Chapter 81: Some People Are Happy and Some Are Sad
On January 18, 2002, the National Film and Television Drama Great Wall Awards held an award ceremony, and Li Qian led the crew members of "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Princess Huanzhu" to attend the ceremony. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
And the result is also a great joy for all.
Li Qian's popularity, the popularity of these two dramas of Minghu Culture and the popularity of these actors can help the Great Wall Award attract a lot of extra attention, and the Great Wall Award has once again faithfully fulfilled its positioning of "never biased towards pure literary films", so in the end, the harvest of the two dramas is quite satisfactory.
Especially "Princess Huanzhu".
is similar to "The Legend of the New White Lady" back then, this drama is so popular, so popular that it seems that if you don't give it the award, the credibility of your award is not enough!
As a result, Li Qian, the best TV series in the drama category, Li Qian, the best screenwriter, the best theme song Ge Rilen, as well as the best actress Liu Yan, the best supporting actress Zhao Mingqi, and the best newcomer in the TV series Liu Yan all won!
Of course, even so, the suspicion of sharing the cake is still a bit heavy, for example, the best TV series and the best screenwriter were given to Li Qian and "Princess Huanzhu", but the best director was actually given to Lu Ruoying of "The Age of Youth" - if you want to say that there is no greasy here, I'm afraid no one will believe it!
Then, the record of "My Sassy Girlfriend" in terms of movies is a little pitiful.
Because after "My Sassy Girlfriend" this year, those unusually prominent domestic blockbusters are really competitive enough in terms of box office, influence, and topicality.
And the point is...... People have enough qualifications!
Therefore, Du Weiyun's "Thorn Qin" overwhelmed the crowd and won the best director and best editing, the crew of "Sword Fairy" personally led by Hu Fei won the best cinematography, and "Across the Seas", which is known as the biggest surprise of this year's domestic films, as Wu Han's rising work, surprisingly won the best movie crown!
Not to mention the purely accompanying "My Sassy Girlfriend", "Thorn Qin" was very popular before, and "Reunion" also had quite supporters, but didn't it all fall short?
Not to mention, well, on the crew of "Let's Talk About a Big Business" released in January last year, Zhao Meicheng is estimated to be even more disappointed that he doesn't want to.
However, he is slightly better than Li Qian, and at least they also won a best screenplay.
On the side of "My Sassy Girlfriend", Li Qian won three nominations for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay alone, but all of them failed.
In the end, the only gain of the entire crew was that He Yingyu won the best newcomer.
It's really a bit exciting.
But fortunately, Li Qian has never valued these so-called awards.
Not to mention these awards in China, in fact, he doesn't value them abroad. Unless it is at some special moment and under special circumstances, he feels that he needs an award to pave the way for a certain work or a certain project, otherwise, it doesn't matter if he wins the award or not.
Of course, maybe it's because Li Qian feels that he has just started, so he doesn't pay much attention to awards, old fritters like Zhao Meicheng, who have been in the film industry for more than ten years, have always been very successful commercially, but they have never been affirmed by any decent awards, and Zheng Yuan and Guo Yulong are all top superstars, and they have never won so many awards, so they will pay more attention to these.
However, whether you win the award or not really does not affect people to continue to make a lot of money!
"My Name is Jixiang" is another typical market comedy, Zhao Meicheng is really good at this, and this part of the market, Zhao's comedy plus the Spring Festival file, has been thoroughly developed by him, so, as long as the level does not drop, it is really a rhythm to make money properly- This investment is not small, known as 50 million, it is said that there are about 35 million, but the first week of release exceeded 100 million, and in the second week, although the attendance rate of movie theaters in the country is falling, the price of movie tickets has risen after all, and the impact on the box office is that compared with the same period last year, it has not risen, but it has not fallen, so after the fierce consumption of the fixed moviegoers in the first week, "My Name is Jixiang" still got a high box office of 58.36 million in the second week, as in previous years, and continued to lead the weekly box office rankings!
It's been a box office of over 100 million, it's only been two weeks, and it's already more than 160 million, what else do you want?
If you want to say that the most profitable person among domestic film directors, there is no one else except him!
In contrast, Yuan Dacheng's "Scars" is a bit miserable - in fact, Li Qian is quite incomprehensible, how could such a story and such a name be so brainbroken that he chose to set it for the Spring Festival?
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and bonuses will be paid at the end of the year, who is not happy? At this time, how many people will have the heart to watch a movie called "Scars"?
Like Zhao Meicheng, how accurate it is to smack the minds of the Chinese people! I will shoot a market comedy, I will tell an ordinary story, a fixed team, a fixed routine, I will make you laugh, and I will be released before the New Year, every year before the New Year, let you haha, and then by the way, I will get you a few popular golden sentences to go home and pretend to be a force, and chat with relatives and friends when eating and drinking during the New Year, you can also do publicity for me and spread word of mouth!
Then, everyone likes it, the reputation is very good, and the money is also earned, so let's work!
For example, this year, the name of people's movies is "My Name is Auspicious", listen, how auspicious!
Therefore, "My Name is Jixiang" broke 100 million yuan in the first week, and continued to lead the box office list the next week, while "Scars", although after watching it, Li Qian felt that the quality level was quite good, and the director was also very patient to tell a good story with a touch of warmth in the fatigue of life, and the performance of Bai Yujing's partner Cheng Yifan was also above the level.
But it just doesn't sell!
Released on Monday, January 4th, Minghu Culture dispatched a large number of stars to support Bai Yujing for its premiere for free, but its first week of screening only received a box office of 7.28 million!
Although the total investment of this movie is only 8 million, a large part of which is spent on the remuneration of the male and female protagonists.
Hardly!
Of course, regardless of whether this movie can return to its original cost in the end, this big-screen debut after Lao Bai's comeback is at least quite successful!
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Night, 20 January 2002.
In a high-end private restaurant in Shuntianfu, there are thirteen people and a table of wine and food.
Li Qian met Yuan Ke, one of the three major tycoons in the domestic film industry, for the third time.
It's a pity that there is no joy, but a little sadness.
Sitting on the upper seat at the wine party is the absolute Taishan Beidou-level boss in the domestic TV drama circle, and it is also Li Qian's New Year's friend over the years, Feng Yumin.
The person who invited the guest was the boss of Jinghua Film Company, that is, Zhao Meicheng's boss, Yuan Ke.
Feng Yumin came, took a seat, Li Qian also received an invitation and came over with Bai Yujing, and even Yu Bojun, who is currently staring at the late stage of the album, also came, and Zhang Lei, a famous domestic powerful actor, was also invited to come, and was praised by the domestic media and fans as having a "closed moon shy flower" level beauty, Li Linlin, who was awarded the Great Wall Award for the movie "Yang Yuhuan" in 1999, as Yuan Ke's aunt's wife, came forward to entertain guests in person.
Then, well, what is scary is that Du Yihua, the boss of Xingyu Media, actually came!
In Li Qian's heart, she was originally a god, and now she has been promoted to a "god" in a straight line - at the same time, it seems that it is nothing to settle the two big guys Zhou Yanghua and Hu Fei, she can actually be godsisters with Li Linlin!
I'll it!
At the same time, as a guest of the three mountains in the domestic film industry, he can talk about business and promote actors with laughter anywhere, this skill and ability are really breathtaking!
Moreover, at such a high-end banquet, she actually brought three young actors, one man and two women, who looked more imposing than Yuan Ke as the host!
Yuan Ke's side, because "My Name is Jixiang" is being led by Zhao Meicheng to run the national propaganda, so most of the generals are not at home, and only bring a girl who is estimated to be ready to be held next to support the scene.
Of course, Li Qian didn't know him.
On the side of Xingyu Media, although the two girls brought by Du Yihua Li Qian are not impressed, but the male Li Qian is known, he is a popular student that Xingyu Media has been promoting in the past two years, and he just partnered with Cheng Suhua last year to star in "Full House of Romance" produced by Minghu Culture and directed by Jin Han, which has not yet been broadcast.
Well, according to Cheng Subei quietly said during the previous meal, this young man is very sensible, and he is very honest when filming, the director and the heroine didn't say anything, and he himself took the initiative to shoot in advance.
Therefore, Li Qian still has a good impression of him.
Of course, that's my own sister!
Then, well, the purpose of this small banquet is very clear, Yuan Ke is going into the water.
There are three mountains in domestic film companies, each with a powerful big-name director, Zhou Yanghua's Oriental Media has always relied on Du Weiyun to support the brand, Hu Fei's Huafei Film and Television has an inseparable close friendship with Qin Wei, Yuan Ke has walked the rivers and lakes for so many years, of course, Zhao Meicheng is the top card.
It's just that the paths of the three companies are different.
Zhou Yanghua's Oriental Media is the largest and the strongest, he is even the only one of the three companies that has its own cinema, over the years, Du Wei has been the art director and chief director of Oriental Media, and has always been responsible for playing signs, impacting awards and word of mouth, of course, masters, not only has a good reputation, but once the movie comes out, he can always make money, but the little he earns is not a big head for Oriental Media.
In addition to Du Weiyun, Zhou Yanghua also has several directors who are quite successful, such as Wu Han, who suddenly broke out in the summer of 01, has been making various commercial films for him quietly and is responsible for making money.
Hu Fei's Huafei Film and Television, in terms of scale and influence, was originally on par with Yuan Ke's Jinghua Movie, but since Liu Chengzhang and other bulls were hung up in addition to Qin Wei, this momentum suddenly rose, and don't look at the box office of "Sword Fairy" It doesn't seem to be ideal, everyone agrees that this time Hu Fei is estimated to lose a little bit, but that's just a calculation of short-term benefits, just watching this drama, I can't help but be short-sighted.
In fact, what Hu Fei said in an interview is what the real energetic bigwigs in this circle unanimously recognize: Although "Sword Immortal" is a bit big and a little off the line, but Liu Chengzhang is gone, who dares to guarantee that he can play to that extent?
Moreover, it's just a drama that has lost a little, but it has accumulated a lot of experience in the production of commercial special effects blockbusters that are more important than money in the current domestic film industry! With Liu Chengzhang's level, "The Swordsman and the Monk" and "Sword Fairy" together have a box office of more than 500 million to endorse him, and with the experience that this time is not very successful, who dares to say that Liu Chengzhang's next movie will not be a hit?
Therefore, Hu Fei actually thought very clearly in his heart.
"Sword Immortal" has invested so much, but it has not been able to hit the box office as expected, but he has never made even a single accusation against Liu Chengzhang from beginning to end, and when he is interviewed externally, he always does not forget to stand in a trench with Liu Chengzhang to help him criticize and fight!
To put it bluntly, Liu Chengzhang in the future is still a big gold mine!
In contrast, although Zhao Meicheng has one film a year, it still sells well every year, the king of the New Year files, of course, it is no problem to be the top brand of Jinghua movies, but compared with the rapid development of the other two, Yuan Ke estimates that he will feel that he needs to expand a little more in addition to Zhao Meicheng.
And his thoughts are almost exactly the same as Zhou Yanghua's Oriental Media a few years ago!
That is, from the film production part, I began to get involved in the production of TV dramas that have become more and more popular in China in recent years!
It's just that in Li Qian's view, compared with Zhou Yanghua's attempt to acquire Jiang Meicheng's Meicheng Film and Television and Xu Wenhua Lu Huanzhang's Huazhang Film and Television, and failed to enter the TV drama production industry, he rushed to the shelves and let Du Weiyun be responsible for supervising the TV series, and finally failed miserably, Yuan Ke's thinking should be relatively more reliable!
Because, he should have caught up with a good time, and in addition...... I also found the right person.
Since 97 and 98, there has been a discussion within Huaxia TV about making the TV drama production center independent and setting up an independent legal person company to be responsible for the production of film and television dramas, which was still very hot for a while, so when Feng Yumin was excluded and suppressed by Zhao Bingyuan, despite Li Qian's invitation, he always thought about the possibility of going out independently in the future, and he never agreed.
But just in December 2001, very suddenly, Huaxia TV held an internal meeting, Feng Yumin was forced to semi-retire, from January, he no longer served as the director of the TV drama production center, but as the art director, and Lu Ruoying, who lost very badly in this year's TV drama ratings, officially took the position, and was not yet fifty years old, and officially began to take charge of the domestic TV drama industry!
So at the award ceremony of the Great Wall Awards, when Lu Ruoying came to the stage to accept the best director in the TV drama category, Bai Yujing comforted Li Qian with a smile and said: "Don't be sad, this award was given to her for sycophancy!"
Then, it is conceivable how disappointed Feng Yumin was when he was about to get his hands on what he had been waiting for for several years, and was suddenly kicked away?
But when Li Qian accompanied him to drink and woo again, he said it very clearly.
Two meanings.
Level 1: There's no way around it!
The top management of Huaxia TV station knows that the current director will retire next year, and the competition for the next director has gradually become white-hot. And Zhao Bingyuan is a very competitive and powerful faction!
Feng Yumin was not the descendant of the old director, he was previously blocked by Zhao Bingyuan, Feng Yumin relied on his old qualifications and authority, and did not take refuge in the new mountain in time, and was kicked away at this time, and almost no one spoke for him.
And Lu Ruoying's coming to power is a retreat left by Zhao Bingyuan for himself.
If the competition for the director is successful, then it is imperative for the TV drama production center to go out independently, no matter how powerful Lu Ruoying is, after all, in front of Zhao Bingyuan, who personally promoted her, it is difficult to be strong enough, and Zhao Bingyuan will be very relieved to let her go out to serve as the boss of the new film and television company.
If the competition for director fails, Zhao Bingyuan is obviously unwilling to continue to endure for many more years, and at that time, he is estimated to take the initiative to withdraw from Huaxia TV, and the exchange condition is that the TV drama production center will become independent and become an independent legal entity, with him as the general manager!
Look, if you don't win, you lose first, this is called playing politics!
So after understanding Zhao Bingyuan's move, Feng Yumin only sighed, feeling that he didn't complain if he lost! Even if he continued to play, he would only be played to death!
So, he decided to run away!
Of course, Li Qian continued to work hard to win over!
After all, he is the Taishan Beidou in the domestic TV drama industry, and pulling him over, even if it is just as a producer and helping Li Qian to stare at it a few more times, it is already worth a high salary and a high position.
But at that moment, his second meaning came out.
Feng Bicheng's kid, you can bring him more, he still has the ability and talent, but he needs to sharpen his temperament, and when he is polished, he can produce good things.
As for me, forget it.
Very resolute.
I don't know if it's because he doesn't want to accept Li Qian's little New Year's friendship to do things, or he doesn't want to stay in the same company as his son, anyway, that's it: let's continue to do New Year's friends!
Then, Yuan Ke just made a move!
Even Li Qian guessed that Yuan Ke should have started to act very early, but recently, things finally came to fruition.
Therefore, a few days after drinking with Li Qian, Feng Yumin had already called again and bluntly said: I want to partner with Yuan Ke!
Then, there was today's little feast.
Yuan Ke's Jinghua Film and Television contributed money, Feng Yumin contributed people, 64 accounted for shares, and a Feng Yumin studio was registered under Jinghua Film and Television, five years, three plays, and a total investment of 100 million!
Feng Yumin has full control, except for the unified management of finances by the company, Yuan Ke is not allowed to meddle in any specific affairs!
In this way, Feng Yumin is about to change jobs.