Chapter 562: Everyone's Happy
On the second day of the Shuntian Film Academy graduate student works exhibition, the 360-minute edited version of "Legend of the New White Lady" directed by Li Qian was broadcast. Because this "special cut" is a full six hours long, it had to be divided into three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon.
This TV series has been popular all over Asia in the past half a year. Even in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries, it has achieved dominance in the ratings at the same time. After the TV series was broadcast, Zhu Qiang and Bai Yujing were even hailed by many foreign media as the top superstars in Asia—even though it was just a TV series!
Relying on a strong foundation of popularity, Zhu Qiang, especially Bai Yujing, has even started to frequently receive invitations from advertisers from Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and other countries during the recent period. There are as many as eight films, and all of these film invitations are movies!
And just in April not long ago, this TV series was even sold to India, a major country in South Asia, and several countries in Africa, such as Egypt and South Africa. Asia and Southeast Asia, which are influenced by traditional Chinese culture, are different. These countries affected by this wave are not optimistic about the ratings of this TV series. They came to buy the right to broadcast, just out of a new psychology. I want to dig out the ratings of some viewers who have a strong curiosity, so the price they can give is purely the price of cabbage.
But no matter what, this TV series has been sold all over the world after all. This kind of force, but there are not many domestic TV series in the history. It can be said that it can sell so many national copyrights before, and it has achieved the slightest There is only one "Journey to the West" that is not inferior to this TV series. The story of Sun Dasheng, in East Asia and Southeast Asia, was also a hot mess at the beginning, and it was also regarded as a masterpiece of oriental culture. It was bought by some Western TV stations and film companies, and broadcast to some curious audiences.
In other words, simply discussing its status in the history of domestic TV dramas, this TV drama is already enough to keep pace with "Journey to the West"!
Of course, it is currently the hottest time in East Asia and Southeast Asia, but in China, the popularity has subsided a lot after all, and even for many viewers, when they watched it with relish, they replayed it with great interest. Watched it once, and then habitually didn’t know which episode to start watching. After three scans without knowing it, when they turned on the TV, they found that many TV stations were still playing it. Change the channel, it’s it, and change it again Taiwan, it's it again... I'm starting to get a little bored from the bottom of my heart, even bored.
Therefore, if you want to say how much enthusiasm people still have for this fine-cut version of "Legend of the New White Snake", it is actually impossible to talk about it at all. In addition, when the square and square pictures of the TV series are projected on the widescreen, It will make people feel a little awkward subconsciously, so when the broadcast starts in the morning, the people who come here seem a little sparse.
On the contrary, it was Li Qian himself, who sat in his seat honestly, carefully watching the version edited and edited by several seniors from beginning to end.
While watching, I wondered in my heart why the other party would edit this way, and wondered why the other party would screen this thirty-nine-hour story like this.
At the same time, he subconsciously took this version again and compared it with the incomparably classic version in his mind—in his opinion, his painstaking efforts were not in vain. Not inferior to the version in my mind.
That's all.
It's just that I didn't spoil and waste it.
When the first half of the show was released in the afternoon, the big screening hall was suddenly full of people. Because it was announced in advance, Bai Yujing, who was in Shuntian Mansion, would show up.
Bai Yujing really came, and the welcome she received was far more enthusiastic than those leaders and accomplished brothers.
Sitting side by side with Li Qian on the bench and finished watching the second part, Bai Yujing watched it carefully from beginning to end. After watching it, she was still full of emotions, and whispered to Li Qian, "Looking back now, my acting was not bad." Li Qian laughed.
After the film was finished, it was already five o'clock. Li Qian and Bai Yujing appeared on stage as directors and leading actors, but Li Qian simply talked about his creative feelings for a few minutes, and he thanked him from the beginning to the end. They were always official and low-key, and then they passed the microphone to Bai Yujing.
Bai Yujing answered a lot of questions from everyone kindly, but she knew how to measure it in her heart. Not only did she not have the airs of a star in this highest school of domestic film, but she was also very low-key like Li Qian. After asking some questions, he quickly gave up the microphone.
The focus of this interview is the 14 fresh graduates who are responsible for rearranging the story line and editing it—especially Chao Xiaogai, the leader of this editing, a 1997 graduate student majoring in editing.
The postgraduate class at Shuntian Film Academy does not have a fixed number of students to enroll each year. In many years, when the teachers find that there are no suitable seedlings, they will even not recruit students at all.
In the past ten years from 1990 to 1999, there were only three postgraduate courses in editing, and there were only five graduate students in total!
Therefore, from a certain point of view, Chao Xiaogai, a graduate student majoring in editing, is much more expensive than a graduate student majoring in directing who recruits three or five students to a small class almost every other year.
Therefore, it is only natural that Chao Xiaogai and Zheng Minghui, another graduate student majoring in editing, were targeted by many TV stations and film and television companies shortly after entering the graduate class. It was already signed, and Li Qian put in a lot of effort, and even took out "Legend of the New White Snake" to let them toss, but he still couldn't convince even one of them, so he could only helplessly watch them enter. One joined China TV, and the other joined another film and television company.
But even so, Li Qian still tried his best to help them win more.
When the interview was coming to an end, he took the microphone and suddenly announced that after negotiation, the 360-minute version of "Legend of the New White Lady" had been ordered by two TV stations, HUNAN Satellite TV and LIAONING Satellite TV. After *'s broadcast license, it will be broadcast on two TV stations.
The 2 million film purchase fees paid by the two of them will be donated to Shuntian Film Academy in the name of Minghu Culture Company and the editing team with a total of 14 members to purchase a batch of new films for the film academy. and clipping devices.
In addition, Minghu Culture also specially provided 140,000 yuan to subsidize the 14 members of the editing team who participated in this editing as their personal remuneration.
Li Qian had never disclosed this news before, but it suddenly broke out at this moment, which shocked the entire auditorium.
The leaders and old professors of the Film Academy were certainly very happy. Two million is enough to buy a lot of good things, but they were even happier because of the 14 graduates and postgraduates of the editing department who participated in the editing. .
The re-edited version can still be sold, which means that their names will appear in the opening and closing credits of the broadcast, which can be regarded as my first official work, which must be a great surprise.
And theoretically speaking, no matter how this TV series is edited, the copyright belongs to Minghu Culture, which belongs to Li Qian. After the coordination of the school, Li Qian is willing to give them his famous work, which is already a favor , how much they sell has nothing to do with them, and it is impossible to even get paid. But now, after the sale, the money they get is donated to the school, and they can still participate in the signing. In addition, there is actually a salary of 10,000 yuan per person to get—this is really a surprise wave after wave Po, I can't say enough!
As a result, Chao Xiaogai and Zheng Minghui, who were surprised, expressed their thanks one after another. Dean Kong even took the microphone to express formally the hospital's gratitude to Minghu culture.
Everyone is happy.
After attending the "Legend of the New White Snake" screening for a whole day, Li Qian completely avoided, and he will not participate in the next few days of activities.
It was already mid-May, and according to the prior plan, the filming of "Meteor Garden" started ten days ahead of schedule, so the filming should have ended in early July. Then the filming will officially start.
But now, the crew members in his mind, including executive producer Huang Wenjuan, assistant director Han Shunzhang, photography director Jin Han, etc., are still filming "Meteor Garden".
Another assistant director candidate, Lu Lingxi, chatted a few words that day and promised to have dinner together another day, but he still didn't call. Will he accept the invitation?
Even Sun Yuting, the production assistant who has been confirmed so far, is still busy helping the performance department to work overtime to rehearse the graduation drama. Except for her own "Deep Space" screening, she even has other activities. Did not participate in the game - in short, nothing can be counted on.
Therefore, Li Qian had no choice but to run around by himself to survey the shooting location.
And so far in this drama, let alone the heroine, even if for the time being it is assumed that He Yingyu will accept the invitation to go to Minghu Culture to find her audition, and she can indeed pass and be selected, but the more important male lead is still there. So far nothing has been done!
Fortunately, the invitation was sent out, and they didn't make Li Qian wait too long.
On June 16th, Li Qian was holding a viewfinder in a small amusement park in the suburbs of Shuntianfu to find the camera. Within an hour, he received calls from Lu Lingxi and He Yingyu.
The former wanted to meet Li Qian, while the latter directly expressed his willingness to audition.
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Guaranteed!