Future Optical Brain System

Chapter 224 Preparations for the filming of the "Harry Potter" movie!
Close the script and put it in the drawer. Come to the company today, there are still important things to do.

Chen Dong notified the secretary to let Li Rixin come and lie down.

A few minutes later, Li Rixin knocked on the door and walked in, "Mr. Chen, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Sit down, how is the release of "Lost in Thailand" going?" Chen Dong asked Li Rixin.

Li Rixin was ready early, took out a piece of paper from the folder in his hand and handed it to Chen Dong, saying, "Mr. Chen, the total box office of "Lost in Thailand" is 12.5 billion, and the domestic box office has exceeded 12 billion, reaching 12.2 billion." [-] million, however, overseas, the box office is not very satisfactory, only Thailand’s box office is considered passing.”

Chen Dong took the form and looked at it.

It was released in the mainland for 68 days and earned 12.2 billion box office. As a medium-budget comedy film with an investment of only 4000 million yuan, this achievement is already difficult to surpass.

However, overseas, Thailand is not embarrassing. Except for Thailand, the box office ranked 6th in the first week, which is considered a pass. Thanks to the filming in Thailand, "Thailand" was released in Thailand after its popularity in the mainland. It is very famous, because this film was filmed in Thailand, and the Thai people felt very proud and promoted it spontaneously.

Second, "Lost in Thailand" contains Thai culture, religion, customs, scenery and other things, which is more in line with the atmosphere of Thailand.

Other places were upset. The movie was released in Xiangjiang, and it only earned 59 yuan in four days. It disappeared from the rankings in the second week and faded out of the movie schedules of various theaters.

In North America, 29 theaters affiliated to AMC Theaters performed on-demand screenings. The box office on the first day was only a dismal $9000+, and about 700 people watched it. On weekends, they only earned $3.22. There were 15 people seated.

Chen Dong had already expected this result.

It is normal to encounter Waterloo overseas.

It's not that Thai 囧 is not good-looking, not '囧'.

There is an unspoken/rule in Hollywood called 'comedy does not move away'.That is, it is difficult for comedy-themed films to satisfy the tastes of audiences in multiple markets at the same time. Even if American comedy stars usually do not sell well in other countries, the same is true for comedy films in other countries.

Chen Dong put down the form and said to Li Rixin, "Everyone has worked hard! Next, the company plans to make 2~3 movies and 1~2 TV series within a year."

After saying that, Chen Dong took out the script of "Love Is Coming" by Li Rixin from the drawer.

Li Rixin took the script, glanced at it briefly, and said to Chen Dong, "This is an urban sitcom. Urban sitcoms are very popular in the United States, such as "Friends" and "Bankrupt Girls".

However, there are very few such TV dramas in China, so it is very risky to start filming rashly, let alone whether the audience can accept it, and this is the company's first drama, if it fails, it will have a great negative impact on the company of.

I think a different kind of subject matter, for example, the most popular Qing court dramas, urban fashion dramas, and youth dramas are better. There are some popular novels on the Internet that are very suitable for adaptation into TV dramas. "

Li Rixin did not agree with the filming of "Love Is Coming", an urban sitcom, and expressed his own thoughts. Filming the most popular palace dramas, urban fashion dramas, and youth dramas is low-risk and can follow the trend to make a profit.

Chen Dong could understand Li Rixin's thoughts.

There are very few urban sitcoms in the mainland, and I am afraid that the audience will not accept them. In addition, this TV series is the company's first drama. If it fails, it will have a great negative impact on the company.

If it is a safe idea to choose to shoot the most popular types of TV dramas such as court dramas, youth dramas, and bitter dramas, these types have a lot of audience groups, the risk is small, and you can make a fortune by following the trend.

Chen Dong smiled and said, "Don't you think that the dramas of the Qing Dynasty are already flooded? As soon as the audience turned on the TV, chatting, gege, Huang Ama, slave,..., the filming was nothing new, the stereotyped bitterness + abuse, filming It's rotten, too many and rotten, the audience will vomit when they see it, and it's boring to shoot again.

Whether a TV series can attract viewers depends not on the type of TV series, but on what is used to attract viewers. For example, bitter dramas use all kinds of 'abuse' to attract viewers, youth dramas, the selling point is 'youth',... …The selling points of the movie "Here Comes Love" are funny, love, romance, and love. "

After listening to Chen Dong's words, Li Rixin was convinced.

"You are the director of "Here Comes Love." Li Rixin said to Chen Dong.

"No, I'm not good at the subject matter of this kind of TV series. I plan to find a director who is good at making this kind of comedy TV series." Chen Dong said.

Li Rixin nodded.

"Love is Coming" has come to an end.

Next, there are two more things.

First, the company's first film.

Second, about the preparation of the concert.

Chen Dong took out a novel from the drawer and handed it to Li Rixin.

Dark red cover, on the cover is a little boy riding a broomstick and wearing wide-rimmed glasses. On the side is the name of the novel and the publishing company, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", Harborbury Publishing Company, of course In English, the mainland version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has not yet been released.

""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"!" Li Rixin said in surprise after taking the novel.

"Yes, this is the company's first film, and the script has been adapted." Chen Dong said.

The first "Harry Potter" Philosopher's Stone has been released all over the world, and it has cultivated countless Harry Potter fans. The film version of "Harry Potter" must be looking forward to.

Now is the best time to shoot.

Original time and space, the "Harry Potter" film series was filmed by Warner Bros. Film Company of the United States. 7 episodes of novels were made into 8 films. It is the most popular film series in the history of the world, with a total box office revenue of 78 billion US dollars.

Around "Harry Potter", indirectly formed a huge industrial chain integrating publishing, movies, derivatives, peripheral products, etc.aspirin
Just relying on the "Harry, Potter" film series alone, Starlight Entertainment can become the world's top film company.

"Boss, how much do you plan to invest in Harry Potter?" Li Rixin asked.

Chen Dong said, "8 million, equivalent to about 1.3 million U.S. dollars."

Chen Dong remembers that the original time-space Warner Brothers film company invested 1.25 million US dollars in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

Of course, it is not that the investment budget is 1.3 million U.S. dollars, but Chen Dong has to pay 1.3 million U.S. dollars, and it also includes various sponsorships. With the popularity of the physical novel version of "Harry Potter" in the world, the number of sponsors that can be obtained Not a lot.

(End of this chapter)