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

Chapter 656 The First Year of Science Fiction?

Uh, the Spring Festival film season has already begun!
This year's Spring Festival film season is once again touted as the strongest ever...

Actually... it's about the same.

Seven new films!

Pre-orders have already started...

The competition for ticket subsidies among major ticketing companies is intensifying, with Dianping, Nuomi.com, and Gewara Lala respectively securing the joint distribution rights for "From Vegas to Macau II", "Dragon Blade", and "Wolf Totem".

For films co-distributed on their respective platforms, half of the screenings can be purchased for 9.9 yuan, while the other half will receive a subsidy of over 30 yuan.

Maoyan has partnered exclusively with "The Martian" and spent 80 million yuan on ticket subsidies!

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the seventh day, tickets for "The Martian" on the Maoyan platform are only 15 yuan, while other films start at 19.9 yuan.

Maoyan Movies currently holds more than 40% of the national film market share.

Naturally, "The Martian" topped the pre-sale charts for the seven new films...

Currently, "The Martian" has already achieved a pre-sale box office of 1.76 million yuan, securing 38.6% of the screening share in theaters nationwide on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Shen Yan originally planned to give away some perks through his live stream...

For example, a ticket that costs 9.9 yuan, he sells for 8 yuan...

As a result, right after the broadcast ended, the person in charge at Maoyan called and said they could provide 1 million movie tickets at 6.6 yuan each…

Shen Yan was completely dumbfounded!
No way, six yuan and sixty cents? You guys are too ruthless!

Okay, the giants have their eyes on the online ticketing platform business, and Maoyan must become the industry leader before BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) completely enters the fray!

It's impossible not to burn money.

After all, this industry has no barriers to entry; it all depends on having enough capital.

Didn't you see that Maizuo.com, which Huayi acquired, is almost bankrupt?

Currently, Maoyan's biggest competitors are Dianping and Baidu Nuomi.

These three companies were the final victors of the group-buying war, forming a three-way balance of power!
Movie ticketing is a local lifestyle service...

However, with the rapid development of the film market, online ticketing services are also expanding rapidly.

Whoever controls the online ticketing platform controls the film distribution!
Then, Tencent and Ali also want to enter the market.

WeChat movie tickets and the upcoming Taobao movie tickets…

Shen Yan's idea is to capture more than 40% of the market share, and then put the folk film universe and youth films into Maoyan, letting them take the lead in production!

Then push for a merger...

By the way, Baidu Nuomi is currently making a strong push – Baidu CEO Robin Li publicly announced that over the next three years, 20 billion yuan will be invested in the Nuomi business, with the money going towards two core areas – catering and film.

Zeng Liang, general manager of Baidu Nuomi, also said: "We will provide as much funding as it takes to become the number one film seat selection market in China."

Looks fierce!
Unfortunately, with Baidu's business restructuring—going all-in on the artificial intelligence track—Baidu Nuomi business was directly marginalized.

Shen Yan had no opinion on ticket subsidies—being willing to spend money to offer low-priced tickets to everyone to go to the movies is a good thing for the audience, a good thing for the movies, and an even better thing for the cinemas…

……

"The sun sets in the west."

"It's the old man's last day."

"I'll carry the coffin all by myself."

"Did anyone else chime in?"

The third brother was singing, and the crowd responded. They moved around on the narrow old building, with clothes hanging out to dry fluttering in the wind above the windows. Life and death were intertwined.

It has a kind of shock that penetrates the screen.

The next shot shows the sun and tall buildings, where life and death happen every moment, in an endless cycle, which is what is meant by "the major events of life".

Shen Yan really liked this scene... When they were actually filming, Shen Yan was quite moved—carrying a coffin and leading his filial sons and grandsons down the stairs, one step at a time, he was carrying not only the emotions of the living, but also the expectations of the deceased!

The so-called saintly attitude in the funeral industry is to treat death with the same solemnity as to cherish life.

"Crack! Brother Yan... Is it heavy?"

"What do you think? It must weigh at least 100 pounds!" Shen Yan rolled his eyes, then cursed at the props department: "Are you guys crazy, making such a heavy coffin?"

"...We rented the coffin based on the funeral director's recommendation... He said that people who live in houses that are over thirty years old usually have some wealth, and the coffins they use are made of good wood, weighing at least 300 jin (150 catties)!"

"...The key is that it's difficult to lift!"

Han Yan interjected, "That's exactly why it has to be difficult to lift; otherwise, how can we showcase Third Sister's transformation?"

"Fine, you're both right..."

Shen Yan waved his hand: "How many scenes are there this afternoon?"

"Three matches..."

"Okay, I'll go record the show after I finish filming!"

What show are you going to record?

“Day Day Up…” Shen Yan said, “I have to promote The Martian. This time I’m recording it with Liu Cixin!”

"Liu Cixin...you're going to adapt 'The Three-Body Problem'?"

"The Three-Body Problem... Even if I wanted to adapt it, I don't have the copyright right now! I heard it was sold to Yoozoo!"

Han Yan frowned: "Do you think director Zhang Fanfan from Yoozoo will take this filming seriously?"

"Even if he takes the filming seriously, it won't work, given his skill level!"

Director Zhang Fanfan's representative works include "The Secret Chamber: The Unspeakable Secret" and "The Secret Chamber: The Unreachable Shore"...

He adapted "The Three-Body Problem" into a film. According to sources who have seen it, the plot does indeed follow the storyline of "The Three-Body Problem I" in a straightforward manner, and its completion is similar to most domestically produced films shown in theaters, without any obvious plot holes. However, for "The Three-Body Problem," it completely falls short of public expectations...

There were very few special effects, and Zhang lacked imagination.

Moreover, the Trisolarans, who shouldn't have appeared in "The Three-Body Problem 1," did appear, with two antennae on their heads, looking like ants. The design of the other shots was basically at the level of his locked-room mystery series.

Therefore, after the top leader watched it, he immediately banned its release!

Producer Kong Ergou was very unhappy and frequently made public criticisms of domestic science fiction films on Weibo, and then "The Wandering Earth" was released...

He will never post anything related to domestic science fiction again!
"Would you take it on?"

Shen Yan nodded: "I will take over the production once the copyright expires!"

……

Many people believe that "The Three-Body Problem" became a huge hit after winning the Hugo Award.

No, it didn't. It started gaining popularity as early as the beginning of 14 – mainly due to hype on internet platforms!
This leads to the philosophy of "The Three-Body Problem": the Dark Forest Theory and the two-dimensional foil attack of dimensional reduction!
For people in the internet industry, it all boils down to one thing: survival is ruthless, and you have to do whatever it takes. If you're noble, you die; if you're shameless, you live.

Furthermore, Lei Jun particularly admires "The Three-Body Problem." Lei Jun has a great influence, and naturally, many people study what he admires...

In addition, we must thank Interstellar—the appearance of Interstellar brought a group of science fiction fans to the attention of The Three-Body Problem…

Later, Kong Ergou, a senior executive at Yoozoo Pictures, announced that "The Three-Body Problem" would be adapted into a film, with the adaptation rights having been purchased by director Zhang Fanfan, who works for his company, several years ago.

An IP that gets noticed by film and television companies must be a breakout IP…

However, Yoozoo Games announced a trilogy, with each installment costing 200 million yuan…

This news was quickly overshadowed by the $4 million budget of "The Martian"...

Shen Yan posted a Weibo post: "You're going to make a 'Three-Body Problem' film with a budget of 200 million RMB for a single movie? Are you kidding me? I feel that the first movie is definitely going to lay the foundation for the entire series. Even if there are fewer special effects shots, it won't be enough without 100 million USD. How did you manage to make it?"

　My brain isn't working properly today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)