Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 185 Director, we were wrong!
The heavy snow covered the mountains and the earth with a thick white veil, and a gust of wind blew up the gravel-like snowflakes that kept flying.

Chen Shiping sat in the car and rubbed his frozen hands, complaining and patting the ineffective car air conditioner a few times.

"Director, this scene is so beautiful." Zhao Fei was sitting in the passenger seat looking at the scenery outside through the car window, and he was already thinking about how to compose the picture.

Chen Shiping sneezed, rubbed his nose and said, "If you think it's okay, just give me the entire script."

Zhao Fei was stunned, turned to look at Chen Shiping and asked, "Director, you won't participate?"

"I'm just a decoration. The time has come to test your abilities this time. It's up to you how each department cooperates."

Chen Shiping made up his mind to be lazy this time. Film industrialization is a process of collectivization, standardization, streamlining, and specialization.

All links from production to distribution must form a set of standards.

This time let him see the cooperation between these departments.

The director-centered system is a small workshop. How the circle is formed is the result of this central system.

Chen Shiping leads a small team, Zhang Yimo leads a small team, Cheng Kaige leads a small team, and the same goes for other directors.

They are all small circles composed of a small group of people. These small circles then form a large circle through geography or related interests, and finally become circles in the entertainment industry.

The root of all this lies in the director-centered system. The Beijing circle is a circle formed around several directors and screenwriters, and other circles are similar.

Obviously the foundation of the film industry is so solid, but the film industrialization cannot be developed. Later, it was not even comparable to Japan and South Korea, let alone Asan Ge and Hollywood.

Chen Shiping is now going to tear apart these small teams in the factory. The first thing he does is to kill himself!

First, break up your own team, hide yourself from the team, and let them produce and cooperate independently. In the future, if you change projects and change directors, they can still do well.

In the heavy snow, Zhao Fei got out of the car with his camera and took many photos.

Chen Shiping was wrapped in a military coat and leaning against the car door, smoking a cigarette in the cold wind. The smoke he exhaled was blown away by the wind.

He was a little irritable now, otherwise he wouldn't have accompanied Zhao Fei out to scout the location. It wouldn't be warm to sit in the office.

This morning the production department got a lot of project ideas from the literature department. After reading them, he was so angry that he threw them into the trash can.

We are still following the old routine, but the market has changed, but these editors and editors have not changed at all!
Even if you want to plagiarize, it can be copied from Hong Kong films or Hollywood films. At least it should look like a commercial film.

After Chen Shiping smoked silently for a while, he threw the cigarette butt into the snow. The cold wind blew and he calmed down a lot.

His requirements for the literature department are a bit high, and he should set his own standards.

"Zhao Fei! Are you done? Come back when you're done!" Chen Shiping looked at Zhao Fei in the distance and shouted.

"Okay!" Zhao Fei ran back quickly.

Chen Shiping drove back to the factory, left Zhao Fei behind, and went to the literature department.

After I went there, I brought all the young editors from the literature department together to give them lessons.

Chen Da’s screenwriting course has officially started!

"The most important thing about genre films is to be bold and the subject matter should be novel. Look at Hollywood's Terminator, Home Alone, Alien, Die Hard, and The Godfather all creating a new model. We must learn from this!"

"Of course, gangster movies like The Godfather are not suitable in China, but we can also think about making anti-gang movies in reverse. Many cases in the crackdown can be made into movies."

"I'm not asking you to plagiarize, but to refine their core elements and analyze why their movies are successful."

"Let's not talk too far, let's just talk about Cheng Long's movies. His action movies are very interesting. Let's look at the police movies you wrote. The suspenseful cases are not solved well, and the action and fighting scenes are useless."

"Don't write the story as if it were reality. We should form a commercial film model that suits us and extract the elements and key points that the audience likes to watch."

"As editors and screenwriters, we need to go among the masses and see what the masses like to watch. Why do audiences like the kung fu movies I write and why comedies like Party A and Party B like to watch them? You have to think about the reasons!"

"Of course, the most important thing is to reassure the public. Hollywood's personal heroism and capitalism are too serious and are not suitable for us. Our stance is also very important! Only when the audience is reassured will they continue to watch the movie!"

Chen Shiping also listed the simplest and most applicable movie formulas for them. If they follow the formulas and apply them, they can write good scripts.

There must be a breaking point within a few minutes of the screening, how to arrange the character configuration of the film, how to set up the development conflicts of the plot, etc.

It's almost like teaching these people how to write a script from scratch.

The editors and screenwriters of the Literary Department really fit the name. Literary nature is far greater than entertainment.

It has been almost five years since the higher-ups proposed entertainment films in 1987, but no decent entertainment films have appeared yet. This is because these literati think highly of themselves.

What the literati likes does not mean that the audience likes it. It is not down-to-earth enough and not entertaining and commercial enough.

The TV series itself is not very high-definition, so it is possible to lower one's body and film people in Liba. However, film practitioners always think about the beauty of spring and snow, which pushes the audience away.

After talking for more than an hour, Chen Shiping took a sip of water with his mouth dry.

He looked at a dozen editors and screenwriters and said, "I'll give you one week, in groups of three, to write three action movie scripts, three comedy movies, and three drama movies. If you have good science fiction ideas, you can also submit them." come out."

"How long will it take?" an editor asked, raising his hand.

Chen Shiping thought for a while and said, "I will come up with ideas in a week and hand in the script after spring."

After saying that, Chen Shiping ignored them and went directly to chat with Jiang Huaiyan.

"Teacher Jiang, aren't you angry that I'm interfering in the affairs of the Literature Department?" Chen Shiping asked with a smile.

Jiang Huaiyan rolled his eyes at him and said, "I don't dare, you are the director of the factory."

"Deputy, deputy." Chen Shiping chuckled and said, "I am also from the Literature Department, right? Now the factory's reform is at a critical stage, so my mother-in-law must not support me."

"Okay, I can't get involved in your affairs." After Jiang Huaiyan took a sip of tea, he paused and said, "But what you just said is quite useful. I hope these young people can write good scripts."

Chen Shiping will not come to the Literature Department in the next few days. They have done everything they need to do, and the rest is up to them.

Chen Shiping left the literary department’s creative work behind, but he got angry again in the publishing department office.

"This is the result of your work?!"

Chen Shiping threw a report on the table, looked at them and shouted: "What is standardization and industrialization? Do you have to wait until the movie is finished to think about publicity? Different types of movies and different publicity plans all form standards for me!"

Chen Shiping really felt like he was going to be pissed to death, and he got angry in the distribution department for a while before leaving.

Industrialization is really too difficult. All departments are in a state of ignorance and need to be managed by him.

Now Song Zhen is busy preparing for the production of Love Letter, and Chen Shiping is managing all the big and small things in the factory, and he is already the de facto director of the factory. Many people in the director's room pay attention to Chen Shiping's movements every day, and the more they watch, the colder they feel.

Why does the whole factory look so lively and prosperous?
Even the theater troupe started training every day, talking about establishing a star system, selecting them later, and setting up a management and public relations team.

In addition to the theater troupe, the orchestra is also busy playing music all day long. Even though there are no movies in the factory that need post-production soundtracks, they are still busy.

The reason is that Chen Shiping asked them to reserve soundtracks and apply them to different scenes and emotions.

The directors in the director's room finally understood what it means to be on the bench.

Teng Wenji was bragging to everyone while holding a tea cup.

"Despite Chen Shiping's enthusiasm, it still won't work without a director. Let's see when he gives up."

"Those kings and so on, although their movie has started filming, I heard that the progress is not very fast, there are also problems with the team's running-in, and various departments are quarreling."

"Well, it's better to be at Xiying before. It's so free. We all know how we want to shoot. How could these things happen?"

Teng Wenji's words immediately aroused everyone's enthusiastic response. Since they had nothing to do anyway, they were very panicked, so it would be better to scold Chen Shiping and recall the past.

If you immerse yourself in the glory of the past, you won't feel so panicked.

It's just that many people didn't notice that several young directors had a trace of disdain on their faces.

Sit tight on the Diaoyutai, now the foundation is being demolished, let’s see how you still sit on it!
Mei Juan came to the director's room at this time and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The last time Mei Juan came here, she asked five directors to work on five projects at the same time. Now she comes here again. I wonder if someone has approached Chen Shiping privately.

The directors in the office were all looking at each other at this time, wanting to see who was the second-in-command!

Mei Juan smiled calmly, looked at them and said with a smile: "Everyone is here. The production department has launched two more projects. I wonder which director is interested?"

The office was extremely quiet, everyone pretended not to hear and were busy with their own business.

Teng Wenji smoked a cigarette and looked at Mei Juan. He couldn't help but snorted and said to himself: "Go and use it as a tool. Film is the art of the director, not the art of the producer!"

As soon as Teng Wenji's words came out, many directors couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere became very happy for a while.

It seems that this is the only way for them to experience the thrill of victory.

Mei Juan didn't care at all and even wanted to recommend them to watch The True Story of Ah Q.

Mei Juan, whose expression remained unchanged, turned to look at Xia Gang and Li Shaohong and said, "Can Director Li and Director Xia come out and have a chat?"

Xia Gang was not surprised. He stood up and said, "Okay."

Li Shaohong had a doubt in her heart. She had never asked Chen Shiping in private, but she still stood up and followed him out.

Xia Gang and Li Shaohong moved, and the few young directors in the office were completely unable to sit still.

"Producer Mei, wait a moment, I'm also very interested!"

"I'm also interested. I've been an assistant director on several movies and I have a lot of experience!"

The young directors all started to move, leaving only a group of old guys with ugly faces sitting there feeling their faces burning.

The stool under my buttocks was getting colder and colder, and I couldn't sit still.

"What's wrong with the heating this year? It's not warm at all!"

"That's right, go complain later!"

After being scolded by the remaining directors in the office for a while, he suddenly realized something.

From the beginning to the end, Chen Shiping broke up their so-called alliance and protest without even showing up. Now they are outsiders in the entire factory.

Everyone is busy making progress and reforming, but they are the only ones who are still complaining in the office.

How can you not feel cold if you sit in the office and drink a lot of tea?

In the conference room of the production department, Mei Juan looked at several young directors and couldn't help laughing.

Now that all departments are on the right track, if those old guys continue to resist, just sit on the bench until they retire!

"There are two projects this time, one is Forty Not Confused and the other is Da Saba. I don't know what the directors have in mind."

Mei Juan said as she pushed the project plan over and secretly gave Xia Gang a reassuring look.

Half an hour later, these directors returned to the director's room. As soon as they entered, they found that the happy atmosphere in the director's room was gone.

Instead, there were clouds of sadness, and everyone looked unhappy.

Director Li Wenhua was drinking tea calmly at this time, looked at Xia Gang and asked: "Xiaoxia, what kind of movie is this time? I can ask you. I guess it's a comedy, right?"

Xia Gang immediately smiled and said: "Yes, the comedy type discussion about the craze of going abroad is still very meaningful."

"Not bad, do a good job." Li Wenhua put down the tea cup, stood up and said, "I also have to go to the production department. Huang Feihong is going to make a movie about The Lion King to bring an end to this series."

After Li Wenhua finished speaking, he left, making the old guys in the office even more uncomfortable.

What to do now! Is it possible to go to Chen Shiping to admit his mistake?
Teng Wenji saw that everyone was a little shaken at this time, and immediately said: "Chen Shiping has found so many young directors, and in the end the film does not make any money, so he is not destroying his future!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt a little more at ease. Thinking about it, it seems that this is indeed the case.

Now the factory is responsible for its own profits and losses. If it continues to suffer losses, Chen Shiping will still have to take responsibility no matter how powerful he is!

"Everyone, you haven't made a few profitable movies, if it weren't for the subsidies from above. Haha."

Xia Gang really couldn't bear to see them like this. Are those rights so important?
He can feel the vitality that the production system brings to the factory. Now people from several departments gather together for meetings every day to study, and their subjective initiative has been maximized.

With this kind of atmosphere and cooperation, the factory will only get better and better!
Xia Gang's words were like a slap in the face.

Many directors couldn't help but stand up and slap the table, but they didn't know how to refute the words.

There is not a single director in the entire director room who has as high a box office performance as Party A and Party B have achieved so far!
80 million box office! Who the hell can compare to this!
Xia Gang sighed and said, "Go to the factory director to admit your mistake. He won't care about you. Why should you take the initiative to eliminate yourself? Times have changed, teachers."

Many people looked at each other and realized that Chen Shiping had now become a force and they could not stop it.

If you take the initiative to admit your mistakes, you may still be able to continue to be a director. If you listen to Teng Wenji again, he will have to sit on the bench in the office!
Director, we were wrong!

(End of this chapter)