my time as a director

But is the outside world really better than the false utopia?Presumably most ordinary people would prefer to stay in a false utopia.

Did the producers do anything wrong?

Zhou Xingchi shook his head regretfully, and said with a smile, "It's a pity you didn't invite me."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was really surprised.

After Changjiang No. 08 sold for [-] million yuan in [-], Zhou Xingchi was able to sell even this kind of theme, so that everyone could see his box office appeal. After that, it was not that no company invited him, but no matter how high the salary was, they were all rejected. .

In addition, Journey to the West, Conquering the Demons no longer acted by himself, and everyone in the circle thought that Zhou Xingchi would never act in the future.

But the meaning in these words now is clearly that he wants to play this role.

This is surprising, since Zhou Xingchi started from Shaolin football, he basically made a movie every four years, so you can see his leanness. Now that he has read the script, he expressed his willingness to play the role, and he is not yet the leading actor.

However, even if you want to act, you can't help it.

Li Qian shook his head, intending to end the topic.

But Teacher Jin Shijie suddenly laughed, "If that's the case, then let's act, otherwise it would be a pity, it's your pity, and it's also the audience's pity."

"Teacher Jin?" Li Qian was stunned.

"Director Li, I just have enough time, or change my role and let Director Zhou play the role of producer."

Li Qian shook his head, "This is not appropriate."

Jin Shijie suddenly smiled, "I'm not a young man, it's no big deal to lose this role, but it's an opportunity for you to cooperate, I don't know how many years it will come once, and the audience would like to see Zhou Xingchi play Li Qian's comedy , the future is also a good story."

That being the case, Li Qian is not hypocritical anymore, "Thank you, Mr. Jin, our company makes a lot of movies every year, the protagonist dare not say, but there is absolutely no shortage of movies."

"It's enough to have a show." Jin Shijie laughed.

"Then Director Zhou, what do you think?" Li Qian looked at Zhou Xingchi.

"Mr. Jin said so, of course I acted." Zhou Xingchi also smiled, and he agreed that he would not act in his own play. It is a very painful thing to direct and act on your own. Live such a high-intensity job.

As for not accepting other people's dramas, the biggest reason is that Zhou Xingchi has too high requirements on directors and scripts, and no one takes his fancy.

But Truman's world, based on Li Qian's level, is definitely a classic. I have some similarities with the role of the producer. I play half of myself. In addition, the work intensity is not high, and I don't even need to walk around.

It was such a happy decision. It happened that the role of the producer was separated from everyone else, and they were all moved to the back for filming. It was enough to give Zhou Xingchi a month.

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons will be released in Spring Festival next year, and he has enough time.

The only unpleasant thing is Song Ge, he can't wait to give himself a mouthful now.

I talked about Li Qian with Xu Ke before, but Xu Ke helped Li Qian make a movie.

Today I talked to Zhou Xingchi about Li Qian, and Zhou Xingchi also came to Li Qian's crew to play a role.

The two great directors were all abducted by Li Qian, this caused a lot of trouble.

But Li Qian didn't care about Song Ge's mood, he was still very happy with such an unexpected joy.

Zhou Xingchi is good enough for the role of producer, but it is very different from his previous roles.

"Director Zhou, let's make an appointment. You will join the group after one month. No matter how you play this role, you must first be a villain. This cannot be changed. You can add something to it yourself." Li Qian reminded.

Li Qian has also heard about Zhou Xingchi's character, but he is not worried that he will become Lu Chuan, which is impossible.

Chapter 380 I Can Control the Environment, But I Can't Control My Emotions

Zhou Xingchi's joining was an accident for Truman's world crew.

However, the role of the producer has not been filmed yet, and his role does not conflict with other actors, so it does not have much impact on the crew.

After chatting with Zhou Xingchi in the afternoon, he returned to Xiangjiang and joined the group after a month.

Song Ge also has to rush back to the capital, and report to Wang Jianlin about the guaranteed release of Journey to the West.

However, before leaving, Song Ge complained to Li Qian, "Director Li, first Xu Ke helped you film Ghost Blowing the Lantern, and now Zhou Xingchi also starred in your film. The two directors I managed to win over, both Abducted by you."

"President Song and Director Zhou have reached a cooperation? Is he going to make another movie so soon?" Li Qian wondered, Journey to the West, Conquering the Demons has just finished filming and is still in the post-production stage. Zhou Xingchi has only made one movie in four years, how could it be so? Ready for the next movie soon.

Song Ge laughed, "It's not the next one. I won the guaranteed release of Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons."

"Is it guaranteed to be released before the finished film is out?"

There are not many films released with a guarantee in China, and it was during the two or three years at the beginning of the century that Berner got his start. In recent years, no distribution company has dared to do this, and the risk is too great.

Li Qian became interested, "President Song is so confident? Can you tell me the specific figures?"

"I'll keep my capital at the [-] million box office. With Zhou Xingchi's reputation, I don't have to worry about the box office. It doesn't matter if I watch it or not," Song Ge said.

"[-] million? So low?" Li Qian came in surprise, this box office didn't meet Zhou Xingchi's appeal at all.

"Is 5 million still low?" Song Ge's eyes widened. "Last year, only seven movies broke [-] million. Jinling Shisanchai and Longmen Flying Armor were just over [-] million. I just saved [-] million, and the return cycle A whole year."

Li Qian smiled embarrassedly, almost forgetting that apart from God of Medicine, Avatar, and Transformers 3 breaking one billion, the overall box office market is still relatively low.

Don't look at these blockbusters, which often have a goal of [-] or [-] million, or even a billion, most of them are just shouting, it is a goal.

This is the same as when studying, the goal is either Qinghua or Peking University, and I don’t even look down on ordinary ones.

And after studying in university, I also have great ambitions. I first worked in a large company for half a year, then I was a manager for one year, and then I was a director for three years. After I accumulated enough contacts in a large company, I started my own business.

But in reality, the 30-year-old manager is already satisfied.

Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate cost 1000 million and only sold [-] million at the box office, but the overseas copyright was sold for [-] million US dollars, which has actually made money.

The new Shaolin Temple starring Liu Dehua and Cheng Long has an investment of more than 1 million yuan, and the domestic box office is only 1.7 million yuan, but the overseas box office sold [-] million yuan.

Investors are not fools, they invest in movies to make money.

When the domestic box office topped [-] to [-] million in the past two years, there were still a lot of blockbuster movies with a cost of [-] to [-] million. Judging from the domestic box office, the payback was slim.

Every movie has its own way of making money, and investors don't invest blindly.

The blockbuster Legend of the White Snake, which Wang Changtian slapped a hand on last year's National Day, invested nearly [-] million yuan. In fact, relying on Li Lianjie's name, he didn't lose money.

Of course, most movies lose money.

However, the box office of 0 to [-] million is already a number that many blockbusters can hardly reach. For example, Jinling Thirteen Hairpins is purely Zhang Weiping's own death. Domestic audiences don't buy it, and overseas audiences don't buy it either. It only takes a few dollars to sell it at a loss.

"That's why, Director Li, you don't take the [-] million box office seriously." Song Ge secretly felt a little envious, envious.

Li Qian smiled, "But Mr. Song, Wanda is such a big company, the process is extremely cumbersome, and the guarantee was given before watching the movie. Are you sure it will be so easy to pass?"