Chapter 725: One Mountain, Two Tigers

As the last figure volleyed Yujian into the depths of the mountains, the screen went completely black.

There was warm applause in the small projection hall.

After a while, before the subtitles went on, a staff member turned on the lights.

Everyone stood up one after another, Hu Fei put his hands together, smiling all over his face, "Everyone, let's talk in the conference room, let's have a chat!" So everyone walked out of the screening room one after another, with Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang walking last.

There were not many people, there were more than a dozen people, all of whom were closely related to the "Sword Fairy" that was screened just now.

As soon as he left the house, Li Qian turned his head and touched Fang Baijin's shoulder beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't Director Qin come?"

Fang Baijin shook his head at him, looked back and forth, and then whispered: "There is a quarrel!"

Li Qian suddenly realized.

Let's just say, "Sword Immortal" is such an important film, and Hu Fei's Huafei Film and Television has taken the majority of the investment. Now that it is a film, Qin Wei, the art director of Huafei Film and Television, should come over to make a final check. of.

It turned out to be a quarrel!

But think about it, it's normal.

Qin Wei was originally the kind of temperament that "I am the best in the world", "I didn't say that, all of you here are hot chickens", "You are not as good as me, so you have to listen to me", when the status is high , It’s been too long, and Liu Chengzhang, although he has been popular for a long time, but he was really recognized as a great director by everyone, in fact, it started from the sudden box office hit of "Swordsman and Monk". , his rank is a bit far from Master Qin Wei Qin. But unfortunately, although he is not good at words, he is actually a very proud and self-centered person in his bones.

If it was Liu Chengzhang who was not popular before, Qin Wei would criticize him too, and Liu Chengzhang would be fine, but now, for Liu Chengzhang, there are people in China who are qualified to guide him on how to make commercial films, Basically, it doesn't exist anymore. To give you Qin Wei face, you say it once and I ignore you, and you say it again, I still ignore you, but you keep saying, I don't care what master you are, go away!

So, one mountain, two tigers!

Then, um, Mr. Qin's temper is very strong. If he is really angry, it will be difficult for Hu Fei to persuade him. Therefore, before the release of "Sword Immortal", he was decisively absent from the most important internal screening meeting. .

The film "Sword Fairy" is highly anticipated by Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang. Not only has the investment actually exceeded 100 million, but the external publicity plan is claimed to be 150 million. Another 30 million has to be invested—although it is not easy to compare with the ratio of the production cost of "My Sassy Girlfriend" to the publicity and distribution expenses, but in the context of the fact that domestic publicity and distribution are not paid too much attention to, this ratio of ten to three The proportion is also not low. In particular, its absolute number is very high, and the 30 million publicity funds are enough for other small directors to make several films!

Moreover, his release date is very ambitious.

The official date is July 14th, which means that it is the hottest time for the summer vacation. Of course, it is also a period of time when Hollywood blockbusters have absolutely suppressed or even crushed domestic films in the past few years.

So, don't even think about it, domestic blockbusters vs. Hollywood blockbusters, using slogans like national sentiments and support for domestic blockbusters for promotional planning is almost expected!

In a small-to-medium-sized conference room, more than a dozen people were seated one after another. The tea in the teacups was steaming hot. Come a little later, people say that Hu Fei is the best at engaging in interpersonal relationships, and his reputation is well-deserved.

In terms of friends, the relationship between Li Qian and Liu Chengzhang has not reached the level that you can help me see before my movie is released, but he was still invited here today, but Minghu Culture's flagship is actually responsible for the whole process The special effects department under Minghu Culture, which produced the special effects part of the film, came from Lu Ming, the manager of the special effects department.

After entering the meeting room, Li Qian went straight to the back of the meeting table in a low-key manner. Lu Ming was surrounded by several people. When Li Qian walked past him, he heard that the group of people were praising Lu Ming just now. special effects in the film.

Well, the special effects of this film, to put it bluntly, are not much worse than Hollywood blockbusters.

Hu Fei is willing to spend money, Liu Chengzhang is more willing than him to spend more than 100 million yuan for a movie, and the special effects alone cost 46 million, but you can see that he is willing enough, Li Qian is more willing than him, in order to accept the special effects of this movie , in order to make the special effects of this film well, in the past year, Li Qian has spent 52 million on the introduction of various equipment and talents-basically speaking, after the special effects of this film are finished, Not only did Minghu Culture not earn a penny, but it lost six million!

The result is that after only three or four years of development, Minghu Culture has no rivals in special effects, at least in China! Of course, there is still some gap with Hollywood's top special effects, especially the top two.

But that gap... To be honest, it is a comprehensive gap in technical reserves, manpower reserves, and experience reserves. No matter how high the price you pay, they will not sell you the core technology!

The current approach of Minghu Culture is to conduct joint research and development with four or five of the top universities in the country, striving to break through this blockade of equipment and technology, and improve its strength by another level on the current basis!

For this, in the next three years, Minghu Culture plans to invest 500 million yuan!

It is impossible for the vast majority of domestic companies to have the courage to invest such a large amount of money to do this, but Li Qian made a decision and did what he said. Although there were some discussions within the company, Li Qian and Qi Jie, Within the company, there is still absolute authority.

But, to be honest, with the 500 million invested, six or seven doctoral and master supervisors, plus the three-year research of their graduate students who will directly participate in it starting this year, can this matter be done? Can it be true that the company's special effects capabilities have really increased by a large margin?

Li Qian didn't even think about it!

He just knows that special effects represent the future of movies!

At least the future of the next ten years!

But a few years later, special effects can even be regarded as one of the foundations of the film industry, and its status is something no one dares to underestimate!

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When Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang finally walked in, Li Qian was lowering his head and sipping tea. Hu Fei glanced at him in the crowd, saw him at a glance, and greeted him with a smile, "Li Qian, why are you sitting so close? Come forward, come forward !"

Li Qian smiled and waved his hands, "It's pretty good here!"

At this time, many unfamiliar faces at the scene finally seized the opportunity to look over one after another, and they all said: "Yes, leader, you are an expert, and everyone wants to hear your advice!"

Li Qian smiled, "If you talk about making commercial films in China, Director Liu is an expert! In front of him, don't praise me like that, I can't take it! I dare not take it!"

Everyone laughed, and Hu Fei had nothing to do with him.

As a result, Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang also took their seats one after another.

Hu Fei first thanked him. Of course, the bosses of the production companies who also participated in the investment, as well as the two producers of Huafei Film and Television, do not need to thank them. After all, this is their own business, but like A few representatives from the movie theaters, like Liu Chengzhang's two friends in the circle, like Li Qian, can be regarded as friendly help.

Then, the discussion begins in earnest.

To Li Qian's surprise, the bosses who participated in the investment all praised the special effects of this movie so beautiful, and they almost praised the special effects of Minghu Culture and Lu Ming to the sky. Even the representatives of the movie theaters praised the magnificent special effects of this "Sword Fairy" when they spoke, and they are definitely not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters.

All in all, everyone is full of praise!

While they were speaking, Li Qian looked over one by one and could see that everyone's faces were filled with an inexplicable light of excitement.

This is really a very helpless thing!

The blockbuster films produced by Hollywood in recent years have made a lot of money at the domestic box office, making domestic films breathless. Their special effects must be one of the very important selling points. Therefore, Liu Chengzhang asked for a large investment to make special effects. Therefore, Li Qian felt that the opportunity was rare. He also wanted to use this opportunity to improve the special effects production ability of Minghu Culture even higher than the TV series special effects of "Legend of the New White Snake"! Therefore, he was burning money at any cost, and it was supposed to be a profitable business, but it made him lose money!

But in his heart, technical strength, especially the strength of special effects, is just a part of the movie! Even if it is a film that sells special effects, special effects are still only one of the components. Although the weight may be heavier, it is still one of them, not all of them!

But now it seems that from Hu Fei, Liu Chengzhang, to other investors of this movie, to the theater experts, they only saw Hollywood special effects!

Therefore, the special effects of "Sword Immortal" are awesome. Of course, the work is really awesome, especially the Chinese style flavor, the fairy mist, and all kinds of fairy fighting skills are really dazzling, but only because of the good special effects , everyone praised this film to the sky!

At this moment in time and space, there is indeed a lack of corresponding counterexamples in China, but in the United States in this time and space, there are already examples of blockbuster movies that cost money with special effects, and there are more than one or two! Not to mention that in another time and space, there are many examples where a lot of money was spent to make some gorgeous special effects and the results were so unbearable!

Li Qian was a little distressed, because he didn't know what to say when it was his turn next.

But at this moment, he lowered his head and thought, but suddenly heard an unexpected voice, "The special effects of the film are great, really great, but I think the story line is too weak, too scattered, and the characters appearing in a different way." Too many, causing everyone's image to be...how to say, a bit blurred and not clear enough."

With a swipe, the scene was cold at that time.

At the same time, Li Qian looked up in surprise—a middle-aged man in his forties.

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I'm sorry everyone, because I was studying in Luyuan, I was dragged into drinking, and these scumbags are holding me back, just not letting me come back to update the code words. I just returned to school at this point. Fortunately, I took the time to write it during the day, but it is a pity that this chapter is not finished. In order not to keep everyone waiting, I have to write the remaining half of the chapter tomorrow.

sorry!