Chapter 545 'Galaxy Tutorial' with Problems in Three Views
The filming of "Flight of Destiny" ended and Li Qian started his rest time again.
In fact, it is quite disturbing. The cooperation between Penguin and Meituan has been finalized. Maoyan and Weipiaoer announced a formal merger. The new platform will be led by Penguin, but its name is still Maoyan.
After all, Maoyan’s market share is higher than that of Weipiaoer, and to be honest, the former of the two names is definitely more suitable.
The new Maoyan, with a market share of 40%, 30% of future movies, and 26% of fare evasion, has begun a three-legged pattern.
However, ticket replenishment is limited, and no changes to the overall pattern can be seen in the short term.
Li Qian had no idea. Because Ahri was too domineering and had too many shares, Meituan broke up with Ahri and turned to embrace Penguin.
There is no way to stop the merger of these two companies.
Fare evaders took the initiative to come to the door and wanted to merge the two companies to fight against the new Maoyan.
However, Li Qian refused. After the merger, he might change his surname.
The new Cat Eye Penguin dominates. If it is merged with fare evasion, it will definitely still be dominated by Penguin, and Li Qian doesn’t think fare evasion will be willing to do so.
It should be stable in a short period of time without any setbacks. Anyway, after the ticket purchasing platform participates in film and television production and hair styling business, there is no need for a large amount of ticket subsidy. It can already be responsible for its own profits and losses, and there is no need to burn any more money.
Spending it like this is a good thing.
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It's mid-January, and "A Good Show" has been released for half a month, and the box office has already reached close to 1.4 billion.
Although the single-day box office is only 20 million, which doesn't have much potential, this number is satisfactory enough.
In fact, since the release of "A Good Show", it has been the hottest movie in the film market, and no other movie can pose a threat.
The only thing that made some noise was a literary film "The Last Night on Earth," which was released on December 31.
With this title and the fact that New Year's Eve is now popular, especially for couples, it is a must-celebrate holiday.
In this era, there are more and more festivals.
All couples and young people want to watch a romantic love literary film, and are moved to hold hands, kiss, New Year's Eve, and have sex.
However, the lengthy sound of sleep witnessed the failure of their literary and artistic romance.
But it doesn’t matter, whether you have been moved in a movie theater or not, it doesn’t stop you from having fun in a hotel with your loved one.
The couples were okay, at least they were happy in the hotel, but for the singles, it was really a torture.
As for how the movie was, the large number of viewers who left the show midway and the box office revenue of over 10 million the next day are enough to speak for themselves.
250 million on the first day and 10 million on the second day. To be honest, it is impossible for any bad movie to get out of this curve.
However, it still received a lot of praise in the literary and artistic youth circle. It has various long shots and clues, and it is a stream of consciousness movie. Many people shouted "Kneel down".
This literary film caused quite a stir at the intersection of old and new, and the other one was the Hollywood blockbuster "Bumblebee".
It was released one day later than "A Good Show". It broke 100 million on the first day, 400 million in three days, and only reached 900 million half a month after its release.
The "Transformers" series is over, and a new series has been spawned. Next time, Autobots such as Megatron and Decepticons can also have their own series.
If an IP has been used for decades, it is no wonder that the mainland has followed suit. It is a pity that the IP is patronized and does not care about the quality of the movie.
Two domestic and foreign movies dominated the entire month of January. At the end of the month, "Deadpool 2" was also crushed into scum. This kind of movie with a slutty protagonist is actually not suitable for domestic audiences.
In the end, "A Good Show" did not have a worthy opponent, with a box office of 1.56 billion, which can be regarded as supporting this somewhat shabby Lunar New Year slot.
It is rare for a debut novel to sell 1.5 billion yuan and have a good reputation.
Li Qian also held a celebration party for Huang Bo at the end of January. The New Year was coming soon, and basically everyone was free, so they all came to participate.
Everyone toasted to Huang Bo to express their congratulations.
Xu Zheng joked, "It's 1.5 billion, we will all have to change our name to Director Huang from now on."
"Good luck, good luck, thanks to Director Li, Rat, Baoqiang and your help." Huang Bo looked modest and waved his hands.
Li Qian shook his head, "There is no luck in this kind of thing. The satisfaction of the audience is your strength. Brother Bo really has the talent to be a director."
"No, no, I'd like to propose a toast to Director Li." Huang Bo shook his head and picked up the wine glass.
"By the way, Bozi, do you have any ideas for your next movie?" Xu Zheng asked casually.
"That's not true. Making a movie is tiring enough and your brain is empty."
Huang Bo shook his head, ""Crazy Alien" will be filmed soon, and I have been waiting for half a year."
"When it comes to "Crazy Alien", I get angry. The damn rat asked me to play a monkey. How do I look like a monkey?" Xu Zheng yelled.
Ning Hao glanced at him and said, "I want you to play Da Fei, will you come?"
"I don't have time. You can't let me play the role of a monkey even if I don't have time. This is an insult to my handsome appearance!" Xu Zheng said.
"That's an alien!" Ning Hao emphasized.
"Aliens are monkeys too!"
Li Qian nodded, "Yes, Brother Zheng is right, playing the role of a monkey is really insulting."
"Look, Director Li said so, you don't have any aesthetic taste at all." Xu Zheng seemed to have met a close friend.
"It's not appropriate to play a monkey. Ning Hao, why don't you change the monkey to a pig? That would be perfect. Act in your true colors." Li Qian said with a smile.
"Then I am no longer a pig-player. Do I have such a profession?" Huang Bo asked seriously.
Ning Hao's eyes lit up, "This is possible, I'll think about it."
"..."
Xu Zheng changed the topic, "Director Li, I've almost finished the new book of "囧Mom" in the past two months. "囧囧" is similar to the model, but the family scenes are a little more intense, and it is mainly comedy. I will send it to your email another day.
Please help me take a look."
Li Qian nodded, "Send it to me anytime, I'm free during this time."
"Did you change the script again?"
There are some differences between Ning Hao and Huang Bo. They have seen the previous two versions of the script. It is very different from the model of "Thailand". Why has it been changed again?
Xu Zheng smiled and said, "I've added a funny character, please Baoqiang to do me a favor."
Now they were even more surprised. The two of them had an unpleasant quarrel before, which made them embarrassed. How could they reconcile so quickly?
However, no matter what the reason is, it's good to reconcile. We have been friends for so many years, and there is no need to have a quarrel over money.
Xu Zheng used the word "please", and Wang Baoqiang's face looked much better, as if the two of them had never had any conflicts.
"Actually, it was my suggestion that when doing comedy, don't make it so complicated. Comedy is comedy, something very pure."
Li Qian took over the conversation and asked them, "Actually, for you comedians, the Spring Festival Gala skits in the past twenty years are a good example. Don't you think it has started since Uncle Benshan stopped attending the Spring Festival Gala ten years ago?"
, has the Spring Festival Gala skit completely changed its taste?"
In today's comedies, a lot of them are played for a long time, and in the end there is a very far-fetched awakening for no reason, which is more effective than the Buddha's enlightenment.
"But if it's ugly, wouldn't the audience be unhappy?" Huang Bo asked.
"The protagonist's role is enough. He suddenly realizes that the prodigal son turned back. 90 minutes is enough to explain it reasonably. As for other supporting characters and other ugliness, there is not enough space, so there is no need to force sensationalism. Let him keep it.
It’s not a bad thing, the audience has a strong sense of involvement.”
Today's comedy has fallen into a misunderstanding. No matter what, everyone gets better in the end. It's not that it's false, it's that it's false and it can't be sustained.
"Is it appropriate to retain some ugliness?"
Ning Hao and the others fell into deep thought.
"Of course, don't make it self-defeating. There is nothing ugly in itself. In the end, you just forcefully create something. If it can be solved reasonably, solve it. If it can't be solved, don't force a change." Li Qian said.
There are certain parts of "People on the Road" that feel a bit forced and sensational.
There is nothing ugly in "囧", and commercial competition does not count. It is about laughter from beginning to end, and there are no real problems involved.
"Embarrassed in Hong Kong" is all about sensationalism, but "Beautiful Heart" manages to retain the ugliness without laughing it off.
The people here represent basically half of the domestic comedy field. Li Qian also talked more about the current situation and necessary changes in comedy movies.
However, this kind of preaching just happened to be mentioned in a few words. The purpose of today's banquet is to celebrate Huang Bo.
How "囧Mom" and "Crazy Alien" fare is up to them.
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After the banquet, Deng Chao caught up with him, holding a notebook in his hand.
"Brother Chao, did you write the script?"
Facing Li Qian's suspicious gaze, Deng Chao felt a little embarrassed. His own screenwriting skills could not be compared to others.
Don't talk about it to others, I'm too embarrassed to mention it myself.
"Written by Yu Baimei, it is a family story about a father and son gaining love and growing up over a long period of time. It is half a science fiction film, but the theme is still family love."
"sci-fi movie..."
Li Qian probably guessed what it was about, shook his head, and took the script.
It turned out to be true at first glance, the words "Galaxy Tutorial" were printed in big words on the cover.
The story is very simple. Ma Haowen was framed and imprisoned, which made him regretfully miss seven years of his son's growth. After he was released, he used his unique education methods and full of love to give his son Ma Fei the space to grow freely, and taught him
My son’s ability to think independently and his courage to face difficulties.
But Ma Fei's grades were not good and he faced academic problems. Although the school thought that his son had no plasticity, Ma Haowen never gave up and encouraged his children to find their dreams and work hard for them.
Ma Haowen pleads with the principal and plans to use one month to improve Ma Fei's academic performance to prove that he is not an incorrigible student and that "a scumbag" can also be made into a good student.
After a month of tutoring by Ma Haowen, his son indeed moved from the bottom of the class to the top ten in his grade under his father's advanced education.
Finally, the son became an astronaut. When he encountered a major accident in space, he thought of his father's education and turned the tide.
After reading the script, Li Qian handed it back to Deng Chao, "If you want to ask my opinion, there is nothing wrong with the story, but there are some issues with the concept of the details and they need to be changed."