Chapter 693 Chapter 205

In the morning, half past ten.

Feng Bicheng walked out of a building in disappointment, threw the planning book and script in his hand into the passenger seat, stood outside depressedly and smoked half a cigarette, and then drove home.

As far as the Chinese film and television industry is concerned, he is classified as a princeling and the second generation of directors. His father, Feng Yumin, was born in Shuntian Film Academy. In the past few years, not only has his official position been stable, but he also has quite a masterpiece in his hands. He can be called the Taishan Beidou in the TV drama circle, and his old students and good friends are naturally all over the entire film and television circle.

After Feng Bicheng himself graduated from the Directing Department of Huaxia Drama Academy, he first joined the TV drama production center of Huaxia TV Station and studied there for a few years. A few years ago, he couldn't bear it anymore and resigned. With his father's relationship, he first mixed the crew, He has also helped people direct the camera, worked as an assistant director, and has written several scripts successively.

After a few years of messing around like this, he finally got an investment, not much, only three million. But with this investment, he filmed "Half a Hero". Under the environment of the overall collapse of the film market in 1998, he bucked the trend and won more than 20 million box office. became famous.

At that time, even Li Qian felt that he was quite talented and thoughtful, because he had a good relationship with Feng Yumin, and he was considered to be a friend for many years. At one point, he personally came forward to try to bring the Feng family father and son over. For this reason, he even took out the general idea of ​​"Farewell My Concubine" to seduce Feng Yumin.

It’s just that at that time, there was quite a talk within Huaxia TV that the TV drama production center should be separated to form a film and television company. Feng Yumin was worried about being able to work alone at that time, and thinking about the position of general manager of the film and television company that was very likely to be obtained, so he thought twice. , finally declined Li Qian's invitation.

However, at that time, Feng Yumin tried his best to persuade Feng Bicheng to go to the Minghu culture, but at that time Feng Bicheng had just become famous in the first battle, and he was considered a wrist in the movie circle, and his spirit was at its highest, and the Minghu culture at that time In terms of film and television, there has not been any extraordinary achievements.

In short, under Feng Yumin's arrangement, everyone had a meal together and chatted. At that time, Feng Bicheng left Li Qian with the feeling that even having a meal together seemed to be borrowing Feng Yumin's face!

In short, Feng Bicheng was not very interested in Minghu Culture and Li Qian's courtship.

So, it was dropped at that time.

At that time, Feng Bicheng's second movie was already in planning. The movie "Half a Hero" made the boss who invested make a lot of money, but Feng Bicheng only got a big red envelope in addition to a director's fee of 100,000 yuan, which was only 300,000 yuan!

Compared with the tens of millions of pure profits he created for investors, the point he made himself is really insignificant!

So, although he didn't have a falling out, he still found someone else to invest in him, took advantage of the courage, and relied on the great success of "Half a Hero" to get an investment of up to 12 million in one fell swoop, filming his first film. The second movie "The Heroine of the World"-yes, another urban comedy.

The production cost has quadrupled. There is no doubt that the production of "Heroes of the World" is much more elaborate than that of "Half Heroes". Even the actors are well-known! Among them, the heroine was invited at a high price, the famous domestic Xiaohuadan at that time, Wen Yuanyuan, a pure girl, it is said that in order to invite her, the producer wrote out a check of up to 2 million! At that time, Wen Yuanyuan was actually not worth the price!

However, Feng Bicheng won a director's fee of 1 million for that movie, but after the movie was released, the box office did not have a bumper harvest as expected!

After entering the summer season in 1999, this "Heroine of the World", which had been highly anticipated by the domestic film industry, collided head-on with Hollywood blockbusters, and it was bloody! In the end, it only got a total box office of 13.52 million—undoubtedly, this result was so overwhelming that investors could not even find their graves!

At that time, his movie hadn't even been screened for a month, and before the fourth week passed, it was hastily taken off the assembly line by major theaters.

Then...you can imagine!

The investor estimated that he even wanted to kill Feng Bicheng, and Wen Yuanyuan's smooth star journey was suddenly cast a heavy shadow - Xiaohuadan's journey should have been to slowly brush her face It is the safest way to start a career by playing, playing, and taking the vase route. She has done very well before. Although the salary is limited and there are not many plays, she is still one of the few small vases in the film industry! Only when I came to this drama, I was too anxious, the price has risen, and I also played the leading role, but unfortunately, the drama was overwhelmed! So all of a sudden, she, the little vase who was once optimistic about her future in the circle, suddenly gained the reputation of "box office poison"!

At the same time, those actors, agents, investors, etc. who had been around Feng Bicheng disappeared in an instant!

The film and television industry and the entertainment industry are such a reality, and everything revolves around fame and profit—when you can bring profits to investors, remuneration and fame to actors, you are the king of heaven Lao Tzu, everyone is supporting you, but once you fail, everyone will immediately disperse!

What's more, with an investment of 12 million yuan, only 13.52 million box office was recovered, which is like losing even the underwear!

It can be said that "Half a Hero" has a small cost and a big return, and it is still a success against the market. Even if "Heroes of the World" is only a small loss in general, it is not enough to make everyone completely disappointed with Feng Bicheng.

For those who have succeeded, everyone is relatively tolerant and waiting.

But the point is, "Heroes of the World" lost too much!

The producer pays! Publisher pays! Cinema business compensation! Even actors have lost their reputation and future! So much so that everyone immediately judged that the success of "Half a Hero" was just a coincidence!

Therefore, even in the most realistic Hollywood, there is the so-called "three films" principle. A successful person has at least three chances to miss. It has some advantages, but such a huge loss in "The Heroine of the World" still made Feng Bicheng a complete loser overnight!

The failure of this movie prevented him from coming out to meet people for a full year!

It wasn't until last autumn that he finally couldn't hold back anymore. Humans, especially those who have achieved success in the past, always want to succeed again, and it is certainly impossible for them to endure loneliness.

So, he took the script that he had been holding back for a year, and started running around looking for investment again.

But this time, even with the face of his father Feng Yumin, many film and television companies, production companies, and investors are not willing to see him at all! Even if you really can't save face, meet up, chat a few words, simply flip through his script, and immediately serve tea to see off the guests!

To put it simply, the huge loss of "Heroes of the World" has made everyone in the circle terrified, no one is willing to believe him and give him any chance!

The same is true today.

Trusting a friend, and a friend trusting a friend of a friend, I turned several corners before I finally managed to convince an art director of the production company to agree to meet—in fact, we already knew each other Yes, we had more than one drink together back then, but to this day, people are afraid to avoid him, so they had to tactfully ask a friend to intervene, and finally they reluctantly gave him a chance to meet .

Then, in less than twenty minutes, Feng Bicheng even suspected that the grandson didn't even read the script seriously, just flipped through it casually, everyone chatted, gossiped, and even recalled the past friendship years with each other, and then... People just said directly: We can't invest in you, so find someone else!

Feng Bicheng was ashamed and angry!

But there is nothing to do!

To be honest, when I saw and heard other people's down-and-out stories before, I couldn't help but feel a bit sad, but I always felt that there was a layer of separation, and it didn't touch my heart and lungs. This time it was my turn, and I really felt it, and I was still red Good time!

As long as you are red, what do you say, what do you do!

It is not an exaggeration at all, if you fart, people can analyze the Mediterranean flavor for you!

But once you are on the street, like the current self, even though your script has been carefully conceived and honed over and over again with great effort, it is definitely a good thing, but what if others take a look at it? It doesn’t mean anything—you are the director who made a bad movie like “Heroes of the World” that lost money!

Back home, he slumped on the sofa, staring straight at the ceiling—at that moment, just like the previous few times, Feng Bicheng once again felt a sense of despair.

Turning on the TV in the midst of boredom, what a coincidence, this should be the replay of last night's show - that girl again, He Yingyu!

Every time he saw her, Feng Bicheng felt an indescribable irritability in his heart!

It took just a few seconds, and he didn't even hear what the host asked He Yingyu on the TV, so he turned off the TV again.

snap!

The remote was thrown to the floor, the TV cover popped up and the battery popped out.

He slumped on the sofa again, looking up at the ceiling.

A few days ago, it wasn't that he hadn't thought about what happened back then. Sometimes he felt that he couldn't take a step forward anymore, so he thought, if it's really not possible, let's take advantage of the old man and see if he can go to Li Qian's place Serve a bowl of rice to eat.

However, just when he felt that his pride was about to be worn away, when he felt that his face was about to be successfully cultivated, with a swipe, "My Sassy Girlfriend" became popular!

No. 1 at the box office for two consecutive weeks, and the total box office has exceeded 100 million for the Valentine's Day schedule! And the movie itself, in just two weeks after its release, has earned more than 80 million box office!

And what about his cost? It is said that the total investment is just 10 million yuan. As is customary in the industry, within the 10 million yuan, there will definitely be some sponsorships, advertisements, etc., and with Li Qian’s status as a celebrity, maybe his 10 million yuan will be filmed. At least half of the production cost comes from advertisements, and what's more, he might not even need to pay for it himself!

In other words, this movie is definitely a big hit!

Therefore, Feng Bicheng felt that he was more popular and awesome now, and if he sent it to his door, he would probably look down on him even more—who made me reject him so proudly back then!

How can anyone not be proud of himself?

I kindly tried to win you over, but you refused, and now you come to me again, isn't that just humiliating me?

So after much deliberation, forget it!

It's just that "My Sassy Girlfriend" is really hot now!

Li Qian has already achieved a lot in the music industry. After several days, he was working on a TV series, and made Bai Yujing, who disappeared without a trace, popular. Now he is starting to make movies, and the first movie has survived steadily. 100 million, yet another national goddess, He Yingyu, was picked up!

This ten million investment is really worth it!

…………

While thinking wildly, suddenly, the phone rang.

He picked up the phone and glanced at it. Seeing that it was his father's number, he immediately frowned, but in the end, he still connected the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Feng Yumin's voice was somewhat majestic, "Don't drink today, don't stay up late, remember to get up early tomorrow, and I'll pick you up by car! You go out with me!"

"Ah? Why?"

Feng Yumin sighed and said, "Cheng Yunshan knows, right? Tomorrow is his seventy-fifth birthday!"

Feng Bicheng was stunned for a while but didn't react, until he said on the other end of the phone, "Did you hear that? No drinking, and no...", his eyes blinked suddenly, interrupted his father, and asked: " You mean, the birthday of Mr. Cheng who sang Peking opera?"

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and said: "Yes! It is said that Li Qian will also go tomorrow! I have a good relationship with Mr. Cheng's first disciple, Fang Shaobai. We used to invite him to be the art director several times when we were filming on stage. , When I heard the news this time, I asked him for an invitation card. Do you... understand what I mean?"

Feng Bicheng was stunned when he heard the words, and it took a few seconds for him to come back to his senses. Immediately, he felt that the whole person was full of energy from inside to outside, from top to bottom, "Come on! Come on! What do you mean? I understand! Don't worry, I won't drink alcohol or stay up late today, I'll go to bed early! I'll drive over there to pick you up tomorrow!"

"Um."

Only then did Feng Yumin agree with satisfaction.

After hesitating for a moment, he said again: "Don't mention whether to invest or not. There will definitely be people at that time. Mr. Cheng has many disciples and grandchildren. Let's go there to pay respects to Mr. Cheng. Don't mention anything else. It's best to see Li Qian, chat a few words, congratulate him, it doesn't matter if we don't meet, we are very familiar, there will be opportunities in the future, I can ask him out, don't always do things in a hurry!"

After finishing speaking, he put on his father's majesty again and asked, "Do you understand?"

"Understand! Understood!" Feng Bicheng obediently agreed, and said: "I promise not to mention anything when the time comes, everyone will smooth out the relationship first, and when we get close, we can talk about anything! This... I understand!"

On the other end of the phone, Feng Yumin sighed, "Okay, I'll hang up!" After speaking, he hung up the phone.

On the other side of the phone, as soon as the other end hung up, Feng Bicheng immediately got off the sofa with a carp, his head and face were shining with excitement, and he murmured: "Whether I can come back to life or not, I'll just watch it! "

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