Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 404 Door-to-Door Visit (24)

"From the very beginning, 'The Big Shot' was intended to be a series... The first installment, a crackdown on organized crime, already had its tone set..."

Lu Yang in an exclusive interview…

"The Big Shot" has surpassed 11 billion yuan at the box office, making director Lu Yang the first director in the history of Chinese-language films to join the 10 billion yuan box office club...

It will definitely be popular.

"When the film started shooting, I thought the box office would be good... The specific figure of 1 billion yuan was announced when Fruit Chan asked us to withdraw all our films from release just before the film's release... Brother Yan was quite unhappy and directly shouted out the 1 billion yuan box office figure!"

How did he make that judgment?

"I asked too, and he said that at this stage, a phenomenal box office hit is about 1 billion. If 'The Big Shot' can become a phenomenal box office hit, its box office will definitely break 1 billion!"

“During the script discussion stage, we did refer to ‘Police Story’… We’re all fans of Hong Kong films, and also fans of Jackie Chan… We even told the person in charge of the Donnie Yen Stunt Team to use props as much as possible when we were doing action design…”

"Wu Jing referenced Chen Jiaju in his performance, but he couldn't imitate him; imitation can never surpass... His movement characteristics are also different from Jackie Chan's. In terms of action design, he referenced military combat techniques and military boxing..."

"The character of Sun Wukong is taking shape... The script ideas for the second part are already in place. I might need to consult with Golden Shield Film and Television... and look at their materials... We'll start filming once the script is finalized!"

"Currently, I still have a script called 'Blind Witness'... 'Blind Witness' is Yan Ge's script, which tells the story of a murder case with two eyewitnesses, one sighted and one blind, whose testimonies are quite different... The police need to unravel the mystery..."

"Beat 'The Big Shot' at the box office? You really dare to dream! According to Brother Yan, 'The Big Shot' had perfect timing and location... 'Blind Witness' definitely won't surpass one billion at the box office; three hundred million would be good enough..."

"Blind Witness" is a bit more serious and doesn't have that many jokes... so the viewing experience won't be very relaxing!

"Brother Yan is a very professional producer and respects the director very much... He only offers suggestions during the early preparation stage, but once he's actually on set, he completely follows the director's instructions!"

"...My director's fee is definitely not high, but I heard from Guo Fan that they give out red envelopes after the movie finishes its theatrical run...I'm also one of the investors in 'Blind Witness' and 'The Big Shot 2'..."

"Brother Yan... went back to the film set to shoot 'American Dreams in China,' co-directed by Guo Fan, Rao Xiaozhi, and myself..."

"We all get along very well... The script ideas were all proposed by Yan Ge. We discussed them with each other, offered our own ideas, and then summarized them for the screenwriter..."

……

Oh, you mentioned salary...

When Lu Yang received the directorial assignment for "The Big Shot," he had only won the Audience Award at the Busan International Film Festival for "Blind Cinema"...

That was a film not shown in theaters; it was eventually released on the movie channel.

At that time, Lu Yang was just starting out, and the director paid him 35 yuan.

Market price!
However, as is customary, a red envelope will be given as a reward after the movie's run ends...

The usual practice is to award 20% of the profits to the main creators…

But the profits from "The Big Shot" were too high!

Netizens have already calculated the profit situation of "The Big Shot".

As I said before, the profitability of every blockbuster movie is already revealed before it even leaves theaters.

Based on a box office of 12.5 billion yuan, the box office revenue sharing is 4.85 million yuan.

Revenue from new media rights, overseas rights, and television rights will likely set new records for Chinese-language films…

Let's calculate it as 1 million.

After deducting production and advertising costs, the net profit exceeded 5 million yuan!

Enlight Media and China Film Group will handle the distribution, taking 12% of the revenue initially.

Then there's Shen Yan's 15% profit share... That's right, 6000 million!
Many online media outlets speculate that Shen Yan's earnings from "The Big Shot" will exceed 5000 million yuan...

Guessed it.

Spark Studio's revenue exceeds 200 million!

The studio allocated 20% of its profits as a bonus to the main creators…

That's... 4000 million!
This number is terrifying.

Lu Yang and Wu Jing's rewards alone may exceed 1000 million!
But that's the rule. ...

The crew of "American Dreams in China" is currently filming Cheng Dongqing telling his story of dreams!
"Chinese students are the most likely to fail among all students in the world because you face the most brutal exams in the world..."

The Ministry of Education announced that the college entrance rate for 1993, from junior high to senior high school, was 44.1%, meaning nearly 600 million students failed. The college entrance rate for the national college entrance examination (Gaokao) was 39.9%, meaning 140 million students failed.
I've calculated the percentage of students at New Dream who take the TOEFL and GRE exams. It's estimated that only one in four students gets a scholarship to study in the US, while more than 3 fail.

Failure is everywhere, life is so hopeless, this is reality, so what should we do?
You won't drown if you fall into the water, but you'll drown if you stay in the water. The only way to drown is to swim, keep swimming forward...

Those who choose to give up from the very beginning will not fail,

because they failed from the very beginning, failure is not terrible, fear of failure is really terrible! "

He was in high spirits...

The police arrived the next second!
Yes, they are operating a school illegally.

In fact, the training industry was quite chaotic back then, and some competitors resorted to unscrupulous means to compete.

For example, competitors might cover each other's recruitment ads—you post yours, then I'll post mine on top of yours.

The man Lao Yu hired was stabbed with a knife while putting up advertisements…

He really stabbed it!

Moreover, Yu Minhong was expelled from Peking University not only because he was running a private school, but more importantly because it blocked his path to wealth—Peking University's Department of Foreign Languages ​​also has English training classes, but the teaching quality is not as good as Yu Minhong's.

Of course, there's no need to show these.

However, the issue of operating a school illegally still needs to be mentioned...

"That's enough, everyone take a break... Director Rao, you can arrange for the extras to leave the set!"

Rao Xiaozhi nodded...and then went to deal with the extras...

The biggest investment in "American Dreams in China" was in the extras...

Because there are many speech occasions, speeches require an audience.

He even gave a speech in a stadium with tens of thousands of people!

However, that filming utilized the star power of celebrities…

A bunch of Huang Xiaoming and Shen Yan's fans signed up immediately.

Of course, they also gave us money and food.

But scheduling it is still quite troublesome...

Shen Yan glanced at the monitor and then praised, "Brother Xiaoming's English has improved!"

"...I hired a private English tutor!"

"That's great, keep it up... We'll be wrapping up filming in about a week."

As we were talking, Guo Fan walked over: "Director..."

"What's wrong?"

"Some media outlets..."

"Again?" Shen Yan was speechless. "Tell them to get lost. I already said I'm not accepting interviews for the time being!"

Guo Fan shook his head: "...This time it's 'China Movie Report'!"

"...I'm really fed up, there's no way to avoid it!" Shen Yan sighed. "Tell them to wait a moment, I'll change my clothes!"

"...Yes, you do need to change your clothes..."

Shen Yan was dressed very casually: slippers, shorts, and a tank top…

Directors are behind-the-scenes workers, so there's no need for them to care about their image!
But giving an interview was out of the question, so Shen Yan went straight to his dressing room, put on a shirt and trousers, and changed his shoes to canvas shoes.

(End of this chapter)