Chapter 3 No Money
"Big Diamond"?
When Chen Hao saw this name, he immediately thought of "Crazy Stone"!
I just picked it up and watched it for a while, and found that it was different from "Crazy Stone" in my mind.
However, the script has obviously not been created yet and will continue to be revised in the future. In the end, it should become what it should be!
After putting down the script of "Big Diamond", Chen Hao came to his desk and sat down. While eating buns, he picked up the script on the table.
These should be scripts written by the predecessor, but they were all rejected by the school!
Chen Hao was a little curious and wanted to see how these scripts created by his predecessor were like!
The Dark Bible!
Chen Hao picked up the first book and saw this name, and almost got choked. Is this a script he wrote?
I quickly opened the script and started reading it, but Chen Hao was soon disappointed. It was right. It was only 2001 and I was thinking too much!
This is a story about a policeman who entered the gangster to collect evidence of guilt and wanted to destroy the gang organization.
Because all the secrets of the gangster boss were hidden in a Bible by him, this imaginative name was created!
After reading it for a while, Chen Hao shook his head and closed the script. The plot was too thin, his undercover career was not thrilling enough, and there was something wrong with forced conflict!
So Chen Lin put down the Dark Bible and picked up the second one!
"Ghost Father"!
Damn, is that exciting?
Three minutes later, well, this is a crime thriller in which a father pretends to be a ghost to avenge his daughter!
"Night Service to the Sick Building"!
The male protagonist is a doctor and the female protagonist is a patient. This is a healing love story!
Are you surprised or not? Are you surprised or not?
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Chen Hao no longer pays attention to the story of the script because he found that these scripts were indeed a little naive, immature, and low in completion. No wonder the school did not apply for funds from his predecessor.
What supports Chen Hao to watch now is the naming talent of his predecessor, which shocked the world and the world!
Until the last script was closed, Chen Hao sighed, and his mood, half excited and half depressed, relaxed a little.
These scripts cannot be used, and it seems that I have to write one more myself. It’s just that which one is suitable. Chen Hao must think about it carefully.
Now Chen Hao is relying on Chen Lin's directorial ability in his previous life, it should be no big problem to control any crew. What restricts Chen Hao now is the issue of money and fame.
Without fame, you cannot attract celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and you cannot attract audiences to buy tickets to enter the theater to watch your movies.
The mainland film market at the beginning of the century was in a cold winter. Two years ago, in 1999, the total box office of the films dropped to a lowest 810 million yuan.
You should know that even in the late 1980s, the total box office of the mainland film market exceeded 2 billion.
Since 1994, the mainland film market has deteriorated severely. The total box office in the country fell below 1 billion in the second year, and the annual production of movies was less than 100.
At the same time, the American accounting blockbusters that began to be introduced continued to conquer cities and become a box office elixir.
It was also because of the addition of the American split blockbuster, and the national total box office increased in the following two years, but in 1999 it still couldn't stop falling to the bottom.
The total box office of the movie was 810 million, the number of viewers was less than 300 million, the audience lost hundreds of times, and the box office revenue fell again and again.
This has made it difficult for many screening units to continue, so they could only change the cinema to use to pay employees' wages and benefits.
In 2000, the total box office of movies nationwide was 860 million.
In 2001, Chen Hao is now in the country's total box office of movies was only 890 million!
The film market has been regressing and sluggish for many years, which has finally made relevant departments make a decision to align with the international community, and the film market will begin to implement theater system reform next year.
This reform in 2002 is definitely a highlight in the history of Chinese films.
The original dispute over the monopoly issuance rights of China Film was avoided by this market-oriented operation model, but it was not completely resolved.
The original intention of implementing the theater system is to reduce the distribution level.
But the actual effect is nothing more than changing the original screening method from the province to the city, city to county and then to theaters to the first, second and third-round theater screening.
It has not changed the uneven development phenomenon in the distribution and circulation field of Chinese films.
Most economically developed regions such as the imperial capital, Nanyue, Jiangsu and Shanghai have established more than two theaters. In addition, local theaters have joined multiple theaters outside the province, and many theaters outside the province have built new theaters locally, making market competition more and more intense.
Under the box office sharing mode, the theater competition among domestic films began to show the jungle law, causing the mainland film market to gradually recover.
At this stage of reform, until the mainland entertainment industry enters its golden age, those famous Hong Kong and Taiwan superstar directors with box office appeal in the mainland film market are those famous Hong Kong and Taiwan superstar directors.
In the mainland, there are probably only three semiconductors who can attract audiences to the cinema.
But only the national teacher and Feng Dapao are the ones who can really make a big box office hit.
Chen Kaige's box office performance has always been poor, but he just doesn't lack investment.
Jiang Wen can make good commercial films according to his temperament, but if he lets him play his freely, it will be hard to describe.
To be honest, until the mainland entertainment industry entered its golden period, there was a shortage of commercial film directors in the mainland.
Therefore, even if many mainland film companies know that there is something wrong, they can only turn a blind eye to collaborate with the directors of Xiangjiang.
In the mainland, once a director who sells for box office appears, he will be immediately called "Director Wizard" and then scramble for many people.
There is no way, it is too scarce and you can't get it even if you spend money!
As for Chen Hao at this time, his box office appeal was negative.
It is now the cold winter period of domestic films, and the distribution system has not yet been reformed. Chen Hao has no reputation and even no money.
Therefore, what Chen Hao is thinking about now is not to make a big box office hit for his debut work, but to become famous first.
First develop lewdly. After the theater system reforms, the film market will gradually recover, and then the fame will also increase, and then start throwing the king!
Of course, now that I think this is too far away, I should write a suitable script first and earn enough money to shoot.
Therefore, Chen Hao's debut must be a low-cost movie, or even a very low-cost movie.
Judging from Chen Hao's current situation, let alone a million, 300,000 is considered a high cost.
Chen Hao has a lot of small-cost movies, such as "Nightclub", "Lost in the Road", "Crazy Stone", etc., but the shooting cost exceeds one million.
As for movies with extremely low cost, two movies popped up in Chen Hao's mind.
"Smart: Ghost Record" and "This Man from Earth".
Because these two movies are very well-known and the cost is really very low!
The shooting cost of "Spiritual: Ghost Record" is only about $15,000, but what is even more exaggerated is its box office.
The global box office is as high as 202 million yuan, and the return on investment is indeed shocking and unique.
Another movie "This Man from Earth" costs only $20,000. Although the box office is not as amazing as "Artising: Ghost Record", it can be regarded as a science fiction classic.
However, the pseudo-documentary film "Spiritual: Ghost Records" has a bit boring and should not be suitable for the national conditions.
Chapter completed!