Chapter 268 Twilight
Yenjing Film Academy.
Chen Linfeng strolled on the playground and watched the new 07-level college students participating in military training.
Wang Rui beside him smiled and said, "Do you feel nostalgic? It has only been 4 years."
"Yes, it goes by so fast." Chen Linfeng sighed with emotion road.
In the blink of an eye, we have reached level 07. Think about the students at this level.
Shuangzi, hiss~
There is also a more famous Fuguihua, which is a pity for such a good resource.
"But after all, we are still students of our school. There are still opportunities to come back to see us from time to time. Let's go."
"Okay."
Among the freshmen who were undergoing military training, one of them was not paying much attention and just turned his head and glanced at it casually.
“Hey, is that Professor Chen? Or did I see it wrong?”
“Where is it? Several people around me immediately turned their heads to look.”
"Isn't that right? A man walking by the playground."
"You look so handsome just from the back. I really want to find a boyfriend like this."
"..."
The instructor was angry, "What are you looking at? Does it look like military training, huh?"
He glanced in that direction casually, "Fuck me , Li Shimin! No, Xiao Chen."
The sound was so loud that the whole class couldn't help but turn their heads.
“Look, Xiao Chen is also a human being. What’s there to see? He’s standing in a military posture, so be serious!”
However, this could no longer stop everyone from paying attention.
……
When we arrived at the director’s office, Tian Dazhuang was already waiting.
The three of them sat down after chatting.
“It’s okay to say that I will take you there. You have a perfect grasp of things yourself.
Even if you don’t know how to do something, your self-learning ability is so strong, and the training effect on the crew is still strong.
If we have any problems, we can at best discuss them with each other. As for academics, just come to school and take a look at us later. "
Tian Dazhuang said a lot of things when he came up. He had a completely laissez-faire attitude toward this new student.
This was something the school had carefully considered before.
< br>I used to think that Xiao Chen is a novice director after all, and it would be somewhat beneficial for him to go to graduate school.
Unexpectedly, the next two works directed by Xiao Chen, a TV series "Star You" and a movie "Exploding Drummer", would make more noise than the other.
In September, just as school was about to start, I actually won the Golden Lion directly.
How else can we teach this? At this level, it cannot be taught by academic education.
Just let people develop on their own.
Chen Linfeng was still modest, saying that he was still young and needed to learn more.
Neither of the remaining two would take it seriously.
Wang Rui then asked with concern, "Is "The Burst Drummer" going to premiere soon?"
"Yes, on the 27th." At this point, Chen Linfeng seemed to think of something. of.
"I almost forgot to invite the teachers. Are the teachers free to give me some compliments then?"
"Easy to say," Wang Rui smiled.
"Yes, I will go." Tian Dazhuang nodded.
The three chatted for a while, and then Chen Linfeng said goodbye.
He came to the school today mainly to communicate with the department about his subsequent studies. Fortunately, the school was very reasonable and did not require him to waste any time.
In late September, Sister Mei came back.
These days, she has first negotiated the film rights in major regions around the world.
Then there was a fierce confrontation with the British Broadcasting Corporation.
“Isn’t there a definite result in the end?”
“Yes, it’s too tricky. We should wait for Xiaofeng, your second book to come out to have the final say. Let’s talk about the follow-up.”
“Okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work, Sister Mei.”
Although the latter matter has not been finalized, the overseas copyright of “Exploding Drummer” has been sold. Good price.
Except for the copyrights in East Asia that remain in the hands, the copyrights in other regions were sold smoothly, with a total of 8 million US dollars.
This number can be compared with previous domestic films.
Last year's Golden Lion Award-winning film "The Good Man" was also a domestically produced film, and its overseas rights were sold for US$5 million.
This is probably a relatively common price for award-winning movies in China.
Because Chen Linfeng has a certain degree of popularity, his selling price is higher.
The domestic copyright transaction prices are actually falling year by year.
It may be even lower in the future, which is also an important reason why domestic directors will gradually become less interested in film festivals in the future.
Mei Mei did not sell the East Asia copyright to the film producers, but later found another partner and sold it separately.
Compared with other areas, the price is definitely much higher.
Because Chen Linfeng is already very popular in these places, even Liu Qianqian's supporting role in the movie can help sell the box office.
This is one of the reasons why he did not hesitate to spend money to do public relations in Venice.
In fact, so far, the cost has been recovered without a release, and there is still a lot of profit.
We can understand why so many directors flocked to various film festivals in those years, sometimes not even caring about the domestic box office.
After talking about this topic, Sister Mei talked about the situation over at Ailiken.
"You asked me to buy the rights to "Twilight" before, but there is something new this year."
"Oh? How do you say that?"
Sister Mei was amazed when she said this. "At first you said this book would be a hit, but I didn't believe it. Later, it has been competing with our "Infinite World" on the best-seller list for a long time.
As of this year, the previous period The third book of "Time" was released, and the sales volume was 150,000 a day, which was like a skyrocketing. "
"Yeah, I really didn't pay attention to it during this time. "
"No, many of your beautiful Chinese fans are complaining, saying that you haven't published the third book for a long time, otherwise you will never be surpassed."
Sister Mei introduced the specific situation.
Not only Chen Linfeng's "Infinite World", but also "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" released in July this year were suppressed on the sales list that day.
"Deathly Hallows" is the seventh and final book of Harry Potter, and its sales volume is crazy.
On July 21, the sales volume in the United Kingdom and the United States exceeded 11 million copies, which is like a fantasy.
The third book of "The Twilight Saga" can be released on the first day of its release, more than one month after the release of "Harry Potter", which is worthy of mention.
However, the total sales volume of the "Twilight Saga" series is currently less than 10 million, which is far worse than "Infinite World".
In the past, in the book sales rankings, it was competing with "Infinite World" which had been released for several years, which illustrates the problem.
The focus of Sister Mei's mention of "Twilight" is not the sales of its novels, but the film adaptation rights.
After all, this is what they bought in the first place.
"A company has come to talk to you about this?"
"Well, Summit Entertainment, a company in Hollywood."
"I know this company." Chen Linfeng waved his hand, indicating that Sister Mei did not need to introduce it. .
This company is not very famous now, but later generations not only produced more famous films such as "The Twilight Saga", "The Hurt Locker" and "Source Code", but they also produced them.
Sister Mei was not surprised at all, she continued.
"The preliminary condition is that they pay for the buyout, ten million US dollars."
Chen Linfeng scoffed, "What about the other conditions?"
"Converted into the investment, give us 15% "At least 20%. The production cost of this movie will not exceed 40 million. Tell Summit Entertainment that I can provide another 4 million U.S. dollars to increase the share to 30%." >
“Okay, I understand, and I will contact them later.”
Chen Linfeng explained, "If the negotiation is successful, give 5% of it to Peter, and you know the rest."
Sister Mei nodded in understanding.
It seems that Xiaofeng is really optimistic about the final box office of this movie.
This is to prepare in advance for Summit Entertainment to wipe out everything and divide the accounts in Hollywood. With Pete, the second generation of Disney, participating in it, there is no need to be afraid of them playing this way.
Chen Linfeng did this because he had seen a piece of news in his previous life, which was about the lawsuit caused by the uneven distribution of accounts in "Twilight Saga".
Which one is the issuer company that is one of the investors? This has to be settled in court, and you may not be able to get the money in the end.
As a small company, Dingfeng Entertainment encountered big money for the first time and did not want to continue to cooperate with them. Doing some accounting should not be too easy.
A small company...
The movie will be released at least at the end of next year.
Thinking of this, Chen Linfeng suddenly had other ideas.
"Sister Mei, don't tell Peter yet. When the movie is about to be released next year, remind me and I will make a decision then."
Sister Mei didn't understand why he changed his mind. But I still made a note of it in my mind.
On September 27, "The Burst Drummer" premiered.
Chen Linfeng did not invite celebrities in the industry to the event, nor did he intend to make it a grand event.
In school, I also saw that Wang Rui had this intention, so I took the initiative to invite him.
Others mainly invited some close friends. Zhao Yuming specially sent a message asking him to get tickets to attend the premiere.
The main reason is that the box office this time is obviously not going to be particularly eye-catching. He doesn't want to make a fuss, but when he finally looks at the box office, he doesn't like it behind his back, so he must lead the way.
Judging from the reaction of the audience at the premiere, everyone should be quite satisfied.
"Cracking Drummer" is said to be an award-winning literary film, but in fact the plot is not obscure and complicated at all, and ordinary people can understand it clearly.
That night, there were many favorable comments on the Internet.
Professional reviews are especially good.
“At the Venice Film Festival, Director Xiao Chen said that this film actually has some tragic elements. After watching it, I very much agree.
The male protagonist lost everything to play drums: friends , lovers, and your own daily life.
In the field of art, there are only geniuses and mediocre people. There is no middleman. If you want to be outstanding, you must pay blood and sweat.
However, this will inevitably come at the expense of sacrifice. Daily life is the premise. It is best not to be true in life, but art must be true.
From the conversation between teacher and student Li Xuechang in the bar, we can see that the male protagonist actually believed the teacher's theory at this time.
In the final concert, after the male protagonist showed his extraordinary performance, that shocking smile seemed to be joyful, as innocent and bright as a baby, but it gave a chilling feeling when looking at it.
Director Xiao Chen gave obvious hints throughout the whole process in lighting and shots. I fully understood the price of wanting to hit the highest realm.
Ordinary people are better off giving up.
I think this is what Xiao Chen wants to tell us. ”
"The devilish teacher in "Crackling Drummer" is portrayed as a lunatic, morally corrupt, who beats and scolds students arbitrarily, euphemistically calling it training, saying that a strict teacher produces a good disciple.
In reality, there may not be such an excessive teacher. But the critical attitude towards such teachers in the film is obvious.
I think this is Xiao Chen’s warning about China’s education system.”
“I have to mention “The Exploding Drummer”. The music in Xiao Chen's works is as wonderful as ever. Although Xiao Chen does not appear in the film this time, it is obvious that his musical aesthetic is still playing a role.
Among the soundtracks, several of the highlights are ostensibly adapted from traditional classic jazz, but in terms of actual music listening, compared with the original songs, they are almost completely recreated.
Both traditional and avant-garde, I would call it awesome. "
"..."
Although these professional reviews will not have a particularly large impact on the movie's box office, they still have an obvious impact on the ratings.
(End of this chapter)