the longest dream

Chapter 343 Eastern Martial Arts VS Western Science Fiction
"These jobs must be done by young people, and the older ones are slow to learn. But Hong Kong Island's education, which has been respected for the Queen of England for nearly a hundred years, and the contempt and demonization of the mainland, I don't expect Hong Kong Young people in the island have too much loyalty to a company with a mainland background."

Zhang Qing said bluntly.

Bai Kezhi was a little embarrassed, and Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Young man, no. Hong Kong Island is a capitalist society, and there is no belief. If there is belief, it is to make money."

Zhang Qing smiled and said, "Let's wait and see."

Zhao Lin thought for a while and said: "The company needs to establish a legal department as soon as possible, including three parts in the mainland, Hong Kong Island and the United States. It needs to draft detailed contracts and set high liquidated damages. With this, they can be as young as they want. Sorry!"

Zhang Qingdao: "The legal team here in the United States is entrusted to Uncle Liu's team, which is a law firm anyway. We have become big clients and we are twisted together, and the weight is also heavier."

Zhao Lin nodded and said: "Yes, I will discuss this. Besides, Kuo Hai has given me Chris Hughes' business card and said that he has already said hello and we can contact at any time. I understand , this director is a B-level director in Hollywood, but he has never been tested in a blockbuster film, so his salary is also kept at around $[-] million."

Zhang Qing said: "I don't know much about the salary market in Hollywood, does Sister know?"

Zhao Lin smiled and said: "If I don't even know this, how can I have the nerve to accept such a high salary for teenagers? In terms of actors, I won't say much about movie superstars. The standard type of super A-level superstar is a salary of [-] million U.S. dollars The A-level is [-] million to [-] million. The B-level is reduced to less than [-] million. In fact, the A-level is around [-] million most of the time, but the salary of more than [-] million is maintained in publicity. Down, it is basically a C-level actor between [-] and [-] million. But even if the C-level is counted, the number of people in Hollywood with a salary of more than [-] is only a small part.

According to data from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) for the past ten years, the average annual salary of an actor is about $5.2, and most people actually get less than $1000.Because if you go to any bar, coffee shop, or take a taxi, the waiters and drivers you meet may have been actors.Hollywood is too famous and too glamorous, attracting beauties from all over the world to chase their dreams.But how can so many dreams come true?Just simply contributed countless cheap actors to Hollywood. "

Bai Kezhi nodded and said: "The entertainment industry is similar. There are people robbing the group performers who play dead bodies on Hong Kong Island. For a character with lines to show their faces, so many young and beautiful girls can go from group performers to field managers to assistant directors." , and even lighting can get a share. That’s why rich people say that the entertainment industry is not a vanity fair, but a brothel.”

Zhang Qing said: "Let's do our best, and when we become a big trend, maybe we can change something. Sister continued to say, actors are like this, what about directors?" He has no interest in the corruption of the entertainment industry.

Zhao Lin said: "The director's salary is actually about the same as that of the actor's. The top directors are basically paid around [-] million yuan for a movie, and the most popular ones are dividends. [-]% of the dividends is very scary. , but very few. If it comes down to [-] million to [-] million dollars, not much. If it comes down to Chris Hughes, it’s between [-] million to [-] million dollars. Most new directors are The starting point is [-], make a movie, and earn the chance to direct the next time, but most of them don’t have such opportunities.”

Zhang Qing nodded, and asked again: "Where is the director of the TV series?"

Although Zhao Lin was a little surprised, she still smiled and said, "TV directors and movie directors are completely different things. The basic salary stipulated by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) is: US$25145 for an hour and a half episode, and US$42701 for an hour and an episode."

Zhang Qing continued to ask: "Where is the producer? Sister is going to be the producer of the new play."

Zhao Lin said with a smile: "Top producers can get two million dollars, but there are only a handful of them. The new producer is two hundred thousand dollars. In Hollywood, I am new to the industry, two hundred thousand dollars is enough carry on."

Zhang Qing shook his head and said, "As the vice chairman of Du Juan Culture Media Film Group, we get [-] yuan for producing a film. How is that possible?"

Zhao Lin hurriedly laughed and said: "You don't need to say more about teenagers. Mr. Zhao has already said something. The teenager is too kind to her own people. She asked me to help her look at it. Teenagers, Hollywood production Compared with Hong Kong Island, the film process is already very transparent. In detail, the remuneration of animal actors is locked, with a daily salary of 400 US dollars. If there is a need for sexual actors in the film, there is a clear price. In addition, such as photography, scene notes, etc. , It’s all easy to do. It’s not as troublesome as it is on Hong Kong Island to set up a film crew, and you have to worry about preventing them from making money by tricking them.

Other producers can get high salaries because their names can drive the reputation of the film.I'm a rookie in Hollywood and worth the price. "

Zhang Qing smiled helplessly at Bai Kezhi and said, "I am the boss, and words don't work. But it's okay, professional people do professional things. With two sisters Zhao standing up to me, I can do what I have to do with peace of mind." thing."

Zhao Lin smiled and said: "With such a boss, it would be difficult for our company not to prosper. Young man, I will definitely not doubt what you wrote. But the problem now is whether Hollywood and American audiences will recognize it. Chris Hughes Do you recognize it? Even if he does, how will it be announced after the filming is over? Even Hong Kong Island has hundreds of movies that cannot be released in theaters every year, let alone the United States. Thousands of movies every year can’t be admitted to theaters line. If you forcefully throw money at it, I’m afraid it will be swallowed up by the Sixth Congress. Those people are the ones who drink up human blood without blinking an eye.”

At the end, he frowned worryingly.

Zhang Qing said: "I've already prepared for this matter. Don't worry, sister, let's gather up the crew and shoot the movie first. I will hand over the script to you tomorrow. It is a more interesting family carnival. It has no deep connotation. It is just a popcorn movie, so I shot it." It got up very quickly... Chris Hughes' level, there is no problem in filming these two scenes well.

Sister, since the funds have been transferred to the account, don't delay, contact Chris Hughes as soon as possible, and start preparing for the crew.It is best to set up the crew within half a month, and the shooting time is one and a half months.In October and November, post-editing will be done in two months, and the announcement will start in December.

The company has [-] million US dollars in its account, [-] million US dollars in production costs, and another [-] million US dollars in publicity expenses.

Generally speaking, the distribution costs of the six major film companies are paid in advance by the distribution companies. Why can't so many movies in the United States be shown in theaters?It's because they can't afford the publicity fee.We have solved the most difficult level, and we don’t have to worry about whether we can go to theaters. They are eager to eat our publicity and distribution fees, so that they can make money without losing money.

As for the effect of publicity... besides the regular publicity, I have other preparations. "

Zhao Lin and Bai Kezhi looked at each other, and after pondering for a while, Zhao Lin smiled and said, "I'm definitely not at ease when others say that, but since the young man said that, I'm at ease. Extraordinary people do extraordinary things."

Zhang Qing smiled and asked, "Are there any problems? In fact, I can't solve anything. It's all up to you to support yourself. What I can do is to write a notebook, and to pay for it."

Zhao Lin smiled and said, "These are the two most important things, the others are trivial."

Bai Kezhi has a question: "Young man, the American company has a total of [-] million US dollars in its account. Excluding the production fee and publicity fee, by the way, there is also the money to buy a house, so there is nothing left. The special effects company ..."

Zhang Qingdao: "The announcement is still early, and there will be a large amount of funds coming in later. In short, the white director does not need to worry about the lack of funds at all."

Bai Kezhi couldn't help laughing and said, "Youth, in fact, the biggest difficulty in these things, or the biggest worry of people in the world, is nothing more than the lack of money and paper. With your guarantee, it will be much easier for us to do things."

Zhang Qing shook his head and said: "You still need to work hard to succeed. Look at a few years ago, Japan almost didn't buy the whole of the United States, and the six big Hollywood asked them to buy one. Tens of billions of dollars were poured into Hollywood, and the Americans panicked. So what's the result? A lot of chicken feathers! So we must not be careless and start small. Of course, the production cost of [-] million yuan and the publicity fee of [-] million yuan are not small costs, so we must be serious.

One more thing to be clear, for a long time, we don't think about sci-fi blockbusters.Although sci-fi blockbusters, to a certain extent, can reflect the level of the film industry.

But high level requires high cost.What happened to Qiao's in the first place was that it followed the example of "Star Wars" and made a "Star Warship". It invested a lot of money and made it nondescript, which led to a dead end. "

Bai Kezhi said: "Then where should our special effects company be used..."

Zhang Qingdao: "It is used in martial arts, fairy tales, and myths and legends. Start with martial arts, cultivate the soil, use fairy tales to develop, and finally integrate myths and legends. I personally think that in the East, martial arts and fairy tales are more important than science fiction. It has more audiences. The reason why Hollywood blockbusters are rampant is not that our film culture is not good, but that the filming is too rough. If special effects like Industrial Light and Magic are used to refine martial arts and fairy tales... Between swords, swords, and fairy spirits, It can show the beautiful scenery of the land of China.”

Bai Kezhi's eyes had already started to light up, and he said faintly excitedly: "That will definitely capture the real Jianghu artistic conception, sword fairy chivalry!! The young man is right, in fact, look at Michael Caine's "Star Wars" , holding a laser sword and waving it around, hitting anything... If you compare the martial arts in our martial arts movies, such as "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon", "Yiyang Finger" and various swordsmanship, If the shooting of marksmanship and swordsmanship is more vivid, it will definitely be more popular among Asians!"

Seeing Bai Kezhi's unconcealable excitement, even waving his hands, Zhang Qing smiled at Zhao Lin: "They say that I am a lucky person, I don't deny it. To meet a sister who is proficient in all aspects of the film A top player, and a movie wizard like Director Bai, how can I deny that I am lucky?"

Zhao Lin shook her head repeatedly and said, "Young man, we are the luckiest person to meet you. Young people's talents are second to none. The key is this calmness, which is really amazing. Let alone other young people, I have a young man You will never think about doing these things again. People will spend their whole life, if they don’t enjoy it in time, they will regret it when they get old and can’t play anymore. But teenagers are different. Here, you don’t care about luxury houses or luxury cars. In my heart, only doing things is important.”

Zhang Qing laughed and said: "Sister, from now on, we can't flatter each other like this. I'm not indifferent to fame and wealth, but I think that as long as you do good deeds, wealth will come!"

Zhao Lin said with a smile: "It's not flattery, it's just that most people in this world don't know why they are busy in their lives. So they are often affected by other people's evaluations and the fatigue in life, and they are frustrated because of this. But the goal is clear Those who are strong, but will not be burdened by the eyes and evaluations of the people around them. This type of person focuses on the goal, has no distractions, and moves forward with one heart. Most of the people who can accomplish great things in history are such people.”

Zhang Qing smiled when he heard the words, and when he wanted to say something, he heard Liu Shanshan's cheerful laughter coming from the door: "Zhang Qing, the agent is here, let's go to see the mansion!!"

Zhang Qing got up and invited: "Let's go together, and recognize the door."

"it is good."

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(End of this chapter)