The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 252 The series that makes you vomit

"Dunhuang didn't have a series of films until this year; and Lion King Pictures has three series of films since its launch... You are too partial!"

Comrade Wang, after watching the two new projects Wang Wei gave to the North American subsidiary, looking at Wang Wei again is like watching a "heartbreaker"!
"This one……"

Wang Wei tilted his head and thought about it,
"It seems that this is really the case!"

Since his debut, although Dunhuang's films have been quite popular, none of them can expand into a series of more than three films;
The ones that can barely be said to have the potential for sequels are "The Lamb" and "The Sassy Girl", and the latter also made "The Sassy Senior Sister".

As for Lion King Pictures, "Chain Saw" became popular, and the second part was launched immediately. It is estimated that it will not stop unless it shoots three, four, five or six films; Drunk", a trilogy came out during the planning stage...

It's no wonder that Pharaoh said sourly "eccentric".

But Wang Wei felt that he could not be blamed for this.

When he selected films for Dunhuang, he either had to consider the situation at the time, or the needs of the system tasks, and sometimes the resources that could be used... In short, due to a coincidence, he has never produced a real series of films .

As for the series of films presented to Lion Films, you can’t blame him—you can only blame the other time-space Hollywood’s shameless way of tapping all the potential of IP. The low-cost IP that impressed him a little bit is like a series. Shoot endlessly.

Of course, Comrade Wang is not aware of these many coincidences.

So he wants to hit people even more!
——At first I thought it was because Wang Wei was not good at developing series movies, which is normal, not all blockbuster movies can be made sequels, some people are good at just one movie and can tell a story perfectly, which is also a kind of talent.

As a result, now I find that this guy is not not good at it, but he doesn't want to show it!
Just, full of resentment!

For Wang Wei, the reason for this is hard to explain in one word, it is better to flicker——

His tone turned serious, "It depends on whether you want a film company that only makes money, or a film company that makes money and is loved by people?"

"So what if you only know how to make money? So what if you are loved by others?" Old Wang said in a grumpy manner.

"If you only want to make money, of course you will do everything you can to make a series of films. When the first one becomes popular, you will launch the second and third ones. When the audience is a little fatigued, you will stop for a while, and then take it out in a few years. sequel!"

Wang Wei shook his index finger and said,

"As long as the sequel can make money, I will kill the original and never make the original - after all, the risk of the original is much higher than the sequel!"

"What's wrong with that?" Old Wang said with a natural expression.

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the homogeneity of Dunhuang's output is getting worse and worse, the originality is greatly reduced, and the space for originality is getting smaller or even disappearing. The audience is becoming more and more picky about Dunhuang's output... that's all."

Wang Wei pouted.

Old Wang frowned.

In fact, he didn't even think of it at all.

Just look at the top five——

在90s以前，五大制片厂拍摄的电影会有序分布在投入1亿元以上、5000万到 1亿、以及5000万以下等几个大类中；
These represent the most important super blockbusters, ordinary blockbusters dominated by traditional types of films, films aimed at a specific group of people, and "make up" films, ensuring that they can maintain their relationship with screening channels and promotion channels.

However, in the past two years, the proportion of the development of the five major blockbuster films with an investment of more than 1 million yuan has begun to increase significantly; most of them are series sequels;
Although it has not reached the level of "original disappearance" in Wang Wei's mouth, this trend is obvious.

Of course he also understands the difference between "only making money" and "being loved by others" in Wang Wei's mouth——

From the studio's point of view, every step in the serialization of blockbuster films seems to be a rational choice. Using blockbuster films to attract audiences and using IP series to reduce risks seems to be very in line with business logic.

But these choices are all made from the perspective of company management, not from the perspective of satisfying the needs of movie fans-substituting the identity of movie fans, naturally I hope that there are all types of movies, and I can watch whatever I want...

"No, I was almost entangled by your kid. What Dunhuang needs to consider now, is 'beloved' by the hell? That's something to think about after surviving!"

Lao Wang suddenly came to his senses, staring at him and saying,

"If Dunhuang now has a few blockbuster movie series, let's see if the Big Five dare to go head-to-head?"

"..."

Wang Wei couldn't deny what Old Wang said——

The fact that the Big Five can unite so easily against Dunhuang is not to say that they are bullying Dunhuang without a series of movies;
Because the movie series are like the trump cards in their respective hands. If they collide with each other, it will really hurt both sides, instead of the possibility of "crushing" like the original Dunhuang movie.

More importantly——

"The serialization of movies is the general trend in the existing operating mechanism of the industry. Can you go against the general trend?"

Old Wang raised his eyebrows.

"..."

This time Wang Wei really couldn't keep fooling around.

Because it's a fact.

As a kind of cross-media content, a series of movies has strong vitality and can penetrate into all sectors. A good series of movies can not only win the box office, but also make a lot of money in other fields;
When the movie itself is bundled with the income of other businesses, making a movie is really not just about making a good movie.

It can be said that the existing industrial structure of the film industry will not change. Even if Wang Wei is not a pure businessman, he will not be able to resist the future where sequel films are popular and original films are gradually drifting away.

"Be sober, so if you have any ideas for a series of movies, hurry up and 'save your life' for Dunhuang." Old Wang exaggeratedly urged.

However, Wang Wei sighed,

"First, today's Dunhuang is already running at full capacity like a machine with full horsepower. The burden on the shoulders of all directors is not light. If there is a new series of movies, who will shoot them?"

"Furthermore..."

Wang Wei paused, and rolled his eyes helplessly,

"Who said I didn't plan a movie series for Dunhuang early?"

Under Lao Wang's confused gaze, Wang Weiyou added,

"Forget about the Super British movie project? It's a movie series that will make you puke!"

Well, it is probably also a series that allows the audience to see spit.

——So, in fact, someone has subconsciously realized that even if he can see a future where the audience becomes more and more critical and even bored with sequels and remakes, he will not be able to escape the serialization mode after all.

——What he can do is probably to make good use of the resources of that time and space, so that Dunhuang is not completely chasing profit, and becomes the most hated existence ever.

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(End of this chapter)