The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 36: Not pursuing the prodigal Wang Wei

"So, Wang Wei's new film is a youth film?"

On the terrace of the Luo family's villa facing the sea, Luo Jianzhou was lying on a leisure chair with an unexpected expression.

The visiting producer Dai Shukun nodded: "It is said that there is a similar script in our company's script library, and Dunhuang wants to buy it to avoid disputes."

This is normal.

There are countless scripts accumulated in the script libraries of various film companies including China Entertainment. It is actually quite difficult for original films to avoid competing with them.

This is also the reason why many times, after a movie becomes popular, someone always jumps out and claims that the script has been plagiarized and misappropriated, and then they ask for compensation.

In order to reduce such lawsuits, there is an unwritten rule in the industry - if the scripts of two film companies collide, they must either co-produce or transfer one party to another. This is rarely used to block other people's scripts.

After all, even if you are one of the top five, you never know when you will fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, Tang Yu Media immediately dug out similar scripts that had accumulated dust from its own script library and conducted commercial evaluation.

"What was the result of the assessment?"

In their eyes, Wang Wei's directorial maturity shown in "Peking Holiday" is that he has inherited the mantle of his grandfather.

Among the more senior filmmakers in the industry today, many of them came to prominence because of Wang Wei's grandfather's guidance, so they also have a special affection for Dunhuang.

However, ordinary small and medium-sized studios have neither the ability to produce industrial blockbusters nor a global distribution network that can collect box office revenue around the world to reduce the risk of high costs.

Let's just say that this young guy is unreliable, he has been slandered a little bit, he likes to make a fuss out of molehills, and he doesn't understand what "don't start an army in anger" means.

What he didn't understand was why Wang Wei chose such an extremely unflattering subject as "cheating in exams". Is it possible that you can still make flowers out of it?

If it is just because there is a "Gunmen Gate" that can be hyped, then it is really worthless!

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It seems to be just bad luck. How can you help other than staring at me?

Fortunately, Wang Wei came out last year, stopping Dunhuang's decline and letting them breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, why do you think "Peking Holiday" was nominated for seven Tianma Awards in one go? Is it simply a box office hit?

Even Wang Wei and Wang Chuanqi didn't know that old guys like them were behind this.

Luo Jianzhou snorted from his nose and said mockingly: "Dunhuang still wants to use the same trick, relying on hype to make a small fortune."

I wonder if the script was really good, how could it be left in the script library?

"Looking at the movies with the theme of cheating, in addition to criticism, there is no more tricks." The producer paused and concluded: "This subject cannot support a commercial blockbuster.

So it should be a low-cost production."

The same thing has different views in the eyes of different people.

In his eyes, only industrial blockbusters with first-class industrial standards, visual effects and advanced hardware and software technology can be considered commercial movies in the true sense, while low-budget movies are all unfair.

The best example is Master Luo's "The Speedy Moment".

——At any time, in the film and television industry, there are such a group of actors who are usually inconspicuous and seem to have never played any particularly important protagonists, but they are very capable actors.

This really made him a little disappointed: "Although it was mostly luck, but with such good capital as his debut film became a hit, Wang Wei did not go further by making a blockbuster. Instead, he indulged in the routine of using small things to make big things. He really has no pursuit."

Didn't some people say that I am a shooting agent for a gunman? OK, I will use a movie about a "gunman" to translate for you, what is a TMD gunman?

"There is still an audience for this subject. Cheating in exams exists all over the world. But with such a strong audience base, there are very few movies about this subject because it is difficult to make."

The film's domestic box office performance was not good, barely exceeding 200 million. However, it sold quite well overseas with its realistic visual effects, allowing Tang Yu Media to reduce the risk of regional failure through overseas box office splitting, and finally achieved recovery through box office alone.

all costs.

But in the eyes of the people who eat melons, it is Wang Wei who is angry!

"Gunner" is straightforward enough, but adding "genius" seems to be saying——

Of course, this is not to claim credit, but to show that they are very optimistic about Wang Wei.

“The investment value is extremely low.”

Obviously, Dunhuang benefited from the hype surrounding "Peking Holiday" and wanted to replicate it again.

In vain, he also secretly increased his attention to Wang Wei.

And many people in the industry know that he has a close friendship with Wang Wei's grandfather, Wang Tingdong.

The script transaction between Dunhuang and Tang Yu gave everyone in the industry a rough idea of ​​what the story of Wang Wei's new film "Genius Gunslinger" will be.

Cheng Guangtian, a veteran actor who received an invitation from Wang Wei's crew, is also worried.

When he heard that Wang Wei was going to make a youth film, he did not choose love and abortion, which are common topics in youth films, but talked about exams and cheating, which were rarely filmed, and he immediately thought of "Gunmen".

You can't say that Luo Jianzhou was wrong, but it is obvious that he is not down to earth.

The producer pondered for a moment and said, "It's a simple story about a student who successfully cheated in an exam and finally came to his senses."

In the eyes of Luo Jianzhou, Wang Wei still wanted to play a hype game;

In the eyes of paparazzi Zhuo Qun, it was Wang Wei who was sarcastic;

Luo Jianzhou was not surprised by this answer.

——Otherwise, how could Mr. Luo be in the mood to have a leisurely vacation here?

Therefore, Dunhuang takes small and medium-budget films as its entry point, and the producer understands and even appreciates them.

To be precise, he was supported by Grandpa Wang Wei.

Dunhuang has been going downhill in the past few years, and they all see it, and they are all... very numb.

——Dunhuang, which was under the leadership of Grandpa Wang Wei, although it has never been on an equal footing with the Big Five, is well-known in the industry for giving opportunities to young people.

He, Mr. Luo, was born in Rome. He has known since childhood that the success of a blockbuster movie can guarantee a studio's annual revenue, so the blockbuster strategy is the only way.

Of course some people will praise Wang Wei for being tough, but more people will laugh secretly that Wang Wei is still too young.

Cheating in exams is such a serious topic, what is there to photograph?

If you film a successful cheating and let the audience cheer for the cheating, you may be criticized by teachers and parents across the country;

The filming of cheating failed, and I criticized this behavior from the moral high ground... Damn, my teachers and parents have been telling me to ban cheating since I was a child. Who the hell wants to listen to your preaching in the cinema?

Therefore, there are really many people who have moved small benches and are just waiting to see Wang Wei slap him in the face but get slapped instead.

Cheng Guangtian is one of them.

The producer nodded when he heard this, but he was shaking his head inwardly.

But this time, he didn't seem to inherit his grandfather's stability.

He put on his sunglasses and made a "continue talking" gesture.

When you are a director, you should be a director well. How can you be willful just for the sake of anger?

Cheng Guangtian felt that he should advise this young man not to be a spendthrift like his uncle.

He also couldn't stand Dunhuang being tormented by a prodigal son again.

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