Chapter 42: The Dilemma
In the picture, Xie Xiaomeng continued in broken Mandarin: "Whenever I look at the city from this angle, I feel that the city is the mother ......."
On the screen, Xie Xiaomeng opened a Coke and surrounded Jingjing like a fly......
“…… There's something about you that touches me deeply, motherhood!"
continues to talk nonsense, some of which are long-winded and some funny, just like Quentin's seemingly large number of meaningless lines, but they make people love it.
"It's kind of interesting. As a Quentin fan, Hulin also opened a bottle of Coke.
Soon the whole movie entered the feature film, and under Ning Hao's editing, the whole movie scene was switched very quickly, if it weren't for the audience who was familiar with Quentin, they would definitely feel a little confused to watch.
But it is precisely this technique that requires thinking before and after to be able to smile that makes people flock to it.
Feeling the master-level editing, as soon as the multi-line narration story unfolded, Hu Lin and Liu Yang realized the unique charm of this movie.
Only the breathing sound of the three of them and the laughter from time to time were left in the entire screening room, especially when Huang Bo appeared, Hu Lin and Liu Yang were all in front of each other.
"Hahaha. Liu Yang couldn't help it, and when he heard Huang Bo's unique accent, he laughed out loud. And Hu Lin on the side was also a little uncontrollable: "Haha, tease ......"
Ning Hao looked at the reaction of the two, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and finally saw the dawn: laugh, the happier you laugh, the better.
Soon the movie was two-thirds played, Hu Lin pressed the pause button, and then looked at Ning Hao with some seriousness, frowning, not knowing what wording was brewing.
It made Ning Hao a little nervous.
"Mr. Ning, your movie is great, even eye-catching. It also makes people laugh, especially the black humor in it, which is very high-class!" Hu Lin sincerely admired.
"Yes, this is really a very bold attempt, just like the name of your movie, crazy!" Liu Yang also agreed.
The two of them glanced at each other, it was not that they had not seen a small-budget movie before, but it was the first time that a DV like Ning Hao was filmed.
Crazy, bold, Ning Hao was a little unsure of the attitude of the two, and the most exciting was still to come, why did the two press the pause button: "Manager Hu, maybe we can continue to look down, until the last minute, the whole story will form a complete closed loop." ”
"No, don't look any further. I already know. Hu Lin interrupted Ning Hao's words and said, "It's enough, I already know your movie level after watching this." ”
He pursed his lips, and then said, "Mr. Ning, if your film is film, I can make a decision now, but ......"
Ning Hao knew that it was bad as soon as he heard these two words, and sure enough, Hu Lin's next words directly shattered Ning Hao's hopes: "Your editing technique for this movie is indeed very bold and innovative, but after all, the market has not verified it, so there is a certain risk. The most important thing is that your movie is really too rough in terms of picture quality and overall production. ”
"You know, the audience is very picky now, such a blurry picture, to be honest. I think it's insincere, and I'm not too confident in putting it on the big screen. Hu Lin looked at Liu Yang on the side, "What do you think?"
Liu Yang shrugged his shoulders, with a look of uncertainty on his face, and said: "This kind of movie has never had a precedent, and I can't make a judgment based on my experience, but personally, I like the movie very much, Hu Lin, you go first in a while, I want to finish watching it." ”
Ning Hao was just about to thank Liu Yang, but he was heard to continue, "But you also know that personal preferences are very subjective after all, and the market is not up to one person. ”
Ning Hao's face froze, although this was the best evaluation he had received in the past few days, he vaguely guessed the ending.
Ning Hao was a little reluctant to give up, and continued: "I also know that the market is inaccurate and incomprehensible, but we can try it, such as clicking on a few companies, looking at the attendance rate and word of mouth, and seeing the market's reaction?"
Ning Hao believes that as long as it can be released, coupled with the publicity methods he has prepared for a long time later, he is confident that the screening will become a large-scale screening, from a few to hundreds, or even thousands!
Hu Lin was swayed by Ning Hao's suggestion, and communicated with Liu Yang again, and then seemed to have reached an agreement.
Ning Hao's heart on the side rose to his throat, and his hands were covered with beads of sweat.
"Mr. Ning. Hu Lin looked at Ning Hao and finally said, "You know that our company is still in its infancy, so we attach great importance to the word-of-mouth box office of each movie, our fault tolerance rate is very low, and we can't afford to fail." It may be just a gambling mistake, and the company's reputation will be affected, most of our company's market is supported by fans, and they will never tolerate us launching a bad movie, this industry, if the reputation is smashed, the audience will not give you a second chance. ”
Ning Hao nodded silently, and understood their conservatism, just like before he crossed over, Dapeng's Virgo "Pancake Man" came up to be among the billions box office, but the word-of-mouth was completely finished, so that the second movie "Sewing Machine Band" was boycotted when it was released, and the gap between "Sewing Machine" and "Iron Fist of Shame" in the same period in terms of quality is not at all as huge as the box office of the two, which is the importance of a filmmaker's word-of-mouth.
"Of course, at Mr. Ning's age, it is extremely difficult to make such a movie, and your movie is not a bad movie, and it can even be called wonderful, but after all, the cost is small, the production is poor, and the cast is not good, there is not much topicality, and it is a big risk to release it. We can't just decide. Hu Lin looked at Ning Hao, apologized, and said, "That's it, Mr. Ning, Liu Yang and I will discuss it with the company leaders again." If there is a plan to release it in the future, I will definitely contact you as soon as possible. Is that okay?"
Of course, Ning Hao understood that this was just a tactful refusal, nodded his head, and said a little depressedly: "Okay, then I look forward to your good news." ”
Ning Hao didn't know how he got out of the pony galloping, this was already the company he thought was the most likely, but it still failed, Ning Hao walked on the noisy street, and the back and forth vehicles made him feel an indescribable irritability.
He didn't think that Hu Lin would really report to the leader, after all, for a start-up, the early reputation is too important, and there is no need to bet on himself.
Ning Hao carried the briefcase, unbuttoned his shirt with some irritability, and thought to himself, what other film companies are there?
Although he had expected it before, Ning Hao really didn't expect that independent filmmakers would be so difficult, and he didn't expect that it would be so difficult to release a movie.
Looking up at the blue sky, Ning Hao clenched his fists, I won't give up, if this one doesn't work, I'll go next.
Even if it's all over BJ's film companies, there's also Hong Kong. Even if all the film companies reject him, there are companies that specialize in distributing DVDs, as long as they go on, there will always be a chance.
Ning Hao walked and walked for some reason, thinking of Yao Cheng, who was at the end of the road that day, calculating the time, she should also come to BJ.
For some reason, there was an urge to talk to her. took out his mobile phone, and soon the phone was connected: "Hey, Yao Cheng, I'm Ning Hao." ”