"Director Li, you are preparing for a new film, why don't you tell us first so that you can be prepared."
In Li Qian's office, Du Yang said helplessly.
They didn't know about the boss's movie for the first time. They didn't know about it until it was reported in the news and the whole world knew about it.
"Yes, you should also tell me to prepare first."
As the production director, Zhao Jun felt sad both in his heart and on his face.
What the hell, he's just a production director, he's like a jobber.
Li Qian smiled and said, "Isn't it the time to prepare? The script hasn't been started yet, so you don't need to prepare anything. There is no need for publicity either. The media and the audience will promote it spontaneously."
"But it also seems that we are too incompetent. Don't you know, I still talked with a few producers. They looked at the news they saw on their mobile phones and asked me about your new film. I was confused at that time.
It's over." Zhao Jun poured out his bitterness, feeling so miserable in his heart.
He knew about the movie the boss wanted to make later than outsiders, so that was nothing.
Fortunately, I pretended to be more similar at the time and didn't let them see it. Otherwise, if the news spread, I would become the biggest laughing stock in the industry. How would others view me as a future film production director?
As a production director, he has become a piece of the air. At a time when the company is about to raise funds and will go public in two years, he needs to increase his presence.
"Okay, okay, Lao Zhao, you are such a big man, you are like a resentful woman. If you don't know, you think I did something to you."
Li Qian felt goosebumps when he saw Zhao Jun's aggrieved face, "In this way, I will tailor a movie for Bao Qiang, and you can find a suitable director and find me an actor."
Come to life!
Zhao Jun felt a moment in his heart and quickly cheered up, "No problem, just tell me!"
"This is a movie that combines original reasoning and comedy. Find a director who is good at this and can control multi-line narratives, and then go to the "Beijing Love Story" film crew and find a young actor named Liu Haoran."
Last year's popular TV series "Beijing Love Story" is going to be made into a movie. I have seen the news about the preparation of the movie before. Otherwise, in the huge country of China, we have to find an actor whose name is unknown and who has not yet entered the industry. It would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
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The film "Detective Chinatown" was not shot by himself. Li Qian still tried his best to find the original actors. After all, the film is actually quite difficult.
The three main lines of police, detectives, and robbers work hand in hand, and two auxiliary lines are hidden in the middle: the murderer and the little girl.
It is a film with a compact and hearty plot that can combine various movie elements without being overly dramatic. It is a film with many characters, but each one has a three-dimensional sense and is always full of cleverness.
Movies in this mode are somewhat similar to "PTU", or Ning Hao's "Crazy" series, um, or "Two Smoking Barrels".
By the way, why not just go to Ning Hao directly?
Li Qian suddenly enlightened and said with a smile, "There is no need for the director. When the time comes, I will get the script out and talk to Ning Hao. There is no need for Liu Haoran. Then Ning Hao will go find it himself. He is the director."
"..."
Just now, Zhao Jun was racking his brains to find a director who could meet Li Qian's requirements and prove his ability, but in the blink of an eye he said there was no need to look for him.
What a pain in my heart!
...
At noon, Li Qian left the company and met Teng Huatao in a club to talk about his new film "Waiting for the Wind."
"In fact, I always feel that this society is in a relatively anxious state, and it is quite anxious. Everyone is anxious and rushing forward. But no one can tell what everyone wants, so they follow a very fast
Like a carousel, they all raced hard.
So this time I want to heal people in contemporary metropolises, using two typical representatives of the humble white-collar workers and the rich second generation to express their helpless struggles and spiritual poverty in a vivid way."
Teng Huatao confidently described his intention to film "Waiting for the Wind". He wanted to heal contemporary young people and discuss happiness.
Li Qian nodded while reading the script. When he finished speaking, he happened to close the script.
"Director Teng, this is a good subject, but there seems to be no love in the script, and there is no one..."
Li Qian gestured with his hands, "It seems there is no complete story."
In the script, the male and female protagonists meet by chance on a road trip, and then go from yelling at each other to having sex. It seems to be a good idea for a romance film, but after having sex, the love scene is not seen at all.
"Is such that."
Teng Huatao nodded and said quite contentedly, "Not only is there no love, there is not even ambiguity, they are not even friends. It is difficult for a loser from the upper class and an aspiring grassroots to get together.
This makes the movie seem unpretentious and gets rid of the fake and empty hat. The two protagonists with independent personalities completed their respective missions in this strange journey in Nepal."
Li Qian didn't even know what to say. The setting of the male and female protagonists was simply bizarre.
Then Teng Huatao talked about the reason why there is no complete story.
"In my movie, there is no love, no great realization of life, and no ending of life and death. It focuses on two young people who have lost themselves and complete the process of finding themselves. They find their proper attitude towards life during the arduous journey.
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This is very close to the current living conditions of young people and depicts their state of mind. I will express these invisible and intangible things calmly in a 100-minute film, and let the audience find resonance with it."
Come on, Li Qian finally understands.
It’s not just that as a TV drama director, he is not suitable for film shooting, it’s not just that the original work itself has no story, it’s more of a case of literary youth.
You can't even see or touch it, so what a ghost!
"Has Director Teng considered the audience's feelings?" Li Qian asked cryptically.
Teng Huatao said unconcernedly, "Although it may be a bit niche, it is very close to the mood of contemporary urbanites, so you have to feel it with your heart."
In fact, Teng Huatao still has a word in his mind. With his influence and appeal as a director worth 600 million, even if the film is a little niche, there is no need to worry about the box office.
But he didn't say that talking about his box office appeal in front of Li Qian, the box office record holder, would be like playing tricks on Guan Gong, and he would laugh at himself.
"Now that Director Teng has considered it, I feel relieved."
Li Qian smiled and said nothing more.
Teng Huatao is a director who has grossed 600 million yuan in box office. Regardless of whether the main reason is him, the 600 million yuan box office movie was made by him.
This box office has already ranked among the top five in China. No one is qualified to make irresponsible remarks about his movies. Talking too much will make him unhappy.
I am a director with a box office worth RMB 600 million. How dare you point fingers at me?
What's more, we don't know each other very well, so why talk so much.
After receiving Li Qian's approval, the smile on Teng Huatao's face grew again, and he continued, "Director Li, when will Yaya be able to join the team?"
"The filming of her scene in "Beijing Meets Seattle" won't officially start in two days, and it's estimated to take two months. However, she still has to prepare the heroine for my new film, so she may not have the chance to work with Director Teng again." Li Qian slightly regretted.
said.
"Well, that's a pity."
Teng Huatao also has some regrets. Li Qian's romance film is definitely more important than his own movie.
Then he asked, "Director Li, has the movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" been finalized?"
Li Qian nodded, "It is tentatively scheduled to be released on Singles' Day, Double Eleven. On this day, the audience is used to going to the cinema to watch romance movies."
He noticed that Teng Huatao's expression changed slightly and his mouth moved as if he wanted to say something.
Li Qian smiled and then said, "If Director Teng needs it, if "Waiting for the Wind" can catch up with Double Eleven, then I will reschedule it."
It's just one schedule. "Thirty-three Days of Love" earned him 200 million. If the 200 million were exchanged for a Double Eleven schedule, he would not lose at all.
Forget about Double Eleven, whoever gives Li Qian 200 million will give him the Lunar New Year slot and swap "囧 in Thailand" for the National Day.
Even if Li Qian has seen the finished film and knows that it will most likely hit the market, with a box office of around 100 million, if Teng Huatao wants it during Double Eleven, he will give it to him.
With a box office of 600 million and a net profit of 200 million, it’s not even a big hit. He’s just trying to kill the donkey. That’s too mean for him as a boss.
I'm such a good boss!
Seeing Teng Huatao leave with a smile on his face, as if he had found a soulmate, Li Qian smiled inwardly and called Du Yang to tell her that "Beijing Meets Seattle" was scheduled to be released during the National Day.
There are no blockbusters during the National Day holiday, and the seven-day holiday is actually better than Double Eleven.
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The mainland film market felt a bit calm in March. "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" has exceeded 1.1 billion and is sprinting towards the 1.2 billion mark. However, it is impossible to surpass "Avatar".
Other than that, they are all films with soy sauce.
But now these low-budget movies are becoming more and more innovative.
A movie called "Midnight Weibo" was released in March. Those who didn't know it thought it was Weibo advertising itself.
As you can tell from the name, this is a horror movie.
Today's horror movies have a big characteristic, that is, they try to catch on to the popularity of classic horror movies.
For example, midnight **, or ** fright, etc.
Last month there was a movie called "Elevator Fright", which, like "Midnight Weibo", was a third-rate horror movie with little interest, no one went to see it, and the box office was very small.
On the 5th, it was the Memorial Day of **. Good guy, three movies about ** were released in succession.
Bayi Film Factory shot one, Xiaoxiang Film Factory shot one, and Liaobei Film Factory also came to film one.
To release three movies about sex on the same day is simply mission accomplished.
The major movie studios are like this now. They spend countless amounts of money to make such movies every year. For them, making this kind of movie is the right thing to do at least. As for other movies, they don't even consider it.
That doesn’t mean you can’t shoot the main melody. Of course you have to shoot the main melody, and it’s very necessary.
But when filming the main theme becomes simply completing the task, the meaning of the main theme movie itself is lost.
But there is no way, the system is like this, I dare not say anything, and I dare not ask.
...
A week later, the most important thing at the moment, the financing of Future Pictures was officially launched.
Zhong Lifang has been making preparations since the beginning of the year. In fact, financing is a very simple matter for Future Pictures. You just need to choose from the capital lining up and waving checks.
However, long before the financing, Li Qian transferred one billion in cash to his studio's account for future investment.
The company only has 300 million on its books, but compared to other film and television companies, this cash flow is still quite large and is enough to support the company's current investment in all projects.
What's more, the revenue from "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" has not yet arrived, so this is another huge sum of money.
Even after taking away one billion in cash, Future Pictures' valuation has reached 11 billion.
Based on this valuation, it currently ranks first among private companies.
Last week, after Huayang Media announced its 100 billion cultural tourism plan with Hengda, Hengda also announced that it would invest 100 billion to build 16 cultural tourism real estate projects in 16 cities across the country.
The local governments of these 16 cities also held a press conference with Hengda.
As a result, housing prices in the surrounding areas have risen sharply, and my guess is that they will also rise sharply.
The stock price of Huayang Media has also hit the daily limit one after another, and has almost returned to the 10 billion mark.
Therefore, this 11 billion valuation is temporarily the number one in the industry. Huayang Media will soon surpass it again by relying on this shareholder style.
The capital market is like this. Today, the market value increases by billions for no reason, and tomorrow it may drop by billions for no reason. It is too exciting, and money is not money.
Over and over again, I don’t know how many people’s mouths are full of oil after eating, and how many people have lost their pants.
The capital for the first round of financing was easily determined from Ahli, Penguin, and China Construction Bank.
The two Internet companies are important channels for film promotion and distribution in this era, and China Construction Bank will also be able to provide a large number of low-interest loans in the future.
Three parties are enough, other venture capital and funds will be discussed in the next round.
In the conference room of Future Films, the company's team, as well as Wu Wei, deputy chief financial officer of Ahli, Chen Wu, vice president of Tengxun, and a senior executive from China Construction Bank, reviewed the contract and Li Qian signed it.
own name.
Future Pictures received a cash investment of 1.5 billion from three parties at a valuation of 11 billion.
CCB raised 300 million, Ahli and Penguin each received 400 million. After financing, the valuation of Future Pictures reached 12.5 billion.
The shares of the three parties are naturally 2.4%, 3.2%, and 3.2%.
As long as you want to go public, you must raise funds. It doesn't matter if you have more shareholders. If you raise another round next year or the year after, you will go public if you meet the requirements.
Shareholders are not just sharing the cake, but also contributing money and efforts. With an extra 1.5 billion in cash and the resource support of the two major Internet companies in the future, there are only good things and no bad things.
The contract signing was smooth and enjoyable.
“A pleasure to work with.”
“A pleasure to work with.”
After shaking hands with each other, Li Qian smiled at Wu Wei and Chen Wu and said, "Mr. Wu, Mr. Chen, I have another unkind favor."
The two people who successfully completed the investment were in a good mood and said with a smile, "Director Li, please tell me."
"I want to meet with the two Chairman Ma, but I don't know if it's convenient."
"Of course. I don't know what important matter it is. Director Li wants to come to see Director Ma in person. I can convey it to him on his behalf." Chen Wu pushed up his glasses and said with a smile.
Li Qian smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. I already have an idea for a new movie. The movie contains part of the plot of the 1990s. The two Ma directors were indispensable figures of that era, so I want to invite the two Ma directors to star. My new film."
"??????"
Chen Wu was stunned, Wu Wei was also shocked, and even the unrelated CCB boss was dumbfounded.
Looking for Ma Qingyang and Ma Huagan to make a movie?
How about playing?
This is really unbelievable. How could there be so many rich people in China acting in movies?
Even Du Yang and Zhong Lifang were dumbfounded. They didn't know that Li Qian had this idea, and it was too whimsical.
Wu Wei laughed dryly and asked with some uncertainty, "Director Li, do you mean to ask Director Ma to star in your new film?"
"Yes, that's right, because it has to do with the two Chairman Ma, no matter what kind of actors we choose to replace them, they won't be as suitable as real people."
"Ahem..."
Chen Wu coughed lightly and said tactfully, "Director Li, since it is the 1990s, Director Ma's current age is really inappropriate."
If the film industry hadn't developed so fast, Chen Wu would have wanted to throw a direct line to Li Qian, "Are you awake?"
A single movie can earn hundreds of millions. According to the news they received, the total global revenue of "The Truman Show" is over one billion.
If a movie makes one billion, how many Spring Festival gift packages will be sold for Penguin's ace game "Dungeon Fighter"?
Moreover, for a company as big as Penguin, its total profit in the fourth quarter of last year was only 3.6 billion, which only amounted to 1.2 billion a month when spread evenly.
One of the largest Internet companies in China, its profit in one month is not much more than what others make from one movie.
Such a great director and such a promising company are the reasons why Chen Wu is so patient, and the same goes for Wu Wei, otherwise he would have left long ago.
Li Qian said, "This is not a problem. When the time comes, I will find two actors with similar body shapes and similar faces to play the two Ma directors, and then use special effects to capture their expressions and eyes. The two Ma directors will only need to cooperate to create some of the movie's The necessary expression is enough."
Today, with the advancement of special effects, there is nothing that cannot be achieved by special effects. The male protagonist who has reversed growth in the movie also needs to use expression capture technology, and makeup alone is definitely not enough.
Wu Wei and Chen Wu looked at each other, but they didn't know much about movie special effects either.
However, Li Qian had already said so. He had just signed the contract and everyone was a partner, so he had no choice but to agree and go back to Erma for instructions.