First of all, the script of "Oldboy" is very well written!

Very typical youth nostalgia films.

The theme is also very set, about dreams...

Secondly, if this film or short film is expanded and made into a 90-minute movie, it should have a head!

"Old Boy", 11 Degrees Youth Series...

Shen Mengxi has watched all of these 11 short films, and the most impressive is "Old Boy", and then "Li Lei and Han Meimei"...

"Old Boy" is of course because of that song - life is like a ruthless carving knife that changes the way we look;

"Li Lei and Han Meimei" is because the filmmaker sued Douban, and after watching it, I realized that it was not the same director...

A few others, not to mention.

However, Xiao Yang only wants to arrange a micro-movie, or rather, his expected value is just a micro-movie.

"I think your book can be changed into a movie, a little more extended..."

Xiao Yang cautiously asked, "What about the starring role?"

"This is your play, the starring role must be set by yourself, we only provide candidates..."

After thinking about it, Shen Mengxi said: "You may not know the style of our company, we will not interfere with the details." However, they have the right to supervise and revise the script, budget, shooting schedule, and commercial effects. In terms of actors, we just suggest that if there is a conflict, we will mainly rely on the director's opinion, after all, this is your script, and you are the director!"

"Then I'll try..."

"Hmm. Shen Mengxi got up to see him off, and suggested by the way: "I think it's best to follow the three-act drama writing method, and write a little more about the youth part, which takes up one-third of the space..."

Xiao Yang hurriedly nodded...

"The strongest thing in our company is the strength of screenwriters, let me introduce a few screenwriters to you and let them help improve it!"

"Well... I'm not a professional screenwriter after all, so it's a bit of a struggle to write this..."

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It's so good, it's famous, and there will really be good projects sent to your door.

"Piano of Steel" and "Old Boy" are good projects...

Of course, the probability of making a profit in "Piano of Steel" is very low, but it can win awards!

The investment is not high, and it is also a good reputation to spread out.

Most of the people who invest in literary films in the circle have this mentality, they don't plan to make money from the beginning, and generally if the cost is low and the quality is good, they invest to win awards overseas.

If you get the prize, you can naturally sell it, and if you give hundreds of thousands of dollars, you can make money.

Even if you can't get the award, the investor has nothing to lose, and you can still have a good reputation for supporting newcomers0.

Later, why did there become fewer literary films?

Because one by one is too floating, I can't find the north, and whoever dares to quote 30 million for a project...

He had a colleague before, had a project proposal, an estimated cost of 5 million-8 million, and wrote a script filmed in China, Japan and South Korea - Travels to the Three Kingdoms by Literary and Artistic Young Women, with many large-scale scenes in the middle, the title of the film "Lost in East Asia"...

It's really a sand sculpture that has never been abroad, and I don't know how much it will cost to pull people to Japan before they are filmed...

Of course, this project was rejected, if you really want to shoot, you can't stop without 40 million!

Back to the topic, it may be that Shen Mengxi's reputation is too good, or everyone thinks he has the ability, Qin Hong brought a person named Yu Feihong to visit him.

By the way, I brought a finished work, called "Love Has an Afterlife", and wanted him to help release it...

Tangled!

This film is really hard to post!

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"Love Has an Afterlife" is known as the Chinese version of "Human and Ghost Love".

The behind-the-scenes team of this film is amazing: the screenwriter is Wang Shuo, the cinematography is Li Yaohui of "Happy Spring", and the editing is Lin An'er, the "first cut of the rivers and lakes".

The director is Yu Feihong...

It is said that it cost 40 million to shoot!

The original time and space, the box office... 2 million!

This, from a business point of view, is a complete failure!

Shen Mengxi has watched this film, and frankly speaking, even if there is no "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", "Tiananmen", "Bullfighting" in the same schedule...

"Love Has an Afterlife" is also difficult to get a high box office!

This film is too much like a movie in the eighties and nineties of the last century, Sister Xie handled it very poorly, the choreography, editing, and effects were not satisfactory, and she was so stiff that she panicked...

There is no commercial element at all, and the theme is obviously very good: an infatuated ghost who has been waiting for 50 years of transcendence and reincarnation, a forgetful woman who is a person after reincarnation, an unfinished love affair in another world, and writes a classical "love beyond time and space".

And...

Risking death to say: Yu Feihong is a little old in the movie...

However, there are gimmicks too!

The first time I watched this film, Shen Mengxi was shocked - there are ghosts in this film!

Yu Feihong, how did you do it?

There are ghosts on Chinese movie screens!

With the help of ghost movies to elaborate a pure love story, it is unprecedented in mainland films...

If you grasp this bit of hype, I dare not say that there is more, and 10 million box office should be able to do it!

Recovering costs, it's too hard...

Shen Mengxi made it clear in front of Qin Hong and Yu Feihong: "Teacher Yu, this film has no appearance..."

Qin Hong asked: "Then how much box office do you think it can have?"

Shen Mengxi did not answer directly, but said: "The current market is very picky about genre films, and the extensive operation of the film industry has led to blindness and conformity among the audience when choosing films.

Yu Feihong didn't speak...

Even if she is dissatisfied, it is estimated that she can't say anything, after all, 40 million is basically the money paid by other Xingmei!

Shen Mengxi asked again: "Can it be publicized on a large scale?"

"No problem. ”

That's good, Shen Mengxi continued: "Two things, first, if we release it, we will do the schedule and publicity work, you just need to cooperate;"

"Second, the trailer, let's cut it..."

Yu Feihong immediately asked, "Can you ask, how do you want to cut it?"

"Cut to horror style, I thought the mirror scene at the end of the film was very appealing..."

Yu Feihong shook her head and resolutely refused: "No, we have already cut the trailer!"

“... Let me make it clear, this drama lacks stars, pure love movies, and doesn't even have a climax... If there are no more gimmicks, it's really hard to send!"

Qin Hong interjected: "Then if you follow your method, how much box office can you achieve?"

Shen Mengxi thought for a moment, and then said, "... There should be 20 million. ”

"Ahh It's only 20 million?"

Qin Hong is desperate...

He invested in "Love Has an Afterlife" with the intention of gambling - although the probability is not large, it may be possible!

Now, even Shen Mengxi said a maximum of 20 million...

Ahem, there is a rumor in the circle that when Shen Mengxi sees a film, he can roughly predict the box office...

Shen Mengxi looked at Yu Feihong, then at Qin Hong, and then said: "It's basically impossible for this film to expect the domestic box office to recover its costs, you can go to the Tokyo Film Festival to try your luck, they are very interested in this kind of reincarnation and pure love..."