Chapter 111 Money (Part 2) (1/5)
"I now think that whether it is a movie, a TV series or a stage play, the form is not very important, but more importantly, what is expressed in the script!"
"I used to like watching art films, and I thought it was real art, and I also blamed the General Administration for restricting art and affecting the director's expression... Later, I gradually matured, and I also started making movies. I felt that many times, these people were just intoxicated by themselves... Movies are popular art! They have been since their birth!"
"On December 28, 1895, the movie was first publicly screened in a cafe in Paris, playing the "Train Entering the Station" filmed by the Lumiere brothers. In the afternoon, the Lumiere brothers also screened several of their own works, which became the birthday of the movie. However, it was the afternoon when entering this cafe to watch the movie, it would cost 1 franc to pay for the screening fee."
"That is to say, since the birth of film art, there has been a commercial gene in it, it is just a gadget used by Lumière to make money!"
"So, a movie like "The King's Feast" is destined to not please the market. I hope you will write this paragraph in its original form, so it is best to show it to Senior Lu Chuan..."
“Is that person’s expression not important?”
"Of course it's important, but there must be a standard, at least it can't occupy the mainstream. I'm a movie. If a director comes to me and says 'I want to make a movie with a sense of stage', guess what I'll answer?"
"Reject it directly?"
"That won't be," Shen Mengxi continued: "If the sense of form is indeed novel, I would suggest that he directly change it to a stage play, a drama, and then perform in the theater!"
Two days ago, Shen Mengxi went to see a "The King's Feast" for a tour, and he was the only audience in the audience, and the young lady was unwilling to come!
To put it simply, the plot of "The King's Feast" is "The story of Liu Bang, together with Empress Lü, Zhang Liang and Xiao He killing Han Xin together. Some of the relationships with Xiang Yu are interspersed in the middle...
But Shen Mengxi was so upset that she saw it!
At first glance, it seems to be a flashback, but after a flashback for a while, it seems that the flashback story also includes a second flashback...
It makes people feel annoying.
I don’t understand what Lu Chuan wants to express!
Immersed in my own world and couldn't extricate myself...
"I just calculated that if you pay dividends like this, wouldn't the company make less money?"
"Not...firstly? No one can guarantee that their movies will definitely make money...the dividend model? The first thing that guarantees the interests of the film producers. What we call dividends is dividends after the movie makes a profit!"
"But you said you would get 2 billion in the New Year holiday!"
"I'll blow it too, mainly because I'm angry..."
"Is it because of the dispute over the sharing of accounts?"
"Yes... I've almost done it? In fact, on the 23rd, China Film and Television had signed a new accounting contract with more than 20 theaters, including Jiahe theaters... Everyone thinks it's a good idea... But on the 25th, Huayi's temporary backfire caused the final failure..."
"So? Are you suppressing his screening?"
Shen Mengxi shook her head: "This is really not the case. Our Jiahe film scheduler is all based on the analysis of the film themes, and by the way, referring to Maoyan ticketing and Guevara online ticket purchase data... Let me say another thing? If I want to suppress them film scheduler, I can never go to their film!"
Having talked about this, Shen Mengxi's assistant came over and lowered his voice to tell him something, and the latter nodded slightly...
"The last question...what do you think that Lost in Thailand didn't meet expectations in the US box office?"
"…It's normal in this, "Lost in Thailand" is a movie created for Chinese audiences? The jokes in it are only those who are interested in China can understand it, and American audiences are not interested in understanding..."
"Does that mean domestic comedy is not global enough?"
"Why should comedy be globalized? Comedy itself is the most down-to-earth commercial movie? Have you ever seen the German comedy "Damn Goethe", "Communist Boy Journey to the West", "Bad Father-in-law of Christmas"?"
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Uh? Both movies, "One Scene to the End" and "Lost in Thailand" have been released in North America...
The former started paintings in 19 cinemas and was released for two weeks. It was successfully released. It reached 400 cinemas in Europe? It was released for one month and had a cumulative box office of US$4.2 million...
Already high!
It surpassed "Rail", and won the annual box office champion of foreign language films, "Rail", with a cumulative box office of US$4.1 million.
In contrast, "Lost in Thailand" also started paintings in 19 theaters, with a box office of only $90,000 in one week...
The gap is obvious.
The reason is really simple. "Lost in Thailand" is a pure Chinese film!
Foreigners don’t like to watch it!
And... the piracy is too serious!
The consequence of piracy is that DVD sales are unsuccessful!
In the past two years, even if Mengxi Media supports the overseas copyright sales of Chinese films, they are still declining year by year...
The reason is very simple, Hollywood is too strong.
Many people in the circle have a consensus: Hollywood movies are a large business system, and people all over the world like to watch them. Sooner or later, China will be occupied by Hollywood movies. This is a trend.
That's why it's de-movie!
However, no one expected that Shen Mengxi and his Mengxi team were so arrogant!
"Titanic 3D" has only won one billion yuan, and "Words with Gods" directly surpassed "Avatar". Not only that, the New Year's Eve also produced "One Mirror to the End" and "Lost in Thailand"...
Among the top ten box offices this year, Mengxi Media has produced six seats, while the other three are Hollywood movies, and there is also a movie called "The Twelve Zodiacs" by Uncle Long...
"Walking with God", "One Mirror to the End" ranked first and second, "The Guys in My Body" ranked fourth and more than 100 movies written before, and "Lost in Thailand" (on the release) ranked fifth...
The third is "Titanic 3D", the sixth "Avengers", the seventh "Man in Black 3", the eighth, the big winner, the ninth "Ice Age 4", and the Twelve Zodiacs (in the release) ranked tenth...
Amou's "Charlotte on the Plain" ranked 11th...
As for the top ten domestic movies, except for "The Twelve Zodiacs", they were won by Mengxi Media!
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“…You talk about it in detail!”
The little assistant brought a message that the program is not allowed to be hosted without a host certificate...
It is a notice, "Further Strengthening the Management of Use of Radio and Television Hosts and Guests", which not only strictly implements the host's on-the-job management regulations, but also clearly states that auxiliary hosting positions shall not be set up or disguised in the program of news, comments and interviews.
“… Will the "Casual Inn" be affected?”
Shen Mengxi frowned and called Wu Xiaohui directly. He had been in the system and knew the hidden meaning behind these things...
Wu Xiaohui thought for a moment: "It must have been reported by Friends!"
"What's the point of reporting this?"
Chapter completed!