Chapter 727 We Are Stubborn, We Are Stubborn

Until he went downstairs and got into the car, Li Qian still clearly remembered Liu Chengzhang's stubborn eyes in his mind!

Suddenly, he couldn't help thinking: "Perhaps Liu Chengzhang himself is very aware of the problem with his final cut? It's just...it's just that he can't bear to make the final cut?"

Thinking about it again, it might not be impossible.

Of course, maybe it’s not really inseparable, it’s just that there is an indescribable confidence and persistence deep in my heart, which is doing the final support-from the very beginning, you said that I was wrong here, wrong there, you kept saying , Say, say, then I will prove it to you, I am right, you are all wrong!

Raising his hand to rub his forehead, Li Qian could not help but sigh.

Just two days ago, He Yingyu came over with the synopsis of Qin Wei's new movie "The Gate of Life and Death" and the script of the characters, and wanted Li Qian to talk about the scene first, so as not to be humiliated and wronged by Qin Wei when he joined the crew. As a result, Li Qian was speechless after reading the synopsis of the story, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

That script... tells a story that Li Qian doesn't even know if it's a story or not!

Therefore, Li Qian had no choice but to tell her, how do you understand yourself, and how to behave when the time comes, because Qin Wei is very fond of directing actors, as long as you ask for advice with an open mind, he will not be angry if you can't get into the show at the beginning.

Then, after she left, Li Qian pondered for a long time.

Why? This is simply incomprehensible!

Of course, film is a comprehensive art of all kinds. According to the principle of the wooden barrel theory, as long as you have one short board, no matter how long the other wooden boards are, it will not affect the maximum water storage capacity of the wooden barrel. The water storage capacity of the wooden barrel is determined forever. It's the shortest piece of wood.

In the time and space he experienced, the script was the most conspicuous shortcoming of the Chinese film industry, but in this time and space, it still seems to be the case!

The majestic film master claimed to invest 80 million yuan to make a commercial blockbuster, but the script he produced didn't even have a complete and mature story!

Is it because Chinese filmmakers really don't know how to make up stories, or do Chinese people have no talent for making up stories?

of course not!

In another time and space, in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s, countless classic movies and classic stories were born, and one after another top superstars with considerable influence throughout Asia became popular!

Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow, each of these star-studded names bears the imprint of many classic characters, which makes movie fans never forget after many years, and every classic character is obviously from A wonderful story from a classic movie!

To put it bluntly, even Wong Kar-wai, who seems to care the least about movie stories, who claims to have never had a script before filming, who claims to be selling emotions, atmosphere, and mood, is actually very good. Those who pay attention to the story, although his movies can be regarded as the king of the king in terms of rendering emotions and atmosphere, but what is hidden behind those changes in light and shadow, hidden behind the vague and secret emotions of the characters, is actually not fully revealed. Life and stories out of the water.

In fact, when it comes to this time and space, when it comes to Qin Wei, can you say that he can't make movies or tell stories? Obviously not! Although "Red Light District" is a literary film, the story is quite touching - in fact, only the story moves people first, the kind of humanistic care that the director wants to convey, the kind of exploration of the dark side of society and human nature , can really be passed on to the audience, and shock the audience!

Another example is Liu Chengzhang, with the name of a dead Wenqing movie like "The Swordsman and the Monk", he can actually sell 270 million at the box office. Can you say that Liu Chengzhang can't tell stories?

Obviously impossible!

In the past, he not only knew how to tell stories, he could tell them well, and he even put a charming outer packaging on the stories! This is how the record-breaking sales of "Swordsman and the Monk" came about!

It's just...they are already too powerful now!

It is so powerful that it has lost its restrictive power!

In other words, Chinese people, as long as they are Chinese, have a natural desire to tell stories!

But it is a pity that not everyone can tell stories, or stories in movies, even if you are a film master or a world-renowned director, you may not be the best at telling stories !

But at Qin Wei and Liu Chengzhang's stage, their desires and ambitions have swelled to the point that they think they can tell the story that is ready to come out in their hearts without being a screenwriter!

In other words, they think that their own ideas can already override the screenwriter's script!

It's a pity that, in Li Qian's view, they didn't make a good deal!

Without the screenwriter, they may still be an excellent director, but it is difficult for such an excellent director to make a good feature film!

Just like Zhang Guoshi in that time and space that Li Qian once experienced.

Of course, this is an old topic again. Why did the group of directors who emerged in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s not inflate after their success?

In fact, they also swell, including Stephen Chow!

But the problem is that Hong Kong is small and has a small population, which makes the directors and actors who grow up in the film and television circles there often grow up with multiple jobs!

At least seven or eight of their directors started as screenwriters!

The thing is so strange. Professional, structured, and categorized professional education can cultivate world-class masters and top professionals in all aspects, but there is almost no formal training, and they basically grow up by barbarism Movie people, although they lack the profound background of the palace level, they are often more comprehensive, at least there are no obvious shortcomings!

Moreover, the country is very large, so big that even if it is a literary film, there is enough population and audience base to support it, so it is easy for everyone to fall in the direction of literary films. However, Hong Kong is small and sparsely populated, and the box office is the lifeline. Movies grown up in that environment will have the minimum respect for the audience from beginning to end!

In other words, it is respect for the market and the box office!

Therefore, no matter how inflated they are, they will honestly tell a story first!

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For five or six minutes, Li Qian didn't speak or move, until the driver of the commercial vehicle asked, "Mr. Li, shall we go?" Perhaps he thought that Li Qian was waiting for Lu Ming, and he specifically explained One sentence, "Manager Lu drove here by himself." Li Qian came back to his senses, sighed again, slumped on the seat, waved his hands, and said, "Let's go, go back!"

As a result, on the way, I received another call from Hu Fei.

His tone is quite brisk. After all, although no one is against him, for him, Liu Chengzhang's ability is still very trustworthy, and whether it is the two producers of their company or the representative of the theater ——Especially important is the opinion of movie-watching experts from theaters—they are still unanimously optimistic about "Sword Immortal".

What's more, with Hu Fei's city and wisdom, it is obvious that someone will not immediately show his face just because someone bad-mouthed their company's film-he is a businessman, not an artist.

As soon as the phone was connected, he smiled and said: "I said I won't let you go, let's have a drink together at noon! As a result, you just left, brother Xin, that is the Professor Xin who has the same opinion as the two of you, so he asked me Where are you, I said I wanted to chat with you, but you ran away early!"

Li Qian smiled, "I still have some things to deal with, so I don't dare to drink if I stay here. Let's get together some time later. By the way, you can leave my number to that Professor Xin. He and I agree on the same point of view, people of the same path. I also want to talk to him."

Hu Fei laughed loudly and said "yes".

But after a while, he asked again: "You really don't like Lao Liu's film?"

After thinking about it, Li Qian said, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that the investment is too high. However, with the strength of your company and the fact that this special effect is possible, if the publicity is done well, the cost should be recovered, right?"

Li Qian's tone was full of doubts!

Considering the production investment and publicity expenses of this film, it is estimated that it will exceed 130 million, nearly 140 million. Basically, if this film wants to recover its investment, it must at least break through. The record of "The Swordsman and the Monk" is enough—in fact, Li Qian thinks that this should not be regarded as bad news, right?

But on the other end of the phone, Hu Fei was silent for a moment, smiled, and said: "Maybe Wang Po is selling melons? I have watched it several times, and I have watched it several times before you came. I don't think it's a big problem! I also I don't know movies, I don't know anything about art, I'm a businessman, and I'm an ordinary audience, so I think this movie should be worth spending more than a dozen yuan to watch, right?"

Li Qian thought for a while, and said, "Of course I hope the movie sells well! Only when the movie sells well can I get the reputation of our company's special effects department! The higher the box office, the better!"

Hu Fei laughed when he heard this.

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After hanging up the phone, Li Qian shook his head and smiled.

He could hear that the doubts of two or three people did not shake Hu Fei's confidence in this movie at all. From his tone, his psychological expectations for this movie were not just about saving capital!

"Then I can only wish you luck!" Li Qian thought to himself.

As soon as the car was about to go downstairs to the company, the phone rang again, this time it was actually Fang Baijin calling.

After Li Qian answered the phone, Fang Baijin said directly: "You shouldn't have said those words just now, Lao Liu was very angry!" After a pause, he said: "It's not that you don't know his temperament, why do you say that in front of him?" How many people let him lose face?"

Li Qian laughed, and after a while, he asked, "Isn't he listing me and Uncle Qin as the least welcome people?"

Fang Baijin also laughed when he heard the words, "You guys... alas!"

Li Qian said with a smile: "When the movie is released later, if it sells well, then you can make an appointment for me. I will serve Brother Liu to apologize, and admit that I was wrong!"

Hearing the words, Fang Baijin sighed again, and then he suddenly said: "You, with Lao Liu, with Qin Wei, you are really... To tell you the truth, if you are not so lucky and just find Mr. Qi to do it for you Butler, you now... Hey, let’s not talk about it, besides, I will become you too!"

Li Qian was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then he sighed slowly and said, "Yes!"

"Actually, we are all the same person, stubborn, even paranoid!"

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Try to come up with the second chapter today!