Doomsday Super Merchant

Chapter 182 Cooperation

The next scene, the brutal fighting, the soldiers being torn apart one by one, and the zombies killed by the soldiers, all shocked Mel.

Compared to the Resident Evil series, the scenes in this current movie are nothing more than childish. Mel has watched Resident Evil, and apart from the occasional scene full of zombies, the rest can basically be done with stinginess.

To describe it, there are just dozens of zombies chasing and fighting on the street, and the ending is even more stingy, without any sense of blockbuster style.

Why did the box office of only the third installment of the Resident Evil series show some improvement? But it was only more than 100 million US dollars, and it was still a global box office. This is certainly due to the small scope of the Resident Evil movie, but it also has something to do with the producer.

There are almost no big scenes, and they are completely small-production movies. If you look at the large-scale productions of various companies, the box office can easily exceed 5 to 6 billion, and some have reached more than 10 to 2 billion US dollars.

But what Mel sees now is different. It is definitely a large-scale biochemical movie. The trailer is just over a minute long. Even if he cannot see the whole film, it still conquers Mel. Being able to design such a

Huge scenes are not something that a small company can handle.

Warner Bros. is not like other companies such as MGM, which has shot countless classics and won a huge number of Oscars. However, it has been able to survive from its establishment to the present and has a good financial situation. It relies on the products distributed by Warner Bros.

Each and every one of these classic and blockbuster films relies on ruthless market vision.

As a director, his vision needs to be ruthless and precise. From his perspective, it is not difficult to see that this is definitely a hit and well-received film. Isn't it exactly what his company needs?

The trailer was played five times, but Mel was still not satisfied. He reluctantly looked away from the screen, looked at Zhou Yuanqiang eagerly, licked his lips and said, "I have to say, Zhou, your strength has conquered me.

I take back what I just said with a hint of contempt. But you also know that a movie cannot be explained by just one trailer. We must see the entire movie before we can talk about the next issues about the movie. I think

You can understand."

Zhou Yuanqiang knows that the rabbit will not fly without the rabbit, and he does not expect that just a trailer can make the other party agree to the conditions he proposed.

Why is there a trailer? It means to predict something in advance for the audience. From a business point of view, it means to pretend to be mysterious, to hype, to seduce the audience's curiosity, to feed the audience's appetite, and to prepare for the release.

Likewise, it is also a means of advertising.

What Zhou Yuanqiang showed was a trailer, not the whole movie, for the same purpose. He needed to let the major film companies know that he had such a big-budget movie in his hands, and give them a warm-up and hook-up.

Arouse their curiosity. Only in this way can we discuss the issue of the film after it comes out. Similarly, the trailer is like a mark, explaining to the world who the owner of the film is.

"Mr. Meyer, I know this. It will take half a month for the film to be completed. But I believe that with your relationship with Mr. Reis, Warner Bros. will definitely be a priority." Zhou Yuanqiang

That's what they say, but again, maximizing profits is what you need to do, and you can't put your eggs in one basket.

Of course, Meyer understood the hidden meaning of Zhou Yuanqiang's words and said: "Thank you for putting Warner Bros. first. I think with our Warner Bros. distribution network, it will definitely be a win-win situation. I look forward to seeing you Zhou

Send the entire film as soon as possible, I can't wait to see the birth of this classic movie."

After coming out of Warner Bros., with the help of Reis, I visited several companies. Naturally, this short one-minute film conquered them. Even a senior executive of MGM even praised it.

: "Zhou, this film will be your (China's) most outstanding film. So far, there is no one. Even Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which won the award, can't compare. It's not that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Not good, but you know, our concepts and ideas are different from yours. Your movie is more suitable for our Western aesthetics, so I believe it will be your first movie to truly integrate into Western countries.

's video."

But compared to these words of praise, what they are more curious about is how this kind of real scene, so detailed down to the techniques of every zombie, was achieved?

Of course, it's not that they can't do it, but it requires a huge amount of funds. Just look at the endless zombies in the wasteland and want to make them one by one. God, this is simply impossible. It requires at least billions of funds. Count.

One billion, this is absolutely impossible for a movie.

Therefore, they are more willing to believe that Zhou must have more advanced computer special effects technology in his hands.

Of course, it was impossible for Zhou Yuanqiang to answer this question. Could he tell them that every zombie above was real? This was of course impossible. He could only call it a business secret with a smile, which naturally blocked their questions.

The desire to continue. Western countries take business secrets very seriously. Once this is mentioned, few people will take the liberty to continue asking.

The following days were naturally spent in waiting, but Zhou Yuanqiang was not idle. In order to obtain the distribution rights of this film, several major companies invited Zhou Yuanqiang to attend various banquets from time to time and introduced some stars to them.

What they did was just to win over Zhou Yuanqiang.

Don't think it's just a movie, it can't be the case with these giant companies.

If you think so, you are wrong. In recent years, several companies have launched very few blockbusters. For example, MGM, even though it was acquired by Sony, has not been brilliant, and has not launched any major productions in several years. Now we see

Everyone can see that this is a hugely profitable movie, so naturally they want to make some profit from it and improve the company's competitiveness.

Zhou Yuanqiang obviously took a fancy to this and has always maintained a good relationship with them, because in his conception, this film will be made into a series, and it can be seen as recording the growth process of the settlement in the apocalypse.

Zhou Yuanqiang has reason to believe that the film he has in hand, called "Apocalyptic Storm", can become a classic among biochemical films.

Li Xiao's speed was still very fast, and with the full support of Chen Wenbo's entire information department, he finally completed the entire production in half a month and officially completed it.

The people in the settlement who heard the news naturally paid more attention to the film. You know, ever since it was announced that a movie was going to be made to commemorate the zombie offensive, everyone in the settlement was paying attention.

I was all talking about this, and hundreds of thousands of people were watching.

Once the film was produced, more than a dozen playback venues had been prepared, and large rear-projection screens brought over by Zhou Yuanqiang were installed one after another.

Just the day after the production was completed, the film was officially released in these broadcasting venues in settlements. For people who lack entertainment, this kind of open-air movie is so fresh, as if returning to the village community movies of the 1980s and 1990s.

Such an open-air broadcast. On this day, almost all the nearby villagers left their nests and rushed to the broadcasting site to watch movies that they could understand or not understand.

At this time, the cries of vendors have always become an indispensable part of the scenery.

The wasteland settlement promotes a free economy, and the commercial atmosphere in the entire settlement is very strong, so of course it is impossible to lack the presence of vendors in scenes like this. Such as the provision of rice, corn harvest, popcorn, sweet potato chips, etc.

Snacks are naturally very popular. People who are no longer hungry will always exchange the remaining grains or crystals in their hands for these snacks, and eat leisurely while enjoying the movie.

It must be said that it is this kind of leisure that has brought the cohesion of the entire settlement to an unprecedented height. Every old resident or new resident is proud to be a resident of the settlement. They suddenly

I discovered that life in the last days is not full of despair, nor is it devoid of joy. It also has hope that makes people run forward.

Once the movie was played, Zhou Yuanqiang's reputation was unparalleled and he became a true hero in the hearts of everyone in the entire settlement. His aura of being willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of the settlement, and his ability to move freely among millions of zombies,

He conquered everyone.

Although the real hero Zhou Yuanqiang was replaced by an actor in the movie, the entire settlement understood that the movie was based on the president. And the scene where the president rushed into the zombies was real.

No special effects, no modifications, completely true record.

When the movie actually came out, after getting it from Hyundai, Zhou Yuanqiang hired a professional editor to re-process it to make the movie more perfect, and then started sending it to major companies for broadcast. Compared with the trailer, the entire movie was

The film is even more outstanding, with almost constant climax scenes that dominate the entire film.

This kind of skill is indeed rare in the history of movies. When many companies evaluated it, they estimated that the investment in the entire movie would reach a huge US$2.3 billion.

Zhou Yuanqiang just smiled and said nothing. Do you want to tell them that he just spent a little food, and everyone from the director to the actors worked for him gratefully? I believe if he told them, they would probably regard him as a complete

of madman.

Faced with such a big cake, Zhou Yuanqiang finally chose to cooperate with Warner Bros. because the conditions they offered were the best among many companies. For the lowest global box office, they guaranteed more than 500 million US dollars. If it was not enough, Warner Bros. would

The company makes up for it. Warner Bros. will share 35% of the final box office, but Warner Bros. is responsible for all other matters, including advertising, theater supply, etc.

With the signing of this contract, Zhou Yuanqiang's minimum guarantee has reached US$500 million, so he no longer has to worry about running out of money in one or two years.