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

Chapter 186 First kiss on screen, verbal agreement

"Ka, Liu Yifei, let your expression be a little more relaxed, and the sense of surprise will be stronger."

"Ka, lines, lines, Liu Yifei, don't be so bland in your lines."

"Ka, Liu Yifei, your tone of speaking the lines is still too bland!"

"Ka, Liu Yifei, lines, lines, how did you learn your line skills!"

"Ka, Liu,,, forget it, let's rest first."

As soon as Zhang Yimou finished speaking, Liu Yifei walked towards Liu Xiaoli with an aggrieved look on her face.

As soon as Wan Qingshan sat down in the rest area, Zhang Yimou came over.

"Director Wan, I saw that before filming, didn't you correct the lines with her? Why, she still has such a big problem with her lines."

"Director Zhang, I don't know either. When I first reviewed the lines with her, I felt pretty good." Wan Qingshan made it up casually without blinking.

Zhang Yimou is not a fool, so of course he doesn't believe this. How can any actor be okay with his lines, but he will be like this as soon as the filming starts?

Zhang Yimou frowned and said, "Director Wan, you have good acting skills. Go and train her."

"No, no, Director Zhang, I'm just an actor here, how can I do the work of a director?"

Zhang Yimou thought for a while and walked towards Liu Yifei.

Seeing this, Wan Qingshan leaned back in his chair, took out his mobile phone and started playing.

After a while, Zhang Yimou returned to the director's chair from Liu Yifei, picked up the speaker, and
"The crew is ready."

Wan Qingshan, who was chatting with Chen Chen using Penguin, suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Yimou.

"Is this magic, or training an actor?"

Wan Qingshan was surprised at how quickly Zhang Yimou trained the actors, but when the acting started, he realized that Zhang Yimou was not training the actors at all. He used clever methods to finish the filming quickly.

"You use a Piaget watch too!"

When Liu Yifei read this line, Wan Qingshan saw Liu Yifei's hand secretly squeezing her waist, which she could hold with both hands.

Maybe the attack was harsh, causing her voice to tremble a bit when she spoke.

Trembling, coupled with this scene, it is easy to understand that it is because the voice is trembling because of the surprise and excitement in the heart, which is also reasonable.

After taking advantage of the opportunity to shoot the party scene, we encountered another problem when it came to the dinner date scene.

"Ka, Liu Yifei, with the loving eyes, you have to imagine Wanqingshan as your lover in your heart."

"Kah, Liu Yifei, you think of Wan Qingshan as your boyfriend, or else you think of him as your crush."

"Ka, look in your eyes, Liu Yifei, make your eyes lively and show love."

"Ka, Liu Yifei, can your eyes be smarter and not so dull?"

"Card,,"

Zhang Yimou didn't know what to say anymore. He said it four or five times after being photographed four or five times, and he said everything he could.

"Everyone take a break."

After Zhang Yimou put down the speaker, he waved to Liu Yifei, who was about to walk towards Liu Xiaoli, and at the same time shouted to Wan Qingshan, who was about to go to the rest area, "Director Wan!"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, and walked towards Zhang Yimou with Liu Yifei.

"Liu Yifei, you've never been in love, right?"

Zhang Yimou's words made Liu Yifei shake her head violently.

"Then don't imagine Wan Dao as your lover. Instead, imagine him as your father."

Wan Qingshan and Liu Yifei both stared!

"It's hard to imagine Director Wan as a lover if you haven't been in love before, so you can only imagine Director Wan as a father. Daughters are usually attached to their fathers. If you can act out the look of attachment, that's fine."

Liu Yifei glanced at Wanqingshan and replied, "Director Zhang, I understand."

"Ok!"

Zhang Yimou turned his attention to Wan Qingshan, "Director Wan, I don't need to say more about your acting skills, but I hope that when you start acting, the love in your eyes will be stronger."

Wan Qingshan's heart trembled. He understood why Zhang Yimou said this.

From the time he received the script to the time it was shot, he didn't even sleep overnight. He couldn't experience the role in his dream, which resulted in his performance being very different from the previous movies he had starred in.

Although he did not experience the role in his dreams, his acting skills were much better than those of ordinary actors with a professional background.

After all, he also took acting classes at Nortel, and by experiencing the characters in his dreams, he also figured out a way to figure out the characters.

But the acting skills shown after experiencing the role in the dream are still very different.

Especially in a drama with strong emotional expression like this, because the character's heart cannot be fully experienced, the eyes cannot fully express the character's heart.

"Understood, Director Zhang, I'll adjust it."

"Well, I'll give you 5 minutes to adjust!"

Although Wan Qingshan's performance was a bit abnormal in the scene just now, Zhang Yimou didn't think too much about it.

Although Wan Qingshan was as stable as a robot in "City of Golden Armor", Wan Qingshan is not a real robot after all. It is normal that Wan Qingshan is in poor condition now and has not performed at his normal level.

Wan Qingshan returned to the rest area. As soon as he sat down, he felt a strange feeling. Looking along the feeling, he saw Liu Yifei looking at him with wide eyes.

Liu Yifei blinked, and then she seemed to realize that Wan Qingshan had noticed her, so she immediately blushed and turned back.

After Wan Qingshan turned around, he hinted to himself that he would date Yu Mo later.

The eyes of love should be stronger. Wan Qingshan only thought of this trick and suggested to himself that Liu Yifei was imagined to be Chen Yumo.

After 5 minutes, shoot again.

The two of them hint to each other in their minds and imagine each other as someone else. This method is very useful.

This time, it got stuck just because Liu Yifei’s attachment eyes weren’t strong enough!
After shooting only one scene, Liu Yifei found a way to imagine Wan Qingshan as her father in the subsequent scenes.

Wan Qingshan didn't need to give in mentally, because it was already night after filming the scene, and the crew had called it a day.

That night, Wan Qingshan experienced the role in his dream.

The next afternoon, Wan Qingshan lay on an armchair in the rest area, chewing gum and closing his eyes to relax.

After a while, it was time to shoot the kissing scene at the end. Wan Qingshan has shot several movies.

But his movies generally don't have any intimate scenes. The biggest scene he has performed so far is the passionate scene with Gong Li in "The Golden Armor".

But in that passionate scene, all the contact was on the neck and chest, but there was no kissing.

Therefore, Wan Qingshan will contribute his first kiss on screen in this commercial.

When Wan Qingshan chewed the gum until it was almost tasteless, Zhang Yimou shouted from over there, "The actors are ready to take their positions."

Wan Qingshan stood up and spit out his gum in a trash can and walked quickly to the middle of the street.

This shot was taken on an outdoor street. The surrounding roads had been closed, and many people gathered around to watch.

After the crew and the extras were ready, Zhang Yimou shouted with a loudspeaker, and the extras began to move.

Among the people coming and going, Wan Qingshan stretched out his hand wearing a Piaget watch, took Liu Yifei's hand also wearing a Piaget watch, and walked forward.

After walking a few steps, the two stopped and turned to look at each other.

After looking at each other for a moment, the two reached out to touch each other's cheeks. Wan Qingshan lowered his head slightly and Liu Yifei raised her head slightly.

The two people's heads were close to each other, and Wan Qingshan could feel the breath coming out of Liu Yifei's nose and her nervous emotions - "Wow, kiss quickly!"

Wan Qingshan and Liu Yifei stopped.

Then, when Wan Qingshan felt that Liu Yifei wanted to turn her head, he put his hands on Liu Yifei's cheeks and quickly stabilized Liu Yifei's head.

Liu Yifei is not stupid. She knows that when actors act, they have to keep acting until the director calls out. She just acted out of habit and wanted to watch when she heard the sound.

After this little episode, Wan Qingshan continued to look down. When he felt that Liu Yifei was so nervous that she was trembling, his lips felt soft - "Okay, pass!"

Hearing Zhang Yimou's shouting, Wan Qingshan immediately raised his head and let go of Liu Yifei. Then, Liu Yifei blushed slightly and ran quickly towards Liu Xiaoli.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then he realized that this seemed to be Liu Yifei's first kiss on screen.

After filming the kiss scene and the promotional video, Wan Qingshan spoke to Zhang Yimou, and then went back to the hotel to pack his things and head to the airport with Feng Linlin, who had been accompanying him on the set.

After returning to the capital, Wan Qingshan spent time in the China Film Post-Production Studio, ignoring what was going on outside the window.

Until the morning of December 12, when Wan Qingshan came to China Film, he did not go to the post-production room, but went to the office building of China Film.

The night before yesterday, Wan Qingshan received a call from Han Sanping, saying that there would be a meeting at China Film Studio on the 5th and that he should come to attend.

Wan Qingshan came late. When he came to the conference room, Jiang Zhiqiang, Yu Dong, and Wang Changtian were already here.

Looking around, Wan Qingshan's eyes flashed with surprise when he saw one of them. He didn't expect Zhou Xingchi to be there.

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Wang, Director Zhou,"

Wan Qingshan greeted everyone in the meeting and sat down next to Zhang Zhao.

"Mr. Zhang, do you know what Director Han called everyone here to discuss?"

"Director Wan, you don't even know about your relationship with Director Han. How can I know?"

Wan Qingshan frowned, then secretly looked at the person who came down, and found that he couldn't see anything.

So he didn't bother to think about it. Anyway, he would know it when Han Sanping came.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, how was your conversation with that Cheng Er?"

Speaking of Cheng Er, Zhang Zhao was a little excited.

"Director Wan, Nortel's director department is full of talents. Although Cheng Er has not made a feature film yet, I can tell from talking to him and from the short films he shot before that he is a genius."

After saying that, Zhang Zhao realized something was wrong and said quickly, "Of course, I still can't compare to you, Director Wan."

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, you are worried about me, because you praise Cheng Er, what will I think?"

Wan Qingshan also felt that Zhang Zhao was right in his praise. Cheng Er was indeed a genius in the director's profession. "Border Storm" and "Romantic Demise" both had a strong personal style.

It is rare to have a unique personal style. There are only a handful of directors in China who have a personal style.

But if the personal style is too strong, there will be a big problem, and the director will have limitations.

In this life, Wan Qingshan gained his personal style through four years of studying at Nortel.

But his personal style is not strong, just a little bit, and this is only reflected in "Heart" and "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness".

"The Selection" is his first film, so he restrained a lot of ideas for the sake of stability.

In "Heart", he lost all restraint and let go completely.

This leads to the fact that the images in "Heart" are always gloomy. Even on a sunny day, under the control of colors, it still feels gloomy.

Coupled with a large number of long shots and strong emotional outbursts, "Heart" feels depressing and compact.

His three commercial films, including "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness", also have a bit of personal style in them, but with his deliberate restraint, the sense of depression is not strong and will not affect the feeling of watching the movie.

In the two comedies, Wan Qingshan completely restrained his own ideas and filmed them completely according to the script. It can be said that in "A Journey to Love" and "The True Meaning of Love", he can be regarded as a tool man.

He only has a little personal style, which makes him feel no sense of accomplishment when making comedies, and he always feels unmotivated.

Directors with too strong personal styles will not only feel unfulfilled and unmotivated when they make movies that do not suit their style, but they will also feel extremely uncomfortable and always want to add their own style to it.

Zhang Zhao laughed twice and said in a low voice, "Director Wan, I have read the script of Cheng Er's movie. From my perspective, it feels pretty good, so I plan to invest in his movie."

"Mr. Zhang, just take care of this matter. You are responsible for Qingshan Media's affairs. I am just a hands-off shopkeeper."

After saying that, Wan Qingshan thought of something, and then he realized that he seemed to have misunderstood.

"Mr. Zhang, is Qingshan Media Company out of money?"

"Well, it cost a lot of money to acquire the film and television adaptation rights. The TV series we invested in Zhou Yi before was not finished yet, and then the company led a movie, which is still in production.

Later, there was an investment in film and television dramas that was exchanged with Tangren Company’s resources. Director Wan, in fact, the company has long been out of money. I still owe Cai Yinong for the money invested in Tangren Film and Television dramas.

If it weren't for the investment in "Unfortunate Love" that gave Cai Yinong a huge advantage, I would be embarrassed to owe the money I invested in film and television. "

Wan Qingshan frowned immediately, thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Zhang, after the meeting, I will transfer 1000 million to the company."

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a while and said with an embarrassed look, "Director Wan, 1000 million is not enough. I have to pay Cai Yinong 100 million. Although the cost of Cheng Er's movie is small, it will cost at least several million, and a post-production room must be set up. And buying shooting equipment, 1000 million is far from enough."

"Cheng Er's movie, he should bring some companies together to invest, as long as the leading power is in our hands, it will be fine."

"Director Wan, this is not enough. Post-production equipment and shooting equipment are not cheap."

"Then let's hold Cai Yinong's money first, and then pay it back to Cai Yinong after the income from Zhou Yi's TV series comes down."

Seeing that Wan Qingshan was unwilling to give him any more money, Zhang Zhao suddenly became confused. Although Wan Qingshan was very fussy about money, he was always very generous when it came to the company.

After Zhang Zhao thought for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "Director Wan, are you encountering difficulties in cash flow?"

"Well, it's a bit tight, so I can only give 1000 million."

"In this case, I'll squeeze in the 1000 million and use it. I should have no problem getting through this period of time."

As soon as Zhang Zhao finished speaking, the door to the meeting was pushed open and Han Sanping walked in.

"Han Dong!"

"Han Dong!"

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When everyone stood up to address them, Han Sanping responded with a smile, and he walked to the top of the conference table and sat down.

"Everyone sit down first!"

After everyone sat down, Han Sanping said with a smile, "I asked everyone to come this time because Mr. Wang from Huayi complained to me some time ago that the movie release time was too chaotic.

He scheduled "Ink Attack" two months in advance and it has already been announced to the outside world. Some time ago, when he was about to start promoting, a blockbuster suddenly came into the schedule, causing him to have to change "Ink Attack" Shift. "

Everyone secretly glanced at Zhang Weiping, who looked natural.

This statement is clearly referring to Zhang Weiping. "Ink Attack" is scheduled to be released on December 12 after the Baihua Film Festival.

But some time ago, Zhang Weiping suddenly announced that "The Golden Armor" will be released on December 12th.

Although "Ink Attack" is also a blockbuster, compared with "The City of Golden Armor", the investment, director, and cast are not comparable.

This scared Wang Zhongjun to immediately move the schedule of "Ink Attack" to release in February to compete with "The Disciple" and "007007 Casino Royale".

“Mr. Wang’s words reminded me.

In the past few years, Chinese-language movies have gotten better and better, with several movies having a box office of over [-] million yuan, and even one movie with a box office of over [-] million yuan.

But in fact, I don’t need to say it. Everyone knows that except for first-time movies, Hollywood movies still dominate the mainland market, and it is still difficult for most Chinese-language movies to recover their costs.

While the market is still dominated by Hollywood films, we have to avoid internal strife among Chinese-language films. If we want to fight, we have to wait until the mainland market is dominated by Chinese-language films.At that time, if you continue to compete and fight to the death, I, Han Sanping, will never interfere.

It's definitely not possible now, especially for blockbusters. Two Chinese-language blockbusters must not be released back to back. Sometimes one blockbuster can cause a film and television company to go bankrupt.

I think you don’t want your movies to compete with blockbusters and affect the box office! "

As soon as Han Sanping finished speaking, Wang Zhongjun, Wu Kebo, and the CEO of Xingmei Company—Jia Hui, who is also the boss of Heaven and Earth, all replied together,

"Director Han, you are right."

"Director Han, I, Chengtian, don't want to compete either."

"Director Han, what you are saying is that when it comes to making money, the most important thing is to be kind and cheerful."

Except for these three people, everyone else said nothing, as if they didn't hear what Han Sanping said.

Han Sanping smiled at the three Wang Zhongjun, and then glanced at Jiang Zhiqiang, Yu Dong, Wan Qingshan, Lin Jianyue, and Yang Shoucheng.

"Do you have any disagreement?"

Wan Qingshan still didn't speak, pretending not to hear, and Wang Changtian and the others didn't speak either, but Jiang Zhiqiang pointed out the problem without politeness.

“Director Han, you want Chinese-language films to avoid competition, which is a good thing and I have no problem with that.

But since you don’t want Chinese-language films to compete, please invite all companies in the industry to discuss it, especially large state-owned enterprises such as Shanghai Film and Western Film.

Otherwise, we promise not to compete, but what about those companies? "

"Haha, Mr. Jiang, I have already thought of your concerns."

Han Sanping turned his eyes, glanced at everyone and said slowly,
"Your concerns should be the same as Mr. Jiang's, right?"

After waiting for a few seconds, Wan Qingshan saw that no one was speaking, so he said, "Yes, Director Han, I am worried about the same thing as Mr. Jiang."

“Then please don’t worry, I will talk to those state-owned enterprises in Shanghai Film Studio.

It's just that there are some things between state-owned enterprises that cannot be disclosed to outsiders, so it is inconvenient for you to participate.

As for other film and television companies, they are not capable of producing blockbusters, so we will not consider them.

If they produce a blockbuster in the future, I will talk to them then.

This concern has been resolved. If you still have any concerns, tell them. "

As soon as Han Sanping finished speaking, Jiang Zhiqiang answered, "Director Han, you have considered everything carefully. I have no other opinions."

Han Sanping smiled and saw that no one else said anything, "If you don't speak, then I will assume that you have no objections.

Okay, then let me talk about the verbal agreement I came up with in order to avoid blockbuster competition.

In the future, as long as I invest more than 8000 million yuan in blockbusters, they will be scheduled three months in advance for me.

Also, please let me know before setting the schedule. If I find that there is a conflict in the schedule of a blockbuster, I will coordinate it with you.

Do you have any disagreements with this verbal agreement? "

"No problem, Director Han, this is a good idea. It can avoid our competition."

Wang Zhongjun glanced at Zhang Weiping and continued in a deep voice, "It can also avoid the problem of the movie being scheduled and then being rescheduled."

Seeing that Zhang Weiping looked calm and silent, Han Sanping frowned and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you have any objections?"

"No, of course not."

After Zhang Weiping finished speaking, he looked at Wang Zhongjun and said, "Mr. Wang, I'm sorry about the "City of Golden Armor" thing, but I can't help it.

"The Golden Globe" was sent to the United States to participate in the Academy Awards, but I thought since I signed up for the Academy Awards, I might as well sign up for the Golden Globes as well.

In order to meet the registration requirements for the Golden Globe Awards, a month ago, I also arranged for several limited-time screenings of "The Golden Globe" in the United States.

The Golden Globe Awards shortlist will be announced at the end of December. Mr. Wang, you also know that once the Golden Globe Awards shortlist is released, the promotion of "The Golden Globe" will be a huge sensation. It will not be released at this time. If so, that would be such a pity.

So, Mr. Wang, I’m really sorry, there’s nothing I can do about it. "

Zhang Weiping's apology made Wang Zhongjun furious.

"The City of Gold" was submitted for the Academy Awards from mainland China, while "The Banquet" was submitted from Hong Kong Island for the Oscars. At the same time, Wang Zhongjun also submitted "The Banquet" for the Golden Globe Awards.

People in the industry have known about this for a long time.It is impossible for Zhang Weiping not to know that what he said clearly meant that "The Banquet" was not taken seriously, and he was very arrogant and believed that "The Golden Globe" will definitely be nominated for the Golden Globe Award.

boom!
Wang Zhongjun slammed the table and said angrily,

"Zhang Weiping, don't forget, "The Night Banquet" has also signed up for the Golden Globe Award!"

"I know, Mr. Wang, speaking of it, I have a share of the credit for "The Night Banquet"'s box office of over [-] million. On the day "The Night Banquet" was released, I booked the theater and invited everyone in my company to watch it."

Zhang Weiping's tone was full of sarcasm, especially the words worth over [-] million, which stung Wang Zhongjun and made him even more angry.

Wang Zhongjun stood up suddenly, and then walked towards Zhang Weiping. He just took a step, but before he could say anything,
"What kind of trouble do you want to cause, start a fight?

If you want to fight, fine, you fight, and let your colleagues here take a good look at how embarrassed you are.

If you feel that the audience is not enough, then I will find some news media and ask them to give you a good report, so that the outside world can see how the bosses of the two major film and television companies fought. "

Han Sanping's words made Wang Zhongjun calm down a little.

"Director Han, I'm sorry."

Wang Zhongjun sat down as he spoke.

Then, under Han Sanping's gaze, Zhang Weiping said, "Director Han, I'm sorry.

Mr. Wang, I'm sorry. "

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay. Speaking of which, I have to thank Mr. Zhang for supporting "The Night Banquet"." Wang Zhongjun replied with a smile.

Seeing that the two of them were no longer in trouble, everyone's eyes flashed with disappointment.

If a fight breaks out, it will keep them laughing for a year.

"Okay, what I just said is that the blockbuster film will be scheduled three months in advance. Do you have any objections to the verbal agreement that was communicated to me before the movie was scheduled?"

As soon as Han Sanping finished speaking, everyone replied, "No objection." "Director Han, your method is very good, I have no objection.",,,
After a burst of mixed approval, Han Sanping said,
“Since everyone has no objection, let’s follow this verbal agreement.

By the way, Director Wan, unless your movie is a literary film, it will be considered a blockbuster no matter how big the investment is, and it has to be scheduled three months in advance. "

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, "Director Han, my movie is considered a blockbuster no matter how big the investment is, but what about Director Feng's movie?

Also, what about great Hong Kong directors like Director Zhou?
Also, what about the movies starring Cheng Long and Jet Li? "

Han Sanping moved his eyes back and forth between Zhang Weiping and Wang Zhongjun.
"The same goes for Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou's movies. Unless it's a literary film, it's considered a blockbuster no matter how big the investment is."

"Director Han, no matter how big the investment is for Director Feng's film, I will invest three months in advance according to the blockbusters, and I will report it to you before it is scheduled to be released."

"Haha, don't worry, Director Han, I will do it."

Han Sanping nodded slightly, "As for Chen Kaige, I will go and tell him. Don't worry, I will treat everyone equally."

Then, Han Sanping looked at Zhou Xingchi and said, "Director Zhou, you have invested heavily in your movies in the past few years, but in order to prevent you from suddenly making a low-cost movie in the future. So, you, Director Wan, Director Zhang and the others Same thing, do you have any opinions?"

"No objection, your decision, Director Han, is a great thing for me.

From now on, there will be no such thing as "Kung Fu" and "The True Meaning of Love" competing for the box office. Zhou Xingchi replied immediately.

“As for the films of other directors from Hong Kong, I don’t have any special requirements because their films do not have high box office in the mainland.

There were only five people who had special requests from the director: Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Wan Qingshan, and Zhou Xingchi.

Because your movies are very likely to be low-cost and high-box office. "

Han Sanping looked towards Wanqing Mountain, "Especially you, Director Wan, I just specifically asked your movie to be a blockbuster because you made three commercial movies and the investment was not large.

However, the two movies released have achieved high box office. Among them, "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave" has been the highest-grossing movie in recent years. "

"Director Han, I understand, I will do it." Wan Qingshan replied.

"As for Cheng Long and Jet Li you just mentioned, unless they don't want to be paid, the cost of their movie will definitely not be less than 8000 million.

Of course, in order to prevent them from investing in the movie and starring in it for free, no matter how much the cost of their movie is, I will treat it as a blockbuster.

I will talk to Jet Li.Cheng Long, Mr. Yang, please convey my words to him.

At the same time, I will also spread this verbal agreement in the circle. Anyone who invites them to make movies in the future will naturally abide by this agreement. "

Yang Shouchi immediately nodded and said, "Director Han, I will definitely bring you the message."

"Okay, do you have any other opinions now?"

"No comment!"

"Director Han, I have no objection."

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"Since everyone has no objections, then starting from tomorrow, everyone will start to abide by it. The blockbuster will be scheduled three months in advance. Let me know before it is scheduled."

Then, Han Sanping's expression suddenly changed, and he continued with a solemn expression,

"If someone has no objection but is unwilling to abide by it and messes around with the schedule, then don't blame me for blocking it with imported blockbusters."

Wan Qingshan suddenly looked at Zhang Weiping.

In "Three Shots on the Shore", was it because Zhang Weiping failed to abide by this rule that Han Sanping blocked him with imported blockbusters?
Wan Qingshan is not sure about this idea. He has never heard of this agreement in his previous life. Maybe this agreement was thought up by Han Sanping in this life.

After Wan Qingshan thought for a moment, he came back to his senses and said, "Director Han, since it starts tomorrow, don't bother. If I don't tell you today, I will have to tell you tomorrow.

Let me just say it now, "Awkward Love" will be released on March 3 next year. "

Surprise flashed in Wang Changtian's eyes, and then a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

This dissatisfaction was directed at Li Xiaoping. When Zhang Zhao was here, Zhang Zhao could always tell him the scheduled release date of Wan Qingshan's movie in advance.

Regardless of whether it was the agreement made by Han Sanping that caused Wan Qingshan to announce the film's release date in advance, Li Xiaoping just didn't know. This was a work mistake.

Han Sanping was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, March 3th, I'll write down the date in a minute."

The rest of the people had a flash of surprise in their eyes, surprised by how fast Wan Qingshan was.

Wan Qingshan admires Zhang Yimou, who is like an old scalper. Except for the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, he can make a movie every year.

But people in the industry are also amazed by Wan Qingshan's speed in making movies. He has only made five movies and released four movies in just three and a half years since his debut. What a fast shooter!
After talking about the meeting, Han Sanping didn't say anything more, and the meeting ended with a few polite words.

After leaving China Film and Television, Wan Qingshan invited Jiang Zhiqiang to sit at Qingshan Film and Television Company.

In Qingshan Film and Television Company, after Wan Qingshan hinted a few words, Jiang Zhiqiang immediately understood that Wan Qingshan wanted to ask about the [-] million funds borrowed from him.

After agreeing to borrow money, Jiang Zhiqiang did not delay and asked Wan Qingshan to prepare a loan contract on the spot. After signing the contract, he promised that the money would be transferred within two days.

Later, Jiang Zhiqiang and Wan Qingshan talked about the box office of "Ip Man".

"Ip Man" has been released for nearly half a month now, and the box office has only exceeded 4000 million.

In the first three days of the release, the box office was around 500 million per day on weekdays, and the single-day box office for the next two days on weekends was around 700 million. After that, the box office plummeted.

On Monday, the box office dropped directly to more than 900 million, and on Tuesday, it was just over [-] million.

Then it stabilized at 900 million for two days, then plunged again. The rebound over the next weekend was not very strong. Yesterday's box office had dropped to just over 400 million.

Half a month after its release, pirated discs have appeared on the market. The box office will definitely plummet in the future. There is no hope of a total box office of 7000 million, which is only [-] million at most.

Although there is no hope of reaching [-] million, Jiang Zhiqiang is very happy.

Because "Ip Man" also sold well in Hong Kong Island. The current box office of "Ip Man" in Hong Kong Island is 600 million, and the total box office should be 500 million. The total box office in the two places combined can also be 2 million. many.

The cost of "Ip Man" can be recovered by relying on the profits from North America and Europe.Domestic box office revenue plus other trivial income, the profit must be [-] million.

In addition, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia are definitely not low. It is estimated that the final total profit of "Ip Man" will be more than 3 million. The profit of "Ip Man" is more than 3 million, which caused Colombia to contact him in the past two days and ask if he could make it. "Ip Man" was made into a series.

If possible, Columbia wants to continue investing in the second part of "Ip Man". They can still arrange to release the second part of "Ip Man" in North America and Europe, and the number of openings will be guaranteed to be no less than 500.

Jiang Zhiqiang is happy because the second part of "Ip Man" can be filmed, and Columbia is willing to arrange for the second part of "Ip Man" to be released in North America and Europe, and also guarantees the number of openings.

Then this can definitely send Zhang Jin to Hollywood again, and this opportunity is given by God.

Jiang Zhiqiang has already begun preparations for the second "Ip Man", but this time, he does not plan to find Wan Qingshan as the director.

It's not because Wan Qingshan's director's fee is too high. Even if Wan Qingshan wanted to increase his director's fee for the first part of "Ip Man," it would only be RMB 6000 at most.

He could afford 6000 million. Compared with the income brought by "Ip Man", Wan Qingshan was worth this price.

However, the first part of "Ip Man" had average box office in North America and did not accumulate many fans. The second part also had the same box office.

Therefore, he has no expectations for Zhang Jin to break into Hollywood with the second part of "Ip Man". As long as the second part of "Ip Man" can make him money.

He didn't expect the second part of "Ip Man" to help Zhang Jin break into Hollywood, so Jiang Zhiqiang felt there was no need to find Wan Qingshan to direct.

In addition, he has been coveting Wan Qingshan's new movie. He didn't want to be delayed by filming "Ip Man", so he invested in Wan Qingshan's new movie.

At noon, Wan Qingshan invited Jiang Zhiqiang to have a meal at a nearby hotel, and then Jiang Zhiqiang left.

After that, Wan Qingshan no longer went to China Film and Television to focus on post-production. He returned to Qingshan Film and Television Company and asked Sun Yao, Bai Wen, and Chen Honglan to adapt the old American movie "Brewster's Millionaire".

Afraid that the three of them might have gone astray, Wan Qingshan also gave a rough outline of the plot of "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

The movie Wan Qingshan asked Lu Bing to shoot was "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

Wan Qingshan felt that he was taking a certain risk by letting Lu Bing film "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

It's not that Wan Qingshan is worried about Lu Bing. He had scouted Lu Bing before filming "Unfortunate Love". If Lu Bing makes this kind of comedy, Wan Qingshan thinks it's okay, so he lets Lu Bing direct.

If he didn't believe in Lu Bing's directorial skills, he would have looked for another director. He wouldn't have given Lu Bing a movie to practice on because he had been with him for several years.

It's not that the script is risky. He has the rights to adapt "Brewster's Millions" and is not afraid of any plagiarism issues.

He has no confidence in the box office. "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was released in 2018. At that time, the general audience was entertainment-oriented, and "The Richest Tomato Man" was a completely entertainment-oriented movie. Plus Shen Teng was popular at the time, so there were It has strong box office appeal, so it achieved high box office.

Although today's young audiences are also entertainment-oriented, they are still far from the kind of entertainment that will be 10 years from now.

Wan Qingshan is very worried that the current audience will not be able to accept "The Richest Man in Xihong City", but he has the right to adapt it and can insert a large number of sponsored advertisements. There is no future technology in the plot, and it does not require much directing skills. All he could think of for a moment was This one.

In fact, "Charlotte's Troubles" is also very suitable. Compared with "The Richest Man in Xihong City", "Charlotte's Troubles" is not yet fully entertaining and is more suitable for today's audiences.

He has the copyright to "Turn Back Time" and then shoot "Charlotte", so he is not afraid of plagiarism.

However, compared to "The Richest Man in Xihong City", "Charlotte Troubles" has one disadvantage: it is not easy to insert a large amount of advertising sponsorship.

After he bought the Golden Harvest Cinema chain, he still had to make his own new movie. For Lu Bing's movie, he really couldn't afford much money.

So for Lu Bing's movie, he planned to follow Feng Xiaogang's example, attract a lot of advertising sponsorship, and use the sponsorship money to make the movie.

As a producer, he should be able to attract a group of sponsors, and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" can completely insert more than a dozen advertisements without affecting the plot, but "Charlotte Trouble" cannot.

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After discussing the general plot with Sun Yao and the others, Wan Qingshan returned to the office and called Zhang Zhao to ask some questions.

After hanging up the phone and waiting for Zhang Zhao to send a text message, Wan Qingshan followed the phone number in the text message.Call over.

Early the next morning, Wan Qingshan went to the China Film Post-Production Studio. After looking at it, he left the China Film Post-Production Studio to meet with the screenwriter Lu Wei who had made an appointment yesterday to adapt the novels "Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive" into the script. .

(End of this chapter)