China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 116 Qin Zhonghe’s concession

The Chinese film market will continue to maintain rapid growth in the next few years, which is the consensus of industry insiders.

Many people even believe that the size of the Chinese film market will definitely exceed that of the North American film market in the future.

But even if it grows at a high speed, the growth rate is only more than 30%.

As the water gets deeper, how big will the largest fish be?

This is very difficult to predict.

The box office record of the Chinese film market in 2014 was one billion, but if someone said at this time that the box office record next year would double, it could even reach over five billion the year after next.

Even those who are more optimistic about the Chinese film market will say: "Is it true? I don't believe it."

Because in North America, a tens-billion-dollar market, a film with a local box office of more than 300 million U.S. dollars is the annual top-ranked film.

At present, the size of the Chinese film market is only one-third that of North America, and it is already remarkable to be able to produce films worth one billion yuan.

Therefore, Chen Jingxing did not say that the production cost of the "Gravity" project may be close to 900 million, which may scare Qin Zhonghe out of the game. Anyway, the actual production of "Gravity" will not start until next year. By then, his movie

The results and the performance of the Chinese film market will give greater confidence to National Film and other investors.

In addition to the sharing of production costs, the special status of National Film in the Chinese film industry must also be taken into consideration.

All these have raised his regard for young domestic filmmakers to a new level.

"Wait a minute..." Liu Changhong suddenly came back to his senses: "Guo Fan is the candidate recommended by director Xiao Chen as you told me? Isn't he a youth romance movie? No matter how high the box office is, a movie with a theme like Mekong River will be made.

Isn’t it a bit cross-border?”

The risk of large-scale investment in movies is too high. Most movie companies will be tempted but not persistent.

Now it is Qin Zhonghe who has come forward to try to persuade the lobbyists.

But what is the participation rate?

In addition, Chen Jingxing's introduction of "Gravity" was not only to give Qin Zhonghe a clear answer, but also to dispel his intention of letting him direct the Mekong River project.

He was sure that the cake Qin Zhonghe cut for him was definitely not that high.

The good thing is that after these departments have reviewed the film, the film bureau will generally not make any other comments.

Moreover, the movie also involves Tiangong-2 and the final large-scale space station, and these two projects have not yet been completed, so they will definitely require the cooperation of the aerospace department and even the military industry department.

For example, how should the space station model be designed? Will restoring the space station one-to-one involve leaks? What needs to be changed, etc. These issues can be solved faster and better if the National Film Group takes the lead.

Especially since this year, whether it is Chen Jingxing, Chen Sicheng or Guo Fan, regardless of the reputation of the movie, the box office results have been quite impressive.

... Don’t worry, I’m still here. I’m the chief producer and will take care of things. Director Xiao Chen is also the supervisor. This young man, Guo Fan, went to the United States to study and exchange with Xiao Chen and others.

Yes, it is based on the experience of industrial films. We still have to trust young people. The ones who have made breakthroughs in business in recent years are young directors..."

This is actually his sincerity. During the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year, the ancient costume epic blockbuster "Spring and Autumn Swords", which he valued, failed in word-of-mouth and the box office was not ideal. It was underwhelmed by movies produced by Tianrun, Beijing Film and United Cinemas.

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Many people attributed the film's failure to the fact that he asked a commercial filmmaker from Hong Kong to film the story of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi. The result was that the film looked completely different, with an endless stream of modern buzzwords, and even some of the lines were quite ridiculous, not at all.

It reflects the historical depth of that era.

Therefore, the films that finally break through the scale often come from these special themes.

Chen Jingxing couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. In today's bureau, Qin Zhonghe hired a senior official from the Ministry of Public Security as a lobbyist to allow him to take over the Mekong River project.

A low-cost, low-risk (low cost itself means low risk) and high-yield movie like Fatal Identity is the most ideal movie project in their mind.

This person has a fanatical obsession with promoting the development of Chinese commercial films, perhaps because of feelings, perhaps because of responsibility, or perhaps because of his own final conclusion.

Although he provided story ideas for the Mekong River project, Qin Zhonghe also agreed that DreamWorks could participate.

Most of the commercial films with the main theme in China were produced by him or are closely related to them.

This did change some of Qin Zhonghe's thoughts.

Even when we asked Chen Jingxing to plan the Mekong River project and insisted that he direct it, this was all based on this idea.

Qin Zhonghe looked a little embarrassed, and then said seriously: "I was just talking nonsense. Think about it, our country has been reforming the film market for so many years, and it is now the second largest film market in the world. In the end, such a project is still

To invite Hong Kong filmmakers or even foreign directors to film, doesn’t this mean that Chinese films have not cultivated any talents in the past few decades? I cannot afford to be ashamed of this.”

In China’s film review mechanism, some films with special themes are still handed over to the corresponding departments for review.

What's more important is to use "Gravity" as a bargaining chip in exchange for dominance in the Mekong River project.

This move is not smart, but it is particularly effective against Qin Zhonghe.

"Didn't you tell me before that if it didn't work out, just contact a few Hong Kong filmmakers or hire a director from Hollywood to make the film?" Liu Changhong answered Qin Zhonghe's question without any courtesy.

"Liu Bureau, you are no longer an amateur. What is the difference between a director and a director?

They are all commercial films and have the same core. Those fifth-generation directors were still making literary films. Didn’t they all make great achievements when they later switched to commercial films?

Qin Zhonghe looked at Chen Jingxing and chuckled twice: "You remember clearly, but the box office is indeed not low. It is an industrial movie anyway, so there can be no mistakes. But you can't be idle. Since DreamWorks wants to fund it,

You, the boss, have to make some contributions, why don't you take on the title of producer."

"Director Xiao Chen, you have also seen that Director Liu has reservations about this. He has a big say in this project. You and Guo Fan are also classmates, so it is up to you to talk to Guo Fan.

, let him come to the National Film Festival. Director Liu and I will carefully examine him. As long as he passes the test of Director Liu, he must be the director of the Mekong River project."

For example, projects with themes about women must be submitted to the Women's Federation for review first, projects with military war themes must be reviewed by the military department first, projects like the Mekong River must be reviewed by the Ministry of Public Security first, and projects like "Gravity" that involve reality must also be reviewed first.

The aerospace department also has a say in the near-future space disaster movie about the space station project.

Chen Jingxing's goal is to co-produce with China Film and Television, and he wants to cut half of the Mekong River project.

"The box office of "My Deskmate" was 460 million, which is a little higher than "Fatal Identity"." Chen Jingxing added.

If it were other movie tycoons, they might not be impressed by his grand blueprint for a space science fiction masterpiece.

After Qin Zhonghe slowly calmed down, he frowned and thought: "Guo Fan...he is also a director who went to Hollywood to study with you. What is the name of his movie? The box office seems to be good too."

Liu Changhong is not only the leader of the Mekong River case task force and the director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, but also the general consultant of the Mekong River film project, and has a considerable say.

Coupled with Qin Zhonghe as the producer, these are the two big mountains that are weighing on the director. Oh, I forgot, we also need to add him as the screenwriter and producer.

Three big mountains.

While Chen Jingxing agreed, he was also crying tears of sympathy for Guo Fan in his heart.

(End of chapter)