Chapter 44: Crazy Stone
In the early stage of "Bright Sword", Shao Gong chose to shoot in Jinzhong, Shanxi, and even his marriage to Yang Xiuqin was filmed here. During the www.biquge.info of the pen, the actors were full of energy, especially Li Youbin, the actor of Li Yunlong, in this play, it was like finding an organization, and every time he started shooting, he was in a state of excitement. Like this image of a big man, he can be said to be familiar with it, and there is no challenge.
During the filming, Li Youbin once confessed to Shao Gong, saying that he just likes to play big men, and also said frankly that he likes to act in anti-Japanese war dramas, because when he watched movies when he was a child, "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", "Plain Guerrillas" and "Heroes' Children", every time I watched one, I would be very excited. said that the education he received since childhood made him yearn for that era, and he hated little devils from the bottom of his heart.
There is an episode of scolding the little devil in this drama, although Shaogong is completely described according to the script, but Li Youbin added a lot of emotions and scolding words when he was interested, and he was scolding from the bottom of his heart in front of the shooting camera, and he scolded the flowers, which made the crew happy.
Although these group performers are all members of the army, although they have good military character and obedience, at least from the appearance of the appearance of the soldier with the soul of a soldier, they are not professional after all. When fighting the Nagasaki troops, the two sides rushed to a big scuffle, Shao Gong thought that the chopping scene was not realistic, and personally went into battle to teach everyone to fight stabs and pick up big knives, requiring every action to be cut to the body. So the actors put cowhide around their shoulders and arms, and foam around their chests, so that even if they kick their bodies, they can reduce the pain.
With the start of filming again, the real melee scene in this shot is really a lot more real. At this time, Ouyang Fenqiao and another group were filming the rivalry between Chu Yunfei and Kazuo Yamamoto elsewhere, in fact, there are many such crews in such a group shooting, and there are three assistant directors around Shaogong.
Later, Zhang Huanbei found Shaogong, saying that he had too few scenes, and asked for more scenes, because some of his plays seemed a little thin in the play, not as flesh and blood as Li Yunlong, he felt that he couldn't connect with the whole play, like Li Yunlong had a wife in the play, but Chu Yunfei never married, and he wanted to have an explanation of the play.
For this request, Shao Gong directly refused, and then had a detailed discussion with Zhang Huanbei, saying that he used a lot of confessions in the sentence to promote the progress of the film, not deliberately not to add drama to him, after all, it is not easy for the plot of a TV series to be promoted so that every episode has a sense of freshness, which requires the existence of cool points in each episode.
He writes novels, so he naturally knows where to use cool points. In the face of this explanation, Zhang Huanbei had no choice, and even he asked to play the role of Li Yunlong, but Shaogong told him that the personalities and images of these two characters are different, and the temperament exuded by him and Li Youbin is also different. If he and Li Youbin were to play it alternately, then there would be no way to watch this play.
For this point of view, Zhang Huanbei is very helpless, but he also has to admit that Shao Gong's heart is reasonable, so he and Li Youbin often joke with each other when they eat, saying Lao Li, I am here to be a green leaf for you, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely play Li Yunlong, and if my temperament is not good, I will also act.
Even during the filming, Li Desheng personally came to the crew to visit them, and praised Zhang Huanbei's image, saying that he simply played Chu Yunfei alive and reproduced the image of the general of the national army at that time, which made him feel very gratified.
After the crew had a finale dinner, "Bright Sword" officially entered post-production. During the period, Liu Yi also asked the reporter of the movie channel to interview Shaogong once, and assured that after the completion of the later stage of the bright sword, they CCTV will defeat many opponents and take over the exclusive broadcast rights of this drama, facing the reporter's lens, Shaogong confidently said that the role of Li Yunlong in the play will definitely bring a different image of a soldier to the audience after the broadcast, and the reason why he sets such a role is because there is a lack of men like him in this era, and the spirit of "bright sword" is lacking.
He positioned "Bright Sword" as a "man's play", saying: "There are special forces training, artillery battles, and defections in "Bright Sword"...... Although it is written about soldiers, it is more about writing about men's stories and men's spirits. In this drama that shapes the spirit of men, even if the woman is just a green leaf, even if she walks away, it does not affect its charm in the slightest. ”
And Shao Gong also revealed that in addition to the character creation, another highlight of the play is the reality of the "war scenes", "Each scene is completed through real shooting, so it will not make the audience feel similar to the previous war scenes." "In fact, every time they install a bombing point, they are specially placed by the troops, and after they are finished, they have to think for a minute and confirm that they are correct, and then let the filming crew enter the shooting site, and explain to them in detail when the bombing points will be detonated, and what posture they should use to perform actions such as being blown up or falling to the ground.
It is precisely because of such caution that their crew can put personnel safety first under such filming.
During the post-production of "Bright Sword", the top ten Chinese TV art doubles sent them an invitation, saying that "The Family of Gold Powder" won the award and invited them to participate in the award acceptance event.
This time, Ouyang Fenqiang won the top ten director awards for "The Family of Gold Powder", Shao Gong and Dong Jie have won the top ten actor awards, for this award, Shao Gong has experience in receiving awards, and he is naturally familiar with the road, Dong Jie has not won it, and he is very happy.
Time soon came to the end of the year, "The Family of Gold Powder" was really as Shaogong said, the results were far ahead of other TV series, and won the throne of CCTV ratings champion, in that half a year, Jin Yanxi played by Shaogong, Leng Qingqiu played by Dong Jie, and Bai Xiuzhu played by Liu Yifei, whose beautiful and handsome image was simply popular throughout China, which also made Ouyang Shaogong remembered by the national audience, and even Sun Lihua, who played Xiao Lian, and Chi Shuai, who played Liu Chunjiang, who played Xiao Lian's lover, were also loved by many audiences.
When after New Year's Day and time officially entered 2004, when Liu Yi walked into Menghang Film and Television Entertainment Company, he was ready to be opened by Shaogong Lion. This time, no matter what the price is, we must win the exclusive broadcast rights of "Bright Sword". So he came this time, waiting to be slaughtered.
Meng Xiangting welcomed him into Shaogong's office, and looking at Shaogong, who was only nineteen years old after the New Year, Liu Yi directly said the purpose of the trip. For the exclusive broadcast right, Shao Gong took it very seriously, and directly opened his mouth for 100 million.
For this price, not only Meng Xiangting was stunned, but even Liu Yi felt choked by the water he drank, coughed a few times before he was relieved, looked at him in surprise and said: "100 million, you rob it! The total investment of your drama is only 15 million!"
"Producer Liu, we are old relations, so naturally I can't let CCTV lose money. ”
Shao Gong held his hand and looked at him, and said with a smile: "Although the price of the bright sword is expensive, I guarantee that CCTV will get another annual ratings champion, so you will naturally increase the price of such an advertising fee! I think the advertising fee of "The Family of Gold Powder", your net profit is at least 80 million!
This is a very good script, you should believe in my strength, right! After all, if I Ouyang Shaogong said that it is a good script, it must be a good script, because I created it, and I never joke about myself. After this script is given to you, the director and actors will decide it themselves, CCTV has the final say on the shooting, and the screenwriter's signature will be left to me.
Therefore, the purchase price of "Bright Sword" is high, and the advertising fee is also less, but all this can be made up for in "The Great Dyeing Workshop", and maybe you can make even more, do you say! You also know that my uncles and uncles made a lot of efforts in filming "Bright Sword"! If the price is low, it is not enough to buy New Year's gifts for my uncles and uncles, how can I still make money! I am a company, and we can't do it at a loss!
"I took the script of "The Great Dyeing Workshop" to me. Being stared at by this little fox with a grin, Liu Yi's heart was trembling, and he felt the pain of cutting the flesh on his body to feed it, "If this is really a good script, I will let it go." ”
"Good, definitely good. ”
Shao Gong took out the script of "The Great Dyeing Workshop" from the drawer and asked Meng Xiangting to hand it to Liu Yi. Holding the script, Liu Yi's hands were still trembling, he trembled and opened the script and read it carefully, but after half an hour, his hands stopped shaking, and after an hour, his whole person was quiet, two hours later, he roughly finished reading the entire script, raised his head and exhaled deeply, looked at Shao Gong and said: "Such a good script, you really gave it away for nothing!!"
"Of course, we are old friends, thanks to your care in the past, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to thank you, but if I give you money, it will seem that I am too vulgar, the only thing I can do is the script, and the company's shooting tasks for next year have been fully arranged, and I have a good script and I have no time to shoot. Therefore, if CCTV wants to continue to maintain ratings, it must come up with another good TV series to make the audience applaud again. ”
Shao Gong got up and came to him, sat down with him and said: "I think such a TV series is completed in your hands, and your performance and prestige will definitely be greatly improved in CCTV! I heard that the old leader of CCTV is about to retire, and you are one of the powerful successors, as long as you strive for it and seize the opportunity, plus my uncles and uncles give you a breath, that position is not difficult! You must know that nearly half of my 100 million yuan will be used to get through the relationship with you!"
As soon as he heard this, Liu Yi stood up suddenly, kept clapping his hands, and looked extremely excited, after he walked around the house for most of the time, his eyes fell on Shaogong, and his voice was sonorous: "Ouyang Shaogong, you little brother, I Liu Yi admit it." Isn't it just 100 million? Our CCTV family has a big business, and there are so many groups that beg us to advertise, and I also told them, whoever gives more money to this advertisement, and let them play with less money. I'm leaving, I'm going to fight for you now, and I'll call you an account when the money is in hand. ”
After speaking, he took the script of "The Great Dyeing Workshop" and went directly.
"That's it! Even if Liangjian has less money, with a script like the Great Dyeing Workshop, we will definitely make more money than now!"
Watching Liu Yixing rush away, Meng Xiangting said to Shaogong: ""Bright Sword", it's sold for 100 million like this!
"Of course, but this is still the exclusive broadcast right, after it becomes popular on CCTV, the rebroadcast rights in various provinces and places, if they don't give me the price of 200,000 episodes, don't enter the door of our Dream Aviation Film and Television Entertainment Company. ”
Shao Gong shook his hand excitedly and said: "Let's show our sword for 30 episodes, one episode is 200,000, and one TV station will charge it 6 million, Sister Meng, think about it, how many TV stations are there in the country! Ten to buy is 60 million, and 20 is 120 million." I think there are more than 50 TV stations in well-known cities across the country!!"
"There are indeed more than 50 well-known TV stations, as for how many are in total, no one has calculated, because there are many small places with local TV stations, and third-tier cities can't receive them, so there is no way to count. ”
Meng Xiangting smiled happily: "But CCTV can receive it anywhere, so this time, we will definitely use the treasure land of CCTV to successfully launch our signboard." ”
"That's it, it's just a script, and you can get it with a high domestic bid of up to three million. But after we became popular on CCTV, they also had to buy our script for me at the highest price. I don't care about anything else, I'll hold it here after writing the script. And three million is just the script money, if they don't give me extra polishing fees, don't even think about getting the script from me. And after CCTV tasted the sweetness from us, they will definitely spare no effort to get our TV series, because they know that our products must be high-quality. This is a long-term business, and if we want to do it, we must put a long-term line to catch a big fish, and we can't just care about the immediate interests. ”
Shao Gong nodded with satisfaction: "Go and tell Brother Ke to let him top a big hot pot city, and I will invite all the staff to eat hot pot to celebrate tonight." ”
"Okay. ”
When Meng Xiangting heard this, she happily went out to convey her will.
That night, the entire Red Sun Hot Pot City was contracted by Menghang Film and Television Entertainment Company, and all the employees had a happy dinner here. During the dinner, Shaogong sent a text message on his mobile phone, saying that 100 million funds had come in from the account.
I can't imagine that Liu Yi's work efficiency is quite high!Shao Gong laughed and said: "Our exclusive broadcast rights of "Bright Sword" are sold to CCTV for 100 million! Now they have all the money!" Hearing this, Wang Yang and Ouyang Ke were obviously stunned, although they heard about Shaogong and Liu Yi's business from Meng Xiangting, but until this time, they still felt a little incredible, and after recovering a little, Ouyang Fenqi said: "What are the plans next?" Naturally, he said this to Shao Gong.
"Naturally, it's a movie!"
Shao Gong sat back in his seat, scooped up the beef balls and said while eating: "We are a film and television company, it is too low to only do TV dramas, and if you want to develop in an all-round way, you have to come up with at least two good movies to have the right to speak in this circle." ”
"However, the current film market is not good, and it is not as good as TV series!"
Ouyang Fenqiang took a sip of wine and said: "At present, our company does not have a theater chain, even if we can make a good movie and promote it, the box office will be divided by the theater chain. ”
"Indeed, the cinema chain is like a knife, always against our throats. ”
After Shao Gong said this, his eyes flashed a few times, and then he regained his confidence and said: "So at present, we can only make small-budget movies, and if we want to make small-budget movies gain huge benefits, the theme and script are the key." ”
"You've got direction. ”
Seeing that his disciple was so confident, Ouyang Fenqi said directly: "If you have an idea, just say it, and we will give you a staff officer." ”
"I decided to make a story about Crazy Stone. ”
Shao Gong smiled: "The film tells the story of a handicraft factory in Chongqing that was on the verge of bankruptcy when it overthrew the old factory and found a piece of priceless jadeite, but the international thieves and the local thief trio led by Brother Dao are eyeing the jadeite, after a series of open and secret battles and the exchange of real and fake jadeite, the two groups of thieves were completely black humor The story. ”
"You're just an approximation, we can't judge. ”
After listening to this, Ouyang Fenqi savored it carefully: "But if you grasp the details inside, it should be a good subject." ”
"Naturally, I will write the script of "Crazy Stone" after I go back tonight, and then think about the actors, and hand it over to Brother Wang tomorrow to contact the actors, and the teacher will prepare for the crew. ”
Shao Gong said to everyone in high spirits: "I think this drama can be done with filming, actors' remuneration, plus our own publicity, plus post-production, and three million." Let's go crazy with this rock!!Cheers......"
"Cheers. ”
In the face of Shaogong's idea, no one in Menghang will doubt his decision, after all, this company can get better and better, and it is all supported by Shaogong's talent alone.
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