I'm not just a director

I spent about a week in Hong Kong.

In the past five days, Jiang Pei'an took the crew to various major theaters in Hong Kong for roadshows to promote the film.

In the remaining two days, he gave the crew a holiday and allowed everyone to wander around Hong Kong.

Jiang Peian also spent a rare holiday with Hu Jing.

This week, "Inception" and "Heroes" are chasing each other at the box office.

In the Mainland, "Hero" directly reached the terrifying box office of 1.8 million.

Of course, it has been a month since "Hero" was released, and there is still half a month until it is released.

"Inception" is still a month away, but its box office has successfully exceeded 1.1 million yuan, reaching [-] million yuan.

The "billion-dollar" movie hit all over the mainland. During this period, all the movies that came into contact with it were wiped out, and the box office was dismal.

Some media reported that the spring of 2003 belonged to Zhang Yimou and Jiang Peian, and it was also the spring of domestic films.

This year was also called "the first year of commercial blockbusters" by many people in later generations.

Capital has also begun to take notice of this rapidly maturing market.

Due to restrictions in the early years, filmmaking required licenses and cooperation with film studios. Many people were not optimistic about the filmmaking industry.

What's the use? Every year, the film studio has quotas. If you shoot more or less, you will get food and subsidies. Any money you make will belong to the film studio.

Later, after the relevant regulations were liberalized and private capital was allowed to participate in film shooting, the entire market became more active.

However, after all, it had been banned for so long and the official attitude was not clear, so the entire market performed particularly sluggishly.

Until "Source Code" came out last year, its box office revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars stunned capital.

Private enterprises such as Bernard's Fatty Yu and Huayi's Wang brothers are even more determined to take advantage of the opportunity to show off their skills and make a profit.

Although the cautious nature of capital makes some people eager to try, most people still choose to wait and see rationally.

But this year is different. "Heroes" and "Inception" have successively exceeded [-] million yuan, and there is also good news for Hong Kong's sluggish film and television market.

All of a sudden, the capitalists went crazy. After careful calculation, they were delighted to find that the spring of the film market was coming.

What are you doing with the money you have? Invest it in the film and television market.

Now that there is a gust of wind blowing in the outside world, everyone is waiting and watching, and even placing bets at the opening of the market, betting on who will have the higher box office between "Heroes" and "Inception".

What, you want to bet on who will get the [-] million box office first?

Come on, how long has this been? "Heroes" already has 1.8 million. Isn't it a sure thing to break [-] million?
Since the short-term goal cannot be gambled, it is up to the winner. At least judging from the current results, the two are indistinguishable.

When you are bolder, your ideas will be broader. Many people are thinking that this year, two domestic films will exceed [-] million yuan, and next year there may be four, six, or eight films...

Capital is rational, but at the same time they are also blind and crazy.

Who said that the Chinese Film Market is a dancer wearing shackles?This is like a fucking bullfighting scene in Spain!
Jiang Peian and Lao Mouzi immediately became the darlings of capital, and Lao Mouzi's side suddenly became the hardest hit area. He received many phone calls before he returned to the capital.

Su Qing's side was even worse. There were constant calls all day long. Sister Su Yu was so angry that she wanted to smash her phone.

There are even many people squatting downstairs of Spark Entertainment Company every day, looking upstairs from time to time.

Not only Lao Mouzi and Jiang Peian have felt the enthusiasm of capital, but many well-known domestic directors such as Feng Xiaogang and Director Chen have become the targets of capital pursuit.

Even Lao Jia, who had just been lifted from the ban, was greatly welcomed. There was no way, who made him famous internationally.

Even Jiang Wen, who was still under seal, began to wander among various capitals, bragging to all parties that as long as he was unblocked, he would definitely bring everyone to make money together!
When Jiang Peian heard the news, he was stunned for a long time.

Lao Jiang, this hot-faced guy, is bringing everyone together to make money?
Does anyone know what his next movie will be?
That's "The Sun Also Rises" that even many people in later generations can't understand!

Even if the capital has money, it can’t be built like this!

But if Lao Jiang has raised enough money, does that mean we won’t see the news that he went to Hong Kong to become a leading actor in a romance film in order to raise money to film "The Sun"?
Domestic entertainment and Hong Kong entertainment suffered heavy losses!

……

The first thing Jiang Peian did when he returned to China was to ask Su Qing to strengthen the security of Spark Entertainment.

No joke, Jiang Peian has no plans to raise funds yet, after all, he has enough money.

But at the same time, this is also the year he plans to become independent from China Film Group.

If this news gets out, Jiang Peian has reason to believe that those waiting downstairs will definitely rush upstairs and ask to meet him.

What are you meeting for?

Send money!

"Director Jiang, do you want money? As long as you nod, I will immediately take out all the money in the safe and give it to you!"

After resting at home for two days, Jiang Peian came to Xinghuo Entertainment.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

Su Qing appeared in Jiang Peian's office on time.

"Are they all back?"

"Well, Huang Bo and Wu Ershan have been waiting at the company all morning. Ning Hao and Guan Hu also rushed back from Canada and were waiting in the conference room early.

In the music group, Zhou Peng is participating in an event and will probably arrive in the afternoon. However, the music directors Shen Yongge and Yang Kun are here, and Dean Zhang has something to do at the school, so he won't be able to get back until the afternoon. "

Su Qing stood there and reported. At this point, Su Qing paused and said:
"Sissi and her mother, Ms. Liu, have also come to the company and are in the reception room."

Jiang Pei'an nodded and said:
"Well, I asked them to come. You can call them in when the meeting begins.

By the way, let Pengpeng come over in the afternoon. Dean Zhang doesn't force it. He is a consultant after all.

Speaking of which, it seems that I am also a visiting professor at Nortel, and I have never given a class to the students who are preparing for it. I am derelict in my duty. "

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

Su Qing smiled and said:
"You are now a walking news hotspot. If you go to Nortel to give lectures, there will probably not be enough room in one classroom."

"Well, when I want to go to class one day, let Nortel arrange it for me in the small auditorium."

Jiang Peian smiled and then said:

"Let them all go to the conference room now. Let's have a small meeting, which can be regarded as a year-end summary."

"it is good."

……

Spark Entertainment Conference Room.

Jiang Peian sat in the main seat, with Ning Hao, Guan Hu and Wu Ershan from the film and television department on one side.

On the other side are Shen Yongge and Yang Kun from the music group.

Huang Bo is a film and television artist, but he is sitting alone at this moment. After all, he is the only film and television artist now.

Liu Tianxian and her daughter were sitting opposite Jiang Peian.

"Everyone is looking good. Let's do a review session at the end of the year."

Jiang Peian smiled and said, although there are not many people under his command, they are all elite soldiers!

"Mr. Jiang is not planning to give me a year-end bonus."

Huang Bo said with a smile.

He was filled with joy when he opened his mouth, making everyone laugh.

Even Liu Tianxian, who was seeing such a big battle for the first time, laughed out loud, thinking that the squad leader was really funny.

Yes, Huang Bo led his classmates with a huge age advantage and became the monitor of the 2002 performance class.

"Your tuition is paid by the company, and you haven't started working in the second half of the year. You still want a year-end bonus?" Jiang Peian looked at Huang Bo and said with a smile.

Huang Bo chuckled and said:
"I'm fighting for it for the big guys sitting here, I'm afraid they're too shy to ask for it.

I definitely can't have it. I can still go to college at such an old age, all thanks to you, Professor Jiang. "

"Then I will call your name next time in class. Don't skip class then."

"Don't worry, you are my leader in work and teacher in study. I will respect you [-]% and listen to you."

Huang Bo laughed.

Jiang Peian smiled, looked at Liu Tianxian and Liu Xiaoli and said:

"Let me introduce to you, this is Ms. Liu Xiaoli and her daughter Liu Yifei. Sissi and Huang Bo are classmates, and she is my apprentice."

After hearing Jiang Pei'an's words, everyone's eyes were fixed on Liu Tianxian.

Liu Xiaoli stood up and said hello to everyone. Liu Tianxian also stood up and said:
"Hello everyone, just call me Sissi. Nice to meet you."

Liu Tianxian shows off in front of reporters, but that doesn't mean she can act freely in front of anyone.

What's more, everyone here is an elite soldier under Jiang Pei'an. Guan Hu and Ninghao are in charge of the high-grossing movies "Chainsaw" and "The Ghost Story" that are praised by Hollywood.

Not to mention the music team, which is the team that created the first Chinese style album in China.

To a certain extent, it can basically be said that they are leading the advancement of Chinese music.

Looking around, it seems that there is only one class monitor, Huang Bo, who seems to be similar to me.

Although Liu Tianxian was thinking this in her heart, everyone here did not dare to underestimate her.

What did Mr. Jiang say when he introduced this girl just now?

"She is my apprentice."

The word "disciple" is much heavier than that of "student".

Student is a word that appeared in modern times, and it mainly refers to children who receive education in school.

The student corresponds to the teacher, and the relationship between the two is only one of imparting knowledge.

Apprentice was used earlier and refers to a person who learns skills from a master.

The disciple corresponds to the master or teacher. In addition to knowledge, they impart skills, moral character, outlook on life and all aspects of life as a whole.

No matter which angle you look at it, students and disciples have different weights.

From now on, this will be the little princess Spark.

Thinking of this, everyone stood up and greeted Liu Tianxian with a smile.

"Haha, you don't have to be like this, Sissi is here just to let everyone get to know her.

Secondly, Sissi also wants to become a contracted artist for our Starfire, but because she is not old enough, her guardian Ms. Liu will sign the contract on her behalf. "

After Jiang Peian finished speaking, the conference room immediately burst into warm applause.

Jiang Peian smiled and said to Liu Xiaoli and Liu Tianxian:
“Originally, Sissi’s contract with Spark should have invited reporters to the event to promote it.

But as you have also seen, every move I make is being watched by reporters, so it is difficult for me to come forward.

Let's wait for a while and the popularity subsides before announcing it to the public. Please forgive me. "

Liu Xiaoli quickly waved her hand and said:

"It doesn't matter, I don't want Sissi to be exposed too much.

Her current task is to study hard and consolidate what she has learned in school in one or two film and television dramas. "

Liu Tianxian also nodded quickly.

Although she will have to face media reporters sooner or later, she still wants to keep a low profile before that.

After all, going out under the title of Jiang Pei'an's disciple is too ostentatious.

"Okay, since you have no objections, Su Qing will discuss the signing with you later. Let's have a meeting first."

Jiang Peian said seriously:

"Let's start with the film and television department."

Guan Hu cleared his throat and said:
""Phantom 3" has been released, with a global box office of 1.1 million US dollars."

This was the first project he took on when he came to Xinghuo Entertainment. To be honest, he didn't feel confident at first, but later after Ninghao's training, he slowly found his feeling.

Only then did he realize what Ning Hao said:
This series of movies already has a very mature audience. As long as you make it well, there will always be viewers who buy it.

Sure enough, the box office performance of the movie did not disappoint him once it was released.

But when the pride and sense of accomplishment faded away, it felt boring.

In the final analysis, he just reaped the dividends of this series.

If he were asked to make another movie, let alone over [-] million US dollars, he would be very happy even if it was over [-] million US dollars!

However, he also admired Jiang Pei'an from the bottom of his heart.

Starting the series "Ghost" is like holding a hen that lays golden eggs.

"Yes, Not Bad."

Jiang Peian nodded expressionlessly.

Ning Hao on the side said:

"The global box office of "Chainsaw 2" is 1.5 million, of which North America accounted for more than 9 million US dollars."

Relatively speaking, the "Chainsaw" series is much more watchable and popular than the "Ghost" series.

At the same time, the cost and time spent on filming are also higher. To be honest, Jiang Peian is not surprised at all to achieve this result.

Wuershan next to him listened to what Ninghao and Guan Hu said, and he could no longer sit on the bench under his buttocks.

These people say how can it be as easy as eating and drinking to have a box office of over [-] million?
What's more, this unit of over [-] million is still in US dollars, which is simply an astronomical sum.

What shocked Wuershan even more was that Jiang Pei'an, who was sitting in the first place, didn't even change his expression after hearing these two sets of numbers.

Did you already know that there would be such a high box office, or are you just... used to it?

Looking at the others, except for Liu Xiaoli's mother and daughter who were as shocked as themselves, the others also looked indifferent.

Even Ning Hao and Guan Hu, who have achieved a box office record of over [-] million US dollars, still feel a little annoyed?
Could it be that he is dissatisfied with this box office result?

how can that be!

"Well, not bad."

Jiang Peian said lightly.

Wuershan twitched the corner of his mouth, what about the pretty good ones at the back?

He waited for a while and found that Jiang Pei'an really had nothing to say, so he complained crazily in his heart:

Just dismissed it with such a light sentence?

This is too fantasy!
Jiang Peian's eyes slowly moved away from the film and television team. Forget it Wuershan, he has not directed a movie yet.

"Let's talk about it from the music business department. How is your situation?"

Jiang Peian spoke slowly. (End of chapter)