Perfect Life

At first glance, this person makes people think that he should be a scholar.

He is in his forties, handsome, and a little thin, but he has an indescribable spirit in his body - the calm and solemn light in his eyes, just like the style of his speech, "I think, the essence of current movies, Especially in the essence of commercial films, you still have to tell stories, at least you have to tell a few characters, but in this "Jianxian", I didn't see it! The story is loose, and the clues are very complicated, but None of it was finally explained, and most of the characters were blurred, which didn't impress me deeply."

This...he really dared to say it!

But, fortunately, the words are harsh enough, but he doesn't seem to mean to be a villain on purpose, or, in other words, he also knows that when he says this and becomes a villain, his words are probably not very pleasing, so , I have said a few heavy words that I want to say, and I will close it at one point.

"My personal opinion and suggestion is that this film should make some additions and deletions in the story line, and some sidelines and sideline characters can be removed as appropriate, so that the story will be more exciting. ... That's all."

He said, Li Qian's eyes swept across the faces of Hu Fei, Liu Chengzhang and others.

The smile on Hu Fei's face did not change, Liu Chengzhang frowned slightly, and the other investors and producers couldn't help looking at each other.

As soon as he finished speaking, a producer who should be inside Huafei Film and Television retorted: "Professor Xin, although your criticism is not necessarily unreasonable, but in my opinion, the current version is under intensive revision. So far, it's already exciting enough, right? Not to mention, in my opinion, it's just the beautiful pictures of this movie, from the framing of the crew to the production after adding special effects in the later stage, they are all quite exciting. In my opinion, this alone is enough to attract the audience!"

After a pause, the man said even more: "Even in my opinion, this movie can be sent abroad. Although Americans have watched a lot of special effects blockbusters, like "Sword Immortal" has They have never seen a blockbuster with a strong Chinese flavor, just these beautiful scenery, these picturesque styles full of Chinese fantasy, should be novel enough for them, right?"

Li Qian was sitting at the end of the table, coldly watching Hu Fei Zheng smiling and nodding, Liu Chengzhang's originally frowning brows loosened, and he seemed to be squinting slightly, as if he was thinking about the possibility of going abroad, but At this moment, the professor Xin suddenly said, "It doesn't matter whether it is Chinese, Chinese audience, American audience, or Japan or Europe, audiences buy tickets to enter the arena and watch a story, not a paragraph. Landscape films, not even documentaries of landscapes!”

Li Qian lowered his head, knowing that he was coming.

At this time, the producer retorted, "Okay, let's tell the story, I think the main line of the story in the movie is still very clear, although the story may not be so novel and unique, the old-fashioned revenge story, but a commercial movie. Well, the story shouldn't be too complicated in the first place! In my opinion, the main line of this film is still clear, with a little more characters, which may indeed weaken the compactness of part of the story, but the whole story should be pointed out. The place is still highlighted, there should be no doubt about this, right?"

That Professor Xin Zhang Zhang, seems to have to argue, but in the end, he still shook his head and stopped talking.

Hu Fei said at this time: "Go on, go on, the discussion is about to rely on the eyesight of the experts, and finally help us to check before the release. Although Lao Liu is one of the best in our country in making commercial films, but the collective efforts are also for the sake of Do better!"

While speaking, his eyes swept around the conference table, and then said with a smile, "Li Qian, what do you think?"

There was no way to avoid it, Li Qian thought about it and said, "Actually, at the script stage, I discussed with Director Liu that he wants to be a fairy, and I have 120 supporters. He said that he hopes to Cooperate with our special effects department of Minghuhua. I don’t want Hollywood special effects companies to make money. I support it! I told him that how much money you invest in, I promise not to earn a cent, and I will give you all the money. Go in, and try to make the special effects of your film the best you can! In fact, we did lose money after taking such a big job. But everyone has seen the results we have gained. , As far as the special effect itself is concerned, I am very satisfied, Director Liu's framing and shooting, I have no choice, I have nothing to say."

Hearing what Li Qian said, Liu Chengzhang finally showed a slight smile on his face.

However, before he could be happy, Li Qian changed the subject, but continued: "However, I still insist on my point of view, and I talked to Director Liu during the script discussion stage. Of course, my The point of view is similar to... Professor Xin, right? Our point of view is roughly similar."

"I also think that the story line of this film is indeed a little weaker. Specifically... The branches and leaves are thick, but the tree is slender. Of course... When the special effects were finalized, Director Liu went to our company, We watched that version together. I remember that version was about 16o minutes ago. This version has been finely edited. It is slightly better than that version in some aspects, and the main part is clearer, but I personally In other words, if it is released, I am more optimistic about the original 16o-minute version, because in my opinion, although the rhythm is slower and the time is too long, at least the branches and leaves are stretched and the story is complete."

Will saying these words offend people? Will it make Hu Fei and Liu Chengzhang unhappy?

Probably will.

But Li Qian hesitated for a long time, and finally said so.

In fact, when I watched the 16o-minute version, Li Qian also suggested that Liu Chengzhang should cut some redundant beauty and special effects in this film, as well as those branches that have little to do with the main line.

In the current era, in the mature commercial film environment of Hollywood, investing 3,000,000 US dollars to make a movie is still considered a high investment era. Liu Chengzhang proposed to spend 100 million US dollars to make a Chinese-style movie. Xianxia special effects blockbuster, used to fight against the United States, it can be said that his ideas are very bold, and he is very bold in doing things. 100 million Chinese yuan, which is about 50 million US dollars, is an absolute big investment in Hollywood!

Of course, Liu Chengzhang's personal directing ability is unquestionable, but the problem is that his heart is too big!

I want this, I want that too, the characters can’t be lost, the story can’t be lost, the scenery and special effects, it’s even more of a challenge to fight against Hollywood, but the problem is, his so many ambitions, but Not a 12o minute movie can hold all of them!

And he couldn't make a choice, couldn't restrain his ambition a little!

Even in Li Qian's opinion, his 160-minute version was not able to fully accommodate all of his ambitions. It is impossible to take a 16o-minute version to the screen. The length of time that can be given to him is 12o minutes. You know, for the cinema, you only need 16o minutes for a film. The higher the price, the less tickets It’s easy to sell, and it’s also very disadvantageous to arrange films. Other theaters can line up seven films a day, but yours can only hold six... Therefore, he must be ruthless and cut off some things.

But unfortunately, in his opinion, the special effects and scenery, as well as the Chinese-style battles of those splendid fairy formations, are the more important part of his ambitions, but unfortunately, he wants to keep the story! Therefore, in the 16o minute version, it can only be regarded as a story that can barely be accommodated, and most of the branch lines have been retained in the 12o minute version not so completely!

That is of course even more incomplete!

So, in the end, what he showed was such a deformed child.

The scenery, special effects, and fights are all preserved as much as possible, occupying a considerable amount of time and space in the whole movie, and the various story branches and branch characters that were not full enough have been cut to be more skinny - many The characters have just mentioned the thread, maybe ordinary movie audiences haven't understood what's going on, and this character is gone! So even Li Qian felt that this character appeared in the plot~www.wuxiaspot.com~ as if it was just to appear for a while, not what kind of story the director wanted to tell from this character!

But the problem is, in this 12o-minute version, there are not a lot of characters and threads like this.

For a commercial feature film, this is really embarrassing!

So, if you offend, you will offend. If you think so in your heart, then say it!

Because, with an investment of 100 million yuan, it is said that peers are enemies, but Li Qian has never thought about it. He hopes from the bottom of his heart that the war in which the Chinese film industry has declared war on Hollywood special effects blockbusters can achieve a brilliant victory. ——The biggest enemy of the Chinese film industry at present, in Li Qian's opinion, is Hollywood movies, not a battle between two companies or two directors.

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After Li Qian finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene was a little cold.

Liu Chengzhang's face suddenly became a little unhappy, and suddenly he showed a contemplative look.

No one else spoke, and Hu Fei didn't name anyone else to say. Everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Chengzhang—the people inside, especially those sitting in the conference room, all knew that the "Sword Immortal" The final editing rights are in the hands of Liu Chengzhang.

And Liu Chengzhang is a very proud person.

For a full minute or two, except for the occasional sound of picking up a cup to drink water, the entire conference room was so quiet that needles could be heard falling.

Then, Liu Chengzhang looked at everyone, especially Li Qian seriously, and said, "I stick to my idea, this is the best version I can come up with!"

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