China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 110 Light Finds a Way Out, Who Knows the Sufferings of Domestic Film Companies?
The film and television copyrights of online novels are very cheap to buy now. Regardless of whether they will be successful after buying them back, but once one is successful, it may not be a problem to support the entire company.

There are many examples of this. For example, Batman and Superman in DC comics took on the feat of supporting a large group with just two IPs.

There are also Marvel's "Captain America" ​​and "Iron Man". Of course, Marvel has more successful IPs, such as "Thor", "Hulk", "Black Widow", and "Wolverine".

"The Avengers" even made a lot of money by stringing these IPs together.

Therefore, China’s online articles claim to be the fourth largest cultural phenomenon in the world after island country comics, Korean TV dramas, and Hollywood movies. How can it do without some good IP?Although most of them may not be successful, once they become a few, they will make a lot of money.

He Fang only buys fantasy and fairy tales from Qidian.com. Only these two types are most worth developing. Exploring, urban, and historical ones are not of great adaptation value.

It is okay to change TV series, but not to change movies.

Of course, do you want to close the Qidian website?He Fang shook his head, this is not practical, he is not a person who is good at management, and he is not good at management if he takes down the starting point.It's better to get some IP and some film and television.

Just when He Fang was thinking about how to hold a large number of IPs in the future, the phone rang, and it was Liu Yan who called.

Of course, he won't be so stupid as to flirt as soon as he answers the phone. If you are in the entertainment industry, you must remember to be careful not to talk nonsense at any time.

Unless it is really confirmed that it is just the two of you, and there is no wiretapping or video recording, then you can say something private.

"Hi, Liu Yan, hello."

"Hey, Director He, are you busy now? There is something I want to tell you."

"You said something happened, so I have to be busy even if I'm busy. I still have to give face to my fellow villagers. Tell me, what's the matter." It's comfortable to hear.

"Ha, then I'll talk about the matter, and I won't waste your time by going around in circles. That's it, our Mr. Wang wants to ask if you can spare an hour or two to meet with him. He wants to talk to you about cooperation." Liu Yan is also direct.

"Huh? But I'm not in the capital now, I'm going to Hangzhou soon."

"It's okay, as long as you can spare time, our President Wang said that we will go to find you right away."

"Then since Mr. Wang is so sincere, I must have time. Even if I miss two hours of sleep, I still have to see Mr. Wang."

"Haha, that's fine, then I'll tell our President Wang. You won't leave Hangzhou until tomorrow morning, right? Don't run over to make a fool of yourself."

"No, don't worry, I'll be waiting for him in Hangzhou today."

He Fang didn't ask why Wang Changtian didn't call him himself, let alone what Wang Changtian wanted to cooperate with.

Some words don't need to be said, because it represents the trust and face for Liu Yan.

It's like you bragging in front of others about how good your relationship with your brother is, and then calling to ask your brother out in front of everyone, and then your brother agrees directly without asking anything. This is called face.

If you call, your brother will say that whoever wants to make a date can call anyone, ask what is the matter, and say that there is no way to squeeze time...

Your friend doesn't say it, but he's thinking 'And say it's a good relationship, that's all?Is it so difficult to make appointments? ', don't you lose face now?

If you sell other people's face, others will not embarrass you, for example...

'Didi' He Fang's text message rang at this time, he picked it up and looked, it was indeed from Liu Yan.

"I don't know what kind of cooperation our President Wang wants to talk to you about. He didn't say anything, he just said that we should make an appointment to meet. I can't say a word or two, but I don't think it has anything to do with "City Watch". So, you Just know what’s in your mind.”

For example, before the fight was over, Liu Yan did it with practical actions.

This is the so-called you sold other people's face, others will tell you the ins and outs of the matter in private, it will not let you really know nothing and meet people without preparation.

Alas, this is full of emotional intelligence.

Of course, this is nothing. Think about those in the mixed system, who doesn’t have a few handbooks on them, which are full of biographies of the superiors and subordinates of the nobles in the circle, their various handling styles, sophistication, and interests. and relationships etc.

If you don’t know how to do this and don’t prepare for this in the mixed system, it’s like an actor who doesn’t know how to write biographies or analyze characters.

You don't even know how to write or analyze the character's biography, what kind of drama do you act in?Do you expect to be able to perform well and win awards?Go dreaming.

Hangzhou is almost becoming He Fang's second largest base camp, and I feel like I come here often.

It's a pity that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't adapt to the food here. It's fine if there is no pepper in the dish, why put sugar in it?
This is a question that He Fang can't figure out. The scenery is good, the people are beautiful, the history is rich, the urban construction is good, the economy is good, and the climate is good, but the food that needs sugar puts it in a bad mood.

tsk...

But he is not in the mood to lament these things, because he has to be busy with the road show promotion, busy with fans' autographs and group photos, and even more busy with reporters.

Even if you have said some questions hundreds of times, these reporters have to ask you again when they meet, do you think it is annoying?
Is it because they have nothing to do or haven't done their homework?

Soon, at night, around 08:30, He Fang and the others finished their road show today, and they wanted to have dinner.

So, Mr. Guangguang Wang was also waiting for them in the building outside West Lake.

Although He Fang lacks interest, there are some things that cannot be said.Can't he say if he can find a Hunan cuisine restaurant?Even Sichuan cuisine is fine, if not, Jiangxi cuisine is fine too.

"Oh, Director He, you've worked hard. Alas, your film is so good, and you're so active in promoting it. No wonder our film can't sell yours." Wang Changtian laughed.

Along with Wang Changtian was a woman who should be his assistant or secretary or something, but there were no others.

The female assistant wearing glasses nodded and smiled at He Fang.

"Mr. Wang, please come so far to see me. I really can't change the itinerary that I have already planned. Otherwise, I should go to see you in the capital." He Fang said nothing.

"Hey, I have something to ask you. How can I let you drop your plan to see me? It's against the rules. Come, sit, sit, sit." Wang Changtian asked He Fang to sit down, then turned around and shook hands with Wang Baoqiang.

"Baoqiang, hello, you have worked hard, come on, sit down."

"It's nothing to me, as long as the box office is good, it doesn't matter if you work hard." Wang Baoqiang chuckled.

"Haha, that's right, filming with Director He, you will get box office and prizes. This kind of hard work is really nothing. Come, come, come, the old Huadiao wine that has just been warmed, the alcohol content is not high, and it won't go up , try it."

Just like this, a few people came and went to drink and eat. They have been busy for two hours before it was over, and then Mr. Wang sent them back to the hotel.

Because Wang Baoqiang was present, there was no serious discussion.

Wang Baoqiang also knew that his presence made it difficult for Wang Changtian and He Fang to discuss matters, but it was difficult for him to find a reason to walk away.

However, all this has long been in Wang Changtian's plan, otherwise Wang Baoqiang would not have been invited together.

Wang Changtian sent He Fang and the others back to the hotel, and then asked He Fang if he wanted to go back to the room to rest, and then he would invite He Fang to drink tea.

He Fang refused to go back to his room to rest, so he went directly to drink tea.

"Mr. Wang, I've eaten the meal and drank the tea. If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly. I like to be straightforward." When I arrived at the tea house, I was not polite when I drank the tea.

"Haha, I know that Director He is a straightforward person. You are also very tired today, so I won't talk about it. That's it. For me, the official full-scale film casting started in 06, and this year there will be more It’s been four years, but no matter how I invest, I’m losing money every year, and I’m losing a lot.”

"This makes me very depressed. I haven't been able to find the crux of the problem. It may be that I have not been able to bind a big director who can really make money. But how could the three major directors in China be with me, a newcomer in the film and television industry? What about cooperation?"

"Of course, I have also learned from working with the Hong Kong team. "City on Alert" is an example. But in four years, I have voted for dozens of films, but none of them has a box office of over [-] million. Director He, I also heard that day You mentioned the benefits of the producer-centered system, so I came to you, first to ask you to help me analyze it, and second, to see if there is any possibility for us to cooperate."

Wang Changtian didn't hide it anymore, and directly revealed his old background, and sincerely asked for advice.

He Fang nodded after listening. Although he didn't predict everything before, he probably guessed what was going on. After Wang Changtian finished speaking, it was as he expected.

This problem is probably not the suffering of Wang Changtian alone, but the suffering of the entire Chinese film company.

Thinking about the entire industry, only two and a half of the hundreds of thousands of film and television companies are making money. This is obviously abnormal. There is a big problem with this industry.

The film companies are suffering, and they are all making money at a loss.

"Mr. Wang, in fact, this is not just your own suffering. You can ask which Chinese film company is not suffering? Look at those old studios. It is because they can't make money that they all lose the assets in the factory. All replacements, and now they are all playing real estate."

"Whether movies make money or not, lay people don't know, don't I know? Lake Film Studio is like this, and I am a child of Lake Film Studio. So I roughly understand what you said, Mr. Wang. I just don't know Mr. Wang What do you think, what do you need me to do for you?"

As soon as He Fang said this, he switched out his cigarette and lit it.

"Haha, Director He speaks quickly. I also sorted out what you said before, and found a good script, a professional producer, and a skilled director. But..."

"Now the theory is all right, but the actual situation is: don't talk about finding a producer who knows how to make money and can control the quality of the film. You can't even find a director who makes a good commercial film. The most important thing is that you can't even find a good producer. You can’t even buy scripts for commercial movies. What’s the use of someone who has a theory but doesn’t realize it? Can you help me with this person’s problem?” Wang Changtian said dejectedly.

"Oh! So that's the problem." He Fang also sighed helplessly.

"Mr. Wang, I know what you said. Our Changsha Tuanhuo and Huying Group are also facing this problem. Now the entire film and television industry is facing this problem."

"That's why, in order to build this professional system, I started film industrialization at Huying. At the same time, I also sent a group of people to the United States for further studies, also because of the lack of professional talents."

"Don't look at the many professional talents who graduate from the film academy every year. If the talents who have graduated from several universities over the years are accumulated, there are tens of thousands of talents, but we can't find usable talents in the industry. This is the current whole difficulties facing the industry.”

"It may be that the film academy and several major colleges have a wrong way of cultivating talents, which leads to an embarrassing problem. People who graduate from them cannot enter the industry. Many people switch to the industry after graduation, and the industry lacks a large number of majors. talent."

Speaking of this, He Fang finally told the truth, especially the Film Academy, as the only professional school in China that trains full-time film and television professionals, is really training a crop of unemployed people.

Those who can enter the film academy are all elites, and they are all rich people, but if they enter, they will be unemployed. This is the saddest thing.

But on the other hand, the entire Chinese film industry is extremely short of professional filmmakers...

Of course, this is not only a problem of film schools, but also a problem of education as a whole.

Thinking about how many college students have been trained over the years, college students are unemployed as soon as they graduate, but factories have difficulty recruiting workers every year, what a strange contradiction.

Obviously, this means that the talents cultivated by our education are not the talents that society needs. This is called education dislocation.

"Yes, yes, yes, you are right. Why can't people from the Film Academy be used? You can say that their majors are poor, but they are all very good." Wang Changtian was puzzled.

"Because they are students who are trained according to the way of literary and artistic films, but what the market needs are commercial film talents, which makes it difficult to say. Do you think your company is willing to recruit a bunch of people who are engaged in literary and artistic films? Everyday in How to study how to win awards, and how to make money without research, can you bear it?"

After He Fang finished speaking, he picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"It turns out that the crux of the matter is here. I understand. I said why there are so many people involved in movies. They are scurrying around in the market every day looking for work, and we are also scurrying around looking for profitable projects. The two of us just can't get on the road. .”

"Obviously they need our investment, and we also need their creations. The result is that they feel that we are too commercial, and hope that we only invest money and don't care about creation. But we feel that they only use our money to realize their creations, regardless of whether they can give us money or not. We bring returns."

Wang Changtian continued to light a cigarette, feeling a little excited. He had been cheated miserably all these years.

"So, some domestic talents need to be reprocessed before they can be used. I set up a Hollywood training class and selected some people who are willing to make commercial films to receive Hollywood training, so that they can barely use them after they come back."

He Fang spread his hands.

"Director He, I just want to talk to you about this cooperation. Can we also train some people in our company? Can we also cooperate with our company to make some profitable commercial films?" Wang Changtian proposed two possibilities.

He Fang smiled wryly, this is really not difficult.

"Mr. Wang, there is absolutely no problem in helping you cultivate talents. Anyway, our second batch of training class personnel is also recruiting. You can recruit some people to join us. The fee is transparent, and we will not make a penny from Guangguang, just by the way. ,No problem."

"Ah, thank you so much for this." Wang Changtian heaved a sigh of relief. If Guangguang had a group of professionals, he would be afraid of nothing.

"As for the profitable commercial film you mentioned, I don't think you will have a chance to participate in my next two projects, and they are all allocated. However, the new director of our company has a new project, which is supervised by me on the set, which is equivalent to half a year. My works, this kind can be participated in, I don't know..."

He Fang hasn't finished speaking yet.

"No problem, our Guangguang will participate, but there is a condition. We must send our people from Guangguang to learn from the crew. Don't worry, we won't do anything on the set that interferes with the normal shooting."

Wang Changtian immediately agreed and put forward conditions.

Seeing Wang Changtian like this, suffering from lack of talent made him anxious.

(End of this chapter)