Chapter 909 Chapter 209 Good Story, I Have It!

Cannes, a small city in Europe, quickly switched to a business model after the two-week film festival closed. The transaction reached a peak in an instant.

John Dess made a plan and talked happily with various publishers in Europe and America.

As mascots, Jin Han and Zhao Yingying are by his side, and they are important bargaining chips for him in every business negotiation. "Small themes" are not enough to be called popular movies.

"Red Sorghum" is also a literary film, but its time dimension, character dimension and story dimension, no matter from which aspect, can be included in the category of popular films.

Therefore, after "Red Sorghum" swept Berlin, its value rose sharply in places like Europe where there is a market for literary and artistic films. Even if "Peacock" won the best actress in Cannes, it has a good reputation. It is one of the most popular films at the festival, but its commercial value is still collectively judged to be limited—and therefore, although John Deiss is full of skill, this film is destined to be impossible to sell "Red Sorghum". "The high price of that level comes.

Of course, how much this movie can sell actually only determines how much it can earn, and it is impossible to lose money—if you look back and count, apart from the TV series production task received from Minghu Culture, this It should be the first work that Jin Han has shot without losing money in so many years.

But he was still somewhat disappointed.

Although the momentum is not as good as the four trophies "Red Sorghum" won in Berlin at the beginning of the year, it can be regarded as a surprise in Cannes. In addition, the European film market has been driven by several Chinese films in the past two years. A little bit of Chinese enthusiasm, but unfortunately, "Peacock" did not sell at a price that made him feel comfortable.

Moreover, he had seen the overseas distribution and buyout data of "Red Sorghum" in the company beforehand, so compared with the popularity of "Red Sorghum" in European countries, the level of negotiation for "Peacock" was higher than that of "Red Sorghum". It was more than a little worse, and it also made him quite disappointed.

For example, the distribution rights of "Red Sorghum" in Germany and Poland were bought out by an E.X. company there for a total of 5.2 million US dollars. ·Daiss went back and forth for two or three rounds, and the final offer was only 1.4 million US dollars.

Differs greatly.

After eleven o'clock in the evening local time, many film distribution rights transactions after the closing of the film festival were still being negotiated. Jin Han and Zhao Yingying followed John Deiss for a while, and were arranged to accept interviews with many European media. After finally finishing his work, Jin Han held his breath a little bit when he saw the quotations collected by John Dyce. He knocked on Li Qian's door, wanting to chat with him, only to find that he was not there.

Waking up early the next morning, John Deiss made an appointment to meet again, but at the same time, Qin Nuo had brought over the interview schedule arranged for him and Zhao Yingying in the next few days—these interviews, interviews , It was all decided by John Dess. Although Jin Han didn't have a good impression of this foreigner, he knew that this guy was an expert in the European and American film circles. At this time when he just won an award, he should actively use his face to increase his popularity. , He couldn't make any comments, so he could only follow the schedule and deal with the media one after another.

During lunch, I met Li Qian, and I didn't have time to express my inner feelings, so I could only make an appointment to find a time to talk carefully after returning to China—because Li Qian had to take the film crew with me in advance for the afternoon flight. A few guys who didn't have an interview mission went back to China together.

In the end, only Qin Nuo, Jin Han and Zhao Yingying will be left on Minghu Culture's side in Cannes, with John Dyce in charge of leading and managing the team. In addition, Han Meilin can only be regarded as Jin Han's personal assistant, and she has nothing to do with Minghu Culture.

In fact, at this time, the country has turned upside down.

A statement was brought up again at this time, and it was unanimously recognized by more and more media-this year is an unprecedented year for Chinese movies!

In terms of art and awards, "Red Sorghum" swept the Berlin Film Festival first, and then "Peacock" made a girl Zhao Yingying, whom almost no one had heard of before, the winner of Cannes!

In terms of business and the market, a series of excellent movies such as "Red Sorghum" and "Big Wrist" have exploded at the box office one after another. Even "Great Desert Smoke", which is generally recognized as mediocre in quality and deviant in word-of-mouth, earned more than 260 million yuan. Since 2003, in the past five months, there have been four domestic films with a box office of more than 200 million yuan-this is an achievement that may not have been possible in the past year!

You see, from any point of view, this can be called the golden age of Chinese movies!

Ming Xiaojing's first work came back from Cannes empty-handed. Naturally, he avoided seeing the reporters, but the excitement of the reporters was not disturbed at all. When Li Qian flew back from Europe with a part of the "Peacock" team, almost Hundreds of reporters rushed to the pick-up hall on time to surround them.

Of course Li Qian refused the interview, and was going to leave the moment of beauty to Jin Han and Zhao Yingying.

However, on the second day, an interview with the crew of "Peacock" appeared in the newspaper - it was the photographer of Jin Han's small team, the assistant director and director of photography of "Peacock", Yang Luan.

He is not a contracted employee of Minghu Culture, and of course he is not bound by Minghu Culture. But fortunately, although he definitely wanted to take the opportunity to brag, but the bragging was not too much, at least it didn't conflict with the publicity plan and focus of Minghu Culture.

But even so, when Jin Han and Zhao Yingying returned to China after a series of interviews in Europe, they still had dark faces and a look of repressed dissatisfaction.

However, as a matter of course, when Jin Han and Zhao Yingying returned to China, the reports that could already be called overwhelming, suddenly rose to another level at this time.

Zhao Yingying became popular all of a sudden.

Compared with her, Jin Han, a director who didn't win an individual award or a film collective award, seemed a bit less interesting, but he was still popular after all.

At that moment, his position was a little awkward.

With the success of "Red Sorghum" and "The Big Wrist", if you want to talk about actresses in the movie circle in China, it's very simple and has a clear hierarchy——

Fu Hongxue, He Yingyu, and Qin Jingjing belonged to the first tier. Among them, Fu Hongxue was faintly ahead, and although Qin Jingjing had received a historic 10 million yuan salary, his box office ability and commercial value had not yet been fully determined, so he ranked last among the three. .

These can be regarded as the current three super first-line female cafes in China.

Followed by all the heroines of the first-line female cafes.

The popularity of "The Biggest Star" made Bai Yujing's status and status in the film circle rocket like a rocket, basically completing the transformation from "TV drama first lady" to "movie female cafe".

The commercial explosion and high reputation of "Huang Feihong" last year made Lu Lingxi, who played the role of Thirteenth Aunt, a superhuman beauty, a top-tier vase in today's domestic film industry.

After playing "Sword Fairy" and "Lonely Smoke in the Desert", Xiaohuadan Zhu Qianwen, although she is the illegitimate daughter of the shipbuilding king Shi Zhongjun, has been praised all the way, but two consecutive movies hit the street, which still makes her look very weak. Although some people are throwing money behind their backs, and they continue to have a lot of blockbuster films, they are still top-notch enough to qualify for the first-line. The key point is that they keep brushing their faces, and you, the audience, don’t even know it.

And Ming Xiaojing, a veteran actress who has always lacked commercial performance, said that the first-line is a bit reluctant.

In addition, Li Linlin, who won the Best Actress Award at the Great Wall Awards in China with the movie "Yang Yuhuan" in 1999, is considered to be between the first-tier and second-tier, barely a first-tier.

Because she is also recognized as a super beauty, this beauty alone is enough to become popular, not to mention that she has won the Best Actress Award and has been recognized for her acting skills, which of course has a huge bonus.

Then, there was no one else.

Because in recent years, there are only a few movies that have hit the box office or have a good reputation. There are only a few female characters on the big screen that the audience has generally seen and can remember.

It's just that now, a Cannes actress, let Zhao Yingying, a junior at the Huaxia Academy of Drama, directly parachute to the front line - of course, the ranking is relatively low.

Look, it is so hierarchical, but when it comes to directors, it is impossible to be so hierarchical.

Those who are backed by awards and can hit the box office are of course super-first-line. So far, the two, Qin Wei, and Li Qian-this is recognized.

Then, Du Weiyun is a veteran director, and his works have been well-known for many years, but the latest "Lonely Smoke in the Desert" was a bit ugly. And to be honest, he has never won an award at the level of the three major European film festivals in foreign countries. Although his reputation has always been very good, he is a little bit underwhelmed.

Zhao Meicheng has been a master of comedy for many years. He may not be very high in terms of force, but his urban comedy is loved by the common people. The box office is not enough in the past two years, but overall, it is absolutely top-notch.

Feng Bicheng's "Big Wrist" is super popular, and the popularity of it is naturally rising, which can already be regarded as the top line.

Liu Chengzhang became famous through the huge sales of "Swordsman and Monk", but "Sword Immortal" was between rushing and not rushing, which stopped his rising momentum all of a sudden. Currently, he is well-known and famous enough, but it is said that he will continue to invest heavily in his next film, so no one can say what will happen to the box office.

Wu Han's "Across the World" was a big hit. After the "Gate of Life and Death" brought Fu Hongxue to a peak, this movie proved Fu Hongxue's super ability as an actress to take on the box office. In fact, it directly sent Fu Hongxue to the super-first-line position. But as a film director himself, he only has a blockbuster work like "Across the World", so it's still not stable.

Then, for example, Mu Yuanqing, who filmed "Pick Up Girls", was once hailed as another urban comedy master after Zhao Meicheng in China, and Lu Ping, Zhang Zifang, etc., have a certain level of word-of-mouth and box office Above, but not enough to be called a first-line leader.

And now, Jin Han led "Peacock" to win an award in Cannes. The actresses of the three major European film festivals have collected stamps for the queens of the three major film festivals in Europe, but, as a director, Jin Han has not received any honors - neither for the film nor for the director.

Therefore, it seems somewhat lacking in convincing.

It is definitely not his place to surpass the first line. Even if he is in the first line, he is very reluctant, but the second line can be stable.

At least after going to Cannes and coming back, in the niche literary and artistic film circle, the style is not low.

Of course, based on the actual situation of the movie, Minghu Culture decided to promote "Peacock" with the heroine Zhao Yingying as the main promotional strategy. Therefore, in order to sell the distribution rights in Europe, it is good to say that Jin Han was also pushed to the front line. In the past few days, she frequently appeared in various European media to show her face, but when she returned to China, Zhao Yingying was completely praised by the propaganda department of Minghu Culture. As the director, Jin Han got relatively inferior promotional resources. few.

So, after several interviews, he didn't know what Jin Han was thinking. He took the initiative to go to the company, found Qi Jie who was in charge of the shift, and expressed his request to raise the file for "Peacock"—it's best to take advantage of the current popularity. Hurry up and show it.

Qi Jie can feel that Jin Han seems to be deliberately trying to prove something, but it is obviously impossible for her to completely overthrow the company's previous publicity and distribution plan just because of Jin Han's request ——Besides, to suddenly advance a movie that was originally scheduled to be released in September to June is not something that Minghu Culture can mention in one sentence.

Publicity, copying, distribution, cinema, etc., many problems.

And you know, June is the summer vacation!

There was no other way, so Qi Jie had no choice but to call. The next day, in the small meeting room, Li Qian, Qi Jie, Jin Han, Zou Wenhuai, Xu Bing and others held a small meeting.

Kim Han insisted.

It's useless to persuade.

Although with the continuous big sales of "Red Sorghum" and "The Big Wrist", and the follow-up "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-improvement" coming in July, Minghu Culture is now facing the At the time of the production line, the attitude can be very strong, but suddenly asking for a movie to be released in June is still a matter that requires a lot of communication work, and some commercial interests may be sacrificed, such as the ratio of account sharing being compressed. Kind of - this is a very normal business negotiation. If you want to get it, you must pay a certain amount of benefits.

But in the end, Li Qian, who barely said anything from the beginning to the end, agreed to Jin Han's request.

After intense communication, finally, five days after Jin Han and Zhao Yingying returned to China, Minghu Culture released the news that China's first Cannes film "Peacock" will be officially released nationwide on June 24.

Very hasty.

So I can't get enough release schedules to support it, after all, it's summer vacation time.

Moreover, following the popularity of "Big Wrist", in June, on June 16, another domestic urban comedy "Pink Army" that is more expected by the audience will be released - the director was in 2001 with "" Mu Yuanqing became famous in one fell swoop with a box office of over 100 million in Picking Up Girls.

And then, on July 1, the Hollywood blockbuster "The Two Towers of the Lord of the Rings" will be released.

This schedule is really tense and not good.

Then, "Pink Army" unexpectedly exploded in the first week-73.44 million!

The success of two films in a row certainly made Mu Yuanqing smile, and even gave him the confidence to become a top-line director, but for "Peacock", which is about to be released, the pressure is extremely high.

Then, the collision of two Chinese films, "Pink Army" won 58.37 million in the next week, making Mu Yuanqing's entry into the first-line director almost a foregone conclusion, and "Peacock", which has been fired very hotly in the past month, with that Zhang's iconic poster made with Zhao Yingying's movie set makeup was released nationwide, but only got a weekly box office of 43.58 million in the first week.

Not a failed first week, but Kim Han's disappointment was palpable.

The week after Peacock came, The Two Towers of The Lord of the Rings was released.

Because of the release of the first part, it helped "The Lord of the Rings" gain the first batch of fans in China, coupled with the special effects and magical style of this movie, it is indeed quite well done, so this time the second part In the first week of its release, it got a box office of 88.31 million.

The introduction party, Oriental Media Group, let out a sigh of relief.

However, it was accompanied by a sharp dive in the box office of "Pink Army" and "Peacock".

This week, "The Pink Army" only has a weekly box office of 31.08 million left, ranking second on the weekly box office list.

However, the box office of "Peacock" in the second week was only 21.03 million - compared with the first week, the box office dropped by more than 50%!

What's more, in the second week of its release, the movie didn't even get the third place in the weekly box office list, but was directly squeezed to the fourth place.

And when the second week's box office is released, "Peacock" can certainly announce that it can successfully achieve profitability based on domestic box office alone, but compared to the previous great commercial success of "Red Sorghum" and "Big Whistleblower", this It has become an extravagant expectation for a movie to exceed 100 million yuan, which still disappointed the media, and at the same time made other domestic film companies breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, Jin Han called Li Qian, wanting to have a good talk with him.

For him, the film and television director, Li Qian has always been more face-saving, so on the second day, Jin Han came to Li Qian's office.

After sitting down, the first thing he said was: "It's not interesting, I've played enough and I'm tired, and I feel like I can't play flowers anymore. Give me a good book, I want to make a commercial film gone."

Li Qian said: "Commercial films... won't be as casual as you made the previous two films."

Jin Han nodded, "I know, I followed the company's rules completely."

Li Qian nodded, and said again: "If you want to make a commercial film, your previous team may not be suitable."

Jin Han said directly: "I understand. I told them that I will stop playing in the future. I will make movies and earn money steadily. If you are willing to follow me, you can enter Minghu Lake. If you don't want to leave, you can go Everyone went their own way. Then, a few walked, but most of them were willing to follow me into our company!"

Li Qian's eyes lit up when he heard the words: This means that Jin Han is going to fully integrate into the Minghu culture.

This is a good thing.

Jin Han's self-willedness is self-willed. His self-willedness is basically related to artistic creation. In terms of life, he may have been a little lazy in the past, and he has always been somewhat repulsed by commercial films, so although he is a film and television director, he is actually not Too willing to ask too many company business. But his behavior is absolutely good.

Moreover, his directing ability and artistic ability are also very strong.

Now, he is willing to take his team to fully integrate into it, which is definitely a good thing for Minghu Culture.

So, Li Qian thought about it, and said with a smile: "You may not be able to win awards if you make a commercial film. The key is that I will give you a good story, and you have to make it better for me!"

Jin Han raised his chest and raised his head, "Don't worry! I will definitely be able to shoot amazingly!"

Li Qian smiled, nodded, and said, "Good story, I have it!"

Jin Han's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "I think the "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" series is good, how about I choose one and start writing the script?"

Li Qian shook his head, just as Jin Han was slightly astonished, he saw Li Qian bent down, as if he had entered a few passwords, and then there was a clicking sound of metal turning.

Jin Han's heart lit up—the legendary invincible treasure chest in Li Qian's office!

After a while, Li Qian straightened up, put a thin script on the table, and pushed it forward.

As soon as Jin Han reached out to fish it out, he turned to the first page and saw four words written on it——

"Dragon Inn".

Jin Han's eyes lit up immediately.

It should be martial arts!

Just right!

As soon as the cast list below came into view, his eyes lit up——

Zhou Huaian: Zhou Zhiyu.

Gold inlaid jade: He Yingyu.

Qiu Moyan: Cheng Suping.

"That's it!"

Jin Han applauded secretly in his heart.

Just looking at the names of the three leading actors that have been clearly marked, Jin Han knows the status of this script in Li Qian's heart - with He Yingyu around, with her current celebrity status and box office appeal, 100 million box office is not enough. It’s just the beginning, and with the gimmick that Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu, who are known as the “best couple on screen”, will return to the same movie, 200 million is barely reliable, but it’s not safe! But with the addition of Cheng Suping, who has lived in seclusion for the past two years but is extremely popular among the audience, it will be 200 million, which is safe!

You know, Cheng Suping is Li Qian's senior sister, the relationship between the two is not clear, almost the entire Minghu culture knows that Cheng Suping's position in Li Qian's heart is extremely special!

Just imagine, Li Qian would give Cheng Suping the second female lead in this play. Is this play bad?

And as long as it is a story that Li Qian thinks is an excellent one - based on his vision and level over the past few years, it is basically certain that this story is absolutely correct!

Therefore, without even having to look at the outline of the story, Jin Han stretched out his hand and flicked the script on his hand, excitedly saying: "This is it! This drama belongs to me!"

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