China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

"Settle in love?"

On the way back, He Hua took the notebook handed over by Xue Xiaolu in the car and flipped through it. Well, the story is "BJ Meets Seattle". I don't know why the name is different.

"Yes, actually I had an idea in my mind when I was filming "33 Days After Love"."

"I want to make a romance film without kissing, confession, saying 'I love you', and no sex scenes; let's see if it can succeed." Xue Xiaolu explained his creative motivation to He Hua.

He Hua smiled: "So you thought of pregnant women?"

Xue Xiaolu was relieved to see that He Hua did not object to the setting of the script. This was mainly because she met with several producers of the company a few years ago and their feedback was generally not very good. She smiled and said:

"At that time, I happened to have a friend who went to the United States to have a baby. As a result, a lot of things happened, and the lives of both mother and baby were almost in danger."

He Hua nodded to show that he was listening, while slowly flipping through the script. It took him a long time to raise his head:
"No problem, chick flicks, this is your specialty, I agree."

Yes, despite the fact that the movie touches on a series of widely publicized social issues such as sperm donation, going to the United States to give birth, "mistresses", extramarital affairs, homosexuality, etc., it can be regarded as a realistic work, but in essence it is still a chick flick. Movie.

The story adopts a female perspective and shows the audience the transformation of the heroine Wen Jiajia from the negative phenomenon of a gold digger and a "mistress" to a positive female image with her own career and reasonable emotional destination, satisfying the needs of female audiences in real life. The emotional and psychological needs that are met are obvious selling points.

"Just go ahead and do it according to your own ideas." He Hua encouraged.

"Thank you."

Back at the company, Huang Lan quickly came over to discuss the arrangements for this year's work plan.

"The current projects invested and produced by Youhua include: The Ghost Blowing Lantern's third film "Yunnan Worm Valley", "The Age of Naked Marriage", "The Sky of the Wind Dog"; "Battle of Changsha" taken over by Noon Sunshine."

"Wanhua Pictures also has "Legend of the Fish" directed by Wu Jinyuan, "The Stranger" and "Shanshan Is Coming" directed by Lin Yufen."

That's right, He Hua's two previous novels will be adapted for the big screen this year.

"Currently, we have another drama to be aired, "A Little Smile Is Allure", which is expected to be broadcast on Mango TV and Dragon TV in March."

These were TV drama projects, and He Hua rarely worried about them, so he took the documents in Huang Lan's hand and looked at them briefly. He found no obvious problems and put them aside.

At this time, Huang Lan asked with some reluctance: "Are we really not going to make a sequel to "Bu Bu Jing Xin"? I think it should be okay to let the screenwriting team make changes."

"Don't worry about this issue. So what if the script is changed and we put those people back together again? It's not necessary."

"Go on." He Hua really didn't want to argue with her on this issue anymore. The two had discussed it many times. If the first part had just ended, the company would still be confident that the original crew would make the second part. , after all, actors can get a lot of bonuses.

But it's been almost a year, and everyone's development has been good. If I do this forcefully, wouldn't it hurt my feelings? It's really unnecessary.

And He Hua really didn't like the script. It was all bloody and coincidental, and Chun Chun treated the audience as a fool. He was unhappy at the time. Was this a script written by his company's studio?

At that time, he severely scolded the leader of the screenwriting department, saying that if this kind of work appeared again, the entire team would be disbanded and reorganized to let young people with dreams come on.

Some people have become veterans.

Huang Lan sighed and continued talking about this year's film projects:

"Currently, the company has four main projects, plus the one you mentioned today, Director Xue, there are five."

"Four? What do you mean?"

Huang Lan smiled and said: "Yes, Mr. Yu from Lighthouse Animation sent an email from the beautiful country saying that "Zootopia" is expected to be completed by the end of March. Blue Sky Studio is actively promoting it to be released in the summer."

Hearing Huang Lan's words, He Hua stood up excitedly and waved his arms vigorously:
"Okay, great."

All these years of continuous blood transfusion are finally paying off, and greater gains are yet to come. The animation talents cultivated through this project and the systematic production processes learned will give him more feedback in the future.

"Please make a note of this. When it's over, remind me to discuss with Director Han. It's always better to introduce cartoons that we invest in than purely imported ones."

Xiao Xu quickly responded and took a pen to make notes in his notebook.

"If there is any good news, let me report it together." He Hua was indeed happy.

Huang Lan was a little funny: "So the current situation is like this. The summer schedule of June and July is reserved for "Zootopia". This schedule is relatively long, and I plan to include "A Day Trip" as well."

He Hua nodded. It would be great if he won an award then, and he would announce it accordingly. If he didn't win, it would be released in the normal process. There is nothing to say.

Huang Lan happened to think so too.

"I want to put "To Youth" on the National Day schedule."

There is no problem with this arrangement. He Hua nodded: "Communicate with Sissi and Su Lun and see if they have any objections."

"it is good."

"The last one is "Xiu Chun Dao"" Huang Lan hesitated when talking about this.

He Hua was puzzled: "Why, is there anything wrong with "Xiu Chun Dao"?"

Huang Lan explained to him that she originally planned to put "Xiu Chun Knife" into this year's Lunar New Year slot, so that Youhua Company's works would have a certain degree of competitiveness and presence in every important slot, which would be helpful for promotion. Corporate clout goes a long way.

But after thinking about it for a while, I had to give up the idea.

First of all, competition in this year’s Lunar New Year slot is very fierce, with Feng Xiaogang’s masterpiece “1942”, Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung’s “Cold War”, Li Yu’s “Life of Pi”, Jackie Chan’s “Zodiac”, and “2012”, etc. None of the Hollywood blockbusters are easy to deal with. If "Xiuchungdao" gets involved rashly, it is likely to become cannon fodder.

Secondly, the theme of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is not suitable for the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year show, and its theme is a bit heavy.

Youhua pays more and more attention to this now. After all, the success of "囧囧" is largely due to the good scheduling.

Finally, she had a small concern, that is, the new director who was valued by He Hua was too annoying.

It took three months from the start of filming last October to the year before when she called to check on the progress, but Lu Yang told her that the movie was only half-shot. At that time, she was not happy, and directly led her capable men to raid the crew to see this group of people. Are people working hard and wasting company resources?

Huang Lan thought to herself at the time: "Our boss finished the filming even after he turned on the camera later than you. How can you get such a big face?"

When the results arrived, I found that they were really serious about filming. Not only the staff admired the spirit, but also the actors were convinced. They firmly believed that this would be a very good martial arts film.Moreover, their crew didn't even prepare for a holiday during the Chinese New Year and were preparing to work overtime for filming. It was even harder for Huang Lan to say anything.

So she is not sure whether the movie can be released before the Lunar New Year holiday.

It's not easy for He Hua to judge whether Lu Yang's behavior is good or bad. After all, it doesn't mean that if you shoot for a long time and make fine details, the quality of the movie will be very good. Wang Jiawei made "2046" every four years, and he really feels that it is just that. That way.

"Then let's put it aside for now and wait and see." He Hua smiled bitterly.

The plan was going well, but within a few days there was a piece of news that disrupted the pace.

Temporary notice from the General Administration: A new agreement on WTO film-related issues has been formed. Starting from this year, Hollywood's imported split movies will increase from 20 to 34, and all of them will be IMAX and 3D movies. The split ratio will be adjusted from 13% to 25%. .

Suddenly the entire industry was shaken, and the film producers were even more worried. Negativity and pessimism spread. Anyway, everyone realized that this time it was really a wolf coming to seize the food.

In the office of the chairman of China Film Group, Han Sanping and He Hua also had gloomy faces.

He Hua flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said, "I don't have a problem. Anyway, more than 30 movies are coming in. Who are you going to fight with? Are other directors willing?"

He often stays with a group of old men, even if he doesn't know how to smoke. Second-hand smoke is more harmful than first-hand smoke. He Hua occasionally smokes when he is bored.

Han Sanping sneered: "What can you do if you don't want to? This is not a problem of one person, this is a problem of the life and death of domestic films. Anyone who wants to protect himself, the higher ups are watching."

"Okay." He Hua finished smoking and was about to leave. After all, what he was going to say today had already been said: "You must remember what I will tell you. This can be regarded as an indirect reduction of the enemy." Strength."

After saying that, He Hua quickly walked out of Han Sanping's office without waiting for a reply, fearing that he would tell her something about breaking into Hollywood.

They always want to use money to pave the way, but if this method can work, Bangziguo and Xiaoguizi have already taken over Hollywood. The chaebols on these two sides are really not short of money, and they are also willing to spend money on their fathers.

I just participated in the production of a project, and I am still far from entering the North American film market.

And even if you really go in, if a Z person comes to someone else's territory, isn't that like letting others slaughter you? He won't do that stupid thing.

After He Hua left, Han Sanping also sighed:
"Young people still have ideas. They dare to think and act and can hide them, but why are they unwilling to move forward?"

After returning to the company, He Hua called Huang Lan and asked her to directly discuss the film schedule with the people from China Film.

"Okay, I see."

"You have no doubts at all?"

Huang Lan chuckled: "You're looking down on me, boss. I'm still very sensible at this juncture. Besides, we don't necessarily lose."

He Hua gave a thumbs up: "Okay, Sister Lan, you have the demeanor of a general. I feel relieved when you are here. I have to go."

"Why are you going again? You just came back."

"Watch a movie later."

The post-production of "A Dream Day Trip" was actually very easy to do. The main workload was in editing and soundtracking. Moreover, after his processing on the set, it was actually no different from fine editing. Post-editing was more about the details. processing.

The editors who worked with Youhua were all experts, and the editing work was completed in four or five days.

The rest is sound effects and color grading.

The sound effects are also divided into sound and soundtrack. A professional team is responsible for the soundtrack, and the dubbing is also simple. If you want to use the actor's original voice, you can just find the actor. If you don't want to use the original voice, you can find a professional dubbing actor.

He Hua came here this time to listen to the first version of the dubbing they produced.

". We don't want this tense feeling here, we want it to be soothing and a little sad, as if they are used to it, giving the audience the feeling that this is their daily routine."

"It doesn't want to be so cozy here. He's still picking thorns and hasn't integrated into the environment yet."

"Don't be happy, be dull"

After listening to it again, He Hua felt that the soundtrack teacher still didn't understand his intention in some parts, so he simply called everyone in and deconstructed the film for them again, down to the second.

When everything was over and it was already evening, he simply arranged for Xiao Xu to go out and order food and come back to eat with everyone, and then continue working after eating.

There is no other way, my girlfriend went to her crew again, and now there is no one to play games with him at home.

Because all the answers are in his mind, even if others have no inspiration, He Hua has ready-made answers for them to refer to, so he can figure it all out quickly. If it were an ordinary movie, just choosing a piece of background music would be difficult. moon.

At the end of February, the post-production of "Good Dream Day Trip" was completed, and He Hua quickly sent the finished film to the General Administration and Huang Lan.

The rest of the matter of contacting the Cannes organizing committee was left to Huang Lan, so he didn't have to worry about it anymore. He wanted to take a good rest. This movie was too rushed.

Just when He Hua completed the task at hand, the screening of "囧囧" finally came to an end.

I have to say that "囧" has really found a good time. From its release on January 1 to now, there are really few strong opponents in the entire film market.

The top ones should be the two Hollywood films "Mission: Impossible 4" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2". There are almost no domestic films. During the entire Lunar New Year period, "The Magician" received a box office of 1.3 million, and the remaining It was such a shame that the producer wanted to jump off the building.

Looking at the Lunar New Year box office statistics, they all have the intention to switch careers and make cartoons like "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf". After all, they have made a fortune of 1.6 million at the box office, and they can make money just by watching it.

In this environment, no one can stop "囧" from harvesting the box office.

In the fifth week of the movie's release, which is also the first week of work after the new year, "囧囧" received a box office of 8520 million. The drop was a bit high, less than half of last week, but it is understandable on working days. The cumulative total score reached 10.57 billion.

In the following week, the box office was 3779 million, the seventh week was 1653 million, and the eighth week was 748 million. Until now, the revenue is 30-50 per day.

Now the cumulative box office has reached 11.19 billion, and it is estimated that it will not be a problem to get another 300 to [-] million before the movie is released.

Although the box office of 11.2 billion is not as high as the original time and space of 12.56 billion, He Hua is already very satisfied.

The total investment is only 3000 million. Even if the subsequent 2000 million in publicity expenses are included, it is only 5000 million, which directly returns nearly 4 million in revenue, not including other copyright fees and additional income. What else is there to be dissatisfied with? .

Comedy still has a future! (End of chapter)