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Text Chapter 85 A movie that makes people laugh

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    Jiang Zhiqiang's words basically represent Li Mingbao's thoughts.  Even if they are also Hollywood giants, other companies are unlikely to provide better conditions than 20th Century Fox.  Because the power that 20th Century Fox is using now is completely equivalent to the good movies they make themselves.  Other companies are unlikely to provide such conditions when they have their own movies on the Christmas schedule. However, 20th Century Fox can perform best precisely because it has no such concerns.  ¡°And by doing this, 20th Century Fox also has a strong condition in winning theaters.  After all, they are a giant, and a movie that can be promoted like this is naturally a good movie, and the theaters have also made great concessions. Not only did they fully agree to 20th Century Fox's share request, but they also made a lot of efforts on the screens of theaters.  With the concession, we can reach 3,500 screens in one step.  This is a guarantee that Justin didn't dare to make before, but now he can easily achieve it. Their company's investment in publicity has paid off before the movie has even started to be released.  In the remaining time, Li Mingbao and Jiang Zhiqiang no longer worry about the problems of the movie "Home Alone". Anyway, now that their company is watching, they will definitely do a lot better than Li Mingbao and the others.  Since there was no room for intervention in this matter, Li Mingbao began to plan the company's problems in the United States.  He had been busy with movies before. Although the company was established, it did not develop very well. There were only two or three employees inside, not even two people in the industry. It occupied a huge territory.  But it makes those employees bored and dazed every day.  Li Mingbao had no time management before, and Jiang Zhiqiang also had no time. Now that everyone has time, they naturally have to take care of themselves.  When it came to naming the company, Li Mingbao was too lazy and just called his company DreamWorks, which was considered to have stolen Spielberg's company name.  This name is easy to remember and has meaning. For Li Mingbao to achieve his current achievements, it is equivalent to a big dream. Li Mingbao feels that he is more qualified to enjoy the name of DreamWorks than Spielberg. The worst is that the company will become bigger in the future.  , directly pulled Spielberg over.  Since he has opened a company here, the company must produce movies. With a good cooperative relationship with 20th Century Fox, Li Mingbao does not have to worry about distribution.  With such an advantage, if it is not used properly, it will be a huge waste. Zou Daheng has not received such treatment in Hollywood until now, but Li Mingbao took the lead.  If Li Mingbao develops in Hollywood in the long term, then there is no need to think too much about how to shoot movies. Li Mingbao has plenty of movies in his mind to shoot.  But Li Mingbao's ideal base is Hong Kong. Hollywood is just a place to make extra money. He can't stay here all the time.  So in terms of investment, this problem must be solved before he returns to Hong Kong.  And the time for him to return to Hong Kong is not far away. He will arrive in Hong Kong at least before the Spring Festival this year.  Although the total box office of the movie "Home Alone" was definitely not over at that time, the general trend showed the potential of this movie.  Generally, if you want to know whether a movie with such heavy publicity is doing well at the box office, you can tell within half a month.  And the Spring Festival of 1982 is coming to February. Li Mingbao will have at least a month to watch it in Hollywood. Whether the movie is good or not will be decided before he returns to Hong Kong.  Li Mingbao cannot be the director of DreamWorks, and Jiang Zhiqiang¡¯s expertise is not in this area, so if you want to continue to make movies, you must have a director who can take charge.  There are various types of movies in Hollywood, but there are not many that meet Li Mingbao's requirements.  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  With so many requests, there really aren't many choices. Small-budget comedy films like "Home Alone" are a typical example, but Li Mingbao knew he couldn't keep this series of movies, so he didn't even consider it.  After many choices, Li Mingbao finally chose horror films that are low-cost but have a market in the United States. Although in the United States, most horror and thriller films are classified as R-rated, it must be said that this market is huge.  .  And regarding the classification of levels, Li Mingbao also has an advantage, that is, all of his current movies are distributed by 20th Century Fox.  As one of the members of the rating committee, as long as Li Mingbao's movies are not too unconventional, 20th Century Fox will definitely help, at least there will be no NC-17 rated movies.  Of course, Li Mingbao does not need to consider this issue now, because this level has not been divided in the United States, only PGRating, PG-13, R.  As for G-level movies that are harmless to humans and animals, Li Mingbao never thought that his movies would appear at this level.  Although it is difficult to sell a single film at a high price for a small-budget horror film, it is basically impossible to achieve a box office of over 100 million.  But because the cost is small, you can make money with a few million dollars, and tens of millions is very good. Compared with working hard and racking your brains to make so much money in Hong Kong, shooting low-cost horror movies here is really a way to make money.  A good way.  Although you won¡¯t get rich overnight, you can make a steady stream of money.  For maintaining the work of DreamWorks, this type of movie is the most suitable. By then, movies like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" will be produced by DreamWorks.  For movies like these, the investment is only two to three million US dollars at most, but the revenue is at least tens of millions of dollars. Take "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as an example, the investment is only 1.8 million US dollars, but the box office revenue can be two  Ten million dollars.  Excluding the share of theaters and distribution, Li Mingbao got at least 8 million U.S. dollars. Excluding the cost of 1.8 million, Li Mingbao could make a net profit of 6.2 million U.S. dollars, which is close to 50 million in Hong Kong dollars.  The most important thing is that even if a horror movie like this doesn't do very well at the box office, it can definitely make a lot of money selling videotapes.  A low-budget horror film may seem to make little money, but you must know that the money earned is in US dollars. If converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is definitely not a small amount.  For a few years, it is the most suitable subject to maintain the life of the dream factory, and it can be subsidized.  Originally I didn't think much of movies like horror movies, but after Li Mingbao explained the theory that slow water is the way to go, Jiang Zhiqiang was finally convinced.  Now that he has a goal, Jiang Zhiqiang began to recruit horror and thriller directors from Hollywood.  Since this type of movie is considered a niche in the North American market, it is easy for big companies to lose money when making such movies, so those who work in this type of movie are not doing well.  Jiang Zhiqiang offered a small price, and many people joined DreamWorks. Among them, Li Mingbao especially wanted Jiang Zhiqiang to pay attention to Wes Craven, the father of Hollywood horror, "A Nightmare on Elm Street"  "Director of the series.  He didn't put much effort into discovering this guy. Jiang Zhiqiang just told him that there would be no shortage of investment in the future. Twentieth Century Fox would do the distribution, and he would also get box office dividends. But these things, Wei Wei now  S. Craven is already very satisfied. The most satisfying thing is that this humble small company can actually let 20th Century Fox do the distribution. This is what he values ??most.  He had never expected such treatment before, but now he has such preferential treatment just for joining the company. For a person who makes horror movies, it is already very satisfying.  Li Mingbao¡¯s work at DreamWorks is not slow, and Twentieth Century Fox¡¯s actions are also very fast.  Since vigorously promoting the movie "Home Alone", 20th Century Fox has basically devoted all its Christmas chips to this movie. ? And time flies too quickly.  While Li Mingbao and the others were still signing contracts with the new talent coming to the company, "Home Alone" had already begun to be shown in cinemas.  Because the publicity was well done, the attendance rate on the first day was very high. With 3,500 screens, the average attendance rate could reach 70%. This is definitely a very remarkable number.  You know, not only 20th Century Fox is promoting the Christmas season, but other Hollywood giants are also promoting it.  The promotion of "Home Alone" certainly leveraged the strength of Twentieth Century Fox, but it is simply impossible to say that it is the best company in the world. Even if other companies have the purpose of suppressing it, it is impossible for Twentieth Century Fox to let Twentieth Century Fox take over.  All advantages are taken.  The average attendance rate was able to reach 70%. When this number was returned to the company, Justin felt that it was time to hold a celebration banquet.  And this movie, which has been promoted by 20th Century Fox for a long time, did not disappoint movie fans.  It is a day of celebration, and watching such a heartwarming and funny film is definitely a treat for the vast number of North American moviegoers.  The next day, major newspapers in the United States reported on the movie "Home Alone" in many places.  The good singing occupies the vast majority of the page. There is no way, this movie is too mainstream. It is difficult for you to see the shortcomings of this movie from anywhere, although it will definitely not get many points in terms of literature and art.  But for this festival, this movie is the most appropriate.  Even those who criticize this movie do not find problems in the movie itself, but dig into the situation behind the scenes of the movie.  Including the director of the movie is an unknown person, the director of the movieThe control is even more unlike an American. There is no one from Twentieth Century Fox behind the scenes, so they think there is something inside.
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