Chapter 427 The Rising Giant
After Oscar, Li Qian flew back to the capital the next day, turned down all interviews, including CCTV, and anyone's invitations, and rested at home for two days.
To be honest, I have been straining my heart before, and now I can finally relax.
After winning the award, it is over, and the rest of the carnival belongs to optoelectronics, the media, and the audience.
Eating three meals a day on time, watching TV, occasionally playing games, going to bed early and getting up early, and running five kilometers in the morning are the normal rhythm of life.
After resting for three days, it was already March 1st, and I went to run five kilometers in the morning, took a hot bath, and ate the breakfast made by Tong Liya slowly.
After breakfast, I sat on the sofa, used TV, computer, and mobile phone, watched replays of hot dramas, watched classic movies, and then watched some funny news on the Internet by the way.
Tong Liya also leaned on Li Qian, holding a tablet and reading the news, and suddenly became angry.
"This Professor Qinghua is simply not human!"
"What's wrong?"
"It's not that Li **, a professor from Qinghua Law School posted on Weibo, saying that a strong and sharp drinking girl is less harmful than a strong and good woman!"
"Okay, don't be angry, sooner or later this kind of person will drown in the sea of the people. Don't squirt him to death with the saliva of netizens. ”
Li Qian patted Tong Liya on the back and made her feel comfortable.
"However, it's really unlucky, two of the four famous fathers are surnamed Li. ”
In the Internet era, more and more things have been exposed under the noses of the public, and more and more have been in the past two years.
Dong Jie and Pan Yueming's marriage has been rampant since last year, and it was completely exposed to the public by the paparazzi two days ago.
Wang Dazhi, the marriage partner who has been rumored before, was photographed by the paparazzi kissing Dong Jie.
Even Zhang Yimou has just signed a contract with Lay's, and he is in the news again.
However, this time, some media broke the news that he was superborn.
Superbirth......
Well, the media is getting more and more powerful.
However, the media also provided the public with a lot of after-dinner conversations.
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After watching the news, Li Qian asked again, "By the way, when will your "Beijing Meets Seattle" join the group again, I feel that you have more meat on your body during this time, I think it's about the same." ”
"In another half a month. Tong Liya touched her cheeks twice with some distress, and sighed there, "When the time comes, losing weight will be uncomfortable again." ”
"Beautiful Fate" has officially changed its name to "Beijing Meets Seattle", and filming has started, first shoot other scenes, Tong Liya needs to make herself plumper, at least have some meat on her face, and look like a pregnant person.
"That's good, it's just right. ”
Li Qian smiled, and his right hand slowly rubbed on Tong Liya's slightly plump body, feeling a slightly softer touch than before.
It was really thin before, although there should be meat in the front and back, far from being as thin as it looks, but the whole body is still a little panicked, and it doesn't feel as good as it is now.
"You're comfortable. Tong Liya glanced at Li Qian angrily, and slapped the big hand that was wandering on her.
"By the way, Teng Huatao's new film "Waiting for the Wind to Comes" also asked me what I thought, but the schedule collided with "Beijing Meets Seattle", do you want to coordinate it?"
"I'll talk to him in two days, it doesn't matter if this film is picked up or not. Li Qian said.
"Aren't you optimistic about this movie?" Tong Liyaqi said, this is the first time that Li Qian has a clear negative attitude towards the film directed by her.
Li Qian shook his head, "This film is not something Teng Huatao can play, after all, he is a TV drama director, the script of "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" covers up his biggest weakness, to put it mildly, without a script with a strong story like "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", he is really not suitable to be a commercial film director. ”
Interlaced like a mountain, movies and TV series, even if there is no big mountain in the middle, at least there is a big river across it, or there is no bridge.
The probability of success of a TV drama director switching to film is not much stronger than the probability of an advertising director's success in changing careers.
"People are at least 600 million box office directors, and you are not suitable to be a film director. Tong Liya was scolded.
In fact, to put it mildly, "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" is an atypical movie, this kind of film with a strong TV series director's color, it can't be called a director's work, to be precise, this should be Bao Jingjing's movie, in addition to Bao Jingjing is a writer, she herself is a screenwriter from a film school class. Li Qian said.
"But this time it's Bao Jingjing's, the script she wrote, how do you know that you can't run well?"
"Have you seen it, tell me what story you told?"
"It's the story of a food columnist and a rich second generation looking for happiness in Nepal. Of course Tong Liya watched it.
"This is a travelogue, the title of the book is called "Travelogue, or Guide", there is no strong story at all, yes, the script is similar, there is no ready-made, interesting, complete story, I can already imagine what Teng Huatao filmed. ”
The movie "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" is almost a fine cut of the original work, relying too much on the original book and dialogue, and even talking on the phone has to be talked back and forth for a long time, and the heavy part of the movie is not the picture and sound, but the dialogue.
There was a lot of laughter from the audience when the movie was shown, because there were indeed a lot of lines that sounded very pleasant, such as "Love is a daughter, it's better to have a chest" or something.
Without these lines that make people laugh, it would be completely disastrous.
From a professional point of view, the movie is too thin, just like watching a PPT with a GIF and commentary.
But relying on the plot of the original work, as well as the performances of the actors, especially Wen Zhang, all the shortcomings are covered, which is enough to fool the audience.
"Okay, you're a big director, you have a point. Tong Liya pursed her lips, he couldn't talk about Li Qian professionally, but he still didn't think Tenghua Tao was so unbearable as Li Qian said.
"Then I'll go and discuss with Teng Huatao, if the schedule can be staggered, you will take it, anyway, it is the director who is scolded, it is no problem to get a box office of 100 million, and there is no harm in taking it, if you can't make a mistake, find another actor." ”
After looking at the time, it was nine o'clock, and after a few days of rest, I had to go back to the company, so I got up and prepared to change my clothes and go out.
"Wait. ”
Tong Liya hooked Li Qian's neck and made a heavy mark on his mouth before waving her hand, "Let's go, let's go." ”
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Li Qian came to the company and convened a meeting of the company's executives, and Huayang Media's film business was directly knocked out by Li Qian.
"Congratulations to Director Li!"
As soon as they met, Du Yang and they expressed their belated congratulations, and after Oscar, Li Qian rested at home for a few days, and they didn't have time to say hello to the boss.
Li Qian said with a smile, "Okay, okay, everyone sit down, the past is gone, it's time to start a new job, this year we will officially replace Huayang Media and become the largest private film company in China. ”
When it comes to the company's expansion, there is a faint excitement in everyone's eyes, and they are waiting for this day. Sands Chinese
Expand, finance, expand, refinance, and go public, and everybody gets a big return.
Entering the topic, Du Yang, as the general manager, reported on the current business at hand.
"In addition to "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", "Wolf Warrior", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Thai Embarrassment", "Beijing Meets Seattle", "Embroidered Spring Knife", "Waiting for the Wind to Come" and other films that the company mainly controls and invests, with the box office of "Journey to the West" breaking one billion, I have also received a lot of films seeking cooperation and distribution. ”
The sequel to Xu Zheng's "People in Embarrassment" is already in preparation, and it will be filmed in Thailand soon.
Wen Muye's "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Deng Chaoyi joined the group and started filming as soon as he came back from Hollywood.
"Wolf Warrior" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are still in preparation, "Beijing Meets Seattle" and "Waiting for the Wind to Come" are about to start filming, "Embroidered Spring Knife" is the new film of Lu Yang, the best newcomer director at the Magic Capital Film Festival signed by Du Yang last year.
This is all the projects of the company at present, but with the release of "Journey to the West" exceeding one billion, it has also received more distribution business.
Du Yang continued, """The Residence of Fuchun Mountain" directed by Mr. Paige Taihe himself, starring Liu Dehua, intends to hand it over to us for distribution, Guan Hu's new film "The Chef Plays the Ruffian" has a gap of 20 million funds, starring Liu Ye, Huang Bo, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Bo will follow this movie after filming "Thai Embarrassment".
There is also Veken Media's "Witness to the Whole People", starring Guo Fucheng and Sun Honglei, after Veken Media invested in "Painted Skin 1", the second part was kicked out by Huayang and Ningxia Film Group, and it also wanted to be handed over to us for distribution.
"Blind Detective", which is jointly invested by Huanya and Yinghuang, is also starring Liu Dehua, although Yindu is very dissatisfied with us and Wu Siyuan's "Cold War", but Huanya and Yinghuang are interested in cooperating with us.
It's just that "Sweeping Drugs" couldn't be won, although Uniasia also wanted to hand it over to us for distribution, but the main investors Yindu and Berner disagreed, and this film had Ximihua's investment, so I didn't force it. ”
One movie after another, Du Yang introduced the producers and leading actors, and became more and more excited as he spoke.
Almost in the past month, four films have come to the door for distribution, and they are not ordinary films.
The three movies starred in the king, the only one that did not have the king starred in "The Cook's Drama and the Ruffian", and there were also several of the best actors in the Mesozoic Generation.
Every movie has great box office potential and is worth looking forward to.
The four films came to the door at the same time to seek cooperation, which also means that in the future, the film industry will be the first choice for other companies' film distribution.
Investing in movies is all for profit, and these companies and investors prefer Future Pictures, which goes without saying that they believe that the distribution of Future Pictures will allow them to make a profit.
This already means that in the eyes of many peers in the film industry, the future film industry is already the first in the industry.
Li Qian searched for these movies in his mind, and basically watched them, although there was a big bad movie "Fuchun Mountain Residence", but it was only released.
With Liu Dehua in the background, even if it sells 100 million box office, as a distributor, he will make money with his eyes closed.
"Then take it all, pay attention to the schedule and don't conflict, as for "Sweeping Drugs", forget it, don't have dealings with that kind of person. Li Qian said.
Xi Mihua, the newly rising "blocking king" in recent years, the largest stacking yard boy in Aomen.
Exchange rice for money, you will know what it means, the old saying is only the wrong name, there is no wrong nickname, this kind of person still don't have an intersection.
"Well, they are all in the capital, and they can sign the distribution contract at any time, or arrange a large-scale press conference in two days to announce the plan of these eleven films and make a big scene?" Du Yang suggested.
"It's okay, since you're going to expand, you don't have to keep a low profile. Li Qian has no opinion.
Film and television production, publicity and distribution, there are companies and their group of people busy, and Li Qian doesn't have to do anything else.
However, Li Qian still has to take the idea, and they will do it.
"Journey to the West", a film other than Li Qian, exceeded one billion, the company's distribution strength was recognized, and there were more and more projects in the future.
With this, the distribution, publicity and marketing departments will also be expanded.
Li Qian's goal for Zhang Hao and Huang Yan is to halve the number of publishers, including the local network, and double the publicity and marketing team.
More and more news of all kinds are exposed by the media, and even Zhang Yimou is inevitably able to make a living, and the online publicity and marketing of the Internet, which can be seen by the blind, will become more and more important, surpassing traditional TV and newspapers just around the corner.
One thing has been finalized, including the cinema chain and the new online ticketing app, which has entered the testing stage and will be available soon.
And, of course, there's the all-important financing, which the vast majority of companies need to raise, and it's not just a matter of raising more capital.
A company's management incentives can be replaced by year-end dividends, but a company's resources are limited after all.
The future film industry is not short of money at all, and there are hundreds of millions on its books, even if "Truman's World" gives 30% of the investment share of several major optoelectronics, the remaining 70%, plus Li Qian's own director's share, as well as TV, network copyright, and patch advertising, the share is 600 million.
There is no cost, the cost of product placement is earned, and there are many more.
The North American box office is 140 million US dollars, and overseas releases have also begun, and if the box office in other overseas regions is also ideal, the box office share alone can be at least 300 million.
After winning the best foreign language film, overseas TV, DVD, and Internet rights were also packaged and sold to Warner for $25 million.
A national sensational movie, full of entertainment, $25 million is not much.
This is another 150 million, and in total, "Truman's World" has brought Li Qian a net profit of more than one billion!
There is no shortage of money at all, and the vast majority of listed companies with a market value of 10 billion yuan will not have 1 billion in liquidity.
What's more, the financing is supported by various invisible resources of various shareholders.
This aspect will be handed over to Zhong Lifang, who is a professional in investment and financing, first estimate the company, and then select some capital that can help the company.
Well-known venture capital, banks, funds and insurance at home and abroad, Internet giants such as Penguin and Ahri have everything, all waving checks and waiting for Li Qian to choose.
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After the meeting, Du Yang also signed distribution contracts with the producers of several other films that needed to be released, and held a grand press conference to announce the film list for the next year of Future Pictures.
Eleven films, and all of them are very promising films, such a big action shocked the reporters present.
Although Li Qian did not appear, and the directors and actors of several movies did not appear, the reporters present were shocked when they looked at the lineup of these movies.
"The scale of this business far exceeds that of any company in China, and Huayang Media at its peak can't do it. The reporter in the audience muttered.
"Huayang Media?"
A young reporter next to him scoffed, "Huayang Media has not released a single movie this year." ”
"Isn't it Ma Xiaogang's "Private Custom", which is said to be a comedy, and he has returned to his old business. ”
"Ma Xiaogang, it's not enough for Li Qian to fight, these are eleven movies, Li Qian's own movie has not been released yet, and this year's future film industry will be a proper giant!"
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When the list of eleven films of Future Pictures was announced, the entire film industry was shaken, and the quantity and quality of this business were more than the three major companies of Huayang, Berner, and Guangxian combined.
The CEOs of several major companies are only full of powerlessness, these four movies have all been released with them before, but after "Journey to the West" broke one billion, they did not hesitate to turn their heads into the arms of the future film industry.
It is foreseeable that right in front of their eyes, the future film industry, a rising giant in the film industry, has reached the point where they need to look up.