After chatting with Zhu Yinlong for a few words, he then focused on saying a few words to Liu Tianxian, because the emotions just now were indeed a little insufficient, so she needed to strengthen it here.

"There is basically no problem in the front, but the character is not completely indifferent at this time, and she is not completely fluctuating at all about the appearance of the role of Zhu Yinlong - in fact, when she is stimulated by the outside world more and more severely, her past memories are becoming more and more loose, so at this time, she has begun to be affected by the tragic memories of the past, so when you are here, you can try to brew tears."

"Tears, crying?"

"You don't have to cry, but you have to show that meaning."

"Isn't it a little abrupt? It doesn't feel like it's there yet. ”

"No, the situation has already reached that position, and this will make the character more plump and moving, and it will also make the audience feel her mood swings - no matter how it is reversed later, here you have to show that the heroine is indeed amnesia, you have to show her innocence, let the villain and the audience believe her, pity her." ······ In late December, the movie "The Witch" was completed.

The crew was disbanded on the spot, and everyone went back to their respective homes and found their mothers. Li Jingkun and Liu Tianxian also had a base in Xiangjiang, so they were not in a hurry to go to Kyoto, but stayed at Liu Tianxian's house in Xiangjiang for a few days.

The atmosphere of Xiangjiang is still a little different from the atmosphere of most cities in China, the pace of life here is indeed relatively fast, and you can easily distinguish which people are here to visit and which people are Xiangjiang locals on the street - most of the Xiangjiang locals are very clean and fashionable, and what they pursue is a refined life.

However, no matter how fast the pace here is, it will not affect Li Jingkun and Liu Tianxian, because their own fast pace has ended, and now is the time to rest and relax.

So in the past few days, they have slept lazily every day, basically getting up after 11 o'clock, and then brushing their teeth and washing their faces, and then driving out to eat.

I came back in the afternoon to play with my phone, then slept for more than an hour, and went out to eat in the evening, while also starting to go shopping and shopping.

They stayed here for 5 days and returned to Kyoto with a lot of stuff after 5 days. The next day, Li Jingkun went to work in the company, and Liu Tianxian went to her mother's side with some gifts, and at the same time prepared to stay there for a few days.

The two brought back a lot of things from Xiangjiang this time, gold, supplements, clothes, shoes, toys, snacks, red wine, etc., some for elders and friends, and some for children - Ning Hao, Huang Bo and others.

After telling them the results, they asked Li Jingkun not to go to the door, and a few of them went to Li Jingkun's villa to have a dinner.

It happened that the end of the year was coming, and a few people got together and talked a lot. Since only Li Jingkun and Liu Tianxian have not really married and had children, they have naturally received a lot of ridicule and jokes, and they have been asked to have a few children to play as soon as possible, so that they can play with their children at that time.

Speaking of the end of the year, the Spring Festival will be more than two months away, and there will be a lot of arrangements at that time. Wen Muye's movie "I'm going to See You Now" is already in the late stages of production, and the publicity is also in full swing, preparing for the release on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

And Liu Tianxian became popular because of the song "Decent", and also received invitations from several TV stations, hoping that she could go to the Spring Festival Gala; And Li Jingkun also has a share - if only Liu Tianxian comes to the price, if you take a Li Jingkun, the price will more than double!

Liu Tianxian is given according to the appearance fee of the first-line star, but if Li Jingkun can also follow, his appearance fee is higher than that of the first-line!

At the same time, because I participated in the recording of the Spring Festival Gala, the competition was fierce at the end of the year, so the price was higher than usual.

In other words, as long as the two of them attend this party, sing a song or two, and spend a few minutes to get a 7-figure pay!

Of course, this is not the case when it is really calculated, and the time for rehearsals and preparation must also be taken into account.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Li Jingkun still didn't plan to go, but he was very supportive of Liu Tianxian going.

He didn't go because he didn't lack money, and at the same time his identity was not very suitable. supports Liu Tianxian because she likes to sing very much, and now that she has this opportunity, she can make money at the same time, why not?

"Ah, but aren't you all right? Don't come with me? ”

"Do you still need someone to accompany you to make money? How did you get here when you weren't with me before? ”······ It's been a long time since the last time Jiao Hongfeng talked to Li Jingkun about the project, so the outline of the project plan and script has been almost prepared, so I also found a time to make an appointment with him, ready to discuss and confirm it with him again.

As a result, after the two met, the chairman of Huaying was a little frightened by Li Jingkun.

"This main theme movie, do you plan to invest 500 million in this project?" It's really not that Jiao Hongfeng doesn't know anything, he has been in the industry for decades, what big productions have he not seen over the years?

Coupled with the boom in the market in recent years, the production scale is larger and the lineup is stronger.

It's just that investing is not a matter of one or two sentences, you have to implement a lot of things. Especially since this is a project invited from above, can't we just do it?

So what should you do if you have such a big battle and lose money then? Of course, we support the country's film industry, but we can't get the company out of business······ With a production budget of 500 million, do you know how much box office it takes to pay back?

1.5 billion! Yes, I know that you are a great director, and you have two movies with more than 1 billion, but you can't guarantee that each of them can be so high, right?

And the box office will only pay off when it reaches 1.5 billion, so you have to think about making money······· Bona won the bid for the previous project of "Mekong Action" only for 200 million, and we don't need to span so much······

"There is still a little difference, one is that this Red Sea incident has to be filmed across several countries, and these expenses are all really understood and calculated by us, and they do cost a lot of money; The other is that I plan to shoot a lot of shootout scenes, which are very expensive, and at the same time, I need to use a lot of warships, tanks and other equipment, which add up to an astronomical amount. "Yes, it is indeed an astronomical amount, Jiao Hongfeng has turned to that page - the cost and expenditure of warships and other military-funded equipment will account for 200 million ······ It's outrageous!

200 million for other projects can make a blockbuster! "The Tuner" doesn't cost 200 million!

"Hey, I asked you to do your best to prepare this plan, and you really did your best."

"Sure, do I dare not listen to your orders, chairman?"

“······” Jiao Hongfeng was a little speechless, took the plan and thought for a while, and then said: "But then again, your plan book is still very attractive, one is a large investment, the other is that the plan is very detailed, and the script is also well written. Li Jingkun said: "Isn't this the result?" ”

"You have figured it out, once this project starts, it will have to be at least 1.5 billion box office to start making money."

"I know, you don't need to get to 1.5 billion if you do the math - but I know it, don't worry. If you have concerns, Huaying can invest less and be more responsible for distribution; In the later stage, we will definitely pull a few more investors to share the risk together. ”

"I'll talk about this later, it's not too late to talk about it when the project is really won - you can get ready, I'll make an appointment with the leaders in the next two days, and the two of us will go together at that time." ······ The competition between countries in the new century is a competition in science and technology, economy, and culture.

As the seventh greatest art of mankind, film is also of great significance to a country's publicity and display.

Some countries, including the United States and the Stick Country, have long promoted their own culture and ideas through some film and television works, and also sold many products and commodities through these works.

For example, "Independence Day", "Air Force One", "Top Gun", "Saving Private Ryan", "Forrest Gump", etc., while making a lot of money, they can also imperceptibly convey their own national appearance and some ideas, which is a method of making a lot of money and killing multiple birds with one stone.

And not to mention Omi or Bangzi Country, even Xiangjiang attaches great importance to this piece; Not to mention the old ones, some Xiangjiang movies in recent years, such as "Cold War", "Anti-Corruption Storm", etc., are constantly conveying a message to everyone: Xiangjiang is the safest, cleanest and most developed city in the world!

There are very dedicated police officers, very honest and honest public offices, prosperous economies and beautiful scenery, etc., all of which are imperceptibly promoting themselves.

In order to attract more people to travel and spend here, absorb more economic income, etc. - whether you agree or not, you have to keep promoting and showing it!

Now that Huaxia is also strong, it naturally pays more attention to culture, so it is natural to pay more attention to film and television.

We also have to show our own style to the world, show our values to the world, and make our voice heard to the world, etc., and we can't just give up the right to speak, otherwise they will be able to smear us at will.

Therefore, many people in the entertainment industry, he is gaining momentum and being proud, and he can't be too proud and complacent, because since you have reached this position, with all this wealth and influence, you must also shoulder more responsibilities.

"This is the first version of the script that we wrote with some publicly available sources and information, and you can also take a look." On this day, Li Jingkun and Jiao Hongfeng went to visit a certain department and met with several responsible persons.

Li Jingkun and Jiao Hongfeng are both well-known figures, and these three responsible persons occasionally deal with people in the film and television industry, so they naturally know them.

Of course, Jiao Hongfeng is more familiar with them, has a closer relationship, and his position is not lower than theirs - he is only responsible for things in different fields.

The reason for their meeting today was also very clear to each other, so after a brief introduction to each other, we quickly got to the point.

Li Jingkun handed them the planning book and the script together, of course, several copies were made, so that each of them had a copy of the information that could be made quickly, and the same reaction as Jiao Hongfeng's previous reaction was that the three responsible persons also saw the number of soft girls with a total investment of 500 million for the first time, and they were also shocked.

Nonsense, a few months ago, Bona Film and Television opened a figure of 200 million is enough to win the project of "Operation Mekong", and now Li Jingkun's offer to them has directly doubled and a half, which must have been very unexpected to them.

"A total investment of 500 million? Are you sure you're right? "Although the more funds, the better, but you can't mess around too much, otherwise you will treat them as something - if the conditions are set too harshly, it will not work, otherwise no film and television companies will dare to take on and shoot the projects they release in the future······ So when I saw this amount, Zhou Qili, the minister of the three responsible persons, said this.

At this time, they were communicating in the bright conference room, Jiao Hongfeng was naturally sitting on the same side as Li Jingkun, and now when he heard the other party ask, he naturally turned his attention to Li Jingkun - today's protagonist is mainly Li Jingkun, and he is responsible for arranging this meeting.

Li Jingkun nodded: "Yes, there is no mistake. Zhou Qili said: "You are all professional in this industry, you should know the weight of this number very well, right?" You should know how much box office you have to get before you can recoup your money, right? It's good to want to make a good film, but don't force it too much or too much – making this kind of film is a long-term job. ”

"Of course I understand it very well, and it's not just a random number to scare you, it's really determined by the content of the subject. And I also deliberately wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make it bigger - the subject matter is really good! You can make a lot of big scenes, a lot of wonderful plots. And I am also very confident in our film market, and now the number of screens is gradually increasing every year, and it has not reached its peak for the time being, so I am still very confident that it will return to its capital. Zhou Qili and the others all laughed, because they noticed his last word: back to the original.

Well, are you confident that you will return to your original costs? But even so, there is a box office of more than one billion, and I feel that I am actually very confident!

After there was no doubt about the funding for the time being, they continued to read the plan, such as the content of the script and the shooting schedule.

During this period, when I encountered questions, I naturally sat and communicated and exchanged constantly. Of course, this production fund is okay and qualified, which means that Li Jingkun and they are indeed very sincere; However, funding is only part of the reference criteria, and the specific content and plan are also important.

So keep checking their ideas and plans. This project is just a film at best, but it is a very important task at worst, and some long-term tasks about culture and the country cannot be done casually.

This project is called:

"Operation Evacuation of Overseas Chinese in the Red Sea" mainly tells the story of the hijacking of Chinese merchant ships outside the Somali Sea, some of the crew members were killed by pirates, and others became prisoners.

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The eight-member group of the "Jiaolong Commando" was ordered to carry out the evacuation mission, infiltrated the merchant ship to carry out a surprise attack, and finally succeeded in rescuing all the hostages.

Regarding the specific process of the incident, Zhou Qili and others must be much clearer than Li Jingkun, but knowing the whole process and result is definitely different from what was reflected in the script in the end; And the script and the final shooting are completed, and the content of the film presented is sometimes not necessarily exactly the same.

So you need to communicate and exchange differently. Li Jingkun and the screenwriting department of Longqi Film and Television gathered all the information and reports they could find, and then wrote the script together, and they didn't know how much it was different from the real events, but this was to be filmed for the audience to see, and it must go through a certain degree of screening, and it must also conform to the rhythm of a movie.

Where there needs to be a breaking point, where there needs to be a big scene, and where there is a need to walk around the drama, it is necessary to control a rhythm.

Li Jingkun and they are professional in this regard, so after watching it for a long time, the three of them nodded from time to time, and they also communicated and communicated with each other; Feeling is basically very satisfying, too.

"It's not bad, although there are a lot of discrepancies in the details, but you are professional in this regard, and I am a little fascinated by this script."

"You've won a prize."

"The shooting plan is also very professional and complete, if it can really be shot as you planned, the effect should be quite good."

"You can rest assured that it will only work out better than planned. At present, it is only the first version of the plan, and it will continue to be improved in the future. Zhou Qili nodded, and then asked them a few more questions, one of which was to ask him what he thought of the main theme movie.