Lu Chen's confidence and ambition first brought a lot of impact to the senior management of Chen Fei 'er Studio.
Several managers and supervisors disapproved of this.
They had no objection to the merger of the two studios to form a new company, but in the process of the merger, Chen Fei 'er Studio, which was more powerful, would be merged into Lu Chen Studio, so they had some ideas in their hearts.
It's just that they have ideas. Since Chen Fei 'er has made a decision, everyone can only obey.
But this did not mean that they were convinced by the young Lu Chen.
Now Lu Chen had thrown out such a big company construction plan, which was an amazing investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of international first-class special effects production team.
A supervisor couldn't help but say, "Mr. Lu, the company has just been set up and operated. Should we be cautious, stabilize the foundation first, and then slowly do it step by step?"
In the supervisor's view, Lu Chen was a little too arrogant and confident.
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You can't become fat in one go. You just learned to walk and you want to run. How could it be so easy!
Indoor studios were not so bad. There were big ways to do it, small ways to do it, and the cost and investment were controllable.
However, the talents and high-end equipment needed by a special effects production team were simply bottomless pits. If they aimed for the international first-class level, it would be a cosmic black hole that devoured funds.
Why was the investment of Hollywood blockbusters so amazing? In addition to the remuneration of star actors, the main thing was the cost of special effects production. The special effects production cost of some blockbusters even accounted for more than 70% of the total budget.
It was too difficult to catch up in China. Although many domestic blockbusters claimed to have special effects produced by Hollywood teams, and a lot of money was indeed invested, compared with real Hollywood blockbusters, there was a big gap!
Some films lost money because they spent too much money on special effects and couldn't achieve the effect that the audience was satisfied with. This was the result of outsourcing special effects production.
In contrast, youth and idol films that did not need special effects made a lot of money in the market.
Therefore, he disapproved of Lu Chen's idea.
However, Lu Chen was very determined. Although an excellent special effects team was hard to come by, as long as he was willing to spend money and sincerity to recruit talents, and was willing to invest in equipment and technology, as long as he persevered, the initial expenditure would be great, but the returns would be tempting.
At this time, Chen Fei'er said, "I support Lu Chen's decision!"
She expressed her firm support for Lu Chen, so the others naturally had nothing to say.
When Lu Chen saw that the managers and directors were not convinced, he smiled and said, "I'm here to announce a piece of good news. The box office of" A Chinese Ghost Story "produced by our studio has exceeded 90 million yuan in Xiangjiang. It won't be a problem to exceed 100 million yuan before it's released!"
"A Chinese Ghost Story" was officially released in Hong Kong on the 21st of last month to today, March 8th. In less than three weeks, the total box office had reached 91.08 million.
There were still more than ten days before it's released, so breaking 100 million yuan was a hundred percent achievable.
The people attending the meeting were the management personnel of the two studios. Most of them had been in the industry before. They knew very well what it meant for Hong Kong's box office to exceed 100 million yuan — that was the level of a Hollywood blockbuster!
Lu Chen was undoubtedly using this news to show or prove his strength.
And that was not all. "In addition, the sales of the peripheral products of" A Chinese Ghost Story "have also exceeded 40 million yuan, and I can tell you that the total cost of" A Chinese Ghost Story "from production to publicity did not exceed 37 million yuan!"
There was nothing more intuitive than data. If Lu Chen only said that "A Chinese Ghost Story" had made a lot of money at the box office, no one would feel much — there were many films that made money.
It was completely different to compare it with detailed and accurate data!
The producers of Hong Kong's box office share was more than that of the mainland, usually between 50% to 60%. Even if "A Chinese Ghost Story" had a 50% share, the total box office of 100 million yuan would be 50 million yuan.
The profit of the peripheral products was even higher. Even if it was calculated at 50%, 40 million yuan would be 20 million yuan!
The two added up to 70 million yuan. The cost was 37 million yuan, and the profit was 33 million yuan.
It did not sound like a lot. These days, a movie that sold well at the box office would be embarrassed to go out and greet people if it did not earn hundreds of millions. However, this was only the profit realized by "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Hong Kong.
This movie was about to be released in the mainland, and every share of the box office would be a net profit. Even if the share in the domestic market was relatively low, it would still be a shocking number, unless it failed.
Would "A Chinese Ghost Story" fail in the mainland?
This possibility was really very small. If the quality of the film was not good, how could it conquer the picky Hong Kong audience?
In addition, with the platform of Hong Kong, "A Chinese Ghost Story" could easily be exported to Treasure Island, Australia, and many countries in Southeast Asia. It was even possible to land in Japan and South Korea — Lu Chen and Chen Fei 'er were very famous in South Korea.
Because of all these, everyone suddenly realized that spending hundreds of millions to build a world-class studio and special effects production team was not a big problem for the new company that was about to be established.
Of course, they could be willful with money!
As for the benefits of having a high-end studio and special effects team, there was no need to say more.
The managers and supervisors of Chen Fei 'er's studio were not fools. They understood after thinking for a while. Their attitude toward Lu Chen suddenly changed greatly. There was less contempt and disapproval, and more admiration and respect.
This industry had always been based on strength. Profit was the best way to prove one's strength.
Lu Chen had enough strength to realize his ambition!
After convincing everyone, Lu Chen took advantage of the victory. "Let's put the company's planning and construction aside for now. The first important thing after the establishment of the new company is the promotion of" A Chinese Ghost Story ". My expectations for the domestic box office of" A Chinese Ghost Story "…"
"No less than 500 million!"
If it was any other young man who wanted to make a domestic box office of 500 million for his first movie, everyone would definitely scoff at him and laugh at his arrogance.
But facing Lu Chen, no one had any doubts now. They even felt that this expected goal was not high at all.
If it was calculated according to the 500 million domestic box office, then the profit that "A Chinese Ghost Story" would bring to Chen Fei Media would be 200 million, not including the sales of peripheral products.
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