At six o'clock in the morning, the quiet bedroom suddenly heard the sound of alarm bells.
Tong Liya, who was sleeping soundly in Li Qian's arms on the bed, was immediately awakened and sat up quickly.
This movement also woke up Li Qian. He rubbed his head on Tong Liya's leg and looked at the time sleepily.
"What time is it? I got up so early."
"It's already six o'clock!"
Tong Liya casually put on two pieces of clothing and got up in a hurry.
"I'm going to school first, please remember to come on time."
After washing up, putting on makeup at the dressing table, picking out clothes from the closet and changing into them, Tong Liya took her bag and went out.
Li Qian acted so quickly, and Li Qian, who was still a little sleepy, didn't react for a while.
After a while, I got up from the bed.
Yes, Tong Liya’s graduation drama premiered today. No wonder she is so enthusiastic about going to school.
Li Qian simply got up. Sleeping too much was not good.
I brushed my teeth and washed my face, then went downstairs to buy breakfast.
Go back to the study and turn on the computer.
First he checked the email. Not long ago, Li Qian asked Guangxian to send him an announcement recruiting executive directors, and he also received resumes from many people.
Working for a director with a box office of over 100 million is an attractive opportunity.
Executive directors and cinematographers are the two professions where it is easiest to become a director across industries, and the possibility of being an executive director and cinematographer for a big director is even greater.
No matter what, if you only make one or two films under the guidance of a great director, your resume will be much better than working as an executive or cinematographer on seven or eight crews.
What's more, the directors of the two movies "Jaws: The Revenge" and "127 Hours" are both executive and assistant directors under Li Qian, and everyone in the industry knows this.
Qi Yukun and Guo Fan are both in their twenties. Just because they worked under Li Qian for more than half a year, they got the opportunity to direct alone. They are really envious.
You know, there are dozens of directing students graduating from the three major art schools + Communication University in China every year. Basically, it is impossible to get the opportunity to direct alone within two or three years of graduation, unless it is the kind of film that invests tens of thousands of yuan, and even more
Let alone a commercial movie like "Jaws: The Revenge" that cost nearly 10 million.
Every year for the rest of the year, four to five years in total, there will be more than a hundred directing students who have no chance to become directors.
However, two people with non-scientific backgrounds worked for Li Qian as executive director and assistant director for more than half a year. With Li Qian's support, they were able to become their own directors and make their own films.
This is undoubtedly a huge temptation. Just a short time later, after Guangxian was screened, Li Qian sent him more than 20 resumes.
There are students from the directing departments of various colleges in the past, and there are also students from studios, mainly these two categories, and the quality will be much better after screening.
Directing students who do not have more than three years of experience in multiple positions on at least three crews will pass directly.
The executive director Li Qian wants does not require much professional knowledge. This is not the point.
Instead, work experience, top-to-bottom understanding of the entire crew, management, and scheduling abilities are the key points.
After looking through these resumes, there was no one who fully met Li Qian's requirements.
Some assistant directors and executive directors who are not from professional studios meet the requirements despite their work experience and understanding of all occupations on the crew.
However, since he is getting a little older, Li Qian still wants to find someone younger. Young people have potential, physical strength, and energy. Young people have more energy to work hard.
And most of the people who have worked as assistant directors are just assistant directors doing odd jobs.
There will be no suitable candidates for a while, but Li Qian is not in a hurry.
Nowadays it is easy to find an executive by yourself. Whether it is the title of a director with a box office of 100 million yuan or the opportunity to direct alone, it is very attractive.
I closed my email and read the news for a while.
The series "Xiangjiang Entertainment Circle Earthquake" that had been serialized before ended a few days ago, and ended with the leading actor publicly apologizing and withdrawing from the entertainment industry indefinitely.
The matter is over, but the consequences of the lack of follow-up have just begun.
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In terms of the film industry, "Yangtze River No. 7" has a box office of over 200 million, becoming another Lunar New Year movie with a box office of over 100 million, and is temporarily ranked as the 2008 annual box office champion.
Chow Sing-chi directed and starred in two movies that grossed over 100 million yuan in succession, and his popularity was unprecedented.
The basketball movie "Slam Dunk" starring Jay Chou also reached a box office of 110 million. The appeal of the little pop star is unquestionable. The cross-border filmmaking is considered a huge success. I believe that there will be continuous film appointments in the future, and there will be no shortage of good roles.
Today's once-in-50-year winter has failed to cool down the film market. On the contrary, it is much hotter than any previous year.
Even if we include "Frequency of Life and Death", which was released on December 30, in January, the film market in January and February would have been two films worth 100 million and one film worth 200 million. This is not much different from the Lunar New Year film.
In addition, there will be a costume blockbuster "Jiangshan Beauty" starring Li Ming, Donnie Yen and Chen Huilin to be released on March 7th.
Produced by Chen Kexin and directed by Cheng Xiaodong, the two collaborated again after "The Call to Action".
However, "Beautiful Country", a costume blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million, also suffered a setback. It only took 33 million box office ten days after its release, which was a huge loss.
With a cost of hundreds of millions, the final box office is estimated to be less than 50 million, making it the worst-losing costume blockbuster in recent years.
The last costume blockbuster that failed so miserably was "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" in 2003, which had a box office of 40 million five years ago. Moreover, by cheating one of the investors, Columbia, Huayang Media actually made a profit.
Made a fortune.
But now, overseas investors have long since woken up from the huge sales of "Hero", and costume blockbusters are no longer so easy to sell.
Huge losses are certain. "Beauty" is still led by the Bernard family. In addition, a company jointly founded by Zeng Zhiwei and Chen Kexin, Tianxia Film and Television, a subsidiary of Xiangjiang Meiya Entertainment, also invested a little bit.
Bernard didn't make any money in the previous Lunar New Year episode "Investment Certificate", and now he has suffered a huge loss. Yu Dong, who had just received financing, suffered a huge setback at the beginning.
However, after the Lunar New Year period that lasts until the Spring Festival, the domestic film market has not been quiet at all.
This month there are also two Hollywood blockbusters released, "National Treasure" and "Ten Thousand Years Before History". The protagonist of the former, Nicolas Cage, is very famous in China.
In April, there will also be "Three Kingdoms" starring Andy Lau, "Children of Yellowstone" starring Zhou Yunfa, the Sino-US co-production "The King of Kung Fu" starring Cheng Long and Jet Li, and the Hollywood superhero movie "Iron Man"
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With four blockbusters released in one month, the New Year and summer festivals are much more lively than in previous years.
The reasons for the release of four blockbusters in April are also obvious.
The summer super battleship "Red Cliff" is about to be released with great fanfare.
Let’s not talk about anything else, the cost alone is as high as 600 million, which is shocking enough.
Director Wu Yusen stars a large number of A-list stars, and the theme is the Battle of Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms, which is familiar to the audience. Almost no one doubts whether "Red Cliff" will be a big hit.
The only difference is how explosive it is!
Even a movie like "The King of Kung Fu" starring two Kung Fu superstars was not selected in the summer season when the market is bigger, which is enough to show the deterrent power of this movie.
In such a huge summer season, not a single decent movie dares to compete.
However, just a few days ago, the crew of "Red Cliff" had an accident while reshooting some scenes in Xiaotangshan, killing one person and injuring seven others.
Last year, I was rushing to death, even jumping in line at the photofinishing factory. It's been almost 10 months now, and I haven't finished filming yet, so I got into an accident. I don't know what I was rushing about.
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In the evening, Li Qian rushed to the Central Theater Company to watch the graduation drama of the 2008 acting class of the Central Theater Company.
Although the Shaw Theater of Chinese Opera does not sell tickets to the public for the graduation drama, tickets for so many seats have to be given out, and about 700 seats are full.
There were many people, so Li Qian wore a hat and made it thicker so that no one would recognize him.
There is not much to watch in this play, it is an adaptation of Gorky's "At the Bottom".
Just by looking at the name, you can tell what the content is. It talks about the tragic fate of people at the bottom, and then deeply criticizes the authoritarian system that deprives them of the possibility and hope of returning to life.
Quite famously, neon film master Akira Kurosawa adapted the original work into...
Stanislavsky has acted in this play before and is the author of "The Actor's Self-cultivation". He has an extraordinary status in the domestic film and television circles. The first generation of directors drew on his directing and acting theories.
However, Li Qian is not particularly interested in dialogue dramas, and Tong Liya only has two lines and has very few scenes. She dresses up as a poor old lady and holds a wooden bucket for laundry clothes that is a lot bigger than others.
After the play was finished, Li Qian also contributed his own applause and left the stage after a while.
Tong Liya still had to get together with her classmates and teachers, and Li Qian was ready to go home and wait for her.
However, when Li Qian came out of Shaw Theater and walked towards the school gate, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
When he looked back, he saw a girl with short hair following him.
Seeing that he stopped and looked back at him, he even took the initiative to step forward.
"Hello, Director Li."
I disguised myself so well and was recognized?
Li Qian touched the hat on his head. It seemed that he was not a qualified underground worker.
"Hello, what's the matter?"
Seeing that Li Qian was still willing to pay attention to her, a stranger, the girl quickly said, "Hello, Director Li, I am a 05-level directing student at the China Theater Academy. My name is Su Lun. I heard that you are hiring an executive director..."
Directing student?
No wonder, it doesn’t look like he’s studying acting.
However, before she could finish speaking, Li Qian waved his hand and said, "Guangxian has made an announcement. You can send your resume to the email address on the announcement."
Seeing Li Qian turn and leave, Su Lun quickly followed, "Director Li, I sent out my resume more than a week ago, but there has been no response. I would like to ask you to give me a moment and allow me to introduce myself."
Li Qian shook his head. One of the requirements he gave Guangxian was to exclude women.
In the workplace, women are at a disadvantage both physically and psychologically, making it difficult to compete with men.
High-intensity and continuous overtime work makes men extremely tired, let alone women. Moreover, men don't need to take care of their skin, so it doesn't matter if they live a rough life.
However, it was fate that we met each other, and the third-year directing student at the Chinese Theater Department is still quite good, at least much better than the original Guo Fan.
Moreover, several actors invited to come to the studio for auditions tomorrow, but everyone in the studio has been sent out, not even a handyman.
At least I'm doing some odd jobs at the head office, and I'll find a good reason to do it later.
Li Qian turned around and looked at her. He saw that she was not a weak girl, so he asked, "Can you play with the film machine?"
Su Lun was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly, "Yes."
"Does the clone know how to block the light?"
Su Lun nodded heavily again with a look of surprise on his face.
"meeting!"
"Come to my studio at nine o'clock tomorrow morning on time."
After giving him the address of the studio, Li Qian left, leaving Su Lun, who was full of surprise, waving vigorously on the spot.
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Now that the script is complete, it’s time to move on to the next stage of preparation.
Finding actors, writing storyboards, setting up indoor studios, and making models all take time.
I hope I can find a suitable actor on the first day tomorrow. Those are the seven or eight actors carefully selected by Li Qian. I hope he won't be disappointed.