"He's a video player, from the grassroots, and he makes movies for the masses. He is the king of jokes, or humorous and uninhibited, or sarcastic and indifferent. He has zero distance from the audience, has a flat vision, and tells the stories around him. He is a Weibo expert, with a true temperament, straightforward and improper. He is the legendary brother white swordsman in the mouth of netizens, screenwriter, director, actor, lyricist, planner, business, and omnipotent. ”

"Today's interview with Yang Lan talks to the new generation of directors, Bai Yuhan, a twenty-seven-year-old post-8o youth, and talks about his philosophy of growth as a director."

"Interview with Yang Lan", ongoing.

"Swordsman, as a director, you are an idol actor, as an actor, you are a talented screenwriter, and as a screenwriter, you are a musically gifted lyricist. Then you also planned a lot of variety shows, you yourself are the founder of two big companies, so many identities in one, and the speed at which you make movies is still so fast. ”

"Hehe, the director is the main one, and the others are cameos."

""The Chinese Partner" will be released on May 18, and then "Master of Hypnosis" will be released in July, and you also produced "Durala's Promotion", which will be released during the National Day. A lot of directors only take a few years to make a movie, and you're busy with several films a year, right, it's too fast, how do you do it? ”

"Then I have the most thanks to God, who has given me so much inspiration, to be honest, I feel great now, I have a lot of inspiration in my head. Other directors may not be able to think of scratching their scalps in order to find a piece of inspiration, I don't need to worry about it, there are too many ideas. Then I would like to thank my colleagues in Wanhe Tianyi. ”

"Thanks to them for what?"

"You can't say you can make a movie if you want to. It's not enough that you have a script and an idea. You have to find investment, you have to approve procedures, you have to form a crew, you have to promote and publish, it's a huge workload. You'll need a lot of teammates to help you finish. I'm very lucky, I've been making some small films since O6, many teammates and friends, and I've been working together until now, in the crew, one of my ideas. They can help me do it very quickly. I was able to create something without being distracted too much, and the speed naturally increased. ”

"Team, you have a team of your own."

"Yes, a lot of directors want to have their own team. Because the team is so important. "Avatar" director James . Cameron, who made such a great film, is the result of their team tackling 3D technology for nearly ten years. I sometimes envy him for being able to do anything for technology, and at a cost of $500 million, how many movies do you have to make in China. ”

"So Cameron is a perfectionist. He spent $200 million on "Titanic", the most expensive film at the time, and now "Avatar" costs $500 million. It's the most expensive movie again. ”

"Actually, I also want to spend money to make blockbusters, especially sci-fi films, and I especially want to make sci-fi films."

"If you want to shoot, shoot it."

"But hesitation, the current state of the Chinese film market, science fiction films are equated with losing money, because the science fiction atmosphere is not strong enough. Especially if you label it as 'Chinese science fiction' again, it is tantamount to announcing the death penalty. The whole world is Hollywood. With the support of the huge market in the West, it can produce a sufficient amount of sci-fi films every year. ”

"The investment in science fiction is often huge. China's current film market is indeed not enough to support a domestic sci-fi film. ”

"That's the way it is, there are few people watching it, if you make a small-budget sci-fi film, the taste is not enough, it's better not to shoot. If you want to shoot a visual effects blockbuster, you will burn money and kill yourself in minutes, and you won't be able to get back to your roots. Especially now domestic films, you can't go out, you can only be trapped in the domestic market. ”

"So you just gave up your dream of directing a sci-fi film?"

"Nope." Bai Yuhan smiled mysteriously, "I have written a few books, and I have sent them a few times in Hollywood, I want to see if anyone in Hollywood likes them and asks me to go to Hollywood to make a movie." ”

"You want to go to Hollywood to make movies now?"

"It's not that I want to go to Hollywood, my English is super bad, I think I'm still suitable for making movies in China, and China's population of 1.4 billion people, the market potential will not be worse than Hollywood. A few years ago, it was normal to yearn for Hollywood, but now there is no need to ask for fish, the Chinese market is enough for us to digest for many years, and when I am full here, I will only consider eating out. You can't be satisfied with the domestic audience, you just pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, you want to go to Hollywood, and you want to dominate the world. ”

"And you still send the script?"

"It's not like I want to see if there are any Hollywood professionals who can read my script. I'm not sure about sci-fi films, if they watch them, I'll be at ease, find a chance, I'll shoot it myself, haha. Bai Yuhan smiled brightly, in fact, Ya's plan was to occupy the pit first and not shit.

There are some good films, he has to buy the copyright first, or register the script first, so that other directors can't make it. Then Bai Yuhan can slowly shoot these films, even if one day he fails to be original, he can take them out again, be happy, and regain his glory.

In fact, in the past few years, he has hoarded a lot of copyrights and scripts.

"Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Notes on Tomb Robbery", "Three-Body Problem", "To Youth" and so on in China, "The Hunger Games", "Divergent" and so on abroad.

Buying and selling scripts and film and television adaptation rights is a very normal thing in the film and television industry, Bai Yuhan used to have no money, so he could only watch movies such as "Twilight" to make a lot of money, and he had no chance to buy the copyright. Now that Wanhe Tianyi's annual income is explosive, Bai Yuhan has bought the copyright, which is called a happy one.

But whenever he watched it and thought it was a good movie, he would start it.

If you have the copyright of the original work, you will buy the copyright of the original work, and if you don't have the original work, you will write the script yourself and register it. Hollywood has a very strict copyright protection of scripts, and there are professional copyright companies that compare the copyright libraries of the films that a director intends to shoot with the copyright libraries of major film companies, and if someone is found to have registered the same or similar script, it means that it is infringing and cannot be filmed.

In other words, you just test whether your script can impress Hollywood filmmakers who are experienced in science fiction films, and measure your science fiction script. Is it reasonable, is it valuable? ”

"yes, that's it."

"Have you received any results now?"

"Well, so far, it doesn't seem to be." Bai Yuhan made a melancholy expression.

"Haha." Yang Lan laughed. "Okay, I'm sure Hollywood will definitely look for you, thank you Bai Yuhan for coming here today and talking to us about so many of your own stories."

After speaking, the picture on TV showed the logo of "Interview with Yang Lan". Then it moved to a separate close-up of Yang Lan.

Yang Lan faced the camera and made a concluding remarks: "I remember talking to Xie Fei, vice president of Beijing Film Academy and famous director, and he said that Bai Yuhan is a symbol of the young generation of Chinese directors, who do not have the weight of history and are oppressed by the fifth generation of directors. There is no sixth generation of directors who are in a period of major social change. There are too many ideas for the collision of ideas. They are coming now, and they want to speak their voices in the mainstream film industry, which is the voice of young people. Well, thank you for watching this issue of "Interview with Yang Lan", and thank you FAW-Volkswagen. We'll see you next week for the exclusive title sponsorship of the show from the Audi brand. ”

……

Turning off the TV, Bai Yuhan was in a very good mood. I am really becoming more and more famous as a director, low-key and introverted, but also wise and profound. Although there are still some humorous things to say. But it's just an extension of the topic, not like before, deliberately saying some jokes.

In short, more natural and more harmonious.

Stretching, he pushed the door and walked out of the office. I am surfing the Internet in the outside office. Immediately stood up: "Boss." ”

"Well, you're busy. I'm going out for a trip. ”

"Need to arrange a car?"

"No, I'm just going to go down. Talk to Mr. Wang about something. By the way, you sorted out the publicity plan of "Hypnosis Master", I am going to open a new film this month, and I don't have time to cooperate with the publicity, and I will resign everything that can be dismissed. ”

"Oh good." Lian Meng agreed, and asked expectantly, "Boss, you're going to make a new movie again, what kind of movie is it?" ”

"Come here with your ears." Bai Yuhan beckoned.

Lian Meng immediately came over like a kitten.

Bai Yuhan said mysteriously in her ear: "Guess. ”

Then he laughed three times and went downstairs without looking back.

Leaving Lian Meng pouting: "Boring boss." ”

……

Life goes on.

The release of "Chinese Partner" is also approaching day by day.

The attendance rate of "Iron Man 2" has declined, the attendance rate of "Ip Man 2" has declined, and the attendance rate of "How to Train Your Dragon" is good, but there are not many films, and the attendance rate of "Deadly Mobile" is very poor. There are really few movies that can be watched in the cinema, and everyone is looking forward to the release of "Chinese Partner".

Therefore, the pre-rehearsal of the first day of "Chinese Partner" on the 18th has been as high as 52.36% Some websites such as Time.com have cooperated with online ticketing, and the movie tickets of "Chinese Partner" have sold very well, basically the online tickets on the 18th have sold nearly 39o.

According to the general rules of online tickets, the total box office is 6 to 1o times that of online tickets, that is, the box office on the day of the premiere is likely to reach 24oo to 39oo. The 18th is Tuesday, a working day, and it is really gratifying to be able to achieve such good online ticket sales.

""Chinese Partner", it looks like the box office is going to set a new record!" Zhao Haicheng, assistant general manager of China Film Group, said to Bai Yuhan while drinking the night before the premiere.

Zhao Haicheng is the producer of "Hypnosis Master", "Chinese Partner" is about to be released, and "Hypnosis Master" will be released two months later, and now they are starting to meet and discuss.

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "Isn't it already a record now, 52.36% of the pre-rehearsal films, and tomorrow's film schedule is estimated to exceed 4o%, setting a new record for the first day of domestic films." ”

Bai Yuhan gnawed on a chicken claw, and said while gnawing: "It doesn't matter if you refresh the record or not, "Avatar" is in front, what does the domestic film record mean, as long as you make money." ”

"Well said, come, in order to make money, everyone have a toast." (To be continued)