This man knows how to hype

Chapter 529: It's smashed! It's smashed!

I believe many people are curious about two things.

First, do the actors know that they are acting in a bad movie?

Second, how do these crappy movies make money?
Let me talk about the first question first.

For those young actors and actresses, it is actually very difficult for them to have a clear understanding of the quality of the film they are shooting during the filming process.

There are two reasons for this situation.

First, their own professional level is not enough, which leads to a lack of appreciation level. Moreover, in most cases, when filming, they really think that their acting is good from the bottom of their hearts.

The second, and biggest reason, is because of the obstructed perspective.

You should know that filming is divided into scenes and scenes, and the order is not necessarily the same as the main film, and not all the filmed content will be edited into the main film.

This results in the actor's perspective being focused only on himself, and he has no idea about the performance of other actors who do not have opposite scenes with him, and his understanding of the overall situation is naturally limited.

So would those actors and veteran actors with high professional skills fare any better?

Neither will it.

The reason is still the same reason, limited perspective.

Moreover, in addition to the perspective problem, there is also a subject matter problem. Many veteran actors are familiar with the subject matter field, and their judgment ability will plummet if they leave the familiar field.

Just like the veteran actors in China, it can be said that none of them had the ability to judge "science fiction themes" during the filming process.

The only person who can truly judge whether a film is a mess or not during the filming process is the director, because the director is in control of the overall situation.

However, there is a saying that goes, "If you live in an abalone shop for a long time, you will not smell its stench."

If a film crew has too many "bad apples" with poor professional skills, the director may be easily influenced and fail to notice the problems during the filming.

By the same token, if a director keeps making "bad movies" and working with "scumbags" all the time, he will gradually lose his ability to control the work.

However, even so, a director with a little bit of talent can actually realize at a certain point whether his film is a disaster or not, and he doesn't have to wait until the film is finished to know whether it is bad or not.

It’s just like when Zhang Yimou was filming "The Great Wall", he realized that his film was a mess after only halfway through.

But as a director and the backbone of the entire crew, he couldn't show it, because as soon as he showed such emotions, the crew would have problems.

With a large crew of thousands of people and an investment of hundreds of millions, if the crew's morale is scattered, then "The Great Wall" will really be hopeless, and it may even face the big trouble of using up the budget but not being able to complete the film.

Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and pretend that everything was fine and continue filming. Even after the film was released, he had to continue to pretend to be stubborn in order to give the audience confidence.

A similar situation is now happening to Zheng Yu, the director of "New Paradise: Wangxian 2".

At this time, the filming of "New Paradise·Wangxian 2" has come to an end and entered the post-production process.

At this point in time, Zheng Yu, who specially re-watched "Wangxian 1", finally realized that he had ruined "Wangxian 2".

And it collapsed completely.

Let’s first talk about the costumes and makeup. Originally, the costumes and makeup were inherited from the “legacy” of “New Paradise·Wangxian 1”, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

However, all the actors and actresses, big and small, who were stuffed into this "hot IP" by the company's shareholders to gain popularity and show their faces, have their own little calculations.

She doesn’t want to make herself ugly, doesn’t want to show her forehead, doesn’t want this or that; you come to ask for a favor today, and she comes to act coquettishly tomorrow.

At this point, Zheng Yu suddenly discovered that the costumes and props, which originally had a very good texture, now actually took on a flavor of an ancient idol web drama, which is far from the level of "Wangxian 1".

Not only that, but there were too many actors crammed in to gain popularity, and some of them couldn't speak long lines, so they couldn't arrange long shots themselves;

Some actors think that their left face looks better, so when scheduling the camera, they have to consider shooting his left face.

Some actors think that soft light from the front can make their faces smoother and more beautiful, so when shooting them, only light from this position can be used.

Anyone who has shot a video knows that lighting is the core of the picture quality. If this cannot be arranged according to the requirements of the plot, will the video still be acceptable?
What’s even more terrible is that the male lead of “Wangxian 2”, Luo Shuquan, is now one of the shareholders of Huahai and is a so-called teacher at Beijing Film Academy.

With the blessing of his dual identities, Luo Shuquan has a lot of demands. He gives some suggestions here today and some ideas there tomorrow, as if he cannot show his level without doing so.

The acting skills of the heroine Wang Yuruo are not enough to support her to perform like Lv Qinyao in "Wangxian 1".

Zheng Yu also had to compromise with some difficult plots for Wang Yuruo's acting skills, because her emotions were not up to par and her acting was counterproductive.

All in all, Zheng Yu agreed to countless "small requests" and made countless "small compromises" during the filming process.

These seemed to be just minor changes at the time, but when they were added together in the end, they made the film terribly fragmented.

collapsed!

It's all fucking broken!
The costumes and props collapsed, the pictures collapsed, the plot collapsed, the actors collapsed, and it is still unknown whether the special effects in post-production will collapse, but Zheng Yu’s mentality has already collapsed.

Also collapsing with him was the production director Chu Yunpeng, who he had called over.

“No, Lao Zheng, Zheng Yu! This is fucking ‘New Paradise·Wangxian’!” Chu Yunpeng leaned forward as he spoke, his eyes wide open, veins bulging on his forehead, and his voice sounded like it was squeezed out of his throat.

As the production director and the actual producer of "New Paradise Wangxian 2", his biggest job is to manage the budget and logistics. It can be said that he is busy all the time. Now that the film is about to be completed and enter the post-production stage, and then wait for the film to be made and make a lot of money, Zheng Yu told himself that the film might fail.

How could Chu Yunpeng accept this for the time being?

He couldn't accept it, and Zheng Yu couldn't accept it even more.

In Zheng Yu's opinion, there is definitely a market for science fiction films in China, and it is huge. However, there are currently very few science fiction films and TV series in China.

It can even be said that all the works currently on the market that can be named are works of Xu Xiyu.

Because of Xu Xiyu's repeated successes, many investors want to invest in science fiction themes, but they are troubled by the lack of relevant talents and don't know where to invest.

In this case, if I can achieve some results in "science fiction themes", it is very likely that my directorial career will reach a peak.

It's smashed.

Unfortunately, his science fiction debut might fail.

What's even more terrifying is that the movie they messed up happened to be the sequel to "New Paradise: Wangxian", an IP that has been widely acclaimed both at home and abroad.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yu's hair hung down in front of his forehead, and he looked lost as he said to Chu Yunpeng, "Old Chu, you said that I have ruined such a good IP like "Wang Xian". How will the industry view me?"

"Don't worry about what the industry thinks of you, first think about what the company's leaders think of us! Do you know how much money was invested in this movie? If we lose money, we will all have to pack up and leave!"

"Get out? Ha!" Zheng Yu smiled bitterly.

Then he continued half dead, "It's better to get out. I'm worried that when the bosses in the industry see us in the future, they will say that we even lost money on Xu Xiyu's project, which shows how incompetent we are."

"..." Chu Yunpeng was choked by these words.

Yes, even Xu Xiyu's films can make losses, which can be considered as making history. After all, Xu Xiyu has worked on more than a dozen projects since his debut, and all of them were profitable, and basically huge profits.

Even the film "The Beginning", which was taken off the shelves voluntarily, recovered its costs overseas and through the heroine Gulixiati.

He and Zheng Yu lost money on a project like "Wangxian 2" that could make money at a glance. Isn't this cutting themselves off from the industry?
Thinking of this, Chu Yunpeng said directly: "Old Zheng, you are the director. What does it have to do with me if this movie fails? Don't blame me."

"The failure of this movie has nothing to do with me. It's mainly because of Luo Shuquan!" Zheng Yu also began to find excuses to shirk responsibility.

I must not bear the reputation of "even Xu Xiyu's films can lose money", this reputation is really not good!
So, without waiting for Chu Yunpeng to reply, he continued: "You said that Luo Shuquan, the damn cooking is not very good and he likes to teach people how to cook; he is such a jerk in acting and he likes to change the play, is he obvious?!
And that Wang Yuruo, I don't even want to say anything about her, damn, she's not good enough, but she's so arrogant, where do all the requests come from? Isn't she just Mao Gaojun's lover, does she really think she's the boss's wife?!"

When Chu Yunpeng heard Zheng Yu mention Wang Yuruo, he was also very angry. The main reason was that Wang Yuruo had a lot of demands for life on the crew, and in the end it all fell to the production team to satisfy her.

So, he said sarcastically: "I heard that our teacher Wang made General Manager Mao and General Manager Qi his fellow travelers. They think of themselves as double boss ladies.

She still wants to compete with Lv Qinyao, bah! She didn't even check the monitor to see how she performed, what can she compare with Lv Qinyao?! She can't even compare with Gu Lixiati! "

The two of them kept cursing at each other.

After cursing for more than half an hour, the anger in my heart finally subsided a little.

After satisfying their desire to talk, the two had to face the problem of filming failure.

Chu Yunpeng was dealing with money after all, so he had a quick mind. After thinking for a while, he said, "Old Zheng, how about we try to persuade Mr. Zhang to open a secondary market?"

The so-called opening of a secondary market is one of the channels for “bad movies” to make money.

It is very complicated to explain in detail, but to put it simply, it means to package the revenue rights of "New Paradise·Wangxian 2" and resell them.

Many dramas starring young actors and actresses are made in this way. The actual investment may be only 5000 million yuan, and the crew starts filming with this 5000 million yuan.

The producer split the 5000 million rights and interests and sold them to other companies at a higher price.

In other words, the drama has not been completed yet, but the producer has already made back his investment and made money.

After other companies buy it, the so-called total cost may reach 1 million yuan. They will also dismantle it and then sell it, passing the parcel along the way until it is sold to ordinary individual investors.

These individual investors have a high degree of overlap with groups such as "micro-businesses" and "fund pools".

Finally, a film that originally cost only 5000 million yuan may very likely become million yuan, million yuan or something like that when circulated in the market.

Some people may have come into contact with such investment projects, with each project ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, or even 100,000 to 80,000 yuan, and then got cheated.

Nowadays, many short dramas follow this model. They first promote the short dramas to make money, and then sell "rights packages". This is basically a scam.

Because the projects that can really make money at a glance are all held in the hands of others and there is no way they can be resold, just like "New Paradise·Wangxian 2".

But ordinary individual investors don’t understand this and will only be fooled by those who sell equity packages saying: there is such-and-such celebrity, such-and-such director, such-and-such platform that has provided S-level promotional resources and so on.

Based on the above situation.

Chu Yunpeng felt that if Zhang Jianbai could agree to let him sell the rights package of "New Paradise·Wangxian 2", even if he sold half of it, the drama would have a chance to make back the investment, and the rest would be pure profit.

"Old Zheng, think about it, Xu Xiyu is very popular now, and there is no one more popular than him. Moreover, the achievements of "New Paradise·Wangxian 1" before are obvious to all.

As long as we focus on promoting the concept of "Xu Xiyu's work" and emphasize the achievements of "Wang Xian 1", the rights package of "Wang Xian 2" will definitely be sought after."

(End of this chapter)