I'm an NBA goalie

Chapter 252
As the saying goes, if you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood is.

It is most appropriate to give this sentence to Robert Downey Jr. now.

After setting up his own film company, he realized that being an actor and being a boss are completely different concepts.

Actors make money by making good movies.

The boss may not make money if he makes a good movie.There is still a lot to worry about.

Especially now, he not only has to worry about spending money to make movies.Also worry about the release of the movie.

"Love and Doubt", the first film invested by his new company, has officially entered the shooting stage after preliminary preparations.

Because it is a movie composed of 5 unit stories, in order to save time.Simultaneous shooting of the two stories has now started.

Time is saved, but costs are increased.

In fact, it doesn't matter, as long as the film is made well and can make money, the cost will naturally be recovered.

But a few days after filming started, Robert Downey Jr. discovered a very bad thing.

That is, although this movie invited a lot of big names to come to help out, it won't get much attention and popularity.

The reason is that this movie is somewhat nondescript.Not even thematic.

Some film critics, through some pre-publicity of the film, have given this film an evaluation.

"Judging from the name of the film and the structure of the story, this should be a literary film, and has nothing to do with commercial films.

Local audiences may not buy it.It may be possible to win a prize, but it is unlikely to make money! "

"What kind of evaluation is this? Of course I make movies to make money, and whether I can win awards is only secondary."

These things are not good news, but they only make Robert a little unhappy, not enough to affect his mood.

But what happened in the next few days.Just let him worry about this movie.

This movie is because of the addition of Wang Dachun.The first thing Robert Jr. considers is China's huge market.

He urgently needs to know what kind of storyline to attract Chinese audiences to pay more attention to this movie.

So after Wang Dachun confirmed that he could participate in this movie, he sent a working team to conduct research on the Chinese market.

The direction of the research is clear.

After Wang Dachun participated in this movie, what is the attention of the movie in China?

What theme is more suitable for the Chinese market?Does the existing script meet the appetite of Chinese audiences?

Does the Chinese film market have any restrictions on their film?
After the results of the investigation were sent back to the United States, Robert Downey Jr.'s mood turned bad.

Needless to say, Wang Dachun's popularity in China.Almost everyone knows it and has countless supporters.

But there is basically no news in China about Wang Dachun participating in the filming of his film.

It can't be said that there is no news, it can only be said that the attention of this kind of news is particularly low.

At this stage, all the attention related to Wang Dachun is on the football charity match he organized.

Those who know this movie in China think almost the same as what the film critics said, and they also think that this is a literary film, and Wang Dachun himself is not a professional movie actor, he only participated in this movie in the name of a cameo.

How many roles can there be?No one knows, and many people speculate that they may only show their faces for a few minutes.

So this news naturally cannot become a popular report.

The news wasn't the worst for Robert Downey Jr.

Because in this case, as long as the publicity is increased in the later stage, there is still room for reversal.

But another problem is a bit fatal.

That is, the film may not be released in China.

In China's film market, there is a very troublesome review process for foreign films to be released here.

There are not only subject matter restrictions but also content and lens restrictions.

If he wants to release the film in China after the filming is completed, his rating will not pass the review.Then the Chinese market really said goodbye to him.

And that's just the review system.Even after approval.I still want to watch this movie. Is there any interest in the Chinese market to introduce it?

If they are not interested in this movie and do not introduce it, all the previous efforts will be in vain.

The original intention of Robert Jr. to invite Wang Dachun to act in this movie was because of the Chinese market.

If it's all in vain, then it really has nothing to do with him if he makes a steady profit without losing money.

Fortunately, so far, such a thing has not happened, and there is still room for manipulation.

In order to ensure that the film can be released normally in China, Robert Downey Jr. called a friend who worked at Warner Bros. for consultation.

Warner Bros. has maintained a close cooperative relationship with the Chinese market since 04.

His friend happened to be in the distribution department of Warner Bros.You can ask him about these things.

The two chatted for a long time, and his friend also taught him some things that he needs to prepare and pay attention to in advance if he wants to release his own movie in China.

Among these considerations, there was one that caught Robert Jr.'s eyes.

"In large-scale events or media programs, there should be more publicity and more interaction!

Doing so can not only improve the audience's perceived quality of the movie, but also increase the topicality!

As long as the review is passed, the Chinese side will definitely introduce this film! "

Robert Jr. thought of the two problems he was currently encountering.

"Isn't Wang's football charity match just such an opportunity?"

There is no news about the football charity match held by Wang Dachun in the United States, but it has already caused a lot of trouble in China. Robert Jr. also learned about the influence of this football charity match in China through a research report.

"As long as I go to China with Wang to participate in this charity competition, keep close to Wang Dachun in the media, and only need to mention in the interview that Wang Dachun participated in this movie as the leading role, the attention will not increase. ah!"

With such a good publicity opportunity, Robert Jr. certainly would not let it go.Immediately call Wang Dachun.

Of course he didn't say that he was doing film promotion, he just said that he was very interested in this competition and wanted to participate, but the answer he got was yes.

"Impossible, I only plan to invite basketball stars to participate, and other industries are not considered!"

After Wang Dachun knew that Robert Jr. also wanted to participate in his football charity match, he directly refused.

He didn't want to let an actor who was not an athlete, but also a "short" into the team he had pulled together with great difficulty.

"Isn't it just a charity match? Do you have to make it so formal?"

Robert Jr. has a feeling of being rejected.

"I want to correct you, it's a charity football game, but it's still a regular football game."

"How about I be your team leader? The nominal one!"

Robert Jr. didn't really want to play, as long as he could participate.Just came up with this position for myself.

This time Wang Dachun did not refuse, as long as Robert Jr. does not play.Think of it as entertaining a friend to China.

After the matter was finished, Wang Dachun was about to hang up the phone.Little Robert suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly called to stop.

"Will Scarlett go to the football charity match you are organizing this time?"

"Why do you still want to add someone? No, what does it matter to me whether she goes or not?"

(End of this chapter)