Millennium director

Chapter 246 The current situation of the company, the desire to snipe "Red Cliff" will never die

After sending Liu Yifei and her daughter home first, Wu Yuan did not go home to rest.

For him, there are still many things that need to be dealt with before he can have time to take a breath after returning to China.

The first thing to deal with is not the post-production of "Gravity".

The company's special effects department has been doing CG synthesis in an orderly manner, so Wu Yuan doesn't need to worry too much about this.

He is more concerned about the company's daily operations.

Without resting at all, Wu Yuan went directly to the office building of Light and Shadow Times and approached Li Xiaoping.

"Mr. Li, everything in the company went well during my absence, right?"

"smoothly."

Li Xiaoping had already guessed that Wu Yuan would return to the company as soon as possible after returning to China to check the situation.

Although even if Wu Yuan is in the United States, Li Xiaoping will still report the company's situation to him regularly, but listening to it on the phone, is it reassuring that seeing is believing?

After following Wu Yuan and watching him walk around the company with a satisfied expression, Li Xiaoping said softly: ""Sheep Herding Star" has already started broadcasting on Anhui Channel."

"With the participation of Asian Little Tornado, this TV series sold at a very good price. One episode sold for 1 million in the first run alone."

This price is twice as expensive as the first-round selling price of "Destined to Love You" at that time.

But the profit earned has not doubled, only a quarter more at most.

In recent years, various prices in the industry have been like riding a rocket, rising very fast.

Actors' salaries are skyrocketing, the production costs of TV series and movies are rising, and advertising stickers are also rising, and the final selling price is no longer cheap.

And this is just the beginning.

2007 was the first year that Coal Boss entered the scene. Actors' salaries skyrocketed, and the salaries of directors, screenwriters, cameramen and other behind-the-scenes staff had just begun to skyrocket.

Fortunately, the wages of actors, directors and others can skyrocket, which also shows that the market has become bigger and capital earns more, so that more money can be given to "part-time workers", which is also a good thing.

Even Wu Yuan, who has come from the era of 2000 when the salary was tens of thousands of yuan, still feels a little melancholy.

However, he quickly adjusted his mentality and asked: "How are the preparations for "The Best of Us" and "Hello, Old Time" going?"

"Both TV series are already filming."

"The heroine of "Hello, Old Times" is still Jinsha, the company's own artist, and the male lead is Jia Nailiang. His performance in "The Yang Family Tiger General" was good. The director tried it out and felt that he could play a high school student. If it doesn't violate peace, just invite him."

"Jia Nailiang?" Wu Yuan pondered: "How old is he this year?"

"23 years old." Li Xiaoping answered accurately.

"That's not a big deal." Wu Yuan nodded: "What about "The Best of Us"?"

Now there is no actress named Tan Songyun who can play the role of the chosen girl "Ceng Geng", let alone Liu Haoran, the unforgettable campus male god Yu Huai.

"The heroine's name is Wang Ou. Although she is a bit older, she has a baby face and looks very small. It is not inappropriate at all to play a high school student in a school uniform."

"The male lead is Yuan Hong, who was recommended by the Tang Dynasty to audition. He has acted in your play before, Director Wu. Director Song Yang tried the play and felt good about it, so he was cast."

"Lu Xinghe hired Guan Zhibin. He is very handsome and can play the character's ruffian spirit."

Kwan Chi Bin, a Filipino actor and singer from Hong Kong Island, first debuted as a singer in Hong Kong Island, and later started acting.

Wu Yuan's biggest impression of him is that he is very handsome. When he acted in "The Great Sage", he was called the most handsome Zhu Bajie in history.

This configuration is okay.

Anyway, in idol dramas and school dramas, the actor's acting skills are never the most important thing. As long as he is handsome and beautiful, he is lovable no matter what.

Although Wang Ou has the "glow-in-the-dark script" thing, he is indeed quite beautiful, and he also has that kind of frozen face. He still looks like he is 27 or 28 years old in his forties.

Now the TV drama department of the Light and Shadow Era has also expanded. It can shoot two movies at the same time, and there are more directors to cooperate with. Song Yang is the director of "Sheep Star", and the director of "Hello, Old Time" is the director of "Destined". Jiang Jiajun of "I Love You".

The two also collaborated in "Talent and Beauty", and now they are both contracted directors of the Light and Shadow Era.

"What about the movie?" Wu Yuan took a cup of tea from Li Xiaoping's administrative assistant and sipped it.

Li Xiaoping shook her head: "The box office results of "To Whom I Dedicated My First Kiss" were not very satisfactory. It only earned 5.2 million yuan at the box office until it was released, which is considered a loss."

"As for other movies, the release promotion work has also been arranged. Starting from "Good Guys, Bad Guys" on August 18, they will all be released in the second half of the year."

"By the way, Director Wu."

"The post-production of "Those Years" has also been completed. Should we arrange to release it together within the year?"

""Those Years"" Wu Yuan groaned, thought about it, and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "When can those two TV series be released at the earliest?"

Li Xiaoping thought for a while and said: "The filming should be completed in August and September. It's just that we can't determine when it will be broadcast by the TV station. This depends on the TV station's schedule."

"I can only confirm that it should be broadcast before the end of the year."

Wu Yuan stretched out his hand and tapped gently on the table. After thinking for a while, he said: ""The Call to Action" will be released on December 12?"

"The next one is "Assembly" on December 20th, right?"

"Then let's put it on the National Day schedule."

The company's "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" and "Don't Knock" are already released in August and September. Of course Wu Yuan will not beat his own people.

November is also known as the off-season, and everyone is waiting for the New Year movies in December.

It just so happens that there are no films by Cheng Long in the National Day schedule this year, so we can put "Those Years" in the National Day schedule to compete.

"Okay, I'll go coordinate with Director Han right away." Li Xiaoping nodded and replied.

The film's schedule cannot be decided by the two of them with just one mouthful. It depends on China Film's face. China Film is the one who holds the right to decide the film's schedule.

So you can’t offend China Film Group by offending anyone. If you offend China Film Group Corporation, Director Han can arrange for your movie to be released at the same time as the super blockbusters.

A movie that was supposed to have a box office of tens of millions in a normal release could have a box office of less than 10 million, and lose all its money.

However, the relationship between Light and Shadow Times and Director Han is very good. Generally, Director Han will arrange the schedules required by Light and Shadow Times.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoping asked in a low voice with a strange expression: "Director Wu, is your "Gravity" really going to be released in July next year?"

"Competing with "Red Cliff" on the same stage?"

It is no secret to Li Xiaoping that Wu Yuan wants to use "Gravity" to snipe "Red Cliff".

From the perspective of a professional manager of the company, Li Xiaoping definitely does not understand this kind of behavior. Doesn't it affect making money and harm others but not self-interest?

There is no one in the industry who is not optimistic about the movie "Red Cliff".

In any case, Wu Baige is also a director who came back from Hollywood.

Although since Wu Yuan was born, his global box office performance of hundreds of millions of dollars has become somewhat insignificant, but it is only relative to Wu Yuan.

For mainland directors, Wu Baige is still a mountain that is difficult to climb.

His first major production after returning to China, many people think it may break the current mainland box office record!

Now Wu Yuan wants to compete with "Red Cliff" with "Gravity", which cost the same 300 million yuan. In Li Xiaoping's view, this is completely harmful to others and not beneficial to himself, and will only hurt both sides.

"Just thinking about it." Wu Yuan sighed, "The higher-ups won't win and let two mainland blockbusters with an investment of 300 million be released at the same time."

“Unless it’s the Lunar New Year period.”

"The best result is estimated to be released before "Red Cliff", preferably in early July, with a half-month buffer period from "Red Cliff"."

Wu Yuan's thinking was too simple before. He thought that with the space agency behind him, "Gravity" could attack "Red Cliff" head-on.

However, when he was filming "Gravity" before, he tried many times. Neither the General Administration nor the Space Administration wanted him to film "Red Cliff" at the same time. It would be best if they were separated by half a month.

In fact, even during the Lunar New Year period, two blockbusters are usually released a week apart.

For example, this year's "Notice of Voting" and "Assembly Number" were exactly one week apart.

In the mainland film market, the box office in the first week basically accounts for more than 70% of the total box office. It is very important to have strong competitors in the first week.

"That's good." Unlike Wu Yuan's depression, Li Xiaoping breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Wu Yuan followed up and said: "But this is only a domestic situation. The release in other Asian countries cannot be controlled by the General Administration and China Film."

Wu Yuan chuckled, "I have already negotiated with the distribution company in Japan and South Korea. The release of "Gravity" in Japan and South Korea will be at the same time as "Red Cliff"!"

"I will be on whatever number he plays "Red Cliff"!"

"If there is any chance, he will withdraw it before the release!"

In terms of relationships with Japanese and Korean distribution companies, Wu Yuan is much better than Wu Baige. He has really made a lot of money for Japanese and Korean distribution companies. From a profit perspective, people will support Wu Yuan more.

In the Japanese and Korean film markets where everything is based on commercial activities and administrative non-interference, Wu Yuan should not take it too easy if he wants to snipe a domestic film.

Wu Baige wanted to suppress himself in the European and American film circles and instigated other Cannes judges not to vote for him. Wu Yuan has never forgotten it.

He has always been a small-minded person!

"Red Cliff" also wants to get 5 billion yen at the Japanese box office this time. The two movies add up to 10 billion?

Go ahead and dream!

"Okay, let's leave the company's affairs as it is." Wu Yuan waved his hand and did not intend to continue talking about this topic. "In the past year or so, everyone in the company has been very busy, preparing so many movies one after another."

"In the next half year, everyone can take a break and not be so busy."

"By the way, for this year's year-end bonus, let's give the employees two more months of salary. It's a reward for everyone's hard work."

"I also want to go to the special effects company upstairs to check out the post-production of "Gravity."

"I'll leave the company's affairs to you."

Wu Yuan patted Li Xiaoping on the shoulder with an expression that said you are the talent I value most, and then strode out of the office, leaving behind a sighing Li Xiaoping.

She has long been used to her hands-off shopkeeper.

After recording Wu Yuan's last instructions in her notebook, she returned to the daily work of the company.