You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 627 ① Top Ten of the Year ② The Wandering Earth is Coming ③ Roast Conference ④ LeTV’s Tragedy
After five years, Wu Jing has completed the filming of "Wolf Warrior 2" and is currently working on the post-production process in preparation for its release during the summer vacation.

He was caught by Guo Fan just after he came out of the editing room, and Guo Fan showed him the latest top ten film history.

"Did you see anything?"

Wu Jing: "Last year's new films were so strong that 'Leng Feng' was ranked first, but now it is ranked fourth!"

Guo Fan shook his head: "I mean, none of the Chinese films here are science fiction films. Brother Jing, it's our turn to create a miracle next!"

Wu Jing smiled bitterly. It was Wang Quan who appointed him to play Liu Peiqiang in "The Wandering Earth", and he himself liked this story very much.

He didn't think the box office would be that high, he just thought it was meaningful and cool, so after discussing with Wang Quan, Dengfeng International invested a little money, which allowed Director Xiao Guo to fight a wealthy battle.

"But you have to wait until I finish post-production. So, you can first confirm the other male lead, my son Liu Hukou, okay?"

"Okay, I'll have an audition in a few days and try to start filming in the first half of the year!"

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"Ah, so I can go back for the audition?"

When Han Dongjun was in Mohe, he received a call from the company. It was one of the bosses, Li Xing, who called him personally, asking him to return to Beijing after finishing the location shooting in Northeast China to audition for the male lead in Liu Cixin's novel "The Wandering Earth".

Liu Cixin knows him very well. Last year, his classmates in Maple Leaf Country asked him when the English version of "The Three-Body Problem 2" would be released.

Thanks to the Hugo Award, Chinese science fiction novels stood on the world stage for the first time. Han Dongjun was honored and even bought the Three-Body Trilogy, which is still brand new.

Li Xing: "You should read the original novel during this period to understand the background of the story. This movie has a huge investment and can be said to be the first science fiction blockbuster in China. The role you are auditioning for can be said to be the dual male lead. The other male lead is Wu Jing."

Wu Jing's rise was very fast. With the movies "Leng Feng" and "Wolf Warrior", he had the box office appeal second only to Shen Teng.

Being one of his two male protagonists, even if it's the second one, is a godsend.

Li Xing reminded him again, "I heard from Director Guo Fan that you were recommended by Director Quan. It seems that you performed well in the crew of "Xiao Yao You"."

Hearing this, Han Dongjun's eyes lit up, "Sister Xue, is this role definitely mine?"

Li Xing: "What are you thinking about? Besides you, Peng Guanying from Mishi, Li Xian from 18 Culture, and Zhang Yixing who signed his acting contract with Bingcheng will all be auditioning."

"Oh, so that's it~" Han Dongjun calmed down.

Li Xing added, "But your advantage is that you are right next to Director Quan. Director Quan attaches great importance to this project. After he finishes filming "Happy Journey", he will serve as the producer and supervisor of "The Wandering Earth". He will be very involved, so you can learn more from Director Quan. I tell you, this movie may be made into a trilogy series, which will be enough for you to be famous for a few years."

Han Dongjun nodded secretly. Han Dongjun, who had already performed well in the crew, performed even more actively. When there were no scenes for him, he helped out in the crew throughout the whole process. He also rushed to do the martial arts work, just hoping to gain points with Wang Quan. After all, it was just his decision who would play the role.

Wang Quan naturally saw his performance and understood the reason, but Jiang Wen also saw this performance.

One of Han Dongjun's biggest advantages is his good physical fitness and beautiful muscles at a young age.

Especially when everyone went to the bathhouse to take a bath together, apart from Wang Quan, the man he had always wanted, only Han Dongjun caught his eye.

Although Zhu Yawen also has a good figure and is more manly, he is over 30 after all. Han Dongjun is in his early 20s, and his young flesh is more visually impactful.

He likes both of them, but who made him tell Zhu Yawen first?

Finally, before leaving Mohe, Han Dongjun seized a brief opportunity to be alone with Dang Wangquan. He told him about the audition for "The Wandering Earth" and wanted to ask him for some advice.

Wang Quan also gave advice: "My opinion is that this is our first time making a domestic science fiction blockbuster. We don't know how long it will take to shoot. The role you are auditioning for has the most scenes. If you want to impress the director, you must show your sincerity, whether it is the schedule or obedience."

Wang Quan fully respected Guo Fan's opinion. Except for the appointment of Wu Jing, all other matters were based on Guo Fan's opinion.

Han Dongjun nodded secretly, as if he understood. He turned around and told Sister Xue to clear out her schedule for the next year.

On the way back to Beijing, two authoritative art film magazines, Britain's Sight & Sound and France's Cahiers du Cinema, announced their top ten works of 2016.

Among them, Wang Quan’s "Parasite" is all on the list, and all ranked first!

It is also the only Chinese-language film among the more than a dozen works on the two lists (there are overlaps).

While netizens were impressed that Director Quan had made an immortal masterpiece that conquered both the West and the East and balanced commerce and art, they also urged him to release his personal top ten of the year.

Since netizens wanted to see it so much, Wang Quan listed the names on the plane. As usual, there were still no works directed by him. However, this time he did not shy away from the movies he starred in, so "Soulmate" took a seat. He could not erase the contributions of director Jing Chu and Xixi Mimi.

Other works produced by Wangdao include "Zhu Xian", "The Tuner", "Twenty-Two", "Carnival" and "Heart Labyrinth".

This year, the Wangdao series occupied a total of six seats, the most in history, because the works produced by other companies this year are really not good enough, and there are almost no box office hits that are well received, so they can only select from niche art films.

In the end, Wang Quan selected "Duds" by Happy Twist, "The Last Romance" by Huayi Brothers, the Hong Kong film "Trees Draw the Wind", and Bi Gan's "Picnic at Hanging Rock".

Some people want to refute and think that Wang Quan is a bit too much. There are six kingly works this year, so in the future, it would be better to just schedule kingly movies.

However, after watching last year's movies carefully, I found that Wang Quan was showing mercy. In the eyes of many people, "The Lost Tomb" and "Cold War 2" are obviously very good, and "The Witness" also left many classic scenes.

Looking at other companies' hit movies, "The Mermaid", "Journey to the West: The Monkey King 3" and "The King's Woman " were indeed heavily criticized, which has nothing to do with word of mouth.

Wanda’s “The Mysterious Country 2” and Mi Shi’s “Passing By Your World” can only be said to be mediocre.

From this we can see that the saying "what Wang Dao produces must be high-quality" is not an exaggeration at all, especially since Wang Dao can stably and continuously produce high-quality, brainless commercial blockbusters. This alone allows Wang Dao to occupy half of the Chinese-language film market.

When the plane landed, Wang Quan's personal top ten list naturally caused quite a stir in the industry again.

Some are happy and some are sad. Xu Ke is very happy. Being selected into Wang Quan’s top ten individuals makes him happier than winning the box office champion in film history.

This also makes him more confident about the two sequels of the "Zhu Xian" series, which is much better than continuing to guard the "Detective Dee" series.

How much money can you make from a movie like "Detective Dee"?

When the filming of "Zhu Xian" 2 and 3 started, "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings" also started. As the creator of this series, Xu Ke just invested a little money and let Huayi tinker with it on their own. I heard that they are going to gather the Taiwanese trio of "Heavenly Banquet" this time.

Huayi had both joy and sorrow. Cheng Er's "The Last Romance" was chosen by Wang Quan and ranked as one of the top ten. It can be put on posters for promotion when selling overseas copyrights in the future, which is considered a very important promotional point.

However, this film was a box office failure in mainland China. With a cost of 1.5 million yuan, it only earned 1.2 million yuan at the box office. Even if it sells well overseas, it may not be able to make up for the loss.

Just like that, after seeing Wang Quan’s top ten personal performances, Bona Yu Dong started contacting Cheng Er, hoping to collaborate with him on the next movie.

But Cheng Er is not in a hurry to release a new film. He is waiting for the feeling.

Another person who was also noticed by investors because of Wang Quan was the new director Bi Gan of "Picnic at Hanging Rock".

Huace, a giant in the film and television industry, is willing to invest in Bi Gan's new film. No matter what he shoots, it's fine, but there is one thing: he has to listen to them for the publicity and promotion.

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After getting off the plane, Wang Quan went directly to Wangdao Building to work. Then he saw Yu Feihong in his office, sitting in his boss chair waiting for him.

Wang Quan closed the door, walked up to her, held the back of her head and kissed her.

Then Wang Quan picked her up, kicked open the door of the lounge and walked in.

After Sister Fei Hong welcomed Wang Quan, she asked, "Is my "Carnival" really one of the top ten films of the year in your mind? The box office of this film is a bit low."

After all, Fei Hong was once the box office record holder in the history of Chinese-language films and a pioneer of youth films. However, this film, which won her the Best Director award at the Venice Film Festival and had a Douban score of 8.5, only grossed 1.2 million yuan.

It certainly made a profit, but it was also the lowest-grossing movie last year, even lower than the documentary "Twenty-Two".

Wang Quan laughed: "Roadside Picnic is not lower. The box office has never been a factor I consider. The low box office is only because the subject matter is indeed not a popular subject matter. It is definitely not a problem of your ability. If you want to prove your box office ability, I can help you pick a hot-selling subject matter."

Yu Feihong lazily turned over and faced Wang Quan with her back. "No, I always feel that every time I shoot a movie, I have to use up a lot of energy. I'd better take a break for two years. I really admire that you can shoot movies year after year, and every one of them is so excellent."

Wang Quan shook his head and said, "After filming "Happy Journey", I will also take a break. Once a man is over 30, he still has lust and interest in women, but he doesn't seem to be so obsessed with other things."

Yu Feihong chuckled: "You seem to be different from the men over 30 that I know."

"Ok?"

"They are starting to be interested in many things, such as fishing, skewers, and donkey hoof repair, but they are increasingly staying away from women."

Wang Quan said bluntly: "Maybe they are always dealing with the same woman, and their lives lack novelty."

After get off work, Wang Quan met Yang Chaoyue, who was carrying a large backpack full of live broadcast equipment. He was preparing to go to a restaurant to do a live broadcast.

Yeah, it's quite fresh.

Yang Chaoyue saw that Wang Quan was in a complicated mood. Sister Mi misunderstood the relationship between her and Wang Quan, and then they divorced. Could she be involved in this?

Because Yang Mi has been filming these days, she hasn't met Sister Mi. This is the first time she has met Director Wang Quan.

"Where are you going? Do you want me to take you there?"

"No, no, it's very convenient to take the subway."

"You don't have a car yet?"

"Me? Of course I don't have one. It's so difficult to win a lottery in Beijing."

Wang Quan: "So it's hard to get a license plate, not that you can't afford it? Then you can ask Meng Ziyi to help you. Then the car will be registered under the company's name. Otherwise, you may not be able to get a license plate even if you wait for ten or eight years."

Hearing Wang Quan say this, Yang Chaoyue was a little tempted, but in the end she shook her head, "Cars depreciate in value. I'll wait until I save enough money to buy a house. I'll buy a car when I have some spare money."

Wang Quan nodded approvingly, but since she is now doing live streaming, it is not easy for her to buy a house in Beijing, and she also doesn’t know when Mi Shi’s "Creation 101" will be launched.

When I got home, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei had already returned. Xiao Xianmi was wandering outside the kitchen, waiting for dinner to be served.

After dinner, after helping her daughter to sleep, Yang Mi turned on the Tencent video on TV. "I heard there's an exciting program. Want to check it out?"

"What other exciting programs are there in China?"

Then he watched the first episode of "Tucao Conference", hosted by Wang Zijian, main guest Zhou Jie, and guests including Xue Yi, Shi Hang, Li Dan, Chi Zi and others.

This program is indeed very large in scale and is rarely seen in China.

Yang Mi said: "This show will definitely be popular among young people."

Liu Yifei said: "I feel that it is not as critical as the American version, it is still too gentle."

Wang Quan said: "You still expect foreign standards. With the current standards, I think the program needs to be rectified, especially those parts where Chi Zi complained about Aunt Xue."

The two were half-believing and half-doubting, and then Wang Quan asked about "Produce 101", "Are you planning to use this show to cooperate with Tencent Video?"

Among the three major video websites, Tencent Video is the strongest.

Yang Mi: "If possible, I would certainly like to broadcast it on our own video website platform."

Judging from her expression, Wang Quan guessed, "Did the talk go badly?"

Yang Mi nodded: "Zhang Chaoyang is determined not to sell it. He said Sohu is not worth much anyway, so he just wants to keep it for retirement."

"What about LeTV?" Wang Quan asked again.

"Boss Jia said he could sell it for 1000 billion yuan."

Wang Quan's expression froze instantly: "LeTV's problems have been exposed. How dare he call out a price of 1000 billion? Even at its peak, LeTV's stock price was not worth 1000 billion."

Do you really think I am Sun Hongbin?

"He said that LeTV is his dearest son, and blood is thicker than water, so he has to pay more."

Liu Yifei: "They just don't want to sell it."

Wang Quan shook his head: "I have to sell it if I don't want to. Do you know who owns the copyrights of classic Chinese TV series and movies?"

Yang Mi asked: "LeTV?"

Wang Quan: "Half is in LeTV's hands, and half is in Wangdao's hands."

Before Wangquan obtained the external plug-in for the film and television library, LeTV had already begun to plunder domestic film and television copyrights. Wangdao started later, but was more willing to spend money, so it was able to occupy half of the market.

Later, LeTV collapsed and Jia went abroad. LeTV’s distribution rights of these film and television copyrights alone were enough to pay the salaries of its domestic employees.

Many of the classic TV series and movies on the three major video websites basically bought the distribution rights from LeTV.

If Wangdao + LeTV are combined, the copyrights of classic domestic film and television dramas before 2010 will be directly cut off, which can become the basis for the rise of this new website.

Therefore, Wang Quan was determined to buy LeTV and he had to sell it!

(I don’t know if there are any readers who are taking the college entrance examination. I wish you a bright future and hope you will be admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University!)

(End of this chapter)