What about the promised youth inspirational idol musical?
The heroine got into a car accident when she left home, and it felt like it was heading in the direction of a sad drama.
In the end, she was really killed! And she turned into a zombie!
Is the sad drama turning into a thriller again?
Wu Di twitched the corner of his mouth.
What should he say?
With such a hodgepodge of plots, he didn't even know how to ask for conditions for Zhang Hong.
Although it is indeed very attractive, he now also wants to know how the plot will develop later.
But this is too strange, right?
At least tell yourself what the core of this movie is.
A movie must always have a theme, and no matter how many other elements there are, it cannot overshadow the theme.
This is the core of the story!
Zhang Hong thought for a while and explained: "In general, this is a passionate and inspirational story about a girl fighting against herself and fate."
Wu Di opened his mouth.
He really didn't see this.
Wu Dingguo was smiling like an old man, "You can always come up with something new for me."
"Let's continue reading."
Wu Di thought so, so he picked up the remote control and pressed the play button.
The sample continues to play.
Later, the heroine discovers that this place is full of girl zombies, and when she runs away, she realizes that she is also a zombie.
Then the male protagonist "Agent" played by Zhang Hong appeared.
Then there is an introduction to the "legendary" members.
Seeing this, Wu Dingguo subconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, and Wu Di also laughed out loud.
So far, this film is of good quality for a humorous and funny film.
All that's left is to see if it can be maintained later, and then whether it can show the core theme of the story mentioned by Zhang Hong.
If it can be shown, the box office of this drama should not be bad.
Soon, the following plots came one after another.
First, the manager Zhang Hong signed up everyone to perform at the death heavy metal concert. Several zombie girls successfully gained a large number of fans through the roar of death heavy metal. At the same time, the other zombie girls also successfully recovered their consciousness and memories.
After that, the heroine helps other companions to find themselves and open up their hearts, and at the same time, they continue to perform famous stories as a group.
Every performance is a new song, and everyone has their own new song.
And to be honest, if these songs are released, they will definitely be hits of the same year!
Wu Dingguo asked doubtfully: "Xiaohong, you wrote all these songs?"
Could it be that this kid is really confused by being on a variety show?
It’s okay to just write scripts and make movies for variety shows, but now you just write songs? The quality is not bad!
Then it would have been impossible for you to write songs directly for the singer who invited you to sing.
Seeing his unhappy expression, Zhang Hong quickly waved his hand, "It's not me, these songs were all written by Li Xinran."
I have to say that this kid Li Xinran is really new to the world.
Did the company protect him too well?
Now Zhang Hong believes that it is true that many idols don’t even understand how to order takeout or buy a bus ticket.
This kid Li Xinran was completely squeezed out by him, there was absolutely not even a drop left of him.
In the end, it was fine that he didn’t give much money, but he was actually grateful to himself.
Is the charm of painted cakes so great?
Zhang Hong suddenly felt that his conscience was a bit hard to bear.
Forget it, let's find a way to compensate Li Xinran later.
After half an hour, the movie came to an end.
The heroine regained her memory, and with the help of everyone, she defeated fate and successfully performed. Their next step will be to go nationwide.
The movie ends.
After reading it, the Wu family and his son did not speak for a long time.
The same is true for Zhang Hong.
He had watched the anime "Saga Idol is Legend" in his previous life.
As a second-year-old who registered a station number in early 2009, he has deep feelings for station a (station b also registered in early 2010).
Therefore, he has a deeper understanding of the inner story of this animation.
Moreover, the sales volume of this animation in his previous life was not bad at all, and it was considered one of the biggest dark horses of the year.
He just didn't expect that it would be so effective after being made into a movie.
How should I put it? Should I say that Li Xinran is indeed a musical genius?
Or was he really squeezed out all the essence by himself?
In short, both the songs and the soundtrack of this drama are absolutely top-notch, and they can perfectly fit into the plot and arouse the audience's emotions.
This is the case for Zhang Hong himself, as well as the Wu family and his son.
Not to mention Zhang Hong, the other two are veterans who have watched countless movies. They usually watch and review movies, but they won't get into it at all.
This also puts Zhang Hong at ease and shows that this drama is indeed good.
Sure enough, Wu Dingguo took off his glasses, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Yes, it would be a pity not to go to the theater."
Wu Di took out the cigarette case from his pocket, thought about it and put it back, then took out a lollipop, tore open the wrapping paper and stuffed the candy into his mouth.
Hearing his father's hint, he said vaguely: "No problem, there won't be much problem with these two movies passing censorship. I'll try my best to negotiate the film arrangement. Since Xiaohong won't give up the profit, I'm not very optimistic about it anyway."
Seeing Zhang Hong's frown, Wu Di smiled and said, "Xiao Hong, if you really can't accept it, then I have a suggestion."
Zhang Hong perked up and said, "Angkor, please tell me."
"You can just ignore the publisher and contact me directly. In this way, you will save the publisher's money. Overall, your team's box office share ratio will probably increase from 33% to about 40%.
Then you have no choice but to make concessions to the theater company's share, unless "
"unless?"
Wu Di chewed the stick in his mouth and said, "Unless you go to some small theaters first, and at the same time reduce the number of films scheduled, and then the box office feedback is very good. In this case, I don't need to mention it, the theaters will also take the initiative to increase the film arrangement."
When it comes to making movies, to put it bluntly, it's no different than gambling.
Spending money to make a movie is a bet between the investor and the production company that the movie can recoup its costs or even make money.
When movie theaters arrange movies, they are also betting that the movie can sell tickets to increase customer traffic. After all, more than 60% of theater profits come from selling drinks and popcorn.
So when Zhang Hong's movie is sure to sell tickets, the theater would be a fool not to increase its film scheduling rate!
Other people's movies share a 50% share. As a result, a 40-seat show can only sell an average of five or ten tickets.
Your Zhang Hong movie split is 60%, but you can sell more than 30 tickets for a 40-seat show.
You are a fool not to help you!
For example, if you buy a lottery ticket and you know 100% that you will win, even if your ticket costs $4 a piece, it will still be wiped out!
This was Wu Di's idea.
He has seen samples of both Zhang Hong's films, and the quality is indeed excellent.
He definitely doesn't worry about making money.
So he felt confident when he went to talk.
And if the theater later increases the film schedule on its own, then not only is it not for his own selfishness, but the theater he arranged for will also owe him a favor.
So, these big guys have dark hearts.
Wu Di finished chewing the candy in his mouth, bit the plastic stick of the lollipop and asked: "Xiaohong, what is your psychological bottom line?"
"Forty-five points." Zhang Hong blurted out.
Then he gritted his teeth and said, "Forty points is fine. This is my bottom line."
Wu Di gave him face, it’s not like he doesn’t know how to behave.
Excluding the issuer, what he would have received would have been 40%.
In other words, his psychological bottom line is only this much, and the rest will not embarrass Wu Di.
Wu Di nodded, "Okay, I'll try my best to help you with the conditions and wait for my good news."
When the conversation was almost over, Zhang Hong stood up and left with a wink.
After sending him off, Wu Di took out his cell phone and called one of the theaters in front of his father:
"Hey, is this Mr. Chu? I, Wu Di, just want to tell you something. I have two good films to arrange. Are you free during the Lunar New Year holiday?"
"This friend of mine wants a 60% share of the box office, but the film schedule rate is 20%."
"You can definitely make money. If not, come to me."
"Too high? What's the lowest you can accept?"
"You want 45%? Can't it be lowered? These two films were made by Zhang Hong. You should have heard of him."
"Don't worry, I've seen the sample films. If we rank them according to the film schedule of around 25, the guaranteed box office will start at 300 million. I'm referring to any one of these two films."
"Okay, forty-five is fine, but what about the displacement rate?"
"Okay, I'll give you a box office share of forty-five, but the film scheduling rate of thirty-five can't be any lower. Loss? Five days is enough. If you cancel the schedule, I will give you priority in arranging the blockbusters I introduce next time."
"Okay, then it's settled. Don't worry, I won't give discounts to the other three, nor will I tell you the ratio you want."
After hanging up the phone, Wu Di immediately called several other companies and said the same thing.
After everything was settled, he said to his father: "Dad, is this okay?"
Wu Dingguo showed a satisfied expression.
My son did a good job in this matter.
The cinema is satisfied, Zhang Hong is satisfied, and the share ratio of the cinema where his son is working can also be increased to 10%.
Everyone is happy.
So three days later, Zhang Hong received the news.
Both of his movies will be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
In the late night slot, the overall film scheduling rate is 30%.
In other words, except for the premiere day, almost all the midnight slots were taken care of by him alone.
And the share fell into his hands, which was exactly 45%.