Chapter 853: Sino-US Co-Production (24)

At the company, Shen Xudong pointed to the articles on the computer and asked Chen Xi: "The trolls you are looking for are too bad. They only go back and forth with these few contents!"

"…Let me see…"

Okay, it's Shen Xudong and Chen Daoming again...

Many of the sentences in it are from Shen Xudong's "Supplementary Records 2". For example, "I feel that Chen Daoming, Jiang Wen, and Teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang are all the same type of people. They are very direct and emotional, and their happiness or displeasure is all written on their faces." Their goal is simple, to make a good show!

But the fun doesn't come out as soon as the two lips touch. It needs money, it needs people, it needs censorship...

After seven trials and eight trials, the good show becomes mediocre!

After the marketization of film and television dramas, it has become more difficult to make good stuff. You have to find investors and distributors, and you have to travel around the country to promote it.

These are inevitable, and since you want to film, you have to accept them all, so it creates a very strange external form: anger. Therefore, Director Chen is not very willing to deal with the media. If there is a good script, he will shoot it. When promoting, he will deal with the media. If there is no good script, he will not shoot! ’

'Every time he sees me, he always asks, 'Do you have a good script?' ’

""Famous" was forced out of me... I watched "The Wind" and wanted to tinker with a spy film, but I wasn't capable enough, so I added a project creation talk...'

"...This is not what I'm looking for... It should be the self-media that cuts a few paragraphs and then plays it..."

"oh…"

Shen Xudong probably understood, just like the relationship between Feng Xiaogang and Wang Shuo, the beginning of each paragraph is 'Look up and see the Big Dipper. ', this sentence is actually from "I Dedicate My Youth to You"...

Chen Xi continued: "'Men in Black 3' has a box office of 150 million in the first three days of the week. What are your thoughts?"

"...What was the box office of "Why Sheng Xiao Mo" yesterday?"

"1.74 million..."

"Depend on…"

This decline is too fast...

It is estimated that it is unlikely to exceed 400 million.

There is no way, once the Hollywood blockbuster comes out, the audience will not watch domestic movies at all - this is called the dominance effect of commercial movies, also called the head effect!

In order to protect cultural diversity, the French government stipulates that the number of films in any one theater cannot exceed one-third...

But this model is difficult to transplant to China!

Most theaters in China adopt a real estate economic model. Operating costs, property, and rent are all practical issues that theater managers face every day.

Cinemas want to make quick money to recoup their costs...

Shen Xudong also has no solution - Golden Harvest Cinema's prime locations were basically given to "Men in Black 3"...

Shen Xudong looked at the computer for a while, and then noticed Chen Xi standing there... He raised his eyebrows: "Is something wrong?"

Chen Xi asked: "...should we invest in a few Hollywood blockbusters?"

"...Do you have any ideas?"

"New Wilderness invested US$10 million in "Cloud Atlas", and DMG Entertainment Media participated in the investment of "Looper" and "Iron Man 3"...I heard..."

Shen Xudong interrupted her: "You don't need to hear that these movies will not get the quota for co-productions. At most, they will be regarded as batches of movies!"

Chen Xi just wants to invest in a few Hollywood blockbusters, cast a few Chinese actors, and then make them into co-productions!

How can it be so simple?

And it can’t be made into a co-production. Even if it can be made, it is very difficult to make a co-production!

If it were really that simple, there wouldn't be only one "The Meg" co-production between China and the United States that would be profitable...

"The Great Wall" went through so much effort, but it didn't make a profit!

Chen Xi was confused: "...how do you know?"

"...This is a Sino-US co-production, not a Hong Kong-Mainland co-production. There is no way for people to take advantage of the loopholes, and..." Shen Xudong told the truth: "The Film Bureau is very dissatisfied with these films' application for co-production, and is ready to set an example!"

Chen Xi thought about it for a moment, and then said: "This is what I think. If you have connections in Hollywood... you can definitely put together an investment platter..."

"...How can I have such great dignity?"

"Why don't you? You are the number one film maker in China!"

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, but still shook his head: "The Big Six in Hollywood are not simple. They can eat people without spitting out bones. Even "Harry Potter" can cause book losses... I don't want to cooperate with them!"

"Don't we cooperate with Warner?"

"...that thing makes two or three movies a year, all of which I made myself..."

“I heard there’s an investment platter in Hollywood?”

"...What's the point? Let's just make our own movies!"

Chen Xi shook his head: "The market believes in Hollywood!"

Well, the market does believe Hollywood...

In other words, investment institutions believe that DMG Entertainment Media, which Chen Xi just mentioned, is considered to be related to Hollywood because it participated in the investment of "Iron Man 3". Then various PPT film lists have suddenly increased the market value of DMG Entertainment Media. 50 billion!

Kemei Pictures is similar. Relying on its relationship with France's Europa Pictures (Luc Besson's company), it has also reached a market value of 40 billion!

The fire cooks the oil, and after all the glory, only chicken feathers are left.

But... what Chen Xi said makes sense. At this stage, both mainland investors and investment institutions have a blind trust in foreign film and history companies!

Shen Xudong thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. I'll raise US$500 million first and invest in a few movies to see how things go..."

"Only US$500 million? Then our company can solve it ourselves!"

"...500 million U.S. dollars is quite a lot!" Shen Xudong was a little speechless: "At 20 million U.S. dollars per share, that's ten movies... Do your math, how many movies can Hollywood make money in a year?"

"...Then what movies are you going to invest in?"

"Illumination Entertainment signed a ten-film contract with me, and I added another $200 million to expand the share to about 30%. In addition, there are some people within Universal who have been wanting to restart "Jurassic Park," but no one is interested in this. If I’m not optimistic, I can increase my investment and invest half of it... DreamWorks Animation is short of money, and Warner also has some projects that I think are good..."

"Why not star in a Warner movie?"

"Warner will not easily attract foreign investment in the DC series. I can't watch the remaining movies!"

"... Then you can do whatever you want, five hundred million dollars..."

"right!"

"OK!"

…

It’s understandable that Chen Xi would do this—raising the stock!

I heard that Wang Jianlin acquired Legendary Pictures and then rented a private equity fund. It was endorsed by China's richest man. You can imagine the scale of this private equity fund!

Shen Xudong's current status, at least in the film circle, is not weaker than that of Lao Wang in later generations.

If he is willing to put his credibility on the line, he can easily raise a private equity fund worth over 10 billion.

Again, no need!

He doesn't need that little money.

The devils and monsters can jump out, but Tianmei cannot. Tianmei is the leader in entertainment stocks. If he does this, then... what he does is effective. Capitalists simply don’t invest in mainland movies and invest directly in Hollywood!

How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?

You have to know that Hollywood capital giants, who own the most advanced film industry in mankind and have the most funds, technology and talents, are really willing to share this market with local Chinese films for a long time?

Therefore, Guo Fan said, "Hollywood is working hard to learn how to make movies that Chinese audiences like, and they have a huge industrial background as a foundation, so when they learn this trick, we will have no power to resist, capital." It doesn't respect national boundaries, they just need to invest in Hollywood. If this continues, it won’t be long before no one invests in Chinese movies. ’