Chapter 726 Too Much Ambition!

At first glance, this person makes people think that he should be a scholar.

He is in his forties, well-mannered and slightly thin, but there is an indescribable vigor in his body-the calm and deep light in his eyes, just like his speaking style, "I think the essence of contemporary movies, especially The essence of a commercial movie is to tell a story, at least you have to tell a few characters, but in this "Sword Fairy", I didn't see it! The story is loose, and the clues are very complicated, but there is no one It was finally explained clearly, and most of the characters were vague, which didn't impress me deeply."

This word... how dare he say it!

But, fortunately, the words were harsh enough, but he didn't seem to intend to be a villain on purpose, or in other words, he also knew that what he said was probably not very pleasing to say that he was a villain, so , I have said a few heavy words that I want to say, and I will accept it at one point.

"My personal opinion and suggestion is that this film should make some additions and deletions on the story line, and some branch lines and branch characters can be removed as appropriate, so that the story will be more exciting.... That's all."

As he spoke, Li Qian's eyes flicked across the faces of Hu Fei, Liu Chengzhang and others.

The smile on Hu Fei's face remained unchanged, Liu Chengzhang frowned slightly, and the other investors and producers couldn't help but look at each other.

And as soon as he finished speaking, a producer who should be from Huafei Film and Television had already retorted: "Professor Xin, although your criticism may not be unreasonable, but in my opinion, the current version is in the process of being refined. So far, it’s already exciting enough, right? Apart from anything else, in my opinion, it’s just the beautiful pictures of this movie, from the filming of the crew to the post-production after adding special effects. In my opinion, this alone is enough to attract the audience!"

After a pause, the man even said: "Even in my opinion, this movie can be transported abroad. Although Americans have watched a lot of blockbuster special effects movies, but like "Sword Immortal" has They have never seen a blockbuster movie with a strong Chinese flavor, and these beautiful scenery, these pictures full of Chinese fantasy style, should be novel enough for them, right?"

Li Qian sat at the end of the table, looking coldly at Hu Fei who was nodding with a smile, and Liu Chengzhang's original frown was loosened, and he seemed to be nodding his head slightly, as if he was thinking about the possibility of publishing abroad. But at this moment, that Professor Xin suddenly said: "It doesn't matter if they are Chinese, Chinese audiences, American audiences, or Japanese or European audiences, audiences buy tickets to watch a story, not A piece of landscape film, let alone a documentary of landscape!"

Li Qian lowered his head, knowing that he was coming soon.

At this time, the producer retorted, "Okay, let's talk about the story. I think the main line of the story in the movie is still very clear. Although the story may not be so novel and unique, it is an old-fashioned revenge story, but commercial movies Well, the story shouldn’t have been made too complicated! And this film, in my opinion, has a clear main line, with slightly more characters, which may indeed weaken the compactness of some parts of the story, but the whole story should be pointed out The places are still highlighted, there should be no doubt about this point, right?"

That Professor Xin Zhang Zhang, seems to argue, but in the end, he still shook his head and did not speak.

Hu Fei said at this time: "Continue, continue, the discussion meeting is to rely on the eyesight of experts to help us check it before it is released. Although Lao Liu is one of the best in our country in making commercial films, but the brainstorming is also for the sake of Do better!"

While speaking, his eyes swept over the conference table, and then he smiled and said, "Li Qian, tell me?"

It was unavoidable, Li Qian thought for a while, and said: "Actually, during the stage of the script, Director Liu and I discussed that he wants to be a fairy tale, and I have 120 supporters. He said he hoped to be able to Cooperate with the special effects department of our Minghu culture. I don’t want the Hollywood special effects company to make money. I support it! I told him, how much money you invest in, I promise not to earn a cent, and I will invest all of it for you Go in, and strive to make the special effects of your film the best it can be! In fact, we did lose money after taking on such a large job. However, everyone has seen the results we have gained. , As far as the special effect itself is concerned, I am very satisfied, and Director Liu's framing and shooting are all fine, so I have nothing to say."

Hearing what Li Qian said, Liu Chengzhang finally showed a slight smile on his face.

However, before he was happy, Li Qian changed the subject and continued: "However, I still insist on my point of view. I also talked with Director Liu during the script discussion stage. Of course, my The point of view is the same as...Professor Xin? Our point of view is roughly similar."

"I also think that the story line of this film is indeed a little weaker. Specifically... the branches and leaves are thick, but the tree is slender. Of course... when the special effects were finished before, Director Liu went to our company, We watched the version together at that time. I remember that version was almost 160 minutes long. This version has been finely edited. Compared with that version, some aspects are slightly better, and the backbone is clearer, but as far as I am concerned In other words, if it is released, I am more optimistic about the original 160-minute version, because in my opinion, although the pace of that version is slower and the time is too long, at least the branches and leaves are stretched and the story is complete."

Saying these words, will not offend people? Will it offend Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang?

Probably will.

But Li Qian hesitated for a long time, and finally said so.

In fact, when I first watched the 160-minute version, Li Qian also suggested that Liu Chengzhang cut out the redundant beauty and special effects in this film, as well as those branch lines that have little to do with the main story.

In the current era, in the mature commercial film environment of Hollywood, investing 30 million U.S. dollars to make a film is still considered a high investment era. Liu Chengzhang proposed to spend 100 million to make a Chinese-style movie. The Xianxia special effects blockbuster is used to confront the United States. It can be said that his ideas are very bold and his actions are also very bold. 100 million Chinese yuan, equivalent to about 50 million U.S. dollars, is definitely a big investment in Hollywood!

Liu Chengzhang's personal directing ability is of course unquestionable, but the problem is that his heart is too big!

I want this, I want that too, the characters can't be lost, the story can't be lost, the scenery and the special effects, so I have to pay more, to compete with Hollywood, but the problem is, so many of his ambitions, but Not a 120-minute movie can accommodate all of them!

And he just couldn't make a choice, couldn't restrain his ambition a little bit!

Even in Li Qian's view, his 160-minute version was not able to fully accommodate all his ambitions, and after a period of refined editing over and over again, it is obvious that Liu Chengzhang himself knew that he It is impossible to show a 160-minute version. The maximum duration that can be given to him is 120 minutes. You know, for theaters, your movie is 160 minutes. If the price is high, the tickets will not be so expensive. It's easy to sell, and it's a disadvantage when it comes to filming. Other screening halls can line up seven films a day, but your hall can only line up six... So, he had to be ruthless and cut some things.

But unfortunately, in his opinion, special effects and scenery, as well as those gorgeous Chinese-style battles with fairy magic formations, are the more important part of his ambition, but he still wants to keep the story! Therefore, the stories that can barely be accommodated in the 160-minute version, and most of the branch lines, are not so complete and kept in the 120-minute version!

That is naturally even more incomplete!

So, in the end, what he presented was such a deformed child.

The scenery, special effects, and fighting are all kept as much as possible, occupying a considerable length and space of the whole movie, and the various storylines and characters that were not full enough in the first place have been cut down to make them more skinny—a lot The characters are all just starting to pick up the thread, maybe ordinary movie audiences haven't understood what's going on, and this character is over! So much so that even Li Qian felt that this character appeared in the plot just for the sake of appearance, not what kind of story the director wanted to tell from this character!

The problem is, characters and threads like this, not to mention everywhere in this 120-minute version, at least you can count a lot of them at random!

For a commercial feature film, this is really embarrassing!

So, just offend if you offend, if you think so in your heart, then speak out!

Because, with an investment of 100 million, it is said that colleagues are enemies, but Li Qian has never thought about it. He hopes from the bottom of his heart that the Chinese film industry will win a brilliant victory in this battle against Hollywood special effects blockbusters. Victory - the biggest enemy of the Chinese film industry at present, in Li Qian's view, is Hollywood films, not a battle between two companies or two directors.

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After Li Qian finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene was a bit chilly.

Liu Chengzhang's face was a little displeased, and then he showed a pensive look.

No one else spoke, and Hu Fei didn't call anyone by name. Everyone's eyes were on Liu Chengzhang—the inside, especially the people sitting in the meeting room, knew that this "Sword Immortal" The final editing rights are in the hands of Liu Chengzhang.

And Liu Chengzhang is a very proud person.

For a full minute or two, apart from the occasional sound of raising a cup to drink water, the entire meeting room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Then, Liu Chengzhang looked at everyone, especially Li Qian, and said, "I stick to my idea, this is the best version I can come up with!"

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