China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 391: The four seas and five lakes are just a sight! The bard recites poetry again!
"I just happened to be discussing this with Director Guan today. Who said the role has been decided?"

Lu Zheng said in surprise, "The share distribution of Lingyun Media will be finalized today. Ye Ning and I will be there. I will try to get him to appear in Director Guan's cooperation content."

"It was said online that a female star went to see Director Guan yesterday. For some reason, she even did the splits."

"Don't cry yet. I'll call you after the meeting this morning. You know best what's true and what's false about the news online."

After giving a few words of advice, I hung up the phone.

Lu Zheng looked at the news on the Internet and found that the actress who did the splits had made Zhao Xiaodao famous.

It’s just that the news has made the road administration itself a little unsure.

Really give such an unknown little actress a chance?

I enlarged the photo and looked at it carefully.

To be honest, the other person's face seemed rounder than Jingtian's.

I just don’t know if this character’s requirements and definition of a circle are that serious?

The road administration is having some headaches.

He was also clear about Guan Ling's routine, which was mainly about being unpredictable.

The entertainment industry is not big to begin with, and Lu Zheng is well aware of the gossip that goes on behind the scenes. Guan Ling’s past grievances with Huayi.

It was just for a role in a movie.

"Hearing Girl"!

Li Bingbing rushed forward without even reading the script, not even considering his age!

Originally, this matter would have been over, but Huayi had ulterior motives and deliberately praised Guan Ling to the point of destroying her reputation, hoping to bring this newly-minted director down upon himself.

After all, when he went to Hollywood, no one looked down on him.

Maybe he still has the idea of ​​buying at the bottom.

However, this wave of operations turned Huayi into a second-tier company.

So if Guan Ling really got the role, he was really worried that it would be difficult to handle.

Previously in the "Ip Man" series, Zhen Zidan had Guan Ling directly replace his role just because of a few words he said during an interview.

If we really decide on someone, things will be difficult to handle. We can only talk about soft issues, and there is no need for hard issues.

Even Wanda finds it difficult to control him now.

After all, Guan Ling himself is now a shareholder of Dadi Cinemas.

If the other party really turns against them, will Wanda Cinema Line be unable to supply the other party's movies? That would be really crazy!

Pay money to replace him? Is that okay?

The road administration was also confused.

It’s just that he chatted too late.

The road administrator sighed.

Xing Han Canlan is not short of money. They spent 1.5 million yuan to invest in Jin Chen, a little-known director from Xiying Studio, for a movie called "Warring States".

All of this is for the sake of sweetness.

Try your best to fulfill your sweet film and television dreams.

But Jingtian seems to be obsessed with starring in Guan Ling's movie.

The more she couldn't get something, the more she wanted it.

"How about if I really can't get a role in this play, I'll talk to Director Guan and ask him to write a script?"

Lu Zheng thought so in his heart.

Even though you can’t buy a role with money, you can at least buy a script, right?
If he can give it to Zhang Yimou, to Brother Chen Kai, and to so many others, it wouldn’t make a difference if he had another brilliant star.

At worst, you can invest more and give Director Guan a share, and treat it as the script fee! Give more and give him a small goal!

But now that things have come to this, he can't call Guan Ling to ask now, so everything can only be discussed at today's meeting.

……

On the second day after the premiere, several top figures in the industry once again flocked to Lingyun Media.

At the same time, Wanda Cinema Line hosted by Ye Ning and Dadi Cinema Line hosted by Yan Yu also appeared on the scene thanks to their friendly relationship with Guan Ling.

We will proceed with each play one by one.

It was not until the evening that the investment shares of all the movies released yesterday were finally determined.

For domestic films, Lingyun Media has a market share of more than 50%. Since these are Guan Ling's scripts, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou's personal companies also wanted to invest, and Guan Ling also subsidized them from Lingyun Media. Apart from the reduced director's fee, the actual share of Lingyun in these films is less than 45%.

Guan Ling doesn't care that much anymore.

After all, the entertainment industry is a circle, and those who eat alone will always be targeted. Cooperation and sharing of resources, for some movies that make money for others, it is not impossible to participate in the investment.

As for the new movies, "Chinese Partners" surprised everyone at the scene again!
The big guys also read the script outline of "Chinese Partners" on the spot. They just met with General Yu yesterday to get the authorization, and today the script has been placed in front of everyone.

To be honest, everyone is so shocked that they don’t know what to say!
As for the foreign movie "Gone Girl", Guan Ling only gave them a total of 15%.

There is no way around it. After all, the share swap agreement with Lionsgate Films stipulates that one has to make money for Lionsgate, and after the shares are transferred to Guan Ling, they will still be his.

The domestic share is purely for the purpose of uniting the East Asian market.

Some plots are difficult to review and release in China, so it is not a problem even if we modify the plot a little bit at that time.

It’s a special edition for the mainland!

Foreign films often do this.

At the meeting, Guan Ling told everyone that one of the cast members already confirmed was Zhang Ziyi, but no one reacted.

Don’t be fooled by the public criticism.

In fact, for the people present, it was just scratching the surface. Zhang Ziyi's image had already caused an uproar since the red beach incident that year, and even earlier than the bellyband incident.

But all this does not affect her international image.

Just like the incident involving Zhao Zhetian at the beginning of the century, it was actually a serious mistake.

While it caused a huge uproar, she was not given the judgment she deserved.

In other words, the Internet was not that developed yet, otherwise this guy would have been dead long ago.

Therefore, the rapid spread of the Internet is abandoned.

Among all the movies produced in the United States, Zhang Ziyi is definitely the best casting choice.

Just before the event, Guan Ling brought out the movie that Emperor Entertainment Group's President Yang had been looking forward to.

""Eliminating the Three Pests in Zhou Chu"!"

When Yang Zong saw the name, he was stunned at first. "Is this the story I remember? A New Account of Tales of the World?"

"Yes and no."

Guan Ling said, "We won't make the budget for this project today, but you can take the script back and read it first. I need to confirm Mr. Yang's casting."

Guan Ling is not planning to shoot this movie herself, mainly because it would be troublesome to get it approved by the censors.

But in Hong Kong, this consideration does not exist.

Moreover, Hong Kong has had enough of the police and gangster films, with the term "sir" everywhere. Guan Ling also felt that this film needed to be a welcome eye-opener for Hong Kong's film and television practitioners.

As for why the film was not shot in Taiwan, Guan Ling believes that the box office of this film in Taiwan may not be comparable to that in Hong Kong, because many of the stories in the film can probably be found in Hong Kong.

"Tonight, let's celebrate?"

After everything was finalized, the road administration took the initiative to propose.

"It means the investment has been finalized. What's there to celebrate?" Han Sanpin said, "We can talk about it after the box office of Hurricane 3 is released."

"Speaking of box office, we've been arguing for a whole day, but we haven't talked about these movies yet. How confident are Director Guan? How confident are you that you can beat Avatar? How about Chen Kai's movie? Or can you directly break the record of Inception?"

Ren Zhonglun suddenly asked, with anticipation in his eyes.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Guan Ling.

Waiting for Guan Ling's answer.

Guan Ling moved his body. He actually hadn't thought of what to say.

After hesitating for a while, he spoke slowly. "In fact, you don't have to take this year's highest box office record to heart. Believe me, this year's box office record will be broken soon, but the person who breaks it may not be me."

“But it’s likely to be a movie produced by me.”

The beginning of the statement was very humble, but the sentence added at the end was so irritating that the audience immediately became restless.

But what he said was not wrong. In the past two years, Guan Ling's personal box office and Ling Yun's total box office, whether in terms of film output or output value, Ling Yun is the absolute Chinese-language overlord! Skyline Ling Yun is also one of the most profitable in Hollywood.

Guan Ling also lived up to his reputation as China's number one director.

"Let's go. It's boring to talk about."

Ren Zhonglun felt envious when he heard this.

Everybody is happy after investing, there is no need to listen to your pretense!

Wang Changtian also hummed speechlessly.

Guan Ling's voice continued.

"The Chinese-speaking market is huge and growing very fast every year. I believe it may reach a new peak this year. The breaking of the highest box office record is also a sign of market recovery, which is good for all of us.

Maybe someday in the future, when we all look back at "Inception" and "Avatar", we will have some different feelings.

Everyone should have confidence in my script and the directors' filming. Hollywood movies are not something that cannot be surpassed. Even the best movies from all over the world are just a glimpse. We all have a chance."

Guan Ling had a brief chat with everyone again.

But when I saw Brother Chen Kai there, I suddenly became excited.

"Director Guan, you are so young, but I didn't expect you to have the same hobbies as me?!"

Everybody was a little confused!
Han Sanpin seemed to have thought of some bad memories, and his scalp suddenly felt numb!

"It's started, he's going to start!"

He had seen Brother Chen Kai like this before. He had made this mistake once when he was running for chief director of the Olympic Games.

Is this an illness again?

No, it’s because the cooperation with Guan Ling has been finalized, and you’re excited?
Or were you touched by what Guan Ling said?

Next second,
as predicted,

Brother Chen Kai is already starting to become more stylish.

He raised one arm and talked eloquently.

“In fact, what Director Guan said is what I want to say.

I am very confident and hope to make a good movie of "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds".

Everyone knows that I have this ability.

Just hearing what Director Guan said just now, this moment really made me almost burst into tears. Director Guan’s adaptation is really good.

Those casual and plain words made people sigh with emotion, and made me feel that our Chinese film market is exactly like Tang Bohu's poem, climbing up step by step.

The upper limit of each director is also constantly increasing.

Although Director Guan is young, he has a high level of Chinese cultural literacy.

That poem,
It really makes me want to share it with you all.

This is a doggerel by Tang Bohu, which was casually mentioned by Director Guan today and it also became a good story.

Up and up and up again,
Climb up to the top of the mountain.

Looking up, the red sun and white clouds rise,
All the four seas and five lakes are within sight.

As for directing these scripts, with the people here at Chinese Film, what do we have to worry about?

We have a demographic dividend, an ever-increasing number of screens, and a group of people who make movies with their heart.

Sooner or later, Chinese films will be at the top of the world film market like Hollywood films!"

Everyone in the room was stunned.

An old poet?!
I have heard that Lao Chen recites poems whenever he feels emotional, but it was the first time for many people at the scene to see it!

Do you want to applaud?

But many people still kept their toes on the ground, and no one knew what to say for a moment.

You’re pulling it too high, we can’t catch it!
I have to say that among directors, Brother Chen Kai is really full of knowledge and poetry, and others can't keep up with him!

But some people were silently complaining in their hearts.

A celebrity, worthy of being a poet, even if it is embarrassing, he should be embarrassingly elegant!

The bard is not lying to me! He sings anytime, anywhere...
However, this is Director Guan's home turf, his script, and you haven't even started filming yet, but you're already being ambitious?!

This is because the compensation after "The Orphan of Zhao" was not enough, and they still have the energy to jump around.

……

In fact, the road administration did not think that everyone would really celebrate. This was just a subtext for everyone to leave as soon as possible.

Wait until everyone has left.

Lu Zheng and Ye Ning haven't left yet.

"Director Guan, at the meeting just now, everyone had a tacit understanding about some of the supporting roles, and everyone also understood your temperament for the main role. There were no strong requirements, just recommendations."

Lu Zheng said, "But I still want to strongly add something to what happened in the meeting just now. Can the round-faced man in the movie "Along with the Gods" be given to Jingtian? Xing Han Canlan is willing to give Lingyun an additional share on top of the existing share... 20 million."

He paused, "Director Guan, you can consider this as a technical premium on the share. Add 20 million to the price, and the share will remain unchanged."

This sincerity is not insufficient. On the basis of the already determined share, 20 million is given away for free.

Just for a role.

Even in the total investment, this discount ratio accounts for 8%.

Xing Han Canlan’s share is already small, and that of United Wanda is only 9%.

This is more than twice the pure premium!
And by then the box office just needs to make money, assuming the movie sells 1 billion.

In fact, the share they both share together cannot earn 20 million.

Taking into account the initial investment premium, this is definitely a losing business.

Ye Ning also paused and said, "No matter what competitors this movie encounters, we can guarantee that the screening schedule for this movie will definitely be the highest."

"You two, are you here prepared?"

Guan Ling glanced at the two of them and said, "This Jingtian..."

He pointed northwest.

"A senior official?"

Lu Zheng nodded, "She really wants to act in your movie."

"But this play is about getting familiar faces," Guan Ling said, "The main roles are played by three male characters. Are you sure you want to change?"

This is an exchange of interests, and Guan Ling obviously makes more money, so there is no way he can refuse.

But Guan Ling also values ​​fairness.

Things still need to be explained in advance.

Ye Ning hesitated for a moment.
The road administration looked at Guan Ling and proposed a new plan:
"Or, we can prepare a new movie. Director Guan, what kind of role do you think Jing Tian can play...

It would be best if you could write the screenplay, but even better if you could direct it.

Of course, all this is up to you to judge.

What I can guarantee is that we will give you a price that is absolutely satisfactory.

Even the 20 million I just mentioned will be included in the content of this cooperation. It is a gift from Jingtian to Director Guan.

If Director Guan really doesn't have any suitable new movies.

Even if I am not the absolute protagonist of the movie "Along with the Gods", it is fine."

The road administration officer’s attitude was very good, but Guan Ling could see that he was indeed very nervous.

Guan Ling didn't say anything, just pondered...

(End of this chapter)