Chapter 198 Action Superstar (Please subscribe! Please give me a monthly ticket!)
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"Get Out" grossed over 116 million in its first week.
Although the May Day holiday will end next week, the box office of "Escape" will definitely go down.
But even so, the final box office of "Escape" will definitely exceed 200 million.
Usually, investors can get one-third of the box office. That is to say, if the final box office of "Escape" is really 200 million, then the investors of "Escape" can get 66.667 million.
Don't think that's the end of it.
wrong.
In addition to traditional cinema income, investors also receive some platform income.
Unlike the early years when producers could only make money from theaters, now, for some movies, platform income is the bulk of investors' income.
(This has led to many movies that were not competitive in theaters now simply abandoning theaters and only being released on platforms, and they can still make a lot of money.) If a movie is popular in theaters and has a good reputation, then usually it can also sell for a lot of money on the platform.
Judging from the current trend of "Escape", there will be no problem in selling another 100 million on the platform.
The investors and the platform usually split the profits 50-50.
In other words, investors can still get at least 50 million from the platform.
Adding all this up, "Escape" can recover at least 110 to 20 million.
Remember, this is just the minimum! If the situation is a little better, minus the cost of more than 30 million, the investors of "Escape" should be able to make at least 100 million!
It is definitely a huge profit!!! "Get Out" can even be said to be a model of a small-budget, big-hitting comeback.
Let me put it this way, if you invest 200 million to make a movie, and it grosses 500 million at the box office, after deducting a lot of expenses, you only get one-third, which may actually mean a loss.
"Escape" made a small investment but a huge profit, earning several times the money.
Wang Bin and other investors of "Escape" are now laughing so hard in their sleep that they wake themselves up.
It was precisely because of the success of "Escape" that Wang Bin and others accelerated the preparations for "Escape 2".
According to Wang Bin and others, since "Escape" is so successful, they will definitely try to use the original crew to shoot "Escape 2".
But ideas are full, but reality is skinny.
Although because of the great success of "Escape", Wang Bin was willing to make concessions to Linda, well... to be more precise, he was willing to make concessions to money.
However, this is just Wang Bin's wishful thinking.
Because of the unpleasant cooperation, Linda is no longer willing to cooperate with Wang Bin and others, even if Wang Bin and others are willing to increase Linda's salary or even invite Linda to invest.
Of course, the reason why Linda was so determined was not only because he and Wang Bin and others did not get along well and they had different attitudes towards movies, but also because "Escape" was a huge success and Linda's status was rising. There were people begging Linda to be a director and he could set any conditions. There was really no need for Linda to cooperate with Wang Bin and others who always wanted to force him to use Pan Xiaowei, Ren Lili and others and who always wanted to interfere in his work.
Wang Bin felt a little regretful that he failed to convince Lin Da to work with him again, but at the same time he was secretly relieved.
In Wang Bin's opinion, Linda is too stubborn and has a rigid mind. He has no idea of adapting at all. It is really tiring to work with Linda.
Honestly speaking, if it weren’t for the success of “Escape”, Wang Bin would definitely not want to work with Linda again.
Now that Linda has resolutely decided not to cooperate, Wang Bin doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
In fact, Wang Bin has had enough of these so-called big directors.
Therefore, Wang Bin, who felt that he had a greater share in the great success of "Escape", had a bold idea, which was to train a director who would listen to him.
Moreover, Wang Bin already has a suitable candidate.
This person is Zhang Hongbo.
Wang Bin's hobbies are somewhat unusual, that is, he only loves to tolerate his wife.
This is almost an open secret in the circle.
But Wang Bin is a man who knows his limits. He never uses force, and everything is voluntary, so no one says anything to him.
Zhang Hongbo’s wife Zeng Xiaohui was once a well-known porn star. Later, she retired from the entertainment industry and married Zhang Hongbo, who was just a photography assistant at the time. It can be said that she married for love.
Later, relying on Zeng Xiaohui's connections and personal efforts, Zhang Hongbo gradually climbed up the ladder and became a director.
When Zhang Hongbo was a director, he was a famous fast-handed director. At that time, he was a real executive when filming. No matter how big or small the play was, he would not exceed the budget, be worthy of the boss, not lose his temper, be worthy of the actors, not be picky about the script, be worthy of the screenwriter. Nothing else, he would just shoot it.
When Zhang Hongbo has a movie to shoot, he can shoot four or five movies a year. If you give him a quick movie, he can give you a 70-point movie in a few minutes. No higher, no lower. He does the work as long as he is paid, and shoots movies like water. Is this the spirit of the author? Sorry, Zhang Hongbo may not know that there is such a thing in the world.
To put it bluntly, Zhang Hongbo's greatest strength is that he is obedient.
However, Zhang Hongbo also has a flaw, which is lust.
A few years ago, when filming in Hong Kong, Zhang Hongbo molested a female actress and was slapped in public by the actress.
But the story doesn’t end there. The actress turned out to be the mistress of a powerful tycoon in Hong Kong.
It is said that Zeng Xiaohui accompanied the big boss for three days, and Zhang Hongbo paid the big boss a large sum of money before the big boss let Zhang Hongbo go.
But even so, because of fear of the big boss and disdain for Zhang Hongbo's character, no one wanted to use Zhang Hongbo anymore, so Zhang Hongbo had no movies to shoot for four or five years.
During those years, Zhang Hongbo and Zeng Xiaohui lived in poverty.
It was not until he met Wang Bin, and because that big boss passed away not long ago, that Zhang Hongbo was able to return to filming.
It can be said that Wang Bin was very kind to Zhang Hongbo.
As for why Wang Bin reused Zhang Hongbo, it was of course because of Zeng Xiaohui.
but--
It doesn’t matter. At worst, Wang Bin and Zeng Xiaohui will just break up.
Zeng Xiaohui is a porn star who is available to everyone.
Moreover, the times when Wang Bin and Zeng Xiaohui met were also brokered by Zhang Hongbo. How could Zhang Hongbo still care about this?
The key point is that Wang Bin saw Zhang Hongbo's performance during the filming of "Escape".
In Wang Bin's opinion, Zhang Hongbo can do everything that Linda can do.
In addition, using Zhang Hongbo is cheaper.
Anyway, Wang Bin feels that Zhang Hongbo is better than Lin Da in every way.
In fact, when considering filming "Escape 2", Wang Bin had already thought of using Zhang Hongbo as the director.
Of course, this is also because Zeng Xiaohui was good at persuading him.
In short, due to many reasons including the general trend, personal efforts, his wife's efforts, cost-effectiveness, etc., Zhang Hongbo's luck turned and he became the director of "Escape 2".
After Zhang Hongbo came to the stage, the first idea he gave Wang Bin was: "Boss, if we want to replicate the success of Get Out 2, we definitely need one person."
"Who?" Wang Bin asked.
"Yu Qingyun." Zhang Hongbo said a name that was both unexpected and reasonable to Wang Bin.
Wang Bin asked calmly, "Is Yu Qingyun so crucial?"
"It's so crucial. Yu Qingyun is a natural born action star. If I were to choose, I would rather let Yu Qingyun be the male lead of Get Out 2. I've even thought of the outline of the story. It's about Yu Qingyun being Yu Lianying's younger brother. Unlike his brother who breaks the law and is ambitious, the younger brother is naturally upright and kind, and is a rare good policeman..."
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