What should I do if I have a childhood sweetheart who wants to be a singer? Chapter 519 Tongji currently has a large number of projects, and Xu Ji’s next plan
Chapter 519 Tongji currently has a large number of projects, and Xu Ji’s next plan
The box office of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" continues to rise.
At the beginning, many people predicted, including Youman, that such a realistic movie would not be able to get too high a box office.
But this time it was a direct slap in the face.
The box office of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" in its first week has exceeded 1.3 billion.
And there is still no decline. Even after the relevant official news came out, the box office showed a second increase.
It achieved the highest box office performance on the first day since its release.
Many previous predictions almost all said that the final box office performance of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" should be set at a level of almost over 2 billion.
But now, many people's predictions are basically that the box office will be more than 3 billion.
Of course, since it’s summer, it still can’t be compared with National Day or Spring Festival.
However, even a box office of more than 3 billion is very rare in the summer season.
Even for the domestic market, it should be ranked among the top five of the year.
And currently, it is almost certain that it will break the previous summer box office record.
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As for the other side, due to the popularity of "I'm Not the God of Medicine," the American-style blockbuster that Smallpox exported to domestic sales will most likely suffer at the box office.
Of course, this is also impossible to say.
After all, in addition to the domestic market, the movie Smallpox was released simultaneously in all Blue Stars.
The final box office results will not be determined until the movie is released.
But looking at the current situation, the original idea of making a lot of money is now almost impossible.
It would be pretty good if you can avoid losing money.
The foreign film industry is not as messy as imagined.
Tongji's success has been understated several times before, and the box office results of "Pirates of the Caribbean" are indeed easy to get excited about.
This time, Smallpox, one of the three major companies, has poured cold water on other film and television companies that are trying to enter overseas markets.
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"What's next?"
At this time in Rongcheng, Youman asked.
After "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was officially released, Xu Ji himself became more relaxed.
According to his past habits.
After a new movie directed by myself is released, it should be a long break.
But for the current Xu Ji, it is really not easy to completely relax.
Tongji Entertainment's current stall is too big. Although Xu Ji is the boss, he still controls the general direction of the company.
As the person at the helm, Xu Ji knows that Tongji’s cash flow is already quite secure.
There is no debt whatsoever, which is much better than some companies with huge loans.
But even so, because there are too many projects, Tongji's current funds are still somewhat tight.
According to the current situation, there are probably seven or eight film and television dramas currently being filmed or in post-production at the same time.
Moreover, series such as "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp", "Detective Chinatown", "Eternal Dragon Sword", etc. are all considered to be quite big IPs, although their ability to attract money is very strong.
But at the same time, the amount of investment is also very exaggerated.
Not to mention the investment in the United States, where Martin is responsible for the second installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean", is also quite scary.
Therefore, Xu Ji has no plans to continue opening new projects.
It would be quite good to be able to ensure that these things are completed.
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"Most of the dramas are still being filmed, but they should be completed before the end of this year."
Youman began to introduce some of the current situation of Tongji Film and Television projects.
The main reason is that although Xu Ji was also involved in the whole process, he would even give suggestions to each director from time to time.
But on the contrary, because there are too many projects, it is definitely impossible for him to understand everything in detail.
Therefore, this work can only be completed by Youman.
"The first is Director Pang Er's "Detective Chinatown" series."
"In accordance with your script, the investment budget for this second film has been greatly increased, and it is already heading towards 300 million."
"It's almost finished now. As you know, Ji Yiyang's schedule is quite tight, so his scenes were shot in advance. There are still some other scenes that need to be shot later."
Compared to Xu Ji, the incompetent company boss, Youman, the manager, has a very clear understanding of the progress of the company's film and television projects.
At this time, he was talking to Xu Ji one by one.
"On the other hand, Yang Anran is still in charge of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series. This time he plans to finish filming all the subsequent series."
"There will be a total of about five movies in total, with an investment of one billion. There may be another budget increase in the future."
"Of course, the filming progress is not slow, because they are all the same crew and actors who have worked together several times. The filming should be completed within this year, but the specific broadcast time is estimated to be next year. At present, the next few seasons will be released at once.
Whether or not we will separate has not yet been determined."
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Regarding the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, Xu Ji is not too worried.
After all the success of the previous seasons, this IP has become completely popular.
There are quite a lot of related fantasy adventure film and television dramas following the trend.
But compared to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", I can only say that other dramas are still far behind.
It’s not just the script, there’s a gap in the cast.
Even in investment, few companies dare to gamble so boldly.
The investment for one season of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has almost reached the level of 200 million.
Tongji was able to recoup its costs and make a fortune.
It doesn't mean that others who follow suit can do it.
Therefore, in the current market, most of the tomb-robbing dramas that follow suit or even imitate have an investment budget of tens of millions.
None worth over 100 million.
"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is still a very strong and unique IP.
"As for the other side, the filming of "The Long Season" and "Nirvana in Fire" only started later."
"The finalization time is estimated to be around October."
"But these two dramas don't have many special effects in the later stage, so the production cycle is not expected to be too long."
"If you want to, it should be officially launched online this year."
Youman continued to speak.
The establishment of these two projects was relatively late.
Of course, the amount of investment is not too large.
Especially "The Long Season" does not have many special effects, and the actors are all veteran actors, and the pay itself is not very exaggerated.
The series is only twelve episodes long.
There really is no place to increase investment.
All in all, the total investment is only 70 to 80 million.
Although such an investment may be considered a relatively large project for some film and television companies.
But for the current Tongji, it is indeed a low-cost drama.
As for "Nirvana in Fire", the starring role is Ji Yiyang, who was chosen by Xu Ji himself.
Therefore, it directly conflicts with the other film "Detective Chinatown".
Of course, the filming of "Nirvana in Fire" started in advance, and later on, director Pang Er also took the initiative to shoot Ji Yiyang's scenes first.
So now Ji Yiyang should be on the crew of "Nirvana in Fire".
There will definitely be some impact on both sides, but it's definitely not as big as imagined.
The only problem is that Ji Yiyang is really tired from spinning like this.
Xu Ji was worried about whether there would be something wrong with the other person's health.
Of course, it seems that Ji Yiyang not only has no problem at the moment, but is in surprisingly good condition.
This guy is becoming more and more like a drama addict.
When filming, I really devote myself wholeheartedly and don't care about other things at all.
Originally, Pang Er didn't want Ji Yiyang to be so tired.
Although Xu Ji made arrangements, he didn't mean to force the other party to perform.
But after Ji Yiyang read the script of "Nirvana in Fire", he agreed without any hesitation.
And he still has a very firm attitude.
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"By the way, there is also "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword". The project has been completed and it is estimated that the filming will be officially started soon."
Youman thought of the book "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" that Xu Ji had sold well not long ago.
As the last part of the martial arts trilogy, it naturally also needs to be adapted into film and television.
After all, the previous "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were not only very popular as novels, but also achieved quite good results in film and television dramas.
Xu Ji had already written the adapted script before.
However, the filming of "Eternal Dragon Sword" itself was indeed a little more difficult.
Not only because of the large number of special effects scenes in it, but the special effects of martial arts seem simpler than those in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and the like.
But it’s not the same type at all, and it’s actually not that difficult.
Thanks to the experience accumulated from the previous shooting of the Condor and the Divine Condor, I am quite familiar with rock special effects.
Although the current Panshi Special Effects is still a branch of Tongji.
But the size is already quite terrifying.
It has continuously expanded its staff countless times, and with the large amount of financial support from Tongji, it has absorbed and poached many top talents in the country.
For the so-called top ten special effects companies in China, although Panshi does not have its name, many people feel that Panshi Special Effects is now considered a first-tier special effects company.
It may even be the number one among all companies.
After all, some other special effects companies are indeed following a different path from Panshi.
Although some other companies have participated in some large film and television projects.
There is never any shortage of so-called business.
But Panshi directly refuses to accept business from outside.
Basically, I have been concentrating on serving Tongji.
In Panshi's words, we are too busy with our own film and television projects, how can we take on other business?
So Panshi basically has no so-called customer satisfaction.
Since it is a branch of Tongji, there is no such thing.
But at the same time, a series of previous film and television dramas and movies have almost all proved the level of Panshi.
In terms of popularity within the industry, Panshi is quite high.
Outside the industry, Panshi has no rivals.
After all, some other special effects companies don't have the same treatment as Rock.
Including Tongji’s many dramas or movies, you can see the title logo of Panshi Special Effects.
In addition, these works are almost all hits, and the number of viewers has reached a quite terrifying number.
It appears so many times in a row that it is impossible to remember it.
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"By the way, I almost forgot, there's also the crew of "Latent"."
"I haven't paid much attention to the progress, but it should be completed in the next few months."
Youman suddenly remembered something.
Most of the other film and television projects are directors and crew members that Tongji trained himself.
But for "Latent", the director is Song Lili, who just joined Tongji before.
Although it was said that it disrupted the group of people in Song Lili's previous company, and many of them had been fired because they failed the assessment.
But Youman still didn't adapt to the fact that Song Lili, a top-notch director, had actually joined Tongji Entertainment.
"I am still assured of Director Song's ability."
"You shouldn't have to worry too much about the follow-up."
Xu Ji also spoke.
Although Song Li has just joined Tongji, this is not the first time the two have collaborated.
As a top-notch director, judging from the two previous dramas "Tuan Leader" and "Liang Jian", in fact, in terms of ability, he is definitely qualified to direct a drama by himself.
Since Xu Ji chose to agree to Song Lili's joining, of course he would not have any doubts about the other party's ability.
"I'm not worried about that."
"I'm just afraid that he won't adapt."
Youman also spoke.
In fact, Youman rarely joins Tongji's crews.
But there are still many things to know about Tongji’s work process. At least in terms of shooting, there is a big difference between Tongji’s crew and some other crews in the industry.
As for the crew of "Latent", except for director Song Lili, most of the other people were almost trained by Tongji himself.
On the contrary, most of the people Song Lili brought here did not join the crew of "Latent".
Moreover, many people have very limited abilities, and their attitudes are not correct, so there are many people who just want to get by.
So I don't know if Song Liang knows that most of the people he brought here have been fired.
But even if Song Lili knew it, he probably thought it over clearly. Now his identity is no longer the boss of the company.
Otherwise, it is impossible that up to now, I have not taken the initiative to mention this to Tongji.
"Also in the United States, the filming of the second part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is probably in the final stage. Martin just told me a few days ago that it will be completed soon."
Youman said.
Since Martin came to China last time, the two of them have been communicating almost exclusively.
After all, compared with Xu Ji's hands-off attitude as the shopkeeper, Youman seems much more responsible.
Xu Ji was also deep in thought at this time. What he had been sure of before was that he planned to continue to increase investment in the United States.
Xu Ji has already thought about new film and television projects.
Originally, I planned to still let Martin take charge.
But now, with the release of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", Xu Ji himself has begun to hesitate.
How about he direct this movie himself?
The box office of the films he has directed before basically relied on the domestic market.
This time, we can try to have a simultaneous global release.