Chapter 9 The Seventh Art in the World

Author: little matchmaker

Chapter 9 The Seventh Art in the World

"Who will wait?" Lu Chen was curious.

"I don't know either." Zhang Yingmou said with a smile: "You'll find out when you get off the plane. Maybe there is a new movie contract waiting for you at the airport."

For this junior brother.

Very promising.

There will definitely be great achievements in the future.

"Brother Lu, then I'm waiting for your new drama." Wang Baoqiang expressed his attitude, knowing that Brother Lu is very optimistic about him.

Zhang Yingmou was curious about why Lu Chen valued this rural boy Wang Baoqiang.

His image must not be very good. I also watched "The Blind Shaft". In the movie, all the actors acted in their true colors, and I couldn't tell that I had very good acting skills. But it's hard to tell in front of people.

Instead, he was concerned about more important things, "Xiao Lu, I see you have been writing scripts these past few days. Why do you have a new goal? What is the subject matter? Can you tell me?"

"Ancient fantasy fantasy theme." When Lu Chen won the award, he asked his aunt to help contact Baodao's "Daewoo Information" game company and won the film and television adaptation rights for the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Looks like a Golden Bear winner.

this title.

Still useful.

Not only won.

The price is not high either, less than one million.

"Xianxia fantasy?" Zhang Yingmou asked unexpectedly, "Xiao Lu, are you sure you want to make this type of movie? Director Xu's Xianxia movie "New Shushan Swordsman" lost so much money back then that it was a classic.

Losing money is a taboo in the film industry, especially for a new director like you."

"New Shushan Swordsman" was twenty years ago in 1983, with a total investment of nearly 90 million. As a result, when it was released, the domestic box office was 20 million and the Hong Kong box office was less than 12 million. It was the most serious Waterloo in Director Xu's career.

Xiao Lu is different from Director Xu.

Although he won the Golden Bear Award, there was only one work.

If the second part loses too much.

Potentially ruining careers.

I feel that Xiao Lu’s second film should have the same realistic themes, or be a standard commercial film, to stabilize his position first.

Don't be so rash.

As soon as I started, I encountered Xianxia, ​​a big investment movie that requires special effects.

Success is fine, failure is doomed.

When you become successful and famous in the future, you can try it out, and your career will not be ruined if you fail.

"Director Zhang, my next film will be a TV series, not a movie." Lu Chen explained.

"What did you say? TV series?" Zhang Yingmou really thought he heard wrongly, "Xiao Lu, are you sure you're not joking?"

Won the top international awards.

Turn around and start filming TV series?

This has never happened before in the entire film industry.

You can’t take this first place.

Besides, as a student from Beijing Film Academy’s directing department, I’m not arrogant.

Just came out of society.

I will never touch TV series.

Only when you have been out of society for several years and have nothing to film, will you be forced to film TV series for the sake of making a living.

After all, film is known as the seventh art in the world.

It's something that even TV dramas and dramas can't keep up with.

Sometimes if you film too many TV series, movies won’t come to you.

This is self-degradation.

"Director Zhang, I'm not joking." Lu Chen's expression was serious.

"Xiao Lu, did someone promise you a lot of money to make a TV series?" Zhang Yingmou thought for a moment. Xiao Lu's family is not short of money, not to mention that he sold "Blind Shaft" for 40 million, plus taxes

, and there are more than 30 million left.

"Director Zhang, I have my own plans." Lu Chen wanted to film "Legend of Sword and Fairy" because he was planning for the company that was about to be established, and there were too few roles in the movie.

Not like a TV show.

There are enough roles for actors to play.

Founded.

There has to be something to film, otherwise who will join in?

Moreover, Lu Chen also plans to build his reputation in Baodao with the drama "Sword of Immortal". This "Sword of Immortal" can become a phenomenon-level TV series in Baodao.

As long as you direct and act in it, you will definitely be known to everyone on the island.

Prepare for future movies to achieve good box office results in Baodao.

Last year, the total box office in mainland China was only around one billion.

Not as many as one movie in later generations.

For example, the movie "Hero", which was released at the end of last year, no matter how good it was, and no matter how spectacular the scenes were, its domestic box office was only over 200 million, and it still broke countless records.

The country has just joined the WTO and its economy is still in its infancy.

Some people just can't get into a movie theater, no matter how good your movie is.

So we can’t just focus on the mainland market.

The mainland market is currently unable to support the investment of a top blockbuster film.

Other markets must be needed.

Baodao has a population of more than 20 million, and with its good economy, the proportion of people entering movies is much higher than that of the mainland. Such a large market must be grasped well.

Lu Chen's father is rich, but movies are a waste of money, especially top-notch blockbusters. If they lose a few movies, the father and son will really have to dig coal to pay off their debts.

"Xiao Lu, you are a top student in the directing department and the winner of this year's Golden Bear Award. You go to film a TV series..." Zhang Yingmou has no words to describe this behavior.

This is not about digging into the ground with a golden hoe.

This is too much of a waste of the Golden Bear trophy.

"Director Zhang, after I finish filming the TV series, I will make a movie." Lu Chen has already pre-selected a movie in his mind, "A World Without Thieves", to make Bao Qiang popular.

Let everyone take a look, as long as you join your own company and you are strong, you will definitely become popular, so as to attract more celebrities to join.

"Xiao Lu..." Zhang Yingmou felt that Lu Chen should not be involved in TV dramas, but seeing such a firm attitude, he didn't know what to say.

Lu Chen insisted on following the plan.

Let’s talk about the Golden Bear winner.

Turn around and film TV series.

Brings its own heat.

This is exactly the desired effect, to make "Sword of Immortal" more popular than in the previous life

"Hello fellow passengers, we are arriving in Peiping soon. Please fasten your seat belts. The current temperature in Peiping is 5 degrees. Please keep warm..." At this time, the gentle voice of the flight attendant came from the radio.

First class stewardesses.

He came to the passengers, squatted down, and fastened their seat belts for everyone.

One penny, one penny for service.

If you have money, the service will be good.

As for the stewardess who was wearing Lu Chen's seat belt, her eyes were so gentle that they almost melted into Lu Chen's eyes, a typical expression of affection with her eyebrows.

Lu Chen made an appointment with the young flight attendant to have a chat about art tonight.

…

Ten minutes later, the plane landed safely at Peking International Airport.

"Dear passengers, the aircraft door cannot be opened temporarily. Please do not leave your seat and be patient. The engineering staff is working hard to repair it." The voice came again from the radio.

But Lu Chen was frightened. Don't let anything happen to him. No one would survive. But he was relieved when he thought that he had landed safely.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Zhang, please come with me." At this time, a flight attendant came forward.

Lu Chen stood up and followed. When he saw the open hatch, didn't he say that the door could not be opened?

At this time, a 01 Audi A6 was parked under the plane.

"Xiao Lu, it seems that there is a big shot at the airport who wants to see you." Zhang Yingmou saw the license plate and already guessed who it was. There were only a few big shots in the entire film industry who could drive the car under the plane.

"Big men are good." Lu Chen sighed, feeling even more motivated to fight.

I will also enjoy this special treatment in the future.

When Lu Chen and Zhang Yingmou got in the car, the car drove directly towards the airport VIP reception room. The distance was not very far. It was just a matter of pressing the accelerator, but what was needed was this sense of ceremony.
Chapter completed!