Han Zhou now understood why Wang Xiya, such a big boss, would keep an old-fashioned calculator at work.
Now Han Zhou wished he could hang a calculator on his body so he could reset it to zero at any time and calculate how much income he had earned.
"Summer of Idols" is over, but ACE9 has just begun.
Just yesterday, the Yanjing Luowangfu Commercial Center opened and invited ACE9 to perform two songs.
The offer is twenty-four million!
Although this may seem like a lot, there are actually only 2.4 million points given to nine idols.
Of the remaining 21 million, after deducting the operating cost of 3 million, there is more than 17 million left. After paying 27% tax, the rest is the income of New World from this event.
Han Zhou follows the principle of making money wherever he can. Now that ACE9 has just been formed and is very popular, he is quick to start commercial performances.
It won’t be too late to consider releasing albums, TV series, or group variety shows once their commercial performance prices are lower.
Now on average there is a large-scale commercial performance every three days, which means an income of more than 10 million yuan. How can he not make money from this?
However, the cost is also very high. Every time you appear on stage, you have to prepare costumes for nine people, as well as jewelry, watches and other things for nine people. Although most of them are rented, the costumes and props are also very expensive.
And the more time passes, the more you spend.
But the net profit is still considerable.
Even on the set of "Kung Fu", Han Zhou couldn't help but calculate this.
This is so profitable!
But this is not the only thing that makes money.
During the filming of "Summer of Idols", Han Zhou used the resources of the four giants to establish an idol training system belonging to the new world.
Now New World has the capacity to train 300 trainees.
Carefully selecting 300 people, training them to the highest standards, and sending three to five people to debut every year shouldn't be a problem, right? That's the real money-making thing.
Within New World, trainee training has truly been industrialized.
With the profits from this core industry pillar, Han Zhou can do many things that he did not dare to do before.
For example, Han Zhou is very bold when filming "Kung Fu".
The film is not shot according to the timing of a certain actor, nor is it shot according to the set-up of a scene.
It was shot according to the storyline.
What? You are famous, but you don't have much time? Then go away.
Except for the guest actors, everyone else's schedule must be enough to last for the entire movie and they must live on the set the entire time.
Han Zhou could put anyone on camera at any time.
"Guide! It's all set up!"
Han Zhou stood up, Zhang Jiuqun sat in the director's seat, and Han Zhou had already arrived at the set.
What we are going to shoot now is the famous scene of someone throwing a knife at me.
When Han Zhou entered the set, the youthful vigor quickly faded away, and he had an indescribable sense of age.
The fat boy played by Ge Cong is also in place.
Zhang Jiuquan was watching the monitor at the scene, while Xie Fu was holding a loud speaker, helping Han Zhou to shout "start".
"Come on, all departments get ready!"
"Action!"
Han Zhou took the flying knife and threw it out.
The flying knife hit the beam on the wall and fell down.
“Crack!”
The production staff immediately picked up the flying knife, and then pressed the knife that had been prepared in advance against Han Zhou's body.
This part needs to be made with special effects.
No one at the scene saw what happened, but they could all imagine what the effect would be like after the special effects were created.
"You come."
Fatty was stunned: "Me?"
Han Zhou, with long hair, stared at the fat boy with his deep eyes and nodded.
Fatty looked straight ahead, exerted force with his hand, and the prop knife hit Han Zhou directly.
The production manager quickly put the second knife on Han Zhou.
Under the camera, Han Zhou: "..."
Although this speechless expression was very exaggerated and seemed unreal to many people, Han Zhou knew that once the special effects were done, the performance in this section was actually very good.
Because Han Zhou acted exactly according to Stephen Chow's original version, or to be more precise, he was so immersed in the role played by Stephen Chow that his every move, although not a one-to-one replica, was a deliberate one-to-one replica!
When the third knife appeared, Han Zhou said, "Move forward ."
This time, the third knife was made into a switchblade prop. Fatty was in front, and when he gathered strength, the knife directly "stabbed" into Han Zhou's arm.
Then Fatty threw the knife handle away.
At this time, in the distance, Mao Qi, who had been ready with a cigarette in his mouth, tilted his head and took the knife handle from his face: "Who threw the knife handle at me?!!!!"
Fatty: "Knife handle?"
"Huh? Why do you have a knife here?"
As he spoke, Fatty pulled out the knife.
At the same time, Han Zhou said: "Don't!"
Fatty: “Ouch!”
The knife went in again.
At this time, the landlady played by Mao Qi came over and said, "It's you two again!"
Fatty picked up the snake box next to the aisle, and the snake inside fell out.
Han Zhou was surrounded by real snakes. Although the actresses knew that the fangs of these snakes had been pulled out, they were still very nervous and stayed away from them.
Because this was the same plot and the filming was going very smoothly, Xie Fu signaled to continue and finish filming this scene.
Fatty: "I heard that if you whistle a snake it won't bite you."
Han Zhou: "I won't trust you anymore!"
The two snakes in his hands were already on alert.
Han Zhou was confused.
Originally, the snake's movements were to be done with special effects.
Why are these two snakes cooperating now?
Or do they really want to bite me?
Han Zhou continued his performance.
“Oh…”
The two snakes actually rushed forward and bit Han Zhou directly.
But they were not very cooperative. Instead of biting Han Zhou's mouth, one wanted to bite Han Zhou's face, and the other bit Han Zhou's hand.
The next step is to use special effects.
Han Zhou dropped two snakes: "Ka!!"
On the set, many staff members and actors knew that this was supposed to be a funny clip, but before the special effects were done, no one knew how funny it was.
They didn't know that they had witnessed a famous scene in film history.
Xie Fu: "I feel this take is pretty good, but I suggest restoring the scene and shooting it again to make it easier to do special effects."
"Special effects are difficult to do, so it's better to have one or two different original versions in case they encounter certain actions and can't do the special effects."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "No need. Our special effects team is very capable. If they can't even do such a small thing, why should ?"
Liu Tiantan was laughing beside him.
In his opinion, this kind of special effects are just small scenes.
Xie Fu: "Can your company's special effects team really produce such realistic special effects?"
There is a saying in the movie fan circle that the best special effects are those that cannot be seen as special effects.
Mostly used to describe the special effects production of the Marvel series.
However, in the "Kung Fu" movie many years ago, we clearly knew that this scene was a special effect, and we clearly knew that the knife and the snake could not be shot in real life. It must have been a special effect.
Who else can tell that this is a special effect?
Technology is not difficult, actually. What is difficult is how to use it without a director.
There have been teams in China learning how to make special effects for a long time, and now some teams’ special effects are actually not much worse than those of Hollywood.
The key is that the director has no idea how to produce these special effects in conjunction with the filming.
For example, Xie Fu, although he is a well-known director in the industry, is the only surviving big shot of their generation.
But, he just didn't understand how to use the special effects.
According to his thinking, he would shoot several versions of the clips and then let the special effects people figure out how to achieve the effect he wanted.
This is obviously unreliable.
In fact, data collectors and sensors were installed under Han Zhou's shirt.
Liu Tiantan has been looking at 3D models and three-dimensional deconstruction.
When making special effects, you can use these data positioning to easily create these special effects.
After a short break on the scene, we had to continue shooting this scene.
The main thing is that the scene where the landlady starts chasing the protagonist must be filmed at the same time, otherwise if we shoot it the next day, there will always be a visual difference.
Because no matter how you restore the environment, it can never be restored to 100%.
This scene was actually much more difficult to shoot than the previous one that required special effects.
Han Zhou must be made up quickly.
Aunt Mao was not joking either . After all, she was a skilled hand hired by Han Zhou, and she led the team to do the makeup quickly.
As soon as this sausage mouth was made, many people at the scene burst into laughter.
It is particularly funny because it is too exaggerated.
Xie Fu was a little worried: "Han Zhou's previous movies tended to guide people's thinking, right? Will this funny approach really have a good market effect?"
Han Zhou's previous films had an investment of about eight million yuan each, and several tens of thousands of yuan each.
Xie Fu has seen it and knows it.
The investment in publicity and promotion of this film totals at least over 300 million!
This is considered a top-level investment in China.
If we fail, the New World will be seriously damaged.
Zhang Jiuquan: "The director is special in that he didn't even blink an eye at this level of investment."
Generally speaking, if someone spends 50 million to make a movie, it is already a big deal.
This movie cost 50 million just for the scenery and set construction!
Xie Fu: "Young people today are full of drive and determination."
"If it were me, I would watch it a few more times if the box office hit 100 million."
"This movie... the publicity and production cost more than 300 million yuan. If I were to do all the distribution myself, it would cost 600 million yuan to make back the cost."
“If we were to issue it together with a major domestic company, it would take 900 million to make back the investment!”
“So…”
When Xie Fu first agreed to put his name in Han Zhou's next movie, he never expected that the investment in Han Zhou's movie would be so huge.
New World is a new entertainment company.
Apart from the online blockbuster "This Man From Earth", the company has almost no experience in film production.
Coming up with the largest-investment filming plan in the country right away is a gamble.
Liang Qiao, the actor who played the role of Fire Cloud Evil God, said: "Director Xie, this movie will definitely not lose money."
Xie Fu was a little confused: "Oh?"
Liang Qiao: "Because Han's TV series "Number One Under Heaven" has become a huge hit. If nothing else, the martial arts movie with the same theme can make 300 million yuan at the box office just from the fans' support."
"Director Han has another TV series now. If this TV series is also popular, the box office revenue from the TV series alone can reach 500 million yuan. Times have changed."
For casual movie fans, what feeling does the combination of Han Zhou and martial arts themes give people?
nice!
In this case, are the three elements of martial arts, Han Zhou, and movies worth the money of a ticket?
On the contrary, the Best Actor awards Han Zhou had won did not add any value to this movie.
In other words, Han Zhou himself cannot carry the box office now, but when the two words "Han Zhou" and "Kung Fu" are put together, his popularity among the public is now skyrocketing.
Xie Fu took a deep breath and said, "I don't watch TV series. How can TV series have such a strong effect in attracting traffic?"
Liang Qiao: "My granddaughter is also watching "The World's Number One". She knew I was going to join this crew and asked me to ask Director Han to help her sign an autograph."
"I didn't want to help at first."
Xie Fu tilted his head and waited for the next words.
Liang Qiao: "Her classmate offered 50,000 yuan for an autographed photo."
There are people who spend fifty thousand to buy an autographed photo just because they like the group Han Zhou and Kung Fu. Is there no one willing to spend fifty to buy a movie ticket?
Xie Fu understood: "New World launched two TV series to lay the foundation for the movie."
Although the TV series has high ratings, it does not actually make any money.
These two TV series opened up the market, gained popularity among the public, and then made movies to cash in?
Xie Fu sighed: "But, funny topics...are they easy to be criticized?"
In Xie Fu's opinion, this subject matter would easily turn into a bad movie if it was made in a comedy style.
Isn't this just a waste of money?
At this moment, countless disgusting money-making movies flashed through Xie Fu's mind. They were said to be funny, but in fact, the acting was not good enough to make a serious film, so they chose funny movies in the beginning just to show off.
Zhang Jiuquan: "Director Xie, you still don't know much about Director Han."
Zhang Jiuquan lit a cigarette.
The beard he has grown, combined with his face and the director's vest, makes him look like a veteran director who has 20 years of experience as a director rather than a newcomer.
Xie Fu raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"
Zhang Jiuquan: "My brother Han, when it comes to acting, I am not afraid of offending people, I am invincible in the world."
"Some things are innate. When it comes time to really show your acting skills, Director Xie will know how terrifying Director Han is."
"In the whole of China, there is no one who can be more emotional than Director Han in the same scene."
“Perhaps, a comedy, combined with deeper emotional expression and more delicate acting, might create some amazing sparks?”
"I have a feeling that this movie will go down in Chinese film history forever."
"Whether it's box office or word of mouth."
Xie Fu laughed a few times and did not comment.
In Xie Fu's opinion, whether a funny movie can have a good reputation, be remembered in film history, or be a big hit at the box office, none of them are reliable.
In fact, it’s not that Xie Fu has no foresight, but that he has been in this industry for forty years and has seen nothing like it in forty years.
He is not aware of the extent to which modern urban society influences the movie-watching choices of casual moviegoers.
I have also never seen the vitality and power of comedy films in the era of box office explosion.
I have never seen a movie of this kind.
Why did Han Zhou dare to film Kung Fu? You should know that Kung Fu actually loses money.
Because, Kung Fu lost money because of the upper limit of the film market in 2004, which made it inevitable for it to lose money.
170 million is the upper limit of the film market, not the upper limit of kung fu.
Han Zhou predicts that the box office will be explosive during this Spring Festival.
And they have built up a good reputation and fame for their martial arts TV series, and have prepared special effects blockbusters, plus comedies that are suitable for family fun.
With so many factors taking into account, there is only one goal, which is to become the box office king during the Spring Festival.
The box office is expected to reach 1.5 billion.
But no one on the set could have imagined that Han Zhou’s idea was so radical.
Everyone thinks that Han Zhou saw that three blockbusters during last year's Spring Festival had box office revenues of over 1 billion yuan, so he also wanted to invest heavily, and with the reputation he has built up this year, he wanted to make some money.
No one expected that Han Zhou was going for the huge profits!
However, there are still some discerning people in the entire crew.
After a day's shooting, Han Sisheng called.
Han Zhou picked up the phone: "Uncle, have you eaten?"
Han Sisheng: "If you haven't eaten by 11 o'clock, then you are not working the day shift."
"How much money did you invest in this movie Kung Fu?"
Han Zhou: “Three hundred million.”
Han Sisheng: "Tell the truth, pure devotion."
Han Zhou: "I prepared 60 million for special effects, 50 million for set layout, 100 million for filming, and the remaining 90 million was for publicity and promotion costs."
"In other words..." Han Sisheng: "You plan to finish the film and distribute it yourself, negotiate the profit sharing yourself, and let New World handle everything?"
Han Zhou: “That’s right.”
Han Sisheng: "Then let me tell you, during the Spring Festival, the cinema chain has no shortage of profitable movies. You may have to give them 55% to get the number of screenings you want. You want to hit the 1.5 billion box office, right?"
Han Zhou laughed awkwardly: "Oh, what do you mean 1.5 billion? 600 million is about right."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Han Sisheng said, "You are a guy who will not do anything without profit. I have seen through you."
"How much money do you expect your variety show to make? Two hundred million? Three hundred million?"
Han Zhou laughed awkwardly: "This...can't you see it?"
Han Sisheng still doesn’t know how much tax each company in the entertainment industry pays?
"Summer of Idols" earned 340 million just from the show!
After the show ends, there will be at least 600 million yuan of space left, and the final net profit will be at least 300 million yuan.
This does not include future profits from the company's software and hardware upgrades.
Han Sisheng: "You've made a big gamble this time. If you lose, your reputation will be ruined."
This is not a question of making money if you make it and coming back next time if you don’t.
By then, a lot of people will seize the failure of your film and keep promoting it online.
Hanzhou's commercial blockbuster fails at the box office
By the way, I'd like to criticize your ability to shoot commercial films.
If you carry this reputation, it won't be easy to turn the situation around.
Han Zhou: "Uncle Four, everyone knows that the billion-level box office market has arrived. The movies that were released during this year's Spring Festival can be said to be garbage. Chunchun got so much money just because of the market."
"Next Spring Festival, I must promote the name of New World. I have already prepared for it for a year, and I don't have another year to prepare."
Han Sisheng was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Get ready during the National Day and attend the premiere of Charge."
As the soundtrack composer of "Charge", Han Zhou provided many pieces of music and the three most core songs, so it was inevitable for him to attend the premiere.
And Han Sisheng's words now clearly mean that he will put the spotlight on Han Zhou.
Han Sisheng: "I have recommended seven directors to make commercial films, and all seven of them failed."
"I haven't even pushed you yet, but you're already rushing up."
"I'll be on the set the day after tomorrow."
"Comedy movie..."
As Han Sisheng spoke, his voice became audible only to himself, and Han Zhou could only hear him mumbling on the other end of the line.
Looking up, the moon in the sky seems to be getting full. Is Mid-Autumn Festival coming?
…
Time flies, October is coming soon and the National Day holiday is also coming.
Han Zhou never expected that there would be an unexpected surprise during this period.
Originally, during this National Day, CCTV-1's prime time must broadcast TV dramas with main themes.
But! First, this year is not a year of integer celebration, and second, an actor in the main theme TV series this year had a bad performance, and after intense editing, the quality dropped a level.
Therefore, Director Ren rejected all objections and, like the station director suggested, moved Han Zhou's "Young Justice Bao" from CCTV-8 to the prime time of CCTV-1, and moved the original main theme TV series "Bathing in the Spring Breeze" from the prime time of CCTV-1 to the prime time of CCTV-8.
Han Zhou had originally planned to go to Yanjing to attend the premiere of "Charge", but he didn't expect that he would have to go to CCTV-1 as well.
This time, the director of CCTV wanted to meet with Han Zhou.
This opportunity is, without a doubt, no less important than meeting Fourth Uncle Han.
However, Han Zhou was not too restrained and did not prepare anything in advance because this meeting was a public meeting.
Han Zhou will attend the internal meeting of the CCTV Primetime Office as a partner.