Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 261 Everything is OK
"Hey, Xiao Li, didn't you go back to the set, why didn't you leave?"

Seeing Li Tang reappearing at the Ningbo Grand Hotel, officially designated by the film festival, Mr. Ge, the most popular actor for the Golden Rooster Awards this year, couldn't help being surprised.

"Going back to the set, but here we come again." Li Tang greeted the old man with a smile, then looked around the room, and asked, "Why, you're alone, where's Director Qi?"

"Director Qi is going to attend a symposium on domestic films."

"Then why don't you go?"

"It's nothing more than complaining, it's boring." Mr. Ge shook his head and said.

The old man still has quite a personality, otherwise, like him, he needs a diploma, a diploma, acting skills, and qualifications. He has been in Shaanxi Renyi for a lifetime, but he has never been in an official position.

Li Tang participated in a symposium similar to this kind of domestic film in 99 at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. It was nothing more than inviting some famous directors and actors to talk about their respective creative processes, but it often turned into directors and actors complaining about each other, blaming this and that, and even criticizing the censorship system. All in all, it was very lively.

Old man Ge was bored by himself, and Li Tang was bored too. The two bored people sat and drank tea together.

Originally, Jiang Qinqin received a call from manager Li Jingping to attend tomorrow's closing ceremony. He also thought that the two of them could hang out for a while when they had time, so they could go to the nearby Tianyi Pavilion and have a drink at night, and then...

Unexpectedly, Xiao Tang Fengchen came here from Peach Blossom Island, and she was scolded by Li Jingping.Moreover, they have already booked a suite at Nanyuan Restaurant, the only five-star hotel in Ningbo.

Because during the film festival, many big stars such as Wang Zuxian, Wu Yanzu, Zhao Wenzhuo, including the biggest names Gong Li and Zhou Xingxing are also said to stay here.When Li Tang drove Jiang Qinqin and Xiao Tang there in an off-road vehicle, many reporters gathered at the door and in the lobby.Seeing this scene, Li Tang didn't dare to get out of the car. He could only lower the brim of his hat and pretend to be the driver. After getting out of the car, Jiang Qinqin was surrounded by reporters, stepped on the accelerator and slipped away.

So I had to go back to Ningbo Grand Hotel. Fortunately, when I attended the opening ceremony yesterday, the organizer arranged three rooms for the crew of "The Story of Escort".

Not long after, Qi Xin came back, and when he saw Li Tang in the living room, he was quite surprised and said, "Xiao Li, you didn't leave?"

"Going away, here we go again. I don't have many roles, and it's meaningless to stay on the set. I'd better come back to join in the fun. Besides, I have to come to the closing ceremony tomorrow." Li Tang hurriedly stood up and laughed.

"Aren't you free!"

Qi Xin complained, and beckoned Li Tang to sit down again.

"Director Qi, is today's symposium lively?"

Qi Xin, who was drinking tea, gave him a sideways glance: "What do you mean, kid?"

"No, I just want to hear what's going on." Li Tang said with a hippie smile.

"lively?"

Qi Xin put down his teacup, snorted softly and said, "It's really lively, it almost became my criticism meeting."

Li Tang was startled immediately, quickly suppressed the smile on his face, and asked with concern, "Why is this happening?"

Qi Xin sighed and said, "Today someone mentioned why there is a market for domestic films but no box office? Good guy, it's like stabbing a hornet's nest. The directors present all began to criticize the current film distribution system, thinking that the lack of box office for domestic films is largely caused by the current backward distribution system. It's really useless to ask the director to engage in distribution."

Qi Xin shook his head. As the person in charge of film production, distribution, screening, printing, and economic operation of the General Administration, in the final analysis, it can only play a guiding role in business, and its real power is limited.At present, the initiative of film distribution is still in the hands of various local film companies.

And what made Qi Xin even more depressed was that he was only a small director at the department level of the General Administration, but many old directors from major studios who participated in today's symposium were not only highly respected, but also high-ranking, and there were many at the department level and even the bureau level.He could only listen when people complained and even pointed their finger at him.

"Why can't the director do the distribution?"

Li Tang helped Qi Xin fight the injustice and said: "I think they are used to being superior, saying that the film distribution system needs to be reformed. That's right, the current film distribution system does need to be reformed, but as directors and producers, they also need to change their thinking. Look at why the films directed by Feng Xiaogang are so popular. Apart from the audience's love, what's more important is that they did it themselves and ran it all over the country. In my opinion, they just can't let go of their airs, lack subjective initiative, and don't look for reasons in themselves..."

I have to say, Li Tang's words touched Qi Xin's heart, and he felt very ironic.Of course, distribution also has distribution problems. At present, the domestic distribution model still follows the sales of copies during the planned economy period.Moreover, theaters around the world are very serious about stealing and concealing the box office.

This time, the issue of distribution was brought up for the Mao Conference at the symposium. In fact, it was not caused by Qi Xin who mentioned that there was a market for domestic films but no box office. In the final analysis, it was because of "crying wolf".

Just last month, the negotiations for China's accession to the WTO were successful, and China will formally enter the WTO in December this year.Among the 54 commitments regarding my country's accession to the WTO, one is about movies.Starting next year, at least [-] imported films will be introduced in the form of split accounts.

There is no doubt that these [-] films must be Hollywood blockbusters. This is undoubtedly worse for domestic films that are already struggling at the box office. Everyone is worried that no one will watch the films they make.

So this is a deep-seated problem, and it cannot be solved by a department-level cadre like Qi Xin.So even though he was very upset, he still shook his head, changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Xiao Li, what is the box office of your "The Third Man" now?"

"Just passed 800 million."

"Yo, yes, it surpasses our "Story of Escort"." Mr. Ge was the first to be surprised when he heard it.

Qi Xin was also very excited, because he helped coordinate the release and schedule of "The Third Man". From a work perspective, "The Third Man" sold well, which was considered a political achievement for him.

"Can it break through 1000 million?"

Li Tang shook his head ponderingly and said, "I don't think there is much hope. Right now, high-definition pirated discs are already available on the market."

When Qi Xin heard this, he immediately showed disappointment.As soon as the high-definition version of the pirated disc comes out, it is undoubtedly a death sentence for the movie that is being shown.

In fact, the luck of "The Third Man" was pretty good. When it was first released, the targets of piracy were concentrated on a few blockbusters. After all, piracy also required costs, and the number of pirated literary films that no one watched was not much.It wasn't until the box office of "The Third Man" came out in the first week, and a small satellite was released, that it attracted the attention of piracy, so the high-definition version came out in the past few days.

There is no way to do this at all. The crime cost of piracy is too low these days, and the profits are too high. As long as people collude with theaters, they can easily get high-definition resources.

Right now, Li Tang reckons that "The Third Man" will be released for at most one week, and it will not be bad if it can finally have a box office of 900 million.

Of course, such a box office result is due to the quality of the film on the one hand, but more importantly, they ran out of the promotional road show together when the film was released.

"Can the cost be recovered?"

Qi Xin knew that Li Tang personally invested in this movie. The little brother is a nice guy, loyal, and nice to speak, so he naturally needs to care about it.

Li Tang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's definitely not enough. Not only the production cost, but also the cost of publicity and distribution. It is estimated that two-thirds of it can be recovered."

According to the current box office share ratio, the share ratio between producers and distributors is 33%.Although Li Tang and the others are responsible for both promotion and distribution, the distributor is the Shanghai Film Studio, including the cost of the factory label. Only 900% of the cost can actually fall into Li Tang's hands. That is to say, if the box office is 270 million, he can get 100 million, which is enough for the production cost.

"What about your overseas earnings?" Qi Xin asked again.

"The agency contract we signed will not be known until the settlement at the end of the year."

Here Li Tang played a sloppy eye. In fact, according to the current feedback from MK2, it can already be divided into almost 40 US dollars, which is enough to recover the cost and already has an objective profit.

Qi Xin glanced at him, and said thoughtfully: "Well, I'll contact the movie channel for you later, so I might as well take over the TV copyright of your movie."

Li Tang's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "Director Qi, how much can you sell?"

Qi Xin smiled and said, "50 shouldn't be a problem."

Li Tang had thought about this for a long time, because he had heard before that the box office of "The Story of Escort" was nearly 700 million, plus the copyright income from the sale to the movie channel, which was enough to even out the production cost.This is something that Qi Xin is very proud of when he is directing for the first time in the context of making movies that are generally losing money.

Although movie channels have an annual target for purchasing film and TV copyrights, they still rely on relationships.The relationship between Qi Xin and the movie channel is very good, and it is basically a certainty that he will be the bridgemaker. Otherwise, with his cautious personality, he would not give such a definite answer, 50 can only be more or less.

Li Tang burst into tears of gratitude and said, "Director Qi, thank you for your kindness! Thank you for your kindness, let's have a seafood feast!"

Before Qi Xin could open his mouth, Old Ge on the side immediately answered: "This is a good relationship, and it's enough to come to Ningbo Seafood. I'm thinking about this one!"

Li Tang knew that Lao Ge was helping him, so he glanced gratefully at the old man.

Sure enough, Qi Xin smiled cheerfully and said, "Mr. Ge has already spoken, so let's go!"

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"What are you doing? Your phone keeps turning off when you call me."

Li Tang was a little dizzy from drinking tonight. There was no way that Lao Ge could drink too much. A bottle of Wuliangye was like playing with him.Fortunately, the old man is restrained, otherwise Li Tang would have given up his life to accompany the gentleman.

When I went back to the room and took out the phone, I realized that it was out of battery and turned it off. I just plugged in the charger, turned on the phone, and Xiaopang called.

"The phone is dead."

"Where are you?"

"I just went back to the hotel, and went drinking with Director Qi and Mr. Ge at night."

"Hey, didn't you say you would return to the set after attending the opening ceremony?"

Due to the environment in which he grew up in his previous life, Li Tang was most annoyed by Xiaopang's behavior of tracking his whereabouts, which was personal privacy.In addition, he drank some more wine, so he said impatiently: "Do you understand that the plan can't keep up with the changes? Don't you have to ask for instructions early and report later?"

Xiaopang is very smart, and when he heard his bad tone, he immediately changed his tone and said with a smile: "Hee hee, as long as you are willing, of course I am fine!"

Hearing her tone softened, Li Tang naturally couldn't get angry, he hummed twice, sat on the sofa, and said calmly: "How is the filming going?"

"That's it. It's still in the running-in stage just after starting up."

Li Tang heard that Fatty was obviously not very interested, so he asked, "Why, what's wrong?"

"It's not that there is any problem, it's just that He Rundong is a bit out of tune." Xiaopang said.

"Why is it out of tune? Let's hear it."

"Oh, it's him. How should I put it? He doesn't care about it at all. When we were filming rival scenes, I didn't make eye contact with him. This is really uncomfortable..."

Xiaopang made a lot of complaints on the phone.

It should be said that for the role of An Xin, she put in a lot of effort. Not only did she lose more than a dozen pounds, but she also understood the script thoroughly, and she didn't even need to bring the script to the scene, and the lines came out of her mouth.

An Xin is a character with a lot of inner drama, especially in the relationship with the three men. Because He Rundong's schedule is tight, the scenes between the two have to be filmed first.But the opponent was obviously not prepared enough, or the performance was routine.Laugh when you are happy, and yell when you are angry.

This is similar to Xiaopang's state when he first debuted. To put it bluntly, he has no acting skills, and acting depends on imagination.Now, under the teaching and training of Teacher Li, she has gradually embarked on the path of experience school.

Experiencers need to immerse themselves in the characters and communicate with their opponents. Without communication, they are not only uncomfortable, but also extremely painful.At this time, she probably understood why Zhou Jie was out of tune with them at that time. Maybe the situation was exactly the same as what she was facing now. Talking chicken and duck, the acting was not at the same level at all.

After listening to Xiaopang's complaints, Li Tang thought for a while and asked, "What did the director say?"

"The director didn't say anything, if it doesn't work, just repeat it over and over again."

Ding Xiaohei, the director of "Jade Guanyin", is the contracted director of Hairun.

To put it bluntly, the director's authority is not enough, and he can't hold down big stars like He Rundong.

Li Tang thought for a while and said, "Since you haven't communicated with him, don't communicate. You can act according to your own rhythm. Whether the other party can keep up with your rhythm is their business."

Fatty didn't expect that the always wise and martial teacher Li would give such a suggestion, and he couldn't help saying: "Uh...you used to say that acting requires cooperation, is this okay?"

"It's okay, you just act according to your own rhythm. The director understands, as long as he doesn't say anything, we're fine together!"

　There is no way, there are so many things in the past two days, I can only code at night, and it is too late today, so I will post it first and then change it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)