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

Chapter 236 Busy
"Wan Dao!"

"Wan Dao!"

"Wan Dao!"

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Wan Qingshan arrived a little late, and when he arrived, the conference room was almost full.

The arrival of Wan Qingshan surprised Cao Huayi and the others. They thought that Wan Qingshan had returned to Los Angeles after the global promotion of "Fire" and that this meeting would be like before and he would not come.

But I didn't expect Wanqing Mountain to come, but since it's here, it's a good thing.

Worried about being overtaken by others, many people asked Wan Qingshan about his next movie after saying hello and whether there was a lack of investment.

This made Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo on the side very angry, and they both cursed in their hearts, these bastards.

"Everyone, everyone, thank you for your concern. However, my next film will be a Chinese-language film or a literary film, and the investment will be small. I'm sorry."

Wan Qingshan's words made everyone very disappointed. A literary and artistic film can only survive at the box office.

After being disappointed, they did not disperse immediately, but still surrounded Wanqing Mountain.

The next movie is a literary film, so there will be a next one. How big is Wanqing Mountain? It’s not just this one movie. We can get closer now so we can invest in it later.

Everyone gathered around Wan Qingshan, saying all kinds of good things for free, which made Wan Qingshan feel like hundreds of ducks were quacking in his ears.

Fortunately, Han Sanping and Cai Fuchao came in after a while, and Wan Qingshan's ears became clear.

"Everyone, the film industry has reached a high speed this year. There are already 25 movies with a box office of over 130 million yuan, and the total box office is [-] billion.

It’s a good thing that the industry is developing rapidly, but everyone’s awareness must keep up,,,,”

Listening to Cai Fuchao's meaningless words, Wanqingshan glanced around secretly and realized that Yang Shoucheng and Chai Zhiping were not here.

This made Wan Qingshan a little surprised. He was surrounded by everyone just now and didn't notice this.

"Is it possible that the good thing Han Sanping said is that the wind direction has changed again?" Wan Qingshan muttered in his heart.

After more than ten minutes of meaningless words, Cai Fuchao finally said something meaningful.

"Everyone, the domestic film industry has developed rapidly, but the pace of Chinese-language films going global is very slow.

There are many movies going abroad this year, but the box office is very unsatisfactory.

There are more than a dozen movies, but the total overseas box office is less than [-] million.

It's okay to flop at the box office, but some movies are just crap.

Especially the costume historical movies, many of which simply tamper with history, which greatly affects China's appearance overseas.

For this reason, I hope everyone will give more consideration when investing in costume historical movies. "

Wan Qingshan glanced at Han Sanping. Could this be a good thing about Han Sanping?

This may be a good thing for Han Sanping. When filming the second part of "Huo Qubing" in the future, overseas audiences will not be resistant to historical films because of too many historical costume blockbusters in the early stage.

But for him, it's not a good thing - or a bad thing.

In the past, he hoped to use period films to change the direction of the Chinese film and television industry in a completely different direction, so that he could produce many movies.

But his previous attitude made him think otherwise.Even if the direction is completely different now, he won't be able to produce many movies.

At this time, Cai Fuchao's words made Wan Qingshan stunned for a moment, and the corners of the mouths of Wang Zhongjun and others twitched slightly.

“Everyone, when Chinese-language films go global, they have to rely on costume blockbusters.

Director Wan's magical blockbuster "Fire" has many Chinese elements in the movie. It is also popular with global audiences and has achieved high box office around the world.

You can study, make magical blockbusters that belong to China, and go abroad. "

"Fire" was a hit, and people like Wang Zhongjun never thought of following the trend of fantasy blockbusters.

If it were a movie with other themes, they would definitely follow suit, but the fantasy movie "The Promise" and the bankrupt investors are still fresh in their minds.

Of course, if Wan Qingshan comes up with a fantasy blockbuster, then they will definitely invest in it. If anyone else comes to their door with a fantasy blockbuster, they will definitely kick them out.

Although Cai Fuchao's words now encourage investment in fantasy films, the meaning behind them is that in the future, the censorship of costume blockbusters will become stricter, while the censorship of fantasy blockbusters will be relaxed.

Since Tang Jianli talked about the new era, censorship has changed.

Censorship became no longer a mere censorship of films, but a tool of control.

Nowadays, some movies with difficult characters can still pass without exaggerating or having no impact on certain aspects, but it is very strict, and there is a limit on the number of such movies that can be approved, and only dozens of them may be approved a year.

As for 'new era' movies, they will be much more relaxed. As long as it's not a big mistake, they'll be fine.

For previous costume blockbusters, due to the policy of Chinese-language films going abroad, the review process was relaxed. Only then did random fabricated historical costume blockbusters appear.

Now there is a problem with historical costume blockbusters, and the box office failure has not had a good impact. In the future, censorship will become stricter, and there will even be quantity restrictions.

Originally a historical costume blockbuster, Cai Fuchao has now put it in a fantasy blockbuster.

However, even if the censorship is relaxed, people like Wang Zhongjun do not intend to invest in fantasy films. Even if historical costume films are not well made, they can still have some box office in the country. If the cost is controlled well, they will not lose money.

But they can't afford to play fantasy films, not to mention the shadow of the failure of "The Promise".

Fantasy films require a lot of special effects, and special effects are expensive. Think about Wanqingshan's filming of "Fire", which cost 8000 million U.S. dollars. If converted into Chinese currency, that would be more than a billion!

Spend more than one billion to invest in a fantasy film?My money is not dirty, so I need to clean it, take huge risks, and invest in a fantasy movie?Even if his head was caught in the door, he wouldn't do something so stupid.

Cai Fuchao also knew that Wang Zhongjun and the others were definitely not willing to invest in fantasy films, but he didn't care. Wang Zhongjun and the others were unwilling, but China Film and Shanghai Film Group would.

As long as a fantasy movie comes out, he will have an answer to his opponent. Whether he loses money or not is none of his business.

When he proposed to support fantasy films, he just had a process mentality.

Then, after Cai Fuchao looked forward to the development of the film and television industry in 2012, the meeting ended.

This time Han Sanping did not leave Wan Qingshan behind. Wan Qingshan walked out of China Film and Television, rejected the invitation from Cao Huayi and others, and went to Qingshan Film and Television Company.

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"Wan Dao!"

After Sun Yao saw Wan Qingshan, he shouted in surprise.

Wan Qingshan glanced at the empty Qingshan Film and Television Company and asked curiously, "Why are you the only one in the company?"

"Well, the company is not busy with business. We had the Spring Festival holiday a few days ago. I forgot something, so I went back to the company to get it."

Faced with Sun Yao's strange look, Wan Qingshan was a little embarrassed. The company was on holiday, but he, the boss, didn't know.

Now that it's holiday, there is no point for Wan Qingshan to come to Qingshan Company. After asking Sun Yao for a while, he found out that in addition to the "囧囧" he left before, which made the company nearly [-] million, in the past two years, Sun Yao and the three of them I also wrote two scripts, which did not do well at the box office, but because the movie market was good, I also made tens of millions, which was considered decent.Wan Qingshan didn't care whether Qingshan Film and Television Company made money, but in the harsh winter, Sun Yao and the others could make some money from film investment, so he was relieved.

Then, Wan Qingshan went to Qingshan Media Company.

Qingshan Media Company is not on holiday yet, the Spring Festival is coming soon, and the film industry is very busy.

The film industry is now fully developed. There are more movies and the schedule is tight. Several blockbusters are competing during the Spring Festival.

Especially for this year's Spring Festival, because the release date of "Fire" was announced a bit late, "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One 12" originally scheduled for December have been moved to the Spring Festival schedule.

There were originally several movies released during the Spring Festival, but now two more blockbusters are coming, and the Spring Festival schedule is almost in a quagmire.

As for the movies invested by Qingshan Media, two of them were released during the Spring Festival at the same time, so how could they get away with it?

What's more important is that Qingshan Distribution Company is too busy and short of manpower. They have to borrow people from Qingshan Media Company to help.

Qingshan Publishing Company has become a dark horse in the distribution industry by relying on the Penguin channel and the popularity of smartphones last year.

Even if the movie is of poor quality, it can be promoted on the Internet in the early stage, tricking many viewers into watching it and allowing the producers to make money.

Therefore, there are several movies scheduled for the Spring Festival, all of which are distributed by Qingshan Distribution Company.

During this period, everyone was so busy that they couldn't even put their feet on the floor, so they had no choice but to borrow people from the head office, Qingshan Media.

This year’s Spring Festival is the busiest time for Qingshan Media since its establishment. It would be nice to have two or three days off before the Spring Festival.

When Wan Qingshan came to Qingshan Media Company, there were not many people in the company, and most of them went to Qingshan Publishing Company to help.

Most of the people went to help, which meant that those who stayed had to take on a lot more responsibilities. When Wan Qingshan came in, he saw a dozen people busy and hundreds of people working.

"Old Chen, have you done the data over there? The theater chain is urging you."

"Come on, don't rush me, let me finish the budget here first. This budget is what Mr. Zhang wants."

"Meimei, go to the distribution office and tell them that the producer of "Wulin Gaiden" has changed the budget from 1000 million to 300 million, and the money will be transferred to the account tomorrow."

"No, why did the budget change come to us? Why don't we just go to the distribution side directly?"

"They called, but they can't get in. The lines are all busy. Please go there quickly."

"Ah! I just contacted the novelist named Gu Man here. I am discussing with her the film and television rights of her novel. I can't leave now."

"Then Xiao Zuo, you go there!"

"Ah, I'm going. Brother Shan, help me pay attention to the phone. If a writer named Rao Xueman calls, you have to help me hold her steady until I come back."

"Okay, okay, go quickly!"

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Wan Qingshan looked at the busy scene at the door. After waiting for a while, the front desk who had just been asked to help came back.

"Director Wan, I'm sorry, I just..."

"Okay, I see you are busy. Is Mr. Zhang here?"

"Besides, Mr. Zhang is in the office talking with Mr. Jia from Xingmei."

"Then help me find a clean conference room and let me stay. After Mr. Zhang finishes talking, you can come to the conference room and notify me."

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The front desk did not notify Wan Qingshan, but waited until Zhang Zhao saw Jia Hui off before telling Zhang Zhao that Wan Qingshan was in the conference room.

"Director Wan!" Zhang Zhao quickly walked into the conference room.

"Mr. Zhang, the company is developing well and is very busy."

Seeing that Wan Qingshan was smiling and didn't seem to mean anything, Zhang Zhao felt relieved.

"Director Wan, the company is busy thanks to you. You and Penguin have deepened their cooperation, and there are more channels. Movies released by the company always occupy a good position in online ticket purchase, so the distribution business will be relatively busy."

Wan Qingshan smiled and changed the topic, "Mr. Zhang, how are you doing with the company's listing?"

"Director Wan, I'm sorry, this matter is progressing a bit slowly. Now every film and television company wants to go public, so the review is a bit strict."

Wan Qingshan frowned, "If the progress is still very slow next year, you contact my wife, I will tell her when I get back, and she will help then."

Wan Qingshan understands that slowness is not a matter of review, but a matter of money and relationships.

Zhang Zhao looked happy, "With the help of the boss lady, it will definitely be no problem to go public."

The news about Chen Yumo's extraordinary background spread around the world a few years ago, a month after the premiere of "The Golden Armor".

"I will talk to you about raising funds before going public when the time comes."

"Yes."

After Zhang Zhao responded, he hesitated and then whispered, "Director Wan, word has spread that the company is preparing to go public. Mr. Wang from Guangwang has talked to me privately, hoping to call Guangwang when raising funds. .”

Wan Qingshan frowned. The company was listed. Wang Changtian wanted to buy shares, but he actually talked to Zhang Zhao instead of him. This...
"Let's talk about it when we raise funds. If Mr. Wang asks again later, just tell me that all matters regarding the listing of funds will be decided by me."

Zhang Zhao nodded, and then began to remind him with some complaints.

"Director Wan, congratulations on the success of "Fire". However, in the future, can you hand over the Chinese distribution of your movies to Qingshan Distribution Company? Qingshan Distribution Company is still your own company. You can't always give away this money. Others make money."

"I will leave it to the company next time. I didn't expect the box office to be so high before. I gave it to Huayi because Wang Zhongjun offered a 20% share, so I gave it to him."

Wang Zhongjun has been covering up the 20% share, just to let the outside world have the illusion that he got the Chinese agent for "Fire" because of good relationships, not through profit transfers.

When Zhang Zhao heard 20%, he had nothing to say. If he was asked to distribute "Fire" as an agent, he would definitely not dare to give 20%.

To give away so much, the box office would have to cost [-] to [-] million yuan to break even.Now the overall movie box office is on the rise, but there are still not many movies with a box office of [-] to [-] million yuan, and the risk is still too great.

Because the company was too busy now, Wan Qingshan didn't stay too long. He asked about the company's status and left after nothing happened.

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan stayed at home until a few days later, after the Oscar list was announced, and Leonardo made several calls before he went out and flew to Los Angeles.

This year's Golden Globe Awards are a bit early. "Marriage Story" missed the Golden Globe Award, but Wan Qingshan and Leonardo didn't feel it was a pity. They also went for the Oscar.

"Marriage Story" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress!

Wan Qingshan was not nominated for the best director or even the best screenplay. Wan Qingshan was surprised that he was not nominated for any individual award.

It's so weird. Wan Qingshan couldn't help but wonder, is it because he won the Best Director last year, so this time the Oscars didn't even give him a shortlist?

But Wan Qingshan felt something was wrong. If he was shortlisted, if he wanted to win the award, he would have to pay more in lobbying money, and the judges and Oscar organizers would also charge more money.

Even if it is to make money, he should be included in the list!
If he is shortlisted, let him spend money but not give a prize, it’s the best of both worlds!
Is it the same as when he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for "The Golden Globe"? Is it because of that factor?

(End of this chapter)