You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 16 Taking Advantage of Yu Feihong
After the plane entered the stratosphere, it began to fly smoothly. Yu Feihong changed into slippers and put on a blanket, "Xiaoquan..."

Wang Quan was dissatisfied, "Senior Sister, this title is too ugly." Isn't this a curse.

Yu Feihong smiled apologetically, "Then call me Xiao Wang, uh, it doesn't seem appropriate~"

"Why don't you just call me Brother Quan. Friends who know me well call me that. It makes you look young, doesn't it?"

Yu Feihong laughed. At first he didn't even call Mr. Yu, but now he let himself call him elder brother, "Why do you take advantage of everything, child? In ancient times, I could have given birth to a child."

"Really, I don't believe it~"

The two reported their ages to each other, one was 71, the other was 85, with a difference of 14 years, just like the Lafite couple, they could barely give birth to him.

Then Wang Quan began to praise Yu Feihong for taking good care of him, coaxing the familiar beauty from ear to ear, but Brother Quan's name was settled.

Yu Feihong was not reconciled to being molested by his younger brother, and when he called, he added a different pronunciation, "Brother Quan", referring to classical literature, wouldn't his seniority increase.

Wang Quan also readily accepted, "By the way, senior sister, what did you tell me to do just now?"

Yu Feihong asked, "You will graduate next year, right?"

"correct."

Yu Feihong, "Let's leave your contact information. When you send me your graduation work next year, if I am satisfied, I can offer you a job as the top assistant director."

It means that the top assistant director may also be an assistant to the director, and even do chores on the set. However, there are many graduates of the directing department who start from the set, and it is not a shameful thing.

It's just that Wang Quan is obviously not on the list, he asked with a smile, "Then who is the director?"

Yu Feihong spat out a word, "I."

"Ah!" Wang Quan pretended to be surprised, "Sister, you want to be a director?"

"Why, can't I be? Jiang Wen and Wang Quan'an both turned from actors to directors, and our senior brother Liu Jiang from the previous term. Why can't I."

"There's another Xu Jinglei."

"Yes, there is also Xiao Xu, she is younger than me, but the filming of the third director's work is about to be finished."

"Senior Sister, I'm going to the bathroom." Wang Quan suddenly urinated and left, and spent a few minutes in the bathroom watching Yu Feihong's only directorial work "Love Is After Life" and learned everything about the movie.

In the film and television library, Wang Quan first watched the movie, and felt that it was fairly professional. The texture of the movie was excellent, the emotion was smooth, and some pictures were quite beautiful. In the end, it was a little touching, not like the kind of pure layman. Of course, this is also related to It has something to do with the strength of the behind-the-scenes lineup.

Photographer Li Yaohui is the photographer of "Infernal Affairs", "Initial D" and "2046".

Editor Lin Aner is the editor of Xu Ke's "Once Upon a Time Series", "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Heroes", "Kung Fu" and other films. He has countless classic works, and has won golden statues and golden horses.

Professor Zhao Fei, Wang Quan’s photography teacher at Nortel, is in charge of the lighting. His representative works scare me to death, Xie Fei’s “The Horse Thief”, Zhang Yimou’s “Raise the Red Lantern”, Tian Chuangcong’s “The Great Eunuch Li Lianying”, Chen Kaige "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", Feng Xiaogang's "Mobile Phone", and "When the Sun Also Rises" that Jiang Wen is currently filming are all shot by him.

Oh, and the author of the original work is Xu Lan, who was later invited by Chen Kexin to write a script called "Certificate of Name".

Let alone Yu Feihong, such a behind-the-scenes lineup can make him wake up from his dreams with a smile if he uses it for Wang Quan.

At the end of the movie, Yu Feihong gave special thanks to Xu Ke, Wang Shuo, Dong Ping (the boss of Huayi), Jiang Wen, Ma Jingwu, Yan Geling and others for their help in this movie. (Note 1)

It is said that Xu Qing is the princess of the Beijing circle, but I think Mrs. Yu is not too late, she even has the help of Hong Kong bigwigs.

Moreover, this movie is a movie that Wang Quan has not seen for many years. It really has a ghost and can pass the trial. God!
Check the rating after watching the movie, because the age is too early, there is only one Douban score for reference, 7.7 points, which is very high for a Chinese-language movie, but [-] people are not too many, it can be seen that the movie has not been widely disseminated. It is a niche product.

Looking at the cost and box office again, the cost of 4000 million and the box office of 700 million, that is, the investment of 4000 million has only recovered more than 200 million. God, it’s a loss to grandma’s house!

Don't worry about making false reports, the "film library" gives the real production costs, and the so-called production costs are also marked.

Wang Quan analyzed this movie, there is not much need to burn money, and the scene is relatively simple. Although the behind-the-scenes lineup is strong, the actors seem to be very cheap. The principle of triple return, with a target box office of 07 million, must be considered a big production.

And although the producer is Xingmei's Qin Hong, the first producer is Yu Feihong. I'm afraid she is not an investor in this film, right?
Sure enough, looking closely at the information about this movie, such a high cost has both natural disasters and human problems.

The film continued to be filmed on the southern Yunnan plateau for more than eight months. During this period, it encountered various bad weather such as mudslides and landslides.

The director's unprofessionalism also led to the extension of the shooting cycle. Originally, with the size and number of scenes of this movie, it could be completed in at most three months, but it took nearly three times as long.

In addition, the post-production time is as high as one year, and the music is newly created for the film, striving to achieve a perfect unity of music, pictures, and stories.

But time is the cost, and there was a dispute with the distributor when it was about to be released, which led to the withdrawal and rescheduling, which was postponed for more than half a year, and missed the most suitable Valentine's Day schedule.

Oh, by the way, after so many years of delay, theoretically, the right to adapt the novel has to be renewed for extra money.

And this movie is a knot in Yu Feihong's heart. She has prepared for many years, and she turned down a lot of work for this movie. She taught herself to write, direct and act.

Later, the filming funds were tight, and she invested a lot out of her own pocket, and even sold the house to fill in the money, which directly led to her having to film in the next few years to pay off her debts.

And what's even more sad is that after paying such a high price, she failed to leave a classic work, which can only be said to be a sincere work with obvious shortcomings.

Wang Quan returned to his seat, "Excuse me, tuba, where are we talking, Senior Sister?"

"Speaking of Xu Jinglei."

"Yes, I think Xu Jinglei looks average, but for some reason, she has become the Four Little Stars."

"Who asked you to choreograph others, I mean," Yu Feihong gave him a flirtatious look, "I want to say that actors can also be directors, there are so many successful precedents before."

"That's right, what kind of story are you going to shoot, Senior Sister?"

Then Yu Feihong told the story of "Ginkgo, Ginkgo" with a girlish face. During the period, she couldn't help but feel sore nose several times. At this time, the title of "Love Has an Afterlife" has not been finalized, but the story is already related to the original book. The obvious difference is obviously the final version of the script.

To be honest, one of the most important reasons for the failure of this movie may be this story. From the perspective of Wang Quan's straight man, it is very ordinary. Although it is called the domestic version of "Human Ghost Love", the commercial element is not bad. 01 : At 30 o'clock, compared with many street stall literary story fairs, it is not that strong. In fact, this is just an exercise for Xu Lan when she first entered the literary world.

It’s nothing more than a story about a man who turns into a ghost, stays where he is and waits for his lover’s reincarnation, sees that his lover already has a husband, is quite affectionate, finally relieved, and drifts away, leaving behind the story of the heroine weeping silently. Qiu is also very routine.

It's just such a little thing that can move people, but if you want to move people to tears, you can recommend it to everyone. The requirements for the director and the entire front and backstage team are not as strict as usual.

Not everyone can adapt a third-rate romance novel "Farewell My Concubine" into an eternal classic in film history like Master Lu Wei.

And there is one thing to say, Yu Feihongkong is well-known, but has no box office appeal, and her age does not fit the role in the film, and the casting is also a big failure.

Just such a story threw 4000 million, that is, Yu Feihong took a lot of it himself, otherwise the investor with the best relationship will have to turn his face.

Wang Quan thought about persuading her to give up this idea, but judging from her emotional description, she couldn't persuade her. She was already immersed in whoever persuaded her to turn against whom, and braking now was a denial of her previous efforts for so many years.

So Wang Quan could only follow her and say, "Senior sister, how far have you prepared for this work?"

"I have raised part of the funds, and I will also invest part of it myself. I have also confirmed a few roles. I want to make a few more movies to make some money. I will start the film next year and release it the year after next."

It's beautiful to think about.

Wang Quan asked again, "What about your directing ability? I may be a bit blunt. Can your directing ability support the shooting of a theater movie? This thing can't be just called a cut or an action, it needs enough professionals Skill."

"I know this is my weak point, so I plan to find a capable assistant director, and also find experienced people behind the scenes. I still have some friends who are willing to help in this regard." Yu Feihong said modestly and arrogantly.

"Then is this movie considering making money, or is it just to fulfill a dream?"

"Of course we consider it. We plan to make it completely in accordance with commercial film specifications."

"Then do you know how to make a movie budget project book, how much money do you plan to invest in filming, what level of lineup do the actors hire, how long do you plan to do in the later stage, have you thought about advertising placement, do you have any ideas about the schedule, what is the expected box office, and what kind of promotion is there? Do you have a promotion plan, do you consider overseas sales channels, who do you seek for distribution..."

A series of questions from Wang Quan came to him, Yu Feihong was a little confused and couldn't speak fluently, "I, I'm just the director~"

"But the key director is not professional!" Wang Quan said heartbrokenly, "So I suggest that senior sister, you might as well do a good job in the production, control the cost, and maximize the benefits."

Control costs in order to reduce compensation.

This is the biggest help Wang Quan can do. From Wang Quan's point of view, this movie can actually be made very well for 1000 million yuan. When the box office recovers 200 million yuan, it will lose 800 million yuan. She is such a freshman star. .

During the Chinese New Year class reunion, Wang Quan heard that a brother from the photography department spent more than 300 million yuan to film a comedy.

Yu Feihong was silent for a long time, his face became more and more red, as if holding back a big move to refute the kingship, but finally turned it into a sentence, "You are just a student, and you speak the truth, don't tell me you know what you said?"

Wang Quan shook his head, "I don't need to know it, because I'm a director, and my producer can handle everything for me."

"As a producer, make it sound like you've already made a movie?" Yu Feihong chuckled.

Wang Quan nodded, "It has indeed been filmed, and my excellent producer has sold the film to Paramount. Guess how much it sold~"

　(Note 1: There are two film companies in the film industry, one is called Huayi and the other is called Huayi. Dong Ping, the boss of Huayi, later led Ning Hao and Xu Zheng to establish Huanxi Media.)
　　
　
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