Chapter 290 Intangible wealth
For Dimension Entertainment, "The Emperor of Ruzi" is really not the direction they are good at.
The investment in this drama is not small, and the key is that it does not use too much dimension entertainment. In the past years, the outside world has always had special effects technology that has been praised by everyone.
At the beginning, when he decided to invest in this project, Ye Jiayi once told Fan Zhe that if there was any work that would be the Waterloo of "Dimensional Entertainment", it might be this one.
Fan Zhe himself knew about these issues. However, he still made such a choice.
One of the main reasons is that Fan Zhe himself likes the original work very much. He believes that the original work tells a very good story and is also very suitable for adapting film and television dramas. In terms of the plot, this kind of superficial dynasty change and classical power struggles are rare in the domestic market.
Weidu Entertainment hopes that if this work can achieve the same results as "Langya Bang", it will be satisfied.
In fact, the difference between the two is quite big. Although they both cover history and talk about "power schemes", in comparison, "The Emperor of Ruzi" is much more realistic, and the overall style is more dark and cruel.
The plot told in "Langya Bang" is actually not Fan Zhe's dish. He hopes that through "The Emperor of Ruzi", he will bring a more textured story about power struggles to domestic audiences with an ancient Chinese background.
And by now, it is almost time for this drama to be finished.
The company set the premiere time for "The Emperor of Ruzi" in mid-December.
This time is not a blind date. "The Emperor of Ruzi" is expected to be able to complete all production work before November. It is scheduled to be mid-December, which is to take over "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts".
According to the current schedule, "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts" will probably be released at the end of December, and then it will be released on "The Emperor of Ruzi", which will be just in time.
The content of Emperor Ruzi is longer than the first part of "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts", and will look like ninety-one episodes. At that time, it will still be played at a speed of six episodes a week until April next year.
At that time, it will take out the lower part of "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts" and it will be available for another three months.
In this way, it can basically be guaranteed that before next summer, the "Dimension Platform" will always have a main show produced and distributed by Dimension Entertainment, which will be broadcast online.
However, the achievements of "The Emperor of Ruzi"... Fan Zhe himself had no idea.
He has watched the movie. Although he hasn't finished it, he still looks very comfortable with this semi-finished product.
The starring actor Li Ze, if you want to talk about appearance, he is no worse than Chen Yu, another major actor under Weidu Entertainment. Even when it comes to acting skills, Li Ze, who has suffered in the statement, is even much stronger than Chen Yu.
However, his popularity is far inferior to Chen Yu, which is an indisputable fact.
The main reason is that he does not have as many opportunities as Chen Yu.
In "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", one is the undisputed first male lead in the popular drama, and the other is a supporting actor with few roles; Chen Yu has participated in several projects from other companies in succession, while Li Ze devoted himself to polishing his acting skills during this period; Chen Yu then filmed another step in "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts", which is still popular all over the country, and can still make a lot of views under the paid mode. Although Li Ze has also waited for the opportunity of his male lead and the movie has also succeeded, horror films like "Hell Apartment" are naturally unlikely to be compared with "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts".
But despite this, apart from him, there are no more popular actors in "The Emperor of the Ruzi".
Among the characters, Weidu Entertainment will not all enable newcomers. There are many characters that may look familiar, but there are no more famous stars in the first and second tier cities, which is an indisputable fact.
The stars are not that shining, the actors are not paid so much, and there are no special effects.
But despite this, "The Emperor of Ruzi" still spent more than 200 million yuan on budget. The reason for this is that I spent the entire filming details.
From costumes, to scene construction, to shooting many details, the film "Ruzi Emperor" has done a lot of work.
In the end, all of these are reflected in the work.
After watching the film himself, Fan Zhe was still very satisfied with the work of director Xie Peihe.
However, it is unknown whether this film can achieve enough success in the market.
Its style, to be said, is quite special in China. Moreover, it is very typical. From the perspective of content, the goal of this film is not to attract female audiences. On the contrary, male audiences may be the largest audience group of such films.
Of course, this may not be the case.
For example, at the beginning, Fan Zhe thought that boys like to watch more. After all, the picture is cool, the theme of the Three Kingdoms, and the game adaptation is still adapted, but the final result slapped him in the face. Although there are many male audiences, much more than ordinary domestic dramas, the number of female audiences still exceeds that of males.
In short, no matter what, the results of "The Emperor of Ruzi" ultimately depend on how they go online.
As for the relevant publicity work, the marketing department of Wu Jingtong is already working on it, and the most important publicity will be carried out in early December, on the eve of the work being launched.
According to the plan of the commercial department of "Dimension Entertainment", they hope that the work "Ruzidi" can bring more than three million paid members to the company on the "Dimension Platform", and its own sales can reach five million sets.
If the goal can be achieved, "The Emperor of the Ruzi" will bring about 500 million revenue to Weidu Entertainment, which also means that they will be able to gain more than 200% of the benefits in this film and television drama.
This will still be a very good investment return ratio.
In addition, the works are made by yourself, the publicity is made by yourself, the distribution is made by yourself, and the platform is also own. This means that every penny earned by "The Emperor of Ruzi", including the previous "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts", is for Dimensional Entertainment itself, and there is no need to share with others except for paying taxes.
This is much more valuable than simply selling "The Emperor of Ruzi" to others for 500 million or 600 million.
Don’t look at money, but if the user is the blood of the platform, then the content is the bone. Users always follow the content. Without good content, the platform cannot be able to do it.
Chapter completed!