"In 04, the war masterpiece "Tai Chi Flag Flying" produced by us and directed by Jiang Digui created a historical record of 11.6 million viewers!"

"Of course, the most well-known in China may be Bong Joon-ho's "Monster of the Han River" in 06......"

In order to dispel the concerns of the seven-gold actor in front of him, Lee Sang-geun got straight to the point: "Once again, we have set a new box office record, with 13 million viewers entering the theater and topping the highest-grossing film in the history of Korean cinema." ”

"'07's "Dragon War" grossed 50 billion won and was released on more than 2,000 screens in North American theaters......"

"08 "Chaser" directed by Na Hong-jin, 35 billion won at the box office, 5 million ...... moviegoers"

"Especially in 09, the long-form epic masterpiece "Red Cliff" jointly created by South Korea, China and Japan was released, winning 550 billion won at the box office, and since then it has officially started transnational cooperation. ”

Ding Cheng listened to a few familiar names, the Han River Monster...... The pursuers like it, and it's good.

Chibi?

Seeing that the director still wanted to continue, he waved his hand and interrupted: "There is no doubt about the strength of your company, otherwise it would be impossible to find me." ”

Putting down the information, staring at each other with interest, he said tentatively: "Transnational cooperation is not impossible, as long as the script is good, anything can be discussed." ”

"But ......"

Seeing Li Shanggen's happy face, he asked: "To be honest, I don't know much about your country's film industry, can you briefly introduce it first?"

Li Shanggen took a deep breath, now is the time to see the real chapter.

"As a Chinese-American, I have always been very concerned about the film industry of the two countries, which is one of the main reasons why the company chose me to work with you!"

"In '84, the state learned the hard way and completely abolished ghostly censorship. In 96, the film classification system was introduced, which lightened the shackles on all filmmakers a lot, so it ushered in a blowout development. ”

Ding Cheng listened attentively, and today transnational cooperation has become a matter of time or time, but he didn't expect that the first one was actually South Korea?

"I have to admit that at the beginning, we were used to copycat Hollywood, and even plagiarized and worshipped old-fashioned Hong Kong films......"

Lee Sang-geun suddenly stopped his tirade and went straight to the point: "For a successful movie, it depends on nothing more than three aspects. ”

"The first is the director...... The second is the script ......"

"The third is the excellent performance of the actors. ”

"You may not know that in our country, it is a very difficult thing to engage in the position of film and television director, and it is no less than going through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties!"

Seeing Ding Cheng's curiosity, he explained: "If you want to become a director, you can only go through two ways: the first is to go to a professional university, taking the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging at Chuo University where I graduated, for example, in addition to completing all the credits, I also need to shoot at least four short films during my studies. ”

"The average cost of shooting each short film is more than 6 million won, and students have to raise it themselves. ”

"So much?" Ding Cheng was a little surprised, even if the won was not worth much, it would cost thirty or forty thousand yuan, right?

"This is just the beginning!" Li Shanggen said seriously: "In order to graduate, at least one of the three conditions must be met in order for the work to be filmed: at least one short film has been shortlisted for the three major film festivals of Cannes, Berlin and Venice!"

"At least one short film has won awards at film festivals of the same level as Busan, Tokyo, and Modu!"

"The third one may be simpler, to be able to make a feature film that will be screened in theaters!"

Ding Cheng was in awe after hearing this, if the first two conditions are placed in our country, I am afraid that 80% of the directors who have become directors are not qualified!

Li Shanggen took a sip of tea and continued: "Graduation is only the first step, you also need to start from chores in the crew, then camera, and finally assistant director and assistant director......"

"I have to keep looking for scripts and writing scripts by myself, and only after all the success can I be qualified to be called a director. ”

Ding Cheng suddenly realized, it turned out that the threshold of the family was inside!

The process of entering the industry is so difficult, resulting in a solid comprehensive quality and average level of Korean directors, is this the reason why they rarely have bad movies?

On the other hand, in China, as long as you have money, anyone can be a director. A writer can be a director if he is famous, an actor can be a director when he is popular, and the coal boss is idle and has nothing to do, and he also wants to play with a director?

reminds me of a joke in "Lao Paoer" that ridiculed the entertainment industry: The actors have all gone to be directors, and I can only be an actor.

"In our country, the World Cup directors are basically very low-yielding, and it will only take four or five years to produce a work, not that it is inefficient, but very pragmatic. ”

"Especially the script, it takes a lot of time to scrutinize and polish, and only when it reaches the point where there is nothing to change will we start shooting, otherwise we will not be at ease. ”

"Not only directors, but also successful film and television companies are also pragmatic and will only invest in directors who are down-to-earth and can write scripts......"

"Not to mention the actors, even the top ones, the salary will not exceed six million yuan at most, and the cost of the whole movie must not exceed one-tenth. ”

"Of course, in the end, there are local audiences, who support their own country's movies with real money, and remember "Star Wars 7", which was released in 15 years, when the rest of the world was crazy to harvest the box office, we were closed. ”

"On the contrary, "Himalaya", which was released on the same day, won the box office championship in the same period, so ......"

Ding Cheng nodded, I once heard that there are very few pirated copies in foreign countries, and if you want to watch a movie, you have to buy a ticket, at least a DVD, if our country can eliminate piracy......

Li Shanggen looked at Ding Cheng thoughtfully, took out the killer idea, handed over the script with both hands, and said solemnly: "This is my greatest sincerity!"

Ding Cheng took it with both hands and said a thousand ways and ten thousand, this is the fundamental.

Open the first page with four words:

Extreme escape?

"The English name is EXIT!" Li Shanggen said excitedly: "A film about extreme sports, I have seen your fierce battles and kill wolves, and it is definitely the best choice." ”

Ding Cheng smiled and began to act in the script, becoming more and more interesting, and couldn't help asking, "You wrote it yourself?"

"Please advise me. Li Shanggen's face was full of righteousness, and he bowed slightly: "The idea I had in the university, but unfortunately the environment was not suitable at that time, and I didn't come up with it until now." ”

"You may not know that screenwriters have a very high status on the set, and they are no less than the director's right to speak. Because it is the soul of the whole process, especially the TV drama industry. Along with the audience's feedback, adjust the plot and even the characters in time to better grasp the audience's preferences. ”

"The status of the screenwriter can account for more than 50% of the decision-making weight of the TV station, and no matter how big-name the director and actor are, they cannot modify the script without authorization, and each link of selecting actors, determining the name of the repertoire and marketing promotion has a great right to speak. ”

Ding Cheng nodded secretly, sure enough!

Li Shanggen saw that Ding Cheng was interested, and also to show the company's professionalism, introduced: "The three major radio and television companies are used to signing 50 to 100 episodes at a time, and A-level screenwriters can immediately get about 50% of the advance payment. ”

"For super first-line heavyweight screenwriters, they can even sign contracts with more than two TV stations or companies at the same time, and the remuneration for a single episode is much higher than that of PD and main actors. ”

"For example, my company's screenwriting team has signed 40 senior screenwriters all year round. Even the recognized three major TV companies, Green Snake, Sanhe, and PAN Entertainment, have only 30, 15, and 25 screenwriters. ”

"The important project is the screenwriter-centric system, and all the company's resources are configured and dispatched around the core screenwriters......"

"There are only 300 registered screenwriters in the entire industry, and there are only 15 special grades, 20 A grades, and 70 B grades. In other words, there are only 100 screenwriters who can lead the creation and sign their names!"