Wang Lai nodded approvingly, Liu Chen was indeed observant, and said: "As a film practitioner, the biggest difference between ordinary audiences is that the subtitles at the end of the film screening must be carefully watched, a movie is like a commodity, and all its production information is on it, the first question, what is the relationship between the producer, producer, producer, and director? What role does each play in the production of a film?"

This question is probably something that few viewers will look at or understand, and Liu Chen doesn't dare to say how clear he is about it, but he knows more about the process of building a building, and after thinking about it, he said: " Shooting a movie is like building a house, a real estate development company wants to build a building, but he doesn't have so much money, or needs financing, the person who invests the money is the producer, and the project manager of this building is the producer, the project manager can be a real estate development company, or it may be recommended by a big money owner, it is possible, then the producer is responsible for all aspects of the entire film production, including the selection of scripts, finding directors, selecting actors, post-production of the film, and even the release of the film, etc., responsible for the producer。 Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"But the producer, the project manager, is usually busy, and he is probably in charge of several other projects, and he probably doesn't know much about the professional aspects of film, so what if the director's thinking deviates from the direction, or the progress is not as expected? Just as building a building requires a professional and technical supervisor, the producer is to supervise the director's work on behalf of the producer, or to supervise the specific affairs of the crew, while the director is simple, he is the manager of the construction department, and the specific construction of the building is under his control, the actor is equivalent to the construction worker, the art is the painting, the props are equivalent to the cement worker, and the screenwriter is the designer of the drawings. ”

Wang Lai couldn't help laughing and said: "Your metaphor is very vivid, although there are subtle discrepancies, but eight or nine are not far from ten, which is not absolute, for example, the relationship between the general director and the producer is not ordinary, and he also serves as a producer, or the producer himself knows film professional skills very well, so there is no need to supervise." ”

Wang Lai said: "The level of power should be the producer, producer, producer, director, actor, making a movie, the director is the most important part, but it is not an essential part, in the atmosphere of China, to realize our dreams, we must also have enough strategic vision, only pay attention to the film itself, it is not possible, the director is still too constrained." ”

"Movies belong to a capital-intensive industry, just like what you said about building a house, building a good house, how to pass the quality, fire protection and other reviews to allow the sale, and then sell to make money is the end, in the film production process, the producer has the highest level, but the production of the film is relatively simple, the production of the film must be reviewed to obtain the permission to be released, and then in the theater the audience spends money to see the box office revenue, distribution and release is the key, but also the bulk of the box office. Now film and television companies can't survive by film production alone, especially in the era of blockbusters, the investment in a film is often hundreds of millions, and the box office revenue theaters and distributors have to take most of it, and the rest is the film production company, which leads to a lot of risk in investing in films. ”

Liu Chen is not familiar with the follow-up of the film, listening to Wang Lai say this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said in his heart, yes, it is best to have a special effects company, why don't I be the best special effects company in China, no, the world's best special effects, the technology that foreigners can do, we Chinese people can also do it, and even the last to come.

For a while, he really became interested in the film industry, and then he understood why the tech tycoon Steve Jobs joined the film industry after being kicked out of Apple, which is actually very high-tech.

Well, anyway, now that I have a lot of dollars at hand, it's better to get a film company to play, the Huayi Brothers, Bona and the like that developed in later generations are too pediatric, and those giant crocodile bosses who have made a fortune in real estate and the Internet disdain to play movies, resulting in no giant film production company in Huaxia, Liu Chen's mind suddenly came alive.

"Mr. Wang, do you need so many people to share the cake of the box office? I always thought that the film production company was the majority, can you tell me about the distribution of the film and the theater chain?"

Wang Lai smiled, unless it is really researched, most people don't know the distribution method in it, it is rare that he is also interested in this piece, and the expectations for him are high, and it doesn't hurt to mention it by the way.

"The film industry chain is mainly producers, distributors and cinemas, and the producers complete the investment, shooting and post-production of the film; the distributor obtains the right to distribute the film from the producer, and the distributor undertakes the main publicity work of the film, and then cooperates with the cinema chain in the form of box office buyout or account sharing or agreement, and the film is screened in the cinema of the cooperative cinema chain. ”

"Of course, in the current domestic film distribution, the production and distribution of films are often operated by the same company; the cinema system is the main mechanism for the distribution and screening of films in China; a cinema chain combines a number of theaters with capital or film supply as a link, and these theaters are managed by the cinema chain in a unified manner, and the film is copied in the form of box office accounting; the important terminal of the film industry chain, the place where the film is shown and the link of box office recovery is the theater. ”

"So how exactly does the box office of the film be distributed?" Liu Chen was very concerned about practical issues.

Wang Lai glanced at this anxious little guy and said: "After the development of recent years, a relatively stable account sharing practice has basically been formed in China, that is, 30% for producers, 15% for distributors, 5%-7% for theaters, and 48%-50% for theaters. ”

To Liu Chen's surprise, he said: "It's too unfair that distributors can get 15% for advertising, theaters have 5%-7% for nothing, and only 30% for those who work hard to make movies, right?"

"Silly boy, as I said before, movies are still a business in the end, and they are also high-risk investments, and the whole industry can be said to have a strict hierarchy, just like a big-name actor, you still have to listen to the director in a movie, no matter how famous the director is, you still have to consider the requirements of the producer or producer, independent producers are not looked at by distributors at all, and they are not even willing to distribute them to you at allIn the end, the movie still has to be released in theaters and shown in theaters, this is the final part of any movie, there is no choice, do you say that people are not bullish?"

Liu Chen was shocked in his heart, originally he thought that only one director could decide the shooting of a movie, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns, and he couldn't help but feel agitated in his heart, since this is the case, then let's do the distribution and the theater chain together, and establish a high-tech giant film company.

Wang Lai didn't know that Liu Chen was now wealthy and was sketching the most powerful high-tech film company in China, she looked at the young man and chuckled: "Don't be unconvinced, actors, directors, producers, distributors, and theaters are just like the five levels in the film industry chain, among which the promotion from first-level actors to directors can be done by many first-line big-name actors, such as Li Xiuxian, Zhou Xingxing, Mel Gibson, etc., and from director to producer, this level is like a moat. The big director is already very rich, but compared with the producer, it is not enough to watch it at all. ”

Wang Lai continued: "Liu Dehua, starring in so many blockbuster movies, but let him open his own company to make movies is not the case, in the early 90s of the last century, he felt that he knew movies very well, and he also wanted to try it himself, so he opened a joint venture production company with a telecommunications company in Xiangjiang. ”

But by 1995, Liu Dehua invested in several films in a row and lost all of them, and the loss even reached tens of millions, so he could only borrow money from his old club Long Qiang of Huaxing Film Group to repay his debts, fortunately, he is a very persevering and popular big-name star, after losing a very high amount of money, he quickly learned from experience, worked hard to make money by filming and singing, and after recovering for a period of time, he continues to be a production company until now. ”

Earlier, Wang Lai told Liu Chen too much confidence, and now she wants to tell him some painful examples, so as not to lose himself in the young man's ambition, Wang Lai's expectations for Liu Chen are too high, and he doesn't want to see him take a detour.

Wang Lai continued: "Another example is Zhou Xingchi, I am familiar with him, I have met him a few times, in fact, he wanted to set up his own door, but he suffered from becoming famous too late and too tortuous, at the beginning he signed a long brokerage contract, although he became a popular fried chicken, he got little money in his own hands, and it was not until 1994 that he established his own production company and invested in the filming of "Journey to the West", but the result was a mess, and the film company directly declared bankruptcy. ”

Director Zhou is also a persistent person, unwilling to fail, and filmed "Night of the Soul", but the box office was still unsatisfactory, the failure of the two movies has lost all the money, and even has foreign debts, so he has to continue to cooperate with Wang Jing, who is known as the king of bad movies, and made a series of movies that are very profitable, but they are not what he wants. ”

Wang Lai was also embarrassed when he said this, and admired Director Zhou's courage to pursue his dreams, but he was also moved by the twists and turns, and said sincerely: "Director Zhou is one of the few people who puts all his dreams in movies. ”

Liu Chen nodded thoughtfully.

After earning the salary of a few dramas by working part-time, Director Zhou set up a film production company and started filming "God of Food" by himself, no longer working for others, fortunately, the box office of "God of Food" is not bad, and it has created a new way of Chinese food and kung fu, packaging kung fu and publicity kung fu are his dreams. ”

Liu Chen's impression of Director Zhou is not bad, firstly, because he was born poor, meticulous in making movies, and never engaged in any gossip news, and secondly, his idol, Mr. Bruce Lee, often pays tribute to his idols in his movies, which is also admirable.

Director Zhou once said why he was obsessed with Bruce Lee, he said that from the time Bruce Lee began to learn kung fu, he knew that he would be the one who would show the world Chinese kung fu in the future, and he really did it.

And he himself has this dream, but he can't show it like Bruce Lee, so he tries his best to package kung fu and other elements to promote, such as food and kung fu in "God of Food", "Shaolin Football" is even more direct, and the opening says how to promote Shaolin martial arts? Finally, football plus kung fu.

Wang Lai sighed and said: "After that, Director Zhou launched "The King of Comedy", at that time, the golden age of Xiangjiang films has passed, although "The King of Comedy" was the Hong Kong box office champion that year, but the box office was less than 30 million, and less than 10 million were distributed to the production company. ”

At this point, Liu Chen knows that Director Zhou's performance has not been affirmed, and many directors who have worked with him have also criticized him for not having acting skills, in the face of these abuses and accusations, he never responds, but just works hard to make his favorite movies, one work is better than the other, and everything else doesn't matter.

"Now you should believe it, one of the most popular actors, in 1992, eight of the top ten films in Xiangjiang were his, from actor to director, and then to producer, it was so difficult to cross, after "The King of Comedy" stabilized the situation, Director Zhou raised money for the filming of "Shaolin Football", this investment required 40 million, and it was not possible to rely on his own company at all, and it took a lot of closed doors to raise funds. ”

In the end, "Shaolin Football" was a huge success, with a global box office of $43 million, which finally relieved me and really gained a foothold among the producers, but even so, it can only be regarded as a small independent production company, and there is still a long way to go from the distributor. ”

Liu Chenxin said that at present, money is the least problem for me.

I also had doubts in my heart, and I couldn't help but ask: "In the three links of production, distribution, and theaters, what is the role of this distribution? With Director Zhou's influence, why not talk to the theater directly, so that you don't have to share 15% of the box office in vain, it's too much of a loss." ”

Wang Lai glanced at Liu Chen meaningfully, the young man's face was full of puzzlement, she also sighed, she really didn't want to talk about this problem, but in order to remind this young man, she had to say that although the reality was very cruel.

"You and Director Zhou are really similar in some places, and he had the same idea back then, but because "Shaolin Football" didn't find a big distributor, in mainland China, the movie was not released, and the opportunity to create a box office miracle was missed. ”

"Ah, why, how can this be?" Hearing this, Liu Chen felt that the film industry chain was very complicated, this was a complete industrial chain, and it seemed that any attempt to challenge the operating rules that had been formed would be shattered.

Wang Lai didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm all of a sudden, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "So, eat a trench and grow wise, Director Zhou found Huawang Brothers Pictures, a large company in the mainland that integrates production and distribution, to participate in the production and distribution of "Kung Fu" this time, presumably there will be no problem with this release." ”

Liu Chen thought to himself, but he didn't know if I would encounter resistance if I wanted to get a high-tech film company, I just wanted to touch these rules, but I really couldn't, and formed my own industrial chain through online entertainment.

Wang Lai is just afraid that he will take fewer detours, but he doesn't want to lose his sharpness because of this, and being a director is already very far away for Liu Chen now, not to mention the change of producers, and distributors, I am afraid that I will not be able to touch it in this life.

said that, it was just that Wang Lai was emotional, and she had excessive expectations for Liu Chen for a while, and after calming down, she also felt that she was a little whimsical, but she didn't expect Liu Chen to jump directly to the top of the film industry chain.

In this course, Wang Lai was very satisfied with Liu Chen's performance, and couldn't help but praise: "I have never seen an art candidate with such a strong learning ability. ”

Zhang Nian walked in and poured tea, and when he heard this, he thought, Liu Chen is not the champion, or the champion of Hui Province, with a super high score, listening to what Mr. Wang said, presumably Liu Chen has passed the test, and I don't know if I can see Wang Wei.

At this moment, the doorbell of Mr. Wang's house rang.