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

Chapter 231 New Era, New Look

This meeting was very big and was held in the auditorium.

People from the film and television companies came, as did the heads of several major theater chains, and even people from Shanghai Film and Television Film and Television Studios came.

Independent filmmakers like Jia Zhangke also came, and even many stars who opened star studios came.

Wan Qingshan arrived neither early nor late, and there were already some people in the auditorium.

The arrival of Wan Qingshan surprised everyone.

Last year, Wanqingshan faced a direct confrontation, which was widely spread in the circle.

Later, Wan Qingshan did not return to China and did not come to several important meetings.

Later, it was reported that Qingshan Film and Television Company was managed by Li Yancheng. In addition, in the past year, Qingshan Cinema Line seemed to have stopped developing.

These circumstances have caused a voice to spread in the industry: Wan Qingshan does not want a domestic career and is focused on staying in Hollywood.

Everyone believes this statement. If someone like Wan Qingshan is successful in Hollywood, wouldn't it be a good idea to make money outside?
Now that Wan Qingshan suddenly came back to attend the meeting, they never expected it.

After being surprised, Jia Hui, Zhao Yifang and others came forward to say hello.

"Guide Wan."

"Wan Dao!"

,,,

Huayi and Chengtian invested in Wan Qingshan's movies, but they were very jealous. Now they finally met Wan Qingshan, who rarely returned to China. Of course, they had to get closer and closer to see if they could use Wan Qingshan to invest in Hollywood movies.

Most people want to get closer first, but some people are very direct.

Cao Huayi, the boss of Xinli Media, which was only established a few years ago but has grown rapidly, spoke directly.

"Director Wan, I heard that you and Leonardo are collaborating on a movie together again. I wonder if there is a shortage of funds. If so, I, Xinli Media, will definitely help."

Everyone was surprised by Cao Huayi's directness, but they followed closely and looked at Wanqing Mountain.

'Leonardo joins hands with Wanqingshan to compete for Oscars again. 'This news spread in Hollywood as early as March.

At that time, male stars such as Tom Cruise and Matt Damon, who had never won an Oscar, were particularly disappointed. They also wanted to cooperate with Wan Qingshan to compete for Oscars. They all thought about contacting Wan Qingshan, but they did not expect that Leon Nadeau was first.

But female stars like Anne Hathaway and Scarlett are very excited because there is news that the new script is not a one-man show like "Manchester by the Sea" with the male protagonist. This time the female lead has a heavy role.

When they contacted Wan Qingshan and Leonardo one after another, the news that Wan Qingshan and Leonardo were working together again spread back to China.

Fighting for the Oscars again with Leonardo, no matter whether he can be nominated for the Oscar or not, as long as he invests in this movie, he can use this news to spread the company's reputation abroad.

What’s more important is the stock price!
You know, Huayi and Chengtian invested in Wan Qingshan's "Fire". Before the movie was released, the stock prices of the two companies had risen by nearly 50.00% since the listing.

"The new movie is invested by Leonardo, and I am only the director, so I don't know if there is a lack of investment.

But I think there should be no shortage, after all, Leonardo’s net worth is not low. "

Wan Qingshan's words made everyone a little disappointed. They thought that he also had an investment share in the movie that Wan Qingshan collaborated with Leonardo.

After being disappointed, they didn't mention it again, and instead talked about polite words to build relations.

After chatting for a while, Yu Dong, Wang Zhongjun, and these people came in one after another. There were more people, and everyone stopped surrounding Wanqingshan and turned around to talk to others.

After a while, Wang Zhongjun, who had just finished chatting with Liu Rong, walked to Wanqingshan, smiled at Jiang Zhiqiang on the other side of Wanqingshan, and then turned his eyes to Wanqingshan.

"Director Wan, congratulations, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director and bringing glory to us."

Wan Qingshan had heard a lot of such words of congratulations just now, and he replied helplessly, "Mr. Wang, it's just an award, not much glory."

Wang Zhongjun didn't say much on this topic. He smiled and asked about business.

"Director Wan, how long will it take for the movie to be completed?"

Wan Qingshan made an estimate in his mind and replied, "It will probably take a few months. If it is released, it will probably have to wait until the end of the year."

"Director Wan, I wonder if you can hand over the domestic distribution agency to Huayi."

Seeing Wan Qingshan frowning, Wang Zhongjun quickly continued, "Of course, Director Wan, I don't want a distribution agent for nothing. The film will be handed over to Huayi. As an imported film, I will make up for it privately and give the film a share of this amount. In terms of publicity, we will never be sloppy.”

Seeing Wang Zhongjun raise two fingers, Wan Qingshan's brows immediately widened.

Now internationally, for imported blockbusters, 35% is generally owned by the producer, 17% by the distributor, and 48% by the exhibitor.

But China is different. The share of imported films is particularly low. Now it is officially stipulated that only 13% of imported blockbusters are producers, 17% are distribution agents, and the rest are owned by China Film and Exhibitors.

It will not be until 2012, before the renegotiation of the film memorandum of understanding, that the producers of imported blockbusters can receive 25% of the box office share in mainland China.

13% is too low, so many Hollywood movies are unwilling to come to China for promotion, because even if the box office here is high, they will not have much in their hands.

Even many Hollywood movies don't care about being released in China.

The share is too low. Even if the box office is 300 million US dollars, they can only get [-] million US dollars, and they still have to pay taxes.

However, domestic distribution companies are very keen on imported blockbusters, and they share 17% of the box office, which is much more profitable than distributing domestic movies.

So they will subsidize some to the producers privately, but not much, usually 2% or 3%.

Now Wang Zhongjun can subsidize 7% and give 20% of the account, which is full of sincerity.

"Mr. Wang, since you are so sincere and you are an investor, of course I am willing to hand over the issuance agent to you.

However, I still have to discuss it with Colombia, but I think Colombia will not refuse such favorable terms. "

"Director Wan, let me thank you first. Don't worry, I will personally monitor the domestic release and won't be careless."

Wang Zhongjun smiled happily. If Wan Qingshan had no objection, Columbia would not have any objection. He knew that Wan Qingshan was the one who made the final decision in the movie.

As for the discount given is too big, Wang Zhongjun doesn't care at all. Even if the agency distribution fee is not enough for the publicity fee, that's fine.

As long as the outside world feels that Huayi, Wanqingshan, and Columbia are relatively close, and that there will be more cooperation among the three parties in the future, the stock price will continue to rise. The sales restriction period will soon be over, so feel free to sell some. There are tens of millions of shares.

Movies,,, haha, how can there be money in finance!

Then, after Wan Qingshan chatted with Wang Zhongjun, Jiang Zhiqiang, and Wu Kebo who came from behind, Tang Jianli, Cai Fuchao, who was appointed last month, and Han Sanping walked in.

When everyone saw this, they immediately stopped talking.

After Tang Jianshe, Cai Fuchao, and Han Sanping walked on the stage and sat down, Tang Jianshe glanced around and said into the microphone, "Everyone, this time,,,"

The last meeting hosted by Tang Jianli was very direct, but this time - one thing after another.

After nearly an hour of clichés, Wan Qingshan heard it at the end. You people, hurry up and make more movies for me, make more movies that praise the new era, and don't do what you did before.

Wan Qingshan doesn't feel much. He doesn't care much about domestic affairs now. No matter how the tone is set or how restricted, he doesn't care.

People like Wang Zhongjun don't care much. They won't invest in such movies anyway. Such movies are usually literary films and generally don't make money.

But some people were very excited.

"Don't they all have to be glamorous and have a smiling face?" Wang Xiaoshuai stood up and shouted excitedly.

Everyone looked at Wang Xiaoshuai in surprise, thinking, this man is a real tiger!

"Director Wang, I never said that all movie characters have to be glamorous. I just hope that when filming movies, you can't exaggerate the suffering for the sake of the plot. This is not the case anymore." Tang Jianli replied with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai wanted to say something else, but Jia Zhangke pulled him away, and Wang Xiaoshuai sat down helplessly.

Then after Tang Jianli finished speaking, Cai Fuchao started talking in clichés again. After another hour, the content of what he said was, well, there was no content. Although most of the words were different, the meaning was exactly the same as what Tang Jianli said.

Then, the meeting ended, and Wan Qingshan was retained by Tang Jianli.

In a small conference room, Tang Jianli got down to business as soon as he arrived.

"Are you sure you can make a Chinese-language film and win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?"

"no!"

Wan Qingshan replied without even thinking about it.

Tang Jianli frowned immediately.

"Don't show off your temper because of what I forced you to do before." "How can I show off my temper about this kind of thing? I'm really not sure. If only a few years ago, I would still have some confidence.

But now I really have no confidence. I have seen news in Hollywood that they will change their attitude towards us.

This big attitude is about to change, so why would the Oscars still award us the award? "

Wan Qingshan said it sincerely, but this was just a small reason.

No matter how bad the relationship is, as long as you give enough money, Oscar will still give you the award.

But this money is a big problem. Cai Fuchao and the others will definitely not spend it. Don't even think about asking them to spend tens of millions to lobby.

Then we can't let him pay for it!He doesn't need the Best Foreign Language Film award to enhance his honor.

In the end, it will be like "A City Full of Golden Armor", where no one goes out to lobby for money.

There is another big question. Tang Jianli just finished talking about the new era and the new look of movies.

Now that a new look has come out, there will definitely be no sarcasm or anything like that. It will be very difficult to win awards.

You can't make a new-look movie like "Tiny Times" and submit it to the awards, but making a movie like "Into the Smoke" would be another slap in Tang Jian's face.

He was not willing to do such a thankless task.

Tang Jianli frowned immediately, and he also knew that the relationship was beginning to change.

However, we still want the Oscar. Li Jin won the Best Foreign Language Film Award. They still haven’t got it yet, which is very embarrassing.

"Don't worry about the relationship. You can make a Chinese-language film next year and submit it to the Oscars."

Wan Qingshan was helpless, but Tang Jianli said so, so he could only reply, "Yes, then I can only try my best."

In order to get a vaccination, Wan Qingshan took out the words circulated on the Internet in his original world.

"I don't think we need to care too much about the Oscars. In the end, it's just someone else's film festival."

Tang Jianli smiled dumbly, "Only you and Li Ying are qualified to say this, because you won the Oscar for Best Director."

Then, Tang Jianli said in a solemn voice, "Only when you get it can you be qualified not to care. Otherwise, you are just deceiving yourself and others."

Seeing that Tang Jianli was not fooled by these words like most of the netizens, Wan Qingshan had no choice.

"Then I'll try my best, but there's no guarantee whether I'll win or not."

"I know, just do your best. When you have time, think more about next year's movies. Don't be careless."

Seeing Wan Qingshan nod, Tang Jianli was relieved and prepared to talk about other things.

But when the words came to his lips, he remembered what happened before, so he changed his words.

“After the script comes out, if you feel it’s inappropriate during the review, don’t act too arrogant.

If you feel that the script has not passed, you call me, and I will discuss it then and see how to make changes to make the script suitable. "

"Yes, don't worry, I won't do anything like "Parasite" again. I didn't think well before."

Tang Jianli was completely relieved and started talking about other things.

"You have done very well in the past year or so. You have to remember, as the saying goes, the first bird is shot, so don't be the first bird."

"I understand, I understand, I plan to focus on Hollywood in the next few years."

"Haha, that's okay. You can also care about your career in the country from now on, as long as you don't stand out in the future."

Wan Qingshan didn't feel any joy in his heart now that he could return to his country to develop.

Don’t worry, it’s not because the film and television industry has changed.

After nearly two years of no development, Qingshan Cinema Chain has fallen behind. The number of screens is far lower than that of theater chains such as Wanda and Xingmei. Last year, the box office ranking of the theater chain was ranked No. 5.

In addition, the film and television industry is now full of conflicts. Even if the Qingshan series releases consecutive box office hits, it will not be able to affect the entire film and television industry as before.

Nowadays, people like Chai Zhiping and Yang Shoucheng have considerable influence, and his relationship with Chai Zhiping and Yang Shoucheng has cut off the possibility of him affecting the entire film and television industry.

Forget it, after all, Wan Qingshan has long been mentally prepared for the Qingshan system to fall behind.

He didn't feel any joy because when he was traveling with Chen Yumo some time ago, he asked Chen Yumo for his opinion. Let's leave it like this for domestic business.

Especially theater chains, please don’t develop any more!
If it really develops, it will be considered a danger.

It might as well be like this. Although the theater chain is lagging behind, it is still among the top major theater chains. It is enough to ensure that it will not be controlled due to channels in the future.

After talking about business, Tang Jianli didn't chat much with Wan Qingshan, and the two left soon.

After walking out of China Film, Wan Qingshan hesitated, called Zhang Zhao, and then went to Qingshan Media Company.

"Guide Wan."

"Mr. Zhang, how is the publishing company doing now?"

In Zhang Zhao's office, Wan Qingshan asked casually while looking through the company's recent film and television project list.

“The distribution company is going very smoothly. We have been cooperating with Penguin for a long time since the beginning of last year. With the help of Penguin’s channels, the distribution effect is pretty good.

This year, companies from outside are approaching us to distribute movies. "

Wan Qingshan's eyes suddenly lit up.

This bright spot is not for the success of the distribution company, but for a film and television project on the project list.

"Mr. Zhang, how did "33 Days of Love" come about? Is it being produced?"

Zhang Zhao thought about it and said quickly, "Director Wan, the drama department found this from the Internet. They thought it was interesting and bought the adaptation rights.

After watching it, I thought it was pretty good. There are almost no such movies on the market, and the cost is high, so I planned to make it.

Now the screenwriting team is adapting the script. When it is completed, I will go to the director.

Director Wan, what, is there anything wrong with this movie? "

"There's no problem, I just think the fame is quite strange. By the way, "Jingjue Ancient City" did this."

Wan Qingshan changed the topic, and Zhang Zhao didn't think much about it.

"We are still in the post-production stage of the special effects. The special effects take too much time. It is estimated that it will not be released until the first half of next year."

"The Ancient City" and "Fire" were filmed almost at the same time. "The Ancient City" has fewer special effects than "The Flame" but was released later. Wanqingshan is not surprised.

When filming "Fire", Wan Qingshan talked with people from Sony Special Effects Company and learned that when a Hollywood special effects blockbuster is doing special effects, hundreds or even thousands of people will be mobilized.

Nowadays, domestic special effects have begun to enter a stage of rapid development, but in terms of technology and personnel, they are far behind Hollywood, so it is normal for them to be slow.

Wan Qingshan asked about the company's recent status and prepared to leave.

Wan Qingshan left, but the last words he left behind made Zhang Zhao fall into deep thought.

"Mr. Zhang, the company has developed to this point. You can consider calculating the funds I advanced before and prepare for the listing of the company.

After the company is listed, if you are interested, I can transfer 10% of the shares to you at [-]% of the market price. "

When the company was founded as a partnership, Wan Qingshan could say that he would not give up his shares in terms of shares, but now Wan Qingshan actually took the initiative to give up his shares.

Although the market price is [-]%, which is definitely much more expensive than when the company first started, Wanqingshan doesn't seem to be in need of such money.

Shares represent control over the company. Wan Qingshan is now showing signs of relaxing his control over the company. This has to make Zhang Zhao wonder whether Wan Qingshan is really like the rumors in the circle. He doesn't care about his domestic career and concentrates on developing in Hollywood. , if this is the case, then Qingshan Media,,,,

After Wan Qingshan left Qingshan Media Company, he flew to Shenzhen. After staying in Shenzhen for two days, he was ready to fly to Los Angeles, but Zhang Zhao suddenly called and said that Penguin Company was looking for him to discuss cooperation.

When Penguin talked about cooperation, the first thing Wan Qingshan did was think about the Internet entering the film and television industry.

Although the Internet did not enter the film and television industry at this time in the original world, under the instigation of his butterfly, the film industry has developed faster than in the original world. Last year, the total national box office was nearly 100 billion.

A rapidly developing industry now has a box office market of 100 billion. Coupled with celebrity endorsements and current online film and television copyrights, it can be regarded as a big cake. It is not surprising that the Internet has entered the market early.

Although Wan Qingshan didn't want to cooperate with these film and television laymen and also liked to cooperate with powerful Internet companies, he went to meet Ma Huateng with the mentality of not offending others and meeting him whenever he saw him.

(End of this chapter)