Li Man didn't expect to meet Zhang Ran in Hengdian, she wanted to come over to say hello, but she was worried that Zhang Ran would ignore her. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info A few days ago, Zhang Weiping put his withdrawal from school in the newspaper, and said that she wanted to sue Zhang Ran, she felt that Zhang Ran would definitely be very angry, so she looked at Zhang Ran for a long time, and didn't know what to do.

At this moment, hearing Zhang Ran's words, Li Man bit his lip, walked over, and stood in front of Zhang Ran with his head down, like a child who had made a mistake: "Zhang, Teacher Zhang." ”

Zhang Ran said lightly: "I thought you wouldn't know me when you became a girl!"

Li Man smiled awkwardly, and Teacher Zhang seemed to be really angry, so he quickly explained: "Teacher Zhang, I'm afraid that you will be angry, so I don't dare to come over! Zhang Weiping said that those words are really none of my business, I have never thought about it that way." ”

Zhang Ran snorted: "Am I so stingy? Besides, I'm not stupid, Zhang Weiping's actions are hype at first glance." Forget about that, it's been two months since the movie started, how are you doing?"

Li Man saw that Zhang Ran was not angry, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It feels okay, it's very interesting, it's very troublesome to get hair, it's the kind of hair in the palace, you can know it when you see it, there are many hairpins that look like little stars, it's not easy to wear them well, it takes half an hour just to plug them in." ”

Zhang Ran nodded slightly: "Is there your play tomorrow?"

Li Man nodded: "There will be my play all day tomorrow, Mr. Zhang, will you come over to watch?"

Zhang Ran said: "I definitely want to see how you act, so as not to lose my people." ”

Li Man stuck out her tongue, there was one of the remaining scenes that was particularly difficult to perform, she had been worried, but now when she heard that Zhang Ran would come over, the stone in her heart fell to the ground, and she laughed: "Thank you, Teacher Zhang!"

After Li Man left, Zhang Ran shook his head and continued to move forward with the members of the creative team.

A group of people soon came to the Qingming Shanghe Scenic Area, stepped into the gate, only to see the small river meandering through the city from east to west, the river water is clear and sparkling. The willow trees on the riverbank are shady, the breeze blows, dancing, the fish in the river are flocking, you can see it in the past, and the bridge is unique and magnificent. Buildings everywhere, flying pavilion eaves, rich colors, dizzying, breathtaking.

Because the whole scenic spot Qingming Shanghe is based on film and television shooting, it is very realistic, and walking on the street gives people a sense of traveling through time and space and approaching history.

Zhang Jigang came up with an idea based on "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", the ground shows the picture of "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" through LEDs, and then the ground cracks, a bridge is raised, and actors dance on the bridge. Everyone thinks that this idea is okay, but it is not particularly outstanding, especially Zhang Ran and Han Lixun think that the idea of Yi Zhongtian's "Qingming Riverside Picture" reality show is not interesting.

However, Han Lixun thinks that the picture scroll is a very interesting Chinese symbol, and he may be able to make a fuss about the picture scroll, but he has no idea how to express it for a while.

Coming out of the Qingming Shanghe Scenic Area, the time is almost six o'clock. Everyone felt hungry, so they walked into a restaurant under the leadership of Zhang Ran.

After the meal, Zhang Ran asked the waiter to go into the private room to settle the bill.

Along with the waiter came a middle-aged fat man with a ruddy face, who looked like the boss. He said very politely: "Welcome to the small shop to eat, today to give you a 20% discount"

Everyone was surprised: "And this kind of good thing?"

The white fat man smiled and said, "Yes, but I have a reluctant request." After speaking, he looked at Zhang Ran and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this is Director Zhang Ran, this is Director Zhang Jigang, and Director Chen Weiya, you are members of the opening ceremony team." I'm a sports enthusiast and I pay special attention to the Olympics, so it's really exciting for you to come to the shop. I wonder if I can take a picture with you?"

This was not a big deal, and the other party was also a spectator who paid attention to the Olympics, so Zhang Ran and they agreed with a smile.

The white fat man was overjoyed, and immediately called someone to bring the camera, and then stood with Zhang Ran and them.

After the "click", the white fat man excitedly walked out of the room with the camera, and immediately ordered: "Quickly rinse it out, frame it and hang it in the hall!"

Almost every restaurant owner in Hengdian can casually announce a large list of well-known guest names, and marketing-minded bosses like to hang their celebrity autographed photos on the wall to attract customers.

This is a major feature of Hengdian, fans don't need to go to the set of the crew to chase stars, as long as they stay at the door of the restaurant, even if it is a food stall, or even in front of a stall selling radish cakes, they can meet a few stars. Sitting at the adjacent table to eat, it is either the actor of the current hit TV series or a well-known director with a box office of over 100 million. Of course, you also need to keep your eyes open, because they usually eat with no face to the sky, and if you don't look closely, you will likely mistake them for passers-by.

Back at the hotel, Zhang Ran turned on the TV and watched the news for a few minutes, and then thought about the idea of the opening ceremony.

It was almost nine o'clock when there was a knock at the door. Zhang Ran opened the door and saw that it was Jiang Ziqiang, the boss of Xiangjiang Anle. He knew that Jiang Ziqiang had a good relationship with Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou should have told Jiang Ziqiang that he was here. He greeted with a smile: "Boss Jiang, why are you here? Come, please come in!"

Jiang Ziqiang followed Zhang Ran into the room, sat down on the sofa, looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Zhang Ran, I came here because I want to ask you!"

Zhang Ran said noncommittally: "I don't know what's going on?"

In the past, Zhang Ran had no distribution ability, and almost all the copyrights in Southeast Asia were sold to Jiang Ziqiang. But now it's different, he acquired Golden Harvest, and has a strong distribution capacity in Xiangjiang and even the entire Southeast Asian region, and the film must be distributed by himself, and he will not sell the copyright to Jiang Ziqiang again. If Jiang Ziqiang came for this, he couldn't have agreed.

Jiang Ziqiang said directly: "That's the case, this year's Chinese New Year file has your two movies "Wounded City" and "Crazy Travel", these two films collided with "Golden Armor", I came here to negotiate the schedule with you." ”

Zhang Ran pulled his face and said, "Boss Jiang, this is my matter with Zhang Weiping, you better not interfere!"

Jiang Ziqiang said helplessly: "Zhang Ran, you are mistaken, "Golden Armor" is the movie that we are mainly investing in. ”

Zhang Ran was a little surprised, he knew that Zhang Yimou's "Hero" was invested by Jiang Zhiqiang, as for "Golden Armor" and later movies, he always thought that it was invested by Zhang Weiping: """Golden Armor" is your main investment?"

Jiang Ziqiang nodded and said with a smile: "We are the main vote, Zhang Weiping's new picture is only responsible for the distribution of the mainland, after the sale, leave his own distribution fees, and then return it to us." ”

Zhang Ran was very surprised and said: "Since it is your Anle Investment, why do you want the new picture to be released, instead of directly looking for China Film or other companies to distribute it?"

Jiang Ziqiang explained: "There is no way, I trust Zhang Weiping, they are one." If investors want to cooperate with Yimou, they must agree to let Zhang Weiping's new picture company be one of the producers, and they must sign it in China, and the domestic distribution rights must also be given to Zhang Weiping. ”

Zhang Ran still couldn't understand: "Aren't you and Zhang Yimou also old friends, "Hero" is so successful, why don't you leave Zhang Weiping and cooperate directly with Zhang Yimou?"

Jiang Ziqiang didn't want to cooperate directly with Zhang Yimou, so that Zhang Weiping would not be allowed to take a piece of profit for nothing, he said helplessly: "At the beginning, because Zhang Weiping didn't know how to distribute "Something to Say", people were deceived, and finally lost more than 10 million, and Yimou was very guilty about it. And Zhang Weiping is really good to Yimou, and has solved many problems outside of creation for Yimou. Yimou has no time to take care of his family and life, but Zhang Weiping can take good care of his clothes and shopping, parents and children, so Yimou trusts him very much, and he takes care of everything outside of movie shooting. ”

Zhang Ran suddenly realized that he just wanted to scare Zhang Weiping, after all, he still had to make suggestions for the opening ceremony with Zhang Yimou, and he really wanted to defeat "Golden Armor", everyone was not good-looking. He said with a look of embarrassment: "I originally wanted to teach Zhang Weiping a hard lesson, but you are my friend, so you can't afford to give this face." Let's do it, "Wounded City" was released a week early, but "Crazy Travel" we can't let it!"

The pressure of "Golden Armor" was reduced a week in advance, and Jiang Ziqiang said happily: "Zhang Ran, you are a friend enough, if you need anything in the future, just speak!"

Zhang Ran waved his hand: "Don't be so polite." I just don't understand that director Zhang Yimou is a literary film director in his bones, why do he have to force him to make commercial films? From "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides" to "Golden Armor", the business is just the skin, and the bones are still literary films. "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides" are better, but the story of "Thunderstorm" is so depressing and desperate, and it is even packaged as a commercial film, I really don't know what you think!"

In fact, not only these three movies, but also Zhang Yimou's later "Three Guns" and "Thirteen Hairpins" are all like this, and the movies are very depressing. "Three Guns" is still a comedy, but everyone else is dead except for the heroine Yan Ni, how can there be such a comedy?

Zhou Xingchi is known as the king of comedy and is a famous box office elixir, but he can't bear the depressing films, and the failures of "Jigong" and "Night of Resurrection" are the lessons. The audience walks into the cinema to relax and entertain, if they are uncomfortable after watching the movie, how can they be applauded?

Take "Golden Armor" as an example, many couples want to go to the movie on Christmas Eve, but the movie is about lovers who eventually become brothers and sisters, and it's strange if people don't scold you to death.

For a desperate and depressing drama like "Golden Armor", few big companies in Hollywood are willing to invest, especially the six major film companies. A few years ago, Albert Rudy, the producer of "The Godfather", ran around Hollywood with the script for "Million Dollar Baby", but none of the original investments were made. Albert Lardy stressed that the film will be directed and starred by Eastwood, with Swank as the female lead and Freeman as the supporting actor. But it didn't work, those film companies thought that the ending of the film was too tragic, and there was no market for such a movie. In the end, Albert Lardy could only go to European film festivals and complete financing through pre-sales, which led to the later "Million Dollar Baby".

Of course, you can say that Hollywood studios have no eyes and have lost their eyes on "Million Dollar Baby", but desperately depressed movies have no market, which is the consensus in the industry.

Jiang Ziqiang was slightly stunned: "Are you saying that the audience reputation of "Golden Armor" will be very poor?"

Zhang Ran said affirmatively: "It must be worse than "Ambush on All Sides"!"

Jiang Ziqiang knew that Zhang Ran had an in-depth study of the film market, and when he heard him say this, his expression became solemn: "Then what do you think of the box office situation?"

Zhang Ran remembered that the box office of "Golden Armor" in the mainland seemed to be 290 million, and there were about 40 million US dollars overseas, so he said: "The domestic box office should be better than "Ambush on All Sides", and by the time the movie is released, the number of domestic screens should exceed 4,000, but the overseas box office should not be as good as "Ambush on All Sides". If the cost of the film exceeds $30 million, I am afraid that it will lose. ”

Jiang Ziqiang breathed a sigh of relief, "Golden Armor" claimed to cost $45 million, but in fact it was only $20 million. If 30 million is a loss, then the movie will definitely make money.

As a producer, Jiang Ziqiang of course also hopes that the higher the box office, the better, and he began to think about how to tell Zhang Yimou and let him listen to Zhang Ran's opinion.