The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

There are many movies that are popular but not popular, and there are also many movies that have a bad reputation but a good box office.

But "Phantom Wars" is a typical example of poor reputation and poor box office.

If the box office reached 40 million on the first day of release, it is still not satisfactory. If you look at the follow-up trend, the box office dropped sharply to more than 10 million on the second day, and not even 10 million on the third day.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this film is almost cold.

Three weeks have passed, and the box office has stayed at just over 100 million.

This movie, including the publicity and distribution, has a total investment of more than 100 million yuan, and it will definitely not be able to pay back.

Not only will it not be able to pay back, but the pure box office will definitely suffer a blood loss.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the producer of the box office to get a lot of money. All the box office will be tax-deducted first, and then theaters and theater chains will share 50% to 60% of the income. The rest will be distributed by the producer and distributor of the film according to the contract. Generally, the distributor will get it. About 10% of the producer's income.

Roughly converted, the money that Xinmo Media can reap from the box office is only about one-third, which is about 30 million yuan.

Compared with an investment of over 100 million yuan, blood loss.

Of course, the income of a movie does not depend solely on the box office. Peripheral derivatives, TV and Internet broadcast copyrights, Blu-ray discs...these are all means of subsequent return of funds.

In Hollywood, the box office revenue even only accounts for a small part of a movie’s revenue, and the duration of various derivatives is the bulk of the final money.

However, the domestic situation is different. The income from derivatives is obviously not that high.

Inadequate copyright protection is an important reason.

Of course, even if this part of the money is small, some costs can be recovered through these channels, especially the sale of broadcast copyrights, which is a big part.

If it is a big hit movie, this part of the money will not be very little, especially in the current era when the awareness of legitimate copies in China is gradually awakening.

However, the current box office results of "The Shadow of the Shadow" basically declared that Xinmo Media would never recover its investment cost no matter what method it used.

For a movie, the box office performance is fundamental. The box office is good, not only the box office itself has a lot of money, but also the marketing of various copyrights will increase the value.

But the box office hits the street, and other copyright marketing will not be good in most cases.

In fact, if it weren't for the special effects of the film, the box office performance would have dropped a lot.

Du Zhengde was hit hard.

When he participated in the post-production of the film, he was already in a bad mood.

After seeing the effect of the special effects, it was indeed very good. At that time, he was a little relieved.

Isn't it true that there are quite a few films with bad acting skills and bad plots, but in the end they still achieved success by blowing special effects?

With one last thought in mind, he threw himself into post-production.

As a result, during the post-editing, he watched in pain as the film crew made random edits.

It's not that he didn't make an opinion, but it was useless.

He still remembers what Hu Kang said to him: "You are the director, just take care of the filming. We have hired a very good editor, and there are many professionals checking it out. Don't worry."

rest assured? Don't worry!

That's what's happening now.

Actually, to be honest, the current box office results are even better than what Du Zhengde expected at the beginning. Through the comments from various parties, he can also see that the good part is all brought out by special effects.

It's a pity that there is no way to recover.

He didn't feel sorry for Xinmo Media's investment and loss of money. The bad cooperative relationship between the two parties made him wish that the company would go bankrupt.

But what about your own future?

The invitations to direct the two commercial films that were in negotiation before came to a halt after the box office results of "Phantom Wars" came out; even if it was another low-cost feature film, Du Zhengde also heard that the other party had contacted The new director seems to be picking.

This thing is so nonsense.

The originally thriving career was hit hard, breaking the spine.

This made Du Zhengde very disheartened.

And just when he was at a loss, he received a call from Fan Zhe.

After a cooperation and a private meal, the two of them have become a little friendly, and they occasionally interact on social networks.

On the phone, Fan Zhe comforted him, and he complained to Fan Zhe about the evil behavior of 'Xinmo Media'.

Fan Zhe listened to his complaints patiently, and occasionally echoed a few words.

At the end, he finally put forward his invitation: "Director Du, after the last cooperation, I think you are still very capable. I am planning to do a TV drama project here. How about it? Do you want to help me? ?”

"TV series..." Du Zhengde still hesitated.

Although it is at the low point of his career, Du Zhengde still has doubts.

Returning to the TV circle, the next time I want to fight on the big screen, I don't know when.

What's more, 'Dimension Entertainment' is just a company that does animation and special effects, and engages in film and television dramas? No matter how Du Zhengde heard it, he felt that it was not reliable.

Fan Zhe seemed to have guessed his doubts, and added later: "It's a drama about gods and demons, adapted from game IP..."

After saying this, Fan Zhe added another sentence: "Invest 200 million yuan."

"Two hundred million? A TV series?" Du Zhengde was a little taken aback. The investment in this TV series is even higher than that of "Phantom Wars"!

In recent years, the production scale of many domestic TV dramas has also grown larger and larger as the market changes.

"Langya Bang", which is popular both in terms of word of mouth and performance, is said to have invested over 100 million in that year; for recent popular "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and "Story of Yanxi Palace", the investment scale is said to have reached 300 million scale.

These data are quite scary, and the investment is higher than some so-called "big cost" movies.

Du Zhengde has never directed a drama or movie of this level.

He was moved.

"Can you be more specific?"

"I don't know if you have heard of the IP "Fantasy Three Kingdoms"?"

"I've heard of it, and I've played it."

"Oh, that's great, it's just right." Fan Zhe didn't expect Du Zhengde, who is in his forties, to have played this game.

But do the math, when "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" became popular, it was about 13 or 14 years ago. At that time, Du Zhengde looked like he was 30 years old. It is not impossible to play it.

Fan Zhe was slightly surprised by this, but more pleased.

If the director has also played this series of games, it will obviously be of great help to the change and creation of TV dramas.

"Seventy percent of the investment will be put into special effects. We do the special effects ourselves. You should trust our level in this area."

"That's for sure." Du Zhengde has already begun to seriously consider the possibility of participating in this project in his heart.

"The rest, there are about 50 million funds that can be used for filming. You have the right to make suggestions on the selection of actors, and I will definitely discuss it with you carefully."

"Just the right to suggest? Don't you?" He was scared by Xinmo Media and Xiao Xianrou.

"Don't worry, we definitely can't act like Xinmo Media. It's just that with a lot of investment, we have to be more or less confident. You will definitely have a lot of say. Don't worry about that."

"I will think about it."

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It's basically settled, and it will be available at midnight on October 1st (12:00pm on September 30th).

There will be more waves on the shelves, and all the manuscripts will be released. It is estimated that there will be more than ten chapters.