Chapter 191 The founder's style determines the company's style
Early March
"Dark Invasion 2" is still being released
In Xingchen Entertainment Company, Zhang Chen, Chen Xi and Ning Hao was chatting in the office for a while, and suddenly realized that someone was missing.
Zhang Chen: "Where is Brother Dong?"
Chen Xi: "I'm being interviewed by Southern Weekend next door~"
"Oh, I forgot about this." Southern Weekend originally wanted to interview him, but Zhang Chen refused. There was a lot of commotion on the side, and Jiang Zhiqiang blocked the entrance of Han Sanping. The third master asked Zhang Chen to keep a low profile these two days.
Well, so the opportunity to show off, no, the opportunity to show off was given to Lao Dong.
......
In the general manager's office next door, the old director was talking to reporters (pretending to be cool).
"Although Star Entertainment is a new company, we are a young company. If we must make an analogy, we can be compared to New Art City in the 1990s. The people in the company are all young, energetic and full of ideas. Ideas are colliding every moment, and you might be able to come up with a good story..."
"I heard that Star Entertainment has a very powerful screenwriting team?"
"Yes. Zhang Chen attaches great importance to screenwriters. This screenwriter group was first established at his request. It was also the first department of our company. There were only six people in the beginning, but now it has expanded to twelve people, and the salary is far better than that of its peers..."
“Why does Director Zhang attach so much importance to screenwriting?”
“We always believe that a good movie is first and foremost a good story. Look at our previous movies, "Dark Invasion" and "Shark Tank" "Beach" is all in this mode. Although the scene is single, the story itself has many twists and conflicts..."
"Then can you tell me why Star Entertainment's movies are so successful?"
"The main thing is our sincerity for the movie. We don't want to show off our skills or express something too profound. We simply want to Tell a good story, probably because of this, the audience likes it..."
"You mean the audience doesn't like things that have too much personal expression?"
"I don't know about others? , anyway, we have discussed internally, everyone thinks that daily life is already very tiring, and they have received enough education. Watching a movie is mainly to have fun, no one wants to be educated while relaxing..."
Dong Jianqiang said a lot, some of which were his own life insights, and some of which were everyone's opinions during the discussion. He did not feel that he was showing off.
Just talking about some high-level things is called pretentiousness. If you say something meaningful and directly touch the soul, then there is no pretense, only...
The reporter changed direction: "By the way, I have an online copy here. The questionnaire contains several questions that netizens are most concerned about.”
Dong Jianqiang spread his hands and asked casually.
“First of all, some netizens are concerned. Recently, almost all directors are making blockbusters. Zhang Yimou and Chen Shi are all making blockbusters. It is said that Feng Xiaogang’s new work is also a costume blockbuster. Director Zhang Chen is a billionaire actor. Director, do you have any plans for a similar blockbuster? "
This really made Dong Jianqiang ask. It seems that he and Zhang Chen have never communicated in this regard.
But without communication, the answer is obvious.
Tung Chien-keung answered affirmatively: "Of course, but probably not now. Now all our energy is on "Manslaughter" in May and "Crazy Stone" in July.
The shooting cycle of period blockbusters is too long. Director Chen’s "The Promise" has not been completed after one year of filming. Star Entertainment is still a small company, and in the near future, it will focus more on low-cost or medium-cost feature films. "
The reporter nodded and asked the next question.
“Netizens are more concerned about "Crazy Stone". Your company seems to be very confident in this movie. Director Zhang Chen even shouted the slogan "Fight if you don't accept it" in public. So, may I ask? , what kind of movie is "The Stone" that gives you so much confidence?"
Dong Jianqiang has been waiting here for a long time. To put it bluntly, today's interview is to promote "The Stone", so of course he has to brag about it.
“"The Stone" is a very wonderful story. I have been working in the film-related industry for 20 years. It is no exaggeration to say that "The Stone" is the most wonderful script I have ever seen, bar none...< br>
'Fight if you don't accept it' is not only what Zhang Chen means, but also the consensus of our whole company. I can't reveal more about the plot, but the whole script is cleverly structured and the jokes are just right. It's very advanced.
"The Stone" does not have big stars or big investment, but the plot alone can beat all the films of the same period, so we dare to say, "If you don't accept it, fight"! ”
Dong Jianqiang Shen, who is well versed in the essence of hype! If you know how to hype, you should never stop talking without surprising people.
The reporter’s eyes were also very bright, and he thought that he had come to the right place today.
Xingchen Entertainment is really a good friend of the media. Not only does Zhang Chen love to let off steam, the general manager Dong Jianqiang is also a loudmouth.
If nothing else, as long as what he just said is included, the sales volume of this issue will not be bad.
The reporter continued: "Netizens still have a question about your company. Since Star Entertainment is preparing to delve into the field of commercial films, why not cooperate more with Hong Kong?"
Dong Jianqiang was arrested He was stunned when he asked: "Why do we need to cooperate with Hong Kong?"
"Because only Hong Kong teams can succeed in commercial films?"
"Who sued you?"
The reporter choked when asked. After working as a reporter for more than ten years, this was the first time he was sued. Guests criticized.
“The “Dark Invasion” and “Shark Beach” we made before were purely commercial films with purely mainland crews and had nothing to do with Hong Kong, and they were also very successful.
I just I don’t understand where the idea that only Hong Kong teams can succeed in commercial films comes from?”
The reporter immediately asked: "But I heard that "The Stone" invited Mr. Andy Lau this time?"
Dong Jianqiang was stunned, how come so many people know about this?
But he still nodded: "Well, I was indeed invited. There is a character in "The Stone" who is from Hong Kong. The ideal thing is to find a real Hong Kong actor to play it, but Liu Tianwang has already rejected it because he There was a schedule conflict and I couldn’t appear.”
“Schedule conflict?”
“Actually, it’s most likely that Liu Tianwang was afraid of offending those in the Hong Kong industry and was not a good person, so he made excuses to turn it down. , but it doesn’t matter, we have alternatives.”
Dong Jianqiang suddenly didn't bother to cover up, so he simply revealed the matter. You have to be a human being, that’s okay. But the news was flying all over the place for no reason. Dong Jianqiang asked himself that if it was not spread from his company, it could only be Liu Tianwang's side.
You refused and deliberately released news that was disgusting and a bit of a joke. Dong Jianqiang was not ready to be nice anymore.
And he was a little angry at what the reporter just said.
In fact, as soon as the truth was spoken, he himself was a little confused.
According to his past habits, he would definitely not say such words.
Then why did you say it?
To put it bluntly, it was still influenced by Zhang Chen.
A company bears the mark of its founder. The founder is aggressive and defensive, and the company's style is generally the same.
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Next door
Chen Xi is suggesting: "Our "Dark 2" has been released for more than half a month, should we have a celebration party?"
Zhang Chen: "How much is the box office?"
Ning Hao: "Don't you care about your movie at all?"
Zhang Chen shrugged: "This seems to be your movie~"
Ning Hao rolled his eyes: Are you playing with your Yida with me?
Chen Xi said from the side: "It exceeded 50 million yesterday, but the box office potential is almost over..."
Zhang Chen: "Then let's open one."
Ning Hao blamed himself on the side: "We have discussed that even if we use a celebration banquet to stimulate it, the final box office will probably be around 60 million. It is estimated that it will be difficult to reach the box office of the previous movie of 63.1 million. I The pot..."
Zhang Chen chuckled: "It has nothing to do with you. The sequel does not have the mystery of the first part. It is difficult to reach the height of the previous part. It is already very difficult for you to maintain the same level. Not bad, and don’t think about it, I was the director of the previous film, can you compare with me?”
"Hey, you brat..."
After making a joke, Ning Hao stopped being pretentious.
Zhang Chen changed the subject: "Have you contacted me about the MV?"
Ning Hao was a little embarrassed when he heard this sudden question, "I have contacted him, everything is ready, it's set. Shooting tomorrow.”
“Hey, you really accepted it, didn’t you give me a lot?”
Ning Hao nodded with interest: "Well, there are indeed a lot of them. In your words, they are very cruel~"
"But I said that the invitation to dinner is still valid. Do you want to..."
Zhang Chen waved his hands hastily: "Forget it, forget it, if I really want to eat this meal, won't I be treated as a poisonous point by book friends and sprayed endlessly?"
Seeing that Ning Hao still wants to continue to show off. , Zhang Chen quickly changed the subject: "I'm very curious about "Stone". Since it's going to be a dialect comedy, why did you choose Chongqing dialect? I thought you would make it in our hometown dialect..."
Ning Hao He really took this trick, and his attention was immediately diverted: "I did think about it at first, but as you know in our area, the pronunciation is different for ten miles. I am from Taiyuan, and I came from Taiyuan, and the dialects of other provinces and cities in Coal Province are I can’t even understand it.”
Zhang Chen said "Oh", this is indeed the case in the Coal Province.
It seems that only the coal province in the country is like this, and the pronunciation is really different.
Taiyuan and Yuci next door, which is now Jinzhong, can barely understand it, but Taigu, which is further away, can’t be understood. It seems like they are out of the province, but in fact they are only more than 70 years apart. kilometers, it takes just over an hour to drive.
While chatting, Zhang Chen's phone suddenly rang, it was his father.
Get through as quickly as possible: "Dad?"
Father Zhang's voice on the other end of the phone sounded cheerful: "Son, I have some good news for you. Our Taiyuan TV movie channel may want to purchase your TV broadcast rights for "Dark Invasion" and "Shark Beach"~"
?
Zhang Chen doesn’t understand, dad, you’re not from the railway, how come you got involved with people from the TV station.
“It’s a friend of mine who is related to Taiyuan TV Movie Channel. He told the TV station that you are a big director from our coal province and should support you. The TV station finally agreed to purchase the broadcast rights of two movies.”< br>
“Okay, then thank your friend for me.”
Things like TV broadcasting rights are really more symbolic than practical.
Generally, provincial TV stations have to show some respect, while municipal and county-level TV stations are lawless and can broadcast anything.
As long as there are pirated copies, they dare to broadcast them.
What kind of copyright, it doesn’t exist. I broadcast your film to give you face. I even broadcast Hollywood blockbusters.
Even if you buy such broadcast rights, you probably won’t be able to pay much money, so ordinary film and television companies simply don’t make efforts in this regard.
Those three melons and two dates are not enough for travel expenses.
Zhang Chen was curious, "Dad, your friend is so helpful, is there something wrong?"
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(End of this chapter)