Chapter 887 How Far Is It From the Master
"...The emperor has seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, and they are all supported by the state. I am only a daughter-in-law, and she divorced me. My life is a tragedy!"
"This is you, this is me, this is Taylor, I can see farther than you, Taylor can see farther than me, Buddha can see... infinitely far!"
"Do your DVDs have a super error correction function? Yes? That's right! We must resolutely protect the national film industry and fight against piracy. Everyone is responsible!"
"There was a lunatic asylum. There were too many patients in the lunatic asylum, and they were all fools. There were not enough doctors and nurses in the hospital. The head of the hospital came up with an idea: let the patients manage the patients. Choose a patient on each floor to be the head of the building. Of course, you have to choose the one with a more normal mind. So the dean came to the first floor..."
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The time is March 27th, Tuesday.
In the well-decorated audio-visual room on the ninth floor of Minghu Culture, all the high-level executives from the company and the film and television department, as well as several current directors and producers of the company in Shuntianfu, were all present.
Li Qian, Qi Jie, Cao Zhan, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang, Lu Lingxi, Sun Yuting, Huang Wenjuan, relevant personnel from the company's publicity department, film and television distribution department and theater chain.
And... Feng Bicheng.
Add up to thirteen people.
It has to be said that when encountering a character like Youyou in "Big Wrist", Huang Ge, a small third-tier supporting role who usually doesn't look very eye-catching, suddenly exploded with full strength.
Absolutely, absolutely, it is eye-catching.
This guy's acting skills are usually natural, so when he encounters such a black comedy, no matter whether he shouts loudly or pretends to be low-key, almost every sentence has a natural smile that makes you want to laugh!
As a result, he almost completely dominates the film.
Even at such an internal movie viewing meeting, all the senior executives in Minghu Culture are present here. Many people have read the script or heard the outline of the story, but after sitting down and entering the plot, they still can’t control it. I was amused by this movie time and time again.
The most eye-catching among them is undoubtedly the role of Youyou played by Huang Ge.
Under his outstanding performance, Bai Yujing was basically reduced to a beautiful big vase.
Of course, this is mainly because the role of Youyou is too dazzling and full of freshness. Even if Zhao Meicheng has filmed a series of urban comedies with the theme of small citizens before, it is definitely not the same way as this one. So, this light covers everything.
And if you look at this point rationally, looking back, Bai Yujing's portrayal of a Chinese beauty who grew up abroad and speaks a somewhat awkward Chinese is quite successful.
The beauty is bubbling, and the western style is natural.
With every gesture, there was a natural tease between the eyebrows and eyes.
Well, compared to the beauty of Guan Da in the other time and space original work, it is not much better.
It's just, well, the acting tree that I finally clicked on for her probably shrunk back quite a bit! Now when the movie is released, the position of the big vase on her head will completely return.
In addition, um, there is no doubt that with the blessing of Li Qian's script and the full support of all the powerful actors in the Shuntianfu Drama Theater, the supporting actors in this movie are all incomparable. Fresh.
Especially the big names in the psychiatric hospital, it was like a group of demons dancing wildly——
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"We must choose the best prime location, hire a French designer, and build the highest-end apartment. The elevator directly enters the home, and the minimum apartment size is 400 square meters. What kind of broadband, optical cable, and satellite can be connected to him? Let him connect everything. There is a garden upstairs, a swimming pool inside the building, and an English butler in a wig. He looks like a gentleman. Once the owner enters the door, he has to talk to him no matter what happens. Said: 'may-I-help-you, sir?' With an authentic British London accent, Bel has face."
"Build another aristocratic school in the community, and use Harvard's textbooks, which will cost tens of thousands of dollars a year. Build another American clinic, with round-the-clock consultations. It's just a word, expensive! It costs a fortune to catch a cold. The neighbors around are either driving BMW or Mercedes-Benz, if you drive a Japanese car, you are too embarrassed to say hello to them. How much do you have to sell such an apartment per square meter?"
"I think it's worth two thousand dollars anyway. Two thousand dollars? That's the cost! It starts at four thousand dollars! Don't think it's expensive, and don't discount it. You have to study the owner's shopping psychology. Owners who are willing to pay two thousand dollars to buy a house, I don’t care about spending another two thousand more. Do you know what a successful person is? A successful person is one who buys the most expensive and not the best. Therefore, our real estate slogan is: don’t seek the best, But ask for the most expensive!"
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From the beginning of this scene in the mental hospital, the low laughter in the audio-visual room has not stopped.
For an ordinary movie viewer, this kind of detail is actually very fatal-you may not be the kind who laughs with everyone, but seeing this piece, hearing these psychopaths go into hysteria so seriously , that kind of feeling will make you twitch your shoulders and laugh like a fool alone!
Theoretically speaking, in a comedy movie, if you can come up with two or three passages like this, the movie will be a hit - such passages are simply the best word-of-mouth weapon! You don't need to say anything, after watching the movie, the audience will spontaneously promote it for you.
And in the movie "Big Wrist", jokes like this abound.
As a result, the big names in a certain reality film and television industry have been laughing non-stop for almost ten minutes, laughing at every joke, and basically none of the jokes prepared in the script were wasted!
Of course, this must mean that Feng Bicheng's directorial work has been done very well - from the script on paper to the film screen with precise rhythm and excellent performance, all of this is his work.
After the movie screening was over, Huang Wenjuan just got up to turn on the lights, but Feng Bicheng cleverly got up ahead of time to turn on the headlights in the audio-visual room.
Everyone's laughter during the screening just now should be regarded as the best comment. So, as soon as the lights came on, Li Qian stood up and didn't plan to go to the conference room, so he asked directly, "Tell me? What do you think?"
Cao Zhan was the first to speak, "I think it's pretty good, almost perfect!"
Sun Yuting spoke second, "Great! One of the best black humor I've ever seen!"
Lu Lingxi said: "The degree of completion is very high, and the integrity is very good!"
Jin Han said: "I give ninety-five points! It's very DIAO!"
Li Qian finally turned his head and looked at Han Shunzhang.
He is one of the three producers of this film, and he also acted as the producer of this film instead of himself. If Feng Bicheng is currently leading everything in this film, then the person standing behind him will control the overall situation for him. The person is undoubtedly Han Shunzhang.
This movie, at least half of his effort.
At this time, meeting Li Qian's gaze, Han Shunzhang nodded.
In fact, the current version of the movie, its shooting, editing, and even performance, basically strictly followed the script given by Li Qian. Among them, there are very few changes, additions, deletions and adjustments to the scenes and character creation at the director level.
In other words, this is a typical "screenplay".
The logic of the script, after repeated scrutiny, generally tends to be more logical, while the director's re-creation, on-the-spot play, and even additions and deletions to the plot and characters in the middle of filming often easily lead to an imbalance in the structure of a play , The logic loses its rigor.
Of course, in the end, the director can also reconstruct the story through editing, and strive to present a good movie with strict logic, full of characters, and a smooth story in the final version submitted.
But often, directors who like to change the script on the spot, no matter how good or bad the final version is, will often be very different from the original script.
But for the current "Big Wrist", Feng Bicheng's completed work is basically more than 95%, which greatly follows the plan of the script and rarely makes his own adjustments.
At first glance, it seems that this will make the director's ability appear mediocre, and he will only follow the gourd, but in fact, this is one of the characteristics of a relatively strong directing ability.
A director, especially a successful commercial director, must be a super dancer who is especially good at dancing in shackles-do not change the script, do not change the dialogue, do not change the characters, basically shoot according to the script, But on the one hand, it perfectly presents the style and characteristics of the script; The director's personal thoughts on the story.
This is rare!
Even in Li Qian's view, such ability is beyond the scope of Feng Bicheng's ability.
However, he is indeed so beautiful.
After Li Qian finished reading it, he felt that he basically had nothing to say.
So, after asking everyone's opinions, Li Qian clapped his hands, "Okay, that's it for now, Lao Jin, Lao Han, turn around and give me a suggestion for adjustment from your film and television department, the propaganda department, the distribution department, your work Hurry up and report to Mr. Qi! This is a good movie, if it doesn’t sell well, I’ll settle the score with you!... The meeting is over!"
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Feng Bicheng stood at the door.
From coming to watch the film, entering the door, to the end of the screening, to having a small meeting on the spot, and then to the end of the meeting, Li Qian walked out of the video room, from the beginning to the end, without looking at him.
Feng Bicheng lowered his head and watched everyone leave.
When Cao Zhan walked out the door, he stopped deliberately, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "It's really great!"
Feng Bicheng smiled gratefully and nodded, "Thank you Mr. Cao!"
With Cao Zhan taking the lead, everyone else praised them more or less, lightly or heavily. Only Qi Jie and Sun Yuting left without saying a word.
Qi Jie was still calm, but Sun Yuting just turned her head and gave him a serious look, with undisguised disgust on her face.
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After returning to the office, Qi Jie said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that his level is really not bad!"
Li Qian answered him calmly, "There are quite a few directors who are not bad."
Qi Jie shrugged, smiled, and went out without saying anything.
In the past few days, since "Red Sorghum" broke 100 million at the box office for two consecutive weeks, she has been in a great mood. Originally, her opinion of Feng Bicheng was even worse than that of Li Qian, but at this time, she seems to be bearish. .
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March has come to the last few days without knowing it.
For the Chinese film industry, March this year is obviously an impressive month.
"Red Sorghum" won the award in Berlin, and Li Qian's acceptance speech made the domestic film circles full of praise, and then "Red Sorghum" was released in China. In a situation that was not very optimistic, the box office broke 100 million in two weeks, thus Completed a double breakthrough of trophies and box office!
Since then, "Red Sorghum" will undoubtedly become the most important benchmark for domestic films and domestic literary films! Even, it has stepped into the hall of classics with one foot!
Then, it is conceivable that the box office has exceeded 100 million for two consecutive weeks, and even in the case of serious underestimates like last week, with the extremely inferior film scheduling rate, it has abruptly completed the reversal of a newly released commercial blockbuster. , No one will doubt the blockbuster ability of "Red Sorghum" anymore.
Therefore, in the last week of March, the filming rate of "Red Sorghum" rebounded rapidly. Although it was not as high as the extremely high filming rate of the first two weekends in the first week, it still returned to more than 40% all of a sudden. On the other side of the country's major and medium-sized theaters, they have remained stable.
The main reason is that "A Fate" collapsed at the first touch, making "Red Sorghum" almost completely without a decent opponent in the next two weeks! With the box office of "Red Sorghum" exceeding 100 million for two consecutive weeks, the domestic topic about this movie has been completely fermented, and it has become a national topic. The increase in attention will naturally bring more viewers.
At the same time as the substantial increase in the screening rate of "Red Sorghum", it is the steady decline in the screening rate of "A Fate" in major theaters-in the new week, this is only the commercial blockbuster released in the second week, On average, only 26% of the films were scheduled, far below the original expectations of the industry and publishers.
Oh, by the way, after three hours of back-and-forth negotiations, when "Red Sorghum" entered its third week of screenings, Oriental Cinemas finally chose to re-sign the screening agreement.
In the end, they obtained 286 new copies from Minghu Culture with a share ratio higher than the market baseline, much higher than their own negotiation standards, and relatively strict screening requirements, and finally caught up with the last train At that time, the screening rate of "Red Sorghum" in its own cinemas was increased to 46% of the market's relatively high screening rate.
And in such a week, "Red Sorghum", which has basically lost its opponent, although the average attendance rate on weekdays began to drop below 40%, and the attendance rate on weekends was only slightly more than 70%. In the third week of its release, still relying on a relatively high screening rate, it won a box office of 88.56 million in one fell swoop!
Adding up the box office in the first three weeks, the cumulative domestic box office has successfully reached a high of 337.34 million!
Breaking through 400 million box office in the future has become inevitable!
Although it is difficult to break 500 million, it is not impossible - because literary films, especially those with a good reputation, have their own long-term blockbuster skills!
And even if it doesn't exceed 500 million in the end, it's just over 400 million at the box office, which is enough to make the movie "Red Sorghum" proud of the world.
Don't say that literary and artistic films are definitely the number one in history, even compared with many commercial blockbusters, it can already proudly announce that it has officially entered the top three domestic film box office rankings!
First place, "Gate of Life and Death", second place, "Once Upon a Time", third place, "Red Sorghum"!
The sum of the box office of the past three films, "My Sassy Girl", "Once Upon a Time" and "Red Sorghum", means that Li Qian will formally surpass Liu Chengzhang and Qin Wei to become the top-grossing director in China The throne of the first place - of course, the newspaper said that perhaps Li Qian could not hold this seat for too long.
Because "Golden Terrace" will be released soon, and "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" is not the work of Li Qian's director, so it cannot be counted under his personal name.
But even so, after the big sales of three films successively, and the breakthrough of "Red Sorghum" in the awards, Li Qian is no longer qualified to be regarded as a fledgling film rookie. .
He is already one of the top film directors in the country!
Some people even jokingly said: Li Qian is only short of a gray beard from being called a master!
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The time has entered April, and the first five days of its release were more than 10 million yuan, and the next week also received a somewhat surprising box office of more than 46 million yuan. Although "Bad Life" is still insisting on promotion, their box office and word of mouth are not as good as they are. There is no sign of collapse, but there is no doubt that under the cover of the excellent box office and word-of-mouth of "Red Sorghum", especially under the cover of the rising national topic, no matter how hard the publisher tries to promote it, it will never win again. to more attention.
Not to mention that when the time entered April, the brand new blockbuster "Lonely Smoke in the Desert" produced by the famous director Du Weiyun, produced by Oriental Media Group, had already begun to promote it in full swing.
In this regard, although there is still a certain amount of box office to be harvested in the follow-up, "A Deadly Life" was completely submerged by the market silently.
At this time, on Minghu Culture's side, the company's most grandiose celebration banquet in the past seven years is about to begin.
For such a celebration banquet, the entire movie circle and entertainment circle paid great attention to it.
Because of the overall success of "Red Sorghum", since "Legend of the New White Snake", to "Once Upon a Time" and "Red Sorghum", the film and television power they have devoted themselves to create is seen by the entire circle. , seems to have reached an unprecedented height.
It seems that the Minghu culture at this moment, even if it is simply talking about the ability and resources of film and television production, is already enough to be compared with Dongfang Media Group, Huafei Film and Television, and Jinghua Film, which are commonly known as the three mountains of domestic film.
This company is already a huge existence that practitioners in the domestic entertainment and movie circles cannot ignore, whether you like it or not!
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Just because I didn't ask for a monthly pass yesterday, I immediately fell to the fifteenth place!
You see, how can I not ask for it? How dare you rest?
Please help me a little more, if you have tickets in hand, please give me more support!
Thank you thank you thank you!