Chapter 67: The Great Director

August 24, 2004, Suncheonfu, Minghu Cinema.

Minghu Culture held a grand premiere ceremony for "Dragon Gate Inn".

In addition to the main creators of the crew, Jin Han, Zhou Zhiyu, He Yingyu, and Cheng Suhua, Minghu Culture also went out of the nest, and Li Qian and Qi Jie were all present in person to stand on the stage for this movie.

There are also many directors, actors, singers, etc. in the industry.

This summer, blockbusters of domestic movies have been smashed out one after another, but except for "The Matrix", the box office does not seem to be too good - because "The Matrix" is too dazzling.

Since June, Zhao Meicheng's "Blood", Wu Han's "Laughing Heroes", and Guo Yulong's "The Princes of the Beacon Opera" have not met everyone's expectations in advance.

Li Qian's "The Matrix" was of course a hit, and it was a global hit, but then, Liu Chengzhang's "Flying Sky" was under the double pressure of "The Matrix" and "Jurassic Park 2", although the overall box office situation is not bad, at least it is not a hit on the street, looking at it now, it will get a box office of more than 500 million by the time it is released, it is not a big problem, it can be regarded as a success, but it is helpless to compare with "The Matrix", which is a bit unsatisfactory.

Now, it's the turn of Jin Han's "Dragon Gate Inn".

As a competitor, "Flying Sky", which was released on August 8, and "The Matrix", which is still in theaters today, are all things that "Dragon Gate Inn" has to face.

Liu Chengzhang is still leading the team to run the publicity and roadshow of "Flying Sky", and he will definitely not be able to come back, but Fang Baijin, as the producer of "Dragon Gate Inn", still rushed over on time to attend the premiere of the movie.

Moreover, he rarely took the initiative to stand beside Jin Han, Zhou Zhiyu, He Yingyu, Cheng Subian and other main creators, and stood in the welcome hall at the door with the production manager Qin Nuo and others to be responsible for welcoming guests.

Not long ago, considering that the cooperation with each other is very pleasant, especially Li Qian has always shown extreme appreciation for himself from beginning to end, and Minghu Culture is indeed getting bigger and bigger, and the future is bright, so Fang Baijin finally agreed to officially join Minghu Culture as the art planner of Minghu Culture's Film and Television Department.

The job position of art curator was not there before he came, and when he came, he was alone. In terms of work attributes, he is directly under the leadership of Artistic Director Li Qian.

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A good film market with a large overall volume can give better opportunities for more films, more types and styles of films, and it is more likely to promote the diversification of the entire film industry and form a situation of a hundred flowers blooming, because everyone can find their own jobs in this market.

But on the other hand, there must be good movies that continue to appear, constantly attract old audiences to enter the film again and again, and bring in new audiences, so as to stimulate the development and expansion of the entire film market, so that there may be a healthy development of a large film market.

These two complement each other and promote each other.

No matter which side drops the chain, it will cause the other party to suffer.

Needless to say, with the entry of many traditional directors and joining in the pursuit of the box office, the scene mentor is not small, but the quality of the film is really difficult to satisfy everyone, so it greatly hit the audience's enthusiasm for buying tickets and watching movies, and also led to a sharp decline in the market after a period of rapid expansion of the film market, and even continued to hover at a low point for several years.

The so-called five and six generations of directors of the older generation have lost their troops in this wave and have been filmed half-dead by the tide of commercialization in the film market. Subsequently, when the new generation of directors grew up, the market began to gradually become active again, and with the rapid development of the domestic economy, the film market began to develop rapidly and surprisingly after 08 years.

To tell the truth, many successful commercial genre films and many successful directors grew up rapidly at this time, and the Chinese film industry began to have a new look.

In the current time and space, although the entire domestic film market has also experienced a wave of adjustments and shocks, the overall trend is moving forward, especially since the 2002 "Life and Death Door" vs. "Huang Feihong", the market has been shaken, but on the whole, in fact, the speed of development and expansion is very fast, and even gives many people a feeling that they want to explode and develop.

In this, although the entire market is developing rapidly, and one after another box office blockbuster films have appeared, giving people a feeling that Chinese films are prospering greatly, but in fact, Li Qian's personal role in this is too great.

Once you peel off the series produced by Minghu Culture, you will find that the development trend of history is really strikingly similar - even if it is not the same time and space at all.

Many directors of the old wave have hit the streets one after another in the past two or three years.

It may be too early to say that they will be completely eliminated, but in this wave of surging commercial films and box office movies, many directors of the previous generation have indeed begun to fall behind.

Qin Wei and Du Weiyun all pounced one after another.

Zhao Meicheng's first commercial blockbuster "Blood" was released on June 12, and by the end of July, it had been offline, and the box office results could not be regarded as a complete blow, but compared to its investment, especially compared to Zhao Meicheng's boasting in advance, the harvest was not gratifying, and it was estimated that it would only protect the capital.

This was a great surprise to Zhao Meicheng and Yuan Ke.

Even Liu Chengzhang, who is recognized as the first batch of successful commercial directors in China, once pounced on "Sword Immortal" very badly.

In stark contrast, a group of new directors have begun to rise rapidly in this wave of market.

Of course, this includes Wu Han, who has been stumbling for many years, but more, of course, is the Minghu director group headed by Li Qian.

Li Qian, Feng Bicheng, Zhao He.

"My Sassy Girlfriend", "Once Upon a Time", "Red Sorghum", "Big Names", "Once Upon a Time", "Once Upon a Time", "The Matrix".

It is no exaggeration to say that it is them, and their batch of films, that have supported the Chinese film market in the past two years, especially the face of domestic films.

It is precisely because of their existence and rise that although the domestic film market has fluctuated, it has not completely experienced a huge decline and a long-term trough like another time and space, and it has also made the decline of the older generation of domestic film directors in front of the market not so shocking.

New flesh grew rapidly, covering up the massive wounds.

But among these people, there is no Jin Han.

He was a filmmaker who had in-depth cooperation with Minghu Culture before Li Qian set foot in the film and television industry, Li Qian's studio and Minghu Culture were created, Liao Liao and He Runqing's MV were all in charge of the camera, and later Minghu Culture was involved in film and television, "The Legend of the New White Lady" as the company's entrepreneurial work, he was responsible for serving as the director of photography and personally took charge of the camera. And the film and television department of Minghu Culture has not even really been established, he is already the company's film and television director set by Li Qiannei.

This qualification, not to mention people like Feng Bicheng and Zhao He, who came over halfway later, even Han Shunzhang, who is also a veteran, is difficult to reach - when filming "The Legend of the New White Lady", Jin Han, as the director of photography, was a character who often slapped the table and yelled at Li Qian, and Han Shunzhang at that time only existed as the big housekeeper of the crew, and he served them, and his status in the crew was even inferior to the heroine Bai Yujing.

Later, he directed "Meteor Garden" and "Full House of Romance", he directed a number of popular TV series for the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, which was in the rising stage at that time, and became the only one qualified to sit on an equal footing with Li Qian at that time, and together with Li Qian, he provoked the heavyweight of the entire Minghu Culture, Film and Television Department.

Han Shunzhang, Zhao He, and later Lu Lingxi, Feng Bicheng, etc., this cadre, etc., were all assistant directors or production managers at that time, and they were responsible for running errands for him and Li Qian.

However, "On the Road" pounced.

That is Wang Jinglu's only big-screen movie so far, that is the proprietress of the Minghu department, and being able to pull her to be the heroine proves that Jin Han's transcendent status in the Minghu cultural system at that time.

But that film, word-of-mouth and box office, none of them were successful.

Jin Han has been holding his breath, and the later "Peacock" can be regarded as barely getting his wish, Cannes won the award, and also won a Cannes actress, which can be regarded as a moment of glory.

But it failed at the box office.

Counting the distribution rights sold in European countries, that film can be regarded as just returning to its original cost.

And at this time, looking back, Han Shunzhang has risen, not only is he the steady housekeeper of the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, but he also has a series of TV series masterpieces, and he will enter the film industry next, and the resources he can get from Li Qian are needless to say.

Feng Bicheng is already a 500 million director.

Zhao He took over the "Huang Feihong" series, and "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" was a great success, with 500 million directors.

Lu Lingxi, another successful female director in China, and a beautiful director and talented female director, is very famous and very popular.

Wait a minute.

Oh, by the way, maybe in the near future, there will be a Sun Yuting, Li Qian himself said that the second part of "The Matrix" is likely to be handed over to her to take over.

Presumably under the control of Li Qian, there is another huge market influence and reputation of the first film, as long as Sun Yuting's sequel is not too badly filmed, it will be a proper international director.

And what about him, who is he sure of, or qualified enough to surpass?

The position of film and television director of Minghu Culture, who is still sitting under his ass, has long been a bit unworthy of the name.

Therefore, after returning from Cannes, he got "Dragon Gate Inn", which he valued very much.

asked for money, asked for people, and took people to the desert, from the beginning of the set, he took people to do it, and later filming, he told He Yingyu and them little by little.

From the fact that the movie was established within Minghu Culture, he was in this drama for a year.

Now, the movie is finally about to be released.

He knows that if this movie is completed, he will be considered to be in the right position, if not...... The position of film and television director, even if Li Qian doesn't mention it, he has no face to continue to sit down.

So, what does it mean to be?

500 million is the foundation, it is the starting point, and more than 600 million is more ideal.

Because even Zhao He and Feng Bicheng are already 500 million, not to mention the domestic film market, just explain that within the Lake Culture Film and Television Department, if you are only 500 million, are you embarrassed to say that you have succeeded?

But, 500 million!

There are more than 500 million movies in China, and there are only a few together!

He's not Li Qian!

Although the script of "Dragon Gate Inn" is Li Qian's, and Fang Baijin was pulled over by Li Qian to be the producer, there is no doubt that it is also to set up a fence for the filming of the movie, but the movie is still its own after all.

Jin Han knows very well in his heart that his directing style and picture style are different from anyone else.

Therefore, with the blessing of Li Qian's gold medal screenwriter, the story really makes me can't help but praise it, but when the movie is about to be released, it is really going to accept the verification of the market, but Jin Han's heart is full of ups and downs.

The guests came about along, he pushed the door and walked into the specially set up conference living room on the first floor of Minghu Cinema, ready to smoke a cigarette and take a rest, but as soon as he entered, he saw Li Qian surrounded by a large number of people.

With a smile, Jin Han knew that when it came to the global sales of "The Matrix", Li Qian's accumulation of several movies in the previous years could be regarded as a complete signboard.

In the past, when it came to Chinese movies, Qin Wei must be mentioned.

Later, when it came to Chinese films, Qin Wei and Li Qian were all big directors, because they both won awards to prove their strength, and they both won unprecedented box office sales of domestic films.

But now, whether at home or abroad, when it comes to Chinese movies, Li Qian must be mentioned, and "The Matrix" must be mentioned.

Li Qian is, of course, the most sought after existence by almost all domestic film and television companies, production companies, theater companies, actors, and agents.

Even at this time, Han Shunzhang was already surrounded by five or six people, chatting lively.

The reason is also very simple, Lao Han is the big housekeeper of the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has recently become so popular that it has turned purple - everyone says that Lao Han is estimated to enter the movie in the next step.

Such a powerful figure and a powerful director are, of course, also the objects that everyone is willing to pursue.

Taking a deep breath, Jin Han thought, "Just look at it!"

Prove yourself, prove your ability to win the box office, prove that you are not outdated, and prove that you are not a director who will only make literary movies that no one watches.

Li Qian's script, the return of the best couple on the big screen of "Savage Girlfriend" Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu, plus Cheng Suhua, and the hard work and intentions of the past year.

Jin Han firmly believes that he will be able to achieve this one!

And once this film is completed, he will become the third after Qin Wei and Li Qian, who can not only make award-winning literary films,

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