Chapter 1266: Forbearance
Many scenes in "The Legend of the New White Lady" were filmed at Dongyang Film and Television Base, but after filming this scene, Yang Ming will take the crew to Suzhou and Hangzhou for filming. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to be able to better and perfectly replicate this classic in this world, Yang Ming spent a lot of money this time.
Whether it is props, costumes, or special effects production, it must be more perfect than in the previous life.
After all, this classic was filmed in the nineties in the previous life, and the shooting technology was greatly limited, and now when it is Yang Ming's turn to shoot, there will naturally not be such a big limitation.
Because he knows what heights this TV series will reach in the future, he naturally spares no expense to spend money.
It's a pity that the film and television base that now belongs to Oriental DreamWorks has just started, otherwise this drama will be filmed in its own film and television base, and the production cost will definitely be saved a lot.
However, Yang Ming didn't think too much about this, as everyone in the crew almost arrived, he began to put all his thoughts on the crew, ready to start filming, as for the things that Tao Lao confessed before, he arranged for Liu Xinsheng to be responsible.
Yanjing.
Victory Pictures.
As one of the giants of the local film company, the atmosphere of the company has become more and more oppressive these days.
"Chairman, the review results from the Film Association have come down, and the film we released in October is rated D!" said a staff member who looked like an elite in a suit and leather shoes, worried in Zhao Jianfeng's office.
Zhao Jianfeng was silent when he heard this, and after a while, he said slowly: "I know, you go out first!"
When the elite-looking man heard this, he didn't say anything more, turned away, and slowly closed the door.
Seeing the back of his subordinates leaving, Zhao Jianfeng looked at the white wall in front of him and sighed heavily.
The consequences of "Crazy Racing" box office fraud are now starting to come.
There are five grades of local film classifications in China, which are ABCDE!
The A rating is the mass rating, which can be watched by all ages, and is suitable for people of all ages! This is also the most anticipated film rating of all film companies.
Grade B is an ordinary level, and it is recommended to watch it with parents, as some images may cause discomfort to children. Generally speaking, this rating is the most common, and for film companies to have this rating, there is enough guarantee for the box office of a movie.
Level C is a special counseling level, especially for children under 13 years old, they must be accompanied by their parents to watch, and some content is very inappropriate for children!
D rating is restricted, audiences under the age of 18 are required to be accompanied by parents or adults, it can be said that if the film is this rating, then the film market for minors will be lost, and for film companies, even if the film is popular, the box office performance will be seriously affected.
Grade E is an adult level, and audiences aged 18 and under are prohibited from watching it, and films at this level are classified as adult films, and minors are resolutely prohibited from watching them. If a movie is rated E, there is only one result, and that is niche!
Now that Victory Pictures' upcoming film in October has been rated D by the Film Association, this is not a very happy result.
Zhao Jianfeng dares to guarantee 100% that there will never be any illegal scenes in the film released in October, even so, the review result given by the Film Association is still D-grade, which means that the film Victory Pictures will lose the film market for minors.
This is too much loss for Victory Pictures.
If this film does have a lot of anachronistic shots and is just a niche film, then this will not be too serious for Victory Pictures.
However, this film is very valued by Victory Pictures, not only the production of the film itself exceeds 80 million Chinese yuan, but also invites several popular actors to star, and everyone up and down Victory Pictures has great expectations for this film.
However, now the results of this film classification are out, which has dealt a heavy blow to Victory Pictures.
Many people in the top management of Victory Pictures are indignant and want to put pressure on the film association through their relationships, hoping that the other party will re-review the film classification.
But Zhao Jianfeng blocked the opinions of the people below.
Because he knows that this result cannot be changed, even if the lawsuit is brought to the Supreme Court of the country, the film classification result will not change in the slightest.
And he also knows that this time the film association's classification is not the last, and the next deliberate targeting of Victory Pictures will continue for a long time.
The reason for all of this is all because of Crazy Racing.
Cheng is also "Crazy Racing", and defeat is also "Crazy Racing".
Xiao Bufan!
Thinking of this name, Zhao Jianfeng gritted his teeth for a while.
The reason why Victory Pictures is now on the blacklist of the Film Association is entirely because of the reckless box office fraud of "Crazy Racing".
However, now that such a big basket has come out, Xiao Bufan himself has disappeared, and he can't be contacted, Zhao Jianfeng can't wait to shoot this guy directly with a gun in his hand now.
If it weren't for someone from the Xiao family to reassure him, the Xiao family would definitely not join hands to watch in this matter, and he would have the heart to tear his face.
Worse than useless!
In this way, I still want to surpass Yang Ming.
It's just a joke.
Zhao Jianfeng frowned, his face was full of sadness, he couldn't help but light a cigarette, open the window and smoke.
Whether it is the relationship between the Zhao family or the Xiao family, there is only one result from the inquiry from the Film Association, that is, this time the Film Association is determined to deal with the box office fraud of Victory Pictures as a typical example.
This is not to kill chickens and monkeys, but to kill monkeys and scare chickens!
Even if the Zhao family and the Xiao family go through the high-level relationship of the government, it is useless to put pressure on the Film Association.
As a non-governmental semi-official organization, the Film Association is not very constrained by the government by nature, and in this case, the high-level relationship between the Zhao family and the Xiao family, which has always been proud, is of no use at this time.
Moreover, Zhao Jianfeng learned about the senior management of the Ministry of Culture through some connections, and many people supported the change of the Film Association.
The entertainment industry is indeed too chaotic, and it's time for politics.
Ministry!
Thinking of this, a trace of coldness flashed in Zhao Jianfeng's eyes, and he couldn't help but think of Minister Guo in his mind, although this minister has not yet officially taken charge of the Ministry of Culture, but he is regarded as the most powerful candidate for the casting of the next Minister of Culture.
For a moment, he had a lot on his mind.
But he has determined that Victory Pictures is treated as a typical result this time, and it is impossible to change anything.
- Alas!
Zhao Jianfeng couldn't help but sigh again, he still stepped into this circle and had an unstable foothold.
Moreover, the cultural industry is not the inherent sphere of influence of the Zhao family, and now that this kind of thing has happened, there is no good way for the family to do so for a while.
In other words, this time it was a dumb loss, and Victory Pictures was decided.
His eyes narrowed slightly, since he was powerless to change this result, then he had to think of ways to minimize the impact of this result.
It seems that Victory Pictures has to make a low profile to gain the understanding of the Film Association.
Zhao Jianfeng's fists clenched tightly unconsciously, as if he hadn't had this idea of bowing his head to others and admitting his mistake for a long time.
Unexpectedly, just when he was full of confidence to make a big career in the film industry, he encountered this result.
I have to say that this made Zhao Jianfeng's brain cold, and the whole person became sober and calm, and began to think carefully about everything.
But he didn't get nothing.
Although "Crazy Racing" was burned because of box office fraud this time and was treated as a typical example by the Film Association, it cannot be erased that this film still achieved great success at the box office after squeezing out the box office moisture.
In particular, this film has achieved a box office result of about 150 million rice yuan in the rice film market, if it were not for Yang Ming's demon, this film of Shengli Pictures would definitely be a successful model of Chinese films abroad in recent years.
When the news reached the family, even if it suffered a lot of pressure because of the box office fraud, the family was still very surprised.
With a box office of 150 million rice dollars in the United States, coupled with the box office of East Asian movies, the total box office of "Crazy Racing" suddenly exceeded 2 billion Chinese yuan, becoming the first Chinese film to break through the box office of 2 billion Chinese yuan in recent years except for Yang Ming.
2 billion Chinese dollars, deducting the theater share and various expenses, Victory Pictures can get about 800 million Chinese yuan.
The production cost of "Crazy Racing" is about 500 million Chinese yuan, so Victory Pictures has a net income of 300 million Chinese yuan, which does not include the other copyright income of this film.
The follow-up VCD copyright and network copyright can still give Victory Pictures nearly 100 million yuan in revenue.
Just one film can bring hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Zhao family was suddenly taken aback by the huge interests of the entertainment and cultural industry.
Even if they are well aware that the rewards of "Crazy Racing" are not universal, they are still tempted by the huge profits of the film industry.
Therefore, even if Victory Pictures was overwhelmed by the box office fraud, the family not only narrowed down the support, but gave Zhao Jianfeng greater support.
This also gave Zhao Jianfeng a better room for maneuver.
Yang Ming!
Zhao Jianfeng once again had this name in his mind, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer, with the stronger support of the family, he had full confidence to bring Victory Pictures to surpass the other party's Oriental DreamWorks and break the myth that the other party kept succeeding in creating miracles.
As if he had made a decision in his heart, he clasped his hands to his chest, tapped his fingers on the other arm, picked up the phone and ordered: "Notice, the meeting will start in ten minutes!"
On the same day, Victory Pictures announced the filming plan for a TV series.
"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai".
The investment plan for this costume TV series will reach 100 million yuan!
When Victory Pictures' shooting plan was announced, it also caused an uproar in the entertainment industry.
No one thought that Shengli Pictures, which has never been very keen on making TV series, would now prepare for the filming of a TV series with such fanfare.
You must know that Victory Pictures has not filmed TV series for many years, and its business center has long been shifted to film production.
Now Victory Pictures suddenly announced that it was going to shoot a TV series, which couldn't help but surprise everyone in the entertainment industry, and at the same time felt a sense of impending a storm.
Shengli Pictures, which has long had no TV drama business, has suddenly announced that it is going to shoot and produce a large-scale TV series, which is aimed at whom, obviously it is a lice on the monk's head - obviously.
It seems that this Victory Pictures is on the same page as Oriental DreamWorks.
Just when everyone was speculating about the internal motives of Victory Pictures' move, Zhao Jianfeng attended the industry conference held by the Film Association on behalf of Victory Pictures, at which he solemnly admitted that Victory Pictures had serious mistakes in the box office fraud incident, and would take this as a warning to ensure that this kind of similar thing that destroys the image of Chinese films will not happen again.
Zhao Jianfeng's attitude of having the courage to take mistakes has won the appreciation of many people in the Film Association.
After the meeting was dismissed.
"Mr. Zhao!"
Just as Zhao Jianfeng was about to leave, a voice called out to him.
He turned his head and saw Bai Chongshi of Zhonghuang Entertainment looking at him with a smile on his face: "Mr. Bai!"
"Do you have time to have a meal together? I've already booked a spot at the hotel. Bai Chongshi asked with a smile.
When Zhao Jianfeng heard this invitation, although he was smiling, he was suspicious in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he said with a smile: "Mr. Bai invited, how could I not agree!"
On the way to the hotel, Zhao Jianfeng guessed the meaning of Bai Chongshi's move.
Speaking of which, Bai Chongshi is also his own person, not only does Timely Film have shares in Zhonghuang Entertainment, but when the Zhao family wanted to acquire a film company, Zhonghuang Entertainment was one of the acquisition targets at that time, but the relationship behind Zhonghuang Entertainment was too complicated and was given up by the Zhao family.
Zhao Jianfeng had met Bai Chongshi several times, and because of He Xinghan and Xiao Bufan, he knew a lot about Bai Chongshi.
It's just that he sneered at Xiao Bufan's original opinion that Bai Chongshi was completely unworthy of his name, and he was completely scared after being defeated by Yang Ming in the film market several times.
Are you kidding.
Bai Chongshi can have this point today, how can he be wronged by others because he is afraid?
There must be a reason for this.
But it is also true that Bai Chongshi seems to have given up the idea of suppressing Oriental DreamWorks in the past two years.
Zhao Jianfeng thought a lot in his mind, but he still didn't think of Bai Chongshi's intention to invite him to dinner.
But no matter what, Bai Chongshi is still worth his wooing.
What's more, because of the factor of timely movies, Victory Pictures and Zhonghuang Entertainment were originally in the same camp.
In a private room in a nearby hotel.
After Bai Chongshi and Zhao Jianfeng shook hands and greeted each other for a while, they sat down separately.
"Mr. Zhao is really young and promising, I really didn't have such courage at your age. Bai Chongshi said with a sincere sigh.
Regardless of whether the other party's words were flattering or hypocritical, Zhao Jianfeng felt very comfortable after hearing it.
He held the teacup and smiled: "Thank you Mr. Bai for complimenting, these are just arrangements from the family side." ”
The two chatted for a while, and Bai Chongshi seemed to ask inadvertently: "Mr. Zhao, your Victory Pictures is a giant of Chinese films, why do you want to shoot and produce TV series now?
Zhao Jianfeng took a sip of tea when he heard this, glanced at Bai Chongshi with great meaning, and then said lightly: "Could it be that with Mr. Bai's ability, don't you know the cultural strategy of the high-level government officials?"
Hearing this, a look of understanding flashed in Bai Chongshi's eyes, and sure enough, it was so.