Chapter 212 Secret Garden
October 7th.
The box office of "Time Traveler" was released on October 6, and it was only 13 million.
Compared to the day before yesterday, it decreased by 200W again.
Although the pull was a bit fast, Wang Shu was satisfied.
After all, he didn't have enough foundation and relied on the wave of hype.
When the tide recedes, it will return to calm.
However, even if it is 1,300W in a single day, it is still several million higher than the "Baby Project".
"Baby Project" was released at the same time as "Space Traveler". Yesterday's single-day box office was only over 6 million, which was still half less than "Space Traveler".
Huayi and Yinghuang hated each other very much. If the emergence of "Time Traveler" hadn't squeezed the market share, "Baby Project" would never be what it is now.
In contrast, Chen Long noticed Wang Shu.
He went to the cinema to watch "Space Traveler". While praising the quality of the film, he also felt that the film produced by Wang Shu was different from other mainland directors and seemed to have a Hollywood feel.
Then I learned that Wang Shu competed in Berlin for the first time at the age of 18 and won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award, competed again in Cannes and won the Best Screenplay Award, and promoted Jiang Wenli to the Cannes Best Actress. Got an idea that I want to work with.
He did not deny that Wang Shu was very young.
But youth is not a problem, as long as you have strength.
He also knows that his salary is too high. As a mainland director, as long as Wang Shu does not go to Hollywood, there is a high probability that he will not be invited.
For Chen Long, it is impossible to reduce his salary by himself. The only solution is to cooperate and invest.
Chen Long Yinghuang Pictures, a joint venture between him and Yang Shoucheng, and Wang Shu's Yishu Company jointly invested in the production.
Chen Long felt that if he extended an invitation, Wang Shu would probably not refuse.
Because, by cooperating with Chen Long Yinghuang Pictures, the films directed by Wang Shu can successfully enter the international market without China Film.
Coupled with the fact that he is an international star, the box office is also guaranteed internationally.
Wang Shu had no reason to refuse.
For a movie to be released simultaneously around the world, it is not possible for Wang Shu’s Yishu Company to produce the film.
If it is just an exclusive production by Yishu Company, then in foreign markets, at most it will cooperate with the corresponding distribution company to release DVDs.
As for being released in theaters, it is basically impossible.
Even when "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" were produced with new graphics, it was Zhang Weiping who cooperated with Hong Kong Island's packaging companies to successfully release them globally.
Furthermore, it cannot be considered global. In addition to North America, many European countries have only released DVDs, and the film has not entered theaters.
If Wang Shu wanted the film to be released globally, it would be impossible without the help of foreign companies.
Chen Long Emperor Entertainment, a joint venture between Chen Long and Yang Shoucheng, also does not have this ability. However, they have the corresponding connections and can attract powerful foreign companies to participate in investment, thereby gaining the distribution capabilities to enter global cinemas. .
Chen Long just has thoughts in his mind at the moment and has no urgent desire to take action.
Because after filming "Rush Hour 3", he will also star in the co-production "Kung Fu King" with Jet Li, so his schedule is still very full.
"Secret Garden" scene.
The first day of filming was in full swing after the camera was turned on.
Since many of the crew members are from the Yishu Company team, these people have been trained and trained in the previous two idol dramas. By the time they produced this idol drama, their business capabilities were obviously better than It was much better before.
The shooting progress was accordingly much faster.
In this idol drama, Sun Li plays the first female lead, Liu Yan plays the second female lead, and Jiang Xin plays the third female lead.
With the release of "Space Traveler", Liu Yan has become a slightly famous actor from a newcomer.
Movie actors are naturally on a higher level than TV actors in terms of celebrity status, and Jiang Xin does not have a celebrity status to begin with.
So much so that at the moment, Liu Yan's status is slightly higher than that of Jiang Xin.
Of course, Wang Shu chose Liu Yan to play the second female lead and Jiang Xin to play the third female lead. It was not because of position issues, but because he felt that Liu Yan was more suitable for the second female lead than Jiang Xin, that is. So arranged.
After all, "Space Traveler" was a hit, and Wang Shu also wanted to use the gimmick of an idol drama created by the original cast of the film to promote "Secret Garden", so he naturally gave priority to Liu Yan as the second female lead.
As for the male lead, Wang Shu himself is still starring.
The second male lead is Baojianfeng.
Male No. 3, Zhou Yiwei.
Male No. 4, Luo Jing.
Male number five, Wang Kai.
Both Zhou Yiwei and Luo Jing graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, and Zhou Yiwei in 1982 was one year younger than Luo Jing in 1981.
However, Luo Jing graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2003, and Zhou Yiwei graduated from the vocational class of Beijing Film Academy in 2000 and is considered his senior brother.
After graduating from college, Zhou Yiwei went through a downturn in the past two years, in which he was unable to apply what he had learned.
From the autumn of 2002 to the spring of 2003, Zhou Yiwei visited almost all the crews filming in Beijing, but none of them were successful.
In order to make a living, he did everything during those two years. He worked as a photographer, pusher, recorder, and pole operator. He also worked as a host, made skits for companies, and was a dubbing and supporting group.
In the autumn of 2003, Zhou Yiwei returned to Beijing Film Academy as a teaching assistant.
In October 2004, he starred in writer Hai Yan's prison drama "Sunshine Blooms Like a Flower", playing the male lead Liu Chuan.
He also has a good gay friend who makes Zhu Dan jealous, Zhang Songwen, who played Gao Qiqiang in "The Furious".
In 2000, Zhang Songwen and his good friend Zhou Yiwei, who both belonged to the vocational class of Beijing Film Academy, graduated together. Due to their outstanding performance in school, they were retained to teach at the school and became an acting teacher at the Acting Institute. .
Although Zhang Songwen starred in the urban crime drama "The Price of Love" in 2003, it was not until 2005 that he made his official debut after starring as the male lead Jia Fa in "The Strange Son-in-law Riding the Dragon".
At this time, Zhang Songwen had theoretical knowledge. As for his acting skills
Beijing Film Academy, he officially debuted in 2005, and it is only 2006 now. He is still far away from Gao Qiqiang in "Hurry" .
Everyone knows that when it comes to acting
a young actor who has just graduated from the academy must be a graduate of the Beijing Theater Academy to be more professional.
Beijing Film Academy is a joke.
Male No. 5 Wang Kai, he is a graduate of the 2003 acting undergraduate class of Beijing Theater Academy. He only started starring in his first TV series "Cold Autumn" this year.
Now that I can play the male No. 5 role in "Secret Garden" directed by Wang Shu, it is already like smoke rising from the grave of my ancestors.
In comparison, although Luo Jin is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy in 2003, Luo Jin already starred in the sitcom "The Story of the Sales Office" in 2003. This year, he also starred in the sitcom "The Story of the Sales Office" with Wang Qiang, Xu Honghao, Yang Shuquan and others co-starred in the war drama "War Gaze" produced by Bayi Factory.
The acting skills of the fourth male lead and the fifth male lead in idol dramas do not need to be too realistic, and there is no need to judge who has better acting skills between the two.
Luo Jin has a more gorgeous resume than Wang Kai. Naturally, Luo Jin plays the fourth male lead and Wang Kai plays the fifth male lead. Wang Kai signed a contract with Huayi this year and is already a contracted artist with Huayi.
Wang Shu will choose Wang Kai to join the group, which can be regarded as a face-saving way to sell Huayi through some trivial matters.
The Korean version of "Secret Garden" has 21 episodes, each episode is 60 minutes.
Domestic TV dramas generally last less than 45 minutes including opening and ending credits, so "Secret Garden" directed by Wang Shu is scheduled to have 28 episodes.
However, this is just a pre-order and not the final version.
The final version cannot be finalized until everything in the script has been shot and edited.
In the Korean version of "Secret Garden", the story told in the first episode is roughly as follows
Yin Seul, the second female lead who is a blind date expert, is dating the first male lead Kim Soo Won. The blind date was rejected, and he was also attracted by Soo Yuan's handsome back.
In the VVIP room of K Department Store, Yin Se met Gilolin, the number one poor girl, and had a dispute.
Kim Soo-won always quarrels with his cousin Oscar, but K Department Store cannot lack Oscar's endorsement.
While both parties were refusing to give in, Oscar had to ask Kim Soo-won for something because of the scandal.
Kim Soo-won showed up at the movie shooting scene looking for actress Park Chae-rim, but he found Rowling with the wrong person and took her to the hotel.
After discovering that they had found the wrong person, the two returned to the filming scene together. Kim Soo-won resolved the scandal issue at the press conference, and saw the handsomeness of Rowling, a stuntwoman, at the filming scene.
At this time, Soo-won discovered that Rowling was injured. He rarely showed kindness and sent her to the hospital, and then Rowling was taken away by the director.
On Rowling's way home, Soo-won caught up with her again and wanted to take her home, but met Oscar.
Rowling's idol is Oscar, and what surprises Rowling is: Oscar actually knows her!
Although the story of the first episode is like this, Korean dramas are shot and broadcast simultaneously. Wang Shu’s Mandarin version is definitely not shot this way. Instead, as usual, the shooting is coordinated according to the crew’s location and the actors’ schedules.
Furthermore, the K Department Store in the first episode of the Korean version was not shot anywhere randomly in the Mandarin version directed by Wang Shu. Instead, it reached a TV series advertising placement cooperation with Contemporary Mall through bidding.
In 2006, the well-known department stores in Beijing included Bairong World Trade Mall, Beijing Cuiwei Building, Beijing Department Store, Xidan Plaza, Yansha Friendship Mall, Oriental New World, Cyber and so on.
In the 1990s, there was Lufthansa in the west and contemporary in the east, which were consumption trends unique to that era.
Among them, Contemporary Mall has introduced many international first-line brands and positioned itself as a high-end shopping mall.
In the early days of its opening, it was the wish of many people to be able to buy clothes in a contemporary mall.
Some permanent residents around the area also said, "Before 2000, it was a special pride to be able to buy a suit in a contemporary mall."
In short , a shopping mall that positions itself as a high-end luxury department store.
And this is also in line with the setting of the VVIP lounge.
Actually, if it were an idol drama directed by another director, the shopping mall would basically not respond to this sponsorship bidding.
It would be different if it were Wang Shu.
The staff in charge of this aspect clearly felt that because it was Wang Shu's drama, it was much easier to solicit sponsorship for the TV series' advertising placement.
This is the advantage of a great director.
In the idol drama "Secret Garden", in addition to product placement in contemporary shopping malls, there are also product placements from many other brands.
For example, the high-end sportswear worn by the male protagonist in the previous episodes not only has a high appearance rate, but also has many close-ups, which seems to be a product placement.
Therefore, in the Mandarin version directed by Wang Shu, this high-end sportswear will be a product of his newly established sportswear brand.
This wave has laid the groundwork for the sportswear boom after the 2008 Olympic Games.
Furthermore, the purpose of filming idol dramas is to secretly promote the clothing brand, accessories brand, and milk tea brand he founded, so he will naturally not let these opportunities pass by.
Throughout "Secret Garden", the costumes and props worn by the actors, as well as the accessories and props, were all samples provided by his company.
Including milk tea brand Wangshu, which also specially designed corresponding segments for this purpose.
Just making money from film and television works, no matter how hard it is, theaters and distributors will always take the cake, and producers like him can also get a small cut.
And these corners have to be made together with others in order to get a share of the profits.
Otherwise, let alone being able to get a portion of the soup, you won’t even be able to drink the soup.
It's just that there is no chance to even serve food.
It is undeniable
Relying on making money from the production of film and television works, you can indeed earn a lot in accumulation.
But, after all, it still makes no sense.
Otherwise, the two brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei would not have focused solely on real estate after discovering that real estate was far more profitable than working in the entertainment industry after Huayi went public.
The film and television field and artist management that I have been deeply involved in for many years were directly left behind.
Although in terms of results, the heads of the two brothers Wang and Wang are funny, Huayi's great development prospects are suddenly lost because of the change in development direction.
However, this also shows from the side that even Huayi has become one of the top large-scale entertainment companies among domestic private enterprises.
Big and small kings also feel that there is no money in this business.
Even to the point of basically giving up.
What is more realistic is that in the future, the combined revenue of the entire film and television industry will not even be comparable to the revenue of Penguin alone.
Wang Shu knew that it was unrealistic to punch the big and small horses.
However, it is still possible to develop other related businesses through film and television works.
He also knows that after 2008, the domestic real estate field will begin to take off for the first time.
However, Wang Shu will not turn his head and focus on the real estate field like the Huayi brothers.
He knew in his heart that if he wanted to develop vigorously in the real estate industry, he would not be able to do so without some strong connections.
And this is just one of the reasons why he does not want to get involved in real estate.
More importantly, he doesn’t want to touch.
The day's filming ended early, and the crew and actors called it a day.
Wang Shu, Sun Li, and Liu Yan took a car to go elsewhere at the same time.
Bao Jianfeng, Jiang Xin and others, as well as the crew, were not surprised when they saw this.
Wang Shu mentioned when he was on the crew that he, Sun Li and Liu Yan would go to record a TV show in the evening.
Today’s shooting will end early for this reason.
(End of this chapter)