It's March, the New Year atmosphere has completely ended, and the Lunar New Year festival has come to an end.
After being released for more than a month, "Time Planning Bureau" finally ended the Spring Festival with a box office of 517 million.
As for other movies, "New Shaolin Temple" was in the early 200 million, and "Love to the End" exploded on Valentine's Day, but the box office also fell rapidly, and in the end it was only one step away from 200 million.
The controversial "Green Hornet" only grossed 150 million at the box office. As for several other low-budget comedies, they were all around 40 to 50 million, failing to replicate last year's success of two or three low-budget comedies that exceeded 100 million.
To put it bluntly, the audience is not that easy to be deceived. It is not just a comedy film during the Spring Festival, a festive day for family reunions, and the audience will buy it.
Hollywood blockbusters started to be released in March, and the next few months will basically be dominated by Hollywood blockbusters.
However, during this period, entertainment news is quite lively. At this time of year, some major entertainment news will appear. It is a coincidence that it coincides with the unpopular schedule of film and television dramas, which can be regarded as filling the gap in entertainment news.
Yao Chen, known as the "Queen of Weibo", got divorced, and her ex-husband Ling Xiaosu was scolded by netizens on Weibo.
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the scandal, rumors of divorce between Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Baizi are spreading again.
When I go online, it seems like there are divorces happening everywhere, but no one is getting married.
These are all a show of excitement, and the newly issued entertainment restriction order by Optoelectronics has something to do with the inside pages.
Each satellite TV channel is required to broadcast no more than two entertainment programs per week during prime time in the evening, must set up moral construction programs, and strictly control the number of talent shows.
Limiting variety shows will leave more time for TV dramas.
However, for TV dramas, optoelectronics also have requirements.
TV dramas are not the focus of Li Qian, but Optoelectronics once again issued a "smoking control order", which has something to do with Li Qian.
Li Qian, who had been perfecting the storyboard script at home, also came to the company and had a chat with Du Yang.
"What happened? How many times has this happened?"
Li Qian was a little confused. After careful calculation, it seemed that Optoelectronics had issued smoking control orders four times in a row in the past few years.
Du Yang said, "I asked, and it was proposed by the Tobacco Control Association. This time, the Association for Disease Control and Prevention was also involved. But it's not a ban, it's just a ban on minors smoking, buying cigarettes, and smoking in front of minors.
The lens, and the tobacco brand cannot appear in the lens."
"That's it."
Li Qian understood that the focus was on the latter. The Tobacco Control Association was at odds with the Tobacco Bureau again.
It is not surprising that two organizations that are naturally opposed to each other are at odds with each other every year.
Previously, the Tobacco Control Association also prompted the Civil Affairs Bureau to cancel the quotas of six tobacco companies for the "China Charity Award". As a result, the Shanghai World Expo refunded 200 million donations from several tobacco companies, and the National Games also returned all sponsorships from tobacco companies.
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Not only did they not allow others to accept tobacco donations, they also demanded a ban on tobacco advertising. This time, it finally affected the film and television industry, which receives a lot of advertisements from the Tobacco Bureau every year.
The Tobacco Control Association has also been criticized. Last year, it seems that the Tobacco Administration started to criticize it head-on, saying that the association has received a lot of foreign aid in recent years, especially mainly from the United States.
Anyway, they are fighting each other.
Li Qian thought about it, and there were a lot of smoking scenes in "I'm Not the God of Medicine". After all, the characters were supposed to be depressed, thinking about problems, etc.
If you don't smoke, there is no better way for Cheng Yong, a person at the bottom of society.
"It doesn't matter much, as long as the tobacco brand doesn't appear."
"But Director Li, the document also said that movies and TV series with relatively many scenes of smoking will not be included in various movie and TV series evaluation activities organized by the General Administration."
Du Yang raised a concern. "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is a realistic-themed film. Although it is a commercial film, this subject is also relatively easy to win awards. In terms of qualifications, Li Qian is definitely enough.
Li Qian shook his head, "It doesn't matter if you get an award or not. Besides, this means that it will not be included in the evaluation activities organized by the General Administration. The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers are all sponsored by the Filmmakers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. How to define it is not a matter of what Optoelectronics says."
The Federation of Literary and Art Circles does not belong to Photovoltaic, the responsible unit is the Propaganda Department.
Whether or not you win an award doesn't mean much, and it doesn't depend on the movie itself.
In a classic spy thriller like "The Wind", only Su Youpeng won the Best Supporting Actor at last year's Hundred Flowers Awards, while the two leading actresses didn't even receive a Best Actress nomination.
You know, even Fan Binbin in "October Siege" and Shu Qi in "If You Are the One" were nominated for Best Actress.
This year’s Golden Rooster Award is also very disappointing, and there is a high probability that you will return empty-handed.
The relationship with the Federation of Literary and Art Circles is actually more important than the movie itself.
Although Ma Xiaogang is scolded by people in the literary and art circles every year, in fact, he has connections with the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and has long since joined the Federation. He is a national committee member of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and participates in various activities every year.
Various domestic films, operas, and even the Golden Eagle Awards are sponsored by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Li Qian didn't have time to join the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. It was unnecessary, useless, and too lazy to join the camp.
"Yes." Du Yang nodded. After many years of working in the industry, she knew very well about the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, but now it has completely changed.
"By the way, the film and television rights of "Celebrating More Than Years" have been obtained. There may be some trouble with "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"."
"What? How much does Shengda Literature cost?"
"That's not true. According to Shengda Literature, the first four parts of this series, that is, the full copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp 1" was indeed bought out by Shengda Literature for 100,000. Not long after, 07
At the beginning of the year, when "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" had not yet started writing, the author transferred the full copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" to Shengda Literature for 1.5 million, and the author would receive 40% of the film and television adaptation fee."
"40%?"
Li Qian looked surprised. How could this be true? No matter how big-name an author is, it is impossible for him to have 40% profit. Even if it is 40% after deducting costs, there is no domestic precedent for this.
Shengda Literature just threw money away, who would buy it?
Not to mention the author, even the biggest director in the world cannot get 40% of the share.
Du Yang smiled bitterly and said, "That's why I was surprised. I stopped the negotiation first and asked the Legal Department to study the contract between them."
"Show me the original text of this clause."
Li Qian read the original text of this clause, which means that the author transferred the full copyright of the last four works to Shengda Literature for 1.5 million. If the film and television rights of the work are sold, the author will receive 40% of the adaptation fee.
The key lies in this 40%.
"However, it is obvious that 40% refers to the income from the sale of film and television copyrights, not the income created by the film, right?" Li Qian asked with some uncertainty, and he didn't know much about the law.
"That's the case on the surface, but in order to prevent future disputes, it's better to make it clearer." Zhong Lifang said.
At this time, someone from the legal department came and reported their analysis of the contract.
It is indeed 40% of Shengda Literature’s revenue from the sale of film and television copyrights, not 40% of the revenue generated from film and television dramas.
In other words, when Shengda Literature sells film and television copyrights to other companies, 40% of the royalties will be given to the author, and has nothing to do with the producer who purchased the film and television rights and turned them into films.
This is unnecessary, so if the second half of the book is sold for 2.5 million, Shengda Literature can only get 1.5 million. Without losing money, if it sells for 10 million, it can only get 6 million.
However, it has nothing to do with Li Qian on how to operate it, as long as there is no dispute over the copyright.
"That's enough, let's continue talking. How is the person in charge of the theater chain doing?" Li Qian asked again.
"Huang Yan is in contact with Gao Jun, vice president of the New Film Alliance. She seems to have expectations there. She wants to see if the higher-ups will adjust the management system due to the plummeting market share in the past few years." Du Yang gave a rough overview of the situation.
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"Take your time." Li Qian nodded.
If you have an idea, you are basically stable, but right after the restructuring, you fell from the industry leader to fifth place. Although changing the management and changing the administrative management system are the best choices, doesn't this mean that the above have done something wrong before?
This is impossible. Sometimes I would rather make a mistake than admit my mistake. Anyway, it is the public that will suffer the loss.
"Okay, there's nothing to do. I'll leave first. Mr. Du, you're busy."
With such little things, a whole morning has passed.
However, just when Li Qian was about to leave, Teng Huatao arrived.
The two parties have already confirmed the cooperation in "Thirty-day Love". At this time, Teng Huatao saw Li Qian feeling a little embarrassed.
Of course, it was not because of Li Qian, but because she told Wang Jinghua two days ago to replace the role of her actor Bai Baihe, and Wang Jinghua asked him out that night.
It was originally because he had made up for his mistake and the roles he had agreed upon were replaced. The two of them had been friends for many years. After meeting, Teng Huatao felt extremely embarrassed.
This resulted in an inexplicable embarrassment when seeing Li Qian.
However, for Li Qian, a director who has set a box office record of 800 million, Teng Huatao, who wants to enter the big screen, still has a low profile.
"Hello, Director Li." Teng Huatao stepped forward quickly and said hello. This was the first time they talked. Du Yang had been talking to him before.
"Director Teng, please sit down. How are the preparations for the movie going? If you have any questions, just ask Mr. Du." Li Qian smiled and asked him to sit down.
Teng Huatao sat down upright. Compared with the casual manner in front of Huang Zhongjun, he was now more formal. After all, he was not familiar with Li Qian.
Moreover, after so many years of relationship, his father's connections have given Huayang so much help, and he has also filmed a phenomenal TV series, but he still refused to invest more than 10 million yuan.
Teng Huatao has seen through people's hearts. Don't mix emotions when talking about business.
He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Director Li. I have been preparing for "Thirty-day Love" for more than half a year. It is already perfect. It will be released on November 11 without any problems. Lao Zhang has also started to help me choose the location."
It's a bit ridiculous. This is obviously not a Huayang film. It turns out that the producer is Du Yang, a former colleague of Huayang. The person who helped him prepare the film was the production director Zhang Jun, Huayang's vice president of production. In Huayang,
He is also doing this, and the one who scouts for other supporting roles is Zong Shuai, who is also a colleague and friend in Huayang.
It made Teng Huatao feel like he was still filming for the Huang brothers.
"By the way Hua Tao, do you want Director Li to be named as the producer of your film and help you promote it?" Du Yang suddenly asked.
this...
If Li Qian is named as the producer, Li Qian's name will definitely be promoted before the release. As a director, the audience will probably ignore him easily.
For several movies produced by Li Qian, from the time they were promoted before the release until the movie was released, Li Qian's name appeared in quite a few news about the movie. People who didn't know it thought it was Li Qian's film.
Before, the media and audiences had doubts that it was actually Li Qian's film, and the director was just a tool.
Although as Su Lun produced more movies and two of his movies were hits in a row, this voice disappeared.
Knowledge, after the movie becomes a hit, Li Qian will definitely take away some of his limelight.
However, after Li Qian is named as the producer, it is the best publicity and the biggest box office guarantee. From that moment on, countless audiences will be waiting for this movie.
If Huang Zhongjun had asked him in Huayang if he wanted Ma Xiaogang to have the name of producer, Teng Huatao would have refused 100% because this is his movie and he can only have his name on it.
However, the Huang brothers were not optimistic about themselves. In the past three months, they and Wang Jinghua ran into more than a dozen companies, and they couldn't even get together the investment of less than 20 million yuan.
As Huayang's contracted director, Huayang wouldn't give him any money. Naturally, other companies subconsciously believed that Huang Zhongjun was not optimistic about his project.
Just like if Ma Qingyang says that the same entrepreneurial idea has no future, then other investors will be affected to some extent.
And the cost of 20 million is not a small amount. If it were 5 million, it would be a lot for the company to invest.
This period of time also hit him hard. Reality gave him, a talented director, a hard blow and made him put away his arrogance.
For him, the success of "Thirty-day Love" is the most important. He wants to prove to those who don't think highly of him, including the Huang brothers, that he is still the talented director who made "Dwelling", even if he switches careers
The big screen will still be successful!
Rather than running back in despair to film a TV series after failure and letting others laugh, Teng Huatao cannot accept the possibility of failure.
Teng Huatao pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Then I'll trouble Director Li."
Li Qian smiled and said, "It's no trouble. I just attract the audience into the cinema. The result depends on you, Director Teng."
In fact, Li Qian doesn't understand what Huang Zhongjun is thinking. Such a talented director, even if it is his first time making a movie, he is also a director who has made phenomenal TV series, and "Love Is Not Blind" is quite popular now.
Romantic comedy, there is no reason not to invest in it.
Huayang also made an H plan. He found ten directors to prepare a bunch of mindless projects. He would rather find outsiders than invest in his own contracted directors. There is no one left. He probably suddenly had a short-circuit in his brain and was demented.
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"By the way, Director Li, I don't know if you have time. I want to talk to you about my script. I've finished the storyboarding. I'd like to ask you for advice." Teng Huatao said in a low profile.
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Li Qian was a little uncomfortable with this famous director who was more than ten years older than him, acting like a junior when asking for guidance.