Chapter 374 Linked Development
Zhenbeibao Western Cinema
Located in Yinchuan, it is different from most domestic film and television cities. It focuses on a primitive, rough and desolate one.
The original site was a border castle in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among the many film and television cities in China, Western Cinema is characterized by its simplicity, primitiveness, roughness, desolation and folk culture. It is one of the three major film and television cities in China.
Many classic movies were born here.
"Westward Journey", "Red Sorghum", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth"...
As long as the drama is set in the northwest or the Gobi Desert, basically it cannot be avoided here.
The background of "Painted Skin" is at the border gate of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Sheng's identity is the border guard. In the play, the scene of the desert with straight smoke and the sun setting over the long river is very suitable for filming here.
The person who recommends this place is Ning Ying. Ning Ying is also one of the investors of "Painted Skin", but it is very small, accounting for only one-tenth.
Since the restructuring, life in these old film studios has been very difficult. Except for China Film and Shanghai Film, which are popular, all other film studios are half-dead.
Even if it is restructured into a film group, it will be the same.
Historically, "Painted Skin" was Ning Ying's only glory. This time Zhang Chen also brought them with him, because this is their territory, and with their help, everything can be done with half the effort.
Ning Ying has gone all out this time. "Painted Skin" invested 90 million, and Ning Ying invested 1/9 million, which is all their wealth.
In the words of Chairman Ning Ying, if the movie fails, Ning Ying and everyone will have to drink from the northwest wind for several years.
This is really not alarmist, Xiying Studio is a precedent.
Xiying has always been very courageous. In the 1990s, it dared to make a desperate effort to cooperate with Hong Kong and Taiwan to produce "Westward Journey".
If you win, you will be a young model in the club, if you lose, you will work in the sea.
Then they lost.
No one expected that "Westward Journey" would be a hit at the box office because it was too early. West Film Studio has really been suffering from the northwest wind for several years, and it still hasn't recovered yet.
Ning Ying has always been cautious, but this time it was Xingchen Entertainment who took the initiative to find him.
After hearing about Xingchen Entertainment's project, Ning Ying held countless meetings and finally decided to take a gamble.
Therefore, Ning Ying was very attentive to "Painted Skin" this time.
For Star Entertainment, this is a movie.
For Ning Ying, this is wealth and life.
"Chen Xi, inform the actors that the script reading will begin tomorrow~"
"Okay, I'll notify you right away."
The crew has just been formed and filming has not officially started yet. Chen Xi came here to stay for two weeks and left after everything was on track.
There is still a movie linkage waiting for her at the company.
......
Xingchen Entertainment, the director of the screenwriting department sent one person away, all the way to the elevator.
"Go slowly. If you have any questions, call me anytime. Let's keep in touch..."
"Absolutely, thank you very much, please stay~"
The two waved goodbye
< br>Waiting for the elevator door to close, the director returned. Yu Zheng, who was next to him, immediately came up to ask: "Director, who was that person just now?"
The director looked down on this person a little, and Yu Zheng He is an alternative in the screenwriting team, his approach is a bit wild, and he is not favored by the director.
If he hadn't been picked up by Zhang Chen himself, he might have found an excuse and fired him.
But even so, the director would not be angry with him.
“Don’t ask around, work more on the script when you have time. Think about how long you have been in our department and you haven’t achieved anything yet. Our department doesn’t want idle people~”
Star Entertainment’s screenwriting team is well-known in the industry. It can be said that as long as the people in the screenwriting team are willing to go to other companies, they will immediately be at the level of department heads.
I don’t know how many people want to discover team members every day, but not one of them leaves. Without him, the treatment is too good.
The screenwriting team gets bonuses based on a percentage of the box office, and Star Entertainment produces all hits. With just a few movies, many team members have already bought houses in the capital.
Yu Zheng felt frustrated and left angrily. He waited until the director had gone far before he dared to complain: "If you don't tell me, don't tell me. What's the big deal~"
He knew that he was not allowed to The director didn't care if he saw him, he would definitely be the one to become Hokage.
Recently, he was reading a novel and felt that it was very valuable for adaptation, so he was imitating it and turned it into a script.
As for the adaptation rights, haha, what is that?
When Yu Zheng returned to the office, several screenwriters were chatting.
“I’m not telling you that. Perfect World is a well-known game company, but its ability to write stories is so poor. The plot made me sick to my stomach~”
Another person said : "Yeah, after we polished it, I think it really looks like a story, but that's good, at least we can feel a little more at ease when we get the bonus."
This The sentence was immediately approved by another person: "Yeah, I heard that the same game "Wulin Gaiden" has been online for three months, and the turnover has exceeded 40 million. I wonder how much bonus the second team can get?"
"Don't envy them. The game of the same name "Painted Skin" is also in development. We have polished the game script ourselves, and the bonuses will definitely be indispensable when the time comes."
Only then did Yu Zheng learn that at the same time as the "Painted Skin" movie was being filmed, a game was also being jointly developed.
This aroused his curiosity again, and he immediately came over and offered a cigarette very wisely: "Brother, I just heard you said that "Painted Skin" is jointly developing a game?"
< br>"Yeah, not only games, I heard there are also toys, you pass by I’ve seen the two dolls on his desk in Mr. Chen Xi’s office. I heard they were samples sent by the toy factory.”
Chen Xi’s office has all glass windows, Yu Zheng recalled, it seemed. There were really two dolls, but he had never noticed them.
“Do we also get bonuses for games and toys?”
"I don't know, but with the style of our company, it's really possible~"
Xingchen Entertainment has always been generous with its money.
Speaking of it, it is similar to the style of later Internet companies.
The requirements for employees are high, but the money must be enough.
Just work hard with peace of mind and don’t worry about anything else. When the money is paid, you will definitely be satisfied.
Yu Zheng didn't speak anymore, and the two people before continued chatting.
“Do you think the plot of Director Zhang’s "Painted Skin" is a bit too simple? It is basically a standard Cassandra-style story. At the beginning, the story of monsters killing people is used as an introduction, and then it continues
The only trick was probably the part where Xiao Wei made Pei Rong admit that she was a monster. Well, other than that... tsk tsk tsk..."
"What do you know? I heard Director Zhang and Manager Dong say something when they were chatting, saying that the plot of a blockbuster movie should not be too complicated, otherwise it will affect the box office. ..."
At this time, a screenwriter from the second team came over and said, "Can't it be too complicated? Then why is the plot of "Stone" so convoluted?
And "Racing", don't you know that our team lost so much hair for "Racing"? ”
When he said this, the others immediately stopped talking.
Yes, the scripts directed by Ning Hao are notoriously complicated. When the audience watched it, they felt It's amazing, but the screenwriter also struggled when writing it. I don't know how many of Moore's brain cells were sacrificed.
Responsible for "Sai". The second team of "Che" often retreats and brainstorms at every turn
On the contrary, Zhang Chen's movies can be summarized in one sentence, and "Painted Skin" is also a very simple story. , only "Manslaughter" is a little more complicated. The screenwriters didn't understand it when they thought about it.
In another office, Dong Jianqiang was playing with several figures in his hands. Opposite him, two people were sitting, one of whom was the director of the screenwriting department.
“Everyone must pay attention to IP linkage development. Last year, one-third of our company’s profits came from products other than movies.
So this time “Painted Skin” 》, Director Zhang attaches great importance to peripheral development, your screenwriting department must cooperate well, Perfect World If we can’t make up a story over there, let’s use our strengths. The same goes for you, Xiao Wang. Before Mr. Chen Xi comes back, you are responsible for following up on the toy factory...”
Xiao Wang nodded when he heard this, “Don’t worry. Manager Dong, I will keep an eye on the toy factory, but the piracy side..."
Xiao Wang's name is Wang Chao, and he is Chen Xi's deputy, responsible for business docking.
Dong Jianqiang understood what he meant, but he had no choice but to sigh: "We are not able to deal with piracy for the time being. What Director Zhang wants is to take advantage of the release of the movie and sell the peripherals at the same time. How much money can we make? How much, let’s just accumulate experience.”
After saying a few more words, the two left, and Dong Jianqiang leaned on the boss’s chair and stretched out.
On the desk in front of him are two figures.
A pair of Q-version vixen and bird spirit, gorgeously dressed and interestingly styled, they vaguely resemble Fan Xiaopang and Yang Xiaomi between their eyebrows.
The other pair are simulated figures, not as cute as the Q version, but more realistic, with very gorgeous shapes, and they are half human and half demon.
……
Media reports, according to the votes of netizens on the Internet, "Painted Skin" has become the most anticipated movie among netizens in 2006.
It is enough to show Zhang Chen’s current influence in the film field. You must know that there are many blockbusters this year, such as "The Night Banquet", "Ink Attack", "Golden Armor"...
"Painted Skin" On the crew, Zhang Chen is organizing a group of main creators to read the script.
Script reading is very important. It allows the actors to understand the director's intentions in advance, and it can also connect different actors' understanding of the film's characters.
Everyone’s understanding is on the same level, and only when they perform can they be more in tune with each other.
This is also the greatest significance of script reading.
Looking at the cast in front of him that was completely different from the original version, Zhang Chen felt something different in his heart.
It is quite interesting to say that the original version of "Painted Skin" was created by Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen. The heroine, the fox demon, settled on Fan Xiaopang and found investors from the Mainland.
There was news at that time that the three of them were planning to make an action horror film.
During that period, the investment form of domestic films was basically fixed, mainland funds + Hong Kong stars + big productions...
This model was pioneered by Zhang Yimou, with "Hero" and "Ten" "Ambush" and "City Full of Golden Armor" are all in this mode.
When others saw such success, they immediately imitated it, such as "Seven Swords", "The Promise", "The Night Banquet"...
But the original version of "Painted Skin" was produced in 2008, and at that time mainland investors already had Got some experience.
This film has the feeling of being a bad movie. It is unlikely to be a big hit, and I have never wanted to do it.
Later, the Shanghai Film Studio came into play and directly replaced the director with Chen Jiashang. They also kicked out Fan Xiaopang and appointed Mr. Zhou to play the role of the fox demon.
Mr. Zhou recommended Chen Kun, and Chen Kun recommended his classmate Zhao Yanzi.
This is the original version of "Painted Skin".
In the original version of "Painted Skin", Donnie Yen is not the male lead, but he is Ichiban, because he is a star in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the salaries of the other people combined are not as high as his alone.
Unexpectedly, in this life, the role of the fox demon returned to Fan Xiaopang again.
Mr. Zhou, who stole her role at that time, was reduced to supporting her, and the others were replaced.
By the way, Mr. Zhou’s acting skills are already very good now, but his popularity is not good.
Original Sora only started to get involved in commercial films after "Li Mi's Conjecture". Later, she starred in "Painted Skin" and "The Wind". Since then, she has never been short of filming.
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Somewhere in the capital, in a coffee shop
Zhao Yanzi and Chen Kun were sitting face to face.
Zhao Yanzi: "Didn't you win the role in the end?"
Chen Kun shook his head when he heard this: "I asked my agent to negotiate, but they didn't even consider replacing me. , the candidates have been decided a long time ago, and it was decided by Zhang Chen himself. If he didn’t say anything about changing, no one would dare to change. The rest are small supporting roles, and playing them is equivalent to supporting Huang Xiaoming..."
< br>Chen Kun said calmly, his eyes still melancholy.
Their class is a star class, and even in the star class, Chen Kun's acting skills are the most outstanding.
Huang Xiaoming is incomparable to him.
When he was still in school, his teacher always recommended him to play any good roles.
Even for "Emperor of the Han Dynasty", which Huang Xiaoming became famous for, the organizer originally wanted to find Chen Kun, but Chen Kun had a filming appointment at the time, so the teacher recommended Huang Xiaoming.
Huang Xiaoming became famous with "The Emperor of Han".
Now it is impossible to ask him to match Huang Xiaoming.
Zhao Yanzi didn’t say anything after hearing this. She didn’t understand why Zhang Chen didn’t like him. She originally wanted to get close to him at the New Year’s Day party to see if she could get a role, but she didn’t expect Zhang Chen to be very unhappy with him. cold.
Later, she wanted to use Tian Zhuangzhuang to ease the relationship, but Tian Zhuangzhuang seemed unwilling to get involved in this matter.
But "Painted Skin" is really famous.
Zhao Yanzi was thinking about whether she could let Chen Kun get a role first and then recommend her to join.
Saving the country through curves, what if it works?
But who knew that even Chen Kun was not selected.
It seems that this play is destined to miss her.
Zhao Yanzi was about to sigh when she suddenly received a call from her agent: "The crew of "Red Cliff" would like to invite you to be the heroine of this movie..."
In an instant, Zhao Yanzi thought of many idioms: after all the hardships come happiness, you will be in the first grade of junior high school, and I will be in the fifteenth grade. Today you are indifferent to me, but tomorrow I will make it impossible for you to reach...
I tried very hard to get a role in "Painted Skin", but I couldn't get it.
On the contrary, "Red Cliff", which has never tried hard, successfully parachuted a heroine onto itself.
Things are unpredictable~
“What’s wrong? Is there something good going on?”
Chen Kun noticed that Zhao Yanzi’s whole body was different after receiving the call. .
"That's right, "Red Cliff" asked me to play the heroine~"
""Red Cliff"? There is also a heroine? Who is that?"
Zhao Yanzi choked, the story of Red Cliff seems to be There is no female character, but he still said: "Sun Shangxiang~"
"Sun Shangxiang? The one with the machine gun and the one who can roll?"
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I took advice and stopped writing about the earthquake
(End of this chapter)