China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 364 The slave deceived his master
Faced with Zhang Mo's request, He Fang also agreed. In fact, now the entire company and even several film-buying platforms hope that He Fang will close it. After all, it is the first TV series of such a large production, and it is shouted so loudly. .

If they don't check it, they won't worry.

Director Bian Zhang Mo is not at ease, which proves what everyone is counting on.

Many people envy the reputation of a great director like He Fang, who can command everything he does. In fact, they don't know that He Fang is always doing multiple-choice questions. If he doesn't do well, the popularity he has accumulated in the past will collapse.

Like some leaders, every decision is so important.

It's okay to make movies. After all, what he shoots is what he remembers. He knows the highlights and shortcomings of these movies. When he gets it, he can keep the highlights and correct the shortcomings.

But he has really never watched the TV series "Fights Beyond the Sphere", because in 2018, many men stopped watching TV series. Don't they think TV series are not for women?Although He Fang also does film commentary, what he does is film commentary and does not include TV series.

Therefore, he has no idea what the outcome of "Fights Breaking the Sphere" in another time and space will be.

But one thing is certain, this kind of costume drama in another time and space is already very particular in terms of costume art, but if you can handle the action and performance, you can handle it. Fights like that are probably very soft and not passionate.

During the performance, many people were chanting 1234567, and stuntmen were running all over the floor.

Therefore, he did not hear about how popular the TV series "Fights Break the Sphere" was in another time and space.

"Let's do it this way. Let's go through the audition first and choose the male and female protagonists first. There are only three requirements. The first one is that the male and female protagonists must be beautiful enough in ancient costumes. The men must be handsome enough, and the women must be beautiful and unique. Secondly, the male and female protagonists must be beautiful enough in ancient costumes. The first is that the acting skills must be good enough. Those without acting skills cannot do it, and the basic skills must be solid. The third one is that you must have certain dance or martial arts skills.

This is a passionate action TV series, and action is the main part and one of the biggest attractions.Therefore, you must have dance or martial arts skills.

Just these three points, you go to the audition, 20 days, I will give you 20 days to audition. I will return to China on September 9st and stay for three days to determine the male and female lead actors and important supporting roles.By the way, the male and female protagonists are from China. For other roles, I suggest that they can be selected from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and island countries.

Actors from these countries must firstly have good acting skills, secondly, have good image and temperament, and thirdly, it is better to have a certain local reputation. It doesn't matter if they don't, but they must at least meet the first two points.It doesn't matter whether you are Chinese or not. "

He Fang said to Zhang Mo that this was his idea.

"Okay, it will be much easier if you point us in the direction." Zhang Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The age of the actor should not be too different from the age of the character. Within five years, if the age difference is too big, it will cause drama. Also, it does not have to be a star, but it must fit the role. This TV series does not need a star. Support the scene and become a star once you perform."

"Okay, any other instructions?" Zhang Mo asked.

"You can figure out the rest. If you're not sure, ask more experts to help, such as clothing and etiquette. In particular, etiquette must form a set of standards and let the actors train for a period of time. Then the action design, this The action design of this drama is very important. It should be more practical, not the kind that floats around and says 'hum haha' in the air. That's not called an action scene, that's called child's play."

"Pfft." Zhang Mo couldn't help laughing.

"On this point, you should listen to the martial arts instructor Sammo Hung. He is very experienced and is very good at creating a passionate atmosphere. It is not a problem for actors to train for three to five months. Don't rush to start the filming. Preparations have to be done. It’s easy to be careful, we don’t set a time for the startup, when it will be ready and when it will be started.”

He Fang raised his hand.

"Ah? So relaxed?" Zhang Mo said in surprise.

"Is this still loose? It's great if the script can be finalized within three months. It takes several months to identify the actors, several months of training, and several months of special effects modeling. I said three to five months are short. Yes, in short, you have to pay close attention."

He Fang warned.

After He Fang and Zhang Mo finished chatting about the TV series, and after Zhang Mo left, He Fang discussed the company's affairs with Zhang Qian and the main persons in charge of the company one by one, and He Fang made corresponding arrangements.

Among them, He Fang specifically asked Sha Zhiquan, the manager of the investment department, to see if there were any potential semiconductor factories worth investing in.

Especially factories or R&D teams that make mobile phone chips can look for everything from chip development to production. If you have a good summary, you can tell them.

"Director He, it's not worthwhile for us to do this kind of thing. From the design software to the production machines to the production process and the researchers, they all belong to others. Even if we make it ourselves, what's the use of making a product that others have eliminated. It’s better to buy it.” Sha Zhiquan said.

He Fang didn't speak, and just looked at the manager of the investment department intently. Maybe he felt guilty because of being stared at by He Fang, and then he lowered his head and said.

"Director He, I will immediately find such a company or factory. Is it only in China?" Sha Zhiwen knew that he said something he shouldn't have said.

He is just an investment manager. To put it bluntly, he helps the company make reasonable use of profits to find projects in the stock market, financial products or corporate investments, and then analyzes and manages the projects.Whatever investors want to invest in, he can just find it. How can there be so much reason to refuse investors' investment?

Of course, he may have good intentions and want to remind investors that this is a meaningless investment. He is doing it for the purpose of saving investors money and does not have any bad intentions.

"It must be a domestic R&D team and factory. In addition, factories and research teams with certain research results and correct research directions, and experience in OEM production will be given priority. If there is really no suitable one, you can consider two or three The team and several factories were acquired and merged.

Of course, the most important thing is to have a team leader who has professional knowledge here, experience in R&D management, and ambition.The worst result is that you fail to find the right team or the right factory, but you must find the right ambitious entrepreneur. "He Fang said his thoughts.

Sha Zhiwen nodded and quickly wrote down something in his notebook.

"Okay, this will be a key task for the next year. I don't want to rush for success, but I can't procrastinate either."

"Okay, Director He, I've written it down and will strictly screen it."

"Well, go ahead and report to me anytime if you have anything."

"Okay, Director He."

After the last person in charge left the office, He Fang stood up and lit a cigarette, then stood in front of the window and looked at the Window of the World and Hunan Radio and Television opposite, silently thinking about something.

He has to start arranging some industries. He only has a few years to copy movies.Of course, even if there is no movie to copy, he is still confident to make an equally excellent movie. After all, after so many years of training, even a pig can learn it.

However, he cannot accurately make money in every movie. When he starts losing money, he will step down.

At this time, he needs to slowly focus on other things. There is no need to be so urgent about making movies. The rhythm of making one movie a year, or one movie every two or three years will start to get started.

In the afternoon, he drove back home after work and had a great time holding his two little kids.

But at this moment, he received a WeChat message.From Fan Bingbing, this is what it says.

"I'm in Changsha now. Can I come and sit at your house?"

"..." He Fang thought for a long time and finally replied, "I'm going out soon. Today is not the right time. I'll give it a chance next time."

"I want to see your two children."

He Fang looked at his phone, then at the busy old woman and two beautiful children.

"Let's watch it next time. The children are too young and are afraid of misidentifying their mothers."

"...Okay, when are you free to meet?"

"I told you, I am packing my things to go abroad. There is a movie waiting for me to shoot in the United States. I will contact you when I return to China."

"it is good."

……

On the afternoon of September 9, He Fang and Tong Weidong, who had returned from vacation, got on his private plane and flew to the distant shore of the Pacific Ocean.

At this time, it has been a full month since the release of "Operation Mekong", and the box office of Full Moon has also been released. The domestic box office is 392367 million, which is more than 7000 million short of 40 billion. However, it can be postponed and there are ways to make up the difference.

After all, there is a difference between reaching 40 billion and not reaching 40 billion. Try to reach 40 billion if you can.

As for the box office in other regions around the world, North America earned 4620 million US dollars in one month of release, and that's it.The rest of the world received US$14944 million, a difference of hundreds of thousands to US$1.5 million.

So far, the total global box office of "Operation Mekong" in one month since its release was US$8.28 million, of which mainland China contributed US$6.32 million.

In short, others won the prize for "Operation Mekong" rather harshly this time, because they just don't want the Chinese to make such a confidence-boosting film.

However, since the box office outside mainland China was so poor, He Fang also fought back.

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" was released in mainland China on August 8. More than half a month has passed and it has only received 14 million tickets. Whether it can raise 1.4 million yuan by the time it is released is a big question.Previously, their producers expected to get a box office of 2 billion yuan in mainland China, but now they can't even get one-fifth of it.

"War for the Planet of the Apes" only received 8 million yuan at the box office four days before its release date on August 29, which was far lower than the producer's expectations.

"The Expendables 3" was released on September 9st, and there was basically nothing to show for it, because the producer, Lionsgate Pictures, got the news that the film schedule was 1% less than they expected, and the number of key scenes was 10% less. In addition, September is the off-season for China's box office, and it can basically be said that "The Expendables 20" will not perform well.

The producers of these companies were a little dissatisfied and complained to China Publications, but the reply they received was: firstly, September is the off-season, and secondly, three Hollywood movies competed at the same time. For these two reasons, the box office was poor. is normal.

The two reasons given made the Hollywood producers furious, but there was nothing they could do about it.

So as soon as He Fang arrived in Los Angeles, the Hollywood giants arranged for reporters to surround him.

"He, I heard that you blamed Hollywood movies because your movie "Operation Mekong" failed at the global box office. In China, you used your influence to make three Hollywood blockbusters fail. Is this the case? thing?"

Western reporters are generally more straightforward, so they ask questions very directly.

"There's no such thing." He Fang replied instantly without even thinking about it.

"How to prove it? I heard that you are equivalent to the godfather in the Chinese film and television industry. You gave them orders, which led to the failure of three Hollywood movies." The reporter asked.

"If I were the godfather of Chinese movies and could instruct the film industry to help me fight against my opponents, do you think I would still let these three movies earn hundreds of millions at the box office? The godfather never shows mercy to his enemies.

Obviously, I am not the godfather you call me, and I have not done anything you think is repressive.The movie market is just like the stock market. No one knows whether a movie will make money or lose money. You can't accuse it of being shady just because the box office didn't meet expectations, right?
My "Operation Mekong" did not do well at the box office in other parts of the world, and I accept that. "He Fang was holding a cigarette and looked like a gangster boss.

This is what he wants to do, just like everyone knows that I did it, but you don't do anything to me, and I refuse to admit it.

"Then after you suppressed these three movies, will you suppress subsequent Hollywood movies?" The reporter thought he was asking a very smart question, but in fact it was not smart at all.

"I want to correct you. I have not suppressed any movies. I have no ability and will not suppress others. So, don't raise such non-existent issues, okay?" After He Fang finished speaking, he pushed away the reporters. Then he got in the car and drove away.

Immediately afterwards, the news that He Fang came to the United States and was interviewed appeared on major online media. The heads of various major film companies saw He Fang's interview at the airport.

They all had their own thoughts and were dubious about He Fang's words.

They somewhat agree with what He Fang said, "He alone cannot control the Chinese film industry to behave like this." They don't think He Fang has this ability.

But their comprador in China told them that this was done by He Fang, and swore to them that it was not done by He Fang. His eighteen generations of descendants will forever be the slaves of the Chinese people.

This oath was indeed very poisonous, so they had to believe it.

This makes people very confused. Is this what happened?Will they continue to suppress them in the future?This is a problem.

Therefore, when He Fang met with Universal CEO Sidney Sheinberg and Sheinberg asked He Fang this question, He Fang laughed a little.

"Oh, He, why are you laughing? Is this funny?" Sheinberg asked in confusion.

"Mr. Sidney, I think you have been tricked by these people."

"Are you kidding? Why?"

"These people said that if they deceive you, their eighteen generations of descendants will be your slaves forever. This is not a curse, this is their wish. They wish you could accept their eighteen generations of descendants as your slaves right now. They think it's noble to be your slaves. Why are they lying to you? I didn't expect that your slaves would lie to you. I'm really laughing to death."

"..."

(End of this chapter)