The Goddess Shines on America

Lawrence was very satisfied that Alice could make the request on her own initiative.

When he first moved to Wenton Street a year ago, as a neighbor, Lawrence had already realized that Alice's abilities were far beyond those of her peers. Academic performance is only the most basic standard. Whether it is logical thinking ability, actual knowledge reserve or ability to turn theory into practice, Alice's ability is enough to amaze any learned adult.

Lawrence didn't know exactly how much the Wang family benefited from Alice's influence. But as Cici's father, as one of the few readers who have read some excerpts from "Jurassic Park", he absolutely knows what kind of power the script written by the other party can have.

Although I don't lack contacts in the literary and art circles, the film industry itself has decided that it has the nature of gambling. The box office scale can be estimated, but it is still hard to say what the final result is, otherwise there would not be so many money-losing movies. As a cultural industry, it is by no means that as long as the amount of investment is invested, how much money will be made.

Therefore, as an excellent investor, he habitually took another gamble.

If Alice, who can write a full-scale novel like "Jurassic Park", can honestly write scripts for him, the company's income will definitely be stable. An excellent director shoots an excellent script, matches it with suitable actors and appropriate promotion, and does not seek huge profits, making money is guaranteed.

The 25% box office share is indeed very exaggerated, but that means that ordinary screenwriters are begging to buy scripts, but now it is Alice who intends to cooperate with herself. Taking this kind of matter as a cooperation condition, according to the general type of enterprises, is actually equivalent to a kind of technology investment, but this kind of technology is reflected in the ability to create scripts, rather than simply a certain product patent.

Since it is a partner, the importance of emotional intelligence is also extremely important. Lawrence is naturally very happy to see the old god Alice freely asking himself the specific cooperation details.

Only when smart people cooperate with smart people can they achieve real success, so of course the relationship between each other must be handled well. Capitalists are only willing to use the method of killing a donkey when the other party is a stupid ass who is pregnant with the crime. After all, who called him a stupid ass?

"Everything is based on grades."

Lawrence said: "The investment cost of the first film is 5 million. If the box office can reach more than 10 million, then you can get 25% dividends. If it is less than 10 million, that is, within double the cost, Then it's only 10% dividends. Then, if I lose money, I'll just pay a lump sum of $50,000, what do you think?"

Alice didn't answer immediately, her eyes began to roll wildly.

Therefore, the film industry is indeed an industry that is easy to spend money on, provided that the box office can be accurately estimated.

Rate of return, this is a data that is crucial to people in the film industry, that is, the ratio of film investment to box office.

Alice doesn't know if other reborn people will have any advantages. Her personal experience is that if it is not because of an infinitely powerful brain in this life, all the important, unimportant, critical, and trivial things in the previous life can be eliminated. All the memories came flooding back, even if she was reborn a hundred times, she would still be able to remember a ghost!

What year did Jobs die? When did the entire series of iPhones go on the market? Naruto's manga serialization start date, end date, anime serialization start date, end date... Sorry, I didn't pay attention to it carefully, let me Baidu it right away.

Who is alive and remembers some messy "historical events" all day long!

Even if you remember... how about actual action?

Everyone knows the market value of Penguin, can anyone go back to the past and be a pony? Everyone knows that "The Grudge" is a classic, so can anyone recruit someone to play Takashi Shimizu? Everyone knows that "Naruto" will be very popular, but who can remember what each page of the manga manuscript looks like, and the drawing is as good as Masashi Kishimoto?

Rebirth is not an advantage. Being able to remember every detail of historical related events, and then being able to turn this information into action, coupled with practical professional skills, is the real advantage. Otherwise, you can only be a folk prophecy emperor.

If Alice didn't have the brain she has now, even if she was reborn a hundred times, she would be useless!

Therefore, it is precisely because of the current brain, rather than simply the advantage of rebirth, that Alice can remember the rate of return of various movies clearly, even down to every specific number.

If there is a leaderboard...

1. "Ghost Story" in 2009, the production cost was 11,000 US dollars, the box office was 197 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 17,909 times.

2. "The Banshee Blair" in 1999, the production cost was 35,000 US dollars, the box office was 248 million US dollars, and the return rate was 7094 times.

3. "Cursed" in 2004, the production cost was 218 US dollars, the box office was 660,000 US dollars, 3027 times.

4. "Mad Max" in 1980, the production cost was 200,000 US dollars, the box office was 100 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 500 times.

5. "Super Size Me" in 2004, the production cost was 65,000 US dollars, the box office was 29.53 million US dollars, and the return rate was 454 times.

6. "The Living Dead" in 1968, the production cost was 114,000 US dollars, the box office was 30 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 263 times.

7. "Rocky" in 1976, the production cost was 1 million US dollars, the box office was 225 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 225 times.

8. "American Graffiti" in 1973, the production cost was 777,000 US dollars, the box office was 140 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 180 times.

9. "Stewardess" in 1969, the production cost was 200,000 US dollars, the box office was 25 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 125 times.

10. "Napoleon the Big Man" in 2004, the production cost was 400,000 US dollars, the box office was 46.14 million US dollars, and the rate of return was 115 times.

Well, yes, the number one profit-making movie of all time, the "well known" Blair Witch has been replaced in 2009. Although "Ghost Story" is suspected of plagiarizing the former, innovation is also essential for its success.

Using home videos as clues, the film quietly tells a story about the unknown and the real.

Stock trader Mick and his girlfriend Katie moved to a new house. Excited, Mick got a video camera to track and shoot their sit-ups. However, their excitement was quickly replaced by inexplicable anxiety. Besides the two of them, there seemed to be other lives hiding in the house. At two or three o'clock in the morning, the camera in the corner of the bedroom actually recorded those supernatural events. Katie can't bear to move out, but Mick wants to make a movie of the incident. But when he really wanted to leave, it was too late...

Its super high box office return rate is mainly derived from this.

Control costs. The entire film was shot on a home DV, with no big names, no locations, and minimal interior furnishings... In the end, the production cost was controlled at US$11,000, which is not the lowest in history, but it still makes people jaw drop. The ultra-low cost has laid a solid foundation for the ultra-high box office return rate.

Style update. The movie is shot in the first person, without music or sound effects. The wobbly shooting techniques, coupled with the mysterious plot, make the audience feel like they are in the movie, experience everything with the protagonist, and quietly look forward to those incredible things. occur. Although you can't see a ghost from the beginning to the end, the dark gray picture, empty door, changing sleeping posture on the bed, passing shadows, weird footprints, slipping sheets, etc., all create a very real scene. This kind of on-the-spot feeling makes people shudder in the environment of complete silence.

Creativity wins. The idea of ​​DV and documentary-style films did come from "The Blair Witch", but because the former lacks the theme and core, the whole film is looking for something that does not exist from beginning to end, so it is difficult to impress people. However, the theme of "Ghost Story" is set as "reality" - human beings' fear of the unknown world. Because of the unique perspective, it has a unique aesthetic feeling, which has been recognized by many movie fans.

"25% of the box office income of pure script components, if we also inject funds into the film, this part will be distributed according to its due proportion. Then Mr. Lawrence, what if we bear all the production funds of the film?"

Lawrence smiled and said: "Haha, of course everything is done according to the rules. If you can really make the production cost of the film be funded by individuals, then there is nothing wrong with the company only charging other parts of the cost. This is tantamount to free money ah!"

"However, the recruitment of actors, selection of directors, and all other work that needs to be handled as a producer, Alice, it seems that you still can't do it?"

"Hey, how about this?"

Alice tried her best not to show a smug smile, but she couldn't help it: "I fully funded the shooting of the film, and then I personally acted as the director and screenwriter. As for other related matters, I leave it to the company to handle, especially the publicity The publishing fee, this must not be paid by our family, right?"

"Ah... I see."

Lawrence looked around. If everyone was a little confused a second ago, but when they heard that Alice was going to be a director, they all understood.

It's nothing more than a little girl who wants to throw some money casually, pat things for fun, and live a director's addiction.

"OK, no problem!"

Lawrence laughed loudly and agreed: "But you have to shoot it first and show it to me. The equipment can be rented to you. If you can pass the test, we will talk about the specifics later, but the distribution fee must be fully covered!"

Well, yes, the equipment can be rented, but other costs are covered by yourself. If the filming is good, of course it will be promoted and released. If the filming is not good, it is of course just the little girl's addiction to directing.

"I trust you will be satisfied."

In this way, Alice smiled proudly: "A product produced by Alice must be a boutique!"

"Ghost Story", compared to "The Blair Witch" which relied on Internet rumors to attract public attention, this movie actually achieved huge profits with real skills. She is confident that with the public's ability to accept horror films in the 1980s, this film can definitely reach the height of "The Grudge"!

The shooting cost is really only more than 10,000 yuan!

However, the manufacturer's publicity fee is a full 10 million...