Chapter 781

On January 18, 2002, the National Film and TV Drama Great Wall Award Ceremony was held. Li Qian led the crew members of "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Princess Returning the Pearl" in costumes to attend.

And the result was a happy one.

The popularity of Li Qian, Minghu Culture and the popularity of these actors can help the Great Wall Award attract a lot of extra attention, and the Great Wall Award has once again faithfully fulfilled its position of "never biased towards pure literary films" , so in the end, the harvest of the two plays is quite satisfactory.

Especially "Princess Returning the Pearl".

Similar to "Legend of the New White Snake" back then, this drama is so popular, it seems that if you don't give it an award, your credibility of the award will not be enough!

Therefore, the best TV series Li Qian, the best screenwriter Li Qian, the best theme song Ge Rilen, as well as the best actress Liu Yan, the best supporting actress Zhao Mingqi, and the best TV drama newcomer Liu Yan, all won!

Of course, even so, the suspicion of splitting the cake is still a bit heavy. For example, the best TV series and the best screenwriter were both given to Li Qian, and to "Princess Returning the Pearl", but the best director was actually given to "The Era of Youth" Lu Ruoying——If you say that there is nothing tricky about it, I'm afraid no one will believe it!

Then, "My Sassy Girl"'s film record is a little pitiful.

Because after "My Sassy Girl" this year, those few outstanding domestic blockbusters are really competitive enough in terms of box office, influence, and topicality.

And the key is... His qualifications are enough!

Therefore, Du Weiyun's "The Assassin" won the best director and best editing, and the crew of "Sword Immortal" led by Hu Fei won the best photography, and it was hailed as the biggest surprise of this year's domestic film "Across the World", as Wu Han's rising work, surprisingly won the best film title!

Not to mention "My Sassy Girlfriend", which is purely for running, "Assassin" has been very popular before, and "Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan" also has considerable supporters, isn't it all in vain?

Not to mention, um, on the crew of "Let's Talk Big Business", which was released in January last year, Zhao Meicheng was probably even more disappointed.

However, he is slightly better than Li Qian, at least they also won a best screenwriter.

As for "My Sassy Girlfriend", Li Qian had won three nominations for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay by himself, but in the end, all of them fell through.

In the end, the only harvest for the entire crew was that He Yingyu won the best newcomer.

It's really a bit of a disappointment.

Fortunately, Li Qian never valued these so-called awards.

Don't talk about these domestic awards, in fact, he doesn't value foreign ones. Unless at some special moment and under special circumstances, he feels that he needs an award to pave the way for a certain work or project of his, otherwise, it doesn't matter whether he wins an award or not.

Of course, it may also be because Li Qian feels that he has just started, so he doesn't pay much attention to awards. An old fritter like Zhao Meicheng, who has been in the film industry for more than ten years, has always been very successful in business, but has always been None of them have been recognized by any decent awards. Similarly, Zheng Yuan and Guo Yulong are top superstars, and they have never received any awards. They will value these more.

But whether you win the prize or not really doesn't affect people continuing to make a lot of money!

"My Name Is Auspicious" is another typical market comedy, Zhao Meicheng is really good at this, and this market, Zhao's comedy plus Spring Festival, has been thoroughly developed by him, so, as long as the standard Not to lose, it is really the rhythm of making money properly - this time the investment is not small, it is said to be 50 million, it is said that the real deal is about 35 million, but it broke 100 million in the first week of the release, and even though the second week The attendance rate of movie theaters across the country is falling, but the price of movie tickets has increased after all. The impact on the box office is that compared with the same period last year, it has not risen, but it has not fallen. After consumption, "My Name Is Auspicious" still got a high box office of 58.36 million in the second week, as in previous years, and continued to lead the weekly box office list!

It is designated to earn more than 100 million at the box office. It has only been two weeks, and it has already reached more than 160 million. What else do you want?

If you want to say that the most profitable person among domestic film directors, there is no one else except him!

In contrast, Yuan Dacheng's "Scar" is a bit miserable-in fact, Li Qian is still quite puzzled. How could such a story and such a name be so stupid that he chose to set it for the Spring Festival?

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and bonuses will be issued at the end of the year, who is not happy? At this time, how many people would be interested in watching a movie called "Scar"?

Like someone else Zhao Meicheng, how accurate is it to touch the minds of Chinese people! I just shoot commercial comedy, I just tell an ordinary story, with a fixed team and a fixed routine, I just make you laugh, and I rush to release it before the Chinese New Year, every year before the Chinese New Year, I will make you laugh, By the way, I'll get you a few popular phrases to pretend to be cool at home, and chat with relatives and friends when eating and drinking during the Chinese New Year. You can still do publicity for me and spread word of mouth!

Then, everyone likes it, the reputation is very good, and a lot of money is earned, so it's time to work!

Like this year, the name of their movie is "My Name Is Auspicious", listen to it, how auspicious it is! What a delight!

Therefore, "My Name Is Auspicious" exceeded 100 million in the first week, and continued to lead the box office list in the second week. As for "Scar", although after watching it, Li Qian felt that the quality level was quite good, and the director also patiently talked about a period of exhaustion in life. There is a good story with a touch of warmth in it, and the performances of Bai Yujing's partner Cheng Yifan are also above the standard.

But, it just doesn't sell well!

It was released on Monday, January 4, and Minghu Culture dispatched a large number of stars to support Bai Yujing for its premiere for free, but its first week of screenings only earned a box office of 7.28 million!

Although the total investment of this movie is only 8 million, a large part of it is spent on the remuneration of the male and female protagonists. It is said that in the current domestic film industry, the investment is really not high, but can it be paid back?

Hard to say!

Of course, regardless of whether the final movie can pay off or not, Lao Bai's big-screen debut after his comeback is at least quite a success!

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January 20, 2002, night.

In a high-end private restaurant in Shuntian Prefecture, there are thirteen people and a table of wine and food.

For the third time, Li Qian met Yuan Ke, one of the three big names in the domestic film industry.

It's a pity that there is no joy, but a little sadness.

The person sitting in the top seat at the wine board is an absolute tycoon in the domestic TV drama circle, and also Li Qian's long-term friend, Feng Yumin.

The guest was the boss of Jinghua Film Company, that is, Zhao Meicheng's boss, Yuan Ke.

Feng Yumin is here, sit down, Li Qian also received the invitation, and brought Bai Yujing over, even Yu Bojun, who is currently staring at the later stage of the album, also came, and Zhang Lei, a well-known powerful actor in China, was also invited to come, Li Linlin, who was praised by the domestic media and movie fans as having a "closed moon and shameful flower" beauty, was awarded the Great Wall Award for her movie "Yang Yuhuan" in 1999. As Yuan Ke's concubine, she even came out to entertain guests in person.

Then, um, the scary thing is that Du Yihua, the boss of Xingyu Media, also came!

In Li Qian's heart, she was originally a god, but now she has been promoted to "immortal" in a straight line - at the same time, she has dealt with Zhou Yanghua and Hu Fei.

What the hell!

At the same time, as a guest of the three big mountains in the domestic film industry, he can chat with any of them, discuss business and promote actors, this skill and ability is really amazing!

Moreover, at such a high-end banquet, she actually brought three young actors, one man and two women, who looked more imposing than Yuan Ke as the host!

On Yuan Ke's side, because "My Name is Ji Xiang" is being promoted nationwide by Zhao Meicheng, most of the generals are not at home, and they only bring a girl who is probably going to be promoted next to support the scene.

Of course, Li Qian didn't know him.

As for Xingyu Media, although the two girls Li Qian brought by Du Yihua have no impression, the male Li Qian does know him. He is a popular young student that Xingyu Media has been promoting for the past two years. Cheng Suping's partner starred in "Full House" produced by Minghu Culture and directed by Jin Han, which has not yet been broadcast.

Well, according to what Cheng Suping whispered during the meal before, this young man is very sensible, and he was very honest when filming. The director and the heroine didn't say anything, and he himself proposed to shoot in a wrong position in advance.

Therefore, Li Qian had a good impression of him.

Of course, that's my senior sister!

Then, um, the purpose of this small banquet is very clear, Yuan Ke is about to go into the water.

There are three big mountains in domestic film companies, each of which is surrounded by a powerful big-name director. Zhou Yanghua's Dongfang Media has always relied on Du Weiyun to support its brand, Hu Fei's Huafei Film and Television has an inseparable friendship with Qin Wei, and Yuan Ke has been in the world for so many years The top card in his hand is of course Zhao Meicheng.

However, the paths of the three companies are not the same.

Zhou Yanghua's Dongfang Media has the largest scale and the strongest strength. He is even the only one among the three companies that has its own theater chain. Over the years, Du Weiyun, as the art director and chief director of Dongfang Media, has been in charge of making signs and winning awards. And the word-of-mouth one, of course, the master, not only has a good reputation, but also can always make money when the movie comes out, but the little he earns is not a big deal for Dongfang Media.

In addition to Du Weiyun, Zhou Yanghua also has a few well-known directors under him, such as Wu Han, who suddenly broke out in the summer of 2001, and has been making various commercial films for him in a muffled voice, responsible for making money.

Hu Fei's Huafei film and television, in terms of scale and influence, was originally comparable to Yuan Ke's Jinghua film, but since Liu Chengzhang was added to Qin Wei, the momentum suddenly rose, and, don't look at it The box office of "Sword Immortal" seems to be unsatisfactory. Everyone agrees that Hu Fei probably has to pay a little bit this time, but that is just a calculation of short-term benefits. It is unavoidably short-sighted to only watch this movie.

In fact, what Hu Fei said in the interview was unanimously approved by the truly powerful bigwigs in this circle: Although "Sword Immortal" is a bit big and a bit off-line, but he gave up Liu Chengzhang, Who can guarantee that he can play to that level?

Moreover, it is only a small loss for a film, but it has accumulated a lot of experience in the production of commercial special effects blockbusters that are more important than money in the current domestic film industry! Based on Liu Chengzhang's level, with "The Swordsman and the Monk" and "Sword Immortal" as his endorsement at the box office of more than 500 million combined, and with the experience of not being too successful this time, who dares to say that Liu Chengzhang's next movie will not be good? Will it be big?

Therefore, Hu Fei actually thought very clearly.

With such a large investment in "Sword Immortal", it did not achieve the expected box office hit, but he never criticized Liu Chengzhang from the beginning to the end. Stand in a trench, help him criticize and fight against all heroes!

To put it bluntly, the future Liu Chengzhang is still a big gold mine!

In contrast, although Zhao Meicheng makes one film a year, it still sells well every year. It is of course no problem to be the king of Lunar New Year files, and to be the top brand of Jinghua Films. However, compared with the rapid development of the other two, Yuan Ke probably felt that she needed to expand beyond Zhao Meicheng.

And his thinking is almost exactly the same as that of Zhou Yanghua's Dongfang Media a few years ago!

That is to go down from the film production, and start to get involved in the production of TV dramas that have become more and more popular in China in recent years!

However, in Li Qian’s opinion, compared with Zhou Yanghua’s attempt to acquire Jiang Meicheng’s Meicheng Film and Television and Xu Wenhua’s Lu Huanzhang’s Huazhang Film and Television, and taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the TV drama production industry, Du Weiyun was in charge of producing TV dramas, and finally failed miserably. Come to think of it, Yuan Ke's train of thought should be relatively more reliable!

Because, he should have caught up with a good time, and besides... also found the right person.

Since 1997 and 1998, there have been discussions within Huaxia TV about the independence of the TV drama production center and the establishment of an independent legal person company to be responsible for the production of TV dramas. When being squeezed out and suppressed by Zhao Bingyuan, despite Li Qian's various invitations, he was always thinking about the possibility of going out independently in the future, and he never said yes.

But just in December 2001, suddenly, a meeting was held within Huaxia TV. Feng Yumin was forced to semi-retire. The director, and Lu Ruoying, who lost miserably in this year's TV drama ratings PK, is officially in charge. He is not yet fifty years old, and he has officially started to take charge of the leader of the domestic TV drama industry!

That's why at the Great Wall Awards ceremony, when Lu Ruoying came to the stage to receive the best director of TV series, Bai Yujing smiled and comforted Li Qian and said, "Don't be sad, this award was given to her just to flatter her." !"

Then, it is conceivable that Feng Yumin had been waiting for something for several years, and when he was about to get it, he was suddenly kicked away by someone. How disappointed must he be?

However, when Li Qian was drinking with him and wooing him again, he spoke very clearly.

Two meanings.

Level 1: There is no other way!

The senior management of Huaxia TV Station all know that the current director will retire next year in all likelihood, and the competition for the next director in the station is becoming increasingly fierce. And Zhao Bingyuan is a very competitive and powerful faction!

Feng Yumin was not originally a direct descendant of the old director, and was blocked by Zhao Bingyuan before. Feng Yumin relied on his old qualifications and authority, and did not seek refuge in the new mountain in time. At this time, he was kicked away, and almost no one spoke for him.

And Lu Ruoying's coming to power was Zhao Bingyuan's escape route for himself.

If the competition for director is successful, it is imperative for the TV drama production center to go out independently. No matter how powerful Lu Ruoying is, after all, in front of Zhao Bingyuan, who personally promoted her, it is difficult to be strong enough to let her go out to serve as the director of the new film and television company. Boss, Zhao Bingyuan will be very relieved.

If the competition for the director fails, Zhao Bingyuan is obviously unwilling to continue to be subordinate to others for many years. At that time, he will probably withdraw from China TV. The exchange condition is that the TV drama production center will become independent and become an independent legal entity , with him as the general manager!

Look, counting defeat before counting victory, this is called playing politics!

So after understanding Zhao Bingyuan's move, Feng Yumin could only let out a long sigh, feeling that he did not complain about the loss! Even if I continue to play, I will only have to be played to death!

So, he decided to run away! Leave China TV!

Of course, Li Qian continued to try his best to win him over!

After all, he is the king of the TV drama industry in China, if you pull him over, even if he is only a producer, and he can watch Li Qian a few more times, he is already worthy of a high salary and a high position.

But at that moment, his second meaning came out——

As for that kid Feng Bicheng, you should bring him more. He still has abilities and talents, but he just needs to hone his temper. When he is done, he can produce good things.

As for me, forget it.

very firm.

I don't know if it's because he doesn't want to accept Li Qian's little Wangnian to do things under him, or he doesn't want to stay in the same company as his son, anyway, it's like this: let's continue to be Wangnianjiao!

Then, Yuan Ke just made a move!

Li Qian even guessed that Yuan Ke should have started to make a move very early, but it was only recently that things finally came to fruition.

So, a few days after drinking with Li Qian, Feng Yumin called again and said bluntly: I want to partner with Yuan Ke!

Then, there will be today's small banquet.

Yuan Ke's Jinghua Film and Television provided the money, Feng Yumin provided the staff, and June 4 took the shares. A Feng Yumin studio was registered under Jinghua Film and Television. Five years, three plays, and a total investment of 100 million yuan!

Feng Yumin is in full control, and Yuan Ke is not allowed to intervene in any specific affairs except for the unified management of the company's finances!

Just like that, Feng Yumin was going to quit.