Tokyo Literary Godfather

How could you not save money?

While Daniel looked at the typeface on the script, he simulated the corresponding scene in his mind. The main scene of the entire story was a room with a bathtub and chains, and there were only two main actors.

There are changing scenes in the middle, but they are not complicated. There is no need to hire too many extras for the whole movie. There are only a few characters who appear in the story. With less than ten people, it can completely support the whole movie. story.

It can be done for hundreds of thousands... Daniel thought to himself as he watched.

It would be cheaper if this was shot in Japan with Japanese actors... Daniel thought, but unfortunately, this is not a Japanese movie.

During his time in Japan, Daniel also learned a lot about the filming of Japanese movies. He was very envious of the relatively low shooting costs here. Take the actor's salary, which is one of the biggest contributors to filming costs. Whether it is an ordinary actor or a first-line actor, it is far below Hollywood standards.

Put together, the salary of twenty Japanese A-list actors cannot compare to that of one Hollywood star.

Although the salary gap between other crew jobs is not that big, it is still different from that in Hollywood. However, the crew in Tokyo is quite professional at a professional level and does not fall behind. Tokyo's cultural industry can be said to be top-notch, especially the level of painters, who are cheap and easy to use.

But the reason why this situation occurs is also because the Japanese market is not large. There are only five established film companies in Japan, and it is easy to reach an agreement to limit the salary of artists. However, there are nearly 700 film companies in Hollywood, and there are so many blockbuster producers that it is difficult to have such a tacit understanding and say no. Not giving actors and staff high wages.

Not only will the employees not allow it, but the unions will also cause trouble.

The salary of employees is determined by the overall conditions of the industry. The scale of the film market in the United States is more than ten times that of other regions. It is impossible for such a large market not to share profits with employees.

The market is large and the competition is fierce, so the cost of filming is generally high. In this case, anything below 15 million is considered a low-cost filming.

With such a low shooting cost...it's easy to make a profit...

It can be seen that this was done deliberately by Kei Fujiwara. He is a creator who is very capable of producing works according to limited conditions. He knows that the cost of filming in Hollywood is high, and it is unwise to spend a lot of money to shoot a movie when he first enters the North American market.

So he deliberately wrote a script that could be filmed with very little money.

Daniel was really amazed. He had every reason to believe that "Saw" was a temporary script he wrote. Perhaps after "Rocky" was rejected by Fan Tesen, he took a few days to write a new one. . It is written quickly and well, and takes full consideration of the actual shooting situation. In the entire Hollywood, there are very few screenwriters with this ability, and there are even fewer screenwriters who can write as quickly and with such a high degree of completion as Kei Fujiwara.

Daniel thought to himself, looking up at Kei Fujiwara, and this time, he looked at Kei Fujiwara in a daze.

too young.

When you get along with this guy, you always forget his age. He is in his twenties... He is already a figure close to the godfather in the entire Japanese literary and art circle. And without the accumulation of his father's generation, the help of his wife and family, and the guidance of his master, there is no other reason for reaching this stage except his extraordinary ability.

No wonder this guy is in such a hurry to enter Hollywood... Wild beasts tend to get hungry easily, so he wants to go to places with richer water and grass and more prey.

This guy might really be able to achieve the same extraordinary success in Hollywood.

Anyway, if you are idle now, you are idle. Even if you lose money, it doesn't hurt. Because it is written by a foreigner, the cost is so low. I won't tarnish my professional resume at all.

Then again, if you don't hire big names, the cost will be around hundreds of thousands to one million. It's hard to lose money...but you won't make much money either.

For a moment, many thoughts came to Daniel's mind, and Fujiwara Kei was a little hairy as he stared at him.

"President Fujiwara," Daniel said, "I wish us a happy cooperation."

"You agree?" Fujiwara Kei said.

"Of course." Daniel shook the "Saw" script, "I think it's an interesting story... worth filming. When we have time, let's discuss the details of the script in detail. I heard that you sent a commissioner In the United States, when I return to Hollywood, I can just communicate with him directly, right? By the way, what is the name of the new company?"

"DreamWorks."

"Nice name."

…

The weather is getting colder and colder, but the festive atmosphere is getting hotter and hotter. Now Kei Fujiwara sometimes cannot remember for a moment that this is the first few New Years he has spent in this world.

He became more and more involved with the world.

Kei Fujiwara still remembers that in the first two years after he came to this world, he would feel a little scared when it came to the New Year. Because on this day, everyone in the Teng Yuan family was cold-blooded, even in the first year when he became a rising star in the literary world through "White Night Journey".

At that time, he could not help but miss the world before.

And as things changed, he made new friends and family in this world, and he gradually became embedded in this world.

The New Year is one of the few important festivals in the year for film producers.

January is the peak season for the market. The total number of moviegoers in this month is almost twice that of other months, or even more, so it goes without saying that the competition is more intense.

In the past year, a very abnormal phenomenon occurred in the film market, that is, two phenomenal commercial films appeared within one year. If you do not consider inflation changes and just look at the numbers, the tens of billions of films in Japan will be There have only been three before in film history.

A disaster film in 1985, a historical film in 1992, and an animated film in 1996.

Within two years of Kei Fujiwara entering the film industry, he alone occupied two of the top five seats in the country.

Therefore, this kind of tens of billions of movies will only appear once every five to ten years. Because of Fujiwara Kei's extraordinary performance, two tens of billions of movies appeared in a row within a year, which is inevitably regarded as a miracle by insiders. .

At the same time, they also realized that the local film market was heating up. These two movies are like two very effective medicines that will definitely revive capital’s confidence in local movies. The size of the entire Japanese film market will double!

This is not their fantasy. Many times, a successful movie can change the entire market. Taking Parallel World as an example, China's domestic film market has expanded rapidly 12 years later. Before that, it was difficult for domestic films to achieve a box office of more than 500 million. A box office of 200 to 300 million would be considered a big hit.

But after that, the box office of many movies began to be counted in billions, and the number of movie screens also doubled. Although this is an inevitable phenomenon after a country becomes prosperous and its people become strong, it is also because a movie called "Thailand" acted as a catalyst and boosted capital's confidence in the domestic film market. It also piqued the audience's interest.

Kei Fujiwara has also single-handedly strengthened the entire industry. Many financial scholars have analyzed that this January, the total box office will be about 30% higher than in previous years.