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Chapter 355: Actor Confirmed

In December, the Lunar New Year Festival kicks off.

Guo Shi's new film "Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", a collaboration between Tsui Hark and Jet Li, were overshadowed by Li Qian's announcement that the new film would be named "The Truman Show", but both parties

We also immediately stepped up publicity efforts.

Just kidding, if a new movie from two great directors is released and someone else puts it down with just one title, then everyone should stop playing and go home and farm.

With the new images and Bernard's reckless publicity, "The Truman Show" was finally put under the spotlight.

Before the big movies were released, some low-budget films were also released.

Well, some.

The domestic market is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more movies are released in popular schedules every year. Investors from all walks of life want to get a piece of the pie. If blockbuster movies can't be successful, they can still play at a low cost. What if it turns out to be a dark horse?

Among these low-budget movies, the most famous one is "Happy Magic" starring Gu Tianle. Judging from its reputation, you can tell that it is a comedy film made by Shakir.

It's probably a story about a villain magician who wants to collect the five elements of magic and use it to travel through time and space and go back to the past, so he constantly challenges the magic of each department, and finally has a decisive battle with the magicians of each department.

This kind of plot can be made up by a primary school student who has read a few ASXS novels.

What’s even more interesting is that, perhaps in order to fit the identity of a magician, the names of the characters are also weirder than the last.

The water magician played by Huang Baiming is called Kang Sengui, a magical turtle?

The wood magician played by Gu Tianle is called Gu Xinyue. He is a big man with a healthy complexion, but he has a feminine name.

The big villain is called Bi Yewu. Is Mr. Bi and Kitano Takeshi combined?

What's even more bizarre is that this was directed by Ye Weixin.

A director who has made such wonderful films as "The Wolf", "The Fuse" and "Ip Man" can make such a silly movie.

It’s no wonder that more and more people on the Internet say that money is laundered in filmmaking. The suspicion is not unreasonable.

The movies in these three-day theater tours had no impact at all except for a few curse words from the audience.

The most exciting thing right now is "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", which has been causing a lot of controversy over the ticket price, and has finally come to an end.

Initially, the distribution company of New Picture sent notices to all major theater chains, requiring theaters across the country to sell tickets at the price of one and a half films.

According to their rules, the lowest price in four category A cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen is 40, the lowest price in more than ten category B cities is 35, and the lowest price in other category cities is 30.

One and a half movies, that is, the minimum is 60 yuan for Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and the minimum is 45 for a ticket in small cities.

Not only that, but it also requires the share to be increased from 43% to 45%.

Zhang Weiping's reason was that the cost of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" was as high as 600 million, and its duration was 145 minutes. The price would increase if it increased the amount. He also said that if you don't accept it, don't show his movie.

This angered the movie theaters, and major theater chains threatened to ban Zhang Weiping.

There is also a lot of criticism on the Internet, saying that Zhang Weiping is crazy about money in order to realize his goal of one billion box office.

However, in the end, under China Film's mediation, the box office was not increased by half, the lowest price was increased by RMB 5, and the share was raised to 45%.

During the meeting, distribution director Zhang Hao also proposed to follow up.

"Director Li, do you think we should discuss this with the theater chain? Anyway, it is Zhang Weiping who bears the wrath of the theater chain."

"No, Zhang Weiping is just drinking poison to quench his thirst. He can increase his share by two points, but those movie theaters dare to deduct an extra sum, which is of little use."

Li Qian shook his head. Supervision is not strict enough. It is too easy for movie theaters to think of voting rooms. Some small local movie theaters are more daring and don't even bother to hand-write tickets. They pay to go in and watch whatever they want. This is common in various small counties.

But that's it.

How much box office is reported depends on how bold the theater owner is. Last year, there were almost hundreds of movie theaters with annual box office of less than 100,000 yuan. The most outrageous one was that a county cinema had a box office of 20,000 yuan a year.

What is the concept of a box office of 20,000 yuan? Even if a ticket costs 20 yuan, it means that the number of moviegoers is only 2,000.

Two months during the summer vacation, two months during the Lunar New Year, one month during the Spring Festival, and other National Day, May Day, and Dragon Boat Festivals add up to one month, and six months of the year will be able to sell box office.

In these six months, there were 330 moviegoers per month, 50 viewers per month, and 17 viewers per day.

During the peak holiday period, a cinema had 17 viewers per day, which was too miserable even for a county town.

I really don’t know how they managed to stay open for several years without closing down. The boss is really a great philanthropist. After all, a movie theater needs at least ten employees, and the box office revenue is 30,000 yuan a year, which is not even enough to pay wages.

It is so difficult to open movie theaters in small counties, but the movie theaters in counties and small cities are also the most diligent in opening movie theaters. They are all vying to open movie theaters in small places.

It's nothing more than a lack of supervision in small places, so people can steal as much as they want.

There are many big cities, but there are few franchised theaters that do not steal box office, and there are many ways to do so.

So, don’t even think about taking advantage of the cinema.

Concealing reports and stealing box office are all known to everyone in the industry present here. Zhang Hao turned around and said, "The share can remain unchanged, but the ticket price is five yuan more per ticket, and the final box office can even increase by 100 million."

"

It's not 100 million. In an era when the average ticket price is about 30 yuan, if each ticket costs five yuan more, the original 600 million box office will become 700 million.

"This is not necessary. The price of movie tickets is not low now. There were already two movies released in November and three more in December. There are very few viewers who can watch all three movies. Most of them will have choices.

If "The Thirteen Hairpins" is more expensive than other movies and has a mediocre reputation among viewers, then most of these viewers who are not well-off and selectively watch movies will choose cheaper blockbusters.

Moreover, "The Thirteen Hairpins" is more expensive, which is not conducive to selling drinks and snacks in the theater. It is longer and we will have an advantage in scheduling films. If we really increase the ticket price by five yuan, the box office will actually be much higher than if we did not increase it.

After all, the audience may decrease."

Zhang Weiping is right when he said that the domestic producers' share is lower than that of Mi Lijian.

However, Mi Lijian's theater also has another big source of income, selling peripherals, which is even higher than the income from drinks and snacks, making up for the low box office share gap.

Domestic theaters can’t sell any peripherals, they can only put up a claw machine.

Moreover, the domestic market is small, there are only a limited number of movies every year, and basically no one goes to the movies during the off-season, so the theaters as a whole are losing money.

Of course, this does not include box office theft. At least one billion in box office was stolen last year. Counting these one billion, the theater is making money.

Li Qian stopped following Zhang Weiping's operation, and the Lunar New Year stall went on as normal.

In terms of publicity, director Guo Fan of 500 Million, Liu Ye + Zhou Xun, two of the best actors of the Mesozoic era, and science fiction themes are enough to attract audiences.

Moreover, in the prepared trailer, Li Xianji, played by Liu Ye, transforms into a super soldier and bravely travels to the Middle East, confronts Lantern, and kills a small army by himself.

On the Caribbean Sea, a single person must destroy the pirate gang.

These big scenes, plus the two protagonists sitting on a bench in the Beijing park, look back on history, the liberation of Peiping in the Battle of Pingjin, the bloody battle of the 29th Army in Peiping during the Anti-Japanese War, the burning of the Old Summer Palace at the entrance of the Eight Great Halls, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition to occupy the capital until the Western Zhou Dynasty

Gong Feng Yan, even Peking Man hundreds of thousands of years ago, and even earlier in the age of dinosaurs.

Anyway, it is a quick review of a series of major events in the history of the capital, which are exciting enough as a preview.

However, the budget has also increased from 70 million to 110 million, which is over 100 million. Fortunately, the footage of each era is only a few seconds, and the scenes are quickly flashed back, and some are even taken from other film and television dramas and documentaries.

Come.

The scene itself is about two people suffering from jet lag, looking back at the history of the place they live in from the perspective of spectators, just like the changes in the sea.

Everything else is easy to say. You can find materials for various movies, TV series, and documentaries. You just need to pay a copyright fee. For the more distant ones like Zhao Gong Feng Yan and Dinosaurs, you have to do it yourself. The former was filmed, and the latter

It's made by special effects.

There are dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, but "The Adventures of Li Xianji" looks back on history and must conform to the characteristics of the times.

Li Qian then asked, "By the way, the navy we should find is still necessary. This is not November. The competition is fierce and we cannot take it lightly."

Having said this, everyone who was originally full of confidence could not help but put away their somewhat inflated thoughts.

Originally, "33 Days of Love" swept through November, with a box office of over 600 million, which gave Du Yang and the others absolute confidence in the Lunar New Year season.

Guo Fan's last movie broke 500 million, this time the starring cast is even stronger, and they have also watched the trailer. Whether it is a showdown or a review of history, the big scenes must be exciting and exciting, and the imagination must be imaginative.

It will definitely whet the audience's appetite.

However, there are also two rivals, "The Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". This is no ordinary movie. It is basically the first seed player at the box office except "I Am Not the God of Medicine".

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Du Yang said helplessly, "This year, with Director Li here, we really lack a sense of crisis. Everything has gone so smoothly."

"Yes, the biggest crisis is just the cooperation of major companies during the summer season. We couldn't do much that time. The main reason was the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" itself. It seems that we are not important." Zhong Lifang smiled bitterly.

Although the entire company is now quite large, including the publicity and distribution staff of Diwang, it has almost 300 employees.

Li Qian usually doesn't care about anything, but even so, the entire company only relies on Li Qian, and their sense of presence is too low.

"It can't be said that when the company was founded, it was mainly stable in the first year. Now the situation has reached my expectations. Diwang guarantees offline distribution, has the ability of large-scale distribution across the country, and has online publicity capabilities.

Second only to several major companies." Li Qian shook his head.

Although Li Qian said this, everyone understood that offline distribution capabilities still depended on Li Qian, just like the new picture relies on Zhang Yimou. Without Zhang Yimou, the theater management would not pay attention to him.

The five theater chains under the Four Major Optoelectronics are cooperating because of Li Qian.

In other words, everything still depends on Li Qian.

Li Qian smiled and said, "After this year's busy work, there will be no movies to be released after the Chinese New Year. The company also needs to do more projects. Whether it's a movie or a TV series, as long as it's not a big bad movie, it doesn't matter even if it loses a little money. The number of projects every year must keep up."

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When you open a company, your output and turnover must increase. You can't just have profits but not scale. This won't work. It's not a personal studio.

Sometimes size is more important than profit.

In fact, Du Yang and the others don't blame themselves too much. Who wouldn't want to do the same thing? They just want to take advantage of Li Qian and become the number one in the industry without having to worry about it.

However, you still need to have an attitude. After some self-criticism, you should cheer up.

"I'm talking to Xue Xiaolu about her next movie. Although "Ocean Paradise" didn't do well at the box office, the movie was still good, but it lacked commercial attributes. This time she plans to make a love movie, and I guess she should be able to win it.

." Du Yang talked about a project he was discussing.

Several other people also talked about the progress of their respective work. Even Zhao Jun, a daily flatterer, as the production director, was also in contact with other directors.

"Director Li, I have met Lu Yang twice, who won the Best New Director Award at this year's Golden Rooster Awards. He seems to be planning to make a martial arts film. I plan to wait and see after "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is released. If there are still martial arts films

Prospects, if the cost is not high, it can still be invested."

This is right, what were they doing there just now?

Li Qian secretly shook his head and said with a smile, "Winning the Golden Rooster Best New Director also has some potential. As long as the investment is not too high, it doesn't matter. Even if he loses, just give him a long experience. If a potential newcomer is not good, then there will be more

Find a few, and if one out of ten sees it right, you will make money."

Time passes day by day, and with the official release of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" on the 8th, with a box office of 25 million on the first day, the Lunar New Year war has officially begun.

Li Qian also continued to be busy with his own affairs and confirmed other actors one after another in the past few days.

Truman's mother is played by teacher Pan Hong. She always gives people the impression that she is a simple, generous, elegant and quiet woman. She is also a relatively perfect mother and mother-in-law. Before Truman knew the truth, she had always been like this.

image.

At the same time, he can also perform that kind of fake family love. After all, Pan Hong often plays similar roles and can play both sides very well.

As for his father, Li Qian invited Mr. Li Baotian to make a cameo. It was not difficult to play a father who was so fake that he hid Truman's story.

These two characters are both villains, and they may have a family relationship. After all, after thirty years, even dogs have feelings.

However, the family relationship between them is maintained by the remuneration given by the show crew. They are just playing such a role. When feelings can be measured in money, they are no longer feelings.

Moreover, when Truman discovered the clues, their first thought was not to tell the truth, but to continue hiding it for the sake of their own work.

The so-called family affection is just their job.

The other roles have basically been confirmed. Pan Lei was chosen to play the uncle taking a shower. He is funny enough, so he has no problem being the comedian.

The old couple found two seniors, Wang Deshun and Qin Yi. They just needed to be old people with kind faces. They could lean on the sofa the whole time and there was no need to bother the two old people.

Although Mr. Wang has stronger muscles than most young people now, including abdominal muscles, and he has also played vicious roles, there is no problem.

Of those two security guards, one was Zhou Huade, who played the delivery boy in "Sniper Phone Booth", and the other, Lei Jiayin, came in as a guest star. Anyway, he looked old and was pretty sexy.

There are a lot of waiters and white-collar workers in the restaurant, so we’ll leave it alone for now and see who wants to make a guest appearance.

As for the male lead, Li Qian actually had no choice. There was no actor who fit the role perfectly.

Zhou Xingchi, who is in his thirties, is not perfect either. He lacks a sense of freedom and ease. At that age, Zhou Xingchi was already a little depressed. He wanted to be able to perform Truman's enthusiasm, freedom and ease by just standing without using actions or lines.

Less than.

If you take a closer look at the comedies he performed after he became famous, you will know that there is never that innocent smile in his eyes, but loneliness, melancholy, and sadness are all familiar to him.

Of course, even so, thirty-year-old Zhou Xingchi is still the best candidate.

Of course there is no thirty-year-old Zhou Xingchi now, so the next best thing for Li Qian is the Deng Dynasty.


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