Chapter 344: How do Chinese films go out?
Baixi Media is also one of Li Jingkun's most important companies and careers, but Liu Tianxian did not come today.
She had plans to come, but Li Jingkun felt that it was unnecessary.
"Don't worry, you will definitely have your share of the money you make, just train well, complete the training early, start and finish the machine early, and we will be able to get married and have a baby as soon as possible."
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Li Jingkun is serious, and New Zealand is so far away, tossing back and forth for at least two or three days.
It's just a listing celebration party, and it's nothing, right?
However, although she didn't come, the two of them have been using their mobile phones to send messages and chat, and Li Jingkun told her a lot of things on the spot, such as which friends came, which celebrities came, and so on.
After the banquet started for a while, after some of the previous etiquette and steps were over, Li Jingkun also asked Liu Tianxian if he wanted to give her a video and give her a direct attack on the spot.
"Huh? Not okay? At such a big event, it's not very good for you to play with your mobile phone, and you have to video with others, which will be rude, right? ”
“······ Thinking too much, this is our own banquet, I can't video with my family yet? ”
Today's celebration banquet is indeed of a very high standard, and there are indeed many big people on the scene, if it is someone else, it is certainly not appropriate to have a video chat with others here, but Li Jingkun has no problem at all.
Including Ning Hao, Xu Zheng and others, if they also video chat with their family members for a while at this time, no one would really say anything. Even when Brother Long did this, everyone was just laughing.
Of course, if some other celebrity guests do this, they may not say anything on the surface, but maybe some bigwigs feel uncomfortable and feel that the other party is not decent enough to respect them, etc.; If there are any projects that you may not work with, they will not be able to work with them.
But Li Jingkun and they are not afraid of this, and now this scene is their home field for Li Jingkun and Ning Hao, and everything was initiated by them, so he video chats with his family or something, and no one really has an opinion.
It's useless to have an opinion.
Seeing that he insisted, Liu Tianxian could only rely on him, but she had to change her clothes and put on makeup more or less.
So after a while, Li Jingkun connected to Liu Tianxian who was far away in New Zealand.
At this time, she was in her room, wearing long sleeves and glasses, and she was sitting there smiling and watching.
"What's the weather like over there lately? Is it cold? ”
"It's okay, it's colder in the morning and evening."
Although Li Jingkun has no problem with the video with his family here, there must be a word to tell everyone in advance. So at this time, I didn't say anything when I saw him chatting with his mobile phone, everyone just smiled and watched.
It's just that a new friend has entered the scene, and Li Jingkun must have to "introduce" to everyone, so after saying hello to Liu Tianxian, he quickly turned his mobile phone to Ning Hao's side: "Come, this is Brother Hao, say hello." ”
"Haha, Brother Hao is good." Liu Tianxian smiled and waved his hand.
"Brother and sister are good." Ning Hao also said with a smile.
"Congratulations on the successful listing; Career to the next level! ”
"Hahaha, happy together."
Everyone is an acquaintance, and the relationship is very good, so after a few simple words, Li Jingkun took his mobile phone to greet Xu Zheng, Han Sanye and others.
These are all big guys, but they are also people who often stay with Li Jingkun, and they are basically friends who have a good relationship, so they all greeted each other with a smile.
"Brother Long is also here."
Later, it came to Brother Long's side, and Brother Long also chatted with her a few more words.
"Hello big brother." Liu Tianxian smiled and said hello.
"Hello, Tianxian, you're in New Zealand now, aren't you?" Brother Long said with a smile.
"Yes, I'm training here, and I'll be shooting here later."
"Train well, prepare well for the movie, and then make a good role and make a good movie."
"Haha, yes, definitely."
"It should be a few hours faster than ours, right? It seems like 4 hours, and it's past 12 o'clock over there, right? ”
"Yes, the eldest brother is very familiar with the jet lag."
"That's for sure, I run all over the world a lot. I've been to New Zealand many times. ”
After Liu Tianxian chatted with Brother Long for a few words, Li Jingkun held up his mobile phone to show her the scenes of other tables at the banquet, everyone was a huge round table, and many familiar stars were there.
"Haha, are you doing this? Without their consent. ”
"It's okay, they're all their own people, besides, they're stars, and celebrities aren't afraid to appear."
And he didn't want to publicize it, he just shot it for a few people she was familiar with.
"Ah Jin is here too?" Liu Tianxian soon saw acquaintances.
"Yes, there are a lot of people from Longqi Film and Television."
Li Xian, Zhu Yilong, Zhang Yu, Ren Suxi, Yang Zini, Bai Lu and Bu Guanjin all came; There are even a few little girls from Wenlan Culture, Zhao Jinmao, Zhao Lusi and Hu Lianxin.
For such a big event, if they are free, they will make an appearance, there are so many directors on the scene, maybe someone will take a fancy to them and call them to play one or two roles - of course, there are also jokes, but as an artist, it is always good to have more exposure.
And now that Liu Tianxian has mentioned Bu Guanjin, let's go over and take a look at her.
Bu Guanjin's table is basically an artist of Longqi Film and Television, and everyone saw that the boss came over, although it was a little unclear, but they all smiled and said hello.
"Brother Kun." "Boss."
Everyone's name is different, some are very familiar with Li Jingkun, and some are average. is very familiar with the artists of Longqi Film and Television, who basically have direct cooperation with him, and the least familiar ones are, of course, the three little girls.
"Hello everyone, the food is good tonight, right?" Li Jingkun first said hello.
"Haha, that's good."
"It's delicious."
"I like this crab meat very much, it's delicious."
"Is Brother Kun full?"
Everyone replied one after another, but Li Jingkun also brought his family, so he simply said hello and came to Bu Guanjin with his mobile phone: "Come, you Sister Qianqian is looking for you." ”
"Ahh Bu Guanjin laughed a little unexpectedly, and then talked to the person in the video, "Sister Qian, why didn't you come back?" ”
"It's a bit busy here, and I have to train every day." Liu Tianxian said.
"That's hard, isn't it?"
"It's okay, I'm a little used to it."
"New Zealand is beautiful, isn't it? I haven't been there yet. ”
"Yes, the scenery is very beautiful, you can come here to play when you have time in the future, and there are a lot of delicious food. By the way, I'll send you some souvenirs later, chocolates and biscuits. ”
"Okay!"
After Liu Tianxian chatted with Bu Guanjin for a few words, Yang Zini and Bai Lu also left their seats and walked over here.
"Hi, hello hostess." Yang Zini smiled and waved her hand.
"Hahaha, Zini, Bai Lu, hello."
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There are a lot of stars coming tonight, and there are also a lot of first-line male and female artists, but it was a bit unexpected for Li Jingkun that Brother Long would come, so he also sat at the main table.
In the second half of the banquet, even the people at the main table dispersed, some went to greet and chat with other friends, some went to the toilet, etc., Brother Long sat with Li Jingkun and drank a few glasses of wine with him alone.
Li Jingkun also understands his thoughts, which is nothing more than that if there is a good project, they can cooperate again.
Brother Long is 63 years old, to be honest, there is no shortage of money or fame at this stage, and he is also old, isn't it good to go home to rest and retire? Why do you keep making movies every year?
The main reason is, of course, because I love movies and like to make movies.
Some people also say that he has fame and fortune, and the reason why he has been making movies now is because he is afraid of loneliness, and he also likes the feeling of being a big brother on the set.
He couldn't bear to feel that way.
Li Jingkun feels that this analysis should be very close to his real thoughts, because he also likes the feeling of being lively and being a big man, so he can understand him.
However, Brother Long's filming is filming, and he still wants to shoot better. It's just that the quality of movies has declined a lot in recent years, and I was scolded before that my works have returned to the previous level after leaving Li Jingkun.
And Li Jingkun's works, including the TV series he directed and planned by him, are of very good quality, so it is normal for Brother Long to want to cooperate with him again.
In fact, don't talk about him, many other celebrities often reveal this idea, such as Brother Hua, Li Bingbing, etc., but it really depends on fate, and there is really no way without a suitable project.
Recently, Brother Long knew that Li Jingkun had been idle, and he was not preparing a new project at present, so he came directly to the door to see if there was a suitable project.
Brother Long said: "Many of our Chinese filmmakers, when he reaches a certain height, they can't help but have an idea and a responsibility, that is, they hope to spread more about Chinese culture and stories through their own attempts and efforts, do you agree?" ”
"Yes, this is also normal, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility; Under normal circumstances, the higher the status, the stronger the sense of responsibility. ”
Li Jingkun agrees with what Brother Long said, many big-name directors or actors will have this idea after they become famous, maybe because of national pride, or because they have reached a certain position, and they have encountered a lot of discrimination and contempt outside, etc., so I also want to tell people all over the world one thing: Our culture and stories are also very good!
Seeing that Li Jingkun agreed with his point of view, Brother Long continued: "Far away such as Bruce Lee, Li Lianjie, me, Zhang Guoshi, such as Wu Jing in recent years, and you." I hope that my own movies and my country's culture can go out.
Of course, there is still a long, long list to go, and every responsible Chinese artist has this idea. But how many people do you think have succeeded? ”
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"Not many, right? The people I mentioned, plus me, can barely be regarded as a little achievement, but there is still no real work and influence that will be recognized by the whole world.
Let's take Wu Jing as an example, "Wolf Warrior 2" is amazing, right? The movie is also very exciting and good-looking, the rhythm is obviously in line with the narrative mode of Hollywood, and the box office has also made history in China, but what is the situation overseas?
Nobody recognizes you, nobody wants to see you, right?
At present, your works are better, such as "The Witch" and "The Tuner", each work has a box office of two or three hundred million overseas, and the influence is not bad, in addition to the best performance is our cooperation "Little People".
What about the others? Isn't "Tang Detective 2" good-looking? Isn't Operation Red Sea exciting? But what about the overseas box office? Does anyone else like to watch it? ”
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Brother Long has been paving for a long time, but Li Jingkun already roughly knows what he means, but he thinks that he Li Jingkun has not been successful overseas in the past few years? Or is it that after all this success, why didn't he continue to go out?
Brother Long continued: "Looking at these filmmakers in Huaxia, at present, I think you are the one who is most likely to bring out our own films and stories, because several of your works have already achieved results, and you have better results than anyone else!"
So if we continue to do it in the future, we hope to accomplish this feat. ”
Li Jingkun said: "In fact, this kind of thing is also related to the comprehensive strength of our own country, in recent years, we have developed better and better, and the cultural output and cultural strength will naturally become stronger and stronger." ”
And "The Wandering Earth" is also coming out, and this will also be a very powerful film work that exports its own culture and story.
Of course, the problem that Brother Long said just now still exists - the box office is high in China and the quality is also very good, but there are still no good results overseas.
This is really fucked up, Omi's movies can do well at the box office in their own country, and they can also get good results in Huaxia, but Huaxia movies can get high box office in their own country, but they can't go to Omi.
"yes, that's true, so the other aspects are getting better and better, and the film and culture aspects need us to work hard?"
Li Jingkun nodded: "Big brother is right. ”
"This is the phenomenon now, if we really make our own movies, let's say our billions of box office movies, they can only be in our own country, and we can't get out.
We have 'Kung Fu', we have 'Panda', we don't have 'Kung Fu Panda', they made 'Kung Fu Panda', and the whole world knows about it. We photographed so many 'Mulans' that no one knew.
Now Disney makes a cartoon "Mulan", and the whole world knows about it. Our big directors have made so many films, "Weeping Blood in the Terrace", "Listening to the Government with the Curtain", and Bedorucci made a "The Last Emperor", which the whole world knows, but the movies we make can't get out.
And now you have this opportunity, you have this hope, you are very smart, and you are familiar with the narrative of Hollywood's films, and they can accept the films you make, so I have always wanted to ask you to continue to make films, because it is one thing for you to make good works, and the other reason is that we can continue to sell our own films and go out.
It's good that you can find an Omi actor to make your movie and make "Knives Out", but many Chinese directors can also do it before, but it's basically not our Chinese story.
So I think you also want to take our own culture and stories out there, and maybe you have to continue to make movies with Chinese faces as the main characters? ”
Brother Long said a lot and said it very well, Li Jingkun had to admit that what he said was very reasonable, but it was still that problem, he didn't use a Chinese artist as the protagonist, his "Tang Detective 2" Omi actor also has it, and it still sells very ordinarily over there.
Brother Long said: "So we can only come step by step, I think we can only follow the model of "Little People" slowly, the protagonist is me, and most of the other supporting roles use Omi actors." ”
“······” Li Jingkun nodded, not thinking that there was anything wrong with him going around in a big circle, but checking and filling in the gaps, "If you want to sell good box office results with Beimi in the world at this stage, you may still have to cooperate with Omi Film and Television Company, so that it is more likely to get a good box office in Beimi." ”
"Yes, it's very helpless, but it's also very realistic, you have to let them make money too, and you have to make them feel that this is also their movie, not exactly Huaxia's own movie."
(End of chapter)