February 2, 2008.
A press conference was held for the film "Shendu Youth Journey", which was jointly produced by Liansheng and Tianjiao and written by Wen Ying.
The film stars Yun Chen as the male lead, and the female lead was not Li Mengjiao, who is also a Tianjiao artist, but Xu Mei from Jiaxin!
Mr. Zhang personally served as the producer.
At the press conference, in order to demonstrate his emphasis on telling a good story, Mr. Zhang frankly stated that the script alone cost him 5 million, which shocked the reporters present.
"5 million for the script?"
“Isn’t this too expensive?”
“Is the total investment in the film high?”
Mr. Zhang said the film's budget was 60 million yuan, and the reporters were shocked: "Only 60 million yuan for the production budget?"
60 million is a high budget for making a movie.
But 5 million out of the 60 million has been spent on buying the script, so doesn’t that mean only 55 million is left?
What kind of script is worth 5 million!
Even if the screenwriter who wrote the script is a "fish swimming upstream", how can she have the confidence to quote such a high price?
Let’s take a look at the cast of the movie. Yun Chen and Xu Mei play the male and female protagonists, and Zhang Yangning plays a supporting female role.
There are a few familiar veteran actors in the supporting cast, but they have no box office appeal.
My goodness, "Fish Against the Current" has never written a movie script, and Yun Chen and Xu Mei have no experience in taking leading roles in movies. This "Shendu Youth Journey" is completely aimed at harvesting fan box office revenue, right?
A reporter chased Wen Ying and asked her what it felt like to have a script priced at 5 million.
Wen Ying thought for a moment and answered seriously, "This offer can inspire every screenwriter to write."
Well, this answer is really too practical.
Because of the similar subject matter and close release dates, "Shendu Youth" will inevitably be compared with the movie officially announced by "Huanyu".
Different from the young and inexperienced main creators of "Shendu Youth" in the film industry, the movie officially announced by "Huanyu" a few days ago has a movie actor as the leading actor and a movie queen who has been very popular in the past two years as the leading actress. The director is also a well-known director, and the screenwriter is an old partner who has worked with the director for many years.
With such a luxurious lineup and a budget of over 100 million announced by "Universal Films", if the two films were released in the same schedule, the audience would definitely choose the "Universal Films" one!
"Normal audiences will choose the 'Universe' one, and there will probably be many fans who will buy 'Shendu Youth Journey'."
Yun Chen became famous for starring in idol dramas and has many female fans.
Xu Mei's ups and downs in the entertainment industry are legendary in themselves, and she also has a group of die-hard fans.
Not to mention Wen Ying, a best-selling author and a popular blogger, the number of readers willing to spend money on her may not be less than that of fans of celebrities!
"So, spending 5 million to buy the script isn't about buying the story itself, but about buying her popularity..."
Some smart people deduced Mr. Zhang's intention.
Yuan Fenghui asked Wen Ying what she thought, but she didn't care. "Let's judge by the deeds, not the heart. Regardless of why Mr. Zhang was willing to spend 5 million on my script in the first place, the fact is that my script was sold at such a high price. If 'Shendu Youth' is well received by the audience after its release, I will have done my part for my colleagues."
Wen Ying feels that she is pushing the industry to pay attention to "content creation", but her colleagues do not think so.
The screenwriters who were used to being exploited by capitalists did not support Wen Ying, nor did they take the opportunity to raise prices. Instead, they stood on the opposite side and criticized Wen Ying.
They scolded Wen Ying for wasting the film budget.
They believe that Wen Ying is not just a screenwriter. She came to the screenwriting industry to disrupt the market under the titles of best-selling author and popular blogger!
Before the press conference of "Shendu Youth Journey", the "Second Writers Rich List" was announced, and Wen Ying ranked first with a royalty income of 15.5 million!
Last year, she ranked third with royalties of 15.5 million, and this year she has jumped to first place!
This data is not completely accurate, but it is close to Wen Ying's royalty income for the whole year of 2007.
The two books published earlier are still making money for Wen Ying, and "Xun Yong", which was published in 2007, has made a great contribution to Wen Ying's annual royalties.
"Xun Yong" was released in February 2007. As of January 31, 2008, statistics from Ding Chao showed that "Xun Yong" had sold 2.05 million copies - 2 million copies was an important watershed, meaning that Yuan Fenghui could finally get the agent's commission from Wen Ying!
The book "Xun Yong" alone brought Wen Ying an additional 11 million in royalties. Together with "Teenage Idol" and "Star River and You", Wen Ying's royalty income for the whole year definitely exceeded 15.5 million. The "Second Rich List of Writers" is still a very conservative estimate of Wen Ying's royalty income.
This "Writers Rich List" is already stimulating enough.
Within two days, it was revealed that Wen Ying had quoted a price of 5 million for a movie script, which made some people jealous.
Wen Ying had anticipated the storm of public opinion, but she didn't expect it to be so strong.
She was somewhat bewildered: "I set a good example for my colleagues, telling them that storytelling is the core and that creation is valuable. I tried to raise everyone's salaries. Why are they so united in scolding me?"
If you want to criticize, at least wait until "Shendu Youth" is released and fails at the box office before you criticize!
Xie Qian certainly knew the reason.
Wen Ying dared to quote 5 million because she was confident.
Anyway, it's a custom script. Mr. Zhang came to us on his own initiative. If you don't accept the quote, then you won't cooperate.
Wen Ying earns tens of millions in royalties every year.
There are dividends for Tianjiao shareholders.
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