my time as a director

At the beginning, when Fan Xian was telling stories to other children, the world of Truman was told in the TV series, but another story was replaced in the TV series.

It is estimated that this film has been harmonized in reality, and Li Qian will add it to the script when the time comes.

The TV series is tentatively scheduled to be broadcast in the summer vacation next year, and the movie will be broadcast in the Lunar New Year file.

The TV series can also be regarded as a wave of publicity for the movie, but when Fan Xian tells the story, he can't reveal the key information, otherwise it will be bad.

Well, just do it.

Li Qian smiled with satisfaction, and asked Zhao Jun, "How is the Internet investigation for Jaws 3 going?"

"It's in progress. Most of the audience said that they really want to see the third part. Who will the son of the shark who killed the male protagonist fight next? Director Li, you have no idea. The dead male protagonist still makes the audience like this Think about it." Zhao Jun threw a flattery at the right time.

"The real protagonist is the shark. The shark is not dead. Of course the audience is looking forward to it." Li Qian shook his head, "Send a message to the outside world, find a suitable director, and there should be many people interested in this film."

Zhao Jun smiled and said, "It's more than that. I think those young directors will go crazy when this news is released. This is an opportunity to reach the sky in one step."

That's right, the sequels of hit movies are sold with eyes closed. The first movie was made by Li Qian, which is the sequel of Li Qian's movie.

Moreover, the first film had a huge impact, and some people still have lingering fears about Hai Hai. Even if it is a three-no movie, it naturally has huge attention.

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In the afternoon, Li Qian met with Gao Jun, the deputy general manager of Xinyinglian Cinemas, and talked with him about the future cinemas of the future.

The name of the theater chain is named after the company's name. It doesn't matter what it is called, as long as it is not a mouthful.

There are dozens of cinema lines in China with various names, such as Poly Wanhe, Oscar, and Southern Shinkansen, each one is more strange than the other.

Ah Libaba's broken name is still an Internet giant.

Gao Jun already has the idea of ​​joining. I am not a big seller of the God of Medicine, which made him firmer in his determination. If he will order screenings again in the future, all of them will be arranged in his own theaters, it will be a huge advertisement, no less than the previous movie The promotion of [-] million will offend other theaters.

After meeting and chatting for a while, Gao Jun asked a question, "Director Li, can I ask you what you think about the cinema?"

Li Qian shook his head and said with a smile, "Mr. Gao, you will be the general manager of the theater chain in the future. The operation and development direction of the theater chain are your business. I don't know anything about it, so I won't interfere too much.

What I can give is financial support. With an initial investment of 70 million yuan, we should be able to build nearly [-] medium-sized cinemas with six halls in second-tier cities. "

The initial investment of [-] million yuan will not interfere with the operation.

Then Gao Jun had no problem, and began to introduce to Li Qian the development of the theater industry in the past five years since the reform of the theater chain.

From the China Film Department, the optoelectronic department of various places, the capital optoelectronic department, and the reckless faction who has neither the background of China Film Group nor the background of local film companies, he carefully talked about the past, current situation, and development of the industry.

Of course, planning for the future of theaters is also indispensable.

The core figures of the New Film Federation's championship team have made so many preparations, so Li Qian is relieved.

Finally, Gao Jun has another piece of good news. He can bring three or four affiliated theaters of the New Film Federation to jump over, and all of them are mid-to-high-end movie theaters in the capital.

"By the way, Director Li, I have contacted Wu Siyuan from UME Cinema Management Company, and he also intends to join our new cinema chain, but he wants to meet you." Gao Jun said.

UME?

Li Qian's eyes brightened. These are the best movie theaters in the country. For example, UME Huaxing, which often does premieres, belongs to this theater management company.

A theater management company has a number of movie theaters under its umbrella, but instead of running its own theater chain, it chooses to join other movie theaters.

UME seems to have a total of seven high-end movie theaters, and the box office of these seven movie theaters is enough to match the box office of more than 20 movie theaters in second-tier cities.

This is a great thing!

But this Wu Siyuan is the former chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards and a well-known figure in the Hong Kong film industry. Classic films such as Green Snake, New Dragon Inn, Huang Feihong series, Drunken Master, Gambler, and Extrajudicial Affairs are all supervised by him.

The first president of the Xiangjiang Film Association is enough to explain his status in the Hong Kong film industry.

But now I don’t make movies anymore. After all, Xiangjiang Films has no future, so I switched to cinema.

Li Qian has also heard about this person. Some media say that he is the godfather of Xiangjiang movies, and he is quite a high-profile person.

Since the other party has the idea of ​​bringing seven first-class theaters to join, Li Qian will also meet him.

The next day, under the arrangement of Gao Jun, Li Qian met this "Godfather of Xiangjiang Film".

This is the first time he has dealt with Xiangjiang filmmakers, and he was also the chairman of the Academy Awards and the chairman of the Film Association.

344 No interest

"I went to Xiangjiang with my family when I was 14, and the first time I came back was in 79. I remember when I visited the Beijing Film Studio to shoot Xiaohua, I asked the crew how many shots a day, and they said four or five.

The crew asked me back. When I said that we shot fifty or sixty shots a day, they were shocked. At that time, when shooting movies in the Mainland, whether it was lighting or lens settings, they were still the same as before, which was very outdated. A movie takes a long time. "

With hair parted back, meticulously combed, silver-rimmed glasses, and a beige suit, the "Godfather of Hong Kong Film" Wu Siyuan and "Old Kehler" in front of Li Qian looked like an old Koehler.

Li Qian shook his head, noncommittal, "In the early years, domestic labor costs were very low, and film was reluctant to waste. It is very appropriate to spend more time and waste less film."

The wages in China were so low at that time, and most of the studios were paid a fixed salary, so they would rather shoot slower than waste film.

3:1, and even a few directors who were forced out could achieve a 2:1 ratio, which was common in those days.

It means that for each shot, there are only two chances of NG at most.

Moreover, film movies cannot see the shooting effect in real time. Before the samples are developed, no one knows whether they can live.

In that kind of situation, I can only work slowly and produce meticulous work, and the film quota given by the superior is only so much. I would rather go slower and spend more time than waste film.

Labor is cheap after all.

After being refuted by Li Qian, Wu Siyuan was not angry, and he still had an easy-going face. He continued, "Yes, Director Li is right. The mainland movies of that era were very serious. They really regarded movies as an art. Taste.

When the mainland film industry was still lagging behind, I knew that the future of Heung Kong Films must be in the Mainland. Without the Mainland market, the development of Heung Kong Films would be very limited.

We lacked shooting locations. At the end of the filming of martial arts films, we found that the suburbs of Xiangjiang were full of high-rise buildings, and there were no places to shoot. In the mainland, there is not only a vast film market, but also great rivers and mountains in various forms.

So in 92, when I was filming New Dragon Inn, I came to the mainland to find Xiaoxiang Film Studio to cooperate with the filming. At that time, I was filming in the deserted Dunhuang area.

The conditions there were very bad. When the strong wind came, the sky and the sun were blocked out, and everyone had nowhere to hide, so they had to hold hands and face each other, blocking the sand and dust with their backs. "

As soon as he talked about it, he kept talking, and Li Qian wondered if all the older people liked to remember the past, especially in front of young people.

But it's okay, just listen to the story.

Li Qian listened patiently, and Wu Siyuan became more and more emotional.

"Guess what, a gust of wind passed by, the mouth and nose were full of sand, and after a day of filming, I went back to the simple hotel to take a shower, and I couldn't wash it clean.

Later, when I returned to Xiangjiang after filming, for a long time, some sand would fall from my body. Although the conditions were difficult, the whole crew felt very excited. This desert landscape that they had never seen before was an eye-opener. , It never occurred to me that there are places like this in the world. "