Chapter 1548: The market is there
In Beijing, in the screening hall on the first floor of the underground floor of the Maoer Hutong Mansion.
While the waitress was installing a copy in the operating room, Simon was surrounded by a group of girls in the middle seat in the screening room, looking through a 99 yuan collector's version of the film and television set of "To Youth".
Ren Jingxi, who was playing with a character doll with a Q-version, sat on Simon's left hand, said: "I heard that the latest "Racing Story" in the United States has recently been able to exceed 1 billion US dollars in sales of toys at the end of the year. Simon, is this true?"
Simon and Zhu Momo, who was pressing against him on the other side, opened a T-shirt, a pure white T-shirt. This one is a silhouette of several characters jumping up together in "To Youth", and also a lyric, "You say dear, my dear, will never change your face."
It is from "Youth Without Regrets".
Zhu Momo was very generous in wearing it for Simon to see. The heating here was very good. Simon was not afraid that the girl beside him would freeze, so he let go. He heard Ren Jingxi ask on the other side and nodded, "Yes, there will probably be so many."
Ren Jingxi was still a little unbelievable: "1 billion US dollars, equivalent to China's 8.3 billion RMB, which is so scary." As he said that, he couldn't help but expect: "Simon, do you think the Chinese film industry has such potential in the future?"
Simon picked up a delicate key chain in the box again, and it was full of memories. Back then, as a boy, who didn’t have a key chain full of small objects?
When he heard from Jingxi, Simon smiled and said, "When it comes to potential, in China, the "Shaolin Temple" in the 1980s, the ticket price can be sold for more than 100 million yuan. Do you think this is potential?"
Mo Wuling sat on the other side of Ren Jingxi with a reserved attitude. He listened to them, and couldn't help but interrupt: "That era was different."
"Same," Simon shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "There are always things like commercial potential. For example, I remember there was a case about selling shoes to Africa. Some people saw that Africans do not wear shoes, so they felt that there was no commercial potential. Some people were ecstatic because they found that Africans do not wear shoes, so they noticed a huge market of 1 billion people. You said, who can succeed in two attitudes?"
Zhu Momo took off his base shirt in a few seconds and changed into the T-shirt just now. The girl's figure was actually a bit flat, but because they were tall enough, the women's T-shirt looked a little slim, which made a good curve. At this time, when Simon said this, he rushed to say: "Of course it's the latter, but it's not easy to let people who don't wear shoes put on shoes."
"Of course it's not easy. If everything is easy, everyone can become a monetary," Simon said. "This is what China is now. You think it's wrong to think that there is no market because no one buys it."
Jill Pecket, who has been living here for the past two years, and Zhao Annie sat behind the man. Jill also interrupted and said in a very fluent Beijing film: "The problem is that China's consumption capacity is limited now. Boss, you just said that China's ticket price was a few cents in the 1980s. Now, let alone our Jinshu Cinema, even if it has members, it costs about 15 yuan per ticket, which is very expensive, let alone the IMAX screening hall. The price has risen, but the income level has not been substantially improved, so the consumption capacity will definitely be limited."
Simon nodded: "This is also a question, but Jill, do you know how many people there are in China now?"
Jill said: "1.2 billion."
He also reacted as he said that.
China's population base is really too large, 1.2 billion, while the United States has only 280 million, a four-fold gap, not to mention other Western countries.
With the support of such a population base, even if one-tenth of the population has formed strong purchasing power, it is enough to support the film industry they are currently discussing.
Think about China's current VCD industry with a scale of tens of billions of dollars, obviously, it has enough consumption capacity.
The problem is still open.
Zhu Momo threw himself on Simon, then simply sat in the man's arms, ignoring the little eyes that Li Youhu and Teacher Yu were envious and curled their lips, hugged Simon's neck and said, "Simon, when it comes to IMAX, why don't you invest more IMAX screens in China? The recent "Mount Everest", the IMAX scenes are so popular. I watched them with my aunt, and they still have to ask someone to get tickets."
What the girl is talking about is "Mount Everest" which will be released in mainland China on November 5.
Relying on the popularity accumulated in North America and the large-scale publicity here, as a documentary that many people think does not have much potential, after the painting started on November 5, it won a box office of RMB 29 million in the first week. Subsequently, the second week fell by only about 20%, and another RMB 23 million was closed.
In two weeks, the documentary won a box office of 52 million yuan in China. According to the current trend, it is only a matter of time before it exceeds 100 million yuan. It has truly doubled the box office size of 50 million yuan originally expected by China Film and Jinshu.
Next, the IMAX screening version with the best visual experience is that compared to the ordinary screen show, the mainland is still in a state where it is necessary to queue up to get tickets, which has led to a wave of scalpers. When Simon was accompanying Chen Qing in Suzhou, he heard Nizi mention it as an interesting story. The ticket seller of Jinshu Cinema in Suzhou cooperated with scalpers to resell IMAX movie ticket tickets, and earned thousands of yuan in a week.
Then he was arrested.
All right.
Holding the girl's slender body, Simon heard her say this and smiled and shook her head: "It's not that I don't want it, but that the conditions do not allow it."
Zhu Momo deliberately pouted and made a cute look: "You just said that if you don't have conditions, you must create conditions, and the market is there."
"Have I said it, oh, just treat me as a food."
Simon said, then acted to bite the girl in the nose, but unfortunately she blocked her with her mouth and resisted her hard, so the girls around her couldn't help but turn their heads.
Ren Jingxi and the others separated and said, "Because of the success of "Everest", many people have recently set their sights on the project of exploring the Grand Canyon of the Yarlung Zangbo River. I heard that a company in Sichuan, after trying to contact us, found that it could not be intervened and planned to do it by itself."
Zhu Momo's face was still pressing against Simon's chin and rubbed his stubble. He heard this and said, "Even if they did it, there was no Hollywood market, who would they sell it to? It's not because it was so popular in the United States. And there are also Simon's songs, "Born Like Summer Flowers", which is really nice. I want to listen to it again now. Aunt, give me your iPlayer."
When the girl suddenly said this, Mo Wuling felt guilty and pretended to be calm: "The movie will be played soon, what songs will be heard."
Zhu Momo laughed, said nothing more, and twisted his body and put it in Simon's arms.
Ren Jingxi, Ren Zhu Momo, interrupted a few words, was more concerned about the matter: "Simon, even if Daenerys doesn't participate, there are other studios in Hollywood. Do you think the subject matter will be bumped into?"
Simon said: "There is no way to hit it. It's impossible to forbid others to do it too. However, there are too many similar themes in Hollywood movies, and the key is to see if they can be done well."
"Yeah, yeah," Zhu Momo agreed again: "Simon can do it well, and the others are all native chickens and tiles."
Mo Wuling, who was sitting on the other side of Ren Jingxi, looked at her niece who was leaning in the man's arms and looked like she was in a thrilling mood, and she wanted to cover her face.
As he was talking, the waitress came over to remind him that it was possible to play, so everyone calmed down.
In the dim light, Simon looked at the big screen with Zhu Momo who was reluctant to move in his arms.
This is the first movie made by Ren Jingxi's Huanzhu Film Company. It is called "Wormhole". Simon read the script in advance, similar to a setting for Groundhog Day. Moreover, the comedy effect is much stronger than Groundhog Day. After all, a person jumps into the well repeatedly in order to recover the lost 10,000 yuan. The scene is a bit nonsensical.
In addition, what Simon noticed was the director of the film, Jingzong.
This is a young man who returned to China from the Hollywood exchange and learning program. Like the other Simons pay more attention to. If he can do it well this time, he can also support it in the future.
On the big screen, there is no such thing as Dragon Biao, and it is the main film at the beginning.
After the short-lived sense of science fiction and the beginning of the fixed picture with an inexplicable detail, Simon was very satisfied with just the first unfolding picture.
Mainly filter selection.
One of the reasons why many movies in the past were considered inferior to TV series is often because of the scenes. If they are too straightforward, it will inevitably be the feeling of some movies.
And this is, against the background of the halo filter, just the first shot reflects the audience a sense of the atmosphere of this movie.
This kind of thing is very mysterious, but it is actually very simple.
The key is to rely on personal skills.
When Simon first produced the first "Rola Run", he also considered this issue from the beginning. With the solid foundation of more than a dozen professional talents in his mind, he created a negative film that can be used directly without color adjustment.
After a brief distracted mind, Simon's thoughts were quickly attracted by the plot.
On the big screen, the young and slutty young seventh is usually ignorant. Of course, this is just a manifestation. Through some small details, such as helping the old lady in the neighbor to move things, she was scolded for some idle words and did not refute it. It can be seen that she is still a good person in her heart. Of course, the main reason is that if you want to pass the review, this is very important in China.
Otherwise, if it is the kind of "Two Big Smoke Bowl", think about it... well, don't think about it, don't think about anything.
The story progressed quickly, and the 10,000 yuan that fell from the sky made Lao Qi ecstatic. He was thinking of using this money to marry Juanzi, a childhood sweetheart who had been together for many years, but the money was suddenly lost.
In despair, jumped into the well.
Then, reincarnation.
Continuous reincarnation, repeated over and over again.
Full of comedy.
For example, when I jumped into a well for the third time, Lao Qi fell head-on in front of the old lady in front of the neighbor, which scared the old lady to cover her heart and shouted "Heart-saving pill, Heart-saving pill", which almost made everyone in the screening hall here laugh out loud.
Finally, after many reincarnations, Lao Qi gradually discovered the truth about the 10,000 yuan.
Chapter completed!