Chapter 1050 Uncle Li Qian

Throughout 2005, Li Qian's life seemed monotonous and stable.

Rarely, there are only some "simple" things left in his life, making movies, spending time with his own women and children, taking one or two days out of a month to deal with the company's affairs - the Film and Television City and Shuntian Mansion, two Dot a line. Smooth and flat.

Such days lasted until the last month of 2005.

On December 22, 2005, in the studio dedicated to the crew of "Avatar" in Minghu Film and Television City in the southern suburb of Shuntianfu, Li Qian held a loudspeaker and finally shouted out the following sentence——

"Now, I announce that "Avatar" is officially...completed!"

The audience is boiling.

Although in the later stage, the shooting progress of the crew has begun to exceed the expected fastest speed, which has greatly shortened the shooting cycle, but even so, it has only been shortened by half a month.

The filming officially started in mid-March, during which countless actors, including a large number of European and American actors, came and went, and filmed in one go until the end of December-the nine and a half months of filming was really exhausting!

Not to mention the main actors from Hollywood, even a bunch of local crew members felt a little overwhelmed in the later stage.

Let me tell you an amazing thing - ever since Li Qian met Fu Xuelong, this guy has never lost weight. "Sorghum", the crew is stationed in the countryside, living in a small county town, the living conditions are not very good, and that drama is Fu Fatzi's first independent filming, he is very hardworking, hardworking and dedicated, but After the filming, he was still fat. I followed Zhao He to film "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant". The crew filmed scenes near Yangcheng for more than a month. Fatty Fu complained that he couldn't stand the heat there, and he couldn't stand the taste of local food, but it was so hot and so hot. Unaccustomed to the flavor of the diet, he was still fat when he came back from there.

But this time, after shooting "Avatar" for nine and a half months, he lost eleven pounds.

The company knew ahead of time that the filming crew would wrap up today, so Qi Jie, Cao Zhan, Zou Wenhuai and others all rushed over, and Bai Yujing, who had long been out of the show, also rushed back, waiting to witness the wrapping of "Avatar".

When Li Qian announced that the filming was finished and everyone packed up their things and went to the restaurant inside the film and television city to eat the finale meal, Qi Jie boldly announced that all crew members who participated in the filming would each receive an additional 10% The remuneration, the salary during the filming and preparation period will also be increased by 10%.

As soon as the big red envelope was sent out, the scene of the finale banquet really boiled.

To be honest, although the schedule of nine and a half months is definitely not the longest, it is already far longer than the filming time of ordinary crews—even for the few directors who like to work slowly in filming in China, it takes six months to shoot a film. Months are not short, like Jin Han and a group of people nested in northern Shaanxi, a beat in the cold weather lasted more than five months, which is already a rare long period.

Therefore, everyone is very tired, mainly because of psychological fatigue.

This concept is basically consistent with the reason that an author at a certain point writes a book for several years. No one likes a life that is the same every day. The passion at the beginning will be repeated day after day. Worn out in the middle.

So, what relieves fatigue the most? What brings people together the most?

Red envelope!

Especially the big red envelope!

So, at the wrap-up banquet, everyone drank up and down, but there was a smile on the corners of their mouths. It seemed that even the hard work of the past nine and a half months had been wiped away by a red envelope.

By the next day, several American actors who had already spent enough time in China declined Minghu Culture's suggestion to send someone to take them on a tour of China, and hurried back by plane before Christmas in the West.

On the other hand, Li Qian rested at home for a day, and returned to the company the next day to start arranging the post-production special effects and production of "Avatar". Several dimensions of work such as capture and special effects rendering are carried out together, and each piece of Li Qian requires to reach the world's top level, or even a little higher than the top level, so this progress is really impossible.

"Avatar" was filmed for nine and a half months, and the post-production side has been following up for nine and a half months. Even, including the time involved in the production of many models of the film in the early stage, the post-production side has been following up for a year and a half Time, and next, they will continue to work on this movie for another year!

In the plan formulated in advance, Li Qian hoped that by the end of November 2006, all the post-production work of the film would be completely completed, and then the global distribution would be laid out calmly.

Of course, a lot of work in the post-production will be undertaken by a team of more than 200 people from the special effects department and the research institute. Li Qian is only responsible for making requests, checking, making revisions, and final confirmation and acceptance That's all.

His main work in the later period is actually editing and soundtracking.

But he has a whole year to do it, so the pressure is not too great.

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In January 2006, Minghu Culture held its own annual meeting as usual.

Still grand, but a shadow seems to hang over it.

Zhou Baoshan didn't come.

Of course, excuses are high-sounding. He is currently filming a movie in the south. The producer is Oriental Media Group. It is said that the investment is over 100 million, and his film salary is as high as 15 million plus box office revenue.

Many production crews in China don't even have a holiday for the Spring Festival, let alone Christmas and New Year's Day, and what's more, you have nothing to do when you go back, just go back to attend a so-called company annual meeting?

Therefore, Zhou Baoshan, who came every year in the past, did not come this year, saying that it was not easy to ask for leave. As the leading actor, the entire crew stopped and waited for him if he asked for leave.

But it does not matter.

It is no secret that Zhou Baoshan did not renew his contract. Inside and outside Minghu Culture, everyone even began to openly talk about which company Zhou Baoshan will go to for his next stop.

But there are almost as many pessimists as bulls.

And even more.

Because she left Minghu Culture in 2004, Liu Yan seemed to be starting to show her strength, and attracted many prominent actors in Minghu Culture to wait and see, but in the past 2005, she ushered in a blow!

The first investment of her personal studio, that is, the 20 million investment in "The Great Wall", not to mention the profit, in the end, after Huafei Film and Television got all the box office share, the share that was allocated to her was only 5.74 million—not I don't know who it came from. Anyway, as soon as this data was released, it quickly spread throughout the entertainment industry.

It is estimated that Liu Yan was so depressed that she could vomit blood!

In the past few years, since she became popular because of the little swallow in "Princess Returning the Pearl", she has filmed fourteen or five TV series in a few years, and she has also played soy sauce in several movies, and she has also received many Of course, she must have earned a lot of money as an endorsement, but to be honest, she has only been popular for a few years? For an actor who only earns money by taking paychecks and accepting commercial endorsements, no matter how high his income is, it is still limited.

Overestimating, before leaving Minghu Culture, the net worth she earned in these years was definitely less than 100 million. Considering her various expenses, including real estate and cars, etc., and considering that she opened a studio Some basic expenses that need to be invested, after investing 20 million in "The Great Wall", it is estimated that the funds left in her hands will not be too much.

But the Great Wall, which she placed high hopes on, actually cost her so badly!

Her TV drama salary is top-notch in China at the moment, but even so, it is close to 15 million, and she has to make almost two or three TV dramas to earn back!

If you don't consider the drama and how much rest you need between the two dramas, it will basically take more than a year to finish filming the three TV dramas.

However, according to what Li Qian learned afterwards, Liu Yan didn't know whether it was Liu Yan who thought investment was more important, or whether it was more important to seize the opportunity to cooperate with the great director Qin Wei and become his heroine. In short, in her opinion , for the time being, it seems that the salary level of a film is not that important, at least not as important as the first two.

So, she got the first two, but she only got two million in salary.

If the play becomes popular, it’s okay to say, the price can be raised at any time, as long as you have a blockbuster play there, let alone Liu Yan, even if you are a newcomer, a play before it is popular is 300,000 to 500,000. It is common to go up to 3 million to 5 million—but the problem is that "The Great Wall" has been miserable.

The rush of this movie almost directly blocked Liu Yan's movie career!

Not to mention the price increase, even if it was two million, no one would be brave enough to ask her to make a movie - of course, a cameo or a small supporting role is another matter.

Therefore, with her dire straits as an example before, Minghu Culture's people, who were a little restless in the first half of the year, suddenly settled down again.

The reason is actually very simple.

The film industry is one of the world's most famous legal and lucrative industries, but if there is a profit, there is a loss, and regardless of China or foreign countries, the loss is more than the profit!

After getting used to Minghu culture, some people may have some misconceptions, thinking that, look, all the movies I made are making money, and they are all making a lot of money! So, why can't I also get involved, from a purely paid actor to a capitalist?

But in fact, it's just a blinding leaf.

Jumping out of the Minghu culture and looking outside, whether it is the domestic film circle or Hollywood, there are many films that lose money-not any company can make a hit, nor is it just anyone who picks up a hit. of.

Because of this, great directors with more guaranteed quality are so trusted and relied on by capital.

And Liu Yan has already taken the most reliable and high-end route that everyone can think of - her first step is to become the heroine of Qin Wei's movie and participate in the investment!

However, it turns out that these days, big directors are not reliable!

Looking at it, at present in China, it seems that there is only one Minghu culture that can make a hit and a movie, which is so reliable that it is scary-if that is the case, what a fart! Honestly do your own business, strive to be more popular, and strive to be nominated by the boss as soon as possible, so that the company agrees to open a studio!

Because the personal studio attached to the company's name is allowed to participate in a maximum of 10% of the film investment!

Like in the past 2005, the four studios under the name of the company, Feng Yumin, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang, and Bai Yujing, all participated in the company's new dramas-at present, this is almost guaranteed to make money!

Jin Han Studio participated in the investment of 5% of his new play "A Chinese Ghost Story", and Feng Yumin Studio participated in the investment of 10% of Feng Bicheng's new play "Crazy Racing".

The studios of Han Shunzhang and Bai Yujing also invested in TV dramas.

And those who are well-informed know that Han Shunzhang has been preparing for his first film in the last few months of 2005 after finishing the filming of "The Legend of Condor Heroes".

It is said that in the next year, the movie will be officially launched.

And for this movie, the company has recently signed several new actors-internal gossip, it is said that two of them are Zhou Baoshan's spare tires, as long as Zhou Baoshan's contract expires and does not renew, one of them One, it will take over the "Once Upon a Time" series left by Zhou Baoshan, and the second part of "The Matrix" that may start filming. And the other one is said to be the newcomer that Han Shunzhang is planning to support.

The two of them have two things in common: first, they are handsome, and second, they have a certain kung fu foundation.

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In the past 2005, Minghu culture developed step by step.

It still owns the largest group of stars in the entire Chinese entertainment industry. These people, no matter how big or small they are, almost all leave Minghu Culture to be promoted to one level or even two levels automatically. The current backbone of the Chinese film industry was active on the big and small screens last year, as well as on various stages, variety shows and catwalks.

Compared with 2004, the production of Minghu Culture's movies and TV series last year has been reduced, but the quality and ability to dominate still maintain a high rank that almost no one in China can challenge.

And what is gratifying is that in addition to its own director and production, Minghu Culture, as a pure distributor, has also gained a lot this year.

The cooperation with Columbia has taken over a number of American films produced by Columbia, all of which have a good box office, and the second is the key point. This year, Minghu Culture has successfully released many excellent works by new directors. A new film power that is rising in 2009 has reached a good cooperative relationship.

For example, "The True Story of Zhong Kui" in the first half of the year, such as "Happy Events at Home", which suddenly became popular in the summer, are all listed.

What is more regrettable is that although Minghu Culture has been working hard to fight for it, the distribution rights of the new film directed by "The True Story of Zhong Kui" Lin Xianzhi was still snatched by Oriental Media Group.

This made Li Qian quite helpless - because Qi Jie said that the distribution department wanted to win the distribution rights of this movie, Li Qian rushed back specially to invite Wei Ping, the general manager of Shuntian Satellite TV, to dinner, and asked him to treat his daughter Called, and the result was that the girl couldn't die, and asked Lao Wei to bring a sentence, saying, "When will my box office surpass Uncle Li Qian, when will I meet him!"

What can Li Qian do with this?

While becoming an idol, being praised as a genius, and being admired by hundreds of millions of people, there are some arrogant people who, while worshiping Li Qian to the point of total prostration, subconsciously stand opposite him, Swear to be his enemy until you defeat him!

Li Qian is also very helpless!

Li Qian didn't want to do this either!

What's even more frustrating is that Wei Ping's illegitimate daughter named Lin Xianzhi is simply a genius. She is a girl. It is said that she has just graduated from the Department of Chinese Opera Directing for two or three years. "The True Story", with an inexplicable unrestrained temperament, sold more than 30 million at the box office.

When it comes to a new movie, the investment of 8 million is still a small cost. The key point is that she is still a fast shooter. Even the preparation, shooting and post-production, she finished it in five or six months.

After being packaged and promoted by Oriental Media Group, it was released on December 21, 2005, the day before "Avatar" was finalized, but it won a box office of more than 37 million in the first week of its release.

By the time the movie was finally released in early February, it was already a year later. The 8 million investment in the whole movie finally brought in more than 94 million theater box office.

And this girl is smart, her "The True Story of Zhong Kui" can be regarded as her debut work, because it was praised by her father, so of course the editing rights are in her hands. With a director's salary of 300,000 yuan, he won a maximum of no more than 5% of the box office share, as well as the right to final cut that almost every director desires.

So, although the box office failed to exceed 100 million yuan in the end, she could only get 4% of the box office share in the end, but it was still as high as more than 3 million yuan—much better than the high salary she asked for the director at the beginning. And a lot more!

Moreover, for the first film and the second film, two consecutive films, she has always held the final cut right in her hands, and has won box office hits one after another. In the future, she will have the confidence to ask for the final cut when negotiating a film contract with any company. right!

For a new director, this is the most important thing!

I have to say that this girl is really extremely smart and talented.

Of course, for the time being, she is still a bit weak.

At least it is still a little far away from the goal of "challenging Li Qian", or even "defeating Li Qian".

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At the end of January 2006, it was another New Year's Day.

One of the leading directors of Minghu Culture, Feng Bicheng, has once again brought his new movie to theaters across the country—with the previous big hits of "Big Wrist" and "Crazy Stone", and Minghu Culture has come a long way in advance Just as the concept of "Spring Festival stalls" is being promoted and hyped, many viewers have been looking forward to this "Crazy Racing" for a long time.

In fact, this movie did not disappoint everyone.

Simply stunning as always!

The box office was 211 million in the first week of release, and it was still as high as 147 million in the second week. Not only did it directly declare that "Crazy Racing" was a big success at the box office, but it also completely praised Liu Zhongxin, who was loved by audiences because of "Crazy Stone". The "comedy big coffee" and "super comedian" seats.

After Zhou Zhiyu, who is both upright and humorous, and Huang Ge, who is "simple but funny", Minghu Culture has another golden signature in terms of actors!