China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

“Why emphasize action over reasoning?”

The next day, in a private room of a restaurant in the capital, Lu Pingan asked Mr. Xu and Chen Guofu in front of him after reading the script of "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire".

The script of the movie was first written by Chen Guofu.

According to him, he first started making Dee Renjie ten years ago.

In ten years, he studied Dee Renjie thoroughly from top to bottom, and then wrote 24 movie scripts, some of which were basically completed.

To be honest, after hearing about this project, everyone will feel that this person is interested in it.

But actually just reading the script, like Lu Pingan, will make your face full of doubts.

It took ten years to polish a script like this?

Not to mention competing with Charlotte, there is only a small gap between it and ordinary mystery dramas.

The same goes for the original film.

The biggest flaw is that Di Renjie is advertised as a detective detective, but reasoning has become the weakest link.

And this is the lifeblood of the entire movie.

The special effects, actions, and costumes actually serve the plot.

As a result, the plot was ignored.

The key is that this is still the old problem of old monster Xu, and it has failed so many times, and it is still like this now.

Lu Ping'an really couldn't figure it out.

So Lu Ping'an had such a question.

Old Monster Xu said confidently: "I didn't want Di Renjie to be rescued from time to time like Bao Zheng, so I designed a unique martial arts for him. In fact, I think this is more in line with the market. Now The young audience doesn’t know much about the past, so they don’t dare to write too complicated.”

I feel that young audiences don’t quite understand what happened in the past.

All right.

Lu Ping'an didn't say much. Anyway, it was not a movie he directed, and he only invested in this one, so he could make money.

Mr. Wang on the side asked at this time: "Ping An, what do you think the box office will be like if you shoot like this?"

"If we follow the idea you just mentioned and the script doesn't change, I think the box office of this film will be at most 500 million."

Lu Ping'an told the truth, after all, he had to invest money.

This film, Original Spacetime, received less than 300 million. Now that there are more big screen bonuses, it should be able to get more than 400 million.

Compared with the total cost of 130 million, it is definitely possible to make money.

Of course, if I had made this film myself, it would definitely be more than this number.

The special effects should be more refined, the cost should be controlled, and the most important thing is to change the script to increase logic.

A box office of more than 600 million won't be a big problem.

But after all, the film was not directed by me. If I talked too much, people would listen to me, and I would become my rival.

And even if you say it, people probably won’t listen.

Because he has already seen that Old Monster Xu is a somewhat stubborn person.

There is imagination and creativity, but he seems not to pay much attention to the script.

Then there is no need to say it.

When Lu Pingan said this, everyone at the table had different expressions.

Huayi King was relieved at that time.

The reason why they find a safe road is not only to bridge the relationship and seek special effects support, but also to share risks.

Old Monster Xu suffered too much losses before, and even the big and small kings were afraid.

But this time, Mr. Xu and Chen Guofu made a vow, the script looked really good, and the plan was even more grand.

If it really succeeds, Huayi will take off!

But even so, their prediction for the film is probably only about 300 to 400 million at most. As long as it can make money, the series will make even more money in the future.

As a result, Lu Ping An came up with 500 million.

That's nothing to worry about.

But of course Chen Guofu didn't think so.

He felt that Lu Pingan had obviously underestimated the movie.

Although the box office of 500 million is already very high in this market.

But Chen Guofu’s initial expectation was to reach more than 600 million. Otherwise, how could it be called an epic?

So now, he is a little silent.

Lu Ping'an didn't say much more.

The matter has been decided. Xingchen will invest and occupy 15% of the shares. This does not include the shares held in Huayi.

Special effects cooperation has also been reached, the price is reasonable, and both parties are satisfied, which is enough.

Then Lu Ping'an and Huayi Wang talked about cooperation with artists in other projects.

The meal is over.

After returning, Old Monster Xu and others returned to Huayi to continue the meeting.

When asked about the script, Chen Guofu first said: "I think the current version is fine. Don't make any more changes."

Old Monster Xu didn't say anything, which was his acquiescence.

The big and small kings didn't say much.

It’s already 500 million, isn’t it good?

Moreover, changing the script is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it may not be correct, so let’s leave it at that.

After the matter was settled, Mr. Xu and his wife Shi Nansheng returned home and continued to talk about the matter.

Shi Nansheng felt that Lu Ping'an's opinion should be listened to.

It makes sense why people can be so awesome.

Shi Nansheng then said: "He obviously had an idea just now. Why don't you ask him to talk about the script?"

"If I have an idea, I won't say it. It's not a project he leads."

Shi Nansheng was helpless: "We should have found a safe road from the beginning."

"The project belongs to Guofu. What can I do?"

Chen Guofu had cooperated with Huayi as early as in "A World Without Thieves". This time it was a reunion of old friends. He was the one who found Mr. Xu. There was really no good solution.

Shi Nansheng then added: "Let's make an appointment. He's a nice guy. We can always have something to talk about over tea."

"Forget it, people are so busy."

Old Monster Xu interrupted the conversation and went to take a shower.

Shi Nansheng looked helpless. How could she not know that Old Monster Xu was embarrassed and a little unconvinced?

But after all, they were a couple, so she felt helpless for a while and didn't think about it.

She felt that Lu Ping'an had never performed well in action scenes, and maybe he would be mistaken this time.

After deciding on Huayi, Hu Qingquan came to the company in the afternoon and told Lu Ping'an: "I'm going to Chengtian's dinner. Do you have anything cruel to say to me?"

"No, I have no interest in this company."

Chengtian sued for peace and went to Hu Qingquan first.

Things are hard for Chengtian now.

"Red Cliff" suffered a huge loss of hundreds of millions. The film's box office was very high on Neon, but the copyright was sold out.

Moreover, Hu Qingquan knew through channels that Chengtian here was still manipulated by Neon.

Many sources of funding for the entire film came from Neon. As a result, Neon sold out the copyright, and the profit from Neon's distribution was cut off from Orange Sky. Orange Sky only made US$5 million in copyright sales fees. Only half of it could be taken, but the Japanese company made a lot of money.

The box office is 12 billion yen, 560 million yuan, and there are other copyright cooperations. The actors are all from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and have nothing to do with Chengtian.

"Red Cliff" became a big hit in Neon, and Cheng Tian watched helplessly as hundreds of millions of profits were lost, and he even wanted to die.

So to put it simply, Chengtian is a comprador company in this project, taking advantage of others.

A huge loss on one project, coupled with the fact that Chengtian now has no Jiahe and no Hua Jie, the competitiveness of the entire company has basically fallen to third-rate.

Of course, even if Chengtian was in its heyday, Lu Ping An would not take them seriously.

So now that he has been pressed like this, what else can he say harshly? Even just looking at him is too much.

After Hu Qingquan knew Lu Ping'an's attitude, he didn't say much about it, and then the topic turned to "The Wind". (End of chapter)