"You wrote this script? It's so funny! " Li Na was leaning on Feng Yu's chest in the cinema at home. They were watching the new movie < In Distress >.
She laughed heartily. She didn't expect Wang Baobao to be so funny in a comedy. Xu Zheng was really miserable.
"I only suggested a framework. Xu Zheng found a few experienced scriptwriters to write this script. They are currently working on the script for the second movie."
Feng Yu was a little proud. Being admired by his wife made him feel a little smug.
"The first movie just premiered and the box office earnings are not out yet. You are already asking them to write the script for the second movie?" Although Li Na wasn't in the entertainment industry, she knew that people would usually look at the box office earnings and the reputation of the movie before deciding whether to make a sequel.
Some might not be considered sequels as the plot doesn't continue, but they belong to the same series. That's why the names will be similar.
"Although it just premiered a few days ago, the reputation on the internet is one-sided. The rating on Douban is over 8, and the box office earnings are rising. A sequel like this will definitely attract countless viewers."
In this life, 'In Distress' was released earlier than in his previous life. It was chosen to be released during the Lunar New Year period. This was a movie about returning home for the Lunar New Year, and it was more suitable for the occasion.
Also, the screening rate was very high, and the reputation of the movie was very good. Not only young people, but many older people and children also liked to watch it.
With this movie, Xu Zheng's popularity will rise again. Wang Zhongjun didn't regret asking the Hua Yi Brothers to poach him and sign him.
Feng Yu had also made some changes to the script. He added some jokes he had seen on the internet in his previous life to make the script more humorous. He removed all the forced scenes.
Feng Yu was sure that the box office earnings of this movie would be much better than in his previous life.
But now, movie discs weren't selling well, and the sales of DVD players were declining. Many families no longer buy DVDs as home appliances because they have computers. Computers have optical drives and can also play discs.
However, the screen of a computer couldn't be compared to that of a TV. But now, a new application had become popular. That was, a TV could also be connected to a computer, and the TV could be used as a computer monitor.
Computers and TVs shared the same monitor. This was being adopted by many motels. This way, they no longer had to separate the computer room and the TV room. They also didn't have to worry about the space being too small if both were to be installed.
Wind & Rain Electronics' DVD player production had been decreasing year after year, which was expected by everyone. They would also not spend a lot of effort to develop a better DVD player because they already had enough. In the future, more storage options would definitely be USB drives or hard drives.
There were even some singers who were releasing albums now. They were no longer releasing DVDs, but had switched to USB drives. This way, many fans can store it in their computers, mobile phones, or in a USB flash drive after buying it. At the same time, the USB flash drive can still be used.
Of course, from Feng Yu's point of view, this USB drive was an obsolete product. The 1GB capacity was too small. It was definitely not a problem to store 20 songs, but it might not even be able to store an HD movie.
Feng Yu couldn't help but sigh. Some people had come up with a marketing strategy. The fan economy was a force to be reckoned with. That 1GB USB drive, which almost no one was interested in, was sold out just like that.
DVD sales had dropped, but the movie's profits were still very high. This was because of the video hosting websites. Video hosting websites were much more generous than TV stations when they bought the movie rights.
In the past, TV stations bought the movie rights for 500,000 RMB and 1 million RMB. 1 million RMB was for CCTV movie channel, and 500,000 RMB was for local TV stations. After some time, the movie rights might not even cost 100,000 RMB.
This period was the protection period for the DVD sales. It was to ensure that the producers and distributors had the highest profits.
But now, it was not the time to ensure that the DVD sales would not be broadcasted by TV stations. It was to ensure that the movies were not broadcasted by other TV stations when it was broadcasted online.
The online broadcasting rights had exceeded the TV stations' broadcasting rights and DVD sales. Video hosting websites were now the second highest box office earnings.
In the past, many people did not think this would happen. But from the US and Hua Xia's market, the online box office earnings could account for more than 20% of the total box office earnings. Some movies had even higher earnings.
There was even the concept of online blockbuster movies. These movies were not shown in cinemas. They were only sold to video hosting websites.
These were usually self-produced movies by video hosting websites. But there were some small film companies that could not find distributors and had to choose this route. Most of these movies were made by new directors and actors. Most of these movies were low-budget movies.
Low-budget movies did not mean that they were poorly made. Some of these movies were good and could even make some actors popular. At the same time, there was another type of movie that was more prominent. It was the TV series with the same name.
It could be the continuation of the plot or the refinement of the plot. Anyway, most TV series were trying to make money, and the script was being extended. This was to ensure the producers' profits. Many actors, directors, etc. were paid for the entire movie.
But at this time, there were some problems. The censorship standards for online movies and traditional movies were different.
Not only for movies, but for other cultural products, the censorship standards were lax. Actually, it was not intentional. It was just that there were more cultural products on the internet, far more than the works on traditional platforms. The workload was heavy, and it was inevitable that there would be slack.
This problem had also occurred in many countries in Feng Yu's previous life. This was called double standards by many people in the industry. Many people even switched to online cultural products.
Feng Yu told the Huayi Brothers, Qidian, Sohu Channel, etc., to be careful. Although the censorship was lax now, they must not play around the edges.
Double standards cannot last long, and sooner or later, it will return to the same standard. Everyone's content was the same, but the platforms were different. They might not be able to manage it now, but they must not let it become a problem in the future.
For example, in Feng Yu's previous life, there was a very popular music player from Hua Xia. It was the most popular music player in Hua Xia and had accompanied many nerds to spend their lonely nights … But because of the content provided by the platform, it was shut down, and the person in charge was arrested.
Although they did not take the initiative to do so, after discovering this situation, they chose to acquiesce and did not deal with it. This was the biggest problem.
There was still a big problem with online broadcasting rights. There was not much of a difference between 2D movies and 3D movies, but the experience of watching 3D movies was a whole level lower!
Feng Yu had already thought of a solution to this problem.
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