Chapter 299 The rising Guo Fan, the stressed old Wu
Forget it, Zhang Guoshi...
He is currently arguing with his 'good brother' Zhang Weiping.
Between the two of them, they say they are brothers, but in fact they only mean interests.
In the 1990s, domestic films were not profitable in China.
Send it out to exhibitions, win prizes, and sell copyrights. That's really profitable.
When Lao Mouzi and his gang were making movies, they relied on the three major European companies to make money.
Later, as he became more famous, he switched to commercial films and took advantage of the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to make Hero.
With the domestic film market, it is getting better and better.
There are more and more conflicts between the two.
Mainly because of the uneven distribution of accounts and the bloody lawsuits that everyone knows about.
At this point in time.
Leave aside Li Yu, there is no doubt that Lao Mouzi is the number one director in China.
He doesn't like talking very much, and he doesn't like muddy water either.
Zhang is the mouthpiece, helping him to fight against theaters, Beijing circles, and the media.
It is better to hope for the end of Lao Mouzi than to hope for Zhang Weiping in a new picture.
Zhang Weiping came to see Wang Changtian a few days ago, and Li Mingyang contacted him by the way.
Li Mingyang’s evaluation of Zhang Weiping was just four words: greedy.
New Picture is willing to cooperate with Guangwang, but in terms of share, New Picture wants 90%.
Languang gets 10%, not only responsible for publicity and distribution, but also 10 million votes to make up for it.
Wang Changtian smiled at the beginning of the conversation, but turned blue in the middle of the conversation.
Poet Chen, this guy likes to show off.
In the Olympic Games general director election, the organizing committee asked major directors to discuss their ideas, and this guy directly read a poem.
He was killed in the first round.
After the rejection, the organizing committee felt offended and directly issued a notice saying that what they wanted was a specific creative plan, not a poet.
And this guy also listens to his wife.
Her wife, Chen Diaochan, whom Li Mingyang had met in his previous life, had eyes on the top of his head. It felt like everyone had to give her face.
The lion opens his mouth when asking for pay.
The son made a big mistake, and the paparazzi took the photo and asked her for money. She asked her for two million, and then she felt that it was too much, so she said another one million.
The paparazzi laughed angrily and sold it back to other brokerage companies.
Exquisite egoist...
Li Mingyang was thinking about who to drag into the water, when Wang Changtian pushed open the door of the conference room.
"Old Wu, Old Guo." Li Mingyang stood up and went to greet his two generals.
With Wang Changtian here, Lao Wu and Lao Guo were very cautious and walked into the conference room with their waists hunched over.
"Mr. Wang happens to be here too. Let Mr. Wang take a look at the sample of Li Xianji's Adventures." Li Mingyang sat back and unplugged the projector connected to his laptop.
"Well... this is a sample, and there are still many special effects that have not been perfected." Old Wu felt even more pressure when he learned that Wang Changtian also wanted to see it.
After a while, Lao Wu sat in front of his laptop and gave Guo Fan an OK gesture.
Guo Fan turned off the light, sat next to Lao Wu, and looked nervously at Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian.
Whether he, Lao Guo, and Li Yang can enter the film industry depends on the attitude of the two bosses.
Although he and Wu Zhikui are both Li Mingyang’s subordinates, the film industry is no joke...
Wu Zhikui was originally the director of The Island.
Because it was too rigid and did not meet the requirements, Dapeng was directly advantaged!
Li Mingyang will not be lenient just because they are his people. As for Wang Changtian, let alone Wang Changtian. Guangguang is in the listing stage, and any movie produced will affect the stock price...
Wu Zhikui, Guo Fan, and Li Yang jointly created this version of The Adventures of Li Xianji...
The beginning is almost the same as the original version.
It's just that the male and female protagonists changed from Fang Zuming and Wang Ziwen to Zhang Yunlong and Yuan Shanshan.
I don’t know if he has seen it before, but Li Mingyang felt so boring that he fell asleep after a while.
Wu Zhikui and Guo Fan were shocked at that time.
I fell asleep watching it.
This is obviously too boring!
The two of them secretly looked at Wang Changtian anxiously.
Every time Wang Changtian adjusted his glasses, the two of them were scared to death, fearing that Wang Changtian would stop midway.
After more than half an hour of anxiety, the sample film has come to an end.
The projection screen suddenly went dark, and the conference room fell into darkness.
“This film was shot... quite well.”
Snap!
Wang Changtian turned on the light, unscrewed the thermos cup and took a sip of tea, "As a theater movie, it's not that interesting. The casting is too casual... Maybe it's relatively short. Actually, I don't quite understand what this means. What a story.”
“What is jet lag? Is there such a disease?”
“A disease that does not exist cannot be understood immediately by the audience, and the sense of empathy is very poor... First of all, we need to explain what jet lag is, but you didn’t explain it clearly. I think I have read it very carefully. If I can’t understand it, this is a very failed narrative work.”
"Xiao Wu, this is not your first time making a movie... I have been with Li Mingyang for so long. To be honest, I am very disappointed. You have not learned anything about Li Mingyang's quick empathy and quick empathy methods. to.”
Wu Zhikui opened his mouth and then closed it.
"Although this movie is not up to par, the special effects are pretty good. Who is responsible?" Wang Changtian's eyes wandered over Wu Zhikui and Guo Fan.
Guo Fan lowered his head and said nothing. Wu Zhikui pointed at Guo Fan, "Guo Fan is responsible."
"Which company made this special effects?" Wang Changtian asked.
“Famous special effects department.”
"Are there any communication records?"
Special effects production mainly depends on communication. The person who does the special effects is very important, and the person who puts forward the special effects requirements is even more important.
One is the brain and the other is the hand.
"I didn't do the special effects alone. I just started in the industry and it was Director Wu who taught me how to do it." Guo Fan waved his hands nervously, not wanting to take all the credit.
Wang Changtian glanced at the dejected Wu Zhikui and felt very sorry, but it seemed that Guo Fan, who had just entered the industry, was more worthy of training.
"Is there any communication record?" Wang Changtian asked again.
"Yes." Wu Zhikui called up the communication records of the QQ group, turned the notebook around, stood up, and pushed it in front of Wang Changtian.
Wang Changtian adjusted his glasses and looked at the chat history. After watching for a while, he said: "Who is this QQ person named Li Xianji?"
"Guo Fan."
Wang Changtian nodded. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Guo Fan had great potential as a director. He had strong control skills and could also draw storyboards. He was very good at storyboarding.
Wang Changtian saw that he was eager to hunt, so he stood up and motioned for Guo Fan to go out with him.
Guo Fan glanced at Wu Zhikui, then at Wang Changtian, and froze in his seat.
He felt that he was attracted by Wang Changtian, but Wu Zhikui did not... This is his big brother...
"It's okay, go ahead." Wu Zhikui patted Guo Fan for fear shoulder, smiling a little bitterly, "I should still have a chance, but you don't have many chances."
Guo Fan thought about it, so he patted Wu Zhigang's shoulder to express comfort, and then followed Wang Changtian out of the conference room.
The door closed softly, and Wu Zhikui's strong disguise completely collapsed. He weakly fell from the chair and knelt on the ground, holding his head in his hands, feeling very painful.
He messed up again.
This is already the second time!
"Play it again, I just fell asleep."
Wu Zhikui was stunned and raised his head, only to see Li Mingyang waking up and looking at him with a smile.
“Screwed up, there’s no need to watch.”
“Actually, I’ve been awake for a while. You have to admit, Guo Fan is quite talented.”
"He does..."
"Okay, stand up, I have nothing else to do today, let me analyze it for you."
Wu Zhikui got up from the ground, turned off the lights in the room, came to Wang Changtian's seat, and played "The Adventures of Li Xianji" again.
Li Mingyang looked at it for a while, moved the notebook in front of him, and paused from time to time to chat with Wu Zhikui.
When the 30-minute sample film is finished.
Li Mingyang has roughly figured out that this film is almost based on the ideas of Guo Fan and Li Yang.
Wu Zhikui is responsible for control and all post-production except special effects.
Just like Wang Changtian said, it's quite satisfactory.
Save it, you can save it.
Replace it with actors who can withstand the box office, add more action scenes, and add more special effects, and you can still get a decent box office.
But it’s not necessary.
For that money, Li Mingyang can make something better.
"From the perspective of the entire film production process, you are better than Dapeng and Guo Fan. You are very comprehensive. But when you make an independent film, your mind is empty, but they have something in their mind."
" Look! You are obviously the chief director, is this what you wanted in the first place?"
Wu Zhikui shook his head in embarrassment.
"Movies are castles in the air, you! You should make more movies. Let Guo Fan and Li Yang make this movie."
"You go back to Hengdian and be responsible for developing the One Punch Man IP. The net is big, shoot more and practice more.”
Wu Zhikui hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, I have never understood it. The original story of One Punch Man is very good. Why have you never made it..."
"What? You want to make it?"
Wu Zhikui nodded.
Li Mingyang scratched his head, he was too busy.
Originally, he planned to make Hell Fubuki, but because of Liu Shishi, he found out that he could be Saitama, so he put Hell Fubuki on hold and prepared to make a real One-Punch Man.
However, after coming to the Magic City, it was okay at first. He could think of the script and make trouble at the same time.
Since Wang Changtian came, it has been very busy that day.
The Bouquet Hotel is a bit out of the way, but it is close to Hongqiao Airport.
Twenty minutes away, so convenient.
As a result, people came to the Flower Bouquet Hotel every day to talk to him and Wang Changtian.
Naturally, I don’t have time to make a real One Punch Man.
“If you were given a choice, would you choose to make One Punch Man an Internet hit or make it a theatrical movie.” Li Mingyang asked.
Wu Zhikui subconsciously wanted to say that it would be a waste of money if One Punch Man was not made into a theatrical movie.
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
Although I don’t know why Li Mingyang didn’t film the story of One Punch Man.
But the company has a lot of resources invested in the One Punch Man series.
Not to mention money.
Almost all of the company's film division revolves around One Punch Man.
The cycle of theatrical movies is too long and has high demands on directors and actors.
Li Mingyang’s famous work, Love Like a Bouquet, would have been hard to even be released if it didn’t fool Liu Yifei.
Love like a bouquet focuses on squeezing out every bit of value from the angel.
The Internet University is different, focusing on fast.
There is no film submission process, only platform review.
If Li Mingyang made One Punch Man now, he would even be able to release it before Your Name.
But there is a big problem with Internet dramas, that is, just like online dramas, their influence is too low, too short...it can only be a temporary hit.
The mainstream is still TV series and movies.
For more than ten seconds, Wu Zhikui thought a lot, "Internet University Bar... Internet University is more in line with the company's development needs, and everyone is familiar with it..."
"If you choose a movie, actually It's not impossible... But since you have chosen a network university, then go ahead and do it with the original manuscript of One Punch Man. You can use half of the 100 million One Punch Man movie fund, which is 50 million. Come on, it's only three things. This is your last chance." Li Mingyang closed the laptop and said with a smile.
Wu Zhikui was stunned.
Fifty million?
Holy shit! Li Xianji, you only invested a total of three million!
You actually invested 50 million in Internet University... You are rushing to surpass the spies...
For a moment, Wu Zhikui had mixed feelings.
I am glad that I made the right choice, but I also feel a lot of pressure.
This time I invested 50 million!
One Punch Man is really the last chance.
If he fails, his dream of directing will be completely over!
(End of this chapter)