raknovel Chapter 0099 Taking Advantage of the East Wind and Rising to the Forefront
Chapter 0099 Taking Advantage of the East Wind and Rising to the Forefront
For a film like "Journey to the West: The Love Story of a Fallen City," with an investment of 300 million yuan, a three-day holiday is far from enough to boost its box office to take off.
It's worth noting that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" broke the 10 billion yuan mark at the box office in just 15 days, breaking the record set by "Lost in Thailand" which took 20 days to reach 10 billion yuan, and becoming a new benchmark for domestic films.
The reason why the box office is so high is because the Spring Festival holiday is 7 days long, and it is also during the winter vacation.
Therefore, in today's domestic film market, only the summer vacation, National Day, and Spring Festival are the most popular periods.
Other short holidays like May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, New Year's Day, and Valentine's Day are simply not enough to support big-budget films.
Especially now, with "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" as a precedent, the Journey to the West theme will definitely be a hot topic in the next few years.
And by sheer coincidence, "Journey to the West: The Love of a Fallen City" was just about to complete its post-production and was able to reap the benefits of this opportunity.
With the box office appeal of Wu Yang and Liu Yifei, coupled with a 3 million yuan investment and the special effects team of "Avatar", as long as the film quality is good, it will definitely maximize its profits!
Most importantly, the filming of "Journey to the West: The Love Story of a Fallen City" started earlier than that of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".
Although it was released later than the latter, it won't be criticized as a copycat!
Moreover, although the two have the same subject matter, their styles are quite different.
The former's core is to praise truth, goodness, and beauty, while the latter's core is to expose ugliness and evil.
Although they are both disguised as romance films, they are completely different on the inside.
"Let's go for the summer release then, the sooner the better!"
Master Han made the final decision, after all, if they wanted to take advantage of the momentum of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", they couldn't delay for too long.
It's worth noting that recently many small companies have started to develop projects based on the Journey to the West theme.
Although Wu Yang's films can guarantee quality, the fear is that there are too many bad films of the same type. If this causes moviegoers to experience aesthetic fatigue or psychological discomfort, then it will be a loss!
"I'll do as you say."
Wu Yang nodded in agreement and declined to have lunch at Han Sanye's house. However, before leaving, he gave Han Jianu, his junior sister who was actually his older sister born in 80, a personal business card.
As the daughter of Han Sanye, despite studying for a master's degree in directing at the Beijing Film Academy, she started as a screenwriter after graduation and later became a well-known film and television producer in China!
With Master Han as her powerful backer, Han Jianu's film and television career has been particularly smooth, and of course, she is also extremely capable herself.
His debut film, "Dying to Survive," achieved both box office and critical success!
Before transmigrating, Wu Yang was a writer. After transmigrating, she became known in the industry for treating screenwriters well.
Because Wu Yang gives screenwriters a share of the profits from each of his films, he has directly improved the status of screenwriters in the film and television industry.
If it were only this, it wouldn't be enough for outsiders to follow suit or even adopt it as an industry standard.
The key was the profit sharing, which brought huge profits to Bao Jingjing and Tian Yusheng.
With these two role models, Wu Yang's company may seem small now.
Yet, she has the best reputation among screenwriters, and many screenwriters want to work with her, with numerous scripts being sent to the company's email inbox every day.
Even when collaborating with external film and television companies, they have gradually begun to demand profit sharing and a greater say in the industry.
This made many film and television companies hate Wu Yang immensely!
After all, giving screenwriters a share of the profits is like cutting into their flesh, but if they don't agree, there won't be any good scripts.
Without a good script, you can't make a good film; without a good film, you can't make a profit; and without a profit, you can only go bankrupt!
This is a vicious cycle, which is why many small companies strive for development while many large companies strive to maintain profitability.
We have no choice but to grit our teeth and give screenwriters a share of the profits, so that the screenwriting industry as a whole can benefit!
The script, the script, the foundation of a play!
Thanks to Wu Yang's leadership, and after more than three years of development, the film and television industry has now recognized the status of screenwriters.
Even large film and television companies like Huayi Brothers have begun to actively train screenwriters with high salaries and generous benefits.
As the daughter of Master Han, even though she won't graduate until next year, many film and television companies have already started inviting her to join their teams.
Huayi was the most concerned. Without consulting with Han Sanye, they arrogantly kicked Wu Yang and Liu Yifei out of the group.
Unexpectedly, this not only offended Wu Yang and Liu Yifei, but also offended Master Han. As a result, Master Han has stopped paying attention to the two CEOs, Da Wang and Xiao Wang, for the past few years.
Without the help of China Film Group, and with the people behind the two CEOs no longer being effective, the stock price plummeted!
If it weren't for the fact that I was destined to die, and that I had Feng Xiaogang as a fig leaf, plus the support of Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow's works, I would have survived.
Huayi might even be delisted!
Unfortunately, Han Jianu grew up surrounded by Han Sanye and naturally developed a dislike for Huayi.
Because he loved words since childhood, he followed Han Sanye's arrangement and took the entrance exam for a master's degree in directing.
I still use my spare time outside of class to study scriptwriting and improve my script appreciation skills.
Therefore, he naturally had a good impression of Wu Yang, but this good impression did not involve romantic feelings.
It was purely because of Wu Yang's actions that the status of screenwriters in film and television crews rose to second only to the director.
Working with Wu Yang, putting everything else aside, is invaluable simply because it's so smooth and pleasant!
So I chatted with Wu Yang for a while during dinner, and we exchanged business cards before I left.
Mr. Han did not stop her, after all, his daughter would graduate next year, and since she was studying directing, she would naturally have to make a living in the entertainment industry.
Even with my presence, it might make it easier for my daughter to pursue a career as a director in the entertainment industry.
He just wanted to go higher and further, but he needed like-minded allies, since Third Master Han couldn't be with his daughter for a lifetime.
From 09 to now, Han Sanye has known Wu Yang for 4 years and knows everything about Wu Yang.
Firstly, Wu Yang rarely attends drinking parties, and apart from Liu Yifei, he has no scandals. These two points alone make Master Han feel at ease about his daughter associating with Wu Yang.
Secondly, Wu Yang, despite his young age, is a director whose professional abilities are among the best in the domestic directing industry!
Most importantly, he has good character, is ambitious, knows how to share, never keeps things to himself, and of course, has a heart devoted to China!
This is especially valuable in the film and television industry!
2013 3 Month 1 Day.
Yesterday, "Lost in Thailand" ended its run with a box office of 13.11 billion yuan, raising the record for the highest-grossing Chinese-language film to 13 billion yuan.
Although it failed to surpass Avatar's box office record of 13.6 billion, it still brought a huge shock to the film industry!
Although it broke a series of Chinese film records since its release, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has surpassed them one by one.
Currently, it surpasses "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" by 2 million yuan in total box office revenue, and it remains to be seen whether this record will be broken.
Yesterday, the daily box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" dropped to 1255 million.