A different director [entertainment circle]
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Personally, he dared to go up to toast Qin Yan's wine, so Qin Yan happily exchanged glasses of tea with everyone.
When half of the people at the finale banquet fell, Qin Yan still sat there motionless, and finally personally arranged for everyone to return to the hotel.
Since there is a meeting, there will naturally be a parting.After the wrap-up banquet, the crew of "Laughing Jianghu" temporarily left.
After Qin Yan returned to Pingcheng, he immediately invested in the post-production project.
For the next period of time, Qin Yan devoted himself to post-production. Of course, he was actually avoiding the disturbance from the outside world.
For the recent turmoil, Qin Yan also expected it at the beginning, because "Hero" filmed by director Zhang Yimou was officially released.
With an investment of 3 million U.S. dollars, which claims to be the largest domestic investment, a stepping stone to the international market, and a movie that has high hopes from the national film industry, it is finally officially released.
Although the overseas copyright of "Hero" was sold to Miramax in April, everyone is looking forward to the box office performance of "Hero".
This movie brings together the most famous actors in Huaguo in the world, such as Zhang Manyu, Zhang Zizi, Li Lianjie and so on.
People walked into the movie theater almost with a pilgrimage, but the reviews of the movie were not as good as everyone expected.
Ten years later, some people said that "Hero" is a film that is difficult to simply evaluate. It has indeed achieved unprecedented achievements in Chinese films in terms of overseas box office, and even surpassed the overseas box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
But in fact, the Chinese people's evaluation of "Hero" appeared to be somewhat negative——
"Hero" is a work of great artistic expression, whether it is the soundtrack, costumes, styling or character creation, it is the first of its kind in mainland China.
But the problem is that ordinary people don't have a good impression of "Hero". They expect to see a soul-stirring Jianghu, but in fact they find that "Hero" is far more dull and contrived than they imagined.
Amidst the discussions, the box office of "Hero" keeps going up. Judging from the box office alone, "Hero" is definitely not a loser.
This matter had nothing to do with Qin Yan, but some people just like to find some gimmicks to attract people's attention, so Qin Yan and his "Ancient House" were pulled out to compare with "Heroes".
Although in less than three weeks, the overseas box office of "Hero" has surpassed that of "Ancient House", but the growth rate of "Hero"'s overseas box office has gradually slowed down, and various organizations and magazines have also given the final total box office figures. estimate.
Some media began to criticize "Hero", saying that "Hero" was a movie made entirely of money and had no substantive content, and the negative example they cited was Qin Yan's "Ancient House".
As we all know, the shooting cost of "Ancient House" is only more than 10 yuan, and the international box office is not as good as "Hero", but in terms of investment return ratio, it is far beyond the reach of "Hero".
In fact, anyone with a real eye knows that the reason why a box office miracle like "Ancient House" is called a miracle is that the probability of it happening is too low.
Even in various film-related art schools, these special cases have never been promoted.Because every practitioner knows that this kind of success is completely irreproducible, and it pays attention to the timing, location, and harmony of people.
But the general public doesn't understand the business system of movies at all, they don't even understand the classification of movies, let alone the production process of movies.
The only data they know is that "Ancient House" cost $15 and earned $1 million, while "Hero" cost $3 million and earned $000 million.
No wonder the news media is said to be the uncrowned king, their ability to manipulate public opinion is too strong.
Under their provocation, many people began to praise Qin Yan and belittle Zhang Yimou, and said that young directors are the future of Huaguo films, and the elderly should abdicate.
Qin Yan has never come forward to clarify these claims.Countless people call every day, wanting to interview him.Really upset by being harassed, Qin Yan immediately turned off his personal phone.
But these media are all-pervasive, they found out the Huayan established by Qin Yan, they found Ding Chang one after another, and made Ding Chang miserable.
No matter how much the outside world wanted Qin Yan to show his face, Qin Yan chose to remain silent.
He knew that under such circumstances, no matter what he said, he would definitely be maliciously misinterpreted by the media and the public.
Everyone in this world just wants to hear the answer they want, and doesn't care what the speaker really means.
Qin Yan has long known the power of public opinion, so he avoided it.
On the other hand, this matter does have something to do with Qin Yan, that is, it involves the promotion of reforms in the entire mainland film market.
Before last year, the box office system in Huaguo was generally that each theater chain directly purchased the screening rights of movies, and then was responsible for its own profits and losses.
How much box office a movie earns and how much the movie theater earns has nothing to do with the producer.Therefore, the producer does not have much resistance to stealing the box office.
But now both the country and the market have discovered that if the previous one-off transaction method is continued, it will not be conducive to the development of excellent movies.
Since last year, the country has taken the initiative to promote film reforms, requiring cinema chains to purchase film screening rights in proportion to their share, rather than the previous buyout price.
But the theaters are also very smart, and they will watch off-dish dishes. Only the films of large production companies can get a fair share of the bill, while the films of small productions can only face cruel exploitation.
The reason why Zhang Yimou is called the national teacher is not only his achievements in movies.Another reason is that he has always maintained very close ties with relevant agencies, and the real trump card of this reform is Zhang Yimou's "Hero".
Now the whole country is waiting to watch "Hero", and no theater company is willing to miss it.
But if you want to buy the screening rights of "Heroes", then you have to sign the corresponding bill-sharing clause, and you must follow this clause to buy the screening rights of other movies in the future. This is doing a good job for other movies.
Some not-so-famous movies are willing to give cinemas a larger percentage of the box office, but for Zhang Yimou's "Hero", the theaters can only get about 45% of the account.
As a result, many movie theaters have turned the box office that originally belonged to "Hero" into the box office of other movies, and the movie theaters can get about 10% more revenue.
Not to mention other low-quality movies, there may be a secret collusion with the theater to let the theater steal the box office of "Hero" to itself.
Relevant authorities have long expected this to happen, so during the release of "Hero", box office checks began all over the country.
The "Ancient House" "stealing box office" turmoil was actually behind the secret promotion of the Huaguo Film Group, and the relevant agencies were using "The Ancient House" to test the reactions of theaters around the world.
Although this matter does not have any direct relationship with Qin Yan now, Qin Yan still vaguely feels that he is cooperating with the national teacher across time and space, and has half a war friendship.
Zhang Yimou was doing practical things for Huaguo Films, so Qin Yan would not answer these questions anyway, he didn't want to stab the "hero" in the back.
But who knew that the leader of Huaguo Film Group suddenly came to Qin Yan at this time, and told Qin Yan that there was a person who wanted to meet him, and this person was the national teacher.
This time Qin Yan came to the place agreed with Zhang Yimou earlier.
When Zhang Yimou came in, he was wearing a black peaked cap and was very plainly dressed, just like an ordinary middle-aged man.In Qin Yan's memory, Zhang Yimou has always appeared in front of the public in this plain attire.
After Zhang Yimou came in, Qin Yan got up immediately: "Director Zhang, hello."
Qin Yan admired Zhang Yimou from the bottom of his heart. Before Qin Yan became famous, if the number of overseas awards for Huaguo films were divided into ten, Zhang Yimou had seven of them.
In addition, Zhang Yimou's character is also recognized as low-key and simple in the entertainment industry.Among the fifth-generation directors, his character is definitely the best.
For example, now that Zhang Yimou is already the number one director in the country, facing Qin Yan, a young director who has just shown his interest in teaching, he still smiled and said: "You are Qin Yan, right? Come, sit and talk. "
Qin Yan sat on his seat and continued to look at Zhang Yimou. In his previous life, he basically lived in the West, and had very few opportunities to deal with Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou was indeed as approachable as the rumors said. If Qin Yan was a tyrant on the set, then Zhang Yimou must be a teacher.
Zhang Yimou didn't beat around the bush either, he said directly, "I'm so many years older than you, so I'll ask you to call you Xiao Qin."
"How about it, I didn't expect that I would suddenly ask you to meet."
Qin Yan nodded and said, "I have always liked many of Director Zhang's works, and I never thought I would have the opportunity to meet you."
Every director will express his love and admiration for Zhang Yimou when he sees him, and Zhang Yimou is used to it.And it can be seen that Zhang Yimou's mood is not very good recently, he said rather self-deprecatingly:
"Do you like my work? But today's young people don't like my work."
The implication is obviously referring to his movie "Hero" which is currently in theaters.
This movie is of great significance to the entire Huaguo film market and to Zhang Yimou, especially to Zhang Yimou.
In the past, making movies was basically in a relatively closed circle. Although I occasionally interviewed the audience for their views on the movie, in fact, most of the time the director could not hear the feedback from the audience.
But the times are different, the Internet is more and more developed, and now audiences can express their views on movies as they like online.
Every seemingly ordinary and ordinary individual can gather a wave of public opinion that is not controlled by any media.
And this time Zhang Yimou and "Hero" made by Huaguo's film industry, both the country and himself have high hopes for it.
Seeing the current criticism, Zhang Yimou was naturally disappointed.
Qin Yan knew all the emotions involved, and even knew the reason why "Hero" had a bad reputation in China, but as a junior and a young director, he couldn't say it.
The current Qin Yan is not qualified to evaluate and define the entire film industry.Even if he had good intentions, even if Zhang Yimou seemed to be able to tell right from wrong, Qin Yan couldn't tell.
So Qin Yan can only say: "It is impossible for everyone to like movies after all."
Zhang Yimou can also be regarded as a person who can afford to let go. He did not continue to express his dissatisfaction, but said: "Actually, I came this time to thank you."
Zhang Yimou thought that Qin Yan didn't know anything, so he told all the recent things.
In fact, it’s about film reforms. Nowadays, movies are more and more popular with big directors and well-known actors. With these gimmicks, it is easier to sell at a good price.As long as it sells, no one will think about the quality of the movie.
This makes small-production, low-cost movies have no future at all.
Occasionally, if one or two high-quality movies appear, they will suffer various suppressions, such as lowering the price and stealing the box office.
If things go on like this, this is very unfavorable to the development of Chinese films.
This is also why Qin Yan worked so hard to release it with the back of Huaguo Film Group, because only in the face of Huaguo Film Group, these theaters will not look so ugly, and it is possible to give Qin Yan a reasonable share ratio.
But even so, there are still many theaters stealing the box office of "Ancient House", which shows their arrogance.
"Hero" is actually a secret weapon used by relevant institutions to lead investment and promote market-oriented reforms.
Director Zhao said to go back and discuss with the leaders and directors, and one of them was Zhang Yimou.
Why Zhang Yimou can be called the national teacher, besides his greatest achievement in the film, his close contact with the government is also a very important reason.
And this contact does not refer to the flattery of the authorities, but refers to Zhang Yimou's doing a lot of practical things for the film reform and development of Huaguo.
Qin Yan is well aware of this, so when someone as arrogant as him sees Zhang Yimou, he will still express his respect immediately.
"So your "Ancient House" has helped me share a lot of pressure. If there is no "Ancient House", this matter may not be able to go smoothly, and the box office of "Hero" will shrink a little bit."
Qin Yan immediately shook his head: "Director Zhang, this is what I should do. As a Chinese, who doesn't want the film market in his country to get better and better."
"And the box office system in the domestic market is getting better and better. At least the next time a movie is released, I don't have to worry so much about the box office being stolen."
Hearing this, Zhang Yimou crossed his fingers and showed a thoughtful expression:
"You mean the movie you're making right now. I saw your filing with the relevant authorities, but I didn't expect it to be a martial arts movie. How is it going?"
"Post-production has already started."
"How? You seem to trust the quality of your film."
The "Laughing Jianghu" filmed by Qin Yan is not any script in his previous life, and there is no similar case, so it is logically difficult to predict the results.
But Qin Yan believes that the standards of industrial films have their own unique features, and the films he produces according to the industrial process will definitely not be bad at the box office.
So Qin Yan said confidently: "I believe its grades will definitely not be bad."
Hearing this, Zhang Yimou paused: "Will it be better than "Ancient House"?"
Qin Yan still nodded firmly.
Zhang Yimou said with a smile: "You really don't want to give us old people a way to live. Are you so confident that you surpass me?"
Of course, Qin Yan would not have such thoughts, and shook his head: "Actually, I don't think my movies are necessarily better than yours, but the movies I make are movies that audiences like to watch."
"Doesn't your "Hero" also have a clear target audience?"
Zhang Yimou was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Qin Yan to explain things that many people didn't see through at all: "I really underestimated you, a young man."
"Before so many media praised you, and then used you to attack me, I thought you would stand up and say a few words, no matter good or bad, but I didn't expect you to have never spoken, so I wanted to talk to you .It seems that you see better than anyone."
Qin Yan comforted: "Director Zhang, outsiders will not understand the importance of "Heroes". But only the merits and demerits can be recorded in the spring and autumn. Ten or 20 years later, when our country writes film history, "Heroes" will have it. Deserved evaluation.”
After finally meeting a director who understands himself, Zhang Yimou talked more, he said: "Yeah, who knows how much effort I put into making this movie?"
A director like Zhang Yimou may not know what kind of movies the market likes?
Even though his future films have always been controversial, in fact Zhang Yimou has always been the kind of director who understands human nature.
Then why did Zhang Yimou still make "Heroes"?Even countless people scolded him for imitating Li An and Dong Shi's imitation, but he also shot without hesitation.
Everyone knows the tense relationship between mainland China and Taicheng. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely unacceptable for Taiwan to let the director of Taicheng set off a wave of Chinese culture in the world.
And at the same time, the mainland is about to join the WTO, and it is necessary to establish a strong image of its own culture.
"National teacher", while enjoying certain privileges given to him by the country, he must also do a lot of things for the country.
And this time shooting "Hero" is actually half a political task.
Many people say that "Hero" first started the commercial war of Chinese-language films, but in fact, the main battlefield of "Hero" has always been overseas, not at home.
For example, domestic audiences like to criticize the costume color of "Hero" this time. The protagonist is wearing bright red and bright green robes, which is unacceptable to most domestic audiences.
As a master photographer, Zhang Yimou certainly knows what styles of clothing domestic audiences like.
But the problem is that Western audiences and domestic audiences have different perceptions of Chinese culture.
The expectations of domestic audiences for martial arts movies are more about robbing the rich and helping the poor, fighting the sword to the end of the world, and this cultural concept is completely different from the heroism believed in the West.
The West prefers to create ethereal and abstract artistic images. This is the world of rivers and lakes that "Heroes" strives to construct.
How difficult is it to make a dish that satisfies both those who like spicy food and those who don't like spicy food?
Zhang Yimou must choose foreign markets and must complete the tasks assigned to him by the state.
And this is why "Hero" can create such a high box office overseas.
For a long time, "Hero" has been a business card of the mainland in the world.At least when Qin Yan died in his previous life, there was still no movie that could surpass "Hero" in overseas box office.
This is not only the pride of "Heroes", but also the sorrow of "Heroes".
Sad when will Huaguo's true culture be able to go abroad and be accepted by the world.Rather than the self-righteous image of China in the minds of Westerners, just like "Mulan".
When Zhang Yimou said these words, he didn't complain about himself, nor did he have an educational tone. He was just stating a fact.
"So I came to you this time, in addition to thanking "Ancient House" for its help, I also want to tell you not to be influenced by those comments from the outside world. Even if your next movie defeats my "Hero", I don't mind anything, young people can do it boldly."
Qin Yan nodded, he felt the pure care of a senior in the mainland film industry.
In fact, Qin Yan also knew that Zhang Yimou's future was not going well.He is a director with purely artistic pursuits, but because of his sophistication, he has to stay in commercial films.
Qin Yan even wanted to say something to Zhang Yimou several times, but in the end he chose to give up.
There is no way, people at a certain stage can only see the scenery at that stage.
The reason why Zhang Yimou has made commercial films for more than 20 years because of human relationships is not because he is a person who values emotions in his bones.
Qin Yan suppressed all kinds of emotions in his heart, everyone has their own established destiny, outsiders can't change or help.
After finishing the business, Zhang Yimou chatted with Qin Yan a lot.
Originally, he just came to Qin Yan with the mood of promoting the younger generation.However, during the communication, he found that many of Qin Yan's film ideas and ideas are quite mature, and he is quite famous as a director.
In recent years, he has been hailed as the leader of the 5th generation of directors in China, but in fact Zhang Yimou also knows that the growth rate of the 6th and 7th generation of directors in China is still too slow, so he then chatted with Qin Yan a lot about the film industry things.
But at the end of the chat, Zhang Yimou suddenly brought up a topic: "By the way, Huaying asked me to ask you a question, why you refused to sign a contract with their company, and refused to accept Huaying's capital injection."
Qin Yan smiled harmlessly, but he was very decisive: "If I accept Huaying's capital injection, I will not be able to do whatever I want in terms of talent selection or budget. The film company likes to use some money to ensure the box office is guaranteed. I have a fixed cast, but who among these actors is willing to lower the price to cooperate with me?"
Anyway, Zhang Yimou also knew about his filmmaking, so Qin Yan talked about the remuneration of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian this time, and Zhang Yimou was also taken aback for a while.
Zhang Yimou said: "Your price is even lower than when I made "The Mansion Gate". Do you want to keep shooting at this price in the future?"
Qin Yan's heart is like a bright mirror. He knows that Zhang Yimou has something to say, but he also has his own persistence:
"In fact, the price is not low. Who doesn't work hard in film work? And sometimes giving an actor 1 million, the effect of the film is not as good as giving an actor 000. In the future, I will also learn from the box office in the West. Account sharing system."
How to motivate actors, box office split is actually a good choice.It's just that Qin Yan has never used it. After all, the box office of literary and artistic films is a joke.
Of course Zhang Yimou knew the benefits of Qin Yan's salary, but there was also a huge danger lurking there.
Since ancient times, the people's hearts have not suffered from poverty but from inequality. When the price of the film market becomes higher and more open, Qin Yan is likely to encounter trouble.
From the actors, from the market, from the company...
It's just that sometimes the market rules are there and people have to abide by them. He rarely said in the tone of an elder:
"If you insist on going your own way to fight against the market, be careful of a big somersault someday."
Qin Yan didn't care at all, he said confidently: "If I become the only one in the entire movie circle, if I can make all the actors beg to find me to make a movie, then maybe I can change some rules."
Seeing such sharp Qin Yan, Zhang Yimou smiled. He saw himself when he was young, but he still believed that the edges and corners of a person would be smoothed by the rules and time of the world.
So he directly skipped this topic and chatted with Qin Yan about other things.
As a lobbyist of Huaguo Film Group, he still finalized some film work with Qin Yan.
After returning home that day, Qin Yan's working condition became more relaxed.
Because some of his previous thoughts about the film market really overwhelmed himself a bit.
After communicating with Zhang Yimou today, he found that he is not the only one who wants to make this market better. Many people are working hard, and sometimes they just need an opportunity.
A very important job in the post-production of a movie is music configuration, especially for costume martial arts dramas, a good movie soundtrack and good lyrics can add a lot to the movie.
In fact, Qin Yan's initial plan was to invite some of the most famous composers and lyricists in Hong Kong City to help. Unfortunately, even if he invited him through Qi Ye, it still failed.
One is because of the grade of the movie, and the other is because of the time.
In the end, Qin Yan also thought of another famous singer-songwriter, Mr. Zhou, a legendary musician who just showed his talents in Taicheng.
Especially Fang Wenhai, Mr. Zhou's queen lyricist, is a top expert in writing Chinese culture lyrics.
Qin Yan sent the outline of his "Laughing Jianghu" script to Taicheng.
Some relationships were also used in the middle, and the money Qin Yan gave was quite generous, so Mr. Zhou and Fang Wenhai took over the job.
When Qin Yan finally got the theme song and the ending song, he immediately decided that these were the theme song and ending song of "Laughing Jianghu".
In March, Qin Yan completed all the post-production work, and he also began to seek the release of his "Laughing Jianghu", hoping to release it during the summer vacation.
Comedy martial arts movies, it's very time for the family schedule to be released during the summer vacation.So Qin Yan found his former partner—Hua Ying.
Although it has not been long since the last successful cooperation, each of these businessmen is better than the other, and of course it is impossible to buy it directly, so a trial screening was held inside Huaying.
The scale of the preview screening this time was not small. Several powerful people in the company had arrived at the scene. They all wanted to see if the wonderful Qin Yan before could bring them new surprises.And they also got some news from Zhang Yimou.
Needless to say about the plot of "Laughing Jianghu", when Qin Yan designed the jokes before, he considered the preferences of all age groups, so it can be said that it is suitable for all ages.
Don't look at these high-level cadres of Huaying, usually one or two are majestic and look very serious, but during the test screening, they couldn't help laughing one after another as the plot of "Laughing Jianghu" unfolded.
Their smiles were short-lived, and soon their hearts were replaced by a sense of sadness.
It's not because they discovered the shortcomings of "Laughing Jianghu", on the contrary, they have already seen the shadow of this year's box office champion.
What really made them miserable was that they didn't invest in "Laughing Jianghu", that is to say, the only money they could make was the profit from the distribution, which made them regret it.
Several high-level leaders are already beating the person in charge of the marketing department: Such a good movie, such a potential director, why didn't you pay attention to him at the beginning?
In fact, this is really wronging the employees of the marketing department.
Of course, they also paid attention to the popular Qin Yan before.
A fledgling director actually wanted an investment of 4000 million. You must know that Feng Xiaogang only invested 100 million back then, but any normal company would not agree to it, let alone Qin Yan's "whimsical" contract terms.
But the most painful thing in the world is that there is no medicine for regret.
The person in charge of the marketing department is also quite experienced. After the screening, he immediately came to Qin Yan to express his congratulations.
"Director Qin Yan is indeed young and promising, and has produced such amazing works. It seems that this year the entire film market will be shocked again because of you."
For such praise and high hat, Qin Yan didn't have any fluctuations in his heart, he said directly: "It seems that your company is willing to help me release "Laughing Jianghu", and I don't know how much your company is going to give me. "
Seeing Qin Yan answering his compliment in such a calm manner, the person in charge of the marketing and distribution department was also stunned. He thought that Qin Yan would be hypocritical and courteous to him a few times, so that he could use his housekeeping skills to make Qin Yan The inkstone is dizzy.
Now it seems that it is obviously impossible for me to obtain the screening rights of "Laughing Jianghu" through buyout.
Next, Qin Yan and the person in charge of the Huaying market discussed the issue of the box office share ratio.
Although there have been previous cooperations, this discussion process is still quite worrying.
Originally, all these matters should be handled by Xian Ding Chang, who is responsible for the financial work.
However, Huayan's scale is still very small, and the company's weight depends on Qin Yan, and it was Qin Yan who played in person in the end.
But Qin Yan still underestimated Huaying's greed, and the price they offered made Qin Yan quite dissatisfied.
If Qin Yan hadn't directly taken out the quotations given to him by several other companies, I'm afraid Huaying would not have reached an agreement with him so quickly.
Although a transaction price acceptable to both parties was reached in the end, Qin Yan already realized that there might be even bigger conflicts in the future.
Qin Yan doesn't want capital to interfere with his creation, but the problem is that these capitals have various channels for film distribution, screening, and review.
They will not be happy if they are not allowed a piece of the pie.
Although hidden dangers have emerged, Qin Yan still plans to wait for "Laughing Jianghu" to be released in the summer before dealing with these issues. After all, his right to speak should be more stable at that time.
But Qin Yan found that he had forgotten a very important thing, a catastrophe that was forgotten by him because the time was too long and whether he was in the country back then.
2003 was a very special year. In March, the first case of special pneumonia broke out in Pingcheng.Then the special type of pneumonia ignited the whole country like an autumn fire, and it didn't know when it would stop.
Since April, Pingcheng has been completely closed. Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang can only stay in Pingcheng, they can't go anywhere, and even the school is temporarily suspended.
Public entertainment venues like movies are naturally all closed, and movies that were still showing are also released immediately. From March to June, no new movies were released.
During this period, Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang's schools were also officially closed, but Qin Yan was already at the graduation age, and the graduation project had been completed, so there was nothing to do, while Xie Beiyang took advantage of this time to continue to settle himself.
Xie Bei Yang's family actually has real estate in Pingcheng, and there are more than one.But I don't know why neither Qin Yan nor Xie Beiyang mentioned this matter, and the two continued to live in a semi-cohabitation state.
Of course, the release plan of "Laughing Jianghu" will naturally be suspended accordingly.
At this time, it showed the advantage of Qin Yan's own money.
"Laughing Jianghu" invested 4 million Huaxia coins, which was all the working capital Qin Yan had at that time.
At the beginning of this year, the domestic, Hong Kong City, Taicheng and North American box office accounts have all been settled, and now Qin Yan has more than [-] million funds available.
In the next period of filming, Qin Yan definitely doesn't need to worry about funding.He can continue to form a crew according to his own ideas.
So Qin Yan began to write the script of the next movie with peace of mind.
In fact, Qin Yan thought about making a movie about doctors.
Whether it was the Dianfei this time, or another catastrophic disease more than 10 years later, Qin Yan was shocked too much.
But after hesitating again and again, Qin Yan finally gave up on this idea.
Qin Yan finally wrote down the words "police" and "serial murder". He wanted to make a movie with suspense and reasoning. He wanted to really conquer the audience from the script and plot.
Both "Ancient House" and "Laughing Rivers and Lakes" were rushed products for about a month. This time, Qin Yan spent a full three months carving out the script. At least he thinks this is the most satisfying one in his life. script.
The author has something to say:
In addition, there is a big BUG in this chapter, which is actually a setting. Let me explain it to you.
If a person is reborn, he will definitely want to change many regrets, such as SARS and 512.
But in doing so, the entire world context changes.I'm still struggling with how to handle it.
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Therefore, the world "Qin Yan" lives in is not actually the earth we live in. There are no such accidents in that world, so Qin Yan doesn't know anything.
Don't worry about this issue.ignore it!
053 Propaganda
Qin Yan started to write the script, and it was not only Qin Yan who worked hard, Xie Beiyang was also dragged into the water by Qin Yan.
Everyone has seen Qin Yan's work status before. He is in a state of chaos, and his ability to live has plummeted.Although it will not starve to death, it is possible to die suddenly from overwork at any time.
Originally, Qin Yan had considered hiring a nanny, after all, his life was given by the nanny in his previous life.But because of cohabitation, this plan has been shelved indefinitely by Qin Yan.
As for why it was shelved indefinitely, only Qin Yan knew the reason.
Xie Beiyang couldn't stand it anymore, so he took on the job of supervising Qin Yan's eating and resting.
I originally thought that because of Xie Beiyang's interference in my daily routine, the rhythm of my creation would be disrupted.But two weeks later, Qin Yan found that he seemed to have gradually gotten used to this rhythm.
Occasionally, Qin Yan would choose to open the curtains to create scripts.
If the absolute silence at night can make Qin Yan's attention more concentrated, then the sunshine in the daytime can make Qin Yan's thinking more divergent, and there will be whimsical plots suddenly appearing, this is the so-called flash of inspiration.
But Qin Yan's creative process has nothing to do with elegance, because Qin Yan bought a lot of books and came back to create in hell.
Now you can see suspense stories everywhere at home, such as Agatha's "None Survived", "Murder on the Orient Express", Josephine's "Daughter of Time", "The Sands of Time"...
This time I don't need other people to help me sort out the materials, because Qin Yan has seen most of the suspense before.
Whether it was in his previous life or the creation of the previous "True Murderer", Qin Yan has already sorted out these things.It's just that Qin Yan still needs to revisit the classics to learn the ability of these suspense masters to control emotions and list evidence.
Qin Yan's understanding of the script
When half of the people at the finale banquet fell, Qin Yan still sat there motionless, and finally personally arranged for everyone to return to the hotel.
Since there is a meeting, there will naturally be a parting.After the wrap-up banquet, the crew of "Laughing Jianghu" temporarily left.
After Qin Yan returned to Pingcheng, he immediately invested in the post-production project.
For the next period of time, Qin Yan devoted himself to post-production. Of course, he was actually avoiding the disturbance from the outside world.
For the recent turmoil, Qin Yan also expected it at the beginning, because "Hero" filmed by director Zhang Yimou was officially released.
With an investment of 3 million U.S. dollars, which claims to be the largest domestic investment, a stepping stone to the international market, and a movie that has high hopes from the national film industry, it is finally officially released.
Although the overseas copyright of "Hero" was sold to Miramax in April, everyone is looking forward to the box office performance of "Hero".
This movie brings together the most famous actors in Huaguo in the world, such as Zhang Manyu, Zhang Zizi, Li Lianjie and so on.
People walked into the movie theater almost with a pilgrimage, but the reviews of the movie were not as good as everyone expected.
Ten years later, some people said that "Hero" is a film that is difficult to simply evaluate. It has indeed achieved unprecedented achievements in Chinese films in terms of overseas box office, and even surpassed the overseas box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
But in fact, the Chinese people's evaluation of "Hero" appeared to be somewhat negative——
"Hero" is a work of great artistic expression, whether it is the soundtrack, costumes, styling or character creation, it is the first of its kind in mainland China.
But the problem is that ordinary people don't have a good impression of "Hero". They expect to see a soul-stirring Jianghu, but in fact they find that "Hero" is far more dull and contrived than they imagined.
Amidst the discussions, the box office of "Hero" keeps going up. Judging from the box office alone, "Hero" is definitely not a loser.
This matter had nothing to do with Qin Yan, but some people just like to find some gimmicks to attract people's attention, so Qin Yan and his "Ancient House" were pulled out to compare with "Heroes".
Although in less than three weeks, the overseas box office of "Hero" has surpassed that of "Ancient House", but the growth rate of "Hero"'s overseas box office has gradually slowed down, and various organizations and magazines have also given the final total box office figures. estimate.
Some media began to criticize "Hero", saying that "Hero" was a movie made entirely of money and had no substantive content, and the negative example they cited was Qin Yan's "Ancient House".
As we all know, the shooting cost of "Ancient House" is only more than 10 yuan, and the international box office is not as good as "Hero", but in terms of investment return ratio, it is far beyond the reach of "Hero".
In fact, anyone with a real eye knows that the reason why a box office miracle like "Ancient House" is called a miracle is that the probability of it happening is too low.
Even in various film-related art schools, these special cases have never been promoted.Because every practitioner knows that this kind of success is completely irreproducible, and it pays attention to the timing, location, and harmony of people.
But the general public doesn't understand the business system of movies at all, they don't even understand the classification of movies, let alone the production process of movies.
The only data they know is that "Ancient House" cost $15 and earned $1 million, while "Hero" cost $3 million and earned $000 million.
No wonder the news media is said to be the uncrowned king, their ability to manipulate public opinion is too strong.
Under their provocation, many people began to praise Qin Yan and belittle Zhang Yimou, and said that young directors are the future of Huaguo films, and the elderly should abdicate.
Qin Yan has never come forward to clarify these claims.Countless people call every day, wanting to interview him.Really upset by being harassed, Qin Yan immediately turned off his personal phone.
But these media are all-pervasive, they found out the Huayan established by Qin Yan, they found Ding Chang one after another, and made Ding Chang miserable.
No matter how much the outside world wanted Qin Yan to show his face, Qin Yan chose to remain silent.
He knew that under such circumstances, no matter what he said, he would definitely be maliciously misinterpreted by the media and the public.
Everyone in this world just wants to hear the answer they want, and doesn't care what the speaker really means.
Qin Yan has long known the power of public opinion, so he avoided it.
On the other hand, this matter does have something to do with Qin Yan, that is, it involves the promotion of reforms in the entire mainland film market.
Before last year, the box office system in Huaguo was generally that each theater chain directly purchased the screening rights of movies, and then was responsible for its own profits and losses.
How much box office a movie earns and how much the movie theater earns has nothing to do with the producer.Therefore, the producer does not have much resistance to stealing the box office.
But now both the country and the market have discovered that if the previous one-off transaction method is continued, it will not be conducive to the development of excellent movies.
Since last year, the country has taken the initiative to promote film reforms, requiring cinema chains to purchase film screening rights in proportion to their share, rather than the previous buyout price.
But the theaters are also very smart, and they will watch off-dish dishes. Only the films of large production companies can get a fair share of the bill, while the films of small productions can only face cruel exploitation.
The reason why Zhang Yimou is called the national teacher is not only his achievements in movies.Another reason is that he has always maintained very close ties with relevant agencies, and the real trump card of this reform is Zhang Yimou's "Hero".
Now the whole country is waiting to watch "Hero", and no theater company is willing to miss it.
But if you want to buy the screening rights of "Heroes", then you have to sign the corresponding bill-sharing clause, and you must follow this clause to buy the screening rights of other movies in the future. This is doing a good job for other movies.
Some not-so-famous movies are willing to give cinemas a larger percentage of the box office, but for Zhang Yimou's "Hero", the theaters can only get about 45% of the account.
As a result, many movie theaters have turned the box office that originally belonged to "Hero" into the box office of other movies, and the movie theaters can get about 10% more revenue.
Not to mention other low-quality movies, there may be a secret collusion with the theater to let the theater steal the box office of "Hero" to itself.
Relevant authorities have long expected this to happen, so during the release of "Hero", box office checks began all over the country.
The "Ancient House" "stealing box office" turmoil was actually behind the secret promotion of the Huaguo Film Group, and the relevant agencies were using "The Ancient House" to test the reactions of theaters around the world.
Although this matter does not have any direct relationship with Qin Yan now, Qin Yan still vaguely feels that he is cooperating with the national teacher across time and space, and has half a war friendship.
Zhang Yimou was doing practical things for Huaguo Films, so Qin Yan would not answer these questions anyway, he didn't want to stab the "hero" in the back.
But who knew that the leader of Huaguo Film Group suddenly came to Qin Yan at this time, and told Qin Yan that there was a person who wanted to meet him, and this person was the national teacher.
This time Qin Yan came to the place agreed with Zhang Yimou earlier.
When Zhang Yimou came in, he was wearing a black peaked cap and was very plainly dressed, just like an ordinary middle-aged man.In Qin Yan's memory, Zhang Yimou has always appeared in front of the public in this plain attire.
After Zhang Yimou came in, Qin Yan got up immediately: "Director Zhang, hello."
Qin Yan admired Zhang Yimou from the bottom of his heart. Before Qin Yan became famous, if the number of overseas awards for Huaguo films were divided into ten, Zhang Yimou had seven of them.
In addition, Zhang Yimou's character is also recognized as low-key and simple in the entertainment industry.Among the fifth-generation directors, his character is definitely the best.
For example, now that Zhang Yimou is already the number one director in the country, facing Qin Yan, a young director who has just shown his interest in teaching, he still smiled and said: "You are Qin Yan, right? Come, sit and talk. "
Qin Yan sat on his seat and continued to look at Zhang Yimou. In his previous life, he basically lived in the West, and had very few opportunities to deal with Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou was indeed as approachable as the rumors said. If Qin Yan was a tyrant on the set, then Zhang Yimou must be a teacher.
Zhang Yimou didn't beat around the bush either, he said directly, "I'm so many years older than you, so I'll ask you to call you Xiao Qin."
"How about it, I didn't expect that I would suddenly ask you to meet."
Qin Yan nodded and said, "I have always liked many of Director Zhang's works, and I never thought I would have the opportunity to meet you."
Every director will express his love and admiration for Zhang Yimou when he sees him, and Zhang Yimou is used to it.And it can be seen that Zhang Yimou's mood is not very good recently, he said rather self-deprecatingly:
"Do you like my work? But today's young people don't like my work."
The implication is obviously referring to his movie "Hero" which is currently in theaters.
This movie is of great significance to the entire Huaguo film market and to Zhang Yimou, especially to Zhang Yimou.
In the past, making movies was basically in a relatively closed circle. Although I occasionally interviewed the audience for their views on the movie, in fact, most of the time the director could not hear the feedback from the audience.
But the times are different, the Internet is more and more developed, and now audiences can express their views on movies as they like online.
Every seemingly ordinary and ordinary individual can gather a wave of public opinion that is not controlled by any media.
And this time Zhang Yimou and "Hero" made by Huaguo's film industry, both the country and himself have high hopes for it.
Seeing the current criticism, Zhang Yimou was naturally disappointed.
Qin Yan knew all the emotions involved, and even knew the reason why "Hero" had a bad reputation in China, but as a junior and a young director, he couldn't say it.
The current Qin Yan is not qualified to evaluate and define the entire film industry.Even if he had good intentions, even if Zhang Yimou seemed to be able to tell right from wrong, Qin Yan couldn't tell.
So Qin Yan can only say: "It is impossible for everyone to like movies after all."
Zhang Yimou can also be regarded as a person who can afford to let go. He did not continue to express his dissatisfaction, but said: "Actually, I came this time to thank you."
Zhang Yimou thought that Qin Yan didn't know anything, so he told all the recent things.
In fact, it’s about film reforms. Nowadays, movies are more and more popular with big directors and well-known actors. With these gimmicks, it is easier to sell at a good price.As long as it sells, no one will think about the quality of the movie.
This makes small-production, low-cost movies have no future at all.
Occasionally, if one or two high-quality movies appear, they will suffer various suppressions, such as lowering the price and stealing the box office.
If things go on like this, this is very unfavorable to the development of Chinese films.
This is also why Qin Yan worked so hard to release it with the back of Huaguo Film Group, because only in the face of Huaguo Film Group, these theaters will not look so ugly, and it is possible to give Qin Yan a reasonable share ratio.
But even so, there are still many theaters stealing the box office of "Ancient House", which shows their arrogance.
"Hero" is actually a secret weapon used by relevant institutions to lead investment and promote market-oriented reforms.
Director Zhao said to go back and discuss with the leaders and directors, and one of them was Zhang Yimou.
Why Zhang Yimou can be called the national teacher, besides his greatest achievement in the film, his close contact with the government is also a very important reason.
And this contact does not refer to the flattery of the authorities, but refers to Zhang Yimou's doing a lot of practical things for the film reform and development of Huaguo.
Qin Yan is well aware of this, so when someone as arrogant as him sees Zhang Yimou, he will still express his respect immediately.
"So your "Ancient House" has helped me share a lot of pressure. If there is no "Ancient House", this matter may not be able to go smoothly, and the box office of "Hero" will shrink a little bit."
Qin Yan immediately shook his head: "Director Zhang, this is what I should do. As a Chinese, who doesn't want the film market in his country to get better and better."
"And the box office system in the domestic market is getting better and better. At least the next time a movie is released, I don't have to worry so much about the box office being stolen."
Hearing this, Zhang Yimou crossed his fingers and showed a thoughtful expression:
"You mean the movie you're making right now. I saw your filing with the relevant authorities, but I didn't expect it to be a martial arts movie. How is it going?"
"Post-production has already started."
"How? You seem to trust the quality of your film."
The "Laughing Jianghu" filmed by Qin Yan is not any script in his previous life, and there is no similar case, so it is logically difficult to predict the results.
But Qin Yan believes that the standards of industrial films have their own unique features, and the films he produces according to the industrial process will definitely not be bad at the box office.
So Qin Yan said confidently: "I believe its grades will definitely not be bad."
Hearing this, Zhang Yimou paused: "Will it be better than "Ancient House"?"
Qin Yan still nodded firmly.
Zhang Yimou said with a smile: "You really don't want to give us old people a way to live. Are you so confident that you surpass me?"
Of course, Qin Yan would not have such thoughts, and shook his head: "Actually, I don't think my movies are necessarily better than yours, but the movies I make are movies that audiences like to watch."
"Doesn't your "Hero" also have a clear target audience?"
Zhang Yimou was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Qin Yan to explain things that many people didn't see through at all: "I really underestimated you, a young man."
"Before so many media praised you, and then used you to attack me, I thought you would stand up and say a few words, no matter good or bad, but I didn't expect you to have never spoken, so I wanted to talk to you .It seems that you see better than anyone."
Qin Yan comforted: "Director Zhang, outsiders will not understand the importance of "Heroes". But only the merits and demerits can be recorded in the spring and autumn. Ten or 20 years later, when our country writes film history, "Heroes" will have it. Deserved evaluation.”
After finally meeting a director who understands himself, Zhang Yimou talked more, he said: "Yeah, who knows how much effort I put into making this movie?"
A director like Zhang Yimou may not know what kind of movies the market likes?
Even though his future films have always been controversial, in fact Zhang Yimou has always been the kind of director who understands human nature.
Then why did Zhang Yimou still make "Heroes"?Even countless people scolded him for imitating Li An and Dong Shi's imitation, but he also shot without hesitation.
Everyone knows the tense relationship between mainland China and Taicheng. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely unacceptable for Taiwan to let the director of Taicheng set off a wave of Chinese culture in the world.
And at the same time, the mainland is about to join the WTO, and it is necessary to establish a strong image of its own culture.
"National teacher", while enjoying certain privileges given to him by the country, he must also do a lot of things for the country.
And this time shooting "Hero" is actually half a political task.
Many people say that "Hero" first started the commercial war of Chinese-language films, but in fact, the main battlefield of "Hero" has always been overseas, not at home.
For example, domestic audiences like to criticize the costume color of "Hero" this time. The protagonist is wearing bright red and bright green robes, which is unacceptable to most domestic audiences.
As a master photographer, Zhang Yimou certainly knows what styles of clothing domestic audiences like.
But the problem is that Western audiences and domestic audiences have different perceptions of Chinese culture.
The expectations of domestic audiences for martial arts movies are more about robbing the rich and helping the poor, fighting the sword to the end of the world, and this cultural concept is completely different from the heroism believed in the West.
The West prefers to create ethereal and abstract artistic images. This is the world of rivers and lakes that "Heroes" strives to construct.
How difficult is it to make a dish that satisfies both those who like spicy food and those who don't like spicy food?
Zhang Yimou must choose foreign markets and must complete the tasks assigned to him by the state.
And this is why "Hero" can create such a high box office overseas.
For a long time, "Hero" has been a business card of the mainland in the world.At least when Qin Yan died in his previous life, there was still no movie that could surpass "Hero" in overseas box office.
This is not only the pride of "Heroes", but also the sorrow of "Heroes".
Sad when will Huaguo's true culture be able to go abroad and be accepted by the world.Rather than the self-righteous image of China in the minds of Westerners, just like "Mulan".
When Zhang Yimou said these words, he didn't complain about himself, nor did he have an educational tone. He was just stating a fact.
"So I came to you this time, in addition to thanking "Ancient House" for its help, I also want to tell you not to be influenced by those comments from the outside world. Even if your next movie defeats my "Hero", I don't mind anything, young people can do it boldly."
Qin Yan nodded, he felt the pure care of a senior in the mainland film industry.
In fact, Qin Yan also knew that Zhang Yimou's future was not going well.He is a director with purely artistic pursuits, but because of his sophistication, he has to stay in commercial films.
Qin Yan even wanted to say something to Zhang Yimou several times, but in the end he chose to give up.
There is no way, people at a certain stage can only see the scenery at that stage.
The reason why Zhang Yimou has made commercial films for more than 20 years because of human relationships is not because he is a person who values emotions in his bones.
Qin Yan suppressed all kinds of emotions in his heart, everyone has their own established destiny, outsiders can't change or help.
After finishing the business, Zhang Yimou chatted with Qin Yan a lot.
Originally, he just came to Qin Yan with the mood of promoting the younger generation.However, during the communication, he found that many of Qin Yan's film ideas and ideas are quite mature, and he is quite famous as a director.
In recent years, he has been hailed as the leader of the 5th generation of directors in China, but in fact Zhang Yimou also knows that the growth rate of the 6th and 7th generation of directors in China is still too slow, so he then chatted with Qin Yan a lot about the film industry things.
But at the end of the chat, Zhang Yimou suddenly brought up a topic: "By the way, Huaying asked me to ask you a question, why you refused to sign a contract with their company, and refused to accept Huaying's capital injection."
Qin Yan smiled harmlessly, but he was very decisive: "If I accept Huaying's capital injection, I will not be able to do whatever I want in terms of talent selection or budget. The film company likes to use some money to ensure the box office is guaranteed. I have a fixed cast, but who among these actors is willing to lower the price to cooperate with me?"
Anyway, Zhang Yimou also knew about his filmmaking, so Qin Yan talked about the remuneration of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian this time, and Zhang Yimou was also taken aback for a while.
Zhang Yimou said: "Your price is even lower than when I made "The Mansion Gate". Do you want to keep shooting at this price in the future?"
Qin Yan's heart is like a bright mirror. He knows that Zhang Yimou has something to say, but he also has his own persistence:
"In fact, the price is not low. Who doesn't work hard in film work? And sometimes giving an actor 1 million, the effect of the film is not as good as giving an actor 000. In the future, I will also learn from the box office in the West. Account sharing system."
How to motivate actors, box office split is actually a good choice.It's just that Qin Yan has never used it. After all, the box office of literary and artistic films is a joke.
Of course Zhang Yimou knew the benefits of Qin Yan's salary, but there was also a huge danger lurking there.
Since ancient times, the people's hearts have not suffered from poverty but from inequality. When the price of the film market becomes higher and more open, Qin Yan is likely to encounter trouble.
From the actors, from the market, from the company...
It's just that sometimes the market rules are there and people have to abide by them. He rarely said in the tone of an elder:
"If you insist on going your own way to fight against the market, be careful of a big somersault someday."
Qin Yan didn't care at all, he said confidently: "If I become the only one in the entire movie circle, if I can make all the actors beg to find me to make a movie, then maybe I can change some rules."
Seeing such sharp Qin Yan, Zhang Yimou smiled. He saw himself when he was young, but he still believed that the edges and corners of a person would be smoothed by the rules and time of the world.
So he directly skipped this topic and chatted with Qin Yan about other things.
As a lobbyist of Huaguo Film Group, he still finalized some film work with Qin Yan.
After returning home that day, Qin Yan's working condition became more relaxed.
Because some of his previous thoughts about the film market really overwhelmed himself a bit.
After communicating with Zhang Yimou today, he found that he is not the only one who wants to make this market better. Many people are working hard, and sometimes they just need an opportunity.
A very important job in the post-production of a movie is music configuration, especially for costume martial arts dramas, a good movie soundtrack and good lyrics can add a lot to the movie.
In fact, Qin Yan's initial plan was to invite some of the most famous composers and lyricists in Hong Kong City to help. Unfortunately, even if he invited him through Qi Ye, it still failed.
One is because of the grade of the movie, and the other is because of the time.
In the end, Qin Yan also thought of another famous singer-songwriter, Mr. Zhou, a legendary musician who just showed his talents in Taicheng.
Especially Fang Wenhai, Mr. Zhou's queen lyricist, is a top expert in writing Chinese culture lyrics.
Qin Yan sent the outline of his "Laughing Jianghu" script to Taicheng.
Some relationships were also used in the middle, and the money Qin Yan gave was quite generous, so Mr. Zhou and Fang Wenhai took over the job.
When Qin Yan finally got the theme song and the ending song, he immediately decided that these were the theme song and ending song of "Laughing Jianghu".
In March, Qin Yan completed all the post-production work, and he also began to seek the release of his "Laughing Jianghu", hoping to release it during the summer vacation.
Comedy martial arts movies, it's very time for the family schedule to be released during the summer vacation.So Qin Yan found his former partner—Hua Ying.
Although it has not been long since the last successful cooperation, each of these businessmen is better than the other, and of course it is impossible to buy it directly, so a trial screening was held inside Huaying.
The scale of the preview screening this time was not small. Several powerful people in the company had arrived at the scene. They all wanted to see if the wonderful Qin Yan before could bring them new surprises.And they also got some news from Zhang Yimou.
Needless to say about the plot of "Laughing Jianghu", when Qin Yan designed the jokes before, he considered the preferences of all age groups, so it can be said that it is suitable for all ages.
Don't look at these high-level cadres of Huaying, usually one or two are majestic and look very serious, but during the test screening, they couldn't help laughing one after another as the plot of "Laughing Jianghu" unfolded.
Their smiles were short-lived, and soon their hearts were replaced by a sense of sadness.
It's not because they discovered the shortcomings of "Laughing Jianghu", on the contrary, they have already seen the shadow of this year's box office champion.
What really made them miserable was that they didn't invest in "Laughing Jianghu", that is to say, the only money they could make was the profit from the distribution, which made them regret it.
Several high-level leaders are already beating the person in charge of the marketing department: Such a good movie, such a potential director, why didn't you pay attention to him at the beginning?
In fact, this is really wronging the employees of the marketing department.
Of course, they also paid attention to the popular Qin Yan before.
A fledgling director actually wanted an investment of 4000 million. You must know that Feng Xiaogang only invested 100 million back then, but any normal company would not agree to it, let alone Qin Yan's "whimsical" contract terms.
But the most painful thing in the world is that there is no medicine for regret.
The person in charge of the marketing department is also quite experienced. After the screening, he immediately came to Qin Yan to express his congratulations.
"Director Qin Yan is indeed young and promising, and has produced such amazing works. It seems that this year the entire film market will be shocked again because of you."
For such praise and high hat, Qin Yan didn't have any fluctuations in his heart, he said directly: "It seems that your company is willing to help me release "Laughing Jianghu", and I don't know how much your company is going to give me. "
Seeing Qin Yan answering his compliment in such a calm manner, the person in charge of the marketing and distribution department was also stunned. He thought that Qin Yan would be hypocritical and courteous to him a few times, so that he could use his housekeeping skills to make Qin Yan The inkstone is dizzy.
Now it seems that it is obviously impossible for me to obtain the screening rights of "Laughing Jianghu" through buyout.
Next, Qin Yan and the person in charge of the Huaying market discussed the issue of the box office share ratio.
Although there have been previous cooperations, this discussion process is still quite worrying.
Originally, all these matters should be handled by Xian Ding Chang, who is responsible for the financial work.
However, Huayan's scale is still very small, and the company's weight depends on Qin Yan, and it was Qin Yan who played in person in the end.
But Qin Yan still underestimated Huaying's greed, and the price they offered made Qin Yan quite dissatisfied.
If Qin Yan hadn't directly taken out the quotations given to him by several other companies, I'm afraid Huaying would not have reached an agreement with him so quickly.
Although a transaction price acceptable to both parties was reached in the end, Qin Yan already realized that there might be even bigger conflicts in the future.
Qin Yan doesn't want capital to interfere with his creation, but the problem is that these capitals have various channels for film distribution, screening, and review.
They will not be happy if they are not allowed a piece of the pie.
Although hidden dangers have emerged, Qin Yan still plans to wait for "Laughing Jianghu" to be released in the summer before dealing with these issues. After all, his right to speak should be more stable at that time.
But Qin Yan found that he had forgotten a very important thing, a catastrophe that was forgotten by him because the time was too long and whether he was in the country back then.
2003 was a very special year. In March, the first case of special pneumonia broke out in Pingcheng.Then the special type of pneumonia ignited the whole country like an autumn fire, and it didn't know when it would stop.
Since April, Pingcheng has been completely closed. Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang can only stay in Pingcheng, they can't go anywhere, and even the school is temporarily suspended.
Public entertainment venues like movies are naturally all closed, and movies that were still showing are also released immediately. From March to June, no new movies were released.
During this period, Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang's schools were also officially closed, but Qin Yan was already at the graduation age, and the graduation project had been completed, so there was nothing to do, while Xie Beiyang took advantage of this time to continue to settle himself.
Xie Bei Yang's family actually has real estate in Pingcheng, and there are more than one.But I don't know why neither Qin Yan nor Xie Beiyang mentioned this matter, and the two continued to live in a semi-cohabitation state.
Of course, the release plan of "Laughing Jianghu" will naturally be suspended accordingly.
At this time, it showed the advantage of Qin Yan's own money.
"Laughing Jianghu" invested 4 million Huaxia coins, which was all the working capital Qin Yan had at that time.
At the beginning of this year, the domestic, Hong Kong City, Taicheng and North American box office accounts have all been settled, and now Qin Yan has more than [-] million funds available.
In the next period of filming, Qin Yan definitely doesn't need to worry about funding.He can continue to form a crew according to his own ideas.
So Qin Yan began to write the script of the next movie with peace of mind.
In fact, Qin Yan thought about making a movie about doctors.
Whether it was the Dianfei this time, or another catastrophic disease more than 10 years later, Qin Yan was shocked too much.
But after hesitating again and again, Qin Yan finally gave up on this idea.
Qin Yan finally wrote down the words "police" and "serial murder". He wanted to make a movie with suspense and reasoning. He wanted to really conquer the audience from the script and plot.
Both "Ancient House" and "Laughing Rivers and Lakes" were rushed products for about a month. This time, Qin Yan spent a full three months carving out the script. At least he thinks this is the most satisfying one in his life. script.
The author has something to say:
In addition, there is a big BUG in this chapter, which is actually a setting. Let me explain it to you.
If a person is reborn, he will definitely want to change many regrets, such as SARS and 512.
But in doing so, the entire world context changes.I'm still struggling with how to handle it.
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Therefore, the world "Qin Yan" lives in is not actually the earth we live in. There are no such accidents in that world, so Qin Yan doesn't know anything.
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053 Propaganda
Qin Yan started to write the script, and it was not only Qin Yan who worked hard, Xie Beiyang was also dragged into the water by Qin Yan.
Everyone has seen Qin Yan's work status before. He is in a state of chaos, and his ability to live has plummeted.Although it will not starve to death, it is possible to die suddenly from overwork at any time.
Originally, Qin Yan had considered hiring a nanny, after all, his life was given by the nanny in his previous life.But because of cohabitation, this plan has been shelved indefinitely by Qin Yan.
As for why it was shelved indefinitely, only Qin Yan knew the reason.
Xie Beiyang couldn't stand it anymore, so he took on the job of supervising Qin Yan's eating and resting.
I originally thought that because of Xie Beiyang's interference in my daily routine, the rhythm of my creation would be disrupted.But two weeks later, Qin Yan found that he seemed to have gradually gotten used to this rhythm.
Occasionally, Qin Yan would choose to open the curtains to create scripts.
If the absolute silence at night can make Qin Yan's attention more concentrated, then the sunshine in the daytime can make Qin Yan's thinking more divergent, and there will be whimsical plots suddenly appearing, this is the so-called flash of inspiration.
But Qin Yan's creative process has nothing to do with elegance, because Qin Yan bought a lot of books and came back to create in hell.
Now you can see suspense stories everywhere at home, such as Agatha's "None Survived", "Murder on the Orient Express", Josephine's "Daughter of Time", "The Sands of Time"...
This time I don't need other people to help me sort out the materials, because Qin Yan has seen most of the suspense before.
Whether it was in his previous life or the creation of the previous "True Murderer", Qin Yan has already sorted out these things.It's just that Qin Yan still needs to revisit the classics to learn the ability of these suspense masters to control emotions and list evidence.
Qin Yan's understanding of the script
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