my time as a director

Two months of summer vacation, two months of Lunar New Year, one month of Spring Festival, and other National Day, May [-]st, and Dragon Boat Festivals add up to one month, and there are six months in a year that can sell box office.

During these six months, there were 330 moviegoers per month, 50 viewers per month, and 17 viewers per day.

During the peak period of holidays, a movie theater has 17 audiences per day, even in a county town, it is too miserable.

I really don’t know how they have been open for several years without closing down. The boss is really a great philanthropist. After all, a movie theater must have at least ten employees of various types. The box office is 3 yuan a year, and even the salary is not enough.

Movie theaters in small counties are so difficult, but movie theaters in county towns and small cities are also the most diligent in opening, and they are all vying to open movie theaters in small places.

It's nothing more than a lack of supervision in small places, and they steal as much as they want.

There are many big cities, and it is rare to join theaters without stealing the box office, and there are various ways.

Therefore, don't even think about taking advantage of the cinema.

Everyone in the industry here knows about concealing the report and stealing the box office. Zhang Hao turned around and said, "The share can stay the same, but the ticket price is five yuan more per ticket, and the box office can even increase by [-] million in the end. "

Isn't it [-] million? In the era when the average ticket price was around [-] yuan, each ticket cost [-] yuan more, and the original [-] million box office became [-] million.

"There is no need for this. The price of movie tickets is not low now. Two movies were released in November, and three more in December. There are very few audiences who can watch three movies. Most of them will have a choice. If you watch Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling more expensive than other movies, and the audience's reputation is mediocre, then most of these viewers who don't have a lot of money and choose to watch movies will choose cheaper blockbuster movies.

Moreover, Jinling Shisanchai is more expensive, which is not conducive to the theater selling drinks and snacks, and the duration is longer. We will also have an advantage in arranging films. If we really increase the ticket price by five yuan, it will actually be much more than the box office without an increase. After all, the audience may be reduced. "

What Zhang Weiping said is true that the share of domestic producers is lower than that of Mi Lijian.

However, Mi Lijian’s theaters have another big income, selling merchandise, which is even higher than drinks and snacks, making up for the gap in the low box office revenue.

Domestic theaters can't sell much peripherals, at most they can set up a claw machine.

Moreover, the domestic market is small, and there are limited movies every year. In the off-season, few people watch movies, and theaters as a whole are losing money.

Of course, this is not a case of stealing the box office. Last year at least one billion box office was stolen. Counting the one billion, the theater is making money.

Li Qian didn't follow Zhang Weiping's operation, and the Lunar New Year file was going on normally.

In terms of publicity, Guo Fan, director of [-] million yuan, Liu Ye and Zhou Xun, two of the best actors in the Mesozoic Era, and the sci-fi theme are enough to attract the audience.

And in the prepared trailer, Li Xianji, played by Liu Ye, incarnates as a super soldier to brave the Middle East, confronts Lantern, and kills a small army by himself.

In the Caribbean sea, alone to destroy the pirate gang.

These big scenes, together with the two protagonists on the bench in the capital park, look back at history, the liberation of Beiping during the Battle of Pingjin, the bloody battle of the 29th Army during the Anti-Japanese War, the burning of the Old Summer Palace at the mouth of the Eight Great Halls, Zhu Yuanzhang’s Northern Expedition and occupation of the capital until the Western Zhou Dynasty. Gongfengyan, even the Peking Man tens of thousands of years ago, and the earlier dinosaur age.

Anyway, it is a quick look back at a series of major events in the history of the capital, and these are exciting enough as a preview.

However, the budget has also increased from 7000 million to 1000 million, exceeding [-] million. Fortunately, the shots of each era are only a few seconds, and the scenes are flashed back quickly. Some of them are even taken from other film and television dramas and documentaries. .

The shot itself is the two people suffering from jet lag, looking back at the history of the place they are in from a bystander's perspective, just like the vicissitudes of life.

Everything else is easy to say, you can find materials for various film and television dramas and documentaries, and you just need to pay a copyright fee. For the more distant Shaogong Fengyan and dinosaurs, you have to come by yourself. The former is filmed, and the latter It's made by special effects.

There are dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, but Li Xianji's Adventures is going back to history and must conform to the characteristics of the times.

Li Qian then asked, "By the way, it is still necessary to find a naval force. This is not November, and the competition is fierce, so we cannot take it lightly."

Having said that, everyone who was originally full of confidence could not help but put away their somewhat inflated thoughts.

Originally, Broken Relationship swept November in 33 days, with a box office of more than [-] million, which made Du Yang and the others have absolute confidence in the Lunar New Year file.

Guo Fan’s last movie broke [-] million yuan, and this time the starring lineup is even stronger, and they have also watched the trailer. Whether it’s a showdown or a look back in history, the big scene that needs to be explosive has the best, and the imagination needs to be imaginative. It can definitely whet the audience's appetite.

However, there are also two opponents, Jinling Shisanchai and Longmen Feijia. This is not an ordinary movie. Basically, except that I am not the God of Medicine, it is the first seed player at the box office.

Du Yang said helplessly, "In the past year, with Director Li around, we really lacked a sense of crisis. Everything went so smoothly."

"That's right, the biggest crisis is just the joint efforts of major companies during the summer vacation. We couldn't do much that time. The main reason is that I am not the God of Medicine movie itself. It seems that we are not important." Zhong Lifang smiled wryly.

Although the entire company is not small now, including the publicity personnel of the ground network, there are almost [-] employees.

Li Qian usually doesn't care about anything, but even so, the entire company relies on Li Qian alone, and their sense of existence is too low.

"It can't be said that when the company was first established, it focused on stability in the first year. Now this situation has met my expectations. The ground network guarantees offline distribution, has the ability to issue large-scale nationwide, and has the ability to promote online. Second only to a few big companies." Li Qian shook his head.

Although Li Qian said so, everyone understood that the offline distribution ability still depends on Li Qian, just like the new picture depends on Zhang Yimou. Without Zhang Yimou, the theaters would not pay attention to him.

The five cinema chains under the Four Optoelectronics also cooperated because of Li Qian.

In other words, everything depends on Li Qian.

Li Qian smiled, "After finishing this year's work, there will be no movies released after the Lunar New Year. The company should do more projects, no matter movies or TV dramas, as long as it's not a bad movie, it doesn't matter even if it loses a little money. The number of projects every year must keep up. .”

To start a company, the output and turnover must increase. You can’t just have profits without scale. This is not enough, and it is not a personal studio.

Sometimes size is more important than profit.

In fact, Du Yang and the others didn't blame themselves too much. Who wouldn't want to do the lying wins? They wished to be in the light of Li Qian and lie all the way to the top of the industry without worrying about it.

However, you still need to have an attitude, and after some self-criticism, cheer up.

"I'm talking to Xue Xiaolu about her next movie. Although the box office of Ocean Paradise is not good, the movie is still good, but it lacks commercial attributes. This time she plans to make a love movie, and I think it should be able to win." Du Yang talked about a project he was talking about.

Several other people also talked about the progress of their work. Even Zhao Jun, who flatters every day, as the production director, is also in contact with other directors.

"Director Li, I have met Lu Yang, who won the Best New Director Award at the Golden Rooster Awards this year, with him twice. He seems to be planning to make a martial arts film. I plan to wait until Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate is released. If there is still a future for martial arts films, If the cost is not high, it can still be invested.”

That's right, what were they doing there one by one just now?

Li Qian shook his head secretly, and said with a smile, "Winning the Golden Rooster Best Newcomer Director also has certain potential. As long as the investment is not too high, it doesn't matter. Even if he loses, just give him a lot of experience. If a newcomer with potential is not enough, he will have more experience." Find a few, if one out of ten gets it right, they all make money."

Time passed day by day, and with the official release of Jinling Shisanchai on the 8th, it received 2500 million box office on the first day, and the Lunar New Year war has officially begun.

Li Qian also continued to be busy with his own affairs, and confirmed other actors one after another within a few days.

Truman's mother is played by teacher Pan Hong. She has always been a simple, generous, elegant, and quiet woman, and she is also a relatively perfect image of a mother and mother-in-law. Before Truman knew the truth, she was always like this image.

At the same time, it is also possible to perform that kind of fake family affection. After all, Pan Hong herself often plays similar roles, and she can play both sides very well.

As for his father, Li Qian invited Mr. Li Baotian to play a guest role, playing the role of a father who is so fake that he can hide Truman, it is not difficult.

These two characters are villains, and they may have family ties. After all, even a dog has feelings for 30 years.

However, the family relationship between them is maintained by the remuneration given by the program group. They are just playing such a role. When the relationship can be measured by money, it is not a relationship.

Moreover, when Truman discovered the clue, their first thought was not to tell the truth, but to continue to hide it for their own work.

The so-called family affection is just their job.

The rest of the roles are basically confirmed. Pan Lei is cast as the uncle in the bath. He is also funny enough to be a funny guy.