My dad is a big star

Wang Yu plays Meng Yun and Xiao Xiaoli plays Lin Jia.

The actors who played the second male lead, Yu Fei, and the second female lead, Ding Dian, were all unknown [-]th line actors, one was Jiang Chao and the other was Wang Keer.

Both of them just joined Wanli Films last year, and they were originally newcomers that the company planned to focus on training. In today's audition, both of them performed very well. people.

After the main lineups of the two dramas were confirmed, Hu Shuo stood in front of the conference table again, put his hands on the conference table, and said with a serious face: "Now the starring lineups of "Heart Blossoming Road" and "Predecessor Raiders" It is basically confirmed. Next, I will tell the two directors about my assessment criteria. First of all, these two films are typical commercial films. Therefore, the criterion for testing their success is the box office. Therefore, I based on the two films. The budget of the play and the allocation of actors give different assessment standards, which is a passing line!"

Speaking of this, Hu Shuo paused for a moment, looked at Zhang Fan and Li Yuqing, and said in a deep voice, "The box office pass line of "The Heart Blossoms" is 8 million! The box office pass line of "Predecessor Raiders" is 6 million!!"

"If these two movies are not even up to the passing standard after they go online, please leave on your own!!"

When he said the last sentence, Hu Shuo was determined.

However, when Hu Shuo announced the box office pass marks of the two films, everyone in the conference room was dumbfounded, including Tian Kai.

For a long time, the conference room was completely silent, and everyone looked at each other in a still state.

The reason why everyone has such expressions is very simple, that is, the two box office passing standards set by Hu Shuo are too high!

It is ridiculously high, and it can even be said to be an impossible task! !

Leaving aside, let’s just talk about the films produced by Wanli Pictures itself. Wanli Pictures has not been established for a long time, only a little over five years. It has produced a total of 21 films and participated in investment in 23 films. Among these films, only three had a box office of more than 54 million, and only one of them was independently produced by Wanli Pictures, with a box office of [-] billion, and this movie can be regarded as the pinnacle of Wanli Pictures after its establishment.

For the other two films with a box office of more than 30 million, Wanli Pictures only participated in the investment, accounting for about 56% of the shares. For these two films, one had a box office of 63 billion and the other had a box office of [-] billion.

In other words, among all the films that Wanli Films has invested in since its establishment, the highest box office was only 63 billion, and that time was because the film had the top domestic actor in the film, and it was a joint production of the three film and television companies. Production, the box office of 63 billion has actually just recovered the cost, and it is only slightly profitable.

Therefore, if we compare Hu Shuo's standard of passing the box office, it is not difficult to understand the expressions of the crowd.

"Heart Blossoms" 8 million, "Predecessor Raiders" 6 million!

According to Hu Shuoding's box office passing standard, and referring to Wanli Pictures' previous record, "Predecessor Raiders" can only be completed if it creates the best box office record in Wanli Pictures' history. Don't even think about it, after all, since the establishment of Wanli Pictures, no film has ever achieved it.

"Mr. Hu, are you joking?"

The silence in the meeting was broken after all, Zhang Fan frowned with disbelief on his face.

"I won't make fun of this kind of thing!" Hu Shuo replied with a straight face.

"8 million??"

"Mr. Hu, do you know what is the highest box office of the movie that Wanli Pictures invested in and produced?" Zhang Fan asked again.

"do not know!"

Hu Shuo shook his head resolutely, and said: "The past performance of Wanli Pictures is not what I should care about. What I care about is the future of the company. Now Wanli Pictures has been merged into Creation Entertainment. Previously, Wanli Pictures I don't care how bad the box office of the films produced by the company is, but in the future, I hope that every film of the company will at least be profitable!"

"Mr. Hu, can I ask you what is the standard for passing the box office?" Zhang Fan asked again.

"According to the wonderfulness of these two scripts and the strong publicity and distribution capabilities of Wanli Pictures, with these two strong fulcrums, if the two of you can't shoot the box office of the movie to the box office standard set by me, you can only It could be due to the two directors, after all, film is the art of directors!!"

Hu Shuo was plausible and firm.

However, after hearing this, Zhang Fan shook his head: "Mr. Hu, if you insist on setting this box office standard, you might as well just let me go!"

"The male lead is an 5000th-tier artist, without any big names, top-level traffic, and no aura. The investment budget for the whole film is no more than 8 million, but the box office is required to be [-] million. I believe it's not just that I can't complete this assessment. Directors in the entire Chinese-speaking entertainment circle can't complete this assessment!"

"If someone can really do it, I, Zhang Fan, would rather eat shi!!"

It seemed that Zhang Fan was really in a hurry, and even made a poisonous oath.

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Chapter 330 Screenwriter: Hu Zuozuo

After hearing Zhang Fan's words, Hu Shuo couldn't help laughing: "Director Zhang, what do you think is the most critical factor in determining a movie's box office?"

"There are too many factors that can affect a movie's box office," Zhang Fan said.

"I'm asking the most critical and important one." Hu Shuo said.

"Of course it's the story itself. A good story is the foundation of a good movie." Zhang Fan thought for a moment before replying.

In the current environment, there are many factors that affect a movie’s box office, such as the film’s main creative lineup, publicity and distribution capabilities, the level of film scheduling, and the strength of competing films in the same period...

Any link can have a considerable impact on the box office of a movie. However, the most critical factor that determines the box office is the story itself. No matter how good other aspects of a movie are, it is impossible if the story is rubbish. Won a high box office.

Conversely, if the story is exciting enough, even if it is weaker in other links, the film can still rely on word of mouth to counterattack. It has already returned to rationality, and it is difficult for a bad movie with a strong lineup and strong publicity to get a super high box office. It is often abandoned by the audience after a day or two of release and word-of-mouth fermenting.

"Since that is the case, why does Director Zhang think that my assessment standard cannot be fulfilled by anyone? Do you have no confidence in yourself? Or do you not have confidence in the script??" Hu Shuo asked coldly.

"Of course I don't care about the script!!" Zhang Fan said in a deep voice, "If it's a very good script, of course there may be a counterattack at the box office, but I don't think this script is of that level!"

"Ok."

Hu Shuo nodded: "In that case, Director Zhang please go ahead!"

For a director who doesn't even have the most basic ability to screen scripts, and still shoots a rough movie, Hu Shuo finally understands why the box office of Wanli Films' movies is not high, because the level of directors is limited. Movies are ultimately the art of directors. The final form of a movie presented in front of the audience is the result of the director's adjustment of each shot and each detail. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the director must bear at least 60~70% of the responsibility for the birth of a bad movie!

Therefore, when a director shirks the responsibility to other links for making a bad film for himself, it means that this is a director who has no responsibility, a director who pretends to be confused, and you have nothing to do with what you filmed yourself b count?Are you embarrassed to shirk responsibility? !

Hu Shuo's attitude is obvious, Zhang Fan can leave if he doesn't want to shoot!

As soon as he said this, everyone in the conference room was shocked again. Zhang Fan is one of the only two directors signed by Wanli Pictures, and he is the relatively good one of the two directors. Li Yuqing is the only director left.

You know, Wanli Films' "first brother" was fired by Hu Shuo not long ago. Could it be that the company's "first leader" is also going to be fired? ?

Zhang Fan didn't expect Hu Shuo's attitude to be so tough. He froze for a while, and then sneered: "Boss Hu, you set such an impossible assessment standard just to force us to leave, no problem. I'll just go, and I won't have a meal anywhere!"

"Xiao Li, let's go together!"

Zhang Fan looked at Li Yuqing again, wanting to pull him along, because in his opinion, Li Yuqing should have the same thoughts as himself. Although his assessment standard is 6 million, it is also an impossible task.

Hearing Zhang Fan's words, everyone's eyes naturally fell on Li Yuqing. Looking at his reaction, Wanli Films only had two contracted directors, and if they left together, it would be very lively.

"Brother Fan, I don't think it's impossible to complete this assessment standard."

Li Yuqing rubbed his fat face and replied.

"what?!"

"Do you think you can make a movie with a box office of over 6 million??" Zhang Fan snorted coldly with a look of disdain.

Li Yuqing is a young director. So far, he has acted as the chief director of only three plays, and the best one has a box office of more than 3 million. Therefore, when he heard Li Yuqing's words at this moment, Zhang Fan naturally didn't take it seriously.

"It doesn't mean that it will be successful, but I think the script is good and the subject matter is very down-to-earth. Maybe we can have a good result!"

At the beginning, Li Yuqing also felt that "Predecessor Raiders" was a bad script. However, unlike Zhang Fan who didn't read the script of "Heart Blossoming Road" at all, he was very serious during the two hours that Hu Shuo gave everyone. He read the script of "Predecessor Raiders", and after he read the entire script, his evaluation of the script also changed a lot.