"I Am Not the God of Medicine" was successfully completed on June 6, but Li Qian couldn't be idle, and after resting for two days, he rushed to the company.

Now Li Qian is not only a director, but also the owner of a big company, even if he doesn't care much about the company, it's been more than two months, and he always wants to go and see it.

In the conference room, Du Yang and various executives of the company were already waiting.

"Good morning, everyone, it's been a hard time. ”

Li Qian walked into the conference room with a smile, but when he saw the thick pile of documents in front of everyone, he couldn't smile anymore.

"Director Li. Everyone hurriedly said.

Actually, it stands to reason that he should be called the boss, but Li Qian thinks it's too cheesy, and he doesn't care much about the company's affairs.

"How is it, how are the company's several projects prepared, and are there any new developments in each part?"

""Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" is almost ready, it is estimated that it will be ready to start filming next month, "The Adventures of Li Xianji" has some scenes from ancient times, the special effects company is modeling there, and the crew's exterior scenes have been found, and we and "The Legend of Lu Zhen" produced by Xiangnan TV are also about to start filming, the producer is Yu Zheng Studio, and they are experts in costume court dramas.

The film and television copyright of a total of eight parts of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series was finally packaged with 8 million, and our screenwriter still has no clue about the adaptation of "Celebrating More Than Years", this one is too long, nearly 4 million words, and I don't know where to start. ”

Du Yang briefly talked about the company's recent projects.

There hasn't been much progress, and Li Qian is not surprised, like himself, he can maintain a high frequency of one movie a year, except for the Xiangjiang film industry in the eighties and nineties, it is no longer possible.

Others are not standing on the shoulders of giants, and a film and television drama is not so easy to come out.

"Didn't Song Ge also talk to the other party before, and he gave up?" Li Qian asked curiously.

Speaking of this, Du Yang smiled, "He really wanted it, originally Shengda Literature planned to sell it separately, and sell four films in one family, but Song Ge had to report to Wanda headquarters for approval, and the process of large companies was particularly troublesome, and Wanda had no achievements in the film industry, so in the end I directly reported 8 million and won it." ”

Two months ago, Li Qian directly delegated power to Du Yang, no more than 10 million, and when it was added to 8 million, he also sent an email to Li Qian to report, obviously Li Qian didn't look at the mailbox.

Li Qian explained before, except for particularly important things to call, they can solve it themselves.

"It seems that Wang Jianlin is not so generous to take out one billion. Li Qian shook his head.

Wanda is menacing, claiming to have initially invested one billion yuan in film and television production, but this few million will have to go through such a troublesome procedure.

"What's more, Song Ge now pays for his own business trips, and he thinks Wanda's reimbursement process is too troublesome. Du Yang said with some amusement.

“...”

Not only Li Qian was speechless, but Zhong Lifang and Huang Yan all felt a little unbelievable.

The president of the dignified company, he has to pay for his own business trips.

Li Qian shook his head, stopped talking, and continued, """Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will slowly find a suitable director first, "Celebrating More Than Years", find a few more screenwriters who are good at costume tricks to adapt, and you can also let the original author participate, after all, I know my own works best,"

"How about Yu Zheng, he is best at costume themes. Du Yang suggested.

"He can't do it, the costume films he wrote are all about harem palace love, and the positioning of "Celebrating More Than Years" is a light comedy of costume power schemes, which is very different from harem dramas, and there are too many harem dramas being filmed now. Li Qian shook his head.

is close to four million words, where is it so easy to change, Zheng Xiaolong's original work of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" just finished filming is 1.5 million, and 70 episodes have been filmed.

Li Qian set a tone for the TV series, how to do it, who to find to do it, it is Du Yang's business.

"In addition, Mr. Huang and Mr. Zhang can start preparing for the announcement of "I Am Not the God of Medicine", the movie should be released at the end of July, get ready. ”

"July?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, although Li Qian completed the filming of the movie in early June, they never thought that Li Qian would be released at the end of July, which was not a good schedule.

"Director Li, it's too late at the end of July, there are less than sixty days left. ”

"Two months is enough, the two astronomical fields that came back have already sorted out the materials, a month of editing and post-production is enough, half a month of review, and a week before the release. ”

"But Director Li, "Transformers 3" will also be released in mid-July, and the second part sold more than 400 million in the first two years, and this time I am afraid it is going for one billion, after all, even "Kung Fu Panda 2" exceeded 50 million on the first day, and it was nearly 400 million in nine days. ”

Zhang Hao has some doubts, as the distribution director, he has a lot of treasures about the movies to be released in China in the next few months, and the most heavyweight movie in the summer file is undoubtedly "Transformers 3".

It sold 460 million two years ago, and with the fame and ticket price of this series, many people think that this will be another movie that will break one billion after "Avatar".

is enough to be called a phenomenal movie, Li Qian actually wants to arrange for it to be released together.

"Don't worry about this, the audience of the two does not conflict, and I have researched, in addition to "Transformers 3" in July, there will be three movies: "Martial Arts", "Harry Potter", and "Eavesdropping 2". Li Qian waved his hand.

The great director Chen Kexin, the smash hit Donnie Yen teamed up for "Martial Arts", the phenomenal Hong Kong film, the sequel to "Eavesdropping", which was called a rescue work by Xiangjiang Media, and the classic series of movies "Harry Potter", these three have become not enough to watch in Li Qian's mouth.

Everyone felt a little ridiculous in their hearts, each of these movies was very competitive.

But when I think about it, it doesn't seem to be wrong.

Li Qian's last movie sold 800 million, which is not a level at all.

The only doubt is that the film was produced in half a year, and it was a realistic theme, and it happened to encounter a popcorn commercial blockbuster of the level of "Transformers".

Li Qian could see that they all had doubts, but he didn't have time to say so much, so he waved his hand and said, "Go and prepare, there is no need to discuss, it will be released at the end of July, and there is still a month left in the summer file, which is enough." ”

After speaking, he left the conference room and went straight to the computer room.

Looking at the back of Li Qian's dashing departure, everyone smiled bitterly.

"Our Director Li is enough to delegate power, and it is completely a word, just do it, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Huang, Xuanfa has begun to prepare. Du Yang shook his head and smiled.

Come on, what else can I do?

It's not a big deal to make it in half a year, Li Qian has always been jokingly called a fast gunner by fans, and it's not unusual to hurry up.

As for the reality theme encountering a super popcorn blockbuster, Li Qian continues to create magic, and the last movie sold 800 million, I believe he will have the wisest idea.

To put it bluntly, Li Qian's past achievements are qualified to be empty-sighted, and it is a matter of course.

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For Li Qian, starting a company is only for his own film services, and everything else is secondary, so in terms of film business, everyone just does what he says, and there is no need to explain too much.

He has never worried about "I Am Not the God of Medicine", isn't this the kind of heavy reality movie, it will make people uncomfortable to watch, the first half is quite funny, and the second half is touching and will not be uncomfortable.

"Tangshan Earthquake" can sell nearly 700 million, except for the beginning and end, many plots in the middle are not particularly gripping, at least not as good as "I am not the God of Medicine".

If he is an unfamous director, he may be dusty, but the word Li Qian is enough to make everyone care about this movie.

Therefore, the only thing Li Qian has to do is to ensure the quality of the movie.

In the computer room, Li Qian and Wen Muye, before Wen Muye came to the film academy to study, he had filmed a lot of advertisements and MVs on realistic themes, and in the past two years, he has also filmed two short films of more than ten or twenty minutes "Jinlan Guiqin" and "Stone", which can be said to be realistic, witty, humorous, and touching.

"Got the material organized?"

Wen Muye got up and gave up his position to Li Qian and said, "It's okay, boss." ”

Li Qian nodded, looking at him with a tired face, and was arranged by Li Qian to sort out the materials before he finished the season.

"Go and rest for a few days. ”

"No boss. Wen Muno smiled innocently, "I want to learn about this kind of editing of multi-character dramas." ”

Shaking his head, Li Qian followed him, imported the materials into the software, spent a morning going through all the materials, and only started to work after eating at noon.

didn't cut it from the beginning, but first found a scene in the middle, put a few shots again, and preached to Wen Muye, "Multi-role dramas, like our play, several supporting roles are important characters, especially to avoid chaos in the plot and rhythm, to find the key point, the focus of each plot node, every scene, and even the focus of every shot, it is much easier to find that axis." ”

"I Am Not the God of Medicine" can be cut into a very realistic, very literary and artistic stream of life, something with a very strong texture, and it can also be cut out of the character conflicts and lines that Li Qian wants, and the emotions are all very full of a state, a real commercial movie.

Even, it is not impossible to cut a film in the style of Wang Jiawei.

The type determines that there are many possibilities, and we should also pay attention to the style.

However, standing on the shoulders of giants, Li Qian still has the kung fu to explain to Wen Muye, and digital film editing is much more convenient.

What is being cut is the scene of Cheng Yong and his group eating hot pot and breaking up, and several of them leaving one after another.

"The four people left one after another, and each of them left with a door, this is the first person, Huang Mao is gone, which is the clearest way to convey that door under the pretense of Cheng Yong's subjective perspective.

And then the second person is Liu Sihui leaving, this is not a separate shot, I chose a long shot, she got up from drinking, walked out of the door frame, and then the camera came back, we saw Pastor Liu stand up, the pastor said, "Lord bless you", and then until the movement of his hand, he also left, and I used one shot to explain the two people.

Li Qian skillfully operated the computer in his hand, and he still had time to explain.

"Why do I use one shot to overdo it? It's because we need to highlight more important performances, that is, we need to find the key points in every link, and there are two particularly big points in this scene, one is Huang Mao, and the other is Lu Benefit.

Therefore, Liu Sihui and Pastor Liu used a coherent long shot to show the departure of two people, without one person a short shot, otherwise the four people left with four short shots, which is very inappropriate compared to pure commercial films, and it drags the rhythm.

And then Lu Yingying's departure, instead of watching him go from Cheng Yong's point of view, the camera followed him, and all the previous scenes took place in a confined space, until Lu Yingying, why did I let the camera follow this character out of the Shenyou shop, instead of using a close-up shot of the store?"

"I don't quite understand. Fumimuno shook his head.

It stands to reason that Cheng Yong should be guilty at this time, because he made enough money and wanted to wash his hands, so he pushed the patient to Zhang Changlin, a counterfeit drug dealer.

Although Cheng Yong deceived himself and said that Zhang Changlin got his channel and could go to him to buy medicine in the future, as a businessman, he could not know that Zhang Changlin would definitely not sell it so cheaply as him.

Ineffective counterfeit drugs are sold for 3,000 yuan, and the truly effective drugs may be sold for as much as possible.

Therefore, according to Wen Muye's understanding, it is most appropriate to end with a close-up of Cheng Yong's face of shame at this time.

Li Qian smiled, "Editing is a technical job, each scene must be stripped out and considered separately, but also think of its meaning in a whole.

This is a very impactful point, on the camera, we followed Lu Yingfu to leave, and saw Lu Yingfu disappear into the camera, at this time the camera returned to the Shenyou store, and saw Cheng Yong being compressed in a small space.

Everyone left, and then he was covered by the glass door frame, by the decorated text, by the smoke from the hot pot on the table, everything, as if he was buried in the camera.

This kind of shot is helping the character's emotional expression, helping the movie convey emotions, when the audience watches, what can be felt invisibly, the impact of the image is not something that can be said in words, it is an intangible feeling thing, so you can't see it in the script, you need to edit it intuitively with your eyes. ”

Wen Muye is not stupid, he suddenly said, "Cheng Yong is locked in a closed space, which also symbolizes a prison, in order to escape the threat of the law, he put himself in an inner prison, flooded by smoke, and it also indicates that although he does not smuggle and sell counterfeit drugs, he can be above board, but his heart is in the dark." ”

"Almost, you can understand it no matter how you understand it, the meaning is there, and come out with Lu Yingying, feel his despair, after all, he will die soon. ”

Li Qian then said, "But later, the camera still has to return to the room, that big close-up, that is a scene where he smokes and seems to be crying again, such a gloomy and sad shot."

Why do you want to come back? It's because at this time, I hope that the audience will clearly perceive his sadness, his helplessness, and all the emotions of the characters in that shadow, and the audience will also feel it, knowing his helplessness, and also laying a nail for the resale of medicine in the future. ”

"The editing of a feature film is the most difficult, there are so many deep meanings in one shot. Wen Muye sighed.

"It's two-way, it's both simple and difficult, simple in the simple editing technology, difficult in the understanding and control of movies and lenses, after all, feature films are story-based, unlike other themes. Li Qian shook his head.

The first digital editing was simple and fast, and while cutting, he encountered some important shots, and Li Qian would also explain to Wen Muye.

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Until the afternoon of the 11th, Li Qian spent nearly four days completing the rough cut of "I Am Not the God of Medicine".

In the evening, the Magic City International Film Festival opened, and Li Qian also took a night to go.

Go to the opening ceremony, a matter of a few hours, go in the afternoon, come back late at night, and do not delay things.

It is also to give face to optoelectronics, they want to make the Magic Capital International Film Festival, the only international A-class film festival in China, bigger and stronger, expand their influence, and go to the world.

When I arrived at the Magic City Grand Theater, the scene was very lively, there were many big-name directors in the red carpet waiting area, Wu Yusen, Cheng Kaige, Ma Xiaogang all came to join in the fun, and even Li An, who was filming the new film "Youth Pi", came.

is also a director, Li Qian and they are not familiar with each other, and it can even be said that they don't know each other at all, this industry is like this, many people don't see each other once in a few years.

The only one I know is Ma Xiaogang, an old acquaintance, Li Qian walked forward with a smile, after all, they are old-timers.

"Director Cheng, Director Li, Director Wu, hello. ”

After saying hello to the three of them, Li Qian looked at Ma Xiaogang with a smile again, "Director Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm in a good mood." ”