China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 242 Advance
It's not that He Hua doesn't want to work with his girlfriend, it's just that her acting skills can't support this role.

Even if he is the boss or the director, he can't just do whatever he wants. He still has to be responsible for the company, the crew and other creatives.

A good actor believes in you and only joins in because he likes your story. In the end, you use your work to praise others or please someone else. Is this ridiculous?

"Red Cliff" is so big that Lin Zhiling is being praised, and no one is blind. In terms of investment in Wu Yusen's subsequent works, no big companies will be involved.

Although He Hua doesn't care about this, he understands that works should not serve a certain person or group of people, otherwise there will definitely be backlash.

So he never considered Liu Yifei from the beginning.

As for who to choose to play the most important actress role of 'Zhou Bei', He Hua has already considered it. This character must first have a round face or a slightly round face, so that he can have a sense of empathy when playing the role of his ex-wife 'Zhou Beiyan'.

Liu Bei and Xu Fan both have round faces, and Zhou Bei must be close to them. Otherwise, no matter how skilled the makeup artist is, they will not be able to make their long faces round.

In this way, actresses Zhang Ziyi, Li Bingbing, Qin Hailu, Hai Qing, and Hao Lei, who are recognized as having good acting skills, are excluded.

There are really few good actors left lingering in his mind:
Yin Tao's acting skills are good, but her performance on the big screen is lackluster, so she can only be listed as a backup.

Sun Li, her acting skills are still not very good at the moment, and she is suitable for those workplace dramas where the heroine has a hard time, but not for romance.

Zhou Xun is the most talented actress. He Hua has heard other directors praise her understanding and acting acumen more than once. However, she is a bit short. In addition, Ge You and Zhou Xun are very good on the screen. He was cautiously skeptical about what kind of reaction he could show.

Finally, there is another person whose acting skills are also highly recognized by He Hua. She is Yan Bingyan.

This name may seem unfamiliar to many people, but since she has been in the industry for more than ten years, she has won the Golden Eagle Award, Huading Award, Golden Phoenix Award, Golden Rooster Award and many other awards with her keen perception, extraordinary talent and solid acting skills. It is an honor to win the Golden Rooster twice.

From Qian Yehong, the BJ girl who dares to love and hate in "Tooth of Love", to the female police officer Xue Ziying who is devoted to the children of prisoners in this year's "Guarding Childhood", and "Wan Wan" that He Hua watched repeatedly on the player. Li Baoli, the indomitable female pole pole in "Arrow Pierces the Heart", can be said that Yan Bingyan's shaping and interpretation of each role is very three-dimensional and vivid.

Her performance is natural, on-point, real, rich in layers, and extremely tense, and she truly achieves what she acts like.

He Hua is looking forward to seeing her and Ge You acting on the same stage.

After the review by the General Administration, He Hua was going to send audition invitations to the three of them, but Sun Li didn't care because she was pregnant.

Liu Yifei told He Hua this matter. As for how Liu Yifei knew:
"Mimi told me. Didn't you read the gossip news a while ago? It said they were getting married."

Marry with a son?This is a good idea. He Hua glanced at his girlfriend's belly and thought that next time he might just prick a few holes with a needle or secretly remove them.

Liu Yifei didn't notice the strange look in his eyes at all, and continued to talk to herself: "Didn't Mimi receive an invitation from "Four Famous Catchers" before? She was filming with Deng Chao."

Yang Mi took on "Four Famous Catchers" again?These Xiangjiang directors look for whoever is popular.

But it's not surprising. Liu Yifei and Yang Mi are indeed the only ones in Xiaohua at this stage. Both of them have proven themselves on the big screen and they seem to have great box office appeal!
At this point, Liu Yifei felt a little distressed: "She doesn't seem to be getting along very well with Yiyan. Both of them complained to me on the phone."

There are three women in one drama, and the next words are boring. He Hua goes in one ear and out the other, responding with "um um ah ah", and has opened "Sweet Dreams Day Trip" again in his mind.

In fact, for every movie he makes, He Hua will watch the original work over and over again, ten or twenty times, and then pull out the film to carefully study and ponder the original director's shooting techniques, camera movements, lens language, and picture conception, and understand the depth of the lens. Hierarchical meanings, even if the director just wants the plot to flow or the audience to have a sense of "refreshment", he feels that these are worth learning.

In other words, He Hua's directing level and script writing level have been significantly improved during this process.

If He Hua's directing ability after the filming of "Those Years" was completed, it was only at the level of a newly graduated directing college student. Now he can talk to some masters and put forward some of his own ideas and more profound questions in the process.

Emmm, this master is Feng Xiaogang.

He Hua enjoys the process of independent learning and self-improvement. When one day he integrates what he has learned, he will be able to take a transcendent step.

He Hua is preparing his new movie, and the company is running step by step.

Youhua has relatively few TV dramas this year. There is only one key project: "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Labyrinth of Longling", and most of the remaining efforts are invested in the production of three dramas by Wanhua Pictures.

At the beginning of October, the sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" that countless drama fans and book fans were looking forward to, "Longling Mysterious Cave", was finally released to everyone.

Within just a few days of its launch, the ratings remained high.

Pan Yueming's Hu Bayi, Li Bingbing's Shirley Yang, Jiang Chao's Fatty Wang, and Cao Bingkun's Big Golden Tooth once again won the applause of countless audiences
The Douban score soared to 8.5 as soon as it opened. Another masterpiece was born, continuing the good reputation of Youhua's fine dramas.

It's just that although the popularity of the TV series is high, the ratings have never reached this year's peak.

No way, the performance of Mango TV's drama "The Temptation of Going Home" at the beginning of the year is really great, with the highest viewing share of 26.7% and a ratings of 5.2%.

With the popularity of TV dramas and the emergence of online TV, the ratings that used to break 5 or 6 at every turn have disappeared.

The results of "The Temptation of Going Home" directly set the highest ratings record for Mango TV except "Huan Zhuge Ge" to date.

You can imagine how popular it was when you think about the fact that at its peak, one out of every four TV sets in the country was watching this show.

However, Youhua Company and the creative team of "Longling Labyrinth" are not disappointed either.

They looked at the data and knew that this thing was a crime other than war and was beyond their control.

"The Temptation of Going Home" has various emotional entanglements between the protagonists. Although it is bloody, it is very enjoyable. Moreover, the main heroine takes revenge, so she is naturally liked by housewives. Women are the main force watching TV. Remote controls are basically controlled by this group, so there is no comparison between the two.

It’s just that Huang Lan has become more and more determined that Wanhua Pictures’ current path is the direction of future development.
"The Mysterious Cave of Longling" is pretty good right now. It needs to have good reputation and popularity.

Several leading actors are also happy and excited about portraying classic roles in film and television.

It's just that they can't get more than three movies, and this is already the second one. After the third movie, the two parties will have to renegotiate the terms of cooperation. Based on the current popularity of this group of people, I'm afraid they have to deal with it in a serious way.

Didn't you see that Chen Kaige's new film "Search" has temporarily put Zhao Youting and Yao Chen aside, and instead pursued Pan Yueming and Li Bingbing?

The great director also attaches great importance to the box office. Now that his juniors are surpassing him, he is a little embarrassed. Inside the private room of an authentic Shandong cuisine restaurant in BJ Hutong.

He Hua raised his eyebrows slightly, and while pleased, he asked Kong Sheng and Li Xue opposite him with some curiosity: "So does your company still have anything to do with Shanying?"

Kong Sheng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled a wisp of smoke: "Of course it does matter. It's easy to enjoy the shade against the big tree. We have just been established and we still need the support of the group."

"Well" He Hua was a little disappointed when he heard this: "Then what's the point of doing this? You're not working for Shanying."

Kong Sheng waved his hand: "If you have never been in the system, you don't know the problems. Anyway, we are very happy now. We have more freedom to create and don't have to look at those disgusting faces. It's good."

"Then what do you mean now?" Since you are so comfortable, why are you looking for me?He Hua was a little confused.

Li Xue, who was sitting aside, saw that the topic had finally entered the topic of the day, and quickly explained: "Mr. He has cooperated with us a lot, and our subsidiaries Kaizhou, Molong, and Lao Wang are also very familiar with us. I believe Mr. He You must understand our production capabilities”

"Not to mention "The Age of Awakening" that we have collaborated with, let's just say that the quality of the dramas such as "Enter Guandong" and "The Age of Steel" in the past two years is obvious to all."

Li Xue was like a salesman, constantly praising his own production capabilities, and He Hua somewhat understood their purpose.

"We can undertake the production of drama series. I hope Youhua will give it more consideration."

Well, it’s actually the same as real estate developers outsourcing projects, except that Noon Sunshine provides film and television drama production services.

In other words, noon sunshine in the early days was the cost of earning a labor contract.

Of course, if the cost can be reasonably controlled and the quality of the series maintained, this thing can still be quite profitable.

He Hua was really envious of the production team of Shanying. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but suggest:

"You don't want to start any other companies. If you want to create freely, come to us. Don't worry, all the conditions will be optimal after you come here. You will also have the freedom to choose your works. Everyone can discuss everything."

"Director Kong, don't you know it? Everything depends on the quality of the work, and I will definitely not interfere in the shooting and creation."

"Don't worry about money. Wanhua Pictures will go public, and shares will definitely be allocated at that time. I don't dare to say that there are many directors who can shoot independently. It must be a base."

Kong Sheng and Li Xue were a little moved, but what they had seen and heard in state-owned enterprises for a long time made them wary and resistant to these large companies and groups. In addition, they had just made up their minds to go out on their own and still had expectations for the future. Yes, so after thinking for a long time I said sorry to He Hua.

This is enough, let them know that there is such a choice, and it will not be too late to dig out it if there is a chance in the future.He Hua nodded:

"Okay, let's cooperate first. I happen to have a notebook here. Can you guys see if you can do it?"

Cooperation is possible, and you must get priority investment rights in future works, priority participation in future financing, etc.

Can Youhua also participate in "Wenzhou Family"?
The company’s key projects for next year have also been finalized, and that’s it, “Battle of Changsha.”

Later in the evening, Li Xue sent He Hua out with gratitude and got into the car.
Sitting in the car, He Hua couldn't stop the smile on his face. He was a little tipsy and couldn't help but think about it: in a few years, if Noon Sunshine is taken down, they will be responsible for the production of the main drama, and Huang Lan will be in charge of idol traffic production, and Youhua drama will be If it was really stable, he would be able to sit back and relax.

The script of "A Day Trip to Dreams" has been reviewed, and at the same time, the news that He Hua's new project has been confirmed has also spread.

After Han Sanping got the news, he immediately dialed He Hua's phone number and chatted with He Hua about investment in a subtle way.

There was also Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Studio. He pretended to tell him about risk sharing, eggs should not be put in the same basket, etc. He Hua wanted to laugh.

In fact, a lot of people are paying attention to his latest developments, mainly because He Hua is different from most directors. He and Ning Hao are related, and they are both young directors who can achieve success in business.

Unlike the three great directors Zhang, Feng, and Chen who are still strong, they don't care about the size of the scene or tell the truth that they don't understand. They pursue how to tell a story better.

Different from the great directors of Hong Kong, there are fewer established routines in their works, and the stories are more logical and have a strong local flavor, rather than looking like imported products.

Such characteristics allow them to accomplish great feats with small skills many times, and they continue to achieve surprising results.

Now the market's rating for He Hua has surpassed that of Chen Kaige, Chen Kexin, Chen Jiashang, Du Qifeng, Wang Jiawei and others, so there is only one word for He Hua's new project, grab it.

Grab share, grab roles, grab distribution.

He Hua was really troubled, but he had to solve it. In the end, it took him less than half a month to solve it.

First of all, the total investment in this film has reached a new high for corporate and personal films, nearly 5000 million.

Among them, 1000 million was used to pay Ge You's salary.

For this money, China Film, Shanghai Film, Star America, Huayi Brothers, Emperor and other companies each paid a 30% premium to get 10% of the share, and the remaining companies paid a 50% premium. In the end, only 30% of the shares were left in the hands of Youhua. .

However, Youhua Entertainment only needed to spend a small amount of money to get this share worth 1500 million, which is already a pretty good result.

Huayi Brothers was able to enter the market because Feng Xiaogang said that Yingying Youhua needed its distribution channels in Southeast Asia.

This film will be He Hua's first film to be released simultaneously around the world.

In addition, Huang Lan is also planning to take this film to the Cannes International Film Festival:
"Believe me, the French like this kind of tone. Let's give it a try. Even if you don't care about such awards, the company needs them!"

He Hua calculated the time and found that there were less than five months until the end of next year's registration period. He quickly waved his hand:
"No, no, I'm in such a hurry, I can't finish it at all."

Huang Lan said coldly: "It's no problem to work overtime during the New Year."

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(End of this chapter)