Chapter 43: Song Mingxi
On October 9th, Gu Zhi came to Zhongying alone.
When Liu Qi called him yesterday to inform him of the piracy problem, he made an appointment with Han Sanping to talk about the new project.
After the cooperation of "Butterfly Effect", Gu Zhi and China Film are both very satisfied, and Han Sanping personally appreciates Gu Zhi's ability, and the continued cooperation of the next work is a matter of course for both parties.
At this time, in the office of China Film, Han Sanping, Gu Zhi and Liu Qi were discussing this new film project.
Since the release of "Butterfly Effect", Liu Qi's status has also risen, and he can officially participate in the project taken over by Han Sanping.
She made a lot of contributions in the last movie, but she didn't even show her name on the subtitles, and as long as she still participated in the production of the next movie, it was no problem to hang the producer's name.
Liu Qi has been working as a secretary by Han Sanping's side since he graduated from Beijing Normal University, and now it is his third year. From the work of a secretary to the bits and pieces of behind-the-scenes production of movies, she usually works tirelessly, step by step, slowly and actively to learn.
Han Sanping saw her efforts, so he simply kept her with him, but he didn't deliberately teach her, and she was all up to her in the process.
It wasn't until Gu Zhi came to the door that Liu Qi had the opportunity to officially participate in the production.
Han Sanping didn't have much expectations for "Butterfly Effect", but just had the attitude of giving it a try, anyway, it was a group of newcomers making this movie, so he stuffed Liu Qi into it and let her hone and hone it.
The final result of the movie was beyond his expectations, and Liu Qi's credit is needless to say, as long as she succeeds in making another movie in the future, she can become the official producer of China Film.
It just so happened that at this time, Gu Zhi came to the door again.
"Isn't the heroine of this movie a little too violent?"
After Han Sanping read the script, his brows furrowed directly, and a puzzled look was written all over his face.
"It's so beautiful! Song Mingxi is simply my idol!"
After Liu Qi read the script, his reaction was completely different from Han Sanping's, and he liked it very much.
Gu Zhi smiled, pointed to the cover of the script and said to Han Sanping: "Third master, this movie is called "My Savage Girlfriend", and the heroine has to be a little violent, which is the biggest attraction of the movie. ”
"This... Are you sure the audience will love this type of heroine?"
"Would love it!"
Without waiting for Gu Zhi to answer, Liu Qi took the lead and said.
Gu Zhi nodded on the side, "Now the heroines in movies and TV series are mainly gentle and courteous, either they are small jasper, or they are beautiful girls, and few of them jump out of this genre." ”
But as long as the character makes a breakthrough in personality, it is easy to arouse the love of the whole people. Isn't the little swallow that has become popular in the past two years a ready-made example?"
In the past two years, the first two parts of "Huanzhu Gege" have become popular in the global Chinese community, breaking the ratings record of Chinese TV dramas, and Zhao Weiye has also become popular throughout China and Wanwan with the role of Xiaoyanzi.
Little Swallow's personality is distinct, lively and cheerful, which left a deep impression on the audience. Even after more than ten years, when Zhao Wei is mentioned, everyone's first reaction is Xiaoyanzi.
The heroines in "My Sassy Girlfriend" Song Mingxi and Xiaoyanzi have similar personalities, both belong to the lively type, but the connotations are very different.
Xiaoyanzi can be said to be crazy and stupid, judging from normal values, she and Ziwei and a group of emperors and the second generation have been deliberately dying, unless Qianlong is a fool, he should have beheaded them a long time ago.
Of course, in the bitter novels of the poor kiln, most of the characters are indeed fools, and they can ignore other people's lives and etiquette and morality for the so-called "love", and the protagonists are almost all extremely self-centered brain-dead characters.
In the TV series "A Curtain of Dreams" in Poor Kiln, there is a famous line:
"You just lost a leg! What about Ziling? What she gave up for you was love!"
How distorted do one's values have to be to make up such lines?
That is to say, at present, China's economy has just started, its strength has been crushed by bends, and its culture has also been crushed, and many audiences are still ignorant and ignorant, so that such works with incorrect views can be popular in the mainland.
In the last life, Gu Zhi went to watch "Huanzhu Gege" again when he grew up, only to find that in the whole drama, only the "evil" queen's three views were barely normal, and other people's actions simply couldn't bear to look at directly, and the whole drama was hypocritical and contrived.
"My Sassy Girlfriend" is very different, and it can be said that even after a dozen years, no Asian romantic commercial comedy has been able to surpass it.
The heroine Song Mingxi is only brutal on the surface, but what is wrapped in barbarism is affection and strength. This is a character full of personality charm, and all the highlights of the whole movie are on Song Myung-gye.
Because of her role as Song Myung-kee, Jeon Hyun has become the goddess-level figure in Asia in one fell swoop, and it can even be said that she is the most famous female star in the international community.
"My Sassy Girlfriend" has influenced the values of many Asian women, they don't have to be virtuous, gentle and delicate, women can also be strong, brave, self-reliant.
Whether it is barbarism or violence in the movie, it is essentially an impact and breakthrough on the traditional conservative culture of women.
Gu Zhi hates the country of sticks very much in his heart, but he has to admit that in the production of film and television variety shows, whether it is depth or fun, they are much better than many shoddy and plagiarized garbage in Huaguo.
In terms of cultural output in terms of entertainment, the country of sticks is much stronger than that of China.
In his previous life, Gu Zhi had only heard of the Korean Wave, but he had never heard of the Middle Stream, the Han Wave, and the Chinese Wave.
But since he didn't have it in the previous life, he will build one in this life.
With Liu Qi's strong support, Han Sanping and Gu Zhi soon reached an agreement and decided to make this movie.
"My Sassy Girlfriend" is a low-cost film, Gu Zhi is the main investor, with an investment of 2 million and China Film with an investment of 500,000.
The 2 million is part of Gu Zhi's royalties this year, and his first two books are still selling well, but the sales of "Those Years" in the mainland quickly dropped after the first wave of die-hard fans, but the traditional version is quite popular in the Wanwan area.
After taking out this money, he didn't have much left, and as for the box office share of "Butterfly Effect", he had to wait until the next screening to get it.
In this way, the production cost of "My Sassy Girlfriend" is tentatively set at 2.5 million, and China Film is responsible for the publicity and distribution, and the producers are Han Sanping, Gu Zhi, and Liu Qi, the first two are responsible for the name, and the last one is responsible for the production.
Next, it's up to the director and the leading actors, especially the heroine, who is the top priority of the film and can completely influence the fate of the movie.
In the end, who to direct and who to choose, the three producers thought about it for a long time in the office, but they couldn't come to a conclusion.
"Why don't I direct?"
No one answered, let alone spoke.
As soon as Gu Zhi finished saying this, he was cold...