Zhan Ruide came to the door together with Zhang Shan, another shareholder of Hengxing Entertainment Company. Fan Keqin originally worked for Zhang Shan, but now he has become a partner. However, Zhang Shan is still a very good person. He respected Fan Keqin in the past, and the name Teacher Wan came from him. So much so that everyone later called Fan Keqin Teacher Wan.
After coming to the door, Zhang Shan smiled and took out a small square box, which was just long and ten centimeters thick. It looks like a large rectangular box, made of wood. He directly placed the wooden box in front of Fan Keqin and said: "A friend who was doing business in Mexico brought it back. It is said to be Mexican hand-rolled cigars from last year. They said last year's leaves were very good. Bring them back for me to taste. Taste it, but you know I don’t smoke at all, so I just wanted to be a favor and bring it to you."
Fan Keqin smiled and nodded, saying: "Thank you, I really like this." After saying that, he opened the box, took out one, cut one end, lit it and took a puff. Um! Chun!
Fan Keqin held a cigar in his mouth, made a cup of tea for the two of them, sat at one end of the sofa, and said, "Do you two have something to do with me?"
"Yes." Zhang Shan nodded and said: "Director Zhan came to me this morning and talked about the script. After listening to it, I felt that there was a lot to do. Although I appreciate that a movie is still being released, this killer is too focused on preparation and filming. , post-production and so on, it will take a while to get it all done, and it will be almost done by the time it is finished. So what do you think I start this project now?"
Shooting a one-shot movie these days is quite troublesome. So what Zhang Shan said is correct. Fortunately, he had the foundation for the previous movie, otherwise it would have been very troublesome just to prepare the crew for this movie. Of course, it is also a good thing to involve Zhang Shan as a shareholder of Hengxing Entertainment. His network of contacts in this area is still very broad. Otherwise, it would probably take a long time just to assemble the crew.
Fan Keqin nodded and said: "No problem, my idea is to still shoot it as a color film with sound. How about it?"
"Yes." Zhan Ruide said next to him: "When I talked with Boss Zhang, we briefly communicated. We both thought the same. It is best for our movies to be color sound movies in the future. This will become our A signboard. It just so happens that the owner of the color film Zhang has a way and the equipment is relatively complete."
In fact, Jim Reed is the director, and he is also a new director to say the least. When he was studying in Europe, he worked with many crews and worked as an assistant director many times, learning from them. But strictly speaking, the last movie deadlock was the first time he really took charge of the direction. The feeling was so good that Zhan Reed was simply intoxicated. If he could, he would wish to shoot one movie after another and never stop.
And such a new director's acceptance of new technologies, color films, and sound films is actually much higher than that of some famous figures. For example, Chaplin is awesome in this era. But his acceptance of sound films and color films is very low. But this may also have something to do with his style. But to put it bluntly, it’s still not enough to accept new things.
Fan Keqin nodded and said: "Well, very good, I can watch it too. After all, times are progressing. With the advent of color films and sound films, the audience will definitely prefer these types of films. Silent films and black and white films will definitely be more popular in the future. It will be eliminated. We make color talkies. Although the cost is high, it is for long-term considerations."
After a few words, it was decided that Zhang Shan was responsible for preparing the crew. He knows a lot of people in this area, and Miss Tong can actually handle this matter. After all, compared to her connections, Miss Tong can outsmart him. However, Zhang Shan felt that Miss Tong was a real daughter, so how could she be allowed to do this job? Furthermore, if the work is done by others, does that mean that you, as a shareholder, are a bit dispensable? You know, with Miss Tong's strength, she can actually play without herself. If I don't work hard, Miss Tong and Wan Heng are in a quasi-couple relationship, so it will definitely be fine. But I will definitely be beaten by Paz.
After settling down, nothing happened for the time being. Fan Keqin smoked a cigar and asked: "How is the box office of Dead Game?"
"My Teacher Wan." Zhang Shan said with a smile: "Don't you know this? When you just said that the cost is high, I just wanted to say it. Our movie has caused a sensation in the whole of Shanghai. Don't It didn't take long to see the movie in theaters, but it's definitely a scene that's hard to come by now. Many newspapers are reporting on it every day, spontaneously.
In the past two days, I have negotiated with two more cinema chains in Shanghai, adding ten more venues. Although the scale of these ten cinemas is not very large, the coverage of our screenings in Shanghai has definitely reached nearly half of that of movie theaters. Now...the box office number was just reported three days ago, and it was already almost 300,000. Three hundred thousand, how long does it take? Not even half a month! Excluding the movie theater's share, the investment has been repaid, and the rest is pure profit.
Also, this is just the box office of one place in Shanghai, Peking, Tianjin, the three northeastern provinces, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou. I plan to send people to visit these places. With the quality of our film and its influence in Shanghai, it is not easy to show it in several venues in each place. This movie will definitely make at least several million. "
Fan Keqin smiled and nodded. In fact, he knew that this result was because the entertainment industry in this era was too lacking. Almost every film can be screened as long as it passes. The Gold Rush has been around for so many years, how can it still be released and still make money? This does not mean that it is only in China, it is the same even in the Midi family. It's not like the later generations who released it on a large scale for a month, and then basically stopped showing up again.
The screening period of movies these days is very long. It may be one year, or even two or three years, and they are still being screened. And even if it is released, it may be re-screened again after a while.
Now listening to Zhang Shan's words, the movie Dead End is definitely going to make money, and it's not just a small profit, but a big profit. No wonder Zhang Shan came to the door directly after talking to Zhan Ruide in the morning. I can't wait to continue filming the second film.
