Chapter 43 Preparation
Lu Yang has been very proud of himself in recent times. Although the movie has been released, his directorial ability has been seen by everyone. The most important thing is that he has proven himself in the directing industry, making him Everyone in the industry has seen that the movies he makes can make money.
This is so important. In the film and television industry, 9 out of 10 films invested in end up losing money. A director who has proven himself is a popular star in the entire industry.
Gu Wei's company is not big, so Lu Yang was led by the front desk to Gu Wei's office.
"Senior brother, looking at your cheerful face, you have been very comfortable recently."
Lu Yang strode over with a smile on his face, looking like he was in high spirits on a happy occasion.
"Both each other, junior brother is both the leading actor and investor, so the rewards are no less than mine."
"Hahaha~" After saying this, the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"I heard that during this period, senior brother has become a guest of major film and television companies. I must have gained a lot." Gu Wei asked.
"Ahem~ What kind of guests are they? It's just that they asked people around me to invite me. I couldn't refuse because of the favor, so I just perused them."
Lu Yang said with some disdain.
“When I was looking for investors, no one gave me a good look. I went to all the major film companies for a year and they didn’t give me a penny. Now that the movie is successful, they all come forward to pretend to be good people. What are you doing earlier? "Go?"
Gu Wei was not surprised when he heard this. Lu Yang was right, but there was nothing wrong with the film companies. Everyone has different positions, but now that Lu Yang's movie is successful, it seems that there is something wrong with their vision.
"Senior brother, I am looking for you today because my junior brother mentioned that movie."
"There is no problem with the movie. I have promised you this a long time ago." Lu Yang said with a look on his face Said not caring.
"I have already written the script. Senior brother, please take a look at it first." As he said this, Gu Wei handed Lu Yang a script.
"So fast, okay, let me see how your story goes first." After taking the script, Lu Yang didn't care about anything else and started reading it in Gu Wei's office.
Gu Wei didn't care and asked his assistant to refill tea for the two of them. While drinking tea, he quietly waited for Lu Yang.
Lu Yang looked at it very carefully. Fortunately, the story itself of [Detective Chinatown] is not complicated and the timeline is not long.
After a while, Lu Yang put down the script, thought about it and said
"Junior brother, your script is very good. Do you want to consider letting me make this movie?"
Lu Yang, who originally just wanted to help Gu Wei and return his favor, was a little tempted after reading the script. .
Gu Wei was not surprised either. He smiled and said, "Brother, you can't win over people's love. This is the movie I have always wanted to make."
"I originally thought If you want to make a movie, you just want to make a small effort to fulfill your dream of being a director.
But after reading this script, I realized that you are going to make something big." Lu Yang said with emotion.
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"Sure enough, I should have known from the time you invested in my movie. Junior brother, you are not an ordinary person, you have courage!"
After hearing Lu Yang's words, Gu Wei smiled and waved his hand
"Brother, you are not as exaggerated as you said. I am just doing what I want to do.
I have already started preparations for the early stage of the movie, and I still need help from my senior brother."
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"After all, I am a new director. Although I can finance the filming myself, if we want to make movies in the end, we have to find two partners. Please come and discuss this matter with me when the time comes. . Then I’ll have to borrow my senior brother’s tiger skin.” Gu Wei said jokingly.
"That's no problem. After all, I also want to participate in the filming of the movie. Borrowing my name is not a lie. Junior brother has already thought of a company to cooperate with." Lu Yang asked.
"China Film, Wanda, Guangguang" Gu Wei replied.
"Ah, before this movie is even shot, my junior brother has already thought about getting through all the links for post-release." Lu Yang sighed.
"Mainly because I am from a small family, I can barely get enough people for the movie shooting, and I will have my senior brother to help me when the time comes.
But I really can't do much in terms of post-production. Senior brother, you can't help me either. We know that no matter how good the film is, if the distribution is not good and the promotion is not good enough, and the theaters cannot keep up with the film schedule, it will be more difficult to reach the box office.
If China Film, Wanda, and Enlight can. If you join in, then the promotion and scheduling of the movie will not be too bad after it is released," Gu Wei said.
"Okay, it seems that you have a very thoughtful idea, so I feel relieved. When will the shooting time be approximately?" Lu Yang asked.
"It will take some time to prepare in the early stage. If everything goes well, the shooting will probably take place in the first half of next year. The estimated shooting time is about 3 months." Gu Wei thought for a while and said.
"It just so happens that I have been free for the past six months. China Film has mentioned to me about filming "Xiu Chun Dao 2". I plan to spend some time polishing the script. Now that I have run out of inspiration, I can help you find inspiration while filming. ”
After talking about the business, the two chatted for a while and talked about some recent events in the industry.
In particular, he talked about several movies released last month. Lu Yang was still sighing after watching "囧囧" and "囧zodiac" which pocketed hundreds of millions at the box office.
"Junior brother, do you think the only way for us to make movies in the future will be comedies is to be successful?"
Lu Yang was also a little confused.
Even though he just made a successful movie, he knows that more than 200 million is the upper limit for his martial arts movies.
A road comedy and an action comedy can easily earn several times the box office.
“Watching a movie? Most viewers still want to have fun. What’s more, comedy movies have a large audience, and many of them are suitable for families to watch together. This crowd of movie-goers has suddenly grown.”
Gu Wei replied.
He knew what Lu Yang said was right. In the future, the Chinese movies that would sell well at the box office would be comedies except for some patriotic movies that promoted positive energy.
Such as Xu Zheng's "囧" series, Ning Hao's "Crazy" series, Happy Twist's movies and even Jia Ling's later movie.
When comedies become hits, it’s often a small gain that leads to a big one.
After chatting with Lu Yang for a while, the two agreed to find time to visit Teacher Xu together, and Lu Yang left.
During the subsequent conversation, Gu Wei learned that Lu Yang had just established his own film company [Free Cool Whale Pictures Co., Ltd.].
It seems that this senior brother is also a master who is unwilling to be taken over by others. It seems that the wishful thinking of these movie companies is going to be miscalculated.
[Detective Chinatown] There are still many places where we need to rely on Lu Yang. Although Lu Yang originally intended to return Gu Wei's favor, Gu Wei has never been a stingy person.
He has already prepared Lu Yang’s share. Although it's not too much, it's definitely worth his efforts.
Gu Wei knows that living alone in this society will never last long. If you want to keep all the benefits in your own pocket, the end result will be that you will get nothing.
The best way is to make the cake bigger together and share the most delicious piece of it.
(End of this chapter)