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

Chapter 91 Final Draft (Hydrology)
"Director Wan, this is the first draft."

After returning to Shenzhen, Wan Qingshan stayed in Shenzhen for a day and then flew back to the capital.

Then I went to the gym every day, but within a few days, Sun Yao called me to finalize the first draft of the movie.

Wan Qingshan took the first draft handed over by Sun Yao and said, "Well, let me take a look first. You can go out first."

Sun Yao glanced at the first draft of the script in Wan Qingshan's hand and walked out of the office with some anxiety.

Bai Wen said she would write it for three days and read it, and then within three days, under Zhang Honglan's main writing, she actually wrote something within three days.

When Sun Yao saw this, he stopped talking to Wan Qingshan.

It took nearly a month to write the first draft. Sun Yao thought it should be good, but after all, it was not a subject she was good at, so she was not sure how it would be.

Therefore, after going out, Sun Yao looked at the office anxiously from time to time, fearing that Wan Qingshan would come out with a stern face.

After Sun Yao suffered for half an hour, Wan Qingshan walked out of the office.

"Come, let me tell you."

Wan Qingshan walked to the rest area and sat down on the sofa, shouting hello.

After hearing this, Sun Yao and the others came over anxiously.

"There are no big problems in the first draft, except that I deleted the sex scene and reduced the love scenes. This is a martial arts suspense drama, and the selling point is the martial arts and reversal. The love scenes are too dense, which can easily confuse the point."

Sun Yao and the other two people immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Yao immediately said with a smile, "Director Wan, we will change it as you said in a moment."

Wan Qingshan handed the first draft to Sun Yao, "After you have finished revising it, show it to me."

After Sun Yao returned to the office area with the first draft, Wan Qingshan picked up the phone and called Li Yancheng and asked him to come to the company.

After Li Yancheng arrived, Wan Qingshan told Li Yancheng which actors he planned to invite to star, and asked Li Yancheng to help Chen Chen make the budget.

There are many big martial arts scenes this time. Chen Chen didn't know the expenses required for the martial arts scenes, so he needed Li Yancheng's assistance.

Then, after Wan Qingshan spent a week in the gym, Sun Yao and the others handed over the first draft of the second version.

This time there was no problem with the first draft, so Wan Qingshan asked Sun Yao and the others to polish it according to this first draft.

At the same time, Chen Chen made a budget with the assistance of Li Yancheng.

On the budget statement, Wan Qingshan added his own director's and actor's fees, as well as the script fees of himself and Sun Yao, making the production price 1000 million.

When he was filming "The True Meaning of Love", China Film Company paid him 500 million for the director's fee and actor's fee, which was considered a premium.

But now with the box office results of "The True Meaning of Love", last year a film and television company offered him 800 million to direct the film.

The director's fee of 800 million is definitely a premium, and 700 to [-] million is the market price.

Wan Qingshan’s actor salary and script fee are 300 million, which is considered the normal price.

Therefore, with an asking price of 1000 million, Wanqingshan neither took advantage of the opportunity nor gave any discount.

After the first draft was finalized and the budget was prepared, Wan Qingshan contacted Wang Changtian.

Although he knew that Wan Qingshan was quick in filming, Wan Qingshan had already released a new film just three months after signing the contract, which surprised Wang Changtian.

In the office of Enlight Pictures, Wang Changtian took the budget sheet and said with a smile,

"Director Wan, you are so fast."

"Haha, Mr. Wang, I signed a contract for three movies in five years, so I can't bear to be unhappy."

Wang Changtian smiled and took the budget form. After looking at it for a few times, he handed it to Zhang Zhao who was standing aside.

He can't read movie budget statements. This kind of thing has to be done by Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao spent more than ten minutes reading the budget report item by item.

"Director Wan, do you want to play the male lead yourself this time?"

"Well, I've been thinking about young actors from the Mainland, but I can't think of any suitable ones, so I plan to join them myself. Mr. Zhang, do you think there's something wrong with them?"

Zhang Zhao hesitated and said with a smile, "No, no, "Selection" starring Director Wan can sell more than 4000 million at the box office, and the box office appeal is the only one in the mainland. I am just surprised that Director Wan will star in it himself."

"I can be regarded as being pushed to the shelf."

Zhang Zhao smiled, handed the budget report to Wang Changtian, and indicated with his eyes that it was no problem.Wang Changtian took the budget report and said with a smile, "Director Wan, the total budget is 500 million. I have no problem with it. As soon as we sign the contract, I will have someone transfer the money to your company's account."

Immediately, Wang Changtian turned around and said, "Zhang Zhao, go and prepare to sign the contract."

Zhang Zhao nodded, stood up and walked out of the office.

At this time, Wan Qingshan said, "Mr. Wang, I have something else to trouble you."

Wang Changtian thought and asked, "Director Wan, what do you say?"

"Mr. Wang, Enlight Media knows many companies. I would like to trouble Enlight Media to help find some companies to sponsor."

Wang Changtian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Director Wan, this is a small matter. Once your new movie is released, the sponsoring companies will rush to it."

"Mr. Wang, the main reason is that I don't know some companies and I'm afraid of being cheated, so I have to trouble you."

"Haha, don't worry, Director Wan. For our first movie together, I will ask Zhang Zhao to help. He knows many companies. You can let him be responsible for sponsoring it."

"That's just right. With Mr. Zhang's help, I can feel much more relaxed."

After the two chatted with fake smiles for a while, Zhang Zhao walked in with the contract.

Wan Qingshan took a brief look at it and signed the contract.

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan chatted for a few words, and then walked out of Guangguang Media under Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao.

As soon as Wan Qingshan left, Wang Changtian couldn't help but ask, "Do you think there's anything wrong with him acting in person?"

Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao have known each other for a long time. Zhang Zhao said before that he didn't think it was surprising that Wan Qingshan acted in person.

"Mr. Wang, I just think that although he is famous, he is more of a director. If he stars in a literary film, there is absolutely no problem. He has a group of literary fans. But if he stars in a commercial film, I'm afraid he can't afford it. box office."

Wang Changtian suddenly laughed, "That's it, Zhang Zhao, let me ask you, before "The True Meaning of Love" is released, can people like Chen Kun and others be able to resist the box office?"

"Uh," Zhang Zhao suddenly choked on his words.

"Zhang Zhao, you should read the report of Wan Qingshan's interview with Movie Watch magazine last year. I think some of what Wan Qingshan said makes sense."

"Mr. Wang, what did he say?"

Zhang Zhao was curious and couldn't wait to go back and find the magazine "Watching Movies" to read.

"Haha, he said that today's directors set their airs too high, and there are not many Hong Kong stars who can afford the box office.

I think these two sentences make sense.

In "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers", the actors who starred in them were basically from Hong Kong Island, which made the industry blind.

The success of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" is not due to these stars, but to Zhang Yimou.

Otherwise, why the box office of Hong Kong movies in recent years is generally not high.

I thought about the stars from both places and found that the only actors who can compete at the box office now are Cheng Long, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow.

Whether Ge You can compete at the box office is still unknown. Only if he makes a movie that is not Feng Xiaogang's will we know whether he can compete at the box office.

As for the director's attitude being too high, this is the portrayal of many directors nowadays. They make shit when filming, and they think it is because the audience does not understand how to appreciate it. "

Zhang Zhao was silent and thought about it, and said, "Then it seems like it doesn't matter whether a movie has a big-name star or not, it depends on the director."

"You can't say that. Celebrities are also important, but it depends on which big-name star they are.

You need to invite Cheng Long or Jet Li, any director.The box office of the movies produced will not be low, but there are too few actors with such charisma.

Aside from those actors, whether a movie can be successful or not really depends on the director. "

Seeing Zhang Zhao frowning in thought, Wang Changtian smiled and said, "Zhang Zhao, don't think about it, these things will be proven over time.

Now the priority is to cooperate with Wan Qingshan on this movie. Whether Enlight Pictures can make the first shot depends on this movie.

So, this time you have to go to the set in person and help Wan Qingshan.He also asked me to help contact advertisers for sponsorship, so I will leave this matter to you. "

After Zhang Zhao came to his senses, he promised, "Okay, no problem. Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I will keep an eye on you."

(End of this chapter)