Chapter 142: You can’t pass the trial like this
The place to eat was arranged in Quanjude.
There are only a few famous roast duck restaurants in Beijing, including Quanjude, Bianyifang, Dadong, Four Seasons Minfu, Liqun, and Dayali.
Among them, Biianfang has the longest history, Dadong is the most expensive, and Quanjude is the most famous.
Da Donggui is because his main customer group is foreigners. The prices in Quanjude and Bianyifang are similar, but they are not cheap either.
It’s okay to treat guests to a meal, but for ordinary people to satisfy their cravings, it must be the more cost-effective Da Yali or Siji Minfu.
Zhang Chen really likes Quanjude, which is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
And this store is quite interesting.
Zhang Chen once bought half a roast duck in Quanjude. A half is a half, even the duck's beak is half. It's just right, so you can't pick out the slightest bit of courtesy.
When Zhang Chen walked in, the three of them had already arrived.
"Hello, Director Shang, hello Ning Caishen, I'm sorry, I'm late~"
After a while of greetings, everyone took their seats.
At the beginning, everyone was a little reserved, but after a few glasses of wine, we gradually became familiar with each other.
"Director Zhang, I heard from Manager Dong that you strongly advocated investing in "Wulin Gaiden". Thank you for being so optimistic about our drama."
Shang Jing and Ning Caishen Let's raise their glasses together. In order to attract investment these days, they have really experienced the hardships of the world.
As soon as many investors heard that what they were going to do was a period sitcom, they rushed out without even letting them finish their words.
"You two are very polite. With their talents, "Wulin Gaiden" will definitely be a masterpiece..."
After a few compliments, Zhang Chen turned around and asked: " Old Dong, how much did we invest in "Wulin Gaiden" in total? "
Old Dong replied: "The overall budget is 12 million, we invested 10 million, Ning Caishen invested 1.5 million, and Shang Dao 500,000."< br>
Zhang Chen nodded, the investment situation was similar to what they had discussed before.
Zhang Chen has always believed that in this kind of project, the main creative personnel must hold shares, no matter how much, they must hold shares.
The mentality of holding shares and not holding shares are completely different.
If you don’t hold shares, the project may not be worth it at the beginning. But in the later stages, your energy and energy will be almost exhausted, and you will most likely have the mentality of a migrant worker.
Anyway, after filming the film, just take the money and leave.
If you hold shares, your mentality will be different, and you will take it as your own business, and your subjective initiative will be very different.
"By the way, you two, I haven't asked yet, how is the casting going?"
He actually asked this just to confirm that the cast was different from the original one, so as not to interfere with it yourself. If there are any butterfly wings, then the gain outweighs the loss.
"Oh, we have almost contacted the actors. They are basically the actors from my previous work. Why don't Director Zhang take a look..."
Shang Jing is actually quite afraid of Zhang Chen's finger-pointing. , even directors can’t stand this, but they are investors after all.
"No, no, no, just decide on the two actors. You can use whoever you think is suitable. I have no objection. I only have one request. The young actor who plays Mo Xiaobei must be well-known, at least. Good looking.”
In the original time and space, "Wulin Gaiden" can be said to be a great dinner drama that you will never tire of watching.
Every character here is very vivid and interesting, but Zhang Chen is the only one who doesn’t like the character Mo Xiaobei.
No matter how I look at it, I feel that she is out of tune with this drama.
Also a young actor, Yang Zi is so good.
It’s just his strange request that made Shang Jing a little confused, but seeing that Zhang Chen didn’t mean to interfere too much, he nodded in agreement.
"Is it possible that Brother Ning is the only screenwriter?"
Zhang Chen is not going to call Ning Caishen by his original name, so he will call him by his stage name.
Ning Caishen scratched his head: "Well, I'm the only one at the moment."
Zhang Chen immediately said: "This kind of sitcom usually has one or two episodes as an independent story. The plot will not be involved. I think Brother Ning can definitely find a few more screenwriters and let us all write together. This will be more efficient and easier."
He clearly remembered the filming of "Wulin Gaiden" in later generations. Later, Ning Caishen's inspiration dried up, and writing scripts every day became his most painful task. He even added a policeman named "Xie Budong" in the later stages of the script, which is homophonic for "Can't Write".
"That's okay." Of course, Ning Caishen would be happy to be able to reduce his burden.
“Our company has a very mature screenwriter group, we can let them participate and help write together.”
Of course, we must make full use of the ready-made tools.
And the profession of screenwriting requires writing more. The more you write, the richer your experience will be.
“By the way, I can also invite some celebrities to come and make guest appearances. This is basically how I watch foreign sitcoms.”
In the past few years, it was when "Friends" became popular in the disc market. If you majored in English in college, your teachers would basically recommend students to buy a set of "Friends" to practice speaking.
Students at that time had just started to get into American TV dramas, so how could they have seen this?
You can often see a group of people in the dormitory watching "Friends" around a computer, and they will burst into laughter from time to time.
"Friends" often has Hollywood's popular stars guest-starring, and "Wulin Gaiden" can also be used.
Hearing this, Shang Jing’s eyes lit up.
He only makes sitcoms, how could he not know this? He wanted to do this when he was working on "Story of the Cooking Class", but he didn't have any connections.
Now that Zhang Chen has personally promised it, there must be no problem.
Don’t underestimate this. Whether or not there are celebrity guest appearances are completely different concepts.
With celebrity guest appearances, if nothing else, at least the price will be higher when sold to TV stations.
The guests and hosts had a great meal, and Zhang Chen gave a lot of ideas during the conversation.
"Wulin Gaiden" is a great drama, and basically all the characters in this drama became popular later on. The number of replays has set a record, and it is replayed almost every year.
Even twenty years later, the audience has changed several times, and there are still people who watch it online.
......
At noon, after finishing the "Wulin Gaiden" matter, in the afternoon, Zhang Chen appeared in Han Sanping's office with the script of "Manslaughter".
Also present are theater managers from Shanghai United, BJ New Movies and Star America.
Zhang Chen clasped his hands together: "Everyone here has contributed greatly to the success of "Shark Beach". I hope you will continue to support my next drama. This is the script. Let's take a look at it first~ ”
Sending the printed scripts to everyone one by one, Zhang Chen waited quietly.
The success of "Shark Beach" proved that his initial prediction was correct. If you want a good box office, you must get the support of theaters.
So this time "Manslaughter" is also preparing to be brought to theaters.
"Manslaughter"?
This title does not sound like a monster movie, so everyone suppressed their curiosity and read it carefully.
Then Zhang Chen found that these people’s brows wrinkled almost at the same time.
The theater managers can be said to be the people who know the most about movies in China. They have already seen the problem after just reading the beginning of this script.
Wu Hehu was the fastest to read it. He finished it after a while, and not long after, others also finished it.
None of them spoke, but exchanged opinions with each other through their eyes.
Zhang Chen: "What do you think?"
Gao Jun from the New Film Alliance spoke first: "The script is good, but your plot, I'm afraid it won't pass the review, right?"
< br>After Gao Jun spoke, others also agreed.
The plot of the script really surprised them. It is definitely a good story, especially the twist at the end.
It seems that Zhang Chen is quite experienced in plot reversal.
The previous "Shark Beach" was like this, and the current "Manslaughter" is like this...
It's just that this scale...
Han Sanping also said beside him: " Yes, you will definitely not pass the trial like this, even if you set the background of the story abroad. "
Han Sanping is an old man.
Among everyone, he may not know the most about movies, but he definitely knows the best about censorship.
“No?”
“No, definitely not.
Although you have fully foreshadowed the protagonist’s motivation for doing this, killing is killing. .
A murderer gets away with it in the end. This kind of plot will never pass the review. Even if the script is approved, it will not be released in the end. "
Han Sanping was very sure.
“But "Operation Swordfish" has just been released."
Zhang Chen is still a little unconvinced. The "Operation Swordfish" he said is a Hollywood action movie, with Uncle Wolf and Te Starring Lavolta.
Among them, Travolta is a senior villain in Hollywood. He starred in "Broken Arrow" and "Face/Off" that Wu Baige filmed after going to Hollywood.
This "Operation Swordfish" tells the story of a villain played by Travolta who hijacks a master hacker played by Uncle Wolf and forces him to help him hack into the government system and steal a huge amount of funds. .
At the end of the film, Travolta escapes from the police, which is a relatively alternative ending.
This film was released normally in China that year, so Zhang Chen mentioned it.
Why is "Operation Swordfish" okay, but "Manslaughter" not?
“Don’t be stubborn, that was in 2001, and it was still an external film. Now it is in 2004, there is no comparison at all.”
Han Sanping can’t explain it. The film bureau’s operations are sometimes very complicated. Fantasy, there are no rules at all about what can and cannot be passed.
"Listen to me, you want to censor this film and want it to be released normally. The protagonist must surrender in the end. This is non-negotiable..."
After saying that, he felt that it was still a bit unsafe and added: "If you can It would be even better if it was a co-production, a China-Hong Kong co-production or a China-Thailand co-production..."
The domestic censorship system has always been relatively tolerant of co-productions.
Subjects such as gangster police and evil police are never allowed to be filmed in China, but they can be filmed in Hong Kong.
In Zhang Chen's "Manslaughter", Uncle Hat is the villain, which is a big taboo.
Although Zhang Chen has set the story in Southeast Asia, it is still a bit unsafe.
If it can be made into a co-production, the probability of passing the review will be greater.
"Zhang Chen, we don't need to be so competitive, the movie is the most important thing~"
At this time, Gao Jun from the New Film Alliance was also advising from the side.
Others also echoed.
After all, Zhang Chen is still too young. The success of "Shark Beach" made them subconsciously ignore the fact that Zhang Chen is only a junior student.
“Okay~”
Zhang Chen took out the second script dejectedly.
“This is my second plan, take a look~”
(End of this chapter)