Because the domestic box office sharing was not very mature at that time, because at the beginning, these were all state-owned enterprises, whether it was a film studio or a cinema, they were all state-owned enterprises, one family, so the sharing became quite confusing. Later, it became quite confusing.
After private filmmaking was allowed, although it was also affiliated with the name of a state-owned film studio, it was a private film after all. Therefore, there was a rule such as the division of film companies and cinemas, and this made Chinese filmmakers
The love-hate rule is that the split is 40-60. What I like is that private individuals can finally enter the field of film shooting. This is a huge progress, and private capital is naturally overjoyed.
But later, this was actually a huge shackle that restricted the discovery of Huaxia Film. In this chaotic period, there was actually a way to buy out.
Director Liu smiled bitterly and said: "Originally, everyone was thinking of splitting into something like this. In fact, for most of the people, this is indeed the case. But later, China Film changed its mind and they were unwilling to split. Therefore, we
The buyout was issued, and the buyout price was relatively high. It cost 25 million." This price surprised Ye Ming: "Dr. Liu, you can't pass it, right? 25 million
Ten thousand, you dare to come up with this number,"
Obviously, this number is very high, because Ye Ming knows that the real box office price of [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] in the mainland is less than 6 million. This is the box office that the real industry knows. As for the price announced to the outside world
Box office, come on, ordinary people may believe what those experts say, but in such a situation, it is almost impossible for insiders like Ye Ming to believe it.
Therefore, when he heard that Director Liu used a high figure of 25 million to buy out "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", his first impression was that New Film Alliance had gone crazy.
Director Liu seemed to find it a little unbelievable at this time. He frowned and said: "I also find this unbelievable, but the box office of [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] in North America is 430 million. Such a box office is worth our gamble."
Yes, and our New Film Alliance is only talking about the 19 million. After all, our company has not yet had a film proposal nationwide. If theaters in other places want to show it, they will still have to pay us at this time.
Therefore, we are just taking the lion's share. Ye Ming, if your brilliant theater chain wants to show it, we can't discuss it. This is a science fiction blockbuster, and the opportunity is rare. Aren't you interested?"
This is what surprised Liu Dong very much. Ye Ming is a guy with quite a business vision. Ordinarily, he would never let go of a Hollywood blockbuster like this at a time like this, and it is
He said that under such a situation, he was also waiting for Ye Ming to come to him. If Ye Ming really came to him under such a situation, as long as he said that he gave a suitable price, that does not mean that it cannot be negotiated.
land.
But I don’t know why, Ye Ming didn’t come. He even said that he didn’t show up at all in the past few days. Ye Ming said with a smile: “The screening in our cinema has been arranged a long time ago, and... I have also asked someone from the company to do so in the past few days.
We shot a low-budget movie, [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace], but we will not participate in it."
Less than six million. This is a Hollywood blockbuster, not a super bad movie like "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin". After Lucas found out about the box office, he was so angry that he almost was hospitalized because of it. It is said that at that time, someone
If you dare to mention this matter in front of Lucas, you will definitely make Lucas lose his temper. Therefore, Ye Ming simply said that he was unwilling to wade into this muddy water.
But at this time, Director Liu was actually riding a tiger. Seeing Ye Ming's rejection so simply, he couldn't help but become interested: "Mr. Ye's rejection was so straightforward, are you sure that this box office will definitely fail? You know
, this is a Hollywood blockbuster. The production cost alone exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars. We don’t even have to think about such a figure. Therefore, I think the box office will be close to it, although it is said that it is not possible.
It is said to be more than the Titanic, but at a time like this, there is absolutely no problem in making money."
Director Liu is also a person in the circle, so he is very familiar with this matter. Director Liu is the kind of blind believer. At this time, as long as there is a Hollywood blockbuster, the box office will definitely be high.
It will make money. In fact, before [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace], a routine like this would definitely be successful. Unfortunately, Director Liu never expected that such an accident would actually be caused by him.
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Ye Ming thought for a while and said: "There is nothing wrong with blockbusters, but don't forget that this blockbuster was released ** months later than the one in North America. You should take this gap into consideration. I
I don’t dare to say anything else. You just randomly find a stall owner selling pirated discs on the street and ask them for this movie. Ten yuan a piece is already said to be very common. So you said you expect this
It's almost impossible for a movie to make money. I remain skeptical."
When Director Liu heard Ye Ming's analysis, he suddenly froze there. It seemed that if Ye Ming had always said this, it was not impossible.
Piracy is an emerging issue that has only started to emerge in the past two years. With the popularity of video disc players, pirated discs have also entered the mainland market crazily. This is a huge blow to the movie box office.
At this time, Director Liu thought of Ye Ming's words, and a chill ran down his back. Maybe, there would really be bad results. But in such a situation, he had already said that it would be difficult to ride a tiger, and many experts said
It means that there is absolutely no big surprise regarding an issue like this, and making money is certain, otherwise New Film Alliance would not be able to invest so much money to buy it out all at once.
Director Liu said with certainty: "Everyone is still very interested in Hollywood blockbusters. I don't want to say that they can definitely surpass Titanic, but under such a situation, I think if the box office is hundreds of millions,
If it’s ¥70, there shouldn’t be any problem. Moreover, our ticket prices are also set relatively high, probably around ¥70. The prices of Hollywood blockbusters are so high.”
As a masterpiece of classic science fiction films, of course, Star Wars has the qualification to do so. If it is released simultaneously, even if the difference is not too long, and pirated discs do not capture the market, then maybe the price will still be
It can make money. But now, seventy yuan, I don’t know if it’s just a way, Xinying Lenovo is crazy about money, anyway, a price like these is definitely not something ordinary people can afford.
Regarding the price of movie tickets, Ye Ming really had nothing to say. He could only say helplessly: "I hope there are many viewers who can accept such a price, but it is not very easy. Mr. Liu, you should be planning to take advantage of this opportunity."
Let’s raise part of the money. But for a behemoth like New Film Alliance, it can’t even raise more than 20 million, which seems a bit unbelievable.”
The New Film Alliance is a super giant, so they have the courage to say such a thing at this time. With more than 20 million, the New Film Alliance just said it couldn't get out the bottom part. At this time, Liu Dong shook his head and said
: "Being big has big difficulties. We have so many employees waiting for food. Therefore, in such a situation, our income is high and our expenses are also very high. We spent more than 10 million at once
, this is still somewhat unjustifiable. If we use this money, it will be difficult to pay wages and so on. Then the workers may cause trouble. It is necessary to seek help from these big money. This is called benefit sharing.
, the risk is shared.”
I didn’t expect this, but it’s understandable that New Film Alliance is doing this. Some mainland movies are directly invested by these financial people and big money. So at this time, buying out a Hollywood blockbuster
If so, it’s not impossible for someone to be interested in an issue like this. After all, a classic to science fiction film like Star Wars has too much influence.
Although at this time, Liu Dong's wish was very beautiful, the reality was very cruel.
Under such a situation, there were many wealthy entrepreneurs coming, but few were truly interested in a science fiction blockbuster like this.
This is also the key point why Mr. Liu is so frowning now.
It seemed that Director Liu was unwilling to say anything more on such a question, so he changed the subject and said: "You just said that your company has shot a small-budget movie in the past few days. You didn't mean that you were going to shoot [People on the Road]"
】?What about it? Is this movie not going to be made?"
Ye Ming immediately explained: "The movie I shot recently is a relatively simple movie, so my definition is a popcorn movie. Looking back, I should say it will bring a little surprise to everyone."
I heard that it wasn't "Unfortunate" at this time, but Liu Dong's interest was not that great. A small-budget movie was not in Liu Dong's eyes at all.
But as for "People on the Road", at this time, Liu Dong would like to pay more attention to it. After all, it is a New Year's film made by Ye Ming. Ye Ming always likes to go off the beaten track.
Ah, so I have to be careful about what tricks this kid pulls off. (To be continued...)