China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 66 Summary
"Lu Ping'an's new film was finished yesterday, starring Guo Rong and the main creators toasted"

"Lu Ping'an's new film is a two-line production, shooting and special effects are carried out simultaneously, and it may be released by the end of this year"

"..."

The day after "Source Code" was finished, the media released the news.

The popularity of the second blockbuster movie exploded slightly under the World Cup heat.

Of course, in addition to being optimistic, there are also negative ones.

The biggest point of controversy is that a blockbuster film has only been filmed for a month, which is a bit of a fraud suspicion.

Lu Pingan ignored it for the time being, and went about doing things on his own.

The next afternoon, he and everyone in the company sent Guorong to the airport.

Guorong still has to make an album next, so he can't take it easy.

Lu Pingan and his assistant will keep in touch.

Now that we have become friends and have decided what to do, we must keep in touch all the time.

After sending off Guorong, back to the company, Lu Pingan started the summary meeting.

A big production can't be done in such a muddle-headed way.

There are too many deficiencies and gains that need to be summarized, and this time is just right.

At present, the production cost of "Source Code" has been released.

After final calculations, the final production cost of "Source Code" excluding special effects totaled 1690 million, including Lu Ping'an's director's remuneration of 100 million. This price is only 20 lower than the director's market price of the great poet.

It's not bad, and the overall cost is less than 700 million.

In addition, two advertisements at the station were sold, earning 300 million yuan, and the trade city also gave 50 yuan in advertising fees.

It's not too much to calculate.

So up to now, the total cost of "Source Code" has reached about 3700 million. Afterwards, the price of 5000 million will be used to quote the media. This is the unanimous decision of the producer.

The higher the ground, the more gimmicks.

In fact, everyone has already seen it after watching the filming.

This film is still different from the films of Feng Dapao and others in China, and even different from Xiangjiang's films.

This is a film with very Hollywood characteristics, with a clear structure and full of commercial elements. In China, it is a north-south hit, and even a Chinese and Western hit. With the support of theaters, the box office is expected to be even higher than it was at the beginning. a bit more.

In addition, because the advertising sponsorship has also increased, reaching about 2400 million, the actual cost of the film is still about 35% of the book, which is about 1300 million.

If the publicity fee is not included, this cost can be paid back at the final box office of 4000 million. If it makes a box office of [-] million, it will be a big profit.

The money scene is excellent!

The only problem is whether the country can afford a [-] million commercial film.

There is optimism and there is pessimism.

This is normal. The era of blockbuster movies has not yet begun, and everything is unknown, but things have been done, and the next step is to work hard to announce and release.

On Lu Pingan's side, 2000 million yuan has already been transferred to the account for special effects.

Lu Pingan will spend all of this money on the account.

If you talk about special effects, you will never discount it.

In addition, Lu Ping An also earned two extra fees. One was Youngor's clothing design fee. The clothing styles in the film, such as the female officer's suit, were fancy by Youngor, and he spent 1.5 yuan to buy the style.

The other is Bird's design fee. The mobile phone used by the protagonist in the film is a counterfeit Nokia N97. This phone is not available yet. Bird praised Lu Ping'an's creativity, and then spent 5 yuan to buy the appearance.

As for whether they can make it in the future, I don't know. Anyway, Lu Pingan collected the money, so it's none of his business.

In fact, they don't need to give it, after all, Lu Pingan didn't apply for a patent or anything.

But now that he has given it, it can only show that he has a conscience, or that Lu Ping'an is already worthy of being taken seriously.

It is a good sponsor, and we can continue to cooperate in the future.

Then there are other aspects.

The shooting of the film took a full month, plus the preparation time totaled two and a half months.

For a blockbuster film, this time is indeed too little, which is why some media outside the world are currently questioning, saying that it is still a blockbuster film if it was completed just a month after it was launched?
But in fact, a film like "Source Code" that makes efficient use of scenes really doesn't take too long.

The outside world doesn't know the content of the film, so let them discuss it. In the end, it depends on the quality of the film.

Lu Pingan knew it in his heart, so there was no disturbance.

Having said that, the preparations for this project were indeed a bit rough.

A lot of time and money are spent in useless places, commonly known as: paying tuition.

Fortunately, this is the case in all walks of life. After paying tuition fees a few times and learning lessons, it will be beneficial to the future of Xingchen Film and Television.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and everyone introspected one by one and suggested the shortcomings of each link, and made a summary to ensure that they can do better next time.

All in all, it is a big project, and the improvement of the individual is obvious, but many shortcomings can also be realized.

Overall, the good outweighs the bad.

The same goes for Lu Pingan himself.

In fact, he also knows that all the films he has made so far are copying.

In the eyes of outsiders, Lu Pingan is a "genius director", "quick shooter", "sensitivity to the camera", "genius screenwriter" and so on.

Just listen to it, Lu Pingan won't take it seriously.

In his own opinion, he actually still feels that he is an ordinary person, and there are too many things that are not in place.

From the shooting project up to now, all he has done is "learning".

How to schedule, how to adjust camera positions and lighting, how to train actors, every link is clear in thinking and efficient.

It looks like a cow, but outsiders think "this kid is so terrifying".

But there is nothing of his own, it's all just copying and copying.

To put it bluntly, without the homework template given by Goldfinger, he would lose at least half of his skills now.

But then again, he has indeed grown a lot now compared to 2000.

Practice makes perfect, now he has begun to "cook it", "makes perfect" is only a matter of time, it may take a long time to do this step, Lu Pingan is not impatient.

It is also because of this that many actors who got high scores could not come during the filming of "Source Code", and he did not try his best to fight for it, because on the premise of trying to restore the quality of the work, training director skills and improving their own abilities is the most important thing at this stage. important.

When he is really confident that he can go from "restore" to "beyond", then he will naturally strive for perfection in all aspects of the work.

At the end of the summary, Lu Ping'an confirmed that he was ordinary, and felt more at ease.

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After summing up and explaining the good things, Lu Pingan returned home, and Hu Qingquan sent an email.

Hu Qingquan has recently submitted "Time and Space Evil" to the Venice Film Festival, and now Hu Qingquan will focus on the Olympic process of "Memories of Building Blocks House".

Hu Qingquan has already rented an apartment in Laomei, and Lu Pingan will meet Hu Qingquan in Laomei at that time.

He said that this time he learned a lot about the inside story of Oscar and met many people, which was very interesting, and we will talk about the details when we meet.

The Oscar is magical, and it is even more magical for the Chinese to win the award.

Lu Pingan was prepared for whether he could win the prize.

It is best to be able to win an award. It is very difficult for Chinese people to win an award, but it does not mean that the probability is 0, and it is okay not to win an award.

But he still plans to increase the budget, at least the problem cannot be money.

Do what should be done properly, so that if a good work does not win an award, everyone will be able to understand the situation more clearly and be less scolded. Hu Qingquan will not be disappointed when the time comes.
Of course, the most important thing is that through this short film competition, you can accumulate experience for future feature film competitions.

The nature of PR for short films and feature films is different, and the money spent is also very different, but the process is similar.

The Oscar is not a must for the Chinese, but they are all here, so they have to give it a try.

I have several Oscar films in my hand, and I can sell them for more money, why not go for it?
After replying to the email, Lu Pingan began to count the assets.

Of the previously calculated 2500 million cash, 1500 million has been put into the "Source Code" project and temporarily sealed up. After the finalization, there will be an additional 2000 million in the account of Exe Special Effects. The 2000 million depends on the special effects company, a high-tech enterprise. Low, the operation is in your own hands. After tax, according to the most fool-like tax payment method, you can lose up to about 25%. How to maximize the item will be handled by Guoqiang. The bottom line is compliance and legality.

The box office dividend of "Comet" has reached RMB 300 million after tax.

In fact, he still has about 2800 million cash available, which is about 340 million US dollars.

Guoqiang and Uncle Liao have also been working on foreign exchange matters, and have kept about 50 US dollars overseas a few months ago for Hu Qingquan's expenses. In the end, according to the average public relations of the short film, It may only cost more than [-].

But even if it is more than 50, the 20 Hu Qingquan is useless at the moment, because "Employed Life" has participated in the exhibition tour, and more than 20 film festivals, large and small, have contributed nearly 4 US dollars in bonuses to overseas accounts. The distribution right fee of more than [-] US dollars is currently only spent more than [-].

This is an additional distribution fee after Berlin. In other words, Hu Qingquan has a lot more film studio resources, which is not bad!
The next step is to take stock of your own "film library".

The golden finger is very powerful, and a script can be produced by writing an outline of the story.

But it doesn't mean that Lu Ping'an's "film library" is inexhaustible.

First of all, he is not going to squeeze out Chinese films, at least not how much, and it is meaningless to squeeze out bad foreign films, unless it is used to practice "beyond", but training will cost money!And it could damage your reputation.

In addition to these, with the passage of time, some films can no longer be made, some films involve copyright, and even if some films can be sold, they cannot be made without money.

Therefore, his "film library" can be seen at a glance, and the only short film that can be used in it is the Venice short film that has not been made yet.

Now his total assets are less than 500 million US dollars, even if there is special effects software, it is still too little.

So Lu Pingan felt that the money-making plan still needs to be mentioned.

Thinking of this, Lu Pingan aimed at the last quick money cheat: NetEase.

This is the only prophetic information left in him that can make quick money, and with his current strength, if he really wants to make money, he can't make much money, and the time is not fast, it will take a year or two.

Fortunately, this is enough, and when the time comes, he will be able to do more things with this money, such as making blockbuster movies, buying copyrights, making various layouts, and so on.

I don't know how much I can do, but before the film library is exhausted, the goal of leaving a splendid mark in this world can definitely be achieved.

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　　In addition, this book is definitely not about a single heroine. Although it will not be bombarded and scumbag, it must have nothing to do with pure love. Why do people think that I engage in pure love?
　　
　
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