Chapter 191 Magic City Film and Television Alliance (seeking the moon)
Little Robert was kept in solitary confinement by Wang Shang for three weeks. Then he slowly relied on his own willpower and the pressure of two big men to slowly overcome his dependence on drugs.
Finally Wang Shang finally untied the rope that bound him and let him go free.
Regarding all this, Robert Downey Jr. was quite resentful of Wang Shang at first and scolded him every day. After a few days, he became grateful and became much more cheerful. He chatted with people from the inspection team every day.
He was very happy. I have to say that he is a very humorous person who is deeply interested in performing arts.
On January 26, after almost a month of study and inspection, Wang Shang and his team of 100 people finally got on the plane and flew back to Shanghai.
In a few days, it will be the Spring Festival.
If it weren't for the Spring Festival, Wang Shang and the others would probably have to stay longer.
After returning home, I just sorted out the information.
As the Spring Festival approaches, more and more companies are taking holidays, and more people have time to watch movies.
Major movies in the Lunar New Year period continue to appear, and dramas are being staged every few days.
However, "The Fast and the Furious" is still attracting attention. It has been released for a month at this time, but major movie theaters still welcome many fans to watch it, which is in sharp contrast with other movies released at the same time. The total box office in China has now been
Reached a height of 950 million!
Breaking through 1 billion is just around the corner!
In the history of Chinese movie box office, there has never been a movie with a box office record exceeding 1 billion, and "The Fast and the Furious" will be the first movie to cross this gap! It will definitely leave a strong mark in the history of Chinese movie box office.
And "Dead Man 3" has gradually begun to decline, even though it is already holiday time. Although it was released later than "The Fast and the Furious", its box office performance is even worse. Many movie theaters have already canceled it. For other
Make way for new movies. The total box office in China so far is 470 million.
470 million. For other movies, this is an upper-middle level, but for Wang Shang, this is a low-box office movie.
The box office of "Guwu Mirai" is similar to Wang Shang's expectation. The response to its overseas release was average, but it did well at home. It has accumulated a box office of 680 million yuan in less than one month. It really surprised Tang Zongshi. And in
In terms of reviews, although there are praises and criticisms, most of them like it, and the score is stable at 7.0, which is much better than "Cultivation Storm" and "Kowu Mirai".
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After celebrating the Chinese New Year with his parents, Wang Shang non-stop participated in meetings organized by three companies to discuss what he had gained from studying/study in Hollywood.
After discussion, they found that the gap between Chinese films and North American Hollywood films was at least several decades.
In Hollywood, although the entire industry is losing money every year in terms of movie profits, they can turn losses into profits through constant capital operations.
In terms of external support, Hollywood is favored by big capital and the government, and they continue to invest. Even if they lose money, they continue to invest. What they want is the publicity power of movies that transcends national boundaries.
And in terms of talent, there is a huge talent pool, competition is fierce, and commercialization is extremely obvious. Actors making movies are like the Huaxia College Entrance Examination, where tens of thousands of people cross a single-plank bridge. Those who are able will go up, and those who cannot will retreat. And Huaxia Huaxia does not yet have such conditions.
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In addition, Hollywood has many advantages, such as "You can be punished by a doctor", and movies can portray corrupt and depraved characters of powerful people; for example, advocating heroism and despising bad guys, this universal concept can be easily
Conquer audiences around the world.
There are many advantages. The three companies also invested a lot of energy in the study. At the same time, they invited experts and professors to come in to discuss together. Finally, they also invited the three film and television universities in Magic City (Huaxia Film and Television University/Modu Film and Television University/Modu Theater Academy).
Come in.
External media, including people from the film and television industry, are naturally very concerned about the movements of the three companies, and are trying to find out what Wang Shang and the others are doing...
However, the content of the meeting has been kept confidential.
"The gap is too big!!" This is what everyone thinks.
Tang Zongshi spoke directly: "I think we can no longer work behind closed doors. We need to be more bold, establish a complete mechanism to attract and accept foreign stars, create a good atmosphere, absorb more foreign stars, and film workers to join the construction of Chinese films.
, Only in this way can we absorb more advanced foreign concepts, while at the same time giving domestic filmmakers a sense of crisis and stimulating their upward spirit."
"I think the most important thing to attract foreign film workers is the salary level here. Now China is several times different from Hollywood in this aspect, and the difference between big stars is ten times. With such a big difference, I guess those movies
Few people think about this," said a professor.
"It is necessary for celebrities to raise their salaries, but now the film market is not as developed as Hollywood. The result of the salary increase will be greater pressure on us production companies." As a boss, Huang Jiaqi knows his own pressure.
Wang Shang said at this time: "Going around, it's actually a matter of movie profitability. Currently we have three ways to improve movie profitability. One is to continue to reduce the share of theaters and increase the share of distribution and production. The second is to broaden the share of movies.
Market, our population in China is several times larger than that of North America, but our box office contribution is only one-tenth, so the market potential is very huge."
After hearing this, other experts, people from the film company, and university executives couldn't help but nod.
An Pingshi couldn't help but said: "After you said this, I think the introduction of more Hollywood movies last time was a good thing for us. At least more people can be attracted to the cinema because of good movies, and then
Transformed into movie fans..."
Others nodded in agreement.
"There is a third method, what is it?" Tang Zongshi asked Wang Shang.
Wang Shangyang showed the information in his hand and said: "The third method is to develop movie peripheral products. When investing in movies, you need to consider future movie peripheral products and convert these peripheral products into movie profits. According to a report from Tianwang Studio
According to information provided by employees, the profit method of American movies has gradually shifted from movie box office to movie peripherals, such as comic production, game development, toy mold sales, clothing printing, tourism... There are many ways to improve the profitability of movies...
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As soon as Wang Shang said these words, the eyes of more than a dozen people present were immediately brightened.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that..." Tang Zongshi and Huang Jiaqi couldn't help but look at each other and saw each other's surprise.
"Currently, Tianwang Studio has two movies that are being converted into peripheral profits. The first one is "The God of Death". Currently, its game version has been selling well in European and American countries. Tianwang Studio can get 100 million from it every year.
Profitable. The second film is Transformers. Whether it is toys or animation products, they are all sold well in China, Europe and the United States, and its profitability is stronger than "Death is Coming"."
Wang Shang's words naturally aroused the envy and jealousy of Tang Zongshi and Huang Jiaqi.
At this time, Principal An mentioned: "And the domestic market is not big enough. It is estimated that most filmmakers would rather struggle in Hollywood than waste their time here."
Wang Shang said with a smile: "As long as we produce a few more films that can enter the international market and prove our strength, we will naturally attract some foreigners..."
Everyone nodded in agreement...
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Later, Wang Shang was always busy at this meeting, discussing with several film companies and several universities. Later, he gradually got involved in Shanghai Media University, Mickey Toys and Feilong Comics...
The conference gradually shifted the focus to the alliance.
Everyone is making efforts in the direction of the alliance, and although Modu Media University has a grudge against Wang Shang, they dare not make small moves on this matter for fear of being excluded from the alliance. Then they will definitely affirm their school.
Very disadvantageous.
Wang Shang is not opposed to the joining of the Magic City Media University, but he does not approve of it. Joining it can increase the resources of the alliance. Presumably, the Magic City Media University would not dare to do anything that would harm the alliance.
Wang Shang's current situation is that although he has temporarily achieved brilliant achievements in movies, when it comes to the entire industry level, Wang Shang is just a person who owns a small company and is a bit better at making movies.
In terms of influence, Wang Shang is completely inferior to Tang Zongshi and other high-end film and television people who have huge capital, popularity, connections, and influence.
So at this level, Wang Shang doesn't have much say.
So what Wang Shang has to do now is to find his own position when the Magic City Film Alliance is formed and gain a seat with a voice. In the future, as his career continues to improve, he will increase his voice.
Subsequently, as the discussion continued, two other large film companies in Magic City began to join in, the Hanhai Group, which had a certain grudge against Wang Shang, and the Magic City Film and Television Art Production Center. Now, the Magic City's
Four major film companies and four film and television universities have joined in. There is also an animation company, a toy company, and Wang Shang's Tianwang Studio.
Wang Shang's Tianwang Studio is the smallest company.
However, because Wang Shang is the initiator, he also has a say in it.
One day, after the meeting, Tang Zongshi and Huang Jiaqi secretly invited Wang Shang to dinner.
"It's getting bigger and bigger now. If it gets bigger, I can't control it anymore..." Huang Jiaqi's words are meaningful.
Tang Zongshi was more direct: "There is no way to bring them in. If you want to build an alliance in the magic city, you can't get around them, so please forgive me."
Wang Shang looked calm and said with a confident smile: "It's okay, there are no eternal enemies in this world. Their joining can better integrate the resources of the entire Magic City."
There is another point that Wang Shang did not mention. The more people there are, the more resources he can use...
After chatting for a long time, the three of them dispersed.
Wang Shang believes that with the intelligence of these people in the alliance, they will definitely not bring anyone else in because they will share their voice.
I believe that after the establishment of the Magic City Film and Television Alliance, other places will respond quickly and gradually form alliances based on regions...