"Curiosity Killed the Cat" is finally about to be released. The distributor chose to release it on October 12th. It should be said that it is a thief to avoid the impact of the two blockbusters "The Banquet" and "Baby Project" that were released in late September.
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At the same time, October is the "domestic film screening month" advocated by the three major domestic film associations. There will be no imported blockbusters released throughout October. The only competition for release in the same period is the police film "Crouching Tiger" starring Nie Yuan and Hong Tianming.
and the Chinese-Estonian co-production "Jade Warrior" starring Cheng Taisheng and Zhang Jingchu.
The distributor's thieves not only chose the release date, but also started to build momentum as early as August. First, there was a "refusal to be developed" incident, that is, workers at the Beijing laboratory refused to develop the film because the film was too large. Then the film was produced.
The film studio responded again, saying that since it was able to pass the censorship, it means there is nothing wrong with the film, but it is still recommended that it is not suitable for children.
Immediately afterwards, the topic of "bidding for the Olympics" broke out. First, the production direction of "Curiosity Killed the Cat" has submitted an application to the Film Bureau and will participate in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It caused a lot of noise for a while. Because it can represent China.
There is usually only one film nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and Feng Xiaogang's "The Banquet" and Guo Shi's "The City of Golden Armor" have shown this meaning earlier.
The latter two are much higher than "Curiosity Killed the Cat" directed by Zhang Baibai in terms of investment scale and director's status. And soon after, the film bureau responded, "Curiosity Killed the Cat"
At present, we have only obtained a public screening license, and we have no idea about the "Olympic bid" application claimed by the producer.
First, they hyped up the large scale of the movie, and then started to hype up the topic of "Olympic bid". Although the latter was laughable in the end, the publicity effect has made "Curiosity Killed the Cat" one of the more popular films released recently.
The number of copies distributed nationwide has increased significantly.
For example, the manager of Jiangsu Oriental Cinema expressed in an interview that he was very confident about the box office performance of "Curiosity Killed Cat": ""Curiosity Killed Cat" is a film full of petty bourgeoisie sentiment, which is similar to Zhang Baibai's previous "Curiosity Killed Cat".
"Compared with "Subway to Spring", the suspense and thriller style of this film is more commercial and more in line with the needs of the market."
He Xin heard from Zhang Bai that the producer was ambitious and confident this time, and that "Curiosity Killed the Cat" would have the potential to replicate the box office miracle of "The Stone" in the first half of the year.
They even imitated the promotional techniques of "The Stone" and cut a 30-second trailer for online broadcast. The contents of the trailer were all passionate scenes between Hu Jun and Liu Jialing, Song Jia, and He Xin and Liu Jialing.
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He Xin was very disgusted with this kind of low-level showmanship. "Curiosity Killed the Cat" was obviously a suspense-themed film, but now it was almost hyped into a third-level film. Regarding this, Zhang Baibai was also helpless, as if he clearly knew
It was Wang Jiawei, but in the end he was hyped up as Wang Jing.
As one of the main creators, He Xin naturally has to cooperate with the promotion of the film. The schedule is relatively tight. First, he will hold two premiere conferences in Chongqing and Shanghai on the 10th and 11th respectively, run a road show, and attend in Beijing on the 12th.
The official premiere.
He Xin finished filming on the afternoon of October 9th, drove to Xi'an, and then took an overnight flight to Chongqing.
Since Lu Xiao became the deputy manager of Xinhao Media's production department, he has no assistants around him. Sister Hong helped him find a few before. He may be used to Xiao Luzi's way, and those few don't look too good.
Satisfied, he postponed it for the time being. However, it would be really inconvenient if he didn't have an assistant when he went out to participate in a movie promotion road show. So Chen Xi, the assistant producer of the crew, volunteered and became his temporary assistant.
Oh, this Chen Xi has also followed the fashion and changed his name to the more literary Chen Zhixi.
Speaking of the second-generation rich man who first proposed to intern at Xinhao Media, He Xin originally thought that she would not last a few days, but he did not expect that this girl was not only very tenacious but also very capable, and was very qualified to work as an assistant producer on the set.
Even Xiao Douding, who has always been very picky, was full of praise for her.
"Teacher He, why don't you let me be your full-time assistant?" Chen Zhixi did not forget to talk to He Xin who was sitting in the back seat while driving.
"I don't dare to ask you to serve me as a rich lady." He Xin said with his eyes closed.
I have to say that this second-generation rich man is really capable. He even drives the car quickly and steadily, just like a full-time driver. He Xin calmly sat in the car and closed his eyes to relax.
"Actually, I just want to learn something from you."
"What are you learning from me? Do you still want to be an actor?"
"No, I have really given up on being an actor. Just like Tong Yali, I am not made to be an actor."
"Don't talk nonsense. Xiao Tong is still working very hard. She may not be used to it yet. Just get used to it. Besides, she is also your junior sister. It's not nice for you to say that to her."
"Come on, she's already a junior in college. Look at her acting skills, which are just like those of an amateur. I really don't know how she managed to get around in the past two years. If I were to act, I would be better than her.
.Look at how far she has fallen behind just by herself..."
He Xin sounded a little upset. To be honest, he felt a little regretful about finding Tong Liya. If he had known this, he might as well have found the nursery rhyme "Xiao Zhang Ziyi". This girl actually has very good acting skills, but she went through such a big crisis at the beginning of last year.
After the incident, life was a bit difficult. No one asked her to film, and she was not popular even in school.
In fact, if he was asked who was most suitable for the role of Caifeng, he would have thought of nursery rhymes at first, but after thinking about it, he was still a little worried about the trouble. After all, Director Huang was Hao Rong's mentor, and at the same time, there seemed to be no need to offend Zhang Guoli.
"Okay, don't be so useless. It's already here, why don't you change someone? Oh, by the way, you haven't said what you want to learn from me yet?"
“I’ll learn how to do business from you!”
"What, you want to learn how to do business with me? Are you kidding me? How can I do any business? Didn't you see that Mr. Hu is in charge of the company now?" He Xin couldn't help laughing.
"Teacher He, please don't fool me. Of course Mr. Hu is very capable, but she is a professional manager to be honest. The real soul of the company is actually you. You make the final decision on the company's projects, and you take the final shot.
Each one makes a profit. Ever since "The Stone" became a hit, you don't know how many people outside are jealous of it!"
He Xin said with a smile: "I just got lucky. Of course, the key to the success of "Stone" is that director Ning is capable, so I just took advantage of it."
"But you have a good sense! Director Ning said that he didn't pay much attention to the book "Stone" at first, but you insisted on it. And "Wulin Gaiden", I was also very optimistic about this project at the beginning, but it's a pity that you refused to take it.
I mean, it means that you were optimistic about this project from the beginning and were very confident. I just want to learn from you your vision for selecting projects."
"Don't talk nonsense, I told you, I am lucky. And I choose the books to see if I like them. I just put myself in the audience's perspective to see the problem. Besides, I am filming "
"A Tale of Two Donkeys" and "Double-sided Tape", I don't know whether I will make a profit or lose money."
Although he said that, He Xin still felt that this second-generation rich man's eyes were really poisonous, and he caught the key to the problem at once. Unfortunately, others cannot learn this skill. This is called cheating!
As he said that, He Xin deliberately changed the subject and said, "So you also want to open a film company in the future?"
"Yeah, since I can't be an actor, being a producer is pretty good."
"Your family is so rich, it's not easy to open a film company!" He Xin said with a smile.
"My family is rich, but money doesn't come from strong winds."
Chen Zhixi curled her lips, and then said seriously, "My family actually does not agree with me opening a film and television company. They think that investing in film and television dramas is too risky, just like gambling, and the probability of profit is too low, so I need to learn now."
After saying that, she smiled and said: "Of course, Teacher He, it would be even better if you agree to let me invest in your company!"
He Xin also laughed and said, "Are you so optimistic about our company?"
"Of course, in my opinion, Xinhao Media's current valuation is at least 50 million!"
"Hey, you really think highly of us, are you so exaggerated?"
He Xin only thought the girl was joking. Even he himself didn't think Xinhao Media, which had just been upgraded to a company, was worth so much money.
In the end, the girl really said seriously: "It's not an exaggeration at all! Mr. He, if you don't do this, I will invest 10 million and you let me hold 20% of the shares. How about you?"
"Well……"
He didn't know what to say for a moment.
He and Ning Hao set up a studio together, and now it has become a company. Although the purpose of making money was from the beginning, he also wanted to make some movies he wanted to make, and he never thought about capital operation.
kind of thing.
In fact, after the success of "Stone", Yu Dong also tactfully expressed his intention to acquire it or take a step back to invest in it. Of course, the asking price is certainly not as high as the 50 million that Chen Zhixi has quoted now.
However, after Yu Dong proposed it at that time, Xiao Douding wanted to make Xinhao Media bigger and stronger, and expressed her opposition clearly. She opposed all acquisitions and any messy shareholdings. She believed that the current cooperation with Poly Bona should be maintained.
Relationships are the best choice for a company.
Ning Hao's idea is simpler. He just wants to be free to make movies and make the works he wants to make. He Xin has always supported him, so he doesn't want the company to be too complicated and there will be too much noise in the future. This is good now
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As for He Xin himself, he certainly thinks further than Xiao Douding and Ning Hao. He knows how huge the domestic film and television industry will be in the future.
Later generations have been saying that the winter of the film and television industry is coming. In fact, compared to now, the market is still very huge. It's just that everyone's life was too easy before, and the entire market suddenly expanded by more than ten times or even dozens of times. Investors
, Directors, Actors, almost all practitioners are inflated to the point where they cannot accept even a slight shrinkage.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the development of anything is composed of highs and lows. This is the law of development, and it is also a development process of survival of the fittest.
The big waves wash away the sand, and only by constantly absorbing it and then continuously expelling the residue can we continue to move forward.
Seeing that he remained silent, Chen Zhixi glanced at him from the rearview mirror and said with a smile: "Teacher He, how are you? I am much more sincere than Bona, so think about it!"
Huh?
He Xin was startled. When Yu Dong proposed an acquisition or a shareholding, it was purely a company secret. How did she know?
He subconsciously said vaguely: "Why Bona and not Bona!"
"Mr. He, please don't be careless. In a company as big as this, how can we hide any information from others?" Chen Zhixi chuckled.
Then he added: "Don't worry, but we will definitely not spread it outside."
Pay us back?
He Xin suddenly couldn't help but want to complain, why is the company almost turned into a Tianjin station now, like a bitch, anyone can use it, what secrets can it have!