The box office of "Crazy Stone" continued to rise, and many people had fantasized about it.
Hua Xia's film industry had really revived. Not only Zhang Yimou and other famous directors with box office earnings of more than 100 million had appeared, but there were also many new directors. Ning Hao was one of the brightest stars among them.
What does this mean? There are still many talented directors who are buried in the industry.
They had heard that the total investment for "Crazy Stone" was only 6 million RMB, including the marketing costs. But the box office earnings were so high.
They did not expect the box office earnings to be high. They only wanted 10 to 20 million RMB.
In Feng Yu's previous life, there were many film investors in Hua Xia during this period. Among them, there was a group of famous investors. They were called Coal Bosses!
Now, the coal prices were rising, and the coal bosses who had invested in the coal mines felt like they had invested in a gold mine. The coal prices were rising every month, and the demand was higher than the supply.
These people actually didn't know much about other investments. They were easily tricked into investing in the film industry, which seemed to be very profitable.
They did not know that the investors could only get about a third of the box office earnings. They thought the profits belonged to them.
Look at the 6 million RMB investment, and they could get back 60 million RMB. That was 10 times the profits.
What's so difficult about filming a movie? Ning Hao was not famous in the past. As long as you have money, you can keep advertising, and no one will watch the movie.
During this period, the higher-ups suddenly noticed that many film projects were applying for projects. Most of them were small budget films with an investment of 2 to 3 million RMB. There were even some films with an investment of less than 1 million RMB.
This does not mean the film will not be good if the investment was low. But relatively speaking, the appeal of the film will be lower, and the box office will be a flop.
But these people did not know this. They were thinking that if they invested in 10 films, they will not suffer any losses if one of them succeeds. But if two or three of them succeed, they will make a lot of money.
As for those directors who had graduated from film academies and were depressed, they had also started to become more active. Previously, when they went out to recommend themselves as assistant directors, no one wanted to use them. But now, there were bosses who took the initiative to contact them and asked them to be directors for a movie!
How can they not grab this opportunity? But when they wanted to invite their classmates to be Assistant Directors, they realized that their classmates were also directors, and they were filming movies.
Some 2nd and 3rd rated TV series actors had also become popular. They could not afford to hire big stars for their low-budget films.
The salary of a movie star might exceed their production cost.
However, it was different for those second and third-rate TV series actors. Their TV series only cost tens of thousands of yuan per episode. If they paid two to three hundred thousand yuan for a movie, was that still considered low?
Moreover, the acting skills of these actors were also not bad, much better than those newcomers. Some actors, because of their high production, were familiar to the audience. They might even become big stars in the future.
Xu Zheng's popularity in television dramas was close to that of an A-list actor. When he was filming 'Crazy Stone', his salary was only 100,000 yuan!
Logically speaking, there would also be quality products in this kind of low-budget movie. For example, Waiting Alone, which was released last year, was very popular.
However, most of them were lost in the long river of history. They failed miserably at the box office, and their reputation was also ruined.
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Over the past few days, Wang Zhongjun had discovered that many companies had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, claiming to have filmed movies and asking the Chinese Brothers to distribute them.
After releasing 'Crazy Stone' and creating a miracle in the box office, the reputation of the Huayi Brothers skyrocketed. More and more film producers started to seek cooperation with the Huayi Brothers.
As for the Hua Brothers, they had also obtained a lot of benefits from it. For example, if a company had a good script and wanted to film a movie, they will ask the Huayi Brothers to distribute it.
At this time, the Huayi Brothers can add in some hidden conditions. For example, they want to use actors from the Huayi Brothers, or use their contracted singers to sing in the movie.
This is considered a package deal, and both parties will not suffer any losses. The Huayi Brothers' actors and singers are outstanding in China. If the film producers have a big star joining them, they will receive more attention, and their acting skills will be more mature. This will increase the efficiency.
On the other hand, the Huaxia Brothers promoted the artists under them, obtaining real income and expanding the popularity of their artists.
But these are high-quality scripts and the works of famous directors or producers. But many films, from the investors to the directors to the actors, and even the scriptwriters, are not famous.
After the Huayi Brothers read the scripts, they also felt there are no highlights. But the names of many movies can make people think of something.
For example, a movie named 'Crazy Jade', 'Crazy Agate', 'Crazy Amber', etc., will make people think of 'Crazy Stone' and think it is a sequel or a sister movie.
But the real sister movie, 'Crazy Racing', had just started its project, and the preparations are not done yet. The actors are not confirmed either.
These companies are just following the trend. They saw that 'Crazy Stone' was making money and wanted to use this to gain some attention and even make money.
But the Huayi Brothers did not agree to distribute these movies.
What a joke. If these shoddy movies are released, wouldn't it ruin the Huayi Brothers' reputation? Also, it will have a negative impact on 'Crazy Stone', and next year's release of 'Crazy Racing' will be seriously affected!
But there are a few movies that are obviously parodies, and Wang Zhongjun found it interesting. Basically, they are magnifying the mockery of the more influential movies in the past few years and turning them into jokes.
But there are too many low-budget movies, and the filming speed of these movies is too fast. Will the post-production speed be fast too? The filming of a movie is important, but the post-production is also important.
Feng Yu happened to visit the Huayi Brothers today, and Wang Zhongjun chatted with Feng Yu about these movies.
Feng Yu understood what is going on. In his previous life, there are too many such movies on the internet, and many of them are profitable.
But most of the profits are not from the cinemas, but from the video streaming websites.
"Get your men to review these movies carefully. There might be some good movies, but most of them are based on luck. Don't lower yourself for the sake of some profits, or you will suffer more losses in the future. "
Wang Zhongjun nodded. "I understand, General Manager Feng. So, we have to carefully review these movies. We must not ruin the reputation of the Huayi Brothers! "
At this time, there is another piece of good news from the US.
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