Han Shanping sat in the middle with a serious expression, looking coldly at the people present. A cold smell suddenly appeared in the air. Those who were seen lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Ye Ming
He stared at the teacup on the table closely, as if he could see the flowers in the teacup. Zhang Yimou was holding a black leather notebook, writing and drawing on it, not knowing what he was recording.
As for Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen, they just smoked and said nothing. These people knew the purpose of this tea party. It was not just about [Star Wars]. If it was just about Star Wars, then
At this time, just talking about it on a small scale is box office, which is the root of everything.
Regardless of whether the experts at the Golden Rooster Awards admit it or not, the box office of a movie will always speak for itself.
Han Shanping took a sip of tea and then said slowly: "Comrades, I have called you here today to discuss the situation of this year's film market. According to the data, it is only 200 million so far. The leader is very dissatisfied. What do you say?
, everyone said openly that the speaker is not guilty and the listener is a warning."
Chairman Liu of the New Film Alliance lazily raised his hand and said: "I have two things to say. I think the reason for this is that there are no imported blockbusters. This time last year, the box office was already 700 million.
Well, this year, I don’t need to say that everyone knows the reason. How are the quality of those movies? It’s nonsense to say anything else. Box office is the last word. I don’t see any hope in relaxing the restrictions on the introduction of blockbusters. The General Administration should have done it long ago.
This prohibition has been relaxed. I speak directly, so don’t be offended."
As the chairman of the New Film Alliance, it is natural for him to consider whether there are movies shown in the cinema and what kind of movies are shown. This has a fatal impact on the income of a cinema.
Lao Liu is in this business, so of course he has to speak for himself.
At this time, Jiang Wen immediately retorted: "What's the use of introducing blockbusters? After all, it's an external force. The foreign monks can chant sutras, right? I don't think so. Our country can also shoot good movies. The key is to say
How to shoot and who will shoot."
Jiang Wen is a director. Therefore, when it comes to a question like this, he will naturally think of the interests of his own industry. Moreover, Jiang Wen is also a person who says what he says and does not care about whether others like it or not.
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Han Shanping saw the trend of quarreling. He knocked on the table and said: "The introduction of blockbusters and the hematopoietic function of one's own are very important. Therefore, the leader also decided to make some relief in this aspect. We will introduce the latest blockbusters from the United States.
[Star Wars: The Phantom Menace], and this movie is already dubbing in the post-production stage. The movie market must be booming by then. Now let me talk about the issue of the screening rights of this movie, which is still the old rule.
Several newly established theater chains, you bid yourselves. Whoever gives a higher price will get this imported blockbuster." Anyway, the experience of each theater chain sitting here is not once or twice, so,
In such a matter, everyone was familiar with the situation and could not quote their own price. In the end, Chairman Liu of the New Film Alliance got the screening rights.
Of course, this does not mean that if New Film Alliance can screen others, others cannot. In fact, in places where New Film Alliance does not have cinemas, especially in the south, when a certain management fee is paid, the same applies to other theater chains.
Being able to show it means that China Film has given New Film Alliance a chance to make money. Most of the imported blockbusters have already been taken away by China Film, so there is no problem for New Film Alliance to have a sip of soup with China Film.
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At this time, Ye Ming's bid was a bit confusing to Zhang Yimou. Brilliant Cinemas is the largest private cinema chain in the country. Why is Ye Ming not interested in such things?
Zhang Yimou lowered his voice and asked: "Ye Ming, this is not in line with your style. You are scrambling to do that five-yuan movie ticket thing. Why are you not interested in [Star Wars]?"
Ye Ming smiled and said nothing else, but said helplessly: "I don't have money. I don't have the wealth of New Film Alliance. The price of China Film is too high, so high that I can't afford it. Moreover, I am
This film is not very popular either, so I’ll watch it when the time comes. If the market response is really good, I’ll probably pay New Film Alliance a management fee and continue to show it.”
But Ye Ming knew that this was impossible. At this time, no one thought of this. The powerful Hollywood blockbuster "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" actually failed miserably at the box office.
Zhang Yimou said curiously: "You said that [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] will not do well at the box office. I have seen this movie. It was popular in the United States and a colleague invited me to see it. I have to say, Hollywood productions are like this
Zi's blockbuster is indeed a classic movie, but because of the name of "Star Wars", its box office in the West cannot be lower. If it is shown in our country, then at this time, I think
The box office shouldn’t be low. It’s like Titanic, the box office is something no one would have thought of.”
Thinking about the box office performance of Titanic, it makes people feel excited. It is undeniable that "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" is indeed a sincere work, but the audience just doesn't buy it. Such a thing
It's really hard to explain clearly.
Ye Ming said with certainty: "I know this, but the situation is different. The Titanic can be said to be a miracle that cannot be copied.
Think about it, how long has it been since [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] was shown in the United States? Half a year. In fact, it won’t take half a year, half a month, before the pirated discs will be on the market. The quality of those pirated discs on the market now
It may not be good, but at least it can be watched. Therefore, as long as the movie fans in our country love [Star Wars], they will not be satisfied with this [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] under such circumstances.
You may have let it go, but more than 90% of people have watched it through pirated discs.
Let me tell you, if I have already spent ten yuan to buy a disc and watched it while lying comfortably on my sofa at home, would I still spend thirty or forty yuan to go to the cinema to watch the same movie?"
An average movie costs more than 20 yuan now, but a movie like a Hollywood blockbuster probably doesn't cost more than 20 yuan. If it costs 30 or 40 yuan, it is very annoying and normal.
One thing.
Therefore, when it comes to such an issue, Ye Ming is very open-minded, and in fact this is also the case. [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] did suffer a disastrous failure at the box office, and this is something that no one expected.
. You must know that Titanic was not introduced simultaneously, but it created a box office miracle.
After Ye Ming said this, Zhang Yimou fell silent. Piracy is indeed the case. Who made Star Wars so famous? Naturally, the prequels were pirated long ago.
At that moment, Zhang Yimou said helplessly: "If I were to shoot a blockbuster, I would have to focus on cracking down on piracy, and I would never give them any room to attack."
Although he said this, Ye Ming also knew that it was difficult. Even the General Administration could not completely eradicate this matter, let alone Zhang Yimou. At this time, everyone sat down one after another after a lot of excitement.
After signing the contract, Chairman Liu passed by Ye Ming and said with a victor's attitude: "Manager Ye, I haven't seen you for a while, come back and have tea with me when you have time."...
Drink tea, what kind of tea? Isn’t that a challenge to Ye Ming? This is a provocation to Ye Ming. Chairman Liu failed to deal with the issue of the five-yuan ticket price, and was severely punished by Ye Ming.
After a series of discussions, in the end, although he was willing to settle the matter through the relationship, Chairman Liu couldn't live with it.
Therefore, I thought of using this opportunity of [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] to teach Ye Ming a lesson. I invited Ye Ming to come over for tea. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ye Ming's brilliant film and television wants to show [Planet]
The Great War: The Phantom Menace] must pay a considerable price.
The New Film Alliance will definitely not let go of this opportunity to kill Ye Ming.
When it comes to a matter like this, Chairman Liu can be said to be extremely skilled at it.
He wanted to see Ye Ming look good, but who knew that Ye Ming said with a smile: "Absolutely, I wish Chairman Liu a great box office success, and whether New Film Alliance can have a good year, just count on this film, right?"
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What he said was a little bit weird and not sincere at all. Chairman Liu snorted, as if he didn't want to argue with young people, and sat in his seat arrogantly. Feng Xiaogang came back and said: "Ye
Ming, you didn’t participate in this matter, so you put your movie on the line. It seems to have been premeditated. Now I am looking forward to your movie more and more."
Ye Ming also has his own theater chain, so it is impossible to not care about the source of the movie. If [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] can be screened, it will be very beneficial to the brilliant theater chain. Limitations
Ye Ming didn't have to do this, he naturally said that he had a good movie in hand, and when he thought that Ye Ming was going to make a movie, he probably was betting on his own movie.
Although Feng Xiaogang also felt that Ye Ming might be overestimating his abilities, but considering the popularity of "Crazy Stone", under such circumstances, Feng Xiaogang was sincerely looking forward to Ye Ming's new film works.
And the box office of this new work is related to the topic of the next tea party.