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Chapter 60 A drama worth tens of millions of dollars
Jiang Liu knew in his heart that Li Xian came to the capital to let his younger brother Li Wei see the world and see real work on a set.

Therefore, he took the initiative to invite Li Xing and Li Wei to the editing room of Beijing Film Studio the next day.

The material for "Wulin Gaiden" has been filmed.

But there is still a lot of behind-the-scenes work for directors and actors.

Post-production editing, sound effects, music, subtitles, dubbing, and promotion if necessary by the TV station.

"A film and television drama from early stage preparation to release is a very tedious and tiring job. The physical strain is also secondary. The most fearful thing is that it will be in vain and the work will be in vain, so the mentality is very important."

After Jiang Liu greeted the editor, he taught Li Wei his directing experience.

"Brother Jiang, movie lovers often speculate on BBS forums that Director Chen's "Farewell My Concubine" is the work of Director Chen's father. Do you believe it?"

Jiang Liuliu said with a smile: "I think you should be an entertainment reporter?"

Li Wei said embarrassedly: "I'm just curious, what those people said is very relevant."

Jiang Liu smiled and did not give Li Wei any answer.

Many netizens have doubts about whether "Farewell My Concubine" will be directed by Chen Kaige, and this has lasted for many years.

Judging from Jiang Liu’s decades of experience, the film was indeed produced by Chen Kaige.
The reason is simple.

There was less than two years between the premiere of "Farewell My Concubine" at Cannes and the death of director Chen Huai'ai.

It is unrealistic for a frail old man to finish filming a drama as big as "Farewell My Concubine" on his own.

I work hard every day and night, and my body can never bear it.

But Jiang Liu estimated that Chen Huai'ai must have contributed to his son's "Farewell My Concubine".

Especially the dramatic parts of the movie.

After all, Chen Huaai graduated from the Drama Academy, is proficient in drama, and has directed many drama films.

Another point that netizens questioned was why Chen Kaige was so different in terms of artistic appreciation and directing ability.

This is not surprising at all. People who know Chen Kaige's life should understand it clearly.

Director Chen was born in an elite family and received elite education since childhood.

The only few years when he was close to ordinary people were due to the national policy of sending people to the mountains and rural areas.

During his several years as an educated youth, Director Chen witnessed with his own eyes a generous tragedy composed by ordinary people fighting against the sky and the earth in their perseverance to survive on that piece of yellow land.

This experience, combined with the novel "Echoes of the Deep Valley", allowed Director Chen to make the shocking "Yellow Earth".

Starting from Director Chen's second work "The King of Children".

Director Chen's didactic thinking and self-righteous style, which was born and grew up in an elite family, began to cause trouble. There were some scenes in the film that were elusive and difficult for the audience to understand.

A few years later, "Farewell My Concubine" became famous.

Director Chen's preaching thoughts, as well as his personally considered advanced thoughts, completely submerged the memory of the career of the educated youth, and finally threw away Wang Zhan's "The Promise" after years of sharpening his sword.

So it's not that Chen Kaige wants to be completely different, but that except for the special experiences of those few years, most of the time he is floating in the air.

How can a director produce good works if he can't even keep his feet on the ground and is always suspended.

In his early years, Lao Mouzi was down-to-earth and made a lot of good movies. Now that he's rich, it's just as hard to explain.

However, Lao Mouzi was born in an ordinary family, and he stayed grounded for a longer period of time. He squeezed out his mouth like toothpaste, and occasionally he could produce one or two decent works.

As for the filmmaker Jia Zhangke, who is often discussed and reviled by netizens, he specializes in filming domestic chaos and backwardness to please foreign film festivals.

One day, Jia Zhangke will complete a full-length memoir.

By that time, if he has not found a new understanding of life, he will have a hip problem sooner or later.

After all, film and television works are good or bad.

Even the appearance of film and television works depends largely on the director's personal thoughts and life experience.

So, it’s not that Director Chen doesn’t want to make a good movie, it’s just that he just wants something.

If he were really down-to-earth, he wouldn't say "Arthur, please sit down."

Editing is an extremely boring job, and Li and her brother couldn't sit still after being there for a long time. "You go ahead and get busy. I'll take Li Wei to go shopping at Nortel." Li Xin whispered as he woke up Jiang Liu who was immersed in editing work.

Jiang Liu turned his head and looked into those big eyes: "Go ahead and have dinner together tonight."

Li Xing did not dare to agree: "It depends on the situation."

She didn't want to go to the Bai family compound again.

That guy, having a casual meal is like having a palace banquet.

The waiters were dressed in traditional Chinese costumes and looked as if they were receiving princes and nobles, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.

The food was quite delicious, but the three of them ate thousands of dollars, which she really couldn't accept.

"Let's go. It's late. Let's eat alone. Don't go to the Bai Family Courtyard. It's hard to change a habit of being extravagant and lustful." Li Xin persuaded her kindly.

Jiang Liu wondered: "Have you ever lived a life of luxury and lust?"

"This"

Li Xing was stunned and speechless.

As a broadcast host, the importance of quick thinking in her career is self-evident.

But in front of Jiang Liu, she was overwhelmed and caught off guard several times, unable to react at all.

Jiang Liu, or some of Jiang Liu's views are too different from ordinary people.

"I won't tell you anymore, let's go." Li Xun, blushing, punched Jiang Liu and left in a hurry.

Seeing Li Xin and the others walking out of the editing room, Jiang Liu frowned and muttered seriously:

“An ordinary person has obviously never experienced the life of a rich person for a day, and cannot even imagine it, nor dares to think about it, but he is extremely guarded against luxury and is as afraid of it as a tiger. Where did he learn this principle? "

The editor looked at Jiang Liu strangely: "Director Jiang's idea is indeed different."

Jiang Liu shook his head: "No more talking, let's continue editing the material, CCTV is urging me every day."

After being busy until evening, Jiang Liu took a taxi back to Fangzhuang.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the lights of Yixin were brightly lit. Although Jiang Liu was unwilling, it became the norm for Yixin under the leadership of Xing Aina to work overtime.

There are few people and a lot of work. All employees have been crazy busy recently.

After "Wulin Gaiden" landed on CCTV, the ratings exceeded 4% on the day it aired, almost beating the Lantern Festival Gala.

In episodes 9 and 10, the ratings exceeded 8%.

Among the TV series broadcast throughout February, "Wulin Gaiden" was the most popular.

The series also has a very good reputation, not only offline, but also online.

Sina website has specially opened a dedicated page channel for "Wulin Gaiden" for this purpose, and now the number of online comments has reached more than 2000.

CCTV overcame many TV stations and boldly purchased the first broadcast rights.

The ratings of "Wulin Gaiden" once hit a new high.

Due to multiple factors such as the phenomenon that many buzzwords such as "Er's Personal God" and "子有生活" are imitated by young people, the number of local TV stations connected to Yixin has suddenly increased.

As far as Jiang Liu knows, "Wulin Gaiden" does not include CCTV, which purchased the first broadcast rights.

As of the 15th, the second-round broadcast rights have been sold to 11 TV stations.

Based on the average price of 3 yuan per episode, the second-round broadcast rights of "Wulin Gaiden" alone were sold for 2508 million yuan.

Counting CCTV's initial broadcast rights of 364 million yuan and Huaxia TV's overseas broadcast rights of 121 million yuan, "Wulin Gaiden" earned nearly 3000 million yuan just from selling the broadcast rights.

At the same time, Yixin United Shanxi TV Drama Production Center is actively selling VCD copyrights.

Yixin also holds the commercial development copyrights for "Wulin Gaiden" games, animations, movies, comics, etc.

At this point, "Wulin Gaiden" can be said to have truly achieved tens of millions of dollars per drama.

Correspondingly, Jiangliu and Yixin Film and Television Investment and Production Company are also rising in the industry and are well-known by more film and television practitioners.

(End of this chapter)