Chapter 138. China Film Investment [2-in-1]
Beijing, China Film Group, morning.
Wang Bo walked into the general manager's office with a stack of documents and reports.
"Han Dong!"
When Han Sanping heard this, he glared at Wang Bo, then waved his hand slightly, and said with a little seriousness:
"The organization's official appointment and dismissal notice has not been sent yet, don't talk nonsense."
However, the wrinkles that jumped up at the corners of his eyes betrayed him, and it was obvious that Han Sanping was still in a very good mood at the moment.
In 1999, Huaxia Film Group Co., Ltd. was established, and Han Sanping, as the deputy director of Beijing Film Studio, served as the vice chairman and deputy general manager of the group, focusing on the group's production process, and the task was to let China Film carry out business restructuring, asset integration and reform of the property rights system in accordance with the requirements of the development of the enterprise system.
Since the beginning of the new century, under his leadership, the Chinese film industry has quickly kept up with the pulse of the times, started commercial operations, and cultivated commercial large-scale films such as "Hero", "Big Bowl", "New Police Story", "Myth", and "Wuji".
Regardless of the film evaluation, these films have indeed made an indelible contribution to the entire Chinese film market.
It has greatly enriched the spiritual and entertainment life of the common people.
In 2007, in the 8th year of the establishment of China Film Group, in order to continue to deepen the market-oriented operation of China's film industry, the largest film and television production company in China started the reshuffling of the leadership team.
Various internal news has spread, among which the most mainstream voice is that Han Sanping will be the leader of the group and lead the China Film team to make persistent efforts, so that Huaxia films will begin to accelerate into a mature blockbuster era.
The so-called "no wind, no waves".
The gossip of such a change of leadership in the system always comes faster than the formal notice of resignation.
At the end of the day, no one knows where the news came from.
But often the end result is always consistent with the rumors.
As the office secretaries of the "Chunjiang Plumbing Duck Prophet", they are more sensitive to this kind of news, and it is obvious that Wang Bo has already decided that Han Sanping will definitely go further.
At the moment, Han Sanping just scolded softly, but did not refuse.
Obviously, this is already a foregone conclusion.
Wang Bo smiled very modestly, but did not change his words.
"Han Dong, this is the movie release plan for the next two months of this year, please take a look."
Han Sanping glanced at Wang Bo and didn't speak again, but took the document extremely naturally and flipped through it.
Wang Bo was secretly happy in his heart, and opened his mouth to introduce:
"Han Dong, in the next two months, there will be most blockbusters imported from Europe and the United States, including "007: Casino Royale", "Air Combat Heroes", "Wonderful Night at the Museum", "The Queen Wears Prada" and the Korean film "Monster of the Han River".
"There are only two domestic films that can be regarded as serious commercial productions, namely "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots" and "Love Call Transfer".
After the introduction, Wang Bo sat up straight and stopped talking.
Han Sanping remained silent and continued to flip through the report.
After a long while, he raised his head and sighed slightly.
Wang Bo looked at Han Sanping and raised his hand to rub his eyebrows lightly, his eyes were closed, and he looked sad, although he probably knew it in his heart, he still pretended not to understand and asked:
"Han Dong, are you worried about something?"
When a person is sad, he will be especially eager to tell about his troubles and misfortunes. Leaders are also people, and at this time, it is necessary to have someone willing to listen.
Han Sanping sighed.
"Tsk, there's a long way to go."
"You mean?"
Wang Bo kept up in a timely manner, not only showing his thinking, but also not interrupting the opportunity for the leader to speak.
"Well, Hollywood imported films are coming one after another, and the commercial production of Chinese-language films is far from keeping up, and my own door is almost impossible to hold."
Wang Bo nodded deeply.
"Indeed, not only can't the quantity keep up, but also the quality, I see that those directors who are in their playing years, one by one, can't understand the above intentions, blindly live in their own world, hold on to literary films, and refuse to take half a step."
After hearing this, Han Sanping frowned slightly, shook his head slowly, and said:
"It can't be so extreme, literary films are also part of film art, it's just that, in the current situation, literary films can't resist the impact of Hollywood commercial films, and the marketization of films can only rely on commercial production. Now it's up to the younger generation of directors. ”
Wang Bo's mind turned slightly, and he asked tentatively.
"Han Dong, do you remember Sun Yi?"
"Huh?"
"He submitted a new project before, and it has just been submitted to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for review."
"Oh? What project? ”
Han Sanping was a little curious.
"Wait a minute, I'll go get the backup file."
"Hmm."
With that, Wang Bo got up and walked out of the office, and after a while, he turned around and came back.
It can be seen that it has obviously been prepared in advance.
Han Sanping took the script file and opened it gently.
"The Human Comedy"
Generally speaking, the preliminary review of the script of a movie is not very difficult, and it does not require the final version, as long as there is a complete story framework, and the background introduction of the main characters in it, as well as the main plot synopsis in the script, it can basically pass the review.
Usually what we call not passing the review is the review of the finished film, that is, after the entire film is filmed, it will be submitted to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for review again.
This is the hardest part.
In about twenty minutes, Han Sanping finished reading it, turned back to the first page of the script, and chuckled.
"Hmph, "The Human Comedy"? This whole story, which one is a happy event, is all a tragic story, but it is dressed in a comedy skin, this kid is quite good at packaging. ”
Wang Bo also laughed and said:
"Yes, Han Dong, when I first saw it, I didn't think the name was quite compatible, but I think the story is still good."
Han Sanping thought about it for a while, nodded and said:
"Well, the story is good, focusing on the joys and sorrows of the little people, looking at the labels, I am also going to shoot with a multi-line narrative, adding elements of dialect and black humor, this kid is going to benchmark "Crazy Stone", a youth-themed movie, I will change my style immediately, and I am not afraid of flashing my waist."
"What Han Dong said is that this style has changed a little bit."
Han Sanping rubbed his chin and thought about it.
He was wondering if he should give Sun Yi, a young man, a chance.
After thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly became firm, he raised his hand to Wang Bo, and said slowly:
"I still have to support it and see how good this kid is." After saying this, he paused for a moment, and then said categorically:
"In this way, you go and tell him that if the name is changed, it should be more in line with the storyline, China Film can participate in the investment, not less than 30%, if he can be filmed and released within this year, the distribution will be shared, I will call the shots, and give him a drop of five points, as long as 10%."
"Understood, Han Dong."
After Wang Bo heard this, he was very surprised, and sighed at Han Dong's courage, got up and bowed slightly, and then turned to leave.
Han Sanping's eyes stared sharply at the script on the table, and his mind fell into thoughts.
Boy, here's your chance, see if you can grasp it.
Deshengmen Inner Street, Sun Yi Film and Television Culture Studio.
Sun Yi was half lying comfortably on the sofa in the rest area, and he and the studio's copyright assistant Liu Heng were bragging about it.
Yang Fan was sitting in the corner, texting with a smile on his face.
There was a sour smell of love in the air.
Nauseating!
In the morning, Sun Yi chatted with Yang Fan for a long time, and it was already 1 o'clock in the afternoon before he finished lunch. Everybody is digesting food.
Only Sheng He couldn't be idle, he had already cleaned the first floor in the morning, and spontaneously helped Sun Yi wipe the car.
Now that he has started to clean the second floor again, Sun Yi can't persuade him no matter how much he persuades, so he simply lets it go.
"Xiaoyi, do you know "Zhu Xian"?"
"I know this too well, heaven and earth are not benevolent, and everything is used as a dog, how classic."
"Zhu Xian" is known as the "Three Strange Books on the Internet" along with "The Journey of Piao Miao" and "The Legend of Little Soldiers", and is also known as the "martial arts bible in the post-Jin Yong era". ”
"It's over, I don't think we're going to put the copyright down."
"Okay, Senior Brother Liu, I don't have to worry about your vision, take it down, enrich the studio's copyright library first, and then wait to see how it will be produced later."
Encountered must be taken, there is no reason to miss it at all.
Liu Heng nodded silently, Sun Yi was very grateful for his support.
He is now all about work, going to and from work every day, and collecting all kinds of stories that he thinks are great.
"By the way, Xiaoyi, I don't think our studio can blindly hoard this kind of future copyright works, just like "Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", this kind of work is difficult to produce in the current film and television environment."
"I think we should also pay attention to the various problems faced by young people in their lives today, this kind of theme is also very marketable, and the recent hit "Struggle" is of this type, and the overall ratings are very high."
"We can keep up with the context of the current times, for example, houses are rising by leaps and bounds everywhere, and the speed of saving money can never catch up with the speed of house price increases, combined with young people's views on mate selection and marriage, to create a realistic work."
After hearing this, Sun Yi agreed very much.
Senior Brother Liu's vision has always been keen, and he is very able to grasp the hot content of the moment.
I definitely don't have time to copy this kind of script, and with the current scale of the studio, it is not appropriate to expand and recruit a group of full-time screenwriters in a short time.
But screenwriting can be outsourced.
"Senior Brother Liu, you can contact some teachers or other senior brothers and sisters, let's come up with themes and requirements, find them to customize the script, and we can accept it when the time comes."
After Liu Heng listened, his eyes lit up.
It's a way.
There are too many screenwriters in Huaxia, but there are really few who can get ahead, not because they don't have strength, but because they don't have opportunities, so many high-level screenwriters usually take on sought-after jobs.
I was discussing with Senior Brother Liu when suddenly a pleasant sound of music sounded.
"If I can do it all over again, I want to choose Li Bai,
At least I can write poems to tease girls,
If I could do it all over again, I would choose Li Bai,
The creation can be so high-end and admired by so many people"
It's Sun Yi's mobile phone ringtone.
Sun Yi took it out and took a look, and Director Wang of China Film quickly made a silent gesture and pressed answer.
"Hello Director Wang, why did you remember to call me today."
"Oh, that's what I'm saying, don't bother, no matter how busy you are, you have to answer your phone."
"yes, yes."
"Hey, we haven't started the specific preparations yet, and we only have the first version of the script at the moment."
"Hmm~, yes, I'm ready to direct independently."
Sun Yi frowned slightly, he didn't know what Director Wang Bo of China Film meant by making this call, and asked about the situation of "Human Comedy" for a long time, but the next words directly made his eyes widen.
"Well, China Film Investment? Issue"
Hearing Sun Yi say that China Film Investment was issued, Yang Fan stopped texting, put down his mobile phone and stared at Sun Yi intently.
"Well, okay, got it, let's speed up and start preparing right away."
"Well, thank you Director Wang, okay, see you later."
As soon as Sun Yi put down the phone, Yang Fan came over as soon as he assed.
"What's wrong, what's the situation?"
Sun Yi pretended to be profound, and said with emotion:
"We still have a few cards, China Film has taken a fancy to our project and is ready to invest 30 percent, if we step up production and release it within the year, China Film is fully responsible for the schedule and filming, and the distribution share is five percentage points lower than that of "Those Years", as long as 10 percent."
"Damn, there's such a good thing."
The excitement on Yang Fan's face was beyond words.
Don't look at China Film Group's 30% investment share, but this year, at least 7 or 8 of the 10 movies must be money-loss, before the movie is released, whoever dares to be sure will definitely make money, China Film dares to invest, which shows that the entire team of Sun Yi Studio is very optimistic.
So Yang Fan was very happy to hear the news.
And Sun Yi is also very happy.
Although he thinks that more than 90% of this film will make money, but there is still that 10%, what if, right?
Besides, he didn't have the tiger skin of the Beijing Film Academy and the Youth Film Studio to make this film, and he had to go to the southwest to select the film, and he was really unfamiliar with life when he got there.
But whenever something goes wrong, the loss cannot be less.
Now it's different, with the endorsement of China Film Group, film and television cities and related units, and even local governments, have to give a little bit of thin noodles and cooperate, which has invisibly solved a big problem.
"Brother Fan, are all the people in the production team here?"
"It's all here."
"Hurry up and let everyone prepare, half an hour later, the multi-functional conference room will hold a project preparation meeting, we have to speed up."
"Okay, I'm going to call someone."
The studio is not big, that is, downstairs and downstairs, after a while, they were all notified, and after a while, they came to the multi-functional conference room on the second floor with script-related materials and notebooks one after another.
When the time was almost up, Sun Yi stood up and wrote four big characters on the small blackboard behind him.
"The Nameless"
"Xiaoyi, isn't it "The Human Comedy"?"
Yang Fan was a little stunned and asked directly.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, in the previous "Human Comedy", China Film Group meant that the name was not appropriate enough for the overall story content, so I just thought of a name again, and the story was about a group of all kinds of little people, so let's call it "The Nameless".
That's right, Sun Yi chose the story of the classic movie "The Nameless" in later generations, the original script of this story was called "Human Comedy", Sun Yi felt that it was very contrasting black humor, so he gave it this name.
And generally when a film project is reviewed for the first time, for various reasons, it will have a different name from the final release.
I didn't expect it to be changed urgently, but it was rejected by China Film.
If that's the case, let's call it "The Nameless".
Yang Fan silently recited the name twice in his mind, and then blurted out:
"Yes, this is good, very apt."
Everyone in the conference room also nodded in agreement.
"That's good, this movie is the only film project in our studio in the future, today we will directly hold a project preparatory meeting, seize the time, and strive to use the last month or so of the year to complete the preparations, and start filming directly after the year."
"Next, I'll talk about surveying the scenery first."
Just as Sun Yi was talking energetically, there was a sudden knock on the door of the conference room.
Assistant Xiaoting walked in a little cramped, and said in a low voice:
"Brother Yi, someone downstairs is looking for you."
"Who's looking for me?"
"Well, it seems to be Liu Yifei."
"Who?!"
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