After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 299: The rising star Guo Fan and the stressed-out Old Wu
Forget it, Master Zhang...

He is now arguing with his "good brother" Zhang Weiping.

The two Zhangs are brothers, but in fact, it’s all about interests.

In the 1990s, domestic films did not make money in the country.

Send it out for exhibitions, win awards, and sell copyrights, that’s real money making.

When Zhang Yimou and his team were making movies, they relied on the three major European film companies to make money.

Later, when he became more famous, he switched to commercial films and, riding on the popularity of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, made the film Hero.

As the domestic film market gets better and better.

The conflicts between the two increased.

Mainly because of the uneven distribution of profits, the bloody lawsuit is well known to everyone.

Now at this point in time.

Putting aside Li An, Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly the number one director in China.

He doesn't like to talk much and doesn't like to get involved in muddy water.

Zhang is just a mouthpiece, helping him to criticize the theaters, Beijing circles and the media.

It is better to rely on Zhang Weiping of New Picture than to rely on Zhang Yimou's performance.

Zhang Weiping came to see Wang Changtian a few days ago, and Li Mingyang contacted him by the way.

Li Mingyang's evaluation of Zhang Weiping can be summed up in four words: greedy.

New Picture is willing to cooperate with Light Media, but in terms of market share, New Picture wants 90%.

Guangxian takes 10% of the profits and is not only responsible for publicity and promotion, but also has to pay 10 million yuan in ticket subsidies.

Wang Changtian was smiling when he started talking, but his face turned blue halfway through.

Poet Chen, this guy likes to show off.

During the election for the chief director of the Olympic Games, the organizing committee asked all the big directors to talk about their ideas, and this guy just recited a poem.

He was killed in the first round.

After it was rejected, the organizing committee felt offended and issued a direct notice saying that what they wanted was a specific creative proposal, not a poet.

And this guy also listens to his wife.

His wife, Chen Diaochan, whom Li Mingyang had met in his previous life, had eyes on the top of her head, and it seemed that everyone had to give her face.

When it comes to asking for pay, he asks for a huge amount.

Her son got into big trouble, and the paparazzi asked her for money with photos. She asked for two million at the first ask, and then she felt that it was too much, so she asked for one million.

The paparazzi laughed in anger and sold it to other brokerage companies.

The sophisticated egoist...

Li Mingyang was thinking about who to drag into the water when Wang Changtian pushed open the door of the conference room.

"Old Wu, Old Guo." Li Mingyang stood up to greet his two generals.

With Wang Changtian present, Lao Wu and Lao Guo were very reserved and walked into the meeting room with their backs hunched.

"Mr. Wang happens to be here too. Let me show the sample of The Adventures of Li Xianji to him." Li Mingyang sat back in his seat and unplugged the projector connected to his laptop.

"Well... this is a sample, and many special effects are not yet perfected." When Old Wu learned that Wang Changtian also wanted to see it, he felt even more stressed.

After a while, Old Wu sat in front of his notebook and made an OK gesture to Guo Fan.

Guo Fan turned off the lights and sat next to Old Wu, looking at Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian nervously.

Whether he, Lao Guo, and Li Yang can enter the film industry depends on the attitudes of the two big guys.

Although he and Wu Zhikui are both Li Mingyang's subordinates, the film industry is no joke...

Wu Zhikui was originally the director of Solitary Island.

Because it was too rigid and didn't meet the requirements, it was directly lost to Dapeng!

Li Mingyang would not let them off just because they were his people. As for Wang Changtian, that was even more so. Guangguang was in the IPO stage, and any movie it produced would affect the stock price...

This version of Li Xianji's Adventures, created by Wu Zhikui, Guo Fan, and Li Yang...

The beginning is pretty much the same as the original.

The only difference is that the male and female protagonists changed from Jaycee Chan and Wang Ziwen to Zhang Yunlong and Yuan Shanshan.

I don’t know if he had seen it before, but Li Mingyang found it so boring that he fell asleep after a while.

Wu Zhikui and Guo Fan were shocked at the time.

I fell asleep watching it.

This is obviously too boring!
The two of them looked at Wang Changtian secretly with trepidation in their hearts.

Every time Wang Changtian adjusted his glasses, the two were scared to death, fearing that Wang Changtian would call a halt midway.

After more than half an hour of anxiety, the sample film came to an end.

The projection screen suddenly went dark, plunging the conference room into darkness.

"This film is... average."

Snapped!
Wang Changtian turned on the light, unscrewed the thermos and took a sip of tea. "It's not good enough to be a theatrical movie. The casting is too random... Maybe it's because it's too short. I don't really understand what the story is."

"What is jet lag? Is there such a thing?"

"The non-existent disease cannot be understood by the audience immediately, and the sense of immersion is very poor... First of all, you should explain clearly what jet lag is, but you didn't explain it clearly. I think I have watched it very carefully. If I still can't understand it, this is a work with a very failed narrative."

"Xiao Wu, this isn't your first time filming a movie... and you've been with Li Mingyang for such a long time. To be honest, I'm very disappointed. You haven't learned anything from Li Mingyang's quick empathy and methods."

Wu Zhikui opened his mouth and closed it again.

"Although this movie is not very up to standard, the special effects are still okay. Who is responsible for it?" Wang Changtian's eyes wandered between Wu Zhikui and Guo Fan.

Guo Fan lowered his head and said nothing. Wu Zhikui pointed at Guo Fan and said, "Guo Fan is in charge."

"Which company made this special effect?" Wang Changtian asked.

"The famous special effects department."

“Are there any records of communication?”

The production of special effects depends mainly on communication. The person who makes the special effects is important, but the person who proposes the special effects requirements is even more important.

One is the brain and the other is the hand.

"The special effects were not created by me alone. I just started in the industry and it was Director Wu who taught me how to do it." Guo Fan waved his hands nervously, not wanting to take all the credit.

Wang Changtian glanced at the dejected Wu Zhikui and felt very sorry, but it seemed that Guo Fan, who had just entered the industry, was more worthy of training.

"Is there any communication record?" Wang Changtian asked again.

"Yes." Wu Zhikui called up the communication records of the QQ group, turned the notebook over, stood up, and pushed it in front of Wang Changtian.

Wang Changtian adjusted his glasses and read the chat history. After a while, he asked, "Who is this QQ name Li Xianji?"

"Guo Fan."

Wang Changtian nodded. The more he watched, the more he felt that Guo Fan had great potential to be a director. He had a strong control ability and could draw storyboards, and he was very good at that.

Wang Changtian was aroused by the sight of the prey, so he stood up and motioned for Guo Fan to go out with him.

Guo Fan glanced at Wu Zhikui, then at Wang Changtian, and froze in his seat.

He felt that Wang Changtian had taken a fancy to him, but Wu Zhikui did not... He was his leader...

"It's okay, go ahead." Wu Zhikui patted Guo Fan's shoulder and smiled bitterly, "I should still have a chance, but you don't have many chances."

Guo Fan thought about it and patted Wu Zhigang on the shoulder to comfort him, then followed Wang Changtian out of the meeting room.

The door closed gently, and Wu Zhikui's forced disguise completely collapsed. He fell powerlessly from the chair, knelt on the ground, and lay on the ground, holding his head in pain.

He screwed up again.

This is already the second time!

"Play it again, I just fell asleep."

Wu Zhikui was stunned and looked up, only to see Li Mingyang woke up and looked at him with a smile.

"It's screwed. There's no need to watch it."

"Actually, I've been awake for a while. You have to admit that Guo Fan is quite talented."

"He did..."

"Okay, stand up. I don't have anything else to do today. Let me analyze it for you."

Wu Zhikui got up from the ground, turned off the lights in the room, came to Wang Changtian's seat, and played "The Adventures of Li Xianji" again.

Li Mingyang looked at it for a while, moved the notebook in front of himself, and paused from time to time to chat with Wu Zhikui.

When the sample film of more than 30 minutes was finished.

Li Mingyang roughly figured out that this film was made almost according to the ideas of Guo Fan and Li Yang.

Wu Zhikui is responsible for controlling all post-production except special effects.

Just like what Wang Changtian said, it's quite standard.

Save it, you can save it.

If you replace the actors who can carry the box office, add more action scenes and special effects, you can get a decent box office.

But it is not necessary.

With that money, Li Mingyang could come up with something better.

"In terms of the entire film production process, you are better than Dapeng and Guo Fan, and you are very comprehensive. But when it comes to making independent films, your mind is empty, while theirs are full of ideas."

"Look! You are the chief director, but is this what you wanted from the beginning?"

Wu Zhikui shook his head awkwardly.

"Movies are just castles in the air. You still need to shoot more. Let Guo Fan and Li Yang make this movie."

"You go back to Hengdian and take charge of the One Punch Man IP, develop the online movie, shoot more and practice more."

Wu Zhikui hesitated for a moment and said, "In fact, I still don't understand. The original story of One Punch Man is very good. Why don't you film it..."

"Why? You want to take a photo?"

Wu Zhikui nodded.

Li Mingyang scratched his head, he was too busy.

Originally he was planning to create Hell's Blizzard, but because of Liu Shishi, he discovered that he could be Saitama, so he put Hell's Blizzard on hold and prepared to create the real One Punch Man.

However, after arriving in Shanghai, things were fine at first. He could think about the script while doing things.

Ever since Wang Changtian came, every day has been very busy.

The Bouquet Hotel is a bit out of the way, but it is close to Hongqiao Airport.

It’s only a 20-minute journey, which is so convenient.

As a result, people came to the Bouquet Hotel every day to discuss things with him and Wang Changtian.

Naturally, there is no time to create a real One Punch Man.

"If you were asked to choose, would you choose to make One Punch Man into an online movie or a theatrical movie?" Li Mingyang asked.

Wu Zhikui subconsciously wanted to talk about the theater movie. It would be a waste if One Punch Man was not made into a theater movie.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Although I don’t know why Li Mingyang refused to film the story of One Punch Man.

But the company has invested a lot of resources in the One Punch Man series.

Not to mention money.

The company's film division almost revolves around One Punch Man.

The production cycle of cinema movies is too long, and it has high requirements for both directors and actors.

Li Mingyang's famous work, Love Like a Bouquet of Flowers, failed to fool Liu Yifei and it was difficult for the film to even be released.

A love story like a bouquet of flowers, the main point is to squeeze every bit of value out of a fairy.

Online movies are different, their main feature is speed.

There is no film submission review process, only platform review.

If Li Mingyang were to shoot One Punch Man now, it could even be released before Your Name.

But there is a big problem with online movies, which is that, like online dramas, their influence is too low and they are too short... they can only be popular for a short time.

The mainstream is still TV series and movies.

In a dozen seconds, Wu Zhikui thought a lot, "Online movies... Online movies are more in line with the company's development needs, and everyone is familiar with them..."

“If you choose movies, it’s not impossible... But since you chose online movies, then do it well. Take the manuscript of One Punch Man and work on it. You can use half of the 100 million One Punch Man movie fund, which is 50 million. Come on, there is no such thing as three chances. This is your last chance.” Li Mingyang closed the notebook and said with a smile.

Wu Zhikui was stunned.

Fifty million?
Damn! Li Xianji, you only invested three million in total!
You actually invested 50 million in the online movie... You are aiming to surpass spies, right?

For a moment, Wu Zhikui was overwhelmed with emotions.

I was glad that I made the right choice, but at the same time I felt a huge amount of pressure.

This time the investment is 50 million!

One Punch Man really is the last chance.

If he fails, his dream of becoming a director will be completely over!

(End of this chapter)