I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 165: Kindness is kindness, business is business

"Director Han, why is this film and television healthy development meeting said to be for me?"

In Han Sanping's office, Wan Qingshan, who had just returned to the capital, went home and put down his things, hired a finisher to clean up, and then rushed to China Film Group to see Han Sanping.

This time, Wan Qingshan did not go to Shenzhen and instead flew to the capital. The call was from Han Sanping, saying that there was a conference on the healthy development of film and television.

When Wan Qingshan heard that there was another meeting, he refused Han Sanping by saying that he was busy with the post-production of "Ip Man" and had no time.

When Wan Qingshan was still a newbie in the director circle, it was difficult for him to refuse a director symposium.

Later, "In the Heart" won the Venice Golden Lion Award, and "The True Meaning of Love" was a box office hit. He became a big director, and he had the confidence to avoid attending official meetings like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.

In the past two years, Wan Qingshan refused several meetings for various reasons.

Wan Qingshan thought he could refuse this time, but Han Sanping said, "This meeting is just for you. The General Administration has called you to participate, but you won't come?"

Han Sanping didn't say anything, but stretched out his hand to signal the secretary beside him to go out.

After the secretary went out, Han Sanping's expression changed suddenly, and he whispered seriously,
"Qingshan, you ask me, I also want to ask you, what did you do?
Although this meeting was held by the General Administration, I didn't find out any information. They all kept silent.

What on earth have you done to silence everyone in the General Administration! "

Wan Qingshan was stunned and looked at Han Sanping with a blank expression. He hadn't done much recently!

"Director Han, I have been filming for the past six months. As you know, after I finished playing "The Golden Armor", I went to film "Ip Man"!"

Han Sanping looked at Wan Qingshan and said solemnly, "Qingshan, whether you have done it or not, you must be mentally prepared.

This meeting is a little too abnormal, and you are asked to participate by name, which is definitely not a good thing! "

"Uh!" Wan Qingshan is really confused now. He hasn't caused any trouble recently!
Seeing Wan Qingshan's confused look, Han Sanping's eyes flashed with disappointment. Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled,
"Qingshan, didn't you get to know Tang from the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture?
You can ask him. If he wants to come forward, someone from the General Administration will definitely tell you the reason for convening this meeting! "

Wan Qingshan's mind trembled. While secretly looking at Han Sanping's expression, he replied in surprise,

"Director Han, you think too highly of me. Director Tang and I have only met once, how can we say we know each other!

I don’t know why Director Tang helped me in the first place.I think it may be because I joined so few associations at that time, and Director Tang was afraid that I would lose face when I served as a judge at the Berlin Film Festival. "

Han Sanping smiled and did not continue on this topic.

Then he politely said that he would have to go out in a while, implying that he was chasing people away.

Seeing this, Wan Qingshan said politely and turned to leave.

"Hey, Qingshan, wait a minute!"

Wan Qingshan, who had just reached the door, stopped and turned to look at Han Sanping!
"Qingshan, we will hold a film and television healthy development meeting tomorrow morning, and China Film will hold a celebration banquet for "Crazy Racing" in the afternoon. If you are free, come and participate."

"Director Han, I'm really sorry, I don't have time.

After the meeting tomorrow morning, I have to go to Qingshan Media Company.

The company has been open for a few months, but I haven't been there yet. There are a lot of things waiting for me to check out.

Director Han, I’m so sorry! "

The smile on Han Sanping's face instantly solidified when he mentioned "Crazy Racing", which had a box office of 1000 million.

After Han Sanping stared at Wanqingshan for a few seconds, he said, "Qingshan, given our relationship, you shouldn't lie to me with such words!"

Wan Qinshan frowned, thought for a moment, and replied expressionlessly, "Director Han, since you said so, I will speak openly.

What is the relationship between Ning Hua and I now? Director Han, you should know very well.

You should know that it is impossible for me to attend the "Crazy Racing" celebration party! "

Han Sanping frowned, and the wrinkles on his forehead were exposed.

"Qingshan, I know you are very dissatisfied with Ning Hua because he didn't let you invest in "Crazy Racing", so you think he is ungrateful!
But I gotta tell you, Qingshan, business is business.

When you first asked me to invest in "Crazy Diamond", you also believed that this movie could make money. You also invested because of the money.

Of course, it is undeniable that you were kind to Ning Hua. Without your investment, he would not have been able to make "Green Grass", let alone "Crazy Diamond".

But kindness is kindness and cannot be confused with business!
If love and business are confused, things will get messy.

What would you do if you insisted on investing the money that I had helped you with when you were filming "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness"? "

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Director Han, I can't answer you this question, because nothing has happened, and I don't know what decision I will make!
But Director Han, your education to me has touched me a lot! "

Then, the smile on Wan Qingshan's face suddenly disappeared, and he looked directly at Han Sanping, "Director Han, since you said, kindness belongs to kindness, and business belongs to business.

If Ning Hua doesn't let me invest in "Crazy Racing", then there will be no friendship between me and him. Now we can only talk about business.

Speaking of business, Director Han, what are the benefits to me from attending the celebration party of "Crazy Racing"? "

Han Sanping sighed in his heart, "Qingshan, although it is said that kindness belongs to kindness, and business belongs to business.

But attending a movie celebration banquet is just a normal business interaction in the industry. You can't just use normal business communication to gain benefits. "

Wan Qingshan sneered and said, "Director Han, you just said that given our relationship, I shouldn't lie to you with words. How come you can lie to me with words when you are here, Director Han?"

Director Han, you are right, this is normal business communication, but I am not stupid!

Although "Crazy Racing" has a box office of over [-] million, Ning Hua has become the fifth mainland director to have a box office of over [-] million, and his reputation and status have greatly increased.

During this period, he has been in the limelight, and news reports praising him are one after another!
Logically speaking, he would rather be so famous now. It doesn't matter to him whether I go to the celebration party of "Crazy Racing" or not. There is no shortage of stars at the celebration party of "Crazy Racing"!

It's even better if I don't go, lest he be embarrassed when he sees me!

But unfortunately, when "Crazy Diamond" was released, in order to use my fame to promote "Crazy Diamond".

China Film and Television asked media reporters to hype up to the audience that Ning Hua is a great talent in the director world, and I, Wan Qingshan, am Ning Hua’s talent.

It was also reported that I, Wan Qingshan, invested in Ning Hua to shoot "Green Grass" and won the award in the end. The script of "Crazy Diamond" was praised so highly by me, Wan Qingshan, that I was willing to spend millions to invest in its filming!

Haha, many viewers now know that I am Ning Hua's boss and benefactor. They all think that without me, Ning Hua would not be what he is today. "

Wan Qingshan leaned back and continued with a smile, "Director Han, when "Crazy Racing" was first released some time ago, there were news reports that the investors of "Crazy Racing" did not have Ning Hua's Bole Wan Qingshan. At that time, the news seemed to be quite popular on the Internet!
Among the investors of "Crazy Racing", I am not Ning Hua's boss, which has made many viewers and reporters wonder what happened to Ning Hua and me!
If I didn't even go to the celebration party of "Crazy Racing"!

Haha, the media and the audience will be more curious about my current relationship with Ning Hua. Once they dig deeper, haha, the audience will have to scold Ning Hua as ungrateful.

For the sake of fame, he wanted me to attend the celebration party of "Crazy Race".

Director Han, can this still be considered normal business communication? "

Han Sanping's pupils shrank slightly, and after looking into Wan Qingshan's eyes for a few seconds, Han Sanping's expression softened and he said, "Qingshan, since you have guessed it, then do me a favor and go there!"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, with a hint of anger on his face, "Director Han, you are the chairman of China Film Group Corporation, and you have the status of the boss in the industry.

As the boss of a private film and television company like me, according to common sense, I should do whatever you say.

But clay figurines also have three points of fire, and this is not how they talk about things.

Although I am just a private film and television boss, I can't say that you, Director Han, talk about business when talking about business, and talk about love when talking about kindness. "

After stopping his slightly excited words, Wan Qingshan sneered and continued, "Director Han, you just taught me that business is business and kindness is kindness. They cannot be confused. Why are you confusing business and kindness now?"

Han Sanping, who was so ridiculed by Wan Qingshan, was also a little angry!

Snapped!
Han Sanping slammed the table and said loudly,
"Then let's not talk about business, let's talk about friendship. I helped you a lot back then, you have to admit it!"

"Admit it, I am not an ungrateful person. Director Han, you have helped me a lot in the past, and I will remember it in my heart.

Without your help, Director Han, there would be nothing I could do if Feite Zhao poured dirty water on me online.

It is impossible for "Heart" to pass the review, and it is impossible for "The True Meaning of Love" to have a box office of over [-] million.

Even without your help, Director Han, when "Heart" was banned, I personally would have been greatly affected. Maybe I would have to work as an underground director. "

Seeing Wan Qingshan tell him everything he had helped Wan Qingshan, Han Sanping became even more angry.

But at the same time, Wan Qingshan's words also made Han Sanping understand that he could no longer continue to forcefully suppress Wan Qingshan.

If he used his kindness to force Wan Qingshan to attend the "Crazy Racing" celebration party.

Wan Qingshan will go, but from now on Wan Qingshan will count the times he has helped and return it to him again and again.

After repaying it, Wan Qingshan will only have business to discuss with him, and he will become a joke by then.

He and Chen Yangong are old classmates, and Wan Qingshan can be said to be his younger brother like a nephew.

He actually helped Ning Huo and bullied the juniors to the point of falling out, so he couldn't hold his face up in front of those old classmates.

Han Sanping lowered his eyes, secretly took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, and said, "Forget it, Qingshan, if you don't want to go, then you better not go."

Suddenly, a smile appeared on Wan Qingshan's face, "Director Han, thank you for your understanding!"

After Wan Qingshan finished speaking and walked out of the office, Han Sanping looked at the door and murmured, "Now that his wings are hard, he dares to ridicule me. How dare he do this in the first place!"

After Wan Qingshan left China Film, he called Zhang Zhao and asked about the location of Qingshan Media Company. He got in the car and asked Duan Tong to drive to Qingshan Media Company.

"Director Wan, your big boss finally shows up.

Since the establishment of the company, the people below have never seen you come.

As a result, they all thought that my Qingshan Media Company was a fake Qingshan Media Company! "

As soon as he saw Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao started joking with Wan Qingshan.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment. Zhang Zhao was very stable in the past. Why now?

Then Wan Qingshan looked at Zhang Zhao and found that Zhang Zhao seemed a little younger and his mental state was much better.

"Mr. Zhang, with your reputation in the industry, who would suspect you of opening a counterfeit company!" Wan Qingshan replied with a smile.

Later, after Wan Qingshan and Zhang Zhao exchanged a few polite words, Wan Qingshan asked about the fact that the company had received the film and television adaptation rights of the novel.

As Zhang Zhao turned on the computer, Wan Qingshan sat in Zhang Zhao's seat and watched.

Zhang Zhao had collected a lot of copyrights, but after Wan Qingshan took a brief look at it, he frowned and asked,

"Mr. Zhang, is it not going well with the purchase of the film and television adaptation rights of the physical novel?"

The company has only been open for a few months and has already purchased the film and television adaptation rights of many novels. There are many original novels that will become popular film and television dramas in the future. Even the film and television adaptation rights of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City" not long after it came out .

But most of them are film and television adaptation copyrights of online novels. In the category of film and television adaptation copyrights of physical novels, there are only a few, which Wan Qingshan has no impression of.Zhang Zhao, who sat down opposite, said with a slightly depressed expression, "Director Wan, I didn't expect that many people in the industry would realize that the film and television adaptation rights of the novel are extremely valuable!
Therefore, most of the film and television adaptation rights of physical novels with film and television value have long been bought by others.

That is to say, they have not discovered that the film and television adaptation rights of online novels are also valuable. Otherwise, it would be difficult to buy the film and television adaptation rights of online novels! "

Wan Qingshan sighed in his heart, and then he could only sigh, there are many people with far-sightedness!

"Mr. Zhang, if that's the case, then I won't force it. How many physical novels can I buy and how many film and television adaptation rights are there?"

"Director Wan, you can't say that. Since the company's early development path is to purchase the rights to adapt novels for projects, then I, Zhang Zhao, will naturally try my best to do my best.

The film and television adaptation rights of a previously published physical novel were bought, and I had no choice.

However, I will definitely win the film and television adaptation rights for the novels that will be published later! "

Seeing Zhang Zhao's resolute expression and his unwillingness to admit defeat, Wan Qingshan said quickly.

"Mr. Zhang, I didn't mean to ask you to give up. What I meant was that you can buy as much as you want. I hope you don't have any psychological burden!"

"Director Wan, I understand what you mean. But as a person like me, when I do something, I like to force myself to do my best!"

"Mr. Zhang, you have said so, so I can only wish you to buy more." Wan Qingshan said with a smile.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, doesn't the company currently lead or participate in investment projects?"

"I don't have a leading project yet, although I currently have the film and television adaptation rights for the novel. But preparing a project still requires a lot of preparation, so if I'm leading a project, I have to wait a few months.

However, if I choose good people this time, I will be able to speed up the process a lot when leading projects in the future.

Director Wan, as a director, you should know better than me. With a fixed team, project preparation will be much faster. "

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly, and Zhang Zhao said with a smile, "As for the projects the company is currently involved in, there is only one TV series.

This is because of your face, Director Wan. This TV series project is led by Zhou Yi. When Mr. Jiang heard that Qingshan Media Company wanted to participate, he immediately agreed.

Zhou Yi's TV series have always sold well, and the industry is rushing to invest in them.Mr. Jiang agreed so readily. I think she was thanking Director Wan for supporting Yubo and the others. "

"I'll give you a call later to thank Mr. Jiang. As for the company's projects, take your time. The company has just opened. It's more difficult to do projects!"

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan asked Zhang Zhao about other conditions in the company and left the company.

The next day, at around nine o'clock in the morning, Wan Qingshan drove to China Film Academy.

Just two steps inside, Wan Qingshan heard a voice from behind - "Director Wan!"

"Mr. Wang, long time no see!"

Wan Qingshan greeted Wang Changtian who was a few meters behind with great enthusiasm!
"Director Wan, you've been very busy lately, and you've been staying on the set all the time!"

Wang Changtian's words made Wan Qingshan feel that Wang Changtian was saying that he was dragging out "The Journey to Love".

But when Wan Qingshan saw Wang Changtian walking over, although his expression was a professional smile, there was no hint of anger or reluctance.

"Haha, Mr. Wang, you are also a noble man and busy with things.

Mr. Wang, I heard someone said that you are raising funds. Mr. Wang, are you preparing to launch a comprehensive acquisition of Jiahe? "

“We are preparing, but it’s not that fast yet, at least it won’t be until next year.

By the way, Director Wan, after the meeting, let's find a place to talk about Jiahe? "

Wan Qingshan's eyes lit up, and there was a hint of joy in the corners of his eyes!
"No problem, I just want to ask Mr. Wang about Jiahe's recent situation!"

After chatting while walking, the two of them had already entered the China Film Studio.

Seeing the staff from China Film Group approaching, the two of them made a tacit agreement not to talk about Jiahe anymore, but to exchange some useless words.

When Wan Qingshan and Wang Changtian followed the China Film staff into the conference room, Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo were already in the conference room.

Wan Qingshan smiled and said hello to the two of them, and sat down aside.

Then, Wan Qingshan, Wang Changtian and Wang Zhongjun chatted wordlessly.

Wu Kebo, who was sitting alone over there, glanced at the three of them, feeling a little embarrassed!
After a while, Wu Kebo was no longer embarrassed, because Zhang Weiping, Cai Yinong, and the directors of these film and television companies walked in one after another.

When Wan Qingshan approached Jiang Xuerou and thanked Jiang Xuerou for allowing Qingshan Media to participate in the project, Han Sanping and people from the General Administration happened to walk in.

Because Han Sanping said before that this meeting was just for him, Wan Qingshan secretly looked at the three people from the General Administration as soon as the people from the General Administration came in.

I don't know if it's because he hasn't met many people from the General Administration, but Wan Qingshan has no impression of these three people!

“The General Administration holds a meeting on the healthy development of film and television for one thing only, and that is film and television promotion.

Everyone, your film and television companies are relatively large, so you need to take the lead.

When promoting movies or TV shows, you must pay attention to the terms of promotion, do not exaggerate, do not make up, and seek truth from facts.

Especially when it comes to online promotion, you must pay special attention!
Online publicity can be of great help to the film and television industry.

But this is an emerging publicity channel, and many aspects have not yet been standardized.

So you must pay attention to how you use it, and set an example for those small-scale film and television companies. Don’t make up news, don’t exaggerate propaganda, and don’t discredit your competitors.

If you do this, those small-scale film and television companies will definitely follow suit, which will lead to false propaganda on the Internet. This will make the public have a bad perception of the film and television industry, and it will have a great impact on the image of the film and television industry. harm!
Nowadays, some film and television companies’ online promotions are simply nonsense. It’s okay to exaggerate, but when they fabricate news, they actually use it in neighboring countries! "

As mentioned above, everyone’s expressions on their faces were normal, but they all curled their lips inwardly. If it’s not exaggeration or fabrication, is that still called propaganda?

But as soon as the words came out, everyone turned to look at Wanqing Mountain in surprise!
It has been more than half a year since Li Wanqingshan highlighted the movie online.

Now all film and television companies in the industry will promote movies or TV shows online, and each company has organized a group of trolls just to promote and build momentum online.

But in the past six months, no company has involved other countries in promoting a movie or TV series like "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave".

Netizens believe that the online promotion of "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" was done by Enlight Pictures, but they all know full well that it was all done by Wan Qingshan!
Then the last sentence of the General Administration was to criticize Wan Qingshan by name!
Everyone was very surprised that they suddenly criticized Wan Qingshan.

People like Wang Zhongjun who knew that Tang Jianli was presiding over the meeting were even more shocked.

It’s impossible for people at the General Administration not to know about Tang Jianli’s support for Wan Qingshan, but now the General Administration actually criticized Wan Qingshan by name. What the hell happened!

Wan Qingshan was confused as to why the General Administration suddenly criticized his way of publicity online.

The promotion of "Loyal Liver and Righteous Bravery" is a bit outrageous. It drags Cheng Long and Li Lienjie out to have a hard time with each other, and also involves Japan and South Korea!
But it did not damage the country's image. At that time, the audience was still proud that the last fight scene in "Loyal Lives and Brave" was adopted as a teaching material by the Japanese and Korean film industries!

What makes Wan Qingshan even more confused is that it has been almost a year since the release of "Loyal Liver and Righteous Bravery"!

If you want to criticize, you should criticize him then!

Why did it take so long to criticize him? A meeting was specially held for this purpose!

After being confused, Wan Qingshan no longer wondered why!

The worst thing is that when promoting movies in the future, we won’t mention any country!

Anyway, this trick can no longer be used. Now netizens know that the news that the last fight scene in "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" was included as a fighting textbook in the Japanese and Korean film industry was fabricated.

If you want to use this trick again, you have to wait a few years and wait for a large number of new netizens to use it.

In recent years, if you use this method to promote movies, it will definitely have the opposite effect.

Even if it can be found now, it doesn't matter to Wanqing Mountain.Anyway, now he can do great things in movie promotion, and he doesn’t care if he loses one more promotion move!
As for the people from the General Administration who said before that they shouldn't make up news, Wan Qingshan, like everyone else, didn't take it seriously at all!

Even after the Cyberspace Administration of China, a department specifically responsible for the Internet, was established, it has been unable to stop online news that spreads rumors, slanders, and exaggerations, let alone now.

The three people from the General Administration took turns to talk about the online promotion, and then asked the bosses of several film and television companies to speak, including Wan Qingshan.

Wan Qingshan followed the crowd, and like Wang Zhongjun and others, Luo Li said a lot of words, but the content could be summarized in one sentence - ensuring the implementation of the General Administration's policies.

After several people from Wan Qingshan finished their speeches, the conference on the healthy development of film and television came to an end.

After the people from the General Administration left, everyone left in their own cars.

Wan Qingshan asked Duan Tong to follow Wang Changtian's car to a nearby teahouse!
As Wang Changtian and Wan Qingshan drank tea and chatted for a while, Wang Changtian got down to business.

"Director Wan, you are also one of Jiahe's major shareholders. I have something to communicate with you first.

Since we jointly bought the shares of Wrinkle Wai, Hong Kong Film and Television has continued to be in a downturn. In the past six months, alas, Jiahe Cinema Line has been losing money every month, and it is getting worse month by month.

As for me, I plan to propose the sale of Jiahe Cinemas at the Jiahe year-end meeting, so that Jiahe can go into battle lightly and focus on the promotion business. At the same time, I will also bring up the film production business.

In this case, I think Jiahe will be able to turn losses into profits within one or two years.

The sale of Jiahe Cinema Line will allow Jiahe to go into battle with ease. I think the other shareholders should have no objections.

After all, Golden Harvest Cinemas has suffered serious losses in the past half year, but its distribution business in the mainland is booming, so they should not have any objections.

Director Wan, what do you think you think? "

Wang Changtian talked about Jiahe seriously, especially when talking about Jiahe Cinema Line, he sighed in frustration.

If other people saw it, they would really think that Jiahe Cinema has suffered serious losses in the past six months, and Wang Changtian is helpless!

Wan Qingshan rolled his eyes in his heart and complained in his heart, "You Wang Changtian are really good!"

"Haha, of course I have no objection. Mr. Wang, I believe that with your changes and adjustments, Jiahe will definitely wipe out the previous decline and prosper!"

Wang Changtian smiled, then pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, by the way, Director Wan, weren't you interested in Jiahe Cinema Line before?
If you are still interested now, then Jiahe Cinema Line will sell it to you.

After all, Wan Dao, you are also a shareholder of Jiahe. If Jiahe Cinema Line is sold to someone else, it would be better to sell it to you.

In this case, Jiahe Cinema Line is not considered an outflow! "

Now, Wan Qingshan really wants to reply to Wang Changtian, there are only two of us, and you are blind and wearing glasses!
Wan Qingshan curled his lips in his heart and replied with a smile,

"I'm still interested, but it depends on whether the price is right. If it's too expensive, I have to give up even if I'm interested."

"Haha, Director Wan, don't worry about this. You are also a shareholder of Jiahe, and our previous cooperation was very pleasant. The price I offer you must be the most appropriate!"

After saying that, Wang Changtian stretched out a few fingers and said, "Director Wan, it's probably this price. No matter how low it is, I don't think the board of directors will approve it!"

This number makes Wanqingshan a little unbelievable!

Then, when Wan Qingshan saw that Wang Changtian's expression was not a joke, he wanted to pick up the tea on the table and throw it on Wang Changtian's face!

(End of this chapter)