Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

As soon as he heard this name, Zhang Yang, who was listening to their chat next to him, immediately said, "Damn it! Isn't this a porcelain affair? Dongqing, you don't care about this?"

"Why didn't you care? What if the smile turned into a smile?" Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

It turns out that the original name of this film was "The Swordsman Returns". After the movie title was announced, Yangliu immediately sent a lawyer's letter in the name of the studio to the other producer, pointing out its infringement and using "The Swordsman" as a reference. 》The popularity.

Due to the pressure of public opinion, the other producer finally changed the film to "The Return of the Proud Swordsman". Of course, Yang Liu was unwilling. With Yu Dongqing's authorization, he took the other party to court in the name of the studio, accusing it of infringing the right to authorize the film. , asking the other party to make corrections and publicly apologize.

Unexpectedly, the court did not adopt it!

The quote is: "The movie title does not enjoy copyright, and after Xiaoao was changed to Xiaoao, the names of the two parties have become quite different."

Yang Liu was unconvinced and prepared to appeal again but was stopped by Yu Dongqing.

"Forget it, you are just helping the other party to hype up and increase the popularity."

Now after listening to Yu Dongqing's explanation, Zhang Yang was still angry: "I've never seen such a shameless person before! Which company invested in this production?"

"Mainly Jiachuang Film and Television."

"Damn it! I thought it was some inferior company, but I didn't expect it was the majestic Jiachuang! When did one of the three major film and television companies in the country become such a gangster?"

Zhang Yang continued to complain.

"They were gangsters to begin with."

Yu Dongqing smiled.

In order to schedule the film "The Tuner" that he was filming, the other party secretly asked the trolls to stir up public opinion and throw dirty water on it. Of course, this was Li Wan's speculation and there was no evidence.

Where is the evidence for those bad things in the entertainment industry? But everyone is doing this and knows it.

Yu Dongqing still remembers this in her heart.

Not urgent.

If they all hang out in the same circle, there will be plenty of opportunities.

The messy things in the entertainment industry have caused everyone to complain, but as an investor, Zhang Longwen is not concerned about this.

He asked Liu Heping in a low voice: "Old Liu, why do you think the filming is not good? I read the script and thought it was pretty good. The director is Liu Shaohua, and the martial arts scenes were designed by you yourself. Although it is not as good as Dong Qing's "" "Swordsman", but it shouldn't be much different, right?"

"The dog's tail continues the mink!"

Liu Heping said something and then laughed: "Actually, this film is not a sequel. To be fair, although it is a bit of a hot topic in "The Swordsman", the characters and plot are completely different. It tells another story, and the script is not so good." good."

"Then what's the problem?" Zhang Longwen was a little confused: "And you have this gold medal to protect me."

"Mr. Zhang, please don't blame me." Liu Heping said modestly: "The main problem lies with Director Liu himself. He is too late to meet the deadline."

"Do you know how long it took to shoot on location? It was only two months! You said such a short shooting time, how can it be done without shoddy work? For example, my master asked my wife to soak in the water for an hour in the winter to shoot a scene. It’s absolutely impossible to lead here!”

"Even if he thinks about it, the actors won't agree! The first and second female leads are more arrogant than the other, and each one has more backstage than the other! They are so arrogant on the set, and they just get lost easily, so let's not talk about it." Liu Heping said Wan shook his head, picked up the wine and drank it all.

Everyone understands this.

The director rushed to meet the deadline, the actors played big names, and a shoddy movie was born!

Zhang Longwen was shocked when he heard this.

If it is true as Liu Heping said, then wouldn't this film, which is said to have invested nearly 200 million yuan, suffer a loss? Fortunately, I didn't invest in it.

Now that we talk about the current martial arts movies, everyone starts to complain.

Zhang Yang said: "According to my observation, since Dongqing's "The Swordsman" was released, five similar films have been released in less than two years. Some people on the Internet complained that in the past when watching martial arts movies, you would punch me and I would Feet, you come and go, what you see now is people flying around in the air, there are too many people following the trend."

"Can't you pat someone else down? What's the point of picking up people's teeth?" Liu Yimin interrupted.

"Yimin, from an economic point of view, this kind of following-the-trend effect is the most economical and allows investors to avoid many risks. Why not do it?" Even Du Hui, who doesn't like to talk about the entertainment industry, also joined in.

"As far as I know, these five films all seem to be profitable. This is the result of following the trend."

"Is it getting worse? I heard that the recently released movie called "Jianghu, See Jianghu Again" lost money." Zhang Yang retorted.

"In addition to the poor quality of the film, there is another aspect in economics called diminishing marginality. In layman's terms, it means you're tired of watching it!"

A few people chatted while eating, but Yu Dongqing didn't say anything.

This is all too common.

In the original time and space, after the popularity of "Shaolin Temple" in the 1980s, there were many follow-up works, such as "Shaolin Temple Disciples" and "Shaolin Boys".

There is also the blockbuster film and television drama "Bright Sword" in time and space. It will be followed by "New Bright Sword" and "Bright Sword: Thunder Warrior".

Very normal.

As Du Hui said, economics can explain this problem.

"Dongqing, why don't you speak?" Zhang Yang asked when he saw Yu Dongqing was silent.

"What can you say?" Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "You can't stop others from filming. It will be a bad film at most. The audience will vote with their feet."

"Hey, if we follow the trend too much and make crude films, the genre of martial arts films may be ruined." Zhang Yang sighed.

This is true.

Yu Dongqing nodded.

It turns out that in that time and space, weren’t martial arts movies also in decline?

"Director Yu, if that's the case, you might as well make another martial arts film, and I'll invest in it!"

"Now? Mr. Zhang, I don't have time." Yu Dongqing smiled and shook his head.

His top priority now is to take good care of the beautiful mother and son.

Zhang Longwen knew that Yu Dongqing was talking about taking care of the newborn baby.

But how much care does a grown man like you have?

Don’t you still have a mother? And there are also the child's grandparents and a nanny. How many people are surrounding one child, are you worried that they won't be able to take care of him?

Of course, he knew that Yu Dongqing was a man who loved his family very much, so he couldn't say this out loud, so he said with a smile: "I didn't say now, next year, when the children are older, you will have time, right? I will definitely invest by then." , Director Yu, don’t forget it!”

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it then." Yu Dongqing agreed with a smile.

It's just a blank check, and I haven't planned on it anyway.

"Here, let me toast you again. I wish your future films will be as successful at the box office as "The Swordsman"!"

After speaking, Zhang Longwen stood up and raised his wine glass respectfully.

Even if you haven’t written these horoscopes yet, you can already have a celebratory drink?

Yu Dongqing felt funny in her heart.

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