After Jimmy learned about the Lunar New Year holiday, he took it very seriously. He was originally supposed to go to Jinling with other colleagues from Deep Space America on February 1st.
But in order to finalize the Lunar New Year schedule as soon as possible, he took his assistant to Yanjing Rang three days in advance on January 29th, and then went directly to Yanjing Film Studio.
Han Shanping also didn't expect that the boss of Deep Space would be so concerned about the Lunar New Year holiday. Although he didn't want to admit it, there was a big gap between Chinese movies and the United States in terms of production level and market.
The movies that Deep Space America has participated in have higher box office and more influence than the last. Especially "The Second World", it still occupies the top box office position in global film history.
The total global box office of "The Second World" is close to 10 billion yuan. What is this concept? Last year, the total box office revenue of Chinese movies was only 1 billion yuan. In other words, the box office of one movie is equal to the box office of China in ten years combined.
That’s the total.
Just think about it, with such a huge gap, is it necessary for a dignified company boss to be interested in their Lunar New Year holiday?
But people were just interested and even went there in person.
Han Shanping also attached great importance to Jimmy's arrival and specially found someone to make some better quality coffee in order to entertain Jimmy.
But what he never expected was that Jimmy was not interested in coffee at all and said he must drink tea.
After the tea was brewed, Jimmy held the teacup and sat comfortably on the sofa. This time he was on a quick trip and didn't rest after arriving in Yanjing, so he was a little tired. Now that he has a cup of hot tea, it is indeed very comfortable.
.
He smiled and said to Han Shanping: "Director Han, you don't know something. I really don't mean to save you. I'm used to drinking tea, but now I'm not used to drinking coffee."
Listening to Jimmy's fluent Beijing movies, Han Shanping had an unreal feeling. If he were blindfolded, he really wouldn't be able to tell that the person sitting in front of him was a foreigner.
"I don't have any good tea here, so you can just drink it."
"You're welcome, this tea is pretty good." Jimmy waved his hand with a smile, then sat up straight, "Director Han, you have many things to do, so I won't waste your time anymore. The main reason I came here this time is to talk to you.
Let’s talk about the Lunar New Year holiday. I heard from Yu Liang that Forbidden City Pictures took the lead in this matter?”
"That's right." Han Shanping nodded: "Our initial plan is to screen out a good script first, and then our Yanjing Film Studio and Forbidden City Pictures will each invest a little money to make the movie and release it next year.
Released around New Year’s Day.”
"Does the movie have any specific requirements?" Jimmy asked.
"That's not true. It still depends on the specific story. But one thing is that no matter what the subject of the movie is, the core values ​​​​must be correct and positive."
Jimmy patted his chest and said, "You can rest assured that the movies or TV series produced by our Deep Space Company will definitely be positive and uplifting. We have always attached great importance to humanistic care and strive to lead people to do good. Of course, for us, this is only the most basic
The key is that we must build on these foundations to create movies that can attract audiences to the cinema."
Han Shanping smiled, Jimmy's words spoke to his heart.
Why do they want to create this Lunar New Year show? In the final analysis, isn't it because the domestic film market is in a slump and they need to revitalize the market so that more viewers are willing to go to the cinema to watch movies.
Seeing that Jimmy got to the point as soon as he came up, Han Shanping really felt that he was on the right track in finding deep space.
When Jimmy saw Han Shanping's smile, he knew what he wanted to hear, so he struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Director Han, when it comes to box office, it's not that I, the queen, are selling melons and bragging about myself. Our Deep Space Company has always performed very well at the box office.
. Let’s not talk too far, just talk about the recently released "Phone Booth". When I left New York, the box office of this movie had exceeded 100 million US dollars."
One hundred million US dollars... Han Shanping secretly took a breath. He had paid attention to the box office of "Sniper Phone Booth" before in "Reference News". The report that time was that the movie won the weekly box office championship. Unexpectedly, it has now exceeded 100 million.
US dollars at the box office.
"Director Han, do you know how much this movie cost?"
"How many?"
"Including advertising fees, it's less than 10 million U.S. dollars. As a movie maker, you should know what this number represents." Jimmy smiled.
Of course Han Shanping knows what this means. With a cost of less than 10 million US dollars and a box office of more than 100 million US dollars, this means that the producer has made a fortune.
All the movies released in China this year, none of them made any money.
"Ahem." Han Shanping coughed lightly, "Mr. Jimmy, I'm afraid our domestic movies can't reach this scale. To tell you the truth, we can only invest a few million yuan in this movie at most."
Jimmy smiled and shook his head, "Director Han, you have misunderstood me. I am telling you this just to express that we at Deep Space are capable and experienced in the market. As for the cost of the movie, there are many ways to do it.
, there is also a way to do less.”
"If you're willing to do it, that's naturally good, but I can't decide on this matter. In the end, it all depends on the quality of the script you submit."
"That's natural." Jimmy nodded, "If the quality of the script was not good, we wouldn't have filmed it."
Jimmy picked up the tea cup and took a sip. Although he didn't chat for a few words, he had almost figured out the situation. The Han factory director should be very sincere, otherwise he wouldn't have called their company specifically.
But as Han Shanping said, he should not be able to decide on cooperation alone.
After pondering for a while, Jimmy continued: "Director Han, I actually think that since it is a Lunar New Year movie, just one movie is not enough."
Han Shanping sighed, "We also know this, but the funds are really limited. We have spent a lot of effort to squeeze out one movie. Another one is beyond our capabilities."
"It doesn't matter. We at Deep Space can help with this matter. Even if you don't choose to cooperate with us in the movie you invested in, our company can also shoot a few more movies and put them in the Lunar New Year file to give you this
To create momentum during the Lunar New Year holiday." Jimmy said with a smile.
Han Shan's eyebrows twitched. He took a serious look at Jimmy's smiling face. He couldn't tell whether the foreigner said this sincerely or deliberately put pressure on him.
On the surface, Jimmy's words seemed to be a good deed to help kick off the Lunar New Year holiday. But if you take a closer look, you will find that there is another meaning, that is, even if they did not choose to go with Deep Space this time
If the company cooperates, deep space will also have a foot in the game. No, it may not be one foot, but several.
After all, Deep Space has money, and making two or three movies is nothing for them.
If Deep Space really does this, the Lunar New Year slot may be stunned in the end, but the box office of their investment in this movie is likely to be affected. In the end, this Lunar New Year slot is not their Lunar New Year slot, but Deep Space
The company's Lunar New Year holiday is here.
Han Shanping secretly lamented that this Jimmy looked harmless to humans and animals, but his methods were not simple.
Chapter completed!