The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 479 Film Industrialization

Dapeng is a smart man. It is naturally impossible for such a person to resign from Sohu immediately just because Li Shengyao cheated.

Li Shengyao knew this very well, and he did not want to quickly bring Dapeng to Fenghua.

He just left a hook to make Dapeng's mind flutter and give Dapeng another choice. Maybe one month later, three months later, six months later, Dapeng would be moved and switch to Fenghua.

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, Dapeng didn't gain acceptance from the film and television industry until "The Dirty Man" became a huge success and proved that he could make money, and then he was given the opportunity to direct.

Li Shengyao can accelerate this progress. If Dapeng is willing, he can accept it and invest now.

As for whether this business is a good deal, of course there is no problem.

Not to mention that most of the movies Dapeng later made were profitable, Dapeng's "Diaosi Man" made hundreds of millions, which is worth investing in.

Therefore, Director Li is very gentle to Dapeng, and can be said to be as kind as a father.

Dapeng felt the care and concern of an elder.

After finishing the interview with Souhu, Director Li was still busy in the next few days, mainly including some movie premieres, TV program interviews, and the opening of a new movie theater in Fenghua, as well as a charity basketball court. He would go over and show his face.

There were no good movies in April, the only one that stood out was "Ip Man 2".

Other movies can be said to be unsightly, but that’s how it is in the entertainment industry, where everyone carries the sedan chair.

Sometimes even though Lee Sheng-yew doesn't like a certain movie, he will still say a few words with his eyes closed.

The same is true for TV interviews. They are all invitations from friendly TV stations, and human relations still need to be exchanged.

As for Fenghua's newly opened movie theater, Director Li will go there to promote it.

In fact, these movie theaters are his favorite. Fenghua movie theaters all buy land and buildings. With the housing prices in the mainland, the value of these places will inevitably increase. Every time he sees a new movie theater, he feels like he has seen a lot of them. money.

The basketball court where he does charity work is a good place to refresh his character.

Director Li has made so much money, so he naturally wants to give back to the society. He had no time, no choice, and no way to show his support for sports.

Now that there is time, if a new basketball court is built, he will definitely be there.

By the end of April, Li Shengyao was finally much more relaxed.

On this morning, Director Li was thinking about the theme and project of his next movie. At this time, Chen Hao sent a text message, saying that the leader of the Chinese Theater Company was coming to visit Director Li.

Eight years ago, when Li Shengyao was still a TV drama director, he became a student in the Department of Directing of Chinese Opera at the invitation of Ding Youru, the director of the Department of Directing of Chinese Opera.

Later, he occasionally went to the Central Theater Company to hang out, and the entire class was less than ten periods.

Four years later, I received my diploma and became a graduate of the Directing Department of China National Theater.

However, he was not familiar with the teachers and classmates of the Directing Department, and he was usually very busy, so he had never participated in the activities of the Directing Department of China Drama.

This led to the fact that although he graduated from the directing department of the Central Theater Company, he was very unfamiliar with the Central Theater Company and had no sense of belonging.

For example, Chen Hao goes to the Central Theater Company almost every year for class reunions, but Lee Sheng-yew has never been there once.

This time, a leader from China Theater Company came over. Li Shengyao thought about it and roughly understood what the other party wanted.

The actors in the Chinese opera are pretty good, but the directing department has produced some great actors. There are national first-class actors like Li Baotian, but there is no directing talent.

Lee Sung-yew won the Jury Prize at the Las Palmas International Film Festival for "Sicario" and can be regarded as a director with some artistic achievements.

The Chinese Opera should ask him to give lectures to the students at school.

"I am back."

While Li Shengyao was thinking, Chen Hao hurried back with a bag of fruit.

She has been working less recently and has taken the initiative to reduce her workload.

In fact, this is true not only for Chen Hao, but also for Dong Xuan, Yan Danchen, and Li Xiaoran.

These people are all over thirty, their acting skills are not that top-notch, and their popularity with the audience is not particularly good.

It can be said that the achievements in the entertainment industry have probably ended here. From now on, I will occasionally play leading roles and most of them will play supporting roles. This is the normal development.

It doesn't matter to Li Shengyao, he is not short of money and does not need to live on a soft diet like Liu Tao's husband.

"Would you like to dress more formally? Our vice principal is here."

"No, I can just dress like this at home."

Li Shengyao was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and casual pants, a normal combination.

Chen Hao nodded, then went to wash the fruits and boil water to make tea.

About ten minutes later, the doorbell rang. Li Shengyao and Chen Hao went to open the door together, and two people, an old man and a young man, came.

The young man is average-looking, wears a pair of glasses, and has the air of a scholar, much like someone who is engaged in literary creation.

The young man was meeting Li Shengyao's first acquaintance with the director of the Chinese Theater Company - Ding Youru.

Eight years ago, Lao Ding was the director of the directing department, and now he is the vice principal of the Department of Drama.

But after all, time is not forgiving. Compared with eight years ago, Lao Ding looked much older, and he seemed to have deep dark circles under his eyes.

Ding Yourun was also holding a bag in his hand, which seemed to contain several books.

Before Lao Ding could speak, Li Shengyao took the lead to greet him.

"Hello principal, please come in quickly."

Ding Youru was overjoyed, and a trace of relief flashed in his eyes, "Sheng Yao, you are still so young. When I saw you, I thought I was back eight years ago."

"Haha, you are so young. When I saw you, I thought the primary school teacher was visiting your home."

Ding Youru then introduced the young man who came with him, who turned out to be a teaching assistant in the Directing Department of Chinese Opera.

Several people then entered the courtyard, and Chen Hao poured them tea and served freshly cut fruits.

"Shengyao, I have a few collections of director's books here for you."

"You're welcome."

Li Shengyao did not refuse and accepted it with a smile.

This is how people interact with each other, they must give to each other, otherwise, the relationship will be weak.

Only when you give and receive can you feel needed.

Li Shengyao and Chen Hao then chatted with Ding Youru.

Lao Ding looked at such a pair of handsome men and beautiful women, and was filled with emotion.

It’s just Chen Hao, we meet every year.

Lee Sheng-yew is different. Director Lee and the Chinese drama are actually using each other and have no feelings at all.

Now in terms of artistic achievements, Director Li is not comparable to Lao Mouzi and Chen Kaige, but he is the most profitable commercial film director, and he is also a big-capital, with theaters and video websites, and his position is at the top of the film and television industry.

But he didn't expect that this person would still be so polite to him.

Regardless of whether it is sincere or not, this attitude is enough.

Thinking of this, Lao Ding became more confident, and then stated his purpose of coming here this time.

"Shengyao, I'm looking for you this time because I have something to ask you."

"You say."

"That's right. With your current ability and knowledge base, you are definitely qualified to be a professor in the Department of Directing. We would like to invite you to be an honorary professor in the Department of Directing of Chinese Opera. If you have time, come over and teach the students. If you don't have time, forget it. ”

He is not a professor who teaches, but an honorary professor.

There is no need for Li Shengyao to spend a lot of time on this matter.

Li Shengyao is naturally willing. Such a title would not be too much for him.

"Of course there's no problem with that, I'm very willing."

"Okay, okay, okay, Shengyao, you are the pride of our school. With your joining, China Drama will be even more brilliant."

Director Li smiled and then thought for a moment, "Principal, should I prepare anything?"

"Uh……"

Ding Youru looked at Li Shengyao in confusion. He was very happy that Director Li was willing to become an honorary professor of Chinese Drama.

With Director Li's current status, there is no way that China Drama would ask Li Shengyao to do anything.

It would be nice if you are willing to take a job as a casualty.

"Principal, should I prepare a paper or express some academic opinions?"

Li Shengyao is not guilty, he really has some ideas.

After traveling through time, there must be something to do.

Otherwise, if you just sleep with women or make money, what’s the point?
He suppressed the peninsula in the field of TV dramas and allowed domestic idol dramas to capture the Southeast Asian market in advance.

He has always been quite proud of this matter.

But as far as the film industry is concerned, although he has made several global hits, he always felt that something was missing.

Apart from paying a little more tax due to the success of his movie, it has no promotion effect on Chinese movies.

In the dead of night, when he thought carefully, he still felt that his influence on Chinese movies was too small.

He wanted to do something to make the country's films better and more outstanding.

When he was at the Renda Congress, he proposed limiting actors' salaries. It was just a small suggestion, and he would have more suggestions later.

This time Ding Youru came to him and invited him to be an honorary professor, which gave him an idea. Maybe he could publish a paper directly and let his colleagues in the mainland take a look.

Ding Youru blinked and saw Li Shengyao's sincere and magnanimous eyes through the thick glasses. He was not sure what Li Shengyao wanted to say, but he was very happy.

As a teacher, I like students who are proactive like this.

"If you have time, just write it. Don't worry. The school is not in a hurry. You can give it to us this year or next year."

"Okay, I will write it out as soon as possible, five days at the latest. Then I will give a lecture at the China National Theater to express my views."

A chef like Nicholas Tse can go to Peking University to give lectures.

It should be normal for Director Li to go to China National Theater to teach students.

"Don't worry, it's okay, just take your time."

"I actually thought about it a long time ago. I just took the time to summarize it."

"Okay, we'll be waiting for you. Then I'll call all the school teachers over and ask them to learn from you."

"No need, just call the students from the directing department and screenwriting department."

Soon after, Ding Yourun left with a satisfied smile.

Chen Hao and Li Shengyao sent Ding Youru to the car. She then looked at Li Shengyao worriedly, "Are you really going to give a lecture?"

"Well, I have this idea."

"Then you're going to write your thesis in five days. Isn't that too rushed?"

"If you don't rush, I've had this idea for a long time. Don't worry, it'll be fine." The core content of Li Shengyao's lecture at China Theater Company was the industrialization of Chinese films.

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, when many people talked about Chinese movies, they said they were based on the small-workshop model and the big-money model, and then they talked about industrialization. In their eyes, industrialization seemed to represent the progress of movies.

This view is correct to a certain extent.

So what is film industrialization?

Does being able to produce a super sci-fi blockbuster count as an industrialization of film?
Of course not. The industrialization of movies means that the production of movies is more scientific, efficient and practical.

For example, project establishment, investment, script, filming, manpower, service, performance, art, publicity, post-production, etc. These projects are often handled by directors and producers in China.

In Hollywood, these tasks are often spread out and each performs their own duties, which makes it more efficient.

This leads to Hollywood movies. Maybe you think they are bad, or there is something wrong with the plot.

But basically there are almost no loopholes in terms of props, costumes, venues, and special effects.

This is the advantage of Hollywood movies over movies from other countries. Their production standards are really higher than those from other countries.

In Lee Sheng-yao's previous life, the industrialization of mainland films has been clamoring for a long time, and it was not until 2023 that it took shape.

The emergence of "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Fengshen" is considered by many media to be the result of industrialization.

The director of "The Wandering Earth 2" is Guo Fan, and the director of "Fengshen" is [-].

Both of these people went to Hollywood to study when they were young, so they consciously introduced the Hollywood production model.

But even they are still in the exploratory stage.

It’s not that they are not smart, it’s not that they are not serious, but the cultural environment is different and you cannot copy it.

It's like the industrialization of movies, which is generally recognized by Hollywood.

Others like France, Peninsula, and Asan don’t have it.

Didn't they learn?
Of course not, the main reason is that they can't learn it.

Only China and the beautiful country in the world can play because the film industries of these two countries are large enough.

Lee Sheng-yew worked as an assistant director on several Hollywood production crews in his previous life, and he knows very well how the Hollywood model works.

He is willing to summarize and write it into a paper and present it in the Chinese opera.

Li Shengyao did it as soon as he thought of it, and then went to the study room to concentrate on writing a paper on film industrialization.

……

Four days later, the sun was warm and the spring breeze was gentle.

In the auditorium of the Chinese Opera School, students from China Opera and Nortel filled all the seats.

Li Shengyao accepted the position certificate issued by the leaders of the Chinese Drama School. Since then, he has been an honorary professor of the Chinese Drama School.

After the reporters finished taking photos, it was time for Lee Sheng Yew's lecture.

"Dear classmates, friends, brothers and sisters, everyone is welcome to listen to me talk about some of my superficial film concepts."

"What I want to talk about this time is - the road to industrialization of Chinese films."

"The industrialization of movies is not just about better special effects, not just higher pay, not just better box office, but also more advanced, scientific, and efficient movie production..."

There are generally two views on the so-called film industrialization in China.

One is to shoot movies more cost-effectively.

The second is to make the best use of things and spend money in practical ways.

Guo Fan is the first one. He feels that there will be huge waste during the filming process. Effective and scientific management can save the producer a lot of money and make the filming more efficient and smoother.

Wu Er San is the second type. He feels that if he has 100 yuan, he must produce the effect of 100 yuan, make the best use of it, and make every penny of the film valuable and meaningful.

The views of these two people are actually correct, but they are both biased and not comprehensive enough.

If we use Hollywood standards, the real film industrialization is mainly reflected in five aspects.

The first is management modernization.

Second production standardization.

Third product typing.

The fourth division of labor is internationalization.

The fifth industry is scaled up.

Modern management is actually easy to understand, which means reasonable and efficient management.

Just like "The Wandering Earth 2", there are [-] actors and many foreigners. At this time, management must be efficient.

If the small workshop model is still the same as before, with the group leaders taking charge and making a lot of noise, how can we still film movies?

Guo Fan and his team were filming "The Wandering Earth 2" and thought of many ways to solve this problem.

Standardization of production is also easy to understand. Only through standardized production can those who fish in troubled waters be exposed to the eyes of the audience, producers, or directors.

Many times investors spend a lot of money, but the results are the same as shit.

The investor is puzzled, he does not understand, but he is a mute eating Coptis chinensis, unable to express his suffering.

If the industry has a standard, he at least has a bottom line.

The third point is to prepare and make tools more accurately and economically.

Not only the service, but also the shooting equipment and post-production.

These can all have precise values, which can be used not only in this drama, but also in the next drama.

The fourth point is even more obvious in Hollywood. They will invite actors and talents from different countries.

Like the soundtrack master of the island country, the martial arts director of Hong Kong Island, and the screenwriter of the peninsula.

It can be said that we are recruiting as many talents as possible so that more elites can improve their works.

The fifth point is that only Hollywood and the mainland can play. It is easy to understand the scale of the industry, which means forming supporting industries. After scale, costs can be reduced.

After combining these five points, two huge functions can be formed, namely standards and plans.

The so-called standard is that there is a standard for filming, so that it can be more refined and precise.

Just like the Hollywood war movie "Saving Private Ryan", when filming, the weapons used were carefully scrutinized by historical experts, and then Spielberg made a record.

In the future, if the film and television companies in the beautiful country want to shoot related movies, they can just look at Spielberg's filing.

The so-called plan is to have a plan for filming, so that it can be more efficient and practical.

Just like the Hollywood war movie "1917", during the filming, the crew hired meteorologists to help them predict whether it would rain that day, whether it would be sunny that day, or whether it would be cloudy that day.

They don't need rainy days, they don't need sunny days, they just need cloudy days.

So we rehearsed on rainy days and sunny days, and officially shot on cloudy days.

This requires them to make work arrangements in advance, and they will not make adjustments when shooting.

In general, it is to make movies in a more scientific, efficient, precise and reasonable way. This is the industrialization of movies.

Li Shengyao was talking eloquently on the podium, and the students in the audience were listening carefully with notebooks and tape recorders.

After a long time, Li Shengyao finished speaking. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. My paper will be published and will be posted on the news wall of China National Theater."

……

Li Shengyao came to Ding Youru's office, and Lao Ding personally poured tea for Li Shengyao.

"Shengyao, I think the paper you just wrote is very valuable. It will be an article that can change the entire Chinese film production."

"On behalf of the school leaders and classmates, I would like to thank you for your hard work."

I thought that Lee Sheng-yew was just casually talking about some filming experiences, but I didn't expect that Lee Sheng-yew would directly expand his tactics and talk about the road to industrialization of mainland films.

Ding Youru was stunned in the audience just now, and then he was ecstatic.

He feels that Li Shengyao's publication of this paper in China Theater will greatly boost the morale of China Theater. Perhaps starting from today, the directing department of China Theater will suddenly look new.

"You're welcome, I just have an idea that I think should be shared."

Li Shengyao picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and then said: "Even if I don't express these ideas here, I will put them forward at the Renda Congress."

Ding Youru was stunned when he heard this. Looking at the young and frank Director Li, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he thought of what he had just thought.

He was thinking about the students of the Chinese Theater Directing Department.

But I never thought that Director Li’s article might change the entire Chinese film production.

Director Li really has a great spirit of love and is willing to share.

"Shengyao, if you do a good job, China Theater will definitely support you."

Li Shengyao nodded, and then said: "Speaking of which, I happen to need your help with something."

"You said."

"Regarding the industrialization of film, we need a lot of effective experience to record the correct standards and record the wrong behaviors. I need film-related intellectuals to help me practice and review."

Li Shengyao put down his tea cup and continued: "Those on-set workers and extras are definitely not good at it. I need people who can do research, such as students from the Chinese Theater Directing Department."

This work was done by Guo Fan in Li Shengyao's previous life, and he invited [-] students from Nortel to practice.

The twenty students wrote about their wrongdoings which were said to be fourteen centimeters thick.

Finally, Guo Fan synthesized it into two pages.

Lee Sheung Yew plans to start filming now, not just for movies, but also for TV series.

If the Chinese opera is willing to send 20 people, he will arrange 20 people; if it is willing to send 30 people, he will arrange 30 people.

Anyway, Fenghua not only produces movies but also TV series.

Ding Yourun thought for a while and realized that this matter was very meaningful. "Okay, I promise you that I will arrange thirty students for you."

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, "Okay, tell the students that as a senior, I will provide food and accommodation, and I will also get a monthly salary."

"Shengyao, well done."

Li Shengyao thought for a while and then said: "I will make a related website and open it to everyone."

During the interview, Guo Fan said that Hollywood industrialization would not be taught to others.

And even if you learn the Hollywood routine, it's useless. You can't just apply it mechanically, because the shooting environment is different in different places.

Therefore, he needs to arrange for Nortel students to go to mainland studios to practice, instead of letting them go directly to Hollywood to study.

Li Shengyao agrees with this statement. The Chinese film and television industry needs to find its own set of processes.

When the time comes, it can be displayed for everyone to see.

Hearing this, Ding Yourun couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "You are a man of great courage. If you don't succeed, God is blind."

(End of this chapter)