The superstar is here

Chapter 507 Marching into the field of film and television

Li Qiuting returned to Youzhou after the Lantern Festival, and as soon as she came back, she discussed with Chen Ziang the movie script he had given years ago.

"This script is very suitable for a director like Li Yibai to shoot. Of course, there are more suitable ones, but we definitely can't invite such a director." Li Qiuting regrets that she has not made an appointment with Li Yibai to meet.

There are some things that cannot be discussed on the phone.

You need to meet and talk.

But it is true that Li Yibai is currently short of time, and it is also true that he is avoiding Li Qiuting.

"What did Li Yibai say specifically?" Chen Ziang asked Li Qiuting.

Li Qiuting said helplessly: "I have explained on the phone that our Boyu Entertainment is going to develop into the field of film and television, and now we are short of a director. I want to invite him to come over. He politely refused."

For a movie, the director is usually found first, and then the actors are found.

It can be seen what the director's position and status is like in the entertainment circle.

In the entertainment industry, there is no shortage of actors, there are plenty of good and bad actors.

But directors, for better or worse, are far, far fewer compared to the number of actors.

Good directors are scarce.

"The director you know, besides Li Yibai, who else is there?" Chen Ziang asked.

Boyu Entertainment's variety show is to attract artists and promote Shizifeng Technology's products by the way.

Chen Zi'ang calculated that Bo Yu's production doesn't make much money at present.

The current variety show market is far from reaching the flood level of the previous life.

At that level, a popular variety show is comparable to a big production, and the money earned is not much worse than a popular movie at the box office.

That's because sponsors are willing to throw money at it.

But a variety show that loses money is comparable to a movie investment loss.

"I know more actors, I don't mix in the circle of directors." Li Qiuting felt a little embarrassed.

Although she has won the actress crown twice, her contacts are all in the circle of actors.

She hasn't integrated into the circle of directors yet.

She knows quite a few directors, but she doesn't have much contact with them.

Famous directors are all under the banner of film and television giants.

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Li Qiuting didn't dare to invite him, because Boyu Entertainment wanted to invest, and the risk was too great.

In fact, Boyu Entertainment has much better conditions than some entertainment companies to develop into the film and television field.

First of all, Boyu Entertainment itself is one of the investors. Unlike some entertainment companies, even if they participate in the investment themselves, it is pitifully small, and they are all to attract investment.

Some are even "empty-handed white wolves", who don't invest, but only send out people, and the risk is borne by the investor.

"Where is Teacher Zhang, does she know a lot of directors?" Chen Ziang asked.

Li Qiuting knew who Chen Ziang was referring to as Teacher Zhang. It was Zhang Baoying, the head of the performance department of Beijing Film Academy.

Although Zhang Baoying leads acting students, Beijing Film Academy also has a director major.

Over the years, there have been directors who have graduated from Beijing Film Academy, both well-known and unknown.

As one of the school leaders of Beijing Film Academy, Zhang Baoying probably knows quite a few directors.

"Acquaintance is acquaintance, and Teacher Zhang can only connect us." Li Qiuting said: "Now we have two prongs. We are looking for Teacher Zhang at the same time. When Li Yibai is free, I will also have an interview with him."

"Okay, let's talk about the director, actors are easy to find." Chen Ziang nodded.

With Li Qiuting around, I can find any actor I want.

After the various colleges and universities started, Chen Ziang began to run to Beiying diligently.

Listening to lectures is second, meeting new friends is the real business.

In addition, he also talked to Zhang Baoying.

Zhang Baoying knows a lot of directors, and Chen Ziang even showed Zhang Baoying the script.

But after reading it, Zhang Baoying fell into deep thought.

After a long time, she said: "There are quite a lot of directors who are partial to literary works and work close to reality, because these are small and medium-budget films, unlike commercial blockbusters and large-scale productions."

The directors of commercial blockbusters are all experienced.

After all, the cost of such a big production can easily reach hundreds of millions, and the investors are not stupid. They will not hand over the money to an unqualified person to help them make money. It is equivalent to handing over the steering wheel to a person who has never driven a car.

"Let me help you contact one or two directors of this type of film." Zhang Baoying finally said to Chen Ziang.

The ones she hooked up were the ones she was relatively sure would not cheat Chen Ziang.

Because Chen Ziang clearly said that Boyu Entertainment wanted to invest.

When it came to money, it was still tens of millions. Zhang Baoying didn't want to help Chen Ziang direct a movie because of the person she introduced, but ended up rushing.

In this way, Li Qiuting was trying to convince Li Yibai, and Zhang Baoying was connecting Chen Ziang as a candidate director.

A few days later, Chen Ziang and Li Qiuting went to the door in person to invite a director who specializes in romance films.

This director is in his forties and has made many urban romance films.

There are flutters and fires.

The popular movie has a box office of 5000 million, but the cost is only [-] to [-] million.

Calculated in this way, all parties, including theaters, earned 5000 million.

Such an investment is very profitable.

"Hi Director Sun!"

Chen Ziang and Li Qiuting came to visit Director Sun Zhenghong, the director whom Zhang Baoying connected with.

Sun Zhenghong's name looks more feminine, but he is actually a gentleman.

"Hello!" Sun Zhenghong poured tea for Chen Ziang and Li Qiuting. The meeting place was at his home, the provincial capital of Jizhou.

Although Sun Zhenghong has also signed a contract with a film and television company, he has plenty of time.

At the beginning, he signed a five-year contract and had to make at least three films for the company. He had finished three films in the first three and a half years.

With more than a year left, Sun Zhenghong can negotiate with the company and go out to shoot other people's movies.

"Take the liberty to bother Director Sun." Chen Ziang sat down, took a sip of tea, and asked straight to the point, "Have Director Sun read the script?"

Before coming, Chen Ziang gave Sun Zhenghong the script to read.

"Well, I read it. The script is very good." Sun Zhenghong had no joy or worry on his face. As a director, he can be said to be the ruler of the entire crew, and he is quite majestic.

"I don't know if Director Sun is interested in directing. We, Bo Yu Entertainment, will take care of the investment." Chen Ziang laughed.

Sun Zhenghong knew that Boyu Entertainment was going to develop into the field of film and television. He had read some materials about Boyu Entertainment before.

The other party wanted something from her, so of course Sun Zhenghong would not let go of some benefits, and said, "Yes, but I want to cut the rights in the end."

Li Qiuting's face changed slightly.

Regardless of whether it is domestic or foreign, or even Hollywood, the final cut of a film is rarely in the hands of the director.

In more than [-]% of cases, the director only has partial editing rights.

The significance of the independent existence of an editor is because editing itself is an art, a profound knowledge, and a complicated technology.

How to arrange and combine the material into a complete story requires years of experience and superb skills of the editor.

In many cases, the editor's use of montage and the handling of details far exceed the director's own understanding of film editing.And the director often has his own obsession with certain handling of the film, similar to the fans of the authorities.

The editor is the last hope to help the director get out of these "traps".

(End of this chapter)