Chapter 116 Going north to visit relatives
"Excluding the three major film companies, if we talk about the most profitable film company last year, it was Chua's Pictures. According to the survey, Chua's Pictures accounted for 60% of the investment in "A Better Tomorrow". And with "A Better Tomorrow" in Hong Kong City,
It was a hit in Taiwan and Nanyang, with a total box office of more than 70 million yuan. It can be said that this movie alone brought 30 million yuan in revenue to Chua's Pictures. At the same time, people have to lament that Hong Kong
The prosperous era of filmmaking has arrived..."
Next is the statistics of box office in various places, as well as the box office share. In short, it is to exaggerate the income as much as possible, but to ensure the rationality at the minimum. So after some complicated calculations, the profit of 30 million in the article is obtained. This alone
movie, this is enough to ensure that Chua's Pictures became one of the most profitable film companies last year.
This is today’s headline of Tiantian Daily, “The Most Profitable Independent Film Company—Analysis of Chua’s Pictures.”
It is true that Cai's Pictures invested 60%, but the box office share is not calculated in this way at all. This report is purely to attract people's attention. What is true and false, false and true, outsiders can generally only follow what they say and cannot tell the truth.
If it is false, we will preconceptionally believe it to be true.
After Li Guilong left Cheng Pao and switched to Tiantian Daily, he became even more comfortable. This report was planned by him.
The main reason was for "Six Finger Piano Demon". Cai Zhiliang wanted to promote the film at the Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony, but the effect was not ideal. Later he mentioned this matter to Li Guilong, and today's report came out. Li Guilong thinks
, instead of reporting on the scandal with Lin Qingxia, it is better to report on Tsai's Pictures, because Tsai's Pictures invested in several blockbuster films last year, which is a good gimmick.
Maybe there is no need to be so anxious. After all, the movie has not yet started filming, but Cai Zhiliang is not as confident as he was when he invested in "A Better Tomorrow." In the original time and space, this "Six Finger Piano Demon" was released during "The Swordsman: The Undefeated"
After that, a movie made using Lin Qingxia's gimmick failed at the box office. In today's time and space, it is not known whether it will be popular, so Cai Zhiliang could only make plans early.
At that time, Chua's Pictures had been in the media's sight. From the release of "A Better Tomorrow" to the release of "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Rich Man", it was always lukewarm. Everyone knows that the company made money last year.
Yes, it’s just that we don’t have a precise idea of the company’s profitability, which gives the company an opportunity to speculate.
A small company like Cai's Pictures can only shoot two or three movies a year at most, and the profit level of each movie ranges from a few hundred thousand to one or two million. The annual profit is five to six million.
It is already extremely profitable, because this type of company has limited capital and will not produce large-scale production, which fundamentally limits profits.
At this time, a person suddenly appeared and made tens of millions of profits by investing in a movie. He stood out from the crowd and naturally attracted the attention of society.
The report is divided into two sections. The first section is today’s report. The main purpose is to draw society’s attention to Tsai’s Pictures.
As a result, reporters from various media flocked to Choi's Pictures in Mong Kok. Zhao Shuo received these reporters and also vigorously promoted the new movie "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon". He was concerned about the company's profitability.
"Mr. Zhao, is your company really making a profit of 30 million just from the movie "A Better Tomorrow" as Tiantian Daily said?"
"Our company also hopes to have such beautiful financial reports as Tiantian Daily said. Since its establishment, the company has been committed to contributing high-quality movies to Hong Kong audiences. Just like the movie currently being planned - "The Six-Finger Piano Demon", specially invited
Miss Lin Qingxia was cast as the heroine, and a special effects artist from Xu Ke Studio was hired..."
The long speech was interrupted by the reporter, "Mr. Zhao, do you mean that the profit was less than 30 million? I heard that the investment at that time was a loan from a bank?"
"The company has no special budget, mainly because it has recently invested in "Six Finger Piano Demon" and "A Chinese Ghost Story." "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a special effects blockbuster produced by Mr. Xu Ke, which is definitely better than the previous "New Shushan Swordsman" produced by Jiahe.
"More sophisticated. "Six Finger Piano Demon" is consistent with it and hopes to bring a visual feast to the Hong Kong audience."
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When Tian Tian Daily reported on Choi's Pictures, Cai Zhiliang was accompanying Cai Kang, Cai Minyi and his daughter to visit their graves in Kowloon. Early the next morning, Cai Kang and Cai Minyi took a flight back to Malaysia.
"Since New Year's Day, there have been three movies with a box office of over 20 million, and Chua's Pictures has invested in two of them, which shows its vicious vision. It is conceivable that with the success of "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Rich and Rich" in other Asian countries
Each film will bring a profit of at least 20 million yuan to Chua's Pictures when released in various regions.
As Mr. Zhao Shuo said yesterday, Cai's Pictures invested in "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon." "A Chinese Ghost Story" had already started filming two years ago. It was once because Cai's Pictures spent 5 million to buy out Wang Zuxian's contract.
It was a sensation.
As for "Six Finger Piano Demon", Mr. Cai Zhiliang boasted a few years ago that the box office would exceed the 18 million of last year's "North and South Shaolin".
With Choi's Pictures' consistent ability to attract money, after "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon" are released, a new billionaire will be born in the film market..."
This report completely shocked the city of Hong Kong. Everyone knows that making money by making movies this year can only make you tens of millions of dollars at most, and you risk losing money at any time. Choi's Pictures seems to be a special case, covered with a layer of mystery.
The veil. After all, in the final analysis, most of the awe between people comes from the awe of wealth.
The afternoon and evening newspapers of the day reprinted the story one after another. Tsai's Pictures became a hot topic for a while, which also made "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon" popular. Especially at the filming site of "A Chinese Ghost Story", there were suddenly many media reporters.
Of course, there are also some media who are sour: "I don't care about the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon", I just want to know the investment in the two. Following the old practice of "New Shushan Swordsman", just reduce it by half.
Final box office for both."
Since we compare it with Jiahe's "The Legend of the New Shushan Swordsman", we should know the fact that its final box office was less than the investment cost.
In the afternoon of that day, Cai Zhiliang accompanied Zhao Baoxiu to visit Zhao Hongde, because he was leaving for Jiangsu and Zhejiang the next day.
"Dad, it's still snowing along the Yangtze River recently, why don't we go later?" Zhao Baoxiu advised again.
"Don't bother me. The snowy middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River are in the Huguang area and are still far away from Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Zhao Hongde smiled and then asked: "A Liang, is it really so profitable to open a film company? There are so many stories about
Reports from your film company."
Zhao Baocheng suddenly looked at his nephew eagerly.
Cai Zhiliang shook his head and said: "I can definitely make some money, but it's just not as profitable as the newspapers said. Since last year, Zhou Runfa's box office appeal has been catching up with Cheng Long. All the movies he stars in can make a lot of money."
For other movies, there will be losses and profits. Is uncle interested?"
Zhao Baocheng smiled and said: "Yes, according to what you said, I will directly ask Zhou Runfa to star in a movie. What do you think?"
Cai Zhiliang said: "Zhou Runfa's salary last year was only a few hundred thousand, and now it is more than one million. In two months, it will probably exceed 2 million, which is enough to shoot a low-cost movie. Even so.
, there is no schedule yet.”
Zhao Baocheng swallowed his saliva and said, "So many?"
Cai Zhiliang said: "So the movie market is booming, and big names from all walks of life have entered the market, which has suddenly raised the cost. Last year, there were 100 movies with a box office of more than one million, not counting imported movies."
Zhao Baocheng then asked: "Are you short of funds? Can I invest some in it?"
Cai Zhiliang shook his head and said: "I am not short of funds at the moment. If I really want to enter the film market, I can invest in some films by well-known directors, and the box office is relatively guaranteed. I initially invested in films from Xu Ke Studio."
Relatives invest together, and it's okay to make money, but it would be bad if they lose money. Besides, Cai Zhiliang is not willing to share such a gold ingot with others.
Zhao Baocheng nodded angrily and said, "I'll think about it again when I come back in a few days."
Seeing Zhao Hongde change the subject, Zhao Baoxiu turned around and glared at her son. She put the antifreeze ointment she had brought as a gift, then handed a pair of knee pads to Zhao Hongde and said, "Tie these on tomorrow morning. Don't forget, the north
It’s much colder than Hong Kong City.”
Chapter completed!