"Painted Skin" is an oriental love fantasy film co-produced by mainland China and Hong Kong. It is based on the story of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and stars Zhao Wei, Chen Kun and Zhou Xun. It is a love-hate drama. The investment is said to be 100 million.
The final box office was 250 million, which was quite successful, and the sequel even had a box office of 500 million.
It’s just that the film’s lens focuses more on love and lacks a real magical atmosphere. Except for Southeast Asia, where it is successful, other places cannot understand the film at all. Shao Shuaijun felt that it was necessary to make a lot of changes to "Painted Skin".
Make the script more powerful and simpler to understand.
Not only is the pursuit of special effects, but also the pursuit of scenes. If you spend 200 million to practice, you will be sorry for yourself if you don't spend a lot of money. After all, if the movie is successful, he is the real king of the mainland, and no one dares to despise him anymore.
Once he fails, he will not be like Brother Chen Kai who made "The Promise" and has not recovered for several years, because he is the boss himself and has no worries about not investing in new movies.
"200 million, I hope people like Lin Feizhong and Yu Dong will not be scared away."
Li Xiuxiu contacted investors, and Shao Shuaijun finally wrote the script of "Painted Skin" three days later. The changes from the original version were mainly concentrated at the end, using a big scene of dialogue instead of a few people making love in a cave.
"During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Captain Wang Sheng and his wife Pei Rong were a loving couple known to everyone in the town. Wang Sheng led the Wang family army to fight fiercely with the bandits in the Western Regions and rescued a beautiful woman named Xiao Wei. Xiao Wei was a nine-tailed fox.
The upper body was transformed into human skin, and its skin must be maintained with human heart. Xiao Yi, who was transformed into a desert lizard, killed people in Jiangdu City every few days and took their hearts to worship Xiao Wei, causing panic in the whole city.
Xiao Wei fell in love with Wang Sheng, who was brave, good at fighting, and handsome, and used magic to seduce Wang Sheng in an attempt to replace Pei Rong. However, Pei Rong discovered that she was not an ordinary person, and invited Pang Yong, the former commander of the Wang Family Army, to investigate secretly, and finally found out that Xiao Wei
Wei is a nine-tailed demon fox, but Xiao Wei is a demon fox with thousands of subordinates. In order to save Wang Sheng and the people, Pei Rong resolutely decided to transform into a demon, leave Wang Sheng, and let Xiao Wei become Mrs. Wang.
Wang Sheng woke up from Pang Yong's scolding and begged Xiao Wei to save Pei Rong. Xiao Wei then discovered that Wang Sheng was just bewitched by magic and did not really love her. She angrily told Wang Sheng that if she wanted to save Pei Rong, she must
Defeat her monster army. In the end, Wang Sheng led the Wang family army to strangle the monster army. Everyone was killed and injured, and Wang Sheng was unable to continue.
So Wang Sheng and Pei Rong decided to die together. Xiao Wei was moved by their love and took out the elixir she had cultivated to save the two of them. She was beaten back to her original form as a fox and returned to the mountains. Wang Sheng and Pei Rong,
A life of love has been restored."
The entire script is even simpler, it is just a battle between humans and monsters. As long as you have a little understanding, you can understand the story the movie is about to tell. Shao Shuaijun has always believed that if a movie is to be outstanding and have high box office, it cannot be mysterious. The simpler it is, the more it can impress people.
After the script was completed, Li Xiuxiu also called. More than a dozen film and television investment companies interested in "Painted Skin" decided to let Shao Shuaijun explain the script to see if it was worth investing in. The time was set for June 12, in Beijing.
International exchange center for electricity.
The next day, Shao Shuaijun took the photocopied script to Nortel. This time, the heads of more than a dozen companies came, plus the most popular director in the mainland, Shao Shuaijun, and the principal Zhang Huijun personally came to receive him and closed the exchange center.
, students are prohibited from entering or exiting.
Wang Shiheng, deputy general manager of China Film Warner Hengdian Pictures, Zhang Jing, general manager of Century Heroes, Zhang Qiang, general manager of Forbidden City Pictures, Wang Zhonglei, vice president of Huayi Brothers, Teng Zhan, general manager of Jin Yingma Film and Television, Yu Dong, general manager of Poly Bona, Media Asia Variety
Film and television manager Lin Feizhong, China Film General Manager Wu Zhan, Universal Film boss Lin Xiaoming, Emperor Film Manager Li Shubao, and several heads of smaller film investment companies were all present.
Shao Shuaijun briefly introduced the script of "Painted Skin" on the stage, and then said: "This movie, I want to be close to "The Lord of the Rings". The shooting cost of the movie is expected to be 50 million, and the special effects production of the movie may
It will cost 150 million or more. In terms of actors in the movie, I hope to try to use some popular young actors, such as Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and others. If you have any questions about the movie, you can
Just ask.”
"Mr. Shao, I would like to ask, what are your expectations for the box office of the movie, and how do you consider the overseas market? You know that those of us who invest in movies like to make money rather than lose money, haha." The speaker was Lin Xiaoming, Worldwide.
As the boss of the movie, what impressed Shao Shuaijun the most was the story of how he and Zhou Xingxing collaborated on "Shaolin Soccer" and later fell out.
"The box office has always been a big question. You may have high expectations, but it loses. You may also play casually, and it makes a lot of money. But I think that as long as the investment is in place and the filming is done carefully, the market prospects of "Painted Skin" can be expected.
, my positioning is 500 million box office in Southeast Asia. As for North America and Europe, it’s hard to say.”
"Then Mr. Shao's army will participate in this investment?"
"I won't participate." Shao Shuaijun shook his head.
"why?"
"Dengtianshuaijun has three movies to produce this year. For a new company, three movies are enough. Moreover, Dengtianshuaijun's investment direction is very clear, low-cost plus comedy, "Painted Skin" is too high-end."
"In other words, "Painted Skin" is very risky?"
"If I only make a profit but not lose money, there is no risk, I will definitely borrow money to make it myself and no longer look for investment. When making a movie, it is impossible for you to know exactly whether you will lose money or make a profit. Okay, I made it very clear in the script.
It depends on your opinions." Shao Shuaijun waved his hand and walked off the stage.
To be honest, he didn't really want to make "Painted Skin". He really just used it to practice his skills. If he couldn't get investment, he would just shoot it. It didn't matter. However, obviously, the success of the previous films gave him
This group of CEOs were extremely confident, and after a short discussion, they confirmed their investment intention in the afternoon.
After a long period of wrangling, six film companies were left to jointly finance the filming of "Painted Skin". Shao Shuaijun did not interfere with the specific sharing model. The director's compensation he received was 5% of the box office share. With his current reputation, it is worth this price.
The bosses of more than a dozen film companies gathered at Nortel and soon attracted countless reporters. When the lights were on, the reporters finally arrived at Shao Shuaijun and others who were preparing to go to a restaurant for dinner to celebrate.
Principal Zhang Huijun, as the host, happily told reporters: "Today, I think it is an epoch-making day. A movie with the highest investment in the Mainland has been announced in our school. As an outstanding student of our school, Shao Shuaijun's latest movie, investment
The 500 million-dollar "Painted Skin" has reached an investment agreement, and I believe that in the near future, everyone will be able to see this oriental fantasy blockbuster!"
500 million is naturally a boast. The film industry has long been accustomed to blowing 10 million into 30 million, and 100 million into 300 million.
Click! Click! The flash light flashes.
The next day, countless newspaper headlines appeared like this: The largest investment in history for a new movie project, Shao Shuaijun challenges the cost of 500 million.