Chapter 299: The Great Director's Meeting
On the second day after returning to Hong Kong, Wang Zichuan had held five meetings in a row, two meetings above the company's manager level, artist meetings, screenwriter meetings, and director meetings, one after another, and these meetings had only one spirit, that is, to discuss how to continue to suppress the Golden Harvest Cinemas and the Golden Princess Cinemas behind the New Art City.
On December 11th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the director's meeting was underway, and the scale of the meeting was very large, not only Wang Jin, Wu Yusen, Zheng Tongguo and other veteran directors, but also Xu Ke, Li Xiuxian, Liu Guanwei, Li Jianzhi, Chen Xunqi and others were also seated, and the theater manager Chen Baixiang also attended the meeting.
Wang Zichuan took a sip of water first, and said straight to the point: "This time, I gathered everyone together, mainly to discuss the plan to make a zuò film, so as not to collide with the two excellent films, and it is difficult to arrange it in the theater." ”
Wang Jin immediately continued: "Ah Chuan, my "God of Gamblers" is already halfway filmed, and the schedule has to be prioritized. ”
Xu Kedao: "Where do I have a movie, Lao Wu directed "The Sequel to the True Colors of Heroes", as long as Mr. Zhou Runfa has a schedule, I plan to start shooting immediately, I think the schedule should be from February to April next year." ”
Wu Yusen frowned slightly, the script promised by Xu Ke was not written at all, especially since the film had to be filmed in the United States, which was a very laborious thing, how could it be filmed without a script? During this period of time, "A Chinese Ghost Story" was a big hit, and Xu Ke buried himself in it, thinking about the sequel to "A Chinese Ghost Story" all day long.
Chen Xunqi said with a smile: "At the beginning of next year, I also plan to start the film, but I haven't thought about the subject matter yet, and I may find Mr. Hong to cooperate, and when the time comes, I will have to trouble Mr. Wang." ”
Wang Zichuan knew what Chen Xunqi meant, and replied: "There is no problem with funds, let's take the script over and discuss it first." After the pass, I will inform the Finance Department to cooperate. ”
For Chen Xunqi, Wang Zichuan values him very much, not only talented, has a wide range of contacts, but also is rare to be righteous, Hong Jinbao praised Chen Xunqi in front of him more than once, the theme song of "Lucky Stars Shine", Hong Jinbao also plans to hand it over to Chen Xunqi.
Chen Baixiang said with a smile: "If you want to make a film, you will come to my office to register." I'll schedule you. ”
Arranging the schedule, Chen Baixiang has always acted in accordance with Wang Zichuan's will, "A Chinese Ghost Story" because it is a film produced by Xu Ke Film Studio, Chen Baixiang wants to reduce the release time, if Wang Zichuan hadn't called back in Japan in person to explain, he would not have allowed "A Chinese Ghost Story" to be released for 20 days, especially in the last few days, the attendance rate dropped badly, and there are not many directors outside waiting for the schedule with the film, even if a film is released for a week. The attendance rate will also surpass that of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
Wang Zichuan said with a smile: "Everyone has seen the development momentum of Tengfei Entertainment this year, whether it is the Golden Princess Theater or the Golden Harvest Theater. are all crushed without suspense, the box office difference between the films they released and the films we released is 108,000 miles, of course, I am exaggerating. The next thing we have to do is keep the momentum going, and everyone has to write the best scripts possible. The films produced by zuò must strive for excellence, and they will not worry about failing to rise at the box office. ”
Chen Baixiang echoed: "Just now Ah Chuan and I just finished the screenwriter meeting, in the future, the screenwriters will be divided into groups to create, proficient in comedy will be compiled into a group, proficient in historical costume drama will be compiled into a group, action drama will be compiled into a group, a total of seven groups, each group of two or three people, at least one script will be written a month, the script will go through two layers of review, and finally handed over to Ah Chuan." ”
Xu Ke said in a stiff tone: "Then what about the script I wrote?" Do you want to hand it over for review? ”
Chen Baixiang had to explain in detail: "What I just said is the obligation of screenwriters, since everyone gets a basic salary, you must pay the fruits of your labor, if you divide the grades, these scripts belong to the third rate, the scripts written by the directors themselves, the treatment is different, you can directly hand it to Achuan for review, if it is passed, the finance department will immediately allocate funds to the crew to start the film, if you can't pass it, you can hand it over to the screenwriter team for revision, or...... Destroyed! ”
Xu Ke put his mind at ease, he is currently thinking about the sequel to "A Chinese Ghost Story", although it may not be started immediately, but he wants him to hand over the script to someone who doesn't understand it for review, and modify the graffiti casually, he can't tolerate it, the screenwriter's line, except for Wang Zichuan, he doesn't put anyone in his eyes.
Wang Jin doesn't care, it's none of his business, he has a lot of autonomy in the script he writes, even if Wang Zichuan is not optimistic, he still starts the film, just like "I Love Rolando", although he finally hit the street, but it also shows Wang Zichuan's trust in him from the side, he plans to conceive a script after the New Year, the sequel to "God of Gamblers".
Wang Zichuan saw that no one objected below, and nodded slightly: "Produced by Tengfei Entertainment, it must be a high-quality product, and these words must be added at the beginning of every movie in the future, I want to make Tengfei Entertainment's movies into a brand, so that the audience can watch with confidence, and feel that it is worth spending this money, Golden Harvest has done well in the past, so the audience will buy tickets from Golden Harvest Cinema, and later New Art City has also done well, and now we are Tengfei Entertainment!" ”
"Papapa" Wang Jin took the lead in applauding, and everyone had to echo and clap a few times.
Chen Baixiang looked at Wang Jin with a smile, this kid is sometimes so sudden, and he does things unexpectedly.
"Lak, have you made any recent moves in Golden Harvest and New Art City?"
Chen Baixiang said: "Jiahe, in addition to the "Zhiyong Three Treasures" invested by Debao Company, there are no other big productions, I think Zou Wenhuai is also poor in donkey skills, we have been hit for several months, has given up the ordinary schedule, and we have a decisive battle in the New Year, but in this way, as soon as they come up, they will fall into the disadvantage, I think they have no hope of winning." ”
Wang Zichuan couldn't help nodding, there is still more than a month before the New Year's file, the Oriental Cinema is full every day, and the Jiahe Cinema is empty, even if a blockbuster is released, there will be a few days of reaction time, if the Oriental Cinema releases a blockbuster at the same time, then Jiahe is powerless.
"What about New Arts City, what is Mecca doing?"
Chen Baixiang's smile was even stronger: "Say it, you don't believe it, Mecca has nothing to do now, originally he planned to continue to produce the "Best Partner" series in the New Year's file, but Lei Juekun was not cold, and vetoed him on the spot, and Shi Tian produced a family comedy, starring Xu Guanjie. ”
Wang Zichuan had already heard Shi Tian mention it, and thought it was a plan to repair the plank road in Xinyi City to secretly Chen Cang, but he didn't expect Lei Juekun to really make such a strange decision, and he made it clear that he was eyeing a small-budget comedy, and he knew how to save money if he was a businessman in the end.
Chen Baixiang said: "What is Mr. Lei's famous quote from Xinyi City? ”
Wang Jin continued: "Increasing the box office by ten yuan does not mean increasing the profit by ten yuan, reducing the cost of ten yuan can increase the profit by ten yuan!" What a dog. Fart logic, it's just nonsense, insulting our intelligence. ”
Chen Baixiang smiled: "Yes, yes, yes! That's what made me laugh to death, he simply regarded making zuò movies as an assembly line job, and movies are not employees, and they can exploit the fruits of their labor at will. ”
Xu Ke felt the same way and sighed: "Mr. Lei is like this, always thinking about saving costs, and Mecca came up with a lot of ideas, but they were all rejected because the expenses were too large. ”
Wang Zichuan asked, "What is Huang Baiming doing?" He's good at low-budget comedies, and we should be wary of that. ”
Xu Kedao: "Mr. Huang Baiming is also a useless hero, the power of the company is controlled by Mecca and Shi Tian, the idea he proposed, the film he personally produced, the big head was taken away, over time, of course, he was not convinced, this time Lei Juekun refused to direct the New Year's file made him even more dissatisfied." ”
Wang Zichuan said with a smile: "Huang Baiming is very talented, you can get in touch with him more when you have time, although it is impossible to pull him to Tengfei Entertainment, but it is still possible to establish a cooperative relationship, if he is willing to leave Xinyicheng and set up a company by himself, his film can be released in Oriental Theater." ”
Xu Ke frowned, if Huang Baiming was really independent, wouldn't he have another competitor, and he was already in a disadvantageous position, so don't talk to him about these things.
Wang Zichuan opened his heart and said proudly: "Jiahe and Xinyicheng are determined to lose this time, but don't take it lightly, especially Ah Jin and Li Jianzhi, who are starting up." ”
Li Jianzhi said: "Mr. Wang, my film has been completed, and it is being produced in the post-production stage." ”
Wang Zichuan was surprised: "So fast, I remember that it has been less than ten days since it was turned on!" ”
Li Jianzhi said proudly: "I invited a classmate to join, and the two of us worked closely together, and a movie was completed in a week." ”
"Who is it?" Wang Zichuan asked with interest, and the person who can share the same smell as Li Jianzhi must also be a lewd boy.
"His name is Wen Xie, my high school classmate, and he has liked to watch Fengyue movies since he was a child."
Wang Zichuan's mind couldn't help but float a lewd short man, who complemented Li Jianzhi in front of him, and said with a smile: "You two are really a perfect match, this is very good, strive to make more blockbuster movies." ”
Wang Zichuan was most impressed by Wen Xian because of his appearance, and he muttered to himself, what a coincidence that Li Jianzhi in front of him was a classmate.
Wang Jin said with a smile: "If we have time, let's learn together, I also have a deep understanding of Fengyue films, if it weren't for Ah Chuan always shooting that film for me, I would also like to make a Fengyue film." ”
Li Jianzhi said with a smile: "Then let's just make a film together, and we will have time to get together more in the future." ”
"No problem!" Wang Jin smiled very obscenely, even Wang Zichuan couldn't stand it, not to mention that all the directors present were eccentric.
"Adjournment! Meeting! Wang Zichuan got up and left, if he stayed for a while, Xu Ke and the others would have to crusade against Wang Jin and Li Jianzhi. (To be continued......)
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