183 [Preparing for Hollywood]
Ye Jin is clear about the completion of "Lin Shirong".
In fact, he has been meeting Sammo Hung these days.
At night, he was in the editing room to record movies. He actually understood what "Lin Shirong" was like.
I have to say that it really depends on talent in the entertainment industry.
Sammo Hung was the first time he was a director, and he made "Lin Shirong" very well.
There is nothing to say about fighting scenes. Sammo Hung is one of the best martial arts commanders in Hong Kong, and the martial arts scenes he directs are wonderful. Although there are so many fighting scenes in the movie, each fighting scene has different characteristics and will not make the audience feel bored at all.
Even Mr. Guan Dexing, who is nearly 70 years old, can make a difficult set of actions in front of his camera. Although he used a substitute, he used it very cleverly and basically couldn't tell.
In terms of literary dramas, Sammo Hung handled it very well. Although the main actors in the movie, such as Sammo Hung, Feng Ke'an, Fan Meisheng, Li Haisheng, etc., are all from martial arts masters, but all of them have good acting skills and will not make people lose their scenes at all.
Therefore, although "Lin Shirong" has just been completed and has not been officially released yet, Ye Jin already knows that its box office must be good.
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Just when Sammo Hung was busy making the late stages of the movie, Ye Jin also discussed the release of the movie with Jiahe.
The movie "Lin Shirong" was filmed with funds from Myth Film, so the movie "Lin Shirong" also has Jiahe's shares, so the distribution must naturally be done with Jiahe's channels.
"Mr. Zou, I can guarantee you that this drama will make money." Ye Jin said to Zou Wenhuai, "I hope to arrange as many theaters as possible and more publicity."
Among the contracts signed by Ye Jin and Jiahe, only the movies starring him will enjoy a series of discounts. Because Jiahe has confidence in him, he is naturally willing to support him vigorously.
But for movies that are not starring him, we can only count them separately. The scale of release, promotional investment, box office share, attendance rate, etc. will be limited.
Therefore, now Ye Jin wants to strive for resources for "Lin Shirong". The release scale is larger, the promotion investment is higher, the attendance requirement is looser, the box office share is more, etc.
"Of course we can trust Mr. Ye's vision." Zou Wenhuai nodded, "But is it really OK for Sanmao to be a director for the first time?"
Except for Ye Jin's script, all the other actors and directors are not famous. He is really worried about the box office for such a movie.
"Mr. Zou, let's do this. I don't have the final say about the movie. Let the audience judge it. How about it?" Ye Jin smiled, "If the midnight show is previewed and the audience says it's OK, can you consider my proposal appropriately?"
"Okay. If the midnight show adapts to the popularity, then the release scale of "Lin Shirong" will be 12 companies, with a promotional fund of 150,000 yuan, and the attendance rate is less than 30%, which will be forced to be removed from the market." Zou Wenhuai immediately said, "In addition, the income settlement time is the same as you, how about it?"
"Okay, that's it." Ye Jin nodded.
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"By the way, Mr. Ye, the drama "The Gods Fight" will be painted in Taipei in two days. The box office in Taipei has accumulated NT$22 million, which is really good." Zou Wenhuai smiled and said to Ye Jin again.
"Well, it's really good." Ye Jin nodded.
He has been busy filming these days and has not paid attention to the box office of "The Gods" anymore.
In fact, this is something he deliberately did not pay attention to. Because he paid too much attention to the rise and fall of the box office, his whole energy would be dispersed and he would be worried about gains and losses, which would make even worse movies.
"It's not just good, it's simply great." Zou Wenhuai smiled, "Mr. Ye, you are really amazing. Our company has invited you, and we really have the right person."
"Thank you Mr. Zou for your praise." Ye Jin smiled, "By the way, Mr. Zou, I heard last month that the drama "The Gods Fight" will be released in Japan. I wonder if it is released now?"
He has proved to Jiahe that it is worth signing himself. Now it is Jiahe’s turn to prove to him whether it is worth signing Jiahe. The way to prove it is to help him sell the movie to Japan and help him push it to Hollywood.
"Not yet." Zou Wenhuai shook his head and explained, "We are already talking to Japanese film companies. Dongbao, Toei, and Songzhu are interested in releasing this movie, but it is still being discussed in detail."
"Okay, I hope it can be confirmed as soon as possible." Ye Jin smiled slightly.
He knew that there were five major film companies in Japan, namely Toho, Toei, Matsutake, Kadokawa and Hibishop. As for which of the companies are stronger, he was not very clear about them. But no matter which one, they are stronger than Kawa Pictures.
Ye Jin hopes to enter the Japanese market as soon as possible and achieve results. This will help him develop into Hollywood.
Because Japan is the second largest film market in the world, Hollywood also attaches great importance to it.
Just like in a year or two, after China became the world's second largest film market, Hollywood immediately paid attention to this market.
In many Hollywood movies, all elements that are unfavorable to China are eliminated; Hollywood first-line stars have also appeared in China to promote movies and deliberately learned a bad Chinese dialect; Chinese stars have also been selected by Hollywood, and at the beginning they were only specially provided for movies, but the roles they played became more and more important...
If Ye Jin's movies can achieve high box office in Japan and prove his box office appeal in Japan, then when he enters Hollywood in the future, it will naturally attract the attention of Hollywood.
Otherwise, the box offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia alone would be as high as 3 million US dollars. It is not enough for Hollywood film companies to pay attention to it.
You should know that Hollywood movies, even at low cost, cost at least one million dollars. Bruce Lee's "The Dragon and the Tiger" uses a large number of Chinese actors, and the shooting locations are all in Hong Kong. Even so, they still cost 800,000 dollars.
A movie made with a price of one million dollars will cost at least two million dollars to lose money. When Hollywood movies are released overseas, they usually only earn about 30% of their share.
Therefore, even if it sells three million dollars in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Nanyang, Hollywood can only get about one million dollars in share, which is still not enough to make a profit.
So if there was no Japan's box office foundation, Hollywood would probably not have the confidence to invite Ye Jin to film.
"Of course, we are also actively striving for it." Zou Wenhuai nodded, "Mr. Ye, don't worry. Your movie is so exciting, Japanese people will not be ignorant of the goods."
"That's the best." Ye Jin nodded.
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After meeting Zou Wenhuai, Ye Jin then instructed Sammo Hung to make the movie's late stages well.
Chapter completed!