Chapter 353: Dawn Show
Xiao Yang scratched his head, quite embarrassed by the enthusiastic reaction of everyone, but his heart was full of pride, compared to "Love Call Transfer 2", "Old Boy" is really his own movie, for the director, there is no happier thing for his own works to be recognized.
It took Lin Yuquan a long time to calm down the turmoil in his heart, if the original script can only be regarded as a first-class work, then adding this song that almost perfectly fits the theme of the movie, "Old Boy" has reached a very high level.
Especially as a Chinese-language movie, this is even more commendable, because domestic youth nostalgia movies have long been not fresh enough, and the limited youth nostalgia movies are mainly focused on the memories of the bitter fate of the seventies and eighties of the last century.
The nostalgia and nostalgia in "Old Boy" are just full of funny and warm elements that young people like, as for the collision of dreams and reality in the second half of the film, it can trigger a strong emotional resonance of the post-70s and post-80s.
"Life is like a ruthless carving knife, changing our appearance, will it wither before it blooms, I have dreams, youth is like a rushing river", "Have the original wishes come true?" Do you have to pay tribute to it now? Let the years dry dry, and the ideal can no longer find the real me". Seeing Xiao Dabao and Wang Taili, who have reached middle age, bravely stepping on the stage and singing the song "Old Boy", how can they not move the people who have come all the way.
This will be the best Chinese youth movie, Lin Yuquan clenched his fist, he likes movies that can move people like this, no matter what, he will try to make this movie well.
"Xiao Yang, how much budget do you need for "Old Boy"?" Lin Yuquan asked with a smile.
"At most, 12 million is enough. We don't need any big stars in this movie, I will play the male protagonist with Wang Taili, I am going to find Yifei for the role of school flower, and Bao Xiaobai will find Brother Zheng or Huang Bo to play, and the scene is not complicated, the main cost is the cost of filming and the copyright cost of the song. Xiao Yang said that the reason why the investment in "Love Call Transfer 2" is as high as 25 million, first, the star lineup is bright, and the other is that the scene involves a lot of sports cars, villas, high-end hotels, and golf courses, and the cost is naturally not cheap.
Lin Yuquan shook his head: "How can 12 million be enough." The idea of this script is so good, if you can't make the best movie. In order to be worthy of such a good story, I hope that the scene layout, picture sense, and music effects in the movie can be flawlessly perfect, how about it, do you have the confidence to do it? ”
Saying this, Lin Yuquan's eyes stared at Xiao Yang's eyes, waiting for his answer.
Xiao Yang's eyes were faintly sour, it was good to have such a friend who fully supported him, he nodded heavily: "Yuquan, I promise that I will do my best to shoot it well." ”
“ok。” Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, turned his head to Qiu Qingyi and said: "Tsing Yi, "Old Boy" is one of the most important production tasks of our Shuguang Film this year, you are responsible for cooperating with Xiao Yang to follow up the preparation of the film, soundtrack, photography, art direction, special effects, shooting equipment, these must be required at the highest level, budget, no budget ceiling, starting at 30 million, and finally I hope to see a "Old Boy" that makes people laugh and move." ”
"Yes, boss, Director Xiao Yang and I will definitely let you see such a wonderful movie." has been running several popular film and television dramas in a row, and now Qiu Qingyi is becoming more and more confident.
"Heh, Xiao Yang, shoot well, when my family and I go to the theater to support you, it's really a film to look forward to." Gao Xixi said with a smile.
"yes, great script, that's what is needed in this day and age." Chen Jiashang praised that he and Chen Desen both flew from Hong Kong to attend the annual meeting, and will not return to Hong Kong immediately after today's meeting, and will attend the opening ceremony of Supernova and the year-end company dinner of Dawning in the next two days.
"Thank you, I will definitely shoot well, I hope you don't continue to praise me, otherwise I will be a big pear mountain, and I am afraid that I will not be able to shoot well." Xiao Yang smiled brightly.
The meeting continued, and then Lan Xiaolong and Kang Honglei said their script preparations, these two seem to have become the partners of the dawning movie, after filming "My Captain, My Regiment" last year, this time the two got together to make an anti-Japanese drama, telling the story of a group of civilians who insisted on 7 years of iron-blooded resistance in the small town of Guning in the south of the Yangtze River from 1938 to 1945 on the eve of Japan's defeat.
Lan Xiaolong really deserves to be a ghost screenwriter, his perspective is very special, just like "Soldier Assault", "My Regiment Commander, My Regiment", he did not aim at the tall and flawless characters in all aspects, but focused his eyes on a group of small people, and at the same time, this TV series named "Battlefield 1938" is not the kind of funny and exaggerated anti-Japanese drama, following "My Regiment Commander, My Regiment", Lan Xiaolong is ready to write the real and cruel anti-Japanese war of resistance of the little people.
Great idea, although the overly real and cruel plot setting and character building will make the ratings of the TV series not very good, but Lin Yuquan still strongly agrees with the shooting, such a sincere work should not worry about the ratings being buried.
After Wang Wanping completed the creation of "Drunken Gold Fan", she did not continue to cooperate with Gao Xixi this time, because historical themes are not what she is good at, she will cooperate with Zheng Xiaolong again to create the script of the sequel to "Golden Wedding" "Golden Wedding 2", which also shows the life history of an ordinary couple in a long marriage of 50 years in the form of a long chronicle.
Speaking of "Golden Wedding", I have to mention that this TV series was a great success on the TV screen last year, and as soon as it was broadcast, it immediately triggered a ratings boom like thousands of empty alleys, and was widely praised by domestic and foreign audiences, film and television experts and scholars. The golden wedding fever has extended from a cultural topic to a social phenomenon that has attracted great attention.
If it weren't for the fact that the three dramas "The Legend of Deer and Ding", "Soldier Assault" and "Latent" produced by Shuguang Films are also very popular. "Golden Wedding" can almost be called the hottest drama of the year.
And it's the same as "Golden Wedding". "Golden Wedding 2" will also continue to be co-funded and filmed by Kyoto Television Art Center and Akebono Film.
Because Huang Jianzhong has not returned to Kyoto for filming "Liao Zhaiqi Woman", after Wang Wanping said the situation, all the directors and screenwriters have a clear plan for the next filming.
Lin Yuquan's eyes looked at Gao Xixi at this time: "Senior Gao Xixi, tell everyone about your idea of filming a new version of "Three Kingdoms"!" ”
"The new version of "Three Kingdoms", hearing this word, many people looked at Gao Xixi with surprised eyes, the influence of the four famous works in China is not covered, plus its huge story length. The adaptation of such a famous TV series is not so easy to shoot, and a little bad shooting will attract a flood of criticism, and it is bound to invest a lot of money, and the investment risk coefficient is too high for film and television companies.
Gao Xixi showed a wry smile slightly, but then his expression was correct, and after he spit out, he said loudly: "Yes, I want to shoot a new version of "Three Kingdoms", the classic will never fade because of the passage of time." On the contrary, it is more precious. There is no doubt that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" still has a high status in the hearts of every Chinese person with a clear understanding. From the elderly, down to the children, almost all know the stories of Taoyuan Sanjieyi, Sanying Zhan Lu Bu, Empty City Plan and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun and other characters, and most of this cognition comes from novels and word of mouth and some corresponding articles, but this effect is naturally not as direct and extensive as film and television images, although CCTV launched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the 90s of the last century, but with the advancement of technology, many of the shooting details have been particularly clumsy today, It's also hard to get people who are used to watching well-made movies and TV dramas.
It is not difficult to see from the hot release of "Red Cliff" that deep down people are very eager to see a well-made Three Kingdoms work, which is one of the reasons why I think we should shoot a new version of "Three Kingdoms", and the other reason is that the investment risk of "Three Kingdoms" is not small, but because of the huge length and strong influence of the TV series, the income brought by its success is far from comparable to ordinary TV series. ”
Many people in the conference room showed a look of approval, and the management, directors and screenwriters of Shuguang Film frowned at the same time as they agreed, no one can deny that in addition to "Dream of Red Mansions", the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West" may have rich returns, but compared to the less likely returns, investment failure seems to be more likely, not to mention anything else, script creation and casting are two major problems that are difficult to get to the sky.
Although with a series of factors such as the production of Shuguang Films, the direction of Gao Xixi, and the influence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", as long as the new version of "Three Kingdoms" is confirmed to start filming, it can trigger many TV stations to rush to buy it, and the price of the first broadcast is bound to be not low.
"What do you think?" Lin Yuquan's eyes swept over everyone and asked.
"The risk is too high, not only the investment risk, but more importantly, the risk of failure to shoot the work, so I think it's better not to shoot." Qiu Qingyi took the lead in saying.
"I agree with Producer Qiu that although this project has extremely high commercial value, once the work is not filmed well, it will have a very strict impact on the image of our Shuguang film, which is not an ordinary work after all." Liu Mengdao.
"Yes, there is no need to take risks, the new version of "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West" is not easy to shoot, instead of filming "Three Kingdoms", it is better to invest in other works, although the income of general works is not as good as the successful "Three Kingdoms", but in terms of influence, especially in terms of domestic influence, it is not necessarily inferior, "The Legend of Deer and Ding", "Soldier Assault", and "New Shanghai Beach" are obvious examples." Lan Xiaolong said.
"I think it should be filmed, the times are advancing, people's aesthetic concepts are changing, with today's various technologies, even if there will be controversy in some aspects, but the new version of "Three Kingdoms" will definitely bring the audience a new excitement different from the old version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the only problem is that I seem to have heard that some film and television companies are preparing to shoot the four famous novels. I don't know how far they have come. If you collide with them. It's bad if they get out first. Wang Wanping said with a little worry.
"Oh, when you say that, I remember that several companies, including Kyoto TV and China Film, have jointly filmed "Dream of Red Mansions", and it seems that the TV series is about to start filming." Liuliu said.
"I also read reports that Kyoto TV and China Film began to prepare for the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" a few years ago, and in 06 they also held a large-scale talent show for "Dream of Red Mansions", and the director was changed last year. Li Shaohong replaced Hu Mei's position. Putting aside whether we should shoot a new version of "Three Kingdoms" for the time being, even if we decide to shoot it now, it may be too late, after all, it stands to reason that China Film and Kyoto TV will shoot four famous novels, not to mention "Three Kingdoms" as the first choice, but they will definitely not choose "Dream of Red Mansions", they do so for only one reason, that is, they already know that there are TV stations and film and television companies preparing for the other three masterpieces, and in order to avoid crashes, they have to choose "Dream of Red Mansions". Ding value analyzed in a clear manner.
"Ugh." Gao Xixi's face suddenly showed a look of frustration. Obviously, I agree with the judgment of the D value.
Lin Yuquan also nodded, the facts should indeed be as analyzed by the D value. Otherwise, unless the management of China Film and Kyoto TV was kicked in the head by a donkey, they would not have chosen "Dream of Red Mansions", which was the most difficult of the four masterpieces to shoot and yet had the least potential for commercial value, and if that was the case, he immediately fell into deep thought.
From Lin Yuquan's point of view, he is more inclined to invest in the filming of the new version of "Three Kingdoms", and he has also seen the old version of CCTV's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in his opinion, the character dialogues, costumes and props, and war scenes are very problematic, at least not in line with the aesthetics of today's young people, he hopes to bring a more appreciative effect of "Three Kingdoms" to today's young audiences, of course, as well as "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West".
Although the concerns remained, he quickly decided that it was only possible to think that it would be possible, so why give up on success that seemed to him to be more likely because of a possible failure? And since other film and television companies dare to shoot, what reason does he have to retreat.
"It's a pity, in fact, I also think we should invest in filming, but it's really late now, judging from the preparatory actions of "Dream of Red Mansions" that Mr. Ding said just now, others have begun to prepare for "Three Kingdoms" at least 06 years ago, and we can't bet that we can start filming first." Ning Hao shook his head.
"Indeed, the story of "Three Kingdoms" is very large, and it takes at least half a year to complete its script creation, and there are too many variables in between." Xiao Yang said.
Many people in the conference room showed a look of approval, it is obviously unwise to prepare so late than others, once someone else starts filming first, all the efforts in the middle will be wasted, and it will not be possible to shoot for at least a few years.
"It seems that there are a lot of people who are in favor of filming the new version of "Three Kingdoms", hehe, I also think that it should be filmed, I think we must fight for it."
Lin Yuquan's words sounded in the meeting, and everyone, including Gao Xixi, suddenly looked at Lin Yuquan, it was very incredible, others had been preparing for several years, how could they fight with others.
"Boss, I'm afraid it's difficult, last time we were able to shoot "Red Cliff" first, because boss, you wrote the script, we immediately started the audition, and they were caught off guard, but this time it's different, our script hasn't started to be created yet, according to the story length of "Three Kingdoms", the time for the creation of this script is as little as half a year, and as much as a year or two years, maybe when others will announce the shooting." The value of D is difficult.
"Of course I know that, do you think I'm going to compete with others for speed? I'm not that stupid. Lin Yuquan smiled: "I mean to join the camp of co-investment. ”
Everyone suddenly, it turned out to be like this, startled them, but joining the investment camp is really good, greatly reducing the investment risk, and the probability of success is very high, after all, at least hundreds of millions of costs, unless the company is full of confidence, it is willing to welcome someone to join in to take risks, although the benefits of separate investment are higher, but there is no domestic film and television company that can be as rich as Shuguang Film.
Gao Xixi's eyes showed a hint of expectation, he really wanted to make a new version of "Three Kingdoms", once Shuguang Film joined the investment camp, he may become a director candidate.
"Then should we immediately contact the film and television company that filmed "Three Kingdoms"?" Ding Wei asked.
Of course, not only the investors who invested in "Three Kingdoms", but also the investors who invested in "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin". For the terms of cooperation. I have only one request. We, Dawning Films, must have absolute control over the shooting of the project. Lin Yuquan said in a deep voice, the reason why he put forward such a strong condition is not that he intends to bully other investors, but because only Dawning Film has absolute control over the right to ensure that the filming of the work is completely in accordance with the consistent requirements of Dawning Film, and he is not worried about letting a good project be ruined by some stingy investors.
"It's a bit of a challenge, boss. What if absolute control cannot be obtained? Ding Wei frowned and asked.
"If we can't lead the shooting, then we don't invest in filming, costume dramas are not like fashion dramas, this is easy to shoot bad due to investment and other factors, I think Senior Gao Xixi doesn't want to direct such a work that restricts others everywhere." Lin Yuquan looked at Gao Xixi.
"That's for sure." Gao Xixi nodded, accustomed to the shooting conditions of the Dawn movie, and when he returned to the shooting environment in the past, he always felt very awkward and depressed.
"Okay, boss."
The filming of the new version of "Three Kingdoms" was agreed. The meeting continued, followed by the presentation of the annual plans for the year by the companies.
"The show of online showmanship." A hint of interest flashed in Lin Yuquan's eyes. Pan Hongchang, the general manager of Shuguang.com, asked, "Oh, what does this show mean, and how does it work?" ”
"When we explored the market appeal, we found that many Internet themes are from the house, online games, online novels, online videos, online shopping, are all based on the idea of home, and there are various performing arts stages in reality, so why not launch a similar leisure and entertainment show on the Internet? The specific operation is to let talented people perform online, it can be a singer, it can be a cross talk, it can be a joke, if the user recognizes their performance, then you can give gifts to the performer, the gift is varied, the user needs to recharge and redeem huàn, the performer can get the corresponding share through the guò gift. Pan Hongchang said slowly.
Lin Yuquan nodded, the idea of the show is undoubtedly very interesting, it is equivalent to providing a cash cow to Shuguang.com, the scale of the cow is not yet known, but this form is undoubtedly worth looking forward to, the only problem is that Shuguang is a video website, and the form of the show is obviously in conflict with the business of Shuguang website.
"Is it technically guaranteed to be realized? After all, according to you, a show is equivalent to a live broadcast in front of Internet users online, and the smoothness, clarity and sound of the live broadcast are crucial. ”
"That's true, but don't worry, boss, the strength of our Sugon.com technical team is among the top among the entire domestic Internet companies." Pan Hongchang said confidently.
"OK, how much investment is needed for this project?" Lin Yuquan asked.
"20 million is enough, mainly for the purchase of equipment and for vigorous advertising, after all, we need to let the majority of Internet users, especially those who have talents, know about such a platform. And in order to prevent someone from copying the model of our show and competing with us in the same way after seeing our success, we must establish an unbreakable advantage from the beginning, just as we are doing now. Pan Hongchang said loudly.
Lin Yuquan nodded, Pan Hongchang considered it very comprehensively, it is indeed difficult to avoid following the trend, and only if he is strong enough can he not be afraid of the homogeneous competition of latecomers.
"The idea is good, you can try it, I will give you 20 million, no, 50 million, as the project start-up fund, since you want to do it, you have to aim to do the biggest one. However, this show can't be directly hung in the Dawning Network, the two are completely different in terms of operation, so re-establish a new website and operate this online performing arts show separately, the Dawning Show. ”
"Okay, boss, we were going to do that." Pan Hongchang said with a smile.
"Really? Looks like I'm doing it too much. Lin Yuquan smiled.
Many people in the room chuckled.
"Ah, boss, that's not what I meant."
Pan Hongchang's voice soon sounded in the conference room, which made everyone laugh louder. (To be continued......)
ps:I was going to write about the acquisition of six rooms by taking advantage of the financial crisis.,But I found out whether the six-room show was launched in 09 or 10.,And it seems that everyone doesn't like the recent chapters.,But these content choices must be written in detail.,I'm sorry.。 R1292