Entertainment, I just like making movies

A spiritual sanctuary and a paradise for migratory birds.

Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, is vast and connected by water and sky. For thousands of years, countless literati and poets have stopped here to leave poems and recite poems.

Close to the corner of Poyang County, Shanglao City, on a naturally occurring river bank, the crew of "Immortality" came here early in the morning to shoot.

"Everyone, hurry up and turn on the phone on time at eight o'clock."

"The actors quickly put on makeup, the filming team, the prop team, and the wire and cable team arranged the camera positions according to the plan. They must check carefully to ensure safety."

As soon as they got out of the car, the assistant director Wu Ershan started busy with a small speaker and ordered the crew to prepare for shooting in an orderly manner.

I went out today to shoot the famous opening scene of the plot. Ao Yu, the third prince of the Dragon King of Luohe, led a group of water tribesmen to pursue Li Qing, and confronted the second generation of the Daqian Dynasty. They first cursed each other and then fought.

There are a lot of 3D real shots in "Immortal", all of which will be completed in the filming studio of the film and television base.

Some scenery and location shooting must be done in real life. China has too many beautiful scenery that can be used.

Fang Ziheng took a leisurely stroll on the bank of the door, eating fried dough sticks in one hand and soy milk in the other.

Finally, he took out his mobile phone, turned his back to the lake, tilted it at 45 degrees, took a selfie, and uploaded it to Weibo.

[Family members, who knows? The scenery of Poyang Lake is so beautiful. How can there be such a beautiful place? You haven’t been there yet, right? (dog head)]

After leaving a tea talk, Fang Ziheng shot a short video and uploaded it.

Then, without waiting for the fans to ask for the specific address, he put his phone away, opened his hands and started doing aerobic exercise.

Half an hour later.

After the scene was arranged in place, Fang Ziheng came to the monitor and looked over this month's shooting plan.

At this time, the morning sun rises, and a ray of red light falls from the eastern sky, shining on the water of Poyang Lake. The gentle breeze blows, making people feel spiritually shocked, like a dream.

Fang Ziheng silently calculated the time, and it took at most three days to finish filming the Poyang Lake scene.

At this time, Wu Ershan finished his work and strode over to ask for instructions: "Director, we are almost ready!"

"OK, let me know, it will turn on in 20 minutes!"

Twenty minutes later.

Following Fang Ziheng's order, the entire crew of more than 200 people started to move.

"Everyone in your place!"

"Actors prepare!"

Buzz buzz...

Two drones took off and stayed 15 meters above the lake shore.

A dozen actors in aquatic costumes flew out from wires hanging from each wire, and flew swayingly below the drone.

Huang Xiaoming, who was wearing a python robe, was particularly obvious. His movements were crisper than those of the extras, and he flew to the predetermined location in just a few steps.

The leader of the photography team personally took control of the camera, pushed up a high-altitude camera, and pointed it head-on at Huang Xiaoming, so that he could capture close-ups later.

Fang Ziheng looked up, picked up the trumpet and asked loudly: "Xiao Ming, can you do it?"

"Director, I have no problem, I'll be ready soon!"

Huang Xiaoming responded in mid-air, opening his hands to quickly balance his body, and flying and stepping with his feet, quite confidently.

A minute later, Huang Xiaoming gestured towards the shore to express that he was ready.

On the shore of the lake, Liu Haoran, who plays the young Li Qing, Yang Xuejian, who plays the third princess of Daqian, Ji Xue, and Song Yi, who plays the third disciple of the Imperial Master, Ling Yun.

Luo Jing, who plays Yang Xuan, the prince of Shenwu Hou, Zhang Songwen, who plays Shadow Demon, and a group of special actors who play the second generation of high officials are all in place.

"Scene 5, first shot, start!"

In front of the camera, Huang Xiaoming received the signal, his expression suddenly changed, he spread his legs and flew into the air, and led a group of aquatic people straight to the lake with a fierce look.

There are more than 40 people in the wire and props team, and a team of four is responsible for a wire unit to ensure the flying rhythm of the actors in the sky.

"Hey, kid, let me watch where you run!"

Huang Xiaoming flew over the lake shore, stretched out his fingers in the air, pointed at Liu Haoran who had just woken up on the shore and shouted angrily.

As soon as he finished showing off, he moved forward with inertia and disappeared from the camera.

"Click!"

"Wireya group, control the intensity!"

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng waved his hand and continued without blinking.

Wia pulled back, Huang Xiaoming made several circles and returned to the original place.

"Again."

"Scene 5, first shot and second shot, start!"

It took seven or eight shots in a row before this shot was considered passable.

Then the drone camera switched and focused on Yang Xuejian and Song Yi on the shore.

Under the high-altitude lens, several people looked up with frowns, expressions of dissatisfaction, and a sense of arrogance of noble children.

Fang Ziheng waved his hand gently, pointing the No. 2 camera at Liu Haoran, and captured a close-up of his confused expression.

"Ka, this shot has passed!"

Liu Haoran's acting skills are still acceptable for his age, and his expressions of innocence and confusion are nothing to mention.

Then, Fang Ziheng looked at Huang Xiaoming in mid-air and asked, "Xiao Ming, do you want to come down and rest for a while?"

"No, keep shooting!"

Huang Xiaoming kicked his legs, with a sense of confidence that "it's just Xiaoyu, there's nothing he can do to me."

"OK, continue shooting!"

"Scene 5, third shot, start!"

The studio fell silent again, and the drone zoomed out, framing the two people in one shot.

Camera No. 1 was aimed at Huang Xiaoming, and Camera No. 2 captured Liu Haoran.

Machine No. 3 pushed up and faced Yang Xuejian, Song Yi, Luo Jing, Zhang Songwen and others.

Under the camera, Yang Xuejian, who was dressed as a little fairy in a biluo dress, looked at Huang Xiaoming with her neck slightly raised, and said with a disdainful smile: "Who did I think it was? It turns out to be the famous prodigal son of the Luohe Dragon Palace, Lao Lao San."

"Ao Laosan, you are so courageous. You actually dare to hunt down and kill the people of my Daqian Dynasty!"

After speaking, she raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly.

No matter what conflict the little brother in front of you has with Ao Yu, let's talk about it first.

Luo Jin, Song Yi, and Zhang Songwen all sneered, not showing any fear of the third prince of Dragon Palace.

The younger brother behind the four people had an even more exaggerated expression. He pointed at Huang Xiaoming in mid-air, telling him to take his shrimp soldiers and crab generals and get out of here quickly, otherwise he would look good.

Just when Huang Xiaoming was extremely angry and laughed, and was about to confront Yang Xue and the others, Fang Ziheng's curse suddenly sounded in the studio.

"Hey, Mimi, haven't you eaten yet? Why are you so weak when talking?"

Fang Ziheng patted his seat and stood up, quickly came to everyone, stared at Yang Xuejian and said: "Remember your identity, you are the seventh princess of the Daqian Dynasty, a little fairy. Growing up, you love fighting injustices, and you don't want to see anyone. People bully the weak.”

"Besides, the Seventh Princess has known Ao Yu since she was a child. You two are naturally at odds with each other. You fight each other as soon as you meet. You have fought countless times. Show off your momentum!"

After saying that, Fang Ziheng didn't look back: "Adjust it and start again!"

"I know, director!"

Yang Xuejian pursed his lips and recalled his performance just now. It was indeed a bit weak in terms of momentum.

The Seventh Princess of Daqian is a very unique character. She has excellent talents, abundant resources, and loves to fight against injustice. She is one of the influential figures in Daqianyu Capital.

In the character description: Relying on the favor of the God Lord, the Seventh Princess has repeatedly taken action to rectify the dandies in Yujing City, and is very popular among the people of Yujing City.

The Luohe River flows through Daqian and is one of the nine major inland rivers of Daqian. The Dragon Palace of Luohe is located in Yujing Mansion. The Dragon King of Luohe is in charge of the weather and rain news in the surrounding provinces. It is valued by the God of Daqian and is one of the few in Daqian. One of the gods.

The third prince of the Dragon King, Aoyu, is naturally noble in Daqian, but no matter how noble he is, he is not as noble as the seventh princess.

Yang Xuejian thought about the role, let out a breath, and quickly adjusted his state.

Fortunately, Liu Qianqian didn't come today, otherwise she might have laughed at her if she saw her current embarrassment.

come on!

You must perform well, and you must not be compared to that vixen!

After one minute, continue shooting.

"Okay, scene 5, third shot and second shot, start!"

The Diao Wia scene was already difficult to film, so the fighting was made even more difficult. It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that the literary scenes were finished.

Fang Ziheng saw that it was almost done and announced that he was off work.

There is no way, in order to pursue rigor, the shooting background and time must be closely related to the plot.

The conflict between the two parties started in the morning when the sun was high in the sky. They couldn't continue to fight without finishing the fight after the sun had set.

The remaining fighting scenes will have to be filmed tomorrow morning or noon.

Finish work early and rest early.

The crew returned to the Hengyu Film and Television Base, leaving some people to camp on the shore of the lake to take care of the equipment.

………

night.

After taking a shower, Fang Ziheng put on his bathrobe and came to the computer to check the movie market situation in the past week.

As of October 13th to October 20th, the movie market has a total of 4 movies with a weekly box office of over 20 million.

The weekly champion is the Hollywood movie "Guardians of the Galaxy", which was released on the 10th and grossed 192 million in its first weekend.

The next week, that is, it took in 243 million in seven days, and the total box office successfully exceeded 435 million.

Judging from the box office trend, even if there is a plunge next week, the movie's weekly box office will still exceed 100 million. I would say 600 million is a lot, and 500 million is definitely stable.

The second place "Xiu Chun Knife 2" saw another big dive at the box office this week, with only 69 million in seven days.

Counting 510 million in the first week and 220 million in the second week, the total box office barely exceeded 800 million, and there was no hope of reaching the 1 billion club.

However, "Xiu Chun Dao 2" has a good reputation and has taken root in the hearts of movie fans like the first film. As the film's distributor, Hengyu Interactive Entertainment has relied on the success of the National Day release and its market value has successfully exceeded 110 billion.

Become a veritable giant in the film and television industry.

Huayi, Guangxian, Bona, Alibaba Pictures, as well as Wanda Film and Television, which will be listed next year, and Tengxun Pictures, which is stepping up preparations for its listing, saw this situation and became more confident about the broad prospects of the film and television industry and the entertainment industry.

Hengyu Interactive Entertainment has a market value of 100 billion, and Tudou Video has a market value of more than 40 billion. Together with Hengyu's China Literature Group, which is applying for listing, Tiangong is constantly expanding.

The total volume of Hengyu Media Group alone exceeds 200 billion.

This does not include Hengyu's film and television base, theater chain, artist management, and TV series businesses.

Who is not tempted, who is not jealous!

Several major film and television companies have almost all set Hengyu Media as their goal to catch up, and are full of confidence in the future.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Zhongjun and Yu Dong have a tacit understanding to share the risks of "Legend of the Gods" and follow Hengyu's path of high-quality content.

In front of the computer, Fang Ziheng was very satisfied with the results of "Xiu Chun Dao 2" and took out his mobile phone to make a call to Andy.

"Hey Andy, are you asleep?"

"I just took a shower. Why, our great director thought of me when he had time?"

On the other end of the phone, Andy was in a luxurious, Western-style dream-style bedroom. He was holding his half-dry and half-wet hair with one hand while holding the phone, with a resentful look on his face, like a resentful woman who was not loved.

"How can I? I've always had you in my heart!"

Fang Ziheng smiled and said softly: "Sorry, I've been very busy recently."

"Come on, you haven't even looked for me a few times in the imperial capital."

Andy didn't accept his trick, lying on the snow-white bed, showing off to his lover in a rare act of coquettishness.

It's a pity that Fang Ziheng couldn't see this contrasting scene, otherwise he would have been extremely shocked.

I can't think of booking a flight back to the imperial capital tonight to pamper Sister An.

Well... After getting to know Andy, apart from remaining cool and indifferent when working and facing outsiders, Andy became more and more open-minded in front of him.

She is no longer the icy beauty who didn't wear perfume, her charm and charm are no different from Lin Feifei's, they are two different tastes of a royal sister.

Fang Ziheng coaxed him for several times, until Andy's laughter came over the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief and brought the topic to "Xiu Chun Knife 2".

"Andy, "Xiuchundao 2" has done well. Do you have a reward plan for relevant staff?"

"Well, you said it's Director Hao Yi, just follow the old rules!"

Andy chuckled lightly, turned over, straightened his waist and sat up from the bed, revealing his beautiful white legs.

According to the old rules, "Xiu Chun Dao 2" is a script produced by the group. Hao Yi cannot invest personally and can only receive 10% of the box office revenue.

This is quite a lot of money, no less than 20 million.

What Fang Ziheng was referring to was the rewards and bonuses other than the 20 million.

That is to say, relying on the formula of one reward for one movie, Hengyu Media can stabilize so many blockbuster directors, occupy popular schedules for several consecutive years, become bigger and stronger, and create greater glory.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Fang Ziheng didn't say anything more, Andy could handle this little matter.

Immediately, he asked about another upcoming movie.

"The Double Eleven of the new year is coming soon. How are you preparing for "Ex Raiders 2"?"

"The publicity plan has just arrived on my desk. I will hold a meeting tomorrow to study it."

When it comes to work, Andy is still very concerned about it. She instantly changes her attitude and becomes a strong woman.

"Predecessor Raiders 2" is the sixth work released by Hengyu Interactive Entertainment this year and the fifth work released after its listing.

At the end of the year during the Lunar New Year, there is also a movie called The Return of the Great Sage.

Since Double 11 was promoted by Taobao, film and television companies followed suit and developed this time into a popular schedule.

On Double 11 and Singles’ Day, romance movies are most popular among young men and women.

Then, Andy briefly talked about the movie promotion plan on the phone, which was nothing more than promoting both online and offline, and being bombarded with variety shows across the country.

Fang Ziheng suddenly thought of something and smiled slightly: "Take me to tell Su Lun that I will definitely be there on the day of the premiere."

"Really, when are you coming back?"

Andy was stunned, his eyes shining: "Can you come back early?"

"Okay, okay, three days in advance."

"Three days are less, at least a week in advance!"

"Okay, okay, when I get back, I'll go directly to your office and take you home."

"You treat me like a child, and I'm still afraid of you!"

"I'm really not afraid. Let's take a video now."

Fang Ziheng smiled evilly and his voice was a little higher.

The next day, Alibaba Pictures.

After a night of thinking, Chairman Fan Luyuan decided to hold a meeting to discuss whether to invest in "Legend of the Gods".

In the conference room, the executives of Alibaba Pictures arrived.

Fan Luyuan told Wang Zhongjun what he meant, and said with a smile: "Judging from the current situation, Fang Ziheng seems to be a little anxious and confused."

"Haha... "Immortality" has been in preparation for more than a year, with a total investment of 600 million yuan. As soon as the movie was launched, it was reported that outsiders were following suit, and it was adapted from a big IP novel such as Fengshen Yanyi. He was not in a hurry. Strange!"

Youku Video CEO Yang Weidong sighed, as if watching a show.

In the past few days, Hangcheng Ma has completed his control of Youku. His status as a direct descendant of Alibaba has increased, and he has been promoted to vice president of the Great Entertainment Group and has become one of the core members of the top management.

Opposite, Zhang Qiang, who was sitting on the left side of the conference room, frowned and disagreed with this view. He analyzed: "We can't make a conclusion yet. "Legend of the Gods" came about too strangely. We all know what kind of company Hua Guoxing is. Anyway, I don’t believe they would spend hundreds of millions to seriously make a movie!”

"Mr. Zhang is right. There are indeed problems with this project. The two directors are unknown on Hong Kong Island and who knows what they will produce!

Zhang Wei, who was on the right, glanced at Yang Weidong beside him, shook his head, and agreed with Zhang Qiang's view.

Two years later, Zhang Wei is no longer the film novice he was back then, and he understands the importance of directors and screenwriters even more.

Fan Luyuan smiled when he heard this, tapped the conference table with his knuckles lightly, and acknowledged: "The two directors are indeed not very good, but with Jet Li as the leading actor, Hua Guoxing has hired Xu Kedang and Ye Weixin as the producers, so it should be There won’t be any big problems.”

"If we at Alibaba Pictures join, we can let Director Chen join the team as an art director to help Xu Ke and Ye Weixin control the quality of the film, and maybe we can even draw them into our camp!"

Fan Luyuan's words made the eyes of several executives present brighten.

The director Chen he mentioned was none other than Chen Kexin, the director of "Dear", which is still in theaters.

Although "Dear" is a glossy production, the distribution rights are guaranteed by Alibaba Pictures with a box office of 500 million.

Alibaba Pictures has a strong network for publicity and distribution, and after contacting Chen Kexin, they assured in person that they would fully support the film's distribution.

Over time, Alibaba Pictures hooked up with Chen Kexin and acquired the Hong Kong director.

"Legend of the Gods" has three people, Xu Ke, Ye Weixin, and Chen Kexin, plus a bunch of big-name stars. No matter how bad it is, it won't be bad.

Zhang Wei, Yang Weidong, Deng Kangming, and four other Alibaba Pictures executives couldn't help but nod, thinking it was worth a vote.

Buy a 10% share of "Legend of the Gods" for 50 million, and then get a portion of the distribution from Bona when the film is released. You will definitely make money!

In the conference room, only CEO Zhang Qiang did not express his position.

"Everyone, the quality of movies is one thing. Hua Guoxing is too low and does not have the ability to make blockbusters."

Faced with everyone's questioning looks, Zhang Qiang smiled bitterly and once again emphasized the unreliability of Hua Guoxing. At the same time, he changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "Besides, I am also worried about Brother Hua Yi, who is Wang Zhongjun, an old fox-level figure.

We have been dealing with him for several years, and we have never seen him take the initiative to give up his share of a movie that he liked. "

"According to the staff of Huaguoxing, the distribution of "Legend of the Gods" was handed over to Bona, and the production was jointly produced by Huaguoxing and Huayi. The film was shot in our mainland, which means that Huayi single-handedly took care of all the aspects of persuasion.

With an investment of 500 million yuan, in addition to the actors’ remuneration, there are at least 300 million yuan in filming expenses, but Wang Zhongjun looks ugly.”

After saying this, Zhang Qiang paused to give others time to think.

In fact, there is no need to think about it, everyone knows that Zhang Qiang is right.

After entering the film and television industry for two years, Alibaba has not been freeloaded many times in movies. Lu Chuan's "Qixing Lu Wang" cannot be regarded as freeloading, it can only be regarded as a brain failure and the wrong director was chosen.

But when it comes to online dramas, Youku has been tricked countless times.

In order to resist major competitors, Youku has opened up a path of self-made dramas internally from iQiyi, producing more than a dozen small online dramas worth millions every year.

Almost every small online drama has to absorb a lot of money from the contracted producer and crew.

In this regard, among the major platforms, only iQiyi and Tudou Video are doing better. Both of them have contracted directors and ready-made crews.

Moreover, everyone is not a fool. Naturally, we have heard of many film and television companies cheating investors. Directors and crews cheated film and television companies and investors together.

The most famous one is Chen Kexin, who just signed a contract with Alibaba Pictures. After a movie was made, it was a box office hit, and he, the director, bought a villa.

If Hua Yi, one of the producers, really wanted to take action on "Legend of the Gods", he would have to spend more than half of the 300 million production budget.

In the mainland, no one is afraid of the Xiang family boss!

In the conference room, everyone looked embarrassed and were put off by Zhang Qiang's words.

After Zhang Wei thought about it, his eyes flashed and he said to Fan Luyuan in the main seat: "How about we grab the production rights."

"You mean to increase investment?" Fan Luyuan's pupils shrank and he asked uncertainly.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Qiang, Deng Kangming, and Yang Weidong shook their heads violently.

"No, we must not increase investment indiscriminately!"

"Chairman, Alibaba Pictures has just gone public and its stock price is still developing. We must not spend huge sums of money to invest in a project with uncertain progress!"

call.

Fan Luyuan waved his hand to appease the anxious three people and rejected Zhang Wei's proposal: "It is true that we cannot increase investment. After the company is listed, performance is very important and accounting is difficult to do. Mr. Zhang, do you have any other good ideas?"

"One more thing is to send professional financial personnel to the team to monitor the use and whereabouts of funds at all times!"

Zhang Wei sighed and threw out his expertise.

As long as the money is guarded, Hua Yi can't do any tricks!

"Okay, let's do it!"

Fan Luyuan smiled and made the final decision to invest in "Legend of the Gods".

Zhang Qiang didn't speak, his eyes narrowed, and he complained again in his heart.

You guys still don’t understand movies!

If film and television companies really want to deceive investors, there are many ways to do it, but finance is useless.

Just like Fang Ziheng, he openly asked investors to pay a premium and used the investors' money to make his own movies.

You can still bite him!

PS: I’m not feeling dizzy today, just a little diarrhea. I only coded 6,000. I’m sorry, Xiaodao broke his promise!