Chapter 931: Harmony Makes Money
People always change.
Because from childhood to adulthood, from youth to middle age, from middle age to old age, a person will be exposed to different people and different things. If you can keep the same way you were at the beginning, it's a joke.
The weight of the word growth is accompanied by the change of years and the change of people's hearts.
When Zhao Fusheng first met Jiang Wen, he was still the tough guy who wanted to make a good movie, but today, Jiang Wen has begun to understand what kind of film works the market needs.
Once, when he realized this problem, it was already time for "Let the Bullets Fly".
The subsequent "One Step Away" and "Evil Does Not Prevail" can only say that at that time, Lao Jiang was trying to integrate commercialization with what he wanted to express in his heart, but it was obvious that he failed.
It's not so easy to blend personal style and commercialization perfectly.
Even a top director like the King of Sunglasses, after "The Grandmaster", also made a rotten movie like "The Ferryman", and by the way, he also took the faces of Liang Yingdi and Takeshi Kaneshiro, two handsome guys.
The so-called words like crossing others and crossing oneself, the king of sunglasses is the Weibo that was posted in order to fool investors. Pity those stars, in order to praise the stinky feet of this great director, no matter how much they hate it in their hearts, they have to fake a sentence of "I like it", which is really pitiful and ridiculous.
The entertainment industry is a vanity fair, and as long as anyone is in it, it is impossible for anyone to have any naΓ―ve ideas.
The guy who thinks that people in the entertainment industry are fools are the real fools.
And the original Jiang Wen would not have realized these at all, and his thoughts, most of the time, were focused on the movie. There are even some stubborn ones who will not be flexible, and would rather break the blood flow by touching their heads again and again.
But in this life, he met Zhao Fusheng, and the two became friends, I have to say that the sentence of those who are close to Zhu is red and those who are close to ink is black is still very reasonable, at least, Jiang Wen has become a lot more sleek because of the number of contacts with Zhao Fusheng.
At the very least, he now knows very well that if a movie wants to succeed, it must first be recognized by the market.
The importance of word-of-mouth and box office for a drama is actually the same.
For example, Jiang Wen has always felt that he can make movies as much as he wants, as long as he expresses his liking. And now, of course, he wants to make the movies he likes, but in the same way, he also cares about the box office and word of mouth.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Fusheng has transformed Jiang Wen from a simple literary youth into a pure filmmaker with a literary temperament.
Don't underestimate this change, this kind of change is actually very useful for Jiang Wen.
As a director, if you ignore the market, sooner or later you will be eliminated.
In other words, if Jiang Wen has always adhered to the set he has taken and does not make some changes, then he will inevitably face a dilemma: whether to stick to what he wants to shoot, or give up his ideals and cater to the market.
To be honest, Zhao Fusheng didn't know how Jiang Wen chose in the end in his previous life, because Zhao Fusheng had already crossed at that time, but judging from Jiang Wen's Republic of China trilogy, he was actually trying to combine his style with the market, but it didn't seem to be very successful.
"What do you mean, the box office of "Mobile Phone" must be higher than that of "Looking for a Gun"?" Ye Jing said to Jiang Wen, smoking a cigarette.
Jiang Wen nodded: "I know the drama I filmed, the drama "Looking for a Gun", it is okay to win the award, and if it is at the box office, it will definitely not be a big deal, there are 10 million top of the sky." β
Zhao Fusheng glanced at Jiang Wen in surprise, but he was quite shocked in his heart, I have to say that this guy is still very accurate in seeing things, in his memory, in the original history of "Looking for a Gun", the box office really did not exceed 10 million.
"That's good. Ye Jing nodded heavily: "Since you say so, then I am relieved." β
He is an investor, and what he is most concerned about is undoubtedly the issue of returns. Unlike Zhao Fusheng and Jiang Wen, there are also personal grievances with Ma Dajun.
"By the way, I heard that there are already American film and television companies on the side of "Looking for a Gun" coming to ask for copyrights. After Ye Jing finished smoking, he suddenly remembered something, and smiled at Zhao Fusheng and Jiang Wen: "You said that this thing is really fake, Zhongying values Ma Dajun's works so much?"
"Hehe......" Zhao Fusheng and Jiang Wen glanced at each other, but did not speak immediately.
"I don't think it's necessarily Zhongying, maybe someone else is making trouble in it. Jiang Wen said in a deep voice.
"What do you mean, Ma Dajun plans to set up his own door?" Ye Jing frowned and said with some uncertainty.
Jiang Wen smiled, glanced at Ye Jing, and then at Zhao Fusheng: "The Wang family brothers have been in contact with the director recently. β
When it comes to this, there is naturally no need to say anything more.
You must know that from the very beginning, Huayi has been working hard to create one star and one director, one brother and one sister. To put it bluntly, people are taking the boutique route, and they plan to attack together with the two fists of TV series and movies to create a powerful film and television group.
And Ma Dajun is naturally the one who is most popular among the directors, otherwise it would be impossible to play him one after another.
As a result, now, Hua Yiran is in contact with other big directors.
Then there is only one answer, Ma Dajun may have to leave!
"It seems that the brothers of the Wang family have not had a good time recently. Zhao Fusheng was silent for a moment, and said with a smile.
"Well, my contract had expired, but Wang Zhongjun approached me and hoped that I could sign for another year. Jiang Wen didn't hide it from Zhao Fusheng and Ye Jing, and said directly.
"What do you mean?"
Ye Jing frowned, and then looked at Jiang Wen: "He wants to use the fame of "Mobile Phone"?"
He is also a clear-minded person, the Wang brothers' approach seems to be clueless, but in fact, they have already chosen the target, clearly planning to take advantage of the popularity of the release of "Mobile Phone", planning to let Hua Yi have a respite, enough for them to find a replacement for Ma Dajun.
After all, if Jiang Wen relied on "Mobile Phone" to become popular for a while, at least in the past year, Huayi would not let people see any decline, even if Ma Dajun left Huayi after filming "Looking for a Gun", Huayi would not be affected too much.
In the final analysis, what Huayi needs now is to stabilize the morale of the military.
"It doesn't matter, this face can be given to them. Zhao Fusheng saw that Ye Jing was a little displeased, and said with a smile: "Don't forget, Hua Yi said at the beginning that they would not touch the interests of "Mobile Phone", so since people have given away all the real money, let's take a step back and give them a chance." β
Too much, for Zhao Fusheng, harmony and wealth are the most appropriate way to deal with it.