Chapter 129 I’m anxious to wait! Seeking cooperation with Tongtian Empire
Shanying Group Production Center.
The current chairman, Lu Peng, poured a cup of strong tea with a smile that looked like Maitreya Buddha hanging on his face. He had made too much money recently and he was really happy.
But if you look carefully, you can see an anxious look between his brows.
Recently, Shanying is preparing a TV series called "The Line of Life and Death". At the same time, the previously filmed "Guandong" is also negotiating for its release in the beginning of the year.
As the chairman, there is actually no need to work hard.
You can let your subordinates handle anything.
So he was not tired. The reason why he was so anxious was because Guan Ling said he was going to film a new TV series.
Recently, the little flame in Chairman Lu’s heart has been ignited again.
Because Guan Dao is from Shandong Province.
And he, Chairman Lu, is both the chairman of Shanying and the chairman of Shandong Broadcasting Media Group. He is the boss of the entire Shandong film and television production industry.
Before, they held countless meetings and wanted to get into the movie business, but there was no one under them who understood movies, especially a director. But now, they see hope.
“Click.”
Suddenly, Jin Liang pushed the door open and came in.
"Director Lu, we have already drawn up an agreement. If you want to go to the capital, you can go at any time."
Before, Guan Ling had talked about the future and Shan Ying's relationship through words. We can strengthen cooperation in the future, whether it is in movies or TV. Later, Lingyun Media was busy with the promotion of "2012" and the preparation of new movies, so this matter was temporarily put on the back burner.
But now, Shanying can't sit still.
Because Guan Ling said they were going to prepare Lingyun Media’s first TV series.
How does this work?
Shan Ying has checked and found out that Guan Ling was an investor in the previous Ming Dynasty.
"The Myth", which has been very popular recently, is a TV series co-produced by Ling Yun, Emperor and Tang Dynasty.
Lingyun Media really does not have a TV series production department.
Now that I have this idea, the mountain shadow is not of much use to them!
When Jin Liang saw it, he immediately became anxious. What if the other party has prepared the production of this TV series and won't take me to play with Shanying?
So Jin Liang immediately went to report to Director Lu, hoping to finalize the TV series production cooperation company as soon as possible.
In this way, with Shanying’s production quality team and Guan Ling’s reputation as a film director, a lot of resource replacement can be achieved, thus tying up Guan Ling and clinging to a stronghold in the film industry. Big thick legs.
Shan Ying held a meeting for half an hour.
The board of directors gave the green light to this matter!
In the end, it was unanimously agreed that we must establish close contact with Director Guan, and without any contact, there is a better opportunity than cooperating to establish a company.
"Okay, Director Jin, let someone book air tickets for us as soon as possible, and we will fly to the capital."
Lu Peng rubbed his eyes, "We are comparing China Film and Television. Shanghai Film and Television did not have much contact with Director Guan, but this time, we strive to completely reach a strategic alliance with Director Guan in TV series, so that in the future, Shanying wants to participate in movies. That’s why we have a starting point.”
“By the way, Director Lu, I have some news that I need to tell you.” Jin Liang said.
"Did something happen?"
""2012", the global box office has exceeded 700 million US dollars." Jin Liang gave the number.
"Horror..." Lu Peng spit out these two words. Eyes are red.
No wonder Chairman Lu is eager to come to visit. As the chairman, the position is not low at the official level, but for Shanying now, the entire Shanying is not worth US$700 million.
Shandong Media Group may not be worth it either.
“We tightened our belts and invested five million US dollars. Now it seems that it may bring us a profit of 100 million yuan.”
Jin Liang roughly gave us a number. , the two looked at each other, they had done nothing but invest.
Their investment in "Crossing Guandong" only cost more than 30 million, and it took six months.
The main thing we are talking about now is CCTV One, which will most likely be sold for 45 million. After half a year of filming, including post-editing, the entire department will earn about 10 million from this drama.
But now, Guan Ling can earn an extra 100 million with just a little help.
Lu Peng’s head is a little numb.
“Let’s not talk about it for now, hurry up and book your flight tickets, ask for the earliest flight, and call Lingyun Media, don’t miss it.”
Both of them were anxious.
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When the global box office of "2012" exceeded US$700 million, the industry no longer had that sense of shock.
Sometimes, I feel numb after being shocked.
Everyone is waiting for the final results at the box office.
But China Film just didn’t let everyone get what they wanted.
In the fourth week of its release, China Film Group announced that the secret key for "2012" would be extended.
As soon as the news came out, the industry was jealous and cursed people. Among them, Zhou Xingxing was the most vicious.
"Yangtze River No. 7" is about to be released. Zhou Xingxing started to promote and build momentum for the release of the movie half a month ago. The clamor is very large. Among all the movies, this movie is the one Propaganda is most visible.
I’m just waiting to make a fortune at the box office after "2012" is released.
As a result, the other party extended the secret key.
Everyone in Zhou Xingxing was numb.
""Yangtze River No. 7" is about to be released, and "2012" continues to be released. Director Zhou Xingxing's new film has encountered a negative start."
""Yangtze River No. 7" will definitely affect the box office, take stock The movie that was beaten down by "2012" during the Lunar New Year..."
Netizens on the Internet started to watch it for fun.
“Feng Xiaogang’s film has died tragically under director Guan’s volcanic torrent. Let’s see if Zhou Xingxing’s film will fall into the same pit next!”
Everyone is a fun person. It’s lively and everyone loves to watch it.
At first, they thought Guan Ling's movie was good-looking. After the movie broke 650 million yuan, everyone started wondering how many directors Guan Ling could make cry.
Especially Zhou Xingxing, who has become very popular in mainland China and Hong Kong in recent years. It is also very interesting for netizens to watch Director Guan compete with him.
But there are also netizens who have become messengers of justice.
"This is very unfair to Zhou Xingxing's movie."
"Lingyun Media is unfairly competing. When "The Call to Action" was released early, I felt there was something fishy."
Some netizens turned into detectives and criticized Fang Qiu online.
But it caused dissatisfaction and ridicule from others.
“It’s good to extend it! I just heard everyone say that I am too busy and have no time. I haven’t gone to the movies yet. If it is extended just in time for the Spring Festival holiday, I can go to the movies!”
“What the people above said about unfair competition must be children. The right to schedule films is in the hands of theaters, and the right to set schedules is in the hands of China Film. Director Guan: They are all my people, what are you going to do with them? I fight?”
But this kind of excitement is of little use to Guan Ling.
He is communicating with Yang Yang, the director of "Meng Hua Lu", and Yang Qing.
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Lingyun Media Studio.
Guan Ling met Yang Yang first. This is the second director signed by Lingyun Media after Kang Honglei and Jiang Wei, and she is a female director.
Yang Yang is only in his forties, but he is already a well-known director in TV dramas. He has won several Golden Eagle Awards and Feitian Awards for Chinese TV dramas. The two most famous ones are "Proof of Memory" , the other is "Norman Bethune".
When Yang Yang received Guan Ling's invitation, her first reaction was that someone was teasing her.
She is in BJ, so she clearly knows that Lingyun Media is engaged in movies.
But when Guan Ling appeared in front of her in person, she couldn't help but sign the contract.
Can't refuse. Can't refuse at all.
Now Lingyun Media is like hot cakes, and everyone in the industry wants to take a bite when they see it.
In the office.
"Hello, Director Yang." Liu Yifei stood up and shook hands with Yang Yang.
"Hello Yifei, you are even more beautiful than on TV."
The businessmen exchanged a few words, and Guan Ling handed the script to Yang Yang.
"Director Yang, this is the script of the TV series I am going to let you direct. You can take a look at it. Currently, the female lead Liu Yifei, the second female lead Liu Yan, and the male lead Zhu Yawen are tentatively selected. As for the other roles, they are a waiter in a shop. I’m going to let Yang Mi play the role, and the rest will be up to you, Director Yang, to choose.”
Guan Ling went straight to the point. The contract has been signed. There are many roles, and Guan Ling will definitely give priority. own people.
Originally, Guan Ling wanted Zhang Jiani to play the role of Song Yinzhang, but now that I think about it, I decided not to.
Too many women are troublesome.
"Okay, Director Guan, I'll hurry up and make preparations when I get back. I will discuss the role with you later." Yang Yang was still a little nervous when he picked up the script.
The TV series script written by the Oscar winner has indeed never been filmed!
Just thinking about it makes me happy.
"Okay, for specific matters, you can contact the newly recruited director of the TV drama department in the company, or you can also contact Chen Xia." Guan Ling said, "I will be filming a movie next, so I won't be staring at you all the time. . But I have watched the TV series you filmed before, and I believe in your ability.”
“Director Guan’s words made me confident that I will do a good job.”
After Yang Yang went back.
"Director Guanda, when will the promotion for my signing begin?" Liu Yifei was also a little anxious.
“Your popularity is so high, I must take advantage of it. Once Director Yang Yang has read the script, he will directly use your signing to promote the actor’s audition, and at the same time, it can also be used to advertise on TV. How great."
"Don't you see, Director Guan is so frugal?"
"It's mainly because of the popularity of classmate Xiao Liu," Guan Ling said with a smile, making Liu Yifei angry. Teeth itching.
"I feel like what you said is that my popularity can be used as waste."
...
Yang Qing finally finished revising the script of "Nightclub".
And Guan Ling has reviewed it.
For this movie, Yang Qing put in all his efforts and even drew a lot of storyboards.
Now almost the entire script is in Yang Qing's mind.
I read the script.
Compared with the original script, this time the script is somewhat lacking in terms of jokes, but the overall structure has been improved. Guan Ling helped change a few words, which made Yang Qing dumbfounded on the spot.
The random changes really made the plot funnier.
Director Guan, this is so awesome!
"Director Guan, can I direct a movie by myself?" Yang Qing rubbed his hands, very nervous.
“I’ll invest you five million, so prepare well.” Guan Ling said, “Don’t put too much pressure on me. This movie is just right for you to practice, just do your best.”
“ Thank you, Director Guan, I will do my best." Yang Qing was very excited.
He is one step faster than Lu Yang in making movies independently.
After chatting for a while about the advantages and disadvantages of character selection, Guan Ling left Lingyun Media and returned to Siheyuan.
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"Director Guan, in the drama "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire", as long as you have chosen the role, you can start immediately."
Chen Guofu The call came.
The costumes, props, etc. of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" have all been produced, and since the construction of the city has not yet begun, Chen Guofu even found an alternative location at a domestic filming base.
One is Hengdian Film and Television City, where you can shoot scenes such as palaces.
The other one is Fang Yan.
This is a provincial-level scenic spot in the east of Yongkang City. It has strange mountains and rocks and beautiful scenery. It is known as a fairyland on earth.
Chen Guofu personally ran for several days and found that the mountains here were uprooted from the ground, with sharp edges on all sides, towering into the sky. They were extremely steep and dangerous. From a distance, they looked like castles and square mountains. It was a good filming location. .
“I plan to start filming as soon as possible. If it’s faster, I can catch up with this year’s Cannes Film Festival.”
Guan Ling is planning to go to Cannes, not for the awards, just because Give foreigners a little bit of the shock of pure Chinese special effects movies.
Many movies, such as "2012" and "Inception", require large investments. In order to make money, they must be shot in English. This is an objective fact.
There are few Chinese speakers, but that doesn’t mean Guan Ling isn’t prepared to put more effort into it.
"Tongtian Empire" is Guan Ling's first attempt.
"Then you have to hurry up and decide on the protagonist. If filming starts, I'm afraid you, the director, won't be able to stop thinking about it during the Spring Festival this year."
"As for the protagonist, I already have a choice in mind, but please help me choose some supporting roles.”
Guan Ling asked Chen Guofu to be responsible for some supporting roles. After hanging up the phone with Chen Guofu, Guan Ling made a call.
Hong Kong,
Liu Dehua's assistant, who was on the set of "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Disarm", suddenly received a call.
When you see the caller.
The assistant was about to hang up at first, but hesitated and didn't answer, and immediately ran to the shooting scene.
"What's wrong?"
Looking at the assistant running out of breath, he kept waving to himself.
After Liu Dehua finished filming a clip, he told the director to take a rest, and then walked out, very surprised.
“Director Guan’s phone number.”
“Which Director Guan?” Liu Dehua didn’t react at once.
""2012", Guan Ling."
The assistant's voice was loud, and Hong Jingbao heard it, "Hua Zai, Director Guan contacted you? Isn't there a role?"
Liu Dehua also became excited instantly, picked up his phone and walked aside.
The phone call was dialed back.
"Director Guan, what's the matter with you contacting me?"
Not only why, but Liu Dehua, who is used to seeing great directors, the moment he made the call, he actually Also a little nervous.
"Yes, do you have a schedule for the next time? It will start at the beginning of next month. It will take about two months to shoot."
"If you have time, I will be filming the movie now It will be finished soon, and there will be plenty of time later." Liu Dehua responded quickly and asked: "Director Guan, is it a Hollywood movie?"
"It's the series of movies I mentioned. I’m going to invite you to play the leading role in this series of movies,” Guan Ling said, “Although we can match the filming schedule for the next two months, I have another request, that is, when I shoot this series of movies in the future, You can't shirk your protagonist. If you can't do it, I won't give you this protagonist."
Guan Ling said it very directly.
He hesitated for a moment.
Liu Dehua said: "I can take it!"
Guan Ling's movie, don't worry about it at all, just take it first and then talk about it!
"Director Guan, what role do I want to play?"
After agreeing, Liu Dehua asked.
“Di Renjie.”
The voice on the other end came over.
(End of this chapter)