"Xiaogang, don't underestimate this Li Qian. He may not be able to handle realistic themes. Just the movie "Perfect World" from the year before last was half a realistic movie."
Compared to Ma Xiaogang, who is already full of hostility towards Li Qian, Liu Zhenyun is much more objective, even if he does not agree with the movie "A Perfect World".
At the age of 14, he lied about his age and joined the army because of his height advantage. At the age of 19, he returned to his hometown to work as a teacher in the middle school. He taught students during the day and reviewed at night to prepare for the college entrance examination. It was this boring life day and night without any entertainment that allowed him to get admitted to Peking University.
, changed his destiny.
However, although "A Perfect World" is about children's education, it avoids school and learning. There is no criticism of this aspect. Liu Zhenyun has a good sense of the movie and even agrees that it is a classic movie.
Ma Xiaogang still had that disdainful face. He said with a hint of sarcasm, "I dare not say for sure about other genres, but for realistic themes, he is a young man. Does he have that experience? As for "Perfect World", it is just a plagiarism of "This"
"The Killer Isn't Too Cold" is all, but is there anything he can copy from "I'm Not the God of Medicine"? There aren't many movies about medical themes in Hollywood, let alone classics for him to copy."
Come on, Ma Xiaogang is so extreme, Liu Zhenyun doesn't even bother to say anything.
Chen Guofu smiled and said, "From your perspective, in what direction will this "I'm Not the God of Medicine" be a reality-themed movie?"
Whether it’s a realistic-themed movie or a movie about medicine and people’s livelihood, no matter how you shoot it, you can’t escape from the two directions.
One is mainly critical, criticizing the government and those who benefit from all parties.
The other direction is what is often mentioned in various documents of Optoelectronics, which is to take promoting the socialist core value system as its own responsibility, to cast ideological connotations in creation, to enrich artistic expression, to enhance character realm, and to lead the pursuit of values.
Which direction?
Ma Xiaogang didn't even have to think about it, "If you really want to please the higher-ups, you won't be able to please the audience. Li Qian isn't that stupid. And didn't I hear that Li Qian went to China Film and Television years ago? He was probably afraid that he wouldn't pass the review, so he must be criticizing."
nature."
This kind of sensitive subject matter is still critical, and I really don’t know how to die.
Even if the script can be fooled, the finished film will still have to be submitted for review. There is no way to escape it. When the time comes, you will see that the film criticizes the government, system, and hospitals. If it can pass the review, it will be a ghost.
Even if it passes censorship with all the deletions, deletions, and changes, the movie doesn't have a critical flavor, so who would watch it.
Moreover, how can a young man in his twenties with little life experience make a good realistic movie? Could he be a monster?
No matter which way you look at it, Li Qian's "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is bound to fail with a high probability. Ma Xiaogang can't wait to see the day when the movie is released, and wants to see Li Qian's disastrous failure.
Even Ma Xiaogang regretted that he had been procrastinating and not preparing "1942" earlier.
Otherwise, if you hurry up and release it during the Lunar New Year this year, you can avenge the past!
such a pity!
...
Several movies during the Spring Festival have been released for half a month. Except for "Time Planning Bureau", none of them have much popularity. The newly released "Green Hornet" and "Love to the End" are quite popular, but about Li
Discussions about Qian's new film, after the media broke out the plot synopsis, have become the most popular movie at the moment, even though it has not been released yet.
However, major companies also discovered opportunities, and privately approached some media and trolls to start badmouthing Li Qian.
Within two days, there were some different voices on the Internet.
Li Qian still turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window. While writing the storyboard script, he occasionally chatted with Xu Zheng about the script, while also taking care of the film's preparations and the company's affairs.
By the way, he also does investment. Grava has completed Series B investment, with the amount reaching 30 million. Dinghui, a large domestic investment institution, and Shengda, a local company in Shanghai, led the investment, and Li Qian followed up with a 5 million investment.
When it comes to investing, even if you know the prospects are good, you can't always invest by yourself. You have to attract funds and resources from all parties.
By the way, I participated in Dianping’s Series B financing, totaling US$100 million. Li Qian invested 30 million yuan and got a measly 5% of the shares.
There is also the B round of Meituan. Compared with the leader of group buying websites, Meituan is much worse. The total investment in the B round is 50 million US dollars. Li Qian invested 20 million yuan and took 6.5% of the shares.
As one of the top two companies in the lifestyle website, Li Qian invested together. They would not refuse investment from an influential director like Li Qian, and the cost of advertising on a blockbuster movie is not small.
Li Qian has also invested in Ele.me, as well as several group buying websites such as Lashou.com. Anyway, he will definitely not lose money.
There are also companies in IT, education, and environmental protection, which are all popular investment industries. Nowadays, environmental protection and new energy are talked about every day. The richer people pay more attention to education. They have invested more than 20 million yuan in a dozen companies.
However, he didn't study this aspect himself. Investing is all about luck. Cast a wide net to catch more fish. Besides, Li Qian doesn't understand. It's better to make more money and not lose much.
There are some emerging industries that Li Qian has never seen.
For example, in modern dramas and movies with modern backgrounds, people use mobile phone apps to hail taxis, and bicycles are used to ride on the roadside by scanning the phone with a mobile phone. These should be bicycle rentals. This kind of business already exists in Boston, USA.
There are also food delivery companies in yellow and blue clothing. Meituan and Ele.me are written on the clothes, but these two companies have not done this yet.
As well as live broadcasts, mobile video software and other things that are common in film and television dramas, most of them have not been released.
There were also many rejected investments. Douban rejected Li Qian's investment on the grounds that they must remain impartial and cannot accept investment from any film and television companies.
Another thing Li Qian has been paying attention to is WeChat.
Most of the modern movies and TV dramas that come to mind are from the later era. It seems that the method of communication between people through mobile phones is not used by many people. It can be seen that it is a near-monopoly instant messaging tool.
As a result, WeChat came out last month, and it was Ma Huagan who did it.
It must have been a failure. If you want to give money to someone, they probably won't want it.
However, Li Qian still bought some Tengxun stocks. Even though people in movies and TV series chat through WeChat, he still had to buy them.
At HK$168 per share, Li Qian bought 300,000 shares for 40 million, which is about 0.017% of the shares. It is of little use. If you have spare money, buy some.
It is still easy to buy. Tengxun shares have not increased in the past year, and they have passed the crazy period of quadrupling in two years.
But once WeChat is popularized, I think I can make a lot of money.
Spending money was like running water, and he spent 100 million, and it felt so good that Li Qian almost didn't stop.
Fortunately, I stopped in time and didn't forget what I was doing. I almost forgot my own job.
At the end of February, the split-shot script was almost completed. Most of the parts just had to be copied, and it was quick to write.
I also came to the company to see what needed to be done.
In the conference room, several senior executives reported on the status of each department.
Two months have passed, the company has further expanded in size, and all departments have been reorganized.
The distribution department already has the ability to distribute movies on a large scale across the country. When you have a director who can break box office records, distribution is no longer a problem.
Zhang Weiping came from across the industry. How could he distribute movies to every corner of the country and bargain with theater chains? It was because he got Zhang Yimou's film.
The publicity and marketing department mainly focuses on online marketing and can almost take into account the entire network. The offline network has also begun to be deployed in weak second- and third-tier cities.
The production department is mainly busy with "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and Guo Fan's "The Adventures of Li Xianji", as well as Qi Yukun who is conducting research in southern Henan.
After reporting one by one, Du Yang finally asked for instructions on the theater chain.
Huayang and Bernard are both operating theaters. Although the scale is not large, their theaters have joined various theater chains, which can be regarded as being connected with the theater chains.
Nowadays, theater chains are also expanding at a rapid pace, which is also the best time to enter the market. Otherwise, when the market is completely occupied, good locations in various cities will no longer be available, and it will be difficult to continue to do so.
"Excluding the investment in the two movies, how much money does the company have left?" Li Qian asked.
"A total of 250 million yuan has been received for "The Light Within" and "I Am Legend". Currently, the company still has 320 million yuan on its account. After excluding the 120 million investment in the two movies, there are still 200 million yuan left." Du
Yanghui report.
The movie theaters gave me the money for "I Am Legend" quite happily, and I didn't have to wait two or three months like other movies.
Although it was invested by the studio, it was all done by the company.
"I'm Not the God of Medicine" has an investment of 50 million, including Li Qian's 20 million salary, and "The Adventures of Li Xianji" probably costs 70 million. All the special effects that a science fiction film should have, you can't use animation to replace them if you have money.
Already.
The company spent 200 million, and the studio spent over 100 million and still had over 200 million left.
Cinemas can be built, but how and who will do it is a question.
"In this case, let's find a suitable candidate first," Li Qian said.
Marketing and Publicity Director Huang Yandao said, "Director Li, I do have a candidate."
"Mr. Huang, please tell me."
"I used to work at the New Film Alliance. In the past few years, the New Film Alliance has been restructured, the championship team has resigned, and there have been many administrative problems in management, which has led to the departure of many franchised theaters. The current management is uneasy, and we may be able to find a candidate among them.
."
New Film Alliance?
Li Qian remembered. In 2008, he was still the boss of the theater chain. However, in 2009, he was restructured and the management was changed. He became the third eldest son that year, and became the fifth eldest son last year. In just three years, he fell directly from the first echelon, and
There is no sense of existence at all.
"Okay, Mr. Huang will contact you first. Of course I welcome the championship team of the New Film Alliance." Li Qian nodded.
There were a lot of things going on in various aspects. Finally, Du Yang reported on two new projects. One was "Thirty-three Days of Love" by Teng Huatao. This was brought in by Du Yang. He and Teng Huatao were also old friends in Huayang.
Friends.
There is also a project he brought from Perfect Pictures, "Legend of Lu Zhen," which was originally a collaboration between Perfect Pictures and Shonan TV, but she brought it over with her. It is also the only TV series project.
As for actors, priority is given to my own family.
In addition to Wang Baoqiang and Deng Chao, the company also signed several newcomers, including students from the Film Academy and Chinese Opera.
There is also Zhao Liying, but this time she is not poaching Huayang. According to Zhong Shuai, one of his younger brothers named Huang Bing has switched jobs to join Huang Xiaoming, taking several young actors with him.
They are all family members, a few young actors, Hua Yang doesn't care.
Among them was Zhao Liying, and then Zhao Liying was asked to come over by Zhong Shuai.
A young actor wanted to come here specifically. I really don’t know what Zhong Shuai was thinking. He didn’t have the ability to predict the future. He knew that Zhao Liying would be popular.
She has acted in so many big-production TV series, and also starred in blockbusters such as "Journey to the West", and she was also the protagonist.
With her appearance, if she can get such a role, Li Qian can only imagine how popular it will be in the future.
The gold medal agent is just different, and no one else has this vision.
If Zhong Shuai knew what Li Qian was thinking, he would be really ashamed. He asked people from his former apprentice simply because Li Qian and the girls had a very happy chat at the premiere ceremony.
If Liu Yufei and William Moseley hadn't signed a global management contract, Yang Mi wouldn't be easy to find, and Zhong Shuai would have gone to negotiate it long ago.
The king of Chu had a slim waist, and many people died of hunger in the palace.
Of course, Zhong Shuai has no idea of pimping, and according to his observation, Li Qian has no intention of doing so either.
It's just that I can chat with Li Qian, and it doesn't take much effort. I just dig it out. If I can't praise him and have no future, I can still chat with Li Qian.
"Shuai Zhong?"
Li Qian's cry brought Zhong Shuai out of his thoughts, and he quickly said, "Director Li?"
"Show me the artist information of your department."
Zhong Shuai handed over a document in front of him and introduced it. So far, only a few students have signed.
Li Qian looked at the four or five people, and some of them looked familiar.
Li Meng, a grade 2009 film school student, seems to have played a supporting role in a suspense drama "The Hidden Corner". The drama started with high energy, and Li Qian was quite impressed.
There is another student named Li Chun who was also graduated from the Film Academy in 2009. He has the same surname and looks equally familiar. He played a supporting role in the movie "Celebrating More Than Years" starring Chen Daoming.
They are all good supporting roles with distinct characteristics.
Li Qian has also read the book "Celebrating More Than Years", so what a coincidence.
Li Qian put down the document and said, "Mr. Du, send someone to Shengda Literature to get the film and television copyrights of "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"."
"Celebrating More Than Years"?
Du Yang automatically filtered this one that he had never heard of, but he knew about "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". After all, it had been popular in the industry before, and the sales of physical books were also very popular.
"It seems that "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was bought from the author by Shengda Literature for 100,000 a few years ago. Whether it is a movie or a TV series about tomb robbing, Optoelectronics may not allow it to be filmed."
"Then just buy it for ten times the price. I want all eight of them. Optoelectronics doesn't matter. Just switch from tomb robbing to adventure." Li Qian waved his hand.
It seems that there is no adventure theme in China yet, if "Chilling" is excluded.
Now that Li Qian has spoken, Du Yang has no doubts, it's just one piece.
Finally, there was nothing to do, everyone was busy going to different places.
After leaving the conference room, I found that Wang Baoqiang and Deng Chao had both come to the company. What a coincidence.
Just think about it with your toes and you will know what they are doing.
They were all acquaintances, and Li Qian was straightforward, "Brother Chao, there are no suitable roles in the company's current movies. Why don't you Baoqiang? After you have been busy for a while, there will be a movie tailor-made for you."
As soon as these words came out, the two of them were embarrassed, as if they had come here specially to get roles.
We just heard you were here and came here to see how you were!
"I'm so busy with so many film appointments right now, I can't take any roles if they are available." Deng Chao said quickly, as long as there are suitable roles, they are all his own, and he is not disappointed.
Although Wang Baoqiang was ecstatic for a moment, he still endured it and showed his trademark honest smile, "Director Li, you are busy with your business, it doesn't matter to me."
"That's okay, you guys have to work first and we'll talk about it next year." Li Qian said with a smile.
"???"
The two of them were stunned, why is it next year again and it's only February now?
Li Qian shook his head secretly, it was troublesome to have actors under his banner, he had to worry about them.
Although there are many movie memories in my mind, if I don't think about it deliberately, I won't have much choice at the moment. After all, there are too many movies.
Just like "Celebrating More Than Years", if he hadn't happened to see the actor signed by Zhong Shuai playing a supporting role in it, Li Qian wouldn't have thought of it.
It would be much easier to wait until this period of busy work is over, take the time to list some high-quality film and television adaptations, and let people buy the copyrights.