World-class directors in the entertainment industry

"Although I know what Director Qin said is correct, I know it in my heart, but I still refuse to admit defeat. I think I can still persist for ten years, not to mention there are so many people behind me that I have to stand in front.

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When Jack Cheng heard this, his face was a little ugly. Anyone who was taught such an unkind lesson by a young man or a junior in the industry would not look good.

It's just that he is a veteran who has been around for many years. Once his shame is gone and his brain can think normally, he can continue to chat in a rational and orderly manner.

"Every family has a hard time... Understand, in fact, in a script with two protagonists and multiple protagonists, plus Brother Cheng, you are the director and producer, and your own company also invests, why do you have to..."

Qin Dong nodded with understanding. As one of the Chinese's international business cards, many people ate with Jack Cheng.

What's more, there are many interests behind Jack Cheng, which makes it impossible for him to suddenly take a back seat for no reason.

However, it was a big taboo not to be guaranteed at the end of the festival. Qin Dong rolled his eyes and came up with another idea.

"Two protagonists? Multiple protagonists? Does Director Qin want me to cooperate with the young people?"

Jack Cheng asked after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, Brother Cheng, you have to know that the mainstream audience of people who go to the cinema to watch movies is actually mostly young people in their teens to twenties, followed by middle-aged people in their thirties and forties."

"Now that Brother Cheng has returned from Hollywood, our mainland's economy has only been booming recently. In fact, not many people have actually watched Brother Cheng's movies in the cinema. Most of them have been in the past ten years. Ten years ago, people who heard about Brother Cheng

There were many famous people, but at that time very few of them could be seen in movies."

"You and Brother Jie, your best years and peak years did not catch up with the period of our economic development, and were perfectly missed."

"In today's world, in movie theaters or in the entertainment industry, the mainstream of consumption is young people. They are the food and clothing parents of the artists in the industry."

"And what types of artists in the entertainment industry do young people pay most attention to?"

Qin Dong simply broke it down and made some topics clear.

The entertainment industry changes very quickly, and even if many people remain popular for many years, it is difficult to estimate how much appeal they actually have.

Especially as the mainland's economy develops faster and faster, ordinary people's lives are getting better and better, and the younger generation's children have more and more living expenses, and the mainstream of consumption has begun to become these young people.

It is difficult to like someone who has not experienced it, and no matter how famous the other person is, it is difficult to maintain much liking.

When the mainland rises and young people from the mainland become the mainstream of consumption in the entertainment industry, people like Jack Cheng are all in their 50s and 60s. Young people have heard of the fame of these big stars, but

Actually don't pay much attention to it.

It is difficult for young people to watch movies from decades ago and not many people will like them.

This is how times change.

"So...Director Qin's movies basically include actors from the younger generation, and even most of the protagonists are popular actors from the new generation. Is this all considered?"

Hearing what Qin Dong said so straightforwardly, and considering Qin Dong's fame and current achievements in movies, Jack Cheng had to think deeply. Following these words, he discovered Qin Dong's secret to finding actors for his movies.

"Times have changed. What kind of group of people can contribute to the box office? Then choose actors according to the preferences of this group. This is the real thing."

Qin Dong said with a confident tone.

This is also what he thinks.

However, Qin Dong did not say a "but", that is, when the traffic era comes, you have to pay attention.

The traffic era is real, but most of these traffic stars cannot afford the box office.

Because most of these people are trash, have no acting skills, and the real number of fans is also very fake. If you choose such people to star in movies for the sake of box office, you will lose money to your grandma's family.

However, there are also benefits to being a traffic star, that is, selling products, such as appearing in various programs and endorsing various products.

With the appeal of traffic stars, fans of these stars can spend their entire lives to buy these products and increase traffic to their programs online.

But the box office is not good. The traffic era represents the development of the Internet. As soon as the news comes out, the whole world will know it. Then the theaters that can be trolled will not dare to give these fans the opportunity to book the theater.

As for how much these fans are expected to contribute to the box office, it will be difficult to even get back the money.

Qin Dong's true opinion is that traffic stars are created artificially by companies in the industry.

There is a lot of moisture, and it is undeniable that there are many iron fans who can sell their blood, body, or even their parents' house and use the money from their parents to support celebrities. This is true.

But the number of these fans is not as large as imagined.

Why do traffic stars rarely appear in movies after they appear in the future? That is the real situation.

Don't look at the tens of millions or hundreds of millions of fans claimed by these traffic stars on the Internet. If there are really so many fans, each fan will not say that they will book the movie. Even if one person contributes a movie ticket, a movie ticket will cost twenty or thirty yuan at the current price.

Calculated in terms of money, if you have tens of millions or hundreds of millions of fans, that means billions of dollars in box office.

Even if a popular star is offered a salary of 300 to 500 million yuan, the producer will still be able to make a lot of money.

Qin Dong remembers that there will be a popular artist in the future who claims to have 60 million fans. This star took on a science fiction movie with a production cost of 300 million, but the box office ended up being only 120 million.

A box office of 120 million means that only about 3 million to 4 million movie tickets were sold.

Even if each movie ticket represents a different moviegoer, it only means that only three to four million people went to see the movie.

Even if all the moviegoers are fans of this popular star, there are only three to four million fans, not to mention that it is absolutely impossible for all the fans to buy tickets. The gap from the advertised 60 million fans is thousands of miles away.

This is the true face of a traffic star.

For movie box office, these traffic stars cannot help, so these traffic stars rarely appear in movies.

But TV dramas, variety shows, and product endorsements are the domain of popular celebrities.

Relying on the money from fans, businesses can make a lot of money. The wool comes from the sheep, and traffic stars harvest the wool from their fans.

"...I don't know what movie Director Qin said is suitable for me to star in. I will go to Director Qin's company another day. I wonder if you can let me read the script?"

Cheng Jieke didn't know what to say, because he didn't necessarily agree with Qin Dong's views, but he couldn't disagree with them all.

The age gap and the many years of experience brought by age have given Jack Cheng his own views and stubborn opinions.

Simply skip this topic and ask questions that are most relevant to your own interests.

"No problem. Even if I'm not in the country, I will tell the company what I have told you. Brother Cheng can see the script whenever he goes. By the way, the question I asked just now is about Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I wonder who Brother Cheng thinks is suitable to play with you?"

Qin Dong agreed to the other party's request without hesitation and asked again.

"Director Qin may not know that Sylvester Stallone approached me a few years ago. At that time, he invited me to invest in the movie "The Expendables" where he was both the director and the star. Stallone wanted to star in the movie "The Expendables."

There were some aging action stars who were once very popular, but the main characters were only Stallone and Jason Statham, currently the youngest actor in the world, and the other actors could only be supporting actors in ensemble scenes, so I refused..."

Jack Cheng hesitated for a moment before telling some of the secrets between him and Stallone.

As for who to choose to play the role, it was not clearly stated.

"So, I understand, then let's choose Arnold Schwarzenegger. Both of them are famous action stars in China."

The other party's words were unclear, but his meaning was easy to understand.

Qin Dong smiled and decided to act.

In fact, whether it is Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger, these two foreign action stars were indeed popular all over the world, but time is still a great enemy.

Up to now, these two people, like Jack Cheng, can no longer escape the corruption of Father Time, and they are both considered old people.

So between these two foreign stars, Qin Dong feels the same, no matter which one he chooses.