The rarest thing between people is trust. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There is no doubt about this problem, because whether it is a collaborator or a friend, if there is no trust, the consequences of failing the trust of the other party are unimaginable.

Duan Xu also once considered whether he should trust Ma Xiaogang and let him be fully responsible for the affairs of Sunshine Film and Television like trusting Li Wan, but after thinking about it, Duan Xu still rejected this idea.

It can be seen from the fact that Ma Xiaogang contacted other investors privately behind his back, Ma Xiaogang is a very thoughtful and assertive person.

In other words, it is impossible for such a Ma Xiaogang to be commanded by Duan Xu willingly all the time.

The cooperation between the two people today can only be described as taking what they need.

But fortunately, everyone is a smart person, and the balance of cooperation is still very good, knowing what they need and what the other party needs.

So as soon as Duan Xu mentioned the new movie script, Ma Xiaogang immediately smiled and said: "Okay, I think I can consider filming the second "Crazy Stone". ”

At this time, Ma Xiaogang is not the top director in China, even among the so-called fifth-generation directors, he is not the outstanding, and his positioning is more inclined to commercial film directors.

Therefore, the box office is what Ma Xiaogang values most.

To put it more bluntly, Ma Xiaogang is now more concerned about how much box office his film can win in the market, and whether it can attract more investors to invest in his next film, rather than how many awards the film can win internationally.

After all, everyone knows that the kind of movie that has a bumper harvest at the box office and word-of-mouth is very rare.

There are also such differences between Hollywood blockbusters and Oscars.

Duan Xu shook his head: "I'm not in a hurry about this, I gave you a few books last time, which one do you think is appropriate?"

Ma Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you mean, is it the kind of filming "Crazy Racing"?"

He had carefully read all the movie scripts that Duan Xu gave him before, and there were really two types of movies that were in the same vein as "Crazy Stone", and they were also particularly exaggerated comedy movies.

In Ma Xiaogang's opinion, Duan Xu may be planning to strike while the iron is hot.

Duan Xu smiled, shook his head lightly, and said, "I don't have to worry about those scripts, I should treat them as treasures of Zhenshan." ”

"Huh?"

Ma Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Duan Xu meant by this at all.

Duan Xu smiled slightly: "I plan to make a TV series." ”

"What?"

Ma Xiaogang frowned, he didn't expect Duan Xu to say such a suggestion, if it weren't for Duan Xu, he might have stood up and slapped the table and left.

You must know that since directing the first movie that year, Ma Xiaogang has never touched a TV series again.

Although he is not a director from a professional class, I have never heard of a high-status film director who went to direct a TV series, after all, the shooting methods of movies and TV series are actually very different, not to mention whether they can control it, just the difference between their status and income is not the same.

"Xiao Duan, what are you ......" Ma Xiaogang was silent for a long time, and asked Duan Xu tentatively, obviously, he didn't understand what Duan Xu meant.

Duan Xu smiled faintly, looked at Ma Xiaogang and said seriously: "I said director, have you thought about it, even if Lao Chen Ken invests, even if the script I write is very good, even if your ability is great, let's make good movies one after another, but as long as people make you bad when it is released, what should we do?"

Ma Xiaogang opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say a word.

Because he knew very well that what Duan Xu said, although it was somewhat direct, was indeed the truth.

After all, Chen Dahe is just an investor, not an issuer.

You must know that in China, film distributors are semi-official, except for those private cinema chains, most film distributors have more or less various connections with the government, not to mention the largest film distributor, China Film Group. Chen Dahe is certainly rich, but he doesn't have a theater in his hands.

In other words, once the movie is made, whether it can be released or not depends on other people's faces.

The reason why the release of the play "Crazy Stone" went so smoothly was because Chen Dahe had already contacted the distributor before Wang Shuo and others had time to make trouble.

But in the case of the next play, Ma Xiaogang knows very well that people will not let their play be released so casually.

In other words, even if the movie is made, there may be some kind of moth waiting for you at that time.

In such a situation, as Duan Xu said, what should I do when the time comes?

Bow your head and throw in the towel?

Hold on to the end?

No matter which choice you make, in fact, you will be the one who suffers in the end.

"What TV series?" Since he knew that he had no choice, Ma Xiaogang naturally retreated to the second, he was not stupid, and he could let Duan Xu tell himself that the TV series he filmed would definitely not be too bad.

Duan Xu smiled slightly: "What do you think of the TV series with the main theme?"

After a pause, he simply said more explicitly: "Anti-Japanese war films." ”

"Huh?"

Ma Xiaogang was dumbfounded, looking at Duan Xu who didn't speak for a long time, he thought Duan Xu was joking.

Although the anti-Japanese war film is the main theme work, the problem is that this type of film and television work does not have too high ratings and box office at all, simply put, the audience does not like the kind of characters who shout slogans at every turn and the enemy is as stupid as a pig and our army is omnipotent.

No one is a fool, and actors and screenwriters who treat the audience as idiots will sooner or later be eliminated by the market.

But no matter what, Ma Xiaogang is still a little inexplicable about Duan Xu's sudden proposal to make an anti-Japanese war TV series.

Duan Xu smiled, his reaction to Ma Xiaogang was within his expectations.

"What's the matter, you don't have confidence in me?" Duan Xu asked Ma Xiaogang.

Ma Xiaogang didn't go around in circles, and nodded: "It's not that I don't have confidence in you, it's that I don't have confidence in the market." ”

He also filmed TV series back then, so he is naturally familiar with the doorway, and he is very clear about the filming process and sales method of a TV series, and he understands that if he invests tens of millions or more of funds, but no TV station is willing to buy the broadcast rights, then the loss will definitely not be a small amount.

Even, it is more than investing in a movie to lose money.

After all, as long as the movie can be released, some funds can be recovered more or less, but if no one is willing to buy the broadcast rights of the TV series, it will really lose money.

Ma Xiaogang really doesn't understand where Duan Xu got the confidence to make a TV series.