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

Chapter 77: Knowing There Are Tigers in the Mountain, Going There (Two in One)

Looking back at Baidu's layout in the field of big entertainment, the most important ones are iQiyi and Qimao.

The former allows Baidu to gain a foothold in the video market, while the latter leverages online literature IP to generate revenue and joins forces with iQiyi through the online literature film and television adaptation chain.

In the future video industry, iQiyi will be the pioneer and innovator, leading the way, followed closely by Penguin Video, and finally Youku will focus on retirement dramas.

Lao Yu is very good, but when iQiyi first entered the entertainment industry, it paid more tuition than Youku...

The entertainment industry is a very complicated place, and it’s not enough to just be rich.

Let’s not talk about far away places, let’s just talk about Tiancheng.

The total investment of "Red Cliff" is 8000 million US dollars. Orange Sky Entertainment and Avex Group invested 40 million US dollars, accounting for % of the total investment.

Tiancheng lost so much money that even its mother couldn't recognize it, but Avex made a huge profit.

Because the screening rights of Little Days was owned by Avex, the domestic box office of Red Cliff Parts 1 and 2 was a little over 500 million, but Little Days made a profit of 10 billion yen, equivalent to more than 600 million yuan.

The box office revenue of more than 600 million yuan has nothing to do with the major domestic investors. They just make a living from it.

Avex is also the biggest winner in this epic money-losing movie.

As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. Tiancheng did not learn its lesson and even cooperated with the Hong Kong circle in Storm Riders 2. Including the publicity expenses, the total investment was as high as hundreds of millions.

The combined box office revenue from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan was less than 80 million. The movie was a complete failure, but the Hong Kong entertainment industry made a fortune...

As the saying goes, 'When a whale dies, all things come to life', Tiancheng did not die a good death, but it enriched the Hong Kong circle and Xiaoshi.

Being rich is not enough in the entertainment industry. How can you know the truth and the interests behind it if you just watch from the other side?
Li Mingyang is worth hundreds of millions but still can’t make a movie.

The goddess is worth billions, but she is still rejected by the film industry and forced to film TV series.

The domestic entertainment industry is complex and intricate, the future will be crazy, and the present is no less exciting.

Li Mingyang did not explicitly reject Huace, but only said that he would consider it.

He also wants to meet someone who can really help him gain a foothold in the film industry.

Director Tian!
……

Director Tian from Beijing Film Academy is from the same class as Brother Kaizi and Master Zhang.

One filmed "To Live" and the other filmed "Farewell My Concubine".

However, Director Tian was banned from directing for ten years because of a movie!
The most precious 10 years of golden time were wasted.

The saying "Beijing Film Academy produces directors" comes from the class of 78 of Beijing Film Academy.

How awesome is this class?
Representative figures of the fifth generation of film directors, Gu Changwei, Zhang Guoshi, Chen Kaige, Director Tian, ​​and Li Shaohong were all classmates!
Director Tian’s father was even more awesome… he was the first director of Beijing Film Academy.

When he was making movies, Zhang Yimou was his photographer.

That is to say, he was banned from directing for ten years, and missed the golden age when Chinese-language films were raking in awards overseas.

Otherwise, I would just win some awards and there would be no need to go back to Beijing Film Academy.

It was just bad timing. If it had happened four or five years ago, Huayi and Fengkuazi would have had to depend on him.

Maybe it’s because he was banned from directing by the higher-ups, even though he is clearly the backbone of the Beijing circle.

Director Tian has the best relationship with Zhang Yimou in the Northwest circle.

When Zhang Yimou was suppressed by the Beijing circle, Director Tian was one of the few people who helped to deal with the situation.

When Zhang Yimou swept the three major European film companies and entered Hollywood, Kaizi Ge was still living off his past success and Feng Kuzi was still worrying about money.

He and Li An are considered the two heroes of Chinese entertainment and the top directors in mainland China.

However, times have changed. Since returning to China, Zhang Yimou has been targeted by the Beijing circle and has been suppressed to the point that he dares not speak out loudly.

The reason why the Beijing circle can control more than 80% of the domestic entertainment film and television resources is because of their "common hatred of the enemy".

Even Lao Mouzi has to keep his tail between his legs and behave himself...

2009 2 Month 20 Day.

Li Mingyang returned to Beijing Film Academy, but school had not yet started.

Li Mingyang went to visit Director Tian's home, carrying a computer bag on his shoulder, a bottle of Huazi in his left hand and Maotai in his right hand.

After knocking on the door for a while, Director Tian opened it.

"These must have cost a lot of money," said Director Tian.

"They were all given by others. I am just offering them as gifts."

Director Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly, motioning Li Mingyang to come into the house.

Li Mingyang placed the gift at the entrance, then followed Director Tian to the living room. After a brief exchange of greetings, Director Tian suddenly said, "You are very famous now! Everyone in the Hong Kong circle knows you."

"Why? Are you going against Huayi?" Li Mingyang asked knowingly.

"Half and half." Director Tian said halfway, and then asked: "How do you feel about working with that little girl to make a movie?"

"Very arrogant."

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask you, do you know what the Beijing Circle is?"

I understand! Of course I understand. I feel it too deeply!
"I don't understand. Director Tian, ​​please tell me. By the way, would you like to drink something?"

Director Tian blinked and said, "Drink some."

Li Mingyang unpacked the Moutai he brought with him, and Director Tian brought two small wine cups.

After drinking three cups in a row, Director Tian breathed a sigh of relief and told Li Mingyang about the ins and outs of the Beijing circle.

In fact, Li Mingyang knows more about these things than Director Tian.

The division of the entertainment industry is quite complicated. Generally speaking, it is divided into six circles according to the region: Beijing circle, Shanghai circle, Northwest circle, Northeast circle, Hong Kong circle, and Taiwan circle. Each of the six circles has countless branches.

Beijing circle refers to the Yanbei entertainment circle in general.

At first, it was just the children of some military compounds in Beijing who got together to play in the literary and artistic circles.

They took advantage of the information gap and focused on TV dramas to achieve rapid success.

Later, these people who often get together to help each other were gradually called the "Beijing Circle" by the outside world. Since it is a circle, it cannot be complacent and needs to be constantly replenished with fresh blood.

There is usually a guide when entering the Beijing circle.

For example, Wang Shuo brought in Feng Kuazi, Xu Cainü, Jiang Wen, and Wang Ziwen.

Feng Kuazi brought in Xu Fan and the two Wangs.

Xu Cainv brought in Li Gengxi.

Jiang Wen brought in Zhang Yibai.

Yingda brought in Guan Xiaotong and Lu Han.

This brought them together as never before.

With the development of time, the Beijing circle has become stronger and stronger, with many experts, including tycoons of film and television companies, famous directors, screenwriters, and first-line stars.

Before the millennium, 90% of the artists who became popular in the Beijing circle were promoted by them.

Whoever they support becomes popular, whoever they push becomes famous!
During this period, the bigwigs in the Beijing circle had resources and were invincible.

In their view, Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama are not actually Beijing circles.

After the millennium, the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles moved north to consolidate the status of the Beijing circle.

Regional Beijing circles emerged, including the National People's Art Theatre, the Beijing Film Academy, the two major film and television academies, and the original Beijing circle, forming a more powerful Beijing circle.

The biggest feature of the Beijing circle is that they stick together. No matter how chaotic it is inside, once outsiders touch the interests of the Beijing circle, they will unite against the outside world.

The most powerful force in Beijing circle now is Huayi.

Holding half of the domestic entertainment industry, Huayi has both money and people. Even the higher-ups are supporting Huayi.

Huayi did not use its own money to invest in many of its films.

For example, for the "Assembly" project, China Merchants Bank pioneered a domestic precedent by obtaining an unsecured credit line of 5000 million yuan.

For example, many of Huayi’s big-budget films have been co-invested by China Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Group Corporation.

Even the Hundred Flowers Awards has become Huayi’s annual party.

This is done with the intention of heating up the film industry and attracting capital, but also because of the friendship between the bigwigs in the Beijing circle.

The society of human relationships is complex and intricate.

After finishing a bottle of Moutai, Director Tian also finished speaking and asked, "So do you understand what you are facing?"

"clear."

"Is it worth it to offend so many people for a script?"

"It's worth it!" Li Mingyang slapped his thigh and said without hesitation.

Director Tian was suddenly speechless. He said so much just to make Li Mingyang understand the interests involved, stop messing around, and bow his head so that he could intervene.

But Li Mingyang's attitude made him very disappointed.

"Director Tian, ​​I know you are doing this for my own good, but where is my chance in this industry? How many years do I have to wait? How much do I have to pay? How many times do I have to bow my head?"

Li Mingyang took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed one to Director Tian, ​​lit it, and then lit one for himself. "I think now is my chance, a rare chance, a chance for me to become famous in one battle!"

"You! Being young and frivolous is a good thing, but you can't pick on Feng Kuazi and Huayi! Do you know how much capital they have behind them?" Director Tian shook his head.

"Capital doesn't care about so many things. What they care about is profit. Even in the Beijing circle, there are many people who turn against each other for profit and for women, aren't there many?" Li Mingyang said with a meaningful smile.

Director Tian pointed at Li Mingyang and said angrily, "You little bastard, you are plotting against me."

Director Tian and Feng Kuazi don't get along.

And the cause is women.

Back then, on the set of "The Eunuch Li Lianying", Director Tian and Xu Fan had a relationship, but they soon broke up. Xu Fan asked for a huge breakup fee as compensation.

Director Tian didn't have that much money at the time, and it was his 'confidante' Li Shaohong who helped him to raise the amount Xu Fan wanted. In the end, it was Li Shaohong who handed it over on his behalf...

Because of this incident, Xu Fan no longer had any contact with Tian Zhuangzhuang and the fifth-generation directors, and was collectively banned by the big directors.

It was not until he met Feng Kuzi that Xu Fan was finally able to star in a movie directed by a big director.

There was no gap between Tian Zhuangzhuang and Feng Kuazi, and Li Mingyang would never believe it.

So the person he trusts most now is Director Tian.

"Director Tian, ​​I want to see Zuo Shandiao."

"Impossible, he won't see you." Director Tian looked up at the ceiling, as if thinking about something. After a long while, he said, "He loves talents, but he has a heavy burden on his shoulders. It is impossible for him to damage the entire market because of one person. You may not understand if I tell you too much. Let me put it this way, he was the first to see your script. He liked it very much and recommended it to Feng Kuzi. Feng Kuzi thought it was good and wanted to give it a try."

Li Mingyang was stunned. This was different from what Yang Mi said!

Yang Mi said that it was not China Film Group that liked his script, but Director Feng.

The order is wrong!
Finish the calf!
"Damn it! Then I must have offended Zuoshandiao!"

"He looks at the big picture and doesn't care about such small things. Okay, watch your movie."

Li Mingyang felt relieved. While cursing Yang Mi in his heart, he took out a notebook from his computer bag and played "Love Like a Bouquet" for Director Tian.

Currently, the power of domestic films is in the hands of the older generation.

They cannot empathize with young people's love movies and cannot grasp their pain points.

But they can still tell whether a love movie is good or bad. After all, the older generation is fond of art films.

After watching for more than ten minutes, Director Tian suddenly frowned. It was not because the movie was too bad, but because the film had a good rhythm, worked hard on color aesthetics, and was particularly outstanding in details.

"You two's acting skills are a bit unworthy of this movie..." Director Tian said with a smile.

"I can't help it... I've offended too many people."

"You ruined such a good award-winning work."

Li Mingyang smiled and then mentioned the issue of review again.

"Have you ever thought about reshooting it and refining it?" Director Tian said slowly.

Li Mingyang was stunned, lit another cigarette for himself, took a deep puff, and said, "I haven't thought about it."

……

Director Tian’s meaning is the same as that of Manager Zhou of Huace.

It means you won’t be able to go this year and you have to wait until next year.

As for the reason, it’s the domestic film and television market!

The success or failure of Huayi’s listing is related to big capital’s confidence in and investment in domestic entertainment.

If you want to build a big market, you must heat it up to attract capital.

China Film Group has been losing money for years, but it still invests a lot of money in big productions. Why? It is to boost the film market, and thus the entire domestic entertainment market.

Just like real estate.

Currently, the largest amount of capital in the country is in the Internet circle.

They are too lazy to get involved in high-debt businesses like real estate.

Isn’t it nice to cheat students out of their money?
Domestic entertainment is closely related to the Internet, and they have been eyeing it for a long time, just waiting for the opportunity.

China Film Group's responsibility is to let them in as soon as possible...

The big guys mentioned above all have unique feelings for movies.

When Jiang Wen was filming Let the Bullets Fly, he was 83 years old. He was accompanied by the leaders of the General Administration to inspect the China Film Digital Production Base in Huairou.

The reason why The Three-Body Movie cannot be released is because it is so badly made and the boss doesn’t like it very much.

Whether many domestic war films can pass or not is not up to the General Administration.

"You are still young, don't act on impulse. It's only been a year, so there is nothing to lose." Director Tian sighed, "I was impulsive back then, and the most important ten years were wasted."

"One year? You know how important this year is to me. You missed the most important ten years, and I don't want to miss it!"

Director Tian opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but didn't say it.

"Huayi's listing is to heat up the movie market and attract capital. I understand the overall situation." Li Mingyang put out his cigarette butt fiercely in the ashtray and said word by word: "I am a student at best. This market can't even accommodate a student. It's better to re-clean the market."

Director Tian was stunned and looked at Li Mingyang deeply.

This student is not a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. Instead, he goes there even though he knows there is a tiger there!

"Feng Kuazi said you are not from the circle. Although it was said in anger, it seems to be right." Director Tian shook his head and said, "I will talk to the school. As for whether you can pass it in one try, it depends on your luck. By the way, your movie does not contain pornography, gambling, drugs, ghosts, feudal superstitions, etc., right?"

A director who dares to film Wen Ge is definitely crazier than him at heart!
"No, I've considered everything. I even cut out the kissing scene." Li Mingyang said happily.

Director Tian waved his hands helplessly, not wanting to see Li Mingyang again.

"Thank you, teacher." Li Mingyang stood up and said as he put away his computer, "Teacher, I heard that the directing department has stopped recruiting students this year. When I become rich, all the junior students in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy will have a job."

"You kid... remember what you said. If you don't keep your promise, I will make trouble for you."

"Teacher, don't worry!"

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(End of this chapter)