Perfect Life

Li Qian's speech was a bit messy, and even after speaking, his tone was a little excited, but it didn't matter, whether it was Lu Lingxi or Chen Kefang, he was interested in movies since he was a child, and then he was less than 20 years old. He started professional study at the age of 19, and has been engaged in related educational work since then. He has his own thoughts and judgments about movies, the history, current situation and future development of movies. Therefore, it doesn’t matter what Li Qian said. If it is important, one or two sentences are enough. For important ideas, what is actually needed is only one direction.

For two expert practitioners like them, it's not a lie.

In fact, what Li Qian said may not be all correct. His assertion that films must be based on market demand is also a topic that has often been discussed and mentioned in the domestic film circle in the past two years-with the market The fact that the two consecutive years of major landslides is based on the fact that it is better than all eloquence. Up to now, even if there are still many people who do not agree with this point of view, it is difficult for them to reject the commercialization of movies, even in their hearts. Marketization and entertainment are the major development directions.

However, at least at the moment, now, whether it is Chen Kefang or Lu Lingxi, it is the first time they have heard such a description from a single person—

The domestic market is huge! The future will be even bigger!

We should not only consider our own one-third of an acre of land, but from now on, we should consider taking over the markets in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia first!

This conclusion is not surprising, but at least until now, no one has dared to say it!

At the end of last year, at a high-end tea party in the film industry, the great director Qin Wei once pessimistically believed that this major downturn in the domestic film market would take at least fifteen to twenty years to recover. That is to say, he judged, It will not be until 2012, or even 2017, that the domestic film market may once again break through the 8 billion box office mark and return to the level of 1997.

It should be based on this conclusion that Qin Wei's new film that he is preparing recently is said to have received capital from some Hollywood film companies. According to industry rumors, his new film plans to test the waters for international distribution. He wants to gain a bigger market in his eyes. in the English-speaking market, a piece of the pie.

What is even more pessimistic than his assertion is that in recent years, several major countries in Southeast Asia are tightening the opening of Chinese-language literary and artistic works in unison, and turning this opening to the quality of the works. Higher English works that are not easy to have too much influence on their own countries because of geographical proximity and cultural proximity. Among them, Hollywood movies overwhelmed the declining Chinese movies in one fell swoop, which is a very important piece.

For example, according to the latest policy from November 1998, Singapore allows 20 foreign-language films to be imported for public screening in the country each year, but the quota for Chinese-language films is only five to eight.

However, in this country where the Chinese account for nearly 70% of the country's total population, the official language is English. Therefore, English-speaking Hollywood movies do not need to be subject to this limit.

Chinese-language movies, internal worries, external difficulties, wind and rain.

In this context, it is really difficult for anyone to have enough confidence to say such a thing.

What's more, Li Qian didn't even have a movie work until now.

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Li Qian said at length that the two teachers sat quietly, listening and thinking.

But in fact, there are still many emotions that Li Qian can't say, and that they are destined to keep in the bottom of their hearts for the rest of their lives, which they cannot know.

For example, domestic movies in another time and space, such as the regrettable Hong Kong movies.

In another time and space, Hong Kong films achieved great prosperity in the 1980s. At that time, Hong Kong films were sold in South Korea, Wanwan, and even Southeast Asia, which were the back gardens of Hong Kong films and Hong Kong entertainment culture. The limelight is not even lost to the declining European films, and Hollywood, which has not yet been globalized.

However, the local box office base that 6 million people can have makes Hong Kong movies greatly influenced by the external market. Once the external market changes, it will lose its foundation in an instant. Coupled with shoddy production, a large number of follow-up and other factors, the After more than ten years of great prosperity, Hong Kong films have fallen rapidly.

Instead, Hollywood blockbusters represented by "Jurassic Park" and "Titanic" have swept across Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

For all those who have understood and studied this film history in later generations, this is a story full of helplessness. As for domestic films, it is even more...

Of course, the current domestic films in this time and space are much stronger than the other time and space in 2000, both in terms of market base and industrial base. However, in the face of this time, the integration of resources has been completely completed, and its production capabilities and When Hollywood, whose overall industrial capabilities are already a big step ahead of the entire world, the gaps between the two time and space seem a little insignificant.

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"The current situation of domestic films must be broken!"

"It's better for us to break it domestically than to let Hollywood movies break it completely!"

"If it is possible, I am willing to work hard for it!"

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Unconsciously, Lu Lingxi held her cheek with one hand and looked at Li Qian steadily. Between his eyebrows, there was a hint of admiration that was not easy to detect.

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Talking and talking, it has changed from a lecture to a discussion.

Chen Kefang has been teaching for many years. Although she is definitely not too old and her qualifications are not too old, the fact that she can stay in the film school to teach has already shown that she is by no means an ordinary film lover.

Therefore, her question is sharp-

"What do you mean by breaking? Breaking what? Breaking by what?"

"Many things have to be broken. Our country has a vast territory and a large population, and there are certain differences in accents and cultures in different places. Therefore, in China, the phenomenon of regionalized films is too common. A large local theater chain, They dare to make films if they can find a director for two or three million yuan, and many of them are films with strong regional characteristics. When such films are made, they do not expect to sell them out, and they will be shown in their own theaters for a long time. Sooner or later, you can always return to your original budget, but this kind of film is poorly made, and many of them contain quite a lot of pornographic content. In the next market reshuffle, this kind of pattern of shooting things in various places for local people to see , must be broken!"

"Of course, films of this kind of regional culture are not without value, and we can even encourage them to make them in the future, but they should not be shoddy. This kind of film, in the face of the coming crushing of the Hollywood film industry, is bound to come. , will have no resistance, and will only waste resources in vain."

"Zhao Meicheng's films and Liu Chengzhang's films actually both have a certain degree of regional attributes, but the aesthetics in their films belong to the whole nation. Therefore, Zhao Meicheng's filming the story of the north, Liu Chengzhang's filming the style of the southern country, But they have all become big directors, and they have sold well all over the country! This proves that films of regional culture can be sold all over the country. For example, Zhao Meicheng can sell the Mandarin of Shuntian Prefecture to Guangzhou Prefecture, and the people of Guangzhou Prefecture can accept a lot of memes. , Zhao Meicheng likes to add some Wu Nong soft words to Suzhou Pingtan, and people in Shenyang can also appreciate its beauty, so what about Sichuan dialect? Henan dialect?

"Second, we have also made commercial films in China before, but what are our commercial films? They are police and bandit films, urban comedies, and cheap martial arts films, but those who are careful can notice that in recent years, what does Hollywood rely on to capture the global market? special effects!"

"I set up a special effects studio, and the level is not bad in China. "The Legend of the White Snake" was filmed to advertise my special effects department, but compared with Hollywood's level, it is still too bad It is far away. Besides my special effects studio, there is no better special effects company in the domestic film industry! Besides, our digital photography technology is very weak, and we have to go to Japan for printing and copying. , because the quality of the pictures produced in China is not good. In short, as an industry, our domestic foundation is too poor.”

"So, in my opinion, it is necessary to break the current domestic market atmosphere where people dare not make blockbusters and only think about investing in small money at the box office, and break it! Only when it is feasible for everyone to invest in large and large returns can it be true Drive the development of the domestic film industry.”

"Third, the theater chain is aging. Now many theater chains are so backward that they can only play movies with a big speaker, and they don't even have the most basic stereo. You know, many high-end theaters in the United States have already equipped DTS 7.1 channels. The audio equipment is now available, and the avalanche of the movie market this time is an opportunity in my opinion, just in time to eliminate the old and save the good!"

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The three of them probably didn't expect that Li Qian's knock on the door eventually turned into a big discussion that lasted for nearly two hours - in fact, these thoughts in Li Qian's heart were in the past few years. It was gradually formed through observation and understanding, but he himself felt that it was not complete. Next, he was going to think while doing it. It was only after he was going to get it for a few years that he told others about his thoughts.

But in the end, for unknown reasons, he unreservedly expressed his observations and thoughts on the current domestic movies in the past few years.

In the middle of the discussion, it was a coincidence that no one interrupted, and the filming crew led by Sun Yuting over there did not know when they left.

Seeing that it was noon, Chen Kefang was talking about a lot of fun, but Li Qian felt that after expressing a lot of thoughts in his heart, the pressure on his whole body was relieved a lot, and his mood became very good, so when Chen Kefang suggested, "Let's go, let's go. Find a place to eat, then chat! Li Qian, you are a rich man, you treat me!" At the time, Li Qian answered without hesitation, "Okay, I'll treat you!"

So after dinner, we changed to a coffee shop, each asked for a cup of coffee, and then we chatted.

But while chatting, Li Qian still did not forget his original intention of coming here, so he reminded again and again: "Mr. Chen, you have taught screenwriters in the film school for so many years, and there are countless good students and good seedlings, and we also After chatting for so long, you basically know what I plan to do, so you can help me check and choose a few good seedlings?"

There is no doubt that what Li Qian needs is the kind of screenwriter who has a solid foundation and excellent talent, but is not obsessed with a certain type or type of screenwriter.

They need to have the ability to create independently. After a certain amount of tempering, they must be able to produce works with personal characteristics and thinking by themselves, but they must also be able to adapt to the production and writing of scripted scripts, and contribute to a script at any time. ability to detail.

This kind of talent is not easy to find for screenwriters from Ye Luzi, but it is not difficult for the screenwriting department of Suncheon Film Academy, which specializes in training screenwriters.

So Chen Kefang responded boldly.

Then, with her fingers, she counted the outstanding students she had taught over the years.

Excellent, especially those who have graduated for several years. Basically, they have found suitable positions and jobs, or have joined large companies in the industry as contract screenwriters, or entered TV stations as screenwriters, and some have even started running. They are ready to cast their own films, and these are of course not very easy to attract.

And for those who are too mediocre, it doesn't even take too long, three to five years is enough to eliminate them from the film and television circle. Don't say you can't find it, if you can find it, Li Qian won't want it.

But there are talents, but they are still underappreciated at the moment, or there are still good seedlings who have not yet had time to shine. There are always two or three minutes of effort, starting from 91 years when Chen Kefang started coaching, and down to 1999. The group of freshmen who just entered the school already have as many as a dozen names, which popped out of Chen Kefang's mouth.

Li Qian hurriedly asked the waiter for a pen and paper, and asked each person in detail about their name, class, personality, and specialty.

For any company planning to make a difference in film and television, the script, and the screenwriter, are an extremely important step.

As for Li Qian, there is no shortage of good stories and good ideas in his mind, but he doesn't have so much time to slowly create the writing of each work, and, to be honest, he is neither , and he didn't carry a big hard drive with him. He watched a TV series with dozens of episodes many years ago. No matter how good he was, he couldn't remember all the stories. So for him, it is a long-term feasible way to put forward the outline of the story, and then leave it to a group of reliable screenwriters to create collectively, and then take it back to make certain revisions.

After all, in his plan, with the accumulation of experience, as well as the accumulation of human resources and market credibility, the future Minghu Culture will have a large number of works to be shot every year.

Therefore, in the future, there are only some scripts that he particularly values, and he will create them himself, and the rest will be entrusted to the group of screenwriters who have signed into the company.

So, if there is no accident, these people, Li Qian is going to find them in person, and then talk to them one by one.

The position is the contracted screenwriter of the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, and the treatment is the industry's high-tech plus future box office bonuses.

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From when Li Qian knocked on the office door a few hours ago and finally formed a big discussion, until now, Lu Lingxi has rarely spoken.

She is always listening and thinking.

Apart from turning her head to look at Chen Kefang occasionally, she either looked at Li Qian or stared at the cup in her hand most of the time.

At this time, I couldn't help but look at Li Qian's words.

And looked excited.

Li Qian's words are not too good-looking. In the two generations before and after, his words can only be regarded as not ugly. After coming to this time and space, the traditional characters are quickly adapted to it. There is no problem. Jot down a lot of content, the more scribbled the font, the less likely it is to be read.

When the two of them were talking and writing, Li Qian sorted out several sheets of paper and wrote down about a dozen names. Chen Kefang's "elite list" was almost empty.

So Li Qian sorted it out~www.wuxiaspot.com~ holding a few sheets of paper with scribbled characters in his hand, his face was full of excitement, and he took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Chen, there are a few senior brothers who will still be there when the time comes. I have to ask you to help me speak in advance!"

Chen Kefang replied with a smile, "No problem!"

So Li Qian showed a satisfied smile, took a deep breath, folded the papers in half, and put them in his pocket.

Finally, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but ask him, "Is this your dream?"

"Ah?" Li Qian was a little confused.

When he reacted, he subconsciously wanted to reach out and fetch the information he had just recorded, but Lu Lingxi hurriedly waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with that, I mean, you have to break a lot of those things that the two of you talked about for so long just now. There's a lot to build...I want to ask, are those your dreams?"

Li Qian thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes."

Lu Lingxi nodded with a calm face. After a while, she smiled a little, looked at Li Qian, and said, "Your dream is very good." (To be continued.)