There are many movies that are very popular but not popular, but there are many movies that have a bad reputation but have a good box office.

But "The Legend of the Magic Shadow" is a typical example of poor reputation and poor box office and unsatisfactory.

If the box office on the first day of the release reached 40 million, it was still unsatisfactory, and if you can look at the subsequent trend, it suddenly dropped to more than 10 million the next day, and it was gone on the third day.

If you have a discerning eye, this movie is almost cold.

Three weeks have passed, and the box office has remained above 100 million.

This movie, including promotion and promotion, has a total investment of over 100 million yuan, and it is definitely impossible to make a return.

Not only can’t return the money, but the pure box office will definitely lose money.

Generally speaking, the producers of the box office share account cannot get a lot. All the box office will be deducted first, and then the theaters and theaters will divide 50% or 60% of the income. The remaining part is the producers and publishers of the film, which will be distributed according to the contract. Generally, the publishers will get about 10% of the producer's income.

Generally speaking, the money that Xinmo Media can earn from the box office is only one-third, which is about 30 million.

Compared with investments of over 100 million yuan, there are heavy losses.

Of course, the income of a movie does not rely solely on box office. Peripheral derivatives, TV and the Internet playback copyright, Blu-ray disc... These are subsequent means of returning funds.

In Hollywood, box office revenue even accounts for only a small part of the revenue of a movie, and the time it is derived from various times is the big part of the final profit.

However, the situation is different in the country. The revenue of derivatives is obviously not that high.

Inadequate copyright protection is an important reason.

Of course, even if this part of the money is small, it can recover some costs through these channels, especially the sale of broadcast copyrights, which is a pretty big part.

If it is a popular movie, this part of the money will not be very small, especially in the current era when the authentic consciousness in China is gradually awakening.

However, the current box office results of "The Legend of the Magic Shadow" basically announce that Xinmo Media can never recover its investment costs no matter what method it uses.

For a movie, box office results are fundamental. If the box office is good, not only will it be more expensive in the box office, but also the marketing of various copyrights will increase the value.

The box office is a failure and other copyright marketing will not be good in most cases.

In fact, if the special effects part of the movie was not done well, the box office results would have fallen a lot.

Du Zhengde was deeply hit.

When he participated in the post-production of the movie, he felt bad.

After seeing the effect of the special effects, it was really good. At that time, he felt a little relieved.

There are not many movies, which have poor acting skills and poor plots, but they still get results by playing special effects?

With the last bit of thought, he devoted himself to post-production.

As a result, during the post-production editing, he watched the film crew cut it in pain.

It’s not that he didn’t make any comments, but it was useless.

He still remembered what Hu Kang said to him: "You are the director, just take care of it when filming. We hired a very powerful editor and there are many professionals who are checking it. Don't worry."

Don't worry? Don't worry, fart!

This is the consequence of the situation now.

In fact, to be honest, the current box office results are even better than Du Zhengde expected at the beginning. Through comments from all parties, he could see that the good part was all derived from special effects.

It's a pity that I can't turn the world back.

He didn't feel sorry for Xinmo Media's investment and lost money. The bad cooperative relationship between the two parties made him wish that the company would go bankrupt and collapse.

But what about your own future?

The invitation to directing two commercial films that were in talks before were suspended after the box office results of "The Legend of the Magic" came out; even for another drama film with low cost, Du Zhengde also heard that the other party had contacted a new director and seemed to be choosing.

This matter is really nonsense.

The original thriving career was hit hard and broke the backbone.

This incident made Du Zhengde very disheartened.

When he was at a loss, he received a call from Fan Zhe.

After a cooperation and a meal in private, the two of them became a bit in love and occasionally interacted on social networks.

On the phone, Fan Zhe comforted him, and he complained to Fan Zhe about the evil behavior of "Xinmo Media".

Fan Zhe listened patiently to his complaints and occasionally echoed a few words.

At the end, he finally made his invitation: "Director Du, after the last cooperation, I think you are still very capable. I plan to do a TV series project. How about it? Should I help me?"

"TV series..." Du Zhengde was still a little hesitant.

Although it was in the trough of his career, Du Zhengde was still doubting.

Go back to the TV circle and want to fight the big screen again next time, I don’t know when it will be.

What's more, "Weidu Entertainment" is just a company that makes animations, special effects, and film and television dramas? How can Du Zhengde hears this? It doesn't feel reliable.

Fan Zhe seemed to have guessed his doubts, and later added: "It's a god and demon drama, game IP adaptation..."

After saying this, Fan Zhe added: "Invest 200 million."

"Two million? TV series?" Du Zhengde was a little shocked. The investment in this TV series is even higher than that of "The Legend of the Magic Shadow"!

In recent years, the production scale of many domestic TV series has become increasingly larger with the changes in the market.

The investment cost of "Langya Bang" that was both popular with reputation and achievements was reported to have exceeded 100 million in size; for example, the recently popular "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and "Story of Yanxi Palace" have all been claimed to have reached 300 million in size.

These data are quite terrifying, and the investment intensity is higher than that of some movies that claim to be "big cost".

Du Zhengde has never directed a drama or movie of this level.

He was moved.

"Can you tell me specifically?"

"I wonder if you have heard of the "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" IP?"

"I've heard of it, I've played it."

"Oh, that's really good, it's just right." Fan Zhe didn't expect that Du Zhengde, who was in his forties, had played this game.

But after all, when "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" became popular, it was about thirteen or fourteen years ago. At that time, Du Zhengde looked thirty years old, and it was not impossible to play it.

Fan Zhe was a little surprised, but more happy.

If the director has also played this series of games, it will obviously be of great help to change the creation of the TV series.

"70% of the investment will be put on special effects. We will do the special effects ourselves. You should believe in our level in this regard."

"That's sure." Du Zhengde had already begun to seriously consider the possibility of participating in this project.

"There are about 50 million yuan left, which can be put on the shooting. You will have the right to recommend the actors when choosing them, and I will definitely discuss it with you carefully."

"Just just the right to suggest it? Don't?" He was scared by Xinmo Media and the young man.

"Don't worry, we will definitely not be as chaotic as Xinmo Media. It's just that with a lot of investment, we need to be a little sure of it. You will definitely have a lot of say. Don't worry."

“I’m thinking about it.”

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It has been basically decided and will be available at 0:00 on October 1st (12:00 on September 30th).
Chapter completed!