You don't understand the happiness of the director

"What are you looking at, rat?" Huang Bo asked Ning Hao, who was looking around.

"I seem to have seen Cheng Er."

"who?"

Ning Hao, "a legendary senior in Nortel's directing department, graduated in 1999. At that time, he made a graduation short film that shocked everyone with his skills and became a sensation. It was called "Criminals". By the way, the starring role in that film was Zheng. Brother, I still had some hair at that time.”

"Oh, that movie left a bit of an impression. Our class also let it go, including Huang Yi, right?"

"Ah, yes, yes."

Huang Bo, "That was a movie made many years ago. Why haven't I seen any movement from him in all these years? He is too calm."

Ning Hao, "I heard from Brother Zheng that Director Cheng asked him to film a movie again. Not only did he find him, he also asked his wife to play his wife, and Gao Yuanyuan to play his sister-in-law. He was so beautiful."

Huang Bo, "Isn't it because the rising star was stimulated?"

Ning Hao, "Oh? Am I so capable?"

"You're just a talent show at best, that's what I'm talking about." Huang Bo pointed to the big screen, King Quan.

I stayed up late at night to watch a movie. It was not a blockbuster movie, and it didn't have any big stars. I'm afraid it only had the audience of King Power's university students and industry insiders.

This is the case for Cheng Er. He is preparing for a new film "The Third Man". The script is completed and the funds are in place. All he needs to do is knock down Gao Yuanyuan and he can start filming.

Hearing that King Quan's movie had a midnight screening, he couldn't wait to come over to see what the merits of it were that made it so popular both at home and abroad. Is it true that he was capable, or was he just trying to gain fame?

In another cinema, Lu Yang, a graduate student in the Nortel Directing Department, was also waiting for the movie to be screened.

He and Wang Quan knew each other since they were both in the directing department, and they couldn't tell who was the senior brother and who was the junior brother.

Wang Quan enrolled in 2003 as an undergraduate, and he enrolled in 2004 as a graduate student.

His undergraduate degree was from Beijing Institute of Technology. Later, he came up with the idea of ​​making movies, so he got a graduate degree from Nortel and studied under Tian Cangbang.

To study film, he still had to go to Nortel, and the Chinese Theater Academy was not an option. Otherwise, his father was the department chair at the Chinese Theater Academy, and it would have been easier for him to get into the Chinese Theater Academy.

Look, isn't Nortel a talented person? Thinking that he has only made short films now, and looking at Wang Quan, Lu Yang can't help but feel a little enthusiastic.

~

"Who said that Chinese dramas can't produce good directors? Jiang Wen is not dead yet." When Wang Baoqiang said with emotion that the director of Nortel is really good, Chen Sicheng was not convinced.

Wang Baoqiang clapped his fingers and said, "Jiang Wen is the one. Come on, please name a few more famous film directors."

He thought that this would be enough to stump Chen Sicheng, but Chen Sicheng immediately said, "Zhang Yang, Zhang Yibai..."

However, after only saying two words, Chen Sicheng found it difficult to continue, and finally became stubborn and added one more, "And Chen Sicheng!"

Wang Baoqiang smiled, "Why don't you show some shame?"

Chen Sicheng said firmly, "I will definitely be able to do it. Just wait and see."

Good brothers have to fight against each other. Wang Baoqiang said, "If you can be a director, I can be one."

Chen Sicheng glanced at Bao Qiang and said, "You'd better be an actor. Directors don't rely on their appearance to make a living."

Wang Baoqiang was startled, "Are you praising me for my good looks?"

Chen Sicheng smiled, "You can feel it yourself."

wrong! Wang Baoqiang glanced at this guy suspiciously. Did he say that I am ugly?

The same theater as them was almost packed with people.

In the best middle seat of the theater, Wang Qiankun personally accompanied teachers from Nortel, not all of them from the directing department.

Among them, Jiang Wei and Xu Haofeng are teachers in the directing department. I believe many people know that Jiang Wei's most famous work, "Don't Talk to Strangers", was written by him.

Teacher Xu Haofeng is also a writer and has published the documentary literature "The Lost Martial Arts". He joined Nortel relatively late and has never taught kingship. He just joins in the fun with this group of people.

Cao Baoping and Xue Xiaolu are teachers in the Literature Department, teaching script writing.

Among them, Mr. Cao Baoping is very senior. He studied in the Nortel Literature Department in 1985 and stayed at the school after graduating in 1989. Not only can he write scripts, he has also been a director. "Glorious Fury" is the second film he directed, 04 It was filmed in 2016, but it hasn’t been released yet. However, it won several awards at the Shanghai Film Festival not long ago.

Xue Xiaolu also graduated from the Nortel Literature Department. She studied in Kangaroo Country and worked as a director at CCTV. She also assisted Jiang Wei in the screenwriting work of "Don't Talk to Strangers". She joined Nortel in 2003 as a teacher. The first class I attended was about royal power, and I was still a little proud for no reason at this time.

As for Mr. Wang Jing, he is a professor in the Department of Photography and has not many works. He has not yet received his masterpiece "Thousands of Arrows Pierce the Heart".

When the movie officially started, the few people who had just been chatting and laughing with Lao Wang immediately fell silent, and the entire screening hall also became quiet.

The nearly 100-minute movie almost all takes place in one scene with only three actors. This kind of movie makes it easy to get tired and distracted during the viewing process. It can keep the audience's attention on the big screen. This is a kind of movie. ability.

Cao Baoping gave this story a high score from the script perspective, and the subsequent twists and turns allowed him to continuously improve the score. It seems that this kid was not distracted in his class and listened very carefully.

Cao Baoping is also a creator who is good at writing suspense crimes. In his opinion, the narrative techniques used by Wang Quan in this story are all things taught in class. They are not very profound, but he used them in such a smooth and coherent way. Such compactness, coupled with his mature shooting style, resulted in such a high-quality finished product. Every step was so successful. This is not something ordinary people can do.

Wang Jing analyzed from the perspective of photography and felt that the film could only be regarded as decent, and the language of the shots was regular and nothing too outstanding. However, considering that Wang Quan only took seven days to shoot the entire film, and it was such a rush to still have such quality, That can only be said to be a genius.

Jiang Wei's area of ​​expertise is TV dramas, which are a different system from movies. From the perspective of an audience, this movie made him enjoy watching it. It is definitely a model of commercial movies with complete elements!

If you want beauties, there will be beauties, if you want monsters, there will be monsters, with multiple reversals and high energy throughout!

Damn it, if the students coming out of Nortel are so good, why worry about Chinese-language movies not being popular!

When the last scene of the movie ended and the subtitles began to appear at the end of the film, I don’t know who started it. Applause began to appear in the cinema, from sparse to thunderous applause. It was an unprecedented event!

Wang Qiankun was so excited that he almost cried. Unfortunately, he could not record this scene and send it to his son.

After Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sicheng walked out, Chen Sicheng scolded, "Why are you taking the lead in applauding?"

Wang Baoqiang grinned happily, "It's beautiful. I'm so happy to see that the heroine survived in the end!"

Chen Sicheng nodded in agreement, "Wang Quan'er does have something good. He is very mature at a young age. I feel like there could be a sequel to the movie."

At the same time, he felt that he might not be able to sleep tonight. He had been practicing writing stories to prepare for being a director in the future. Seeing a man much younger than himself receive applause from many audiences as a director, his eyes turned red. Wow, Mad, it’s great to be a director!

On the other side, Huang Bo asked Ning Hao, "How do you feel after watching it?"

Ning Hao, "It's really good. It's tense, exciting, and eye-catching. But to be honest, I think Our Stone is better. It's just that I'm not famous as a director, so I can't attract the audience."

Huang Bo smiled, "You might as well blame us actors for not having charisma."

"No, no, no, it's just that you don't have any charisma, Brother Zheng still has some."

Huang Bo bared his teeth, and Ning Hao said again, "Forget it, just let nature take its course."

Resigned to his fate, fate was kind to him. After dawn, he received a text message from the staff of China Film Group Corporation. The box office the next day was 700,000!

Then on the third day, 800,000!

A total of 2 million in three days!

This curve has exploded in word-of-mouth! ?

At this moment, Ning Hao saw the hope that the film would make money back, but the hope was still slim.

At the same time, Wang Quan also received a call from his father and was informed that the movie had grossed 2.4 million at the box office on the first day plus the midnight screening.

“It’s surprisingly good!”

Wang Quan said he understood, but he didn't say much. At this moment, "Escape Room" is undergoing trial screening research. There are both ordinary audiences in the theater who are responsible for evaluating the quality of the film, and people from major film studios who want to evaluate it. commercial value of this film.

The results are out, and the overall evaluation given by the audience is B, which is not as good as the multiple-reversal "Cloverfield Lane 10".

The film company's evaluation is slightly higher, it is B+, it is a very mature commercial film masterpiece, and the production scale is several times higher than that of King Power's previous film. It is full of audiovisual pleasure, and the female characters are beautiful. It feels like it would have cost at least 15 million to make it. .

However, J. J. Abrams gave a B rating. His expectations for King Power are very high. This movie cannot be said to be bad, but it feels a bit old-fashioned. ) This type of movie is actually similar, except that the technique of "Escape Room" is more advanced and the rhythm is more commercial.

He truthfully reported his feelings to Brad Gray and suggested that if the price was right, he could take over, such as a 30 million buyout, and the company would definitely make some money.

The price is higher this time because the cost of "Escape Room" is indeed not low. It has the momentum of a medium production and cannot be equated with the independently produced low-cost movies on the market.

"Even this time, we can only win the overseas copyright, and let Long Toutou toss the local market on its own. With their limited distribution capabilities, they will probably suffer a big setback." J. J. suggested.

For example, if the movie can earn 100 million at the box office if it is handed over to Paramount, then if it is distributed by a small studio like Long Toutou, 50 million will be considered a good deal. There is a huge gap between big companies and small companies. It's just so huge.

This is just the box office. If you include derivative income, the gap will widen further. Therefore, many independent studios have become numb later. Why do you bother yourself? You should work for a big studio to make a stable income. Nowadays, people are disobedient. Just a few like Lionsgate and Weinstein.

Brad Gray nodded, yes, let’s do it.

When he got home from get off work, he looked at the time and asked his wife, "It's so late. Where is Jack?"

The wife replied, "He went to play an escape room with his classmates, and he said he had a hard time getting in."

"Escape room?"

"What children like very much now is locking people in a house and trying to find a way out. Haven't you heard of it?"

"I'm not a child," Brad Gray shook his head and suddenly thought for a moment, "When Jack comes back, ask him to come find me and ask him anything."

Three hours later, in Brad Gray's study, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old freckled boy said and gestured, "It's fun, it's so fun, and I found the most important clue, it's me! It's not Lu at all." Xi! She’s not as smart as me. I won’t talk about it anymore, I’m going to post today’s experience on Facebook.”

~

The reviews of the test screening were within Wang Quan and Dorothy's expectations. Next, they will accumulate the opinions of the audience in multiple screenings before deciding how to adjust the film.

But those will have to wait until Wang Quan returns from the country, and he has to return to the country again.

She didn't go back even once in the whole last year, but now she ran home every three days. Dorothy was always worried that this guy would suddenly abandon her and their flesh and blood, and never come back, and there would be no news. When the dragon raises his head, it is not worth it anymore!

The reason given by Wang Quan was also very sufficient, "China Film's suggestion to the school, Nortel came up with me, how could I not do some research and summarize successful experiences, so I wanted to hold a movie viewing symposium in the school, I How can the person involved not participate?"

Dorothy has been with Wang Quan for a long time and knows what China Film means in the Chinese film industry, so she can only give permission for leave.

At this time, "10 Cloverfield Lane" has been released for three weeks, and the cumulative box office has reached 70 million U.S. dollars. There is no hope of breaking 100 million, but 80 million is still stable.

According to dad’s calculations, the box office of my son’s movie has exceeded 540 million in the United States, creating a new high in Chinese history!

Therefore, Wang Qiankun has been looking forward to his son returning to his country for a long time. As the saying goes, if you are rich, you will not return to your hometown. A rich father walks at night like a brocade, so my son must return to his hometown if he is rich!

After a good sleep, Wang Quan landed in the capital, took a taxi and went home.

Wang Qiankun had already set up a banquet at home to wait for him, but he was waiting at the entrance of the alley to pick up his son, and then took Wang Quan and walked down a small alley for half an hour.

After finally entering the house, Wang Quan's throat was dry. These uncles and aunts are so talkative, and they still want to introduce someone to themselves. Really, you should take out the photos!

"It's just the two of us, isn't this a bit grand?" Wang Quan looked at a table full of good wine and food.

"It's not grand, it's not grand. My son, you have worked so hard in your career abroad. You probably won't have the chance to eat such good Chinese food."

"That's right, I often eat instant noodles." Wang Quan sighed.

"Oh, you can't be so careless when it comes to food. Your second uncle has several female disciples. How about I ask him to send one to the United States to cook for you?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Quan became more energetic, "My uncle also accepts female apprentices? Doesn't it look good?"

"Good-looking, blessed, and stable."

Upon hearing this, Wang Quan lost interest.

After eating the meal, Lao Wang finally saw him, "Do I know everything about you?"

Wang Quan quickly recalled the women he had slept with, "Which one was it?"

"Still pretending, did you ask Chu Ling to help you acquire the copyright of the novel?"

Oh, this, Wang Quan did not deny it, "Yes, some of the stories are quite interesting and have potential for adaptation, so I bought them."

"So, do you plan to film "The Days Living with a Stewardess" yourself?"

Wang Quan shook his head, "I'm not interested. This story is suitable for a TV series."

Wang Qiankun immediately became energetic, "Then how about you leave it to dad and let my Qiankun Culture take the photo!"

"Yes," Wang Quan answered readily, "but there is a condition..."

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