Rebirth 1981 starts with saving the sisters from the neighboring village.

"Well, although the box office is high, it would definitely be better if the ratings were higher. There are still four series of movies waiting to be filmed. If the reputation is bad, how can the subsequent series of movies be filmed? Will it end badly?"

Speaking of this, Qin Wanqiu showed a hint of worry.

Although she is now the queen of the media, she shouldn't worry so much about a movie.

However, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a major blockbuster with full investment from Red Star, and it is also the first commercial series film to be a big hit.

To be honest, as long as the "A Chinese Ghost Story" series creates enough influence, even if the Red Star Group goes bankrupt or is cancelled in the future, Red Star will still go down in history!

This kind of iconic and excellent film will accompany an actor, a company, and even the history of mankind!

Just look at Leslie Cheung’s actor pay.

His pay is unique, with a starting salary of 1800 million Hong Kong dollars!

Below him, Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan currently have a starting salary of 1000 million Hong Kong dollars.

These days, Chow Yun-fat and Chan Chung are very powerful, but Leslie Cheung is also good in the fields of film, television and music.

Moreover, as the vice president of Red Star Film and Television Investment, Leslie Cheung will have a certain amount of resources allocated to him, and his development will be even more rapid!

In addition, the movies starring Leslie Cheung have exploded in recent years, almost standing out from the crowd!

Therefore, those film producers are very optimistic and offer super high pay!

Even with such a high salary, it is not certain that Leslie Cheung could be invited.

Because he has very high requirements for movie scripts, he will not take a bad movie even if he is paid a lot.

If Red Star Films and Leslie Cheung had not signed the subsequent films in advance when signing the second "A Chinese Ghost Story", they probably wouldn't be able to afford it now.

This is not to say that Red Star Films has no money.

The main reason is that Red Star Film and Television has very strict requirements on the production costs of films.

Take the production cost of "A Chinese Ghost Story 5" for example. The total production cost is 5000 million Hong Kong dollars, and special effects account for more than 50%!

According to the requirements of Red Star Films, the actor cost must not exceed 30%, which is a total of 1500 million Hong Kong dollars!

If we go by the market price, it wouldn't even be enough to entertain Leslie Cheung alone.

So we can only say that fortunately Red Star made the arrangements in advance a few years ago.

"A score above 9 is already very good, and a score of around 9 doesn't make much of a difference. As long as the word of mouth doesn't drop drastically, it means the movie is a great success in both box office and word of mouth.

Besides, there is still some time left. We can do a good job of publicity and promotion, and play the emotional card, and there is still room for improvement in the score." Peng Wanhua hugged the plump body of the royal sister and comforted her softly.

"Well~ okay." Qin Wanqiu's pretty face turned slightly red and her breathing was a little rapid.

Peng Wanhua then asked: "What is the estimated global box office for this movie?"

Qin Wanqiu thought about it, then took out a pen and paper from the table and started writing and drawing.

"Based on historical box office trends and the estimates of our current distribution channel partners, the global total is expected to be between US$8000 million and US$1.35 million.

If the producer's share of the box office is calculated at 35%, our share, calculated in Hong Kong dollars, is approximately between 2.2 million and 3.6 million Hong Kong dollars, and the net profit is between 1.7 million and 3.1 million Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, this is only the share for the producers. We have our own distribution channels and cinemas in Asia, Australia, Africa and Latin America, and we can also earn a share from the distribution and cinemas.”

"That actually made a lot of money!" Peng Wanhua couldn't help but be amazed.

No wonder the Hong Kong film industry is becoming more prosperous.

Any individual or film production company would be envious if they saw a movie making 200 million Hong Kong dollars!

Qin Wanqiu was not complacent, but sighed and said: “Alas, although Hong Kong is known as the Oriental Hollywood, it is still not as good as Hollywood.

Look at "Jurassic Park", which was invested by Meijing Pictures this year, and its global box office exceeded 10 billion US dollars!

There are also "Home Alone 92" and "Aladdin" invested in 2 last year, whose global box office exceeded 5 million US dollars!

The Terminator 91, which was invested in 2, grossed over $7 million worldwide! Every movie was a huge hit!

Even though we are the number one film and television company in Hong Kong, our box office is only around $1 million. It’s really frustrating to compare ourselves with others!”

Peng Wanhua consoled him: "You can't say that. After all, they are different markets. Hollywood has a North American box office and a European market base, so their box office is definitely much higher than ours.

In fact, we have made great progress compared to before. We will have to wait a little longer. When the inland film market starts to develop, we will definitely have local advantages and the box office will usher in a wave of explosions!"

"Speaking of the inland market, it did have a big boom last year. Movies like our company's The Deer and the Cauldron, Legend of the Ouyang Xiu, Swordsman, All's Well, Ends Well, and Justice, My Foot are all here.

The box office in the mainland has achieved very good results, and the total box office share last year exceeded 1.2 billion RMB!" Qin Wanqiu said with a smile.

"Yes, that shows that the inland film market is indeed developing." Peng Wanhua nodded in affirmation.

He then changed his tone and said, "But there is a hidden worry now. VCDs are experiencing a huge boom, and many viewers will choose to buy discs to watch at home, or in small video halls. I estimate that the film market will be greatly impacted."

Peng Wanhua recalled the development of the mainland film market in his previous life.

Since the emergence of VCD in 93, it has had a huge impact on the film market!

The total box office of the movie that year was 30 billion RMB, but it was cut in half the following year to only around 15 billion RMB!

But VCD is a major trend and we have to do it.

After weighing the pros and cons, he could only give up part of the movie box office and choose the larger VCD market.

Qin Wanqiu immediately understood what he meant and frowned as she said, "Copyright protection will indeed be a big problem. Some people even directly buy pirated discs. Not only will we not have any box office revenue, we won't even be able to sell the peripheral discs."

Peng Wanhua patted her big rabbit and said, "Don't worry about pirated discs. We have made some anti-counterfeiting technologies. For example, Wanwei's VCD has a pirated identification function, and every genuine VCD disc factory has a hidden code.

If the disc is a pirated one produced by an unauthorized manufacturer, it cannot be recognized at all, let alone played.

The only big loophole now is those pirated VCD manufacturers, who may produce pirated VCD equipment and then produce pirated VCD discs. "

"Then, what should we do?" Qin Wanqiu asked hurriedly with a hissing breath.

Peng Wanhua said calmly: "We currently have a special anti-counterfeiting team in the inland. The team leader is Wang Hai, and they are working with Hualan Law Firm to combat counterfeit and shoddy products and manufacturers.

At present, we are mainly targeting counterfeit food and health products, and we have cracked down on every company we see. Later, I will ask someone to make audio and video products a key area of ​​counterfeiting.”

"Yes, yes." Qin Wanqiu nodded her head, her hair fluttering, feeling an urgent need.

Peng Wanhua: "In addition, we need to strengthen the promotion of genuine VCD discs. Since the mainland audiences like VCD discs, we will quickly produce more and cheaper VCD discs to squeeze the living space of pirated discs and make piracy unprofitable."

"Then, doesn't that mean killing one thousand enemies but losing eight hundred of our own? Hmm~" Qin Wanqiu was puzzled, her charming voice a little distorted.