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Chapter 782
Lin Xiao even lost interest in the last director Zhou Chuanming.

In China, these directors are highly praised, so that, many times, they start to be a little confused about the situation.

Longteng is not a small company, but a company jointly founded by many giants. It can be said that, looking at the domestic film and television industry, there is no film and television company with a stronger background than Longteng.

And Li Ke actually treated Lin Xiao and the others as if they were small investors in small companies.

It has to be said that he is indeed courageous.

"Director Lin, Mr. Xu, nice to meet, nice to meet!" Zhou Chuanming put his posture very low, and when he came up, he said very enthusiastically.

"Director Zhou, I believe you know the purpose of our visit this time, and we won't say much else. You have directed many war movies and TV dramas, and I believe you are experienced in controlling the scenes."

"Let me be blunt. We originally had three candidates, and you were the last one. The previous two are not suitable. So, let me explain a few conditions. If you can accept them, we will talk about the others. Otherwise, there is no need to waste everyone's time, what do you think?" This time, Lin Xiao didn't do what he did before, but went straight to the point.

"Director Lin, please tell me." Zhou Chuanming's eyes lit up when he heard Lin Xiao say that the previous two were not suitable.

It's not that he doesn't want to make movies. There is a fundamental gap between a TV drama director and a movie director, just like a TV drama actor and a movie actor.

For Zhou Chuanming, jumping from TV series to movies is actually more difficult than ordinary people, because the TV series Zhou Chuanming has been directing are almost the same kind, war movies.

This has imprinted a style on him, and generally works of other themes are not considered by others.

As for war movies, basically there is no small cost, and it's not that it doesn't exist, it's just a small cost, so it's difficult to shoot that kind of effect.

So, there really aren't that many opportunities.

The point is, Zhou Chuanming has seen the huge potential of the "Three Kingdoms" series of films. If he can become the director of the first film, once the film is successful, he can continue to take over the follow-up sequels.

This is a huge temptation for any director who wants to transform and develop better.

But his family knows his own affairs, and Zhou Chuanming knows that he doesn't have any advantages. Don't look like he is good at war dramas, but in fact, movies and TV dramas are completely different things.

In the TV drama circle, he can be said to be a great director, but in the movie circle, he is really nothing.

Besides, it's such a real big production.

Zhou Chuanming was ready for the harsh conditions offered by the other party.

"First of all, for the "Three Kingdoms" series of movies, Longteng intends to use Hollywood's producer-centered model. Of course, it is impossible to copy them all. However, there is one point. In terms of the final editing rights of the movie, we will give priority to the producer. Opinions, of course, as a director, you can also make suggestions and doubts, but whether to adopt it in the end has to be considered from a commercial point of view.”

"Secondly, the director can give opinions on the main characters of the film, and can also participate in the audition selection, but he cannot make the final decision. It will be decided jointly by the producer team, casting director, and chief director."

"Only these two for the time being, Director Zhou, you can think about it." Lin Xiao said lightly.

"I want to know, will the producer intervene in the specific filming? At the same time, the final editing, can I edit first, and then decide whether to use the director's cut version?" Zhou Chuanming raised his head and asked after pondering for a moment.

"Of course this is possible. In fact, the reason why we want to take back the final editing rights is mainly out of commercial considerations. After all, we need to be responsible for the investors and must ensure the commerciality of the film." Xu Xiaodong answered Zhou Chuanming.

"Then I'm fine. We can proceed to the next step." Zhou Chuanming said with a smile.

"Director Zhou, we have already sent you the script for your review, so tell me what you think." Lin Xiao looked at Zhou Chuanming and asked.

"First of all, I have read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" several times. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a romance novel. Many characters in it are fictional. It does not mean that the characters themselves are fictional, but refers to the abilities of many characters in it. and events are fictitious."

"In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it seems that the overview of the overall situation is very objective, and it is written from the perspective of a bystander, but in fact, in the whole work, there is a very obvious biased position. The Three Kingdoms of Wei, Wu and Shu are obviously In the entire novel, the content description of the related missions of the Kingdom of Shu occupies most of it.”

"I think this is a very good bias for film and television adaptations, because if we want to make a movie to make the audience feel substituting, we first need to clarify our position. Who is the protagonist? Who is the villain? There must be an angle. At least, in the same film, there cannot be a second position."

""The Meeting of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", the plot begins with the three brothers Liu Guanzhang and Taoyuan, and the follow-up [-]th princes crusade against Dong Zhuo. The most exciting part that happened during the period is all about the three brothers Liu Guanzhang."

"For example, Guan Yu Warming Wine and Slaying Huaxiong, Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu, etc., have clearly established their positions, that is, with Liu Guanzhang as the absolute protagonists."

"If I were to direct, I would also shoot this story with the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang as the main visual."

Zhou Chuanming's thinking is very clear. This is also related to the fact that he has been filming TV dramas. It is difficult to say anything about artistry in TV dramas. Most of the time, they serve the ratings.

Unlike movies, many directors can still pretend to be high-end. Movies, because at most one is only two hours, but TV dramas are different. A TV drama, especially a war drama, is often quite long.

Therefore, once he shoots some so-called artistic things, he will be forgotten by the audience immediately.

To a certain extent, movies need to condense the wonderful plot because of the short time, while TV dramas, because of the length of the drama, so, more often, there will be more space to lay the groundwork, to suppress, and to explode.

Zhou Chuanming cherishes this opportunity very much, so of course he won't try to be different, because he doesn't have the qualifications yet.

Therefore, his idea was actually to shoot according to the script, and he didn't want to say that he wanted to shoot something spiritual and reflective.

After all, for a big production with an investment of hundreds of millions, these are all imaginary, what do they want?It's box office!
Only when it succeeds at the box office can you say anything else.

Both Lin Xiao and Xu Xiaodong were very satisfied with Zhou Chuanming, because the other party's thinking was very clear and his posture was very straight.

(End of this chapter)