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Chapter 246: All parties want to visit the class

"Only the almost crazy control of details can create a "speaking" picture. What I want is that every frame of the picture must change with the protagonist's emotional changes."

Listening to Li Mu's demanding requirements for details, Tian Xiaopeng sighed with emotion: Sure enough, there is a reason for success, but "Your Name" is too difficult to promote.

Tian Xiaopeng also knows that Mengying can do this partly because it has top animation talents in the industry and is supported by a steady flow of funds, so it can take several years to polish a movie.

On the other hand, the film itself has a high reputation, and there is no need to worry about huge losses, which is why there is such a high investment.

In fact, no one in the animated film industry has tried to invest large amounts of money. For example, in 2006, 8000 million yuan was invested in "The Romance of the Dragon Blade". However, the national box office was only 26.8 yuan, and 1.3 million yuan was invested in the "domestic masterpiece" "Mobi". "Si Huan" only earned 340 million yuan at the box office.

In 2007, the box office of "Shining Red Star" with an investment of 1000 million yuan was only 41 yuan.

In 2008, "Wind and Cloud" set a box office record of 3300 million yuan for a domestic animated film at that time, but its investment was nearly 8000 million yuan.
"High output, high investment, and low output value" make it difficult for companies in the industry to invest in domestic animated films for a long time.

The harder it is to make money in the market, the more serious the vicious cycle will be. Therefore, animations in these years have focused on weight rather than quality.

Employees like them can only survive in it with difficulty. For example, he used to help the Science and Technology Museum shoot popular science animations.

This year's Busan Film Festival has finally announced the shortlist. The new love film "Hawthorn Tree Love" directed by Zhang Yi has been confirmed to be screened as the opening film of this film festival.

Lu Yang's "Cinema for the Blind" was nominated for the New Wave Award and the Audience Award.

"Hey, why don't you congratulate Director Lu in advance?"

"Yes, congratulations to Director Lu first!"

"Director Lu, you are not allowed to treat everyone to a meal today!"

Li Mu, Ning Hao and Wu Ershan were still teasing each other.

"Okay, I'll be the host today!" Lu Yang also had a happy smile on his face. Awards are considered one of the director's important pursuits.

If the box office is the audience's recognition of a movie, then awards are the recognition of a movie by people in the industry.

The Busan Film Festival is not bad, not as good as the three major film festivals and the Oscars, but it is still very famous in Asia.

"This year's Chinese Youth Film Forum, next year's Imperial College Student Film Festival, and the Golden Rooster, I'll report them all to you."

Lu Yang's literary and artistic film, Mengying, was awarded all the awards it could apply for. This film is one of the few literary and artistic films by Lu Yang.

"By the way, what's going on with your "No Man's Land"? Didn't Zhao Baohua look for you some time ago?" Li Mu suddenly remembered the movie in which Ning Hao was killed.

Ning Hao was a little depressed: "I have to make up some scenes and remove the sensitive ones. I can wait until the sensitive period is over to find a time to do it."

"As long as you can go, it will be later."

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When Ning Hao went back from the restaurant, Xing Ai didn't even raise his head. He was still writing the script of "The Golden Heist" at his desk.

"The script is a bit stuck here, there is too little information!"

Ning Hao frowned: "I'll find someone else."

There is a little bit of information available for reading, so writing this script is really not an easy task.

"Speed ​​up, Director Li doesn't care, but he invested close to 2000 million in "No Man's Land", and for several years, not a single egg has come out, so why don't you!"

"By the way, I plan to go to Yifei's place to visit Ban Ban."

"Let's go together."

Xing Aina was not the only one who wanted to visit the cast. After "The Orphan of Zhao" was completed and entered post-production, the job of the producer Chen Hong became much easier.

Chen Hong watched Brother Chen Kai cross his legs and read the newspaper leisurely, and suddenly remembered something.

"Old Chen, I plan to go to southern Fujian."

"Visiting class?"

In this place, Brother Chen Kai immediately thought of the recent media reports.

Liu Yifei's "Those Years" is currently being filmed in southern Fujian.

"On the day of the start-up, something happened and I couldn't leave."

Brother Chen Kai nodded: "It's okay for you to come over!"

"By the way, Director Li's idea is really good. As a beautiful woman like Yifei, as a director, at least she must have a gimmick."

"He is very thoughtful and uses youth movies to practice."

"Oh, you great directors can stand and talk without back pain!"

After Tsui Hark was in Venice, he was preparing to work on "Dragon Inn".

Mengying selected several people in charge of 3D technical effects to conduct a three-week training.Follow up with the crew to solve the problems that arise.

After the training, the 10D version of "Dragon Flying Swords" will be officially launched in October.

Tsui Hark looked at the trained staff: "When I was making "Detective Dee" before, I wanted to make a 3D movie, but the technical problems at the time could not be solved. Unexpectedly, Mengying came out."

"A lot of shortcuts were taken, and Industrial Light and Magic helped a lot."

"That can be considered more than half successful. Otherwise, if we make a 3D movie, we would have to hire a foreign technical team."

"There is no way, our film industrialization is not enough, now we must learn from the foreigners and learn their skills to defeat the foreigners." Li Muchun made a joke.

"Haha, Director Li knows historical allusions."

Tsui Hark also burst out laughing.

"I will give a lecture at Nortel in a few days. Director Li can come over and correct me when he is free. I have decided on the topic, which is called 'Tao Dao Dao'. In fact, I think you should let Director Li give the lecture. In terms of technology, you Much better than me."

As expected of Tsui Hark, the theme of this lecture has its own martial arts meaning.

"Good talk!"

Recently, big news came from the Internet. Tudou Video is preparing to IPO on Nasdaq, with a planned financing amount of US$1.2 million.

Tudou Video has not yet officially responded to this news, but shareholders like Li Mu have known about it for a long time.

This news was also released deliberately to build momentum for its listing in the United States.

As the first Internet video sharing website in China, Tudou Video has developed rapidly. By the end of 2006, it had received four rounds of venture financing, and the number of registered users has reached 7170 million.

Dream Capital has followed the investment all the way in order not to be diluted, but so far it has only obtained 18.2% of the shares. Founder Wang Wei firmly controls Tudou Video.

However, Dream Capital also helped Tudou Video eliminate hidden dangers. When investing, the agreement required Wang Wei to cut Tudou Video, and Wang Wei also spent a lot of money.

These founders are all the same. They refuse to let go of power, but they will do what is beneficial to development.

For investors like Li Mu, as long as Tudou Video can be successfully listed, it can be said that they are not necessarily better than Wang Wei in actually managing a video website, especially if Li Mu comes, even if he knows the future trend, he may not be able to really manage it. Better than those Internet veterans.

A shopping mall is like a battlefield. If this is not the case, if you really go up there, you may die without knowing how.

For example, the current 3Q war has become really popular. If Zhou Hongyi cannot escape later, there may be no 360 in the future!
"The Witch" has been released domestically, with revenue of 4.08 million yuan, and a global US$3.8 million. It has not yet been released in some countries, and it is expected to exceed US$4 million globally when it is released.

"Tangshan Earthquake", which was released earlier than "The Witch", is still showing in major theaters at this time. Due to its special subject matter and good performance, it successfully obtained the extension key.

At this time, the box office has hit 6.6 million.

However, Huayi is now happy but also has some headaches. The management contract issues of several major stars have been completely exposed.

Zhou Xun has confirmed that he will not renew his contract with Huayi, and Li Binbin and Huang Xiaoming also have the intention of going it alone. "Director Li, I am completely free. Remember to film with me in the future."

As soon as Zhou Xun terminated the contract, the text message was sent to Li Mu's mobile phone.

"By the way, Yifei is still in southern Fujian. I plan to go over to visit the class. Is it okay?"

"I'm not the director."

"Okay, I'll ask Yifei."

Zhang Yimou's "Hawthorn Tree Love" finally debuted with the audience.

This literary film has received high praise from both the media and the audience.

"Zhang Yimou's artistic return!"

"The Zhang Yimou I am familiar with is back again!"

In the eyes of people born in the 50s, the props and costumes that truly restored historical scenes and the simple love in the movie "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" make people have a long aftertaste.

To those born in the 80s and 90s, the beautiful pictures, exquisite composition, and the sad ending where the male and female protagonists are separated forever are like watching the Korean drama "Blue Life and Death".

This movie is a movie that everyone likes.

At the same time, "Fist of Fury" and "Hawthorn Tree Love" Hard Steel's reviews were not very good.

"My evaluation is not as good as Ip Man!"

"It's beautiful, but it's fancy and not suitable for the battlefield."

"Let the Bullets Fly" promotional season launch conference and new trailer and poster release ceremony.

Two of the three leading actors were absent, and Ge You and Chow Yun-fat failed to arrive.

It seemed that the rumors were true. Li Mu recalled the reports from a few days ago that the two were having an internal conflict over the ranking of the photos and names on the poster.

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain", let alone the three major movie kings.

Jiang Wen had an indifferent attitude, holding Li Mu's shoulders and commenting on the two movies on schedule.

"It would be funny if the box office of "Fist of Fury" is not as good as Lao Mouzi's literary films."

If this was true, Wang Changtian would probably be laughed to death by Zhang Weiping. Li Mu could probably imagine Wang Changtian's anxious look at this time.

"Lao Mouzi's literary films are still a bit lethal, it's hard to say."

Mainly because the reviews of "Fist of Fury" were not very good either.

"Indeed! By the way, your sister-in-law said that she wants to go on a tour for Yifei. Is it suitable for the crew?"

Why are so many people visiting the studio? A small-budget youth film feels more popular than a blockbuster film.

"It should be fine. I'll tell her later."

"Okay, hey, Director Han is here. You talk to him first, and I'll go up and start the press conference."

In the distance, Han Sanping walked over with a cheerful face, nodding or smiling at people from time to time.

Han Sanping is the chief producer of "Let the Bullets Fly". Li Mu was not surprised when he came.

"Hey, why are you here? According to your temperament, I'm afraid this press conference will only be attended by people." Han Sanping was a little surprised when he saw Li Mu and sat down directly.

"Lao Jiang forced me to come!" Li Mu yawned. This press conference was really boring, just listening to Jiang Wen bragging on the stage.

"Strive to break the 6.6 million record of "Tangshan Earthquake" as soon as possible."

After a while, "I don't even dare to think how much it will sell. I will probably become the box office champion in the mainland this year."

Han Sanping saw Jiang Wen sitting on top with his legs crossed, holding a microphone and talking a lot, and couldn't help but ask:

"How much do you think Jiang Wen's film can sell?"

"do not know."

Li Mu held the back of his head with his hands and crossed his legs, looking carefree.

Han Sanping said angrily: "Can you predict your death?"

“Then let’s be the box office champion in Mainland China this year!”

"Can you please give me some snacks? At least I have invested in the movie Mengying."

Li Mu suddenly didn't know what to say. I predicted it, and then said that I didn't care. Han Sanping was really difficult to take care of.

"Is Feng Xiaogang's "Earthquake" really destined for this year's Oscars?" Li Mu changed the topic directly.

Han Sanping showed a puzzled expression and said, "Why, you don't have any movies suitable for the Oscars this year."

"Actually, "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" is more suitable than "The Great Earthquake"!"

Li Mu saw it when he read the news reports yesterday. Lao Mouzi still wanted to take the movie to the Olympics. He also revealed it during the interview:
"The Oscar is not the most amazing award in the world, but it is the most influential among the public. No one rejects it, and there is no need to pretend to be arrogant or disdainful, but it is rare. It has certain rules of the game. , for example, it must be recommended by the film bureau.”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to change it this year."

Han Sanping shook his head and did not give a specific reason. It was probably because someone was extremely optimistic about the big earthquake and decided it directly.

"Pity"

In fact, there is still more than half a month until the submission deadline for Oscars, so if you want to change it, you can definitely change it.

Southern Fujian, the crew of "Those Years".

"Hurry up, it's almost time to arrive. Do something procrastinating." Xing Ai urged Ning Hao.

"Director Ning and that sister are here." When the crew saw Ning Hao and Xing Ai, they immediately shouted.

Liu Yifei, Shu Chang and others heard the sound and hurried over.

"There is some water and snacks in the van, please help move them."

"Okay, Director Ning."

The field staff have long been familiar with it. Usually when someone comes to visit the class and there is a van behind them, they must have bought a lot of things.

They like to be visited the most, which means they can eat and drink.

"Yifei! Why do I feel a little tanned?" Xing Aina looked at Liu Yifei wearing a baseball cap and observed it carefully.

"It's okay, just go back to the imperial capital."

Liu Yifei didn't care. It was really hot in southern Fujian these days. No matter how good you were at sunscreen, you couldn't avoid it.

"You have adapted to your status. Some directors are very shady, such as the one in my family."

"Farewell, it's okay if Sissi is so black." Shu Chang imagined it in his mind and quickly shook his head.

Ning Hao took a look around the crew. All departments were in good order. It seemed that at least the crew didn't have much problem.

A few people chatted for a while, and the crew continued filming.

Xing Aina and Ning Hao watched from the sidelines
(End of this chapter)