Chapter 182: Looking for a Producer
"Tomorrow you can arrange freely, the day after tomorrow, the second day of the new year, your second uncle and third uncle and their family will come to the house to pay New Year greetings, the third day of the new year, we will go to your aunt's house, the fourth year of the first year will go to your uncle's house, and the fifth day of the first year is the marriage of Shaohua of your second uncle's family" On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family watched the Spring Festival Gala together, and Mother Lin said to Lin Yuquan about the schedule for the next few days.23[WX].
It is said that the New Year is off, in fact, according to the tradition of the Chinese people, where is there time to rest these days, sometimes there are too many relatives and friends, and even they are too busy to be busy.
Sighing in his heart, Lin Yuquan remained silent on the surface, nodding his head in agreement like a good baby, while his eyes always fell on the TV.
Mother Lin also knew that the child would feel annoyed, but as long as Lin Yuquan didn't object, it would be fine.
Although tonight's Spring Festival Gala is generally bland, the sketches of "Neighbors" and "Honest People" are really good.
"Huh." Looking at Zhao Benshan, Song Dandan, and Cui Yongyuan's performance of "Talking about Things", Lin Yuquan couldn't help laughing, and Lin's father and mother next to him were also full of joy.
"Mom and Dad, how about we go to the Spring Festival Gala next year?" After watching "Talking about Things", Lin Yuquan turned his head and said to Lin's father and Lin's mother.
Father Lin and Mother Lin were a little stunned for a while, Mother Lin shook her head and smiled: "You kid, where is it so easy to go to the Spring Festival Gala?" Don't be whimsical. ”
"Mom, I know it's not easy, but it's not impossible, I'll find a way to get tickets, next year we will celebrate the New Year in Kyoto, and then you can also invite the second uncle, third uncle, and aunt to come over as guests, it just so happened that they didn't come last time they moved to a new house, I'm so big there, and I'm not afraid that I can't live." Seeing that Lin Mu is not opposed. I just don't think it's achievable. Lin Yuquan knew that there was a play. Said immediately.
"Can you really get it?" Lin Mu asked in surprise, her eyebrows moving obviously.
"Of course, it's just a few tickets, and I still have a way to do it." Lin Yuquan said confidently.
"Lao Lin, what do you say?" Mother Lin looked at Father Lin inquiringly.
"If you can go to the scene, go there!" Father Lin nodded and said, he has watched the Spring Festival Gala at home for decades, and he is also curious and looking forward to watching the Spring Festival Gala on the spot.
"Then we'll settle it." Being able to do something for his parents within his own power, Lin Yuquan is in a very good mood.
After watching the sketch "Rake Ears". Lin Yuquan then went back to the room, he was not interested in the next few singing programs, as soon as he returned to the room, he launched a New Year's text message.
In the next few days, of course, it was done according to the itinerary that Lin Mu said in advance, compared to last year, this year's New Year's feeling is different, last year, he just shined because of the box office miracle of "Huo Yuanjia". It's not easy to adapt to overly enthusiastic relatives and friends, but now he is a famous director. And during this year, he became accustomed to the media and the public, and of course, the most important thing was the change in his own mentality.
However, even during the Chinese New Year, Lin Yuquan did not calm down, and the announcement of the Oscar nominations completely disrupted his New Year life.
The nominees for the 78th Academy Awards were announced in the early hours of January 31, in Los Angeles, at 5 p.m. Kyoto time, at Beverly Hills. Garnis (right) and Oscar-winning actress Mila Murphy. Solvino presided over the announcement.
Lin Yuquan, Ye Jintian, and Li Yu are the only three Chinese who have been nominated, and Zhou Xingchi, who was disappointed with the Golden Globe, did not receive any nominations, and the Oscar did not hand the olive branch to Zhang Ziyi of "Memoirs of a Geisha", which is indeed a pity.
Like the Golden Globes, Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" has once again become the biggest favorite to win the Oscar, with a total of 8 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Outside of Clooney's "Good Night, Good Luck", Stephen. Spielberg's "Munich" and Paul. Haggis' "Crash" will be a huge threat to him.
It stands to reason that Lin Yuquan and "Red Cliff" are not in the list of Oscar nominees, and it is not even surprising that he was not nominated, but when the nominations were announced, almost everyone was shocked, because "Red Cliff" won four nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design, which is really surprising.
In the best foreign language film, "Red Cliff" still encountered the old rivals of the Golden Globe Awards, "Heaven at This Time" Palestine, "Don't Say" Italy, "Merry Christmas" France, "Gangster Thugs" South Africa, here only "Don't Say" from Italy replaced Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu", the competitors have not changed much, it depends on the taste of the Oscar judges.
In terms of best visual effects, "Red Cliff" will be challenged by "The Chronicles of Narnia", "King Kong" and "War of the Worlds", each of which is a popular commercial blockbuster from last year.
In terms of best art direction, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "King Kong", "Memoirs of a Geisha", and "Pride and Prejudice", none of the four opponents are good at it.
The opponent of the best costume design of "Red Cliff" is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Memoirs of a Geisha", "The Gift of Mrs. Henderson", "Unstoppable", the biggest opponent of which should be "Memoirs of a Geisha", the kimono in the film has won unanimous praise from the media and the public, it is worth mentioning that the designer of the best costume design is Lin Yuquan, who declared.
Although many people were surprised to know that "Red Cliff" won four Oscar nominations for the first time, but no one questioned this in the report, in fact, as long as you analyze it, you can immediately understand how natural it is for "Red Cliff" to win this nomination, not to mention the best foreign language, the visual effects of "Red Cliff" are stronger than the original "Troy", and it is definitely the most eye-opening film last year, and "Red Cliff" In addition to special effects, the most eye-catching thing is the armor and weapon props in it, like the best art direction, Awards such as Best Costume Design and Best Makeup are easy to nominate for historical films, and only science fiction and magic can be compared with him in this regard.
So surprised to surprised, the media was more affirmative, and they shouted for Lin Yuquan. Even if you don't win the award. It is unprecedented for a 22-year-old director to have four Oscar nominations for a film. What's more, after analysis, many people are optimistic that "Red Cliff" will not return empty-handed at the Oscars.
And almost everyone thinks that Lin Yuquan will be the greatest hope for Chinese directors in the future, youth is the biggest capital, looking at a group of Chinese directors, Li Yu is 51 years old, Wu Yusen 59, Zhang Yi 55, Chen Kaige 53, Feng Xiaogang 47, Xu Ke 54 The current Lin Yuquan is already quite amazing, not to mention that in the future, no one will doubt his future.
Because of this. How could Lin Yuquan's ears be clean, the congratulatory calls and text messages were about to blow up the phone, fortunately, the reporters also knew that this was the New Year, otherwise he would be in even more trouble.
In the next few days, he continued to visit relatives and friends, but Lin Yuquan did not spend the Lantern Festival at home, but returned to Kyoto on the tenth day of the new year, because there were very important things waiting for him to do. He'd been keeping Ding's eye on the right guys, and now it's time to get moving. He needs to confirm the candidate before March, otherwise he will have no time for "Painted Skin" to start filming, as for handing it over to others, it's not that he doesn't want others to do it, the problem is to test the ability of a producer, not everyone can do it.
"Boss, the headhunter has screened several outstanding cinema management talents for us, and we can start the cinema plan with just a nod from you." Ding Wei put a copy of the text in front of Lin Yuquan.
"Oh, there is actually the deputy general manager of Golden Harvest Cinema Line, in fact, the strength of Golden Harvest Cinema Line is still good, there are theaters in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and the management of cinemas is very handy, but unfortunately the development of Golden Harvest Cinema is now at a standstill, and it is difficult to provide financial support for the construction of cinemas. Lin Yuquan looked at the content of the text and said with a smile.
"That's what I thought too." Ding Wei had a smile in his eyes.
"Did I make an appointment with the producer, you know, that's what I want to do the most right now." Lin Yuquan took a sip of coffee and changed his position on his legs sitting on the sofa.
"All eight producers have made an appointment." Ding Wei said with a smile.
"That's really good news, and hopefully there's something I want among them." Lin Yuquan said expectantly.
Today, with the vigorous development of the film and television industry, producers, the producers of film and television dramas, are actually more widespread, and the good and bad are also uneven, among which the more well-known producers are mainly concentrated in the film and television production institutions under the major TV stations and the powerful private film and television companies.
Soon, Lin Yuquan met the first producer he wanted to meet in a café in Kyoto, Yu Shengli, the gold medal producer of CCTV's subordinate China Television Film and Television, although among the producers, his popularity is not as loud as Zhang Jizhong, but this is just his consistent low-key, his past production achievements can be described as very outstanding, "The Mansion Gate", "The Granary of the World", "The Criminal Officer of the Great Song Dynasty" produced by him are all masterpieces, among which "The Mansion Gate" and "The Granary of the World" set off a ratings boom in that year.
"Hello, Mr. Yu, it's a pleasure to meet you." Lin Yuquan looked at Yu Shengli who walked into the café with a smile, got up and greeted.
"Hello, Director Lin, I'm sorry for the traffic jam on the road." Yu Shengli hurriedly walked over and said apologetically, he was not tall and had a relatively clean figure, but his eyes were extraordinarily bright.
"Teacher Yu, you're polite, you're not late, it's just that I arrived a little early and drank coffee here." Lin Yuquan and Yu Shengli shook hands.
Yu Shengli didn't say anything more, the two sat down, and Lin Yuquan asked the waiter to come over and order coffee.
"Is Mr. Yu busy with any works lately?" Lin Yuquan took a sip of coffee.
"Preparations are underway for the filming of "Lying on Salary and Tasting Courage", which is expected to start filming in March." Yu Shengli said with a smile.
"Is it the Yue Wang Goujian's lying salary?" Lin Yuquan said interestingly.
"Yes." Yu Shengli nodded.
"Where there is a will, it can be done, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin passes belong to Chu after all; Hard-working people, the sky is not worth it, lying on the salary to taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu, this theme is very good, and the battle is not small, it is really worthy of Mr. Yu, as soon as he makes a move, it is such a big stroke. Lin Yuquan exclaimed.
"Hehe, when it comes to generosity, I'm afraid there are few people in the domestic film and television industry who can compare with Director Lin, compared with "Red Cliff" and "Painted Skin", my stroke is nothing." Yu Shengli shook his head.
"The situation of movies and TV series is different after all, if the TV series is filmed according to the movie, I'm afraid few film and television companies can afford it, in fact, it is not easy to shoot a large-scale historical costume series in China, after all, such a series is very long, often forty or fifty episodes, and the costumes, props, and scenery are more expensive than ordinary types. And if you want to make a series into a high-quality product, the investment required is a terrifying number. Lin Yuquan, who is considering filming costume martial arts dramas such as "The Legend of Deer and Ding", certainly knows this.
"Yes, investment budget is always an unavoidable problem in film and television shooting." Yu Shengli, whose production works belong to the historical genre and long-form series, sighed deeply.
"Teacher Yu doesn't mind if I ask a presumptuous question!"
"Of course." Yu Shengli nodded heartily.
"I don't know which actors are in the starring lineup of "Lying on Salary and Tasting Courage" this time? How long is the episode and how much investment is there? Lin Yuquan asked slowly.
"It's inconvenient for me to disclose the specific investment, I hope Director Lin understands, as for the other two issues, they are actually not problems, they are all information disclosed by the crew, and the cast is starring Hu Jun, Chen Daoming, Zuo Xiaoqing, and An Yixuan, and the length of the drama is 41 episodes." Yu Shengli said calmly, not because Lin Yuquan came to test his ability today, once he has been inspected, he will do things under Lin Yuquan to please Lin Yuquan, which is against the ethics of cooperation, as a gold medal system, he has no shortage of partners, and he came to see Lin Yuquan more because he hopes that he has a better chance of choice.
Lin Yuquan didn't have any dissatisfaction, but a thick smile appeared on his face, and said: "Although I don't know the specific investment, but with the luxurious cast of Mr. Chen Daoming's participation, plus the length of 41 episodes, such a drama is definitely a big investment, but I think even such an investment will be stretched thin in the filming!" The impact of investment budget on the quality of film and television dramas is obvious, and without sufficient investment, the quality of dramas will definitely be greatly reduced. To be honest, our Shuguang Film Company is not short of funds now, what is lacking is shooting works, the purpose of my visit to you, Mr. Yu also knows, so let's get to the point, how does Mr. Yu view the development of the TV drama industry in the future? (To be continued......) R640