You don't understand the happiness of the director

Before going to the conference room, Wang Quan entered his office first, and Yu Feihong arrived first.

Wang Quan hugged her and kissed her twice, "I also have a sleeping place in my office. Do you want to visit it?"

"Don't be so arrogant, you still have a meeting." Yu Feihong pushed Wang Quan, worried that his makeup would be ruined by him, and even more afraid of leaving strawberry marks on his neck.

Wang Quan held the eldest sister in his arms, "After the meeting, I will have a small meeting. I will probably have meetings all day long. My girlfriend will pick me up when I get off work, and then I will have no time."

Hearing Wang Quan show off that his girlfriend would pick him up after get off work, Yu Feihong was a little uneasy, "When your girlfriend stars in my movie, I always feel weird."

Wang Quan smiled, "Why, you are so thin-skinned."

"I'm not as shameless as you." Yu Feihong, I am also a moral person.

Wang Quan, "Then you can think about it this way, we were together first, and she was the latecomer. If it weren't for your high-spirited attitude, it would be her turn to be my girlfriend. Will it make you feel better if you think like this?"

"It's even worse, you said I'm old~" Yu Feihong pouted.

Who could stand it when Sister Yu acted coquettishly? Wang Quan quickly reviewed it. It wasn't until Chen Chuling knocked on the door outside and announced that it was time for the meeting that the two of them tidied up their clothes and makeup.

There are a lot of people from the company today, a bit more than when we first returned to China last time, but there are only about fifty people at full count. Apart from a few directors and leaders, there are only more than thirty employees who are actually working.

But Wang Quan is back, Wang Dao is about to officially launch its efforts, and the company's recruitment has officially started. Now the company's conference room is enough to accommodate it. In the future, they may need to borrow the hall specifically used for meetings and movie viewings in Wang Dao Building.

On Wang Quan's left was Chen Chuling, on his right was Huang Jianxin. In addition, Yu Feihong, Du Yang, Feng Tianming and Manager Xi, who had just been seconded, were sitting on the rostrum.

The first row below are some directors and middle-level leaders who have worked with the company. The directors include Cao Baoping, Xue Xiaolu, Chen Zhengdao and Yang Qing, and those behind them are the company's employees.

Although Wang Quan has been away from the country, he is the absolute backbone of the company. When he comes back, he can make the employees feel like they have been injected with a few words.

"This is my first meeting with everyone. Some employees don't know each other yet. We will spend more time together and get to know each other gradually. Who is the person in charge of the account of the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?"

A girl wearing glasses stood up, a little nervous, afraid that she had done something wrong.

Wang Quan asked her name first and affirmed her, "A movie is a commodity, and it must be promoted, so marketing is very important. I looked at this account and the reply was very positive and funny. The Internet I feel great, the number of fans has exceeded 100,000, this account is a good marketing window, good job."

"Thank you, director, I will work hard!" The girl was excited. Although Wang Quan is the boss of the company and holds the title of president, the employees prefer to call him director, and so does Wang Quan.

"Everyone already knows that I am going to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". It will be the focus of our work in the next two years. If the movie is successful, a trilogy will be launched. If the trilogy can still be successful, Then the Ghost Blowing Lantern universe will be created, and the company will have no shortage of major events in the next ten years, but now that it is 2010, let’s talk about what works the company has released this year.”

"The first is "Ocean Paradise" directed by Xue Xiaolu, which will be released in March." In the company, Wang Quan no longer calls himself a teacher, but addresses his job title, "That is next month. This is also the first jointly released film by our Wangdao. Manager Xi, You need to worry more."

"Don't worry, director!" Manager Xi promised quickly, but in fact, he was also a little worried. This film is not easy to recommend. When the Kung Fu Emperor does not play kung fu but plays up the relationship between father and son, the audience will definitely not like to watch it.

And the other protagonist, Xie Bao, doesn't have much appeal. He stopped going to school for three years, and when he grew up, he no longer had a place in the film and television industry. In recent years, he has acted in some movies but has not made any splash.

However, when the company originally chose Xie Bao, in addition to seeing his advantages, the company also wanted to promote the more than ten years of "father-son relationship" with Li Lianjie and see if the sentimental killing could take the ticket money out of the audience's pockets.

“Then there’s ‘The War on Drugs’ in June, which is a co-production with Hong Kong’s sister company Golden Harvest.”

At this point, the director below, Yang Qing, straightened his back because he was the co-director of this film.

Since "Crazy Supermarket" became a hit in 2008, Yang Qing, a young director who did not come from one of the top three universities, has become popular in the film market overnight. He who once had a low self-esteem began to feel a little better under the praise of his peers. .

In fact, he really wanted to sign with Wang Dao, but Wang Dao did not sign directors, including Chen Zhengdao, who had collaborated with the company on two works, and they all signed one film at a time. So after becoming popular, Yang Qing made a film for a new company for money. After the filming of the movie was completed, and after watching the samples, Yang Qing realized that it was over, and his reputation was going to be ruined, even before it was released!

Afterwards, Yang Qing learned from the experience and realized that it was not himself who was awesome, but Yang Mi’s box office appeal, Qiankun’s publicity ability, and producer Xu Zheng’s ability to control the details of comedy, so he returned to the kingly way without asking for success. Being a director and doing odd jobs is enough.

So when Chen Zhengdao was promoted to the billion-dollar club with "Du Lala", he served as an assistant director on the crews of "The Wind" and "The Invisible Guest" respectively, accumulating experience, and finally got the opportunity of "Drug War".

Xiangjiang director Lam Chao-hsien is the chief director, but he is not familiar with the situation in the mainland, so he needs a co-director from the mainland, so the company gave him this opportunity. Now that the sample film has just come out, Yang Qing is very satisfied. He did not expect that he would also shoot a gun battle crime film. possible.

Yang Qing's second directorial work was also released a while ago. The movie was called "My Beautiful Boss" and the heroine was Jing Tian. It cost 15 million and got 20 million at the box office. Compared with the original version, it was A little stronger, but still losing blood. In addition, this movie was released by Qiankun.

Wang Quan began to introduce the situation of "Drug War", "The idea of ​​​​this story was proposed by me in Kimchi Country. It is a fusion of the Hong Kong gunfight police film and the mainland. It is not known whether it will adapt to the local conditions. However, the film cost 50 million, and There are so many big stars, it would be a shame if the box office did not exceed 100 million."

This is putting pressure on all the staff. "Ocean Paradise" did not raise the issue of box office, because that movie did not expect box office and was more of a public welfare nature. However, "Drug War" was the company's first project after Director Wang returned to China. It was a quasi-blockbuster, and it was he who provided the idea. The employees had only one idea. They must not mess up this movie, and they must not let the boss lose face!

Next, Wang Quan spoke softly about "Fireworks on Earth", the third film released by Wangdao this year, the schedule has not yet been determined.

This movie hasn't been finished yet, but it will be completed in April. It's a local movie with an investment of up to 30 million yuan. It has excellent pictures and careful production. At first glance, it seems that it is aimed at earning reputation.

King Quan will strongly recommend this film to participate in the Venice International Film Festival in August. If it cannot be shortlisted for the main competition, it will choose the screening section, sell the film locally, and then concentrate on preparing for the Tokyo International Film Festival in October.

When a film is released depends on which film festival it is selected for.

The East Film Festival is almost stable. Not to mention Wang Quan’s influence in the Asian film industry, director Huo Jianqi is also a regular visitor to the East Film Festival. The box office and influence of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" in Neon are far beyond Chinese-language films of the same era are still talked about today.

And this "Human Fireworks" will also be released on Neon to see if it can reproduce the box office success of "Mountain Dog".

The last film is still controlled by Golden Harvest, with an investment of 100 million, "The Treasure Hunter". This movie has not been shot yet. It is expected to start shooting at the end of next month and be released during the Lunar New Year at the end of the year.

The lineup that has been confirmed so far includes Fan Bingbing and Huang Xuan from the Mainland, Li Ming, Zhang Jiahui, Lin Xue and Qin Pei from Xiangjiang, Yang Ziqiong from Malaysia, Yui Aragaki and Teruyuki Kagawa from Neon, and Yuan Bin and Han Jiaren from Kimchi Country. , Lin Yoona, etc., it can be said that there are many stars gathered, targeting the markets of three countries.

Although the cost is 10 million less than that of "October Siege", because there is no need to rebuild a city, the actual production cost is higher. Of course, the actors' salaries are also very high. These days, Japanese and Korean actors are not as good as those from the mainland. Considered low.

Of these four films, one is a public welfare film and the other is a local film. Only "Drug" and "The Treasure Hunter" can shoulder the heavy responsibility of Wang Dao's 2010 box office KPI.

Speaking of which, Wang Dao's works in 2010 were still too few. Of course, if you include the movies released in mainland China, Wang Dao's workload must be huge and fulfilling.

However, Wang Quan has not thought about depriving Qian Kun of this part of its rights all at once. 2010 will be a transition year. The two companies will participate in the operation of these dragon-headed movies together. By 2011, Wang Quan will completely take over.

This can only be the case in 2010. The company’s real efforts will depend on 2011.

After Wang Quan summarized the four movies in 2010, Chen Chuling added, "Of course, the company may develop other projects in the near future and release them within the year. If you have good ideas, you can communicate with several producers."

A small meeting will be held next, with company executives, producers, and several directors all participating. A total of more than a dozen people, including Wang Quan’s classmate Bai Xue, will discuss new films in addition to the four films mentioned above.

Next year will definitely not be as shabby as this year. The king must show the momentum of the king.

In the small conference room, Wang Quan said, "Let's talk about "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" first. Does anyone want to make a second part?"

Several young people at the scene were dumbfounded. What, the second part of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is going to change directors. Does Director Quan mean that he wants one of them to direct?

This, this is a big joke!

Chen Zhengdao and Yang Qing looked at Cao Baoping and Huang Jianxin and felt that in terms of qualifications, only these two old people had this qualification.

However, Cao Baoping smiled and shook his head. This kind of movie was not his cup of tea, and he had found a new goal.

Huang Jianxin looked at Wang Quan and said, "Director Wang, are you interested in these two young men?"

Wang Quan, "Both directors are actually not members of the company, but they have been cooperating with Wang Dao and can be regarded as people who can make movies steadily. It's just hard to say whether you can control a blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions, and it's hard to say whether you can make a fool of yourself." It must be your favorite genre. If you don't mind, you can come to the crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" as an assistant director. I will also send invitations to several other young directors that I am more optimistic about, and then the director of the second part will be selected from among you. Of course, you can choose among them if you don’t want to, but I won’t force it.”

"Director Wang, I do!" Yang Qing said without hesitation.

Chen Zhengdao, "Me too!"

Although they had been on the set of "Inception" for a few days, it was only the few days when Wang Quan was filming in the mainland, and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was able to be studied with him throughout the whole process. This has a completely different meaning. Being able to learn What you get is completely different.

Wang Quan, "Okay, let's talk about next year's new film plans. Everyone must have proposals. Let me talk about my own first. I have three project proposals here. The first one is "White Rabbit Candy"~"