Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 157 Is it big?

In the early morning, Chen Shiping ate breakfast and read today's newspaper.

The red lantern plays the golden lion!

Red lanterns hang high in Venice!

Chen Shiping once again competes in the three major European film festivals!

Several newspapers reported that the wives and concubines attended the Venice Film Festival in groups. Chen Shiping couldn't help but laugh when he saw the news.

Yesterday, a reporter from the Beijing Evening News came to interview and said that he wanted to take first place.

These are good, and others have taken advantage of them.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Who told them to be an evening newspaper? Their main focus is just one night.

Chen Shiping was eating steamed buns, looked at Tao Huimin and asked, "Have you got the air tickets and everything?"

"It's done." Tao Huimin said with a smile: "The little girl in the distribution department is nice. She has been helping me these past few days."

Chen Shiping hummed and said, "A top student from Peking University has been studying at Nortel for one year. He is very good."

"I'll also go and get some further education." Tao Huimin said while holding the bun: "I can help you in the future. Will Nortel launch a professional certificate class this year?"

"Yes, undergraduates are also recruiting this year. Do you want to go to the undergraduate class for further studies?" Chen Shiping asked with a smile.

Tao Huimin immediately shook his head and said, "Forget about the undergraduate course, it will take four years."

Nortel's School of Management was established just a few years ago. In order to adapt to the current reform of the film market, it has opened many new majors and also opened professional certificate classes, which can be obtained in one year.

This is all because the major film studios and China Film are too short of professionals in production and distribution, and can only create a certificate class to meet the demand.

Originally there was only one certificate class for production majors, but this year we added a certificate class for distribution majors.

The development of an industry will bring about changes in many aspects, which cannot be summed up by simply canceling unified purchasing and marketing.

Nortel is also planning to open an undergraduate class in projection management this year, all to adapt to the current market development.

Only when the supply of talent can keep up can the film industry thrive.

The mainland lacks everything but people. As long as it is willing to cultivate, talents will continue to emerge.

Talent training is one aspect, and all aspects of the reform of distribution channels and theaters are changing.

This year is the first year of reform, and the authorities have not yet relaxed control over the number of screening units.

Achievements must be made in the first year of reform. Even if the conditions of many screening units are very poor, they can cover most towns and villages across the country and provide a lot of box office.

The reform of theater chains can be carried out slowly, and the screening conditions can be gradually upgraded.

Now we must achieve distribution and box office results so that theater chains can have money to upgrade their equipment.

Originally, in 1993, many screening units across the country were cancelled, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of moviegoers across the country.

Although unified purchase and sales were abolished at that time, the film market had already slumped by more than two-thirds, resulting in a long-term cold winter in the film market.

Of course, there is another reason. The biggest problem is that the pace of film reform cannot keep up with the development of TV series.

Audiences find that movies are not as good as TV series, so who will enter the cinema?

Chen Shiping's plan in 1992 was to innovate mainland film genres, produce more types of films, let the audience enter the cinema, and maintain their movie-watching habits!

After breakfast, Chen Shiping went to work. There were still many things to do today.

After Tao Huimin packed her things at home, she went to Nortel to inquire about the reading class.

In the hotel in Beijing, Guan Zhilin was packing his things and preparing to return to Xiangjiang. He wanted to go back and deal with the money in the company's account.

Whether you are buying a property or entering the stock market, you have to go back and take a look.

Shi Nansheng sat on the chair and looked at her and said, "Are you really unwilling to help me?"

Guan Zhilin stopped what he was doing and said, "What are you helping me with? To betray Chen Shiping?"

Shi Nansheng immediately said: "It's not betrayal, but I hope you can persuade him. He is very prejudiced against us."

"Sorry, I can't help." Guan Zhilin pushed up his glasses, turned to look at Shi Nansheng and said, "You should know him. He is a goal-oriented and determined person."

Looking at Guan Zhilin, who looked particularly intellectual and mature when wearing glasses, Shi Nansheng couldn't help but said: "Don't you want to be with him for real? I can help you."

Guan Zhilin chuckled and said, "I don't want to, and you can't do it. I'm fine now."

Guan Zhilin really feels that things are good now. He invested in movies with Chen Shiping and made much more money than he did from filming. He has already made millions in less than a year.

The most important thing is that the money was earned cleanly. She likes her current life very much. As for being with Chen Shiping, she has also thought about it, but seeing Chen Shiping's attitude towards Tao Huimin, she knows that this is impossible.

Even if Tao Huimin is squeezed out, he has no chance. Chen Shiping's identity is destined not to marry a Hong Kong star.

Seeing Guan Zhilin like this, Shi Nansheng really couldn't understand her, so he had to stand up and leave to think of another way.

At this time, on a deserted grassland on the outskirts of the capital, the crew of Party A and Party B were preparing to film.

There are many tanks and armored vehicles parked on the grass, as well as many old jeeps.

Chen Shiping was standing on a tank chatting with the driver.

"Are you tired from your usual training?" Chen Shiping admired the soldiers of this era. They are the strongest army on the planet.

The driver chuckled and said, "Fortunately, I'm the driver and it's not that hard."

Looking at his lean figure, Chen Shiping couldn't believe that training wasn't hard. How could you be in this shape if you just sat down all the time?

Chen Shiping had no doubt that this pilot could kill him within a minute, and his fighting skills must have been maxed out.

On the other side of the set, Zhang Min looked at the parked tanks and wanted to go have a look, but he was a little scared.

Xu Ke looked at these things that ordinary people could not see with a complicated expression, and felt very complicated in his heart.

If you want to make a movie about a real tank, what if the people in Xiangjiang insist on making a fake one parked there as a backdrop, and then modify a jeep to look like it?

No one at Beijing Film Studio was surprised by this. They were all old people in the factory. They had never seen anything like this before, just a few tanks.

Chen Shiping stood on the tank at this time, looked at Xu Ke not far away, smiled softly, and made a firing gesture.

Don't worry, these real guys will go to Xiangjiang in a few years, and those who go will be stronger, the elite of the elite selected from millions of people!

Chen Shiping jumped off the tank, found the soldier responsible for coordinating the scene, and discussed with him whether he could take more shots and show them more later.

This is going to be shown in Xiangjiang, let the Xiangjiang audience see what strength is! Give them a sense of security.

Well, this big guy is safe at first glance!

If it weren't for the fact that the movie didn't need it, Chen Shiping would have wanted to bring a few planes over. In the temporary tent, Zhang Min looked at the big guys and bravely walked over and reached out to touch them.

Chen Shiping looked at her and asked with a smile: "How is it? Is it big?"

"Big!" Zhang Min said, looking up at Chen Shiping on the tank.

Chen Shiping banged the barrel several times and said, "It's so hard, what's the big deal if it goes down once?"

Zhang Min walked around the tank and couldn't help but said to Chen Shiping: "Can I get in?"

"Okay, I'll help you up." Chen Shiping reached out and held Zhang Min's waist to lift her up. Then he jumped up and said, "The feeling up there is completely different. It's very exciting."

Zhang Min snorted and grabbed Chen Shiping's arm for fear of falling, but in his heart he felt that something was not right about the conversation just now.

Xia Gang was already ready at this time and couldn't help but take the photographer to shoot a few more scenes of the tanks. Even if they are not used in the movie, they can still be used as material.

When he came to Chen Shiping's side, he smiled and asked, "Director, do you want to take a group photo?"

"Okay." Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhang Min and said, "Do you want to come together?"

Zhang Min nodded and carefully moved his body to sit next to Chen Shiping, a little afraid of falling.

Chen Shiping simply took her arm, smiled and said to the photographer below: "Please make me look more handsome in the photo."

"Don't worry, director, I guarantee that the photos will be brilliant and powerful!"

Zhang Min grabbed Chen Shiping's hand and felt the strong arm. He felt a lot calmer for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing. Why on earth was he so nervous? There were tanks and soldiers here, so he felt so safe!

I feel much safer than when I was in Xiangjiang. In the past, I always worried about various problems in Xiangjiang. The background of the film company was not clean, and the background of my boyfriend was not clean either. I was always worried that something would happen one day.

It's better to be at home and never have to worry about those problems.

Seeing Zhang Min with a bright smile, the photographer smiled, adjusted the lens, and clicked the shutter at them.

Xu Ke looked at Chen Shiping and Zhang Min taking pictures, and a bad idea came to his mind, but he was a little unsure, so he called Shi Nansheng.

After Chen Shiping finished taking photos, he went to the tent to rest and watch them filming without delaying the filming of the crew.

He didn't plan to come over originally, but thinking about the fact that he just scolded Xu Ke yesterday, he felt a little worried about the atmosphere of the crew, so he came over to supervise the work.

But looking at Xu Ke's appearance today, Chen Shiping felt a lot more relieved, and he shouldn't have to worry about it in the future.

If he still dares to act recklessly, he will be stuffed into the barrel of a gun and blasted directly to Xiangjiang.

After a while, the filming started, and a whole row of tanks started to move with a loud roar, and the sound was deafening.

"General, we haven't had ice cream in a week! Even Coca-Cola isn't original!"

The skinny Xu Ke looked very funny wearing a helmet that was not the right size, and his lines were full of joy.

Chen Shiping felt that he was quite talented as a comedian, and he was very pleased that he did not stop acting well because of his weakness.

This is what smart people are like, they know when to stand up and when to be obedient, and they will hold it in even if they are not convinced.

After watching for a while, Chen Shiping felt that nothing would happen to the crew, so he said goodbye to Zhang Min who was sitting next to him and left.

Looking at Chen Shiping's leaving figure, Zhang Min quite admired him, but he had a bad temper and liked to curse people too much.

But it’s not a shortcoming to like to curse. There are a few directors who don’t curse.

After Chen Shiping returned to the factory, he made arrangements to go to Venice and was about to get off work, but Shi Nansheng appeared at the door of the office.

"Director Chen, do you have time to chat?" Shi Nansheng said with a smile.

Chen Shiping hummed and said, "Come in and sit down."

After Shi Nansheng came in, he first apologized for Xu Ke, and then said: "It is common practice in Xiangjiang for producers to interfere in filming. It is a production center over there."

"This is the mainland." Chen Shiping looked at her and said, "And I am the producer. In my crew, the producer does not have any rights."

Shi Nansheng immediately smiled and said: "It's his first time working with you, so he doesn't know much about the model here, so don't be offended, it's just a misunderstanding."

"I also hope it's a misunderstanding." Chen Shiping looked at her and said seriously: "As long as you follow my rules, you will not make less money. Don't reach out for certain things."

"I understand, I understand." Shi Nansheng responded with a smile: "I wonder if you have time tonight. Let's have dinner together tonight?"

"I don't have time tonight. I'll treat you to it when the movie is finished." Chen Shiping pointed to the materials for participating in the Venice movie on the table and said, "I need to prepare things for Venice."

Shi Nansheng was a little disappointed, but still agreed with a smile.

After leaving the film studio, Shi Nansheng couldn't help but sigh. Chen Shiping had finally made things clear in the past two days.

If you want to make money, you have to listen to him. This is too overbearing. Even if you say you want to take the dominant position in the cooperation, it's okay, but what do you mean by only following your rules?

It's not hidden at all, it's a bit too disrespectful.

Shi Nansheng and Xu Ke both felt aggrieved, but they didn't want to think about whether the Hong Kong filmmakers respected the mainlanders when they came to the mainland.

Thinking about Li Lianjie not being able to eat the same box lunch as the set managers of the Heung Kong crew, you will know how arrogant these Heung Kong filmmakers were before!

After Party A and Party B's crew settled down, Chen Shiping was ready to go to Venice.

At the Beijing Airport, Chen Shiping boarded the plane with ten people. The people behind him were excited to think about Grandma Liu, who had never seen the world.

Xu Feng also came to Venice with Chen Shiping. She just came to join in the fun, but also wanted to supervise Chen Shiping. She wanted to drag Chen Shiping back to China to film Farewell My Concubine immediately after the Venice Film Festival.

After arranging seats under the leadership of the stewardess, Chen Shiping looked at Tao Huimin who was still very excited and said with a smile: "Why are you so happy? This is not the first time to fly."

"That's different. One is going to Shenzhen, and the other is going abroad." Tao Huimin curiously pulled Chen Shiping to ask how long it would take to fly, whether Europe was fun, whether Paris was beautiful, and whether Venice was built on the water.

Various questions kept coming, even though she had asked Chen Shiping once before.

There are many people who are equally excited. Chen Shiping feels quite helpless when he sees them being so excited. The times have limited their horizons. When the domestic economy really takes off in a dozen years, it will not be surprising to go abroad.

Behind Chen Shiping's seat, Zhu Lin, He Saifei and Jiang Shan were sitting together. The three of them stared at each other, with no interest in chatting.

The relationship between Jiang Shan and Zhu Lin was not bad, and they started chatting after an awkward moment.

Zhu Lin was very curious whether Jiang Shan was targeted by Tao Huimin later.

Jiang Shan's eyes dimmed and she said helplessly: "They are getting married, and I give up."

"Getting married?" Zhu Lin didn't expect that Chen Shiping was so dissolute that he couldn't think of getting married.

I feel a little disappointed. It’s all my fault that Jiang Shan infected me!

(End of this chapter)