You don't understand the happiness of the director

Li Weiran has been waiting for Wang Quan's words for a long time. He has a huge pile of documents in his hand, which are all the results of the six months after "Ghost Blowing the Lamp 2", and he also made a PPT.

"I have to start my project from scratch, please look at the screen."

Li Weiran stood up and started introducing his project from the beginning like a product manager.

"When you, director, encouraged me to make blockbusters, I immediately thought of a novel called "Dragon" that several young people around me were reading."

The comic image of the novel "Dragon Clan" serialized in "Zhiyin Manke" appeared on the screen.

Wang Quan nodded, he knew that the author was Jiang Nan, and the novels and comics were very popular.

"This book is very passionate and burning, and it has both Chinese and Westerners. It can be turned into a global joint production, and it can also integrate the entire industry chain of comics, animation, and even games. If it succeeds, it has the potential to inestimable!"

"However, after getting to know more about it, I discovered that the fourth part of "Dragon" by the author Jiang Nan was a bit difficult to produce. If the original eunuch was replaced, it would be very detrimental to the development of our entire project. Then I temporarily gave up on the project and thought about waiting for the author to finish the story. I will negotiate with him after I finish writing. Jiang Nan and I have also agreed not to sell the film rights until the book is completed. He is also very inclined to cooperate with us Wangdao."

Chen Chuling smiled and said: "It seems that he also wants to become the second best singer in the world."

The current Ba Chang in the world is the well-deserved richest writer and a role model that everyone in the author circle envies.

Li Weiran clicked, and the cover of another novel appeared on the screen: "Yeah, he is very interested in adapting movies, and he also recommended his science fiction novel "Fortress of the Magic City" to me, but I really don't like science fiction. He knows so much, if it were Director Guo, I might actually be able to cooperate with him."

Hearing that he was mentioned, Guo Fan's droopy eyes perked up, but when he heard about "Magic City Fortress", his eyelids drooped again. It deserves to be called science fiction, but it is just a romance novel disguised as science fiction. That’s all.

Li Weiran came to another turning point. When he turned the page of the PPT, the word "Jiuzhou" appeared: "Although I didn't like "Fortress of the Magic City", I remembered that I had read his "Jiuzhou·Piao Miao Lu" and other works when I was young. A novel based on the world view of Kyushu, and then an idea came up to make a fantasy blockbuster with special effects."

"You want to film Kyushu and create a Chinese Middle-earth world?" Wang Quan asked with a smile.

Li Weiran shook his head: "If Jiangnan and Jinhe had not separated back then, I think it would be a good idea to run Kyushu well and let Kyushu have a large enough mass base. However, the reality is that the influence of this IP has been very weak. It was only in the 20s Readers who have read books in the past few years have heard that the copyright and settings are very confusing. As long as you succeed in filming, other companies will immediately buy the copyrights of other Kyushu novels and share the same worldview with you."

This makes sense. Among the novels based on the Kyushu worldview, the total number of novels, novellas and short stories is not even 100 but 80. At that time, there were two magazines, "Kyushu World" and "Kyushu Chronicles", which collected Kyushu novels, and the short stories were actually more suitable for adaptation. For movies, it is simply impossible to monopolize copyrights.

On the next page, the 12 words "Human, Heluo, Meizu, Shark, Kuafu, Yu" appeared on the screen.

Li Weiran said: "The history of Kyushu for thousands of years cannot be shown at all, not even a certain dynasty. And according to my observation, the current audience is not very interested in epic blockbusters, so I have no intention of filming those fictional histories and dynasty."

Zhang Yimou, who is sitting in the royal position, is a little embarrassed. The reputation of Chinese epic blockbusters has been ruined by directors of his generation. He and Brother Kai bear most of the responsibility.

"So my idea is to take six races, with one of them as the core, and then take turns to make a movie each, using fantasy, adventure, and special effects as selling points, mixed with love, friendship, and comedy, in order to be able to show it on the big screen. Taking advantage of the special effects blockbusters, I think the three races of the Sharks, Kuafu and Yu are the most suitable to start."

A underwater object, a giant object, or a flying sky can all present visual wonders. It is indeed a good subject for special effects blockbusters.

"In the end, I settled on the Sharks as the protagonists of the first movie. To put it bluntly, they can be understood as mermaids."

Wang Quan smiled: "Then you have to be prepared, Zhou Xingchi also wants to take pictures of mermaids."

"ah!?"

Li Weiran was greatly surprised. As a director with a background in comedy, Li Weiran knew Zhou Xingchi's power very well. How could he be his opponent?

Seeing his nervous look, Wang Quan laughed: "It's not the same thing as your fantasy theme. It doesn't matter. You continue to talk about how you plan to film the story of the Sharks."

Li Weiran clicked on the next page: "Among the existing Kyushu novels, the most famous one about the Shark tribe is Xiao Rushe's "Mrs. Jiuzhou Huzhu"."

Hearing this name, Wang Quan raised his eyebrows. It was a subject that Mimi had photographed before, and the rating was not high.

Li Weiran said: "I plan to buy the copyright of this novel and then adapt it in a disfiguring way. If this adaptation can be successful, subsequent movies about Kuafu and the Yu Clan can also be launched soon. We can even not use the Kyushu prefix. ."

Zhang Yimou lamented the bold idea of ​​the young director of Wangdao Pictures. This is to create a fictional business, and the investment will definitely not be small.

Wang Quan nodded. This project is indeed getting off the ground. The key lies in the script. "At what stage is the script developed?"

"I have an outline and the main characters have been created. I will send it back to you."

"That's it. When the time comes, the film company can also participate, share the benefits and risks, no problem."

Li Weiran said confidently: "Of course!"

Li Weiran has just established a new company called Ranfeng Pictures. This is one of Wang Quan's strategies to reduce the presence of Wang Dao.

According to this new regulation, as long as a billion-dollar movie is made in Wangdao, you can go out and set up your own company. Wangdao can participate in investment. When the time comes, Wangdao's projects can also be participated by the new company and have a certain share.

So Zhang Yimou now also has a company that cooperates with Wang Dao, called Dongfang Yihe.

This policy can also mobilize the enthusiasm of the company's contracted directors to be their own boss, which is the most tempting temptation that can make people work hard.

If this rule had been introduced earlier, maybe Chen Sicheng would not have left.

However, there are exceptions. Before Wu Jing made a movie for Wang Dao, he founded Dengfeng Pictures and introduced Wang Dao's funds. This is a special case.

Wang Quan asked Li Weiran again: "Can your movie be released on the Spring Festival schedule?"

“Are you talking about the 2015 Spring Festival stall or the 2016 Spring Festival stall?”

"Of course it's been 15 years."

Li Weiran was puzzled: "Ah, this is a bit difficult. I haven't finished the script yet, and the actors haven't been decided yet. The schedules of the big stars have to be coordinated, and there are a lot of special effects. I guess the Spring Festival 2016 will be about the same."

"That won't work. I've already made a reservation for the 2016 Spring Festival!" an old man's voice sounded, it was Old Monster Xu.

Wang Quan asked Li Weiran to sit down and asked Xu Ke, "Director Xu, can you finish filming your movie in 2016?"

"Yes, I've almost finished writing the script." Xu Ke said happily.

"Oh, you wrote it yourself?"

"No, the company's screenwriter helped me write it, and I also found a few online writers to help me write it. Don't tell me, these young people have really good imaginations. The first part is basically completed, and the entire trilogy The outline is also very complete.”

Many Internet writers from Qidian have indeed found new career development routes in Wangdao. For example, several rebirth writers helped Yan Fei and Peng Damo perfect the script of "Charlotte's Trouble".

Zhang Yimou asked curiously, "Director Xu, what is the theme of your new work?"

"Xianxia, ​​adapted from an online novel, is called "Zhu Xian"." Xu Ke replied that for this movie, he turned down Zhou Xingchi's invitation to film the sequel to "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

After many choices, Xu Ke finally returned to his starting point and used "Zhu Xian" which Wang Quan first recommended to him, and invited many well-known online writers and screenwriters in the industry to co-create the script.

He was personally very satisfied with the first script, which was better than what he had written.

This is Xu Ke's second challenge to a fairy-tale movie after "Shu Mountain". In order to show his determination to succeed or succeed, he also participated in the investment and invested all the money he earned in "Super Body".

However, Xu Ke still has one request for this movie, "I have a request for the two heroines, Lu Xueqi and Baguio, and I hope director Quan can help me get it done."

"Are you talking about Liu Yifei and Yang Mi playing the two heroines?"

"Ah, how do you know?"

"I also go online occasionally. Around the time I got married, news began to circulate on the Internet that the two leading female leads in "Zhu Xian" had chosen Liu Yifei and Yang Mi. You should have spread the news."

"Haha, it's just a matter of building momentum in advance, and the effect is pretty good."

"I really can't promise you this." Wang Quan said regretfully.

"Why, with my budget of 500 million, can't I afford it?"

Hearing the budget of 500 million, everyone in the audience was shocked, including Zhang Yimou and Li Weiran. After all, Wang Dao's shooting cost was very small, so it was basically whatever it was.

Li Weiran thought to himself that the budget for his fantasy blockbuster was less than half of others.

Zhang Yimou lamented not only Wang Quan's generosity and boldness, but also that Xu Ke could still challenge himself at his age. The two were the same age, but they dared to shoot such a fashionable type.

Wang Quan replied: "Liu Yifei has just accepted a movie by Long Toutou, and it may not be available for a while."

"It doesn't matter. It takes more than half a year to prepare for my electricity. Maybe it won't be turned on this year. I can afford to wait. So what does your wife say?"

"It's even more inconvenient for her, she's pregnant." Wang Quan said it openly, and the scene burst into sounds of exclamation and surprise. The happiest person was undoubtedly Chen Chuling, she was going to be an aunt again!

At this moment, the unhappiness between her and Yang Mi when they were children had long since disappeared.

But Xu Ke had something to say: "That doesn't matter, I want her to play Baguio. In the first film, Baguio had very few roles and there were no action scenes, so don't worry, I can talk to Miss Yang Mi personally about this." ."

Unexpectedly, none of this could stop Mr. Xu's determination to use Xianmi. The investment in this movie was the highest, and without these two box office stars, he would have no idea.

Wang Quan shook his head helplessly, "Then you can talk to her yourself. She has grown so much now that her salary has reached 30 million."

Hearing the figure of 30 million, Xu Ke also took a breath. The total remuneration for the actors in this movie he can afford is no more than 100 million. The rest must be used in production. A role of 30 million is definitely a Taller.

Forget it, let's discuss it with her then.

Xu Ke looked at Wang Quan with a smile: "Director Quan, when you went online, did you see the candidates for the male lead posted online?"

Wang Quan snorted, "Wang Quan, right?"

Xu Ke said excitedly: "How about it, I can offer you up to 30 million!"

Taking advantage of the news about Wang Quan Yang Mi's wedding and Liu Yifei's bridesmaid, Xu Ke concocted such a fake news, which instantly attracted the attention of "Zhu Xian", which has not yet been released, and earned tens of millions of publicity fees. If this lineup can be realized , which can save at least 100 million in publicity fees.

"I won't act for three hundred million dollars," Wang Quan replied.

Although he has appeared on many talk shows and variety shows in recent years, he has become less uncomfortable in front of the camera. Although he is tall, handsome, and has a good figure, he also has good acting skills. He can talk to people when he sees them. Talking nonsense, but...he is very busy, and he has to make a movie this year.

Xu Ke didn't think he could appeal to the king at first, and inviting him was about as difficult as asking Zhou Xingchi.

Old Monster Xu spread his hands and said, "Then I have to choose a male protagonist at random. I'll count him lucky."

Yes, with such a director, such investment, and such two heroines, even if a newcomer is put in, he can still rise in the same place. Even if there is no pay for this role, there are probably a lot of people who want to play it.

Xu Ke expected to complete the film in the second half of 2015. The Spring Festival release of 2016 was his best choice. Now Li Weiran was in a dilemma.

For his movie, he feels that only the Spring Festival and summer seasons can produce satisfactory box office, after all, the capacity is large.

However, the Spring Festival schedule of 2015 is too late, and the summer schedule of 2015 also includes "Ghost Blossoms 3" and "Charlotte Trouble". If you add one of your own, it will not be a good thing for the same company to compete.

Why don't you work hard and hit the Spring Festival next year?

Just as Li Weiran was thinking about it, Wang Quan looked at Zhang Yimou and said, "Director Zhang, "Return" has been so successful, do you have any ideas next?"

Zhang Yimou quietly put away his original proposal and said loudly: "I also want to make a blockbuster movie."

Then he explained his reasons in detail: "In the past, when we made blockbusters, we mainly relied on crowds, which is completely different from today's special effects blockbusters. I don't want to be left behind by the times, and I also want to experience the evolution of the current film industry. If the company has I trust you and I will take whatever you ask me to take.”

Li Weiran and Xu Ke's proposals deeply stimulated Lao Mouzi. They are both 64 years old. While he is still able to do it, he will try everything so that he will have no regrets.

Wang Quan didn't expect Zhang Yimou to be so energetic and energetic.

He thought for a while and said a little embarrassedly: "Director Zhang, are you interested in the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series?"

"Ah, is it the new trilogy?" Zhang Yimou did not express any obvious objection.

Wang Quan explained: "It's like this. In the hands of Chen Zhengdao, the Ghost Blowing Lantern trilogy is over, and the sequel trilogy will have to be started every few years. In these few years, the company plans to launch a side story, A prequel to maintain the popularity of this series.

"The side story is "Nu Qing Xiangxi", which tells the story of tomb robbing adventures during the Republic of China, which led to the four major sects of tomb robbing. The prequel is "Huangpizi Tomb" and part of "Jingjue Ancient City", which is combined into "Young Ghost Blows Out the Lamp". It also has a brand-new cast and tells a story set in the 1960s and 1970s, which can be considered your comfort zone."

While Zhang Yimou was deep in thought, Wang Quan added: "Whether it's the old trilogy or the sequel trilogy, just keep the style of the first one I filmed. Even the classic Tomb BGM doesn't need to be changed, but no matter Whether it's "Ghost Blowing the Lantern Gaiden" or "Young Ghost Blowing Lantern", I hope to create a new style and give the audience some freshness. Otherwise, by the time of the sequel trilogy, the audience will definitely be tired of it. It is for this reason, New directors in the company are hesitant to take on the project, for fear of not being sure.”

Zhang Yimou laughed, saying that he was carrying the sedan for himself. Others did not dare to pick it up, so he asked me to pick it up, which solved a problem for him.

"Okay, I'll take it and let's pass it on." Zhang Yimou chose to step out of his comfort zone.

When they heard that Zhang Yimou actually agreed to make the Ghost Blowing Lamp series, the young directors who participated in the meeting felt it was magical.

He is Zhang Yimou, and he actually wants to make Ghost Blowing the Lamp, a side story of a series of movies adapted from online novels? !

Even if "The Golden Armor" was originally filmed, it was adapted from "Thunderstorm"!

And what would Zhang Yimou's ghost blowing out a lamp look like? If this news gets out, a lot of jaws will definitely drop.

Wang Quan was also a cheerful person and agreed directly, but it was only an investment of 200-300 million yuan.

"Okay, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 3" will start shooting soon. Director Zhang can make preparations first and release it in 2016."

"Oh, the time is so relaxed."

"Then why don't we make another film during the preparation period?" Wang Quan suggested with a smile.

He knew that Zhang Yimou was very energetic, far superior to most young people. It was common for him to manage two movies at the same time, and he could also monitor eight camera monitors at the same time.

Unsurprisingly, Zhang Yimou accepted the proposal: "Okay, I've fallen in love with a novel. By coincidence, the company has bought the copyright a long time ago. It's this one, "I'm Not Pan Jinlian"."

This is Liu Zhenyun's novel. If Wang Quan hadn't started early, Feng Xiaogang would have gotten it.

Although they are all about women fighting lawsuits, the stories are quite different. This is Zhang Yimou's absolute comfort zone. However, he also wants to shoot a different style from "Qiu Ju Litigation" and make some artistic attempts to see if he can Let’s hit the international awards again.

In recent years, Cannes has been trying to reconcile with him, but he has never produced a subject suitable for the film festival. This is an opportunity. He has won the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear. He also won the Golden Lion twice, but he did not win the gold medal. Palm has always been his regret.

Kai Ge has a golden palm, but he doesn't. This is too uncomfortable.

Zhang Yimou confirmed two projects at once, and he was probably too busy to keep his feet off the ground, so he asked Wang Quan, "Can I ask the company for a producer to help me complete "Ghost Blowing the Lamp Gaiden"?"

"Is there anyone chosen?"

Zhang Yimou smiled and pointed at Guo Fan, "Xiao Guo, okay?"

During the time of "Return", Guo Fan was the first assistant director, and now he has been promoted to executive producer. It seems that Zhang Yimou recognizes his work ability, especially his opinions on special effects.

Last year, the company arranged for Guo Fan to make a youth film "The Year in a Hurry", and he complained a lot. Now that the film is finished and just waiting for its release, he has begun to draw science fiction novels and build his own science fiction blockbuster.

However, domestic science fiction films can basically be said to be starting from scratch. Guo Fan estimates that they may not be able to start filming in the next two or three years, so he has no objection to Zhang Yimou. Moreover, as a producer, he has a higher level of contact and is more confident about himself. future development will be beneficial.

"Director Zhang, it's a pleasure to work with you."

"Director Guo, it's a pleasure to work with you."

After confirming these major projects, Huang Jianxin submitted a case on behalf of the company, which was a gunfight action film.

"You know about the Mekong River incident, right?"

Wang Quan nodded. He knew that there was a TV series version of Lao Wang's Qiankun.

Huang Jianxin said: "After the execution of the main criminal Nuo Kang, the company's screenwriting team began to create a script called "Operation Mekong" based on it. We were going to cooperate with the ministry, and the director chose Lin Chaoxian, who is good at gunfights. However, The investment is relatively large, requiring 200 million."

This project has been approved by the authorities, and it must be shot. Huang Jianxin hopes to approve a budget of 200 million, make this project a success, and make it a benchmark in this genre.

He is very optimistic about this genre now. What genre? Main theme!

Although he and Han Sanping single-handedly created the box office hits "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and "The Founding of the Party", the box office performance of those two movies was not convincing.

One is that the star-studded tactic is too attractive and cannot represent the true quality of the film and the audience's acceptance.

In addition, government agencies and enterprises and institutions have reserved the theaters, which also adds some moisture to the movie.

Moreover, the box office of "The Founding of the Party" is lower than that of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", which shows that the audience has become somewhat immune to this kind of gameplay, so there has been no movement in the planned "The Founding of the Army".

It was not until 2013 that Huang Jianxin once again saw the potential of the main theme with the sales of "Taking Tiger Mountain" at 900 million, "Wonder to the West" at 700 million, and "Return" at 1 billion, but the current main theme is not so straightforward.

"Victory Tiger Mountain" was shot using commercial film techniques to fight against bandits.

"Wu Wen Xi Dong" is simply about a group of famous school students who are patriotic and love society. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the main theme, but after watching it, the energy is really exciting. The audience wants to serve the motherland and become the pillars of the country.

"Return" is even better. It's a personal biography, and there's no scene of Qian Lao after he returns to China, but the flavor of the main theme is simply too authentic.

After watching it, every audience can deeply understand the difficulty of the motherland's development to the present, and love their motherland even more. This is the purpose of the main theme!

This kind of theme is not a little bit better than the anti-war films made with state funds in recent years, and it can also make money.

Therefore, when attending a high-level meeting of the film industry, Huang Jianxin jokingly called 2013 the first year of the main theme of Chinese-language films.

As people have money in their hands, national pride will inevitably explode, and smart producers can take action now.

So he also took action. "Operation Mekong", a movie in which the Chinese police avenge ordinary people and arrest criminals across borders, is definitely a movie with the main theme that ordinary people will like.

Wang Quan smiled and asked, "Is two hundred million enough?"

"Enough is enough! There are no special effects~"

"Okay, pass!"

Although it is said to be 200 million, Wang Dao does not need to spend that much, and Golden Shield Film and Television, which represents the official government, will also invest some money.

After talking about a few big projects with a budget of over 100 million, Wang Quan started to chat with everyone about a few small projects. After all, Wang Dao releases no less than 10 movies every year. How can these few movies be enough~

(Finally, I’d like to ask for some monthly votes to make up the whole amount of 3,000~)