my time as a director

The Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Film Association met again in early September, but this time it was a press conference for the public.

The main topic is the industry atmosphere and chaos presented by the summer archives, classic remakes are popular, and money is being made by following the trend.

Criticism, which is the theme of the press conference, is old fashioned anyway.

Li Qian, as a member of the Film Association and a representative of commercial directors, also wants to speak.

Speaking on various occasions is indispensable. In fact, this summer vacation is full of moths, and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Film Associations hold meetings at every turn. Today they hold meetings in the capital, and tomorrow they go to Shanghai to hold meetings.

There weren't so many meetings last year, and even when "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was released the year before last, I didn't see the Film Association hold such an active meeting.

That is to say, when the higher authorities announced the medical reform, the matter was finalized, and the direction of the wind was fixed, so the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Film Association came out to hold meetings.

After all, meetings can't be messed up.

If there is a letter of the movie above, you see if they can't hold a meeting, open a hammer.

This time, it is not so much to criticize the chaotic trend of following the trend and the trend of bad movies, but to say that someone else made a big bad movie and made money, mainly because of psychological imbalance.

Why do you, an amateur director, sell hundreds of millions of bad movies, while our artistic movies lose money instead!

If "Tiny Times" only had a box office of tens of millions, no one would go to the meeting for this film, and they would be full.

"A Romantic Affair", "Crazy Director", "Pink Girl" and other box office smashing movies, why no one went to the meeting.

Let alone a meeting, I don't even bother to mention it.

Open the meeting as soon as it is in session, post it as soon as the speech is made, Li Qian doesn't care, and speaks to the media in the audience.

"Actually, the core problems presented by the current film industry are not just remakes. Remakes themselves are not a problem. The four major classics and Jin Yong martial arts dramas have always been the focus of remakes, and they have also contributed many excellent film and television dramas to the audience. .”

Li Qian's good words for the remake made the media in the audience puzzled. Isn't this a criticism meeting?

At the same time, the heads of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Film Associations on stage were not very satisfied.

However, Li Qian won't say what they think, so it's better not to say it, what's the point.

There is nothing wrong with remakes. There are many remakes of classic film and television dramas. No matter at home or abroad, there are a lot of classics based on adapted movies and TV dramas.

"Romeo and Juliet" has been remade more than 20 times.

The four major domestic masterpieces have basically been shot in two or three editions. Gao Xixi plans to make a "Three Kingdoms: Jingzhou" in 10. The story of Guan Yu's careless loss of Jingzhou, the launch conference was held, with an investment of 25 billion and a cost of 15 billion Build Jingzhou City.

However, the project was shelved, and Zhang Li, the famous TV drama director who filmed "Towards the Republic" last month, took over again, and held a press conference to announce the restart of the project.

However, if Li Qian guessed correctly, the final title of this film should be "Shadow", starring Deng Chao. The plot in this film is hard not to remind people of the Three Kingdoms.

Jingzhou and Jingzhou, the generals of the enemy country are as proud as Guan Yu, and they also use big swords. There are many similarities.

This is also a remake. Before the remake of the Three Kingdoms, there were "Red Cliff" and "Guan Yunchang".

Li Qian continued what he said just now, "Stage plays and dramas are remakes or re-enactments the most. Some classic plays have been rehearsed by dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of troupes across the country and even around the world.

Therefore, the remake is not a problem, the key is to use the remake as a gimmick, use the fame of the original to collect money, and not pursue quality. This is the chaos in the industry. Everyone just wants to take this opportunity to make a fortune, no If I really want to make a movie, there will be more bad movies. "

As soon as these words came out, several old artists next to Li Qian on the stage looked even more ugly, even comparing the remake of the drama with these bad movies.

If it weren't for the reporter here, I'm afraid he would have to criticize and educate Li Qian.

The reporters in the audience also asked, "Then Director Li, since some people follow suit and remake movies just to make money, isn't this trend irreversible and the industry can only be allowed to develop like this?"

Li Qian shook his head, "No, nothing is unsolvable, that's exactly what I want to say today."

"How does Director Li think it can be resolved?" the reporter asked.

"money!"

"money?"

The reporters in the audience were stunned, and the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Film Associations on the stage were also stunned, wondering whether they had heard it wrong.

"That's right, it's money."

Li Qian repeated a sentence, and continued, "In fact, a movie can be regarded as a commodity when it is shown in a movie theater, and the audience is the customer. Only when the audience is satisfied can the movie be sold at a good price.

I want investors to remake one movie after another, and it is also for money. If this is the case, I want to say to all investors inside and outside the industry that bad movies can only cheat a little money. Sooner or later, the audience will Without experience, it is not so easy to deceive.

Even if it is a remake or a follow-up, quality is required, so that the audience will pay for the movie. Everyone has seen the situation in this year's summer vacation. Many remakes only have a box office of 2000 to [-] million, or even several million. How can such bad movies make money? ?

What can make money is just a good movie. Director Zhao Wei's "To Youth" was quite good, so it made money. Director Teng Huatao's remake of "33 Days of Broken Relationship" has a good reputation and made money. This is the remake and the movie. What an interdisciplinary director should pursue, won applause from the audience and made money standing up. "

Such a vulgar remark stunned the reporters at the scene, the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Film Association.

Especially the latter, several old artists, after being stupefied, almost had the idea of ​​leaving in a hurry, but faced with a large group of reporters, coupled with Li Qian's reputation in the industry, they still held back.

Talking about movies as commodities and talking about making money from movies is completely different from the theme of today's press conference, which caused a brief silence on the scene.

However, Li Qian ignored them, and then faced the camera directly in front of him, and said with a straight face, "So, as a director and filmmaker, I appeal to all colleagues, investors inside and outside the industry, even if it is to make money, I hope Everyone puts the quality of the film first, and I don't want to see someone destroying the market and destroying the jobs of all filmmakers."

After the press conference, Li Qian's vulgar speech was widely reported by the media and caused quite a lot of discussion.

Some netizens felt that Li Qian was too vulgar and only knew about money.

There are also most people who think that money does not matter, and agree with Li Qian's statement that even if it is a remake to follow suit, as long as the movie is well shot and looks good, they are willing to go to the cinema and pay for the movie.

However, there are also those who speak sharper. A well-known film critic tweeted about Li Qian on Weibo. Art is dying, and Li Qian is the sinner of domestic films.

Li Qian ignored him and paid back the sinner. Do you want to apologize to the people of the whole country?

Netizens let him experience what cyber violence is, and Weibo was directly compromised.

Of course, it wasn't because of scolding Li Qian.

Instead, it was revealed that he wrote a five-star praise of "Little Times" on Douban with a length of [-] words.

Many filmmakers of the older generation also complained about Li Qian, but most of them don't surf the Internet.

And a group of commercial film directors also responded to Li Qian's call on Weibo, expressing that they will seriously make movies.

Su Youpeng Aite Li Qian, said that he will remake "Left Ear" with heart, and will not disappoint Li Qian or the audience.

Zhao Wei, Aite Li Qian, thank him for his recognition of "To Youth".

He Jiong also liked Li Qian, saying that being a director across different industries is very nervous and frightening, but he will definitely learn a lot, work hard to make "Gardenia Blossoms" well, and learn a lot from Li Qian.

Even Guo Jinming, who has been criticized during this period, also liked Li Qian, expressing sincerely that his debut work still has some shortcomings, thanking the fans for their love, but "Little Times 3 and 4" will still continue Shooting, I hope everyone will not deny the sequel because of the current criticism, because people will grow up, and he will make better works to give back to the audience.

That's probably what it means. In addition, Guo Jinming also said that he will remake his own "Grand Trail" again to make it the first fantasy blockbuster in China. He also hopes to cooperate with Li Qian's digital field special effects company.