Super Zoo

Chapter 526 Concepts from 20 Years Ago

On the other side of the camera, Long Wu looked serious as if he was facing a news reporter, as if he was being interviewed. He sat upright and stared at the screen with bright eyes.

"Fifth brother, please don't pretend to be a robot. This is not for the camera. Please relax." Su Ming said with a smile.

"Oh... seeing the light of the camera flash, it becomes a habit..." Long Wu also smiled, relaxed a lot, leaned back on the chair, lowered his head to find something in the drawer under the computer, and asked: "Why do you want to make a movie?"

Looking at the smiling young man opposite the camera lens, although Long Wu's expression was calm, four words came to his mind: Young people are to be feared.

Being able to independently invest and make movies in his early twenties was extremely rare even in the golden age of Hong Kong movies. Back then, those rich young people who were willing to make movies had a huge wealthy family behind them, and almost none of them made their fortune purely by relying on their own efforts.

Even for himself, with the Xiang family behind him, which almost dominates the underground world order in Xiangjiang, what was he doing when he was in his early twenties? It seems that he is still playing a small role with Master Liu.

"I really don't have any money." Su Ming gave a rough outline of his plan to acquire the zoo.

Long Wu nodded slightly while listening. Finally he took out a cigar from the drawer and opened it with a cigar cutter, lit it and took a puff, exhaling thick smoke.

"Are you planning to focus on the tourism industry in the future?" Long Wu raised his eyebrows slightly.

In recent years, filmmakers from Hong Kong have gone north to make money, and Long Wu's companies have also produced many films for distribution in the mainland. Unfortunately, few of them have really made big money, and only a handful of them can exceed 100 million. Mainland China's film industry is a big piece of cake. Long Wu started his career in film entertainment, so he was reluctant to miss it, but he could never find a breakthrough point.

Even a big shot like Wang Jing, with a group of dazzling stars, has produced a few films that are lackluster. The box office seems to be pretty good. Excluding the cost of actors and filming, Longwu Company does not make much money. .

Therefore, when he heard Su Ming, a layman, mention making a movie, his first reaction was not that he thought it was funny, but that he saw an opportunity.

Su Ming doesn't understand movies, but he has a certain influence in the mainland. Cooperation between the two parties may open up a different situation.

But if Su Ming is just playing for fun and has no ambition, it will be difficult for the two parties to cooperate in the long term.

Su Ming's evaluation of Long Wu was even higher. Sure enough, he had seen the world, and his vision was different from that of ordinary people. In just a few sentences, he caught the key points, and even the zoo didn't pay attention. I suddenly guessed my real future plan.

But tourism is still not the whole of Su Ming's plan. Su Ming thought for a while and said, "Nowadays, many industries are in common. Whether it is tourism or movies, they are all leisure and entertainment. Not only do they not hinder each other, they can also Promotion. Look at Disney, movies, tourism and entertainment are all going great. If the movie can make money, of course I won’t miss it.”

"Are you going to build one? You are ambitious!" Long Wu's eyes lit up, he gestured a thumbs up at the camera, and said: "The mainland's entertainment market is very large, enough to support a comprehensive large-scale entertainment kingdom. If we can If you do it before others do, you can do a lot."

Su Ming smiled. It was hard to say whether he could take action before others. There were many large companies in China with ambitions to establish, such as Wanda. I started a little late.

But as Long Wu said, the mainland market is too big, and this big pond is big enough to accommodate many giant crocodiles.

"Then how big are you planning to play this time?" Long Wu asked enthusiastically.

Su Ming thought for a while: "Ten million, up to two million more. 12 million is the highest, Chinese currency."

Long Wu had just praised Su Ming for having great ambitions and a formidable future, but when he heard this number, his face twitched.

"Master Su, do you know what this number means?" Long Wu said with a wry smile.

"Small cost, small production." Su Ming shrugged.

"Twenty years ago, ten million wouldn't be considered a small cost, and could barely be called a big production. But now..."

Long Wudao: "Ten million is really not enough. If a famous director hires a few slightly famous actors, the ten million will be used up. What else can he use to make a movie? An investment of ten million means that There are no stars, no big directors, no special effects, and even very little filming. Speaking of which, theaters may not be willing to schedule the film.”

Su Ming, as Long Wu said, probably also knows that money is not worth much these days. In the past, Hong Kong's top stars were only paid one million Hong Kong dollars in salary for making a movie. Two to three million is already considered a sky-high price. The special effects in the movie are nothing more than frivolous. Wia, explosions and racing are already the biggest expenses. The crew only earns a few dozen or a hundred yuan a day, and a movie with an investment of tens of millions can barely be considered a blockbuster.

Nowadays, everything is priced tenfold. Movies with an investment of 50 to 60 million are everywhere, and those with an investment of over 100 million can find a dozen movies every year. If you mention the investment of 10 million, people will laugh.

But it's not entirely impossible. As far as Su Ming knows, there are quite a few domestic films with a budget of tens of millions or even several million, and some of them, such as 33 Days of Love, have achieved good results. Theoretically speaking, investing tens of millions of dollars is not a dead end.

"Take it step by step. It's your first time to test the waters. Of course you have to be cautious." Su Ming said: "You don't have to hire big names for the actors. There should be as few special effects as possible, and the main thing is authenticity."

"Do you have a script? What style of film?" Long Wu asked.

"There is no specific script yet, only a rough idea of ​​the story." Su Ming grinned: "As for the style, it's a small production, of course it's a niche route, a horror film."

"Horror film?!" Long Wu's head was even bigger. Is there anyone making a horror film these days?

The mainland's film censorship mechanism is so strict that it's hard to say whether a horror film can pass the censorship.

Not to mention the market, the era of horror films has long passed. Horror films in mainland China and Hong Kong have almost disappeared in movie theaters in recent years. Occasionally, the box office is terrible. There is a possibility of a surprise in any film, even if it is a pure art film. As long as it is well managed and lucky, it is still possible to make a small profit.

Only horror films don't have this possibility. Last year, Hong Kong released a nostalgic zombie film, which brought together many big names and paid tribute to classic zombie films. It had the sentiment and plot, and the shooting level was also good, but the audience just didn't buy it, and it lost a lot of money in the end.

For the first time, Long Wu felt that he was a little unsure of Su Ming.

A pitiful investment of ten million, and a horror film that was doomed to fail. No matter how you look at it, Su Ming's concept of movies is still stuck in the past twenty years.

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