.4 million was distributed among nine idols.
The remaining more than 21 million yuan, after deducting the operating costs of more than 3 million yuan, there are more than 17 million yuan left, and the tax rate is 27%. The rest is the input of this new world event.
Han Zhou adheres to the principle of making money whenever he can. Now that ACE9 has just formed a group and is becoming very popular, he hastened to perform commercially.
It won't be too late to consider releasing albums, TV series, and group shows once the prices for their commercial performances are lowered.
Nowadays, on average, there is a large-scale commercial performance every three days, which brings in more than 10 million yuan in revenue. How can he not make money from this?
However, the cost is also very high. Every time you go out, you must prepare costumes for nine people, jewelry, watches and other things for nine people. Although most of them are rented, it is also very expensive to serve the Tao.
And the further you go, the more you spend.
But the net profit is still considerable.
Even on the set of "Kung Fu", Han Zhou couldn't help but calculate this.
This is so profitable!
But this is not the only thing that makes the most money.
During the filming of "Summer of Idols" this time, Han Zhou used the resources of the four giants to establish an idol training system belonging to the new world.
New World now has the ability to train 300 trainees.
Isn't it a problem to carefully select 300 people, train them to the highest standards, and send three or five people to debut every year? This is where the real money is made.
Within New World, trainee training has truly achieved industrialization.
With the profits from this core industry pillar, Hanzhou can do many things that he did not dare to do before.
For example, Han Zhou is very bold when filming "Kung Fu".
The movie is not shot according to the time of a certain actor, nor is it made according to the layout of the scene.
Instead, it was shot according to the storyline.
What? You are very famous, but you don’t have many schedules? Then just go ahead and do it.
Except for the guest stars, everyone else's time must be reserved for the entire movie and they must live on the set.
Han Zhou could put anyone on camera at any time.
"Director! The arrangements are ready!"
Han Zhou stood up, Zhang Jiuquan sat on the director's seat, and Han Zhou had already arrived at the set.
What we are filming now is the scene of who used the handle of the knife to throw my name away.
When Han Zhou entered the set, his youthful vigor quickly faded away, and he became inexplicably older.
The fat boy played by Ge Cong is also in place.
Zhang Jiuquan was watching the monitor at the scene, while Xie Fu held a loudspeaker and helped Han Zhou shout the start.
"Come on, all departments are ready!"
"action!"
Han Zhou took the throwing knife and threw it out.
The flying knife hit the wall beam and fell down.
"Click!"
The stage manager immediately picked up the flying knife, and then pressed the knife prepared in advance on Han Zhou's body.
This section requires the use of special effects.
No one at the scene saw what was going on, but they all wanted to know what the special effects would look like after they were created.
"Come here."
Fatty was stunned: "Shall I do it?"
The long-haired Han Zhou stared at Fatty with his deep eyes and nodded.
Fatty looked straight ahead, and with a strong hand, the prop knife hit Han Zhou directly.
The stage manager quickly stuck the second knife on Han Zhou's body.
Under the camera, Han Zhou: "..."
Although the speechless expression was very exaggerated and seemed distorted to many people, Han Zhou knew that once the special effects were done, the performance of this section was actually very good.
Because Han Zhou acted completely according to the original version of Mr. Star. To be precise, he played the role played by Mr. Star. Every move and every move, although not a one-to-one replica, was more replicating than a deliberate one-to-one replica!
When the third knife appeared, Han Zhou said: "You point it forward."
This time, the third knife was a switchblade prop. Fatty was in front, and when he charged back, the knife directly 'pierced' Han Zhou's arm.
Then Fatty threw the knife handle out.
At this time, in the distance, Mao Qi, who was already ready with a cigarette in his mouth, tilted his head and took the knife handle from his face: "Who threw me with the knife handle?!!!!"
Fatty: "Knife handle??"
"Huh? Why do you have a knife here?"
As he spoke, Fatty pulled out the knife.
At the same time Han Zhou: "No!"
Fatty: "Ouch!"
The knife stabbed in again.
At this time, the charterer played by Mao Qi came all the way: "It's you two again!"
Fatty directly picked up the snake box next to the aisle, and the snake inside fell out.
Han Zhou was surrounded by real snakes. Although they knew that these snakes had their fangs removed, the actresses were still very panicked and hid far away.
Because this was the same plot and the filming went very smoothly, Xie Fu signaled to continue and finish filming the scene.
Fatty: "I heard someone said that if you whistle, the snake won't bite you."
Han Zhou: "I will never believe you again!"
The two snakes in my hands are already on alert.
Han Zhou was confused.
Originally, the snake's movements were created using special effects.
Why do these two snakes really cooperate now?
Or do they really want to bite me?
Han Zhou continued to play.
"Xu..."
The two snakes really rushed forward and bit Han Zhou directly.
But they were not so cooperative. Instead of biting their mouths, one wanted to bite Han Zhou's face, and the other bit Han Zhou's hand.
The next step is to use special effects.
Han Zhou dropped two snakes: "Ka!!"
At the scene, many of the field staff and actors knew that this was supposed to be a funny clip, but before the special effects were made, no one could figure out how funny it was.
Little did they know that they had witnessed a famous scene in film history.
Xie Fu: "I feel this time is very good, but I suggest that you restore the scene and shoot it again to facilitate the special effects."
"Special effects are difficult to do. It's best to have one or two different original versions, lest they encounter certain actions and fail to produce special effects."
Han Zhou smiled: "No, our special effects team is very good. If they can't do such a small thing well, why should I support them?"
Liu Tiantan was laughing beside him.
In his opinion, this kind of special effect is just a small scene.
Xie Fu: "Can your company's special effects team really do this kind of real special effects?"
There is a saying in the movie fan circle that the best special effects are those that cannot be seen as special effects.
It is mostly used to describe the special effects production of Marvel series.
However, in this section of "Kung Fu" many years ago, we knew clearly that it was special effects, and we knew that the knife and snake could not be shot in real action, so it must have been caused by special effects.
Who else can tell that this is a special effect?
Technology is actually not difficult. What is difficult is that there is no director to guide how to use these technologies.
There are teams in China that have been learning to do special effects for a long time, and now, the special effects of some teams are actually not much worse than those in Hollywood.
The key is that the director has no idea how to produce these special effects in conjunction with filming.
For example, Xie Fu, although he is a well-known director in the industry, is the only remaining big shot among his generation.
However, he doesn't understand how to use special effects.
According to his thinking, that is to shoot a few more versions of the clip, and then let the special effects artist figure out how to create the effect he wants.
This is obviously unreliable.
In fact, Han Zhou had data collectors and sensors installed under his shirt.
Liu Tiantan has been watching the three-dimensional deconstruction of 3D models.
When doing special effects, you can use this data to position and create these special effects easily.
After a short break on set, we had to continue shooting this shot.
The main thing is that the scene where the charter woman starts chasing the protagonist must be shot at the same time, otherwise if it is shot the next day, there will be a visual difference no matter what.
Because no matter how the environment is restored, it cannot be restored to 100% state.
This scene was actually much more difficult to shoot than the previous scene which required the use of special effects.
Han Zhou must be put on makeup quickly.
Aunt Mao is not joking. After all, she is a good person hired by Han Zhou to lead the team to do makeup quickly.
As soon as the sausage mouth was made, many people burst into laughter.
It's just because it's so exaggerated that it's so funny.
Xie Fu was a little worried next to him: "Han Zhou's previous movies tended to guide thinking, right? Will this funny approach really have a good market effect this time?"
Han Zhou's previous movies cost about 8 million yuan each, and tens of thousands of yuan each.
Xie Fu knows it all after seeing it.
Now for this movie, the total investment in publicity and distribution is at least over 300 million!
This is considered top-level investment in China.
If the game goes wrong, the New World will be severely damaged.
Zhang Jiuquan: "The director is special because he didn't even blink for this level of investment."
Generally speaking, if someone spends 50 million to make a movie, it is already a big deal.
And this movie cost 50 million just to build the scenery and set!
Xie Fu: "Today's young people are motivated and courageous."
"If it's on me, the box office hits 100 million, I'll watch it a few more times."
"This movie... has been announced to be shot for more than RMB 300 million. If it were fully distributed by itself, it would cost RMB 600 million to make back the money."
"If we want to jointly issue it with major domestic companies, it will take 900 million to recover the capital!"
"Do this..."
When Xie Fu first agreed to name Han Zhou's next movie, he never expected that Han Zhou would invest so much in this movie.
New World is a new entertainment company.
This company has almost no film production experience except for the Internet movie "This Man is from Earth".
He directly came up with the filming plan with the largest investment in the country. This was a kind of gamble.
Liang Qiao, actor of Fire Cloud Evil God: "Director Xie, actually this movie will definitely not lose money."
Xie Fu was a little confused: "Oh?"
Liang Qiao: "Because the Korean director's TV series "The Best in the World" has exploded in popularity. If nothing else, just the fans buying into a martial arts movie with the same theme can have a box office of 300 million."
"Now the Korean director has another TV series. If this TV series becomes popular, the traffic generated from the TV series alone will have a box office of 500 million. Times have changed."
For casual movie fans, what does it feel like when Han Zhou is added to the martial arts theme?
nice!
In this case, the three elements of martial arts, Han Zhou, and movies combined together are worth the price of a ticket?
On the contrary, those Best Actors that Han Zhou won did not add anything to the film.
In other words, Han Zhou himself can't handle the box office yet, but the combination of Han Zhou and Kung Fu has made him extremely popular among passers-by.
Xie Fu took a deep breath: "I don't watch TV series, how can TV series have such a strong traffic-draining effect?"
Liang Qiao: "My granddaughter is also watching "The Best in the World". She knew I was coming to the set and begged me to ask Director Han to sign my name."
"Originally I didn't want to help."
Xie Fu tilted his head and waited for the next sentence.
Liang Qiao: "Her classmate said she would pay 50,000 yuan for an autographed photo."
Some people spend 50,000 yuan to buy a signed photo because they like the combination of Han Zhou and Kung Fu. Is there no one willing to spend 50 yuan to buy a movie ticket?
Xie Fu understood: "New World's launch of two TV series is actually laying the foundation for movies."
Although the TV series has high ratings, it actually does not make any money.
These two TV series opened up the market, gained popularity, and then monetized the movie?
Xie Fu sighed: "But, with funny themes...isn't it easy to get scolded?"
In Xie Fu's view, this subject could easily be turned into a bad movie if used in a comedy style.
Isn’t this just bad money?
At this moment, Xie Fu's mind flashed through countless unsightly movies made for bad money. They were said to be funny, but in fact, their acting skills were not up to par and they couldn't be filmed seriously, so they chose to be funny in the first place just to look bad.
Zhang Jiuquan: "Director Xie, then you still don't know Director Han very well."
Zhang Jiuquan lit a cigarette.
The mustache that has grown out, combined with this face, and the director's vest, not to mention, he doesn't look like a newcomer, but like an old director with twenty years of directing experience.
Xie Fu raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Zhang Jiuquan: "My brother Han, when it comes to acting, I am not afraid of offending people, I am invincible."
"Some things are innate. When it comes time to show off your acting skills, Director Xie will know how terrifying Director Han is."
"No one in the whole country of China can produce the same scene with more emotion than Director Han's."
"Perhaps, comedy films, coupled with deeper emotional expressions and more delicate acting skills, might create some amazing sparks?"
"I have a hunch that this movie will leave its name forever in the history of Chinese film."
"Whether it's box office or word-of-mouth."
Xie Fu laughed a few times and was noncommittal.
In Xie Fu's view, it is not reliable for a funny movie to gain word-of-mouth and make a name in film history? or to be a box office hit.
In fact, it's not that Xie Fu lacks foresight, but that he has been in this business for forty years, and after forty years of experience, there is still no precedent.
He doesn't know how much modern urban society guides the movie-watching choices of passerby moviegoers.
I have never seen a comedy with such vitality and power in the era of box office explosion.
I've never seen a movie like this before.
Why did Han Zhou dare to film Kung Fu? You must know that Kung Fu actually loses money.
Because, Kung Fu lost money because the film market cap in 2004 caused him to lose money.
1.7 billion is the upper limit of the film market, not the upper limit of Kung Fu.
Han Zhou predicts that the box office will explode this Spring Festival.
And I have built a reputation and popularity for my martial arts TV series, and I have also prepared a blockbuster with special effects, plus a comedy that is suitable for family fun.
With so many factors coming together, there is only one goal, and that is to be the box office king during the Spring Festival.
The box office is expected to be worth 1.5 billion.
It's just that no one on this set could have imagined that Han Zhou's thoughts were so strong.
Everyone thinks that Han Zhou saw that three blockbusters during the Spring Festival last year had a box office of over 1 billion, so he wanted to invest heavily, and with the reputation of his business this year, he could make some money.
No one thought that Han Zhou was just looking at huge profits!
However, there are still discerning people in the entire crew.
At the end of the day's shooting, Han Sixheng got a call.
Han Zhou answered the phone: "Uncle Fourth, have you eaten?"
Han Sixheng: "If you haven't eaten after 11 o'clock, then you are not working the day shift."
"How much did you invest in the movie "Kung Fu" this time?"
Han Zhou: "Three hundred million."
Han Sixheng: "You tell the truth and you are purely devoted."
Han Zhou: "I prepared 60 million for the special effects, 50 million for the set layout, 100 million for the filming, and the remaining 90 million is for publicity and distribution costs."
"That is to say..." Han Sixheng: "Are you going to finish the filming and distribute it yourself, negotiate the split of the accounts yourself, and have New World handle everything by yourself?"
Han Zhou: "That's right."
Han Sixheng: "Then let me tell you, during the Spring Festival, the most indispensable thing for theaters is profitable movies. You may have to give them 55% to get the number of films you want. You want to hit the 1.5 billion box office
right?"
Han Zhou laughed awkwardly: "Oh, 1.5 billion, 600 million is about the same."
"Stop farting!" Han Sixheng: "You are just a guy who has no profit and can't afford to get up early. I can see through it."
"How much money is expected to be earned from your variety show? Two hundred million? Three hundred million?"
Han Zhou smiled awkwardly: "This...can't you see it?"
Which company in the entertainment industry pays how much tax, Han Sixheng still doesn’t know?
"Summer of Idols" earned 340 million from the program alone!
After the show is over, there will still be at least 600 million left, and the net profit will be at least 300 million in the end.
This does not include future profits brought by the company's software and hardware upgrades.
Han Sixheng: "You made a big gamble this time. If you lose, the sign will be ruined."
This is not a matter of making money when you make money, and coming back next time if you don’t.
At that time, a lot of people will catch on to the failure of your film and promote it on the Internet.
"Han Zhou's commercial blockbuster failed miserably at the box office"
By the way, let’s test your commercial film shooting skills.
If we have to carry this reputation and make a comeback, it won't be that easy.
Han Zhou: "Uncle Fourth, everyone knows that the billion-level box office market has arrived. Those films during the Spring Festival this year can be said to be rubbish. It is only because of the market that we got so much money."
"Next year's Spring Festival, I must create the name of the New World. I have been planning it for a year, and I don't have another year to do it."
Han Sixheng was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Get ready during the National Day and come to the premiere of "Charge"."
As the soundtrack of "Charge", Han Zhou provided many pieces of music and three core songs. It is inevitable to attend the premiere.
And when Han Sixheng said this now, it was obvious that the spotlight would be on Han Zhou.
Han Sixheng: "I have recommended seven directors to make commercial films, and seven of them failed."
"I haven't pushed you yet, but you're already here."
"I will come to the set the day after tomorrow."
"comedy……"
As Han Sixheng spoke, only he could hear his voice. Han Zhou could only hear him muttering on the other end of the phone.
Looking up, the moon in the sky seems to be round. Is the Mid-Autumn Festival coming?
…
Time is running like water, October is coming soon, and the National Day holiday is coming too.
Han Zhou never expected that there would be unexpected surprises during this period.
Originally, this National Day, the prime time broadcast of the Central Government was bound to broadcast a TV series with the main theme.
But! Firstly, this is not a year to celebrate round numbers. Secondly, one of the actors in this year’s main-themed TV series made a big splash. After intense editing, the quality dropped a notch.
Therefore, Director Ren overcame all opinions and proposed to the station director that Han Zhou's "Young Bao Qingtian" be moved from the prime time slot of Yangbao to Yangtze One.
Eight golden stalls.
Han Zhou had planned to go to Yanjing to attend the premiere of "Charge", but he didn't expect that he would have to go to Yangyi.
This time when I went over, the director of Yangma wanted to meet Han Zhou.
This opportunity is undoubtedly no less than the first time I met Fourth Uncle Han.
However, Han Zhou was not too cautious and did not prepare anything in advance, because this meeting was a public meeting.
Han Zhou wanted to attend an internal meeting at the prime time office of the Central Government as a partner.