The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 94 Can It Take Off?

Inside preview of "My Sassy Girl".

The movie is being shown, but the director Zhuang Geng is distracted.

It's not that he doesn't care about movies.

From the beginning of the film screening, the auditorium has been a cycle of silence for a moment, and then a burst of laughter; another moment of silence, and then a burst of laughter.

Compared with the long and stinky harangues of film critics, the direct performance of the audience can tell him that he doesn't need to worry about the quality of this film!

Well, although a considerable portion of the audience is actually film critics.

At this moment, he finally dared to breathe a sigh of relief.

Not for anything else, the main reason is that Wang Wei didn't just intervene in the filming of the crew!
Ordinary people don't know, but he, who has worked with more than one crew, knows——

Not to mention a person who is used to being a director, even if he is just an actor with ideas, as long as he is a bit strong, he can easily discuss with the director about his own understanding of the role and the plot; if it is serious, it will even interfere with the director. shoot.

The script belongs to him, the first producer belongs to him, the boss belongs to him, even the whole team belongs to him, and his ability and status in directing and producing movies are absolutely crushing for him .

It can be said that as long as he wants to interfere, he doesn't need to make too much effort, just a light word, and he may fall into endless distress.

But Wang Wei did not.

At first, Zhuang Geng thought it was because he was busy, after all, he also had a film to shoot;
But, patting and patting, Wang Wei only came to visit the class a few times, and communicated with him alone if he had suggestions and opinions. He understood that being busy was probably only a very minor factor.

The main reason is that Wang Wei really dared to delegate power to make others successful.

No, he was given the rights to the first cut of "My Sassy Girlfriend".

It is said that the right of final cut is important, but the right of first cut is also important.

The so-called initial cut sets the tone, and the final cut sets the direction.

After giving the rights to the initial cut to the director, as long as there is no problem with the overall skeleton of the story, the producer will generally not change the main tone and main clue of the film, but will only make certain adjustments to the direction and strength of the expression. degree of adjustment.

——This is the final cut right, no matter at home or abroad, the final cut right is basically a subtraction!
And "My Sassy Girlfriend" didn't give him all the final cutting rights, but he still gave half of it——

He did several rounds of "subtraction" before Wang Wei took over the final editing rights.

For a rookie director like him, this is already a great gift.

After all, when it comes to editing rights, especially the competition for final editing rights, for almost all directors, it is a history of blood and tears.

A good movie, in the mind of the director, is extremely beautiful and carefully edited, and when it arrives at the producer, it is cut with a click;

After the release of the public version, I saw that the screen was messy and the plot was incomprehensible. It was like a storm of thunder. In the end, the director had to recite all the infamy. I almost cried without tears.

Fortunately, he met Wang Wei.

Even professional editors are full of praise for Wang Wei's editing ability shown this time.

Zhuang Geng can only think of one adjective for the accuracy of his selection of shots, his understanding of editing skills and rhythm - as light as weight.

According to Xiao Liu, an editor in Dunhuang, Wang Wei's editing ability has greatly improved.

The specific performance is that he had been bored for nearly a month when editing "Genius Gunner" last time, but this time he still had the energy to run back and forth between the two crews of "My Sassy Girl" and "The Silence of the Lambs".

Hmm... the truth is this, but this kind of "liver" is used to measure the level of progress, which really makes Zhuang Geng's hairs stand on end.

Of course, none of this comes without a price.

Dunhuang hoped to sign contracts with him for three films - not including "My Sassy Girl".

I also want to know that signing three film contracts in a row, the film salary will definitely not be too high, especially in the current situation where he has not fully proved himself...

Zhuang Geng thought for a long time, but finally nodded in agreement.

Not to mention that Dunhuang gave him the first chance, but only that he wanted to sign three film contracts with him, which means that Dunhuang is optimistic about his success this time.

Then Zhuang Geng realized that he was even more apprehensive.

——Probably because Dunhuang's success criteria really made his heart tremble.

Look at the performance of "Genius Gunner".

As the movie with the longest screening time in the past summer, the domestic box office of "Genius Gunner" just broke through 7 million yuan, or 7.01 million yuan to be precise.

Overseas, it was released one step earlier, but the box office statistics also reached an astonishing 4.16 million yuan, which is enough to show how popular this cheating movie, known as the "Plague Movie", is in the Chinese cultural circle where the exam atmosphere is strong.

With a global box office of 11 billion yuan, if this is the standard of success for Dunhuang, Zhuang Geng only wants to choose a dog leash.

Even if he is down by one level, he will still be in pain.

Only with discounts and discounts, um, 2.5 million, he dared to think about it a little bit.

There is no way, this is a common problem of new directors - lack of confidence.

Even Wang Wei, the first movie "Peking Holiday", did not have much confidence when it was not suspended or meloned.

Only by succeeding again and again can we thoroughly cultivate that kind of self-confidence and confidence.

After the internal screening was over and the audience applauded, Zhuang Geng showed an unconcealable joy. Based on this kind of audience reaction, he should be able to hit the small target of [-]% off, right?

……

Many people in the industry also want to know whether "My Sassy Girl" will work.

As the time enters September and the National Day file is approaching, Dunhuang has also stepped up the promotion of "My Sassy Girl".

With the global box office of "Genius Gunner" exceeding one billion, Dunhuang's latest romantic light comedy has attracted much attention; it also has Wang Wei's screenwriter and producer as endorsement, and Shen Zhenyi's occasional guest appearance to promote the film On the platform, all interested people have their eyes on "My Sassy Girl".

Some people may be surprised that for the National Day file with large and medium productions, a film of the scale of "My Sassy Girl" is really not a major project.

Under such circumstances, people in the industry are all focusing on this film instead, which is really puzzling.

However, this confusion is limited to those who don't know enough about Dunhuang.

Many people in the industry understand that the reason why they value "My Sassy Girlfriend" is because it is the first work not directed by Wang Wei after Dunhuang regained momentum.

Isn't Wang Wei awesome?
It's awesome, just two movies have supported Dunhuang's momentum.

But no matter how awesome he is, if he is the only one in Dunhuang, and he has a hit in a year, his peers will be envious, but they will not be afraid.

If Dunhuang is regarded as a bird, the existence of Wang Wei is equivalent to growing a wing. It may be very strong, but it still cannot make the bird take off.

Once he, as a producer, randomly takes out a project and finds someone to shoot it, and if it can still sell well, the other wing will also grow.

Even if the strength of the two wings is different, so what, the staggering take-off is faster than you can run.

And if the two wings are trained to be equally strong... I can't even think about it!

Now just wait and see, can this wave of Dunhuang take off?
……

　It's on the shelves soon, can it take off~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)