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"Martin, what happened to the car in the movie?"

Martin arrived soon after. After all, CAA is next door and it only took a few steps to walk. Qin Dong didn't politely ask about business directly.

These are our own people, no need to be polite anymore.

"Qin, the car has been modified."

Martin smiled when he heard this.

"How much?"

Qin Dong nodded. It was a good time to keep up with his thoughts, because the new movie would start soon.

"It didn't cost a penny, Qin, you are underestimating your reputation. If it weren't for the fact that the modified vehicle looks crazy, we would still have to charge money for advertising, and it must be a large amount."

Martin shook his head and explained.

Because of Qin Dong's request, the vehicles on those drawings were very crazy and completely different from the original vehicles. It would be difficult for enthusiasts to recognize the cars, and many models were from many years ago and were no longer produced.

They are all old cars that have been scrapped and used as waste. They are dispensable and not worth much, so there is no modification fee and there is no advertising fee.

If you use some models that are still in production, you will definitely have to charge advertising fees. Just like in the toy movie "Transformers" series of movies, the advertising fees for those models are very expensive, basically one-third of the cost of each movie.

All the costs are offset by advertising costs. You must know that this series of movies is particularly special in special effects. The cost of each movie starts at a minimum of 150 million US dollars. This shows how expensive advertising costs are.

"Brother, after hearing this, I remembered something and almost forgot it."

Zhou Pingan patted his head and said to Qin Dong:

"Before I came, I heard some news about your new movie."

Zhou Ping'an is naturally proficient in foreign languages, or in other words, this is their basic skill.

But at this time, I did not speak in a foreign language, but in my mother tongue.

"My movie? What's going on?"

Qin Dong frowned. He hadn't received any news about his movie, but Zhou Ping'an actually knew that this didn't sound like good news.

"Brother, although China Film Group Corporation is pushing for your new movie, I heard news that some people don't want it to be released in China."

Zhou Ping'an didn't hide anything and said it directly.

Because there was no one else in the room at the moment, there was no translator, and Martin and Zhou Pingan knew this person and knew that the other person could not understand Chinese.

"Is someone trying to mess with me, or is it because of the plot?"

Qin Dong narrowed his eyes, thought for a while and asked.

"I'm not sure. It sounds like it's not suitable for domestic release due to plot issues."

Zhou Ping'an shook his head. Qin Dong's new movie has just been auditioned for actors and has not been shot yet. There is still little news.

Just because he heard this script, it aroused criticism in a certain department. Now Qin Dong can be regarded as his brother on the same front. Qin Dong's company has also let him become a shareholder. He is definitely a family member, so he naturally pays attention to the news about Qin Dong.

, so I found out.

"...Then let's look back."

When Qin Dong heard this, he shook his head helplessly.

If someone wanted to mess with him, it would not be a troublesome matter.

Man-made, easy to handle, Qin Dong now has connections, and he is not fighting alone before.

The most troublesome thing is the script. This is a matter of principle, which is difficult to solve.

If it has to be solved fundamentally, then the script needs to be changed.

The style of the new movie, as well as the plot inside it, are indeed a bit problematic if we want to put it on the line.

Qin Dong remembered that in his previous life, this movie was never released in China, and the global box office was nearly US$400 million.

If you add in the domestic box office, with Qin Dong's current reputation in the country, it will start at one billion US dollars. Even if it is US$200 million, then the global box office of this movie will start at US$600 million. This kind of box office is not worth the cost.

For a big movie, it is definitely extremely profitable.

Qin Dong carefully thought about which movie to make.

I won’t choose some literary and artistic films, no matter how good the reputation is, it’s useless if they don’t have box office.

Qin Dong doesn't think that because of his fame, just by making a so-called high-reputation literary film in his previous life, he can turn the original global box office of only a few million or tens of millions into a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars. This kind of thing,

Qin Dong didn't want to at all.

No matter how artistic a film is, it is still just a literary film.

How is it possible for a literary film to suddenly turn around and reach the box office of a commercial film?

Commercial films may achieve different box office results in different eras, maybe less, maybe more, but the same cannot be said for literary and artistic films. Even if literary and artistic films keep up with the times, their artistic sense is still strong, but their limitations are too great.

"The Truman Show", which is regarded as a treasure by many people, even though it stars Hollywood comedy star Kim Carrey, it only has a box office of 100 million, even though it is very old.

But this kind of literary film, even if it were replaced now, with the world's most handsome boy and star Leonardo DiCaprio starring, the box office would not be very high.

There is also a short film "The Tuner" with extremely high ratings, which was later remade by Ah San and received extremely high ratings. As a result, even though the domestic box office reached 300 million yuan, unfortunately the global box office was only a pitiful 50 to 60 million US dollars.

Seventy percent of it was contributed by our country, Ah San's own country contributed 20%, and North America contributed 0.01%, with only a pitiful box office of more than 300,000 US dollars.

The upper limit for literary and artistic films is too low. Even if it is a super star and a world-class director, unless the time is right, the place is right and the people are right, the box office will definitely be mediocre.

This is also the reason why commercial films are so popular.

The cost of commercial films is so high. If you can't make art films, then everyone should stop investing in large-scale productions and just make art films.

For a literary film with a small budget and a small box office, it is enough to make a profit. With a cost of several million, a box office of tens of millions would definitely make the producers overjoyed.

If it can earn hundreds of millions at the box office, the director and starring actors will immediately become Hollywood celebrities.

"When... when..."

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Nicolas Cage walked in with a smile on his face. He looked at the three people sitting there, two of whom were acquaintances:

"Director Qin, Martin."

Then he smiled and nodded at Zhou Ping'an, whom he didn't recognize.

"Cage, this is my friend, brother, and shareholder of my company, Zhou Anping."

Qin Dong introduced.

"Hello Zhou, welcome to Hollywood."

After Cage greeted him politely, he asked directly:

"Director, which part do you need me to audition for? I have been studying the script recently. Basically, all the plots can be performed without reading the script."

"Forget it."

Qin Dong shook his head speechlessly. They were all his own. There was no one else in the room. What were they pretending to be? He pointed to a chair next to him:

"We are all on our own, so why not do some drama? Just sit down and chat for a while, and then you can go out."

Martin waited for Qin Dong to finish speaking. This is Qin Dong's company. He must respect his master. He has matured with age and is good at doing things. Then he smiled and said:

"Nicola, I heard that you are going to hold a banquet to thank Qin for helping you so many times. Remember to give me an invitation letter when the time comes. I will bring CAA artists to support you."

Nicolas Cage's expression was stunned for a moment, then he smiled in a few tenths of a second, and invited Qin Dong with a smile:

"Hey, I originally invited you privately, my dear Pian Yue Qin."

"I didn't expect that Martin would reveal it."

"Qin, give me a chance to thank you. When is convenient for you, I will hold a dinner party at my manor to invite you solemnly."

Qin Dong wanted to laugh in his heart.

In this case, there is a high probability that Martin said it deliberately. In fact, Nicolas Cage did not have this idea.

There is a small chance that as Martin said, Cage wanted to thank Qin Dong for always holding him when he was down.

No matter what he thinks in his heart, Qin Dong is indeed serious on the surface. Now that he has said what he said, he must continue:

"Nicola, I wonder if there are any big beauties. Martin knows that I don't like to be too close to men. If the banquet is full of men, I will definitely not go."

"Ha ha..."

By the end, several men present laughed.

It’s a smile that all men understand.