Chapter 720 Very ugly, very beautiful (6K two-in-one chapter
The press conference of Ah Li Pictures, in a conference room of the hotel.
All the senior executives of the group, as well as the heads of the next few projects, are all here.
Sitting down one by one, Fan Luyuan looked around and said, "Everyone, since the establishment of the group, there have not been many projects launched. Some have been successful and some have failed. After nearly a year of resource integration, in addition to Taopiao Piao's publicity and distribution business, in the next two
The company will increase its investment in film and television production this year, and these early projects are crucial. I hope everyone will work together to complete these projects."
After the disastrous failure of "Tomb Raiders" last summer, Ahli has left through high-level management. Apart from the guaranteed release of the two films it won, there has been little movement.
Fan Luyuan is not an ordinary person, otherwise Ma Yun would not have rashly let an inexperienced person take charge of Li Pictures.
Over the past six months or so, Fan Luyuan has gained a relatively thorough understanding of the film and television industry, and carefully selected these projects. The two Hollywood blockbusters also flew to the United States to discuss with Paramount.
It has been two years since Ah Li Pictures was established. Two years is undoubtedly precious for an industry that is experiencing rapid development.
Ah Li has plenty of money and no shortage of resources. If he doesn't really occupy a place in the film and television industry within three years, it will definitely be considered a failure.
The original Guangxian and the Leshi of the past two years all developed rapidly within two or three years.
"Nowadays, the Internet has an increasing impact on the film and television industry. Tencent, Wanda and many companies have begun to develop the film and television industry in an all-round way. We must seize this opportunity for change."
"These four movies, as well as the distribution business of two movies, and the success or failure of the six projects will determine the future position of Li Pictures in the film and television industry. From preparation to marketing, every link must not go wrong. Regarding the specific matters, everyone
Let professionals do it, and the company will do its best to cooperate with you."
Fan Luyuan said to Chen Kexin, Wang Jiawei and others very seriously.
"Don't worry, Mr. Fan."
Wang Jiawei's Zhedong Film Company officially entered the arms of Ahli, and the long-term cooperation with Bernard was terminated.
The same was true for Chen Kexin, who finally recognized Ma's father, ended his cooperation with Bernard, and rejected Han and Tang's invitation to direct "July and Ansheng."
There are only a few big companies in China, and the biggest shortage of producers is Ahli, Tengxun, and Wanda. The latter two are cooperating with Bernard and Guangxian respectively, so they don't have much choice.
Chen Kexin raised a question, "Dong Fan, will these current movies deliberately run into movies under the Han and Tang Dynasties like last year?
Fan Luyuan smiled and said, "This is not necessarily the case. The distribution will be handled by Taopiaopiao. The specific schedule will depend on the situation."
It's okay if it's not. Chen Kexin also breathed a sigh of relief. Except for "The Ferryman" produced by Wang Jiawei, the other three films were produced by him, and he also had a part of the investment.
Regardless of whether you admit it or not, whether you have confidence in it or not, there will be no benefit in confronting the movies produced by the Han and Tang Dynasties.
The record in the past is really impressive. During the Spring Festival, "The Return of the Great Sage" sold 1.3 billion, which was beaten by the all-star cast of "The Sky". On Valentine's Day, a premiere movie was successfully marketed.
Movies that make over 100 million a day.
After talking for a while, several supervisors and producers left, and the executives of Li Pictures held a meeting by themselves.
After everyone went out, President Zhang Wei shook his head, "They are so afraid of the Han and Tang Dynasties, why don't they just cooperate with the Han and Tang Dynasties."
Coo Deng Kangming said with a smile, "It is impossible for Chen Kexin and Zheng Zhiwei to have been friends for so many years. The Han and Tang Dynasties invited him to make "July and Ansheng", a youth film, but they didn't accept it. Wang Jiawei and the Han and Tang Dynasties didn't get a good schedule either.
, some popular schedules are not available for them."
Executive Director Liu Chunming said, "To put it bluntly, there is no place in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Wu Ershan, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, any of them, they can't squeeze in."
Fan Luyuan shook his head, "Let's not talk about it anymore. In addition to these few movies, we need at least one movie that can sell well, at least one billion level. Pay attention and see if Hantang Media has taken a fancy to it recently.
Whatever the project, no matter how much it costs, grab it from me!"
Each of these movies has good prospects, and they are all small and medium-budget movies, which can basically guarantee profits, but it is difficult to sell them well and create a sensation.
Wang Baoqiang is good in comedy, but he has always played the second leading role before. It is not sure whether he will have the same effect as the leading male lead this time.
The previous collaboration between Wang Jiawei and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, "The Grandmaster," had a good reputation, but its box office was only around 300 million.
Even if the good reputation in the past has helped "The Ferryman", Wang Jiawei's films have never been successful, and Fan Luyuan doesn't have much hope.
We need big-selling movies, big-selling movies worth billions, whether it’s for the stock market, the industry, or even the top management.
But it is not that easy to make a billion-level movie, so Fan Luyuan thought of "waiting and waiting".
All the movies that Tang An liked were hits, not to mention "The Return of the Great Sage" which broke over 1 billion, even "Beijing Love Story" which was worth 500 million was pretty good.
Although it was a bit embarrassing to stare at others and then cut them off, no one objected.
Zhang Wei thought for a while and said, "Preparations have begun for Zhou Xingchi's new film "Mermaid". Hantang seems to be in contact with Guang Xian and Zhou Xingchi, and is planning to invest in Happy Twist's first movie."
"Happy twist?"
After all, Fan Luyuan didn't know much about the film and television industry, so he was a little surprised when he heard this name.
"Happy Mahua is a company specializing in stage plays. It has been established for ten years. It is Shen Teng's company." Zhang Wei explained.
Speaking of Shen Teng, Fan Luyuan knew it. After all, he had attended the Spring Festival Gala for several years in a row.
Since Zhao Benshan stopped attending the Spring Festival Gala, Shen Teng's sketches seemed to be taking over.
Fan Luyuan asked, "What type of movie is it?"
"A comedy, they plan to adapt a play from the past two years and put it on the big screen."
drama actor
Fan Luyuan thought for a while, Shen Teng has become quite famous in the past two years, after all, there is the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
However, no matter how big it is, it cannot be bigger than Zhao Benshan back then. The box office of the films made by Zhao Benshan can only be said to be okay, and none of them have been big hits.
He asked again, "What about Zhou Xingchi's new film? Does Han and Tang want to release it?"
"They probably want to jointly invest and distribute with Guangxian, but Guangxian is now cooperating with Tengxun, so Han and Tang should not be able to interfere."
Deng Kangming added, "It is not impossible that Tang An and Wang Changtian have a good relationship."
"And maybe it will be like "Heart Blossom Road", with a high price and a guarantee to grab it."
"'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' has already exceeded 1 billion. What is the guaranteed opening for this new film? 1.2 billion or 1.5 billion? With such a high number, it is impossible for Tang An to open it."
Everyone has their own opinion. Indeed, Zhou Xingchi is no better than Ning Hao. Ning Hao's previous highest-grossing film was "The Golden Heist" which was around 300 million. However, Zhou Xingchi already has a movie worth 1 billion, and the guaranteed price cannot be less than 100 million.
100 million.
If it really reaches 1.2 or even 1.5 billion, it would be really crazy.
The highest guaranteed price at present is the one billion guarantee offered by Ahli for "One Step Away". Even after Jiang Wen's success with "Let the Bullets Fly", this figure still represents a huge risk.
Fan Luyuan thought about it for a moment and then said, "In this way, pay close attention to Zhou Xingchi's new movie. If you are sure that Han and Tang are interested, grab it, even if it really costs 1.2 billion!"
Even though there is only a difference of 200 million between one billion and 1.2 billion, the difference is huge.
When it reaches the number of one billion, I am thinking of having a box office of more than 200 million, which means that the subsequent trend will be very good, which is very difficult for commercial blockbusters. Generally, most of the box office potential is consumed in the first half of the month.
That's right. Li Pictures is not short of money, and it has already been listed. There is no need to worry about annual losses that will prevent it from going public.
Ah Li Pictures is not afraid of spending money or losing money. Ma Yun has emphasized this to them many times. No one has any objection to the 1.2 billion guarantee.
Zhang Wei asked again, "What about the happy twist?"
"Let's pay attention there as well. If Han and Tang are really interested, they can also get involved, but the focus is still on Zhou Xingchi's new film."
At first, Fan Luyuan thought that he would pay a high price for the movies that Tang An liked, but after knowing which movies, he weighed them for himself, and he didn't pay much attention to Happy Twist's movies.
So many major events have happened in the film and television industry this month, and Tang An, who is filming in Zhuozhou, has been paying attention.
During the lunch break, Tang An hung up a curtain in the room next to the studio and watched the press conferences one by one.
At the Maoyan press conference, Wang Changtian was in high spirits and declared that this was the most correct acquisition he had ever made.
One hundred theaters owned by Bernard have joined the Wanda Cinema Line, and Yu Dong smiled a little reluctantly.
The first film and television company listed on the U.S. stock market finally ended up sadly withdrawing from the market. Its current market value is more than 6 billion yuan, not even one-sixth of Huayi.
The valuation of Hantang Pictures, which was established just over two years ago, has reached 18 billion. Even if Nuomi Films is excluded, the valuation is still more than 14 billion, which is more than twice the current market value of Bernard.
As for the video of the subsequent Ahli press conference, Tang An looked at the names and lineups of the films and asked people to turn off the projection.
None of the movies that Ahli invested in were good, and the only one that had a high box office was "Pancake Man".
It was no surprise that Ah Li tied up with Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin. Originally, they later tied up with Dong Ping’s Huanxi Media.
But Dong Ping couldn't find Ning Hao and Xu Zheng this time. He didn't have a chance, so he stayed here.
"July and Ansheng" originally wanted to be shot by Chen Kexin, but now he has also been rejected.
I guess even if he hadn't gone, Lili wouldn't have picked her up. After all, he and Zheng Zhiwei had a close relationship.
He and Zheng Zhiwei started a company together two days after filming his debut film. Zheng Zhiwei helped him a lot.
Zheng Zhiwei also has a father who is a detective. He is the younger brother of Lei Luo, the real-life prototype of Inspector General Hua in the movie "The Legend of Lei Luo", and he is also a detective.
Although the official rank was low, not even a trainee inspector, in Xiangjiang of that era, it was the pinnacle of what the Chinese police could do. The next higher up was Inspector General Hua, and there were only a few of them.
Zhima is an official, but he has great power, mainly managing the community.
Although due to the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Xiangjiang, he fled to a treasure island with no extradition regulations, and all his assets in Xiangjiang were seized, he still had some connections in Xiangjiang, which gave Zheng Zhiwei a lot of help.
Moreover, Zheng Zhiwei's daughter Zheng Baoyi is developing well in Baodao and has a relationship with his father.
Ahli has recruited two directors from Xiangjiang, but they are not very competitive. Even the core of the entire Ahli Pictures is Taopiaopiao.
Without Taopiaopiao, Li Pictures couldn't even do what Lay's Pictures did.
Lay's at least has a complete terrestrial distribution network. The boss behind it, Jia, is quite rich now, with a net worth of more than 20 billion. In more than a year, Lay's market value will soar to 150 billion, which is not to the point of running away.
Guangxian's acquisition of Maoyan was expected, otherwise there would be no need to sell Xinli's shares.
As for the cooperation between Guangxian and Tengxun, it’s not too surprising.
It's just that Bernard got involved with Wanda again, which Tang An didn't expect.
Yu Dong has long wanted to delist from Nasdaq. After all, the market value is still far from 10 billion. Watching Huayi exceed 40 billion, Guangxian also hits 30 billion, and CQ is approaching 20 billion. , I definitely feel unwilling to do so.
Tang An originally wanted to absorb the 100 movie theaters owned by Bernard, but unexpectedly he quietly came together with Wanda.
There was no movement at all, which was a bit strange.
Tang An suddenly remembered something, and immediately took out his cell phone and dialed Lin Sheng's number.
After chatting for a few words and making an appointment to have a meal together back in the capital, Tang An hung up the phone with a frown on his face.
The butterfly wings flapped slightly, and many things were advanced.
Jiang Defu, one of the Chinese film giants, will go to Wanda to serve as senior vice president of Wanda Cultural Industry Group, chairman of Wanda Cinemas, chairman of AMC Cinemas, chairman of Wanda Film and Television, and chairman of Wuzhou Publishing, in charge of all Wanda's film and television business, that is, Ye Twist's seat.
Although Ye Nian's whereabouts are undecided, it is obvious that he will serve as vice president of Huayi and concurrently as CEO of Jiuzhou Publishing.
Jiang Defu's power within China Film Group is definitely among the top five. He is in charge of the marketing branch, also led the establishment of China Film Digital Cinema Line, and has almost complete control of China Film's distribution business.
The importance of China Film's digital cinema chain is even far greater than that of any one cinema chain, not to mention the several cinema chains of China Film Holdings, and it is even more important than Wanda Cinema Chain at present.
You must know that nearly 90% of cinemas across the country are using China Film Digital's digital projectors. For every movie that uses China Film Digital's digital projection equipment, China Film Digital has to charge an agency distribution fee of 1%-3%.
The total domestic box office last year was nearly RMB 27 billion. Based on a 2% agency distribution fee, China Film Group would have made a net profit of RMB 540 million.
China Film Digital used to be the only company in China with a digital master production system. Even now, 80% of domestic digital movies have to be taken to China Film Digital to make digital masters after they are finished. The masters are then copied. Basically, the copies are all China Film Digital. Made.
China Film Digital Cinema was established under the leadership of Jiang Defu, and together with the China Film Marketing Branch, it almost controls China Film's distribution business.
Now that Jiang Defu is gone, according to Lin Sheng, Kang Pei helped behind the scenes. After all, the distribution business is the top priority and must be controlled.
When Jiang Defu was the director of the publicity and development department at Beijing Film Studio, Yu Dong was the director of the distribution department under him. Jiang Defu went to Wanda, so it was normal for Yu Dong to cooperate with Wanda.
But there is also good news. If Jiang Defu is moved, Lin Sheng, the deputy general manager in charge of issuance, will have greater power.
So many things have come together. Tang An has received a lot of news in the past few days. Xiang Huaqiang wants to make a fortune and prepares to cooperate with Hua Yi to film "Legend of the Gods". Just like history, there is a time difference. several months.
There is nothing much to say about the movie itself. It is a bad movie. It just ruined the IP of Fengshen. It will have some influence on Wu Ershan's "Fengshen" series.
However, everything has two sides. The audience has just watched a super bad movie, and if they turn around to watch a good quality movie with the same theme, the audience will feel better.
Just like taking a bite of s and then eating, you will feel that the food tastes much better.
Comparing "Legend of the Gods" to "S" is not insulting it. It is impossible to make a movie for the sake of money. If such a big production wants to make it well, it must spend a lot of money, which refutes their original intention.
It is said that the capital is 400 million. If it is all used to make a movie, the risk will be too great. Once the loss is made, it will be difficult to explain to Hua Qiang. After all, it is not his money alone.
Tang An called the company and asked the public relations department to pay attention to the other party's movements. If they want to bundle marketing with the "Fengshen" series, they will be somewhat prepared.
There were a lot of problems in the cooperation between several companies, but there were still about twenty days of shooting, so it wasn't a big deal. Tang An didn't say much and waited until he got back to talk about everything.
The lunch break passed quickly, and then we started shooting.
No need to shout, the assistant directors and executive directors are already preparing.
All departments and actors in the crew were preparing for their work. Tang An sat in front of the monitor, flipping through the script, and had a very clear and definite understanding of the next scenes in his mind.
After half an hour, the preparations were completed and the shooting started immediately.
The protagonists of this afternoon are Xiao Di and Shi Yue An Xin, the scene between sister and brother.
The first scene was when my sister was in a bad mood and was about to use tape, but her brother took the tape to help him tape his laptop.
The uninformed elder sister thought that her younger brother was playing with it and wasting it, and because she was in a bad mood, she lost her temper with her younger brother.
"Did you take my tape? Where did it go? Give it to me quickly. I can use it."
Xiaodi quickly came out of the room and asked Shi Yue Anxin impatiently.
Shi Yue Anxin looked at her and said, "No, no, I didn't take it."
Children are actually easier to shape. This child also has some experience in filming. The assistant director talked about the scene for nearly two hours and demonstrated it countless times. He performed well in front of the camera.
It looked like he took family money to buy snacks and then denied it when he was caught.
But it's not there yet. In the film, the younger brother is preparing to give his older sister a surprise and wants to wait until the laptop is glued together before talking. The look in his eyes is somewhat different from the hesitant tone of voice.
However, Tang An did not stop and asked them to continue playing.
Although Shi Yue Anxin refused to admit it, Xiao Di was still suspicious, especially when he found a piece of tape on his body, which made him even more convinced.
Reaching out to pull off the piece of tape, the impatience on Xiao Di's face turned into anger, "You said no, then what is this? You just play with my things everywhere all day long."
Faced with the accusation, Shi Yue Anxin did not tell the truth. She said, "I didn't do it." Then she ran away with an aggrieved face.
When Qin Hairu, the mother next to her, saw her doing this to her brother, she said reproachfully, "Why are you talking to your brother like this?"
Having been with her violent father for a long time, her temper became irritable. She treated everyone the same when she was unhappy. She also had no good temper towards her mother. She went back to the room without saying a word, and when she closed the door, there was a "bang" sound.
Shows the state of mind at this time.
"Click, do it again."
After shooting a scene, Tang An continues and starts over.
After such a long period of training, Xiaodi's performance has made great progress, and it has greatly improved from the previous TV drama performance.
Shot by shot, no matter who it is, as long as the director's requirements are high, they can basically give a good performance.
It’s not empty talk to say that people filming TV series have no acting skills. After all, there is a big difference in the way of acting in TV series and movies.
A typical example is "Operation Red Sea", which is about to be filmed. The original version of Hai Qing's performance is very much based on her previous habit of filming TV series, and it would be too inconsistent to put it on the big screen.
Most of the scenes can be passed by the TV drama director as long as the director can pass them. Over time, the actors themselves have no standards in their own minds. The director has said it anyway.
I don't know how my acting is, and I always act according to the previous performance that the director was satisfied with but was substandard. My acting skills will either be fixed forever or get worse and worse, and few can continue to improve.
If two takes don't work, after the third take, call the actors over and let them watch their performance. Tang An will explain it, and then let Qin Hairu or someone demonstrate it.
Just grind it slowly, good movies and shots are all made by grinding it.
It takes two hours to shoot a scene, then take a five-minute break to continue.
In the next scene, Xiao Di and Qin Hairu were quarreling about their divorce, and ran to the roof of the building alone to cry.
Maybe it was because the two hours of filming were all about the character's inner anger, but this scene was shot in five takes.
Crying scenes are a basic skill for actors, but it's not just screaming, it's called crying when the face is distorted. That kind of performance is not qualified to be put on the big screen, and it is far worse than many Korean dramas.
There are many textbook crying scenes in the history of Chinese film. For example, Zhang Guorong in "Farewell My Concubine" once was on the night of Juxian and Duan Xiaolou's engagement. Zhang Guorong and Yuan Siye sang in the garden, singing the part where Concubine Yu commits suicide.
I was really into the drama so deeply that I forgot that I had a real sword in my hand, so I stabbed my neck with my backhand, but Mr. Yuan stopped me. Zhang Guorong was startled, and then two lines of tears suddenly fell. It was really sad and beautiful to cry.
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There is also the suicide scene in "The King of Guns". While crying, he raised the gun and put it next to his temple. He repeated it over and over again, but he still couldn't do it. His eyes were red, full of struggle and madness.
But this is not the most classic part of this crying scene. The most classic part is later. He was crying and suddenly put away his tears. The helpless expression stayed on his face for a second, and then turned into calm.
, he loaded the bullet into the gun, got up and went out to find the police for a fight to the death.
Zhang Manyu also has many classic crying scenes, and her appearance is very suitable for crying scenes.
For this scene of sitting on the roof crying, Tang An asked not to make a sound, not to open his mouth, and not to shed too many tears.
The main reason is not to cry, it’s not time to cry yet, but to show my grievances.
Then I found the roll of tape on the roof of the building, and found the laptop I had dropped among the debris in the corner.
The originally broken laptop has now been taped together piece by piece.
So ugly, so beautiful.
I went downstairs and went home with my laptop, and then I cried out loud during this crying scene.
Just cry and laugh at the same time. The same expression should not be too intense or too exaggerated.
The elder sister was crying and laughing at the same time, and the younger brother was wiping her tears with his hands in front of her.