I became famous in the entertainment industry by burning incense

Chapter 265 Missed the bidding, late night slot at the cinema?

Jinli saw this message while resting at night.

I didn’t hear it from Sister Fang. Director Deng Zexu posted it directly in the WeChat group, expressing his concerns about the film’s release date.

Deng Zexu: [How about we use our brains to discuss how to set a release date as soon as possible?]
In theory, this is something that investors and publishers should do.

However, Deng Zexu and Ren Changtao accounted for the majority of the investment in this film, and Chenxi Entertainment joined in as a small shareholder. No one had any channels for distribution.

This is why many films choose to attract a certain film and television company to invest in them before filming, just so that they can be released online as soon as possible after passing the review.

As a community of interests, film and television companies will actively promote this matter. This is an unspoken rule.

The veteran actors are quite calm about the fact that "the movie may not be released". They do not participate in the discussion and do not worry about it.

Only the young actors were talking at once and expressing their opinions.

Jinli didn't say anything, but just looked at the suggestions put forward, such as "stop the car on the way and give it a five-minute chance", "pretend to meet the copyright holder of the film and television while eating", "persistently go to the door to sell"... all came out.

Emmm, there are means, but they are a bit low-level.

Deng Zexu may have also felt that the young actor's advice was unreliable, so he quietly chatted with Jinli and asked her if she was busy.

Jinli simply gave him a voice call.

Deng Zexu asked her: "Do you have any good ideas?"

Jinli: "No, I'm not very familiar with the major film and television copyright buyers and distributors. You might as well ask my agent and see if Chenxi Entertainment can give me some advice."

Deng Zexu scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "I haven't told your agent yet. It's embarrassing that it passed the review but no one bought it. If possible, I want to solve it myself first."

Jinli reminded him tactfully: "Just think of it as the early stages of starting a business, and you need help with your career."

Everyone fantasizes that they can handle everything, but reality is not a playground where you can solve everything just by thinking about it.

Jinli didn't know what she was thinking of, and asked again: "What did Ren Changtao say? When you brought him into the partnership, you should have thought about the distribution resources, right?"

Deng Zexu said honestly: "I thought about it, but I didn't hold out much hope. It seems his father doesn't want him to be in this circle."

Jinli said "hmm", "If it doesn't work, let him have a good talk with his father."

In Jinli's eyes, if you have resources, you should use them. How much is face worth?

The father and son just have different opinions, they are not enemies.

Of course, she is relatively calm and rational. If this happened to her, she might not be able to remain calm.

After hanging up the call, Jinli started the live broadcast and took two biology papers.

Recently, she studies a different subject every day, and studies science subjects in turn. All her subjects have reached the level of a second year of high school.

Judging from her learning progress, she is not inferior to the students in school.

However, I have been doing the tests that come with the teaching aids, and I still have some doubts about my true level.

Jinli thought, I have to find a way to get some school papers to do.

After finishing the test and turning off the live broadcast, an ordinary night was about to pass. Before going to bed, Sui Lingfang suddenly called.

Sui Lingfang complained: "This is the first time a director has come to me for help. It's so troublesome to shoot an independent film for an independent director who is not signed to a company. I have to do everything by myself, which wastes a lot of time and energy."

"Independent director?" Jinli asked curiously.

Sui Lingfang: "It's because of his so-called second-generation rich identity. Deng Zexu is the son of a famous director. He relied on his experience following his father around and did not sign with any film and television company. He raised investment on his own to shoot his first film."

Jinli lifted the quilt and lay on the bed obediently.

“Is it troublesome to be an independent director?”

Sui Lingfang: "It's not a problem for established directors, as they can control the crew and choose investors and distributors as they please. But it's a dead end for new directors, as they can't get any help."

Jinli chuckled: "You also said that after becoming a famous director, your father won't help you?"

Sui Lingfang: "His father wanted him to gain experience and didn't want him to make his relationship public. Deng Zexu also thought the same way and wanted to prove everything on his own!"

Jinli could imagine that Sui Lingfang rolled her eyes on the other side of the phone.

It is indeed troublesome.

It is not easy to start from scratch in the film and television industry.

There is a hurdle of investment, a hurdle of review, a hurdle of release, and a hurdle of release schedule.

I can't say it's comparable to the 81 difficulties in the journey to the West, but there's no problem in having 49 difficulties.

Young directors always seem to have high aspirations and believe that talent is more important than anything else.

Sui Lingfang sighed and said, "In the beginning, Chenxi Entertainment was willing to invest because of Ren Changtao and Deng Zexu's background. I thought their families would be able to help them, but I didn't expect them to be so proud that they refused to ask for help from their families. If I had known -"

She paused and said, "Forget it, there's no point in talking about this now. I'll ask Mr. Xiao to see if it can be resolved."

Jinli comforted her: "As long as it can be released, it doesn't matter if it's not in the summer."

"I know that."

Before falling asleep, Jinli had been searching for information on film and television distribution, and the process of major cinemas investing in and introducing films.

The more she searched, the more her heart sank.

Cinemas actually have an open bidding process for the films they screen.

The bidding is for movies that have no other channels to be released online. Cinemas will send people to watch and inspect them, and select the best films to be released in their own cinemas.

If the films in the tender are not good enough, the cinema will not buy any.

Unfortunately, major cinemas did not hold any bidding for summer films this year.

It is conceivable how popular this year's summer season is, and it has already been booked by all the major films.

The timing of the review of "And Then There Were None" was too awkward. It was only approved in June, and the summer film schedule had almost been finalized.

If it is approved three months in advance, perhaps Director Deng can still maneuver it and borrow some connections.

It passed the review in June and was expected to be released online in July. Jinli thought that even his father, a famous director, might have some difficulties.

This is not simply a scheduling issue.

Behind every summer movie are tens of billions of dollars in funding and billions of views.

In the next few days, Jinli took promotional photos of popular jewelry items at Tiangong headquarters during the day, and used her free time to collect information about the cinema and study.

She had no experience, so she asked other members of the Pink Girls and Qiu Qiwen, who was quite good in the circle.

Thinking of Xu Wenwen asking her for help before, Jinli also told her about the difficulties she had encountered recently to see if she had any good suggestions.

The members of Pink Girls were unable to offer any opinions, as they were at best involved in the television industry, and not much in the film and television industry.

Qiu Qiwen hasn’t made many movies, so I don’t know. Question: [Why don’t I ask my uncle? ]

Jinli: [No need, there is no news about his film "Dream Builder", so let's not bother him] Qiu Qiwen: [If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that he had this film-_-||Forget it, I'll ask someone to help you find out, maybe I can get it from the schedule of the small theater]

Jinli: [Thank you! ]

Xu Wenwen didn't reply until a day later, but she did offer a fairly feasible suggestion.

Xu Wenwen: [Do you want to try the late night slot? ]

Jinli: [Late night slot?]

Xu Wenwen: [Well, the late-night slots in major cinemas are more flexible, and the broadcast time period is from midnight to nine o'clock]

Jinli's eyes flickered slightly, and she understood a little.

Jinli: [I thought late night slots were all occupied by popular movies]

Xu Wenwen: [In the first half month, netizens couldn’t get tickets, so the late-night slots were reserved for popular films. After that wave of popularity passed, tickets became easy to get, and the film ratings were also released, so there was enough supply during the day.

In order to prevent audiences from getting tired of the movies or having some special emotional demands, major cinemas will arrange other movies in the late night slots.

Jinli: [Some special emotional requirements? ]

Xu Wenwen: [Couple]

Afraid that Jinli still didn't understand, Xu Wenwen posted another paragraph: [The late night slot is suitable for couples to fall in love, and the couple booths will be very popular. "And Then There Were None" may be suitable.]

Jinli: ...

She still felt it was a bit inappropriate.

This movie is neither a romance nor a horror movie. Although it has some horror elements, the focus is on suspense.

It’s just that in many people’s minds, suspense is equated with horror.

But this suggestion is still very good, Jinli wrote it down.

After waiting for the filming in Tiangong to be finished, Jinli flew back to Nancheng that day and went to Chenxi for a meeting first.

It's only been half a month since I last visited the company, but it seems that some changes have taken place. There are more people coming and going, and the interior decoration has also changed a bit.

Coincidentally, when she came back it was the company's cultural day.

After confirming it with my eyes, at least the props for playing games are more refined than before.

Jinli couldn't help but sigh: "Now that I have money, even the props can be made more realistic!"

Pushing open the office door, Sui Lingfang saw her and said with a smile:

“I just confirmed with Tiangong. The official spokesperson was very popular before, and Melo Pearl also caught up with the popularity. The sales of the natural pearls launched are also much higher than before.

They are very anxious and want to process your ad as soon as possible and put it online as soon as possible. Maybe in just a few days, your ad will be available. "

Jinli couldn't help but smile, her eyes were as moist as if they were soaked in water.

"It's quite rushed. I'm looking forward to it. After all, she wore the Ruby Miracle Necklace in that commercial."

Sui Lingfang said playfully: "You don't know, on the day when Tiangong officially announced that you would become the spokesperson, Donghai also announced that it would develop a natural pearl series. The two companies are competing with each other!
Fortunately, Tiangong acted quickly and announced it first, otherwise netizens would definitely accuse it of copying Donghai’s advertising and marketing.”

Jinli was happy: "But I remember that Tiangong has produced several natural pearl series. This is the first one in Donghai, right?"

Sui Lingfang waved her hand. "Netizens don't care about these things. They just want to see the two companies compete with each other, and it would be best if they could end up competing with each other to bring the price down."

Jewelry is inherently a luxury item because of its natural properties.

It is still very difficult to lower the prices, at least more difficult than selling clothes, bags and shoes.

What's more, the latter will use all kinds of precious diamond jewelry and furs of rare animals to make them in order to maintain the value.

In the end, no one could tell whether it was jewelry or something useful, so they basically just put it on the cabinet for display.

Sui Lingfang: "Then, regarding And Then There Were None, Director Deng couldn't stand the pressure and contacted his father to see if he could use his father's connections to arrange a schedule."

She paused and sighed, "What a pity! Even a famous director's reputation is not very useful in the summer season!"

The summer season is one of the few golden periods of the year with dense crowds of people, and can unleash greater power than the winter vacation season.

Famous directors are very powerful, but they have to admit defeat when it comes to interests.

If scheduling was so easy to arrange, there wouldn't have been cases in the past where the directors of unpopular films would kneel down in public on social media platforms and beg the cinema to give them a chance in order to get schedule publicity.

Jinli said hesitantly: "I have thought of some ways, but I don't know if they will work."

Sui Lingfang waved her hand and said, "Forget it, the crew will have a meeting tomorrow to discuss it. We'll talk about it then. There's no point in getting anxious.

As for the film "Dream Builders", there are too many uncertainties. It has not yet been approved, and we are ready at any time."

"What preparations?" Jinli asked.

Sui Lingfang: "It will either be shelved for two years, or it will be released immediately after it passes the review. You have few announcements now, so I will see how to arrange it for you when the time comes. We have to reserve some time for Dream Builders."

Jinli: "Okay."

In the afternoon, Jinli started the live broadcast of learning.

This time she finally had more time!
[I have a bad feeling about opening the live broadcast at this point...]
[Is the King of Volumes going to make a comeback?]
[Jinli is really an inspirational representative. From her, I can see what kind of energy a person will burst out when he is determined to do something! ]
[Thoughts on rural education issues in the process of urbanization...]
[Research on the economic vitality of Kuanzhai Alley…]
[Study on the treatment of lead pollution in water bodies by immobilizing Shewanella putrefaciens using nanomaterials…]
Suddenly, a large number of words that were understandable but when put together were incomprehensible appeared, filling the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room.

Mixed in with this storm were some questions on politics, literature, history, and science. The netizens who were joking around in the live broadcast room were trembling with fear and dared not speak.

After the storm of questions passed, the netizens who were chatting casually made a weak sound in the live broadcast room.

[It’s June, and summer vacation is coming soon. Are those research giants also active? ]
[I actually saw my advisor’s research topic in the comments…]
[Another way of saying the fewer words, the bigger the matter?]
[Uh uh uh, thanks for the invitation, I’m currently researching the transformation between online study rooms and real-life learning! ]
[Thanks for the invitation, we are currently conducting research on the impact of mobile games on human activities! ]
[Thanks for the invitation, we are currently conducting a study on the changes in the quality of life of singles and non-singles! ]
The topic gradually went off topic, and only Jinli's figure studying remained the same as before.
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It would be fine if Jinli didn't start broadcasting, but once it started, she would study for an entire afternoon.

Judging from the situation, I will continue studying at night.

Seeing that she had more free time, Gu Cheng called her on video after dinner.

Originally Jinli thought he wanted to study with her, but Gu Cheng turned the camera around and put it on many computers.

Jinli saw the screen on the computer and said in surprise: "Assassination? You are in the editing room? You are with Director Yan?"

The camera flipped, and Gu Cheng's clear and bright features appeared in front of her, with a smile in his eyes.

"Yes, I rarely have time at night, so I took some time to come to the editing room."

Yan Jianqiao greeted Jinli and said weakly, "Hello, Jinli!"

Jinli noticed that Yan Jianqiao's face was very pale, with dark circles under his eyes, and couldn't help but ask: "Director, why do you look more tired than when filming?"

Gu Cheng explained: "You stay in the editing room every day, how can you not be tired? I came to visit him and bring him some food. If anything happens, it will be good for someone to call 120."

Jinli chuckled.

The two started chatting, and Gu Cheng went to the lounge next door.

Yan Jianqiao rolled his eyes at him for putting women before friends.