"Li Qian joins hands with senior producer Du Yang to establish "Future Pictures" to fully enter the film and television industry!"
"Li Qian said that although he has established a film and television company, directing is still his first career. He will shoot more excellent films in the future, and new films have begun to enter the preparation stage!"
""Future Films" means the future of the film industry. Can Li Qian, the new generation of directors, take over the inheritance of Chinese films?"
"With an annual box office of 1.5 billion, Future Pictures will become the most dynamic new force in the film industry."
"From director to film and television company boss, can Li Qian not forget his original intention?"
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Although it was only a small company, it still became a hot topic in entertainment news.
At this time, there are no new movies released. In the fourth week that has just passed, "I Am Legend" still took in 83 million box office, with the total box office reaching 760 million.
And on Monday of the fifth week, which is the 17th, there are still 6 million in a single day, and 800 million is just around the corner.
No new movie is released, but the popularity of the standout "I Am Legend" has never stopped, including Li Qian's.
Although opening a company is not something that movie fans care about, there is really no new news, and some netizens are also talking about it.
"Li Qian has transformed into a capitalist? He has fallen. It's so sad!"
"That's right, I'm absolutely depraved. I just asked for 1.3 billion in box office. Now I'm starting a company. I'm corrupted by money!!!"
"There's nothing wrong with being your own boss. It's better than working for someone else. I've long wanted to fire my boss and start my own business.",
"Upstairs, come to the company tomorrow to close the company. In order to prevent you from being fired, I will fire you first."
"66666, the boss is still recruiting people, I'm a professional."
"Haha, I was so ridiculous that I was caught by my boss."
"The guy upstairs must be stupid, he's obviously joking."
"You must be stupid upstairs, you are just joking."
"It's also a joke upstairs. People are also joking."
"No matryoshka dolls allowed upstairs..."
"It's normal to start your own business, but I'm afraid that Li Qian will delay his filmmaking."
"Didn't Li Qian say that the focus is still on making movies? There will definitely be new movies this year."
"I don't know what he wants to film. He also wants to break the record of "Avatar". It's really getting more and more exciting."
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Jinling, the special training base for the actors of "Jinling Thirteen Beauties", Zhang Yimou, as an older generation director, of course sneered at Li Qian's statement that their young directors are the future of the film industry.
The glory days of directors of their generation have only lasted a few years, and they are only in their fifties, far from the time to abdicate.
Even after experiencing the trough of "Three Guns", even though Zhang Yimou has a gentler personality as he gets older, he never thought about letting young people take the lead. This has been the pride of his 20 years of fame.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Weiping burst into the door with a smile and said, "Yimou, let's take a break today. Several CEOs from Minsheng Bank will come over in the afternoon and have a meal together in the evening."
Zhang Yimou, who had just come in without knocking on the door because of Zhang Weiping, was already a little unhappy. When he heard this, his face became even uglier.
"I've told you several times not to have any ideas about them."
Realizing that Zhang Yimou was angry again, Zhang Weiping quickly smiled and said, "Yimou, they gave us a loan of 150 million, so you have to give us some face."
"The Thirteen Hairpins" announced an investment of 600 million, but the actual production cost was 200 million, of which 150 million came from a low-interest loan from Minsheng Bank, with the film copyright as pledge.
Going to the bank for a loan is normal in every industry, and it is the same in the film industry. Part of the investment in many blockbusters is borrowed from banks.
However, a loan of RMB 150 million for a single movie is also a uniquely large sum.
Moreover, the film copyright is pledged, which means that even if the entire 200 million yuan is lost, Minsheng Bank will foot the bill.
Full compensation is definitely impossible. As long as there are more than 500 million in box office, the loan from Minsheng Bank can be recovered.
Moreover, Minsheng Bank plans to hold an event at that time. If the accumulated credit card consumption is 2,000 yuan, or three single purchases of more than 100 yuan, two movie tickets will be given away.
This can be said to be a great support. It is not difficult to apply for a credit card and make these purchases.
With such great support from others, necessary entertainment is inevitable. Zhang Yimou also knew this, but he still insisted, "It's okay for me to toast you with two glasses of wine, but before the movie is finished, no one is allowed to do it."
Their attention!"
How come Zhang Yimou didn't know that Zhang Weiping's so-called socializing was nothing more than asking the specially trained girls to accompany him for drinks or even spend the night.
Zhang Weiping's face looked a little ugly, and he said disapprovingly, "You don't need so many people, I can just bring a few here. Moreover, they are training to be young ladies. They can just experience life and gain experience, and maybe they will be suitable for making movies."
Another good thing is that the senior executives of other banks are here for the women you trained."
After hearing such vulgar words about being a young lady coming from Zhang Weiping, such comments about his actors, and the special training content he had carefully prepared, Zhang Yimou finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled loudly, "That's enough!"
"I said, don't bother them until the movie is finished. You deal with those people on your own!"
After saying that, Zhang Yimou stopped talking nonsense to him, slammed the door and walked out, and came to the training room where actresses were specially trained, where they were receiving training from professional body and posture teachers.
"The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" tells the story of a priest, a group of female students and prostitutes who took refuge in the church after the city of Jinling was destroyed. In the end, the group of prostitutes died instead of the female students.
As the protagonist of the movie, the charming figure of the woman by the Qinhuai River is the content of the special training.
At the door, watching these girls wearing tights and making movements under the guidance of the bodybuilding teacher, Zhang Yimou nodded with satisfaction.
Some of these girls will play the roles of despised promiscuous women, who are also the protagonists in "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".
And "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is Zhang Yimou's announcement to the outside world after the failure of "Three Guns" that he, the front wave, has not been beaten to death by the back wave on the beach, and he can still flop.
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Not only Zhang Yimou, but all the famous older generation directors are very unhappy with Li Qian's statement that their young directors represent the future of the industry.
They are not old yet!
Jiang Wen, who had just stood up and made money, although he didn't pay much attention to the box office, as long as he didn't lose money, Jiang Wen had always had a high self-esteem, and no one could catch his eye, let alone be attracted by young people.
I was so stressed out now that I felt more energetic and was thinking about what to make my next movie.
Ma Xiaogang, who also finished the promotion and returned to the capital, saw Li Qian's remarks at the press conference again.
However, Ma Xiaogang is busy now and has no time to quarrel with Li Qian. This is a major event related to his future in the next seven or eight years.
The contract with Huayang Media has expired long ago and has not been renewed for a long time. It is not just a matter of price.
Li Qian gets 80% of the profits from all his own movies, not to mention a large salary.
On the other hand, among Ma Xiaogang's films, Hua Yang took the lion's share.
Ever since "The Great Tangshan Earthquake", Ma Xiaogang had an idea in his mind. He couldn't just get a salary and a little bit of dividends. Even if his movies couldn't get a big hit, they couldn't get too much less.
But the failure of "If You Are the One 2" made him a little uncertain again.
However, seeing the news that Li Qian established a new company today made Ma Xiaogang firmer in his thoughts.
He also wants to open a company and invest in his own movies.
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In fact, the biggest reaction to Li Qian's establishment of a new company was the CEOs of major companies.
Yu Dong gave up contact with Ma Xiaogang, but could not contact Li Qian.
At this time, Li Qian appeared, but directly declared that his idea was shattered.
"Why!"
In the office, Yu Dong sighed and said, "Du Yang is getting an advantage. I don't know what Li Qian thinks."
Any fool knows that there is no hope of taking over Li Qian's movie marketing business, so Li Qian recruited Du Yang's team and made it clear that he was doing the publicity for himself.
Bernard's distribution director Zhang Hao also looked surprised, "I thought he would continue to cooperate with Song Ge. After finishing the promotion of "I Am Legend", Du Yang will also go to Wanda."
"The few people and contacts under Du Yang can't support him to produce three or four big-selling movies a year. Why doesn't Li Qian understand this?" Yu Dong shook his head, as if he was sorry for Li Qian's wrong choice.
I feel so regretful.
"Yes, and there are no resources on the Internet for Perfect World."
Zhang Hao agreed, but suddenly his eyes flashed, as if he thought of something, and he said slowly, "Maybe they will recruit more troops later."
Yu Dong shook his head, "Ignore him and do your own thing. "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" can't run into Li Qian again this year. Yesterday, someone from China Film Group said that Li Qian went to see Director Han a few days ago to talk.
It’s been a long time, so I guess his new movie is not simple.”
Regardless of whether Li Qian's threat to destroy "Avatar" is bragging, anyway, Yu Dong does not want to spend a lot of money to create "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and Li Qian's new film to be released at the same time.
Even if he has absolute confidence in the combination of Xu Ke and Li Lianjie, Li Qian has set a new record after all, and is about to break 800 million.
"Mr. Zhang, we have to prepare for the release of the movie. If we can make it in time for the summer vacation, we will release it during the summer vacation. If we can't, we will release it during the National Day. Let them compete for the Lunar New Year slot."
Yu Dong ordered Zhang Hao, but Zhang Hao seemed to be in a daze.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Yu Dong was a little unhappy. He Wuwu bent his palm and tapped it twice on the table.
"Zhang Hao."
Zhang Hao heard this, came to his senses, and said quickly, "Yu Dong."
Yu Dong suppressed the impatience in his heart and repeated it again, "The distribution department is ready to release "Dragon Flying Swords" and check the progress of Xuke. If the summer release cannot catch up, we will try our best to release it on the National Day release.
"
"Okay, Dong Yu." Zhang Hao nodded and agreed.
Are you avoiding Li Qian's new film? Are you already afraid of it to this extent?
But in retrospect, Bernard has had many blockbusters hit Li Qian's movies in the past two years, and "Mulan" was completely overshadowed by Su Lun's debut film "Cohabitation in Time and Space", which was also the executive director of Li Qian at the time.
Li Qian, Future Pictures, had a box office of 1.5 billion last year. Thinking of this, Zhang Hao had a headache. As a distributor, they are under increasing pressure.
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Not only Yu Dong, but also other companies that had previously wanted to take over Li Qian's publicity and marketing business, including Wang Changtian, Zhang Zhao, Li Ming and others, gave up hope and felt tremendous pressure at this time.
Although it is just a small company, with not as many people as one department of a big company, but with Li Qian and several blockbuster directors, it is enough to support a company, and it is a huge threat to any company.
Li Ming, who had just confirmed a big project, was in a rare good mood.
He rubbed his head, "Hey, we have to hurry up. There are Huayang and Bernard in the front, Wanda and Lay's in the back, and Li Qian has opened his own company. In two years, the competition in the domestic film industry will only be It’s getting more and more tragic.”
In front of me, Pony General Manager Zhong Lifang also agreed, "But Director Li, at this time, shouldn't we be more cautious? The cost of "Taiping Wheel" is close to 400 million. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve." .”
Wu Yusen's new film "Peace Wheel" has solved the copyright issue and has officially set a date. Li Ming plans to pay half of the cost of 400 million. For this purpose, Xiao Ma has started to raise funds and collected 200 million in cash.
The risk is high, but Li Ming waved his hand courageously, "Don't worry, "The Wheel" will be released in two parts. Calculating that one part is 200 million, it will not be released until two years later. At that time, the box office market is getting bigger and bigger, and it is only 200 million." It’s not a problem for Wu Yusen.”
Wu Yusen, an internationally renowned director, Li Ming chose to believe in him unconditionally.
Zhong Lifang knew her boss very well. He had been a soldier, had a straightforward temper, and was not easy to change his mind, so he didn't persuade him too much.
However, the worry in my heart did not disappear.
"Red Cliff" was released in two parts and made money. This is because the Japanese market and the tourist market contributed 10 billion yen, which is equivalent to more than 600 million yuan per person.
What about "Peace Wheel"?
The subject matter of this film determines that Japanese and Japanese audiences will not like it.
Without the Nippon Ticket Warehouse, it would be difficult to compare themes such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West" to other regions in Southeast Asia.
We can only wait and see whether mainland audiences and European and American audiences will buy "Titanic of the East".
I don’t know whether it is good or bad to have such a leader in the stall. If Wu Yusen were replaced by Li Qian, with Li Ming’s character, there would be no problem. Li Qian is now more reliable than Ma Xiaogang.
But, it's impossible.
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Huayang Media and the Huang brothers also gathered in the chairman's office to watch the video taken by reporters at the press conference.
However, what was different from the atmosphere in other companies was that Huang Zhonglei smiled proudly and said, "Let me tell you, this Li Qian definitely wants to start his own company."
Ever since Li Qian stopped cooperating with Guang Xian, they suspected that Li Qian was going to start his own company, which happened a little later than expected.
However, although he had expected it, Huang Zhongjun still felt the pressure.
The new company with directors Li Qian and others as its core is enough to pose a huge threat to Huayang.
Thanks to Ma Xiaogang, Huayang went from a small advertising company to this area, and New Picture also relied on Zhang Yimou to briefly become an industry giant.
So how far can Li Qian, who is more impressive than Ma Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou at the box office, push this so-called future film industry?
After taking a look at Huang Zhonglei, who was still complacent and thought he had seen through everything, Huang Zhongjun became angry with his younger brother and did not accomplish much in his work.
But just as he was about to speak, there was a knock on the office door, and in came Zhong Shuai, the co-general manager of Huayang's brokerage company and one of the five big brokers.
"Chairman, Zhong Lei."
Zhong Shuai smiled and said hello, and after a few pleasantries, he explained his intention.
"Chairman, I plan to resign and work in a different environment."
???
Huang Zhongjun was a little confused. He didn't expect that Zhong Shuai came to resign.
However, Huayang is already the largest artist management company in China. Where can I go if I resign?
However, Huang Zhongjun immediately thought of the only possibility.
Li Qian’s Future Pictures!
This is the only possibility. There are several blockbuster directors, which are a huge attraction for actors. This is the only thing that makes Zhong Shuai worthy of resigning.
In just a short moment, countless possibilities flashed through Huang Zhongjun's mind, and he figured it out in one go.
However, the anger that followed him immediately rose up in his heart and rushed directly to his head, making his face extremely ugly.