Chapter Nine hundred and sixty-first The quarrel at the press conference (Part 1) (Daily update 12,000~)
No matter how those filmmakers criticized the movie "Eternal Night", when Wu Jianye's new movie held a press conference, it still attracted the attention of media magazines and TV stations across the country.
But there are always some exceptions, such as CCTV and Yanjing TV. The conflict between the two TV stations and Tangting Culture is not so easy to resolve!
But at this time, I can’t see the impact of missing these two TV stations.
On this day, Zhuxinzhuang Tangting Cultural Shooting Base still gathered a lot of people.
Wu Jianye and the movie "Inception" were all present in front of and behind the scenes. For this press conference, Tangting Culture specially built a small press conference here.
Sitting on the stage were people working in front and behind the scenes of Wu Jianye and other movies, and sitting under the stage were reporters from TV stations and media magazines.
The host of this press conference was Zhang Guoli, who had just finished filming "Kangxi's Private Interview". Because he had just finished filming "Kangxi's Private Interview", Zhang Guoli was still bald at this time...
Zhang Guoli's witty remarks on the stage introduced all the main creators of the entire movie, and at the same time, the reporters in the audience saw Zhang Guoli's eloquence.
"The biggest regret is not being able to participate in Director Wu's film. After working with Director Wu last time, it inspired me a lot of creative inspiration. It can be said that Director Wu made my acting skills improve again."
Zhang Guoli first praised Wu Jianye, and then said: "Director Wu, I have to ask for help here. In the future, the host should not always come to me. My personal acting skills are still good!"
Zhang Guoli's self-mockery once again aroused applause and laughter from the audience.
However, the reporters in the audience still did not want Zhang Guoli to say too much. They had too many questions to ask Wu Jianye. After all, before this, they only knew that Wu Jianye was auditioning various actors, but for the new movie
The situation can be said to be completely unknown.
This time Wu Jianye held a press conference with such great fanfare, they naturally had a lot of questions to ask, and there were still many historical questions left over from Wu Jianye's last movie "Eternal Night". Now "Eternal Night"
While the movie "Ye" is still in theaters, Wu Jianye has already held a press conference for the new movie. The popularity of the previous movie has not faded yet. Everyone still wants to ask many questions while seizing this opportunity!
Zhang Guoli seemed to have heard everyone's inner voice, so his opening statement ended quickly, and it was time for reporters to ask questions!
"Director Wu, can you tell us all about your new movie? What kind of story is it?" - The reporter from "Popular Films" started with a face-saving manner. Instead of asking other random questions, he asked
The status of the new movie.
"Of course, everyone should know from the name that this is a movie related to dreams. In fact, this movie tells a story about dreams and reality. What I hope is that after the movie is released, I will watch this movie.
The audience can ask themselves a question, am I in a dream or in reality!" Wu Jianye's answer was also stable.
"Well, Director Wu, we all know that you have always made big-budget movies, so can you reveal the production cost of "Inception"?" - The reporter from "Popular Times" continued to ask.
"If you say that, it's a bit exaggerated. Not all of my movies are big-budget!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
It is true that not every film directed by Wu Jianye was a big production, but judging from the environment at the time, they were indeed quite large investments.
For example, although the production cost of director Wu Jianye's first film "Raise the Red Lantern" was only 1 million, it was in 1982. At that time, the highest domestic film investment was only 1 million!
However, by the time of the second "The Last Emperor", the production cost of the movie had skyrocketed, reaching as high as 26 million US dollars. At that time, it really shocked the film industry colleagues across the country. From that time on, everyone knew that Wu Jianye was making movies.
Never short of money!
The third movie is "New Dragon Inn". Although the investment in this movie is not as high as "The Last Emperor", the production cost has also reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars!
Because the exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and RMB was different at that time than it is now, when converted into RMB at that time, it was only a few million RMB more than the domestic maximum investment line of RMB 1.3 million.
After finishing the filming of "New Dragon Inn", Wu Jianye filmed a TV series "The Legend of White Snake", and then went to Hollywood to film two blockbusters "The Last Days" and "Jurassic Park"
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When Wu Jianye returned to China, the investment for the first movie "The World of Chu Xing" was only over 10 million yuan, which was almost the third lowest production cost among the movies Wu Jianye shot.
When it comes to the movie "Eternal Night" that is currently being released, the investment exceeds that of "The Last Emperor", allowing the Chinese people to once again see Wu Jianye's wealth and tyranny!
But no matter which movie directed by Wu Jianye, the investment is higher than the current domestic film investment level!
Now that Wu Jianye has released a new movie "Inception", the production cost of this movie is naturally an issue that media people are most concerned about!
After joking, Wu Jianye explained: "The investment in this movie should be the largest in the history of domestic movies. The investment is now estimated to be 100 million US dollars. Like the movie "Eternal Night", there is no upper limit!"
100 million US dollars was thrown into the crowd of reporters like a depth bomb.
Everyone was shocked instantly. They thought that Wu Jianye's film production cost would be very high, but they never thought it would be so high!
$100 million?
How many people in the country can afford this money now?
Maybe some state-owned enterprises have this ability, but as for domestic individuals who have the ability to spend 100 million US dollars, they really have to think carefully.
And now Wu Jianye actually wants to spend 100 million US dollars to make a movie?
Some reporters still remember that when Tangting Culture invested in the filming of "Eternal Night", some people already questioned whether Wu Jianye would use such a high investment to make a movie?
This was still very sensational news at the time!
Well now, Wu Jianye’s new movie not only did not restrain himself, but even went further, earning 100 million US dollars!
Just like the reporters who were in a panic, they all stood up and asked questions. However, at this time, Zhang Guoli’s hosting skills were evident. He first asked everyone to keep quiet, because such questions would not allow them to get the answers they wanted.
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After some consolation, Zhang Guoli signaled the reporter from Popular Film who had just finished asking questions to continue asking questions.
"Director Wu, with an investment of US$100 million, aren't you worried about not being able to recoup the cost? At the same time, is this film still independently invested by Tangting Culture? Does Tangting Culture have so much money?" - Reporter of "Popular Films"
He was obviously very excited and asked three questions in a row.
Wu Jianye sat there, holding a microphone in his hand, and said: "Investing in movies is a business, but fortunately, none of my movies have ever lost money. This should be the reason why I am not worried!"
"This film is not independently invested by Tangting Culture, but an investment of 90 million US dollars, and the remaining 10 million will be invested by Yan Film Studio."
"As for whether Tangting Culture has the money, I think there is no need to answer this question. If not, we will not be able to invest in such a large-scale movie!"
Do movie companies make so much money?
The reporter present once again had this idea. In the past, everyone knew that Tangting Culture was the largest film company in the country, but they never thought that Tangting Culture could actually spend 100 million in one go and pay his mother back.
It's such a huge investment of US dollars.
Everyone is aware of the domestic movie payment sharing model, and everyone is also clear about the method of movie repayment. Now that the movie "Eternal Night" has just been released for a little over a month, it is impossible for Tangting Culture to get it so quickly.
A share of the movie's box office revenue.
The reporters at the scene did not know the relationship between the domestic Fengge Cinema chain and Tangting Culture. They calculated based on the box office sharing time of ordinary movies.
In other words, after Tangting Culture invested nearly 30 million US dollars in the movie "Eternal Night", when it did not receive a share of the box office of the movie, it once again spent 90 million US dollars to invest in "Inception".
"this movie!
Is Tangting Culture so rich?
Naturally, Tangting Culture is not so rich!
Tangting Culture currently has a film department, a TV series department, a music department, an animation department, as well as its wholly-owned subsidiaries Tangting Special Effects, Guyuan Props, and the Hengdian Film and Television City in which it has a stake.
Wu Jianye's other groups have never been publicized about their economic status because they have not been listed and have no plans to go public.
But Tangting Culture is different. Tangting Culture was originally built by Wu Jianye to provide domestic capital and set a benchmark for those who are interested in entering the film and television industry. Therefore, Tangting Culture releases its financial report every year!
Last year, the Tangting Culture Film Department produced a total of 12 movies. Excluding "Eternal Night" released at the end of the year, there were 11 other movies. The most profitable ones were Jiang Qian's "Sunny Days" and Feng Pants' "Forever Lost My Love"
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Among them, "Sunny Days" was later called by Jiang Xian for two additional investments. The production cost was as high as 6.5 million yuan, plus the distribution cost of 3.5 million yuan. The total cost added up to 10 million yuan, but the national box office exceeded 70 million yuan. It was sold at the same time
The copyright income in Europe and North America was US$2 million, and the copyright income in Asia was US$700,000!
After deducting the theater chain's box office share, production and publicity costs, taxes, plus exclusive fees and a series of other costs, Tangting Culture received an income of about 40 million yuan!
The combined revenue of the other 10 movies was almost 70 million, and there were two movies that lost money...
As for the income from video tapes, which is extremely important to Hong Kong and Taiwanese movies as well as European and American movies... In the domestic piracy industry, it is still a stubborn industry even after more than 20 years, and it can almost be ignored.
The film department's revenue last year was 110 million yuan.
The TV drama department produced a total of 8 TV dramas last year. It sold the first- and second-round broadcast rights of the TV series, as well as the rights to Xiangjiang ATV. At the same time, after deducting all costs, necessary expenses and taxes, the income was about 90 million.
This does not mean that the copyright of TV series is valuable. In fact, at this time, the broadcast rights of TV series were not as sky-high as they would be in later generations.
Of the 8 TV series produced mainly by Tangting Culture, 4 are modern dramas, and in these TV series, advertisements are embedded. This is where Tangting Culture TV Department makes the bulk of its money!
The situation in the animation department is more complicated. Last year, an animated TV series and an animated movie were produced, with a combined revenue of about 50 million!
Among them, the music department of Tangting Culture is the least profitable. Due to rampant piracy, the albums of singers have also encountered such a situation. If it were not for the two shows of New Rock Force and Strawberry Music Festival, they would probably have to lose money.
The overall income is only 30 million!
All the dividends from Hengdian Film and Television City were used to continue investment and construction, but it was a very good thing that Tangting Culture was not allowed to continue to invest in additional investment last year.
Last year, Gugu Props made more than 10 million for Tangting Culture, but they all used it to support themselves.
As for the special effects in the hall...
Last year, we added equipment, recruited new talents, and a series of other operations. Not only did we not make any money, we also lost tens of millions...
After adding up these funds, Tangting Culture's annual income last year was about 200 million!
But Tangting Culture is not just about income without expenditures, including staff salary expenditures, as well as investments in movies and TV series.
For example, the investment in the movie "Eternal Night", the largest project of Tangting Culture last year, reached nearly 30 million U.S. dollars. This has exceeded Tangting Culture's annual income last year. However, this movie used the income of the previous year, and Tangting Culture's income the year before that was used.
There is a hit movie "The World of Chu Xing", and the proceeds from this movie have filled this gap, and there is still a lot left over.
But even so, when this financial statement appeared, it still caused a huge sensation.
But the reporters on the scene were all veterans. Even if the movie "The World of Chu Xing" was at the bottom, the investment in the movie "Inception" was still not enough.
So the people at the scene were excited because Wu Jianye said that they had money, but according to the reporter's calculations, Tangting Culture should not be able to afford so much money.
"Director Wu, did you get a loan from the bank?"
"Of course not. What makes me very proud is that Tangting Culture does not have any debts so far!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
This answer made the reporters depressed for a while. At the same time, they thought of the giant in Baidao, whose business philosophy was also not to lend money...
But now everyone knows that the giant's life is not very easy!
But now they have no time to worry about the future of Giants. What they care about is how Tangting Culture will come up with the money!
"How did Tangting Culture come up with the funds if there was no loan?" The reporters finally asked the question they were most concerned about.