Perfect Life

The next morning, Liu Chengzhang met Li Qian.

The two hadn't seen each other for at least two years. Seeing Liu Chengzhang coming in, Li Qian got up immediately, and the two shook hands again after more than two years.

After sitting down, assistant Fang Shengnan served tea, and Li Qian went straight to the point.

"Yesterday, Lao Fang called me to say that you are back and want to come to Minghu. I have nothing to say here. As long as you come, I will give you the highest treatment. Just attach your personal studio to the company. For the new film released by the company, you can come here. If you want to shoot, then your studio can enjoy up to 10% of the investment right. I will respect your creation, but the final editing right cannot be given to you. For the film you want to shoot, the company has up to 49% of the investment right, and other parts as well. The right to invest first, the copyright belongs to the company, the distribution belongs to the company, and you have the final cut right.”

Fang Baijin was a little stunned. He didn't expect Li Qian to be so direct, but Liu Chengzhang was not surprised at all.

He thought about it for a moment, then nodded, "Sure! That's it! You can get the contract out later!"

Fang Baijin was stunned at first, and then laughed again.

It could really be called a hit-and-miss.

He also understood Li Qian's intentions: although they were good friends and they admired each other quite a bit, but after all, there was a conflict between them, of course, there is no need to mention the past at this time, and it is impossible to go into details. Who is right and who is wrong, but to thoroughly expose the matter so that the two of them are not embarrassed, of course, it is best to make sure that the current relationship with each other is the best!

Sure enough, it took five minutes between the two words. After talking about the matter, Li Qian showed a smile on his face, patted Liu Chengzhang on the shoulder, and then got up and took out his cigar.

Liu Chengzhang and Fang Baijin chose one, and then all three lit it one by one.

Without speaking, they each smoked their own cigars.

For a while, the house was surrounded by clouds and mountains.

The exhaust system turned on automatically soon after, quickly pumping the fumes out of the room.

Li Qian likes cigars, Fang Baijin has also been smoking cigars for several years, only Liu Chengzhang, although he occasionally attends a party or something, he also smokes once or twice, but he usually mainly smokes. In his words, cigars are too time-consuming, how much work is done to smoke a cigar!

Therefore, for him, the packs of cigarettes on the market are the best, convenient and fast, and it is enough to enjoy it.

So, after taking a few sips, he accidentally choked.

Li Qian laughed, and Fang Baijin also smiled and guided.

Until this time, everyone began to communicate gradually.

First, I heard Liu Chengzhang talk about the feeling of staying in the United States for such a long time. He learned that he was still a camera assistant in a film crew invested by the Oriental Dream Film Company. Li Qian asked him by the way, he felt that Oriental Dream Film Co., Ltd. Questions about the quality of dream production.

Then, Li Qian asked naturally: "When you come back this time, do you have any ideas for a new movie? What do you want to do?"

Liu Chengzhang hesitated for a while, but still said, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Although he knew that Liu Chengzhang asked such a question, it meant that he should already have his own plans in mind, but Li Qian got up after hearing the words and took out a plan from his desk drawer.

Handing things to him, Li Qian said: "Last year, Columbia took over the filming rights of Transformers for the next 20 years. They were thinking of starting the first film this year and next year, and they also made a plan and sent it to me. , oh, this is the translation. They want me to direct the film."

Liu Chengzhang had already opened the first page, but he didn't read it at all. He mainly listened to what Li Qian said. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and started to read the planning book - it was really a very simple planning book, just to demonstrate the prospect of a live-action movie of Transformers, and it seemed a bit simple.

To put it bluntly, this thing is just a task that Li Qian gave hard to explain after Minghu Culture acquired Columbia Pictures and Grenshire took office.

Although Grenshire seems to value this matter more, it seems that he also thinks that making a Transformers live-action movie is a great idea for adaptation, but he is obviously more willing to leave this matter to Li Qian to lead - of course , the adaptation rights are in Colombia, and Minghu Culture can at best participate in investment, and future copyrights, distribution rights, etc., are still in Colombia.

Therefore, there is no story, no setting, no characters, just a planning book.

The planning book is not long, and the translation is only a few thin pages. It took Liu Chengzhang ten minutes to read it. He raised his head and was a little confused, "This...how should I shoot?"

Li Qian smiled, "Of course it's a purely commercial approach, a friendship between robots and humans. Then, fighting against the forces of evil together, of course, is another group of robots!"

After a pause, he added: "Don't care about movies, commercial or artistic, in the final analysis, storytelling is about emotions! Emotions are the branches, and everything else, even if the flowers are blooming, just stick to the branches. It's just a visual effect."

Liu Chengzhang pursed his lips and nodded slowly.

After a while, he said earnestly: "Yes, all literary and artistic works are about emotions. In movies, the first key is to straighten out the emotions of the characters. The special effects are easy to do, but not everyone can tell the emotions. "

Li Qian smiled, "I feel very deeply!"

Liu Chengzhang smiled bitterly upon hearing this.

Seeing him hand over the plan, Li Qian took it, threw it on the coffee table, and asked, "How is it, are you interested?"

Then, without waiting for Liu Chengzhang's answer, he said seriously: "Although I am not completely out of time at this time, I want to devote 100% of my energy to making a new movie, and it is still a commercial movie that invests a lot, and my energy is still No, I have to make sure that the later stage of the film in my hand is foolproof. Therefore, this must be a film with special pursuit of visual effects. The investment can be budgeted according to your requirements. In addition, I plan to make this film. Also shot according to 3D-IMAX specifications. Would you like to play this one?”

As we all know, before the rise of Li Qian's movies, Liu Chengzhang has always been the most famous technical director in China. He liked to use some new technologies that were just beginning to emerge in Hollywood at that time, and predicted ten years ago that the future must be movies. The world of special effects.

The trials of the two films "Sword Immortal" and "Flying Sky" were hardly successful, but in today's country, when it comes to making commercial blockbusters and special effects, he is indeed the only candidate other than Li Qian.

Just need to give him a little restraint, let him figure out the story first!

And to be honest, Li Qian really hoped that Liu Chengzhang could take over this movie when he had no time to do it. Liu Chengzhang's "ghost talent" is by no means just talk. Li Qian believes that as long as he takes good care of himself , On the basis of a qualified business story, let Liu Chengzhang play it. At that time, with the support of various technologies of Minghu Culture, this will be a good way to continue to expand 3D movies along the road opened by "Avatar". Influential business giants.

Of course, Li Qian hopes to hand over such a global massacre to a Chinese director. On the one hand, it can help him become famous in the first battle. On the other hand, he also hopes to bring more Chinese filmmakers through his hands. thinking and success stories.

But at this time, Liu Chengzhang shook his head without thinking for too long.

"I... Forget it, I'm not very interested in this kind of film."

After a pause, he seemed to feel that it was a bit too unkind to directly reject Li Qian's invitation, and added a little embarrassedly, "The investment is too big, I'm a little afraid to play now, not to mention that you still have to shoot 3D. If so, I'm completely unfamiliar with this technology....I'll forget it!"

Li Qian opened his mouth, but finally nodded slowly, "Alright! Let's talk about it then!"

He could feel that Liu Chengzhang was really resisting the movie a little bit.

That's right, although Liu Chengzhang is a director of the modern technology school, he doesn't seem to like modern cities, mechanical sense, etc. He prefers to use advanced technology to show some traditional oriental aesthetics.

So, to sum it up seriously, he is probably the kind of director who likes "using world technology to tell Chinese stories" - of course, Li Qian appreciates and likes it very much, but he just didn't know that Liu Chengzhang would hate this robot story.

So he asked, "Then what do you want to shoot?"

Liu Chengzhang was silent for a moment, and after careful consideration, he finally said, "I want to change your "Painted Skin" article. I don't know if it will work?"

Li Qian was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Sure enough, this is Liu Chengzhang.

Swordsman, monk, sword fairy.

monster.

This is his style, this is his way.

He just likes to shoot Chinese things, especially classical things.

Li Qian nodded decisively and asked him, "Have you decided how to change it?"

Liu Chengzhang hesitated for a long time before slowly saying: "My current thinking is that your original story is too simple, and the overall scale is also a little smaller, which is not convenient for filming. Therefore, my current thinking is , make the story a little more specific, and then expand it a little bit. For example, I think the background of the story can be set in the south, it can be the Tang Dynasty, it can be the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, it is fine. I prefer the Song Dynasty, a literati Dynasty. Then, I'm currently thinking about the villain's big boss..."

Li Qian didn't interrupt, and listened carefully to his rambles about his thoughts on "Painted Skin".

It can be heard that he should have been thinking about this story for a long time. It is not a whim to want to make this story, but after two failures, he began to seriously consider the balance of a new story. ——Of course, he should not have completely decided how to tell this story, because many of his ideas are even contradictory, and his speech is a bit out of place.

His key points are: the misty and rainy painting boats in the south of the Yangtze River, the tide of the Qiantang River, a coquettish monster who is good at deceiving people, and a scholar who is upright.

A lot of very emotional images.

This is what he has always been particularly good at.

However, he said that this monster can't be the final villain, but should use this monster who "doesn't know how good people are, but only knows people are extremely evil", to introduce some human factors, and conduct some kindness towards people and monsters. and emotional torture. And this leads to a turning point in the story.

He hesitated whether to introduce the factor of a main lady, but he was afraid that it would be a story of a big woman and a mistress. And the scholar, the hero, happened to be the reincarnation of the man who hurt her in the previous life.

In short, he himself is already in various entanglements.

But Li Qian was very happy.

Before a movie starts shooting, if the director doesn't worry about the story, what should he worry about?

For a technical school like Liu Chengzhang, and a director who has always been known for his good at filming the charm of Jiangnan, when he put the focus and tangled points of a film at the beginning of the film on the story, in Li Qian's opinion , which, to a large extent, means that the film is halfway through.

So, Li Qian happily accompanied him in brainstorming.

In another time and space, he had seen "Painted Skin". In his conscience, it was already quite good, but there were still many parts that Li Qian didn't like.

In contrast, he even prefers the story of Liu Chengzhang, which is only beginning to take shape.

However, while everyone was still discussing, Liu Chengzhang suddenly stopped and asked Li Qian, "Can you say hello to the actors in advance and ask them to leave me a slot?"

Li Qian asked, "Who do you want?"

Liu Chengzhang hesitated again, but in the end, he was cruel and said, "Qin Jingjing, He Yingyu."

Li Qian laughed, and Fang Baijin shook his head with a smile.

After two unsuccessful box office successes, Liu Chengzhang seems to be a lot more low-key, and he doesn't seem to be so tough when he speaks and acts. However, his style of liking big investments and big stars has obviously not changed.

These are the two most popular actresses in the country today.

Hearing him say these two names, Li Qian already vaguely understood his intentions.

Although Qin Jingjing is pretty enough, she has always been inclined towards Tsing Yi in recent years, and has a dignified and atmospheric style. Although He Yingyu is the most popular actress in China so far, in fact, she has a very complicated way of acting, and modern and ancient science fiction takes everything. , a pure hit girl can stand, and a "Dragon Inn", a gold inlaid jade, let her one foot into the palace of acting.

Therefore, in Liu Chengzhang's mind, Qin Jingjing could play a big woman, and He Yingyu would be the painted skin demon? ——Well, that picture must be beautiful.

Li Qian took out his mobile phone and wanted to call on the spot, but after hesitating for a while, he put the phone down again, "That's right, the rules I set by myself, the film and television department and the agency department are run separately, so I can't break the rules myself. So , how about you bring up the script and planning book first, and then let's discuss the next step?"

Liu Chengzhang immediately understood.

People can be asked for, at least no matter who you want to play, it can be negotiated, but the Minghu Culture side is already very large, and it is impossible for you, Liu Chengzhang, to send a sentence about who you want to play your own. Occupy other people's schedule ahead of time - perhaps this privilege, only Li Qian is qualified to have.

So he hesitated for a while, then he got up happily and said, "No problem. Then I'll find a few old buddies in the past few days and start collecting stories. I'll talk to you when I get it back."

Li Qian nodded. Fang is very familiar, you ask him to take you up, and let those guys come up with ideas for you, it shouldn't disappoint you."

Liu Chengzhang nodded, "Okay!"

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When he left, Fang Shengnan came in to clean up the coffee table, but Li Qian was paralyzed on the sofa, looking up at the chandelier on the ceiling, thinking about the mess.

Liu Chengzhang wants to shoot "Painted Skin", which can be supported.

This kind of story is suitable for him to shoot.

But what about Transformers?

At present, it has been negotiated that Colombia allows Minghu Culture to participate in the investment of 30%, but the premise is that Li Qian will be the director of the film, and if Li Qian insists on using 3D technology to shoot, the additional expenses of 3D technology will be borne by the crew. Additional investment in proportion.

In addition, after considering changing the title of Sino-foreign joint venture, the film will be distributed in China by Minghu Culture, and can get the treatment of domestic films, so Colombia agreed that the distribution rights in China can be handed over to Minghu Culture. But all other distributions belong to Colombia.

Although Columbia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Minghu Culture, both parties are operated independently. The professional managers on Columbia's side will of course not allow the dominance of this film to fall into the hands of Minghu Culture.

They just hope that their boss, who is an international director, can not be so biased and can come and lead several successful projects for Colombia.

But Li Qian really has no time.

If you want him to direct "Transformers", you have to postpone the schedule to at least a year.

What's more, ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is really more than a year later, and he may not be able to direct this movie. Because after "Avatar", he has his own next work goal.

Although "Transformers" is very good, it is worth trying, and it is also a super-selling series that is worth looking forward to on the road of 3D movie promotion, but this series is not like "Avatar" or his next goal. You can't do it yourself.

Not to mention Hollywood, there are quite a few good commercial blockbuster directors with quality assurance. Even in China, especially within Minghu Culture, there are two people who are qualified now.

But both of them refused.

So, if you still try to find a Chinese director to lead the series, who else?

Li Qian was paralyzed on the sofa and lost his mind. Fang Shengnan had already cleaned up the tea set and the tea table, and poured a glass of boiled water for Li Qian, and everyone had already left.

Li Qian took the planning book on the coffee table in his hand and couldn't help but fell into contemplation.