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

Chapter 217 The above points
"Hello, Director Wan."

At Seoul Airport, when Wan Qingshan and his group got off the plane, a wealthy lady came over and greeted Wan Qingshan in fluent Chinese.

Wan Qingshan stretched out his hand in confusion and shook the lady's hand.

"Hello there!"

At this time, Park Fengxi, who flew back to South Korea from China with Wan Qingshan, whispered from the side, "Director Wan, this is the president of our CJ Entertainment."

A trace of surprise appeared on Wan Qingshan's face. CJ Society came to pick him up. This was probably too much of a favor.

Although CJ Entertainment cannot dominate the Korean entertainment industry like China Film Group, it is not comparable to Huayi and others. CJ has already left the country and holds 10% of the shares of Spielberg's DreamWorks.

"Hello, President Li!"

"Director Wan, I like your movies very much. I have watched all of your movies. I am one of your many fans in Korea."

"It's an honor for me if President Li likes the movie."

After a few polite words, Wan Qingshan and his party got into the CJ company's car and arrived at the hotel where they were staying.

Li Meijing, the president of CJ Entertainment, gave Wan Qingshan a lot of face by picking him up at the airport, and she didn't care about Wan Qingshan much after that.

Although Wan Qingshan said that the movie is for the Oscar, Wan Qingshan herself has never won an Oscar, so she has no expectations for the movie. She is willing to cooperate with Wan Qingshan to give Wan Qingshan face, and also for Wan Qingshan to gain international recognition. reputation.

Once she loses face, it's over. She is in charge of a company as big as CJ Entertainment, so how can she accompany Wan Qingshan to worry about a movie every day.

Even if Li Meijing doesn't come, Wan Qingshan is still happy and relaxed.

After everyone on the crew walked around the hotel that day, Wan Qingshan asked Pu Fengxi to drive him to the airport early the next morning.

After waiting for a while at the airport, Wan Qingshan picked up Gong Li.

"Not bad, I finally thought of asking me to star in your movie."

Although Gong Li was joking with a smile, she actually thought so in her heart.

I wanted to cooperate with Wan Qingshan before because it felt comfortable to act opposite Wan Qingshan, but now I want to cooperate with Wan Qingshan more for profit.

The box office of "Huo Qubing" in North America has so far reached 4000 million US dollars, and it has also sold well in Europe. It has reached 3000 million euros after more than half a month of release.

The global box office has already exceeded 4000 million U.S. dollars, reaching [-] million U.S. dollars. It is no problem to exceed [-] million U.S. dollars.

Nowadays, Hollywood film and television companies are going crazy in Wanqingshan. She has received many calls from Hollywood film and television companies, asking her about Wanqingshan's preferences.

The box office of "Huo Qubing" has conquered Hollywood. What Wan Qingshan told her before that she needs a share of the investment and complete control of the film before going to Hollywood is no longer a joke.

If there is a suitable role for her to star in "Huo Qubing", let alone her return to Hollywood, she can even go one step further than before.

"Sister Gong Li, what are you talking about? There were no suitable roles before, but this time there is a suitable role for you, and you were the first one I thought of."

Wan Qingshan lied without blinking an eye. He had no intention of looking for Gong Li.

Gong Li's salary is too expensive. For the Chinese-speaking community, the market salary is 4000 million.

Even if you break a bone, it will still cost 3000 yuan, and this movie cannot be released in China, so you can only rely on selling overseas copyrights and North American box office. No matter how high the overseas copyright of literary and artistic films is, it will only be that much. How can the North American box office be successful? How many there are is still unknown.

If Gong Li is invited, the total investment will probably be more than 3 million. Even if it is split half of the investment with CJ Company, it will be more than 1 million.

Even if he offsets his director's fee and film salary by [-] million, I'm afraid this movie won't make much money.

If he hadn't discovered the role later and couldn't find a suitable actor for a while, he really wouldn't have wanted to cast Gong Li.

After receiving Gong Li, the crew was all here. Wan Qingshan asked Li Yancheng to give everyone the script, and then asked people from CJ Company to take the actors to places to understand the environment of their characters.

Wan Qingshan took people from CJ Company to find a shooting location.

When we were looking for a venue in Wanqing Mountain, the Olympic Games had begun, but no one in the industry paid attention to the Olympics. They kept focusing on the box office trend of "Huo Qubing."

The previous news that "Huo Qubing" was a global hit returned to China and further stimulated the box office of "Huo Qubing". Now the box office has reached 3000 million, and the record of "Titanic" is about to be broken before our eyes.

If the Olympic Games had little impact on the box office of "Huo Qubing", then there would be no problem in breaking the record.

If it has an impact, then it can also break the record. People in the industry have long known that Han Sanping is always ready to apply for government departments to book the theater, and he will push the box office of "Huo Qubing" to break the record no matter what.

People in the industry are watching closely to see if the movie can break the record, not by booking the venue, but by the movie itself.

The Olympic Games still have a great impact on box office trends. The single-day box office of "Huo Qubing" dropped directly from 500 million to 300 million.

The impact is huge, but people in the industry believe that if it is stable, as long as the release time is extended, it can break the record.

The fact that the movie itself can break the record makes many people in the industry sigh with emotion. Regardless of their relationship with Wanqingshan, everyone relies on movies to make a living. Having a foreign movie hanging over their heads for so many years makes them feel uncomfortable. No light.

Now that the boat has been overturned, everyone is a little happy!
Fortunately, it is the Olympics now, and the media reporters are all going to cover the Olympics. Otherwise, I am afraid that reporters will keep tracking the box office of "Huo Qubing" and report every day until it breaks the record.

After the Olympics, Wanqingshan started filming, and "Huo Qubing" successfully broke the record of "Titanic".

But at this time, the attention of most viewers and media has not yet come out of the Olympics, so there is not much coverage and not much attention.

The media didn't cause trouble, but the General Administration started to make trouble.

In the conference room of China Film and Television Corporation, the General Administration held a film and television symposium. This film and television symposium was very large, with people from state-owned enterprises such as Shanghai Film and Xinyang Film attending.

"'Huo Qubing' broke the record of 'Titanic', which is really gratifying. This means that Chinese-language films have developed, and the mainland market will no longer be dominated by Hollywood films in the future.

We are happy that Chinese-language films are on the rise, but we need to take a broader view. When paying attention to the domestic box office of "Huo Qubing", we should also pay more attention to the global box office.

The North American box office of "Huo Qubing" reached US$5000 million, and the global box office has now reached US$4000 million.

Guys, what does this mean?
This shows that Chinese-language films have gone overseas and have further influence overseas.

Everyone, film and television also belong to culture, and culture must go out. The successful example of "Huo Qubing" is before us. You can definitely follow the path of "Huo Qubing" to further expand the influence of Chinese-language films in the world. "

Seeing that everyone's expressions were indifferent and showed no excitement, the people from the General Administration smiled and continued,

"In order to support Chinese-language films going overseas, the higher authorities have specifically approved that as long as the global overseas box office of a film reaches US$5000 million, half of the tax will be reduced, and if the overseas box office reaches US$[-] million, all taxes will be waived!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically!
Although Cui Yongyuan has not revealed the Yin Yang contract yet, and the authorities have not significantly increased taxes in the entertainment industry, there are still a lot of taxes now.

Film and television belongs to the education and culture industry. There are education surcharges and local education fees, plus corporate taxes and various taxes. It’s painful to pay taxes in a year!

If you can reduce taxes, you can save a lot of money!

After everyone was excited, Wang Zhongjun rolled his eyes and asked, "Director, is this tax reduction the tax on the movie's income, or the company's annual tax?"

Everyone also thought of one thing, and their eyes were fixed on the people from the General Administration.

"Of course it's the tax for one movie. If it can reduce the company's tax for one year, I'm afraid you will fly to South Korea immediately after you leave this door to send money to Wan Qingshan and ask him to accept your investment in his next movie, no matter how much it is. Just invest."

A trace of embarrassment flashed in everyone's eyes. If they could really reduce the company's taxes for a year, then they would definitely spend money on Wanqingshan. Even if they spent a lot of money, it would be fine if the movie didn't make money, as long as they could reduce taxes.

But many people weren’t too disappointed!

Because after the success of "Huo Qubing", they asked many directors whether they could make such a movie, and those directors all replied, "Yes, it's not much different at most!" '

Most people don't really believe it. If it is so easy to film, why did the previous "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "The Banquet" and "Red Cliff" all fail.

But believe it or not, there is a tax rebate discount here, so it is worth trying. Movies are high-risk anyway, and you may lose money by making other movies, so it is better to make blockbusters that go overseas. If it succeeds, then The profit is much greater.

The investment in blockbusters is huge, so you can get a few more rip-offs. Aren’t those coal bosses now clamoring to enter the film and television industry with their money?

There is a ready-made victim, so why worry about it? If that doesn’t work, you can also cooperate with your peers. If you share the risk equally, the risk will be much smaller. In order to get a tax refund, everyone is definitely willing to cooperate!

Seeing the excitement in everyone's eyes, the people from the General Administration smiled dumbly, then turned to Han Sanping and said,
"This time "Huo Qubing" is also included in the scope of support. You can inform Director Wan when the time comes.

Also, you tell him that he has been named above, and you hope he can make more movies like "Huo Qubing". "

Everyone's pupils shrank slightly. If the General Bureau can say that it is at least the Cultural Bureau, or even higher, this...
Han Sanping was stunned for a moment and replied, "I will tell him when he returns to China."

Han Sanping did not wait for Wan Qingshan to return home. He called Wan Qingshan the day after the meeting.

At that time, Wan Qingshan was acting and did not receive a call. When the scene was finished and he went behind the monitor to watch the scene, Feng Linlin, who he had brought to South Korea, stepped forward and gave him his mobile phone.

"Director Wan, I just answered the call from Director Han. Director Han asked you to call him after you finish your work."

Wan Qingshan picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "Everyone take a 5-minute break!"

After getting through Han Sanping's phone number and hearing that Han Sanping said that his superiors wanted him to make more movies like "Huo Qubing", Wan Qingshan didn't feel any fluctuation in his heart.

But after hearing Han Sanping say that the higher authorities are supporting Chinese-language films to go overseas, Wan Qingshan knew that something was serious, and the trend of the film and television industry would be completely different now.

After the failure of several costume blockbusters such as "The Promise", "The Night Banquet" and "Red Cliff", no one dared to invest in costume blockbusters.

The success of "Huo Qubing" has continued the trend of investing in costume blockbusters after "Hero". Coupled with the support from above, it is even more incredible.

I'm afraid that without losing a few movies, this trend may not be able to stop.

If a movie succeeds in the meantime, I'm afraid this trend will last for who knows how many years.

The matter was so big that Wan Qingshan didn't think much about it. Let the film and television industry be in chaos, it wouldn't affect him anyway.

When he was about to hang up the phone, Han Sanping suddenly said,

"By the way, Qingshan, when will your movie be finished? I'm waiting for you to come back and hold a celebration party for "Huo Qubing"."

"It's still early. If I want to hold a celebration party, it will probably have to wait until November."

"November, okay, let me tell you first. Originally, I wanted to wait until you come back to tell you about this matter.

Hillier asked me a few days ago, do you have any ideas about filming a second part of "Huo Qubing"? "

Wan Qingshan frowned and said with a smile, "Of course. Huo Qubing's three battles can be used to make three movies. As for the shooting plan for the next one, we will discuss it after I return to China."

"Haha, okay. Then I can reply to Hillier first."

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan thought for a while and said to Xiao Yang, "Go and find Brother Cheng."

Xiao Yang responded and quickly went to the dressing room to call Li Yancheng out.

"Wan Dao!"

"Brother Cheng, you don't have much to do here. In two days, you will go back to China to deal with "Charlotte Troubles". Urging the post-production team to finish "Charlotte Troubles" quickly, then you can contact Director Han and the others. , arrange for the movie to be released, preferably during the National Day period."

Li Yancheng was stunned for a moment and was very curious. He asked Wan Qingshan about "Charlotte Troubles" before, and Wan Qingshan said it was not urgent. Why was he so anxious now?

But he didn't ask any more questions and nodded quickly, "Then I'll go back to China tomorrow. There are people from CJ Entertainment here, so there's nothing for me to do."

Wan Qingshan shook his head slightly, "Don't worry, we'll leave in two days. I'll work hard these two nights to write a rough outline of the script. Then you can take it back and give it to Sun Yao and the other three, and ask them to add the plot according to the main line.

Also, there is a movie called "Two Eyes" in Wanwan. After you return to China, you can buy the film adaptation rights.

By the way, take Zheng Bei back by the way. Her scene has been filmed long ago, so it's okay to stay here. "

Zheng Bei is one of Wan Qingshan's fans. Wan Qingshan thought that Zheng Bei was busy with work, so he filmed a few scenes of her guest appearances.

But after the filming, Zheng Bei didn't leave immediately. In her words, she would have nothing to do in her father's company when she went back. She might as well watch Director Wan filming here.

Wan Qingshan was worried that it would be bad if Zheng Bei stayed here for a long time, so he wanted Li Yancheng to take her back with him.

Li Yancheng rolled his eyes, and Xiao Yang, who was chatting with the prop team over there, whispered, "Qingzi, this movie is for Xiao Yang."

"Ok!"

"What about the actor? Should I let him intervene? After I return here, I will prepare immediately after Sun Yao and the others have written the script. When the time comes, I will start filming immediately after he returns to China."

Wan Qingshan hesitated and replied, "Let him intervene. His studio already has shares in the company, so give him some rights to the movie.

However, you should still keep an eye on him when it comes to actresses. Although I have talked to him before, there is no guarantee that he has other thoughts.

In short, I don’t want something like Lu Bing to happen again. "

"I understand, then I won't make any preparations here. We will discuss it together after he returns to China."

"Well, I won't care about this movie from now on, you can take care of everything.

I won’t say much about other things, but in terms of investment, you have to pay attention. The company, including you and Yan Dong, still account for 50%.

As for other shares, don’t go to China Film and Enlight immediately. Go to Zhang Zhao to discuss it. In this regard, you should listen to Zhang Zhao’s opinion.

But there is one thing. No matter who invests, they only have the right to invest and no other rights. "

In "Charlotte Troubles", Wan Qingshan did not tell Zhang Zhao in advance, but instead told Han Sanping and Wang Changtian, causing Zhang Zhao to complain later, "Why do you want to give it to China Film and Kuangguang?"It can't be exchanged for resources. If he is allowed to have a hand, it can at least be exchanged for some resources for Qingshan Media. '

"it is good!"

Two days later, Li Yancheng probably returned to China with the script that Wan Qingshan wrote together with "Detective Tang Dynasty 1.2".

Wan Qingshan stayed in South Korea until November, and worked overtime to complete the production before returning to China.

The subsequent release of the film in the United States will be left entirely to CJ Company. They have connections in Hollywood and can arrange the release.

As soon as he returned home, Wan Qingshan rested at home for two days and then immediately flew back to the capital to attend the long-overdue celebration banquet for "Huo Qubing".

The movie took so long that everyone at the celebration party was talking about other things.

After Wan Qingshan, Zeng Li and the others finished smashing the ice sculptures and stepped off the stage, they also talked about other things with Han Sanping and the others.

"Qingshan, the domestic box office of "Huo Qubing" is 500 million. The box office on Hong Kong Island is not high, only more than 4000 million. The profit is returned from the special fund this time, so it is a little more. Including the audio and video copyrights, the total is More than 600 million.

Tomorrow you come to China Film to sign. Then I will transfer the money to you and give you a document. With that document, the income from "Huo Qubing" will not be taxed. "

Wan Qingshan thought for a while, he could get nearly 5000 million yuan here, and the copyright fee was just over [-] million yuan before.

Of the 5 million investment, only 7% was allocated to nearly 20 million. Fortunately, his directing fee and remuneration offset the investment, otherwise the movie would not have made any money at all. This would not have broken the record of "Titanic" Condition.

It’s really hard to afford to invest in a blockbuster film!

""Huo Qubing" didn't make much money, and all the money was taken away by Colombia. The global box office totaled nearly 4000 million U.S. dollars. Excluding the domestic box office, the overseas box office still had more than [-] million U.S. dollars.

Colombia only spent 6000 million US dollars to buy it, and the 1000-[-] million US dollars was still left to the right hand and belonged to Colombia. "

Although I had long been prepared that the movie would not make any money, I was still very happy when I sold the overseas rights for US$6000 million.

But now that the overseas box office is so high, Han Sanping has become jealous and resentful of Hillier.

Wan Qingshan didn't answer. Han Sanping and the others didn't make any money, but he did. The remuneration offset the investment. Adding the 5000 million, he made almost [-] million.

"Director Han, let's get over it."

After Jiang Zhiqiang gave a perfunctory word of comfort, he looked at Wan Qingshan and said, "Director Wan, are you going to make that fantasy film next, or are you going to make the second part of "Huo Qubing"."

Confusion flashed across Wang Changtian's face, a fantasy movie?Why didn't he know that Jiang Zhiqiang's previous collaboration with China Film Group was a fantasy film?
Jiang Zhiqiang looked at Wan Qingshan eagerly. He had previously resisted the fantasy film with an investment of [-] million.

But now that "Huo Qubing" has such a high global box office, an investment of [-] million is completely feasible. For "Huo Qubing", Colombia promised him that it could help him distribute a movie globally.

With an investment of [-] million, he can get a share of the global box office. Even if the movie box office is worse than "Huo Qubing", as long as he has [-] million US dollars, he can still make money from the video market and peripherals.Hollywood doesn't just rely on box office to make money. As long as the quality of the movie is not bad, it can make money in many ways.

As soon as Jiang Zhiqiang finished speaking, Han Sanping suddenly said, "By the way, Qingshan, don't forget what I told you before?"

In the past, Han Sanping would have been very interested in that fantasy film, but now the higher-ups have spoken out to make more films like "Huo Qubing".

In the past, when "Hero" was a hit, the above did not say anything like this. Later, Han Sanping thought about it and believed that this was not just the reason for the high box office of "Huo Qubing".

There is also the issue of movie themes - historical figures, so Han Sanping is no longer interested in fantasy films. He hopes that Wan Qingshan will film the second part of "Huo Qubing" or other historical figures.

Wan Qingshan was about to speak, but Han Sanping's words made it difficult for him to say it, so he could only say, "Let's wait until next year. It's only a few months before the Chinese New Year. I'm tired of going to South Korea to shoot a movie. Let me rest." A few months.”

Jiang Zhiqiang glanced at Han Sanping with angry eyes. He could see that Wan Qingshan wanted to speak, so he must have agreed to film. After all, Wan Qingshan had wanted to make a fantasy film before, but Han Sanping's words made him confused. It’s hard to take pictures of Wanqing Mountain.

Han Sanping frowned, not because of Jiang Zhiqiang's attitude, but because Wan Qingshan didn't agree to make a movie about a historical figure. What does this mean? It means that Wan Qingshan doesn't want to make a movie.

Then, the atmosphere turned cold. Seeing this, Wang Changtian said with a smile on his face, "Director Wan, congratulations, your company has another hit movie. "Charlotte Trouble" has a box office of 3000 million so far, and the total box office is 5000 million. A box office of [-] million will definitely be no problem."

"Mr. Wang, we should be happy together. The market value of Raytheon has increased a lot recently."

When talking about the market value of the Rays, Wang Changtian smiled from the bottom of his heart, but he was not just for the market value of the Rays.

In "Charlotte Troubles", Raytheon was also one of the investors, which raised capital's expectations for the cooperation between Qingshan Department and Raytheon, so the market value soared by 30%.

The market value of Ray Rays was like riding a thrilling roller coaster, which made Wang Changtian a little unbearable. So after the release of "Charlotte Trouble" and the market value of Rays Rays skyrocketed, he immediately applied to sell part of his shares. Two days ago, the approval was approved, which made him At least tens of millions can be cashed out!

Originally, he wanted to wait until the Light business developed and the market value of the company increased before selling and placing additional shares.

But now, he just wants to get real money in his hands as soon as possible.

As soon as Wang Changtian changed the topic, the atmosphere relaxed a lot, but it was only superficial, so Jiang Zhiqiang quickly got up and went to chat with others.

The next day, Wan Qingshan came to China Film Academy.

After signing the contract and taking the document issued above, when Wan Qingshan turned around and was about to leave, Han Sanping suddenly stopped him.

"Qingshan, don't you want to make another movie like "Huo Qubing"?
Don't forget it? "

Seeing Han Sanping pointing upward, Wan Qingshan was silent for a few seconds.

"Director Han, if I put it bluntly, if you stand tall, you will have a broad perspective on problems. You may not care about some aspects.

The interests of ordinary people like me are promoted.I,,,"

Before he finished speaking, Han Sanping interrupted, "What do you mean by not considering your interests? Isn't it a supportive policy?"

"Director Han, you can earn hundreds of millions from investing in a blockbuster movie. If you lose money, you will lose money. Some of the investors in "The Promise" lost money and went bankrupt.

Such a high risk, how much risk can be reduced by the support policy for large-scale investment, minus 8000% after 5 million.

As for other support policies, it is better to say that they are reward policies. You can only get them if you succeed. If you fail, you will lose nothing. "

Han Sanping looked deeply at Wan Qingshan and sighed, "Qingshan, you must not be thinking that way. "Huo Qubing" was a great success. Whether it is the second part of "Huo Qubing" or movies about other historical figures, the risk of failure is very small. .

Tell me, what do you want? "

Wan Qingshan smiled hoarsely and said, "Director Han, I really don't want to make historical-themed movies for the time being. Now that "Huo Qubing" has just been released, making this kind of movie again will make the audience tired.

If you look at Hollywood movie series, except for the movies adapted from comic books, none of them are released immediately. They are all released every few years.

I don't want to finish filming the "Huo Qubing" series, I have to wait at least a year or two.

As for filming other historical figures, haha, foreign audiences don’t know much about those characters. Anyway, as long as it’s a costume film, you’ll get tired after watching it too much.

Director Han, if you don’t believe me, you can ask Hillier. He most hopes that I will film the second part of "Huo Qubing", but he definitely does not want me to film it immediately. "

Han Sanping's expression softened a lot. He was silent for a moment and said, "But I called your name."

"So I just said that my vision of things is very broad, so broad that I can't see the interests of people like me. Then for the sake of my own interests, I can only pretend that I didn't hear it."

Seeing that Han Sanping wanted to speak immediately, Wan Qingshan continued, "Director Han, I am not a member of the system. I make movies and start a company mainly to make money.

This kind of blockbuster series can last me a lifetime once it's ready, so I won't consider anything else except money. "

Han Sanping opened his mouth, and finally leaned back, "I don't care about you anymore, you can figure it out yourself."

"Director Han, thank you for your concern. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Wait a minute, next year is the 60th anniversary. China Film Group will make a movie. This time I will direct it myself. You can come over and play a role for me. Don't worry, it won't take up much of your time. Just make a cameo."

"No problem, Director Han. If you can come to me for this kind of movie, it means you respect me. When the time comes, you can have someone call me to let me know, and I will definitely be there."

After leaving China Film and Television and getting into the car, Wan Qingshan let out a gentle breath.

Wan Qingshan was a little nervous about rejecting the request, but he had no choice but to refuse.

Immediately filming the second part of "Huo Qubing" or other movies about historical figures will cause aesthetic fatigue among the audience and affect the box office and subsequent movies.

More importantly, Wan Qingshan wants the film and television industry to be as chaotic as possible. If some movies are not released after a certain period of time, it means that the movie was slapped away by his butterfly, and then he can take it. Come out and make money.

Therefore, he has to wait for a few years. If the costume blockbusters of these domestic film and television companies fail and they no longer want to make costume blockbusters, he will make the second part of "Huo Qubing" again. He will use "Huo Qubing" to drive these companies towards costume blockbusters. .

If there is a costume blockbuster in the middle that succeeds, that would be even better. Other companies will definitely continue to invest in costume blockbusters. He can make the second part of "Huo Qubing" to make this trend even stronger.

(End of this chapter)