Chapter 42: Embarrassed (Ask for Recommendation Votes!)
"That's how filming is, it's so boring. ”
In the deputy general manager's office, Mr. Wang had been staring at the computer screen for almost an hour, and finally became a little impatient.
Although Ningbo is not far from Hengdian, and there is also an Xiangshan Film and Television Base in Ningbo City, he has never been much interested in the film and television industry, and he has never been to the two nearby film and television cities.
I thought that filming was something interesting, but in the past nearly an hour, just watching the actor repeat a scene five times, except for boredom or boredom.
"Hehe, Mr. Wang, filming is such a boring thing. ”
There is another person in the office, who is Xu Tao, the president of the Internet Film Association, who also watched the whole process of filming just now.
Although the picture is not particularly clear, he probably knows what kind of scene he is filming.
Xu Tao smiled with a slight disdain, "I thought he had any good ideas, it turned out to be an ordinary horror movie." ”
"President Xu, do you understand?" Mr. Wang said in surprise.
"Please believe in my professional ability!"
was questioned by a layman about his professional ability, Xu Tao felt a little unhappy, but he still patiently explained.
"At present, two scenes have been filmed, and the first scene found a human body on the beach, which is obviously the body of a shark victim who encountered a shark in the sea before, and was washed ashore by the sea. ”
"At the beginning of the second scene, there was a large group performance, and it was supposed to shoot the scene where the shark attacked humans again, causing panic. ”
Mr. Wang thought about it for a while, but asked again, "It seems that I heard that the movie is not shot in order, will the second scene be the first time that sharks attack humans, and the limbs of the people in the first scene are the victims in the second scene?"
Idiot!
Xu Tao scolded secretly in his heart, still smiling on his face, "Although the actor's expression can't be seen too clearly, but judging from that scene, it can still be seen that this is the first time that the characters in the movie have seen sharks hurting people." ”
Although as a director of the Internet University, Xu Tao's ability is just like that, but the level of appreciation is not low at all.
Whether it can be done well or not and whether it will be seen are two different things.
There are many directors who have first-class aesthetics and appreciation skills, but shoot a lot of soaring.
Mr. Wang thought about it for a while, and said with a smile, "Since President Xu can understand it, it will be much easier." ”
Before, he didn't care about the film industry, even if he was surrounded by the largest film and television shooting base in China.
Don't look at those movies, which often have a box office of tens of millions, and there is more than one movie with hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
But as a businessman, he naturally knows that high income comes with high risks, so he did not blindly participate in the film industry.
What's more, those films with a box office of tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars, the cost itself is very high, and the rate of return is not as attractive as it seems at the box office.
But now, the network with a cost of more than 100,000 can sell millions of box office, and even the box office record has reached 15 million!
More than 500% rate of return, low cost, the key is that the cycle is only one month, anyone will be tempted.
The cost of more than 100,000 yuan can't be lost much, and this money is nothing to Mr. Wang.
The huge profits drove him to come to the Internet industry to test the waters, but the vast majority of the Internet box office was only hundreds of thousands, or even lower, which obviously could not satisfy Mr. Wang's appetite.
This is why there is this scene, please ask Li Qian's crew to come to their beach to film, monitor the filming process throughout the process, and then set up another crew, draw a scoop according to the gourd, copy it, and follow the trend no matter how bad it is.
Immediately afterwards, he found Xu Tao, who was lost face by Li Qian in public, and the two hit it off, one side contributed money, and the other side contributed strength.
Another crew filming a shark-themed horror film has already made preparations and will rush to a beach in Hu Jian Province next door tomorrow.
This was prepared a week ago, when Mr. Wang learned that Li Qian's crew was looking for beach locations, and was advised by Li Qian that it was a horror film about sharks, which might affect tourists.
However, their crew has only been preparing for a week to start filming, and Li Qian's crew has only been on location for a week since the last time.
Mr. Wang expressed his worries, "President Xu, the crew was prepared in a week, is it okay?"
Xu Tao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I still have some connections in Donghua, you don't have to worry about the professionalism of the crew, and there is nothing difficult about shark-themed horror films, just keep attacking human beings, and you can't play any tricks." ”
Preparing the crew in a week is a fantasy for the film and television industry, but in the online industry, it is normal.
Many netizens don't have serious scripts, and Xu Tao specially asked the company's screenwriters to borrow from some foreign shark-themed horror films for the sake of quality, and melted a new script.
The so-called fusion of a script is to borrow a little here and a little there, and then form a new script.
Between plagiarism and borrowing, although shameful, it can guarantee a certain quality.
"When the time comes, I will shoot with the new script, Mr. Wang will sort out the surveillance video and send it to me every day, I will take a look at what Li Qian filmed, what good ideas and ideas are there, and then communicate with the crew over there and add it, anyway, horror movies don't have much requirements for the plot, just scary enough. ”
Xu Tao continued, "Please rest assured that Mr. Wang has a new film to shoot in my own hands, and I will not waste my energy doing this in vain, and I also want to make money." ”
"When the time comes, it will be launched at the same time as Li Qian's film, which is also a shark-themed horror film, which will definitely suck away some of the audience. ”
Xu Tao is not worried about making money from this movie at all, after the first big hit of "The Road Grows Out of the Mountain", I don't know how many garbage zombie films have followed behind.
After Li Qian's "Sniper Phone Booth" became a big hit, there are also many studios rushing to produce suspense films with similar themes, taking titles similar to "Sniper XXX" and "Desperate Phone Booth".
The fastest action has been online for three or four days, and the box office on the first day with the best data has paid off.
This time, if Li Qian's shark-themed horror film sells more than 10 million again, they will be the fastest follower, and they will not be able to make a lot of money.
In case he misses, it would be better, Xu Tao would rather follow the trend and lose money.
As long as Li Qian's new film hits the street, even if he loses a little money, it doesn't matter, then he is still the leader of the Internet industry!
Even, if it weren't for the lack of time and the cost was too high, he would want to make a shark-themed horror film with eight out of ten at the same time to disgust Li Qian.
Mr. Wang is different from Xu Tao, and he doesn't know his thoughts, he just wants to make money, and he didn't think about investing in the Internet University before, but let alone selling nearly 10 million box office, even if it is a network with a box office of two or three million, it is pitiful.
These studios that have been successful are not short of investment at all, and investing in other network universities is far less profitable than learning from and following the trend.
Ma Huaqian doesn't learn from it, can he have today's success?
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