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At the celebration banquet of "Don't Panic, Great King", the news that Jiang Heng gave Ning Hao a "big red envelope" of 60 million soon spread throughout the Chinese entertainment industry, which really stimulated many directors.

Because even in the entire Chinese entertainment industry, apart from Jiang Heng, no director can get such a high dividend.

60 million, even Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and others did not get so much in a movie.

The former did not make much money in his early years of shooting art films.

Later, he shot commercial films such as "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers" and "Curse of the Golden Flower". Although the box office was not low at the time, he did not make much money in the past ten years.

The reason is very simple, the distribution problem.

At that time, there was not even a contract between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, and it was all based on friendship and cooperation.

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Whether to give, how to give, and how much to give were all decided by Zhang Weiping, and Zhang Yimou had no say.

Otherwise, the two would not have gone to court over the revenue of "Three Guns".

How much money? 15 million.

Compared with the 60 million that Ning Hao received, it is really too little!

Feng Xiaogang's cooperation with Huayi is more formal.

In addition to the fixed director's salary, there is also a share of about 15% of the net box office revenue of the producer.

Although the proportion is higher, Feng's films in recent years have not been particularly high in the box office, so the total revenue of a single movie cannot be compared with Ning Hao.

The income of other directors can't compare with Zhang and Feng, not to mention Ning Hao.

Now, stimulated by the 60 million red envelopes, a group of directors in the circle have become "restless".

Zhang Yimou was originally just nervous about "The Great Wall" which will be released during the Lunar New Year, but now he has a little more excitement and expectation.

Because his share ratio is higher than Ning Hao, reaching 15%.

If the box office of "The Great Wall" can also exceed 2 billion, he will probably earn more this time than the total income of the previous ten years!

For several days, Zhang Yimou seemed to be full of energy, and he was also very active when talking to Du Huan and Yu Dong about the film's promotion.

In comparison, Xu Ke was much calmer.

Mainly because he didn't know whether "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" would be accepted by the audience and become a hit.

But no matter how popular the film is, in Xu Ke's view, it is amazing for the film to exceed 1 billion.

Due to the limitations of the subject matter, it is destined to be difficult to become a big hit.

Huairou, China Film Digital Base.

Guo Fan drove a Toyota Prado to the entrance of the studio, got out of the car and waited for a while, and then saw Liu Cixin slowly get off the passenger seat.

Guo Fan smiled and said, "You need to exercise more. It's hard to get out of the car!"

Liu Cixin said slowly, "It's mainly because your car is too high. I'm not used to sitting in it!"

"This is high. Wait until the heavy-duty transport vehicle is built and you'll see. That's shocking!"

The two came here this time to prepare for the new film.

After Guo Fan joined iQiyi, he first served as an assistant director for Jiang Heng. Later, he directed "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Jiang Heng and Liu Yifei. The box office was okay, but the reputation was average. After that, he went to shoot small and medium-cost movies.

But in his heart, he has always had a dream of a big movie, a science fiction dream.

This time, "The Three-Body Problem 2" is about to be released, and iQiyi invited Liu Cixin and his wife early and arranged them in a five-star hotel. It can be regarded as a preferential treatment!

After hearing this, Guo Fan ran to Liu Cixin to chat, thinking about which work is suitable for film and television adaptation.

Originally, it was just a try. But when the news of Ning Hao getting a big red envelope of 60 million yuan came out, Guo Fan couldn't sit still.

Who doesn't want to gain both fame and fortune in the entertainment industry?

Guo Fan also wants to become famous and get more dividends!

But when he filmed "A Chinese Ghost Story", he was a new director who had just started out. The film sold well because of Jiang Heng and Liu Yifei, plus cool special effects.

It can't be said that he had a relationship with Guo Fan, but it was really not that important.

So he could only get a lower director's salary at that time, and there was no need to think about the share.

In the following years, he filmed several small and medium-cost films, and the salary he got was not much.

Compared with ordinary people, he is a high-income person.

But in the entertainment industry, he is a little poor.

If you want to change the status quo, you can only make a special effects blockbuster that shocks everyone.

As for the subject matter, Liu Cixin's science fiction novel is undoubtedly the most suitable.

iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures bought the film and television adaptation rights of many of Liu Cixin's novels, and Jiang Heng also promised that he would let him direct "The Wandering Earth" when the "time is right".

But many years have passed, and Jiang Heng has not mentioned this again, and Guo Fan does not know when the "time" is right.

Otherwise, if he told Director Jiang to shoot other works of Liu Cixin, maybe he would remember it?

But after chatting with Liu Cixin for a long time, both of them felt that "The Wandering Earth" is most suitable for film and television adaptation.

Speaking of this, Liu Cixin was more anxious than Guo Fan.

The main reason is that Jiang Heng has too many films to shoot. "The Three-Body Problem 1" and "The Three-Body Problem 2" are separated by several years.

How many years will it take for Jiang Heng to shoot "The Wandering Earth"?

Anyway, Guo Fan's level is not bad, and the investment is also from iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures. Jiang Heng will also help to check, so the box office should not be too bad.

If "The Three-Body Problem 2" and "The Wandering Earth" are released one after another, then his works will sell well again in the next few years.

Although intellectuals have a noble side, they also need money!

The two hit it off and chatted for several days. They first revised a first draft of the script and drew a lot of concept drawings.

It's just that the novel is too broad, and there are too many things that need to be resolved if the story content is to be filmed and brought to the big screen.

For example, can 10,000 planetary engines propel the earth? What does this thing look like? How high should it be built...

There are too many worldviews that need to be supplemented and improved, and Guo Fan and Liu Cixin alone cannot do it.

Even if we ask for help from some academicians, we still need Jiang Heng or Du Huan to come forward.

The two people drove to the set of "The Return of the Great Sage" and talked about their desire to film "The Wandering Earth".

"This is simple. I'll call the Chinese Academy of Sciences later and ask them to help improve the worldview of the movie!"

Guo Fan was overjoyed when he heard this, "So, I can film "The Wandering Earth"?"

"sure!"

In fact, Jiang Heng always remembered this and did not let Guo Fan start filming too early because he was afraid that the film market had not developed yet and a good film would be wasted.

Now that the top box office record in mainland film history has exceeded the 4 billion mark, "The Wandering Earth" will naturally have no problem.

Guo Fan didn't know what Jiang Heng was thinking, and thought it was because he had worked honestly and conscientiously in the past few years to make movies for the company, make money, and gain recognition.

He stammered: "What about investment?"

"One hundred million dollars!"

The original historical version of "The Wandering Earth" had a total investment of only 300 million. It can be said that we saved as much as we could.

In order to use the limited funds on special effects, a male protagonist was fooled from Hengdian! (End of chapter)