I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 216: Killed, leaving the country

"Tian Bureau, my script is not vulgar and I don't have any bad intentions. Why am I still being killed?"

Wan Qingshan flew back to the capital because the script review failed, so he had to fly back to the capital to find out.

Wan Qingshan's mind is full of question marks now, although at the last Mainland Film and Television Support Meeting, people from the General Administration said that the review would be stricter.

But the problem is that this script, let alone Ang Lee's movie, even "The Selection" is more over the line than this script. No matter how strict it is, it won't be so strict all of a sudden. It will be like this ten years later. .

Tian Jin frowned slightly, "Director Wan, regarding your script, the General Administration held several meetings and finally decided to reject it.

The General Administration can ignore all other problems with your script.

But there is one thing. The movie is set in Hong Kong Island, and the plot is about class opposition.

If you have a good relationship with the people there, then forget it, but your relationship with the people there is very tense. When the movie is released, if someone jumps out to criticize you and says you slandered Hong Kong Island, what do you think the higher-ups should do? manage?
Director Wan, if you kill this script, the General Administration will do it for your own good. "

Wan Qingshan was speechless. He was silent for a moment and then said, "Tian Bureau, if I change the background to a foreign country, recruit a group of actors to film abroad, find foreign investors, and not show it in China, will it have any impact on me?" .”

Tian Jin's eyes flashed with surprise, "You must make this movie!"

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly, "I suddenly wanted to make a literary film on a whim, and I have already written the script. I am not allowed to make it, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable."

Tian Jin looked deeply at Wanqing Mountain and said in a deep voice, "If you drag actors to film abroad and the film is reviewed in other countries, then even if the film has all Chinese actors and speaks Chinese, it cannot be regarded as a Chinese film.

It's not a Chinese-language movie, so the General Administration has no control over it, and the people on Hong Kong Island have nothing to say about it, so it won't have any impact on you. "

"Tian Bureau, thank you."

After leaving the headquarters, Wan Qingshan immediately called Zhang Zhao.

"Mr. Zhang, please help me contact a Korean film and television company. I have a movie to shoot in South Korea and I want to find a company to cooperate with.

I decide the actors for the movie, and the other party only has the right to invest. "

After finishing speaking, Wan Qingshan thought that this condition might not attract any big companies, so he added,
"Mr. Zhang, when you contact the other party, make it clear that the film I made this time is a literary film, and I am using it to compete for the Oscars. Although the film uses Chinese actors, it is considered a Korean film."

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Zhao was silent for a moment before saying, "Understood, I will contact the film and television company in South Korea.

But, Director Wan, if a movie wins an Oscar and it has all Chinese actors, but the movie is Korean, the impact might not be very good. "

Zhang Zhao is not stupid. Wan Qingshan invited people to go to South Korea to shoot, and he immediately thought that there was a problem with the script review.

"No matter how many things there are, there will be disputes afterwards, so let's not say these things anymore.

Mr. Zhang, please contact them as soon as possible. I plan to go there for filming in August. "

"Okay, I'll contact you right away. By the way, Director Wan, I was just about to call you. The day after tomorrow, "Painted Skin" will hold a celebration party, and you must come."

"I'll be there, just send me your address then."

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan flew back to Shenzhen to revise the script.

The plot in the original script would not make sense if it were set in the Mainland, so Wan Qingshan changed the script before and set the background in Hong Kong Island. He also deliberately changed a lot of the plot just to fit in with the current situation on Hong Kong Island. But now he went to South Korea to shoot, Then it can be shot almost completely according to the original script.

After spending two days revising the script, Wan Qingshan flew back to the capital to attend the premiere of "Painted Skin".

The box office of "Painted Skin" failed to exceed 8000 million as expected by industry insiders, and only exceeded [-] million.

Because the box office trend of "Huo Qubing" really exceeded the expectations of people in the industry.

In the past, people in the industry expected that "Huo Qubing" would be about the same as "Macheng: The Golden Armor", but less than ten days after its release, the box office has already reached 1000 million, and now it is still earning more than 1000 million every day. This is entirely aimed at the "Titanic" record.

The rising box office of "Huo Qubing" had a huge impact on the box office of "Painted Skin".

Although the attendance rate of "Painted Skin" was okay when "Huo Qubing" was first released, it was far behind the newly released "Huo Qubing". After the theaters cut the schedule of those two Hollywood movies in order to make money, they began to cut "Painted Skin" The film schedule was all used to screen "Huo Qubing".

In the end, even the theaters owned by China Film Group were cutting down the schedule of "Painted Skin" to screen "Huo Qubing", and it was useless no matter what Han Sanping said.

No matter how powerful Han Sanping is, you can't stop everyone from making money!

A few days ago, due to the dual impact of the impact of "Huo Qubing" and the rate of film cuts, "Painted Skin" could no longer move at the box office and had no choice but to be released.

Many people are watching the box office of "Painted Skin", and it is difficult to fake or falsely report, so it can only be fixed at more than 400 million!

This made Han Sanping feel very sorry.

If it weren't for the Olympics, we could have postponed the release of "Huo Qubing", or released "Painted Skin" a few days earlier, and it would have exceeded [-] million. What a pity!
Under the stage, Urshan and others were smashing the ice sculpture.

In the audience, Han Sanping sighed with pity, "Oh, the release time is wrong. If it is released during the National Day or Spring Festival period, let alone 3000 million, [-] million will be fine."

"Director Han, it's no pity. According to what you said, it should have been released a few years later.

In a few years, there will be more theaters and pirated CDs will be gone, and the box office will be no more than [-] million! "

Wan Qingshan's words were initially regarded as a joke by Han Sanping.

But after smiling, Han Sanping felt it was possible.

Under the impact of the rapidly developing Internet and electronic products, optical discs are now in a slump. There are no longer people selling pirated optical discs on tricycles, and many optical disc stores have also closed down.

Half a month after the release of "Painted Skin", although pirated CDs appeared on the market, they did not have a big impact on the movie's box office. This means that in a few years, pirated CDs will have no impact on the box office at all.

If there were more theaters, then, it would really be possible to have [-] million.

Han Sanping's eyes suddenly lit up. "Painted Skin" has passed, but in the future there will definitely be other movies that can reach [-] million, and one movie can reach [-] million. Even if the mainland market is developing, he will be considered successful!

After Han Sanping felt excited for a while, he suppressed the joy in his heart and asked in a low voice, "Qingshan, I heard that your new movie script has been rejected?"

Wan Qingshan's new script is a literary film, and the fact that the script was killed has already spread in the industry yesterday.

"Well, so I plan to shoot abroad and make a foreign movie."

Han Sanping frowned. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the script was rejected and persuade Wan Qingshan to make that fantasy film. But seeing that Wan Qingshan, who had always been reluctant to go abroad, would rather go abroad to film than film, he knew that no matter how hard he persuaded Wan Qingshan, he would useless.

At this time, Wu Er slapped them down, Wan Qingshan and Han Sanping said something, and walked towards Zhou Xun.

"Guide Wan."

"Guide Wan."

Chen Kun and Zhou Xun, who were always focused, saluted Wanqing Mountain together.

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly and asked Zhou Xun, regardless of Chen Kun's presence.

"Do you have time next?"

Zhou Xun's eyes lit up and her expression immediately became excited. She had been waiting for so long to finally star in Wan Qingshan's movie.

"I have time, I have time." Zhou Xun quickly replied.

"Well, you must have heard that my new script was rejected. I'm going to film it in South Korea. It will start in August and end in November.

After I have negotiated with the Korean company, I will send you a film appointment. This time it is a group scene, but you have a lot of roles, and you are one of the three heroines. "

The three heroines made Zhou Xun feel weird, but she was so excited that she didn't think much about it and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Director Wan, then I'll be waiting for your film appointment."

Wan Qingshan smiled, turned around and walked towards Zhang Zhao.

"Mr. Zhang, how is your contact with the Korean film and television company?"

"Director Wan, I have contacted several Korean film and television companies. They are very welcome to cooperate with you. They don't care how much investment you make. But as for the actors, they will not agree to it.

Among them, the conditions given by CJ Company are considered to be the most favorable. They will invest half of the money, and as long as the film benefits South Korea and island countries, the rest can be waived. CJ Company can even guarantee to help contact Hollywood companies to distribute the film in North America.

But when it comes to actors, CJ Company is determined to have a Korean actor as the lead. Zhang Zhao said with a troubled expression.

Wan Qingshan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I agree to CJ Company, but make it clear to them that I want to interview actors. If the acting skills are not good, I would rather go to other countries to film than cooperate."

"Okay, Director Wan, I will reply to them shortly."

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief. Now the actors were all confirmed. As long as he and CJ Company were settled, he could go over and prepare.

After the celebration banquet, Wan Qingshan did not return to Shenzhen this time because Feng Linlin came to find him in a hurry.

"Director Wan, Piaget Company has contacted me and hopes to renew the contract for five years with an endorsement fee of 8000 million.

Also, Gucci wants you to be the global spokesperson for their shoes, for five years and 500 million! "

The price of contract renewal and new endorsement is not low, but Wan Qingshan is a little dissatisfied, not with the price, but with the fact that there is only one new endorsement.

After Columbia launched "Huo Qubing" across North America, the box office has soared, and it is now almost 4000 million US dollars.

This week, it ranked No. 1 on the North American weekly box office rankings and ranked No. [-] in the global box office in a single week.

Columbia has predicted that the North American box office of "Huo Qubing" will be at least US$3000 million, which will completely break the record set by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".Now many viewers in North America have gone crazy for "Huo Qubing". Many viewers have called Wanqingshan a devil online, and Colombia has begun preparing to screen it around the world.

The films he directed and acted in were all Chinese-language films. This achievement can be regarded as conquering Hollywood. He only has one new endorsement, which is too little.

"Why a new endorsement?"

Feng Linlin sighed, "Director Wan, you have more than one endorsement. Many international and domestic companies have contacted me to ask for your endorsement. The asking prices are not low, starting from 2000 million a year.

But Gucci is the only luxury brand. Luxury brands rarely use a global spokesperson because the products of many luxury brands collide.

Armani, which you previously endorsed, makes everything from watches, clothing, glasses, perfumes, and shoes. Even if you only endorse Armani clothing, other companies will worry about the effect of the endorsement, so they will not consider you.

Gucci just wants to enter the mainland market and expand its reputation, so it thought of asking you to be the global spokesperson for its shoes. Otherwise, Gucci would not be able to hire you as its spokesperson.

Of course, if you lower your requirements and don’t want luxury brands, as long as they are international brands, I guarantee that I can get you more than a dozen endorsements at one time. "

Wan Qingshan shook his head quickly. He didn't want to spend a lot of time participating in various activities every year because of endorsements.

"It's better to take the high-end route. If you reply to Piaget and Gucci, endorsements are no problem, but I have to shoot a movie in August, so it's best to sign the contract and shoot the advertisement during this time."

"Ok!"

After Feng Linlin finished speaking, she hesitated and whispered, "Director Wan, Mr. Li has some ideas about your movie."

Wan Qingshan's eyes suddenly changed and he looked at Feng Linlin in surprise.

Li Erwei had an idea for his movie. He had thought of it a long time ago, but it was worth pondering that Feng Linlin actually informed him in advance.

Wan Qingshan looked at Feng Linlin and asked, "My contract with Mr. Li will expire in one year. After it expires, would you like to come over and be my agent?"

"Yes!" Feng Linlin replied without thinking.

In the past two years of getting along, she knew that Wan Qingshan attached great importance to the boundary between money and power, and Li Erwei was not easily satisfied. She intervened in Wan Qingshan's movie, even if Wan Qingshan agreed at first, Li Erwei later Erwei will definitely get more involved step by step, and the two will definitely fall out at that time.

And she informed Wan Qingshan just because she wanted to continue to follow Wan Qingshan.

How easy it is to be a manager for Wan Qingshan. You can go home to celebrate the New Year and make a lot of money. Being a manager for other artists at Li Erwei Company is so tiring and tiring, but you can still make so much from Wan Qingshan.

And being an agent for Wan Qingshan can also broaden your horizons. Being an agent for those people is not to deal with small film crews, but also to deal with TV stations and some small businesses. How can it be compared to Wan Qingshan, who are all dealing with big international companies? deal with.

No matter in terms of future, money, or easy comparison, it is better to be Wan Qingshan's agent. Feng Linlin certainly knows how to choose.

Wan Qingshan smiled and said, "Okay, then I welcome you to become my agent."

Li Erwei acted very quickly. Feng Linlin had just informed Wan Qingshan, and the next day, Li Erwei made an appointment with Wan Qingshan.

Wan Qingshan had to figure out how far Li Erwei wanted to intervene before he could decide on the next step.

If it was just investment, then he thought it was fine, but if there were other things, then he had to consider the contract, so he went to see Li Erwei.

In the cafe, after Li Erwei and Wan Qingshan exchanged a few useless compliments, the conversation changed and they got down to business.

"Director Wan, your contract with Enlight Pictures is about to expire."

"Well, there's still half a year."

"Director Wan, can I recommend myself? I hope you can cooperate with me in the future. We, Meiyuan, have signed many screenwriters in recent years.

I have writers and actors on my side, and you have several directors on your side. We are a perfect match. "

Wan Qingshan suddenly smiled, but this smile was full of irony.

"Mr. Li, you have a really big appetite. You not only want to cooperate with me, but you also want to kill me and all my companies."

Li Erwei was not angry with Wan Qingshan's sarcastic smile. She was smiling and seemed to be in control.

"Director Wan, I have a big appetite, but I also have the strength. Everyone in the industry knows that when working with Director Wan, you have to show equal strength, otherwise, it will be difficult to cooperate.

I think our company has this strength. In the past few years, we have contacted almost all screenwriters and signed contracts with all of them.

Your company has directors, but there are not many screenwriters.And if Qingshan Media wants to develop, there will definitely be a shortage of screenwriters later on. "

"Mr. Li, I'm afraid you are thinking too well. Look at the films that my company and I have made before. Apart from my "Huo Qubing", did you find any other screenwriters?
As for Qingshan Media, haha, even if Qingshan Media is short of everything in the future, it will not be short of scripts. "

With that said, Wan Qingshan stood up and said, "Mr. Li, even Director Han dare not say that he wants to get involved in all the film and television projects of my company and I.

Wait until when your company can surpass China Film and can dominate the mainland, and then you can show your appetite.

Now, your appetite is too much. We have nothing to talk about. I have to leave first. "

After saying that, Wan Qingshan walked out of the restaurant with Li Erwei's face gloomy.

Then, Wan Qingshan rushed to the airport immediately and called Feng Linlin on the way.

Yesterday, Feng Linlin told Wan Qingshan that she was worried that the company would be eager to force Wan to lead you, so she did not tell the company about Piaget's contract renewal and Gucci's endorsement.

Now that the talks had collapsed, Wan Qingshan urged Feng Linlin to go to Piaget Company and Gucci Company to finalize the time for signing the contract as soon as possible.

As long as these two contracts are finalized, Li Erwei can't even cause trouble for him, let alone threaten him.

He only endorses luxury goods, and with three luxury brand endorsements behind him, it is estimated that no other luxury goods companies will ask him to endorse, so his contract with Li Erwei will be of no use.

Feng Linlin worked quickly. Two days later, the contract was finalized. Wan Qingshan immediately flew to Shanghai to sign a new contract with Earl Company, and then flew to Guangzhou to sign a contract with Gucci Company.

After the contract was signed, Wan Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief, and then—Feng Linlin was fired by Li Erwei.

As soon as Gucci signed a contract with Wan Qingshan, it was announced that Wan Qingshan would become the spokesperson before the commercial was even shot. Then, Li Erwei knew that Feng Linlin had turned to Wan Qingshan, so he fired Feng Linlin.

Feng Linlin didn't feel much about being fired. Because she was fired, she turned around and joined Qingshan Film and Television Company as Wan Qingshan's secretary.

She is said to be a secretary, but she does the work of an agent.

When the trouble got to this point, Li Erwei knew that Wan Qingshan wouldn't be able to use it if he sent an agent there, so he just ignored it.

Wan Qingshan didn't want Li Weiwei to accuse him of breach of contract, so he didn't let Feng Linlin be his agent. He just called Feng Linlin his secretary.

After the matter was over here, Wan Qingshan went to Qingshan Media Company, signed a contract with the people from CJ Company, and handed a copy of the script to the people from CJ Company.

Then, he asked CJ Company to send Park Fengxi, who was working as a henchman beside him, to give Zhou Xun a film appointment.

He rushed to Li Xuejian's home.

"Teacher Li, I have a script here and I would like to ask you to help me act the role."

Wan Qingshan said and handed over the script.

"Haha, this is your script that was killed, right?" Li Xuejian smiled and picked up the script from the table.

"Yes, there are parts of the script that don't fit the situation, so I will shoot in South Korea this time."

"Let me read the script first. It's not that I don't believe in your script ability, but I'm worried that I won't be able to perform it."

"Teacher Li, if you can't act, then no one can. Of course, if you read the script first, that's for sure. Who in the industry doesn't know who you choose to play."

Li Xuejian smiled, picked up his glasses from the side, put them on, and looked down at the script.

A moment later, after reading the script, Li Xuejian frowned and said, "This kind of script feels very strange. It seems to describe a capitalist country. I have never been exposed to this kind of script."

Wan Qingshan smiled and nodded slightly, but he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Except for the place across the river, the rest of the places are pretty much the same."

"You want me to play the father at the bottom, right?"

"Yes, this role is very difficult to play, so I can only trouble you."

Li Xuejian did not immediately agree or refuse. He thought for a moment before saying,

"I have never been exposed to this kind of role before, and I can't get the feeling of it. If you ask me to play it, you have to give me some time to figure out the role.

Maybe I have to go to Korea first to get in touch with the people at the bottom and find out that smell from them. "

"Mr. Li, if you don't ask for this, I have to tell you. I'm worried that our actors don't know the situation in Korea. So when I prepare in the past, I will invite the actors to go with me and let the actors understand the situation in Korea clearly first. Let’s start shooting.” Wan Qingshan smiled.

"Haha, that's no problem. I've been fine lately. Just have someone contact me when you go."

After leaving Li Xuejian's house, the other actor Wan Qingshan didn't go looking for him in person. He asked Zhang Zhao to call him.

However, there was one person among them who Wan Qingshan called specifically, and that was the fan who had left his phone number at the premiere of "City of Golden Armor".

Although this movie will not be seen by domestic audiences, Wan Qingshan still has to fulfill what he promised.

Then, after Wan Qingshan took the promotional photos of Earl and Gucci, he took people to South Korea two days before the opening of the Olympic Games.

(End of this chapter)