Chapter 312 Competition for schedule, please make room for me
The movie "Police Incident" is Chen Linfeng's first commercial film as a director.
As for the box office, he currently doesn’t have too high expectations. The 200-300 million that blockbusters can generally reach is not very likely.
What Chen Linfeng wants to do is to leave a good reputation first and focus on the second part, just like the previous film "On the Road".
Of course, it is no longer so difficult for a domestic film to exceed 100 million yuan. He still wants to achieve this small goal.
There are many factors that determine a movie's success at the box office.
In terms of production, subject matter, script, director, main creator, investment and other related factors are the background of the work.
In this regard, Chen Linfeng is relatively confident and has been following up.
In addition, schedules, theaters, and promotions are also extremely critical for commercial films.
In terms of schedule, there are a few movies that need to be focused on in the second half of the year.
"Mei Lanfang", "If You Are the One", "Red Cliff" and "Ip Man" are all basically for the Lunar New Year period. It is basically certain that "Police Incident" will be related to one or two of these movies. compete.
Chen Linfeng can't catch up with the earlier National Day schedule, so there is no need to consider it.
Thinking of this, he picked up the phone.
"Hey, Mr. Han, good evening. By the way, it's night in China now, right?"
"Well, it's just getting dark. Xiao Chen, aren't you filming in the UK? You have something to do with me. ?”
"I would like to ask about the movie schedule in the second half of the year. "Police Incident" has just been submitted for review, and I am considering when to schedule it."
"If you don't mention it, I will have to talk to you about it. I heard You said you also want to squeeze into the Lunar New Year slot, which is a bit crowded. There are not only domestic films, but also foreign films. Are you sure you want to choose this time?"
Chen Linfeng chuckled, "There are more. There is nothing to consider. This period of the year is the best, otherwise why would everyone squeeze in this time?"
"Well, you have to give it a try if you want to achieve results. I don't advise you either. Have you thought about this specific time?”
“I want to ask Mr. Han what other people think about it.”
Han Shanping hesitated for a moment and said, "The ones currently scheduled are Da Chen's "Mei Lanfang" and Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One," one on December 5 and the other on December 18."
Chen Linfeng Then he asked, "When was "Ip Man" released?"
Han Shanping was a little surprised, and then he suddenly realized when he thought about the styles of these two films.
""Ip Man" has not been confirmed yet, but rumors say it will be December 12th. If it is confirmed, these three will be released one after another a week. Which time do you want?"
"I want to release it with director Chen Kaige, but I hope there will be no "Ip Man" next week on December 12th."
Han Shanping said speechlessly, "You are quite greedy. You want to eat for one more week, but this is fine. You and Chen are together, and the subject matter does not conflict with each other. It is appropriate to put them together."
He considered it for a while. Yes, "Let's do it. I'll try to coordinate it and see if I can let "Ip Man" choose another time."
Chen Linfeng looked happy, "If this is the case, it would be great. Thank you Han Mr. "
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"Why should we retreat? This is the first time Chen Linfeng is making a commercial film, and he wants us to make room for him. "
Oriental Film Entertainment's Zheng Huiqiang took a puff of cigarette in dissatisfaction, his expression not very good.
As a director, Ye Weixin said with a grimace, "The situation is stronger than the person. Xiao Chen's momentum is too strong. Our themes are relatively close, so going head-on is not a wise choice."
"It's all action. We may not be able to win the fight," Zhen Zidan said.
"That's right, I think it's his turn to give in to us."
Zheng Huiqiang is not acting out of emotion, mainly because in the best schedule later, either Feng Xiaogang or "Under the Red Cliff" are not easy to mess with. Yes, if you meet them, you may become cannon fodder.
Hong Zhigang, who is also the producer of Shen Ying, reminded, "The people from Huaying are here to coordinate. Han Shanping's intention is involved, and Chen Kaige is also involved in it. It's not easy for us to argue."
Discuss After a long time, several people finally changed the scheduled release time to be released a week after "Red Cliff", betting that it would not have enough box office stamina. After all, the reputation of the first half was not particularly good.
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In the dim room, a female corpse in red was lying on the ground.
Chen Linfeng squatted on the floor and carefully observed the condition of the body.
"The victim is in her early 30s, a professional woman. Judging from her clothes, she should be working in the media. She was dressed in bright pink."
He stood up, looked around again, and continued talking about himself judgment.
"This person just came from Cardiff today and plans to stay overnight in London. You can tell by the size of her suitcase."
Chief Inspector Lestrade said doubtfully, "Suitcase?"
"Yes, suitcase."
Chen Linfeng supported his elbow with one hand, and extended his index finger in front of his right eye with the other hand, shaking it slightly, as if he was thinking, and at the same time he spoke his inference smoothly.
"She has been married for several years, but she is not happy. She also has a lot of lovers, but no lover knows that she is married."
The police chief felt that he was listening to the story and sneered,< br>
“For God’s sake, just make up a story.”
“Cut!”
Director Steven gave a thumbs up as usual, "Well done, Chen."
The expression of Robert Graves, who plays Lestrade, was quite shocked.
"How about it? I'd say he's very good at it." Martin nudged Graves with his elbow.
“Yeah, to be honest, I’m a little unbelievable. How did he say such a long line of dialogue so quickly and methodically? When I looked at him, I just felt that this was Mr. Holmes himself.”
< br>He shook his head, "I must be crazy, an Asian Sherlock Holmes."
Martin nodded in agreement, he thought so too.
Chen is so convincing in playing such a high-IQ character.
Whether it is the confident look on his face or the various small actions he makes when describing his deductions, it feels like he is acting in his true colors.
Chen Linfeng has long been accustomed to compliments from people around him. He skillfully walked around the camera and guide rails and walked out of the room.
"Xiao Feng, I called you just now." Liu Qianqian raised her hand to say hello.
"Yeah."
Chen Linfeng sat next to her, took the phone and saw that it was Han Shanping's call.
After calling back for a while, he hung up the phone.
Liu Qianqian asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Chen Linfeng didn't say anything, turned around, hugged Qianqian's waist and rubbed her hard.
"Haha...ha, don't make trouble."
Liu Qianqian pushed him away hard and said angrily, "You act like this when there is good news. I don't know if you are really happy or taking advantage."
Chen Linfeng said cheerfully, "The movie schedule has been set, December 5th, and there will be at least a two-week window for me, which is good news."
"Really, then Great." Liu Qianqian also knew what Xiaofeng was thinking about recently.
Chen Linfeng couldn't help but sigh, after all, it was different. He could now use other means to let others adjust their schedules.
The further goal in the future is to make others actively avoid him.
We need to continue to work hard on this.
Going back in the evening, Chen Linfeng continued to think about other factors for "Police Incident" to win the box office.
The schedule has been determined, all that’s left is theaters and distribution.
The theater chain will be put on hold for the time being. This needs to be considered after the film is fully completed in post-production.
In the final analysis, distribution is mainly the responsibility of the distribution company, but in terms of publicity, the producer can also start.
Tap water, a kind of word-of-mouth marketing, has the best effect, but the current conditions are not satisfied yet. We have to wait until the mobile Internet era, and it is mainly driven by the audience. The producers can only follow the trend.
What Chen Linfeng was thinking about was how to increase the popularity and reputation as much as possible before it was released.
The former relies on offline promotion and online publicity, while the latter requires new methods.
Actually speaking, it is not particularly new. It was screened in advance and was used in the previous life using poor methods.
This method was also used when promoting "Hero" in the past.
However, in recent years, most film distributors have not paid much attention to this.
Chen Linfeng thought that this might be a breakthrough. The current piracy situation is much better than in previous years, and the conditions for large-scale screening have initially been met.
At this time, the door to the outside room was opened. Chen Linfeng turned around and found Liu Qianqian coming.
"Why did you come here at this time? Didn't you say that you should keep a distance? Are you embarrassed if those girls saw you?"
"I just came here to chat and will be back in a while."
Liu Qianqian closed the door carefully.
Ha, this girl has learned to deceive herself and others now. You have come running over, can I still let you go?
Chen Linfeng waved to her.
“What are you doing?” Liu Qianqian’s wary expression was so cute.
Chen Linfeng patted his thigh, "Come sit here and I'll show you something nice."
Liu Qianqian snorted, "I don't believe you."
That's right. Having said that, she still took two steps closer, and then she was grabbed by Chen Linfeng.
“Ah, you’re not thinking about bad things again, are you?” Liu Qianqian exclaimed. "No, I keep my word."
Chen Linfeng pressed Qianqian onto his lap, but without making any next move, he actually turned on the computer and started searching properly.
However, after a while, Liu Qianqian could not help but spit after seeing the content that Chen Linfeng had searched.
“Bah, I knew you had no good intentions, and you actually said this is good-looking.”
Chen Linfeng clicked again, and a voice of “Uh-huh, uh-huh, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah? It's weird.
After a while, Liu Qianqian’s face turned red and she felt mentally polluted.
Chen Linfeng didn't notice either. European and American ones were still too heavy-tongued and not as high as Neon's.
If you want to learn knowledge through the Internet, it seems that you have no choice but to gain experience through practice.
While discussing the similarities and differences between Europe and America and neon with Sissy, Chen Linfeng told her some of the operating techniques of neon.
Liu Qianqian said she didn’t want to learn, she didn’t want to know this kind of thing.
Chen Linfeng severely punished this attitude of being tired of learning.
Both of them learned a lot of new "knowledge" that night.
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Needless to say, in August 2008, the most important and most eye-catching event was definitely the Olympic Games held in Yanjing.
The opening ceremony really shocked the audience all over the world. At this time, except Chen Linfeng, no one knew what kind of monsters and monsters the following opening ceremonies would bring.
One session is completely inferior to the other.
During this period, all entertainment activities have almost lost their appeal, and everyone is paying attention to the Olympic programs.
Even when the crew is filming, Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian always find time to watch games together in the evening.
This time Sissi learned to be smart. She seemed to have temporarily figured out Chen Linfeng's conspiracy and called the team members who were also in the villa together.
Everyone had a great time eating melon seeds, drinking drinks, and cheering for the athletes.
During this period, on the American side, Chen Linfeng's plan to acquire Summit Entertainment progressed smoothly and has entered the substantive negotiation stage.
Sister Mei spent almost most of her time in Beautiful Country, following the negotiation process.
The acquisition amount is expected to be between US$150-180 million. Later, Lionsgate Pictures spent US$400 million to acquire Summit Entertainment.
But this is the price after "The Twilight Saga" was broadcast. Without this film, the price would naturally be much lower.
Because Chen Linfeng is very strict about time cards, this is actually not conducive to negotiations.
The other party also knew this, and took "Twilight" as a condition to pull.
Therefore, the price is considered within a reasonable range, and Chen Linfeng does not have much objection to the purchase price.
The only requirement is that the entire acquisition must be completed before October.
In addition, the post-production stage of "Reply 1990" is almost completed and has reached the review stage.
Except for the fact that high school students fall in love, which requires careful consideration, this drama can be said to be the most plain of all, with no out-of-touch content at all.
Considering Xiao Chen’s face, the superiors quickly gave it to me.
Chen Linfeng is suppressing it for the time being, preparing to wait for the coming year to be the opening drama of CCTV.
Oddly enough, he has filmed several dramas before, including many big productions, but by chance, almost none of them caught up with the start of the new year.
This title is quite nice, and it is a small regret that it has caught up with the last TV series currently confirmed.
On this day, Chen Linfeng and Su Weite asked for leave in advance and talked about their future plans.
The other party mentioned one thing, "Chen, Emma Watson said that she is coming to visit the class in two days and wants to have a friendly exchange with you. You must be prepared."
Suvit welcomed Britain's most famous child star to join his cast.
It would be best if you could get more exposure. It would be even better if you could have a substantial and ambiguous relationship with the male protagonist in your play.
That means long-term popularity and exposure.
“What?”
Chen Linfeng frowned, what’s going on with this person?
He doesn't believe that his charm is so high that he can make people ignore rumors. He used to express his love or not through the media through the media, and now he comes to visit the crew.
Even if audiences in Europe and the United States don't care about this kind of thing, the first public scandal of a female star is still very valuable and will not be wasted.
Judging from the rumors in Emma Watson’s previous life, she is not a romantic person either.
Chen Linfeng thought about Emma's purpose and did not forget to answer.
“I know, I’ll be ready.”
In the evening, Liu Qianqian was very angry when she found out that Emma Watson had come to visit the crew.
“Doesn’t this person have any sense of shame?”
“Okay, don’t be angry, I don’t like her. Besides, there are probably other reasons for this. Do you really think that Your husband is so rare."
Liu Qianqian said angrily, "Do you think that there are a group of goblins who keep following you at home, and there are still people who are watching you when you go abroad? You need to examine it yourself.
Also, you are not my husband now, and I have never called you that.”
This is like turning against others. He was still shouting like this when he was studying knowledge the night before yesterday.
Chen Linfeng coaxed, "Aren't you still worried about me? Your husband and I are a steadfast and unyielding man, and I will not be tempted at all."
"Bah, I have seen through you by now. You have such a lustful nature, don’t try to lie to me.”
Although she said this, Liu Qianqian did not object to the title of “husband” this time.
She is actually quite satisfied with Chen Linfeng's conduct in this regard, and she never fails to show courtesy to other female stars.
When facing her, he looked so seductive and couldn't resist temptation at all, which was actually a bonus.
This shows that he really likes me.
Thinking of this, Liu Qianqian really lost her temper.
Anyway, Xiaofeng’s heart is with her, and other coquettish bitches don’t have a chance.
However, two days later, when she saw Chen Linfeng welcoming Emma Watson into the set, a group of reporters gathered around to take pictures.
I still can't help but worry and feel worried.
Unexpectedly, Chen Linfeng directly led people to Liu Qianqian.
"Let me introduce you. This is a good friend of mine who has been in China for many years and is also my best friend of the opposite sex."
Chen Linfeng specifically emphasized the word "opposite sex".
Emma Watson seemed not to have heard, and took the initiative to extend her hand to express her kindness, "Hello, I am Emma Watson, you can call me Emma."
"Hello, my name is Liu Qianqian, and my English name is Crystal." Liu Qianqian shook hands with the other party as if facing an enemy.
Of course a few people chatting will not be overheard by reporters approaching.
The reporters on the periphery could only hold their cameras from a distance and take pictures of the three people chatting.
It seems very harmonious, but this is all the acting skills of the actors.
Chen Linfeng said bluntly, "Ms. Watson, starting from the media interview last month, you have not been in line with the industry's common practices. What do you want to do? Now you can tell me directly. ”
Emma Watson blinked and said softly, "I'm here to visit the class. I just want to be friends with you."
Liu Qianxi said, "I don't think you should be so public. This is not a good thing for you or Xiaofeng."
"Why not?" Emma Watson wondered, "Isn't my arrival for the "Sherlock" crew? Bringing more reports? This should be a good thing."
She turned to Chen Linfeng, "Chen, I think you, as one of the producers, should welcome me, right?" >
Chen Linfeng suddenly heard something from the other party's words, and he confirmed again.
"Do you really want to be friends with me?"
"Xiao Feng~" Liu Qianqian was a little anxious.
"Yes, Mr. Chen, I sincerely hope to gain your friendship." Emma Watson behaved very humbly.
"This..." Liu Qianqian suddenly reacted when she heard this sentence.
I thought the other party was a green tea mistress, but it didn’t sound like this was a palace fight drama?
Chen Linfeng thought about the resources he had on hand and suddenly realized.
"Do you want to join the "Infinite World" project?"
Emma Watson answered honestly, "Yes, you are right, I hope there will be For this opportunity, my agent is already helping me to go to Hollywood, and I am eager for your support."
At this point, she winked at Liu Qianqian, "Of course, for such a cool man like Chen. I really like him too.
If I met him earlier, I really hope to develop a further relationship with him. Unfortunately, it seems that someone has already taken the lead, right?”
Liu Qianqian blushed because she was completely seen through.
It would be strange not to be seen through. Sissi’s anxious look just now made it clear.
At her level, if she participated in a palace fight in The Legend of Zhen Huan, she would be tortured to death in less than one episode.
What a dish.
Unless Chen Linfeng is Yongzheng, this is enough to save her life.
(End of this chapter)