For example, Lu Chuan's box office of "Looking for Gun" was 9 million, and China Film, as the publishing investor, received a profit of 00,000 yuan, but Han Sanpin gave all the profits of 00,000 yuan and also purchased an additional budget of 5 million to Lu Chuan for financing and filming "Nanjing".

,Nanjing".

It is because although China Film did not make very little profits at the box office, the group theaters have achieved nearly 3 million yuan in revenue because of "Looking for Guns". The big part of the real profit of the entire film industry is actually popcorn sold in theaters, and then added to Shanghai.

Although the broadcast fee of the copyrighted movie channel does not make money at the box office, it still makes money in the entire industry.

The second type of financing is jointly invested by China Film and domestic friendly film companies. This is a relatively common one. In fact, the so-called friendly film companies are mostly privately listed in China and supported by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Huayi, New Picture, Star.

Although these companies will quarrel on each other during the film promotion period, they are actually closely related to China Film and Television, and can be said to be brothers.

This so-called financing only accepts investment from film companies, and major film companies share and bear relatively large investment risks. This has a strong bundling effect, which is also the best investment method in the future. China Film Academy only needs to be responsible for part of the investment amount.

If you invest with overseas companies, such as Hong Kong or American film companies, the China Film Distribution Department is responsible for it and is not counted in the production department’s funds.

What really interested Li Xiaole is the third type, called the factory manager responsibility system.

This is the power that only the directors of more than a dozen studios under Zhongying can invest by themselves, and then provide responsible financing with Zhongying in their personal name. After the filming is over, the director will be responsible for the profit and loss at the box office.

There are not many such things in later generations. I remember that only Han Sanpin personally conducted large-scale financing, and of course it was not in his personal name. He did not obtain excessive box office in his personal account.

But Li Xiaole read the old information of Beijing Film Studio, a subsidiary of China Film. Until now, there are still many unreleased videos in stock, and they are all filmed using this factory manager investment system, so each studio is losing money every year. This phenomenon

It’s very strange. Since I lose money by investing, why are factory managers still enjoying it?

Li Xiaole couldn't understand this for the time being, but he understood one thing. Originally, as a Black Pearl Company without the ability to issue and promote, there was no channel for participating in the sharing of accounts, but if he could take up the position of factory director, then

He can let Black Pearl share the box office with China Film Academy as an investor, which is what he has been dreaming of for a long time.

What surprised him even more was that the manager of the second studio is now empty, and Han Sanpin is temporarily appointed. He also checked the qualifications of the factory director, which is selected from the production director and has been engaged in the film and television industry for more than one year.

, under 40 years old and whose performance appraisal is Class A throughout the year, you can compete for the director of a studio.

What’s even more interesting is that in the past few years, except for Han Sanpin himself, there has been no factory director or production director of the entire China Film Group rated as A-level performance, which is simply a position arranged by God.

After realizing this, Li Xiaole felt very excited, but he immediately calmed down. If he wanted to film "Let the Bullets Fly" all the conditions were not yet ripe. He still needed to prepare for the preliminary stage. Now he must first

I got this A-level performance assessment within one year and filmed several good works.

The current situation is that China Film's production department has only 30 million yuan of investment before the end of this year, and it is expected that 7 or 8 movies will be launched. Obviously, Jiang Wen has no chance, and of course he cannot expect to get it.

Big investment.

Because China Film Group has a clear provision of something called the director's "return equals investment" strategy, the director is divided into three levels.

China Film will discover their potential from the movies that can be invested 600,000 to 800,000 yuan by a first-level director. If it reaches a certain level, it will be recognized as a second-level director, and the group will invest a movie of 00,000 to 2.5 million yuan.

Digital high-definition movies are distributed on TV stations and theaters, and the most advanced third-level directors, China Film will invest 6-10 million yuan.

For directors who invested for the first time, China Film will not invest more than this number. Even director Feng Xiaogang, who was already famous all over the world, and with a big-name actor like Ge You, he only took "Party A and Party B".

An investment of 6 million yuan.

In other words, it is almost impossible for him to get more than 6 million. The question now is, is there any investment at this price suitable for the current subject matter? Li Xiaole asked himself in his heart.

In the future, there are many small-cost commercial films in the mainland. The first thing Li Xiaole thought of was the return on investment ratio of 1: "Thirty-Three Days of Love Break", a movie with an investment of 14 million and a box office of 300 million. The script is very well written.

The two starring actors in it, Wen Zhang and Bai Baihe are now studying in the Central Academy of Drama. Their immature acting skills cannot afford the thickness of the male and female protagonists. Of course, this is not the main problem. This drama does not require strict requirements for the actors, and he is confident that he can find a replacement.

actor.

What really hurts is that "Thirty-Three Days of Love Break" is a film targeting the female market. Now in 2002, the domestic movie audience has been around 10 million, of which only more than 2 million are female audiences, and usually female audiences are more

I am willing to watch domestic videos on a DVD player or computer.

Even if this film is really made by myself, according to the current ticket price for female movies, even if half of the female audience enters the cinema, it will be difficult for the box office to exceed 1 million yuan.

This movie doesn't work, so what about "Far Cry" with a 1:18 return on investment? To be honest, in Li Xiaole's impression, the filming of this movie is very average, but because of the good business operations, and the audience was eager for a thriller type at that time.

The film achieved a box office miracle, but regardless of whether he likes this type or not, in 2002, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television had a stricter degree of film review, such thriller films were very difficult to pass the script review level.

Li Xiaole thought again that if the "Creation of the People's Republic of China" with a huge investment return ratio of 1:14, it will definitely be awesome if it is filmed now. The problem is that Han Sanpin is still just Mr. Han... It's not "Han San" yet, but he is still in the Chinese film industry.

Not so much energy...

The return on investment ratio is 1:12. "Wulin Wai Chuan" mainly lays the foundation for the early stage of the TV series...

Li Xiaole calculated by her fingers that all movies with extremely high returns on investment are actually specific products from a specific period, with the right time, place and people, and he, to put it bluntly, just possess the conditions of time.

Now he needs a movie that has an investment of less than 6 million yuan, and it will be released in the New Year holiday within two months. Today is exactly the year when Feng Xiaogang rests due to heart disease. There is no comedy during the New Year holiday, at least it is a movie with excellent quality and theme.

What about the positive comedy? Li Xiaole leaned on the bench and pondered for a moment, and a name popped up in his mind... "Crazy Stone".

The return on investment is 1:83 million, with a box office of 23 million. The core of the script is very excellent. More importantly, the most awesome comedian in China emerged in this movie. For a director, this is very fulfilling.

Li Xiaole realized that he had only controlled several main characters before, and had not yet combined the strength of various excellent actors of different types. This movie was also a great challenge for him.

Of course, although most of the actors in this "Crazy Stone" performed wonderfully, the filming was not perfectly directed by Ning Hao, and there were many shortcomings, mainly due to the inadequate production. To put it bluntly, the quality of the personnel behind the scenes was too poor.

When Li Xiaole thought of this, he quickly passed the movie in his mind. Each shot reorganized the shooting process of each shot in consciousness. Unlike before, he could only remember scattered images, he seemed to have just thought of it.

I know how to shoot.

After filming two works, Li Xiaole already knows his strength very well. If he now reorganizes some classic large-scale movies in his mind, such as "Hero" and "Transformers", he still only has sporadic pictures and cannot actually do it.

It was filmed, these were movies that he could not control for the time being.

And when he recalls that a movie can reorganize the shooting process smoothly, it means that he has the ability to control the movie.

Decided~ The next work is "Crazy Stone".

***

After confirming the movie to be filmed, Li Xiaoledi felt much more relaxed. One thing is to get the script. Now it is 2002. Of course, "Crazy Stone" has not been filmed, but did Ning Hao write this script?

Li Xiaole felt a little headache about this question. Chinese movies have not been standardized in all aspects, and many movie scripts have not been registered, so he couldn't find them at all. So he asked Xiao Wang, who was always idle:

"Xiao Wang, I want to find a script that I have written. Where is the most convenient place?"

"Director Xiao Li~ You don't know this. Of course, it's in the archives room in the factory. Scripts from all over the country are usually sent to the archives room. You are the director of the production and have the right to call out and read them."

Wei Xiaowang said in a teasing tone that he did not take Li Xiaole, who looked like a child, seriously at all.

Li Xiaole didn't care. She went to the factory's archives room by herself. Beijing Film Academy's archives room sounded very sacred, but as soon as Li Xiaole entered, she felt that this building similar to a library was very similar to an Internet cafe, but there was no inside.

Computer, a small room separated by a single room, the tables are filled with big screen TV and DVD machines. A group of directors are sitting next to them, watching various film and television dramas without blinking. The coffee tables on each hand are still full of

I have written various script books and kept notes from time to time.

Looking at these young and big directors who were studying hard, Li Xiaole checked the archive shelf next to him, and finally found a script called "Crazy Racing" in the vast archives, which surprised Li Xiaole.
Chapter completed!