Hollywood Hunter - Chapter 1548: : The market is there

Beijing, inside the projection hall on the basement floor of Mao’er Hutong Mansion.

While the waitress was installing the copy in the operating room, Simon was surrounded by a group of girls in the middle seat of the screening hall, looking through and discussing a 99 yuan collection of film and television sets of “To Youth”.

Ren Jingxi, who was sitting on the left hand side of Simon playing with a Q version of the character doll, said: “I heard that the latest “Racing Mobilization” in the United States recently, but the toy sales at the end of this year will exceed 1 billion US dollars. Simon, is this true?”

Simon and Zhu Momo, who is clinging to him on the other side, unfold a T-shirt, a pure white T-shirt, this one is a silhouette of several characters in “To Youth” jumping together, and there is also a lyrics. ‘You say dear dear forever, never changing face’.

It’s from “Youth Without Regrets”.

I wish Momo generously want to wear it to Simon. The heating here is full. Simon is not afraid that Nizi next to him will be frozen, so he let go. Hearing the other side Ren Jingxi ask, he nodded and said: “Yes, probably. There are so many.”

Ren Jingxi still carried something unbelievable: “One billion U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to 8.3 billion yuan in China. It’s too scary.” He couldn’t help but look forward to: “Simon, do you think the Chinese film industry will have this in the future? Kind of potential?”

Simon picked up an exquisite key chain in the box again, and it was full of memories. Back then, as a boy, no one had a key chain full of small objects.

When Ren Jingxi asked, Simon smiled and said: “Speaking of potential, the “Shaolin Temple” in the 1980s in China can sell for more than 100 million box office for a few cents. Do you think it counts? Count potential?”

Mo Wuling sat on the other side of Ren Jingxi with a reserved attitude and listened to them. At this time, he couldn’t help but interject: “In those days, it was different.”

“Same,” Simon shook his head slightly and said with a smile: “Business potential has always been there. For example, I remember a thing about selling shoes to Africa. Some people saw that Africans didn’t Wearing shoes, I feel that there is no commercial potential. Some people are ecstatic, because they discovered that Africans do not wear shoes, so they noticed a huge market of 1 billion people. You say, who can achieve success with two attitudes?”

I wish Momo to take off his bottoming shirt in twos and put on the T-shirt just now. The girl is actually a bit flat, but because each is tall enough, this lady’s T-shirt looks a little thin, but it’s wrapped up. A nice curve. At this time, when Simon said so, he rushed to say: “Of course it is the latter, but it is not easy for people who don’t wear shoes to wear shoes.”

“Of course it is not easy. If everything is easy, everyone can become a rich man,” Simon said: “China is like this now. You think that because no one buys, you feel that there is no market. It must be wrong.”

Gil Pekert, who has been living here and busy with their real estate business for the past two years, sat behind the man with Zhao Anni. Gil also interjected and said in a fairly fluent Beijing film: “The problem is that China’s consumption power is limited now. Boss, you just said that the fare in China was a few cents in the 1980s. Now, let’s talk about our Jinshu Cinema. Even if there are members, it costs about 15 RMB for a ticket, which is very expensive, let alone. IMAX theater. Prices have risen, but income levels have not substantially increased, and consumption capacity will definitely be limited.”

Simon nodded: “This is also a problem, but, Jill, do you know how many people there are in China now?”

Jill said: “1.2 billion.”

He also reacted as he spoke.

China’s population base is really huge, 1.2 billion, while the US is only 280 million, four times the gap, let alone other Western countries.

With the support of such a population base, even if one-tenth of the population has a strong purchasing power, it is enough to support the film industry they are currently discussing.

Think about China’s current tens of billions of VCD industry. Obviously, there is enough consumption capacity.

The problem is to open up.

Zhu Momo leaped on Simon, and then simply sat in the arms of the man, ignoring the envious little eyes of Li Youhu and Teacher Yu in front of him, and put his arms around Simon’s neck and said: “Simon, speaking of IMAX, what do you do? Don’t invest in more IMAX screens here in China. The IMAX sessions in the recent “Mount Everest” are really too popular. I watched it with my aunt, and I had to ask someone to get tickets.”

What the girl said was of course “Mount Everest” which was released on the Chinese mainland on November 5.

Relying on the accumulated popularity in North America and the large-scale publicity here, as a documentary that was not seen by many people as having much potential, after the film opened on November 5th, it won 29 million yuan in the first week. box office. Subsequently, the next week’s decline was only about 20%, and it closed another 23 million.

In two weeks, this documentary won a box office of 52 million yuan in China. According to the current trend, it is only a matter of time before it breaks 100 million yuan. It is truly double the box office volume of 50 million originally estimated by China Film and Jinshu.

Furthermore, the IMAX version with the best visual experience, compared with the regular screens, until now, the mainland is still in a state where it is possible to get tickets only if you have to queue up. This has also led to a wave of scalping craze. Simon is in Suzhou. When I was with Chen Qing, I heard Nizi mention it as a funny thing. The ticket salesperson of Jinshu Studios in Suzhou cooperated with scalpers to resell IMAX movie tickets, earning thousands of dollars in a week.

Then he was caught.

All right.

With his arms around the girl’s slender body, Simon listened to her and shook his head with a smile: “It’s not that I don’t want it, but the conditions don’t allow it.”

Zhu Momo deliberately pouted her mouth to be cute: “You just said that if you don’t have conditions, you have to create conditions. The market is there.”

“Did I say that, oh, you just eat it back as I am.”

Simon said, biting the girl’s nose in a pretentious manner, but it was a pity that he blocked her with his mouth and fought hard to resist. The girls around couldn’t help turning their heads.

Ren Jingxi waited for the two to separate and said, “Because of the success of “Mount Everest”, many people have recently focused on the project to explore the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon. I heard that a company in Sichuan tried to contact us and found If you don’t get in, I plan to do it myself.”

Zhu Momo’s face was still stuck on Simon’s chin, rubbing his stubble, and he heard the words: “Even if they make it, there is no Hollywood market, who will sell it to? The domestic popularity is not because it is sold in the United States. Moreover, And Simon’s song, um, “Born as a Summer Flower”, it’s so good, I want to hear it again now. Aunt, give me your iPlayer.”

When the girl suddenly said this, Mo Wuling felt a guilty conscience, pretending to be calm, and said, “I’m going to play the movie right away and listen to some songs.”

Zhu Momo chuckled, didn’t say more, twisted and stuck in Simon’s arms again.

Ren Jingxi allowed Momo to interrupt, and he was more concerned about the business: “Simon, even if Daenerys does not participate, there are other studios in Hollywood, do you think the subject matter will hit?”

Simon said: “There is no way to hit it. It is impossible to prohibit others from doing it. However, Hollywood movies have too many similar themes. The key is to see whether they can be done well.”

“Hmm,” Zhu Momo is in line with it again: “Simon can do it well, the others are all chickens.”

Mo Wuling, who was sitting on the other side across Ren Jingxi, looked at his niece in the man’s arms with a springing look, and wanted to cover his face.

As she was talking, the waitress came to remind her that it could be played, and everyone quieted down.

As the lights dimmed, Simon hugged Zhu Momo, who was unwilling to move in his arms, and looked at the big screen.

This is the first movie made by Ren Jingxi’s Huanzhu Pictures. It is called “Wormhole”. Simon has read the script in advance. It is similar to a setting for Groundhog Day, and the comedy effect is required. It is much better than Groundhog Day. After all, a person jumps into the well again and again in order to retrieve the lost 10,000 yuan. That picture is a little bit ridiculous to think about.

In addition, what Simon noticed was the director of the film, Jing Zong.

This is a young man who returned to China from the Hollywood exchange learning program. Like several other Simons who are more concerned about, if this time can be done well, then, you can also support more.

On the big screen, there is no such thing as Dragon Mark, and it was a feature film at the beginning.

After the brief sci-fi sense and the inexplicable fixed picture at the beginning, it was only the first unfolding picture, which made Simon very satisfied.

Mainly filter selection.

Many films in the past were considered to be inferior to TV series because of the picture. If they were too upright, it would inevitably be the feeling of some movies.

And this is, under the faint yellow filter, just the first shot, which reflects the atmosphere of this movie to the audience.

This kind of thing is very mysterious, but it is actually very simple.

The key is to look at personal skills.

Simon also considered this issue at the very beginning when he made the first “Lola Run”, and with the solid skills of more than a dozen professionals in his mind, he produced a version that can be directly used without color correction. The film used.

After a brief distraction, Simon’s thoughts were quickly attracted by the plot.

On the big screen, the profligate young man is not learning and skillless on weekdays. Of course, this is just a performance. Through some small details, such as helping the neighbor’s old lady move things, he is reprimanded for idleness and does not refute it. It shows that the heart is still good. People. Of course, the main thing is that if you want to go through the trial, this is very important on the domestic side.

Otherwise, if it’s like “Two Smokers”, think about it… well, don’t think about it, don’t think about anything.

The story progressed, and soon, the 10,000 yuan from the sky made Lao Qi ecstatic, thinking about using this money to marry his childhood sweetheart Juanzi home for many years, and the money was suddenly lost again.

In despair, jumped into the well.

Then, reincarnation.

Constantly reincarnation, over and over again.

It’s full of comedy.

For example, when he jumped into the well for the third time, in front of the neighbor’s old lady, Old Qi planted his head and was so scared that the old lady covered her heart and shouted “Jiuxin Wan, Jiuxin Wan”, making everyone in the theater almost come in here. Smiled out of anger.

In the end, after many reincarnations, Lao Qi gradually discovered the truth of the ten thousand yuan.

Then, there is a happy ending.