my time as a director

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After leaving the studio, Li Qian went to Hengdian first, came to a well-known props company on Dazhi Street, and met the "props king" in Hengdian.

However, as the "props king" in Hengdian, the other company's company can make mechanical sharks, but it took too long. With this time, I can shoot one or two sniper phone booths.

There is no prop production company in Hengdian that can meet Li Qian's needs, so there is no need to go to other places, and can only choose CG special effects.

Li Qian successively went to three special effects companies, MOREVFX, Viewpoint Pictures, and Base FX, and finally decided on Base FX, founded by a Hollywood team, to be responsible for the CG special effects of the Great White Shark.

It's not that Li Qian doesn't believe in domestic special effects companies. It's because special effects are a technical job. The domestic special effects industry has just started, and it's far behind Hollywood.

Base FX was founded by a Hollywood team. It has the largest special effects team in China and also cooperates with Industrial Light and Magic.

It is definitely no problem to make a special effect, and the time can also meet Li Qian's request, just need to add a little more money. After all, domestic labor is still sufficient, and the business of these special effects companies is not too busy.

In the end, for a total of less than 3 minutes of shots, the special effects cost 226 million, which is less than 1.25 per second. The big head is the rendering cost, which is too expensive.

Expensive is not too expensive, within Li Qian's acceptance range.It also includes a special effects team headed by a special effects director who will enter the group to assist in the shooting.

Of course, the money is not paid in one lump sum, but in installments, and the first payment within three days is enough.

Special effects companies are still at a disadvantage, and sometimes they often encounter those who cannot get the full payment.

After the preliminary work was done, Li Qian and Yinhe Video asked for an advance payment for the box office, and the other party readily agreed, and the payment was made in less than 24 hours, and they began to stay at home and write the script.

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While Li Qian was busy working on the new film, several large and medium-sized film and television companies in China finally started to take action.

At present, there are only one director who can sell box office in China. Even Huayang Media, the largest film and television production company in China, only has one Ma Xiaogang who can sell.

Whether it is Bernard Films, the largest private film distribution company in China, Enlight Media, which entered the film industry last year, or Huayang Media, which already has Ma Xiaogang, these three major companies are in urgent need of directors who can sell well.

Last year, Ning Hao's Crazy Stone sold 3000 million at the box office, and it immediately became a favorite of the entire film industry.

Although Li Qian is just a film, as a professional, the major film companies are very aware of the high quality of Sniping the Phone Booth, and it is simply incomparable to Dao Zhang, who sold a box office of 800 million before.

The quality of the movie is good, even if it is only sold on video, it cannot stop the pursuit of these big companies.

They really don't have any directors anymore. Although Xiangjiang's directors have started to go north, they all start their own companies, and they want to cooperate with several major companies on an equal footing, instead of joining any company.

Moreover, Li Qian made suspense films, and the cost was low, so even if he lost money, he wouldn't lose much.

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Zhang Jun is the deputy director of the production department of Huayang Brothers Media, and he was ordered to come to Donghua to find Li Qian and sign this cutting-edge director under the banner of Huayang Media.

Although he was a little unhappy that his dignified vice president was sent to do errands, he also knew that the company really needed capable directors.

Now there is only Ma Xiaogang, who is dragged to death, not making good comedies, making war movies, even Huang Zhongjun can't do anything about him, let alone himself as the vice president.

If there is a second director in the company who can make a lot of money, he can also restrain Ma Xiaogang and let him restrain himself, and he, the vice president, will feel better.

It would be great if Li Qian really had the ability, not to mention making a trip in person, even if Zhang Jun visited the thatched cottage three times, he would have to take care of him.

But there is a problem right now, he doesn't know where Li Qian lives, after all, the film and television industry and Quan are two different circles, and there is almost no connection.

And during this time, neither Yinhe Video nor Lu Entai and Lei Jiayin could find Li Qian's phone number and address.

I had to ask someone first, Zhang Jun thought about it, found a number in the phone that hadn't been deleted, and dialed it.

After the big sale at the beginning of the year, the director Xu Tao took the initiative to contact Huayang Media, wanting to attract investment to make a movie for theatrical chain.

At that time, the first movie sold for 800 million box office. Zhang Jun was quite interested in it at first, but after watching that movie, there was no more.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang."

On the other side of the phone, Xu Tao, who was also preparing for a new film, looked pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect that the deputy director of the production department of Huayang Media would take the initiative to call him.

"Hello, Director Xu, I'm Zhang Jun, and I want to ask you something." Zhang Jun smiled and said, even if he looked down on the other party, but after all, he had something to ask someone else.

"Mr. Zhang, what's the matter, just tell me." Xu Tao said quickly.

Hearing Zhang Jun's tone, Xu Tao's heart became active.

Did you come to find yourself to cooperate?

The more Xu Tao thought about it, the more likely it was. After all, he sold two copies in a row. Although it was not as good as sniping the phone booth, it was still the only one in the entire industry.

Thinking of this, Xu Tao became excited. If he could cooperate with Huayang Media, he would be able to complete his career from acting to become a real film director.

After all, it is the largest film and television production company in China, and its production, publicity, and distribution resources are all first-class in the industry.

However, what Zhang Jun said next poured cold water on him.

"I want to ask, does Xu Tao know the contact address of Fang Xi and the address of Li Qian, the director of the sniper phone booth? After all, you are all in Donghua, and you are all in the same family."

"Li Qian?"

Xu Tao's face froze. He never expected that Zhang Jun just called to find someone, and this person was still the person he hated the most.

"Yes, that's Li Qian. You all know each other in Donghua Filming."

"Recognizing is knowing."

Xu Tao felt greatly insulted, as if the goddess he had longed for suddenly called. He thought that his goddess was finally touched by him, but the other party just came to ask for another man's contact information.

However, the other party was the vice president of Huayang Media after all, so Xu Tao suppressed his resentment and told Li Qian the address and contact information of his studio.

"Thank you Director Xu, I'll have a meal another day when I'm free."

"You're welcome, you're welcome, Mr. Zhang, I..."

Xu Tao smiled apologetically and just wanted to be polite and introduce his new film, but the other person hung up.

His face froze, he slammed his phone on the table, knocked over the water glass, and most of the manuscript in front of him was wet.

"Grass!!!"

With a curse, he hurriedly cleaned up the table.

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On the other end of the phone, after Zhang Jun hung up the phone, he deleted Xu Tao's number from his contacts and saved Li Qian's number in it.