Entertainment: The joy of being a director is beyond your imagination

Chapter 8 8. Why can’t I be a genius director?

Pei Ran on the stage listened to the discussions of the crowd, his eyes swept over the people below, and his gaze stayed on Zhuo Wei for a few seconds.

Then he nodded with satisfaction.

This is the effect he wants.

Although this is my first time making a movie, based on my past experience, if a movie wants to be successful and have high box office, in addition to the quality of the film itself being excellent, pre-screening publicity is of paramount importance!
Pei Ran also specially arranged a whole set of publicity methods to stir up topics, attract attention, and gain traffic, and he even specially arranged a few internet trolls on the scene!
To this end, he specially invited so many entertainment reporters in the name of Wan Da, and secretly asked Liu Wanqing to leak the news to Zhuo Wei in a private name that there was big news here.

As expected, this person came.

But now is not the time to use Zhuo Wei.

Only those who understand publicity know how profound the tricks are here!
"Welcome all journalists to the launch conference of the film sound mixer. My name is Pei Ran, and I'm also a fledgling new director. I don't care about the process, so I'll just go straight to the part that everyone is most concerned about. You can ask questions and we'll answer them."

Pei Ran just put down the microphone.

The navy soldiers arranged in advance immediately began to murmur loudly.

"Pei Ran? This name sounds so familiar!"

"Hmm... Is he the young man from the media company who lost the bet with Huayi and had to pay 8 million in compensation? I heard that his father seemed to have committed suicide because of this incident, and his mother also ran away. He was even a hot topic on Weibo a while ago!"

"Really? Now that you mention it, I remember it. I thought he had already accepted his fate, but I didn't expect that he would start a movie again just to pay off his debts?"

Two sailors, you say something, I say something.

It immediately brought back the memories of other entertainment reporters.

Yes! It seems to be true!

However, although they remembered it, the entertainment reporters reacted faster. This down-and-out media scion suddenly started making movies to pay off his debts?

Damn, there's something!
Not to mention netizens, even the entertainment reporters themselves couldn't help but become curious and started asking questions. After all, Pei Ran's identity, coupled with the background of his company being in debt, and then combined with the new news that he was going to make a movie, if this was made into a manuscript and sent out, it would definitely attract traffic!
For them, traffic equals money!
The scene suddenly became chaotic.

But the more chaotic they were, the happier Pei Ran was.

He even pretended to remind reporters to pay attention to safety.

"Mr. Pei, are you making this film just to pay off the debt your father owed after losing the bet with Huayi? How much debt do you have now? It's rumored that your media company has filed for bankruptcy, right?"

"Boss Pei, has your debt been paid off by Wan Da? Does your cooperation with Wan Da this time represent the relationship between Hua Yi and Wan Da..."

really.

What everyone is more concerned about is Pei Ran's debt.

Even Jing Tian, ​​who was sitting next to him, felt something was wrong and gently kicked Pei Ran's calf with her high heels.

But Pei Ran still smiled gently.

In the end, Pei Ran chose reporter "Xiao Zhang" who entered the studio with Zhuo Wei, and Liu Wanqing who was in the audience immediately handed him the microphone.

Xiao Zhang knew that if he asked a good enough question, he would get all the traffic, so he took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Pei, what is the purpose of making this movie? Is it true that your media company is close to bankruptcy? Or are you going to use this movie to pay off your debts?"

Pei Ran waited for him to finish speaking in one breath before reminding him with a smile: "You don't have to finish speaking in one breath. No one will grab the microphone if you take a breath in the middle."

After some humorous mediation, Pei Ran turned serious. "The purpose of making movies is of course to make a profit. If movies don't make money, then why should I make movies? For passion? You can have passion, but you have to continue to have passion after you have solved the problems you face and have enough food and clothing."

Pei Ran's answer was very real. A little too real.

Feng Gangpao has also answered similar questions before.

However, his answer was that he hopes to show his thoughts on many topics such as social phenomena and human nature through the film.

Zhang Yimou’s answer was that film is an important medium for him to express his inner thoughts, values ​​and observations of the world, while also recording the times, humanistic spirit and so on.

However, the two added a sentence at the end: "As a commercial product, movies also hope to be successful at the box office, attract audiences to the cinema, make profits for investors, and consolidate their position in the industry."

look.

Aren’t the previous words just a prelude to the last sentence?
President Pei is different. He directly pointed out: I don’t have time to record world culture now. He must succeed, sell well at the box office, and make money to fill the hole of his cheap dog father. Otherwise, how can I lead a good life in the future?

Xiao Zhang immediately asked back: "Do you think you can guarantee the quality of the films you make when you are in debt? If you can't guarantee the quality, how can you pay off your debts? Not to mention your passion."

As an entertainment reporter, you have to be very meticulous.

Pei Ran was very satisfied with this.

And his emotions are even more full:

"How can I not guarantee the quality? If I can't even guarantee the quality of the film, will Wanta Films choose me to invest? Will Miss Jing Tian take the initiative to ask to be the female lead and bring in money?!"

"You can ask this question now only because you haven't seen my videos and think I'm unreliable!"

"But what if it's a big hit at the box office after it's released? If I release a movie at the same time as Director Feng Gangpao or Director Zhang Yimou, and I beat them at the box office, then why can't I be considered a talented new director?"

can.

Pei Ran's three sentences stunned the reporters present.

Even the people sitting next to Pei Ran were stunned.

Especially Jing Tian, ​​she frowned and opened her crystal clear and plump red lips, looking at Pei Ran in confusion.

Pei Ran, what do you think? !
How could he fucking say something like that?

Not to mention that you threatened to suppress Feng Gangpao directly in front of the reporters, Lao Mouzi, why the hell did you bring up the matter of me bringing money into the crew?
Don’t you know that I have been criticized for capital entry because I have collaborated with veteran actors such as Liu Jiahui and Zhou Junwei who were very popular since my debut?

You are doing this again now.

Are you dissatisfied with the fact that there are not enough people who criticize me?

Sure enough, after Pei Ran said these words.

Everyone present was sighing at Pei Ran, saying, "You are really good at bragging."

Zhuo Wei suddenly stood up and took Xiao Zhang's microphone: "Then I would like to ask, Mr. Pei, what is your relationship with Jing Tian? Are you in a relationship?"

Seeing Zhuo Wei stand up, Pei Ran's angry expression softened and he asked with a smile, "Why do you say that?"

"If not, then with Miss Jing Tian's background, she wouldn't choose a... new director with no known background, right? Moreover, he took the initiative to bring in money to join the crew."

(End of this chapter)