The new movie plans to invest 900 million yuan. Shao Shuaijun and Dream Chasing Company can allocate 500 million yuan for investment, but they have to leave 100 million yuan for capital turnover. Therefore, in the end, there is a vacancy of 500 million yuan for other companies.
invest.
"Mr. Shao, this script seems to have great selling points. It has revenge, superpowers, and the analysis of justice and evil. If it is done well, it should be a hit. However, is this investment too big? One hundred million US dollars, nine hundred million US dollars
RMB, there are several companies here with a total capital of less than 10 million US dollars. Is this risk too great?" The CEO of Century Hero knocked on the table, a little uneasy.
"Why, Lao Wang, you are a coward. You were willing to pay for Brother Chen Kai's "The Promise", but now you can't part with it?" Wang Zhongjun despised Lao Wang, and then looked around, "We at Huayi Brothers have cooperated with Mr. Shao for many years, and this time we will definitely
If we continue to cooperate, let’s invest 50 million in Mr. Shao!”
Wu Kebo of Dengtian Entertainment also said: "I regret not drinking the sweet soup of "Painted Skin" with you. This time I can't fall behind anymore. 30 million, we will also chip in."
Shao Shuaijun chuckled: "I am very confident that this movie will be wonderful. However, you also know that as a movie maker, it is impossible to just make a profit and not lose any money. You need to be cautious when investing. There are risks involved. Whether you lose or make a profit is your own responsibility."
With."
"This is inevitable. There is no good thing that only makes money without taking risks. We will also provide 50 million." Yu Dong from Polybona said proudly.
The final financing in the capital was about 200 million yuan, plus the 400 million yuan from Dream Chaser. It has successfully attracted an investment of 600 million yuan. Then Shao Shuaijun went to Hong Kong with ideas. Media Asia
Lin Jianyue, who has been plotting Jiahe, was robbed by Dream Chaser, and his personal relationship was almost broken. But when it came to making money, Media Asia had no reason to refuse and directly invested 50 million.
Lin Xiaoming of Universal and another American Film Company invested a total of 50 million yuan, raising the total capital of the film to 700 million. With 700 million, Lionsgate Pictures soon responded with an investment of 28 million US dollars.
That is more than 200 million yuan, successfully achieving the movie's cost of 900 million yuan.
In mid-July, Summit Entertainment held a press conference in Hollywood, USA, announcing the official launch of the filming plan for Shao Shuaijun's latest movie "Night Watcher". The movie "Night Watcher" will be shot in a mixture of 3D shooting and IMAX shooting. In total
Investment of US$150 million.
"The Chinese director has begun his journey to Hollywood." - "The Hollywood Reporter" reported the entire press conference.
"Give up directing "The Twilight Saga: Twilight". Shao Shuaijun chose a superhero-style blockbuster. "Nighthawks" will be launched in a big way. Let's look forward to it together." - The red letter slaughter version of the film website paid great attention to it.
After the news spread back to China, it caused an uproar. Shao Shuaijun's fans naturally celebrated and rushed to tell each other. They posted on major websites and communities to celebrate. "People's Daily" made an exception and gave a small section to report this.
According to the news, this is much higher than the standards for "The King of Kung Fu," another Sino-US co-production blockbuster that was approved this year.
Because it is a Sino-US co-production, the review process is somewhat delayed. Shao Shuaijun plans to take advantage of the review time to perfect the storyboard script and actor script. Although this idea looks cool, it is not easy to flesh out the characters and plot. Well,
The goal of "Nighthawks" is to compete for next year's summer release, and he still has a lot of time to prepare calmly.
In China, Shao Shuaijun received rare interviews from several media.
"From the 500 million cost of "Painted Skin" to the 1.5 billion cost of "The Nighthawks" (claimed to be 150 million US dollars), the cost has tripled. Do you think you can handle such a large investment? This is also very huge in Hollywood.
For you who have never tried to make a film in Hollywood, will it be a lot of pressure for you to invest?"
Shao Shuaijun said confidently: "There will never be less pressure, but I can't not try because of pressure. The size of the investment and where to shoot the movie are not important. What is important is that you make it well and sell it. This
That’s enough.”
"Then have you considered what if the movie is not as popular as you imagined?"
"Any movie has the possibility of losing money. Of course I have thought that the movie will lose money, but I believe that we investors also believe that "The Nighthawks" will be a big hit."
"The total investment of "The Nighthawks" is US$150 million. Once such a large investment is lost, it will be a big loss for each investor, but for you and chasing your dream, it is like a house collapsed in half.
Do you think, with the current development momentum of dream chasing, it is more appropriate to proceed steadily?"
"Are you so sure that "The Nighthawks" will lose money? Anyway, I think it will make a lot of money. At least the movies that I thought were profitable before have all made money." Shao Shuaijun spread his hands and thought these media were really ridiculous.
Before the filming of "Source Code" started, all the media ridiculed him. As a result, "Source Code" almost exceeded 100 million US dollars worldwide. Once it was released in Europe, it was inevitable to break 100 million US dollars. Before the filming of "Painted Skin" started, they were not optimistic about him. As a result, "Painted Skin" became global
1.4 billion yuan, and it has recently begun to be released in Europe. The box office feedback is not bad, and it can at least receive more than 300 million yuan.
Now that "The Night Watcher" has started filming, I came to ask him again, what should he do if he loses money!
Although this is his original work, Shao Shuaijun has the confidence and confidence to make it a success. If he can make "Painted Skin" a success, he can make "Night Watcher" a success.
"It won't take long, maybe a year, before we can know exactly what happened to "The Nighthawks". Okay, that's it for today's interview. I have something else to do, so I'll take the first step."
…
The next day, when I was about to go out to the Directors Guild to have tea with several directors, Shao Shuaijun's cell phone rang. It was a call from home.
After the connection was connected, my father's voice came from inside: "Junzi, your mother and I didn't ask you, so you didn't tell us? "The Night Watcher", right? It cost more than a billion, so big
Production, have you considered it carefully?"
"Dad, I'm too busy to tell you." Shao Shuaijun felt a little guilty. Recently, he was only focused on having fun and imagining the movie's global popularity after its release, and forgot to call home.
"If it hadn't been for Xiuxiu calling, we wouldn't have known that you are so capable now and are going to Hollywood to make a movie. You have indeed achieved results in the past two years that your parents could not even imagine, but you must also remember,
You are still young now, so you have to think about everything before making a decision. You spent a lot of money chasing your dream, but you have failed. What will you do in the future?"
Shao Shuaijun smiled bitterly: "Dad, I thought about it carefully."
"I'm not pursuing you for anything. You are now at a higher level than your parents, and understand the issues more deeply than we do. We are also older people after all, and we have eaten more salt than you have eaten.
More, please take a look at the recent news about you. Throwing a reporter’s microphone at the airport, signing autographs with fans, getting drunk in a hotel. Yesterday, there was another one: talking nonsense and investing blindly. Confidence is a good thing, but you can’t blindly believe that everything can be successful.
.”
"Dad, those are all written by reporters, and they are all deliberately smearing me. Don't you and my mother know best what kind of person I am?" Shao Shuaijun shouted.
"Dad is not a fool. He knows that news and facts are two different things..." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
ps: Thanks to Wu Heng! for the reward, Silver Ingot Mountain Man’s evaluation and Basic Junior’s monthly ticket, and the update ticket for 66 Dragons. I’ll eat it tomorrow!
[The wrong chapter was sent just now, the text has been modified, but the title of the previous chapter and the title of this chapter should be interchanged, please forgive me]
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