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

Chapter 199
"No, what's going on? Isn't this a comedy? Why is it gone?"

"You know, this movie is good at the beginning, but it makes me feel a little uncomfortable at the end. It's not as good as the previous movie "The True Meaning of Love."

"What is Director Wan doing? How can we have a tragic ending!"

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Amid the discussion, after the post-production staff finished showing the subtitles, the screen suddenly lit up again, which made the audience's eyes brighten.

On the screen, in the airport, Yuan Quan, who has become a CD city beauty, drags his suitcase and walks forward.

After a few seconds, the camera's focus moved to the side, and behind them Xia Yu and Liu Yan in suits and ties were walking quickly this way.

"Well, I'm about to board the plane. Regarding the cargo, I'll call you after I land and we can discuss it."

When Xia Yu hung up the phone, Yuan Quan looked back and she was stunned.

A second later, Xia Yu, who put away her phone, looked up and was also stunned.

The two stared at each other blankly for a few seconds. At this time, Liu Yan on the side said in shock, "Oh, Guifang, long time no see."

"Yeah, long time no see. What a coincidence. What are you doing?" Yuan Quan asked with a somewhat unnatural expression.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yan immediately said, "Guifang, don't misunderstand me. I'm just working as a secretary for Nie Kang."

A smile immediately appeared on Yuan Quan's face, and he asked Xia Yu, "Do you have something to do as a secretary, or do you have nothing to do as a secretary?"

Xia Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, "Of course I have something for the secretary to do!"

Then, the screen suddenly went black.

When the audience waited for a few seconds and saw that the screen no longer lit up, they started talking again.

"Why did you put the ending at the end? If it were released normally, many people wouldn't be able to see the ending.

If it hadn't been for the premiere, I would have stood up and left when the subtitles came up. "

"Who says it's not? Who watches a movie and waits until the subtitles are over?"

"I always feel that the ending is weird, you know."

"You feel weird too, and so do I. As soon as the scene at the end came out, I had a weird feeling in my heart that I couldn't tell."

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There was a lot of discussion in the audience. Liu Yan came on stage in front of the stage. After saying a few words, he invited Wan Qingshan, Xia Yu and Yuan Quan to come on stage.

After the three people took the stage, they answered a few questions from Liu Yan according to the draft they had prepared, and then asked a group of celebrities to comment.

While everyone was boasting, the premiere was about to end. Suddenly, a man very close to the front row stood up and shouted, "Director Wan, can I ask a question?"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then took the microphone handed over by Liu Yan, "Of course, in this way, I will draw five people and answer five questions.

But we agreed in advance that today is the premiere of "Unfortunately Love", and I will only answer questions about "Unfortunately Love". "

After the staff in the audience handed the microphone to the man, the man immediately asked,

"Director Wan, why do I think the ending is weird? It's not just me, my girlfriend also thinks the ending is weird."

"Strange is normal. At the end, Qiu Guifang changed drastically from a hardworking girl to an urban beauty. Not only did her image change, she also became no longer evasive. She dared to ask Nei Kang and her secretary directly relation.

It shows that she plans to become a couple with Nie Kang, and Nie Kang's obviously excited expression at the end also expresses this.

The previous plot will make you think about the love between Cinderella and Prince Charming, but at the end, the clothes show that the two are somewhat equal, so you will feel strange in your heart. "

The doubts in the man's heart were cleared, but at the same time, more doubts emerged.

But Wan Qingshan only said, one question per person, he could only say, "Director Wan, thank you."

"That girl in pink over there, you have the next question."

The staff immediately looked in the direction of Wanqingshan and handed the microphone to this very cute woman.

"Director Wan, the purpose of the ending is to tell everyone that there is no love between Cinderella and Prince Charming, only equal love?"

"I have said before that after the movie is released, it no longer belongs to the director alone, but to everyone. Everyone can understand it how they want.

At the end, you can understand that there is only equal love, and others can also understand that career makes people no longer feel inferior.

Others may understand that love makes people strive for progress. You can understand it however you want. "

"Director Wan, what do you think love is like?"

"As soon as this viewer heard your question, he knew that you had not watched any of my previous TV shows.

The host also asked me this question on the show before. My answer at the time was that I was still too young and did not have such a deep understanding of love.

So I can’t answer your question, sorry. "

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After answering the five questions, the premiere ended. Wan Qingshan and Jiang Zhiqiang had a meal and took the car home.

the next morning.

Han Sanping and the others came to Qingshan Film and Television Company. After Wan Qingshan showed the three people the budget report of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", he signed the investment contract for "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

After the three of them left, Wan Qingshan called Hillier Hinton and agreed that Columbia would account for 20% of the investment in his new movie.

Next, Wan Qingshan flew to Chen Yumo's place, stayed there for two days, and then flew back to the capital to start the road show of "Awkward Love".

During the road show, Zeng Li persuaded Yuan Quan, and as a result, Wan Qingshan could only bring Xia Yu, Yuan Hong, Liu Shishi, and Liu Yan, who was stuffed in by Li Xiaoli.

Maybe the ending of "Unfortunate Love" was a bit too strange, so during the road show, the audience was asking questions about the plot at the end.

"Director Wan, did you come up with the ending specifically for the sake of box office? Your original intention was that the movie would end in the hospital."

"Wan Dao, do you think there is no unequal love?"

"Director Wan, the ending of the plot is a little too unrealistic. How could a milking worker turn into an urban white-collar worker in a few years?"

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During every road show in Beijing, Wan Qingshan had to answer several questions about the ending of the movie, which made him feel dizzy.

In the evening, after flying around the magic city, Wan Qingshan immediately went to take a bath to relax his mind and feel comfortable. The swelling in his head got better.

When Wan Qingshan came out in his pajamas and went to dry his hair, his cell phone on the coffee table rang.

Yuan Hong, who had been standing by the coffee table, immediately picked up his phone and walked towards Wanqing Mountain.

"Director Wan, your phone is ringing."

Wan Qingshan turned off the hairdryer he had just opened, took the phone, and looked at the call from Li Xiaoli.

"Hello, Mr. Li."

"Got it, thank you."

"OK, bye."

When answering the phone, Wan Qingshan's expression was so bland that Yuan Hong couldn't tell whether the box office on the first day was good or bad.

So as soon as the phone hung up, Yuan Hong couldn't help but ask,

"Director Wan, how much was the box office on the first day?"

Originally, Yuan Hong wasn't interested in "Unfortunately". After all, it was just a guest appearance. Whether it did well at the box office or not had no impact on his acting career.

But things are different now. He is now participating in the road show. From the outside world, he is also an important part of "Awkward Love".

"The box office is average, 600 million!"

Yuan Hong was instantly overjoyed, "Director Wan, 600 million is normal. I don't know how many movies every year have a total box office of less than 600 million."

"Haha, okay, the box office is out. You guys should go back to your room and rest. I have to go to bed soon."

"Director Wan, I won't disturb your rest."

Yuan Hong walked to the living room and told Liu Shishi, Liu Yan, and Xia Yu about the first-day box office of "Awkward Love", and then asked everyone to go back to their rooms and not to disturb Director Wan's rest.

The next day, when Wan Qingshan was having breakfast at the hotel, people from Enlight Pictures handed him several entertainment newspapers.

Wan Qingshan picked up one and read it.

Originally, he didn't care. In addition to reports on the box office of his previous two movies, most of the newspaper reports were criticisms of his movies by film critics and older generation filmmakers.But this time, after taking a second look, Wan Qingshan stopped eating breakfast in surprise and looked at it carefully.

After looking at the newspaper, Wan Qingshan asked Yuan Hong and others to give him the newspapers in their hands.

Seeing Wan Qingshan holding several newspapers, reading this one for 2 minutes and that one for 2 minutes, Liu Yan asked curiously,
"Director Wan, what's wrong? Is there something wrong? Aren't they all compliments above?"

"Wait."

Wan Qingshan took out his cell phone and called Li Xiaoli.

"Mr. Li, have you invited many film critics to praise the movie?"

"I invited some, but not too many. It's just more than "Loyal Liver and Righteousness". What's the matter, Director Wan, do you need me to invite more people?"

"No, no need. Mr. Li, if you read today's entertainment newspapers, you will understand why I asked this."

Li Xiaoli was a little nervous because of Wan Qingshan. "Unfortunate Love" was the first movie she collaborated with Wan Qingshan after taking office as the president of Enlight Pictures. If something happened to the movie, she would not be able to get along well with Wang Changtian.

"Director Wan, I'll find it right now."

Li Xiaoli's anxious tone made Wan Qingshan laugh dumbly.

"Mr. Li, don't worry, it's not a bad thing."

"Not a bad thing!"

"Mr. Li, you will understand after reading this. Okay, I have nothing else to do here. I will hang up now."

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan said, "It's strange that they are all compliments. For my previous two commercial films, most of the reviews from film critics were criticisms, but this time they are all praises."

"Perhaps they think "Unfortunate Love" is better than the previous two movies. I watched it on Douban and Time.com last night.

"An Awkward Journey to Love" has a score of 8.6 on Douban.com and 8.5 on Time.com, which is higher than "The True Meaning of Love" and "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness".

"The True Meaning of Love" is 7.6 and 7.7 on two websites. "Loyalty to the liver and righteousness to the bravery" are 8.1 and 8.2.

Director Wan, among all your films, "Awkward Love" is only a little lower than "In the Heart". "

Liu Shishi looked a little proud, making Yuan Hong cover his face.

The new movie has just been released, so of course it has high ratings.

Also, you said in front of Director Wan that "Love Is Lost" was better than "The True Meaning of Love" and "Loyalty, Righteousness and Guts". You are really short-sighted.

Liu Shishi's words made Wan Qingshan unable to answer and could only deal with it.

"Maybe."

Liu Shishi still wanted to say something, but under the table, Yuan Hong lightly kicked her feet, and then looked at her wildly to signal her not to say anything.

Liu Shishi was a little confused as to why she was asked to stop talking.

But thinking of Cai Yinong's instructions before leaving, to obey Yuan Hong in everything, she didn't say anything else.

Praise from many film critics, and Li Yancheng's online posts discussing the plot at the end of the movie, led to a slight increase in the single-day box office on the second day of release, reaching 900 million.

Then, on the third and fourth days, it reached 700 million and 100, almost breaking the single-day box office record in the mainland market set by "The City of Gold" with [-] million.
The box office has increased significantly in the past two days, not only on weekends, but also because the Domestic Aviation Administration has issued a ban on carrying liquids exceeding 5ml on board starting from May 1st.

Although Li Yancheng previously speculated on the new order issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization on the Internet, because the word "guess" was used and it was foreign news, the popularity was not high and it did not spread on the Internet.

In the past few days of road shows, Wan Qingshan has also encountered audiences who pointed out that flights do not have the rule in the movie that no liquids are allowed on board.

Now that the General Administration of Domestic Aviation has promulgated this regulation, Li Xiaoli immediately went to news newspapers and TV stations to use this to promote "Awkward Love".

The regulations that dare to be promulgated in China were actually included in the "Awkward Love" filmed last year, which made the audience who did not use the Internet full of surprise and curiosity.

This resulted in the box office skyrocketing in the past two days.

On the fifth day of release, because it was Monday, and the popularity and attraction brought by the regulations issued by the Domestic Aviation Administration had greatly weakened after two days over the weekend, the single-day box office dropped sharply to only 900 million.

As for the box office, Wan Qingshan didn't keep an eye on it, and Li Xiaoli didn't call him every night to tell him how much the box office was because the road show was over.

The road show ended in Yangcheng, the others went home, and Wan Qingshan went to Hong Kong Island.

Ye Xuan worked very quickly. Within half a month, he negotiated with Wang Changtian about the Jiahe Cinema Line and won the Jiahe Cinema Line at a price of 500 million yuan.

Wan Qingshan and Wang Changtian signed the contract and agreed that the money would be transferred within a month.

Then, he started discussing with Wang Changtian about the release of "Awkward Love" on Hong Kong Island.

After taking control of Golden Harvest, Wang Changtian did not want "Love Lost" to be released on Hong Kong Island, and handed it over to Anle Film and Television, hoping that Golden Harvest would distribute "Love Lost" and release it on Hong Kong Island.

Jiahe Cinema Line is his own, and he also has shares in Jiahe, so Wan Qingshan has no objection to this.

It's just that it was agreed before that the movie would be released on Hong Kong Island after Golden Harvest Cinemas was transferred to him.

Therefore, "Unfortunately" was not released simultaneously on Hong Kong Island and the Mainland.

After the discussion, Wan Qingshan told Ye Xiang to keep the people from Jiahe Academy Line, and at the same time, be careful of people from Jiahe Academy Line being ostracized.

Then, Wan Qingshan returned to Shenzhen, stayed with Chen Yumo for a few days, and then flew back to the capital.

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"Qingzi, look, this is the cast list of "The Richest Man in Xihong City"."

Wan Qingshan took the cast list handed over by Li Yancheng.

Wan Qingshan looked a little surprised when he saw the first two names.

After a moment, Wan Qingshan put down the cast list and asked, "Brother Cheng, what do you and Lu Bing think about choosing Xu Zheng and Liu Yifei to play the leading male and female roles?"

"Xu Zheng was selected by Lu Bing and I from the interview, and Liu Yifei was selected by me.

Liu Yifei is popular. If you don't find a popular actor, it will be difficult to negotiate with sponsors. "

Wan Qingshan thought about it and stopped caring about the actors.

"How are the sponsor talks going?"

"I have found a total of [-] sponsors, have already negotiated with four, and have eight more to discuss due to sponsorship fees."

"How much is the average sponsorship fee per family?"

Li Yanzhima became hesitant, "On average, average, about 100 million per family."

"Only 100 million!"

Wan Qingshan was very surprised.

"No, I'm the producer, and now I'm looking for Liu Yifei, and it's only 100 million per family!"

"I can't help it. These sponsors are very smart. They understand that you are supervising the production in order to attract sponsorship, so of course they try their best to keep the sponsorship fee down.

The average sponsorship fee for each family is 100 million, which I worked hard to earn. The eight companies have not reached an agreement yet because they are not even willing to give 100 million. "

Seeing Wan Qingshan's expression of disappointment, Li Yancheng quickly continued,

"Qingzi, 100 million is not low. Now, except for big directors like you, the sponsorship fee for other directors' movies, even if they star in popular stars like Li Bailian, is only about 200 million.

Lu Bing was just your assistant director before. Although Liu Yifei is famous, in the film market, her box office appeal has not yet been verified. 100 million is really not low. "

Wan Qingshan propped his elbows on the table, covered his forehead and said helplessly, "Brother Cheng, I don't blame you, but the sponsorship fee of 100 million for a family is too low, which disrupted my plan."

The filming cost of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is not low. The scenes and props in the movie, such as stadiums and helicopters, are not cheap. Excluding the director's fee, the filming cost is more than double that of "Love in the Road", requiring 800 million yuan. .

Originally, Wan Qingshan thought that, not to mention the sponsorship fee, it would be 500 million for a family like when he filmed "Awkward Love", but 200 million for a family should be enough.

Ten companies are worth 2000 million. When the time comes, the filming cost will only be 800 million. He accounts for 35% and only needs to pay more than 200 million.

But now, based on the sponsorship fee of 1000 to 900 million, he would get more than [-] million.

Now he is short of money, which requires him to pay nearly 1000 million, which really gives him a headache.

"Well, Qingzi, there is also a way to increase the sponsorship fee.

As long as you are willing to play a role in the movie, no matter how big the role is, I will let each sponsor provide up to 200 million. "

Wan Qingshan immediately shook his head, "No, I can't appear. If I want to participate, it will affect Lu Bing's condition.

It was his first time making a movie, so he was already nervous. As soon as I was going to star, he would definitely ask me about everything, so it would be better for me to shoot it myself. "

Then, Wan Qingshan sighed in his heart, "Okay, let's do it. Brother Cheng, you first have to communicate with China Film, Guangguang, and Anle Pictures about the funding for the filming of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", and ask them first. The money goes to the crew.

As for my side, I'll call you later. "

"Okay, then I will go to work first."

"Ah."

After Li Yancheng left, when Wan Qingshan was worrying about where to get money, Chen Chen rushed in in a panic.

(End of this chapter)