Chapter 617 Star you turn on Youku and open V
A day later, foreigners like Murdoch finally came to their senses.
The Chinese market is no longer the backward, closed-off little fish pond it was a millennium ago. It is the second largest film market in the world and the fastest growing film market in the world.
Over the past decade or so, China's first filmmakers have entered the international stage one after another, and people such as Zhang Yimou, Li Chen, Jia Zhangke, Jiang Wen and others have become even more famous.
Even the Big Six in Hollywood have to face the reality: they cannot do without the Chinese market, but Chinese filmmakers do not necessarily have to be in Hollywood.
Now it's time for them to break their heads trying to squeeze through someone's door.
Yesterday's natural arrogance was indeed a bit stupid.
What's more, given Li Chen's wealth and status, I'm afraid his interest in money has long since faded away.
"Then what do you think he wants?"
"Whether he can create a script that satisfies Cameron is still unknown."
Murdoch already knew from Deng Wendi what Li Chen's untranslated Chinese sentence yesterday meant.
Sure enough, a powerful dragon can't overwhelm a local snake!
In the United States, if anyone dares to speak to him with this attitude to his face, it means that even his own son has no mercy to speak of.
But this was in China, and he was unable to catch it.
Deng Wendi shook her head: "I don't know what Director Li is thinking, but I can find a way to inquire from the side."
When Deng Wendi asked about side inquiries, the first person she asked was Li Congcheng.
This question shocked Li Congcheng as much as a toad in the rain.
Sina Entertainment News
"The three film giants, Cameron, Li Chen, and Zhang Yimou, had a great secret meeting and had a great time, with Deng Wendi as the host."
"Cameron, Li Chen, and Zhang Yimou secretly met with Deng Wendi's family."
"Chinese media personality Deng Wendi and her husband Murdoch were enthusiastic hosts and arranged for Cameron to have a secret meeting with Li Chen and Zhang Yimou at their home mansion."
"Today Deng Wendi posted a photo of several people chatting cordially on Weibo. Many netizens are looking forward to what kind of sparks will come out of the gathering of the three major Chinese and Western film giants."
The photos of Cameron, Li Chen and Lao Mouzi gathering together made everyone in the industry curious.
No matter who one of these three people is, it can be said that they are the dreams that all actors on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places dream of.
Yang Mi asked Liu Yifei immediately.
Her popularity in the mainland is now almost as popular as Fan Zhitong, second only to Liu Yifei.
They are among the top female stars born in the 1980s, even surpassing Tang Yan who has left the nest.
Coupled with Yang Mi's lovable personality, especially during the Zhao Zhen controversy, she was the first to boldly speak out in support of Zhao Wenzhuo despite the pressure from the Hong Kong circle, and her fans increased rapidly.
In Li Chen's words, Yang Mi's current selection of films is based on the "two major" principles. One is a big director, the other is a big production, both are acceptable.
She could refuse "Chun Jiao and Zhiming", but she couldn't refuse "The Missing Bullet" produced by Er Dongsheng. What's more, how could Yu Wenle compare with her former idol Xie Tingfeng.
In the dispute between Zhao and Zhen, Wang Jing stopped talking after Li Chen expressed his belief that Jingtian supported Zhao Wenzhuo.
What Li Chen didn't know was that just after Li Chen expressed his support for Zhao Wenzhuo, Xiang Huacheng called Wang Jing and said coldly: "Baby! You've got the sperm on your head." , playing with women is stupid!”
Wang Jing was indeed stupid. He was frightened.
Boss Xiang hasn't spoken to him in this tone for a long time.
"Sissi, does senior have any new plans with Director Cameron? It won't be "Avatar 2", right?" When Yang Mi mentioned "Avatar 2", her heart beat faster than expected.
Liu Yifei frowned slightly, secretly thinking that Yang Mi had a quick mind and guessed it right away.
"Where are you thinking, how is it possible!"
Yang Mi patted her heart and muttered: "What seniors are best at is making the impossible possible and the possible into the possible!"
At the same time, Li Zhengtong and Deng Wendi met at home, but Mercado was not there.
The expression on Li Zhitong's face was complicated and difficult to describe.
"Sister Deng, did you say that Director Li got mad? He even cursed someone?" Li Congcheng's mind was in turmoil, and she really couldn't imagine what the scene would be like that night.
Director Li actually dared to insult Fox and Murdoch. He was so confident and domineering!
At this time, there was only one sentence in Li Zhengyi's mind: "This is the real boss! He turns his back on others and refuses to recognize anyone else. It doesn't matter if you are 21st Century Fox or a media tycoon."
Deng Wendi nodded slightly: "If I hadn't smoothed things over, I'm afraid the night would have ended on bad terms. In fact, it already ended on bad terms."
"I asked you to come here because I wanted to hear what you meant. Although Director Li was very angry that night, he did not explicitly refuse to improve the script of "Avatar 2" before leaving."
"What do you mean by him?"
Li Zhengtong returned to normal. After thinking for a moment, he felt sour in his heart, but smiled easily on his face: "Sister Deng, if Fox really intends to let Director Li help improve the script, don't mention the money."
"To be honest, Director Li may not have less money than your husband!"
Deng Wendi smiled and said: "That's true. I heard that the most curious thing in the domestic circle is how much Director Li is worth."
"Why don't you mention money? Just tell me."
Li Zhengtong really didn't want to say it, but she also understood that even if she didn't say it, Deng Wendi would think of it sooner or later.
"Sister, I really want Director Li to get started. It's too easy. Give Liu Yifei a role in "Avatar". She can't be too young, and she must at least be the second female lead."
Deng Wendi suddenly realized that people in the circle said that Director Li was completely obedient to Liu Yifei. For some things, it is better to ask Director Li than to ask Liu Yifei for some things. It seems to be true.
"I know."
"Sister, have Directors Fox and Cameron really decided to ask Director Li to write the script?"
Wendi Deng smiled: "I just have this intention now. I am not sure whether Director Li will write it or not, and whether it will satisfy Fox and Cameron."
Li Zhengyi left Deng Wendi's mansion with mixed feelings.
I sighed in my heart that no matter how good my acting is, it is better to look good, and to look good is not as good as marrying well.
Liu Yifei is simply a proud woman of heaven.
If she really gets the role in "Avatar 2", she will be overshadowed by Liu Yifei in terms of star status.
Li He was also shocked when he heard the news.
"Sister, I feel more and more that Director Li is showing off his character, and I'm afraid the only one who has the upper hand is Liu Yifei."
"You and Liu Yifei must maintain a close and intimate relationship from now on, and I will take good care of your thinking."
"Director Li is like an iceberg hidden in the vast ocean. What we see may only be the tip of it."
Everyone in the industry is looking around to find out why the Big Three are meeting in advance.
But few people know what happened that night.
Sister Li Zhengtong may be the only insider.
The Academy Awards are approaching, and both "Chinese Police" and "Thirteen Girls" have been shortlisted for the best cross-strait films.
The Academy Awards naturally hopes that both Tian and Zhang will come, especially Zhang Yimou.
It would be best if the producer Li Chen could also come.
Unfortunately, the three of them declined.
Tian Zhuangzhuang and Lao Mouzi consulted Li Chen and asked Yang Siwei to represent them. There was no need to support a provincial film festival.
"Those people in Hong Kong are like the emperor's new clothes. They think they are dazzling, but in fact they are just like running naked."
After hearing what Li Chen said, Lao Mouzi smiled and said nothing.
Although Li Chen's words are rough, they are not unreasonable.
Last month’s Hong Kong International Film Festival, a frontline for the Academy Awards, was more like a self-deceiving farce.
There are still only a few stars, and some Hong Kong films to be filmed don't even bother to change their names. They are just making a fool of themselves.
For example, "Beast Detective" is just a word changed from "Beast Detective", and there is also "I Love Hong Kong Island 2013". What is even more exaggerated is that more than 90% of the press conferences were entirely in Cantonese, which made mainland media people complain bitterly.
Compared with a group of filmmakers from Hong Kong who deceive themselves and shout excitedly on Weibo that the glory of Hong Kong films is back, mainland filmmakers are like watching a show.
Since the ratings of this Oscar set a historical record, Cannes and Venice sent invitation letters to Rong Chen Films early. The chairman of the Cannes Film Festival personally called Li Chen and Zhang Yimou. Unfortunately, neither of them had any works, so naturally they were unwilling to take advantage of them. red carpet.
Lao Mouzi never wanted to rest for a moment. Now that he has won the statuette and achieved a golden statue, his net worth and remuneration have both increased.
The Big Bell Award Organizing Committee in South Korea sent an invitation to Lao Mouzi early.
Master, you have already won the Oscar, so let us put the icing on the cake and give you a clock.
In this year’s Big Bell Award, Lao Mouzi will become the first foreigner to win the Best Contribution Award.
"Li Chen, I will listen to your arrangements next." Lao Mouzi was anxious to make a movie for Rong Chen Pictures. Li Chen was very interested in him, so he had to show his kindness in return.
"Don't worry, Director Zhang. I'm not Huang Shiren. You should rest during this period and accompany your mother."
"My mother's health is much better. You should tell me what your plans are next so that I can prepare in advance."
Li Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, Director Zhang, Lan Xiaolong and the others are already writing the script. This project is a bit huge."
"Lan Xiaolong? War theme? Main theme?" Zhang Yimou responded quickly. "Well, once the script is written, it needs to be submitted to the relevant departments for review. Please be patient and wait."
Zhang Yimou nodded, feeling confident and no longer asked what the story was.
Li Chen naturally told him when he should have told him. If he didn't tell him now, it was probably because the subject matter was a bit sensitive.
Yu Miao sent over the scripts for the first six episodes of "My Love from the Star".
Because she had to design the protagonist and story, Park Ji-eun took the longest to write the first four episodes.
It takes one month to write one episode from the first to the second episode, and two weeks to write one episode from the third to the sixth episode.
Li Chen only read it once, and replied to Yu Miao the next day, saying it was ready to be turned on.
Xue Xiaolu has already gone to Vancouver, Canada with Deng Jiajia, Zhang Jiayi, Hai Qing and other leading actors.
Wu Bin also received excited news from Wu Bin: "Director Li, the characters, storyboards, original paintings and background designs for "Maleficent" have all been completed."
"Next we can start making animations, would you like to come and take a look!"
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Wu Bin is at the helm of an animated film for the first time. Although the talents are first-rate, he is a second-rate director.
Li Chen came quickly.
The huge special effects base was crowded with people, and apart from the people, all they could see were computer equipment.
The four people accompanying Li Chen were Wu Bin and three young people. All three of them were the best among the nearly 500 animators recruited by Zhizhen Painting Art.
This is the first work after the opening of the Perfect Painting Dream Factory.
Looking at the lifelike cartoon images of Maleficent and several flower fairies on the drawing board, Li Chen nodded with satisfaction: "Director Wu, the colors can be brighter."
“In addition to young people, our audience is also children. The brighter the color, the more likely it is to attract their attention.”
Wu Bin took a pen and wrote down Li Chen's requests one by one.
"You can release a concept poster first to warm up."
"Okay, Director Li, do you have any suggestions for poster themes?"
"You discuss this among yourselves. Once you have made it, show it to me."
Li Chen spent a whole day at Zhizhen Painting, and all the protagonists of "Vientiane Island" have been rendered.
The CG model of the giant panda looks very shocking, especially the two dark circles under its eyes, which are both a bit naive and a bit bottomless when angry.
Several villains and monsters who were born from the Classic of Mountains and Seas are equally impactful.
The premiere of 3D "Titanic" in Beijing was called the Asian premiere.
The people in the industry who can receive invitations from Fox are at least those whose works have gone abroad.
This time is the most direct moment to test the coffee position.
The media didn't know where they got a list of invited guests.
Netizens took a look and realized that there are eight people in the Rongchen Pictures family.
There are also two from Huayi, and they are all invited.
But no matter how hard netizens searched, they couldn't find the former star girl who was busy filming "Ocean's Eleven".
But among the four little beauties back then, she was the only one not on the invitation list.
Yang Zi became anxious and left a message on Weibo: Miss Huang Shengyi is very busy and is not in the country at all.
The Internet has memory.
A large number of netizens began to worry about Yang Zi.
"I understand, I understand. Ms. Huang is busy preparing for the album that will shock the Chinese music scene and has no time to look around."
"Has the child been named yet? Miss Huang's Yang Xiansen."
Yang Zi's face turned purple with anger. He had never hated someone so much in his life, but Li Chen did it.
What made him even more helpless was still behind.
A Weibo post broke the news and caught the attention of the circle.
Sina Entertainment News
"The top executives of the three major video websites, Youku, Penguin, and Qiyi, gathered at Splendid Diamond."
"Rongchen Pictures holds a large amount of film and television copyrights and is sought after by the three major video websites."
“Recently, a self-proclaimed Penguin Video insider broke the news that because Rongchen Films holds a large number of copyrights for classic film and television and high-quality variety shows, and is itself the number one content producer in China, Youku, Penguin, and Qiyi are all actively contacting Rongchen Films.”
“There is only one purpose, which is to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Rongchen Pictures.”
As soon as the news broke, there were a lot of people downstairs at Splendid Diamond, and the phone number of Rongchen Pictures was bombarded by the media.
The whistleblower revealed that the copyrights of classic TVB film and television dramas such as the 1983 version of "The Condor", as well as the popular dramas that have topped the ratings in mainland China over the years, as well as a large number of Hollywood classic film and television dramas, have been acquired by Rongchen Pictures.
There was a lot of discussion online.
"Xiao Lizi's foresight is too terrifying. This directly seizes the fate of the three major video websites!"
"There is no winner in the video website's 'Wastewater Cleanup'. If there is, it is the outsider Xiao Lizi."
"I am a shareholder of Youku, so I must be committed to Youku!"
"Xiao Lizi is not stupid. He is not the only shareholder of Youku, but the copyright belongs to him alone. If a girl marries multiple people, the one with the highest price will get it."
What Gu Yongkeng was most worried about happened.
But he was not in a hurry to call Li Chen. If it were him, he would sit firmly on Diaoyutai like Li Chen.
Unless someone from the three video websites is willing to pay a sky-high price to buy out the exclusive broadcast rights, Youku can at most offer a lower price.
"Do you think he expected this situation at the beginning, so he started hoarding copyrights early? I heard that LeTV had competed with him for the copyright of "Blood Romance" before, but they failed to win." Gu Yongkeng's lover Qin Qian made a bold guess.
"He is always the first to do things. I have always had a feeling over the years."
"How does it feel?"
"It's like everything was made up by him, and we still have to get through it."
"Whether we eat the potatoes or the three families are competing for glory, everything seems to be doomed from the beginning."
“This self-proclaimed ‘Penguin Video Insider’ may have directed and acted in his own play.”
Qin Qing nodded: "Yes, but what should we do now? You can't open a VIP without high-quality content. Apart from him, there is no other person in the country."
Gu Yongkeng smiled: "He is both a fish and meat, and also a swordsman, this is who he is"
"There is no way. Both Penguin and Qi Qi understand that it will be a matter of time before V is opened. If we want to get to the front, we can only follow him."
"But fortunately, he is also the major shareholder of our Youku, so we will definitely have an advantage in bidding."
"Look, both us and Penguin will eventually embark on the road of self-made high-quality programs, otherwise we will always be controlled by him."
Li Chen's terrifying forward-looking attitude is not too impressive for artists in the industry.
But the impact on several big names in the film and television industry was too shocking.
In particular, Li Chen, the former producer of film and television series such as TVB and Huace, bought the online broadcast rights at a bargain price during the golden period when pirated copies were everywhere and copyrights were worthless.
Now it has become a hot commodity that three video websites are rushing to grab.
"Director Li is a very scary person to think about." At Hairun's shareholders' meeting, Sun Li, who was preparing to make an active comeback after giving birth, said such meaningful words.
"Lili is right. When he and LeTV competed for our "Blood Romance", I didn't take it seriously and thought I was taking advantage of him!"
"Now it seems that we are a joke!"
At Wanda's group meeting, Ye Ning was named by the boss Wang.
"What are you doing? Don't just think about the movie! Why can't you see the copyright?"
Ye Ning smiled bitterly. He wanted to say that not only could he not see it, but besides Director Li, it seemed that only Jia Yueting from LeTV had such a vision.
However, even if Jia Yueting has this vision, he still does not have the strength of Director Li.
He is just an inconspicuous little shrimp in Hollywood and TVB.
In the mainland, he cannot directly compete with Rongchen Pictures.
However, Ye Ning didn't say a word of these words. At this time, he had to talk back to the boss king. What greeted him was that the boss king set a small goal for him. If he couldn't achieve it, he would leave.
It was rare for Liu Yifei to have time to visit the class, but she still received repeated invitations from Yin Tao.
The entire cast of "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky" treated her with just four words: smiling faces.
(End of chapter)