"The 15th Beijing College Student Film Festival concluded successfully. "Assembly" won the three awards of Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor, becoming the biggest winner!"
"Rising director Li Qian won the Best Debut Award and the Most Popular Director Award with "Frequency of Life and Death", shining at the College Student Film Festival!"
"Ma Xiaogang and Li Qian compete tit for tat at the College Student Film Festival!"
"Ma Xiaogang claimed to be the most popular, but a moment later he was slapped in the face by Li Qian!"
"At the awards ceremony of the College Student Film Festival, Li Qian was ignored by He Ping and Ma Xiaogang!"
"Li Qian declared domineeringly: "I am the most popular director!"
"Ma Xiaogang bluntly said that Li Qian is not worthy of the most popular director and questioned the selection results!"
"Young people have no respect for their elders. Many seniors in the film industry have accused Li Qian!"
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The University Student Film Festival is still somewhat popular in the Mainland, not to mention that the news headlines in these media are more attractive than the last.
The old famous director and the new billionaire box office director are fighting each other, which has attracted the attention of many netizens.
"Let me go, why are it Ma Xiaogang and Li Qian again!"
"What happened this time? Are the two of them at odds?"
"I was at the scene. When Ma Dapao accepted the Best Director Award, he said that he was the most popular and ignored Li Qian. But half an hour later, Li Qian won the Most Popular Director Award again, and he replied
Most popular director."
"I'll go, this is such a coincidence, Ma Dapao is so miserable."
"Hahaha, I got slapped in the face for pretending!"
"But it's normal to make a joke like this. Ma Dapao actually questioned the result, which is too cautious."
"Haha... If you win the award, you are right. The judges have a good vision. If someone else wins the award, you have the inside story."
"But this Li Qian is really tough. He did it twice, and he completely offended Ma Xiaogang."
"Ma Dapao is allowed to have a temper, and others should suffer it? His first movie has a box office of over 100 million, and he is only 24 years old. Ma Xiaogang is 24 years old and he might be hanging around somewhere."
"Although I really like Ma Xiaogang's movies, his temper is too bad. I often hear him scolding him for this and that. Someone should treat him!"
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April is relatively deserted, and it has been two months since the Xiangjiang stall happened. Basically, everyone has only one resource, and there is nothing new.
The episode between Ma Xiaogang and Li Qian is still very topical.
The media were not idle either. After the college students' movie, there were no other activities. They were unable to interview Ma Xiaogang and Li Qian for a while, but the pen was in the hands of the reporters, so it was up to them to write whatever they wanted.
Moreover, they also interviewed some other filmmakers, and some actually praised Ma Xiaogang's bad feet and accused Li Qian of being arrogant and disrespectful and not respecting his elders.
The most disturbing thing was Ma Xiaogang himself, who was retorted by Li Qian twice. This was the first time in many years that a young director dared to speak back.
"I'm furious!"
When he got home, Ma Xiaogang directly smashed his cell phone on the sofa.
"Quiet your anger, you are so angry that people will see it as a joke."
Xu Fan picked up the phone for him, put it into his pocket, and helped him take off his coat and put it on the hanger.
"If you think about it, it's just a trivial matter. This bit of news passed in two days. Didn't he just win a small award? There will be a Hundred Flowers Award in September. He definitely doesn't have a share, and your movie will be released during the Lunar New Year.
It will be released and then win the box office championship, which is much better than just showing off verbally."
Ma Xiaogang knew this, but he just couldn't swallow it.
He thought for a while, "I don't know when Li Qian's new movie will be filmed. It probably won't be in time for the Lunar New Year, otherwise I have to let him know how awesome it is!"
Xu Fan chuckled and said, "Even if you win, you deserve it. Against a new director, that's not bullying. As long as the box office can exceed 100 million, it won't be considered a loss."
"Moreover, this Li Qian is so shrewd. Every time he fights back, there is no flaw. Moreover, after he finished speaking, no matter how the reporters provoked him, he didn't say a word. He is very thoughtful. He will not come to fight with you in the ring.
, only in a few years will I slowly gain confidence and dare to compete head-on with a great director like you."
"I don't have the guts to show off to him!"
Ma Xiaogang is a little disdainful. Last year during the Lunar New Year, he defeated three major superstars in "The Legend". Now in the entire film industry, who dares to compete with him?
It's also Zhang Yimou who didn't go to the Olympics, otherwise he would have wanted to try it!
When he thought that he would not have the opportunity to teach Li Qian a lesson at the box office, Ma Xiaogang was also angry and had nothing to do.
If Li Qian is in his 30s or 40s, Ma Xiaogang will definitely start criticizing him directly. But he is only 24 years old, which is twice as old as Ma Xiaogang. If he really does that, he will bully the younger generation, which is too cheap.
He's too young, and his temper probably won't work no matter how you threaten him. He probably won't be able to hit him in the movie, so he won't be on the same schedule as you.
Unless we just keep an eye on him, when Li Qian is scheduled to be released, then he will be released as well.
However, the schedule can be changed at any time.
Except for Ma Xiaogang, Huayang Media's other films may not necessarily be effective against Li Qian. After all, the last film exceeded 100 million.
A tough nut to crack!
Not only Ma Xiaogang, but the Huang family brothers also thought so.
"Now that the relationship is completely deadlocked, don't think about winning over him now. Let's just treat him as a rival from now on."
Huang Zhongjun is so worried. Ma Xiaogang and Li Qian are so stubborn that they almost come to blows.
Now he doesn't want to chew on this bone for the time being, so as not to chip his tooth.
However, to let Ma Xiaogang suffer, it would be nice to have someone who can treat him, as his temper is getting worse day by day and he is too difficult to take care of.
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Li Qian has not cared about this matter since the end of the film festival. As long as Ma Xiaogang is not stupid, he will not criticize him.
Age is Li Qian's biggest advantage. Each of these well-known directors is at least two rounds older than him, so others would be bullying the juniors if they find trouble.
But if Ma Xiaogang really gets angry and starts spraying, Li Qian won't suffer.
If you don’t take the initiative to provoke, in principle you will never fire the first shot!
Li Qian put the trophy back into the studio office early in the morning, but found that Guo Fan and Qi Yukun were also there.
"Why are you here if you are not resting at home?" Li Qian asked.
"Boss, why did you quarrel with Ma Xiaogang again?"
The two of them looked worried. Zhang Yimou was busy with the Olympics, Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" was not yet done, and Mainland director Ma Xiaogang seemed to be the number one.
After all, Li Qian has no foundation and has only made one movie. It is not a good thing to be at odds with Ma Xiaogang.
"What did I think it was?"
Li Qian shook his head, "Where did the quarrel begin? Ma Xiaogang and I haven't even said a word until now. We just made a mockery. Hasn't Ma Xiaogang been scolded enough?"
The two of them wanted to say something else, but they were stopped by Li Qian.
"The top priority for you two now is to have a good rest. Don't worry about me. Have a good rest. After the rest, edit the film, do post-production, and then release it and sell it well."
"But..."
"It's nothing to worry about. Ma Xiaogang is already old. Directors of his generation will be eliminated by the market sooner or later, just like the fourth generation of directors."
"In a few years, the domestic film market will be ours, so why worry about it!"
What these words are saying is that they involve the future of the domestic film market.
Although they dream of becoming a real director, they really don't have big expectations for the future. It's enough to have the opportunity to keep making movies.
The domestic film market is theirs, and only Li Qian, whose debut film has a box office of 100 million, dares to say this. They don't even dare to think about it.
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Li Qian shook his head, "Don't underestimate yourself. Since you have to do it, why can't you do your best? In fact, Lao Qi and Lao Guo also have the talent to be directors. The most basic thing is that a director must be creative, and
In fact, you all have this talent barrier of aesthetics, otherwise I wouldn’t have handed over these millions of funds to you.”
"Do I have a talent?"
Guo Fan thought for a while, and he really didn't know what kind of aesthetic talent he had.
Li Qian smiled and said, "Actually, Lao Guo, maybe you can really become a good science fiction film director. I saw the drawings you drew for the special effects company, and you abruptly changed the copycat style into a high-class, heavy-industrial punk design.
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When I was in college, I took a course on film and television directing. I didn’t have this kind of talent in the field of image vision. It didn’t take one semester to understand that after four years of college, an ordinary person could tell the difference between two pictures and which of the two shots was more beautiful and better.
, but that’s all. He lacks the ability to create something beautiful. Lao Guo has talent in this regard.”
"And Lao Qi, I just remembered that you are the same age as me, and you look about thirty. Just like you, you are too stable and cautious. Although it is better to be more stable, it also curbs your creativity.
Movies are about giving full play to imagination, and in every shot, you have to think divergently about how to make it better and more perfect."
When Li Qian said this, the two of them, especially Guo Fan, suddenly became confident.
"Boss, we originally planned to go to the Beijing Film Academy to take the directing training class in September and study off-the-job for a year. Do you think it is necessary?"
"study?"
Li Qian nodded, "Of course it is necessary. You still need to learn the necessary professional knowledge. One year is almost enough. You already have a certain foundation."
After coming over worriedly, the two left with confidence.
They have talent, but whether they can realize it depends on themselves.
Li Qian also hopes that they can all become excellent directors. There are too many bad films in his mind. It is conceivable that the domestic film market in the future will be full of bad films.
It may also be that the market is getting bigger and bigger, and there are too many movies, so there will naturally be more bad movies.
However, Li Qian still wanted to do something for this industry. He asked Guangxian to find someone with a performance requirement of around thirty, just to find someone with potential.
As I get older, my aesthetics cannot keep up with the times, and the education I receive is different from that of contemporary young people, so I will only be out of touch with the market.
If there is potential, Li Qian is also willing to help.
Li Qian's ambition is to discover ten or eight outstanding directors, which would be awesome.
However, this is just a thought, not looking for Chinese cabbage.
However, Guo Fan was going to a film school training class for a year, so no one would make the film tailor-made for Tong Liya.
Forget it, just take your time and search, maybe you'll find the right candidate at some point.
Li Qian didn't dwell on the matter. He went to Guangxian and signed the contract for "Moon" with the other party.
The investment cost of this movie is about 13 million, of which the total remuneration of all actors is only a few hundred thousand. In addition to crew wages, equipment, and film costs, 10 million was spent on special effects.
The main ones are internal and external studios, various high-tech models, and a lot of post-rendering costs...,
Rendering is the core of special effects!
For two fixed scenes, 10 million is enough.
In fact, according to the original version, the special effects cost would be over two million, but a science fiction film must have the feel of a science fiction film and a high-tech feel.
However, the salary of Li Qian's director and screenwriter has increased to 5 million, which is equivalent to the salary of two A-list celebrities plus one A-list niche actor, and about the same as that of Donnie Yen or Xie Tingfeng.
Compared to a director with a box office of over 100 million, five million is not high or low. At this price, even a director with a box office of over 100 million may not be able to hire it.
It has a price but no market. For a blockbuster film that can easily cost tens of millions of dollars to invest, it is nothing. It is better than using the five million to hire a certain actor.
The total cost is 18 million, of which Li Qian contributed 11.7 million, accounting for 65%. Of the remaining 35%, Guangxian accounted for 20%, and the other 15% was used for resource replacement, whether it was major theater chains or local optoelectronics.
It is said that the payment is 11.7 million, but in fact, after the money is transferred into the project account, Li Qian will immediately receive a salary of 5 million.
This time Guangxian accounted for 5% more investment than "Frequency of Life and Death", and Wang Changtian was also very satisfied.
Step by step, at least it shows that Li Qian can negotiate, this time 20%, maybe 30% next time, and in two years Guangxian plus the issuance fee will be able to get the bulk.
The contract was signed happily, and the two parties exchanged contracts and signed the other one.
After collecting the contract, Wang Changtian took over the modified and easy-to-understand literary script from Li Qian, full of expectations.
"I can always look forward to Director Li's new film. I'll read the script first and then submit it for review."
Wang Changtian has never even read the script, but that doesn't matter. He is a director with a box office of 100 million yuan, and the cost of the new film is 20 million. If Hua Yang and Bernard were replaced, they would still sign the contract without reading the script. After all, it is not a big production worth tens of millions.
"I hope I won't disappoint Mr. Wang."
Li Qian smiled and then signed the distribution contract.
With a movie that has a box office of over 100 million, the distribution share has also dropped from 10% to 8%, a drop of two points.
In addition, Guangxian needs to pay 14 million in advance for publicity and distribution, of which nearly 4 million is for copying, which is about 500 film copies.
This second movie can't be too shabby. The box office is aimed at hundreds of millions, so the scale of publicity and distribution and copying must be of a corresponding scale.
The contract was finalized and Guangxian submitted it for review. Not long after, the media, which had vast media coverage, also received further information about Li Qian's new film from Optoelectronics.
If the media knows about it, the audience will naturally know about it soon.