"Let him come over first and see. ”

Chen Shi took a look at the information and found that the other party's conditions were good, not only with a high degree of education, but also with work experience, and even a lot of international awards, such a person seems to be able to take on heavy responsibilities, and there should be no big problem in handing over the film and television company to him, but this is just a thing on the information, whether it is from the real material must be seen before you can understand.

Xiao Gao nodded, and then went to notify the other party to come over, and then the premiere began.

I don't know how Xiao Gao did it, but he actually invited a very famous host, so the atmosphere at the premiere was very lively, everyone interacted very well, and there were no major problems.

The host gave a brief introduction, and then the creators came to the stage to briefly explain the filming experience, briefly talk about the interesting things of the crew, and finally start watching the movie.

Because of the word-of-mouth after the foreign premiere, everyone is very looking forward to the movie, and it is also very quiet when watching the movie, almost everyone is staring at the big screen, for fear of missing a slight.

Chen Shi didn't watch the movie again, he had watched this movie countless times, and now he didn't want to watch it again, even with his eyes closed, he could memorize the plot, even if it was a long line, he could remember it, so now it can be said that he is tired of it.

The audience watched it for the first time, and of course they were curious, of course they were very engaged, and of course they were looking forward to it. There was applause from time to time, so that Chen Shi's hanging heart fell, it seems that the audience still accepts the adaptation of him and Li Yalian, although everyone is used to Xu Ke's martial arts films, but they still accept his literary and artistic style, and they are not so repulsive, therefore, the box office of the movie should be good.

As long as the response from everyone is good, he believes that this movie will not be a problem to exceed 100 million.

If it can exceed 100 million now, it will definitely be a hit, you know, this year, the annual box office of the movie is less than 10 billion. Now, in addition to the movies made by big directors, movies that can exceed 100 million are almost rare, which is very rare.

Now even the so-called 100 million club has not yet appeared, although there are several big directors with films of more than 100 million, or even hundreds of millions, but there is no 100 million yuan club yet, so if it exceeds 100 million, it will definitely really shake the entire film industry.

Chen Shi didn't expect more than 100 million, for the box office, of course, he wanted to do as much as possible, but the box office was something that he couldn't control since he finished filming the movie, he didn't understand the operation, therefore, he didn't know whether the operation was successful, and he didn't have many theaters under his banner, so even if there was a very strong competitor in the market, of course it would not be so easy for him.

In the cinema, the applause continued, Chen Shi looked at the time outside, and it was estimated that it was almost over, so he quietly walked in, only to see that everyone was watching the last * part, everyone was attentive, watching and listening, very devoted.

Chen Shi smiled in his heart, it seems that he has succeeded, in the future in the domestic film industry, there must be a place for him and Li Yalian, and they will definitely be able to get a piece of the pie in the golden age of movies in the future.

At this time, the box office of movies is growing at a rate of thirty or forty percent per year, which can be described as terrifying, and in 14 or 15 years, a movie can reach the frightening 5 billion, and no one will be able to think at this time.

Chen Shi is a person who has come over, of course he knows the general situation, therefore, he is now laying out in advance, he can get a piece of the pie, and he can also get the biggest piece of the cake, the movie, he wants to eat the biggest piece, this is by no means a problem, the key depends on how big his courage is, how strong his ability is.

After a while, the movie ended, and under the applause of the audience, the creators took the stage again, and Chen Shi led everyone to bow and thank the audience, which is a sincere thanks, because they bought the box office, and the future word-of-mouth still needs to be spread by them, and they need to publicize it.

Chen Shi took the microphone, greeted everyone, and then asked, "Is the movie good?"

Everyone shouted hello, and they all liked it. After Chen Shi listened, whether it was true or not, his heart was happy, and then the host came to host, and then asked each other some questions, answered some questions from the audience, and then the actors also told some interesting stories, and finally the whole premiere ended.

As soon as the premiere ended, the next day, Chen Shi began to pay attention to the comments in the newspaper, early in the morning, he didn't even eat, he immediately went to the newsstand, found a recent movie weekly, and a few newspapers with film reviews, and then sat on the side of the road and read it.

When he was abroad, he didn't care so much, because foreigners are not important to him, it doesn't matter what people think of him, the reason why he went to Cannes is completely for the sake of publicity, but it is different in China, the comments in domestic newspapers can determine the direction of the box office, if the reputation is too bad, to him and Li Yalian, a powerless newcomer in the film industry, will definitely not have a good box office.

They are just newcomers, and they are only in their twenties, who will speak for them? If they do not have a strong reputation, they will definitely be a shouting and shouting voice.

The reviews in newspapers and magazines are actually good, although they are not god films, they are also heartwarming. Chen Shi simply browsed it, and every comment was above the passing grade, and even the worst one scored 70 points, which can be said to be very good.

The response was good, Chen Shixin suddenly became happy, and then he sold some breakfast on the side of the road, and walked back while eating. As soon as I got home, my family was eating breakfast, and when I saw him eating, everyone was curious, and my parents couldn't help but ask, "What are you crazy about?" I have to eat outside because there is food at home, I heard that things outside are not clean, so I will eat less outside in the future. ”

Chen Shi smiled and explained: "It's just easy, I was watching on the side of the road, and my stomach suddenly became hungry, so I sold a few buns." ”

"What do you eat?" he asked suddenly.

If you look closely, everyone is eating noodles, and it is also tomato and egg beaten lo mein, which tastes very good, and just smelling it makes people feel wet.

He couldn't help but pick up the bowl and asked, "Is there anything else, I'll eat it too." ”

Li Yalian served him a bowl of noodles, poured it on him, and said, "Keep it for you, eat it quickly, it will be cold for a while." ”

Chen Shi nodded and said to Li Yalian: "The reputation is very good, you can see it yourself, I'll eat the noodles first." As he spoke, he gave Li Yalian the newspapers and magazines he had just bought.

The happiest thing for a person is to enjoy the fruits of his labor, and also to enjoy the time of success, at this time, Li Yalian is like this, this is her hard work from scratch, writing the script, forming the crew, selecting actors, and a series of complex and hard work, at this time, finally get a good response from the audience, and can also get a good economic return, of course, it is a successful thing, of course, it is a very surprising and very happy thing, therefore, she laughed when she watched it again.

When she laughed, a gentle and charming face added a little beauty and affection.

After watching it for a while, Li Yalian asked Chen Shidao: "The reputation is good, how much is the box office?"

Chen Shi didn't know about this matter, he had to call to ask to understand, he said: "I don't know, let's ask Xiao Gao later, Xiao Gao should know that he is responsible for distribution, if he doesn't understand, this general manager will be incompetent." ”

Although Xiao Gao wants to be a director with peace of mind, despite the fact that there is no successor now, even if he is unwilling, he must continue to work and run the company well.

While eating breakfast, the time passed slowly, and he was about to call to ask after breakfast, but he didn't expect Xiao Gao to call first.

He said, "Boss, I'm here now, is it convenient?"

Chen Shi was puzzled: "Come here, where are you coming?"

Xiao Gao smiled: "Of course I'm coming to your house, I brought someone over to you, you see, if it's suitable, I will arrange him to replace me, and I'll be a director with peace of mind." ”

Chen Shi suddenly understood, and said: "It's convenient, how can it be inconvenient, you come over quickly! Have you had breakfast? If you haven't eaten, come to me to eat, I'm eating." ”

Xiao Gao said that he had just eaten, so Chen Shi asked him to come over quickly. In just half an hour, Xiao Gao drove a car with a man in his forties. As soon as he entered the house, he introduced: "This is my boss Chen Shi." ”

Chen Shi stretched out his hand to the other party, and the other party shook hands with him generously, and introduced himself: "Hello Boss Chen, my name is Fang Tong." ”

Chen Shi said: "Hello Mr. Fang, please take a seat." ”

After taking a seat, Chen Shi rummaged through the cabinets and found a pack of cigarettes to entertain the other party, but the other party didn't smoke, and Chen Shi didn't smoke either, so he threw the whole pack of cigarettes to Xiao Gao. Xiao Gao continued with a smile and did not refuse, but Chen Shi said to him: "If you want to smoke, go outside to smoke, you are smoking alone here, are you embarrassed?"

Xiao Gao smiled awkwardly and went outside to smoke with a lighter.

Then Chen Shicai chatted with Fang Tong.

Chen Shi said first: "Mr. Fang, I think you already know the situation of our company, I don't know what you think about the future?"

Fang Tong knew that this was a formal interview, so he was very cautious, and after thinking about it, he said: "I'll start with the film market. ”

Chen Shi nodded and let him continue, he cleared his throat and said, "Since Titanic Since crushing Chinese films, the country is vigorously building the film market, and is also encouraging filmmakers to shoot more commercial blockbusters, hoping to regain our own film market, and not let our market become a dumping ground for Hollywood, therefore, in recent years, although the market has been cold, since the birth of heroes last year, it will definitely usher in a very hot stage in the future, and I dare to conclude that in the future market, the main movie is estimated to be costume martial arts or historical films. ”

Chen Shi was slightly stunned, he didn't expect this Fang Tong to have two moments, he asked, "Why are you so sure?"

Fang Tong smiled and said: "It's very simple, because "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar, and everyone knows that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" It is a costume martial arts film, foreigners are very interested in ancient Chinese, very fascinated by our martial arts, therefore, this is a good choice, the other we have no advantage, so, I estimate, for a long time, well-known directors want to shoot a martial arts film, or court history film, so, they can also rush the Olympics, can also buy a good price abroad, as for the domestic market, of course, will grow up during this time. ”

Indeed, since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Oscars, many directors have to make such a martial arts film, including "Hero" led by the national teacher in China, and later "Ambush on All Sides", as well as "Night Banquet" and "Wuji" by other directors, etc. Many directors in China have an Oscar plot and also a martial arts plot.

Chen Shi listened and motioned for the other party to continue.

Fang Tong continued: " However, in my opinion, this kind of development is deformed, when everyone is working in one direction, it will definitely be out of shape, a film market, not a single film genre is prominent, but a hundred flowers bloom, you look at Hollywood, although their science fiction films are very famous, but, they make other films are also good, horror films, comedies, and even modern urban fashion films or action movies have their own acres and threes of land, what is presented is a hundred flowers blooming, not every genre dominates one side, so it will develop benignly, otherwise, sooner or later, something will happen。 ”

Chen Shi was shocked again, at this time, there are not many people who can have such a sober mind, this Fang Tong is definitely one, and he is still very sober, not just a little sense of distress.

Chen Shi asked curiously, "Then what do you say you should do?"

Fang Tong said: "It's easy to say, but it's complicated to do. ”

Chen Shi said: "You can talk about it casually. ”

Fang Tongdao: "I am not the only one who sees this situation, in fact, many people in the industry understand, but capital does not understand, or even if they understand, they will not plan for the long term, because capital is only responsible for a period of profit, so even if it is a matter of killing chickens for heating, capital or capitalists still do it without hesitation, and he will be very happy." ”

Of course, the capitalists don't care about the future, they are only responsible for the present, and what is most important in the present? Of course, it is to make money, so no matter how deformed, no matter how wrong, the capitalists will make more money in a certain period of time. This is an indisputable, unquestionable thing.

Fang Tong continued: "Now, it is very difficult to rely on the conscience of filmmakers to turn the situation around, so it is necessary to rely on capitalists with conscience, or to persuade capitalists to think long-term, so that they can be completely reversed. ”

Chen Shi asked, "What should I do?"

Fang Tongdao: "Don't follow the trend, don't blindly follow, have your own plan, and, to balance development, for example, you can't make money by others, you just follow what to shoot, although there are certain benefits to this, maybe you can make a lot of money for a while, but it is also possible that the market has changed when your capital has just been invested, so that you will definitely not be the pace of the market, so that after being thrown away by the market, you are already a great luck not to lose money." ”

Chen Shi nodded involuntarily, but Fang Tong did not stop, and continued: "I read your company's materials, it can be said that all of them are grass platform teams, not formal at all, the contract is not formal, there is no binding, there is no long-term planning, there is no corporate culture, there is no good competition mechanism, there is no high-quality resource allocation, etc., too much, too much." ”

Chen Shi asked again: "If it were you, what should you do?"

Fang Tongdao: "To recruit personnel first, you must find professionals, and you must change the management from the beginning, starting from the finance, of course, the most important thing is to cultivate your own talents, this talent is the foundation of the film company, for example, photography, photography assistants, such as field affairs, such as lighting engineers, such as director assistants, etc., a crew of useful talents must be cultivated, to establish their own set of complete industrial chain, not only to have funds, but also to have talents." ”

Chen Shi Huoran was moved, but he knew that later Xiao Gangcang spoke in the media, saying that he wanted to run a Lanxiang Technical School in the film industry, he didn't understand it at the time, and when he heard Fang Tong's words, he suddenly understood that these talents are not something that can be done by looking for one or two college students in the market, although many jobs are not demanding, very simple, even if they are illiterate, they can do it, but if they have no experience, they will not be able to be skilled in two or three months, and two or three months are completely the time to finish a movie.

Chen Shidao: "You mean to run a Lanxiang Technical School in the film industry?"

Fang Tong may not have heard of Lanxiang Technical School, so he was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is Lanxiang Technical School?"

Chen Shi explained: Teaching excavators, as well as chefs, etc., is a vocational and technical school. ”

Fang Tong showed a surprised smile on his face and said, "That's right, that's what it means." Of course, in terms of film shooting, I hope not to pursue big stars and big productions, but to make stories king, when I don't have a strong film heavy industry, it's best to shoot more comedies, shoot more low-cost films, and cultivate more stars with good acting skills, so that it can last for a long time, otherwise, it is not only expensive to find big stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan to perform, but also will cause their own actors to lose their generations. If you are very dependent on each profession, then you will expose your weakness, and others will easily use your weakness to attack you, therefore, your survival rate is not high, your ability to resist risks is not strong, you can't stand the competition, you can't stand the wind and rain. ”

The more Chen Shi listened, the more excited he became, this Fang Tong was like a roundworm in his stomach, and all the words he said were in line with his meaning, but Chen Shi just thought about it, and there was no possibility of actual action at all, because he didn't understand, he just knew some fur, and this Fang Tong was not only professional, but also very strong in execution.

He decided, it was him.