The post-production filming of "New Three Kingdoms" encountered controversy.
"With an investment of 160 million, you said you might add more; but it turned out that you expected to finish filming 80 episodes. The original work of "Three Kingdoms" has 120 episodes!" "...80 episodes, we don't know how much we can sell it; just follow the instructions
The most expensive movie currently sold, "Enter Guandong", has 52 episodes and costs 1.2 million per episode. How much has it sold in total..." The speaker was Yang Ming, the producer of "New Three Kingdoms".
Yang Ming himself is also the largest investor in "New Three Kingdoms" and the representative of Huace Film and Television. According to the investment, Huace has 35% of the voting rights in "New Three Kingdoms".
However, director Takagi is relatively strong and has been in the industry for many years. He brought his own book to attract investment. The bottom line condition of the contract at that time was that he had veto power over the main actors.
The main actors are Liu Guan, Zhang Shi, Cao Liusun, Liang Yu, Lu Bu, Xia Hou, Sima Jia; Jiang Wei?
What level are you, Jiang Wei, and can you be called a main character?
Yang Ming picked up the flip-top Motorola. The brand was exactly the same as Yan Shouyi in "Mobile Phone". Yang Ming couldn't find the calculator function and was about to find other tools. The niche behind him, Ye Peng, interrupted:
"Producer Yang, the total is 62.4 million."
Ye Peng opened his palm, with the white side, showing the results calculated with a signature pen.
What an unparalleled wisdom!
If he were smarter, would he still be able to solve equations? That would be amazing!
Ye Peng is the actor who plays Jiang Wei, and his agency is affiliated with Huace Film and Television, so he is half a direct descendant. In fact, today the producer and Takagi are fighting over whether Jiang Wei will represent the plot of Hou Shu.
Take more pictures.
If you take more photos, Ye Peng will naturally pick them up.
Generally, there are several ways to extend the number of episodes. One is to directly use water, water scenery, water discussion, water information... A large number of plots that have nothing to do with the main line can be applied to almost any literary and artistic work, and sometimes they can even win a title with good details.
; The second is overly detailed and indiscriminate editing. Many scenes were shot with two or three groups of lenses at the same time, taking different angles. Generally, only the group with the best effect is used. If they are all used, it will naturally be extended several times.
Time; three is what Yang Ming requires now, the dog's tail continues the mink.
For example, a certain number is one, a certain number is two, a certain number is three...it is really endless.
However, for a director who is still at the peak of his creative life and has not exhausted his talents, this move is quite damaging to his character.
Director Takagi - who has a very long beard - is not beautiful. He habitually pulls his beard and says: "What's the use of extending the number of episodes to sell money? You are not the only one who wants to sell to China Central Television
The copyright needs to be sold in two or three rounds, and now it is affordable on the Internet. Eighty episodes are not enough for you to sell?"
"How is it enough? 160 million, how do you think it is enough?"
Yang Ming became excited, "I asked you to go to Xiangshan Film and Television City to film, but you don't want to go. You said the facilities in Hengdian are better, so I'm willing to do it. If you want to repair Shizi Wei Palace, I'll help you with real money. Nine
It cost more than a million, and you only had to shoot a few times. I thought you wanted to shoot more of the post-production plot. The actors you hired were all big names, and there was no salary cut. I gave them the maximum salary. Even the dubbing was done by top-notch people. The old "
The original cast member of "Three Kingdoms"; I helped you persuade other investors not to divest their capital, and helped you draw the pie...I helped you like this, but you didn't help me?"
Yang Ming almost cried when he said it.
The bearded Gao Mu and Yang Lin knew each other. In 2002, they collaborated for the first time in the judicial drama "Hua Fei Hua". At that time, Gao Lin, who was just starting out, couldn't get investment, so he begged all his friends, and finally worked as an assistant producer at a Beijing studio.
The tall Yang Ming lends a helping hand.
At that time, Shangfeng did not ban judicial dramas, and this type of film was popular with the public. The TV drama king was also invited, Chen Baoguo. Now, he can be called an artist.
The script is also very daring, and the opening scene is about the deputy mayor's child being smuggled.
How exciting this is. Full of dramatic effects.
As a result, investment increased dramatically. Factory Director Yang was in trouble.
As a result, Shangfeng suddenly tightened the filming of judicial dramas, and was not allowed to be released for a while. The film was sold repeatedly but could not be sold at a high price. This was a shocking attack, and the Beijing studio collapsed.
Deputy director Yang Ming lost his job and had to step out of his comfort zone to work alone and taste the bitterness of flexible employment. After that, it was difficult to get ahead, and he collaborated in several films, such as "The Wrong Ride", "Happiness is Like a Flower", "Sweet Honey"
》...The investment is properly controlled, and the actors are also recruited young actors who are on the rise.
I feel numb.
Until "New Three Kingdoms", by this time Takagi had become a leading small-screen director in China. He gradually became more and more monomaniacal, arrogant and intolerant of others' opinions. The investment of 160 million, the largest small-screen investment in history, reminded Yang Ming.
He has lost his past and capsized in the gutter.
A lot of filming has been done, and by the mid-term, 80 episodes are expected, and there won’t be much difference. As a producer, Yang Ming often goes to the set to supervise. In the past year or so, he has not even contacted his eldest wife, his second wife, and his third wife.
My wife can't even take care of me.
It should be said that these successful and famous bosses still have a basic level of appreciation.
The quality of "New Three Kingdoms" has not been released yet, but Yang Ming feels that something is not quite right about this film.
Although everything is top-notch, but damn, it just doesn’t look good.
In what way is it better than the old "Three Kingdoms"?
So, what about the crazy number of additional episodes when the price of a single episode is likely to be unsaleable later?
Yang Ming brought along Jiang Wei's actor Ye Peng - this is also a ninth-rate unknown actor in China, but at least he is a member of Huace's family, and his pay is particularly small.
Each of the three bosses in the drama was paid more than 140,000 yuan for a single episode. As for Ye Peng, his appeal is naturally far less than that of the leading actor, but his salary was only 12,000 yuan, and he only had 12 episodes.
If a producer wants to recommend an unknown actor and doesn't know how to show off, he can think about it from the perspective of cost-effectiveness; just like when a leader promotes a crony who has nothing to offer, he has to start from factors such as personality.
The three of them were in a private room in the garden. Outside the private room were other investors who were about to come, as well as the leading figures of the crew. They were greeting each other and did not disturb the two kings and the three for the time being.
Director Takagi was a little hesitant. The actor Ye Peng is very smart. Compared with some actors who have not graduated from elementary school, he can calculate double-digit multiplication with pen, which is more in line with Jiang Wei's character.
However.
The seat under Takagi's butt is made of pear blossom wood from the Ming Dynasty. The table where they drink tea is made of pear blossom wood from the Ming Dynasty. The nondescript boxes and cabinets placed in the box are purely useless eye-catching ornaments and are also from the Ming Dynasty.
, the genuine pear wood that supports the quality of the private room.
——"Wei's appearance is very majestic, and there are many civil servants and generals in Shu who are handsome, and no one can surpass Jiang Wei."
Since you want to be the protagonist, you must have the nobility that a protagonist should have.
This is a truth that even wood knows.
He said to his old friend Producer Yang, "I still want to think about it again."
Ye Peng withdrew his slap and was checking the calculations. He felt that he had gotten the chance tactfully. He bowed deeply and said: "Teacher Yang, Teacher Gao, and the old dubbing teacher from "Three Kingdoms" should be here. I will pick them up...
…”
"I heard that there are some friends who are here to dub the voice. I will play with them first."
Ye Peng tentatively said that every word he spoke was waiting for Director Takagi to interrupt cruelly, but there was no one.