Chapter 21 Press Conference
Due to the popularity of the gambling saint, in the face of the ultra-high rate of return of the gambling saint, all film and television companies want to follow the trend and shoot and replicate the success of the gambling saint.
Yan Peng, chairman of the Wantong Film and Television Conference Room, smoked a cigarette, looked at the circle of management sitting around him and asked the director: How is it, you have all watched the gambling saint several times, and you can mention any opinions.
As the director of the myth of fighting with the gambling saint this time, Tang Wen knew that he had to express himself and said: According to me, the gambling saint is a poor boy who defeats the villain and wins Bai Fumei's movie, the plot has no heart, the point is that the acting skills of this protagonist are too good, in our opinion, this is an impossible reaction in reality, but with this person's stupid performance, there is no sense of disobedience, I think we should dig this protagonist over, his performance plus the operation of our company, will be the king of our company in the future。
After listening to Tang Wen's speech, the directors who were doing it applauded, and Liu Ming, a middle-aged director in his fifties who was about the same age as Tang Wen, said: Director Tang is worthy of being the ace director of our Wantong, and the analysis is to the point, I went to watch the gambling saint and came back with an idea, that is, this is a hodgepodge of jokes, without a little artistic atmosphere, for example, the paragraph that impressed me deeply, Zuo Songxing shouted the third uncle downstairs, and after shouting, what watermelons, eggs, and TVs fell upstairs, is this not logical at all? A performance like this illogical may be fresh at first, but it can't last long, so you don't have to spend a lot of money to poach people, and wait for the audience to understand, this kind of performance is not to worry about.
At this time, a director named Tian Zhong said: Mr. Yan, we can first ask the screenwriting department to write a script after the gambling saint, and then let our company's traffic student Huang Ming star, and make a film to explore the way, but as China's largest film and television company, this year's important schedule cannot be suppressed by An's, you can ask Director Zhang and Director Feng if they can make a movie this year, pretending to be powerful.
Yan Peng took a puff of cigarette and said: Well, as Yasuda Zhong said, the screenwriting department will give a script within three days, and this time the director will still be Tang Wen! Get up where you fall, in addition, Director Zhang is invited to participate in this year's French Film Festival, I have discussed with Director Feng, to gather all the stars of our Vantone to shoot a big cast, with an investment of 500 million yuan, called "Spring and Autumn" This will be the company's two most important dramas, and the department must ensure the filming of these two dramas, okay, the meeting is dismissed.
And Brother Pictures is also holding a meeting around the gambling saint at the moment.
Zhang Chao, the boss of Brother Pictures, said: Let's talk about it! We have been pressed by An's twice in a row, and we will talk about any problems in each department.
A younger director said: We should innovate, the gambling saint is the result of innovation, and the gambling film has a special function, this is a gimmick, who has filmed it like this before. So I think the screenwriting department should deeply review why so many people can't come up with such a good idea.
The manager of the screenwriting department said: We are only responsible for the screenwriter, and the idea is something that your director came up with.
At this time, an older man said: Now is the era of young people, and there are many young people watching movies, we should support young directors more, only they can understand what young people want to watch, so I think Ang Lee and that Zhou Xingxing should be poached, and there will be a place for them in the future film industry.
Listening to everyone's advice, Zhang Chao coughed all his life and said: Director Feng Lun, your unparalleled world has met with the gambling saint, tell me what you think!
Feng Lun said coolly: I don't have anything to say, it's not a matter of director's ability, it's not a crime of war. As for my opinion, in fact, the gambling saint is very easy to copy, let the screenwriting department write a comedy script that is as exaggerated as possible, find a silly actor, and give me a good schedule, and leave the rest to me.
Zhang Chao tapped the table with his finger and said: Director Xie will open a big drama "Chibi" in a few days and is expected to invest 600 million, and all the company's resources will be carried out around Chibi, so I will give you 50 million, don't let the company down. In addition, the actor department, after the meeting, poached Ang Lee and Zhou Xingxing for me, as long as the conditions were not too excessive, I promised him, and I will sign. Okay, adjourned.
Time passed slowly, and after a month, the framework of Wanda Film and Television Company was basically set up, and the gambling saint was also screened in Asian countries, and An's Group also turned the box office of the gambling saint around, which was 850 million yuan after deducting taxes, which also made Ang Lee feel the atmosphere of An Mingxin.
Ang Lee decided that "My Sassy Girlfriend" would start filming immediately, with a financial allocation of 15 million yuan, with the male protagonist Ang Lee playing Morning Glory, the heroine, and Jun Ji-hyun playing Song Myung-hee.
Since Ang Lee is the leading actor, he needs an executive director, so he told Sister Hong, and in three days, Sister Hong will dig up a young director who has made several romance films.
The little director's name is Guo An, a director who pays attention to details, and Ang Lee made a decision after talking to him for a few words, and asked him to be the assistant director of the crew.
As Wanda Pictures' first play, there has to be a press conference to start filming.
The reporter heard that the second drama directed by the ghost talent was about to start filming, and they all heard about it, and the originally small press conference was full of things in a while.
Ang Lee took Jun Ji-hyun, Guo An, and other actors slowly walked out of the backstage.
The reporter's camera took pictures as if he didn't want money. Ann Lee, who flashed, couldn't even open his eyes.
After walking to the main seat and sitting down, Ang Lee said: Today is the first step of Wanda Pictures' opening, thank you for coming, today I only mention things related to movies, okay, you can start.
Hello Director Li, I am a reporter from Tiantian News, I would like to ask, as a comedy director, why did you choose a romance film as Wanda's pioneering work? Is it because you have a conflict with Mr. Zhou Xingxing? Or is your comedy talent exhausted!
Ang Lee smiled and said: If I did my best, I would still open my own company, as for my relationship with Ah Xing! It is a brotherly love of sharing weal and woe, as long as I am still a director, I will praise him, he needs to precipitate now and continue to hone his mentality, and the reason why I chose romance as the main theme is because, there is no bad theme, only a director who can't tell stories, "My Savage Girlfriend" is the movie I really want to make, I think love is the most beautiful thing in the world.
Hello Director Li, I'm from Tenglang News, I heard what you just meant that Mr. Zhou's acting skills are not good, the reason why he is successful is because you praised it, and he was disobedient after becoming popular, so you plan to put him aside for a while, you also said that there is no bad subject matter, only directors who can't tell stories, you mean that all directors who rush across the street will not tell stories, but you can control any theme of the movie, and promise not to hit the street.
Listening to the reporter Li An, who was obviously looking for faults, he smiled and said: Reporter of Tenglang News, do you obviously know what I mean, and deliberately misinterpret it to find fault? ? I said let Ah Xing take a break because Ah Xing is a good actor, and when he makes a movie, he will integrate himself into the world of the movie, which certainly presents a good movie to the audience, but the damage to the actors is very great, if they don't take a break after the movie and take themselves out of the role of the movie, then he is easy to get depression. As for the fact that all the directors who hit the street don't know how to tell stories, that's what you said, you are insulting our directors, so don't come to the Wanda Film and Television Conference in the future, because you insulted the director industry, I mean that the director must have a comprehensive idea when making a movie, and can't cater to anything because of some outside factors, all you have to do is tell the story. As for hitting the street, this is normal, because many times, the director has too many stories in his head, and he needs to compress so many stories into less than two hours, so he can only streamline and streamline, which will cause a situation that many audiences can't understand, resulting in street fighting.