Let you invest, you support half of the entertainment industry?

People present, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to talk nonsense.

They cannot bear the responsibility.

"But Xu Jia has made it clear that he has a big appetite, and ordinary benefits can't satisfy him at all. Which of you is willing to cut a piece of your own flesh and give it to him?" The manager of Dadi Films sneered.

Everyone will say good things, but the meat must be cut.

"Mr. Liu, aren't you and Xu Jia relatively close, can you intercede?" Someone asked.

Mr. Liu of Wanda Films touched the back of his head and knew that someone would push the matter on him.

He looked at the person who made the noise, and said with a sneer: "No matter how good the relationship is, if it involves interests, can you still turn a blind eye? Let alone fight for you irrelevant people."

"Why do you say that, isn't it also for you Wanda Pictures..." The man was pierced and argued.

"Okay, stop arguing."

The manager of the Shinkansen had a gloomy expression on his face. If this group of people were allowed to quarrel, they might not be able to come up with an answer until next year.

However, the major theater chains have performance tasks. Small and medium-sized theaters are counting on attendance, and theater chains with state-owned backgrounds are also responsible for the downturn in the film market.

Otherwise, if the killing stick on the top is hit, it will end up as the black hat of my family.

"I suggest that we sit down with Mr. Xu and have an open and honest discussion. It's just that we discuss it unilaterally and there will be no results." The Shinkansen manager said.

After thinking about it, everyone agreed.

...

At this time, Xu Jia didn't have the mood to care what the theaters thought.

He had just arrived at a beach in Sanya, a tourist attraction in Qiong Province.

Dense staff are shuttling on the beach, building scenes and models.

Compared with the domestic industrial system, the Hollywood team from Warner is obviously much smoother.

This is not xenophobia.

They are a team trained with real money.

Just like Xu Jia valued Guo Fan before, it is quite remarkable to be able to drive a team of thousands of people.

If you don't believe me, try to bring a group of 20 people. If you can bring it well, you will be considered a gold medal tour guide.

"Why are these two big boxes?"

Xu Jia looked at the super-large water tank that had been arranged, and was a little curious, "How big is this thing?"

"It is 56 meters long, 40 meters wide, and the deepest point can reach 3 meters. It is mainly to restore the real scene of the seabed. It is more convenient for shooting and safer for actors."

After learning that Xu Jia was on the set, Lorenzo ran over and introduced: "It will take six days to fill these two water tanks, and the water temperature has also been heated to about 30 degrees. The temperature of the water costs five thousand dollars a day.”

Wipe, I don't understand.

After learning about it, I realized that shooting this kind of blockbuster with special effects costs money every minute.

Still burning dollars.

But think about "Red Cliff", destroying a ship with hundreds of millions of dollars, that is a big deal.

Not to mention Cameron's "Titanic", which cost 200 million US dollars in 1997, a big ship was built abruptly for real shooting.

At that time, Twentieth Century Fox was almost dragged into bankruptcy.

At least my own "Megalodon" is watched by a professional producer like Lorenzo, and the director Joe is also an obedient toolman, so the budget can still be guaranteed.

"Very good, this kind of money should be used as it should be, not saved, and the safety of actors is the main priority."

Xu Jia nodded, then asked, "By the way, where is the shooting location? Are they shooting?"

"There, the actors are currently touching up their makeup, and the filming has not yet started."

Lorenzo tactfully led Xu Jia to the direction of the set, and reported the situation of the crew: "Miss Yang is very dedicated in acting, and the crew admires her, and sometimes Joe and I will ask her about the filming. Opinions, after all, new problems may be discovered from the perspective of actors."

"The cost of the crew is within a controllable range and can be supported until the filming is completed. However, in view of the rising prices, I will urge Joe to finish the filming quickly. Warner's publicity and theater resources are being coordinated, and there will be enough theaters for the filming. us."

Lorenzo is still a member of Warner on the surface, but his heart is already in the shape of Jiaxing.

The entire crew is equivalent to Jiaxing's people.

No way, Xu Jia gave too much. Lorenzo is still in his original position at Warner after finishing this movie.

But with Xu Jia, after the filming is over, he can develop his own company.

Xu Jia looked appreciatively, as expected of a veteran producer, his mind is quick.

The information reported was all the information that he was concerned about, without any nonsense.

What I said about Yang Mi above is to show that Da Mimi has the right to speak in the crew. He and the director Qiao respect each other very much, and there is no power dispute.

The latter is to report Warner's attitude. If the situation changes, Xu Jia can easily deal with it here.

"You guys just let go of this movie. To be honest, I planned to focus on the North American box office from the very beginning, so I told director Joe that the filming is more biased toward North American audiences."

"It's not about giving up the domestic market. It's just that this kind of shark disaster movie is hard to resonate with domestic audiences. Most people live inland all their lives. Even in offshore areas, sharks are rare creatures. They may have some concerns about this." Fear, but no sense of substitution."

Xu Jia gave Lorenzo some solid ground, and if it was too bloody, he would not be able to pass the review, and if it was not bloody, it would lose its charm.

More importantly, most people in the movie theater have never even been to the sea, so how can they understand the emotions in the movie?

This is the acclimatization between cultures.

North American audiences like this because of the frequent occurrence of shark attacks in the past, and there are shark movies such as "Jaws" and "Shark Beach" as the basis for watching movies.

And later generations have also proved that the real basic market of "Megalodon" is the local North American film market.

The Huaxia region is just a supplement.

Although Sister Mi is awesome, she is indeed not mixed enough to be able to carry a 300 million US dollar investment movie alone.

Lorenzo frowned, with a bit of difficulty showing on his face.

In his opinion, if the North American market is enough to support "The Megalodon", Disney will not give up this IP.

"Don't worry, with the two film markets complementing each other, the possibility of making a loss for this film is very small. It just allows you to focus on the North American market, and then you can cut it into two versions and release it, which is the same."

Xu Jia patted Lorenzo's shoulder to comfort him, only to realize that the two had already walked to the set.

When he raised his head, he saw a huge shark head appearing in front of him.

That bloody mouth can swallow at least four or five people in one gulp.

"This is a shark head model specially designed by the crew. The visual effects team spent a lot of time researching, capturing and simulating the movement of the shark, as well as the water environment where the shark lives and how the water moves. Every small detail determines the production. Effect."

"In addition to studying real sharks, scientific and reasonable re-creation of this prehistoric species is also carried out, because only some vertebral fossils of the megalodon in archaeology are available for reference, and the size of the megalodon in the movie is larger than what people speculated from the fossils. The toothed shark is even bigger, including the gills and skin of the megalodon, which are all targeted for creation." Lorenzo introduced.

Always let the donor see where the money is spent.

Obviously, Xu Jia was very satisfied with this place.