The Spring Festival of 2012 came earlier than usual, celebrating the New Year at the end of January.
The farce of "The Thirteen Beauties" and the Oscars has slowly come to an end with the arrival of the bustling Spring Festival and the fact that Li Qian is too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Weiping.
Since there are no blockbuster movies during the Spring Festival, the only two blockbusters, "The War" and "The Magician", were rubbed on the ground by "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".
The industry has fallen into a period of silence, and this Spring Festival period is somewhat tepid.
However, "Pleasant Goat" did not dominate the list for long before it was overturned by Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible 4". The box office exceeded 100 million in two days, setting a new record for the fastest imported film to exceed 100 million.
Hollywood films have begun to dominate the mainland film market for the first time in a long time.
During this period, the comedy film "Crazy Dinner" starring Huang Bo, "The Rescuers" starring Huo Jianhua and Jing Tian, and "Love at High Altitude" starring Louis Koo and Gao Yuanyuan were all ruthlessly swept into the trash can.
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There was nothing to worry about during the Spring Festival. After a leisurely year, Li Qian returned to work.
Most of the company's several projects have begun to be launched. "Celebrating the New Year" has already started filming, and "Jaws 3" will start filming in early March.
"Funeral Coffin", Qi Yukun also went to southern Henan, and the movie will be shot on location.
The production of the original version of the film was a bit rough, and it was obvious that it was probably due to cost issues.
This time Li Qian directly provided a production cost of 10 million, which is enough for such a movie.
As for the actors, as Qi Yukun said, we should find local actors in southern Henan, or simply not find professional actors and find local people to act.
However, Li Qian still recommended Li Meng, an actress in the company, who is a natural-born actor in literary and artistic films.
The script for "The Pursuit of Happiness" written by Wen Muye is still in production and is unlikely to be released this year.
As for Li Qian's own "The Truman Show", the past two months have been slow and leisurely, and half of the scenes have been completed.
There is no need to rush, I write four or five hours a day, there is no need to tire myself out, there is enough time to catch up.
In addition, Li Qian also remembered that he had forgotten what he wanted to do before.
I bought some film and television rights. I bought some of the TV series with the same name that I remembered and started filming them slowly.
They were all trivial matters, mainly the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series. After more than half a month, Xu Ke also decided which one to film first.
"Director Li, I think we should start filming from the first film "Jingjue Ancient City". Even though the physical book sales and online clicks are very high, there are still many viewers who have not read the original work. The first film should focus on the characters,
The background is set up.”
Xu Ke's suggestion was to shoot the first film first. After all, a movie, even if it is an adaptation, needs to explain the necessary characters and backgrounds.
If you start shooting from the back, you can of course explain the background of the characters, but it won’t be as smooth as the first part.
"It's okay to shoot "Jingjue Ancient City" first." Li Qian nodded. The movie "Searching for the Dragon" in his memory should not be based on any other movie, but a story adapted independently from the original work.
It doesn’t matter how you shoot it, but Xu Ke is the one shooting it himself. With this subject matter, Li Qian believes he won’t mess it up.
However, there are some things that Li Qian still has to say first, "Director Xu, we still have to focus on adventure, level-breaking, monsters, and treasure hunting for the content of the adaptation. The theme of tomb robbing will definitely not be easy for Optoelectronics to pass. Instead of
When the time comes to revise it, it’s better to avoid it now.”
"I understand this, it's materialism."
Xu Ke smiled, of course he knew this. Looking at gambling movies, zombie movies, and ghost movies are all banned in the mainland, you know that tomb robbing, including some mysterious and mysterious things, is definitely not allowed.
Li Qian and Tsui Hark discussed the creative ideas, and generally they were based on the story of the first "Jingjue Ancient City" and then carried out secondary processing on it.
The movie is positioned as a suspense adventure genre, and its core is suspense and adventure.
Most of the time, it was Xu Ke who was talking and Li Qian was listening. Filmmaking is a very personal matter, especially for big directors who have been famous for many years and have their own unique styles and habits. Li Qian will not interfere with multiple directors.
The box office of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is only over 500 million points, which is a bit lower than expected, and its reputation is average. The importance of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" to Xu Ke is self-evident. Without Li Qian's intervention, Xu Ke will be 100% invested.
Take the film well.
After chatting for three hours and deciding on the shooting direction and theme, Xu Ke left.
"Director Xu, it's getting late, why don't we have dinner together." Li Qian looked at the time and invited.
"I may not be able to do it today. Huayang Media will hold an annual meeting in the evening, and I agreed to attend." Xu Ke said apologetically.
"Okay, another day." Li Qian nodded.
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Xu Ke went back, put down the manuscript, and headed to the Kerry Center Hotel in Beijing.
The 2012 Huayang Media Group Annual Meeting was held in the luxurious banquet hall on the second floor of Kerry Center that can accommodate 1,500 guests.
As the largest private film and television company in China, Huayang Media’s annual meetings have always been full of entertainment.
However, this year, with the departure of Shuang Bing + Zhou Xun, Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang have also left. The new generation has not yet been able to hold up the scene, and the annual meeting seems to be insufficient.
That is to say, Huang Xiaoming, who set up a studio to work alone, and Zhang Hanyu. The most famous actress now is Yao Chen.
If I have to say it, she is the queen of Weibo after all. She divorced her because of her fault, and her husband was reviled by the entire Internet. She is considered a big name.
However, Cheng Long came to support the company, and Ma Qingyang, one of the shareholders, showed up briefly and left again, which was considered a favor.
The lively annual meeting lasted for three hours and ended. Although the star lineup was not as good as two or three years ago, Huang Zhongjun was still very satisfied.
In 2011, Huayang Media's net profit reached 250 million, which was achieved despite a 70% plunge in the film business.
Last year, Huayang Media had no films released at all, and its profits reached a record high of 250 million. This year, "1942", "Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs", and "Painted Skin 2" were three major productions that hit billions, as well as "Tai Chi"
》A two-part series.
If the box office share can be settled within this year, it will really be a double-take with your eyes closed.
In addition, the old enemy Zhang Weiping was killed by Li Qian, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" was damaged, Minsheng Bank was pressing for the 150 million loan every day, and it was no longer the best, and Zhang Yimou could not save the new picture.
Huang Zhongjun, who was in a good mood, could now lower his attitude when facing Teng Huatao. He had a drink with him and smiled and apologized for what happened before.
"Hua Tao, I'm really sorry for you last year. The company's business situation was not very good at that time, and my mind was a bit dull."
Teng Hua smiled and said, "Dong Huang made a serious statement, I understand."
Next to him, Huang Zhonglei saw that Teng Huatao was in a good mood and thought that the comfort during this period had worked. After all, they had been in a relationship for several years, so he said with a look of self-blame.
"Actually, it was also my fault at the time. You know me as a person. I am good at eating, drinking and having fun, but I know nothing about professional things like movies. You think I was so confused at the time that I didn't approve the money to you in time."
The two brothers apologized here for not investing in Teng Huatao's "33 Days of Love" last year. They both looked remorseful and drank twice as much alcohol.
The apology is real, and the self-blame is also real. After all, "Thirty-day Love" alone has a direct profit of 200 million, plus the indirect income caused by the famous actors, and it can be turned into a TV series, too.
A solid sale.
This movie alone is as much as Huayang Media's profit last year.
Can the Huang brothers not regret it? Their intestines are almost green with regret.
"Zhonglei, why are you still talking about this? It's over now."
Teng Huatao still had a smile on his face, and his round face looked like he really didn't care at all.
Seeing him like this, the Huang brothers also breathed a sigh of relief. At that time, a hit-making director was hard to come by.
However, Huang Zhonglei was vaguely confused, while Teng Huatao's smile seemed familiar, but he didn't care.
After having a heart-to-heart talk with each other, our relationship seems to have gone back to a year ago, when we drank wine together, played ball together, and had parties together.
Seeing that it was almost done, Huang Zhonglei asked Teng Huatao seemingly unintentionally what his next plan was.
Teng Huatao took a sip of the wine in his glass and said with a smile, "The plan is nothing at all. I just want to cooperate with Future Pictures to invest in the filming of the TV series version of "Love Is Not Blind"."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of Huang Zhongjun and Huang Zhonglei changed at the same time.
It seems that there is nothing wrong with this. It is normal for "Thirty-day Love" to be a TV series, but in front of them, it is thought-provoking to say that it will jointly invest with Mirae Pictures.
Before they could recover, Teng Hua added, "And Bao Jingjing is tinkering with a new script."
"You are preparing a new film so soon. I have been looking forward to your new film for a long time. I will personally help you prepare for this film." Huang Zhonglei said hurriedly.
"That's troublesome for Zhonglei," Teng Hua said with a smile.
Done!
Huang Zhonglei gave Huang Zhongjun a look that I was sure of, and both of them smiled.
However, Teng Huatao then added, "This time the three of us will work together to complete the film. I think it will be more successful than "Love Is Not Blind"."
"Haha, then..."
Huang Zhonglei stopped laughing halfway through.
Three parties?
Huayang, Teng Huatao, and Li Qian?
Teng Huatao wants to invest himself. This is for sure. A director with a box office of 600 million is enough to qualify for this.
But, you still want to drag Li Qian along?
At this time, Huang Zhonglei immediately remembered why Teng Huatao's smiling look was so familiar.
That's how Li Qian smiles, a standard smiling face, very annoying.
After not seeing each other for a year, it seems that Teng Huatao has not only rebelled, but also imitated Li Qian in his smile!
For a moment, the Huang brothers didn't know what to say.
At this time, Xu Ke came towards this side with a wine glass in his hand, which relieved them.
Teng Huatao exchanged greetings with Xu Ke and excused himself to leave.
Huang Zhongjun could only put it aside and start working slowly. He smiled at Xu Ke and said, "Director Xu, how are the preparations for the prequel of "Di Renjie" going? You can tell me how much investment you want this time, but it's not even 200 or 300 million.
question."
Teng Huatao rebelled, but at least he still has Xu Ke's "Di Renjie" series.
However, Xu Ke's answer stunned Huang Zhongjun.
"I'm sorry, Director Huang, Li Qian recently invited me to remake the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series. I have watched this series several times and I really like it, so I plan to film "Ghost Blowing Lamp" first, and then "Di Renjie"
"Prequel, it just so happens that the series doesn't need to be so dense, and one is released every few years for the audience to digest." Xu Ke said with a smile.
"..."
"Fuck!" Huang Zhongjun burst out with a national curse in his heart, what is this? How come even Xu Ke was abducted!
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ps: Those who watched "Eight Hundred" today will rate it.
8 points, classic.
7 points, a must-see.
6 points, worth taking the time to watch.
5 points. It’s really boring. You can watch it if you have nothing to do.
4 points, I would rather lie dead at home than watch it.
The movie ticket price increased from 33 to 40 yesterday. If I get 6 points, I will go to the next screening.