"The Li Brothers Company is crazy!" This is the unanimous idea of ​​the vast majority of Chinese-speaking film industry, including the media public.

According to the news released by the Li Brothers Company at the press conference, "Jiangsu" actually requires 500 million yuan to actually build a "Beiyang Navy". That is 500 million yuan, which is an unprecedented large production in the Chinese film industry! Moreover, such an approach will make the production cycle of the entire movie very long, and the pressure on funds is too great.

Of course, the 500 million yuan was not all thrown out at once, but was done step by step with the progress. In addition, building a real-life model is also a common practice for shooting blockbusters when Cameron filmed "Titanic" in his previous life, huād $200 million, which lasted for five years. He also built half of the Titanic hull in the original proportions on the beach. These are common modes for shooting blockbusters.

However, domestic films have been developing for a short time and have signature kung fu films with stable profits. Few film companies or investors have ventured to spend hundreds of millions to shoot war blockbusters with unknown futures.

It is indeed too risky to invest in a movie of 500 million. The usual practice of such super-large investment blockbusters is to attract many investors to participate and share the risks together.

However, the budget of 500 million yuan in "Jiangwu" was actually invested by the Li Brothers Company. For many people who are not clear about the financial situation of the Li Brothers Company, this is no longer a risk, it is simply a life-and-death gamble.

**Is there any benefit to investing in movies? Of course, there are, for example, the three movies of Li Brothers, "The Legend of the Ghost", "A Chinese Odyssey" and "My Savage Girlfriend", which bring about 400 million yuan in revenue, and they do not need to be shared with other investors. The return on investment starts at dozens or even hundreds of times, and there is no more profitable business than this.

But **investment also bears huge risks, especially such blockbusters with a whopping 500 million yuan.

The epic western film "Gate of Heaven" that cost 40 million US dollars in his previous life was a single-handed investment and ultimately failed the box office, which directly led to the bankruptcy of United States, a long tradition.

When he was filming this movie, his previous work "The Deer Hunter" had just won many awards, and his career was at its peak. Because of this, United States has full confidence in him.

But I never thought that a "Gate of Heaven" would directly drag down Lianmei Company.

Due to the failure of this film, the disintegration of the investor Lianmei Company, which led to the gradual weakening of American directors' control over the film, and the studio occupied a complete dominance of the film and had a huge influence.

Many people probably feel unfamiliar with the name Lianmei Company, but I believe that many people are well-known to the founder of this company.

United Million was founded in 1919 by four famous directors and actors Chaplin, Van Punk, Bickford and Griffith. In the 1930s, it gradually developed into one of the eight major companies that controlled the production and distribution of American films. In 1981, it was merged into MGM and renamed MGM Yilian Million Entertainment, and is well-known for producing the 007 series of films.

Such a famous film giant may face the fate of disintegration because of the failure of the movies they invest in. In the film industry, there are countless such examples. Now people see film companies that are striding on the bodies of small film companies under their feet.

For other film companies or investors, every time they invest in a movie is an adventure. In addition to the box office failure, there is even no chance of release after hundreds of movies are made every year. Although investing in a movie has the opportunity to make huge profits, it is definitely not as beautiful as people imagine.

However, for Li Xiaohu, investing in "Jiangwu" was his first real adventure. Fortunately, the Li brothers' company had enough capital to let him take risks.

If 500 million is spent, there is no need to deliberately promote it. This is the most heavyweight entertainment news this year. Naturally, countless media have created momentum for "Jiangwu" for free.

Blockbusters must have the momentum of blockbusters. After the press conference for the preparation of "Jiangsu-Wu", the publicity campaign has begun. This movie will take at least nearly two years to come out, and the publicity campaign will last for two years. Of course, the current publicity investment will not be large, and it will not be until the eve of the movie's release that the publicity efforts will be suddenly increased.

The selection of actors in "Mom Loves Me Again" has also begun. In the past, the films and TV series invested by the Li Brothers' companies were mostly artists under their own company, but this movie "Mom Loves Me Again" obviously can only be found from outside.

Fortunately, both Tang Wan and Li Brothers have accumulated a good reputation in the film and television industry, and their past achievements are so dazzling. There are many actors looking forward to working with Li Brothers.

Even many big-name actors come happily after receiving the audition invitation from the Li Brothers Company as long as they can free up their schedules.

Of course, big-name actors often value scripts more. If they are not interested in scripts, no matter how good the reputation of directors and film companies is, it is useless. "Mom Loves Me Again" can be called a super tear gas, and maternal love is an enduring subject. As long as an actress who is not rejected by bitter scenes, they will definitely be attracted by it.

As for those young actors who are not famous, they will have to burn incense when they receive audition invitations from the Li brothers' companies, and they will have to make temporary free time if there is no schedule. If they don't seize this opportunity to win both fame and fortune, it will be a huge loss.

In addition to selecting actors, Tang Wan stays on the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" every day. With the genius beautiful girls joining, the shooting progress is getting faster and faster. Li Xiaohu is also far behind. He even has time to prepare for the new filming.

Li Xiaohu mentioned to Zhang Xiaoming once that after the end of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and before the filming of "Terminator" starts, he will shoot a funny comedy with Hou Xiaoming to adjust his mood. That is naturally not a joke.

As November begins, the day for the Golden Rooster Hundred Huā Awards is approaching.

Li Xiaohu started to have a headache again. Should he invite his real girlfriend to walk on the red carpet together, or to walk on the red carpet with Fairy Zixia?

Showing the Golden Rooster Hundred Huā Award with Lin Yue is undoubtedly equivalent to announcing their relationship to the public, because Lin Yue has no movie works this year, and she has not even been involved in the movie circle at all. If she walks the red carpet with Li Xiaohu, what is her identity? Family members? Entertainment media will definitely guess randomly...

Fortunately, Lin Yue did not make Li Xiaohu embarrassed. Before he made a decision, he first declared that he would not meet him in public.

Then Li Xiaohu could only invite Lin Xiao to draw naturally. The two were the director and starring of "A Chinese Odyssey" respectively. It was natural to walk the red carpet together.

Li Xiaohu didn’t have many acquaintances in the last Golden Rooster Hundred Huā Award, but this time it was different. He came to Chongqing a day in advance, and there were already a large number of people waiting for him...
Chapter completed!