Chapter 402 The new person in charge, Maoyan
Chen Linfeng ignored the bad points and nodded with satisfaction, "As long as you live a good life."
Then he began to follow the two of them to learn more details.
As a special effects director, John Goodman has a lot of external communication, and he talked about the difficulties in his current work.
"Directors and producers in China know too little about the special effects process and key points. They always think that after the filming of the film and television drama is completed, the remaining post-production parts that require special effects will be left to the special effects company."< br>
Chen Linfeng asked as a compliment, "What is it actually?"
"In fact, if you want to achieve the best special effects, you should introduce special effects personnel from the script stage and participate in the design from the source. During the shooting process, special effects personnel should also be involved in how to organize the shooting, so that in In the later stage, you can do better and achieve better results.”
When the topic came up, Chen Linfeng mentioned his new movie.
"You said that we should participate from the source. I agree very much. I was on the crew of "Infinite World" before. During the script design stage, we were communicating with the special effects personnel to achieve the best effect.
Now that I'm back in China, I'm planning to introduce a similar workflow. I'm just about to prepare a new movie script, so we can see if there are any improvements. ”
In fact, except for a few shots, many of the special effects shots in "Your Name" are isolated, which really conforms to the so-called concept of "leaving it to special effects in post."
But the process must be established from the beginning to set a good example for his students.
These people have actually been exposed to similar procedures in Hollywood, and when they put them into practice, it actually suits their needs.
It just so happens that Long Lin and Qilin both followed the drama-centered system before, and the special effects were included in the early script discussions, which is also part of the drama-centered system.
The director should also follow the results of this discussion during the filming process.
Special effects staff can also better cooperate with the director based on previous communication results during filming.
This overall process will be implemented in the subsequent production processes of Longlin and Qilin.
If you want to be superior in terms of the quality of your work, your systems and processes should also be outstanding.
After Chen Linfeng participated in the discussion on the special effects of the mythical beast, he formulated a preliminary process plan and planned to implement it in the subsequent process.
After leaving here, he went to Qilin Company.
Qilin Company's location is not far from here, but it's not that advanced either.
Chen Linfeng already felt inconvenient while running around.
Fortunately, the construction of the headquarters building has already begun on the land purchased previously.
It's just that it hasn't been built yet, so the branches are separated from each other. If they are moved together in the future, they won't have to travel around.
The time Chen Linfeng arrived in Qilin was set in advance because he wanted to meet someone.
This is what I have been looking for from a long time ago, the person in charge of business and management of the film and television company, someone who is about the same level as Sister Mei.
Sister Mei had almost found the relevant candidate before.
But Chen Linfeng added more requirements midway, so it has been delayed until now.
"Mr. Chen, this is Zheng Zhihao, the vice president of Penguin. He was responsible for the business of Penguin Space. He developed Penguin Farm last year and is still working at Penguin."
Sister Mei introduced the people next to her seriously.
Chen Linfeng had already looked him over when he came in. He had an obvious temperament as a computer engineer and looked like a programmer.
Even the hairline on the forehead can still stubbornly retain some traces and has not completely receded, which is quite surprising.
Without waiting for Chen Linfeng to say anything, the other party extended his hand to express his greetings and said, "Hello, Mr. Chen. I have long admired your name."
"Hello, let's sit down and talk."
Chen Linfeng first introduced his original intention of recruiting people, "Actually, at the beginning, I mainly wanted to find a person in charge of the company's management and operations.
He doesn't need to know much about the film industry. I'm watching this aspect, and Sister Mei has always been in charge of this aspect. Logically speaking, there is no need to have too high requirements. ”
Zheng Zhihao listened quietly, waiting for the "but".
“However, last year, I had a new idea, and this idea requires the person in charge to have experience in product development and operations. In addition to the company management level mentioned above, the requirements for the person in charge are relatively high. ”
"Oh? Is it new software?" Zheng Zhihao thought of this immediately. After all, this is what he originally did.
"Well, to be honest, the current theater chains in the film and television industry are still in a very primitive form and have not been organically integrated with the Internet, so my idea is to make up for it on this basis."
Chen Linfeng looked at the other party and said, "To be specific, we want to build an online ticket purchasing website. The most important thing is to focus on the mobile terminal."
Zheng Zhihao frowned and thought about it. He didn't know much about the film and television industry and it was not easy to judge the prospects in this area.
This interview is a two-way street. Chen Linfeng must first make the other party interested.
He continued, "Just purchasing tickets is of course not enough. Subsequent online seat selection, box office prediction, marketing and distribution, and film and television evaluation systems will all be included in this system.
As long as it develops normally, it will inevitably replace offline ticket purchasing in the later stage and become an important part of film production and distribution.
The domestic film market changes every year. Last year, the first movie was in the range of 300-400 million, but this year, it will reach at least 600 million.
From a development perspective, when the domestic market reaches its peak, a top 5 billion box office movie will inevitably appear.
Calculated based on the proportion of the head accounting for one-tenth of the year, the total amount will be approximately more than 50 billion. ”
Chen Linfeng lightly punched the table with conviction, "In other words, it is not impossible for us to occupy an important part of the ecological chain in a large market of fifty to sixty billion that may emerge, and even affect the theater chain in turn. .”
Zheng Zhihao did the math silently and felt that it was more in line with his own observations and that the overall logic was not too problematic.
Then he began to introduce his situation.
Judging from his own resume, he is certainly qualified to move to Qilin and do the work of managing the general manager.
Chen Linfeng himself also knew that after he left Penguin in his previous life, he served as the executive director of Maoyan, and he did a pretty good job in the film and television entertainment industry.
The two parties hit it off immediately and settled immediately.
"Let's call this new project Maoyan. The company has almost hired people for basic programmers. If you have any recommendations for the remaining middle-level people, or can bring people from the original company, I will take them. < br>
I will give you three months to half a year of development time. It is best to catch up with the Lunar New Year period at the end of the year as our first opportunity to gain momentum. "Chen Linfeng briefly talked about the cooperation he had obtained from companies such as China Film and Wanda.
These will be very beneficial to the development of cat eyes.
After Zheng Zhihao heard about it, he was gearing up and full of confidence.
"Mr. Chen, I have another question. As for Penguin, the company often compares projects started by senior executives after they leave their jobs. What should I do if I encounter them who want to invest in this project?"
Chen Linfeng thought about it and realized that this was inevitable.
"Just treat it as normal. I have reserved a lot of money for your project. You don't need to consider the angel round and the first round. If they want to invest in subsequent financing, you can do it, but you must inform me in advance."
"I understand, Mr. Chen."
After the two talk, Zheng Zhihao will definitely have to go through the resignation process for a while, and Sister Mei's handover will also take time.
Chen Linfeng no longer pays attention to these, but focuses on his new movie.
The preliminary preparation work was already familiar to him.
The most important thing in the movie is to find a suitable location, but he doesn't need to worry about this.
The company has enough manpower to do these things well.
It didn't take long for Chen Linfeng to receive several pieces of information that were more in line with the location descriptions in the script.
After comparing them, he decided to combine two of them as the filming locations for the movie.
One is Yubengshen Lake in Yunnan Province.
It looks more like a lake created by a meteorite.
One is the Kulun Swan Lake in Hebei Province.
The outer circle here is too similar to the place in the original work where the two met for the first time across time and space.
Although it is not completely consistent, once the shooting angle is selected and adjusted in post-production, it should be almost the same.
Movies are also the art of lenses.
In early April, Chen Linfeng began to select people.
In terms of actors, together with Sissi, the two of them are already confirmed as the male and female leads.
After a simple audition, Chen Linfeng chose Zhang Zifeng for the role of Sissi's sister in the film.
She is less than 10 years old now, but she is just the right age.
At the audition scene, Chen Linfeng also performed the best, and Chen Linfeng was determined immediately.
In addition, there is no need to look for the role of grandma, just teacher Lu Zhong.
As a new Oscar-winning actress, Lu Zhong is actually worried about what movie to film next.
Her market price is almost in a Schrödinger state.
Because of this, few crew members dared to invite.
Chen Linfeng's invitation helped to solve the problem.
After all, she is not young, so her box office appeal cannot match her current popularity.
But if we still charge the price at the previous price, or slightly higher, we will suffer a huge loss.
Chen Linfeng's model with profit sharing will actually be better.
Lu Zhong had this idea based on the results of this division as a reference for the future.
Chen Linfeng has no objection to this. He welcomes top actors who are willing to accept a share.
This is a model for other companies in the industry.
We can't go back to the previous life, where actors' remuneration alone accounts for 70 to 80 percent of the total production costs, or even higher.
Others, such as the male protagonist’s two classmates, Chen Linfeng hired Shi Xiaolong and Hu Ge to make guest appearances.
It's considered a friendly appearance.
As for Sister Yu, whom the male protagonist liked at first, Chen Linfeng found Tong Yaya to play the role.
This lady is truly amazing in playing such a royal lady.
In the original work, the heroine's father changed to a domestic scene and became a township leader.
Chen Linfeng found Fan Wei to star, allowing the two to rekindle the father-daughter relationship in "Reply".
The most important thing is that Fan Wei is more in line with the traditional image of a township leader.
And it's not expensive.
Other less important roles were left to the assistant director.
Although the whole process was not done with much fanfare, it was quickly known to audiences across the country.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire entertainment industry is now staring at him.
The slightest movement would make everyone aware of the commotion, and there would be no way to hide any information.
In mid-April, Chen Linfeng's crew was formed, preliminary preparations were completed, and production officially started.
I’ve been lazy these past two days, so I’ll write another thousand words tomorrow
(End of chapter)