Chapter 840 Chapter 140 The Temptation of Money

This can be regarded as a small tear.

Qin Wei is the art director of Huafei Film and Television. Whether Wei Fuzhi or Gu Shidao, they are all his direct descendants, and they all hold positions in Huafei Film and Television. Ming Xiaojing is his disciple. Film and television naturally came closer, and the first film she directed was co-produced by Hua Fei Film and Minghu Culture, and they both took out the best of each to set up an airs for Ming Xiaojing. Even Minghu Culture paid a lot of money.

Such a period of time, of course, also includes the special effects work of Liu Chengzhang's giant "Sword Immortal" undertaken by Minghu Culture. It can be regarded as a new rising force in the domestic film and television industry. A honeymoon period.

Then, now it's completely broken.

Zhu Qiang didn't come forward, but after getting Li Qian's approval, he arranged for his agent to formally inform the other side that night: Since Minghu Culture has no investment, it happens that his schedule is relatively full, so I'm sorry, please Find someone!

On that day, the other party didn't give any reply, and they didn't know what Ming Xiaojing and his wife had experienced. Anyway, on the second day, the answer from there still came, agreeing to withdraw from the show. The remuneration agreed in the original contract, combined with the proportion of the total number of shots that have been filmed, within seven days, they will settle Zhu Qiang's remuneration in the previous stage, and settle the amount.

Well, this is probably Kang Xiaolou's idea.

It's easy to talk and loose.

But they didn't seem to understand, even Kang Xiaolou didn't seem to fully understand what kind of things the two of them were involved in this time, and what the choices they made represented.

And all of this, in the future, they will spend a few years to slowly experience it.

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Taking advantage of the fact that there were still a few days before the opening of the World Cup, Li Qian took the time to run out for three days.

The first stop was to go to the crew of "Once Upon a Time in Huang: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant".

Although the director has become Zhao He, Li Qian is still the first producer and producer. He is assured of Zhao He's director skills, otherwise he would not choose to hand it over to him, but for this film, he I don't dare to rest assured. Since I can spare time to come here at this time, of course it is better to come and have a look.

Arrived the day before, and stayed on the set all day the next day.

Zhao He's command is determined, and he also has his own unique style and requirements when shooting things, especially when he ran to watch a few pieces of material that had been shot the night before, Li Qian was roughly relieved.

Although Qin Wei's "The Gate of Life and Death" was obviously higher at the box office when it was released, but by now, everyone has already gone offline in China, and the reputation of "Huang Feihong" is still higher than that of "The Gate of Life and Death" A lot of it - before it went offline, many people complained about the box office of "Once Upon a Time".

What's more, even if it has been impacted and influenced by "The Gate of Life and Death", in fact, the box office of "Huang Feihong" itself is already top-notch-it's just that there is "The Gate of Life and Death" in the same period, so it seems to be covered. The light is suppressed, and it doesn't appear to be so dazzling.

The sequel of such a movie is almost naturally top-level attention.

The script was written by Li Qian himself, and the screenwriter team of Minghu Culture also helped to add a lot of details, and then Li Qian reviewed the draft several times before finally finalizing it. There must be no problem in this aspect. As for the director, Li Qian is not afraid that Zhao He has his own style, but he is afraid that he will have no style. After all, after taking over such an important film, in the face of the brilliance of the first film, most people will inevitably feel a little bit hesitant.

The story is there, it must be a continuation of the main line of the first film, but if the director does not have his own ideas and express appeals when making a movie, then only a dry story will be left after the filming ——Maybe it doesn’t show much at the beginning, and maybe it will be praised as a continuation of the style of the previous one, but in fact, in the long run, works without style will lose points for the entire series.

And being able to make a sequel with its own style within the established story framework is a kind of expansion and expansion for the entire series-a plus!

Examples of success and failure in this regard abound.

But fortunately, Zhao He still seems to have his own ideas - after all, he is a mature director who has been in the film industry for twenty years.

After staying for a day, I sat down with the main creative staff of the crew and a group of important actors to eat, drink and chat with each other in the evening——to visit the set, of course I have to bring some benefits.

Then that night, when I got back to the hotel, Lu Lingxi came to ask questions, so there was a teaching activity that lasted for more than an hour.

Lu Lingxi is very popular now, super red!

Although in "Once Upon a Time", she was just a big vase, but this vase is so beautiful and beautiful, so with the box office hit of "Once Upon a Time", she is now a big vase loved by audiences all over the country.

The second part started filming, and of course she continued to be the heroine.

But in fact, for her, being an actress is an expedient measure, and there is no solution. Whether it is herself or Li Qian, the final positioning of her is actually a director.

Therefore, even though she is still an actress, she always puts herself in one place, whether it is the observation of the set during filming, or the completion of the film after the film is released, the publicity techniques, and even the collection of word-of-mouth feedback. The position of the director is considered.

You know, she was the head of the photography department of Shuncheon Film Academy before, and in terms of her background and position, she was naturally unmatched by other directors with ordinary backgrounds.

However, the development and current situation of the domestic film market in the past year has confused her a lot.

At this time, there were only two people in the room. Although her words were not harsh, she could definitely express her feelings in a relaxed manner. For example, she asked straight to the point: "The story of "The Gate of Life and Death" is so ordinary, even in my opinion, it is a little Old-fashioned, why is his box office so high?"

I still remember that she asked a similar question last year. That time she asked, "The story of "Sword Fairy" is so bad, is it worth such a high box office just because of the special effects shots?"

Li Qian still remembers how he answered at that time. He said at the time: "Now is the stage when the special effects are very fresh. Indeed, there will be many audiences who are willing to buy tickets just for the special effects. But the box office of "Sword Immortal" is in the later stage The collapse of the movie has fully demonstrated that the story is the basis of the movie."

"In the future, special effects have become a must for many movies. Although special effects are still a very important aspect of movies, good special effects can still boost the box office, but special effects, this kind of film industry The development and upgrade of the movie can never replace the core of the movie, which is the story."

"No matter how good the special effects are, they are only used to truly reproduce the scene in the director's mind. It is one of the means to tell the story well and make it difficult to tell the truth from the fake. In theory, it is the same as the actor's makeup. It is of the same nature as we used to make some props specially when we were making movies.”

"Of course, the visual effect brought by special effects is the general direction of the future development of movies and even TV dramas. This is beyond doubt. Therefore, when we make movies, we must respect the core position of the story, but we should definitely not blindly resist it. special effects!"

At that time, Lu Lingxi looked thoughtful.

But this time, facing her question, Li Qian replied: ""The Gate of Life and Death" is not selling a story in the first place! It is selling Qin Wei's word-of-mouth accumulated over so many years and so many movies."

Speaking of this, Li Qian smiled and said: "It's like a well-known lady from a great family, who is famous for her talent and appearance, and suddenly one day, she announced that she would sell herself to receive customers, and then, of course, there are so many whores. ! Her first night, and even the first few nights, were quite expensive! But what everyone is prostitution is not just her, but her reputation, and the desire she has had for many years in her heart."

"So, it's normal for Qin Wei's first blockbuster to be very popular."

"But this kind of sensational effect will be weaker after one use. When his next movie is released, you can look at the box office again to see if I'm right."

Lu Lingxi smiled at first, and rolled her eyes at Li Qian.

The whole country would compare Qin Wei's filming of a commercial blockbuster to a lady who announced that she would pick up clients and sell herself. Li Qian was probably the first one, maybe even the only one.

It's just that Lu Lingxi has been observing and thinking deeply about the domestic film market and film industry for the past few years. In addition to her previous coaching experience, she is naturally an insider. Therefore, it is unlikely that Li Qian's words will come out. It sounds good, but if you think about it carefully, the words are not rough.

Of course, although Li Qian was serious when he said this, Lu Lingxi still had a feeling of "I seem to have been molested".

After being silent for a long time without speaking, at the end, she asked again: "Then I became popular because of the movie. I will become a director in the future and make movies or TV dramas. I will get a lot of attention at the beginning, right?"

Li Qian nodded, "Of course! Celebrity directors, beautiful directors, any one of them is a bonus item in publicity, and it is easy to arouse everyone's attention and interest, but you have both."

Lu Lingxi nodded, and asked again: "Then if my first film is not good..."

Li Qian laughed and nodded, "Yes! The attention of the first film will be relatively high, but in the end it will be the quality of the film itself that will last. It will continue to increase in value, otherwise, like "The Gate of Life and Death", the story is not good, and it is purely based on fame to sell money, and when the next film comes out, he will taste the bitter fruit."

"In short, he underestimated the audience."

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After a deep chat, Lu Lingxi left.

But Li Qian still didn't choose to rest, but went out and knocked on Zhong Yuanfu's door.

Yes, it wasn't the "Huang Feihong" Zhou Baoshan who is now very popular, but his senior brother, the big fat Zhong Yuanfu - this guy, in Li Qian's opinion, is very interesting.

Smart, but simple enough.

Such people are generally lucky.

As for Li Qian, from the beginning of filming "Once Upon a Time", he showed a kind of value and concern that is different from ordinary people. At this time, there is not much time to find someone to visit, and he is more willing to come and chat with him.

Of course, after the two chatted for a short time, Li Qian just had time to ask him about his recent status. Zhou Baoshan, who lived next door to him, seemed to have heard the movement, and quickly ran over to knock on the door.

After caring about the recent performance and life of the two seniors, and answering a few of their questions, they chatted happily, and then Li Qian got up and went back to the house.

Now that Zhou Baoshan is already a big star, there is actually nothing much to care about. The so-called care is actually more about getting closer to each other.

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The next morning, before six o'clock, Li Qian set off to catch the plane and went straight to the second film crew.

The third part of "Princess Returning the Pearl" by Miss Sun Yuting.

Among Li Qian's classmates at the Film Academy, there were more than a dozen people who entered Minghu Culture after graduation, and Sun Yuting was the first to make it through.

And, she only had it for two years.

In the summer of 2000, just after graduating, she started filming with Li Qian. At that time, she served as the director assistant and director of the crew of "My Sassy Girlfriend", then the production assistant and director assistant of "Princess Returning the Pearl", and then "Huang Feihong", "Red Sorghum", until Han Shunzhang was in charge of directing the second part of "Princess Returning the Pearl" a few days ago, she became the assistant director and one of the producers.

Up to now, after taking over the team and foundation that Han Shunzhang left for her, she climbed up again and began to direct her first work in life.

The first two scripts of "Princess Returning the Pearl" were written by Li Qian himself, but when it came to the third one, he felt that the plot of the original work was too bad, so he just re-wrote the outline to clarify the main line. The specific details are handed over to the screenwriter team of Minghu Culture, and he is responsible for the final review.

In terms of quality... How should I put it, anyway, in Li Qian’s opinion, whether he wrote the main line outline by himself, or whether the screenwriters collaborated to write those details, it must be much better than Aunt Qiong Yao’s original third part up.

Because with the original third version of the story... it is not easy to want to be worse!

It was Sun Yuting's first time as a director, and she worked very hard.

She was originally a girl with ideas, temperament and drive. She was a girl who had no chance but had to create opportunities to do something to realize her ideals. Moreover, the previous two years of honing in various crews, although the time was not long, was important to her. For a girl who is extremely smart, it is enough.

In addition, whether it is the main actors or the important members of the crew, they are all their own people who have been cultivated by Minghu Culture for many years, and there are even seven or eight people who graduated together at the same time. Sun Yuting had been working as an assistant director in this crew for a few months, and now she just took over the work in an all-round way. Therefore, the crew is directing like a finger.

I also only stayed here for one day, and took out more than an hour to walk outside the hotel where the crew stayed with Sun Yuting for more than an hour. Sun Yuting expressed her confusion one by one, and Li Qian One by one with their own experience to answer.

Well, this is Li Qian's second teaching activity during this trip.

Of course, several newly joined actors in the third part also got to know and get to know each other one by one.

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Wake up early the next morning, catch a plane again, and return to Shuntian Mansion.

It turned out to be a coincidence that He Yingyu had just participated in a promotion of "Plan B" in Xi'an Mansion, and also caught the morning plane to return to Shuntian Mansion for a two-day rest, and landed half an hour behind Li Qian.

So, Li Qian took someone to wait for her at the airport for half an hour, and then took the whole car back.

After a brief chat in the car, He Yingyu wrinkled her nose and said, "Old Zheng is in a hurry!"

Li Qian smiled, "Normal!"

In fact, since "Plan B" was released on May 25, its word-of-mouth and box office performance have not been bad. As far as he himself is concerned, it is already quite a breakthrough.

Just, how should I put it?

This year's movie market seems a little too hot. "The Gate of Life and Death" and "Once Upon a Time" are big hits. Domestic films have shown an unprecedented momentum. Therefore, for a traditional superstar like Zheng Zhongyuan, it is only a small improvement. The box office is a bit unsatisfactory.

Yes, it is absolutely no problem to break through 100 million, and 150 million is not a big problem, but the problem is that people are already hundreds of millions! And when they were still selling tens of millions of box office, before they even made their debut, I already had a box office of more than 100 million - when I think about it, how can I be reconciled?

So, as He Yingyu said, Zheng Zhongyuan was a little anxious.

But for things like movie box office, the promotion and distribution capabilities after the release are extremely important, but the quality of the film itself is fundamental, and even when it comes to promotion and distribution, it requires a series of business plans and plans , it doesn't mean that once you are in a hurry and show up more, it will be effective!

Of course, the film market in the whole country has changed from being closed and purely literary-oriented in the past to a full-scale commercialization. It is almost inevitable to go through a period of anxiety-not only Zheng Zhongyuan, in fact, almost all domestic films are now All filmmakers are anxious.

It was as if everyone had clearly seen the piles of money lying there, but he just couldn’t pick it out—this kind of collective anxiety, Li Qian had seen and experienced it in his previous life, but I don't think there is anything strange and incomprehensible at all.

For example, with the box office explosion of "The Gate of Life and Death" and "Once Upon a Time", even Zhao Mei CD, who has always been firmly guarding the Lunar New Year comedy, couldn't help but feel excited.

It is said that his box office is not low, and his Lunar New Year comedies do not see any obvious decline, but he still decided to start filming "commercial giants" next.

It is exactly the same as Feng Xiaogang's choice in another time and space!

To put it bluntly, the temptation of money is infinite!

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