1297: If you don’t accept the good intentions, they will attack in groups!
February 2, 2008.
A press conference was held for the film "Shendu: Youth Journey", co-produced by Liansheng and Tianjiao and written by Wen Ying.
The film stars Yun Chen as the heroine. The heroine was not Li Mengjiao, who is also a talented artist, but Xu Mei from Jiaxin was chosen!
Mr. Zhang personally serves as the producer.
At the press conference, in order to show his attitude of focusing on good stories, Mr. Zhang did not shy away from saying that the script alone cost 5 million yuan for this movie. The reporters present were in an uproar.
"Five million to buy the script?"
“Isn’t this too expensive?”
"Is the total investment in the movie very high?"
Mr. Zhang said that the budget of the movie was 60 million, and the reporters were shocked: "Only a production budget of 60 million?"
60 million yuan to shoot a movie is not a low budget.
But out of 60 million, 5 million have already been spent on scripts, so wouldn’t there be only 55 million left?
What kind of script can be worth 5 million!
Even if the screenwriter who wrote the script was a 'fish against the current', how could she have the confidence to offer such a high price?
Let’s take a look at the film’s cast. Yun Chen and Xu Mei play the leading roles, and Zhang Yangning plays the supporting female role.
There are a few familiar veterans in the supporting cast, but none of them have much box office appeal.
Good guy, "Fish Against the Current" has never written a movie script, and Yun Chen and Xu Mei have no experience in taking leading roles in movies. This "Shendu: Youth Journey" is completely aimed at harvesting the box office of fans, right?
A reporter chased Wen Ying and asked her what it was like to ask for 5 million for a script.
Wen Ying thought for a while and answered seriously: "This quotation can make every screenwriter's thoughts well up."
Well, this answer is really too practical.
Because of similar themes and similar schedules, "Shendu: Youth Journey" will inevitably be compared with the movie "Huanyu" was officially announced.
Different from the young and unfamiliar creators of "Shendu: Youth Journey" in the film industry, "Huanyu" was officially announced a few days ago. The male protagonist is a movie king, and the female protagonist hired a movie star who has been in the limelight in the past two years.
Later, the director is also a well-known director, and the screenwriter is an old partner who has worked with the director for many years.
With such a luxurious lineup, coupled with the budget of hundreds of millions announced by "Huanyu", if the two movies are released in the same schedule, the audience will definitely choose the "Huanyu" one!
"Normal viewers will choose the movie 'Huanyu', and there may be many fans of 'Shendu: Youth Journey' who will pay for it."
Yun Chen became popular after filming an idol drama and has female fans everywhere.
Xu Mei's ups and downs in the entertainment industry are legendary in themselves, and she also has a group of die-hard fans.
Not to mention Wen Ying, a best-selling author and a popular blogger, the number of readers who are willing to spend money for her may not be less than the number of fans of celebrities!
"So, buying the script for 5 million is not buying the story itself, but buying her popularity..."
Some smart people deduced Mr. Zhang’s intentions.
Yuan Fenghui asked Wen Ying what she thought, but Wen Ying didn't care: "It doesn't matter what you think about your performance. No matter why Mr. Zhang was willing to spend 5 million to buy my script in the first place, the fact is that my script was sold at such a high price.
If "Shendu: Boy's Journey" is recognized by the audience after its release, I will have done something for my colleagues."
Wen Ying feels that she is pushing the industry to pay attention to "content creation", but her peers don't think so.
The screenwriters who were used to being squeezed by the capitalists did not support Wen Ying or take the opportunity to raise prices. Instead, they stood on the opposite side and angrily criticized Wen Ying.
They scolded Wenying for wasting the film's budget.
They believe that Wen Ying is not a pure screenwriter. She comes to the screenwriting industry to disrupt the market under the title of best-selling author and popular blogger!
Before the press conference of "Shendu · Youth Journey", the "Second Writers Rich List" was announced, and Wen Ying ranked first with a royalty income of 15.5 million!
Last year, she ranked third with a royalty of 15.5 million, and this year she has jumped to first place!
This data is not completely accurate, but it is relatively close to Wen Ying's royalties income for the entire year of 2007.
The two books published earlier are still making money for Wen Ying, and "Xun Yong", which was only published in 2007, has contributed a lot to Wen Ying's annual royalties.
"Xun Yong" was released in February 2007. As of January 31, 2008, Ding Chao's statistics show that "Xun Yong" has sold 2.05 million copies - 2 million copies is an important watershed, which means that Yuan Feng
Hui was finally able to get the agent's draw from Wen Ying!
Just the book "Xunyong" alone added 11 million yuan in royalties to Wen Ying. Together with "Young Idol" and "Galaxy and You", Wen Ying's royalties for the whole year definitely exceeded 15.5 million.
The "Second Writers Rich List" still estimated Wen Ying's royalty income very conservatively.
This "Writer Rich List" is exciting enough.
Within two days, it was revealed that Wen Ying was quoted 5 million for a movie script, which made some people jealous.
Wen Ying had expected that there would be a storm of public opinion, but she didn't expect it to be so violent.
She was somewhat confused: "I took a good lead for my colleagues, telling them that stories are the core and creations are valuable, and I tried to improve everyone's treatment. Why did they work together to scold me?"
If you want to scold me, you should wait until "Shendu·Youngxing" is released and hits the box office before criticizing!
Of course Xie Qian knew the reason.
Wen Ying dared to quote 5 million because Wen Ying had the confidence.
Anyway, it’s a customized script. Mr. Zhang took the initiative to come to the door. If he doesn’t accept the offer, he won’t cooperate.
Wen Ying has an annual royalty income of tens of millions.
There are dividends from Tianjiao shareholders.
He also made profits in the stock market and was able to invest 20 million in "Youni Group Buying".
Not taking Mr. Zhang’s job will not affect Wen Ying’s quality of life at all!
Other screenwriters are different.
Professional screenwriters may not be able to sell a script in a year.
It's okay to have other jobs and income besides screenwriting. If you are a full-time screenwriter, you may be counting on selling your scripts to support your family... The screenwriter feels that his script is worth 1 million, and the film and television company is only willing to pay 500,000 or even less. The screenwriter has no
The other option is to surrender.
Those seniors who have been working in the screenwriting industry for many years will feel uncomfortable when they suddenly hear that a junior like Wen Ying can sell 5 million movie scripts.
But this discomfort should not be the reason why these people attacked Wen Ying uniformly!
Xie Qian hit the nail on the head: "If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. I suspect Ran Keqing is behind it."
Xie Qian didn't want to mention the name "Ran Keqing" at all.
But with Wen Ying's intelligence, how could he not guess this?
Thinking of the poached eggs that Wen Ying had poked before, Xie Qian vaguely felt that it would be better for him to take the initiative to point this out.
Wen Ying snorted softly as expected: "Miss Ran is not only targeting me. She has caused such a storm of public opinion. She mainly wants to lower the public's expectations for the movie "Shendu: Youth Journey"."
The script is not worth 5 million.
Harvest fans.
Wen Ying used her fame to embezzle the film's budget.
Fellow screenwriters were dissatisfied with Wen Ying.
With these news flying all over the world, neutral viewers will feel disgusted with "Shendu: Youth Journey".
Before the movie was released, its reputation was ruined. This was the result Ran Keqing wanted.
‘Huanyu’ is indeed the industry leader and has rich experience in guiding public opinion.
Mr. Zhang was really angry and called Mr. Ran himself.
As for movies, everyone makes their own movies, and everyone can show off their talents when they are announced in the future. There is no need to trample "Shendu·Youngxing" to death!
Mr. Ran was very polite on the phone and told Mr. Zhang sincerely that we were all old friends for many years and Huanyu would not treat Liansheng like this.
"There is probably some misunderstanding in this. Lao Zhang, that kid Ke Qing is not targeting you, you are being harmed by Chi Yu!"
Mr. Ran knew that his daughter's behavior was not grand, but Mr. Ran did not intend to let his daughter change.
Why change?
From Mr. Ran’s point of view, it’s really unjustifiable that his career has reached the top of the industry, yet his daughter should be angered by a small writer!
Mr. Zhang felt uncomfortable, but his tone was still very polite: "But Liansheng has already started this project. I will be attacked by Xiaoqing when I start shooting, and I will lose money if I quit..."
Mr. Ran smiled: "Lao Zhang, what are you talking about? How can anyone make money with every investment?"
——If you lose, you have to admit your defeat!
Mr. Zhang almost had a heart attack on the spot.
What kind of friend is this?
The Ran family's father and daughter were unkind, so don't blame Mr. Zhang for being unjust.
Tianjiao and Liansheng held several meetings, and Mr. Zhang was full of gunpowder. He kept talking about one core idea: "Shendu: Youth Journey" must suppress the "Huanyu" movie!
"That girl Ran Keqing, thinks she will be invincible after drinking foreign ink for two years? When I was working in this industry, she didn't even lose her fetal hair!"
Mr. Zhang scolded Ran Keqing like this in front of Wen Ying and others.
It would be a year before the two films were released, and the battle for promotion began at this time.
Ran Keqing took the lead, and "Shendu: Youth's Journey" is not without a chance of winning. Wen Ying, Yun Chen and others do have many fans, and these fans will automatically help promote "Shendu: Youth's Journey" on the Internet.
Passers-by feel that the movie "Shendu: Boy's Journey" has been aimed at harvesting fans since the beginning of filming. Fans can't stand it and are willing to be harvested!
Isn’t it just a movie ticket?
Everyone has this money!
The Spring Festival is approaching, and there is a lot of noise on the Internet.
Xie Jinghu didn't care about Wen Ying before, but since he found out that Wen Ying was Xie Qian's girlfriend, Xie Jinghu kept an eye on Wen Ying very closely.
Since no one could be found to replace Wen Ying yet, Xie Jinghu tried to get closer to Wen Ying.
Wen Ying was attacked, Xie Jinghu felt that his chance had come!
Xie Jinghu couldn't get through to Wen Ying himself, so he asked Assistant Qi to call.
Assistant Qi reluctantly relayed Xie Jinghu's "kind intention", Wen Ying shook her head and refused: "This is my business and has nothing to do with Mr. Xie, why bother Mr. Xie for help!"
Xie Qian should help, and Ran Keqing was the one who was provoked by Xie Qian.
Xu Mei took on the role of the heroine at a very low salary, and it was Xie Qian who helped.
Now Xie Jinghu expressed that he wanted to help, Wen Ying did not want to have any relationship with Xie Jinghu!
Assistant Qi hung up the phone and Xie Jinghu sneered: "She really doesn't know how to appreciate someone."
Assistant Qi secretly said something nice to Wen Ying: "If you think about it from another perspective, Classmate Wen is quite brave. If it were anyone else, knowing your identity would not mean that she is not close to you, but she can resolutely reject your kindness...
And she is really awesome. She dared to ask for a high price of 5 million for a movie script, but there are still people who accept such a high offer."
Mr. Xie, aren't you happy that your future daughter-in-law is so talented?
Assistant Qi wanted to kneel down to Xie Jinghu: Mr. Xie, please don’t act like a monster!
