Chapter 379: Mind Power

Although the past and the present are combined, this is Li Qian's first drama independently directed. To be honest, he would feel a little bit trembling in his heart, but his confidence in himself surpassed everyone else.

Even Feng Yumin, the head of the TV industry!

He has seen the most classic version of this play, and even watched it five times and eight times. Although the time and space are different and the era is different, that classic version cannot be copied in its entirety, but it is definitely the best reference mark!

And this advantage, even the best directors other than him, would not have it.

Moreover, the more than ten years of film crew career in the previous life and the two years of professional study in this life have convinced him that he has completed the necessary professional accumulation and can challenge this project!

So, after hesitating for a moment, he smiled at Feng Yumin, who was full of expectation, and said seriously: "Mr. Feng, I understand what you mean, and I also know that you are doing it for my own good, and for the good of this drama. But, this drama, this I have been thinking about the script for two or three years, and I even went to film school to make it well, so I must make it myself!"

While talking, he picked up the backpack he always carried with him, opened it, took out a thick stack of documents from it, handed it over, and said calmly: "I know I have no experience, you must not have confidence in me, but, I want you to look at this first."

After a pause, when Feng Yumin took it, and then showed the surprised look he expected, he said again: "This is a storyboard drawn by myself. There are a total of thirty-two episodes, and each episode has it. This is part of it."

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a day later.

Minghu Culture, Music Director Office.

In addition to the two scripts on the coffee table, there is also a thick stack of shot scripts.

Yu Bojun and Cao Zhan were holding a book each, dumbfounded.

After watching the three MVs produced by Li Qian in the morning, they were taken to his office by Li Qian. They watched the TV drama script of "Legend of the New White Lady" with a total of 32 episodes. Even lunch is eaten in Li Qian's office, Cao Zhan is okay, he is currently free, Yu Bojun is busy with the post-editing of "Love in Scallions", he has been very busy recently, but he has this document in his hand Both of them were very absorbed in the script, and Yu Bojun was immersed in it from the first page. He was anxious to leave, so he didn't mention it anymore.

After reading it, the two agreed: This is a good book, and this is a good story!

However, even though they are Li Qian's best friends, they are iron buddies, they still directly expressed their opposition to Li Qian's investment and directing of this TV series - the reason is almost the same as that of Feng Yumin!

Frankly speaking, it has nothing to do with the script. At that time, Li Qian was an absolute genius in the music circle, but in the film and television circle, it is doubtful whether he has already entered the industry!

At this time, he suddenly proposed to invest more than 20 million, or even 30 million, to personally produce and direct a TV series... The more good friends are, the more they will directly oppose it!

Feng Yumin would also propose a feasible way, suggesting that Li Qian co-produced with Huaxia Television, but Cao Zhan and Yu Bojun directly expressed their opposition: this script can be sold, and it can be kept for later filming, or it can be spent. It is not impossible to find someone to shoot for money, and if it works well, it is not completely unfeasible, but it must not be done by Li Qian!

In particular, the production cost must not be easily raised to a high level of 20 to 30 million!

That is simply to lose money!

Yu Bojun and Cao Zhan, of course, are not the ones who are short of money, but having money is one thing, and investing is another. And investment expenses are clearly separated!

Eating, drinking, and having fun are living expenses and consumption, and you are not short of money. Of course, you can do whatever you want, but investing, even if it is a million-level investment, needs to be cautious and cautious—only you respect money. , money will respect you!

But in the art industry, things are always made by people!

A good director can directly make an ordinary movie extremely good-looking, and a bad director can also directly make a good script that is favored by everyone into a mess!

The importance of directors to movies and TV shows is infinitely stronger than that of producers to music albums—second only to singers to albums!

Li Qian was no longer short of money, and both Yu Bojun and Cao Zhan knew that he was no longer short of money.

Last year's two albums, two MVs, and this year's "Fake Monk" and "Women's Flower" were all big sellers. To be conservative, the five albums that Minghu Culture has released so far, even if He Runqing Excluding this one, the remaining four are each super albums that are enough to bring 20 million net profits to Minghu Culture.

What's more, although Feixun has experienced another share expansion, Li Qian is still the largest individual shareholder of Feixun. Those stocks are now priced at the same price as gold, and this company was not very popular two years ago. The humble small company is still growing rapidly all the time. Up to now, ordinary people have no chance to buy shares! In the foreseeable future, those stocks in Li Qian's hands are definitely a huge asset!

Therefore, it is only 20 to 30 million. If Li Qian wants to buy a villa, no matter Cao Zhan or Yu Bojun, he will definitely not say a word-he is rich and enjoys life, there is nothing to say .

But investing, especially investing in TV dramas, is obviously another matter!

So, seeing that after waiting for several hours, the two of them expressed their objection almost in unison. Forced to do so, Li Qian opened his file cabinet and took out the stack of storyboards that he had hand-painted one after another in the past two years. PIA He put it down on the coffee table, "Look, every picture is drawn by myself."

Li Qian's painting ability has been ridiculed mercilessly by Zhou Mo many times, so if you really want to say how skillful and talented he is in these sub-shots, it must be a joke and flattery.

But for these thirty-two episodes, each episode has an average of about forty to fifty sub-shots, adding up to more than 1,300 shots, a thick stack, but it is indeed Li Qian who shot them one by one with his own hands. drawn. What art is, it can't be said, but its heart is in every stroke and every line.

Seeing this thick stack of sub-shots, Yu Bojun and Cao Zhan were already dumbfounded. They were even a little confused when they heard that Li Qian drew all of them stroke by stroke. And when each of them grabbed a volume and opened it to read a few pages, they looked like they had been struck by lightning——

"Are you sure you want to shoot a TV series?" Yu Bojun asked.

Cao Zhan also raised his head and looked at Li Qian in surprise.

Li Qian stretched the five fingers of his right hand, pressed firmly on the stack of shot scripts on the coffee table, and said sincerely: "I have been drawing these things for a year and five months! This play has been drawn from the first draft of the script to now. , It's a month or two years away."

After a pause, he said, "I've been doing it very hard."

Cao Zhan and Yu Bojun turned their heads and looked at each other at the same time.

Then, Cao Zhan subconsciously reached out to touch his chest pocket—it was empty!

When he goes out, he usually takes two cigars with him, but today he was reading the script here, and when he got excited, he couldn't help but light up the cigars. Up to now, both of them have been reimbursed.

Fortunately, Li Qian secretly hid two packs of cigarettes in his office, took them out at this time, and handed him one.

How could cigarettes be comparable to cigars, but at this time, having something is better than nothing.

Cao Zhan took it, lit the lighter in Li Qian's hand, and smoked deeply.

And at this time, Yu Bojun had randomly picked out another copy from the large stack of storyboards, opened it and read it—no matter which one he picks, of course he can't go wrong.

Not only are they all drawn by Li Qian himself, but also the shot label, the number of minutes it appears in the final edited episode, how many seconds can be given to this shot when editing, and what kinds of attempts can be made when shooting a certain shot, The requirements of each attempt on the lens, etc., have all been marked!

The more Yu Bojun looked at it, the more speechless he became.

A TV series has 32 episodes, each episode is about 45 minutes long, and the prologue and ending are removed. It is also a 40-minute main drama. The total of 32 episodes is 1280 minutes, more than 21 hours!

21 hours, how many shots does it need?

No matter how bad a TV series is compared to a movie, no matter how simple the lens is, it is still a solid 21 hours! How much work would it take to think through so many shots in advance?

These more than 1,300 storyboards... Well, this kid actually drew for a year and a half!

This is so much effort!

You know, in the past one and a half years, he didn't do this exclusively. He wanted to make albums, write songs, take classes, learn drama, and fall in love with so many women. Plus exercise... He actually put so much energy into drawing the storyboard scripts of all the scenes in the whole TV series!

After a pause, Yu Bojun put down the script booklet in his hand, looked at Li Qian helplessly, and said, "You kid, you are planning to make a TV series as a movie!"

Hearing this, Cao Zhan turned his head to look at Yu Bojun, then at Li Qian, pointed to the script of the scene on the coffee table that he had put down just now, and said: "I have been in the screenwriting circle for more than ten years, and I know a lot of TV directors. , but you are the first one who is serious about drawing sub-cameras for TV dramas, Qianer!"

Li Qian smiled, shrugged, and then said: "Because I am more serious than anyone else."

While speaking, he turned his head to look at Yu Bojun, and said with a smile: "Actually, what Brother Yu said is not wrong, I really plan to make this TV series as a movie!"

"Not only do I want to..." He said seriously: "I also want to make high-quality goods!"

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The third update!

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