Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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Remove the leftovers from the cold broiler, and re-serve the dishes.

Xie Tieli couldn't wait to say: "Mr. Xu, we Beijing Film Studio are going to put "Dream of Red Mansions" on the big screen. For this, we have made full preparations and everything is ready now." I only owe... some production fees." Fearing that Xu Cun would not give them money, Xie Tieli changed his tone and said: "Some time ago, several assistant directors and I watched the film starring Miss Tao Huimin. In "Five Girls Blessing Their Birthday", we all agreed that Ms. Tao's appearance, temperament, and acting skills are all excellent, and she is very suitable to play Lin Daiyu in our "Dream of Red Mansions"!"

As a filmmaker who was lucky enough to watch "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beijing Film Studios was committed to creating, Xu Cun actually deeply regrets this masterpiece that is full of dust. Foreshadowing, there are references, and few logical mistakes, and according to the characteristics of film art, some scenes that are not in the book are appropriately designed and added, and the expressiveness of some plots even exceeds the original work.

pity--

In the last life, the release time of "Dream of Red Mansions", which Beiying worked hard to create, was poorly selected - it just caught up with that political incident. In such a tense and high-pressure atmosphere, how could the audience be in the mood to go to the movies?

"Only since the Qingming ambition is high, born in the end of the world, luck fades away."

This is the verdict of Tanchun in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and it is actually very suitable to describe the "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beijing Film Group is committed to creating.

The production of "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beiying worked hard to create can be said to be excellent, the main creative staff can be said to be careless, and the artistic level can be said to be high, but the response is mediocre. In terms of market effect, it can be regarded as an extreme failure.

What's even more sad is that in the last life, not many people have watched the "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beijing Film Group was committed to creating, and what was circulated on the Internet was only a rough video version.

The reason is that the "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beijing Film Group is committed to creating is really not suitable for audiences to watch-after all, who would watch that 735-minute film in a movie theater?

Therefore, in addition to choosing the wrong release time, the "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beiying worked hard to create was too long and also a failure.

in addition--

In the early 1980s, movies were the main form of entertainment for the Chinese people, but what about TV dramas? At that time, China hadn't even popularized TV sets to every family, let alone any sophisticated production. Therefore, the film and television talents at that time were all concentrated in the film circle.

But since the mid-1980s, the number of households owning television sets in China has gradually increased, and TV dramas have begun to occupy the Chinese film and television market—after all, compared to movies, it is more enjoyable to stay at home and spend no money.

This undoubtedly led to the inevitable decline of the film.

but--

The proud Chinese filmmakers refuse to admit defeat at all. The "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beijing Film Group is committed to creating is a desperate counterattack to TV culture.

Before entering the arena, they were actually very confident - many filmmakers who watched the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" even said contemptuously: "This is just a comic strip!" Liu Xiaoqing said directly: "Wang Fulin What kind of director? What kind of director is Xie Tieli!"

However--

They all underestimated the impact of TV culture, not to mention that it is a sincerely created high-quality TV series. Although it has flaws in artistic expression, it is enough to freeze the audience's imagination of "Dream of Red Mansions".

And latecomers, no matter how high their artistic level is, they still have to accept the pickiness of the audience's habitual taste.

actually--

The deep-seated reason for the failure of the "Dream of Red Mansions" that Beijing Film Group is committed to creating in the market is actually very simple-the audience doesn't like the standard art film "Dream of Red Mansions", so it has no room to display it. For a magnificent artistic elegy.

Therefore, from the perspective of investment alone, "Dream of Red Mansions", which Beiying is committed to creating, is not a good investment target.

but--

Now Xu Cun has already passed the stage of making money by investing in movies.

To put it another way, Xu Cun, who is rich and self-willed, can invest in one or more movies without the purpose of making money.

It was precisely because of this that after hearing Xie Tieli's request, Xu Cun asked directly: "I don't know how much production fees you guys still need, Director Xie?"

Xie Tieli straightened his body, and said: "Mr. Xu, you are also a film expert, and you know everything about films, so I won't beat around the bush with you. We are going to invest huge sums of money in recruiting skilled craftsmen to build the Jia family's imperial concubine to visit relatives." The villa "Grand View Garden" and the "Ningguo Mansion" which testifies to the rise and fall of the Jia family. In addition, we are planning to audition actors across the country, and the actors who have already been confirmed include Liu Xiaoqing, Zhao Lirong, Ding Lan, etc... So, the production cost The gap is huge."

Speaking of this, Xie Tieli stretched out two fingers and said, "At present we are still short of two..."

Knowing that what Xie Tieli wanted to say should be "two million", Xu Cun interrupted Xie Tieli on purpose: "Twenty million, so much?"

An assistant director who came with Xie Tieli wanted to correct Xu Cun's 'misunderstanding', but before he could speak, Xie Tieli stopped him with a look! Then, Xie Tieli followed Xu Cun's words and said: "Just to build the Grand View Garden and Ningguo Mansion in line with the original "Dream of Red Mansions", ten million yuan is not enough..."

Knocking on the table with his fingers and pretending to ponder for a while, Xu Cuncai said, "It's not impossible to invest 20 million yuan, but I have two conditions..."

Hearing that Xu Cun was willing to invest 20 million RMB in their production crew, Xie Tieli was overjoyed, and the two assistant directors who came with Xie Tieli couldn't help but be overjoyed!

As for the other people at the table, they were all shocked by Xu Cunken's "feat" of investing 20 million RMB in "Dream of Red Mansions". Among them, the scheming Liu Xiaoqing and the nervous Chen Hong were the most!

Xie Tieli suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Xu Cun stretched out a finger and said, "The first condition is that the Grand View Garden and Ningguo Mansion must be built in my film and television city in ZJ Hengdian, and at least half of the 20 million must be spent on permanent buildings."

Xu Cunti’s first condition surprised Xie Tieli. However, he thought that the permanent building with a cost of more than 10 million RMB would be able to perfectly interpret the Grand View Garden and Ningguo Mansion. , They can still manage nearly 10 million yuan to film "Dream of Red Mansions". Xie Tieli immediately said: "Okay, your first condition, I agree on behalf of the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions!" Then, the impatient Xie Tieli asked again: "Then what is your second condition, Mr. Xu?"

Xu Cun smiled slightly, then pointed at the unprepared Chen Hong beside him with two fingers, and said, "Let this beautiful Miss Chen beside me play Xue Baochai..."

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