rising director

The staff greeted right away.

"Hello." Wan Xiaohu smiled and responded one by one, then turned to Li Yumin and asked, "President Su is in the office?"

"Boss Su hasn't come yet."

"Oh, where is Li Xia?"

"Li Xia said he was going to meet with the publisher to discuss the publication of "My Sassy Girlfriend."

Nodding his head, Wan Xiaohu entered his studio.

His studio is equivalent to a study room, with all kinds of director books and professionally designed books piled up on the entire bookshelf.There is also a dvd, and a large box of various discs.When he has time, Wan Xiaohu will study the director's book, or watch classic movies, looking for something to learn from.

Being a director is not an upstart profession, and one needs a lot of accumulation. If Wan Xiaohu didn't have the accumulation of his predecessors for many years, he would not be able to easily make "Waiting Alone" and "The Butterfly Effect".In the future, if he wants to challenge movies with larger scenes and higher attainments, he needs to accumulate more abundantly.

Jingle Bell.

Just after opening a book and preparing to study it, the phone rang.

"Hi, Xiaohu, I'm Wang Zhonglei, are you free today? I've contacted the "China Film News" and I'm going to do an interview with you and "Butterfly Effect."

"I'm free."

"Well, I'll pick you up in the afternoon, have a meal with the reporter first, and interview in the afternoon."

After hanging up the phone, Wan Xiaohu continued to read.

Now that "The Butterfly Effect" has finished filming, the publicity has begun to warm up. Of course, it is 2000, and the film's publicity method is very monotonous, just hyping it in newspapers.After all, the Internet is not popular yet, and the degree of publicity is relatively low, and all kinds of hype cannot be spread without newspapers.

After watching for less than 5 minutes, the phone rang again, and it was Bao Jianfeng calling.

"Hey, Brother Hu, the server has been rented, and the framework of the first version of the website has been set up. I have registered the domain name of '', and it will go online on time at 12 noon."

"Okay, I know."

The right investment is 80 RMB in the early stage, which is used for the operation of the website.Now there is no rapid development period of the Internet, so the investment does not need much to meet the development of the website.When money is needed in the future, Dandelion Films should have made enough money.

"By the way, Brother Hu, at noon, we have a celebration party on the bbs, you also come over and say a few words to us?"

In this era, Koukou has not launched the Koukou group function, and online gatherings can only be held on bbs.

Wan Xiaohu wanted to have dinner with the reporter in the afternoon, so he said: "I won't go there, you guys can host it yourself, after all, you are the managers, and I don't participate in the operation of the website, so there is no need to say anything, so as not to steal your limelight .”

"OK then."

After two phone calls, it was past ten o'clock.

Wan Xiaohu thought for a while, put down the book in his hand, took out a piece of paper, and began to think about what he should say when he met the reporter.How to publicize "The Butterfly Effect" in order to attract the maximum attention.

Busy and busy, at eleven o'clock, Wang Zhonglei came over.

Picked up Wan Xiaohu, drove to a big restaurant together, and had dinner with the reporter of "China Film News".

"China Film News" is the only national newspaper in China's film industry. Although it is a newspaper directly under the radio and television, when reporting, there are too many official words and the content is not strong enough, but its influence in the entertainment industry is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary newspapers.Most of the readers who subscribe to "China Film News" are movie lovers.

Publicity in this newspaper will have twice the result with half the effort on the film's word-of-mouth and box office impact.

Yu Dong also fought for "Waiting Alone" back then, but he didn't win.This time Huayi Brothers, it can be said that they have paid a lot of money.

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0087【Jiangnan Samurai】

After toasting and toasting, the dinner with the reporter from "China Film News" came to an end.

After the food, drink and service are ready, the interview that follows will be very harmonious.

"A young and promising director like my brother is a blessing to the Chinese film industry." The reporter trembled as he spoke, reeking of alcohol.

This made Wan Xiaohu seriously doubt whether this interview can continue?

But soon the reporter gave the answer, even if he was drunk, he could still start the interview calmly.Obviously, they are all excellent media talents who have been tested by wine tables.

"Wan Dao, first of all, I would like to ask a question that has been reported by many media before. "Butterfly Effect" is a domestic film, and there are very few sci-fi films, including those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Our impression is that there are only Hollywood sci-fi films. The film is well received. Are you under a lot of pressure to shoot a sci-fi theme this time?"

With Wang Lei as his companion, Wan Xiaohu drank less today and his mind is very clear: "I feel that shooting any movie is stressful. The market will not decide whether a movie is good or bad because of its subject matter. I am very impressed with "Butterfly" The script of "Effect" is very confident, and the pressure is not too great."

"We know that the cast (lineup) of the film is very strong. From the beginning, the audience may have expectations for the film because it has stars they admire. From your first film "Waiting Alone", to the second film The movie "Butterfly Effect", whether it is the cost or the cast, has been turned upside down, can you control this change during the filming process?"

"Fortunately, it's enough to change my mentality. When filming "Waiting Alone", I can say the same thing and grasp the direction of the entire crew. When filming "Butterfly Effect", the crew is large, and the power of one person seems insignificant. Everyone in the crew must be united. I think this is also a kind of growth."

"...What do you think of the story of "The Butterfly Effect", changing the past, can it really change the future?"

"There is a saying in Buddhism, what kind of cause is planted, what kind of result will be reaped. I firmly believe in this theory, or the theory that man will conquer nature."

"In the past, the scientific community proposed a paradox, saying that if a person rides a time machine from the future and kills his past self, then it is impossible to have a future self, and it is even more impossible to go back to the past and kill himself by a time machine. The irreversible conclusion of the past. Do you think it has a stronger impact than the butterfly effect?"

The reporter asked this question, and then said, "If you don't think it's easy to answer, you can skip it and let's move on to the next question."

"No, I can answer this question very well."

Wan Xiaohu smiled: "The theory of the time machine is to go back to the past from the future and connect the past and the future end to end. It is not only a connection of time, but also a connection of space, or we can call it time travel. But "The Butterfly Effect" is not talking about time travel. Although the protagonist has the ability to change the past, it only talks about the possibility of the past and the future. Just like you are thirsty now, if you drink water, you will not Thirsty, if you don’t drink water, you will still be thirsty. These are two different choices, two different results. Simply put, "The Butterfly Effect" is more like talking about the theory of parallel worlds."

"The Butterfly Effect" can become a classic, so naturally there will be no such obvious theoretical loopholes.

Talk about Wan Xiaohu himself, talk about "Butterfly Effect", time flies.

"The last question, there is news that Zhao Wei stole your directing position while filming. Can you tell me what happened? Is it true?"

Wan Xiaohu laughed: "It's true. There was a scene where I wanted to perform in person, so Zhao Wei sat in my chair and helped me shoot."

"Are you still acting yourself?"

"Just show your face."

"Are you planning to become a star yourself?"

"No, I still have self-knowledge. I don't look outstanding, I can't be an idol, and my acting skills are so-so, I can't be a real one. It's more practical to be behind the scenes honestly, haha."

"Okay then, thank Director Wan Xiaohu for accepting the interview with "China Film News". Welcome to chat next time."

Stand up and shake hands politely, the interview is over.

"Brother no longer drinks a cup of tea?"

"No, no, no, I'm pretending. Don't worry, brother, I will go back, brother, and I will definitely promote your "Butterfly Effect"."