Chapter 538: The Wandering Earth is out: Qingyao Media’s sci-fi ambitions
The excitement of August 15th has finally passed, but for Qingyao Media, this day is of great commemorative significance.
The headquarters was officially put into use on this day, and Qingyao Media entered a new era.
In addition to the headquarters, the plan for Qingyao Video has also been officially put on the agenda. The entire plan will be launched quickly. The 50 billion yuan in funds is enough to do many things in the early stages.
In addition to these, there is another very meaningful event. That is, "The Wandering Earth", which has been released globally for a month, has officially been withdrawn from theaters around the world.
Despite the daily box office, Qingyao Media has not postponed the release. After all, a month of release has already exhausted all its potential, and various records have already been broken, so there is no need to postpone it further.
When "The Wandering Earth" was announced to be withdrawn from theaters, its performance was finally finalized. Seeing the final results, everyone swallowed their saliva. Even Hollywood giants were no exception.
Globally, The Wandering Earth has grossed a total of $3.437 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in the world.
Although there are inflation reasons, we have to admit that this is definitely a very good science fiction movie. In the global science fiction film industry, there has not been such an excellent science fiction movie for many years.
Such a monstrous box office made the cinema and investors rave about it. However, the money that ended up in Qingyao Media's hands wasn't too much, after all, there were many investors in this film, and they had to share the profits according to their proportion.
But for Qingyao Media, "The Wandering Earth" is a golden signboard. This movie has allowed everyone to see Qingyao Media's strength in science fiction films.
At the same time, we also want to let everyone know that working with Qingyao Media is like making money without doing anything. Since this is an opportunity to make money without doing anything, you must put in the effort to cooperate. Simply put, if you want to make money, you must follow Qingyao Media's rules. Be obedient and we will make money together. If you go against them, you will be left alone.
"The Wandering Earth" has become another super IP. According to the plot, there are many more stories to happen.
After all, the entire Earth will have to wander for 2,500 years before reaching a new home. There are so many things to go through along the way, spanning many generations. As long as the screenwriter is good, this movie can be made into many episodes. Five or ten episodes wouldn't be too many, and ten or twenty wouldn't be too few.
In a word, as long as the quality is guaranteed and the movie story is interesting, this IP will be a super cash cow for Qingyao Media in the future.
After "The Wandering Earth" left theaters, the "The Wandering Earth 2" project was immediately launched. However, Su Yang will no longer be the director of the second film. He will only serve as the screenwriter. As for the story of the second film, it needs to be carefully crafted and requires everyone's wisdom to make the whole story better.
The filming time of the second part is two years, which is enough time for the entire project team to polish it carefully. After two years, perhaps the second part will create miracles again.
The headquarters became busy. After the headquarters was officially opened, more and more people moved in to work and live. The whole headquarters was filled with the atmosphere of fireworks.
The engineering team is also busy finishing up the last few projects to ensure that the tasks are completed on time and that Qingyao Media completes its relocation before New Year's Day.
After the headquarters was put into use, Qingyao Media started a new round of recruitment. This round of recruitment was very large, and it was obvious that Qingyao Media wanted to expand its scale and add project teams.
Su Yang's office, as the director's office, is very luxurious and comfortable. Tang Qing is still in charge of the work in Yanjing, so Su Yang basically makes the final decision on matters at the headquarters.
In the office, Su Yang was writing a new script. The new script was a science fiction blockbuster. Now that "The Wandering Earth" had a successful opening, Qingyao Media naturally couldn't give up on the science fiction path.
Sci-fi blockbusters are known for their large investments, high returns, and immense influence. After experiencing the sweetness of such large investments, ordinary, smaller investments often seem unappealing. After all, even the highest return on investment for a low-budget film has a ceiling. Even a small-budget production with a modest profit still earns far more than a small-budget dark horse.
However, Qingyao Media has no intention of giving up on low-budget films. Future streaming platforms will need many low-budget, high-quality films to support them. Many audiences also enjoy films that don't require special effects.
Su Yang wrote and stopped, sometimes his brows were furrowed, and sometimes inspiration came to him.
Although the new movie was also redeemed from the system, Su Yang still needed to make significant revisions to the script because the film's location and time period were somewhat inconsistent with the present.
But the story is very exciting. What Su Yang needs to do is to reshape the story and make the script into a new script, a new Chinese story.
Ambition. Now Su Yang is also full of ambition for Qingyao Media's science fiction path. After all, there are many excellent science fiction movies in the system. After modification, these movies can all be made into excellent science fiction blockbusters.
There is no shortage of stories themselves, and with the mall optimization function, there is no shortage of good stories.
With a good script, some good directors, and Qingyao Media's working style, Su Yang believes that the future of Chinese science fiction films will move faster and faster.
As Chinese blockbusters go global, Chinese artists will also appear in the world.
Just like the recent film "The Wandering Earth", some of the actors in it have become very popular around the world. This is a good start.
In the future, as more and more Chinese artists become active in the global entertainment industry, Su Yang will no longer have to fight alone. This is also a good thing for Su Yang.
After a busy morning, Su Yang stretched himself. He thought the script would take a few more days to revise and polish.
In this new drama, Su Yang has even greater ambitions.
This time, Su Yang will write, direct and star in the film himself. Not only will he be the director and screenwriter, but he will also be the lead actor, which shows how much Su Yang values this film.
Such a blockbuster film is naturally invested in by Qingyao Media. Sometimes it is necessary to give up the cake, but for the most part, Qingyao Media still wants to eat alone.
For example, everyone could invest together in the second season of "The Wandering Earth," and that was fine. But Su Yang was definitely not going to let other investors just sit back and reap the profits from a sci-fi blockbuster he wrote, directed, and starred in. Tang Qing wasn't willing to do that either. Su Yang was Qingyao Media's biggest cash cow, and with a project that was clearly going to make a lot of money, no one was going to give up the benefits unless it was absolutely necessary.
Su Yang wrote, directed and starred in the film himself, and this was the biggest gimmick. With this gimmick, Qingyao Media could directly negotiate terms with theater chains and get more box office dividends. Not only in China, Su Yang now also has such influence abroad.
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