Perfect Life

Chapter 711 Heroine

It took more than two hours before Han Shunzhang finally put down the plan in his hand, then subconsciously closed his eyes, and raised his hand to rub his sore eyes.

A glass of warm water was placed at hand at this moment.

When he picked up the cup to drink water, a pair of soft hands rested on his shoulders, first helped him knead his shoulders, and then turned to knead his temples, with moderate strength.

Han Shunzhang drank a few more sips of water and put down his cup.

It seems that this glass of water and one or two minutes of kneading have completely wiped away the fatigue.

"How do you feel?" Zhu Yu asked softly behind him.

Han Shunzhang did not answer immediately.

There are two things that are placed on the table in front of him at the moment, and he has been reading them carefully for several hours. One is the finalized script of "Huang Feihong", and the other is "About Huang Feihong" written by Huang Wenjuan and Sun Yuting. Planning Book for Shooting and Distributing the Movie "Once Upon a Time".

Both documents are high-level secrets of Minghu Culture.

These two items were given to Li Qian after dinner when he arrived at the filming location of "Princess Returning the Pearl". He and Zhu Yu were asked to take a look at them carefully. In addition, they must not be passed on or leaked. .

Zhu Yu watched it at the time, but he kept suppressing it all the time. He just continued to put all his energy into the filming of "Princess Returning the Pearl". The safe return of all crew members and belongings.

Even when he got home, he was not in a hurry to see it. Instead, he had a full meal, took a shower, and had a good night's sleep. This sleep, directly from yesterday afternoon to today's noon, nearly twenty Hour!

After getting up, eating, and seeing that the weather was fine and windless today, he and Zhu Yu went out for a walk together, and went to the supermarket to buy some food. Walking and roaming, talking about some homely things, evacuating the tense mood for half a month.

After returning from his walk, he sat down seriously at the desk and opened the file bag.

As early as more than a year ago, Han Shunzhang, like Jin He, was the two people with the highest level of authority in the entire Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, second only to Li Qian. At that time, he had already read the script of "Huang Feihong" locked in the company's safe in advance, and when he read it now, he was still serious, and even based on the memory in his mind, he roughly judged that, Compared with the version I saw more than a year ago, this final version should have made some minor adjustments in seven or eight details.

Of course the script is fine, Li Qian's scripts have always convinced him wholeheartedly.

The story is a good story, and the characters are also wonderful.

Just after reading the script and planning book, he always felt that there was still a trace of doubt in his heart.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Zhu Yu stopped what he was doing, lay on his shoulder, looked at him with his head, and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Han Shunzhang thought for a while, reached out to touch the cigarette, lit one, but still hesitated to speak.

Zhu Yu was really surprised at this moment. He went to pick up the script and planning book, looked at Han Shunzhang, "What's the matter? This book belongs to Li Qian, do you think it's not good?"

Han Shunzhang shook his head, and finally said: "There is nothing wrong with the book."

Zhu Yu was even more surprised when he heard the words, "So... there is a problem with the plan?"

Han Shunzhang frowned when he heard the words, but soon, he shook his head again, as if he was still entangled in his own thoughts, and he still tried to say: "The script is okay, the story is okay, the specific planning , I can’t tell where the problem is. Even if there is a problem, especially those budgets, it has to be calculated bit by bit and slowly added up. I just feel that we really still have to make this kind of martial arts film ?"

Zhu Yu was taken aback when he heard this.

Han Shunzhang continued: "In the past few years, the box office of martial arts movies has been getting lower and lower, and the reputation has been getting worse and worse. It has fully demonstrated that everyone is tired of watching martial arts movies! At this time, we still want... Actually, I'm just a little I don’t understand. In my opinion, Li Qian’s ability to see and judge the market is even higher than his ability to make works. His judgment on the market, whether it is the record market or the film and television market, has always been so. Accurate! This is what allows him to be targeted and hit with one hit! Why this time..."

Seeing him frowning tightly, Zhu Yu tentatively said: "The reason why Li Qian wanted to shoot this... must be his thinking? He must have seen something we can't see!"

Han Shunzhang nodded, but his brows were still furrowed.

Between the two of them, the most knowledgeable, Zhu Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw his appearance: "If you have an opinion, you can say it, but you must pay attention to your tone when you speak. This is different from other people's opinions." , after all, this is a project that Li Qian has been working on from beginning to end."

Han Shunzhang laughed when he heard the words, patted his hand on the script, and said, "Of course I have absolute confidence in him, don't worry about that! But since I am the manager of the film and television department of Minghu Culture, I'm about to set up a project and start preparations." Now, as long as it is something I see or think about, I must say it out loud!"

Zhu Yu shrugged his shoulders and shook his head helplessly.

But think about it again, Han Shunzhang has been the manager of the film and television department since his family went to Minghu Culture for two or three years. He seems to be second only to Jin Han in name, but in fact, his internal status is not inferior to him at all. Perhaps this may be The film and television department with the original Minghu culture was first established because of no one, but in the end, probably what Li Qian admired the most was Han Shunzhang's honesty?

maybe!

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The preparatory meeting for "Huang Feihong" was held in the morning two days later.

The participants were all middle and high-level executives in Minghu Culture, Film and Television.

In addition to Li Qian and Jin Han, Zhao He and Huang Wenjuan represented the production team, Han Shunzhang and Lu Lingxi represented the director team, Mu Xiaoshuai represented the screenwriter team, Zhu Yu represented the art team, Cao Zhan had already gone to Changsha Mansion and was absent from the meeting.

Sun Yuting also arrived and was in charge of taking minutes of the meeting.

In addition, there is another person sitting at the bottom of the conference table, that is, the new deputy head of the screenwriting team, Feng Bicheng - in terms of qualifications, he has the experience of "Two and a Half Heroes", in fact, he is more Jin Han, Han Shunzhang and the others are slightly taller by half a head, but here, he can only respectfully accompany the last seat for the time being.

Zhao He first raised objections to Huang Wenjuan's 24 million filming budget for "Once Upon a Time". In his opinion, this budget can be suppressed a little bit, and strive to be controlled within 20 million, so as to minimize the future cost. box office pressure.

Today's Huang Wenjuan is no longer the little assistant who followed Liao Liao's ass a few years ago. All the film and television works produced by Minghu Culture so far bear her name on each of them. She has more and more experience and knowledge. The more clever you are, the better your aura will naturally become when you speak.

So, facing Zhao He's doubts, she analyzed them one by one. In the end, the two gave in to each other, and Huang Wenjuan agreed to go back and try to keep the budget at around 2200. Zhao He also expressed satisfaction.

As for the exchange between the two of them, no one else could participate, even Li Qian kept silent, but he knew very well in his heart that it was actually not that much more than the budget.

Because, the salary budget of the actors currently given in this drama is 5 million!

In fact, Li Qian felt that two million would be enough to handle everything!

The reason is very simple, because of this new drama, he will continue to use several completely newcomers to play the leading roles-this one alone, in fact, can already suppress the total budget to around 20 million.

In every battle, the victory is not counted, but the defeat is counted first.

Before the filming started, Li Qian had already made up such an account in his mind: 20 million to shoot it, in terms of distribution and publicity, it is estimated that another 20 million to 25 million will be spent, and even 30 million will be spent. Psychological preparation means that the total investment of this drama is actually about 50 million.

This is a modern drama, but after all, it is not the present, so there is basically no big sponsorship.

Self-produced, self-published, self-promoted, invested 50 million, roughly need to sell 80 million at the box office, it can be guaranteed - in Li Qian's judgment, there is almost no possibility of losing money for this film.

Therefore, he was not too strict with the budget.

At the very beginning of the preparatory meeting, Huang Wenjuan and Zhao He had a chattering scene. Afterwards, the budget matter was basically settled. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and felt that there was nothing to say.

This is Li Qian's script, this will be a play directed by Li Qian, what is there to discuss?

Just listen to him!

But at this time, seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Mu Xiaoshuai cleared his throat and said, "I have something, I'm a little confused! I pushed this script carefully and pushed it several times. I think what you mean, Qianer, should be There are two things to focus on, one is patriotism, and the other is personal heroism. In my opinion, this book, this character Huang Feihong, to a greater extent, you should focus on a kind of... how should I put it, Tell me, it should be regarded as a concept of 'market hero'."

Seeing that Li Qian nodded and signaled himself to continue, Mu Xiaoshuai continued: "I just want to ask, this street hero, I noticed that there are a lot of cultural conflicts between East and West shown in the script through jokes, I have some doubts about whether this style and this way of thinking can be accepted and liked by the audience. Of course, I am not questioning your way of thinking, I just need to make sure that you have considered these things before going this way Is something wrong?"

Li Qian smiled suddenly when he heard the words, and nodded solemnly, "Of course! After considering all the possibilities, I am still full of confidence in this road."

Mu Xiaoshuai nodded upon hearing this, "That's fine! No one is 100% sure that the audience will like a movie before it's released. If you think it's going to work, then it's worth doing."

Li Qian smiled, nodded, turned to look at Jin Han, Jin Han shrugged, "I have nothing to say."

Looking at Han Shunzhang, especially noticing that Han Shunzhang has been frowning since Mu Xiaoshuai spoke just now, Li Qian looked forward to it: "Old Han, tell me?"

Han Shunzhang suddenly laughed unexpectedly when he heard the words.

Then, he shook his head and said with a smile: "At first, I also had some doubts, but Xiaoshuai asked that question just now, but he immediately answered my doubts."

"Yes, a street hero! That's the definition!"

"I've been thinking for the past two days that the market for martial arts films is obviously not as good as before. Why do you, who is always good at creating new things, suddenly want to follow the old path that others have trampled on? So I will go over it again. I read the script over and over again, but... I still don’t understand Xiaoshuai thoroughly. He is right, individual heroism! Town hero! The jokes in the middle, through the embarrassment of a few supporting roles, just bring the hero and the ordinary audience closer. The psychological distance between them makes this kind of national hero a street hero who is by everyone's side!"

At this point, he seemed to have lost all his doubts, and said seriously: "I have no opinion. This film is indeed just a first-time production! This idea is also worth a try! It is similar to Guo Yulong's Jianghu movies, and Zheng Zhongyuan's martial arts movies. Films are not the same way!"

Li Qian smiled and nodded slowly.

In the bottom of my heart, there is an indescribable sense of satisfaction, but at the same time, a little bit lost.

Originally, he had prepared a set of rhetoric, which he was going to use to face everyone's doubts and solve their doubts. However, I don't know whether it is because of their past success that they have too much confidence in themselves, or because the group of people they have recruited under their banner are really the best of the current generation of domestic filmmakers .

In short, they seemed to understand their intentions very quickly.

However, their understanding, as far as the two of them have spoken, is more or less different from what they really think in their hearts.

Personal heroism is actually not a great concept. Even in domestic films, Guo Yulong and Zheng Zhongyuan have been making authentic individual heroism movies.

As for the so-called street hero... Well, this concept is actually correct, but it still misses the concept of "Kung Fu movies".

In fact, the so-called "Kung Fu movies" and the so-called "market hero movies" are really not so easy to distinguish, and there seems to be no clear distinction.

In another time and space, Jet Li and Jackie Chan were both world-renowned kung fu superstars in the film industry. They are both famous for their kung fu movies, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, it’s just a different way of saying it!

The reason why their movies are very popular in the entire Eastern world, in fact, in the final analysis, apart from kung fu, it has nothing to do with the word "marketplace" and the concept of the ubiquitous marketplace in their movies. Undeniable—the only difference is that Jackie Chan is better at creating humor and jokes through the design of the plot and the process of fighting, while most of the characters played by Jet Li are more righteous. His movies are always better at Use supporting characters to create jokes.

In short, the existence of jokes turned them from kung fu masters into "market heroes"!

So, well, since everyone has no opinions, since in the final analysis, it can only be counted as a difference in the concept of propaganda, then take back all the prepared words for the time being! At this time, no matter how powerful words and theories are, it is not as good as making a real movie, and then tell them: Look, the definition I gave him is called a kung fu movie!

So, I asked again, and everyone has no opinion, so the arrangement will be made. Zhao He and Feng Bicheng will be the assistant directors, Huang Wenjuan will be the executive producer, and Sun Yuting will continue to be the assistant director. The preparations for the new play will officially begin.

Then, Li Qian announced the adjournment of the meeting.

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Hearing that the main members of the crew did not have their own name, not even the director's assistant, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but feel disappointed.

She thought that Li Qian would let her continue to be the director's assistant for this film, but Sun Yuting, the original production assistant, turned to be the director's assistant.

As for himself, he didn't seem to be considered for inclusion in this crew.

Li Qian announced the adjournment of the meeting, and everyone got up one after another. The disappointment in Lu Lingxi's heart flashed, and he also stood up and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, Li Qian suddenly said, "Mr. Lu, please stay here for a while."

Lu Lingxi was taken aback when he heard this.

Before leaving, Sun Yuting turned her head and glanced at her.

But most people didn't feel that there was anything wrong, got up one after another, and left one after another.

After everyone left, Li Qian got up, went to close the door, turned around and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk."

While talking, he went over by himself and sat down casually opposite Lu Lingxi.

Lu Lingxi looked at him, feeling a little bit of anticipation in her heart—she resigned from her position as the head of the Department of Photography at the Academy of Film, and came to a company like Minghu Culture, but she started as a director assistant, followed by even In the final analysis, isn't the purpose of my students to be able to gradually reveal their talents, and eventually win more and more trust, and more and more opportunities, and finally be able to... take charge of the guide tube?

The two were separated by a conference table, and Lu Lingxi looked at him expectantly, "What's the matter?"

Lu Lingxi originally thought that Li Qian asked him to stay because he must have other tasks. For example, this year, Jin Han will make a TV series, which is said to be an urban romance drama called "Full House". And as an existence second only to Li Qian in the current Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, he will start a movie called "Peacock" after completing the task assigned to him by Li Qian.

Not to mention, several middle and high-level personnel in the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department know that in the second half of this year, Li Qian has another movie that has been accumulating for a long time and is about to start!

So, in fact, even if he failed to participate in Li Qian's "Huang Feihong", there are still many opportunities within the company.

What Lu Lingxi is looking forward to most at this time is probably the position of an assistant director in several other films except "Huang Feihong"-for the time being, she still dare not think about directly directing, especially after filming two films with Li Qian. After watching the first play, she understood that if she wants to direct independently, she still needs to learn at least a few more plays.

At least the ability to control the overall situation as a director is relatively lacking when I was trapped in the ivory tower before. This ability needs to be tempered slowly through practice time and time again.

But at this time, it seemed that the heavens did not follow people's wishes. Li Qian's first sentence made her stunned for a moment - the feeling of the whole person at that time was almost completely stupid.

He said, "Mr. Lu, are you interested in acting as the heroine in my new play "Once Upon a Time?"

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One couldn't control it, and wrote more than 5,000 words, and I didn't bother to divide chapters.

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