Chapter 81: No one cares
Of course, Su Changqing and Liu Bei are talking about overseas issuance, which is weak in China and has not had a professional team for related business.
Liu Bei was a little strange: "I didn't understand it when I received a call a few days ago, you are the planner and screenwriter of this play, and it stands to reason that you don't care about the release, right?"
Su Changqing is the main creative staff, planning the filming work, and usually does not interfere in marketing.
And the honorarium has been collected in advance at one time, this practice is a routine operation after twenty years, and no one has written the script if the money is not paid, but it is rare in the nineties, in short, the box office has nothing to do with him.
This film will undoubtedly focus on Su Changqing in terms of publicity, but he is not worried about the domestic market, although there is no guarantee of how much money can be made at the box office, but it will never cause the reputation to fall and make everyone ruined.
He explained to Liu Bei: "The current situation of our domestic market is that the pool is very large and there is not much water, a bunch of weak Wang Ba is drying at the bottom of the pool, and the last movie "The Princess's Decision" is also planned by me, and it is Sino-French cooperation, but this "My Savage Girlfriend" must go out by itself." ”
The temple is small and the demon is windy, and the Chi Qian Wang Baduo is said to have a literary atmosphere.
"Although I'm not responsible for the distribution, it's always right to take the initiative to pave the way and build bridges, Tianyan is happy to see it happen, and now it is the little devils and the Hong Kong gang that occupy the East Asian and Southeast Asian markets, so we must step in and get a piece of the pie. ”
Liu Bei understood quickly: "Is Siwei's next movie being planned, do you want to test the waters with "My Sassy Girlfriend"?"
Su Changqing was noncommittal: ""My Sassy Girlfriend" is a typical oriental culture movie, and it will be more accepted in Asia, and if it is put in Europe or America, it may make those fools confused, and they don't understand what there is to see when a man is violently attacked by a woman, and they may even be disgusted.
Next, I plan to make a film with more basic values, so that everyone can understand and accept it, and it is no longer limited to Asia. ”
Liu Bei smiled: "So it's better to test the water with others." ”
Although Su Changqing is very confident in "My Sassy Girlfriend", overseas promotion requires high costs, and it does need to be cautious, and Tianyan seeks fame and influence, and he doesn't care much about this investment.
In addition, Su Changqing thinks that "Train to Busan" is a good movie that has been delayed by time, although it was popular back then, but because the concept of establishing in the apocalyptic times and the image of zombies are copied from the West, although there are some ideas, it is still fried cold rice, so that its influence has plummeted.
Now the filming of "Foshan Xing" undoubtedly makes up for these regrets, from the story to the character modeling, it is refreshing, and Su Changqing has modified the connotation to be more profound and grand, from a simple commercial film to the perspective of thinking about the fate of mankind, while satisfying the audio-visual stimulation of ordinary audiences, it is enough for industry insiders to talk for a while.
Liu Bei is right, he needs to use "My Sassy Girlfriend" to find a way, and follow the familiar path of "Foshan Travel" to sweep the market.
Su Changqing provided Liu Bei with two work plans: "One is to contact mature publishers in Hong Kong, who have rich experience in operating in the Japanese, South Korean and Southeast Asian markets, which is a relatively fast way, but don't expect too much, those grandsons have a deep discrimination against us and usually have no interest in cooperating."
The second is to run one place by one, to establish a four-dimensional marketing network, which is more time-consuming and laborious, although you are open to run, we bear the travel costs, I know you need a helper, just introduced you to the Liu Yufei student is very interested in marketing management, can help work, have time to run, no time in charge of liaison in China. ”
Liu Bei handled the distribution and award of "Model Team", and Jiao Guanglu Ziye, his ability in this regard is obvious to all, and he should be able to do this.
Liu Yufei once expressed her interest in behind-the-scenes work, and Su Changqing had a deep chat with her two days ago, she might as well follow the study, and she didn't expect any results.
And it also seems that Liu Bei is assigned an assistant, although he is an amateur.
Su Changqing has thought about the two work plans carefully, but in fact, he knows in his heart that there is only the second one to choose, and he doesn't believe that Liu Bei can handle the Hong Kong people.
Since he was a student at Nortel, he has been in contact with Hong Kong filmmakers more than once, all of whom are very arrogant, often speak sarcastically, and generally have poor cultivation.
According to Liu Xiaoqing's recollection, when she filmed Hong Kong's "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to Politics", although she was a domestic double actress and the heroine of the film, the boxed lunches that could be eaten were different from those of the Hong Kong staff, and she cried bitterly before adding meat.
Of course, Liu Xiaoqing didn't care about those few pieces of meat, even she was so discriminated against, you can imagine what kind of treatment the rest of the people would have.
This was a few years ago, but it hasn't changed much now, even a few years later, the Hong Kong and Taiwan crews still discriminate against mainland employees, and from time to time some actors jump out and scold these grandsons for being snobbish.
Snobbery is not good at evaluating right and wrong, who is not a snob, the only thing you can do is to surpass them on your own, don't expect anyone to fight alongside you.
So after 20 years, this kind of thing is gone, because Hong Kong and Taiwan no longer have any crews, and they are almost zero.
However, the mainland film and television industry did not take over the Asian market because of their decline, and it has not been able to occupy it anyway for various reasons.
The later situation is actually a bit like the national football team, which has been eaten in China for nothing and fat, why rush out of the country and work hard, how tired.
Liu Bei didn't agree immediately, but asked, "What kind of movie is Director Su about to make?"
Su Changqing probably said that the virus is spreading, people are turning into zombies, and the Xiangjiang father and daughter hope to escape by taking the train to Foshan in the north, etc.
Liu Bei was very interested: "Are the male and female protagonists confirmed?"
Su Changqing knew that she wanted to recommend Wu Xiubo again, but she was just thinking about it, but now she can only decide: "The male protagonist is me, and I direct and act by myself." ”
I did it myself, out of the circle in all directions, and no one was worried about it.
Liu Bei was Wu Xiubo's fateful nobleman, and later simply made him his assistant and agent, the two were not sisters and brothers but sisters and brothers, and they finally became famous after ten years.
Wu Xiubo is currently at the peak of his appearance, tall and handsome, in fact, he is suitable for this film, but Su Changqing doesn't like his energy very much.
Liu Bei recommended him last time he filmed "Model Team", and later Hu Ji said that she and Xu Qing both knew this handsome guy, because the three of them were the deans of the Foreign Affairs University, and they didn't look up to see each other.
It is said that the children of the Beijing courtyard account for half of the film and television industry, I am afraid that it is less.
Su Changqing had a plan: "This film is a men's film, the female protagonist has nothing to do with the male protagonist, just a young pregnant woman riding in the car together, the role is not big, but she is the only adult who lives from beginning to end, if you accept to play a pregnant woman, I would like to invite you to star." ”
invited Hu Ji to play before, but at the age of twenty-two, she refused, Mu Mu is not suitable at all, Liu Bei is twenty-five years old this year, and playing a pregnant woman is in line with the national policy of late marriage and late childbearing.
Of course, this is an exchange of interests, you help me do things, and I let you gain fame and fortune.
In addition, as the heroine of the four-dimensional film, helping four-dimensional expand the overseas market is helping herself, which is the same as the situation of "Model Team".
When it comes to this, it almost means, Liu Bei understood that the two things were tied, and agreed together: "Since Director Su values me so much, of course I have to do my best, and I will start contacting Japan and South Korea from now on." ”
Saying that, she pulled Su Changqing up: "Let's go, in order to celebrate the cooperation again, let's find a place to get drunk." ”