I have to say that the perfect video material with 100% mission exploration is indeed excellent.

Not only is the image quality extremely high, but the angles are diverse, and there are some that Lu Ban himself has never experienced.

However, looking at the red leaves in the video, Lu Ban still felt a little melancholy.

"Thinking about it this way, if these videos are widely circulated, then at least people in this world will know you and remember you, which can be considered a memory."

Lu Ban muttered to himself, and then he felt someone patting his shoulder.

Turning around, Lu Ban saw a pair of bloodshot eyes staring at him from the shadow of the bedside.

"You came out of the sewer?"

He asked, and his eyes slowly disappeared into the shadow of the curtains.

How should I put it? It's like the cats at home. Normally, no matter how you call them, they won't respond. But when you concentrate on doing something, these cats will keep running over to you and ask you to kiss them, hug them, and hold them high. They will also pat you with their little paws.

Lu Ban turned his attention back to the computer.

"A video that's more than 30 minutes long can basically be considered a micro-movie."

He thought for a moment, and then began to search for information about the revenue of micro-films on the Internet.

"If you want to make money with long videos, the more reliable way is to directly make a short movie and rely on the box office. If the ticket price is 20, then 140,000 people watching it can almost achieve the goal. However, this is the calculation of the theater. If it is just a low-cost online movie, or a film festival screening, the share will be higher."

Lu Ban had studied the box office profit-sharing model of domestic films before. Generally, about 10% of the box office revenue of 100 yuan will be used to pay taxes and special film funds, and then the theater chains and cinemas will take the remaining 50%, and the distributor will take almost 10%, leaving less than 40% to the production company.

After deducting the costs from these profits, a rough calculation shows that the box office revenue must be at least three times the costs to ensure that there is no loss.

However, Lu Ban’s cost is almost zero, so he can earn whatever he can.

"It's a bit difficult for the cinemas. The revenue share is relatively low. Moreover, the video material I have now is not long enough to make a 90-minute movie. A 40- to 50-minute movie simply can't attract people to the cinema."

Lu Ban also looked into the revenue generating methods of online movies.

Putting aside the share of investors and producers, the calculation method for online movies is also based on clicks. Websites like iShouyi Video Network and Strawman Video Network will give movies a rating. The conversion price of clicks with different ratings varies, ranging from 50 cents to 2.5 yuan.

Since these video websites use VIP monthly subscriptions as their main profit method, the playback volume also distinguishes between effective playback and invalid playback. When a viewer plays the online movie for more than six minutes, it is counted as an effective playback, and only effective playback is counted in calculating revenue.

This is also why many movies on websites have a six-minute curse and free users can only watch the first six minutes.

To broadcast in this way, Lu Ban needs to achieve at least 400,000 effective clicks on the exclusive platform in order to earn a million dollars.

If it is non-exclusive, the number of clicks on all platforms must exceed 700,000.

"It seems that the online movie broadcasting model will make money faster."

He has some internal information that he got when he established the film and television studio. Although many websites will not directly display the number of views, the internal information still has accurate figures. A popular online movie can have three to four million effective views within two months of its release. Calculated based on the exclusive share, this would bring in revenue of around six million.

But this model is subject to the test of time. Just like online literature, all we see are small-cost investments that yield big returns, but we don’t see how many online dramas and movies lose all their money.

Many people look down on online dramas and online movies, believing that they are not as good as the feature films shown on TV stations and in cinemas, and are shoddy copies.

In fact, there are indeed many online dramas and online movies that are simply trying to ride on the popularity of the Internet, such as The Chronicles of the Thieves, The Green Skin Grave, and Interstellar.

However, there are also some film and television works played on the Internet that do not require too strict review, so the content scale is more open, especially when it comes to suspense, social issues, crime and other themes.

Of course, Lu Ban has a third option, which is to take advantage of the year-end film festival to screen the film. In this way, the theater chain will take less commission and he can get more share. Moreover, the people at the film festival are more fanatical movie lovers and have a stronger willingness to pay.

In the past, Lu Ban had seen examples of low-budget movies that were first screened at film festivals and received positive reviews before going on to enter theaters and reaping good box office returns.

Of course, he probably won't be able to go to the film festival. The video is more than an hour long, so it can barely be used as a student's graduation project. It is difficult for it to be shown on the big screen.

"It seems that playing on the Internet is the most convenient."

Lu Ban has made a temporary decision, but in the end it still depends on the finished film he makes.

He first sorted out his own experiences, divided the entire film into several small segments, and separated them according to the structure of introduction, development, turn and conclusion, and then began to work seriously.

"Speaking of which, I wonder if the murderer has been found."

In the evening, Lu Ban stretched and spoke casually while muttering to himself.

He decided to go downstairs for dinner.

At night, there were more people in the community.

Lu Ban saw an old man with a child, a girl with a dog, and a middle-aged man who looked down and out in a suit sitting on a bench in the community. Next to them was a couple looking at their phones and showing affection to each other.

"You'll catch a cold."

Lu Ban spoke kindly to the down-and-out middle-aged man. His hair was wet, as if he had just crawled out of the water. The man was holding a briefcase in his hand, as if he was afraid of something.

The man glanced at Lu Ban and said nothing.

However, the couple next to them looked towards the bench and looked at Lu Ban suspiciously.

"Who are you talking to?"

The boy asked.

"Uncle here."

Lu Ban pointed at the middle-aged man.

"…Let's go, don't stay here anymore."

The girl said something with some disgust, then stood up, pulling her boyfriend.

"Well, since you're willing to stay here, then forget it."

Lu Ban didn't bother himself, he was just giving a reminder out of good intentions.

After having dinner in the back street of Jiangcheng University, Lu Ban returned to the downstairs of his home.

He took the elevator upstairs and came to the hallway of his home.

"Um?"

Lu Ban stood at a distance and found that the door of his house looked a little strange.

"I left the door open?"

He frowned slightly.

Because the security door was now ajar and seemed like it could be opened with just a hand.