Chapter 140: The Temptation of Money
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Qin Wei is the art director of Huafei Film and Television, whether it is Wei Fuzhi or Gu Shidao, they are all his descendants, and they all hold positions in Huafei Film and Television, Ming Xiaojing is his disciple, and he is naturally closer to Huafei Film and Television, and the first film work she directed, jointly produced by Huafei Film and Television and Minghu Culture, all took out their best to build a shelf for Ming Xiaojing, and even Minghu Culture contributed a lot of money.
Such a period of time, of course, including the special effects work of Liu Chengzhang's masterpiece "Sword Fairy" undertaken by Minghu Culture, can be regarded as a honeymoon period between Minghu Culture, as a newly rising force in the domestic film and television industry, and the old big company Huafei Film and Television.
And then, now it's completely collapsed.
Zhu Qiang didn't come forward, but after getting Li Qian's approval, he arranged for his agent to officially inform him that night: Since Minghu Culture has no investment, it just so happens that his schedule is relatively full, so I'm sorry, please find someone else!
On the same day, the other party didn't give any reply, and I don't know what Ming Xiaojing and the two of them went through, in short, the next day, the reply from that side still came, and agreed to quit the show, the salary that has been paid does not have to be returned, according to the salary agreed in the original contract, combined with the proportion of the part that has been filmed in the total number of shots, within seven days, they will settle Zhu Qiang's salary in the previous stage and settle it in full.
Well, this is probably Kang Xiaolou's idea.
It's easy to say and disperse.
But they didn't seem to understand, and even Kang Xiaolou didn't seem to fully understand what kind of things the two of them were involved in this time, and what the choice they made really represented.
And all this, in the future, they will spend a few years to slowly understand.
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Taking advantage of the fact that there are still a few days before the opening of the World Cup, it can be regarded as a stitch, Li Qian took time to run out for three days.
The first stop was to go to the crew of "Huang Feihong's Boy as Self-improvement".
Although the director has become Zhao He, Li Qian is still the first producer and producer, he is at ease with Zhao He's directing skills, otherwise he will not choose to hand it over to him, but for this play, he is not completely assured, since he can spare time at this time, of course, it is better to come over and take a look.
Arrived the first day and spent the whole day on the set the next day.
Zhao He commanded Ruoding, and he also had his own unique style and requirements when shooting things, especially when he went to watch a few pieces of material that had been filmed the night before, Li Qian was about relieved.
Although Qin Wei's "The Door of Life and Death" was obviously a lot higher at the box office when it was released, by now, everyone has been offline in China, but the reputation of "Huang Feihong" is a lot higher than that of "The Gate of Life and Death" - before it was offline, there were already many people who were aggrieved by the box office of "Huang Feihong".
What's more, even if it has been affected by a certain amount of "The Door of Life and Death", in fact, the box office of "Once Upon a Time" itself is already top-notch - but there is "The Door of Life and Death" in the same period, so it seems to be covered out and not so dazzling.
The sequel to such a movie is almost naturally top-notch attention.
The script was written by Li Qian himself, and the screenwriting team of Minghu Culture also helped add a lot of details, and then Li Qian reviewed it several times before it was finally decided, and this aspect must be no problem. As for the director, Li Qian is not afraid that Zhao He has his own style, but he is afraid that he has no style. After all, after taking over such an important film, in the face of the glory of the first part, ordinary people will inevitably be a little constrained.
The story is there, and it must be a continuation of the spiritual thread of the first part, but if a person who is a director does not have his own ideas and expressions when making a movie, then there will only be a dry story left when he shoots - maybe it won't show anything at the beginning, and maybe it will be praised for continuing the style of the previous part, but in fact, in the long run, works without style will be a minus for the entire series.
And being able to make a sequel to the film in its own style within the framework of the established story is a kind of expansion and expansion for the whole series - it is a plus!
There are many examples of successes and failures in this area.
But fortunately, Zhao He still seems to have his own ideas - after all, he is a mature director who has been in the film industry for 20 years.
After staying for a day, I sat with the main creative staff of the crew and a group of important actors in the evening to eat and drink and chatte - visiting the class, of course, I have to bring some benefits.
Before six o'clock early the next morning, Li Qian set off to catch a plane and went straight to the second crew.
The third part of Miss Sun Yuting's "Princess Huanzhu".
Li Qian's classmates in the film academy have more than a dozen people who have entered Minghu culture after graduation, and Sun Yuting is the first to come out.
Moreover, it only took her two years.
In the summer of 2000, just after graduation, she began to film with Li Qian, at that time she served as the director assistant and drama manager of the crew of "My Sassy Girlfriend", and then the production assistant and director assistant of "Princess Huanzhu", and then "Huang Feihong" and "Red Sorghum", until a few days ago, when Han Shunzhang was in charge of directing the second part of "Princess Huanzhu", she became an assistant director, and she was also one of the producers.
Up to now, taking over the good team and the foundation left by Han Shunzhang for her, she climbed up one level again and began to direct the first work in her life.
The scripts of the first two parts of "Princess Huanzhu" were written by Li Qian himself, but in the third part, he thought that the plot of the original work was too bad, so he just rewrote an outline, which can be regarded as clarifying the main line, and the specific details were handed over to the screenwriting team of Minghu Culture to complete, and he was responsible for reviewing and approving it in the end.
If you want to talk about quality...... How to say it, anyway, in Li Qian's opinion, whether it is the main outline he wrote, or the screenwriters cooperating to write those details, it must be much better than Aunt Qiong Yao's original third part.
Because with that original third edition of the story...... It's not easy to get worse!
Sun Yuting was a director for the first time, and she was very energetic.
She was originally a girl with ideas, temperament and drive, and she had to create opportunities to do something to achieve her ideals even if she had no chance, and the previous two years of honing in various crews, although the time was not long, but for a girl like her, it was enough.
In addition, whether it is the main actors or the important members of the crew, they are all their own people who have been cultivated by Minghu Culture for many years, and there are even seven or eight people who are simply classmates who graduated together that year, plus Sun Yuting has been working as an assistant director in this crew for a few months before, and now she has just taken over the work in an all-round way, so the crew is commanding like an arm.
I only stayed here for a day, and I took out more than an hour, and walked outside the hotel where the crew stayed with Sun Yuting for more than an hour, Sun Yuting told her confusion one by one, and Li Qian used her experience to answer them one by one.
Of course, several new actors in the third part are also familiar with and acquainted with each other one by one.
Of course, after finishing the "teaching" with Sun Yuting, when he returned to the hotel, Lu Lingxi came to ask questions again, so it was another teaching activity that lasted for more than an hour.
The deer spirit rhino is very red now, super red!
Although in "Once Upon a Time", she is just a big vase, this vase is so beautiful and beautiful, so with the box office success of "Once Upon a Time", she is now a big vase loved by audiences across the country.
The filming of the second part started, and of course she continued to be the heroine.
But in fact, for her, being an actor is an expedient measure, and there is no way to do it, whether it is herself or Li Qian, the final positioning of her is actually a director.
Therefore, although she is still an actor now, whether it is the observation of the set during the usual filming, or the collection of the finished film, publicity techniques, and even word-of-mouth feedback after the release of the movie, she has always put herself in the position of a director.
You must know that she was the director of the photography department of Suncheon Film Academy before, and in terms of her background and the height of the position she stands, she is naturally not comparable to other directors from ordinary backgrounds.
However, the development and current situation of the domestic film market in the past year has puzzled her a lot.
At this time, there were only two people in the room, and although her speech was not harsh, she could definitely express her heart in a relaxed and straightforward manner, for example, she asked straight to the point: "The story of "The Door of Life and Death" is so ordinary, and even in my opinion, it is a bit old-fashioned, why is his box office so high?"
I still remember last year, she also asked a similar question once, and that time she asked, "The story of "Sword Fairy" is so bad, is it worth such a high box office just based on special effects shots?"
Li Qian still remembers how he answered at the time, he said at the time: "Now is the stage when the special effects are very fresh, and there will indeed be many audiences who are willing to buy tickets for the special effects." But the collapse of the box office of "Sword Fairy" in the later period has fully demonstrated that the story is the foundation of the movie. ”
"In the future, special effects have become a must-have for many movies, although special effects are still a very important highlight of movies, and good special effects are still very capable of raising the box office, but special effects, the development and upgrading of the film industry, can never replace the core of the movie, that is, the story. ”
"No matter how good the special effects are, they are only to truly reproduce the scene in the director's mind, and it is one of the means to tell the story well and make it difficult to distinguish between the real and the false. ”
"Of course, the visual effects brought by special effects are the general direction of the development of movies and even TV dramas in the future, which is beyond doubt. Therefore, when we make movies, we must respect the core position of the story, but we should never blindly resist special effects!"
At that time, Lu Lingxi looked thoughtful.
And this time, in the face of her question, Li Qian replied: ""The Gate of Life and Death" is not a story in the first place! It sells the reputation that Qin Wei has accumulated over the past so many years and so many movies. ”
Speaking of this, Li Qian smiled and said: "This is like a famous lady, who is both talented and famous, and suddenly one day, she announced that she was going to sell herself to pick up customers, and then, naturally, she was a prostitute! Her first night, and even the first few nights, were also quite expensive! But everyone prostituted not only her person, but also her fame, and the desire for her for many years in her heart. ”
"Therefore, Qin Wei's first blockbuster is a big hit, which is normal. ”
"But this kind of sensational effect is weaker once in use, and when his next movie is released, you can look at the box office again to see if I'm right. ”
Lu Lingxi laughed at first, and rolled his eyes at Li Qian.
The whole country will compare Qin Wei's going to make a commercial blockbuster to everyone's girlfriends announcing that they will pick up customers and sell themselves, and Li Qian is about the first, and may even be the only one.
It's just that Lu Lingxi has been deeply observing and thinking about the domestic film market and film industry in recent years, coupled with her previous coaching experience, she is naturally an insider, so Li Qian's words may not be very good, but if you think about it carefully, the words are not rough.
Of course, although Li Qian was serious when he said this, Lu Lingxi still had a feeling of "I seem to have been molested".
was silent for a long time without speaking, and at the end, she asked again: "Then I became popular because of the movie, and I will be a director in the future to make movies or TV series, and I will also get a good amount of attention at the beginning, right?"
Li Qian nodded, "Of course, star directors, beautiful directors, any one is a plus in publicity, and it is easy to arouse everyone's attention and interest, and you, both." ”
Lu Lingxi nodded, and asked again: "Then if I don't shoot well in the first film......"
Li Qian laughed and nodded, "Yes, the attention of the first drama will be relatively high, but what can hold up in the end is the quality of the film itself, only if the film is good-looking, the aura added to you by the previous publicity will continue to increase in value, otherwise, just like "The Gate of Life and Death", the story is not good, and he sells money purely by fame, and when the next film comes out, he will taste the bitter fruit." ”
In short, he underestimated the audience. ”
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After a deep chat, Lu Lingxi said goodbye and left.
But Li Qian still didn't choose to rest, but went out and knocked on Zhong Yuanfu's door.
Yes, it's not the now popular "Huang Feihong" Zhou Baoshan, but his senior brother, the big fat man Zhong Yuanfu - this guy is very interesting in Li Qian's opinion.
Clever, but honest enough.
Such people are generally blessed.
And Li Qian has also shown a different kind of attention and attention to him from the beginning of filming "Huang Feihong". At this time, there is not much time to find someone to visit, and he is more willing to come and talk to him.
Of course, not long after the two chatted, Li Qian had time to ask him about his recent status, and Zhou Baoshan, who lived next door to him, seemed to hear the movement and quickly ran over and knocked on the door.
cared about the recent performances and lives of their brothers, and answered a few of their questions, chatting with each other, and then Li Qian got up and went back to the house.
Now Zhou Baoshan is already a big star, in fact, there is not much to care about, the so-called care is more about getting closer to each other.
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When I woke up the next morning, I went to catch a plane and went back to Shuntianfu.
Coincidentally, He Yingyu had just finished participating in a publicity campaign of "Plan B" in Xi'an Mansion, and she also took the morning plane back to Shuntian Mansion to rest for two days, and landed half an hour behind Li Qian.
So, Li Qian took someone to wait for her at the airport for half an hour, and then pulled the car back.
After a brief chat in the car, He Yingyu wrinkled her nose and said, "Lao Zheng is a little anxious!"
Li Qian smiled, "Normal!"
In fact, since the release of "Plan B" on May 25, the performance of word-of-mouth and box office is not bad, and it won more than 64 million box office in the first week.
Just, how to say it?
This year's film market seems to be a little too hot, "The Gate of Life and Death" and "Huang Feihong" are big hits, and domestic films show an unprecedented sharpness, so a traditional superstar like Zheng Zhongyuan is a little dissatisfied with the box office that has only made a small progress.
Yes, seeing that it is absolutely no problem to break 100 million, 150 million is not a big problem, but the problem is that everyone is already hundreds of millions! And when they sold tens of millions of box office back then, and even before they debuted, I had already broken 100 million at the box office -- thinking about it like this, how can I be willing?
So, as He Yingyu said, Zheng Zhongyuan was a little anxious.
But the box office of the movie, the ability to promote and distribute after the release, is of course extremely important, but the quality of the film itself is fundamental, and even when it comes to publicity and distribution, it also requires a series of business planning and planning, not that you are in a hurry and show up more to be effective!
Of course, the film market in the whole country has changed from a closed and purely literary orientation in the past to a period of anxiety on the road to full-scale commercialization - not only Zheng Zhongyuan, but in fact, almost all filmmakers in China are anxious now.
It's as if everyone clearly sees a pile of money there, but they just can't pick it out in their hands -- this kind of collective anxiety, Li Qian has seen and experienced it once in his previous life, but he doesn't feel anything strange and incomprehensible.
For example, with the box office hits of "The Door of Life and Death" and "Once Upon a Time", even Zhao Meicheng, who has always been a steady guard of the Chinese New Year comedy, began to be moved.
It is said that his box office is not low, and his Chinese New Year comedy does not see any obvious decline, but he still decided to start making "commercial masterpieces" next.
The choice of Feng Cannon in another time and space is exactly the same!
To put it bluntly, the temptation of money is infinite!
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