This star’s style is wrong - Chapter 704

c704 Two science fiction works start production, “Bear Bears” movie

In September, “The Wandering Earth 2” was officially launched.

However, many props and scenery are not yet completed.

For example, a space elevator needs to be built in a studio. This project is not small, so it has not been completed yet.

Most of the documents in the movie do not require special sets and can be shot directly in ready-made locations.

Therefore, the first thing to shoot after starting the filming was literary drama.

The drama took a month to film, and the crew had a three-day National Day holiday.

After the vacation, according to the shooting plan, Lin Yingxue joined the set.

Started filming the selection and training of astronauts.

In the astronaut selection plot, “Han Duoduo” played by Lin Yingxue made her first appearance, and she fell over her shoulder and knocked down a thorn.

“Liu Peiqiang” played by Fang Xing also fell in love with the heroic “Han Duoduo” because of this shoulder fall.

After nearly three months of fitness and training, Lin Yingxue’s muscle lines have become much stronger. She is not as thin as ordinary female celebrities. The overall appearance gives people a tough feeling, which does mean she is somewhat heroic.

Moreover, Lin Yingxue is very beautiful, which also makes the plot of “Liu Peiqiang” fall in love at first sight very reasonable.

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at the same time.

“The Three-Body Problem” has also started shooting.

Due to the experience of filming the first part, the second part was shot with the same cast.

However, the main perspective of the plot shifts to “Luo Ji”.

“Luo Ji” is the male protagonist of “The Three-Body Problem”, and most of the main plot clues unfold on “Luo Ji”.

However, the “Three-Body” series itself does not have an absolute protagonist positioning.

This is a science fiction story, and the focus of the story is the science fiction itself, not the emotional experience of a certain character.

In the TV series “The Three-Body Problem”, it seems that “Wang Miao” is the male protagonist, but there is a character that runs through the whole drama, and that is “Ye Wenjie”.

Therefore, the “Three-Body” series prefers group portraits, using the experiences of many characters to tell a science fiction story about human society facing the threat of alien civilization.

This series shows the diversity of human society.

The appearance of all living beings is the core of the plot.

The character that runs through the whole play in “The Three-Body Problem” is “Ye Wenjie”.

In “The Three-Body Problem 2”, the character that runs through the whole play is “Luo Ji”.

“Luo Ji” was a playboy and a scholar of cosmic sociology when he was young. When facing the crisis of Trisolaran civilization, he was selected as Wall-facer No. 4.

This character has high intelligence and a double degree in astronomy and sociology, but he likes to be opportunistic, cynical, and irresponsible.

Although he shoulders the important mission of saving mankind, he uses this opportunity to create a comfortable home for himself and indulges in the gentle countryside to avoid taking on the heavy responsibility of the Wall Facer.

This character was certainly unlikable in the early stages, but during his time as the Wallfacer, he grew as the story progressed.

In the end, through calm thinking, he deduced the dark forest theory of cosmic sociology, thereby finding a way to deter the Trisolarans, and became the first sword holder.

However, the story about the man holding the sword is the content of “Three-Body Problem 3”.

“Luo Ji” deduced the dark forest theory and seized the sword that threatened the Trisolaran civilization. This is the ending plot of “Three-Body 2”.

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Ark Culture is shooting two projects at the same time, both of which are science fiction works, “The Wandering Earth 2” and “The Three-Body Problem”.

The special effects of both works were produced by Nebula Special Effects.

Not only that.

Nebula Animation also has two projects in production, one is the third season of “Bear Bears” and the other is “Bear Bears”, a major movie in the “Bear Bears” series.

With four projects being worked on at the same time, Ark Culture’s work schedule this year is very full.

Among them, the third season of “Bear Bears” and “The Jungle Book” were produced the fastest.

Due to the good results in the first two seasons, TV stations started to compete in the third season.

However, in terms of competition, it is difficult for provincial satellite TV to compete with CCTV.

Moreover, the first two seasons of “Bear Bears” premiered on CCTV Children’s Channel, so the third season was also given to CCTV Children’s Channel.

Xiangjiang Satellite TV Children’s Channel and Donghai Satellite TV Children’s Channel followed in the second round.

On New Year’s Day, the third season of “Bear Bears” was launched, and the ratings once again broke the ratings record set in the first two seasons, causing the ratings of children’s channels to go up.

at the same time.

The first major movie of “Bear Bears”, “Bear Bears: Treasure Hunt”, has also been produced and has entered the promotion period.

When negotiating a release date.

Fang Xing defied public opinion and insisted on arranging the release of the “Bear Bears” animated film during the Spring Festival.

For such an animated film with a low investment, it can easily become cannon fodder if it is placed in the Spring Festival period to compete with those special effects blockbusters.

However, Fang Xing didn’t care about this. Anyway, it was going to be released during the Spring Festival, so it didn’t matter even if he became cannon fodder.

Moreover, an animated film “Bear Bears” will be produced every year as a regular program during the Spring Festival.

Due to the high ratings of the “Bear Bears” series, this series is quite profitable. Even if the animated movie fails at the box office, it will not lose much.

Therefore, Fang Xing insisted on taking the Spring Festival slot, and Liang Jing and other senior executives of Nebula Animation did not object anymore.

During this year’s Spring Festival, Ark Culture has no other movies to be released.

The filming of “The Wandering Earth 2” is almost complete and will probably be completed before the Spring Festival. However, post-production will take at least half a year, so the schedule has not yet been determined.

Therefore, during this year’s Spring Festival, Ark Culture only has one film, “Bear Bears”, to represent the company in the Spring Festival.

Although the TV version of “Bear Bears” has good ratings, this does not mean that the animated movie can be bought by the audience.

Moreover, the investment for “Bear Bears: Treasure Hunt” was very small.

Therefore, when discussing issuance, it is impossible to get too favorable conditions.

During the filming of “The Wandering Earth 2”, Fang Xing took an afternoon to have a personal talk with Zhang Changfeng, the president of Penguin Pictures.

Zhang Changfeng is willing to release “Bear Bears”, but it is impossible to release only this animated film during the Spring Festival.

The three major film distribution companies will definitely promote a popular movie during such a big period as the Spring Festival.

Obviously, the first animated film in the “Bear Bears” series does not have the strength to become a hit movie.

Therefore, Zhang Changfeng is already talking about popular movies from other film and television companies, but is willing to release “Bear Bears”.

However, only 5% can be tested on the first day of film arrangement.

Moreover, this is just for the sake of “The Wandering Earth 2”.

After all, “The Wandering Earth 2” will most likely be released during the Spring Festival next year, and then Zhang Changfeng will come to ask for cooperation.

Selling favors now will be much easier when the time comes to talk about the release of “The Wandering Earth 2”.

Fang Xing was still dissatisfied with the 5% film schedule, so he decided to package “Bear Bears” and “The Wandering Earth 2” together and sign a distribution contract.

If Zhang Changfeng is unwilling to arrange films at a higher level, then he will find other distribution companies to cooperate with.

If it were just the “Bear Bears” animated film, it would definitely not get many films. 5% is a more reasonable proportion of films.

However, if it is bundled with “The Wandering Earth 2”, that is another matter.

Zhang Changfeng didn’t expect that Fang Xing would be so bold as to bundle a science fiction movie like “The Wandering Earth 2”, which is basically priced at more than 4 billion, with an animated movie that may not necessarily exceed 100 million at the box office.

Zhang Changfeng had never seen this kind of negotiation method before.

“Brother Fang, are you so optimistic about this animated movie “Bear Bears”?” Zhang Changfeng was very confused.

“Yes, I am very optimistic about this animated movie.”

Since the TV version of “Bear Bears” has been very successful in the ratings, this series of animated films will definitely be made, and one will be produced every year without fail.

In this case, let’s just use the first part to push this series up and directly become the “wall of masterpieces” in the Spring Festival.

Zhang Changfeng frowned, a little embarrassed.

Because it is impossible for Penguin Pictures to promote an animated film “Bear Bears” during the Spring Festival.

If he does this, he will lose his position as president next year.

However, if more films are scheduled for “Bear Bears”, it means that Penguin Pictures will lose all its advantages when discussing the distribution of popular movies with other film and television companies.

After thinking about it, he persuaded: “Brother Fang, we are old friends, but we can’t help you with some things just because of our friendship. 5% of the film arrangement is the maximum I can give.”

Fang Xing didn’t waste any time and said directly: “I understand, that’s the case. Let’s sign a guarantee. I want 10% of the film arrangement. How much guarantee do you need to sign? Can you give me this film arrangement?”

Zhang Changfeng’s eyes widened when he heard this number.

This “Bear Bears: Treasure Hunt” is actually the theatrical version of the “Bear Bears” TV animation.

Similar theatrical movies are usually for fans.

Although “Bear Bears” was very popular, it only lasted for a year. According to the film industry’s estimate of “Bear Bears”, the basic box office of “Bear Bears” would be at most 100 million.

This is on the premise that the quality is good. If the quality is not good, tens of millions may be wasted.

However, for such a theatrical animated film, Fang Xing asked for 10% of the film schedule. This is asking God.

You know, the competition for the Spring Festival stalls is the most intense of the year.

There are usually five popular movies released.

Among the five popular movies last year, the one with the lowest film schedule was 13%.

“Bear Bears” requires 10% of the film schedule, which is almost the same as that of popular movies.

Moreover, if “Bear Bears” gets so many movies, the movie schedule of other popular movies will definitely drop.

Therefore, this request is really difficult for Zhang Changfeng.

He frowned and said: “Brother Fang, there is no need to fight for the film schedule like this. To be honest, the industry’s expectation for your animated film is 100 million. If you sign a guarantee, there is a high probability of losing money.”

Fang Xing smiled and replied: “It doesn’t matter. Mr. Zhang will give me a number first and let me see how much guarantee I need to sign for 10% of the film schedule.”

It’s just an offer, not a final decision.

Zhang Changfeng thought for a while and said: “If you want 10% of the film schedule, you have to sign a box office of 600 million.”

When Fang Xing heard the figure he revealed, he didn’t even make a counter-offer. He directly agreed, “Okay, 600 million guaranteed. Mr. Zhang will prepare the contract and go to the company to sign it.”

Zhang Changfeng’s eyes widened: “Wait a minute, brother Fang, I just made a random price.”

Fang Xing smiled and replied: “I won’t bargain. If the box office doesn’t reach 600 million, it’s 600 million. If the box office doesn’t reach 600 million, I’ll make up for it by whatever amount. I guarantee that Penguin Pictures won’t suffer a loss.”

Zhang Changfeng was even more confused: “Brother Fang, are you serious?”

Fang Xing nodded: “Seriously, if Mr. Zhang feels that 600 million is too low, we can talk again.”

The guarantee of 600 million and 10% of the first-day film schedule is actually a relatively reasonable guarantee.

After all, the film schedule on the first day is not an average one.

If the box office performance on the first day is not good, the film schedule will drop on the second day, and the film schedule may even be cut off in two or three days, and the film will be released directly.

Therefore, the first day of screening is important, but it does not determine the final box office of the movie.

Zhang Changfeng has been in film distribution for so many years, and the 600 million guarantee he casually offered is actually a very reasonable figure.

After chatting for so long, Zhang Changfeng finally understood that Fang Xing was not talking about negotiation skills, but that he really wanted to sign a guarantee of 600 million yuan in exchange for 10% of the film schedule.

Zhang Changfeng frowned and thought for a moment and asked, “Brother Fang, are you planning to make a profit at a loss?”

In the film industry, it is not uncommon to make money at a loss.

Fang Xing did not deny it: “If Mr. Zhang thinks so, it’s okay. Let’s just say it. The “Bear Bears” series of animated films will be produced one film per year, and the production plan has been arranged until the year after next.

“If Mr. Zhang feels that this business cannot be negotiated, it doesn’t matter. We will cooperate again next time when we have the opportunity.”

Since “The Wandering Earth 1” was released by Penguin Pictures, if “The Wandering Earth 2” is used as a bundle, we will strive to arrange films for “Bear Bears”.

The other two major film distribution companies, in order to win the distribution contract for “The Wandering Earth 2”, will definitely be willing to give “Bear Bears” high-ranking films.

Business can be discussed.

Zhang Changfeng knew this very well. Seeing that Fang Xing was serious about it, he thought for a moment and said, “Since Brother Fang is so courageous, I can’t back down. Penguin Pictures has signed 10% of the film schedule.”

Fang Xing continued: “Ark Culture and we will do the promotion together. When the time comes to calculate the box office split, we will calculate it after offsetting the promotion expenses.”

Zhang Changfeng nodded and replied: “This is the standard.”

The total box office of a movie is not the money that only the producer can get. After deducting business tax, special film development funds, and the theater’s accounts, the remaining money belongs to the distributor and the producer.

However, this share of the box office account must be offset by the publicity and distribution expenses, and finally the distributor and the producer share the account in proportion.

Generally speaking, the publicity and distribution expenses are advanced by the issuer.

However, since Penguin Pictures will not only release “Bear Bears” during the Spring Festival, there will definitely be another popular movie that will eat up most of the promotional resources.

Therefore, Fang Xing will arrange for Ark Culture to be fully publicized and catch up with other movies in terms of publicity.

This means.

A lot of money will be spent on the promotion of “Bear Bears”.

Although Fang Xing does not think that “Bear Bears” will make a loss, he is prepared for a loss. When making a series of movies, it is normal for the first part to lose money and make a profit.

As long as the first part is successful, the subsequent series will become a model in the industry. (End of chapter)