Future Pictures, several executives gathered here in the large conference room.
Production director Zhao Jun couldn't help but ask Xiang Du Yang, "Mr. Du, what's going on with Director Li that makes you so anxious for a meeting?"
"I don't know either. It just means that everyone is here." Du Yang shook his head. At this time, she was also confused.
"It must be something big," said Zhong Shuai, who is in charge of artist management. In the company, all departments have the least sense of existence, and the one with the lowest contribution is the artist management department. Except for Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang, only
There are three or two kittens.
"Wait, there should be something announced. The Two Sessions were held some time ago. Li Daogang and Penguin, Ah Li, two Ma directors met. There may be some connection." Zhong Lifang said.
Distribution director Zhang Hao said with a smile, "Director Li really convinced the two directors Ma. If this is announced, they will star in it in person. It will be worth at least 20 million in publicity fees."
Huang Yandao, director of publicity and marketing, "It's more than 20 million, it's worth double the amount. The two directors Ma will star in person, and the companies under Penguin and Ahli are not allowed to accompany the publicity, so just go to these two faces, big
Some young viewers will walk into the cinema out of curiosity."
"Director Li is the only one in China who can invite these two to star in the film."
"That's right, Ma Qingyang likes to be in the limelight, but Ma Huagan is very low-key."
"However, they agreed so easily. Are there any other conditions?"
"What conditions can be met to allow Director Li to help them make an autobiography that will be passed down through the ages?"
"The autobiography shouldn't be that way, maybe it's helping them publicize it."
They didn't keep them waiting for long. Half an hour later, Li Qian walked in with a notebook.
"Director Li."
Everyone stood up quickly.
"Everyone, sit down. I have something to discuss with you today."
Li Qian waved his hand, sat down at the front desk, and opened the notebook in front of him.
"Director Li, why are you in such a hurry for the meeting?" Du Yang asked.
"It's nothing major, it's just about the future development direction of the film and television industry."
Li Qian told everyone about Chen Wu's big entertainment industry chain plan.
The amount of information was relatively large. After digesting it, Du Yang hesitated and said, "So, Penguin plans to fully enter the film and television industry?"
Li Qian nodded, "That's probably what it means. They established Penguin Animation last year. It can be said that the film and television industry is all they need to complete the closed loop of the large entertainment industry they say."
Penguin's idea is nothing short of subversive to traditional filmmakers like them.
Use game and animation IPs that have a certain reputation to lower the threshold and difficulty of the film and television industry.
With these attention-grabbing IPs, the demand for big-name stars and famous directors will be much reduced. By then, whether Penguin or other capital, they will not just stand at the door waving checks, they will be able to strut their stuff.
walk in.
The ones most affected will definitely be traditional film and television companies. The monopoly of the industry by a few major companies is probably no longer possible.
Everyone was thinking, but no one said anything. Li Qian also continued, "This will definitely be a huge change for the industry. As long as the next two or three years prove that this model is feasible, it will definitely be a big change for traditional film and television companies."
It’s a huge impact, and we will be under great pressure.”
"but!"
Li Qian changed the topic, "This will also accelerate the development of the film and television industry. While facing the impact, the film and television market will quickly reach unprecedented prosperity. For the development of the entire industry, it will definitely move forward."
Du Yang said, "Using well-known IPs to replace big directors. The fame of big stars can indeed solve the problem of few famous directors and big stars in the industry. It is easier for some directors and actors who are capable but not famous to get ahead, and can also reduce costs.
However, if Penguin completes the so-called closed loop, coupled with the traffic and publicity capabilities of QQ and WeChat, then Penguin will become a complete small film and television circle behind closed doors. All movies and TV series can be released through games, animations
It can be adapted, or it can be adapted in reverse.
Then Penguin can completely play his own game behind closed doors, which is almost like a monopoly."
Hearing what Du Yang said, everyone looked at him with suspicion, "Is Penguin so ambitious?"
Li Qian shook his head, "It won't reach that point. No matter what, Penguin cannot control the broadcast terminal. More than half of the theaters are state-owned and controlled by China Film and provincial film companies, not to mention the TV stations.
In the final analysis, the competition will be greater in the future, and we will face competition from a large number of IP film and television dramas. However, the choice of the film and television industry ultimately lies in the hands of the audience. Movies have to buy tickets, and money is involved, so it will not be so easy for the audience.
I was tricked into entering the cinema."
"What about the TV series?" Zhang Jun couldn't help but ask.
"You don't have to spend money on TV series, but if you don't watch them well, you can just change the channel. The remote control is in the hands of the audience. Even if it is broadcast online, it is the same. In the end, quality still has to be competed."
Li Qian turned to smile and said, "Even if IP alone can attract people, it mainly depends on the quality of the film and television drama itself to retain the audience. If you want to rely on IP, just fool the audience, ignore the quality, and create a lot of IP adaptations."
If bad movies make audiences pay for them, it will be impossible unless all movie theaters, TV stations, and video websites show these adapted bad movies."
After thinking about it for a few days, Li Qian came to the conclusion that even if a generation of amateur-level TV dramas like the ones in his mind were to appear in a few years, it would only be a period of pain.
As long as the audience can distinguish good from bad, those bad movies will be eliminated by the market, and the choice is all in the hands of the audience.
Unless the market is full of bad movies, the overall level has been lowered, and the audience has no choice. No matter what they watch, it will be different.
After a morning meeting, we discussed the pros and cons of cooperating in this large-scale entertainment industry plan in an all-round way, and finally decided to cooperate with Penguin.
Li Qian announced his decision, "In this case, the company will set up a new development department to be responsible for evaluating games, animations, and various reverse adaptations that are valuable and suitable for film and television adaptations.
The production department has been internally reorganized into the production department, production department, and production finance department. Lao Zhang will continue to serve as director. The heads of the three departments can be promoted internally or recruited.
Projects evaluated by the development department are handed over to Mr. Du for review, and are sent to the production department for adaptation, to the production and finance department for cost accounting, and then to the company's finance department for review. They are overseen by the production and production finance department and produced by the production department."
Systems and procedures are necessary for any company of a certain size, even if they are a little troublesome.
Compared with many large companies, this procedure is simple enough, but it seems a little more troublesome.
A project goes through five departments, but in fact it only has one more development department than the original one that only went through production, finance, and adaptation projects. It’s just that adapted projects have to go through the development department.
The production, production, and production finance departments I experienced in the middle were all within the production department. It was just that the affairs of one department were subdivided into three.
"No problem, Director Li!" Zhao Jun agreed with excitement. In this case, as the production director, his status in the company would rise.
"If you don't have any objections, the general direction is this. Mr. Du, you can change the specific details, or change the production department to the planning department. Otherwise, there is a production department under the production department, which is weird." Li Qian
smiled.
"If this is the case, the company's production team will be severely short of manpower and cannot produce such projects at the same time. Do we need to recruit several teams?" Du Yang asked.
Li Qian thought for a while and shook his head, "No, it's enough that the production team can start four or five projects at the same time. Those adapted projects should cooperate with other TV stations and production companies as much as possible. We are responsible for investment, supervision, and leaving it to them.
Just make it.”
"That's fine." Du Yang nodded.
"While the iron is hot, production of the first part of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" "Jingjue Ancient City" can begin. The company is not very good at TV series production. Let's ask Shanying if they have any intention to use second- and third-tier actors as much as possible. This kind of
TV series don’t last long, and the cost of a single episode is high, so we need to find cheap, capable actors who don’t care about fame.”
"For "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp", it won't be easy to pass the trial for being cast, right?" Du Yang said hesitantly.
"The shadow of the mountain itself is within the body's constitution. They are confident in their hearts. They used "Jingjue Ancient City" instead of "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" as the film's title. They insisted on materialism and added archaeological and scientific colors. They also tried their best to change things like rice dumplings. Everything
It can all be explained scientifically, and the plot is designed to legalize tomb robbing. Make sure all proceeds are handed over to the state."
The review of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is pretty good, at least there is a roughly obvious line there.
Tomb robbing is illegal, it’s too scary, and that’s basically what rice dumplings are.
If you avoid them all, it shouldn't be a big problem.
No way, follow the rules
For the time being, I will be working on a drama as a warm-up for the movie version of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" that I am currently preparing.
After talking to Penguin, Shanying was willing to join in, and even roped in Jiangning Satellite TV.
Future Pictures provides the publishing rights and a part of the funds, Penguin provides the online promotion and a part of the funds, Shanying provides the production team and a small part of the funds, and Jiangning TV also provides the publicity resources and funds.
Generally speaking, future film masters will cooperate with all parties, including Star TV.
The cost of a single episode is expected to reach 3 million, setting a record for a domestic TV series.
The previous phenomenal "The Legend of Zhen Huan", TV and Internet copyrights, combined over several rounds, amounted to 4 million for a single episode.
That was more than a year ago, and the price will continue to rise next year, but the cost of three million is estimated to be less than level 30, and the entire show will not earn tens of millions at most.
As for money, quality must be guaranteed. Li Qian has taken the lead in making bad movies, so you can imagine other companies.
After finalizing the cooperation, a press conference was held.
The audience was looking forward to such a TV series about tomb robbing, and at the same time they complained that Li Qian was not doing his job properly and urged him to make a new movie quickly.
A TV series of this caliber shocked the entire industry.
A single episode costs three million, which is much more expensive than a period drama. At the same time, it also makes people confused. Li Qian's movie is so profitable, and he is so full that he can make such a TV series.
What surprised the industry even more later was that Future Pictures sold 17.7% of Grava's shares to Ahli at a premium of 410 million yuan.
The last round of financing for Grava was only valued at 1 billion. This has only been a year, and according to Ahli’s acquisition price, it was already 2.3 billion.
The premium is serious, but you definitely won’t lose money if you buy it. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that you won’t be able to buy it at this price in half a year.
After burning the 150 million raised in the last round, Grava's market share reached 60%. Meituan, which had won the Thousand Regiments War, could not beat Grava.
Tengxun’s QQ movies, Weipiaoer, and Ahli’s Dibaobao movies all combined are not enough.
Originally, Li Qian wanted to sell to Penguin, but they planned to build their own platform, so they turned to Ahli. Anyway, in order to attract traffic to Dibao, they were not afraid of spending money at all, and they were not short of money. A premium of hundreds of millions was nothing.
The sale of Grava shares, which had been idle to make money, made the entire industry increasingly confused about Li Qian's plans.
For a while, Huang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and others all suspected that Li Qian's brain was burned out from time to time.
However, shortly after Future Pictures announced that its Future Movie Ticketing Platform APP was officially launched, they finally understood.
"This Li Qian is too greedy!" Huang Zhongjun looked disdainful. Even the second largest shareholder after the founder was not satisfied. He even tried to re-establish a company when Penguin and Ah Li joined, hoping to have a monopoly.
People in the industry almost all have the same idea, thinking that Li Qian is too greedy.
However, Liu Yong of Grava was very angry with Li Qian for selling his shares without saying a word, even though he had previously disagreed with Li Qian's idea of abandoning services in order to seize the market, and deliberately reduced Li Qian's subsequent financing share.
"Mr. Liu, that's it, I have something else to do."
Li Qian had no time to talk nonsense with Liu Yong and hung up the phone.
Business is business, and capital is not a house. The founder of Xinlang, who was so popular back then, was not a businessman and was forced out by shareholders.
Li Qian couldn't think of a way to get rid of him. It would be good if he occupied the magpie's nest, but in the future, some of Grava's management would change jobs one after another.
Li Qian is not worried about the ticketing platform. The platform sells tickets, tickets for popular movies, and he has a large number of popular movies in his hands. This is his biggest advantage.
During this period, all the messy things including financing, "Detective Chinatown", new business and so on are almost finished, and Li Qian can focus all his energy on the creation of "Return to Youth".
The whole film is full of special effects, and it's complicated. I had to quickly finish writing the script, storyboards, and storyboards, and then the real work comes later.
Overall, the script is based on the structure of the original version, with some major events since the founding of New China interspersed in it for the male protagonist to experience.
The timeline is a problem. In fact, if it weren't for this aspect, Li Qian's own assumption was that the male protagonist was born on October 1, 1949.
He was born on the National Day, a story about a fellow of the same age as the Republic and growing up together with the Republic.
That would be perfect.
But in this case, we would not be able to experience the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, nor would we be able to experience the manufacturing of atomic bombs. After all, the most appropriate way is to station in the Gobi Desert as soldiers who have returned from the Beibang battlefield.
This is the plot in "The King's Day". Li Xuejian plays the general on the Beibang battlefield. After his victory, he leads his troops to the Gobi Desert.
But I was born in 1949, and the Beibei War broke out immediately, so the time didn't match up.
Therefore, it was changed to 45 years, when the Anti-Japanese War was victorious.
He looked like he was in his 70s when he was born, and China joined the war in the late 1950s. Five or six years later, he looked 70 years old, so joining the army was definitely out of the question.
Went out to sea with a fishing boat, encountered wind and waves, drifted to the shore, and were rescued by a group of volunteers. They insisted on joining, but the military situation was urgent, so they were temporarily enrolled in the cooking class?
It seems a bit far-fetched
Li Qian thought for a while, and then brainstormed and found more people to discuss the settings.