Ye Ming thought for a moment, seeming hesitant and hesitant to speak. Kadokawa Liyan immediately understood what was going on and said immediately: "Don't worry, Director Ye, I will never let you go to waste on this matter."
It's done like this. You first help edit the ten-minute clip. Once it passes the appraisal, well, the money seems too tacky. The company under my name has just bought a courtyard house in Beijing, near the Forbidden City, Beichizi.
Over there, it's worth more than 1.5 million. If you help me edit this movie, the courtyard will be yours."
Ye Ming pretended to meditate for a while, but in his mind, he directly asked the question system [About the movie "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", is there any editing method? I mean it is very comfortable for professionals to watch, but for Western audiences
The kind that won’t buy it no matter what.】
The system immediately improved and said [there are three ways, one can protect the capital, one can recover the investment of 50 million, and the other can recover the investment of 40 million from abroad. If it is based on Chen Kaige's editing level, work hard
It is possible to harvest 30 million at once, and the probability is about 40%.】
Twenty million, such a price, actually made Ye Ming not very satisfied. Therefore, he immediately asked "If it is comfortable to watch, but the box office is only more than ten million, is there anything that can be done at a level similar to this?"
System prompts [The host has finally understood the true meaning of how to become a superstar. In this industry, one can only rise to the top by stepping on others. Therefore, the host’s understanding has been increased by half a star.]
This result made Ye Ming really happy. At this moment, the new data was re-displayed in Ye Ming's mind [Host: Ye Ming. Age 19, Acting Skills: 719, Singing Skills: 588, Popularity:
630, force value, 400. Comprehension: two and a half stars. Functions: artist training, prop shop. Inventory, stamina potion, stand-in puppet, classic movie signing card].
At this moment, Ye Ming's heart seemed to become more transparent. It turns out that this is how understanding is. Others can figure out a line of dialogue in ten seconds. If you can do it in seven seconds, this is understanding.
Ye Ming nodded and said, "That's no problem. Where is Mr. Dong's editing room?"
At this moment, Kadokawa seemed to be very surprised. His eyes widened and he said, "Director Ye, don't you need to be ready to start editing tomorrow? I heard that editing is a technical job."
Kadokawa Liyan couldn't help but doubt that Ye Ming was too arbitrary. He simply said that he didn't take the work of director and editing seriously. Ye Ming waved his hand with a smile and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Kadokawa. When doing business, you
Expert, but when it comes to movies, I still have a say. Half an hour is enough to edit a ten-minute film, of course it’s a rough cut. After all, it’s just a proper revision and it doesn’t take too long.”
At this time, Ye Ming was actually pretending to know what he was doing, and he was indeed able to fool some people, especially laymen like Kadokawa Ritsuyan.
Ye Ming followed a staff member of Huayi to the editing room with the film. At this time, Dong Ping looked at Kadokawa Liyan with suspicion and said: "Mr. Kadokawa, do you mean that you just believe in Ye Ming? A courtyard house is like this.
Then sent it out?"
Because some of Poly Huayi's industries are also developing towards internationalization, Dong Ping believes that having a good relationship with Japanese businessmen like Kadokawa Ritsuko will also be helpful to the company's development. After all, the Japanese film market is Asian.
An important market, and under such circumstances, Kadokawa Ritsuyan joined here, but he never expected that Zhang Yimou and Ye Ming both decided that the movie was basically hopeless, at least.
This is such a thing in China.
However, it seems that if you re-edit it, you won't completely lose money internationally. This is a bit difficult for Dong Ping to accept. After all, he has lost real money. At this time, Kadokawa Ritsyan just didn't
The reason is that I'm not proud of it. I sold it to Poly Huayi for 13 million. And I can get some from the international copyright. Even if it's a loss, it won't be too much, right?
At that moment, he was very satisfied with the result and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dong Sang. In fact, I have also said that I want him to pass the appraisal of my experts and say that there are no problems. My two experts,
There is a person who has been a judge at the Cannes International Film Festival for many years, and he has very accurate judgments about movies. Therefore, under such a situation, I think that once my filmmaker passes,
At least we can get back some investment. In this case, giving away a house worth more than one million yuan is nothing."
Kadokawa Li said that this guy is a pure businessman. Ye Ming is right. He doesn't know much about movies, but he knows how to do business and how to make money. That's enough.
The wishful thinking in his mind is that once he gets the approval of the two filmmakers he brought, it will almost mean that he will still have a chance at the Cannes International Film Festival. In this case, once he gets some awards,
As a result, if you fool the film distributors in Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, there is absolutely no problem in selling the copyright for 20 to 30 million.
Even if my movie is incomprehensible, it is still an award-winning movie at the Cannes Film Festival, right? In fact, this is the case in business. As long as it has a name and can fool the distributor, nothing is impossible.
For example, in China, Poly Huayi was able to be deceived by relying on Chen Kaige's reputation. Thirteen million, this also recovered some of the investment. Otherwise, Kadokawa Liyan's position as manager will be lost after he returns.
It might be dangerous.
Thinking of this, Kadokawa Ritsuke couldn't help but secretly look at Dong Ping with pride. Half an hour passed. In fact, in such a situation and such a problem, Kadokawa Ritsuka was still very nervous, almost
It means that a deficit of 60 million yuan, converted into Japanese yen, would be almost several billion yen. He cannot afford this figure.
Next, Kadokawa Liyan found two experts he brought over. One had white hair and the other wore black-rimmed glasses and looked like a scholar. After watching the movie edited by Ye Ming, these two people
, with black-framed glasses, he respectfully said to the gray-haired filmmaker: "Senior Kitano, please."
In Japan, there is a strict hierarchy in the entertainment industry that is beyond ordinary people's imagination. At this time, as long as there is a senior, the other person must show enough respect. For example, once
.
The filmmaker with black-rimmed glasses didn't dare to say anything.
Kitano Wu is the leader of Japan's new generation of directors. In the post-Akira Kurosawa era, Kitano Wu was called the new generation emperor of the Japanese film industry.
He was not very tall, but sitting there, he naturally had a majestic mountain-like temperament. The suppressed Kadokawa Ritsuyan and the black-framed middle-aged man were a little out of breath.
Kitano was silent for a moment before saying: "Mr. Kadokawa, I think the editing this time cannot be achieved if it is based on your first request to maintain capital. However, if it is based on your second request, in fact, this
The movie is still very much in line with the Cannes style. It is normal for a movie like this to win one or two awards, because it is very consistent with Gan Ah’s style.”
Cannes style? In this case, Kadokawa Tatehito cannot understand, but in fact, he does not need to understand such a problem. As long as he can ensure that one of his goals can be achieved, then there is indeed no problem with this matter.
of.
At that moment, Kadokawa Tateyan said respectfully: "Since Mr. Kitano said so, I guess there is no problem. Thank you Mr. Kitano, thank you Mr. Tsukamoto, you two, I have already made arrangements for you two at the Hilton."
Room available, please."
At this time, when he sat in the car, Tsukamoto finally couldn't help but ask: "Kitano-senpai. I actually think that this movie is a bit weird after it has been re-edited. Almost every scene is said
The connection is all to please the judges. There is no problem if professionals watch it, but... what if the audience watches it?"
He didn't say this clearly, but the meaning was still very obvious. This thing actually meant that the box office was not very good. At least it was quite different from Kadokawa Ritsuyan's hope.
Kitano immediately said: "I understood in the second minute that this editing was for the competition. There are not many directors in China who have this ability. I heard that Kadokawa hired Zhang Yimou in order to keep his position."
Could it be that Zhang Yimou took action?"
Tsukamoto immediately said: "I just heard from Mr. Kadokawa's staff that it seemed to be a young director Ye Ming, the director of [Crazy Stone], so I was surprised that a new director would edit something like this."
The movie is quite different from [Crazy Stone]."
Mr. Kitano said with some surprise: "Isn't it Zhang Yimou? That's a pity. I thought it was Zhang Yimou's style, which is very similar to Zhang Jun's style. It seems that Ye Ming deliberately wants to trick Kadokawa Ritsukaichi.
Take it."
At this time, Tsukamoto said doubtfully: "Mr. Kitano, why don't we take action? If Mr. Kitano wants to take action, it will definitely be much stronger than the current version."
Mr. Kitano said with a smile: "In terms of technology, Ye Ming's editing skills are already very smooth. Even if I were to take action, I might not be able to do better technically. Of course, in terms of story, it would definitely be better."
If there are changes, the box office will increase internationally, but don’t you know why none of the directors in Japan dare to take action?"
Tsukamoto suddenly realized and said: "Senior Kitano is saying that Mr. Kadokawa invested in Chinese movies, which made some people in Tokyo unhappy, right? So, you want to teach him a lesson?"
Kitano nodded and said: "Otherwise, what do you think is going on? With Kadokawa's relationship, there is no problem in finding a suitable director in China to re-edit it. Why would you come to China to find it?"
People edit it. In fact, Kadokawa also realized this and went to China to find someone to help with editing.
Ye Ming, Tsukamoto, you have to be careful about this person in the future. Do you know why you can't succeed? You don't know how to please those people at the International Film Festival, but this Ye Ming, even ten of your methods can't match him."
At this time, Kitano Wu received a call, and his face suddenly turned pale. He was so surprised that he even dropped his phone. Tsukamoto had never felt that Director Kitano was so unable to control his emotions.
He asked curiously: "Senior Kitano, what's wrong?"
Kitano Wu looked in the direction of Tokyo and said: "I am hospitalized. It is said that a critical illness notice has been issued. The driver will go to the airport immediately."
Who can be called a senior by Kitano in Japan?
Tsukamoto immediately realized who it was.
The Japanese film industry is about to be transformed.