Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 192 Let’s Make a Blockbuster
It was blocked, just released

Sure enough, Zhang's father's answer confirmed his guess.

"It is true that my friend, in fact, not only him, many people have this idea.

They heard that Lao Li made money by investing in your movies, so they all want to get a share, and asked me to ask if there are still opportunities there. "

Sure enough.

Coal bosses have become extremely wealthy in the past two years, and each of them has money but nowhere to spend it.

After all, now is the golden decade for coal. The golden decade started from 02 to 12, and there was a reorganization in between.

In 09, the economy was weak and coal companies in coal-producing provinces were restructured, that is, nationalized.

The number of mining entities has dropped sharply from more than 2200 to 130, and coal bosses have either been nationalized or taken a sum of money and left.

Now that they have money, the coal bosses don’t know what to do. They try various transformations, some invest in wine, some invest in real estate, some open supermarkets, and some plunge into the entertainment industry.

That's why later on, coal bosses invaded the entertainment industry.

The coal bosses wanted to invest in his movie, but Zhang Chen definitely wouldn't agree.

But as soon as he said no, Zhang's father was dumbfounded.

"I don't agree. Then why did you say during your speech at school that we could go find the coal bosses? I thought you were encouraging me..."

Zhang Chen didn't expect that his father had actually watched his speech. It seemed that his father paid a lot of attention to him.

There was a quarrel on the other end of the phone, and it seemed that my mother took over the call: "Let me talk to my son..."

Then the other end of the line was replaced by my mother's voice: "Son, don't listen to your father. He brags about you every day, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant..."

My dad immediately muttered, "I'm not bragging. If Xiaochen says it's not possible, then it's not possible. I just rejected them."

Zhang Chen guessed that his father must have been chatting with someone else.

He was in charge of the railway cars, and the people he interacted with the most were coal bosses, with whom he often played cards.

Others have money and he doesn't, so what is there to brag about? Isn't it just bragging about his son?

"Dad, I'm telling you the truth. My movies are very popular now. They are sure to make money. I don't lack investment at all. If you want to invest in my movies, you must have the corresponding resources to help me, such as distribution, theaters, or something else.

Your coal boss friends have nothing but money, so investing in my film is like me giving them money for free."

Mr. Zhang didn't expect this to happen and was speechless, not knowing what to say.

Zhang Chen didn't want his father to lose his credibility among his friends, so he came up with an idea:
“My speech at Beijing Film Academy was from the perspective of a student. If I were to speak from the perspective of a coal boss, it would be best not to invest in other people’s films. This business is very risky, and they don’t know anything and will most likely lose money.

But I have an idea for you. They have money, so you can let them work together to run a cinema chain. Cinema chains are the focus of development in recent years and a sunrise industry, but they require a lot of capital and are considered heavy assets. Most people can’t afford it.”

“But they don’t understand the concept of opening a movie theater.”

"It doesn't matter. Just spend money to recruit two knowledgeable people to help manage the business."

"Can you make money?"

"can."

"Okay, I'll talk to them."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen was still quite sad.

In fact, the coal bosses in the past were not so powerful because the coal industry as a whole was not in good shape.

Even if they are rich, they basically stay in their own small circle and their reputation does not spread outside.

Moreover, he is only relatively rich, so it would hurt to ask him to pay out tens of millions at once.

The real shaking started after the millennium.

After China joined the WTO, the demand for coal grew explosively, the country cancelled the guidance price for power coal, and everything followed the market.

Due to the imbalance between supply and demand, coal prices began to rise explosively.

At that time, as long as you were working in the coal industry, you could make money.

Even if you open a coal washing plant at the lowest level, you can make a lot of money.

The years when the coal blowout occurred happened to be the years when Zhang Chen was in college. In his previous life, he had lived around him with real examples.

The boy next door is very energetic and he is dating a girl from a coal boss's family.

The coal boss gave Yi a car when they met, and said: "No matter whether you can be with my daughter in the end, this is your uncle's gift to you."

Just after hanging up the phone, the door was pushed open with a creaky sound. As soon as Dong Jianqiang came in, he rushed to the water dispenser and poured himself a glass of water.

He drank it all in one gulp.

"Is the interview over?"

Dong Jianqiang was still drinking water and didn't bother to answer, so he just nodded.

"Did you enjoy the squirting?"

This time Dong Jianqiang couldn't hold it in anymore. A smile appeared on his face, and then he choked on the water and coughed.

A group of people burst into laughter. Dong Jianqiang finally came to his senses after a while, but his face was already red.

"What did you ask?"

"It's still the same problems, nothing new, but they actually knew that we invited King Liu but were rejected..."

"What was revealed there?" "Probably. Anyway, I didn't save face for him and just told him the truth."

"Aren't you afraid of offending people?"

"What are you afraid of? What can he do to me? At worst, I won't cooperate with him in the future~"

Dong Jianqiang seemed very single, but he immediately said, "Zhang Chen, let's make a blockbuster movie, shall we?"

"Ok?"

"Let's make a blockbuster, shall we?" This time Dong Jianqiang was particularly serious.

"Why did you think of this? Were you stimulated just now?"

"Well, just now he asked me why Xingchen Entertainment didn't make blockbuster movies, and I didn't know how to answer for a moment."

“You want to make a blockbuster?”

"Who wouldn't want to? Although we claim to produce quality films with low costs, and we do get good box office results every time, in terms of influence, we really can't compare to blockbuster films."

Everyone present here understands what he said.

At this stage, an average person may only go to the cinema once a year.

So what can attract them to the cinema?
Of course it’s a blockbuster.

Big cast, big scene, big investment~
Only a movie like this, coupled with overwhelming publicity, can attract a person who has no habit of watching movies into the cinema.

This is also the reason why Han Sanping is wholeheartedly promoting the blockbuster strategy.

Whether Zhang Chen wants to or not, of course he does.

He has seen many blockbuster movies in his two lifetimes, but has never filmed one.

In the entertainment industry, in the field of director he is in, no matter how successful you are, how good the box office is, or how popular you are with the audience.

As long as you haven't made a blockbuster, you are not first-rate.

This is also the reason why poet Chen and Feng Xiaogang are both trying their best to make blockbuster movies.

Name~
The entertainment industry is all about chasing fame and fortune, and no one is exempt.

Being pure and simple is just a character setting, who knows what he is doing behind the scenes.

Of course, there are also Buddhists, but they generally don’t do very well. They may become famous, but they will definitely not become the top of the industry.

But how to make a blockbuster?
What is a blockbuster?

A movie can only be called a blockbuster if the investment is at least over 100 million.

With such a high cost, it is impossible to make back the investment by relying solely on the domestic market, so we must target overseas markets.

At this stage, the only Chinese products that can go overseas are costume blockbusters.

No choice at all.

But what stories do costume blockbusters tell?
The first thing Zhang Chen thought of was the Three Kingdoms.

Dong Jianqiang also thought of the Three Kingdoms: "How about the Three Kingdoms?
The Three Kingdoms theme has a large audience base throughout Asia. Names such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang are not only extremely popular in Japan and South Korea, but also very popular in Southeast Asia.

Especially in Japan, there are countless games based on the Three Kingdoms.”

But what can be done with the Three Kingdoms theme?
Chibi?

The subject matter is too grand and it is simply beyond my ability to handle it.

In and out of Changbanpo seven times?
Even in such a situation, Zhang Chen asked himself if he could handle it.

"No, I can't handle a war scene. I'm not capable enough."

In his previous life, he was just an online director. He said that he was invincible, but to do it, he had to put his skills into practice.

Apart from anything else, he can't even handle the scheduling.

For war scenes, there needs to be at least several thousand people present. If there are fewer people, not even one shot can be filled. That would be too fake. This is not TVB.

But dispatching thousands of people is not an easy task. If it is not filmed well, it will be another "The Warring States".

Think about "The Final Battle", which mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to make the movie. Doesn't it make your scalp tingle just thinking about it?

How did you do it?
Zhang Chen said that he was not good at shooting war scenes and no one laughed at him. This is very realistic.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms won't work, so the only option is fantasy, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Journey to the West, or Investiture of the Gods..."

These three dramas are simply the youth memories of their generation, they are so familiar.

Especially "Journey to the West", the story of Sun Wukong is well-known and familiar to everyone.

There were stories like the three fights with the White Bone Demon, being pressed under the Five Finger Mountain, and running around like a tyrant. Anyone can tell you a story about it.

But since this was Zhang Chen’s first time making a blockbuster, he would definitely choose the safest option.

So his choice was - "Painted Skin".

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Monthly ticket

(End of this chapter)