Chapter 187: How far is it from the master
ββ¦β¦ The emperor has seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courtyards, and the state pays for them, and I am just a daughter-in-law, and I am divorced, my life is a tragedy!"
"This is you, this is me, this is Taylor, I see farther than you, Taylor can see farther than me, Buddha sees...... Infinity!"
"Do your DVDs have a super error-correcting function? Yes? That's right! We must resolutely protect the national film industry and crack down on piracy, and everyone has a responsibility!"
"There was a madhouse where there were too many patients and they were all fools, and there were not enough doctors and nurses in the hospital, so the director came up with an idea: use the patients to manage the patients. Choose a patient on each floor to be the head of the building, of course, you have to choose the kind of person who is more sane. So the dean came to the first floor......"
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It's Tuesday, March 27th.
In the finely decorated audio-visual room on the ninth floor of Minghu Culture, the company's side, as well as the high-level executives of the film and television department, as well as the directors and producers of the company's current people in Shuncheonfu, are all present.
Li Qian, Qi Jie, Cao Zhan, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang, Lu Lingxi, Sun Yuting, Huang Wenjuan, the company's publicity department, film and television distribution department and relevant personnel of the theater chain.
And...... Feng Bicheng.
Add thirteen people together.
I have to say that when I met a character like Youyou in "Big Names", Huang Ge, a third-tier supporting role who usually looks inconspicuous, completely exploded with all his strength at once.
Absolutely, absolutely, it's a sight to behold.
This guy's acting skills are usually natural, so when he encounters such a black comedy, whether he is loud or low-key pretending, almost every sentence carries a natural laugh that makes you want to laugh!
As a result, he almost completely dominated the film.
Even at such an internal viewing meeting, all the people present are the top executives within Minghu Culture, many people have read the script, or heard of this story outline, but after sitting down and entering the plot, they still can't help but be amused by this movie again and again.
Among them, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the role of Youyou played by Huang Ge.
And under his outstanding performance, Bai Yujing was basically completely reduced to a beautiful vase.
Of course, this is mainly because the role of Youyou is too dazzling, and it is full of freshness, even if Zhao Meicheng has filmed a series of urban comedies with the theme of small citizens before, but it is by no means the same way with this, so this light covers everything.
And if you look at this rationally, looking back, Bai Yujing played a Chinese beauty who grew up abroad since she was a child and spoke a somewhat awkward Chinese that was not very authentic, which can be regarded as a flourish.
It's so beautiful that it's bubbling, and it's natural.
Raise your hand and throw your foot, between your eyebrows and eyes, there is a natural flirtation.
Well, compared to the demeanor of the Guan Da beauty in the original work of the other time and space, it is not far behind.
It's just, okay, the acting tree that she finally clicked on is estimated to have shrunk back a lot! Now as soon as the movie is released, the positioning of the big vase on her head will come back completely.
And in addition, well, there is no doubt that with the blessing of Li Qian's script and the strong support of a group of powerful acting stars in the Shuntianfu Drama Theater, the supporting roles in this movie are all extremely vivid.
Especially the big names in the mental hospital, it's just a group of demons dancing-
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"You have to choose the best prime location, hire a French designer, and build the most high-end apartment, with elevators directly into the house, and the smallest unit has to be 400 square meters. What broadband, optical cable, satellite, can give him all the connection. Upstairs there is a garden, there is a swimming pool in the building, and there is an English butler standing in the building, wearing a wig, the gentleman's kind. As soon as the owner enters the door, he has to say to people whether he has anything to do: 'may-I-help-you, sir?' β
"If you build another aristocratic school in the community, the teaching materials are Harvard, and the annual tuition fee will be tens of thousands of dollars. Another American clinic will be built to see patients 24 hours a day. It's just a word, expensive! It costs 18,000 to see a cold. The neighbors around you either drive a BMW or a Mercedes-Benz, and if you drive a Japanese car, you are embarrassed to say hello to people. How much do you have to sell for an apartment like this?"
"I think it's going to cost two thousand dollars. Two thousand dollars? That's the cost! From four thousand dollars! Don't be too expensive, it's not discounted. You have to study the shopping psychology of the owners. Owners who are willing to pay $2,000 to buy a house don't care about paying another $2,000. Do you know what a successful person is? A successful person is one who buys the most expensive thing and does not buy the best. Therefore, our slogan for real estate is: not the best, but the most expensive!"
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Since the beginning of this scene in the mental hospital, the low laughter in the video room has not stopped.
For an ordinary moviegoer, this kind of detail is actually very fatal - you may not be the kind of laughter that follows everyone, but seeing this and hearing these psychopaths have hysteria so seriously, that feeling will make you can't help but twitch your shoulders and laugh like a fool!
Theoretically, in a comedy movie, you can come up with two or three such paragraphs, and the movie will be on fire - such a paragraph, it is simply the best word-of-mouth weapon! You don't need to say anything, after watching the movie, the audience will spontaneously help you promote it.
And in the movie "Big Shot", jokes like this abound.
As a result, the big names in the real film and television circle have been laughing non-stop almost since ten minutes, and they must laugh every time they laugh, and the jokes prepared in the script are basically not wasted!
Of course, this must mean that Feng Bicheng's directing work has been done very well - from the script on paper to the film picture with such a precise rhythm and excellent performance, it is his work in between.
At the end of the movie screening, Huang Wenjuan just got up and wanted to turn on the lights, but Feng Bicheng had already cleverly gotten up in advance to turn on the headlights in the video room.
The laughter of everyone in the middle of the screening just now should be regarded as the best comment. Therefore, as soon as the lights turned on, Li Qian stood up, and he was not ready to go to the conference room, so he asked directly: "What do you think?"
Cao Zhan was the first to speak, "I think it's good, it's almost perfect!"
Sun Yuting was the second to speak, "Great! One of the best black humors I've ever seen!"
Lu Lingxi said: "The degree of completion is very high, and the integrity is very good!"
Jin Han said, "I give 95 points!
Li Qian finally turned his head and looked at Han Shunzhang.
He is one of the three producers of this film, and he also replaced himself as the producer of this film, if this movie is Feng Bicheng standing in charge of everything at the moment, then the person who stands behind him and controls the overall situation for him is undoubtedly Han Shunzhang.
This movie, at least half of his heart.
At this time, meeting Li Qian's gaze, Han Shunzhang nodded.
In fact, the version of this movie that is now presented, its shooting, editing, and even performance basically strictly follow the script given by Li Qian. Among them, there are very few changes, additions, deletions and adjustments to the creation of scenes and characters at the director level.
In other words, this is a typical "screenwriting play".
The logic of the script is after repeated scrutiny, and it generally tends to be more logical, while the director's re-creation, on-the-spot play, and even the addition and deletion of the plot and characters in the middle of the shooting often easily lead to the imbalance of the structure of a play and the loss of rigor in logic.
Of course, in the end, the director can also reconstruct the story through editing, and strive to present a good movie with strict logic, full characters, and smooth story on the final version handed in.
But often, directors who like to change the script on the spot, no matter how good or bad the final version is, will often be very different from the original script.
And the current "Big Names", Feng Bicheng's completed works are basically more than 95% of the works, which greatly follow the planning of the script, and rarely adjust themselves.
At first glance, it seems that this makes the director's ability seem very mediocre, and he will only draw a scoop according to the gourd, but in fact, this is one of the characteristics of the director's strong ability.
A director, especially a successful commercial director, must be a super dancer who is particularly good at dancing in shackles - without changing the script, without moving the dialogue, without moving the characters, basically shooting exactly according to the script, but on the one hand, it perfectly presents the style and characteristics of the script, and on the other hand, in many details, from costumes, sets, to the angle of framing, and the performance of the actors, and so on, it fully shows the director's personal thinking about the story.
It's a rarity!
Even in Li Qian's view, such an ability is beyond the scope of Feng Bicheng's ability.
But he did it just so beautifully.
After Li Qian finished reading it, he felt that he basically had nothing to say.
So, after asking everyone's opinions, Li Qian clapped his hands, "Okay, let's do it first, Lao Jin, Lao Han, go back to your film and television department to give me a suggestion for adjustment, the Propaganda Department, the Distribution Department, your work must be paid up, report to President Qi! This is a good film, it doesn't sell well, I'll settle accounts with you...... Adjourned!"
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Feng Bicheng stood at the door.
From coming to watch the film, entering the door, to the end of the screening, to the small meeting on the spot, to the end of the meeting, Li Qian walked out of the video room, and did not look at him from beginning to end.
Feng Bicheng lowered his head and watched everyone leave.
When Cao Zhan walked out of the door, he deliberately stopped, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "It's really great!"
Feng Bicheng smiled gratefully and nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Cao!"
With Cao Zhan taking the lead, everyone else also praised a few words more or less, lightly or heavily, only Qi Jie and Sun Yuting left without saying a word.
Qi Jie was quite calm, Sun Yuting just turned her head and looked at him seriously, with an undisguised disgust.
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When he returned to the office, Qi Jie smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that his level is really good!"
Li Qian replied to him calmly, "There are many directors who are not bad. β
Qi Jie shrugged, smiled, and went out without saying anything.
In recent days, since the box office of "Red Sorghum" exceeded 100 million yuan for two consecutive weeks, her mood has been very good, originally her opinion of Feng Bicheng was even more serious than Li Qian, but at this time, it seems that she is also downplayed.
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Before you know it, the month of March has come to an end.
For the Chinese film industry, March this year is obviously an impressive month.
"Red Sorghum" won the award in Berlin, Li Qian's acceptance speech made the domestic film circle praise endlessly, and then "Red Sorghum" was released in China, and in the case that it was not too optimistic, the box office exceeded 100 million in two weeks, thus completing the double breakthrough of the trophy and the box office!
Since then, "Red Sorghum" will undoubtedly become the most important benchmark for domestic films and domestic literary films!
Then, it is conceivable that the box office has exceeded 100 million yuan for two consecutive weeks, and even in the case of being seriously unoptimistic like last week, with a disadvantaged film scheduling rate, it has forcibly completed the reversal of a newly listed commercial blockbuster, and no one will doubt the blockbuster ability of "Red Sorghum".
As a result, in the last week of March, the scheduling rate of "Red Sorghum" rebounded rapidly, although it did not reach the extremely high scheduling rate of the first week's weekend and two days, but it still returned to more than 40% all of a sudden, and it has remained stable in large and medium-sized theaters across the country.
The main reason is that "Bad Life" collapsed at the first touch, so that "Red Sorghum" almost completely had no decent opponents in the next two weeks! And with the box office of "Red Sorghum" exceeding 100 million yuan for two consecutive weeks, the domestic topic about this movie has been completely fermented and upgraded to the level of a national topic. And the increase in attention will naturally bring more audiences.
At the same time as the significant increase in the scheduling rate of "Red Sorghum", the scheduling rate of "Bad Life" has steadily declined in major theaters - in the new week, this commercial blockbuster was only released in the second week, and only got an average of 26% of the schedule, far below the original expectations of the industry and distributors.
Oh, by the way, after a three-hour negotiation that lasted back and forth, when "Red Sorghum" entered its third week of screening, Oriental Cinema finally chose to sign a supplementary screening agreement.
In the end, they got 286 new copies from Minghu Culture with a share ratio that was higher than the market benchmark and much higher than their own negotiation standards, and relatively strict screening requirements, and finally on the last train, the film schedule for "Red Sorghum" from their own cinemas was increased to 46% of the market's high film scheduling rate.
And in such a week, "Red Sorghum", which has basically lost its opponent, although the average attendance rate on weekdays began to fall below 40%, and the attendance rate on weekends was only slightly more than 70%, but in the third week of its release, it still won the box office of 88.56 million in one fell swoop with a high film scheduling rate!
The box office in the first three weeks was added, and the cumulative domestic box office still successfully reached a high of 337.34 million!
It has become inevitable that the box office will break 400 million in the future!
Although it is difficult to break 500 million, it is not completely impossible - because literary films, especially literary films with good reputation, have their own skills of long-term blockbusters!
And even if it doesn't exceed 500 million in the end, just a box office of more than 400 million is enough to make the movie "Red Sorghum" proud of the world.
Don't say that literary films are definitely the first in history, even compared with many commercial blockbusters, it can proudly announce that it has officially ranked among the top three domestic film box office lists!
1st place, "The Gate of Life and Death", 2nd place, "Once Upon a Time", 3rd place, "Red Sorghum"!
And the past three film works, "My Sassy Girlfriend", "Wong Fei Hung" and "Red Sorghum", their box office combined, means that Li Qian will officially surpass Liu Chengzhang and Qin Wei to the top of the number one highest-grossing director in China - of course, the newspaper said, maybe Li Qian will not be able to do this seat for too long.
Because "Golden Stage" will be released soon, and "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement" is not Li Qian's directorial work, and it cannot be counted under his personal name.
But even so, after the market sales of three successive films, coupled with the breakthrough of "Red Sorghum" in awards, no one is qualified to regard him as a fledgling film newcomer at the moment.
He is already one of the top film directors in China!
Even, some people jokingly said: Li Qian is only a handful of gray beards away from the title of master!
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Time entered April, after more than 10 million in the first five weeks of release, and a slightly surprising box office of more than 46 million in the second week, although "Bad Life" is still insisting on publicity, and their box office and word-of-mouth have no signs of collapse, there is no doubt that in the excellent box office and word-of-mouth of "Red Sorghum", especially under the cover of the national topic that has risen, no matter how hard the distributor publicizes, it will never be able to gain more attention.
Not to mention that when the time entered April, the new blockbuster "Lonely Smoke in the Desert", produced by Oriental Media Group and produced by the famous director Du Weiyun for two years, has been intensively promoted.
In this regard, although there is still a certain box office to harvest in the follow-up, "Bad Life" has been completely submerged by the market quietly.
At this time, on the side of Minghu Culture, the most fanfare celebration banquet in the past seven years since the establishment of the company is about to begin.
For such a celebration banquet, the entire film industry and the entire entertainment industry are extremely concerned.
Because of the comprehensive success of "Red Sorghum", since "The Legend of the New White Lady" and "Huang Feihong" and "Red Sorghum", the film and television power they have worked hard to create seems to have reached an unprecedented height in the eyes of the entire circle.
It seems that the Minghu culture at this moment, even if it is just about the ability and resources of film and television production, is enough to be compared with the Oriental Media Group, Huafei Film and Television and Jinghua Film, which are used to being called the three mountains of domestic films.
This company is already a huge existence for practitioners in the domestic entertainment industry and film industry, whether you want it or not, you can't ignore it at all!
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I didn't ask for a monthly pass for one day yesterday, and I immediately fell to fifteen!
You see, how can I not ask for this, how dare I rest?
Please take a little more help, if you have a ticket in hand, please support it again!
Knife plough bye thank you!