Chapter 434: Recruitment
After the show was broadcast, "Lu Ping'an wants to bury Jiang Wen alive" quickly became a hot topic in the domestic entertainment industry.
However, Jiang Wen did not explain what this sentence meant in the show.
So many people thought it was just a joke.
How could he really be buried alive?
So in this way, the rumor that the two broke up because of the failure of the movie was broken.
Of course, there were also fans who were familiar with Lu Ping'an who quickly realized that this was probably related to the new movie.
Then everyone started discussing and looking forward to the new movie.
There are currently two movies that the two have collaborated on, the earliest "The Tuner" and "The Platform".
Both are fierce movies with strong plots.
What kind of movie will it be this time?
Before everyone could discuss it for long, Xingchen quickly released the news.
But this news was not about burying alive, but that "Wonderful Night 2" was about to start.
"Wonderful Night" has a heavy weight in the hearts of domestic fans.
It set a box office record at the time.
The film also accumulated many fans with its unique and interesting ideas and wonderful interpretation of history.
With such a foundation, this time "Wonderful Night 2" will naturally attract great attention.
Fans of the movie and Lu Ping'an also rushed to tell each other online as soon as possible.
"I was still in elementary school when I watched "Wonderful Night 1", and now I am in high school."
"Xia Yu played "Home with Kids" after "Wonderful Night 1", and now "Home with Kids 3" has been released, and his security father finally found out that the museum is about to close down."
Many people are now thinking about the easter egg at the end of "Wonderful Night 1".
In that easter egg, the museum director Xu Shanzheng looked at the exhibits being boxed with a look of disappointment.
Does this indicate that the museum will close down or something?
What will happen next?
So what kind of story will "Wonderful Night 2" tell, and it quickly became the focus of discussion.
Not only in China, but also in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, many media reported the news of "Wonderful Night 2".
The same is true in Europe and the United States, because the American version of "Wonderful Night" also left the same little easter egg at the end.
The two versions of "Wonderful Night 1" in China and the United States have won more than 600 million US dollars in box office worldwide, so the fan base is naturally not small.
So everyone discussed it at the first time.
In addition to discussing "Wonderful Night 2", many fans also began to discuss the sequels of other classic movies.
For example, "Source Code 2", "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Pacific Rim 2", and even Ning Hao's Crazy Series, etc.
Xingchen has dug too many holes.
Fans continue to raise their expectations in laughter and scolding.
The popularity of the movie is extremely high.
Xingchen is not in a hurry to release more clues, let the bullets fly for a while.
At present, the most important thing for the company is to attract investment.
With the current size of Xingchen, it is completely no problem to make a movie alone, but as the saying goes, appropriate investment will have more benefits than disadvantages.
On the one hand, Lu Ping'an still has some concerns about the box office control of this movie.
After all, it involves adaptation, the cost is so high, the domestic market is limited, and it may not get good results overseas.
So naturally, the cost must be reduced.
On the other hand, the old tune is the game rules of business.
Unless you are the only one in the market and control all the channels, you can't really play by yourself.
However, there are many opinions when it comes to actual operation.
For example, the total budget for the cooperation between "Wonderful Night 2" and Hengdian Lao Xu is 200 million.
But the actual external budget is 300 million.
Because other factors such as the newly built scenes in Hengdian need to be taken into account, even if Xingchen does not have to pay for it.
This is completely fine, after all, it is a budget.
On this basis, it can still be premium.
Of the final 300 million cost, Lu Ping'an will take out 20% for external investment.
China Film will subscribe to 10% at the first time, and the remaining 10% is 30 million. If there is no intervention in the price limit, this share will definitely be premium to more than 100 million in the end.
Now Lu Ping'an's "Pacific Rim" has cut more than 700 million box office, more than 1 billion yuan in Asia, and more than 4 billion yuan worldwide.
In addition, there are various labels such as "series", "global attributes", and "Lu Ping'an's producer".
Just based on these, if you want to play together, you can't enter the door of Xingchen without a two or three times premium.
Investors will not have any objections.
Because this is Lu Ping'an's privilege.
Unless you have another director as good as Lu Ping'an.
So it is certain that the supply will not meet the demand.
Investors will not lose money, and many investors will use their investment shares to do other operations.
For example, Sina and others can use this to boost the stock price.
In short, everyone is not stupid (except for some coal bosses).
Of course, Lu Ping'an must make the necessary restrictions.
You can't really use this as a tool to play, you still have to be a little bit worldly.
For example, Wanda, which owns the cinema chain, must not apply this kind of game rules to him.
But it doesn't matter.
The total 60 million shares will be released, and at least 100 million can be recovered in the end.
Add 50 million from Hengdian.
Then add advertising and other income.
In the end, Xingchen will definitely make money before filming.
As soon as the news of investment promotion was released, various companies in the industry flocked to call for consultation.
Actors sent in resumes one after another, seeking cameos.
Xingchen also took them seriously one by one, because this movie really needs many cameos.
Everyone was very friendly, no idiots appeared.
But the investors were much more interesting.
By 2007, the proportion of hot money from the coal boss group in the circle increased a lot.
The coal bosses were very generous, and they said "money is not a problem, making friends is the most important thing".
Of course, some people did not understand the situation, and still put on an attitude of "as long as the actress, everything else is fine" to Xingchen.
It's okay to push their own women, but it's really speechless to run with the mentality of "I invest money, the actress in your crew must accompany me".
Then, as expected, he was rejected.
Then, after a knowledgeable person gave a popular science, the boss realized that he was an idiot who dared to talk to Xingchen about these things.
Huayi and Chengtian were also rejected.
The big and small kings of Huayi also roughly knew the reason, but they still asked people to intercede.
As a result, they found Han Sanpin, who said directly: "Lu Ping'an has always been there for you, right? What about you? You didn't even say a word about such a big project as "The Forbidden Kingdom". Do you really think Lu Ping'an is stupid and that he owes you money?"
The big and small Wangs knew that they basically had no chance to take on this project, and if they didn't handle it well, they might not have any chance to take on Xingchen's projects in the future.
Do you regret it? Of course you regret it.
But the overall regret is not that deep.
Because "The Forbidden Kingdom" has entered the post-production stage and is expected to be released in the first half of next year.
Cheng Long is now popular again around the world with "Peak Season 3".
Jet Li is said to take over the global super IP "The Mummy 3" and play the leading role.
The fame of the two leading actors has soared, laying a more solid box office foundation for the epic Kung Fu film "The Forbidden Kingdom".
The statistics agency in Hollywood has given a forecast that the global box office of this film will exceed 800 million US dollars!
800 million US dollars!
Nearly double that of "Pacific Rim"!
One movie is worth two movies.
This is the confidence!
By then, Huayi will become the second production company to open the Hollywood market after Xingchen.
In addition, Huayi currently has more comprehensive businesses such as brokerage than Xingchen.
Becoming the boss of private companies in the domestic entertainment industry is just around the corner!
So after the big and small Wangs asked Han Sanpin, they no longer thought about easing relations with Lu Pingan, but focused on their own projects.
Of course, they still wanted to get Lu Pingan's projects if they could.
Xingchen does not allow capital investment, but they are still open-minded in terms of actors.
Li Binbin and Huang Xiaoming both starred in the last film, so they can do the same this time, right?
Then push some other actors in.
Can't Huayi still make money?
Chengtian generally thinks so.
Although Wu Kebo also knows why Lu Pingan doesn't like him.
But so what, in the future, with "Red Cliff" and the agreement to be reached with Hong Kong, they can still be fearless of Xingchen.
In addition, he also has the idea of cooperating in brokerage business.
Who made Lu Pingan's Xingchen have no business in this area?
Besides, Sister Hua and Lu Ping'an have a good relationship. Since Sister Hua is taking action, he can't just reject both of them.