Chapter 492 The release of 'Ghost Blowing the Lamp'
As the second largest investor in the movie "Fortress", Chen Wu met with Li Qian the day after the dinner press conference.
"Ghost Blows Out the Lantern" is set for the summer, and the "Tomb Raiders" movie produced by Penguin Film and Television is in preparation. Chen Wu is here to discuss it with Li Qian, and will bring Li Rengang to see the finished film of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in a few days to learn from it.
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"Of course, no problem. Xu Ke is still filming "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom." I'll see if he has time in two days so we can communicate."
Li Qian agreed without hesitation. There was nothing private about it. Even the early concept drawings and modeling of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" were borrowed from Chen Wu.
Of course, this was paid, replacing Penguin's 20 million promotional resources for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
It doesn't matter if the finished film is shown to them in advance. Li Qian even hopes that Li Renggang can make this "Tomb Robber" well. It would be good to have less bad movies.
Although there is little hope, the two male protagonists of this drama have been confirmed, they are the two beautiful young men in my memory.
I guess that film was shot by Li Rengang and there was no replacement.
Speaking of which, Li Rengang is also a famous director, otherwise he wouldn't be constantly getting big-budget film appointments. Most famous directors are very paranoid about their own movies and are unlikely to listen to what others say.
When Brother Cheng Kai was filming "Farewell My Concubine", his reputation and fame were not even close. The executive director Zhang Jinzhan, the original author Li Bihua, the screenwriter Lu Wei, and the cinematographer Gu Changwei were all top figures in their respective fields, so they were able to suppress Brother Cheng Kai.
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If it were the current brother Cheng Kai, just to find them all, Brother Kai would probably have to do everything according to his own ideas, and he would not care about other people's suggestions.
There is a high probability that after watching the finished film of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp", Li Renggang will still shoot it the same as the original version.
However, it doesn't matter whether Li Rengang learned anything from it or not.
Chen Wu was a little surprised by Li Qian's generosity. If nothing else, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Tomb Raiders" will be rivals in TV dramas and big screens in the future. After all, they are both in the same genre.
"Thank you so much, Director Li."
"Mr. Chen is polite, as you should be."
"By the way, Director Li, are you really not optimistic about "Fortress"? Or are you not optimistic about Teng Huatao?" Chen Wu mentioned this matter again.
At yesterday's project launch conference, Huang Zhongjun declared that he would use "Fortress" to regain respect for domestic movies and domestic science fiction. All of a sudden, self-promotion became the representative. Netizens were so excited that they seemed to compare "Fortress" and "Wandering".
"Earth" is regarded as the hope of domestic science fiction, not to mention the failure of Teng Huatao's last film.
"There is nothing to be optimistic about." Li Qian shook his head, "It only took four months from the time it was decided to make a science fiction movie to the time it was approved. It's too hasty."
Penguin has already invested, and Li Qian is not afraid to say that he doesn't dare to invest anymore. After all, even "Asura" invested 100 million.
"Fortress" at least has a rough script and concept, while "Asura" is just one of Hollywood's top standard fantasy blockbusters, plus a famous marketing master.
Chen Wu smiled nonchalantly, "Director Li said that Teng Huatao still has some abilities. I feel relieved. In fact, I don't have many requirements. After three years, the market will be further exaggerated. No matter what, I can get it."
A billion box office is enough, if it’s more, just treat it as profit.”
For Chen Wu and Penguin, it doesn't matter how good the movie is. Anyway, thanks to the revival of domestic science fiction, "Fortress" is popular enough that the audience is very interested.
Teng Huatao seemed to be holding his breath. He also had certain abilities, so he wouldn't be far behind.
Besides, if "Journey to the West: Upheaval in Heaven" is so bad, it will still sell over one billion dollars. Even if "Fortress" is not favored by Li Qian, Chen Wu estimates that no matter how bad it is, it will still be on the level of "Upheaval in Heaven".
Chen Wu's bottom line would be reached if he broke one billion. It didn't matter if he lost a little money. The most important thing Penguin Film and Television lacks now is money.
If Li Qian knew what Chen Wu was thinking, he would probably be aggrieved by "Havoc in Heaven". This is a complete insult to "Havoc in Heaven", even though it was all filmed by Blind Jill
"Fortress" hypes itself up as a domestic science fiction film, and Li Qian sees it. In fact, the audience's emotions can be easily aroused.
In the past two years, there have been frequent remakes of bad movies, and many people are criticizing domestic movies, and by the way, using movies from Asian countries such as Nanbang, Japan, Bollywood, and Iran to criticize domestic movies.
Audiences who like domestic movies are naturally very angry and aggrieved, so if they see hope, their blood will surge and they will support it.
As the hope of domestic science fiction, "Fortress" naturally stole the show.
"The Wandering Earth" didn't have much publicity. It was still very early before it was released. Let others take the limelight, so it didn't take the limelight before it was released.
After two years of preparation and two years of production, "The Wandering Earth" quietly moved behind the scenes.
Li Qian is also busy working on his own "Flight of Destiny". From beginning to end, except for the first few minutes, he has to figure out the entire story by himself, which is also a time-consuming task.
Until the summer vacation, I was busy preparing the script while working on the company's IPO. It took half a year to complete the rough script.
It is a very interesting story in itself. A group of people who were supposed to be dead suddenly appeared five years later. Even if it is placed on the Internet, it is a very creative story.
Although he doesn't plan to shoot in the direction of science fiction and it can't be too entertaining, Li Qian still tries his best to make the story watchable.
A movie that no one watches has no meaning other than to entertain yourself.
Emotion is still the most gripping element.
The relationship between a father and his daughter before he lost his father for five years and reached puberty.
The daughter lost her father when she was still young, and another man who loved her mother appeared in their lives and gave without asking for anything in return, making up for the five years of fatherly love.
The grown-up daughter also regards this uncle as a family member. At this time, the father who is longing for her suddenly appears. She is also very conflicted about the mature girl in adolescence. No matter which one he accepts, it will be a problem.
Twin siblings suddenly have an age difference of five years. One has grown up, and the other is still five years ago. The age gap and the five years of unfamiliarity mean that the two siblings must not get along so harmoniously.
I had overcome my grief and was planning to start over, and I had just started to try to accept another man's wife. Suddenly my husband came back and dug out the feelings he had hidden in his heart. It was also a difficult choice, and he was entangled and painful in his heart.
These emotional conflicts constitute the family's choices for the future life after facing great changes.
After the father and son came back, they separated due to their own conflicts. The father took his son to treat illnesses and work while reintegrating into the society.
Of course, in the end, after all kinds of conflicts, misunderstandings, and guilt, the family was still together.
This is for sure, domestic commercial films must be shot this way.
Hollywood is different. Different countries have different attitudes towards family and ethics.
There is a comedy film "Remote Control of Life", which is about an office worker male protagonist who gets a remote control that can fast forward time.
When I'm stuck in traffic, I fast forward the time and I arrive directly at the company. When I'm working overtime, I fast forward the time and the work is done in one second.
I paid the public food in the evening and I was too tired to come, so I fast-forwarded and entered the sage mode directly.
I also made an appointment to take my son out to play, so I just skipped ahead if I didn’t have time.
Later, I fast forwarded too much, and too many things happened in between. I got divorced, and my wife left to be with someone else.
In China, this kind of plot is still very taboo, after all, I feel uncomfortable with it, and in Hollywood, it is common for heroines to have bad sex.
However, the actor's sister and her ex-fiancé are still not together.
A family, two brothers and a sister, one returns to the life he had five years ago, the other starts over, both outcomes are possible.
After completing the preliminary script, Li Qian stopped first. The company had already submitted an application to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and would be listed by the end of next year at the latest.
Although there is nothing to be busy about, the company's performance is up to standard, and its profits in the past two years have beaten many listed companies with a market value of hundreds of billions.
There is no tax evasion or anything like that. Some of Li Qian’s houses and cars across the country were bought with money from his own studio account. There are still hundreds of millions lying in them, which are all his own remuneration dividends for each movie.
When the movie was released, he had to go on road shows everywhere, so Li Qian bought some houses and cars in major cities so that he could use them when going there.
Even a blind person can see the company's prospects, and countless capitals are waving checks to get financing.
However, there are still some things that need to be dealt with.
In recent years, the company has invested in some emerging industries, covering various fields, and has nearly fifty or sixty entrepreneurial companies.
Except for shared bicycles and food delivery platforms, which frequently appear in movies and TV dramas in his memory, Li Qian rarely bothers with other things. Investment is just like this. Cast a wide net to catch more fish. Maybe the company you carefully analyzed will collapse in minutes, so invest casually.
company has become a unicorn.
Although some went bankrupt within a year, and some even ended their angel rounds, there are still close to 20 companies that are still alive and operating normally, and it is estimated that half of them can survive until Series C financing.
He put several promising companies under his name in advance, and then spun off the theater chains and ticket purchasing platforms.
In the past few years, more than ten or twenty marketing and production companies have been acquired one after another, and those that should be split up, reorganized, and independently operated have also been spun off.
It is so troublesome to open a big company, and in the Internet era, those local marketing and local distribution specialists in the past have to reduce their staff. In this era, we don’t need so many people.
There are too many things to do and I am very busy. I am no different from those busy white-collar workers in the CBD.
It's finally summer time, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is released, and Li Qian can take some time off from his busy schedule.
Going to the cinema and sitting there for two hours is also a break.
The premiere will be on July 8th at the Olympic Sports Center.
Big productions, blockbusters, of course have to be more grand.
As soon as Li Qian arrived at the scene, he was surrounded by reporters. He hadn't seen him for half a year. It seemed that the reporters were quite enthusiastic, with excitement on their faces.
"Director Li, you have been missing for half a year, but movie fans are very much looking forward to your new film!"
What are these words? They have disappeared.
Li Qian chuckled and said, "Thank you very much for everyone's love."
"???"
The reporters were confused. Last time when the new movie was mentioned, Li Qian took the initiative to reveal the news about the movie without waiting for them to ask questions. Why didn't he realize it this time?
If the hint failed, the reporter asked directly.
"Have preparations for Director Li's new film been completed? When will it be able to meet the audience?"
"What type is Director Li's new film?"
"Domestic science fiction is about to usher in a renaissance. Has Director Li ever considered making a hard science fiction blockbuster?"
Li Qian was inundated with questions one after another, but this time Li Qian was afraid that he would disappoint them.
He shook his head and said, "The new film is indeed in preparation, but the script has not been completed yet, so it's hard to say when it will be released."
The reporters looked disappointed. It had been half a year and they were still not ready. Where had the fast shooter Li Qian gone?
"Then what type is Director Li's new film?"
"This will be kept secret for now, but I believe you won't be disappointed."
He didn't know how to activate his skills when he asked three questions. No matter how reporters asked for information about the new film, Li Qian kept silent.
They are all old acquaintances, and reporters also know that Li Qian is like this. He takes the initiative to say what he wants to say, and you can ask a hundred times for answers to things he doesn't want to say.
So, let’s move on to another topic.
"Director Li, not long after the project of "The Wandering Earth" was approved, the project of "Fortress" was announced and billed as the first domestic science fiction blockbuster. Do you think "Fortress" is following the trend of "The Wandering Earth"?"
"There is no way to follow the trend. Whoever stipulates that we make science fiction blockbusters, others are not allowed to make them. Instead, I hope that more and more directors and investors will focus on science fiction films and make our country's own science fiction films.
Also contribute to the industrialization of Chinese-language films!" Li Qian denied it. Although Teng Huatao was indeed suspected of following the trend, there was no need to harm others.
Three years later, the movie was so bloody that it was so unlucky, there was no need for it.
"Then who do you think is the first major domestic science fiction production, "The Wandering Earth" or "Fortress"?" the reporter asked again.
It was just a lack of nutrition and trouble-making, and Li Qian was a little bored.
"Is this important? I've heard that it's No. 1 in box office and No. 1 in ratings. As for the first major science fiction film, I don't understand the significance of this title. The most important thing is whether the movie is released, whether the audience is satisfied, and whether it can
Can it give domestic science fiction a good start?"
After saying that, Li Qian entered the venue under the protection of security guards.
The reporters didn't gain much, but they weren't disappointed. Some of them already had the headlines in mind.
The box office is really good, Li Qian doesn't bother to grab the title of the first domestic science fiction film, etc.
When we arrived at the venue, many people had already arrived. The protagonist Xu Ke also came, and Huang Zhonglei was also there.
Next to Huang Zhonglei, Teng Huatao also came.
Huh
Huayang Media and Xuke also have a sequel to "Detective Dee" to collaborate on, but why is Teng Huatao here? There seems to be a bit of resentment in his eyes.
"Director Xu, I'm sorry for being late."
Li Qian and Xu Ke said hello, then looked at Huang Zhonglei and the others, and said with a smile, "Mr. Huang, Director Teng, welcome to the premiere."