After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 220: Drastic Action, Film Fund

Early the next morning, Li Mingyang called Zhang Zhao, Dapeng, Wu Zhikui, as well as the team leaders, screenwriters, and photographers of each production team into the office.

"Dapeng, please tell me about the progress of Far Cry first."

"Well, good, Far Cry has been submitted for review now..." Dapeng stood up, opened his work notes, and introduced the progress of Far Cry in a somewhat listless manner.

Far Cry officially started filming at the end of February, wrapped up at the end of March, and was officially submitted for review at the end of April.

The first draft edited by Dapeng and Wu Zhikui took more than five hours, and Li Mingyang spent two days cutting it down to 110 minutes.

It was sent to Guangcai, which conducted a second review of Far Cry and cut another five minutes.

This is not the end of the movie yet. Zuoshandiao took the time to take a look at it. He did not comment on the content of the movie, but picked out a few clips and asked for them to be cut.

In the end, only 95 minutes were left.

The film censorship in the mainland always leaves people confused.

How to distinguish pornography from art.

This is a very subjective question and no movie can be used as a reference.

For example, the whole city is full of big pops.
During the review of "Curse of the Golden Flower", more than a dozen judges attended the film viewing session, and there was a heated debate among the judges regarding the bloody and revealing scenes in the film.

Some people think that these shots should be cut, while others think that Zhang Yimou handled the film technically quite well and that the film can represent China in its bid for an Oscar.

The result of the controversy was that after scoring, Big Bobo passed the review without any cuts.

However, the film was rated R in North America.

The symbols of film censorship approval are the dragon logo at the beginning of the film and the technical review certificate at the end of the film. The two certificates mark the entire film, and it can only be released if both certificates are complete.

After the film company submits the film for review, it will generally undergo two rounds of review.

The first round of review generally only examines the content and controls the major links.

Since the entire process is extremely long, many foreign blockbusters that want to be released simultaneously in China are often submitted for review before post-production is completed. The censors also watch the rough cuts without removing the green screen, blue screen and wirework.

After the first round of review, if there are no problems in principle, you can get the Dragon Mark.

The film company can use the dragon mark and "technical review certificate" to produce the master disc for digital projection media.

The accounting review certificate here is just a certificate, and it has not actually undergone technical review.

In the second round of review, the technical review is the most stringent!

A lot of movies are poured here.

The technical review has to deal with the final version of the film, without wires or green screens, and it is exactly the same as the film that the audience sees.

Only after passing the technical review can the film be finally released.

If the film fails to pass the technical review, it will directly affect the final release date of the film, and the thousands of film hard drives produced in advance by the film company will cause huge material losses.

Both "One Step Away" and "I Am Not Madame Bovary" suffered Waterloo in technical review.

The former can also make temporary modifications and work overtime to ensure that the movie is released on time.

However, "I Am Not Madame Bovary" was not so lucky and had to announce a postponement.

Generally, postponement and extension occur when there are problems in the second instance.

Far Cry is essentially a borderline movie, without that much connotation and innuendo... There is no problem with the Dragon Mark, the biggest problem is actually the technical review.

Prolonged bikini exposure and erotic content will make the reviewers feel vulgar and in a bad mood, and they will directly give low scores and send them back to ask you to correct them yourself.

It's okay to have erotic scenes, and older literary young people like this tune very much, but there are time limits.

Enough is enough...

Knowing when to stop is a very subjective thing.

Others took photos of big boobs all over the city, and I don’t even recognize the ones that can be deleted.

But Zhang Yimou didn't cut it at all.

In Far Cry, many, many scenes of Yang Mi were deleted, including several scenes that were originally intended to be used as promotional selling points.

Especially the shot where she was wearing a large-size brown T-shirt, running and swaying with the waves, which was also deleted.

Quite speechless.

If you don't delete it, there is a risk of it not passing the review. It will be sent back for revision and re-review.

"Dokdo Shock" was rushed to be released during the summer vacation, and it took two or three months to go back and forth.

If, by chance, I fail twice, that would be really fun.

We can only wait until next summer to harvest the bees.

When making a movie, the most important thing is to pass the review, everything else is trivial.

As for the edge balls, they can be added during the promotion to attract the audience.

Dapeng was originally very confident in "Far Cry" which he directed, and his voice was three times louder than before.

Ever since I was deleting so many of my posts, I’ve lost confidence and feel listless every day.

After listening to Dapeng’s work report.

Li Mingyang did not prepare in advance and said directly: "From today on, all production teams of the company, including Dapeng and Wu Zhikui's production teams, will be transferred to the film center and be managed by Zhang Zhao."

As soon as the words fell, they aroused the dissatisfaction of many people.

"I'm old and can't take care of so many young people." Zhang Zhao said quickly without waiting for others to speak.

"There's less than a month left until June 1st. I'm about to go shoot a movie, so I don't have that much time to take care of you." Li Mingyang glanced at Dapeng and the others.

"You guys are really amazing. You even opened a bet on when Mr. Zhang will run away. I reiterate here today that Mr. Zhang is specially invited by me. Don't think that just because you are familiar with me, you can ignore Mr. Zhang. From today on, you are under his control."

"But……"

As soon as Wu Zhikui said "but", Li Mingyang rolled his eyes at him. He smiled bitterly, lowered his head, and said nothing more.

"Mr. Zhang, these people have followed me for a long time. I am a nostalgic person, so the company does not plan to look for any external assistance in the future. We will only train our own people. What do you think?" Zhang Zhao took out a cigarette from his pocket.

"Don't smoke. There are so many people here. You should smoke less too. Look, I haven't smoked recently."

"Just one."

After taking a few puffs of cigarette, Zhang Zhao perked up and said with a smile, "I have no objection. Anyway, you have my back."

"What about you? Do you have any objections?" Li Mingyang said, looking to the other side.

"No problem, I'll listen to Director Li." Wu Zhikui was the first to speak.

"I will listen to Mr. Zhang and Director Li from now on."

"No comment."

……

The members of the production team, who had just been feeling resentful, all said they had no objections.

What they need is opportunity. As long as there is an opportunity, they are willing to accept it even if they are not very satisfied with the parachuted leader.

Li Mingyang nodded and said, "I will transfer 100 million to Mingyang Entertainment's account tomorrow. This 100 million will be used as the start-up fund for the film. You only need my consent and Mr. Zhang's signature to use this money."

"You can all apply for this 100 million yuan film start-up fund. I will treat you all equally."

"It doesn't matter if you lose money. I don't have high expectations for you, but you have to be true to yourself... Of course, if your reputation is too bad, you can be prepared to work behind the scenes for the rest of your life, or work as a photographer in a photo studio, or write short essays for a TV station."

"Brother Li, I have a question. Can this 100 million be applied for in one go?" Dapeng raised his hand and said.

"Yes, provided you have the ability to do so."

Everyone immediately started talking and began to gather together for warmth.

Li Mingyang had discovered that every time he asked a question, these people would subconsciously think that they were not responsible for the others...

But it doesn’t matter. This 100 million movie start-up fund is actually the start-up capital for the One Punch Man IP.

No matter what plan others put forward, he would reject it and let everyone complete One Punch Man.

The era of superhero movies has begun.

The most profitable movies in the future will be Marvel's superhero movies.

He wants to create his own Marvel.

One Punch Man is a major IP that is popular all over the world. In terms of commercial value, it is even higher than The Three-Body Problem.

As soon as the anime version was broadcast, it became popular all over Asia. Later, with its explosive animation effects and fascinating plot, it broke into the European and American circles. In just three years, its influence caught up with Dragon Ball.

The most direct way to tell whether a work is popular is through fan fiction.

In the European and American fan fiction circles, basically all European and American fans have beaten up everyone that the big devil can beat up.

The opponents he fights include multiple characters from Dragon Ball, characters from One Piece and multiple Marvel heroes, which shows how crazy European and American fans are about the bald devil.

It is very difficult for domestic films to break through the circle, even a small film cannot break through the circle.

The trend of superhero movies is the best time for domestic films to break out of the circle.

It is also his best chance.

"Okay, you guys can go out now, Mr. Zhang, you stay."

After the others left in a hurry.

Zhang Zhao said slowly, "I heard that you sold all the shares of Youku and the copyright of Running Man to Alibaba?"

"Ah."

"It's a big loss. I think Alibaba is going to reach 6 billion US dollars." Zhang Zhao shook his head and said, "To be honest, I thought you and Mr. Wang were just pretending, but I didn't expect that he was just pretending and you really sold it."

"The bloody storm in the video world has just begun. I don't want to play with them anymore." said Li Mingyang.

"How much did it cost?"

"More than four hundred million."

"You don't need this kind of money to make a movie... What are you going to do with all that cash?"

"In addition to the 100 million yuan in start-up capital for the film, I will also give you the 10 million US dollars I mentioned last time. You can withdraw the money after you sign with Sister Zhou... I don't want to waste my time managing Mingyang Entertainment. I have never thought about listing this company, so I will try my best to give away the people and things I can to Three-Body Pictures."

“In fact, it is better to annex than to demolish.”

"I've said before, the opportunity is for them. I didn't fool them. Please remember this, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Zhao was stunned and looked at Li Mingyang with complicated eyes. In fact, from a business perspective, apart from Li Mingyang, Mingyang Entertainment no longer had a qualified film director.

Training a group of newly graduated students is not only time-consuming and laborious, but even if one or two of them succeed, they do not have the influence of Hong Kong directors.

Just finding their own path is enough to make these newcomers struggle.

"Mr. Zhang, you used to work at Shanghai Film Group. How is your relationship with Mr. Ren, the chairman of Shanghai Film Group?"

"One of the few good friends."

"I plan to open Three-Body Pictures in Shanghai."

"You want to cooperate with Shanghai Film Group to develop The Three-Body Problem? From what I know about him, he is not a risk-taker. He will only invest in a project that is sure to be profitable."

"There is no such thing as a movie project that is guaranteed to make money. Shanghai Film Group invests in quite a few movies every year."

"There are more TV series... In addition to liking to work with big directors, Allen also has a habit of watching sample films. If the sample films do not satisfy him, he will re-evaluate the crew currently filming and decide whether to withdraw his investment."

"..."

"We can't get into the Beijing circle. The Shanghai circle has a lot of capital, but they value profit too much, from top to bottom... Instead of going to Shanghai, it's better to stay in Hengdian. Hengdian Group's investment in movies is second only to China Film Group, and they dare to take risks."

"That's fine... You find a new office location in Hengdian, and I plan to demolish the film center."

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(End of this chapter)