Chapter 275: Author - Screenwriter Preparation
Everyone thinks that what Shen Zhenghui said at this seminar is aimed at the sixth generation of directors, and everyone thinks that this is the official organization of the sixth generation of directors: Don't think that Lao Tzu has taken a step back, recruit An, you will be a bull, I will immediately call a person whose box office is worthy of China's annual box office to teach you a lesson. In the future, I will still be disciplined and honestly shoot serious films.
Everyone thought it meant this. After this conversation, a text version of the meeting minutes was released, removing the vitriol of the sixth generation of representatives, as if it was also a sincere seminar on the development of Chinese films, and the theme was commercial development. In the open version of the meeting minutes, each of the three directors was asked to write a part of the content and send it as an additional item. It also played a role in building momentum for the commercial films of the three major directors, and the number of materials provided by Shen Zhenghui appeared in the minutes in a grand manner, allowing the directors to confidently say that we are going to make money in the future, or to make a lot of money, and to make blockbusters that everyone will be willing to pay to watch.
No one has taken the pulse of the times into what Shen Zhenghui said, but everyone has seen it as a summary of Hollywood blockbusters and a description of the Japanese market. Little Japan is already accustomed to the occupation of the United States, and does not care about a few more Chinese, Shen Zhenghui has already planted the flag, and others also want to be able to get a piece of the pie.
In the world where Shen Zhenghui did not appear, it was Director Zhang who burned a false fire for Chinese films. Now Shen Zhenghui's hundreds of millions of domestic box office and global box office of 300 million US dollars have burned this false fire even more vigorously. The domestic film market is indeed improving compared with previous years, but this improvement is driven by Shen Zhenghu. It can even be said that he alone can pull 1/3 of the domestic film market, not to mention those cartoons that brush children.
This time, the three major directors are also full of confidence. Director Zhang has initially tried the sweetness of commercial martial arts films, and he is most concerned about the special effects shots and post-production zuò that Shen Zhenghui said. The other two directors also went to the action movies that Chinese watch the most, and they invariably chose classical backgrounds. This fundamentally does not break out of the original barrier. Director Zhang succeeded in shooting action movies, and he wanted to continue to shoot such films, so the other two unconvinced guys also plunged into it. Shen Zhenghui as an example is probably too intypical, this guy's box office is too weird, even if he imitates it, it is difficult to achieve replicable success, and the director circle has not studied Shen Zhenghui. But looking at this guy, he can force Jack into the habit and style of adapting the performance, which is really not something that ordinary people can imitate.
The three directors invariably chose to gather big stars and increase the scene to promote the blockbuster elements of their films. They didn't listen to the core content of what Shen Zhenghui said, but even if they did, they probably wouldn't understand. What is the pulse of the times, and what do their generation of guys born in the 50s and 60s want to see? They can probably be satisfied by watching the TV series, didn't Director Guo shoot "Mansion Gate"? What do the post-70s and post-80s want to watch? Didn't they just grow up watching martial arts movies? Men want to see beautiful women, women want to see handsome guys, the three directors are in such a high status of the rivers and lakes, they don't doubt the appeal of their fame at all.
The sixth-generation directors have paid attention to Shen Zhenghui's statement that he grasps the pulse of the times, but their literary thinking is quite different from that of commercialization. The directors don't think about the themes that the audience likes and the social culture that the audience has paid attention to. But in addition, they feel that the so-called grasping the pulse of the times is to record the times, of course, there is no need to record the abnormal happy life, what is worth recording is the most tragic side of this era, the cruel life of the lowest people in this era, which is the most necessary premise for the film to have impact. As for the commercialization that Shen Zhenghui said, since they are all recording the worst side of this era, what other means of commercialization do you need? Just shoot according to the cruel reality.
So this meeting actually evolved into two divergent paths, and they were both more and more deviated types. It turns out that only younger directors. Only directors who are not bound by history and the outside world can save China's film market. In the end, this feat can only be achieved by Hong Kong people and younger directors, or directors who have changed careers.
Shen Zhenghui is not going to the development of Chinese films for the time being, which has nothing to do with him, and even if it does, it doesn't matter much. If there is anything he has to do with the development of Chinese films. The involvement must be commercial. For example, Shen Zhenghui donated three digital cameras and a supporting digital image processing system to the Pingjing Film Academy. It's an advanced thing, and that's what the Wachowski brothers used for The Matrix. Relying on Mitsumi Fukuda's connections, these equipment were easily taken from Sony. Sony is now holding back the world to promote this kind of equipment, almost to the point of giving away the equipment for nothing. These things donated by Shen Zhenghui are enough for the Pingjing Film Academy to save a few feet of film every year. It also improves the court's compulsion, which is an advanced thing. I have to say that the technical strength accumulated by the devils in this area is very high, and it is difficult for us to catch up with all our might.
After completing the donation ceremony, Shen Zhenghui also had the status of an honorary professor of Pingjing Film Academy, which can be regarded as the practice of Pingjing Film Academy to pull relations. And Shen Zhenghui has a close relationship with Pingjing Film Academy, Lu Yang graduated from Pingjing Film Academy, but he has been working hard to make films over the years, and he doesn't seem to have any special interest in returning home. Of course, maybe he doesn't think he's achieved enough to be sure he doesn't want to go back.
Principal Zhang of Pingjing Film Academy also specifically mentioned the name Lu Yang, who has been listed in Shen Zhenghui's list of assistant directors many times, and he has directed a blockbuster work like "Black Fist 2" independently. Naturally, the college wants its students to make a name for themselves, which is also a beneficial mutual promotion for the college, just like the slogan that almost all famous universities have: I am proud of X University today, and X University will be proud of me tomorrow.
President Zhang mentioned more hopes, hoping to strengthen cooperation, hoping that Director Shen would pay attention to and cultivate new talents, and hoping that Director Shen would recruit more people. Yes, recruiting people. Shen Zhenghui himself is in Japan, Hong Kong, and the mainland, although Japan is too strange and unfamiliar, and the Hong Kong company is a leather bag, but the mainland's TV drama investment company is real. In the current situation, the school does not expect its students to be able to make movies as soon as they come out, and it is also an excellent choice to make TV series to practice their skills. Shen Xingguo enjoyed the same treatment as his son. The purpose is also to hope that he can recruit more graduates. Because of the concern for the reputation of the school, President Zhang did not make a farce of the father and son conferring honorary professors of the film academy at the same time, but if Shen Xingguo came alone next time, a visiting professor would still be able to take it out.
Shen Zhenghui was a little crying and laughing at this.
Shen Zhenghui pays more attention to screenwriters.
This is what he has always thought, and the screenwriter may be more important than the director, at least in Korean dramas and Japanese dramas. In the film industry, good directors have to be part-time screenwriters, and those classic American dramas are masterpieces after the screenwriter's brain, so it has always been. Shen Zhenghui has this idea, there is nothing if the director's level is lower, and it can be remedied, if the script itself is not good, and the director and actors need to remedy it, this is a matter of half the effort.
For a long time, in China's film and television industry, the status of screenwriters has not been high.
Many times it's because the director does the screenwriter's thing. Another willingness is that sometimes one screenwriter is simply not enough, and screenwriters need a team. And to form such a team, there is still a lack of sufficient experience in China.
Of course, in fact, it is not inexperienced, when filming classic works such as "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions", the crew worked hard, both in the screenwriting and in the cultural training of actors. When filming "Dream of Red Mansions", the advisory team was all experts in red studies, and these experts also gave lessons to the actors and explained the script. But it has to be said that the era of commercialization. Who would shoot like that? "Mrs. Hua" Zheng Peipei said that when Shaw Brothers was filming, they also held meetings to discuss the script or something in the early stage, and once the 70s passed, who would make movies like this?
Shen Zhenghui, as a latecomer, has some understanding of the chronic diseases of Chinese films, not talking about Chinese movies, but talking about Hollywood movies, and sometimes he has to face this situation. The money in other places is spent, and as a result, there is too little money and time left for the screenwriter, and sometimes the director feels that the screenwriter is not needed, so a lot of brain-opening works appear. We know that there is a big gap between imagination and reality, and even science fiction works need to be monitored on the basis of reality, otherwise they will become animated works. No, even animation works sometimes require a solid foundation, and wrong ideas and correct ideas are obtained from real practice.
So working the script is actually sharpening the knife and cutting wood, although Shen Zhenghui, as a traverser, is a little weak when he says something, but at least he knows how rigorous he is in dealing with movie scripts. This point, many times, is thanks to the blessing of his writer and reader in his previous life, many high-end movies can't be played, in a sense, he can also play the role of an old woman who reviews poetry for Bai Juyi.
didn't have the heart to dig deep in the Pingjing Film Academy, and after hastily signing a cooperation plan, Shen Zhenghui immediately flew to Yuhang. Wang Anping asked him to meet, and at the same time, he was anxious to see what his starting point website and animation company had developed.
The starting point is now able to overwhelm the domestic leaders and become the overlord in the industry, relying on Shen Zhenghui's efforts several times in a large way. The first was "The Legend of Wukong", a novel adapted into an animated film and animated film, which greatly stimulated the still developing group of online writers. Now someone has turned around, become a famous movie screenwriter and become an inspirational story, but after he turned around, he immediately left the online literature circle, occasionally appeared sporadically like a ghost, left a few paragraphs on the Internet, dug a hole, and attracted an infinite number of young people to rush into the pit or pounce on the road to copy his path.
But after all, this is not an impractical path, and there will be one such monkey among thousands of writers. But immediately launched "Bright Sword" at the starting point, this work was indeed released at the starting point, and it really attracted Shen Zhenghui's attention, and then Shen Zhenghui's father invested (cooperated with others) to make a TV series, and then the ratings of the TV series were also high. However, "Bright Sword" is not universal, and the authorship level of this genre is not much different from that of published authors. Moreover, writing online in this style is a misguided path, and he should have gone the way of physical publishing, and the editor who refused physical publication in the first place to force the author to publish his novel online is said to have been fired by the publisher.
Although the starting point of online literature is the hegemon, it is not the only overlord, and he was attracted to this circle by Shen Zhenghui, and there are many people who operate under the guise of selling conceptual capital. For example, Master Li's Tom also acquired a large book station in China, and the same commercial slogan was shouted loudly, attracting authors to defect, and the hard-working authors actually had similar salaries.
But in 2003, there was another thunderclap, and "Magic Apprentice" was animated. As the author, Azurite does not know how much she earned. But the point of publicity for "The Magic Apprentice" is not the benefits to the author of copyright and commercialization, but the fact that the work was actually exported to Europe - well, it's actually a commercial interest, you have to admit, fame is also a commercial interest. With the news being publicized in the online literary circles, and then appearing in major newspapers and news, "The Magic Apprentice", known as China's "Harry Potter", became unexpectedly popular.
Although the starting point as a genuine publishing place does not increase the number of readers and VIPs, but enjoy the convenience of incidental publicity, the name of the starting point still overwhelms other book stations. This commercial operation. The connection between upstream and downstream has made the hearts of many authors itch. Many people don't go back to consider the subject matter and their own abilities, and they rush into the starting point and start to open the pit, and all of a sudden there is a huge increase in Western magic works.
However, Lanjing still indifferently completed her work step by step according to her own plan. Let the starting point hype up the big talk that after the TV version of the animation ends, there may be a cinematic plan and a live-action plan.
Shen Zhenghui went to Yuhang on the one hand to meet with Wang Anping, because she said that there was something important, and on the other hand, to inspect the work of the starting point. For Shen Zhenghui, starting point as a base for original scripts (whether it is a film or a TV series) is one of the most important resources. He knows that sometimes the management of the site will be in a hurry for quick success, but he is not interested in how to cultivate the starting point to complete the original script base. He had neither ideas nor time. Now that I think about it, maybe let it develop freely, and then relying on capital to win is the best way out, otherwise, why did Penguin and Baidu enter the online literature industry one after another in the future? Isn't this the reason why after the fire of many TV series adapted from online novels, people finally discovered that this is actually a gold mine?
The starting point executives hope that their boss can come forward to make a publicity. For example, like the monkey last time, he asked the author to do an interview or something, but Shen Zhenghui refused, he didn't need to do it. Although he finally met with Mr. Lan Jing who came from Puhai, he really talked about the adaptation of the script. Shen Zhenghui said that the adaptation of the script is a very long and painful process. A struggle for the author. However, by the way, he made an advertisement for himself and his company, which means that even so, his attitude and will to dig excellent works from the Internet will not change, and he hopes that Lanjing will continue to create good works, so that there will be a lot of opportunities for cooperation in the future script adaptation or something. Shen Zhenghui said that for screenwriters, in order to maintain their creativity all the time, they must spend their efforts outside of writing.
He didn't know if Lan Jing listened to it, anyway, the fifth-generation directors and the sixth-generation directors didn't listen to these words. Lanjing herself seems to be in a pretty good psychological state, of course, it may also be the reason why otaku don't care too much about the reaction of the outside world. He was very happy to see Shen Zhenghui, and after asking for autographs from each other, he listened mostly during the dialogue, but rarely spoke by himself. However, he revealed that he has a lot of writing plans, and will complete the works one by one step in the future, and said that the benefits of "The Magic Apprentice" have been beyond his expectations.
It was indeed unexpected. "The Magic Apprentice", a novel with a multi-P, incest/incest, and cross-dressing plots, was finally published in the Heavenly Empire, instead of relying on Taiwanese books or pirated books as before, and even comics drawn by the Japanese side were introduced. Puhai TV also boldly introduced TV animation and completed the dubbing. Although a lot of glamorous scenes have been deleted, the story as a whole is still complete. After all, this is a cartoon that has caused a trend in Europe, and many leaders who visited China have also mentioned this cartoon. There was an unreliable leader who actually gave a DVD of this cartoon to our top leader as a gift. The propaganda department also had to pinch its nose and admit it, but still made a little modification to show its own savings.
Blue crystal has become a favored upstart in the physical fiction industry, but he said that he will continue to work with the starting contract. Yes, continue with the contract at the starting point, this is a super platinum contract, and Aquamarine doesn't have to rely on online subscriptions to make money at all, it's all small money. His works are serialized on the Internet, published simultaneously, and even translated into multiple languages. In view of the fact that the markets of many countries have actually been opened by him, the follow-up steps will follow. Both the propaganda department and the government are concerned about this. He became the world's best-selling fiction writer, which is almost unattainable in China, and what he can do is basically dead.
Therefore, when he was in such a situation, he was still so calm, Lan Jing was really beyond Shen Zhenghui's imagination, and when he had dinner together after talking, he almost thought that he was also a traverser. (To be continued......)