Chapter VII Finalization and Distribution Difficulties
Forty-two days!
"The Gift of Room No. 7" was completed in just forty-two days.
This speed can be said to be very fast.
Of course, this is all thanks to dad Li Zhenye, who is indeed in good condition.
Nothing that Li Yi was worried about happened. This is all thanks to his mother.
On the night of filming, Li Yi saw his mother entering his father Li Zhenye's room.
It seems that while filming this scene, you can also ask your parents to create a younger brother or sister for you?
The movie is finished.
It doesn't mean that the movie is finished, as post-production still needs to be done.
However, for Li Yi, the later stage was actually simpler.
After all, he didn't shoot much material, and there were very few useless shots.
Li Yi didn't think about how to come up with his own style.
He basically followed the version of the timeline in his mind. Although some of the plots were modified for localization, he still generally followed the Korean version of "The Gift of Room 7".
Therefore, post-production, editing, etc., are also progressing very quickly!
Even Zhuo Yixiong was a little shocked by Li Yi's control of the script and camera.
As we all know, when shooting a movie, there is often a lot of material that needs to be rough cut and then finely cut.
But Li Yi basically skipped the rough cutting stage and went directly to fine cutting.
Moreover, when editing, Li Yi's thinking was very clear, and the editing effect was also very good.
In just over a week, "The Gift of Room No. 7" was completed!
It's just that Li Yi's first movie "Life of Joy" was so terrible that the release of "The Gift of Room No. 7" became a problem.
Don’t think anything, it will be easy if the movie is good and released.
This is really not the case.
If you are a newcomer, unless it is a film produced by a relatively powerful film and television company or has a star selling point, otherwise, you can only try your luck at some film festivals.
With so many movies released every year, how many of them actually make it to theaters?
Li Yi's starting point is of course higher. After all, his parents are also veterans in the entertainment industry. However, the last film "Life of Joy and Joy" caused a huge setback for the distribution company at the time.
After all, although the distribution company earns a share, it also has to pay for publicity and distribution. Once the movie fails at the box office, the distribution company will naturally lose all its money.
Li Yi is actually quite embarrassed here.
Why?
Because it is also a bad movie, but Li Yi did a good job in early promotion and so on.
You can refer to a certain director named Bi, so he is actually quite famous.
It's not scary to make a bad movie, but it's scary to make a bad movie that didn't make any money at the box office, but ended up successfully pushing yourself out.
Therefore, the release of Li Yi's movie has broken Li Zhenye's mind.
Relevant people who had some friendships in the past ran away immediately after learning that it was Li Yi's new film!
There's no way around it, being famous is just such a reality.
And although Li Zhenye and Yi Lingling have some connections, there are some things that cannot be replaced.
As a result, there were no distributor representatives invited. Some people couldn't resist the request and sent people over anyway. However, the treatment was completely different from the earlier "Bitter Life" treatment.
But there was no way. Although it was the original owner's fault, since he had replaced the original owner, Li Yi could only repay the debt with tears!
However, this is actually pretty good.
After all, Li Yi can still hold a movie viewing party here, at least those distributor representatives, although many of them are just for the sake of face, so they just send some minions to go through the show.
But even if these people can't make a decision, at least they can still tell a little bit about the quality of the movie.
There are actually not many domestic issuing companies with issuance qualifications.
Li Yi thought it was good to be able to attract representatives from the publishing company, and nine people came.
But Li Zhenye and Yi Lingling's faces were not so pretty.
Without him, these people are basically just young people.
It's not that I look down on young people, but, to put it bluntly, these people are randomly sent here by the publishing companies due to requests from them, and many of them may even be interns.
There's no way around it, given his age, he's younger than Li Yidu.
"Hey!" Li Zhenye sighed a little.
He mainly felt that it did not help his son.
Li Zhenye has seen the finished film of "The Gift of Room No. 7" and he is very optimistic about it.
However, he is not a newbie in this industry, so he naturally knows that whether a movie is good or not is indeed the basis for its success, but publicity is sometimes more important.
"Dad, why are you sighing? Don't you have confidence in our movie?" Li Yi came over and asked with a smile.
"It's not that I don't have confidence in the movie, but, eh, it's all my dad's fault..." What makes Li Zhenye sad is that his son finally made a movie seriously. Even if the movie is not a classic, it is
At least in his mind he is considered excellent.
Li Yi has done what he promised, but as a father, he has not been able to do it well.
"Aren't there a lot of people here?" Li Yi said hard to the distributor representatives in the small screening room.
"But, these people are simply sent to deal with it! They don't have any decision-making power at all..." Li Zhenye said with a wry smile.
"That's better than nothing, right? If that doesn't work, we can still apply for the film festival. Gold always shines, right?" Li Yi comforted his father.
"The nearest film festival that is more influential and can sell films is more than half a year away now..." Li Zhenye knew that his son was comforting himself and shook his head.
"Dad, I'm not in a hurry!" Li Yi said, he really wasn't in a hurry.
He was originally a person who was happy with his destiny. To be precise, he was the kind of person who had no great ambitions.
For Li Yi, making movies is actually just a job.
He is not like the time-travelers in other novels. After being reborn and traveling through time, he has to make great ambitions, to change the status quo of the film industry, to conquer Hollywood, conquer the world, and so on.
Li Yizhen does not have such ambitions. He is the type who is content with being rich.
In fact, he might not even want to make a movie if it weren't for the existing ones.
Wouldn't it be nice for him to be a second-generation kid who just hangs around and waits for death?
And, to be honest, he is not worried at all about "The Gift of Room 7" not being able to sell out. If that doesn't work, he can still go to online theaters. Although the box office will definitely be much less, but with the quality and fineness of this movie,
There's really no need to worry too much.
In fact, Li Zhenye's guess was indeed correct.
Almost all of these people who came here were interns or newly hired employees. They were sent here just for a formality.
We can't blame these distribution companies for being perfunctory. In fact, a movie not only depends on its quality, but also its lineup and whether the promotion and distribution are good.
For a notorious person like Li Yi, apart from other things, it’s really hard to do publicity!
However, what Li Zhenye and Li Yi didn't know was that one of these people was quite special.
Mu Nanxing is the newly appointed general manager of Oceanwide Pictures, a subsidiary of Oceanwide United Cinemas.
Of course, although Oceanwide United Cinemas is considered a relatively large theater chain in China, its subsidiary Oceanwide Films is actually a very small company. Its main business is to distribute some homemade domestic horror films.
It's the kind of movie that tries to sell the dog's meat.
Such film and television companies are actually owned by many theater chains in China.
Mu Nanxing's father is a shareholder of Oceanwide Group.
He is considered a rich second generation. Of course, if it were not for his father's status, he would not have been able to get the position of general manager of Oceanwide Films.
The fact that he was able to come this time was just because he had nothing to do since he took office, so he came to see the excitement.
After all, Li Yi also knew that he could beat Wang Zha into a pair of three players.
However, among the second-generation star group, it is actually not unusual.
Mu Nanxing is actually not satisfied with Oceanwide Films at all. He is also ambitious. Although Oceanwide Films relies on Oceanwide Group to produce and distribute domestic horror films that are being sold at the expense of others, they can still make a lot of money.
But this kind of company is like that. If the status quo is maintained, this kind of company is really suitable for retirement.
Although Mu Nanxing has ambitions and wants to change Oceanwide Film and Television and develop into the mainstream film and television industry, she has no clue.
Just when Mu Nanxing was thinking about how Oceanwide Films could break the situation, a voice came.
"Hey, which company do you work for?" A young girl took the initiative to chat.
"Fanhai Film and Television, what about you?" Mu Nanxing turned around and replied.
"Me? I'm from New Era Film and Television. Let me meet you. My name is Ou Mingming." Ou Mingming looked at Mu Nanxing's handsome face and introduced himself.
"Mu Nanxing!" Mu Nanxing said with a handsome smile without rejecting the person from thousands of miles away.
"I didn't expect that Director Li Yi is quite capable. He even hired someone from New Era Film and Television." Mu Nanxing said in surprise.
Because New Era Film and Television and Oceanwide Film and Television are completely different things, New Era Film and Television ranks among the top ten in the domestic film and television industry.
So even if they know about New Era Film and Television, they probably don't pay much attention to it. After all, Ou Mingming is not very old, and at first glance, he is not a management person with decision-making power.
But to be able to send people from a company like New Era Film and Television is indeed a feat!
"Hey, it's not Li Yi who is capable, it's his father. After all, Li Zhenye is an old man in the film and television industry. He seems to have some friendship with the leaders above us, but you know, before, Li Yi's "Bitter and Happy Life" gave the distribution company to
What a shame, our leader didn’t want to come, but he couldn’t refuse, so he sent me, the intern, here, but that’s fine, just treat it as a trip at public expense!” Ou Mingming explained.
Mu Nanxing nodded and glanced around, seeing that they were all young people. I'm afraid most of them were similar to Ou Mingming.
