Following.

Morning.

Lin Xiaoguang just came to the company, and when he passed by Liang Guoer's office, he walked in lightly and sat on the sofa and quietly looked at Liang Guoer, who was working at the desk.

Liang Guo'er raised her head and said with a look of surprise: "Xiaoguang, why are you free to come to my office?"

Lin Xiaoguang smiled and said, "It's okay, I just stopped by to see you." ”

With that, Lin Xiaoguang lit a cigarette by himself.

Liang Guoer seemed to remember something, and suddenly said: "Xiaoguang, Shanghai Chengya Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., which you asked me to check yesterday, I took a look last night, and the legal representative is indeed Cheng Sicheng." ”

"The predecessor of this company was Cheng Sicheng's studio, with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. ”

Lin Xiaoguang spat out the smoke ring and said with emotion: "It seems that this Cheng Sicheng really has something, and he can actually take out 10 million registered companies." ”

Liang Guo'er stared at Lin Xiaoguang for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "Xiaoguang, I just found out now that you are actually quite similar to Cheng Sicheng." ”

Lin Xiaoguang said angrily: "I, bah! I look like Cheng Sicheng? Where do I look alike? He is a dirt bun at the junction of urban and rural areas, can he be compared with a rich and handsome man like me?"

Looking at Lin Xiaoguang's troubled expression, Liang Guoer couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiaoguang, what are you excited about, I'm not talking about looks, it's about the experience of the two of you." ”

Lin Xiaoguang said angrily: "Then you should tell me, what is the resemblance between me and him?"

Liang Guoer put down the work at hand and said faintly: "You think, you both used to be Huayi's contracted artists, and both owned a certain percentage of the company's original shares, and then you two left Huayi one after another, you became a director, he also became a director, you founded a light and shadow film and television company, and he also founded his own film and television company......

"Even the girlfriends you have are your partners in the play!"

"The only difference is that you and Sister Xiao Ran are married and have children, and he and Dong Liya are still in love. ”

Listening to Liang Guoer's comparison of his own experience with Cheng Sicheng, Lin Xiaoguang pondered for a while, and this is indeed the case.

However, Lin Xiaoguang felt that Cheng Sicheng had been imitating himself, which was too shameless.

Without waiting for Lin Xiaoguang to answer, Liang Guoer continued: "Xiaoguang, there is another thing I don't understand very much. ”

Looking at Liang Guo'er's puzzled expression, Lin Xiaoguang said angrily: "Guo'er, who is with whom, we have been here for so many years, if you have anything to say, don't hide it with me." ”

Liang Guoer nodded, and said: "It's also a new director, why did you invest less than 5 million in the movie hypnosis master produced by our company, but you are willing to invest 10 million in the movie produced by Cheng Sicheng's company?"

"Could it be that in your eyes, Brother Xu Zheng's directing level is really inferior to Cheng Sicheng?"

Lin Xiaoguang shook his head: "Of course not, I still believe in Lao Xu's ability, it's just that the master of hypnosis is a suspense film, which is a relatively unpopular theme in China, and it is actually difficult to predict what the box office of this movie will be, and Shao Jing's love story is the same as 33 days of broken love, and the audience between the two must be different." ”

Liang Guo'er suddenly realized: "It turns out that it's because of this, I understand when you say that."

"By the way, Xiaoguang, since you like to invest in new directors who are halfway out, why don't you try to consider investing in some academic directors, wouldn't they be more professional?"

Lin Xiaoguang said angrily and funny: "I want to invest, but there are too few directors from the academy, and there are few directors in our country who are from professional classes." ”

Liang Guo'er thought about it, it seemed to be the same thing, but she still couldn't resist her curiosity and asked, "Xiaoguang, why is this happening?

Lin Xiaoguang said with emotion: "It's not boring, the reason why we don't have so many directors from academies in the Chinese film industry is that the most important and fundamental reason is that making movies is too expensive." ”

"For example, in the same art category, students from the Academy of Fine Arts can draw a few pictures by themselves, Chinese majors can write their own, students from the Conservatory of Music can write a few pieces of music to hang on the Internet, or find a chorus to help their brothers, which can also attract attention." ”

"Therefore, Huaguo can have millions of Internet writers, millions of unknown painters, and hundreds of thousands of unaspiring musicians. ”

"It's only about making movies, and the investment is really high. ”

"Even if you make a student work, the money burned starts with 10,000 yuan, how many students take it out from their own families? and how many investors are willing to use their own family funds to toss these half-grown hairy children?"

"Don't talk about our Huaguo, even in a place like the United States where the film industry is developed, the vast majority of students who graduate from film schools will not be able to become directors in the end. ”

"And although Cheng Sicheng is not a director from a professional class, he has proven his talent through the TV series Beijing Love Story, if it weren't for this, I would never have taken the risk of investing in a little-known rookie director"

In fact, the investment in making movies is too large, not only in China, but also in the United States.

The famous director Ang Lee once told an example of a junior who had a graduation work that was even better than his, but in the end he was not able to succeed in the industry.

Ang Lee himself was actually almost desperate at that time.

But he analyzed the trend of his seniors after graduation, and found that none of those who changed careers to other categories in the film industry were mixed, only those who insisted on writing scripts succeeded.

Therefore, even in that environment, he still worked hard all the way, kept writing scripts, kept meeting investors, and actively fought for various opportunities for tutoring funds, before finally making his first movie.

It can be said that Ang Lee's success, although it is a reflection of his own ability, also has a great element of luck.

If he didn't succeed, he was ready to change to computer science and become a programmer.

Let's go back and look at the people who have successfully become directors at present.

Cheng Kaige, born in a film family, he is one of the very few, as long as he is willing to make films, there are people who make films.

Zhang Yimou, a photographer;

Feng Xiaotank, screenwriter;

Wong Kar-wai, screenwriter;

Jiang Wen, actor background;

Gu Changwei, Zhang Yimou's royal cinematographer;

Wu Ershan, a commercial film director;

Teng Huatao, TV drama director;

Xu Jinglei, an actor;

Zhao Wei, actor;

Lin Xiaoguang, actor;

Han Han, a best-selling author;

Cheng Sicheng, actor and singer;

Guo Jingming, best-selling author;

Xu Haofeng is a best-selling author and screenwriter.

Jay Chou, singer and actor;

Xu Zheng, an actor;

Su Youpeng, an actor;

……

What these people have in common is that they have either established themselves in the film-related industry and have been unanimously recognized by the industry.

Either that, it comes with huge traffic and can be paid by countless fans.

For film school graduates, it is almost impossible to bring their own huge traffic.

And the road ahead is also very difficult, and only the best in each industry can get out.

Even if you succeed in becoming a screenwriter, or a photographer, or a TV drama director and a commercial film director, it is good to be able to support your family, how many people have the spare energy to go to a higher place?

Therefore, Huaguo not only has few commercial film directors from the academy, but also has very few directors from the academy itself.

Not only is there fierce competition internally, but they also have to face competition from external writers, actors, and singers who have changed careers, so there are fewer opportunities to make movies.

Don't mention it far away, let's just talk about Lin Xiaoguang, in order to shoot people in Embarrassment, he not only wrote the script by himself, but also took out all his savings, and even under Hua Yi's questioning, he brought Xu Zheng and Han Sanping to invest together, so that the project of Ren in Embarrassment was finalized.

ps. Thank you for the encouragement of the two friends of "Hua Xiaoyun" and "Book Friends 1533296848328111", and thank you to every partner who subscribed and voted for support, and wished everyone a happy Lantern Festival in advance.