"The Battle of Vulcan will be released on March 20th, and Legend of the Holy Land will be released on April 9th."
In the conference room of Chenfei Media, a closed-door meeting of the company's senior executives was being held. Wan Xiaoquan spoke into the microphone with a serious expression: "These two Hollywood special effects blockbusters are our biggest rivals.
Ghost has been delayed until May, otherwise it will be unavoidable!"
Wan Xiaoquan returned to Beijing from Xiangjiang three days ago. The day before he returned to Beijing, A Chinese Ghost Story, which had exhausted its box office potential, ended successfully in major theaters in Hong Kong, with a cumulative box office of 10.5 billion, ranking among the top box office in Hong Kong history.
Top 2o positions.
If Hollywood blockbusters are excluded, A Chinese Ghost Story ranks seventh among Hong Kong-produced and China-Hong Kong co-productions, not counting the 42 million in peripheral sales.
As the actual director of this film, Wan Xiaoquan is indispensable. In addition to generous rewards, he also received half a month of long-term employment.
However, Wan Xiaoquan did not choose to go on vacation, but immediately returned to China to help Lu Chen with the promotional layout for the domestic release of A Chinese Ghost Story.
He has considerable experience in this area.
Others may not quite understand that Wan Xiaoquan's name is not on A Chinese Ghost Story. Instead of feeling resentful, he devoted himself to making suggestions for Chenfei Media. It is really incredible.
However, Wan Xiaoquan's gratitude to Lu Chen has always been buried in his heart. He is not very good at expressing his emotions, so he uses actions to repay Lu Chen's kindness.
Lu Chen helped Wan Xiaoquan when he was at his lowest, gave him precious trust, allowed him to come to Xiangjiang to make a comeback, and gave him another work that was destined to become a classic.
It doesn't really matter whether you have a name or not.
Seriously, if his name is in the subtitles of a film, it will never pass the review of the radio and television.
Moreover, Wan Xiaoquan also truly admires Lu Chen. The script of A Chinese Ghost Story was written by Lu Chen, and many of the scenes were drawn by Lu Chen. Coupled with the excellent soundtrack, it would not be a big problem to change the director.
With all these things going on, Wan Xiaoquan needs to prove his ability even more, so he has no time to go on vacation!
The recent domestic release situation of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not optimistic. Battle of Vulcan is a science fiction blockbuster produced by American Superstar Pictures with an investment of 1.7 billion US dollars. It has already won 2.7 billion US dollars at the box office in the United States. It has moved to China with great momentum and has been promoted with great fanfare.
Douglas, the president of Superstar Pictures, has promised to win over 1 billion in domestic box office, which can be described as full of confidence.
In comparison, Lion Pictures' fantasy blockbuster Legend of the Holy Land has a weaker reputation, but the investment in this movie is not much worse than Battle of Vulcan, reaching 1.5 billion US dollars, and it will be released in the United States soon.
If "A Chinese Ghost Story" chooses to be released at this time, it will face the attack from two Hollywood blockbusters. It will undoubtedly be very difficult to achieve the goal of 500 million box office in June.
But it would be even worse to delay the release until May.
Currently, A Chinese Ghost Story has pirated resources on the Internet, but they are all cam and s versions, also known as gun versions and quasi-gun versions. The quality is too poor to threaten the box office.
Nowadays, the country still attaches great importance to the copyright protection of domestic films, including Hong Kong films. If a high-definition version of a film is released during its release, it will inevitably be severely cracked down, and the intensity will be much smaller after it is released.
Since the cam and s versions had little impact, the producers also turned a blind eye. The recent release of A Chinese Ghost Story is okay, but if it takes a long time, it will be difficult to control the high-definition version.
The impact on the box office will be even greater by then!
"A Chinese Ghost Story will not be postponed"
Lu Chen said flatly: "Even in May, there will still be competition from Hollywood blockbusters. We can't escape. We might as well fight them vigorously. It doesn't matter if we lose!"
"Besides, we may not lose yet!"
The cost of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has already been fully recovered, and the excess profits are more than enough to be used for domestic promotion. No matter how much box office share is earned, it is profit. If you are still afraid of competition, then simply don't make a movie.
Many domestic filmmakers have a kind of "Americanophobia". The box office failure of their films is often blamed on the competing Hollywood blockbusters at the same time, lamenting that they are not as good as others in terms of technical strength, and complaining about the country's opening up of the film market.
As a result, the "Domestic Film Protection Month" in July and August has become a hot topic, and various film companies have sharpened their heads and dug into it, fighting for schedules to their death.
That is to say, in recent years, domestic films have recovered a little from their decline by relying on youth films, idol films and Internet porn films, and the situation has finally improved a lot.
A Chinese Ghost Story has nothing to do with these three genres, but Lu Chen has no fear of Hollywood blockbusters because he has never thought about making a fortune in the domestic film market. His goal is to build a high-standard movie in the long term.
The indoor studio and the formation of a special effects production team are all centered around this goal.
Lu Chen's self-confidence and courage to face challenges infected everyone present. Wan Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Then we need to increase our publicity efforts and formulate targeted publicity strategies. Boss, you and the boss's wife should show off their affection on the blog."
, the effect is absolutely good and saves money.”
Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Unexpectedly, Wan Xiaoquan, who has always been serious, would also joke.
Lu Chen smiled bitterly: "I'll try my best."
Although Wan Xiaoquan was joking, what he said is still very reasonable. As far as the movie A Chinese Ghost Story is concerned, the tens of millions of fans of Lu Chen and Filia Chen are undoubtedly the largest ticket bank.
The two of them increased their interactions on their blogs and leaked tidbits, all of which were side publicity for A Chinese Ghost Story.
The meeting lasted for two hours and ended. It is worth mentioning that the paintings that have been released were not included in the discussion, so I just mentioned it.
Because no one regards Hua Pi, his defeated enemy, as an opponent, there is naturally no value in discussing it.
Cui Xingxian, the head of Huaguan Pictures, probably vomited blood when he found out.
After the meeting, Lu Chen had just returned to his office when Lu Xi's assistant Chen Xin came over.
My sister has something important to come to him for.
Lu Chen felt a little strange, so he immediately rushed to Lu Xi's general manager's office.
"What's the matter?"
Lu Xi did not answer directly, but turned the computer screen on the table 18o degrees to show him.
The web page opened on the screen was the entertainment version of a large domestic website. The bold and black title on it was so eye-catching that it made Lu Chen's eyelids twitch!
The Golden Luan Award nominations were leaked, and the hit drama Blue Life and Death was not included in the list!