When the vice president in charge of daily affairs of the director's studio explained the reason with a depressed look on his face, Wu Dong was really dumbfounded.
What the hell, what kind of nonsense is this?
It's really a troublesome thing. If it's not handled well, even Wu Dong will have a headache for a while.
At the beginning, he never thought that he would encounter such a thing.
It's not a big deal, just a little troublesome.
Didn't Starry Sky Director Studio have tried before to shoot a comedy film based on the classic stand-up comedy "Reverage in the Tiger's Mouth" by the famous cross talk master Jiang Kun?
As a result, the film was very popular after it was released, and it took in nearly 80 million at the box office, which is quite good.
Later, when the director's studio concluded, it felt that the publicity was still not enough, otherwise the box office performance should have doubled.
No exaggeration at all!
The classic cross talk "Reverage in the Tiger's Mouth" is a good memory for those born in the 1970s and 1980s?
In today's society, those born in the 1970s are the backbone, and those born in the 1980s have also become the mainstream of society.
If it is promoted properly, even if it is just about selling emotions, it can bring the box office to more than 100 million. I was a little more conservative before.
However, the audio and video copyright of this film is selling well, and it can continuously create profits in the unique paid channel of Starry Sky Film and Television Network.
It is conservatively estimated that the profit this film can bring to the director's studio will not be a problem, but it will take time to accumulate.
For a comedy film with a total cost of less than 10 million, the final total profit can reach 50 million, which is a huge profit no matter what.
After having a successful experience, the director's studio successively adapted classic stand-up comics with great stories.
They have been released one after another in the past two years, and all of them have received good box office returns.
At least, none of them lose money.
This time, other film and television companies rushed to follow suit.
At the same time, the cross talk masters who hold the copyright of classic talk talk suddenly become very popular.
Ahem, as we all know, although the cross talk circle is not big, there are a lot of grievances and entanglements within it.
Now that he has the opportunity to break out of the industry and make his name famous, he will naturally not miss the opportunity to publicize it.
However, there is no problem with self-promotion. Anyway, a lot of film and television companies are after them, and what they want is the film and television adaptation rights of their classic works.
But the problem is, I don’t know why, but the publicity and promotion has led to internal strife, and all kinds of shady and strange things against colleagues have emerged one after another.
This is nothing. When the Star Director Studio contacted some cross talk actors, they had no objection to selling the copyright, as long as Dayang paid in place, there was nothing to say about paying the normal market price.
However, for some unknown reason, they actually put forward some additional requirements.
It’s not an appeal for profit, but I hope that after the director’s studio adapts their cross talk works, they will ignore the cross talk works of so and so.
Just kidding, how could the director's studio agree to such a request?
The vice president in charge of the daily affairs of the director's studio was talking about this.
Wu Dong was naturally speechless. He didn't understand what those crosstalk actors were thinking.
Instead of taking the opportunity to expand the influence of cross talk and attract more audience support, instead of creating an either/or small circle?
Naturally, he would not agree to such a thing.
"Then there is no need to adapt the stand-up comedy for the time being. There are many classic skits in the Spring Festival Gala!"
Wu Dong said calmly: "Let's first get in touch with two teachers, Chen Xiaoer and Zhu Shimao. They have quite a few classic sketches in their hands, and many of them have the potential to be adapted for film and television!"
"There is also a lot of room for adaptation of Mrs. Zhao's sketches!"
"As for Northeastern Zhao, we are also trying to get in touch to see if we can win the rights to adapt several sketches that can easily be adapted into film and television dramas!"
To be honest, there are still a lot of classic sketches on the Spring Festival Gala stage, at least much more than cross talk.
As for why he adapted it for cross talk in the first place, the main reason is that the content of the cross talk adaptation is relatively simple and the scenes are not that complicated.
As far as "Reverhey in the Tiger's Mouth" is concerned, the biggest scene is the zoo.
The scenes of other cross talk stories are basically in a relatively small environment, so the cost of adapting and shooting is much lower.
As for sketches, the situation is a little different.
For example, the classic sketch "Protagonist and Supporting Actor" by Chen Xiaoer and Zhu Shimao involves a fight for the roles in the crew. At least a standard crew must be established, right?
With the crew as the core, and the surrounding environment expanded to include film and television cities, hotels, and filming locations, we have to create a funny-looking drama within a drama. No matter how we watch it, it will be troublesome.
Of course, once a sketch is adapted well, coupled with the quality and classicness of the sketch itself, it will easily become a hit.
Last year, Xu Guangtou's "On the Road" and another low-cost light comedy "Nightclub" were both successful. Is it possible that Sketch King's sketches are not as good as these two?
By the way, the starry sky director studio adapted classic stand-up comedy before, which made domestic comedy films less scarce.
Some actors with comedy talents have also gradually become popular.
Again, there is definitely a large audience for local high-quality comedies.
It's just that in the past, academic directors studied the New Wave, French literary theory and so on, and they didn't even bother to make commercial films, let alone comedies, which are the least popular among commercial films.
Otherwise, it would not be Feng Dapao's turn to wear the hat of the mainland comedy king.
For example, during the peak period of Hong Kong movies, the best-performing films at the box office were either family films or comedies.
It can be seen that the market for comedy films is quite broad.
Otherwise, how could a comedy with a strong 1980s style like "Reverage in the Tiger's Mouth" earn nearly 80 million at the box office?
Later, the box office results of some comedy films adapted from classic cross talk basically fluctuated between 50 million and 120 million?
At this time, although there were already many domestic films with a box office of over 100 million yuan, the number was still quite scarce.
And a comedy adapted from an old classic cross talk has the possibility of entering the 100 million yuan box office club. You can imagine the impact it will have on the film and television industry.
Some crosstalk actors and sketch actors have successfully established themselves in the film industry through comedy films produced by director studios.
Although he is not as good as those who are in the limelight, he is at least a second- and third-rate actor in the film and television industry, and his income is not bad in terms of the number of films he has made.
Therefore, in the current mainland film and television industry, there are quite a lot of comedians, and it is not just Xu Guangtou and Huang Bo who are leading the charge.
In fact, the skills of those veteran comedians are not bad at all.
For example, the one who played Sima Yi, Pan Hong, one of the Five Golden Flowers of the year, and the great masters in the sketch world, who's acting skills are worse?
The key is that these people with superb acting skills are not averse to acting in comedies. Of course, the script must satisfy them.
It just so happens that Starry Sky Director Studio doesn't even pay much attention to the director, but it pays special attention to the script, and it's hard to say that it strives for excellence.
According to what Wu Dong said when he founded the director's studio, as long as the script is excellent and the director is a little more reliable, the quality of the film will not be inferior.
As for the director being unreliable, isn’t that a joke?
What a rare opportunity it is for a director's studio like this to give opportunities to new directors, or directors who have never had the opportunity to direct a film?
If you don't cherish it, you won't need to be involved in the film and television industry in the future.
The current film and television industry has a love-hate relationship with Starry Sky Director Studio.
What I love is that with the rise of Star Director Studio, it soon became a leading domestic private film and television company, helping the film and television industry expand many film categories.
More importantly, the director's studio has continuously trained qualified commercial film directors, which has given other private film and television companies huge advantages.
There are several other first-class private film and television companies, but they simply do not have the courage or strength to put their hopes in new directors.
Therefore, at the beginning, they either spent a lot of money to firmly bind Feng Dapao, or they firmly tied themselves to the Hong Kong circle and became the spokesperson for the production and distribution of Hong Kong films in the mainland.
Or they would be cautious about investing in films by big directors and try to get a piece of the pie.
With their strength, they don’t have the courage to invest in new directors.
It's not like Starry Sky Director Studio, which directly employs new directors, and almost all of them have been successfully trained.
The most exaggerated thing is that Star Director Studio doesn't really care about these qualified commercial film directors it has trained, and allows them to be poached by other film and television companies.
As a result, the number of qualified directors who can shoot commercial films has increased, instead of just the few who were just spinning around, and the entire film and television industry has become lively.
The original established commercial directors felt threatened and pressured, and naturally they would not continue to take over. Naturally, the film and television companies benefited.
This is the place where mainland film and television companies are most satisfied with Starry Sky Director Studio.
What's deplorable is that Nima's Starry Sky Director Studio doesn't take directors seriously, nor does it care about the qualified directors it has trained. However, they have produced a huge number of movies and have almost never lost money.
This situation is quite deplorable.
Although the domestic film market is growing rapidly every year, the box office market is only so big. Star Director Studio eats too much, and other film and television companies naturally eat less.
But the problem is that Star Director Studio is not only the number one private film and television company in the mainland, but its own strength is no joke.
Although his home base is not in the capital, he has quite a lot of influence and support whether in the film bureau or the cultural propaganda department, so it is very difficult to target him.
What’s even more exaggerated is that the Xingkong Group behind it is even more powerful. If you want to target it, you are causing yourself trouble...