I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 728 725. Knowing clearly that there are tigers in the mountains, you prefer to go to the tiger mountains

Xu Xin had a dream, dreaming that he was about to catch a train, and everyone was getting on the train. Behind him, Lao Wang cried and shouted that he wanted to go with him, saying that he must not leave him alone, please.

It's really annoying.

"unlucky!"

Looking at the ceiling in the early morning, he muttered, got up and walked directly to the toilet.

When I was about to let go, I took my phone and took a look at the message.

Well.

24.1 million?

Not bad.

It should be no problem to break 100 million in the first week...

This idea just popped up in his mind, and he extended it for no reason.

When did breaking 100 million in the first week become the norm?

Obviously, when "The Secret" was first filmed, it was very difficult to break over 100 million yuan. How come in the past few years, there are a lot of movies that have exceeded 100 million yuan in the first week like cabbage?

Oh no.

It can’t be said to be a handful.

Although it is still very rare, it is much more abundant than before.

Does this mean that the film market is already in a boom period?

Early in the morning, the emotions in his mind began to overflow. After walking out of the house, he glanced at the guest bedroom out of habit.

have to.

The eldest son has grown up and has stayed up at night for two days.

well.

The heart of an old father.

With this mood, he and Su Meng went out to have breakfast together.

After breakfast, continue studying.

And when he entered the auditorium, he still received a lot of attention.

Only this time, many people's eyes were more or less filled with shock.

A movie with a cost of more than 8 million yuan, and a box office of 24 million yuan on the first day?

How does this person's brain...exactly grow?

How to shoot something firey?

As for this achievement, everyone no longer knows what to say.

Is it really the chicken that lays the golden eggs?

…

Yes, that's right, Xu Xin is a chicken that lays golden eggs.

This is not just the idea of ​​​​Xiying people, but also the entire entertainment industry.

Eight million!

A movie with an investment of 8 million!

It’s not certain whether other directors would be able to make a successful film with 8 million, but with the 8 million in Director Xu’s hands, he not only handed over a perfect answer sheet, but the most important thing is... he was very special before the exam. It’s guaranteed!

The news was revealed by Jiayuan itself.

And there are indeed product placements for Jiayuan in the movie.

A blind date sequence lasted only a few minutes, and Jiayuan paid 9.5 million.

If you don’t count the tax deductions, this movie would have already paid back its money!

As long as it is released, any amount of box office will be pure profit.

And just such a movie gave all domestic movies a good start in June!

Who said that domestic film protection month must be the off-season for the box office?

Take a look.

I spent eight million to teach everyone one thing:

"A movie is a movie, the box office speaks for itself, don't talk nonsense!"

And I don’t know how many people’s eyes turned red with envy after seeing the box office on the first day, looking at the ratings and reviews, and considering the subsequent box office blowout period.

I took out the money and bought the tickets, and looked at the logos of the three companies, Xiying Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, and Headwind, it really made me grit my teeth!

Are you three drinking and kowtowing to the God of Wealth?

But in fact, the one with the reddest eyes is Shanghai Film Studio...

After Xue Haifeng saw the box office on the first day, his back teeth were broken.

When we first filmed "33 Days", we had just collaborated and "Hawthorn" hadn't been released yet. Seeing that the budget investment was only 8 million yuan, although it was sent by Nifeng on his own initiative, Xue Haifeng didn't think much about it at all.

8 million, divided among three families, how to divide it?

It's not shameful enough to say it.

So I invested one million symbolically and regarded it as a "meeting gift".

But who the hell would have thought.

An incredibly small, low-budget movie made more than 20 million at the box office on its first day! ?

If they invest one million, they can only get about 12% of the profit.

In other words, out of a profit of 100 million, they only have 12 million.

This kind of regret for letting go of the God of Wealth with his own hands, even though everyone's relationship could not be better, he still couldn't help but slap his thighs all morning!

Why...why are you blind!

…

"Director Xu, our intestines are full of regret. It's true."

"Hahahaha, Mr. Xue, this is the end of this."

At noon, Xu Xin, who had dinner with Qi Lei, also expressed helplessness after hearing what he said.

Xue Haifeng also understood this truth, but the feeling of this large piece of fat flying out of his mouth was really uncomfortable.

In the end, he could only accept his fate and let out a long sigh:

"Sigh... well, it's not a one-time deal anyway. The better the results of "33 Days" are, the happier everyone will be! It's just... bitter!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

While Xue Haifeng sighed, Xu Xin hung up the phone.

We agreed that next time there is a low-cost production, Shanghai Film Studio will invest more.

After hanging up the phone, Qi Lei, who was chewing lamb chops, smiled and said:

"Is Lao Xue angry?"

"No, my intestines are blue."

"Haha~"

Qi Lei, who accounted for 40% of the investment in "33 Days", nodded with an expression of "I understand, someone who has been there":

"Now let's see how high it can fly."

"Well, let's fly."

Xu Xin shrugged indifferently:

"This was unintentional. If it hadn't been for sending small assignments to those few of mine, I wouldn't have accepted this book... Who knows how it happened."

Obviously, the box office of "33 Days" is actually nothing to him.

It is true that Headwind has his shares.

But... based on the box office of 200 million, the profit from this film is estimated to be in the thousands.

There must be a lot of money, and he may not be able to carry it alone.

But that's all.

Not counting the time when he was poor as a child, ever since he became rich, money has lost its desire attribute for him.

Regardless of purchasing power, there is no difference between one thousand yuan and ten million yuan in front of him.

Getting angry because of something like this...

No need.

"Oh, by the way, Wang Quanan called me the day before yesterday..."

Naturally skipping the box office of "33 Days", he suddenly said something.

Qi Lei was stunned.

Then after listening quietly to Xu Xin telling the whole story, he nodded and said:

"He...is also a part of the factory after all."

"That's why I gave you this face. Who dared to talk to me directly and invite me to dinner during this study?"

Xu Xin threw the sheep stick bone in his hand on the table and said:

"After studying on the 5th, I'll make an appointment... What's the attitude in Zhang Yuqi's factory?"

Qi Lei put the mutton chops into the crescent cake, put a bite of the cake into his mouth, and started to drink the mutton soup from the basin. Qi Lei held the bowl and blew the soup while saying without raising his head:

"Huh... no attitude. A professional actor who has just joined the actor troupe, and his rating is not enough, what kind of attitude do you need?... Huh, this spicy food smells like freshly fried food. Try it."

After hearing this, Xu Xin also started to use a spoon to put chili oil into the crescent cakes.

Two spoonfuls of spicy pepper, spread it with chopsticks, and said:

"Then I'll ignore her."

"That's right, I can't praise enough people in my company. Wu Zhiguo's words... Huh... aren't they quite right? Some people are like Qin and Muchu. Who knows where they are?"

Qi Lei's light words fell into Xu Xin's ears, and it was equivalent to an established fact.

He imitated Wang Tianxiang's tone and nodded:

"Understood. Let's see you all~"

"Pfft...cough cough cough..."

Qi Lei couldn't help but choke on the mutton soup and wiped his mouth dumbfounded.

He put down the basin and shook his head helplessly:

"But if Wang Quanan asks you to say a nice word to the factory about his movie "White Deer Plain", you might be able to sell him a favor."

"Why do I need his favor?"

Xu Xin also looked uninterested.

"But... is it really okay to give him the book "White Deer Plain"?"

After hearing his words, Qi Lei thought for a while and said:

"He still has some directing skills. This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Mr. Chen authorized it to him, not the factory. So... there is no way, after all, we can't steal it, that would be the same as real The road for these people has been blocked. We can't mess up now, and these people are not incapable. So..."

He didn't need to finish speaking, Xu Xin already understood the meaning.

really.

Since there is still a group of usable soldiers, it has not reached a very extreme stage yet, so this immediate combat power will not be used in vain.

only……

"How much investment does Bailuyuan need?"

"One hundred million..."

"puff……"

This time it was Xu Xin's turn to be confused.

"Take the young master?!"

"One hundred million."

Qi Lei repeated his words again.

At the same time, there was an expression on his face... as if he had encountered something funny.

"To be honest, I think there is only one reason why he dared to report to me like this. That is that he got the wrong plan and brought the plan that was used to defraud people from outside to the factory."

Xu Xin was really speechless.

One hundred million.

no……

How dare you?

How much is your total investment in these films?

Will Baba barely reach 100 million.

This is still considered publicity.

He's good, he opens his mouth and gets 100 million?

As soon as this idea came to him, he was immediately confused:

"How do you spend this 100 million? How many big names do you need to hire? "White Deer Plain" is a very big film. To be honest, even if I was asked to shoot it, I don't know what to do. Mr. Chen's book is acclaimed "One Hundred Years of Solitude" for our country is no joke. Just hiring actors is useless, someone has to really understand this book... What's more, I really can't figure out what kind of movie can make this movie "White Deer Plain" can be packed into two hours... This is simply unrealistic."

Having said this, he asked again:

"Where's the script? Let me take a look?"

"Changing."

Qi Lei thought for a while and said:

"In my impression, he has revised at least six to seven editions...but he was not satisfied with it, so he never mentioned it. I hope he can get the final edition this time."

Xu Xin was stunned.

These words...

Something doesn't sound right.

After thinking for a while, he asked in a low voice:

"Does it have to be filmed?"

"..."

Qi Lei glanced at him and suddenly sighed:

"Tsk..."

Then he nodded, but didn't say anything. Instead, he ate the cake in two bites and started drinking the soup.

After eating a bowl of water basin and two crescent moon cakes, he wiped his mouth, picked up the tea cup, and said:

"This is a task. The specific situation is quite complicated, and it is considered an issue left over from history."

After finishing speaking, he took a drink of water.

Picked up the toothpick from the table.

Then he pointed upward without any warning.

"We have already filmed "Qiao's Courtyard" and "The Gate of the Mansion", so of course we have to film them too! We can't lag too far behind other brother provinces."

"..."

The words were very abrupt.

But Xu Xin's brows furrowed.

These words...

"Did you say it recently?"

"No. I said it in 2000."

"understood."

Xu Xin didn't even ask who said it.

A few years ago...

Then these words really have weight.

but……

"Why don't you consider making a TV series?"

"Then you have to ask Wang Quan'an and the others why they talked about making movies instead of TV series."

While covering his mouth and picking his teeth, Qi Lei finished speaking and sighed helplessly.

"So, some things are so fucked up. We have to help wipe the work that others have taken over. "White Deer Plain" is such a mess, but it must be done. Especially in the past two years, there have been Thanks to you, the factory's profits have improved... In the past, everyone was poor and couldn't afford to shoot. Now it's better. If you don't shoot, it's just an ideological problem. But don't worry..."

Having said this, he took a cigarette from Xu Xin who had also finished eating:

""White Deer Plain" has nothing to do with you. Mr. Tian will protect you to death and will definitely not let you touch this... It is too difficult to shoot. The difficulty lies not in the inside, but in the outside. So, in the final analysis, this Whose legacy is left by history will be dealt with."

"..."

Frankly speaking, Qi Lei's words are actually quite obscure.

But it was enough for Xu Xin to interpret clearly.

"White Deer Plain" has been controversial since its publication. This is a fact recognized by the literary world.

The reason is that, on the surface, it is mixed with too many erotic descriptions.

But in fact, anyone who has read this book knows... It cannot be said to be a pretense, but at least this reason is not true.

There is only one reason why "White Deer Plain" has been banned for many years.

That's reality.

When Xu Xin watched "White Deer Plain", he had someone buy it for him when he went to Shenmu to get LEDs during the Olympic Games.

He remembered one episode particularly clearly. The heroine Tian Xiao'e had just married Han Juren, and that year there happened to be a famine in Bailuyuan. Tian Xiao'e woke up from hunger in the middle of the night and found that Han Juren was not around, so she went out to look for him and found that the oil lamp in her parents-in-law's house was on.

There were people talking inside.

She was curious and went to listen.

I heard my mother-in-law say... which probably meant: Son, make up your mind quickly. If you don't eat Tian Xiao'e, you will starve to death, and our family's incense will be cut off. If you eat her, you can live, and your mother can find you a new daughter-in-law.

Tian Xiao'e was so scared that she wasn't scared to death after hearing this.

When Xu Xin saw this paragraph, he actually didn't feel that deeply.

Just think that the author is exaggerating.

But he didn't expect that the next plot would be the one that made his hair stand on end.

Tian Xiao'e was frightened and ran home. After crying and telling her parents about the incident, her parents comforted her for a while and scolded Han Juren and his family for being crazy. Then coax Tian Xiao'e to sleep.

As a result, when Tian Xiao'e was in a daze, she heard her biological father say to her mother: Instead of letting others eat her, let's eat her.

When Xu Xin read this paragraph, he even thought that the book was a fucking pirated version.

What bastard writes ghost stories to scare himself in the middle of the night.

And the book is full of scenes like this...that are simply subversive of human nature.

It even made Xu Xin feel that this book deserved to be banned.

But after calming down, I was frightened by the humanity displayed in this book.

I'll never forget that.

Not to mention anything else, at least after Yang Mi heard the general outline of this book, she immediately gave up the idea of ​​reading it.

No, she can't accept this kind of scale.

And this is still a book, if it is really put into a movie or TV series...

Don't be ridiculous.

It would be a light thing not to be beaten to death with a stick.

So... let alone Qi Lei not letting him touch it, even if he was asked to take pictures, he wouldn't take them.

The content in this book should not and cannot be presented on the screen at all.

Even if it can be filmed, it should be a TV series, and it would have to be edited in many places. Otherwise there will be no other outcome than being removed from the shelves.

So, after understanding what Qi Lei meant, he thought for a while and said:

"In other words...this script is dead?"

"Yeah. Dead."

Qi Lei said it in an understatement, but it contained absolute coldness and ruthlessness.

"One hundred million, but it didn't go well. The director wasn't talented enough. That's enough."

But……

Xu Xin disagreed:

"That won't work."

"..."

Qi Lei was stunned.

"What's not working?"

"You can't show it off like this."

Xu Xin suddenly shook his head.

"...?"

This time it was Qi Lei's turn to be confused.

Didn't you speak clearly enough?

Or what?

Everyone knows that even if "White Deer Plain" can be "perfectly presented", it will never be stuffed into a movie.

The only thing that can reflect its value is TV series.

It has to be a TV series with at least 70 episodes.

Large!

television!

TV series!

Don’t you know this too?

Can……

"What does this sentence mean?"

He was confused.

He subconsciously looked at Xu Xin, but met a pair of firm and shining eyes in the smoke that had just been exhaled.

"Brother Qi, we are Xiying Studio!"

"..."

Qi Lei was even more confused.

"Talk about it, you didn't understand what I just said? This drama is from above..."

"I know."

Xu Xin interrupted him and shook his head:

"I understand what you mean, but you don't understand what I mean. I understand the nature of this film, but don't forget that when the film is released, there will be audiences who will pay for it. If nothing else, it's because of the name of our factory. People who are here are not here to watch a ridiculously bad movie. No matter what the remaining issues are, I don’t care who it has to do with. Let’s not mention the past of our factory, but at least... since I came here, Our boat has never capsized once. Why should we stumble here?"

"..."

Seeing his speechless look, Xu Xin's tone became firmer:

"It's true that I don't intend to touch this drama, but... I can't just let such a classic, profound, and even pivotal book to the literary world be filmed... Do you think Mr. Chen will watch the movie? Aren’t you going to be mad to death?”

As Qi Lei gradually frowned, Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Of course, I also know that I take it for granted. But what I want to express is that...the script is bad, and the director is bad, then the movie will definitely be finished. But...if the script is a bad one, even if it is not that profound, it will be... It has been distorted into a less human-like but still complete story, and paired with a qualified director, at least it won't be that bad. It can be said that it is not "White Deer Plain", and it can also be said that Wang Quan'an can't film... but at least it won't be that bad. , we can’t fool the audience!”

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered Brother Qian'er's words and moved over directly, just in time for the situation:

"When you buy a ticket, you have to be worthy of the ticket price!"

"..."

Tell the truth.

In Qi Lei's eyes, Xu Xin's change was somewhat unexpected.

Because before this, he had already pointed out the story of "White Deer Plain". Apart from the attribute of "book", when it was given the meaning of "script" after getting it from the factory, it also had a kind of "legacy" attached to it. problem" attribute.

Is Xu Xin stupid?

No.

Qi Lei has never seen anyone in his twenties who is smarter, more sensitive, and better able to "predict the enemy's opportunities" than him.

He is simply a monster.

He is still the kind of top-notch evildoer who can pull off the biggest piece of meat with his bare hands and leave in style no matter what happens!

Such a person, at this moment, suddenly revealed his bottom line inadvertently during this meal.

The audience bought tickets.

I bought tickets for a movie produced by Xi Film Studio.

Then you have to be worthy of the ticket price.

This bottom line was instantly revealed to Qi Lei.

My first reaction was, this guy is so stupid.

It's obvious that you can reap the greatest benefits by hanging on to the matter.

But he just didn't do that.

Second reaction...

That is awe-inspiring.

With this mentality, he asked:

"Do you have any idea?"

"..."

Xu Xin was silent.

Squint.

Finally, he took a long puff of cigarette, and his tone was full of excellence and cruelty mixed with a bit of helplessness:

"The script was reviewed by me. If I didn't agree, he couldn't film it! This movie... I'll be the producer!"

"..."

Qi Lei's heart trembled.

As expected.

He clearly knows that there are tigers in the mountains...

But I want to go to Hushan.