Chapter 25: One Mountain and Two Tigers

As the last figure of Edgeworth sank into the depths of the mountains, the screen went completely dark. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the small screening room, there was warm applause.

A moment later, before the subtitles in the back could go, a staff member turned on the light.

Everyone stood up one after another, Hu Fei clasped his hands together and smiled, "Everyone, let's talk in the conference room and chat!" So, everyone walked out of the screening room one after another, and Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang were at the end.

There are not many people, more than a dozen people, all of whom are closely related to the "Sword Immortal" that was screened just now.

As soon as he went out, Li Qian turned his head and touched Fang Baijin's shoulder beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't Director Qin come?"

Fang Baijin shook his head at him, looked back and forth, and then whispered: "There was a quarrel!"

Li Qian suddenly realized.

Let's just say that "Sword Immortal" is such an important film, and Hu Fei's Huafei Film and Television accounts for the majority of the investment, and now that the film is complete, Qin Wei, the art director of Huafei Film and Television, should come over for the final check.

It turned out to be a quarrel!

But when you think about it, it's normal.

Qin Wei was originally the kind of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world", "I didn't say, all of you here are spicy chicken", "You are not as good as me, so you all have to listen to me", the time of the status is too long, and Liu Chengzhang, although he has been popular for a long time, but he is really recognized by everyone as a great director, in fact, it started from the sudden box office explosion of "The Swordsman and the Monk", and in so many years before, his rank was a little far from Master Qin Wei and Qin. But on the contrary, although he is not good at words, he is actually a person who is very proud and self-conscious.

If it was Liu Chengzhang who was not popular before, Qin Wei would criticize it, Liu Chengzhang would be a big deal, but now, for Liu Chengzhang, the person who is qualified to instruct him on how to shoot commercial films basically does not exist, give you Qin Wei face, you say that I will ignore you once, and I will ignore you again, but you keep saying, Lao Tzu doesn't care what kind of master you are, get out of the way!

So, one mountain and two tigers!

Then, well, Master Qin's temper is very big, if he is really angry, it will be difficult for Hu Fei to persuade him, so he was decisively absent from the most important internal viewing meeting before the release of "Sword Immortal".

The film "Sword Fairy" was pinned on by Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang, not only has the investment actually exceeded 100 million, but the external publicity plan is claimed to be 150 million, according to Hu Fei himself, in the plan, just the publicity and distribution costs will be smashed into another 30 million - although it is not good to compare with the ratio of the production cost and the publicity cost of "My Savage Girlfriend", but in the current domestic context of not paying too much attention to publicity and distribution, this ratio of ten to three is not low. In particular, its absolute number is very high, and the publicity and distribution funds of 30 million are enough for other young directors to make several films!

Moreover, his release date was extremely ambitious.

is officially scheduled for July 14th, which means that it is the hottest time in the summer, and of course, it is also a time period in which Hollywood blockbusters have absolutely suppressed or even crushed domestic films in the past few years.

Therefore, don't even think about it, domestic blockbusters PK Hollywood blockbusters, using slogans such as national feelings and supporting domestic blockbusters to do publicity and planning, is almost expected!

In a small and medium-sized conference room, more than a dozen people sat down one after another, the tea brewed in the teacup was steaming, and the whole conference room was filled with a faint fragrance of tea - it can be seen that the reception arrangements here are actually pinched a little, and people say that Hu Fei is the best at interpersonal relations, and his reputation is well deserved.

If you talk about friends, the relationship between Li Qian and Liu Chengzhang has not reached the level where you can help me take a look before my film is released, but he was still invited today, but the main focus of Minghu Culture is actually the special effects department of Minghu Culture, which is responsible for the production of the special effects part of this movie, and it is Lu Ming, the manager of the special effects department, who came.

Entering the conference room, Li Qian went straight to the innermost part of the conference table in a low-key manner, Lu Ming was surrounded by several people, and when Li Qian walked past him, he heard that the gang was praising Lu Ming for the special effects in the film just now.

Well, the special effects of this film, not to brag about it, are not much worse than Hollywood blockbusters.

Hu Fei is willing to spend money, Liu Chengzhang is more willing to smash than him, a movie has invested more than 100 million, and the special effects alone have smashed 46 million, but you see that he is willing enough, Li Qian is more willing than him, in order to take over the special effects of this movie, in order to do a good job in the special effects of this film, in the past year, just the introduction of various equipment and talents, Li Qian has smashed 52 million - basically, after the special effects of this film are completed, Minghu Culture not only did not earn a penny, but lost 6 million!

As a result, after just three or four years of development, Minghu Culture's current strength in special effects, at least in China, has no rivals!

But that gap...... To tell the truth, it is a comprehensive gap in technical reserves, manpower reserves and experience reserves, which cannot be made up in a moment and a half, let alone that you can smash it if you want to spend money, because no matter how high the price is, people will not sell you the core technology!

The current practice of Minghu Culture is to jointly engage in research and development with four or five top universities in China, and strive to break through the blockade of this equipment and technology, and improve its strength to a higher level on the existing basis!

For this, in the next three years, Minghu Culture's plan to invest funds is 500 million!

At present, the vast majority of domestic companies cannot have the courage to invest so much money to do this, but Li Qian made a decision, said to do it, although there are some discussions within the company, but Li Qian and Qi Jie, within the company, still have absolute authority.

It's just that, to tell the truth, these 500 million yuan are smashed in, six or seven doctoral and master's supervisors, plus the three years of research of their graduate students who will be directly involved from this year, can this be done?

Li Qian didn't count it in his heart!

He just knows that special effects represent the future of cinema!

At least for the next decade or so!

But after a few years, special effects can even be regarded as one of the foundations of the film industry, and its status is something that no one dares to underestimate!

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When Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang finally walked in, Li Qian was lowering his head to sip tea, Hu Fei glanced at the crowd, saw him at a glance, and greeted with a smile, "Li Qian, why are you sitting in it so closely? Come forward, come forward!"

Li Qian smiled and waved his hand, "It's good here!"

At this time, many unfamiliar faces on the scene finally seized the opportunity to look at each other, and even said: "Yes, sect leader, you are an expert, everyone wants to listen to your advice!"

Li Qian smiled, "If you want to say that you want to make commercial movies in China, Director Liu is an expert! In front of him, don't praise me like this, I can't take it! I don't dare to take it!"

Everyone laughed, and Hu Fei was helpless against him.

So, Hu Fei and Qin Wei also sat down one after another.

Hu Fei thanked him first, of course, the bosses of the production companies who also participated in the investment, as well as the two producers of Huafei Film and Television, do not need to be thanked, after all, this is their own business, but like several representatives of the theater side, like Liu Chengzhang's two friends in the circle, like Li Qian, it can be regarded as a friendship help.

Then, the discussion officially began.

What surprised Li Qian was that the bosses who participated in the investment praised the special effects of this film for being good-looking, good-looking, and almost praised the special effects strength of Minghu Culture and Lu Ming to the sky.

All in all, everyone is full of beautiful words!

Li Qian looked over one by one as they spoke, and could see that everyone's faces were indeed filled with an inexplicable glow of excitement.

It's a very helpless thing!

Hollywood's blockbusters in recent years have made a lot of money at the domestic box office, and domestic films have been out of breath, and their special effects must be one of the most important selling points, so Liu Chengzhang asked for a big investment to do special effects, so Li Qian felt that the opportunity was rare, and above the level of the TV series special effects of "The Legend of the New White Lady", he also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take the special effects production ability of Minghu culture to the next level! Therefore, he simply burned money at any cost, and it was supposed to be a money-making business, but he was stunned to make him lose money!

But in his heart, technical strength, especially the strength of special effects, is only one component of the movie! Even if it is a film that sells special effects, special effects are still only one of the components, although the weight may be heavier, but it is still one, not the whole thing!

But now it seems that from Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang, to other investors in this movie, to the film experts in theaters, they only saw Hollywood special effects!

Therefore, the special effects of "Sword Fairy" are very awesome, of course, it is really awesome, especially the taste of Chinese style, fairy mist, and various fairy fighting methods, which are indeed dazzling, but just because the special effects are good, everyone has praised this film to the sky!

At this point in time, there is indeed a lack of corresponding counterexamples in China, but in the United States in this time and space, there are already examples of special effects burning money blockbusters hitting the streets, and there are more than one or two! Not to mention that in another time and space, there are even more examples of spending a lot of money to make some gorgeous special effects that turn out to be impossible to see at all!

Li Qian was a little distressed, because he didn't know what he should say when it was his turn next.

But at this time, when he looked down and thought about it, he suddenly heard an unexpected voice, "The special effects of the film are great, really great, but I think the story line is too weak, too scattered, and there are too many characters, causing everyone's image to ...... No matter how you say it, it's a bit vague and not clear enough. ”

Brush it, and the scene was cold.

At the same time, Li Qian looked up in surprise - a middle-aged man in his forties.

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I'm sorry everyone, because I was studying in Lu Academy, I was dragged to drink, and these scum dragged me to death, just didn't let me come back to code word updates, and I just returned to school at this point. Fortunately, I took the time to write this during the day, but unfortunately, this chapter was not finished, so in order not to make everyone wait for a long time, I had to write the remaining half of the chapter tomorrow.

Apologize!