New Age Artists

Chapter 111: I dare not even think about it, my humble moviegoer (34)

"I plan to co-produce two parts of Red Cliff. The production cycle will conservatively take three years. The first part will be released in 08 and the second part in 09."

Shen Santong concluded.

"From previous analysis, it is not difficult to know that the film market in 08 will have screens and a box office of billion."

"In 09, there were screens and the box office was billion."

"The movie industry is a winner-takes-all market, with the box office champion often taking one-tenth of the total box office. The box office champion in 08 had a box office of 09 million yuan, and in , million yuan."

"I, Shen Santong, am aiming for the annual box office champion. The two films of Red Cliff can take 13 billion from the film market."

"With the current profit-sharing model, the box office revenue of 13 billion yuan, not counting other revenues, is enough to make the film profitable, but it is only a book profit. If you take into account the time cost, the return on investment is still a loss."

"So there should be special channels for such big productions. We will have special negotiations with the theaters. I believe my film can impress the theaters and get a profit-sharing agreement for such a big movie."

"Therefore, the movie Red Cliff can definitely make a profit from the domestic market."

"This drama is not made for foreign audiences, but for domestic audiences."

hum!
hum!
hum!
The reporters at the scene were so shocked that their brains were about to explode.

If this really is a fantasy world, the collapse of the worldview will cause the brain to explode, and I'm afraid someone will die on the spot.

Crazy!
It’s crazy!!

Shen Santong is crazy!!!
Not to mention other benefits, people also seriously consider the time cost.

Please!

It is quite fantastic that a film with a production cost of 400 million yuan can make a profit in the domestic film market.

A reporter stood up suddenly and said, "What kind of bullshit commercial feasibility analysis is this? You are just dreaming! Can Chinese films have such potential? You are just an angry young man! What do you mean by making movies for Chinese people? You are just exploiting national sentiment! Can you be more open-minded? Look at your predecessors, whether it is Zhang Yimou or Chen Kaige, they dare not say such things. Their films have to make profits abroad."

"Reporter, this is not the time for questions. Please pay attention to the order in the venue." The host of the press conference reminded him.

"Director Shen, why are you so confident?"

“Does the film really need to achieve profitability in the domestic market, without considering foreign markets?”

"Director Han, what does China Film think of the data listed by Shen Santong?"

What a shitty conference order! Just follow it!

After the first reporter's angry rant, one after another rushed to ask questions.

"Shut up!"

Shen Santong slammed the table and ordered someone to take away the first person who disrupted the order in the meeting.

Too lazy to argue with this kind of stuff.

Han Sanping was shocked on the spot.

Damn it, why didn’t you tell me before you banged the table?

"Whoever violates the order of the venue again, get out, and don't even think about getting any reports from me."

Shen Santong was furious: "China is not short of filmmakers who are only interested in pleasing foreign audiences, but it is short of filmmakers who can please Chinese audiences."

"When greeting customers at street stalls, people will also call out handsome guys or beautiful girls. This has nothing to do with morality. This is the most basic professional ethics."

"At present, some practitioners in our country, not just filmmakers, including the reporter just now, have a moral level that is not even that of ordinary people who have not been educated, but they lack the most basic professional ethics."

"To make a cinema movie, to take money from the audience, but not even willing to say a few auspicious words, not even bothering to say them, this is not just shameless, it's simply shameless!"

Shen Santong was really angry.

Some people really don't care about their reputation.

Shen Santong understands lack of confidence, but cannot accept shamelessness.

This era is indeed not very confident, and we cannot look at the present with the eyes of future generations.

The real rapid changes, with a new scene every year, began after China joined the WTO in 01.

This has only been 4 years.

Therefore, Saint La deserves to be listed as one of the four saints.

La Saint used large planes to send Chinese people into the World Trade Center, diverted the attention of the United States, and gained a golden window of development.

Great, needless to say.

Shen Santong also admitted that some of his estimates were optimistic.

It is said to be conservative, but in fact it is a bit exaggerated.

But even if you think it is wrong, don't approve of it, question it, or deny it.

He can accept it humbly.

But the reporter just now was very strange.

It made him particularly angry.

Instead of refuting him with data and evidence, they just make accusations against him.

I can't stand the Chinese people's self-confidence. I can't accept that Chinese people make movies and don't show them to foreigners.

He should be happy that a blockbuster movie is being enjoyed by Chinese audiences. He also has yellow skin and speaks Chinese, so he doesn't look like a foreigner, right?

It is difficult for Shen Santong to understand, what country does he belong to in his self-perception?
Han Sanping tried to persuade him and held him back: "Say less, say less."

That’s too harsh.

It is very likely that the reporter deliberately tried to provoke him, as he is still young.

"My estimate of 13 billion box office for the two films is actually very conservative."

Shen Santong said: "In 1998, Titanic grossed 3.6 million yuan, and it is still the number one box office hit. You should know that the annual box office in 1998 was only 9 million yuan."

"What does it mean?"

“It shows that our film potential is much higher than we thought.”

"In 02, director Zhang Yimou's Hero, which featured an all-star cast, was a strong hit and eventually achieved a box office miracle with 2.5 million yuan, but it still couldn't compete with the big ship."

"It's been three years since 02, and our domestic films are still far from reaching the upper limit of the film market."

“To put it bluntly, our current production level cannot meet the audience’s entertainment needs.”

Shen Santong suddenly lost interest when he said this: "Our filmmakers don't think about improving the level of film production, but are only concerned about winning awards, winning awards, and going abroad to win awards."

"Ah. Chinese moviegoers. So humble."

I really don’t know what to say.

Shen Santong knew some good films from later generations.

He is well aware that the box office potential of domestic films is not as it appears.

"Avatar" was released in December 09 and grossed over 12 billion yuan.

No matter how well a Hollywood movie is made, there will always be a layer of separation between it and the audience in terms of values ​​and emotions.

This shows that if a domestic film can produce a well-made, emotionally charged and properly promoted film by the end of 09, it can gross over 14 billion yuan at the box office.

But before "Avatar", no one would have dared to imagine that the Chinese film market had such great potential!
Three years later, "Lost in Thailand" grossed 12 billion yuan, which made Chinese filmmakers stunned.

An amateur director achieved such a great result!
It turns out that domestic films can also have such box office success!
There aren't any big special effects, but the emotions are there.

Telling a story that satisfies the audience can make over a billion.

"From my supermarket, I can see that even if it's not a blockbuster, as long as the film is well made and resonates with the audience, it can have a high box office."

"And if it's a big movie, a big production, and it gives enough emotional appeal, the box office revenue it brings will be even more amazing."

"So for the two Red Cliff movies, if the quality of the films is up to par and can satisfy our audience's viewing needs, the 13 billion box office is actually just the minimum expectation."

"I can't predict how much higher it will be, but at least for now our domestic films have not reached the upper limit of our box office potential."

The reporters present didn't know what to say.

They thought wrong.

They had thought that Shen Santong was extreme enough, but they didn't expect that he was still too shallow.

Shen Santong is aiming to reach a higher level.

We need to go and take a look at the upper limit of the Chinese film market.

They are no longer able to evaluate such ideas.

It’s hard to even describe it as arrogance; they dare not even think about it.

"Brilliant."

A reporter shouted.

Others agreed: "Awesome."

indeed.

This ambition alone surpasses that of most domestic filmmakers.

Most reporters are also looking forward to a good film.

Han Sanping also looked at Shen Santong with a complicated expression. If you hadn't been provoked by that reporter, you wouldn't have said it.

You didn't even tell him, you're really good at hiding it.

After Shen Santong finished discussing the commercial feasibility analysis of Red Cliff, he continued, “The second part is my overall opinion on the Red Cliff project.”

"The Battle of Red Cliff is a turning point in the Three Kingdoms. Red Cliff is a historical blockbuster. It is history first and foremost."

"So, let me talk about my view on history, my opinion on history."

The other three of the Four Saints.

God the Great resolved the thousand-year-old threat from the north, and the north has been at peace ever since.

Ze Sheng, the leader of the great revitalization of Northeast China, made great contributions to the expansion of influence in Central Asia and West Asia.

The inner sage, with his own efforts, has caused the moral image of the United States to collapse. All forces in the Middle East welcome the free trade between Laos and China.

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(End of this chapter)