Chapter 114: The Great Director also has difficulties
Qin Fang learned how he met Mao Linglin through a conversation with Liu Zhenwei, who was not only a journalist, but also wrote books and scripts part-time in his spare time.
Although amateurish, but the level is very high, Liu Zhenwei also met Mao Linglin by chance and invited Mao Linglin to help him revise the script many times, and the relationship between the two is very good.
Qin Fang picked up a big bargain this time, and listening to Liu Zhenwei's tone, the shooting cost this time is very negotiable.
"Mr. Qin, sit down for a while, we still have a clip that hasn't been filmed." After a while, Liu Zhenwei stood up and said to Qin Fang with apologies.
Huang Shengyi also waved his hand at Qin Fang, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry Mr. Qin, we still have one last clip, if you want, you can take a look together!" ”
"Yes, Qin Fang, let's take a look!" Liu Zhenwei agreed with Huang Shengyi's words.
Qin Fang happily followed Liu Zhenwei to the filming site, it was a sandy beach, and all of them were bikini beauties.
From Liu Zhenwei's mouth, I learned that they were shooting advertisements for Pudong Langsha stockings, and the general content was that Huang Shengyi wore stockings and proudly crossed through the crowd of bikini beauties.
After a simple preparation, the shooting officially began, at first nothing was just a large group of men and women frolicking on the beach, and suddenly a solemn music sounded, and Huang Shengyi wore purple stockings and walked by on the beach with his proud head held high.
I have to say that Huang Shengyi is worthy of being a popular star, first of all, not to mention the temperament she deliberately demonstrated, that is, the temperament she carries is very special, arrogant and shy, low-key and luxurious, which has made men see that they can't extricate themselves.
Therefore, Qin Fang once thought that those beach men who were playing tricks didn't need to talk about the script in advance, and Huang Shengyi only needed to stop there, and the effect would come uninvited immediately.
is simply a stroke of genius, Liu Zhenwei is worthy of being a great director in Hong Kong, with a unique vision.
Although it was just a simple short film, it took nearly an hour, and Liu Zhenwei asked Huang Shengyi to walk several times in different postures and angles.
Finally, choose the best one for the advertising video.
Qin Fang secretly said that it is not easy for these star directors to be successful, and when everything is over, Huang Shengyi is exhausted and sweating.
After the filming was completed, the three returned to Director Liu's office to continue to discuss the matter of sending a promotional film for Qin Fang.
"I'm tired, can Casey help me get a drink?" Huang Shengyi still couldn't escape the heat when he was blowing under the air conditioner.
Although it was late autumn outside, the temperature inside the studio was set very high to 28 or 9 degrees Celsius in order to shoot the blazing heat on the beach.
Casey nodded and was just about to go out, but Qin Fang had an idea and hurriedly said, "Miss Huang, Director Liu, you might as well try my company's products." ”
Qin Fang took out a few pieces of raw fragrant tea from the backpack he was carrying, and said with a smile: "This is our company's raw fragrant tea, you can taste it." ”
Liu Zhenwei picked it up and listened to it, and looked at it with interest, the packaging of raw tea is very simple, except that the name is the production date manufacturer, which is very ordinary.
Huang Shengyi was very thirsty, so he listened to it and poured it directly, and when he heard it, he suddenly felt that the fatigue on his body had been eliminated a lot, and the raw fragrant tea was very thirst-quenching.
"Well, that's good!" Huang Shengyi praised.
When Liu Zhenwei heard this, he hurriedly opened it and took a sip, with a smile on his face, "Well, it's really good, you must bring it with you next time you go to the desert to film!" ”
Huang Shengyi smiled and nodded.
Qin Fang finally had the bottom in his heart, and if he wanted Liu Zhenwei and Huang Shengyi to agree to accept it, he must first ask them to recognize his products.
"Director Liu, shouldn't we talk about the promotional video?" Qin Fang was a little shy.
Liu Zhenwei said with a smile: "Mr. Qin, don't worry, I have promised Reporter Mao that I will definitely help you with your favor." ”
Huang Shengyi looked at Qin Fang with a puzzled face, "By the way, Qin Fang, what is the relationship between you and Reporter Mao, as far as I know, she has never asked Director Liu for anything." ”
When Qin Fang mentioned this, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, he and Mao Linglin were lovers, but God didn't fulfill people's wishes, and in the end he couldn't stay with Mao Linglin, Mao Linglin's help this time can be regarded as the last bit of compensation for Qin Fang.
Seeing that Qin Fang's face was a little wrong, Liu Zhenwei and Huang Shengyi glanced at each other.
Liu Zhenwei opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Qin doesn't know if you are interested in investing in films?" ”
"Shooting a movie?" Qin Fang's eyes lit up.
When I was a student, it was almost everyone's wish to make movies on the screen, when I saw those handsome guys and beauties on the screen, who didn't wait for yy to stand on TV one day and perform legendary stories with those handsome guys and beauties?
Some ambitious people want to be directors, and the unspoken rules in the film and television industry are very tempting, and basically every man likes that kind of pursuit.
But Qin Fang is very calm, he knows that the Chinese film industry is very sluggish now, and the so-called blockbusters are released several times a year, but in the end they all end up as bad movies.
And with the impact of European and American films on the Chinese market, the Chinese film industry has been crumbling, coupled with the impact of the financial crisis on Hong Kong's financial market, so there are even fewer companies willing to invest in blockbusters.
Could it be that Liu Zhenwei is not having a good time now?
Qin Fang looked at Liu Zhenwei suspiciously, and asked tentatively, "Director Liu, what do you mean?" ”
Liu Zhenwei smiled quite awkwardly, what he said was almost the same as Qin Fang's thoughts, Liu Zhenwei is a veteran director and screenwriter in Hong Kong, and has directed countless classic films, and the "Journey to the West" series is a typical masterpiece.
He is now over 100 and a half years old, and some of his styles of making movies are no longer accepted by the market, coupled with the instability of Hong Kong's financial industry, which has led to the bankruptcy of many large film and television companies.
So the current Liu Zhenwei has fallen into a predicament, and he makes a living by receiving some short films such as promotional videos and commercials, and his life is really not good.
Qin Fang secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that "Journey to the West" had become popular for half the sky back then, and Liu Zhenwei's name had become a household name, but he didn't expect to see that the former movie heroes had fallen to the point of despair.
Liu Zhenwei's words are already very clear, I hope that Qin Fang can invest in him to shoot a blockbuster, and then he can help Qin Fang shoot a promotional film for free, and even sell all of Liu Jiaban to Qin Fang This is not a problem.
Of course, Qin Fang also intends to invest in movies, Liu Zhenwei's words have once again awakened the wish that has been buried in his heart for many years, and now that the opportunity has come, how can he miss it.
But here's the problem, film investment is an extremely money-burning industry, and it is extremely risky, the preliminary estimated cost of a blockbuster is hundreds of millions, where does Qin Fang get so much money, and then if the so-called blockbuster comes out and ends with the box office of a bad movie, Qin Fang estimates that he will have to accompany his grandmother's house.
"Mr. Qin, you can think about this matter slowly and not worry, but we are still free to shoot a promotional video for you this time!" Huang Shengyi said with a moving smile.
Liu Zhenwei followed and took over, "Yes, Mr. Qin, we are free of charge for this promotional video." ”
This made Qin Fang a little embarrassed, didn't these two people make it clear that they owed them a favor, but Qin Fang did have a strong interest in film investment.
"Director Liu, it's not that I don't want to invest, but I really don't have that much money at the moment, and this line of work is also very risky, don't you know, so can you talk about your idea for that blockbuster?" Qin Fang pondered for a moment and finally made up his mind to speak.
As soon as Liu Zhenwei heard that there was a door, he immediately talked with Huang Shengyi about the blockbuster he had in mind with Qin Fang with great interest.
In fact, Liu Zhenwei's blockbuster investment is not very large, except for the cast, the prop scenes are very limited,
The total budget does not exceed 50 million.
The content mainly wants to reflect the good side of society and call on people to be beautiful people.
Liu Zhenwei said that this is just his first step, first make a low-cost, attract popularity, and then come to a blockbuster in the true sense, he did not want to be a hit.
After all, he has faded out of the film industry for ten years, and he is afraid that his contemporaries will not be able to catch up.
Qin Fang agrees with Liu Zhenwei's idea, he is also such a person, step by step, and never wants to do good things in one step.
He was very glad that he could sit down with Liu Zhenwei to talk, otherwise wouldn't he have wasted a great opportunity.
At this moment, Liu Zhenwei suddenly received a phone call, and when he saw the number, Liu Zhenwei's face suddenly sank.
Huang Shengyi noticed, "Director Liu, are those guys calling again?" ”
"Who?" Qin Fang looked at Liu Zhenwei suspiciously.
With a wry smile on his face, Liu Zhenwei went out to answer the phone, and only came in a few minutes later, but his mood became more and more heavy.
Qin Fang sensed that there was something here, and when Liu Zhenwei went out to answer the phone, he asked Huang Shengyi, but the people kept silent.
"Mr. Qin is really embarrassed, Xiao Huang and I may have to go back, I'm afraid your promotional video will have to be delayed." Liu Zhenwei said apologetically.
Now Qin Fang didn't understand, what he said just now was good, how could it change in a blink of an eye.
"What happened to Director Liu, do you need my help?" Qin Fang asked.
Liu Zhenwei shook his head regretfully, "I'm afraid you can't help Qin Fang, this is a matter of Hong Kong." ”
"Hong Kong?" Qin was puzzled, but it could be seen from their expressions that they were in a lot of trouble in Hong Kong.
Under Qin Fang's questioning left and right, Liu Zhenwei was finally willing to confide the truth.
He took Liu Jiaban to the mainland as a last resort, and something happened in Hong Kong that made them really unable to stay in Hong Kong.
The specific reason is also related to Huang Shengyi, there are gangsters in Hong Kong who covet Huang Shengyi's appearance, and their boss Shi Lei wants to take Huang Shengyi as his own