When the first word came out of Li Qian's mouth, the audience was not too surprised.
"Frequency of Life and Death" barely qualifies as science fiction, after all, it's time travel.
Even though "Moon" is a low-budget science fiction film, it is no different from a feature film and does not have any high-tech stuff, but it is a solid science fiction film.
However, the genre of apocalyptic science fiction left reporters present in a daze.
There are not even science fiction films in China, let alone apocalyptic science fiction.
Even in Hollywood, there are very few well-known science fiction films of this type.
"Director Li, can you tell me what the specific aspect is?"
"What kind of apocalypse is this? Is it the same as "The Day After Tomorrow" and "2012"?"
“Is it still low-budget science fiction?”
...
Before the reporters could ask questions, Li Qian took the lead and left the noisy press conference.
Zhang Hanyu and others hurriedly followed him out. They were also a little curious, but Li Qian didn't want to talk and it was hard to ask.
Deng Chao was much more casual, after all, he had the status of a fellow countryman.
"Director Li, is this science fiction film the kind of hardcore science fiction about the end of the world?"
The Lunar New Year movie "2012" has just been released, and news of the end of the world in 2012 is also constantly spreading on the Internet. People are constantly using various information to prove that there is really the end of the world, and what they say is true.
Netizens also started making noise together, and gradually some people actually became skeptical about the idea that the end of the world is coming in 2012.
Deng Chao wondered if Li Qian wanted to make a movie about the end of the world based on this topic.
Deng Chao, who kept thinking about it, even thought about the release date.
He said excitedly, "If it is really a doomsday movie, it can be released on December 31, 2012, and then it will be promoted as the last movie before the world is destroyed."
"What are you thinking about?"
Li Qian was speechless, this thought spread quite quickly.
But it still seems like a pretty good gimmick. It’s the last movie before the destruction of the earth. Maybe some troll netizens will make fun of it.
However, this is not what Li Qian wanted to shoot.
"Brother Chao, you have so many ideas. It would be a pity not to be a director and make your own movies."
Li Qian shook his head and led everyone to another banquet hall next door.
Well, to celebrate success, it’s definitely not possible to celebrate by yourself behind closed doors in the entertainment industry. It’s only right that the distributors, theaters, and colleagues invite everyone over and rejoice together.
However, no one came from Huayang and Chengtian companies.
Bernard and Guangxian are still Zhang Hao and Zhang Zhao, but Zhang Hao is not happy. "October Siege" controlled by Bernard was also more or less influenced by "Perfect World".
Zhang Zhao is not happy either. The two Lunar New Year movies "Living Together" and "Perfect World" have nothing to do with Guang Xian.
The two movies combined have a box office of nearly 600 million. Even if they take a small amount, it is still a huge profit.
Look again, without Li Qian this year, Guangxian's film business almost collapsed.
Pony General Manager Zhong Lifang seems very happy. Wu Yusen and Ning Hao have officially signed contracts with Pony. The combined weight of these two people is not inferior to that of Zhang Yimou and Ma Xiaogang.
After some congratulations, several bosses also asked about the apocalyptic science fiction film Li Qian just mentioned.
"I'm afraid the investment for Director Li's science fiction film this time will not be small, right?"
Li Qian nodded, "I think it will cost a little more this time, and it won't be possible to do it at a small cost."
That's a big production, and I guess it won't be finished in a while.
They were relieved. Judging from the situation during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, Li Qian is probably a strong contender for the annual box office championship.
What's even more outrageous is that he is extremely prolific, making one film a year.
Next year Ma Xiaogang has confirmed that two movies, "Tangshan Earthquake" and "If You Are the One 2" will be released, plus Li Qian's new movie, it will be a real fight between gods, and it is expected to be even more lively than this year.
No, I should say this year, it is already January 4th.
...
After the noon banquet, Li Qian talked with Song Ge and Du Yang about the promotion of "People on the Road".
"Mr. Song, Mr. Du, we are working hard on the post-production of "A Man on the Road" now. It should be no problem in time for the first day of the Lunar New Year. There are only 45 days left before the movie is released. Yayao and you are starting to prepare."
They had already made preparations for the next movie. Du Yang said, "Director Li, although "People on the Road" incorporates elements close to life such as third parties, migrant workers asking for wages, Spring Festival travel, etc.,
Xu Zheng is also somewhat famous, but he still lacks a truly unattractive publicity point, and there is no one that is thorough, familiar, and popular."
"Indeed it is."
Li Qian nodded. Even though "People on the Road" has many hot topics nowadays, including being released during the Spring Festival, it just lacks one key point.
"If You Are the One" is also closely related to current hot topics, but these are definitely not the real attractions.
Ma Xiaogang is the biggest topic. No matter how many hot topics "If You Are the One" is related to, it can't match Ma Xiaogang's fame.
The same is true for "Journey to the Road". Although "Nightclub" starring Xu Zheng was a box office hit, this movie was fun to watch, but when I think about it after a few days, I can't quite remember what was funny about it.
Yes, there is still a gap compared to "Crazy Time".
Xu Zheng's current fame, coupled with Wang Baoqiang, is still far behind his real box office appeal.
They didn't need to tell Li Qian that this was lacking, and it was time to use his name again.
Relying on your own fame, you can attract a large number of viewers to the cinema in the early stage, and then the audience's reputation will maintain the popularity, thus attracting more viewers.
In this way, the effect will be much better and faster than relying on the film's own reputation to slowly ferment.
After all, the Spring Festival is only a seven-day holiday. Once production starts, no matter how good the movie is, the box office may even be worse than usual.
Work after a long vacation is often the busiest.
Originally, when the film was launched, Li Qian had promoted it a bit and also used the title of producer. It would be fine if he continued to use his own name to promote it.
However, Li Qian found that Song Ge and Du Yang were in a low mood and seemed to have something on their minds.
The movie was a big hit. As one of the promoters, although it only got 4% of the promotion and distribution, and the other 6% was taken away by China Film and Television United, it still made a lot of money.
Li Qian was a little curious and asked with a smile, "Mr. Song, Mr. Du, what happened?"
"It's nothing serious."
Song Ge shook his head. It was not an important matter, so he did not hide it. "Mr. Chi feels that making movies is too risky, so he plans to focus on TV series."
Mr. Chi is Chi Yufeng of Perfect World. Perfect World Film and Television was co-founded by him and Chi Yufeng, and Chi Yufeng is the major shareholder.
Although I have earned some publicity fees from Li Qian's two films, they are not my own projects after all, and I have invested in them. Even if the released "Perfect" sells 100 million, the investment is actually not small, and I will not make any profit.
How many.
The two founders had a disagreement. Chi Yufeng wanted to focus on TV series, and the film business would be in promotions. Anyway, promotions were a sure profit.
TV series are much better than movies. As long as there are TV stations to buy them and no big productions are involved, the money will be better than movies.
Unlike a movie, it depends on whether the audience likes it or not.
Even if the audience doesn't like the TV series, it will be sold in the first round, but at most it will not sell well later.
Li Qian also understood that major companies could not make much money from film production. Huayang made money from artist management and TV series, while Bernard made money from promotion fees.
But this is an internal matter within the company, and he has nothing to say.
We talked about the general direction of publicity, and asked Xu Zheng to discuss it with Song Ge specifically after he finished his work in the later stage.
...
Leave the hotel and come to the studio in the afternoon.
"Boss, my idea is half completed, please show me."
Guo Fan immediately held a pile of manuscript papers and came over excitedly.
“I’ve finished imagining everything, let’s sort it out before talking about it.”
Looking at the messy manuscript papers in his hands, Li Qian felt dizzy. He probably wouldn't be able to understand it for a while.
He waved to Su Lun again, "Su Lun, come on, we have a science fiction romance film project."
"Any new ideas?"
As soon as Guo Fan sat down, he immediately stood up again, staring curiously at a... USB disk that Li Qian took out of his pocket.
"Boss, let me plug it in for you."
Guo Fan immediately volunteered to take it and plug it into the computer.
You don’t even have to look for it, there’s just a file inside.
Click to open.
A very long document turned out to be a literary script.
"Boss, why is there a script for Su Lun's project? You have been busy promoting it these days. When did you write it?" Guo Fan couldn't help but wonder.
Li Qian said, "This film is for Yaya. I took the time to write it. It's quite complete. I just need to edit it a little..."
...My girlfriend is so partial.
My project is just a concept and creativity. During this period of time, just perfecting the plot is not enough.
The early and middle stages were okay, but the later stages and the ending, whether they were happy endings or dark and despairing ones, how to deal with it, caused Guo Fan to burn out a lot of brain cells and almost scratch his scalp.
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As for Su Lun, there is a ready-made script right there.
Although I wanted to say something unfair, I still put the complaint behind me and stared at the computer screen seriously, wanting to see what the movie Li Qian tailor-made for Tong Liya would be like.
Moreover, science fiction romance movies are a rare genre.
However, before he could take a second look, Su Lun squeezed him out of the way, and he could only sit next to him and watch with wide eyes.
He kept urging, "Scroll down quickly, I'm done."
Seeing Guo Fan squeezing closer to Su Lun with his head pressed against him, Li Qian was a little amused and kicked him on the chair.
"What are you doing, taking the opportunity to eat tofu?"
"No, no, I didn't!"
Guo Fan, who was reading the script carefully, was shocked and quickly clarified.