Chapter 24 CITIC Film and Television

"Brother Yuquan, I heard Sister Yanzi say that you are about to make a movie, is it true?" A crisp, nice voice came from the other side of the phone.

"It seems that Yifei, you don't believe me, remove the word "yes", will it be fake, I am now acquiring a film company, and after the acquisition of the film company is completed, my first movie will be ready to shoot by mid-June at the latest." Lin Yuquan said happily.

"Congratulations, Brother Yuquan, your wish has finally come true." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Thank you! It's a pity that you weren't there, we also celebrated this dinner, and we had a great time, where are you filming now? I didn't even know when you left last time, but I still listened to what the swallows said, and I don't know how you're doing recently. Lin Yuquan said.

"I'm sorry Brother Yuquan, I was in too much of a hurry before, and I didn't have time to tell you, if you want to blame Director Zhu, you obviously set the startup time, but you actually changed it temporarily." Liu Yifei said apologetically, and then her voice became brisk: "You must not guess, I am filming in Taipei now, the scenery here is really beautiful, and when you travel to Taipei in the future, I will introduce you to interesting places, all of which I have personally experienced, and I will definitely not disappoint you." ”

"Okay, but it's best for you to come with us, and we don't need you to introduce us, just be responsible for leading the way then, by the way, when will you come back, and then I will invite you to dinner alone and make up for the missing meal." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Really? Great, but it may be difficult for me to return to Kyoto in a short period of time, and when the filming of "Love Winner" is finished next month, I will fly directly to Zhejiang and shoot "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" in Hengdian Film and Television City, and then wait for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to finish filming, and I will go to shoot "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" supervised by Zhang Jizhong, and there will be no rest time in the second half of the year. Speaking of this, Xiao Nizi suddenly felt a little sullen.

Lin Yuquan shook slightly, Yifei's godfather is really powerful, and it is actually a CCTV drama supervised by Zhang Jizhong, although the remuneration is much less than elsewhere, but the drama is good, just like his own mantra says, "I am here to carry people, not people." "Isn't what the actor wants to be good at? As long as the drama gains popularity, money will naturally follow, of course, for Yifei, the most important thing is that she can get greater acting development.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, didn't he? After receiving so many scenes, there is no time to rest, no wonder Yifei is depressed: "Have you reported to your aunt that if it goes on like this, how can your body withstand it." ”

"Of course I told my mother, but my mother said that these scenes are very rare and good scenes, and my godfather finally brought them for me, and if I miss it, I won't have a chance, so I have to keep filming no matter how tired I am, and she will accompany me by my side." Liu Yifei said aggrievedly, as if she was about to cry.

Lin Yuquan sighed, he didn't know what to say, standing in the position of Liu's mother and Yifei's godfather, obviously really thinking about her, after all, Liu Yifei's most suitable appearance is the costume fairy dress, and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are undoubtedly costume TV series with huge investment, and the drama is good and suitable for her, for Yifei, this is indeed a rare opportunity.

If Yifei is a mature actor, it would be easy to say, but for a seventeen-year-old girl, this kind of busyness seems a little cruel, and what Lin Yuquan is most afraid of is that busyness and boredom will extinguish her enthusiasm for acting.

But what can he say, can she refuse such an opportunity, so she has to say: "Take care of your body, I may not be able to help with other helps, it's still no problem to be your listener, between filming, if you feel tired or bored, you can call me at any time, and also, you didn't attend the celebration dinner of my first movie this time, I'll keep this meal for you first, and when I come back, I'll invite you when I come." ”

"Really, great." Liu Yifei shouted happily.

"Of course it's true, if you're bored while filming, you can think about what you're going to eat first, and tell me when you're done, I'll prepare early."

After chatting with Yifei for a while and appeasing her feelings, Lin Yuquan hung up the phone, originally to congratulate himself, but it turned out that he comforted the other party, smiled, and then dialed another number.

"How is the acquisition going, has the other party now agreed to sell?" Lin Yuquan asked indifferently on the other side of the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, Mr. Zhang of CITIC Film and Television has completely agreed to the conditions we offered, in fact, as long as I give me some more time, I can still push this price down a little more." The person talking opposite had a hint of respect in his tone, and there was also some regret, for an acquisition agent like them, the lower the price, the more satisfied the employer, and the higher the remuneration naturally paid, but this Mr. Lin seemed to be in a hurry, and only gave him half a month to complete the acquisition.

"This period of time has bothered you, but for me, the price of 4.5 million is already within my acceptable range, and at this stage, even if the price is suppressed, it can't be lowered much, but because neither of the two sides is willing to regress lightly, it will be a stalemate at this price for a long time, which is completely unnecessary, after all, the money can be earned again, but the time can't be earned back, of course, you can rest assured, this is my own decision, it has nothing to do with your ability, and the reward will definitely not be less than you." The person on the other side hurriedly said words of thanks, Lin Yuquan didn't care about money, but compared to the gains and losses of hundreds of thousands at most, time is the most precious, now it is the middle of May, he must hurry up and strive to start shooting at this time next month: "When will the contract be signed?" ”

"Actually, I'm also about to call you, I just made an appointment with Mr. Zhang, and the day after tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning to sign a contract with China Television Film and Television, as long as the payment is paid off, CITIC Film and Television will officially belong to you." The man on the other side replied methodically.

"Okay, I'll meet you downstairs at CITIC Film and Television on time the morning after tomorrow." After Lin Yuquan finished speaking, he hung up the phone, thought about it, and dialed again to inform Xiao Yang and Ning Hao to accompany him when they arrived.

In fact, during this period of time, he was not idle, but stayed at home with Ning Hao and Xiao Yang to carry out the work in the preparatory stage, generally speaking, the preparatory stage of film and television dramas can be roughly divided into five stages, studying the script, selecting actors, writing the director's explanation, selecting scenes, and creating storyboard scripts, of course, these five stages are not static, they are strictly implemented in order, different from person to person, different from time to time, and completely adjusted by the director according to his own needs.

Due to the tight time, Lin Yuquan can't be like most directors, after the establishment of the film crew, and then make preparations, so after finding a good acquisition agency, he and Ning Hao and Xiao Yang began to study and analyze the script, and constantly improve the script, both of them helped him a lot in this regard, especially Ning Hao, he has actual directing experience, unlike himself and Xiao Yang, although they know how to write the director's elaboration and create the storyboard script, but they are almost theoretical knowledge, and have no actual system operation experience.

With his guidance on the side, it will come naturally, the analysis of the starring characters in the play, the understanding and grasp of the contradictions and conflicts in the play, the positioning of the film style and style, the processing of the rhythm of the film, the requirements for the conception and modeling design of performance, photography, art, makeup, costume props and other creations, and the tips for music, recording, editing and other creative departments

After completing these, now Lin Yuquan only waits for the film company to successfully acquire, and immediately organizes the staff to form a film crew, select actors and go out to select scenes.

Putting down the phone, Lin Yuquan began to ponder the matter of CITIC Film and Television.

After Ning Hao proposed to acquire a film company, Lin Yuquan immediately found an agency that was said to have rich experience, I have to say that the efficiency of a professional agency is high, if he was asked to collect information by himself, he would not be able to do it in ten days and half a month, let alone screen, and then negotiate, but the other party screened him to a film company like CITIC Film and Television in a short period of time.

In fact, CITIC Film and Television has not been established for a long time, the boss Zhang Zhongxin was originally the production director of Kyoto Film Studio, because he saw that the domestic film market was gradually hot, so he founded this film company in early 2002, and also persuaded several rich children to become film and television investors of the company.

It is precisely because of the backing of these rich children that although it has only been established for two years, CITIC Film and Television has rich experience in making films, and so far, it has produced and released three films and two TV series with a total of 60 episodes. Of course, these movies and TV series can be described as famous, anyway, with Lin Yuquan's current well-informed memory, he doesn't have any impression, if it weren't for the information collected by the intermediary company, he really didn't know that there would be movies and TV series like zĂ i.

Speaking of which, the operation of CITIC Film and Television has been very good, but no one expected that at the beginning of this year, Zhang Zhongxin was ready to do a big job, so he spent 8 million yuan, and specially found a well-known director from Kyoto Film Studio as the director, but this so-called commercial blockbuster with high hopes for him, after its release, only recovered more than 2 million box office, seeing the huge loss, where did those rich children still have patience, they withdrew their capital, saying that they would not continue to invest. He himself almost went bankrupt because of this, and in frustration, he came up with the idea of selling the company.

Lin Yuquan values the most is CITIC Film and Television's own distribution system, to be honest, he didn't expect to be able to obtain the distribution right so smoothly at first, although since last year's ** "Interim Regulations on the Access to Film Production, Distribution, and Screening Business Qualifications", private film and television companies are eligible to obtain independent film production rights and distribution rights, but there are few private film and television companies that apply for distribution rights, after all, the establishment of a new distribution department is bound to cost a lot, if it is a small and medium-sized film and television company, In the case of fewer films, it is better to find other distribution companies to distribute them to save money.

Zhang Zhongxin is undoubtedly an ambitious and visionary person, and with his original work experience and extensive contacts, he won the qualification to distribute domestic films very smoothly, but unfortunately his luck was bad and he cheapened himself.

For Lin Yuquan, with the right to distribute films, he is no longer controlled by others, which is bound to make the movies he shoots much easier when they are released.

This is also the most important reason why he readily agreed to the price of 4.5 million, and did not care about being able to lower the price again.

As for the expenses of the distribution department, he didn't look at it, with the support of the cultivator's memory, he didn't think about making a small fuss, compared to the future investment, this expenditure was nothing.

However, the distribution department of CITIC Film and Television is almost empty, and it is bound to expand next.