Perfect Life

Throughout 2005, Li Qian's life seemed monotonous and stable.

Rarely, there are only some very "simple" things left in his life, making movies, accompanying his women and children, and taking a day or two a month to deal with the company's affairs - film and television city and Shuntianfu, two. Dot a line. Smooth and bland.

Such days continued until the last month of 2005.

On December 22, 2005, in the studio of Minghu Film and Television City in the southern suburbs of Shuntian Prefecture, dedicated to the "Avatar" crew, Li Qian held a loudspeaker and finally shouted out this sentence -

"Now, I announce that "Avatar" is officially...finished!"

The whole place is boiling.

Although in the later stage, the filming progress of the crew has begun to exceed the expected fastest speed, which has greatly shortened the shooting cycle, but even so, it has only been shortened by half a month.

The filming officially started in mid-March. During this period, countless actors, including a large number of European and American actors, came and went, and filmed until the end of December in one breath—the nine and a half months of filming was really exhausting!

Not to mention a few main actors from Hollywood, and even a group of local crew members felt a little unbearable in the later stages.

Let me talk about a magical thing - since Li Qian met Fu Xuelong, this guy has never lost weight. "Sorghum", the crew is stationed in the countryside, and living in a small county town, the living conditions are not very good, and that play is the first time that Fatty Fu really shot independently, he is very hard, very hard, very attentive, but After the filming, he was still fat. Followed Zhao He to film "Once Upon a Time". The crew filmed the scene near Yangcheng for more than a month. Fatty Fu complained that he couldn't stand the heat there, and he couldn't stand the taste of the local food, but it was so hot and so hot. Unaccustomed to the taste of diet, after coming back from there, he is still fat.

But this time, "Avatar" took nine and a half months to shoot, and he lost eleven pounds.

The company knew in advance that the production crew would be finished today, so Qi Jie, Cao Zhan, Zou Wenhuai and others all rushed over, and Bai Yujing, who had long been out of play, also rushed back, waiting to witness the completion of "Avatar".

When Li Qian announced the completion of the filming, and everyone packed up and went to the restaurant inside the film and television city to eat the finalization meal, Qi Jie boldly announced that all the crew members who participated in the filming would receive an additional ten percent for each. The salary, the salary during the filming and preparation period, will also be increased by 10%.

As soon as this big red envelope was sent out, the scene of the finalizing banquet really boiled over.

To be honest, the nine-and-a-half-month schedule is certainly not the longest, but it is already far beyond the filming time of ordinary film crews—even the directors who like to grind slowly in domestic filming. The months are not too short. For example, Jin Han took a group of people to nest in northern Shaanxi. One beat of the cold weather lasted for more than five months, which was a rare long cycle.

Therefore, everyone is very tired, mainly psychological fatigue.

This concept is basically the same as the reason that an author at a certain point continues to write a book for several years - no one likes a life that is the same every day, and the first passion will be repeated work day after day. worn out in.

So, what's the best way to relieve fatigue? What brings people together the most?

Red envelope!

Especially the big red envelope!

As a result, everyone at the killing banquet drank all the time, but there was a smile on the corners of their mouths. It seemed that even the hard work of the past nine and a half months had been smashed by a red envelope.

On the second day, several American actors who had already spent enough time in China declined the suggestion of Minghu Culture to send someone to take them to visit China, and hurried back by plane before Christmas in the West.

Li Qian, on the other hand, rested at home for a day, and then returned to the company the next day, and began to arrange the post-production special effects and production of "Avatar"-this film was produced while shooting, but the 3D, action Capture, special effects rendering and other dimensions work together, and each Li Qian requires to reach the world's top level, even a little higher than the top level, so this progress is really impossible to pull up.

"Avatar" took nine and a half months to shoot, and it has been followed up for nine and a half months in the later stage. Even, the time spent on the production of many models involved in the movie in the early stage has been included, and the later stage has been followed up for a year and a half. Time, and then, they have to work on this film for another year!

In the plan made in advance, Li Qian hoped that by the end of November 2006, the film could completely complete all the post-production work, and then calmly distribute it globally.

Of course, a lot of work in post-production will be undertaken by a team of more than 200 people from the special effects department and the research institute. Li Qian is only responsible for making requirements, checking, proposing revision requirements, and finally confirming the qualification and acceptance. That's it.

His main post-production work is actually editing and soundtracking.

But he has a whole year to do it, so it's not too much pressure.

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In January 2006, Minghu Culture held its own annual meeting in accordance with the practice of previous years.

Still grand, but a shadow seems to hang over it.

Zhou Baoshan did not come.

Of course, the excuses are high-sounding. He is currently shooting a movie in the south. The producer is Oriental Media Group. It is said that the investment is over 100 million yuan, and the remuneration given to him is also as high as 15 million yuan plus box office share.

Many domestic production crews don't even have a holiday for the Spring Festival, let alone Christmas and New Year's Day, not to mention it's okay if you go back, just go back to the so-called company annual meeting?

Therefore, Zhou Baoshan, who has come every year in previous years, did not come this year, saying that it was not easy to ask for leave. As the leading actor, the entire crew who would be delayed if he asked for leave stopped waiting for him.

But it's alright.

It is no secret that Zhou Baoshan did not renew his contract, both inside and outside Minghu Culture, and everyone even started to talk openly about which company Zhou Baoshan would go to for his next stop.

However, there are almost as many people who are not optimistic as there are people who are optimistic.

Even more.

Because he left Minghu Culture in 2004, he seems to be starting to show off his skills. Liu Yan, who has also attracted many emerging actors in Minghu Culture, has begun to wait and see, but in 2005, he ushered in a major blow!

The first investment of her personal studio, the 20 million investment in "The Great Wall", not to mention profitable, and finally, after Huafei Film and Television got all the box office share, her share was only 5.74 million - neither I know who it came from, anyway, as soon as this data came out, it quickly spread throughout the entertainment industry.

It is estimated that Liu Yan was so depressed that she could vomit blood!

Over the years, since she became popular because of the little swallow in "The Princess of the Pearl", she has made fourteen or five TV series in a few years, and has also played soy sauce in several movies, and has received a lot of them. Of course, she must have earned a lot of money for her endorsement, but to be honest, she has only been popular for a few years? An actor who only earns money by getting paid and receiving advertising endorsements, no matter how high his income is, it is limited.

To overestimate it, before she left Minghu Culture, the total net worth she earned in these years was definitely less than 100 million. Considering her own various expenses, including real estate, cars, etc., she also opened a studio. For some basic expenses that need to be invested, after investing 20 million in "The Great Wall", it is estimated that there will not be too much money left in her own hands.

And the Great Wall, which she had high hopes for, actually made her lose so miserably!

Her TV drama remuneration is the top in the current domestic market, but even so, it is close to 15 million, she has to make almost two or three TV dramas to earn it back!

If you don't think about the drama and how much time you need to take a break between the two dramas, it will basically take more than a year to finish the three TV series.

However, according to what Li Qian learned later, at the beginning, I didn't know whether it was Liu Yan who felt that investment was more important, or that it was more important to seize the opportunity to cooperate with the great director Qin Wei and become his heroine. In short, in her opinion , for the time being, the level of a movie's salary doesn't seem to be that important, at least not as important as the first two.

Therefore, she got the first two, but only got two million in salary.

If the drama is popular, it’s okay to say, the price can be raised at any time, as long as you have a blockbuster drama there, let alone Liu Yan, even if it is a newcomer, a drama before it is not popular is 300,000 and 500,000 yuan, and immediately after it is popular It's common to rise to three million five million - but the problem is, "The Great Wall" is a terrible blow.

The hit of this play almost directly blocked Liu Yan's movie road!

Don't say anything about the price increase, even if it is two million, no one will be brave enough to invite her to make a movie - of course, a cameo or a small supporting role is another matter.

Therefore, with her dire situation and comparing with the previous example, the people of Minghu Culture who were a little restless in the first half of the year suddenly calmed down again.

The reason is actually very simple.

The film industry is one of the famous legal and hugely profitable industries in the world, but if you make a profit, you will lose, and no matter whether you are Chinese or foreign, you will lose more than you earn!

After getting used to the Minghu Culture, some people may have some misunderstandings, thinking that you see, I made a lot of movies, and they all made a lot of money! So, why can't I also participate in it, from a simple salary actor to a capitalist?

But in fact, it's just a blindfold.

Jumping out of Minghu Culture and looking outside, whether it is the domestic film circle or Hollywood, there are too many films that lose money - not just any company can make a hit, and it's not just anyone who picks up a hit. of.

Because of this, great directors with more guaranteed quality are so trusted and relied on by capital.

And Liu Yan has already taken the most reliable and high-end route that everyone can think of - her first step is to become the heroine of Qin Wei's film and participate in the investment!

However, it turns out that these days, big directors are not reliable!

Looking at it, at present in China, it is terribly reliable to be able to make a popular one. It seems that there is only one Minghu culture - in this case, it's a fart! Do your own business honestly, strive to be more popular, and strive to be ordered by the boss as soon as possible, so that the company agrees to open a studio!

Because the individual studios affiliated with the company are allowed to participate in a maximum of 10% of the film investment!

As in the past 2005, four studios, Feng Yumin, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang and Bai Yujing under the company's name, have all participated in the company's new dramas - at present, this is almost a steady way to make money!

Jinhan Studio participated in 5% of their new play "A Chinese Ghost Story", and Feng Yumin Studio participated in Feng Bicheng's new play "Crazy Racing" 10%.

Han Shunzhang and Bai Yujing's studios also invested in TV dramas.

Well-informed people know that Han Shunzhang has been preparing for his first film in the last few months of 2005 after finishing the filming of "The Condor Heroes".

It is said that after the year, the film will officially start.

And for this movie, the company has recently signed in several new actors-internal gossip. It is said that two of them are the spare tire of Zhou Baoshan. As long as Zhou Baoshan's contract expires and does not renew, one of them will One, it will take over the "Once Upon a Time" series left by Zhou Baoshan, and the second part of "The Matrix" that may start filming. And the other, it is said that Han Shunzhang is going to support the newcomer.

The two of them have two things in common: first, they are handsome, and second, they have a certain kung fu foundation.

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In the past 2005, the development of Minghu Culture has been proceeding step by step.

It still has the largest group of stars in the entire Chinese entertainment industry. These people, regardless of their size, almost all leave Minghu Culture to automatically upgrade one level or even two levels, and they are also the entire Chinese music circle, Chinese TV drama circle, and The current backbone of the Chinese film circle, active on the big and small screens last year, as well as on various stages, variety shows and catwalks.

Compared with 2004, Minghu Culture's production of movies and TV series last year has decreased, but the quality and hegemony ability still maintain a high level that almost no one can challenge in China today.

And what is gratifying is that, in addition to its own director and production, Minghu Culture, as a pure distributor, has also gained a lot this year.

In conjunction with Columbia, several American films produced by Columbia have received considerable box office, and the second point is that this year, Minghu Culture has successfully released many excellent works by new directors, which have made a lot of profits. The new film power that is rising in 2010 has reached a good cooperative relationship.

For example, "The True Story of Zhong Kui" in the first half of the year, such as "Happy Events at Home", which suddenly became popular in the summer, are among them.

What is more regrettable is that although Minghu Culture has been striving for it, the distribution rights of Lin Xianzhi, director of "The True Story of Zhong Kui", have still been snatched by Oriental Media Group.

This made Li Qian quite helpless-because Qi Jie said that the distribution department wanted to win the distribution rights of the film, Li Qian also rushed back specially to invite Wei Ping, the general manager of Shuntian Satellite TV, to dinner and let him take his daughter I called, and the result was that the girl was dead and alive, so I asked Lao Wei to bring me a sentence, saying, "When will my box office surpass that of Uncle Li Qian, and when will I meet him!"

What can Li Qian do?

While becoming an idol, being praised as a genius, and being admired and admired by hundreds of millions of people, at the same time, there are some arrogant people who worship Li Qian to the ground, while subconsciously standing opposite him, Swear to fight him until you defeat him!

Li Qian is also very helpless!

Li Qian didn't want this either!

What's even more helpless is that Wei Ping's illegitimate daughter named Lin Xianzhi is simply a genius. She is a girl. It is said that she has just graduated from the Chinese opera director department for two or three years. She made a small-cost "Zhong Kui" True Story", with an inexplicable unrestrained temperament, sold more than 30 million at the box office.

When it comes to new movies, the investment of 8 million is still a small cost. The key point is that she is still a fast shooter. Even with preparations, shooting and post-production, she finished it in five or six months.

After being packaged and promoted by Oriental Media Group, it was released on December 21, 2005, the day before "Avatar" was finished, but it won a box office of more than 37 million in the first week of its release.

When the film finally went offline in early February, it was already a year later, and the 8 million investment of the whole film finally exchanged for a theater box office of more than 94 million.

Moreover, this girl is smart. Her "The True Story of Zhong Kui" is considered her debut work. Because her father gave it to her, she has the editing rights in her hands. When she waits for the second work, she still insists on low-cost investment, and she only Taking the director's salary of 300,000 yuan, he won a box office share of no more than 5%, and the final editing right that almost every director is extremely eager to get.

So, although the box office did not exceed 100 million in the end, she could only get 4% of the box office share in the end, but it was still as high as more than 3 million - much better than the high salary she asked for the director's film at the beginning, Also a lot!

Moreover, for the first and second films, two consecutive films, she has always held the final cut right in her hand, and has successively achieved box office sales. If she talks with any company in the future, she has the confidence to ask for the final cut. right!

For a new director, this is the most important thing!

I have to say, this girl is really smart and talented.

Of course, for the time being, she's still a little weak.

At least it's still a little far from the goals of "challenging Li Qian" or even "defeating Li Qian"~www.wuxiaspot.com~.

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At the end of January 2006, it was another New Year's Day.

One of the leading directors of Minghu Culture, Feng Bicheng, once again brought his new film to the national theater chain - with the previous big sales of "Big Shot" and "Crazy Stone", plus Minghu Culture has been ahead of schedule for a long time. Just as the concept of "Spring Festival gear" is being promoted and hyped, many viewers have been waiting for this "Crazy Racing" for a long time.

In fact, the movie didn't disappoint.

Simply stunning as always!

The box office was 211 million in the first week of its release, and it was still as high as 147 million in the second week. It not only directly announced the success of "Crazy Racing" at the box office, but also completely praised Liu Zhongxin, who was loved by the audience because of "Crazy Stone". The seats of "comedy star" and "super comedian".

Following Zhou Zhiyu, who is also upright and harmonious, and Huang Ge, who is "simple but funny", Minghu Culture has another golden signboard in terms of actors!