Entertainment, I only like to make movies

Chapter 492 New Concept Map

The time has come to the end of December, and before you know it, 12 will pass by again.

The major film and television companies have become more busy, while making year-end summaries, while paying attention to the 2015 Spring Festival in advance.

Among the many companies, there are two companies that are shrouded in dark clouds, and there is no New Year's Eve celebration at all.

Ali Pictures, in particular, is gloomy.

Early this morning, when the employees came to work, they found that the atmosphere was not right. The company's executives all had old faces, as if someone owed them millions.

Alibaba Pictures Headquarters, Conference Room 2.

Fan Luyuan, Zhang Qiang, Zhang Wei, Deng Kangming, Yang Weidong and more than a dozen senior executives from Alibaba Pictures gathered together, all with stern faces.

At the main seat, Chairman Fan Luyuan frowned, smoking the cigarette that came from Zhang Qiang.

At this time, Fan Luyuan finally experienced the depth of the movie market.

Just one movie made Ali Pictures' entire company miserable, and the stock price fell like a landslide.

Draft horse's!

Fan Luyuan took a deep puff of his cigarette, and in his heart he yelled at Jiang Min, China Film, Emperor, Wanda Film and Television, and Dongyang One Step, wanting to kill them all.

When he first took office two years ago, he waved his hand and let Zhang Qiang and Zhang Wei get away with it in high spirits.

Don't care about money, just snatch potential movies from the market at a high price. It is best to grab the investment share, and if you can't grab it, aim at the distribution rights of the movie.

At that time, Fan Luyuan proudly stated to the outside world that Ali Pictures had plenty of money, and everyone in the industry should be prepared to be attacked by him.

Two years later, Ali Pictures was successfully listed, and its market value soared to 300 billion in one fell swoop.

The advantage of money was also brought into full play by the executives present, which scared many people in the circle to shout wolf.

Last year, Ali Pictures took a small test and bought the distribution rights of "Dear" and "One Step Away" from Guangliang, China Film, and Emperor.

"Dear", a low-budget realistic film, has a box office of nearly 5 million.

The release of this film by Ali Pictures has made it famous in the industry for the first time and has established a firm foothold.

"One Step Away", the most valued project after the establishment of Alibaba Pictures, won a guaranteed release at a sky-high price of 10 billion.

After deducting film funds and taxes, and deducting 10% of the film's distribution fee, Ali Pictures paid [-] million in cash in advance to the six producers of "One Step Away".

Judging from the collapse of "One Step Away", the total box office is at most 45 million yuan. Ali Pictures can get 2.06% of the net box office revenue from the film distribution, which can recover almost [-] million yuan, which is just enough to make up for the film's publicity and distribution costs. .

In other words, Alibaba Pictures actually lost 3 million on "One Step Away".

3 billion!
That's all in vain!
In the past few days, a new term has emerged in the film industry.

Receiver!
It's a joke that Ali Pictures has been taken advantage of, with high hands and low eyes, and took over a bad movie.

call..
Fan Luyuan exhaled a long mouthful of smoke rings, his expression was gloomy, extremely unhappy, and he always felt green on his head.

He stubbed out the cigarette, rubbed his stiff cheeks with both hands, looked at his subordinates, and sighed: "This is the end, the money has been spent, no matter how angry we are, it won't help."

"Everyone, don't be too discouraged. Ali Pictures is not so easy to make others laugh. One failure is nothing. There will always be times when I feel proud."

Following his utterance, the expressions of everyone in the meeting room relaxed a little, each of them raised their heads and straightened their backs.

"now it's right."

Seeing this, Fan Luyuan was also shocked. He stood up and looked at the crowd and said loudly: "Everyone, "One Step Away" is turning over. Failure is the mother of success. Movies, we must work harder on the production side, cooperate with the director and crew to control the quality of the movie, and do a good job in publicity at the same time!"

"understand!"

"understand!"

In the conference room, there was a response sound that was beaten to the bone and forcibly activated.

Ali Pictures is licking its wounds, and LeTV Pictures is also having a hard time.

Because of the hit of "Taiping Wheel", Zhang Zhao, the person in charge of the film's distribution, was scolded bloody by Jia Yueting.

Helpless, Zhang Zhao could only do something, and once again found four film producers, Wu Baige, Li Li, Hua Yi Wang Zhongjun, and China Film Chen Yu.

Let's discuss the release time of the second part of "Taiping Wheel" and the focus of the film's announcement.

In a five-star hotel.

The five of them didn't bring their secretary with them, so they found a luxury lounge and ordered some special refreshments from the hotel.

As soon as he sat down, Zhang Zhao spoke eagerly, and said in a deep voice, "The first part of "The Wheel of Peace" only got 1.7 million box office. We have to do something about the second part, and we can't let the movie continue to fail."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Wu Baige who was calm, and a trace of sarcasm flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Oh shit
It was only after hearing about you, Wu Baige, the famous international director, that LeEco spent 8 million guaranteed to win "Taiping Wheel".

As a result, the movie was so bad that it became a small partner with "One Step Away". LeTV, like Alibaba Pictures, was ridiculed by the circle as the two major successors in the film market this year.

Damn it!
Zhang Zhao suppressed the urge to spray, and continued: "The selling point of 'disaster love blockbuster' can no longer be used, and the audience will not buy it. We have to find other ways."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Yu, Wang Zhongjun, and Li Li nodded, and they also thought that disaster love should not be used as the focus of propaganda.

The word-of-mouth of the first film was dragged down. Using this method of publicity and distribution, the audience will only hate the second film even more.

However, the faces of Chen Yu and the three were not in a hurry. The copyright and guarantee of the film had already been sold, and the three of them had already recovered the cost.

When they came here today, they didn't expect much. It would be best if there was a way to turn things around. If not, they would just come out for tea.

By the way, let's go to Wu Baige to vent my dissatisfaction.

Among the three of them, Chen Yu and Wang Zhongjun had weird eyes, and they glanced at Wu Baige's pretendingly calm expression from time to time.

Old guy, your ass is on fire, thank you for being able to pretend!
Wu Baige wore a black windbreaker and was dressed like a gentleman. His originally relaxed expression was swept away by the playful eyes of the two, and suddenly he became embarrassed.

fuck.
He cursed secretly, his heart agitated, and he couldn't help but fire: "Although it is true that the movie didn't sell well, the word-of-mouth on the Internet, apart from the plot, most of the comments are accusing the actors of not doing well.

I have been paying attention to the public's comments on the movie. The performance of the actors is too slow. If Deng Chao and Liu Ye were cast in the first place, the situation will definitely change! "

Shake the pot!

Typical dump!
Wu Baige said what he said, emphasizing that although the film is not good, actors also have a great responsibility.

Can't let the movie hit the street, it's all because of him, the director!

Sanqingshan Hengyu Film and Television Base.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Fang Ziheng stopped filming early. Amidst the cheers of the big guys, he finished work two hours early.

"Everyone have a good rest. Starting tomorrow, the difficulty of the scenes will be upgraded again. I hope everyone is well prepared."

"Oye, it's finally time to shoot the first famous scene!"

Liu Haoran has a young heart, and has already learned about the follow-up scenes through the big filming plan, and looks forward to it coming soon.

The shooting schedule of "Longevity" is gradually on the right track. After the shooting of the small battle scenes, everyone's tacit understanding has also been cultivated.

Tomorrow, the crew will shoot the first famous scene in the movie, and Dagan Daoist Academy will start the triennial apprentice training.

The location of the experience, the outskirts of Tianyao Mountain!

According to the background description of the movie, every experience can be regarded as a top duel among the younger generation, no less than the once-in-a-decade battle of Tianjiao.

There are hordes of monsters and beasts in Tianyao Mountain, and there are many dangers. There are big monsters in the depths of the mountains. It is said that there are super masters with the blood of the sky monsters, which can be compared to the powerful cave of the monster clan of the Dagan God Lord.

This scene requires the mobilization of a lot of manpower and material resources.

There are as many as 300 people in the group performance that plays the role of the imperial guards of the Dagan God Dynasty. Counting the crew and actors, nearly 500 people were filming in one studio at the same time.

3D real shooting, the difficulty factor soars rapidly!
"Director, let's go first!"

"Director, you should also take a good rest!"

The actors changed their roles and walked out of the set in twos and threes. Luo Jin even made a weird smile on purpose.

Liu Qianqian didn't have a role today, she came to the set to play in her big red coat, and sat by the monitor for half the afternoon.

A sense of sight of a beautiful lady waiting for her husband!

Fang Ziheng glanced at Luo Jin, stretched his waist, and looked at the young lady beside him.

"Is it cold?"

"Fortunately."

The little sister smiled slightly on her clear face, patted the warm baby in her arms and shook her head and said.

"Let's go, Guo Fan can't wait!"

Fang Ziheng took off the earphones, turned off the monitor, stood up and did two chest expansion exercises.

The two walked out of the set side by side.

Walking out of the shooting area, a retro brick road leads in all directions, connecting the huge area of ​​the film and television base.

From the periphery, rumbling sounds came from time to time.

The contractor of Wanda Group is building the third phase of the project, and the staff on the high platform crane can be seen faintly.

Seeing that there was no one on the road, Liu Qianqian took her hands out of her pockets and took Fang Ziheng's arms.

"Why did director Guo Fan come to see you?"

"It's nothing serious, the concept drawing for his new film has been drawn."

Fang Ziheng's heart moved, he slowed down, took out a pair of gloves from his pocket, turned around and helped the young lady put them on.

Then, he picked up the young lady's pretty face, pecked lightly, and said with a smile: "Come on, let's go shopping while it's still early."

"Okay, what about Director Guo?"

The young lady frowned and agreed, but then showed a worried look.

Fang Ziheng's face turned serious, and he said righteously: "Let him wait, nothing is as important as being with Qianqian."

"whee.."

The young lady was overjoyed, she was very satisfied with the tenderness of her lover, she didn't care so much, she dragged him to another path.

Until six o'clock in the evening, the sky was completely dark.

The two walked around the film and television city before leisurely returning to the crew canteen.

In the cafeteria, there were more than 100 people from the crew and the actors who came out to have dinner after taking a shower.

This is the second batch, and a group of people in front have already eaten and returned to their rooms.

"Director, here, here!"

In the corner of the cafeteria, Guo Fan, Deng Chao, Wu Ershan, and Sang Lin were about to eat when they saw them waving their hands violently.

"Come on..."

Fang Ziheng replied, and led Liu Qianqian towards the four of them.

Sitting at the round table, Guo Fan hesitated to speak, looked at Fang Ziheng, then at the young lady, and finally cast a resentful look.

That means, let me say it clearly: Director, I have been waiting for you all afternoon, the flowers are almost wilting!

"Okay, if you're not convinced, go find a girlfriend!"

Fang Ziheng rolled his eyes, didn't bother to talk to this guy, helped the little sister get the stool, and sat down with her.

Guo Fan was just joking, not really angry, when he heard that Fang Ziheng complained that he didn't have a girlfriend, he immediately laughed.

"Hey, I want to find a girlfriend, it's a matter of minutes."

"Blow it, blow it to your death. Originally, I wanted Sissy to introduce you to you. Since that's the case, I'm too lazy to bother."

"Come on, director, it's better to let sister Qian introduce you." Guo Fan said urgently with a sting in his neck.

He was in a hurry, this time he was really in a hurry, he didn't expect Fang Ziheng to be waiting for him here.

"Puff..haha"

Everyone couldn't bear it anymore, they laughed heartily.

a while.

Only then did everyone stabilize their emotions, chatting while eating.

seven o'clock.

Fang Ziheng saw that it was still early, so he proposed to find a room together, drink tea and continue chatting.

As soon as the words were finished, Guo Fan and Deng Chao raised their hands in agreement.

Liu Qianqian pulled her lover and smiled apologetically: "You guys go, I'll go back to my room to read the script."

"Okay, I'll go find you later."

Fang Ziheng nodded and let the young lady go first.

Afterwards, the five big men also walked out of the cafeteria, came to the residence where the crew stayed, and opened a lounge on the top floor.

There are staff members bringing up the boom, fruits, dried fruits, and snacks.

After the door was closed again, Fang Ziheng turned up the temperature of the air conditioner, took off his coat and sat on the sofa, looked at Guo Fan and said, "Here's the concept map, take it out for everyone to see!"

"This is what I carry with me all the time."

When it was finally time to talk about business, Guo Fan's eyes lit up, he patted his backpack and said excitedly.

"Brother Chao, Sang Zhi, Wu Dao, you all have a look at it too, and help me refer to it."

Immediately, while greeting Deng Chao, Sang Lin, and Wu Ershan, he took out a thick stack of A4 manuscript paper from his bag.

"Here, this is the concept map I drew, take a look."

Fang Ziheng shared a stack of manuscript papers with each of the four, and read them carefully with strong curiosity.

On A4 paper, there are various high-tech products.

simultaneous interpretation.

Mechanical exoskeleton.

Electric protective clothing.

centrifugal gravity.

Mounted excavator.

Heavy duty off-road carrier.

Missile launch vehicles, cockpits, planetary engines and more.

Every concept drawing is full of sense of technology and industrial aesthetics. Deng Chao, Sang Lin, and Wu Ershan are more and more amazed as they look at it.

"Awesome.. This is the real sci-fi movie!"

In the history of Chinese film, there has been no serious sci-fi movie for a hundred years, and neither "Cyborg" nor "Wesley" is a real sci-fi blockbuster.

Only "Edge of Tomorrow" shot by Fang Ziheng in 2010 can be called a sci-fi masterpiece.

Now, there is another "The Wandering Earth"!
Science fiction!

Which young people don't like it, who didn't have a dream of flying out of the earth and setting foot in the stars when they were young.

Fang Ziheng nodded affirmatively while flipping through the concept maps: "Not bad, not bad, let's do it according to the heavy industry aesthetic style combined with Huasu, and let the editorial department of Hengyu Literature join in, refine and perfect the details of these concept maps a few times .”

"I will, Director."

After being affirmed, Guo Fan was overjoyed and grinned brightly.

For Fang Ziheng, Guo Fan worships and appreciates Fang Ziheng from the bottom of his heart. Like Wen Muye and Hao Yi, he regards him as his guiding light.

When the "Wandering Earth" project started, although Guo Fan was thinking about it, he didn't have the slightest confidence. He knew that he couldn't compete with Wu Jing, Lao Mouzi, Hao Yi, and Wen Muye.

But he didn't expect that Fang Ziheng would name him to direct this sci-fi blockbuster.

This kind of support gave Guo Fan a sense of surprise from heaven, and secretly vowed to make "The Wandering Earth" well and never let Fang Ziheng down.

For an evening tea, the five of them drank until very late.

It wasn't until Liu Qianqian sent a WeChat message that Fang Ziheng ended the chat and went back to sleep with the beauty.

(End of this chapter)