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

Chapter 218
After attending the celebration party for "Huo Qubing", a few days later, Wan Qingshan attended the celebration party again, this time for "The Sorrow of Charlotte".

At the celebration banquet, while Lu Bing and the others were smashing the ice sculptures with smiles on their faces, Wan Qingshan took a sip of his drink and said nonchalantly, "Brother Cheng, tell Lu Bing later that the cooperation between the company and him has come to an end." This ends."

Li Yancheng's face changed slightly and he whispered, "It's not good to talk about this at the celebration banquet. How about we talk to him after the celebration banquet."

"No, I said it at the celebration banquet. I want to see his reaction. At the same time, I want to give Xiao Yang a shock, so you'd better tell him in front of Xiao Yang later."

Then, Wan Qingshan looked at Wang Changtian, Han Sanping, Zhang Zhao, and Yu Dong and Wang Zhongjun, who were exchanging resources with Zhang Zhao and preparing to invest in "Detective Chinatown" together.

"Also, it's better to speak louder. I want to see the reaction of those people. In the future, I plan to determine who the co-investors are. When looking for partners, of course I can't look for people who may stab me in the back. "

Li Yancheng's heart froze, and he became a little afraid of Wan Qingshan's careful thoughts.

"Understood, I'll tell him soon."

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly, and then walked towards the pillar in the corner.

After leaning against the pillar in Wanqingshan for a while, Lu Bing and the others came down, and then Li Yancheng came up to greet them.

Li Yancheng did exactly what Wan Qingshan said, "The company has decided not to cooperate with you in the future, so take care of yourself!" 'The sound was so loud that even Wanqing Mountain heard it.

Lu Bing was stunned for a moment, and then said with a proud smile, "I understand, thank you to the company for training me in the past!"

Wan Qingshan didn't hear Lu Bing's words, but he guessed the general meaning from Lu Bing's expression.

Wan Qingshan had already guessed Lu Bing's reaction, so he was not surprised. After taking a look, he looked past the surprised people and looked at Wang Changtian and others from a distance.

After looking around, Wan Qingshan frowned.

After Lu Bing finished talking to Li Yancheng, he strode towards the door. Seeing this, Li Xiaolu hesitated and followed him out.

At the celebration banquet, even the director left, but he was kicked out. This surprised everyone, especially since both of this director's films were successful.

You know, directors with a box office of [-] million yuan are now being chased in the industry, but Lu Bing was driven away like this. Does Wan Qingshan not take the director with a box office of [-] million yuan into his heart?

After everyone was stunned for a moment, they immediately turned their heads and looked around, trying to see Wan Qingshan's expression.

After looking around, he immediately spotted Wanqingshan in the corner. He saw Wanqingshan leaning against a pillar and drinking a drink with a calm expression. None of the artists came forward. After a few glances, they looked away and turned around to whisper to the people around them.

However, Han Sanping and Wang Changtian came over immediately.

"Qingshan, you..."

Han Sanping didn't know what to say. What Lu Bing did before seemed to him a bit too much, but only a bit too much.

Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, these people are much more difficult to deal with than Lu Bing. Lu Bing just has a problem with "all men make mistakes".

Those three people have their own problems. Chen Kaige is too polite, Zhang Yimou is too particular, and Feng Xiaogang has a big appetite.

Especially Wanqing Mountain, in Han Sanping's view, Wanqing Mountain is the most difficult to deal with.

Lu Bing is much better than Wan Qingshan. Wan Qingshan doesn't follow any unspoken rules, but Wan Qingshan is too free to follow his own temper, which is a hundred times more difficult than Lu Bing.

For such a director, especially one whose new movie has a box office of 5000 million, Wan Qingshan drove him away, and even drove Lu Bing away at the celebration banquet. Wan Qingshan was not giving Lu Bing face.

"Director Han, it would be better to get rid of unsuitable people as soon as possible."

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Wang Changtian immediately said, "Director Wan, you have driven Lu Bing away, so I will recruit him. You won't have any objections, right?"

"No objection, I'm not that small-minded in this kind of thing, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't want to be driven away by me, and I'm not a person who does well.

But Mr. Wang, if you want to recruit people, it's probably too late. He should have already found a new home. "

Han Sanping and Wang Changtian were not fools. They immediately understood that Lu Bing had been poached by someone a long time ago, so he escaped from the crew. That's why Wan Qingshan didn't give Lu Bing any face.

Han Sanping frowned and whispered, "Qingshan, did you see who it was?"

"Bona's Mr. Yu."

Wan Qingshan frowned when he discovered that Han Sanping, Wang Changtian, and Wang Zhongjun were all surprised. Only Yu Dong had a smile on his face. Although the smile was fleeting, Wan Qingshan could still see it clearly.

It's Yu Dong!This exceeded Wan Qingshan's expectation. He had previously thought that it was most likely Wang Changtian.

"Mr. Yu, this,,, alas, we have lost a director!" Wang Changtian sighed.

"Haha, Mr. Wang, don't worry, it's not easy to find a director."

Wang Changtian couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Directors are easy to find, but it's hard to find directors whose movies can sell at the box office!
If it was so easy to find, he had been searching for several years and still hadn't found a suitable director!
"Please call Mr. Zhang for me and tell me that I have something to talk to him about."

At this time, Wan Qingshan whispered to the waiter on the side, and at the same time pointed at Zhang Zhao.

Looking for Zhang Zhao, especially after discovering that Yu Dong was poaching people?
Han Sanping and Wang Changtian immediately thought of the news that had come out in the industry.

There were rumors in the industry that Qingshan Company of Wanqingshan sent another script for review. This time the film is going to be co-operated with Bona and Huayi.

When the two heard the news before, they didn't feel much at all. Even if the news was true, it didn't matter. In the industry, cooperation between companies is rarely fixed.

Regardless of the contract between Wan Qingshan and Guangguang, Wan Qingshan has collaborated with them on so many films, which is rare in the industry.

Otherwise, there will be voices in the industry wondering whether Wang Changtian gave his wife to Wan Qingshan. Otherwise, apart from the contract, the three profitable films of the Qingshan series were all co-operated with Enlight.

If Wan Qingshan comes to Zhang Zhao at this time, he may be severing cooperation with Bona!
"Director Wan, Director Han, and Mr. Wang."

Zhang Zhao came very quickly, with a puzzled expression on his face when he came.

Wan Qingshan drove Lu Bing away without telling him beforehand, which made him confused as to why Wan Qingshan drove Lu Bing away.

If Han Sanping and Wang Changtian weren't here, he would have wanted to ask immediately.

"Mr. Zhang, the cooperation between "Detective Chinatown" and Bona is canceled and will be changed to cooperation with Guangguang."

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied, "Okay, Mr. Wang, then we will meet with Mr. Li tomorrow to discuss cooperation."

"Haha, okay, I will notify Mr. Li soon and ask her to do everything according to your requirements." Wang Changtian was very happy, and he picked up a film and television project for nothing.

Zhang Zhao agreed readily, but Wan Qingshan knew that he must be full of doubts and even a little dissatisfied. After all, Enlight Pictures still had a gap in the film and television investment business and could not devote resources to exchange like Bona.

Therefore, Wan Qingshan explained in a low voice.

"Mr. Zhang, I drove Lu Bing away because someone was looking for him. If I didn't drive him away, he would probably find an opportunity to leave.

The person looking for him is Mr. Yu. I don’t want to cooperate with someone who will stab me in the back. "

Zhang Zhao's expression changed and he said quickly, "I understand."

"By the way, Director Wan, who is the director of "Detective Chinatown"? Is it Director Wu Ershan?"

Wang Changtian's words made Han Sanping also curious.

"No, Director Urshan. He is working with several screenwriters to revise the script. This time it is a new director."

Wan Qingshan's words made Han Sanping's eyes light up. None of the directors Wan Qingshan personally supported had failed at the box office.

"Who is it, Qingshan, where did you discover the new director?"

Wan Qingshan looked at Xiao Yang who was chatting with Yan Ni over there.

"he!"

Wang Changtian suddenly frowned. Xiao Yang performed brilliantly in "Charlotte Trouble", but he was an actor or a director?
If Wan Qingshan's vision hadn't been wrong before, Wang Changtian would have questioned it.

"He has good acting skills and good directing skills. I went to South Korea to film a movie before and took him as an assistant director."

Han Sanping looked at Xiao Yang and asked in a low voice, "Qingshan, where did you dig up this man?"

"He brought it to the door by himself, I didn't dig it up."

Wan Qingshan didn't want to talk more about this topic, lest he reveal his secrets, so he turned his eyes to Wang Changtian and said with a smile,

"Mr. Wang, if you are worried, then I will find another company to cooperate with."

"Don't worry, don't worry, Director Wan, how could I not believe in your vision?" Wang Changtian said quickly.

Wan Qingshan smiled and started chatting about Chen Kaige's upcoming "Mei Lanfang".

"Director Han, China Film is an investor in "Mei Lanfang". Can I ask how much Zhang Ziyi and Li Ming received for starring in "Mei Lanfang"?"

"Mei Lanfang" claims to have an investment of 3000 million, but in fact it should be [-] million. Wan Qingshan is very curious. As for "Mei Lanfang", which cost [-] million, where did the money go? Chen Hong and Chen Kaige, are they so brave? Make money?

Just because "Mei Lanfang" dares to ask for an investment of [-] million, do they think that because of their family connections, Han Sanping knows that they are making money and dares to be angry and dare not say anything?

Han Sanping's face twitched and he whispered, "Their salary is not high, only 500 million together.

Qingshan, I know what you are gossiping about, and I will tell you directly that Chen Kaige paid himself 4000 million in directing fees! "

"4000 million! No, you dare to open it, Director Han, you really give it!" Wan Qingshan said in surprise.Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao on the side also looked at Han Sanping with the eyes of someone who had been taken advantage of.

If "The Promise" sells well, Chen Kaige will pay himself a director's fee of 4000 million. Although it is a bit high, it is still reasonable.

But "The Promise" suffered a huge loss. How dare Chen Kaige ask for a director's fee of 4000 million?Nowadays, whether anyone would spend 1000 million to hire Chen Kaige to make a movie is a question, but Han Sanping actually gave him 4000 million!
Faced with this look, Han Sanping said to Wan Qingshan without curiosity, "It's not because of you that Jiang Zhiqiang asked you to shoot "Ip Man" and gave him 500 million in director's fees. For "Huo Qubing", your director's fee plus remuneration was as high as 8000 million, these things have already been spread out.

Chen Hong had someone tell me something, "Wan Qingshan can get such a high director's fee. If Chen can't even get 4000 million in director's fees, how can he meet people!" '

You said, how can I refuse? "

Wan Qingshan curled his lips. If it were him, he would definitely refuse. It's none of my business whether you, Chen Kaige, can see anyone.

In other words, you, Han Sanping, for the sake of your relationship with Chen Kaige's family, you can't say anything too harsh.

If it were not for state-owned enterprises, other people would not be taken advantage of.

It's just that the money is not yours, but the relationship is yours, so you give it like this.

Wang Changtian understood Han Sanping very well because he thought of the gossip in the circle before.

"Director Wan, don't tell me. Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang all have to thank you. Your director's fee gave them the confidence to raise the director's fee.

Some time ago, I heard that Zhang Yimou was planning to make a new film, so I mentioned to Zhang Weiping that he would increase his director's fee to 5000 million and also receive a certain profit share.

Feng Xiaogang, he always gets director's fee and box office share when making movies.When he was filming "If You Are the One", he also mentioned to Wang Zhongjun that the director's fee would remain unchanged, but the box office share would be increased by five points. "

Wan Qingshan frowned immediately, and then he turned to Zhang Zhao and asked, "Have actors' salaries increased significantly during this period?"

Wan Qingshan thought that because of him, the three directors all asked for an increase in director fees. What about the actors?

Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and others have proven themselves through "Painted Skin". Will they increase their remuneration significantly?

Once they add, other artists will follow suit, but not as much as they do.

Zhang Zhao thought for a while and replied, "In terms of remuneration, except for Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Zhou Xun, and Li Bingbing, these popular artists have significantly increased their remuneration, the rest of the actors have increased their remuneration, but only a little.

In fact, people like Huang Xiaoming and Li Bingbing have increased their salaries significantly on the surface, but in fact, their salary can be kept down by just talking about it. "

Wan Qingshan understood that Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing and others wanted to avoid letting the outside world think that they, Chen Kun, and Zhou Xun were too far behind, so they ostensibly increased the box office significantly.

At this time, Zhang Zhao hesitated and said with a strange expression, "If you want to say who has increased the most in salary during this period, it is Miss Fan. She has been directly increased from 1000 million to 2000 million."

A salary of 2000 million, calculated normally, would require a box office of 6000 million to earn back the 2000 million salary!

Although finance is booming now, there are only ten movies with a box office of over [-] million this year!

"She doesn't want to take the role anymore, so she's asking for 2000 million yuan in salary?" Wan Qingshan said in surprise.

"Well, someone asked Miss Fan to star some time ago. The salary of 2000 million seems to be enough."

"Huh? Which one is being taken advantage of?"

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Han Sanping said with a dark face, "It's me who has been taken advantage of!"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, "Director Han, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really didn't expect you to spend 2000 million to invite her."

Wan Qingshan apologized quickly, but he was also curious in his heart. What happened to Han Sanping? He was acting like a money-splitting boy.

Chen Kaige's director's fee is 4000 million, and Fan's salary is 2000 million. He really doesn't use his own money as money.

Han Sanping seemed to have guessed what Wan Qingshan was thinking, "There is no way, who is free to take on the role and is internationally famous? She is the only one at this time.

I also wanted to cast Zeng Li, but she was in a drama troupe and couldn't come out to take the role. I even called her personally, but she didn't want to pick up the role, so I had to find Fan Bayi. "

Wan Qingshan was a little curious, "Director Han, what kind of drama are you looking for her to do?"

"It's a historical blockbuster about the Tang Dynasty's expedition to the Turks. After the General Administration meeting, Huayi invited me and Xingmei to collaborate on the film.

Wang Zhongjun previously wanted to cast Zeng Li in the role, but if he doesn't move, let me come forward.When that didn't work, Wang Zhongjun and I discussed finding Fan Bayi to star. "

Wan Qingshan curled his lips inwardly. Wang Zhongjun acted really fast. The meeting had only been held for two months and the show was already ready.

And they followed the trend so closely. "Huo Qubing" slapped the Xiongnu, and here we slapped the Turks.

"Where's the director? Who is it?" Wan Qingshan asked curiously.

"Guan Hu, I rarely shot movies before and often shot TV series, but my directing skills are very solid."

Wan Qingshan didn't say anything. Anyway, it's difficult to film a blockbuster in period costumes. I haven't learned how to shoot big scenes, so the movie will be a mess.

"By the way, Qingshan, what's going on with Zeng Li? She seems to rarely take roles this year. After playing "Red Cliff", she acted in "Huo Qubing" and has been in the drama troupe ever since.

It was previously reported that you went to the set of "Red Cliff" and asked Zeng Li to star in "Painted Skin", but she rejected it.

What's wrong with her? She doesn't want to act anymore?Qingshan, you need to persuade her more. Her international reputation is no less than that of Zhang Ziyi. It would be a pity if she died, even half of her life. "

Han Sanping really felt a pity for Zeng Li.

Nowadays, there are not many Chinese actors and directors who can work in Hollywood. Wu Yusen has no place in Hollywood, and the same goes for Zhou Runfa and Gong Li, so they were forced to quit Hollywood.

Cheng Long is no longer good, and Jet Li is old. In the first half of the year, the global box office of "Kung Fu King", a collaboration between the two, did not even reach US$3000 million.

Now only Zhang Ziyi can work hard in Hollywood, Zeng Li can also go, but she has this mentality now.

Zhang Jin and Fan Bayi went to Hollywood, and it would be difficult for them to look good.

As for Wan Qingshan, if he wants to go to Hollywood, it will not be about working hard, but becoming a guest of many film and television companies. He will have rights in the past and can get a share of the global box office like Cheng Long did before.

Nowadays, there are only so many people who can go to Hollywood to criticize. It would be a pity if Zeng Li is still alive.

"I don't know, but she should still be able to act. She just wants to take a break. She told me the year before last that she wanted to take a break.

But I didn't expect that she would rest for such a long time. "

Han Sanping saw that Wan Qingshan's expression didn't look like he was lying, so he didn't continue talking on this topic. He changed the topic and said,
"Qingshan, please pay attention. Many people in the industry are now preparing for historical-themed blockbusters. I heard that some companies are preparing to shoot "Huo Qubing" or the Battle of Hexi.

Anyone can make a movie with this kind of historical inscription, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.

I heard that people are already contacting Duan Yihong, Chen Baoguo and others. They plan to use these same actors to fool foreigners. "

Wan Qingshan didn't pay attention to Han Sanping's words.

With the success of "Huo Qubing", of course there will be people who will also film the character of Huo Qubing. Isn't it true that there were many movies with plots from "Journey to the West" in one time?

Subject matter without copyright is easy to be photographed in droves.

But if we use Chen Baoguo and others to fool foreign audiences, it won't have much impact.

In the foreign version of "Huo Qubing", not to mention Chen Baoguo, Duan Yihong, the second male lead, had very few scenes. Most of the scenes were his, and all the drama was focused on him.

He is the only one on the posters of the foreign version of "Huo Qubing". How can he be deceived?
Unless his photo is put on a poster, but in that case, he can sue the film production company.

After the celebration party for "Charlotte Trouble", Wan Qingshan flew to Shanghai to participate in an Armani clothing event, and then flew back to Shenzhen to start his idle life again.

Until December, Wan Qingshan only made one trip to China Film and Television to sign a contract and receive the profits from "Charlotte Trouble".

"Charlotte Troubles" has a box office of 500 million. Even if one-fifth of the special fund fee is refunded, the total revenue will only be [-] million.

As for the Hong Kong Island box office, forget it. Like "The Richest Man in Xihong City", it is not adapted to the local environment. The box office is less than 500 million, and after deductions are taken, there is almost no money.

Sixty-five million, half of it was earned by Qingshan Film and Television Company. Excluding their share of the severe winter, Wan Qingshan only made a little over 500 million, but Wan Qingshan was happier than "Huo Qubing" making 3000 million.

In "Charlotte Troubles", because Lu Bing became famous, the sponsorship fee increased significantly. Coupled with the financial release, the seven sponsorships totaled 2000 million.

The cost of "Charlotte Troubles" is low, with the total cost being just over 2000 million.

Wan Qingshan, who is not short of money now and has no great desire for money, thinks it is better to earn 3000 million yuan without doing anything than to earn 3000 million yuan by working hard.

In early December, Wan Qingshan received a call from CJ Entertainment. The movie was about to be released in North America and he was asked to bring people over to promote it.

Wan Qingshan had been reluctant to go to North America to promote "Huo Qubing" before. Hillier made several calls, but Wan Qingshan didn't want to go.

But this time he was going for the Oscars. He had to go, and later he would have to take the movie to participate in various Academy Outpost Awards. Now that he was going, it was just in time to understand the situation.

So Wan Qingshan called Chen Chen and flew to North America with Zhou Xun, Dong Xuan, and Wang Zhiwen looking excited.

As for Li Xuejian, Wan Qingshan called but was declined.

It's almost the end of the year, and his vice chairman of the Actors Association is much busier than Wan Qingshan, the vice chairman, and he can't leave.

(End of this chapter)