Perfect Life

After more than two hours, Han Shunzhang finally put down the planning book in his hand, then closed his eyes subconsciously, and raised his hand to rub his already sore eyes.

A glass of warm water was at hand at this moment.

As he picked up the cup to drink water, he put a pair of soft hands on his shoulders, first helping him knead his shoulders, and then turning to knead his temples, knowing the weight and the strength was moderate.

Han Shunzhang took a few more sips of water and put down the cup.

It seems that this glass of water, just a few minutes of kneading, has cleared up the exhaustion.

"How do you feel?" Zhu Yu asked softly behind him.

Han Shunzhang did not answer immediately.

At this moment, it was placed on the table in front of him and let him read it carefully for a few hours. There were two things in total. One was the final script of "Once Upon a Time", and the other was "About Huang Feihong" written by Huang Wenjuan and Sun Yuting. The planning book for the filming and distribution of the film "Once Upon a Time".

Both documents are high-level secrets of Minghu Culture.

When Li Qian arrived at the filming location of Princess Huanzhu, they had already given them to him after dinner, and asked him and Zhu Yu to take a serious look at these two things. In addition, they must not be rumored or leaked. .

Zhu Yu watched it at the time, but he kept pressing it all the time. He just continued to put all his energy into the filming of "Princess Huanzhu" until the filming was completed, and he was busy greeting and supervising. Safe return of crew and objects.

Even when he got home, he didn't rush to see it. Instead, he ate and drank, took a bath, and slept well. This time, he slept directly from yesterday afternoon until today's noon, nearly 20 sleepers. Hour!

He got up, had dinner, and seeing that the weather was fine and windy today, he and Zhu Yu went out for a walk together, and went to the supermarket to buy some food together. Walking around the room, chatting some household words, and evacuating the tense mood for half a month.

After returning from the walk, he sat at the desk seriously and opened the file bag.

As early as more than a year ago, Han Shunzhang, like Jin He, was the two people with the highest authority in the entire Minghu Culture and Film Department, second only to Li Qian. At that time, he had already read the script of "Once Upon a Time" locked in the company's safe. At this time, he was still serious, and even based on the memory in his mind, he roughly judged that, Compared with the version I saw more than a year ago, this final version should be slightly adjusted in seven or eight details.

Of course there is no problem with the script. Li Qian's script has always convinced him.

The story is a good story, and the characters are wonderful.

Just after reading the script and planning book, he always felt that there was still a little doubt in his heart.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Zhu Yu stopped his movements, lay on his shoulders, looked at him, and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Han Shunzhang thought for a while, reached out and touched the cigarette, lit one, but still hesitated to speak.

Zhu Yu was a little surprised now. He picked up the script and the planning book and looked at Han Shunzhang, "What's wrong? This book belongs to Li Qian, do you think it's bad?"

Han Shunzhang shook his head and finally said, "The book is fine."

Zhu Yu was even more surprised when he heard the words, "That's... is there something wrong with the planning book?"

Hearing this, Han Shunzhang frowned, but soon, he shook his head again, as if he was still entangled in his own thoughts, and he did not sort it out completely, but he still tried to say: "The script is fine, the story is fine, the specific plan is fine. , I can't tell what the problem is. Even if there is a problem, especially the budget, it has to be calculated bit by bit and added up slowly. I just think that we really have to make this kind of martial arts film. ?"

Zhu Yu was stunned when he heard the words.

Han Shunzhang has already continued: "In recent years, the box office of martial arts films has been getting lower and lower, and the reputation is getting worse and worse. It has been fully explained that everyone is tired of watching martial arts films! At this time, we still need... Actually, I am just a little bit. I don't understand. In my opinion, Li Qian's ability to see the market and judge the market is even higher than his ability to make works. His judgment on the market, whether it is the record market or the film and television market, has always been the same. Accuracy! This allows him to be targeted and hit with a single hit! Why this time..."

Seeing him frowning tightly, Zhu Yu tentatively said: "The reason why Li Qian wants to shoot this... should have his thoughts? He must have seen something we can't see!"

Han Shunzhang nodded, but his brows were still furrowed.

The two of them are the most well-informed. Seeing his appearance, Zhu Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried: "If you have an opinion, you can say it, but when you speak, you must pay attention to your tone, which is different from others. , after all, this is a project that Li Qian has been working on from start to finish."

Hearing this, Han Shunzhang laughed instead, patted the script with his hand, and said, "Of course I have absolute confidence in him, you can rest assured! But since I am the manager of the film and television department of Minghu Culture, it seems that the project is about to be approved and preparations begin. Now, as long as it's something I see and think about, I have to say it out loud!"

Zhu Yu shrugged his shoulders and shook his head helplessly.

But think about it again. In the past two or three years, Han Shunzhang has been the manager of the film and television department. He seems to be second only to Jin Han in name, but his internal status is not under him at all. The film and television department with the original Minghu culture was founded at the beginning, and it was because no one was there. But in the final analysis, it was probably what Li Qian admired the most. It was precisely Han Shunzhang's honesty?

maybe!

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The preparatory meeting for "Once Upon a Time" was held in the morning two days later.

The participants were all middle and high-level executives in the film and television industry of Minghu Culture.

In addition to Li Qian and Jin Han, Zhao He and Huang Wenjuan represented the production team, Han Shunzhang and Lu Lingxi represented the director team, Mu Xiaoshuai represented the screenwriter team, Zhu Yu represented the art team, and Cao Zhan had already gone to Changsha House and was absent.

Sun Yuting also arrived and was in charge of taking minutes of the meeting.

In addition, there is another person sitting at the bottom of the conference table, and that is the new deputy head of the screenwriting team, Feng Bicheng - in terms of qualifications, he has the experience of "two and a half heroes". Jin Han, Han Shunzhang and the others were slightly taller than half a head, but here, he could only accompany him at the bottom for the time being.

Zhao He first objected to Huang Wenjuan's 24 million shooting budget for "Once Upon a Time". In his opinion, this funding can be suppressed a little bit, and strive to control it within 20 million, so as to reduce the future to the greatest extent. box office pressure.

Today's Huang Wenjuan is no longer the little assistant who followed Liao Liao's **** a few years ago. All the film and television works produced by Minghu Culture so far have her name on them. She has more and more experience and more knowledge. Come to be more and more bright, when speaking, the aura naturally becomes more and more abundant.

So, in the face of Zhao He's doubts, she analyzed it one by one. In the end, the two gave way to each other. Huang Wenjuan agreed to go back and try to keep the budget at around 2,200. Zhao He also expressed satisfaction.

No one else can participate in the communication between the two of them, even Li Qian is silent, but he knows very well that this is actually less than the budget.

Because, the actor's salary budget currently given in this play is 5 million!

In fact, Li Qian felt that there were about two million, enough to get it all done!

The reason is very simple, because of this new play, he will continue to use several complete newcomers to star in the starring - this alone, in fact, has been able to suppress the total budget to around 20 million.

In any battle, it is not considered a victory, but a defeat first.

Before the filming of the film started, Li Qian had already summed up such an account: 20 million to shoot it, distribution and publicity, it is estimated that another 20 million to 25 million will be spent, and even 30 million must be spent. Psychological preparation means that the total investment of this play is actually around 50 million.

This is a modern drama, but after all, it is not the present, so there is basically no big sponsorship.

If you produce, distribute, and promote yourself, with an investment of 50 million yuan, roughly 80 million yuan will be sold at the box office, which can be guaranteed. In Li Qian's judgment, there is almost no possibility of this drama losing money.

Therefore, he did not require too strict a budget.

As soon as the preparatory meeting started, Huang Wenjuan and Zhao He had such a cracking scene. After that, the budget matter was generally okay. You look at me, I look at you, and you feel that there is nothing to say.

This is Li Qian's script. This will be a play directed by Li Qian. What's there to discuss?

Just listen to him!

But at this time, seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Mu Xiaoshuai cleared his throat and said, "I have something, and I am a little confused! I pushed this script carefully and pushed it several times. I think what you mean, Qianer, should be It is to focus on two things, one is patriotism, and the other is personal heroism. In my opinion, this book, this character of Huang Feihong, to a greater extent, you should focus on a kind of...how to say, Tell me, it should be regarded as a concept of 'market hero'."

Seeing Li Qian nodded and motioned for him to continue, Mu Xiaoshuai continued: "I just want to ask, this market hero, I noticed that there are many cultural conflicts between the East and the West that are shown through jokes in the script, I have some doubts about whether this style and this idea can be accepted and liked by the audience. Of course, I am not questioning your idea, I just need to make sure that you have considered these before you want to go this route. Is something wrong?"

Li Qian smiled suddenly and nodded solemnly, "Of course! After considering all the possibilities, I still have full confidence in this road."

Mu Xiaoshuai nodded when he heard the words, "That's it! No one has a 100% certainty that the audience will like it before a movie is released. If you think it will work, then it's worth doing."

Li Qian smiled, nodded, turned to look at Jin Han, Jin Han shrugged, "I have nothing to say."

Looking at Han Shunzhang, especially noticing that Han Shunzhang had been frowning since Mu Xiaoshuai spoke just now, Li Qian said expectantly, "Old Han, what do you think?"

When Han Shunzhang heard this, he suddenly laughed unexpectedly.

Then, he shook his head and said with a smile, "I originally had some doubts, but when Xiaoshuai asked that question just now, he answered my question all at once."

"Yes, city hero! That's the definition!"

"I've been thinking for the past two days that the market for martial arts films is obviously not as good as it used to be. You, a person who has always been good at making new ones, why do you suddenly want to follow the old path that others have already trampled? So I will repeat it again. I read the script over and over, but... I still haven't read Xiaoshuai thoroughly, he is right, personal heroism! The hero in the market! The jokes in the middle, through the embarrassment of a few supporting characters, are precisely what brings the hero and the ordinary audience closer. The psychological distance between them makes this kind of national hero a city hero by everyone's side!"

Speaking of which, he seemed to have all his doubts gone, and said earnestly: "I don't have any opinions, this film is really just a do! This idea is also worth a try! The Jianghu film with Guo Yulong and the martial arts with Zheng Zhongyuan Films are not the same number!"

Li Qian smiled and nodded slowly.

In the bottom of my heart, there is an indescribable sense of satisfaction, but at the same time, I feel a little lost.

Originally, he prepared a set of rhetoric, ready to use it to face everyone's doubts and solve their doubts. However, I don't know whether it is because of their past success that they have too much confidence in themselves, or because the group of people they recruited are really the best among the current generation of domestic filmmakers. .

In short, they seem to have understood their intentions very quickly.

However, their understanding, from the perspective of the two people they have spoken, is more or less different from what they really think in their hearts.

Personal heroism is actually not a great concept. Even in domestic movies, what Guo Yulong and Zheng Zhongyuan have been doing all the time, are also authentic personal heroism movies.

And the so-called hero in the market... Well, this concept is actually correct, but it still passes by the concept of "Kung Fu movie".

In fact, the so-called "kung fu movie" and the so-called "market hero movie" are really not so easy to distinguish, and there does not seem to be a categorical difference.

In another time and space, Jet Li and Jackie Chan are both famous kung fu stars in the world of film circles. They are both famous for their kung fu movies, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, it's just a difference of words!

The reason why their films are very popular in the whole oriental world is, in the final analysis, apart from kung fu, the word "marketplace" and the concept of marketplace that are ubiquitous in their films are also fundamentally different. Not open - the only difference is that Jackie Chan is better at creating jokes and jokes through the design of the plot and the process of fighting, while the characters played by Jet Li are mostly just-faced, and his movies are always better at Make jokes with supporting roles.

In short, the existence of jokes has turned them from kung fu masters into "market heroes"!

So, well, since everyone has no opinion, since in the final analysis, it can only be regarded as a difference in the concept of propaganda, so let’s take back the prepared words for the time being! At this time, no matter how powerful words and theories are, they are not as good as real movies, and then tell them: Look, the definition I gave him is called kung fu movie!

So, if I ask again, everyone has no opinion, so let's arrange it. Zhao He and Feng Bicheng will be the assistant directors, Huang Wenjuan will serve as the executive producer, and Sun Yuting will continue to serve as the assistant director, and the new play will officially start preparations.

Then, Li Qian announced the dismissal of the meeting.

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Hearing that several of the main members of the crew did not have their own names, not even the director's assistant, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart.

She thought that Li Qian should let herself continue to be the assistant director of this play, but Sun Yuting, the original production assistant, turned over to be the assistant director.

And himself, it seems that he has not been included in the consideration of this crew.

Li Qian announced the end of the meeting, and everyone got up one after another. The loss in Lu Lingxi's heart flashed past, and he also stood up and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, Li Qian suddenly said, "Mr. Lu, please stay."

Lu Lingxi was stunned when he heard the words.

Before leaving, Sun Yuting turned her head and glanced at her.

But most people didn't feel anything wrong, got up one after another and left one after another.

After everyone left, Li Qian got up and closed the door, turned around and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk."

While talking, he went over himself and sat down casually across from Lu Lingxi.

Lu Lingxi looked at him, with a faint expectation in her heart - she resigned from her position as the director of the photography department of the prestigious Film Academy and came to a company like Minghu Culture, but she started as a director's assistant, and even followed After all, the purpose of my students is to gradually show their talents, and finally win more and more trust~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and more and more opportunities, and finally be able to... ?

The two were separated by a conference table, and Lu Lingxi looked at him expectantly, "Is something wrong?"

Lu Lingxi thought that Li Qian asked him to stay because he had other tasks. For example, Jin Han was going to make a TV series this year, which is said to be an urban romance drama called "Full House". And as the existence of the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department after Li Qian, after completing the task that Li Qian gave him, he will also start a movie called "Peacock".

Not to mention, several middle and high-level personnel in the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department know that in the second half of this year, Li Qian still has a movie that has been accumulating for a long time and will be launched!

So, in fact, even if you fail to participate in Li Qian's "Once Upon a Time", there are still plenty of opportunities within the company.

And what Lu Lingxi is most looking forward to at this time is probably the position of an assistant director of several other plays except "Once Upon a Time" - for the time being, she does not dare to think about directing directly, especially after filming with Li Qian for two times. After the play, she understood even more that if she wanted to direct independently, she still needed to learn at least a few more plays.

At least the ability to control the overall situation as a director is something that I, who was trapped in the ivory tower before, lacked. This ability needs to be slowly practiced again and again before it can be tempered.

But at this time, it seemed that God did not want to, and Li Qian's first sentence made her stunned there for a moment - the feeling of the whole person at that time was almost completely stupid.

He said, "Mr. Lu, are you interested in playing the heroine in my new play "Once Upon a Time"?"

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One couldn't control it, wrote more than 5,000 words, and was too lazy to score chapters.

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