This director is very reliable

Chapter 209 What I Learned (Second Change)

From actor to capital, this is a class transition!

Yang Xiaomi can be considered to have caught up with the good times. In the era of pan-entertainment, she herself has become a brand, so she can bring newcomers...

And luck is good enough, let's say that in 2016, she has won the Golden Broom Award for the worst actress for three consecutive years. Seeing that the gambling failed, the TV series "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" turned out to turn the situation around and exceeded the quota bet.

The hot sale came in time!
But it's hard to make a hit...

Not to mention anything else, even the big "In the Name of the People" sequel "The People's Property", also known as "Breakout", has a super luxurious lineup, and it is hard to hide the flaws in the plot;

The first part of "Dajiang Dahe" is also a big hit, but "Dajiang Dahe 2" by the original cast has pulled the crotch...

There are only a few blockbusters on the market every year, many of which have only word of mouth but no ratings, or simply cannot recover the cost!
For example, after "The Age of Awakening" became popular, it failed to recover the cost for half a year-a certain TV station was too good to give a contract, and the show was taken away and broadcast, but the money was not paid;

Youku, a video platform, is an investor, buying the broadcasting rights, eating up the plaintiffs and the defendants, the customers bully the store, and the price is kept to the lowest...

Of course, the life cycle of a TV series like "Age of Awakening" is much longer than other types, and it will be a matter of time before it becomes profitable!

The most disgusting thing is that dramas like "Don't Say Goodbye" that insult police officers can make money, and "Falling in Love with Special Forces" that slanders the image of soldiers can make money...

To put it another way, the way a blockbuster drama can make money is not as simple as selling the drama, such as "A Thousand Bone Flower", "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom", the development of big IP, mobile games, drama peripherals, film adaptations, etc. …

But how to create a hit?
Shen Changlin was not very clear either: "The plot needs to be enjoyable, with reversals and a tight rhythm..."

"What you said is nonsense!"

"...I don't know how to create a blockbuster, but I know that making more high-quality dramas will definitely explode!"

Yang Xiaomi suddenly smiled: "That's right, you probably have nothing to do... Otherwise, "Floating" wouldn't be so miserable..."

"Floating and sinking is miserable?"

It can only be said that it is not satisfactory, and it did not continue the sweeping posture of "Things in the Hand"...

"Floating" was simulcast on four channels, and its ratings share has always been ranked in the top two - weaker than "BJ's Love Story"...

"...Your company doesn't seem to be the main investor, does it?"

"What we do now are basically IP dramas."

After chatting for a while, Yang Xiaomi left, Shen Changlin stayed in the room for a while, checked Weibo for a while, and then left...

……

Weibo, not just Weibo, the entertainment pages of major portal websites are reporting the news of the fall of domestic films this year. Originally, "Golden Heist" had a chance to exceed 5 million. On May 4th, "Reunion" was released. The box office on the first day was 6348 million!
It's completely out of play!
Ning Hao is really depressed...

It can also be seen from the interview that he was disheartened: I am a house builder. After the house is built and handed over to the real estate developer, how to sell it has nothing to do with me.I used to have a lot of movies, but others didn't have a chance to watch them. So what if "Incense" wasn't released?unimportant.I don't have any expectations for the box office now. The audience can praise it or scold it.Don't take other people's compliments on you seriously, that's their right.

"Golden Heist" is indeed a bit unsold, the box office only exceeded [-] million in ten days...

As Shen Changlin's senior, he is a bit unreasonable!

"Golden Heist" has assembled many stars, although they are all soy sauce, but after several rounds of screenings before the release, the evaluations are not bad...

I never imagined that the box office would be so mediocre...

One must know that Zhang Yibai's "Jiang Ai" has a box office of 1.2 million!

embarrassed...

After running a circle of publicity, he returned to BJ. He really wanted to talk to Shen Changlin, so he simply drove to Changlin Film and Television.

Then I learned that Shen Changlin was not in the company, not even in the capital!

"Then where did he go?"

Guo Songjiang: "...he went to visit "I Am a Witness", a play directed by Yang Qing."

Ning Hao was surprised: "Yang Qing is also cooperating with you now?"

"Yes, "I Am a Witness" is the producer of the director Lin, and he ordered it himself!"

"…awesome!"

Guo Songjiang smiled and said nothing...

He knew what Ning Hao meant by "really powerful"——Yang Qing and Xu Zheng signed contracts with Pony in the first place, but unfortunately Pony didn't like "Lost in Thailand", Xu Zheng simply left, and Yang Qing followed suit Already...

"Director Ning, why did you come to us?"

"Shen Changlin brags to me about your company's screenwriters..."

"Oh, then I'll take you to the creative studio."

Ning Hao originally wanted to leave, but when he thought about coming, he came and followed...

I didn't know until I got there that the so-called creative studio is the screenwriting studio!Basically, Shen Changlin gave the idea, and then these people were responsible for filling the content and burden.

Occasionally other directors would come over, and the script of "BJ Meets Seattle" was finally shaped under the polishing of the creative studio;

Ning Hao had just arrived at the door when he heard a group of people discussing "The Golden Heist"...

……

"The Golden Heist" is described in one word: Twist!
It's a film with strong actors and directors, but the plot really irritates.

It is mainly divided into two parts. One part is that the Salvation Council snatched eight tons of gold by virtue of lighting, fireworks and other acting skills.

Another one is that Xiao Dongbei stole gold, and exposed everyone, and then foolishly acted as a leading party, and then went wrong when he assassinated the ambassador, killing everyone...

But the love between Xiaodongbei and Gu Qianqian is really beautiful, or it is too enviable, and the framework of this story is also very good, no wonder so many entertainment novels are always happy to help Ning Hao make this story reasonable in the fictional stories .

And Xiao Dongbei's character line is very complete: from the beginning of cheating and abduction, money is more important than face; later on, money is not important, but life is more important-the simple male protagonist still hopes to save everyone's life by returning the gold bars; Until the final sublimation: some things are more important than life.

In addition, it must be said that the plot is really unreasonable, not that absurd comedy can be illogical!
When a group of people in the screenwriting studio make complaints about others behind their backs, they are very ruthless...

Ning Hao was not angry either.

Until one of them said: "The hero's growth story is made like this. If this is placed in our company, Chang Lin will probably scold her!"

"...Hero growth?"

"Isn't this the most typical hero growth story in "Save the Cat"? The tempo is not done well..."

"A timetable?"

"How do you even..." The speaker turned his head impatiently, and then saw Ning Hao...

"Director Ning, why are you here?"

Ning Hao waved his hand as a greeting, and then asked, "What is a beat meter?"

The one who just spoke explained with a blushing face: "It was Chang Lin who said that the classic Hollywood three-act structure... a set of Hollywood screenwriting masters and drama educators represented by Robert McKee and Blake Snyder. The unfailing rules of screenwriting have detailed the occurrence time of each bridge in the story to every minute and every second."

"Where's the watch?"

"...oh, here it is!"

He took out a sheet and handed it to Ning Hao. It was a 110-minute classic Hollywood narrative pattern for genre films, subdivided into 15 key points, and even divided by time...

Ning Hao looked at it, then nodded: "I did create it according to this!"

"But you didn't do a good job setting up the story!"

Ning Hao nodded and admitted: "... a little anxious."

(End of this chapter)