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

Chapter 482 Holy crap, they're even going to court? (14)

dispute?

What's the controversy?

Everyone who's seen it is criticizing it!

What an excuse...

Just like during the promotional tour for "Fengshen 2," the audience asked about the "polarized reviews"...

Still polarized?

Those who have seen it are all criticizing it, and those who haven't seen it don't want to watch it at all!

It's clearly an attempt to cover up the mistake...

"Don't believe those people who say 'domestic audiences don't need good movies.' The market is immature, and most viewers may find it difficult to make an accurate analysis of whether a film is good or bad, but they still have an intuitive sense of taste."

"Let me tell you a story. In the early 80s, the North American video game industry was booming. No matter how bad a game was, there were always players willing to buy it. The market was flooded with all sorts of poorly made titles, all riding the wave of popularity. Atari, influenced by the previous mistake of successfully selling 700 million copies of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, thought that even low-quality games could achieve excellent sales. As a result, they hastily released another terrible game, E.T..."

This time, nobody bought them; of the 4 million units produced, only 1.5 million were sold. This directly led to a $536 million loss announced in 1983, ending the life of this once-mighty company in the form of a business that was ultimately broken up and sold off.

"Bad movies can't keep doing well forever. We'll see."

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked!" This saying also applies to the film industry!

Shen Yan was talking animatedly when Nini walked over... Yan was a little confused and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's time to go!"

“…Oh,” Shen Yan glanced at the time, “That’s enough for now…I have something else to do.”

"Where are you going?"

"Wanda Cinema Night... they should have invited Phoenix Entertainment too, right?"

"…Um…"

The reporter who interviewed him was named Qin Wan…

I might have wanted to ask him about his relationship with Nini, but Shen Yan acted very naturally.

Let's change the subject: "Does your company not hold any movie night events?"

Shen Yan shook his head: "No... We're not a listed company, and we don't plan to go public, so there's no need for us to do these kinds of activities!"

"Don't you plan to go public?"

"Our company is not short of money, nor do we want to diversify... Going public is meaningless!"

……

Nini's movie "The Killer" was released on the same day as "Switch," and its box office performance was very poor.

It's less than 1000 million!
To say that there were no screenings... or that theaters suppressed this movie, is not true. For the first three days, its screening share was over 10%, similar to that of "Northeast Folk Tales," but the latter grossed over 600 million yuan per day, while "The Killer" only grossed around 100 million yuan for three consecutive days...

The theaters simply abandoned this movie!
By the way, "Northeast Folk Tales" has received the key to an extension, and its box office has already reached 3.97 million yuan...

It's definitely going to break 400 million!
I don't have much hope of making the top ten on the annual list, but the top 15 shouldn't be a problem.

Moreover, the overseas rights to "Northeast Folk Tales" sold very smoothly. The Southeast Asian rights alone sold for $120 million, and the European rights, especially those in Eastern Europe, were sold to more than a dozen countries, totaling over $100 million...

Let's get back to Nini.

Actually, she didn't care much about the failure of "The Killer"...

This movie didn't get much attention.

It doesn't affect her shooting commercials or appearing in magazines...

Most importantly, it doesn't affect her film and television resources.

Oh, Guo Fan made a youth film, and she and Li Xian were cast as the leads—not "My Old Classmate," but "Waiting for You at the End of Time"...

Xinghuo Studio and Cool Whale Culture Investment, Guo Fan as producer, and Sha Weiqi as director.

It's obvious they want to make some money.

This project has nothing to do with Shen Yan; he wasn't even credited as the screenwriter!
But this is a project by Spark Studio.

Moreover, Guo Fan and Sha Weiqi were both promoted by Shen Yan...

It's true that Shen Yan agreed to her starring role in "Waiting for You at the End of Time," but it wasn't his recommendation. He felt that it didn't matter who played the part in that type of film…

With proper promotion and a good release date, given the current film market, it should easily gross at least 4 million yuan!
Nini... probably wants to create a scandal with Shen Yan.

So, at the Wanda Cinema Night afterwards, she made quite a few intimate gestures…

Yan Ge... doesn't really care. On one hand, "Fame and Fortune" is about to be released, which can be considered a warm-up. On the other hand, he will basically disappear from the public eye for the next six months...

……

The following day, the industry summit…

Shen Yan ran into Huang Zhonglei and chatted briefly.

Huang Zhonglei was a little annoyed that Shen Yan hadn't attended the Huayi Brothers Movie Night last night, so he deliberately asked, "Are you guys going to partner with Wanda?"

"Wanda is busy connecting with Hollywood now. Haven't you seen the movies they've chosen to bet on? They're all big projects like 'Man of Tai Chi,' 'Manhattan Romance,' and 'Speed ​​Racer'!"

"They didn't invest in 'Make a Name for Yourself'?"

"No, the total cost of 'Make a Name for Yourself' was only 1000 million... The actors didn't receive any salaries; their earnings were used as investment in the project..."

"They didn't collect them? Even Uncle Ge didn't collect them?"

"Originally, I wanted to give Mr. Ge 800 million yuan as his film fee, but since we didn't accept it, he didn't accept it either. So I just gave him 15% of his investment..."

"15%, if the box office is 7 million, I can get at least 3000 million!"

"But during filming, everyone thought the movie would only gross a maximum of 200 million..."

Yes, in "Fame and Fortune", apart from a few supporting roles, the main cast all invested their salaries as equity.

The smallest investment was held by Nini, with only 3% of the total investment. The largest investment was held by Shen Yan, who was the screenwriter, director, and lead actor, accounting for 30% of the total investment. Ge You had 15%, and the others each had 8%, including Wu Jing, Deng Chao, and Huang Xiaoming…

Ng Man-tat is 5%.
Yang Tianbao was a supporting actor, but he was paid 80 yuan directly.

She filmed for a whole week...

By the way, "Fame and Fortune" didn't have any co-production partners. It was produced by Spark Studio, and distributed by China Film Group and Enlight Media.

"I wonder if Huayi will ever have another chance to cooperate with you!"

Shen Yan said directly, "Two years ago, we wanted to make a science fiction film and approached General Manager Huang..."

Huang Zhonglei was silent for a moment, then spoke frankly: "Science fiction movies...the costs are too high, and there are no successful precedents. We are a listed company, and we need to be responsible to our shareholders..."

Really?

Mr. Huang auctions off so-called famous paintings all over the world, but why don't you say you're responsible to the shareholders?

Shen Yan changed the subject: "Isn't Huayi Brothers associated with Stephen Chow?"

"We were in a lawsuit a while ago..."

"A lawsuit? What kind of lawsuit?"

Huang Zhonglei explained...

It's about dividends.

Shen Yan was a little confused. In the original timeline, the dividends were over 8000 million, so you can just renege on them...

It's only ten million this time, why are they going to court?

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons grossed 6.3 million yuan at the Chinese box office…

According to the supplementary agreement, if the box office exceeds 500 million, Stephen Chow will receive a 1 million share for every additional 10 million in box office revenue…

That's only 1300 million!

No, are Huayi Brothers really that short of money?

1300 million to make Stephen Chow happy...

Let's work together again in our next project!

You don't even want to pay this little bit of money?
Shen Yan couldn't hold back any longer and asked directly, "Isn't that unnecessary? It's just a 1300 million yuan dividend. You guys have already made quite a bit of money with 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons'!"

"Last year, we only made money from one movie..."

(End of this chapter)