The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 36
"So, Wang Wei's new film is about youth films?"

On the terrace of Luo's villa facing the sea, Luo Jianzhou was lying on a lounge chair with a surprised expression.

The visiting producer Dai Shukun nodded: "It is said that there is a similar script in our company's script library, and Dunhuang wants to buy it in order to avoid disputes."

This is normal.

There is a backlog of countless scripts in the script libraries of China Entertainment's large and small film companies.It's really quite difficult for an original movie not to collide with them at all.

This is also the reason why many times, after a movie becomes popular, someone will always jump out and claim that the script has been plagiarized and stolen, and then the lion will open his mouth to claim compensation.

In order to reduce this kind of lawsuits, there is an unwritten rule in the circle - if the scripts of two film companies collide, they must either co-produce or transfer to one party, and rarely use this to block others.

After all, even if it is the Big Five, they don't know when they will fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, Tang Yu Media immediately searched out similar scripts that had accumulated dust from its own script library, and conducted a commercial evaluation.

"What was the result of the evaluation?"

"Extremely low investment value."

Luo Jianzhou was not surprised by this answer.

I also want to know, if that script is really good, how can it be left in the script library to eat ashes?

He put on his sunglasses and made a "you continue talking" gesture.

The producer pondered for a while, and said, "It's a simple story about a student who successfully cheated in an exam and finally came to his senses."

"There is still an audience for this theme. Cheating in exams exists all over the world. But with such a strong audience base, there are very few movies about this theme, because it is very difficult to make."

"Looking at the movies with the theme of cheating, in addition to criticism, it is still criticism, and there are no more tricks." Mr. Producer paused, and concluded: "This theme cannot support a commercial blockbuster. So it should be produced at a low cost.”

Luo Jianzhou snorted through his nose, and said mockingly: "Dunhuang still wants to use the same routine, relying on hype to make a big fortune."

When he heard that Wang Wei wanted to make a youth film, instead of choosing love and abortion, which are common topics in youth films, he talked about exams and cheating, which are rarely filmed, and immediately thought of "Gunmen".

Obviously, Dunhuang has tasted the sweetness of the hype of "Peking Holiday", and wants to copy it again.

And this really made him a little disappointed: "Although it is mostly luck, but with such a good capital to make his debut work so popular, Wang Wei did not go further by making blockbuster films, but indulged in the routine of making big things with small things. There is really no pursuit at all."

In vain, he also secretly raised the importance of Wang Wei.

Mr. Producer nodded when he heard the words, but shook his head inwardly.

You can't say that Luo Jianzhou is wrong, but it's obvious that he is not grounded.

He, Young Master Luo, was born in Rome. He knew from childhood that the success of a blockbuster film can guarantee the annual revenue of a studio, so the blockbuster film strategy is the only way.

In his eyes, industrial blockbusters with first-class industrial standards, visual effects and advanced software and hardware technology can be regarded as commercial films in the true sense, and low-budget films are crooked.

It's just that ordinary small and medium-sized studios have neither the ability to produce industrial blockbusters nor a global distribution network that can recycle the box office around the world to reduce the risk of high costs.

The best example is his "Speed ​​Moment" by Young Master Luo.

The domestic box office of this movie was not good, barely breaking through 2 million; however, with its realistic visual effects, it sold quite well overseas, allowing Tangyu Media to reduce the risk of regional coldness through overseas box office distribution, and finally achieved recovery only by box office all costs.

——Otherwise, how could he, Young Master Luo, be in the mood to take a leisurely vacation here?
Therefore, Dunhuang takes small and medium-budget films as the starting point, and Mr. Producer understands and even appreciates them.

What he didn't understand was why Wang Wei chose such an extremely unpleasant subject as "cheating on exams". Is it possible that you can still make flowers in your photos?
If it is just because there is a "gunner door" that can be hyped, then it is really too much to pursue!
……

Different people see the same thing differently.

The script deal between Dunhuang and Tang Yu made everyone in the circle know the story of Wang Wei's new film "Genius Gunner".

In Luo Jianzhou's eyes, it was Wang Wei who still wanted to play hype;
In the eyes of the paparazzi Zhuo Qun, it was Wang Wei who was mocking;

In the eyes of the people who eat melons, it is Wang Wei who is angry!
"Gunner" is straightforward enough, and adding "genius" seems to be saying——

Didn’t some people say that I was a shooter on behalf of a gunman? Okay, I will use a movie about “Gunman” to translate for you, what is a TMD gunman.

Of course some people would praise Wang Wei for being tough enough, but more people laughed secretly that Wang Wei was still too young.

Let's just say that the boy is unreliable. He has only suffered a little slander, but he likes to make a fuss over a molehill, and he doesn't know what it means to "invigorate the teacher without anger".

Cheating on exams is such a serious topic, what is there to film?
Cheating was successful in filming, and the audience cheered for cheating, I'm afraid it wasn't sprayed to death by teachers and parents all over the country;
You failed to cheat in the filming, and criticize this kind of behavior from the moral high ground... Nima, I was told by the teachers and parents to stop cheating since I was a child, who the hell wants to listen to you in the movie theater?
Therefore, many people really moved the small benches, just waiting to see Wang Wei get beaten instead of being slapped in the face.

Cheng Guangtian, who received an invitation from Wang Wei's crew, was also worried.

——No matter when, there are such a group of actors in the film and television industry who usually don't show their talents and don't seem to have played any particularly important protagonists, but they are very capable actors.

Cheng Guangtian is one of them.

And many people in the circle know that he has a close relationship with Wang Wei's grandfather Wang Tingdong.

To be precise, he was supported by Grandpa Wang Wei.

——Dunhuang, where Grandpa Wang Wei was at the helm, has never been able to sit on an equal footing with the Big Five, but it is well known in the circle that it likes to give opportunities to young people.

Many of the more senior filmmakers in the film industry today became famous because of the help of Wang Wei's grandfather, so they also have a special affection for Dunhuang.

In the past few years, Dunhuang has been going downhill, they all saw it, and they were all... very numb.

It seems to be pure unlucky, how can you help besides staring?
Fortunately, Wang Wei was born last year, which stopped the decline of Dunhuang and made them breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, what do you think is the basis for "Peking Holiday" to be nominated for seven Tianma Awards in one go?Pure box office success?
Even Wang Wei and Wang Chuanqi didn't know that it was a group of old guys like them who helped behind the scenes.

Of course, this is not to ask for credit, but to show that they are very optimistic about Wang Wei.

Wang Wei's directing maturity in "Peking Holiday" is, in their eyes, a successor to his grandfather's mantle.

But this time, he didn't seem to have inherited his grandfather's poise.

To be a director is to be a director well, how can you be self-willed out of anger?

Cheng Guangtian felt that he should persuade this young man not to be a prodigal like his uncle.

He also couldn't stand Dunhuang being tossed about by the prodigal son again.

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