Entertainment News: Follow Wang Baoqiang's Rise to Film Emperor

Making movies isn't inherently difficult... it's just that making a classic movie is more challenging!

But what's especially difficult is securing investment before a project is even approved; this is the biggest constraint limiting the development of filmmakers in the industry!

If you had unlimited funds, even a fool could make a movie by messing around with it.

and so……

Lin Zhi's current situation is that everything is ready except for the final push!

"East Wind" refers to the initial investment or financial backer for all independent filmmakers!

This is all he needs now!

however……

Contrary to expectations, the world is a strange place; the more you hope for something, the less likely it is to come to you.

The more you focus on something, the harder it is to succeed!

Lin Zhi then encountered this vicious cycle for a period of time!

He submitted the script for "Crazy Stone," and several weeks have passed, yet there has been no response whatsoever, which is quite unusual.

Those state-owned film studios and private film companies either didn't take a liking to the script or not, because they didn't reply at all. All his efforts seemed to have been in vain...

It became a meaningless "busywork"!

This made Lin Zhi so frustrated he felt like he was going to vomit blood!

Who the hell said that after being reborn, you can just copy a script and gain the favor of big shots in the industry, then make movies and reach the pinnacle of life?

It's absolutely impossible!

Is this a dead end?

Lin Zhidu was almost driven to a loss of confidence and even doubt about life by the cruel reality!

Life is full of disappointments, and that's exactly what's happening to him right now.

in fact……

When Lin Zhi first entered the entertainment industry, he didn't know that those big companies or big shots with resources and the ability to produce films and TV series had no shortage of good scripts.

Moreover, there is no shortage of good screenwriters in the industry.

Major film and television companies and production studios have countless excellent scripts waiting to be filmed; they are not lacking in writing at all...

Even for newcomers to the industry, newly registered film and television companies without a large pre-existing library of scripts, if they want to produce films, they can always collaborate with well-known writers, such as hiring Liu Zhenyun or Wang Shuo to write scripts...

You could also seek out renowned screenwriters in the industry, such as Lu Wei and Liu Heping, to commission a script...

At the very least, you can buy the IP of a famous novel, or a classic foreign film, or an old movie, or a popular anime or comic to remake!

In short...

State-owned film studios and private film companies have far too many channels to acquire a large number of good scripts and turn them into movies through various means, so the industry is in a state of "script oversupply"!

For a newcomer to the film and television industry to frantically submit scripts to various production companies in the hope of being noticed and having their work made into a movie is extremely difficult and almost hopeless.

Such cases have only occurred in Hollywood, a country with a thriving film and television industry, but they are extremely rare.

There has been no similar case in China so far.

I knew this road would be difficult!

and……

Another aspect of the domestic film and television industry that deserves criticism is that major film and television studios usually prepare the cast first when they invest in a film. That is, they find the stars and directors first, and then tailor a script specifically for them based on their acting style and status.

In other words, instead of having a script first and then finding suitable actors for the roles, the script is created based on the availability of big-name stars first.

It's not that doing this is impossible, it just increases the probability of making a bad movie.

of course!

The main reason why scripts written by newcomers in the film and television industry are rarely valued and produced is that... it's difficult to judge the quality of a script at the textual level.

You heard that right!

Ordinary industry professionals, or even those bigwigs in the industry who control funds and real power, cannot distinguish between a good script and a bad script!

They can't taste it at all!

Because everyone's knowledge and tastes are different.

There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's hearts.

A story you find good might move you to tears, but another person, due to different life experiences, personalities, and circumstances, might not find it good.

This results in a situation where there is no clear definition of a good script or a bad script!

At the textual level, it is almost impossible to clearly distinguish what constitutes a good script and what constitutes a bad script.

Often, only after a movie is made and shown to the public, and after being evaluated by thousands of people, can we roughly know how well the story was written.

Moreover, scripts have a time limit. Sometimes, an excellent script that is born in a specific era, in a specific environment, or at a specific time may not be appropriate when it is brought out again after that point in time. It may not be considered an excellent script anymore, and it is quite possible that it will be criticized as a bad script!

Of course, scripts that are obviously terrible are not included in this discussion!

Another situation is that sometimes you get a really good script, but the production team's filming skills are so bad that the movie is a complete disaster and becomes a terrible film. This happens quite often.

In this situation, can you say the script is a bad script?

In fact, scripts that are selected and approved for production are not that bad, after all, a film has such a large investment, how could the script be bad? No matter what, the script must be of a certain standard at the textual level.

So... if that's the case, why are there still so many terrible movies on the market?

This brings us to the film itself. Whether a film can be made well and whether it can completely and faithfully reproduce the script is a great test for the entire film production team, meaning it depends heavily on the director.

Having a good script doesn't guarantee a good film; the two are not equivalent.

Otherwise...why not just remake the Four Great Classical Novels?

But why are there still so many terrible movies that are an eyesore when they are remade from the Four Great Classical Novels?

Aren't the Four Great Classical Novels excellent enough?

So those terrible movies on the market may not necessarily have terrible scripts at the textual level!

Some are quite excellent!

It's just that a terrible director, terrible lead actors, and a terrible filming crew ruined what could have been a good script when it came to execution...

therefore!

Whether a movie can be made well depends on more than just the script.

Moreover, because of this "factor," it is often difficult to distinguish between good and bad scripts in the early stages, making scripts a major headache for executives of film and television companies.

For this reason, most film companies and behind-the-scenes film investors are even less likely to use scripts written by newcomers.

Everyone hopes to buy reliable texts from renowned authors!

After all, those famous authors have all been tested by the market, proving that the stories they write are loved by the audience and can withstand the test of the market.

But for fresh-faced newcomers, there is not so much guarantee!

Using text written by a newcomer is a gamble.

Most film industry moguls don't dare to gamble; they only want to make money by relying on their previous successful experiences and path dependence.

This is why dramas featuring popular celebrities have become so prevalent in later generations; the crux of the problem lies here!

Everyone wants to make a stable and quick fortune, and no one wants to use newcomers to start a gambling operation!

That's far too risky!

So Lin Zhi... has absolutely no chance?

That's not entirely true!

Miracles can happen!

Lin Zhi believed that Stone, an excellent script that had been proven by the market, would definitely be appreciated by the discerning executives of major film and television studios if it were delivered to them.

Although film scripts, unlike novels, are not immediately apparent in their writing style, and the script is not the sole determining factor in a film's success, Lin Zhi still believes that the script for "Crazy Stone" is exceptionally interesting from a purely story perspective and truly deserves to be overlooked…

Now it's like throwing a stone into the sea, with no response. It's possible that the scripts he submitted never even reached the hands of the executives at those major film and television studios, and were likely rejected at the first hurdle by some clueless fools.

therefore!

After thinking it over at home, Lin Zhi decided that he couldn't just give up like that. He had to print out some more copies of the script and personally deliver them to all the major state-owned film studios and private film companies this time, instead of mailing them. He wanted to see if the results would be different.

With a new action plan in mind and a composed mindset, Lin Zhi no longer hesitated. He was always a decisive and action-oriented person, so he took the original manuscript of the Stone script and went to a copy shop near his home to make dozens of copies of the Stone script.

This time, he learned from his previous experience and released more content, printing out a full 80% of the exciting parts of the script. He was going all in this time; it was all or nothing!

Even if the script gets leaked and someone plagiarizes it and uses it for free, he doesn't care.

We had to take this step eventually, didn't we?

This risk is still worth taking...