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Chapter 7 Finalization and Distribution Challenges
Forty-two days!

"The Gift of Room No. [-]" was finished in only forty-two days.

This speed can already be said to be very fast.

Of course, this is thanks to his father Li Zhenye, he is indeed in good condition.

What Li Yi was worried about didn't happen, it was thanks to his mother.

On the night of the finale, Li Yike saw his mother enter his father Li Zhenye's room with his own eyes.

It seems that when filming this scene, you can let your parents make you a younger brother or sister by the way?

The movie is done.

It does not mean that the film is completed, and post-production will be carried out next.

However, for Li Yi, the later stage was simpler.

After all, he doesn't shoot much material, and there are very few waste shots.

Li Yi didn't think about how to create his own style or anything like that.

He basically followed the timeline of the version in his mind. Although some of the plots were localized, he still basically followed the Korean version of "The Gift of Room No. [-]".

So the post-production, editing and so on, the progress is also very fast!

Even Zhuo Yixiong was a little surprised by Li Yi's control over the script and camera.

As we all know, when a movie is shot, there are often a lot of materials, which need to be roughly cut and then finely cut.

But on Li Yi's side, he basically skipped the rough cutting stage and went directly to the fine cutting stage.

Moreover, when editing, Li Yi's thinking was very clear, and the editing effect was also very good.

In just over a week, "The Gift of Room No. [-]" was announced to be finished!

It's just because Li Yi's first movie "Life of Bitterness" was so bad and so good that it turned out that the release of "The Gift of Room No. [-]" became a problem.

Don't think it's easy to release a movie if it's good.

This is really not the case.

If you are a newcomer, unless it is a movie cast by a relatively powerful film and television company, or has a celebrity selling point, otherwise, you can only go to some film festivals to try your luck.

There are so many movies every year, how many of them can really go to theaters?
Li Yi's starting point is of course higher. After all, his parents are also veterans in the entertainment industry. However, the last "Life of Bitterness" made the publishing company miserable at that time.

After all, although the distribution company earns a share, it also has to pay for the promotion fee, and once the movie box office hits the street, the distribution company will naturally lose everything.

Li Yi was actually quite embarrassed here.

Why?

Because the same is a bad movie, but Li Yi did the pre-publicity and the like, and it can be said to be quite in place.

You can refer to a certain director surnamed Bi, so he is actually quite famous.

It's not scary to make bad movies, what's scary is that you didn't make any money at the box office, but in the end you successfully pushed yourself out.

Therefore, the release of Li Yi's movie broke Li Zhenye's mind.

People who had some friendship in the past ran away immediately after learning that it was Li Yi's new film!

There is no way, the reputation is so realistic.

Moreover, although Li Zhenye and Yi Lingling have some contacts, there are some things that cannot be changed.

As a result, the representatives of the distributors who were invited were not to say that there were no ones. Some people couldn't resist asking, so they still sent people over, but it was really different from the treatment in "Life of Bitterness" earlier.

But there is no way, although it is the original owner's fault, since he replaced the original owner, Li Yi can only pay the debt with tears in his eyes!

However, this is actually pretty good.

After all, Li Yi can still get up and watch the movie show, at least those representatives of the distributors, although many of them are out of face, so they randomly send a small guy over to go through the motions.

But even if these people can't make a decision, at least they can tell whether the movie is good or bad.

In fact, there are not many domestic distribution companies with distribution qualifications.

Li Yi felt that it was not bad to be able to attract the representatives of the distribution company, and nine of them came.

But the complexions of Li Zhenye and Yi Lingling were not so pretty.

Without him, these people are basically young people of Yishui.

It's not that I look down on young people, but, to put it bluntly, these people are all randomly sent by the publishing companies because of their request, and many of them may even be interns.

There is no way, the age is there, younger than Li Yi.

"Hey!" Li Zhenye sighed quite a bit.

He mainly felt that he did not help his son.

"The Gift of Room No. [-]" Li Zhenye has seen the finished film, and he is still very optimistic about it.

However, he is not a newcomer in this line of work, so he naturally knows that whether a movie is good or not is indeed the basis for a movie's success, but publicity is sometimes more important.

"Dad, why are you sighing, don't you have confidence in our movie?" Li Yi came over and asked with a smile.

"It's not that I don't have confidence in movies, but, hey, it's all because of my father's uselessness." Li Zhenye is uncomfortable because his son finally made a movie seriously. Even if the movie is not a classic, it is at least in his heart. It is excellent.

Li Yi has done what he promised, but he, the father, has not been able to do it well.

"Isn't there a lot of people here?" Li Yi pouted hard at the representatives of the distributors in the small screening hall.

"But, these people are simply sent by others to perfunctory! They don't have any decision-making power at all," Li Zhenye said with a wry smile.

"That's better than nothing, right? If it's not possible, we can still apply to participate in the film festival. Gold always shines, isn't it?" Li Yi comforted his father instead.

"The closest influential film festival that can sell films is more than half a year away." Li Zhenye shook his head knowing that his son was comforting him.

"Dad, I'm in no hurry!" Li Yi said, he was really not in a hurry.

He was originally a person with a happy destiny, to be precise, the kind of person who had no ambitions.

For Li Yi, making movies is actually just a job.

He is not like the time-traveler in other novels. After being reborn, after time-traveling, he has to make great ambitions, to change the status quo of the film industry, to conquer Hollywood and the world, and so on.

Li Yizhen doesn't have this kind of ambition, he is the type who gets rich when he gets rich.

In fact, he wouldn't even have wanted to make a movie if it wasn't for the availability.

Wouldn't he be nice to be a second-generation child who is just waiting to die?

Moreover, to be honest, he is actually not worried that "The Gift in Room No. [-]" will not be sold. There is really no need to worry too much.

In fact, Li Zhenye's guess was really right.

These people who came here were really almost all interns or new employees, and they were sent here purely as a formality.

You can't blame these distribution companies for being perfunctory. In fact, a movie not only depends on its quality, but also depends on the lineup and whether the promotion and distribution are good.

Notorious people like Li Yi, among other things, it's really hard to do publicity!

However, what Li Zhenye and Li Yi didn't know was that among these people, there was one, but it was quite special.

Mu Nanxing is the newly appointed general manager of Oceanwide Film and Television, a subsidiary of Oceanwide United Cinemas.

Of course, although the Oceanwide United Cinemas is considered a relatively large theater in China, in fact, its Oceanwide Film and Television is a small company. Its main business is to distribute some self-made domestic horror films. It's the kind of movie that sells dog meat.

Such film and television companies are actually owned by many theater chains in China.

Mu Nanxing's father is a shareholder of Oceanwide Group.

He is considered a rich second generation. Of course, if it wasn't for his father's status, he wouldn't be able to get the position of general manager of Fanhai Film and Television.

This time he was able to come, in fact, it was only because he was idle at the beginning of his tenure, so he came to see the excitement.

After all, he also knew Li Yi, the player who beat Wang Bo into three pairs.

However, it is really not uncommon among the group of the second generation of stars.

In fact, Mu Nanxing is not satisfied with Oceanwide Film and Television at all. He also has ambitions. Although Oceanwide Film and Television relies on the Oceanwide Group to produce and distribute domestic horror films that are sold as bait, they can still make a lot of money.

But this kind of company is just like that. If the status quo is maintained, this kind of company is really suitable for retirement. ,

Although Mu Nanxing has ambitions and wants to change Fanhai Film and Television and develop towards the mainstream film and television industry, but he has no clue.

Just when Mu Nanxing was thinking about how Oceanwide Film and Television could break the situation, a voice came.

"Hey, which company are you from?" A young girl took the initiative to talk.

"Fanhai Film and Television, how about you?" Mu Nanxing turned his head and replied.

"Me? I'm from New Era Film and Television. Let's get acquainted. My name is Ou Mingming." Ou Mingming looked at Mu Nanxing's handsome face and introduced himself.

"Mu Nanxing!" Mu Nanxing said with a handsome smile.

"I didn't expect that director Li Yi is quite capable, and even your new era film and television has come." Mu Nanxing said in surprise.

Because New Era Film and Television and Fanhai Film and Television are completely different things, New Era Film and Television can rank among the top ten in the domestic film and television industry.

So even if he knew about the new era of film and television, he probably didn't pay much attention to it. After all, Ou Mingming was not very old, so he didn't look like a management person with decision-making power.

But getting a company like New Era Film and Television to send people here is already considered capable!

"Hey, it's Li Yi's ability, it's his father's ability. After all, Li Zhenye is an old man in the film and television industry. He seems to have a little friendship with our leaders, but you know, before Li Yi's "Life of Bitterness" gave the publishing company It's a shame, our leader doesn't want to come, but it's hard to refuse, so, no, it's good to send me as an intern here, but it's pretty good, let's treat it as a government-funded trip!" Ou Mingming explained.

Mu Nanxing nodded, scanned around, and saw that they were all young people, most of them might be similar to Ou Mingming.

He couldn't help but smile a little!
(End of this chapter)