A movie has an investment of 500 million yuan and a box office of 3 billion yuan;

A movie invested 17 million and had a box office of 300 million...

In fact, investors prefer the latter, why?

Because the risk is relatively low!

Yes, the first type makes a lot of money, but the cycle is also very long.

Judging from the return on investment alone, "Let the Bullets Fly" is not too high.

With a three-year production cycle, Yuehua was just starting out when it was first produced. Now Yuehua Media is the largest media group in the mainland...

The total investment is 130 million yuan plus promotion and promotion, which is 180 million yuan.

Among them, Zhou Runfa’s pay was 34.35 million yuan in dividends;

Ge You received a friendly price: 5.3 million;

Jiang Wen's director and starring film pay is 10.5 million...

Therefore, if the box office of this movie cannot exceed 450 million, it will not be said to make money.

With the current market share for the New Year holiday and the speed of pirated copies, "Let the Bullets Fly" has a maximum box office of 800 million...

As for overseas box office…

It was released on a small scale in North America, and it is estimated that it can save about $1 million. After all, ‘For viewers who don’t understand Chinese or don’t understand what happened in the warlords in the 1920s, this is a bad movie full of farces!’ (taken from North American film reviews)

Why did Zhang Junsheng boast about 1 billion?

Nonsense, he invested $15 million!

...

At the end of the movie, Jiang Wen and the others were going to Songjiang, and Zhang Junsheng and Mr. Ge took a car back to the company.

In this year's New Year holiday, the busiest person is actually not the director, but Mr. Ge.

He starred in the three movies of "Orphan of Zhao", "Let the Bullets Fly," "Private Customization"...

Including "Zhao Ziyue" released during the Spring Festival.

Zhang Junsheng asked, "Mr. Ge, there are no outsiders here. Which of these three movies do you like the most?"

“…I? I can’t say it…”

Mr. Ge refused to answer...

It's normal that Mr. Ge has always been a very cautious person.

Go back, don't argue, don't make excuses, don't cause trouble, this is the most solid part of Mr. Ge's character...

Zhang Yimou came to him for filming "Living", but he refused: "I can't act, but I can't act."

Zhang Yimou refused: "That won't work, you must."

Then, Mr. Ge took on "To Live"...

"You read the script, but you don't have an inner bias?"

"…When I took a photo, I didn't know they would go together!"

Zhang Junsheng thought for a while and said, "Actually, the primary job of a film director is to make investors reward. From this perspective, "The Orphan of Zhao" is considered a failed work!"

"…I can't say that, I think many people like "The Orphan of Zhao"..."

"Come on, to be honest, the Chinese film market is far from mature. Only a big director like Chen Kai who has been losing money for 20 consecutive years will keep someone giving him money to burn. If it were put on Hollywood, he would almost retire after "The Promise"!"

"Wuji" invested 240 million yuan, box office: 170 million yuan, loss: 180 million yuan...

He directly lost the North American market, which had a good impression of him because of "Farewell My Concubine".

Mr. Ge thought for a while and replied: "It's not a loss to "The Orphan of Zhao". Xiangshan Film and Television Base has provided a lot of help, and I guess I can make a little profit..."

"Disaster!"

Sighing, Zhang Junsheng continued, "But there is a lot of hot money now. Two days ago, Lao Zhao told me that there is a house seller who wants to invest in "Teahouse". What are the conditions he has opened?"

"Wow, investment needs to be given conditions?"

"What do you think? We said that the starring of "Teahouse" is Ge You. He said that he invested 100 million yuan at that time, but it can be announced that he only invested 80 million yuan..."

"No way?"

"Why are you lying to? There are so many people outside the circle who want to come in. Our reputation has always been here, at least we won't lie to them!"

The two laughed for a while, and Mr. Ge hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Junsheng, our five film appointments have been completed, right?"

"…Well, I'll ask someone to renew the signing fee. How much do you want this time?"

Mr. Ge’s status in Yuehua is a bit like the Dinghai Shen Needle.

Even ten years later, he is still a symbol!

If you shoot a bad movie, no one will call him a bad movie. He will be scolded by the director and screenwriter...

So, the signing fee is not a problem for Zhang Junsheng to come. Anyway, he can't just ask for 1 billion...

The signing fee five years ago was 180 million yuan. According to the current market, 300 million yuan is almost the same...

Ge You shook his head: "Junsheng, sorry, I want to go out and have a look!"

"Go out? Where to go?"

"Sakura Emperor, Hong Kong!"

Zhang Junsheng was silent...

After a long time, Zhang Junsheng asked back: "You should know that we are not very good at dealing with Yinghuang, right?"

"I know...but I owe him a favor, a great favor!"

Zhang Junsheng shut up, he always said nothing about human favors...

When Mr. Ge left Huayi, he was probably trapped by human favors.

How to say this thing? Yang Shoucheng himself is very good at winning people's hearts...

"Okay, do whatever you want, I absolutely support you!"

...

After "Let the Bullets Fly" was released, it broke out immediately.

The premiere on December 16, "Let the Bullets Fly" detonated theaters across the country at an almost shocking speed. The national box office of the premiere at 7:30 alone exceeded 30 million!

On December 17, just one day, the data was released, which scared everyone. On Friday, it won a box office of 45 million yuan!

On the 18th, it is even more powerful. Its single-day box office even exceeded 60 million, ranking among the best in Chinese film history with "Avatar".

The box office in the first week came out, and this number reached 180 million, exceeding the box office record of 160 million set by "Kung Fu Panda 2".

Of course, it was released on Thursday, with one more day than Kung Fu Panda 2...

Countless Jiang Wenbiao appeared on the Internet.

"Movies, especially the sound, sex, fame and fortune, are not like writing, are born with a loneliness. However, they are hidden in the market. In this surging market torrent, a single shot of Jiang Wen is made to make people sigh that good fortune is immortal!

This is the preface to Jiang Wen's book "The Sun Rises As Always" written by Mr. Shi Tiesheng.

Jiang Wen's talent is really visible to the naked eye. He spent three months adapting Wang Shuo's "Animal Fierce" into "Sunny Days", and then wrote "The Devils Are Coming", "The Sun Rises As Always", and "Let the Bullets Fly" with Shuping. "The Devils" and "The Bullets" are both adapted works, just like Jiang Wen himself said, reading this novel and then the story continues to be derived in his mind. Jiang Wen always looks at a story from a different perspective than ordinary people."

"What are the world-class movie masters that everyone praises now? What I personally know are Akira Kurosawa, Hurzog, Ras von Tyre, Woody Allen, etc. Most of the movies of these people have strong personal styles and profound image expressions, and the other is the philosophical meaning left after the disappearance of light and shadow.

Jiang Wen’s personal style is beyond doubt and can be easily felt. Who else is there except Jiang Wen, a director who insists on finding philosophical meaning in China?”
Chapter completed!