Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 163 The next wave of the era is coming!

"Is the factory director coming back?"

At the entrance of Beijing Film Studio, Xia Gang, who had just returned from the set, looked at the banners in the courtyard and felt inexplicably relieved.

During the half month of Chen Shiping's absence, Xu Ke still couldn't help but criticize the crew. Fortunately, Xia Gang was determined and pushed back.

Now that he knew Chen Shiping was coming back today, Xia Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xu Ke who was returning to the factory with him.

It seems to be saying, the person who can cure you is back, let's see if you can still jump!

Xu Ke pretended not to see Xia Gang's provocative eyes, and his eyes fell on the banner, feeling very uncomfortable.

This guy Chen Shiping really won an award! Now his position in the mainland is more stable, and will even reach a higher level!

Fortunately, Xiangjiang Film's film market performance has been very good in recent times, otherwise he would really have to bow his head and admit defeat.

Half of the current top ten box office hits in Shanghai are co-productions with Hong Kong Film and Television, which is good news.

The box office of local movies in Hong Kong is also rising steadily, but everyone knows that the local movie market will not last a few years.

Just heat the oil in the pan.

The salaries of celebrities are getting higher and higher, and the cost of film production is getting higher and higher. Although the box office is high, the profits from making money are also declining.

The salary of a few actors can be 10 million or even 20 million. How much can a movie worth tens of millions earn at the box office?

Even in the most ideal situation, if the cumulative box office in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia exceeds 100 million, the profit will not be much.

Filmmakers in Hong Kong are thinking about how to save costs. Star remuneration will only get higher and higher, and labor wages are also rising. The only things that can be saved are other aspects of production costs.

The scenery is a little worse, the scenes are a little smaller, the shots are shot through as much as possible, etc.

But this will only make the quality of the movie worse and worse, a vicious circle!

Otherwise, why do so many film companies come to the mainland to co-produce? It is not to save money and make some money back in the mainland.

Nowadays, the mainland's movie market is getting bigger and bigger, and movie ticket prices are also rising. It's a good time to make money, but Chen Shiping just happens to appear!

This is absolutely disgusting! Why don’t we all make money together?

Why do you have to suppress us?

It is true that the mainland does not make commercial films. You make your art, and I make my business. One is seeking fame and the other is seeking profit!

Very angry!

Xu Ke thought so, but he also knew in his heart that Chen Shiping was using people from Xiangjiang to teach mainland directors how to make commercial films. After the mainland filmmakers learned how to make commercial films, Xiangjiang would be embarrassed.

If you can't make a living at home, and if you come to the mainland and you can't pretend to be an uncle, who can bear this!

If Chen Shiping knew what Xu Ke was thinking, he would definitely laugh to death. If he was just trying to steal or suppress Xiangjiang filmmakers, there was no need to support co-production.

Just let the higher-ups block the quotas for co-productions and imported films.

If you teach yourself how to make movies and make a few successful commercial films, other film studios will naturally take the initiative to learn from you if they cannot survive.

Just like now, Western Film Studio has followed Chen Shiping's lead in making martial arts movies, and they are also western-style martial arts movies.

What Chen Shiping wants to do is to industrialize the film industry. He wants to use three big productions like Farewell My Concubine to promote the development of the film industry!

At this time, the Beijing Film Studio was very busy. Everyone was waiting for Chen Shiping to come back from the airport.

On the way from Beijing Airport to Beijing Film Studio, in a minibus with a banner hanging on it, Chen Shiping was looking at Song Tao speechlessly.

"No, when did I say I was going to give a speech at Nortel?" Chen Shiping even doubted his life, and co-authored Song Tao to directly make the decision behind his back.

Song Zhuan said with a bitter face: "I can't help it. Nortel has just started school and has recruited so many management talents this year. If we don't get the first one, other factories will take them away. Now there are people making reservations." Got it!"

"The problem is, they are only freshmen! They have to be seniors if they want to go!"

"It's easy to fool people during your freshman year! By the time you're in your senior year, you'll be as smart as a monkey."

Chen Shiping was speechless, but what Song Zhu said made sense.

It's best to fool the freshmen. When they are still ignorant, give them a little shock directly, so that they have a goal in mind.

The key is that now you can choose your own career. Although the school also assigns students, students can also choose their own career if they don't want to be assigned.

It's better to get the moon first if you're close to the water, because there's really a shortage of people in the factory.

Chen Shiping does not object to giving a speech. Anyway, it is just a matter of a few steps and a few words.

The car soon arrived at the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio. The people waiting at the entrance immediately threw confetti flowers into the sky and came up happily.

The people running in front were all members of the Wives and Concubines crew. They couldn't go to Venice with them, but now they could share their honor.

As soon as the car door opened, a shining golden lion appeared in front of everyone.

Chen Shiping came out holding the golden lion, looked at everyone and shouted: "I got the golden lion back for you!"

"Director, show me!"

"It's so bright! Is it really gold?"

"How much does such gold cost?"

"Be good, gringos are willing to spend money!"

Looking at the noisy crowd, Chen Shiping smiled and handed the golden lion to the lighting engineer closest to him and said: "Look at each one one by one, don't lose it!"

When the lighting engineer received the Golden Lion trophy, his temperament changed instantly. He held up the trophy and shouted: "I also have a share of this trophy!"

"There's mine too! Show me!" He said and went to grab the trophy.

Song Zhu also came out of the car at this time, looked at them and shouted: "Be careful, I'll have to settle the account with you if I get injured!"

"Don't rob it! It's not made of gold, and you won't be able to sell it for money even if you take it home!" Chen Shiping shouted jokingly.

The crowd suddenly burst into laughter, and then they hugged Chen Shiping and the trophy into the courtyard.

After entering the yard, Chen Shiping was taken to the auditorium. There was quite a lot of noise in the factory this time, and a commendation meeting was held.

By the time I was done, it was already past five in the afternoon.

Tomorrow he has to give a speech at Nortel. Chen Shiping feels that his scalp is numb, so he won't let anyone rest!

After Xu Feng arrived in the capital, he went to find Zhang Guorong and the others. He wanted to get the crew's affairs settled before Chen Shiping finished his work, so that they could start filming directly.

Take a rest and get straight to work!

Before going to bed at night, Tao Huimin looked at Chen Shiping who had already gone to bed and asked, "Why don't you prepare a manuscript for your speech at Nortel tomorrow?"

"If you have anything to prepare, just open your mouth and come!" Chen Shiping said with a smile.

Tao Huimin: "." Okay, who told you to fool me?

"By the way, Zhu Lin and the others will leave soon. Do you want to treat them to a meal before leaving?"

Chen Shiping thought for a moment and said, "Okay, call all the crew and let's have a celebration party."

"Then I'll make the arrangements?"

"You arrange it."

Tao Huimin is willing to take the initiative to share the burden, and Chen Shiping is eager to do so. He just wants to be lazy now. Chen Shiping went to Nortel early the next morning. He hadn't given a speech yet, so he was still a little excited.

Maybe I can even become a visiting professor later on.

Professor Nortel clicked his tongue, interesting.

When Chen Shiping drove his car to the school gate, he saw someone waiting for him, and the first one was Tian Cangbang.

This guy finished filming the movie and came back to class?

Chen Shiping parked his car and walked towards them. The school leader from Nortel immediately came up to him with a smile.

"Welcome."

"You're welcome!" Chen Shiping replied with a smile, then looked at Tian Chongchang, an old acquaintance, and said, "Have you come back to class after filming the movie?"

Tian Cangbang hummed, as if he was still thinking about the fact that the factory didn't invest in him before.

Chen Shiping was innocent. It wasn't that he didn't agree. Everyone on the factory committee disagreed. What could he do?

After exchanging a few words at the school gate, the group of people walked towards the school.

This is Chen Shiping's second time coming to school. The last time he came here to flirt with Cheng Kaige, and by the way, he tricked his heroine away.

Now that I think about it, I feel a little regretful. Xu Qing, a little girl, made a joke later.

As soon as Chen Shiping and others entered the school gate, a group of students came over, all looking at Chen Shiping excitedly.

This made Chen Shiping quite depressed. He usually came here to have breakfast, and many students had seen him. What was there to be excited about?

It's like going to the zoo to see monkeys.

This was really Chen Shiping's mistake. Most of the people who came in front were freshmen this year, and they had never seen a big director.

No, it is not accurate to say that Chen Shiping is a director. He is also a producer, one of the promoters of film reform, and the deputy director of Beijing Film Studio.

No student from Nortel majoring in any major can escape such a person, and they may have to work under Chen Shiping in the future.

However, Nortel did not recruit people from the performance department this year. Instead, it made a significant breakthrough in the number of people admitted to the management department.

There is no shortage of actors in the Mainland, but there is a shortage of behind-the-scenes distribution talents. It will not have any impact to recruit one less acting class.

Among the major film studios, which one does not have dozens of actors? In recent years, the major film studios have recruited many actors from local theater troupes. The demand for professional actors is really not that great.

Those who come from film schools are not necessarily better than those who come from local theater troupes.

Under the admiring and curious eyes of many students, Chen Shiping and the school leaders walked all the way to the small auditorium.

At this time, the door of the small auditorium was still locked. If it had been opened to let those students in, they would probably not even be able to get off the ground at this time.

Among these students, a few just watched from a distance and gathered together to discuss whether they could find a way to sneak into the auditorium to listen to the lecture.

"Why don't our school invite Chen Shiping to give a speech?"

A handsome young man squatted by the flower bed, brushed his long hair, looked at the girls from Nortel and said subconsciously.

His classmate couldn't help but said: "Duck shed, are you here to see the girl or to see Director Chen? Find a way to enter the auditorium."

Li Yapeng chuckled and said, "Why do I want to see him? He can even ask me to act in a play. It's better to watch beautiful women. That one is good for you. It's much prettier than the one in our school."

The Nortel girl who heard vaguely not far away turned around and glared at him before walking towards the auditorium.

"From which school? He has no quality at all."

Yu Feihong said something unhappy and walked quickly to the auditorium. Although she found someone to reserve a seat for her, she was embarrassed to be late.

Li Yapeng looked at her leaving back and looked back. It wasn't that he thought she was pretty, but he could see that she had a good temperament and the clothes she wore were all uncommon big-name brands.

Chen Jianbing was convinced by his classmate and simply ignored him and walked toward the auditorium. He was still quite curious about a great director like Chen Shiping.

I am more curious about what he will talk about. Chen Jianbing is just a sophomore this year and is quite confused about his future development.

From now on, I’m confused as to whether I should act in dramas in the traditional Chinese way of acting, or in film and television dramas.

In the auditorium at this time, a freshman from the Literature Department was helping to put cups on the podium.

Looking at the nameplate in the middle of the rostrum, he curled his lips in disdain, "Isn't he just a great director? I'm not a great director anymore."

What's so great about the Venice Film Festival? I was also shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival. Although I didn't win the award, I was still shortlisted!

Teng Huatao placed the cup and left, showing no interest in this kind of speech.

Growing up in the industry, he had met too many great directors and was not interested in Chen Shiping at all.

However, Chen Shiping saw him getting off the rostrum when he entered and asked curiously.

The person next to him, Tian Bang, knew him and said, "Director Teng's son, Teng Huatao, has just been admitted to the literature department."

Hearing the familiar name, Chen Shiping paid a little attention. He didn't have a good impression of the father and son at all.

I hate the person who filmed Shanghai Cannon even more. He really single-handedly knocked down the door of Chinese science fiction.

This kind of second generation is the most annoying. They can do nothing but rely on me to pick up girls.

His father is not a good guy either. Neither father nor son is good.

Chen Shiping looked at Teng Huatao who waved his hands and walked out of the auditorium, and couldn't help but said: "This classmate has a lot of character."

The school leaders followed Chen Shiping's gaze and couldn't help but twitch their lips.

The students outside were all squeezing in, but he was the only one running out. A fish swimming upstream is really unique!

Not positive at all!

Tian Chuangchuang couldn't help but say at this time: "I heard that Director Teng is going to be transferred to the factory. One of the couple is in the children's film studio and the other is in Xiying. The education of the children is a bit lacking."

Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I think the teaching is very good, very like his father's style."

Tian Bangbang: "." There's nothing wrong with what he said. It's not a good thing.

But if Lao Teng is transferred to the factory, wouldn't he be in his own hands?

It’s good to be transferred here. You are not allowed to call yourself the factory director when you meet in the future!

This episode passed quickly. Chen Shiping sat on the rostrum and looked at the students below. He felt that the power of Chinese films in the future was still strong.

There will be room for them to show off their talents in the future film market!

Yu Feihong, who was in the first row of the audience, looked at Chen Shiping on the rostrum, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he was already thinking about what to ask when he asked questions later.

At the door of the auditorium, Chen Jianbing, who was still very thin, also squeezed in secretly. Looking at Chen Shiping on the stage, a trace of envy flashed in his heart.

When can I become such an industry master?

If I had known I was going to study directing, why would I study acting?

At this time, Guan Hu was guarding the back door of the auditorium. When he saw several senior students coming, he couldn't help but wave.

"Senior, come on, it hasn't started yet!"

Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Zhang Yuan, and Senior Lu quickly ran over, each holding a script in their hands.

Today their goal is to submit their script to Chen Shiping, a senior independent producer!

Senior, please save the children, the movie can’t be made without money!

The sixth generation is about to officially enter the stage of history! The tide of the times is about to set off new waves!

(End of this chapter)