The Nanjing Grand Theater is not in Nanjing, but in Shanghai, which is later known as the Shanghai Concert Hall.
This theater was just built at the beginning of this year. It has more than 1,500 seats. It is mainly used to play movies. Sometimes it also performs operas and ballets. The theater manager is a Belarusian nobleman named Witmsky.
Zhou Hexuan took a car and took his bodyguard Sun Yongzhen to the Nanjing Grand Theater in the evening.
There are several VIP boxes in the middle of the auditorium, and several people are already sitting in one of them.
As soon as Zhou Hexuan appeared, Luo Mingyou immediately introduced: "Mr. Zhou, this is Mr. Li Minwei, the boss of Minxin Film Company."
Although Zhou Hexuan doesn't pay much attention to movies, he also knows Lai Minwei, the father of Hong Kong movies and the grandfather of actress Gigi Lai. He smiled and shook hands and said: "Hello, Boss Lai."
"Hello, Mr. Zhou!" Li Minwei leaned forward and shook hands with Zhou Hexuan.
Luo Mingyou introduced again: "This is Mr. Luo Yongxiang, director of the technical department of Minxin Company, Mr. Guan Wenqing, art consultant, and Mr. Sun Yu, the great director."
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
The four shook hands respectively. Luo Yongxiang is a filmmaker born and raised in China, while Guan Wenqing and Sun Yu are returnee film talents. Guan Wenqing graduated from the University of California Film School, majoring in directing, and also worked in Hollywood. Sun Yu is a graduate of Tsinghua University.
, and further studied at the University of Wisconsin and the New York Academy of Photography.
"Spring Dream in the Old Capital", which will premiere today, is a film directed by Sun Yu. The male and female protagonists are Wang Ruilin and Ruan Lingyu respectively, and the second female actor is Li Minwei's wife Lin Chuchu.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou." Wang Ruilin is a handsome guy with a hearty smile.
"Hello." Zhou Hexuan focused his attention on Ruan Lingyu.
Zhou Hexuan had watched the movie "Ruan Lingyu" starring Maggie Cheung before. Now that he saw the real person again, to be honest, Maggie Cheung was crushed by Ruan Lingyu in terms of appearance and figure. (Don't search for encyclopedia photos, go directly to the movie "The Goddess", take photos in the Republic of China
Technology is so stupid)
Ruan Lingyu has a gentle temperament and a somewhat sad look on her eyebrows. It is obvious that her life is not going well.
Audiences started to come in one after another in the theater, and about two-thirds of the 1,500-seat auditorium was occupied, indicating that the promotion of "Spring Dreams in the Old City" was going well.
I heard that this movie was adapted from "La Traviata". Zhou Hexuan didn't feel it at all after watching it because it was so thoroughly localized.
The general plot of "Spring Dream in the Old Capital" is that a down-and-out scholar met a popular singing girl in Peking and became an official. After taking the singing girl as his concubine, he took his first wife and two daughters with him. The eldest daughter followed the singing girl's training
Something bad happened, and the first wife was forced to leave. The scholar's political patron was assassinated, and the scholar himself was arrested and imprisoned. Fortunately, he was rescued by his uncle's bankruptcy. The geisha took the opportunity to elope with her old lover with money. The first wife took back the scholar and her seriously ill eldest daughter.
, the scholar regretted it endlessly, and the family lived a happy and ordinary life from then on.
Although the plot of the movie is cliche, the filming was actually pretty good, and the actors' acting skills were also very good. Zhou Hexuan actually enjoyed watching it.
The film screening ended and the audience left one after another.
Luo Mingyou shook hands with Li Minwei, Sun Yu and others, and said happily: "It seems that this movie will be a big success, and the audience's response is very enthusiastic."
It was indeed very lively. When the original wife and the geisha were fighting, the audience yelled out in anger. Later, when the family reunited, the audience clapped their hands and cheered loudly.
Everyone left the theater together and went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, where they began to discuss business.
Luo Mingyou took out a plan and said, "Zhou Hexuan, please take a look. This is the company's detailed plan."
Since you have decided to invest in a film company, you must ask the situation clearly in advance. After all, 100,000 yuan is not a small amount.
Zhou Hexuan first looked at the company's structure and found that the soon-to-be-formed Lianhua Pictures was quite modern, which was very different from the common family management in the Republic of China. First of all, ownership and management rights were separated. The shareholders were only responsible for investment and dividends, and the general manager enjoyed
The company has absolute management rights. The general manager has three departments: production, general affairs and sales, and the three departments manage various executive departments respectively.
Zhou Hexuan is very satisfied with this, at least the company structure looks very scientific.
Then, Zhou Hexuan glanced at the list of existing shareholders and found the names of He Dong, Yu Fengzhi and others. In addition, Mei Lanfang was also one of the shareholders, as well as newspaper tycoon Zhang Zhuping, former Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs Luo Wenqian,
Printing company manager Huang Yicai and others range from political backers to big figures in publicity, distribution, production and other fields. This company still has a bright future.
However, Lianhua Pictures' production model made Zhou Hexuan feel very problematic. The company obviously belonged to the structure of a major studio, but it adopted an independent production model. Several production companies before the merger were renamed Lianhua First Factory after the merger.
Lianhua Factory No. 2, Lianhua Factory No. 3 and Lianhua Factory No. 4. The money for making movies is spent by the head office, but the specific production is handled by the branches. Moreover, a director-centered system is adopted. The director enjoys unlimited rights and
There is no production manager to limit the director.
This company is a huge scam!
Zhou Hexuan calmly handed the company plan back to Luo Mingyou and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, I don't know much about the film industry, so just invest in it. But I can write the script of "The Goddess", only ordinary ones.
Business cooperation."
Luo Mingyou frowned and said, "Is there anything wrong?"
"Your company doesn't make a budget when making movies?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Luo Mingyou said with a smile: "You can't predict the budget accurately. If you fix the money for making a movie, it's like making a dojo in a snail shell. The director will be tied up and can't make a good work at all."
Zhou Hexuan also smiled and said: "It is so happy to be a director at Lianhua Pictures. The director's power is unlimited and there is no production manager to control it. If I become a director, I will definitely strive for excellence. I don't care how much money I spend or how much time it takes.
.Anyway, after the movie is made, the reputation belongs to me as the director, and if it loses money, it belongs to the head office. Do you think this is the truth?"
"I believe in the director's character." Luo Mingyou said.
Zhou Hexuan added: "The soon-to-be-formed Lianhua Pictures has a production company, a cinema chain, and a large group of directors, actors and photographers. This is obviously a large-scale studio system. The large-scale studio system requires very meticulous planning.
Operation planning. In terms of production, you adopt an independent production model, which seems very contradictory."
Luo Mingyou said: "There is no contradiction. I combine the advantages of the large studio system and the independent production model."
Zhou Hexuan said speechlessly: "We compare the large studio system to the planned government of the Soviet Union, and the independent production model to the free government of the United States. Now you have combined the two systems, which is equivalent to the Soviet state system, but you are practicing liberal democracy
, this is going to cause big trouble."
"Hahaha," Luo Mingyou laughed, "Mr. Zhou, you don't understand movies, and what you speak is all layman's language."
As soon as Luo Mingyou said these words, Zhou Hexuan had already seen his character clearly. He could sum it up in four words: casual and conceited!
It can be concluded from the company's operating settings that Luo Mingyou is a very undisciplined person. He does not want to bother to manage the control panel. He does not listen to other people's suggestions at all, and says that others do not know the business, which shows a strong sense of arrogance.
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This kind of person is very suitable for making friends. If he has a hot head, he may be able to help his friends. But when it comes to joint business, Zhang Jiazhu is better than him, and he has the temper of a prodigal.
Zhou Hexuan was right. Luo Mingyou was really like this in history. Lianhua Pictures only existed for seven years before going bankrupt.
Due to the company's production management loopholes, studio managers and directors squandered shareholders' money at will. In order to make a good movie, the director completely ignored time and money. It is common for a movie to take two years to make.
Thousands of dollars can be spent on a movie. The famous movie "Yuguangqu" took more than a year to shoot, costing more than 100,000 yuan, and several thousand yuan in advertising fees.
A movie costs more than 100,000 yuan, this is the Republic of China!
The funniest thing is that Luo Mingyou once ran out of money in the middle of filming a movie. He said that he went to Hong Kong to raise money. After arriving in Hong Kong, he traveled around and finally went to Southeast Asia to travel, which made the production department staff angry.
It's quite annoying.
Generally speaking, the films produced by Lianhua Pictures are all high-quality films, which not only have high artistic value, but are also very popular. However, the production cycle is too long and the investment is too large. It is impossible to recover the cost and operates at a 100% loss.
