You don't understand the happiness of the director

After the plane entered the stratosphere, it began to fly smoothly. Yu Feihong changed into slippers and put on a blanket, "Xiao Quan..."

Wang Quan was dissatisfied, "Senior sister, this title is too unpleasant." Isn't this a curse?

Yu Feihong smiled apologetically, "Then let's call him Xiao Wang. Uh, it doesn't seem appropriate~"

"How about you call me Brother Quan? Friends who know me well call me that. It still makes you look younger."

Yu Feihong laughed. At first he didn't even call him Teacher Yu, but now he called him brother, "Why do you kid take advantage of everything? In ancient times, I could have given birth to a baby."

"Really, I don't believe it~"

The two told each other their ages. One was 71 and the other was 85. There was a 14-year age difference. Just like the Lafite couple, they could barely give birth to him.

Then Wang Quan began to praise Yu Feihong for taking good care of himself, which made the young and mature beauty smile from ear to ear, but Brother Quan's reputation was settled.

Yu Feihong was not willing to be teased by his junior brother. When he called him, he added a different pronunciation, "Brother Quan", referring to classical literature. Wouldn't his seniority rise?

Wang Quan also happily accepted, "By the way, senior sister, what did you ask me to do just now?"

Yu Feihong asked, "You will graduate next year, right?"

"yes."

Yu Feihong, "Let's leave your contact information and wait until next year when you send me your graduation work. If I'm satisfied, I can provide you with a job as the top deputy director."

That means, the highest assistant director, but he may also be a director's assistant, or even a set chore boy. However, there are many directing graduates who start out as set handlers, so it is not a shame.

But Wang Quan was obviously not among them. He smiled and asked, "Then who is the director?"

Yu Feihong uttered one word, "Me."

"Ah!" Wang Quan pretended to be surprised, "Sister, you actually want to be a director?"

"Why, can't I do it? Jiang Wen and Wang Quan'an both turned from actors to directors, and our last senior brother Liu Jiang, why can't I do it?"

"There is also Xu Jinglei."

"Yes, there is also Xiao Xu. She is younger than me, but she is about to finish filming her third directorial project."

"Sister, I need to go to the bathroom." Wang Quan suddenly urinated and ran away. He spent a few minutes in the bathroom watching Yu Feihong's only directorial work "Love Is After Life" and learned all the information about the movie.

In the film and television library, Wang Quan watched the movie first. I felt that it was quite professionally shot. The film quality is excellent, the mood is smooth, and some of the pictures are quite beautiful. At the end, it was a little touching. It didn't look like a pure amateur. Of course, this is also similar to It’s about the strong lineup behind the scenes.

Photographer Li Yaohui is the photographer of "Infernal Affairs", "Initial D" and "2046".

Editor Lin An'er is the editor of Xu Ke's "Once Upon a Time in the Series", "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Hero", "Kung Fu" and other films. He has countless classic works and has won gold statues and horses.

The person in charge of lighting is Wang Quan’s photography teacher at Nortel, Professor Zhao Fei, whose masterpieces include Xie Fei’s “The Horse Thief”, Zhang Yimou’s “Raise the Red Lantern”, Tian Chongdong’s “The Great Eunuch Li Lianying”, and Chen Kaige. "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", Feng Xiaogang's "Cell Phone", and "When the Sun Also Rises" that Jiang Wen is filming are all shot by him.

Oh, and the author of the original work is Xu Lan, who was later invited by Chen Kexin to write a script called "Report of the Name".

Such a behind-the-scenes lineup, let alone Yu Feihong, would make Wang Quan wake up from his dreams with a smile.

At the end of the film, Yu Feihong specially thanked Xu Ke, Wang Shuo, Dong Ping (Boss of Huayi), Jiang Wen, Ma Jingwu, Yan Geling and others for their help in this film. (Note 1)

It is said that Xu Qing is the princess of the Beijing circle, and I think Teacher Yu is no less generous. She even has help from a big boss in the Hong Kong circle.

Moreover, this movie is the first one Wang Quan has seen in many years that actually contains ghosts and can pass the review. It’s amazing!

After watching the movie, I looked at the ratings. Because it was too early, there was only one Douban rating for reference. It was 7.7, which is very high for a Chinese-language movie. However, 80,000 people are not that many. It can be seen that the movie has not been widely disseminated. It's a niche product.

Looking at the cost and box office, the cost is 40 million and the box office is 7 million, which means that the investment of 40 million has only recovered more than 2 million. God, it is a loss to my grandma's family!

Don't worry about false reports. All the production costs given in the "Film and Television Library" are real, and the so-called production costs are also marked.

Wang Quan analyzed this movie and found that there was not much money to burn and the scenes were relatively simple. Although the behind-the-scenes cast was strong, the actors all looked cheap. The movie was launched in 2007 and cost 40 million in 2007. According to With the principle of three times return on capital and a target box office starting from 100 million, it must be considered a big production.

And although the producer is Xingmei's Tan Hong, the first producer is Yu Feihong. Isn't she the one who invested in this film?

Sure enough, if you look closely at the information about this movie, you can see that such a high cost is due to both natural disasters and human problems.

The film was shot continuously on the southern Yunnan Plateau for more than eight months. During this period, it encountered various bad weather such as mudslides and landslides. Not only did it return to the capital many times to suspend filming, it also lost a lot of setting costs.

The director's unprofessionalism also led to the extension of the shooting cycle. With the size and number of scenes of the film, it could have been completed in three months at most, but it ended up taking nearly three times as long.

In addition, the post-production time is as long as one year, and the music is all newly created for the movie, striving to achieve a perfect unity between the music, the pictures, and the story.

But time is the cost. As the release was approaching, there was a dispute with the distributor, which resulted in the film being withdrawn and rescheduled. It was postponed for more than half a year, missing the most suitable Valentine's Day schedule.

Oh, by the way, after so many years of delay, theoretically the rights to adapt the novel have to be renewed and the money added.

This movie is Yu Feihong's heart. She has been preparing for it for many years. For this movie, she gave up a lot of work, taught herself screenwriting, directed and acted.

Later, the filming funds were tight, so she had to invest a lot of money out of her own pocket, and even sold her house and property to put money into it, which directly led to her having to film and pay off debts in the next few years.

What's even more sad is that, despite paying such a high price, she failed to leave behind a classic. It can only be said to be a sincere work with obvious shortcomings.

Wang Quan returned to his seat, "I'm sorry, Big Brother, senior sister, where did we talk?"

"Speaking of Xu Jinglei."

"Yes, I think Xu Jinglei is average-looking. I don't know how she ended up being a famous actress."

"Who asked you to arrange others? I mean," Yu Feihong rolled her eyes at him charmingly, "I want to say that actors can also be directors. There are so many successful precedents before."

"Yes, yes, then, senior sister, what kind of story are you going to shoot?"

Then Yu Feihong told the story of "Ginkgo, Ginkgo" with a girlish look on her face. During this period, she was moved several times and couldn't help but feel a sore nose. At this time, the title of "Love Has an Afterlife" has not yet been finalized, but the story is already consistent with the original work. The obvious difference is obviously the finalized version of the script.

To be honest, one of the most important reasons for the failure of this movie may be this story. From the perspective of Wang Quan, a straight man, it is very ordinary. Although it is known as the domestic version of "The Love of Ghosts", the commercial elements are not bad at all. In the slightest, it is not much better than many street stall literary stories. In fact, this is just an exercise when Xu Lan first entered the literary world.

It is nothing more than a story about a man who turned into a ghost and stayed there waiting for his lover to reincarnate. When he saw that his lover already had a husband, he was quite in love with her. Finally, he was relieved and drifted away, leaving the heroine silently weeping. The grievances and resentments in the past life. Qiu is also very routine.

Just something like this can move people, but if you want to move them to tears and recommend it to everyone you meet, the requirements for the director and the entire front and backstage team are not generally strict.

Not everyone can be like Master Lu Wei and adapt a third-rate romance novel "Farewell My Concubine" into an eternal classic in film history.

And one thing is that Yu Feihongkong is well-known, but she has no box office appeal. In addition, her age is not suitable for the role in the film, and the casting is also a big failure.

For just such a story, 40 million was thrown away, which means that Yu Feihong himself has to bear a lot of it, otherwise the investors, no matter how well-connected they are, will have to turn their backs.

Wang Quan thought about persuading her to give up this idea, but judging from her emotional description, she couldn't be persuaded, and she would fall out with anyone who persuaded her. She was already immersed in it, and braking now would be a denial of her previous years of hard work.

So Wang Quan could only follow her and say, "Sister, how far are you preparing for this work?"

"I have already raised some funds, and I will also invest part of it myself. I have also decided on a few roles. I am thinking of filming a few more movies to make some money, start filming next year, and release the year after that."

It's quite a beautiful thought.

Wang Quan asked again, "What about your directing ability? I may be a bit outspoken. Can your directing ability support the shooting of a theater movie? This thing is not just cut or action, it requires enough professionalism. Skill."

"I know this is my weak point, so I plan to find a capable assistant director, and the behind-the-scenes team will also find experienced people. I still have some friends who are willing to help in this regard." Yu Feihong said modestly but arrogantly.

"Is this movie considered to be profitable, or is it just to fulfill a dream?"

"Of course we will consider it. We plan to produce it in full compliance with commercial film standards."

"Then can you prepare a movie budget project book, how much money you plan to invest in filming, what level of actors will be hired, how long you plan to do in the post-production period, have you thought about advertising placement, do you have any ideas about the schedule, what is the expected box office, and what kind of publicity is there? Do you have a promotion plan? Are you considering overseas sales channels? Who should I contact for distribution..."

Wang Quan was bombarded with a series of questions, and Yu Feihong was a little confused and couldn't speak clearly, "I, I'm just the director~"

"But you, the key director, are not professional either!" Wang Quan said heartily, "So I suggest, senior sister, that you might as well do a good job in production and control costs in order to maximize profits."

Control costs in order to pay less.

This is the biggest help Wang Quan can give. In Wang Quan's opinion, this movie can actually be made very well for 10 million. By then, the box office will recover 2 million, which will be a loss of 8 million. A big star like her will lose 8 million. rise.

During the Chinese New Year reunion, Wang Quan heard that a brother from the Department of Photography had spent more than 3 million yuan to shoot a comedy. It was widely rumored in the industry that it had an excellent reputation, and it had received the Dragon Boat Festival license and would be released during the summer vacation. This is called ability.

Yu Feihong was silent for a while, her face getting redder and redder, as if she was trying to hold back some big moves to refute the king's power, but finally she said, "You are just a student, and what you say is correct. Do you know what you said?"

Wang Quan shook his head, "I don't need to know it, because I am the director, and my producer can help me handle everything."

"Returning to the producer, making it sound like you have already made a movie?" Yu Feihong chuckled.

Wang Quan nodded, "It has indeed been filmed, and my excellent producer has sold the film to Paramount. Guess how much it cost~"

(Note 1: There are two film companies in the film industry, one is called Huayi and the other is called Huayi. Dong Ping, the boss of Huayi, later established Huanxi Media with Ning Hao and Xu Zheng.)