I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 56 Premiere

"Brother Hu, how much do you need?"

Wan Qingshan put down the script, raised his head and asked.

A week after the Nortel test screening, Ning Huo approached Wan Qingshan with the script.

Wan Qingshan looked through it briefly and realized that this was "Crazy Stone", but he didn't know why it was called "Big Diamond" now.

"Senior, we need about 500 million." Ning Hua scratched his head and said sheepishly.

Wan Qingshan knew that the original version of "Crazy Stone" cost only more than 300 million.However, he also heard that due to the lack of funds, Ning Hua was squeezed in, using DV for filming, actors' remuneration was kept low, and props were saved whenever possible.

"Five million is not much, but I won't invest all of it."

Ning Hua suddenly felt a chill in his heart. If Wanqingshan didn't fully invest, then where else could he find funds?

"We also have to attract investment from China Film Group. Without China Film Group, it would be difficult for us to handle the subsequent film arrangement and publicity alone."

Han Sanping's advice that day made Wan Qingshan understand that if he wanted to survive for a long time, he had to recruit partners.

In addition, he thought about the original version of "Crazy Stone". It didn't matter if it was a waste of money, and it had no connections. It could win more than 2000 million yuan at the box office by relying on word of mouth.

If China Film Group is involved, as long as the early film schedule is higher, the box office will definitely be higher.

After hearing Wan Qingshan's words, Ning Xiang's heart became hot again.

However, he suddenly felt hopeless.

"Senior, it's good to get China Film to invest, but how can China Film invest in my movie?"

"You have won several awards and are somewhat famous. In addition, I have some relationship with China Film Director Han, so you should be able to get some investment from China Film. In this way, you first make a budget, and then I will take you to see Director Han. "

Seeing that Wan Qingshan was very confident, Ning Hua was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Hey, senior, I'll go back and make a budget right away."

As soon as Ning Chao left, Wan Qingshan stood up, picked up a page of A4 paper on the table, and walked out of the office.

"Sun Yao, this is the idea for my new script. You guys will add plot according to this idea. This time it is a romantic comedy, so try to write as many jokes as possible."

"Romantic comedy, Director Wan, are you going to make a commercial film this time?"

Sun Yao put down the snacks, wiped his greasy fingers with paper, took the paper, and asked curiously.

Wan Qingshan nodded, "I won't tell you the theme of the commercial film. You just need to remember that the plot must have jokes and the ending must be heartwarming."

"I understand, Director Wan, don't worry." Sun Yao assured confidently.

A romantic comedy-type commercial film must describe young people, which makes Sun Yao very confident.

Wan Qingshan checked the time, then left the company and drove home.

At home, Chen Yumo is packing his luggage.

Wan Qingshan stepped forward to help clean up and salute, and asked, "Yu Mo, you really have to stay at home until school starts and then come back."

It's already July, and after the preview of "In the Heart", Nortel is on holiday.

Originally, Wan Qingshan thought that he had nothing to do recently, so he planned to go on a trip with Chen Yumo. Who knew that Chen Yumo said that he would go home for two months.

"This year's Chinese New Year, because of the Berlin Film Festival, I didn't spend the Lantern Festival at home. Because of this, my dad was very unhappy, so I have to spend these two months with my dad."

Wan Qingshan sighed and said no more.Chen Yumo went to the Berlin Film Festival because of him. After all, he was the one who made Chen Yanfeng angry.

Seeing Wan Qingshan sighing, Chen Yumo thought he was very unhappy. She thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll take a look at it then. Maybe I'll come back early."

"No, no, please spend more time with our dad at home. If my dad knows that you left home early for me, he will be even more dissatisfied with me."

"hey-hey."

Seeing Wan Qingshan's anxious refusal, Chen Yumo couldn't help but laugh.

After packing his things, Wan Qingshan drove Chen Yumo to the airport and watched Chen Yumo enter the terminal before leaving.

After returning home and watching TV for a while, I was bored in Wanqingshan and was about to go find Yandong when my cell phone rang.

"Hey, uncle." "Qingshan, in two days, you will go to the premiere of Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers."" Chen Yangong's voice came from the mobile phone.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Uncle, Director Zhang didn't invite me, and he and I don't know each other. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to attend the premiere."

"Zhang Weiping just called me and invited you to attend the premiere."

Wan Qingshan immediately frowned, "Uncle, forget it, I won't go."

"Forget it, you owe Zhang Yiren a favor. If someone invites you to the premiere, you have to go anyway."

"No, uncle, I owe Director Zhang a favor. Why didn't I know?" Wan Qingshan asked confused.

"I asked Zhang Yi to submit "Selection" to the Berlin Film Festival. If you don't owe him a favor, how can you expect me to owe him a favor?"

Chen Yangong's words surprised Wan Qingshan. He never expected that "Selection" was sent to Berlin by Zhang Yi.

"I owe, I owe. Uncle, how can I let you owe me a favor?" Wan Qingshan said quickly.

"Someone will contact you shortly. Remember, talk less at the premiere and praise the movie more. Don't criticize stupidly."

"Oh, I see."

The premiere of "House of Flying Daggers" was held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

These days, Zhang Yimou is the only one who can hold a movie premiere in a stadium with tens of thousands of people.

It's not because of connections or funds, but because other directors put their movie premieres here, and the audience who came probably couldn't even fill half of the seats.

Wan Qingshan drove alone outside the artificial stadium. As soon as he got out of the car, he attracted reporters squatting outside.

Reporters rushed forward, and one reporter held up the microphone and asked first, "Director Wan, your new movie was previewed at Nortel a few days ago and caused a great sensation. Many students praised you and said that you will win another international best actor. Trophies, what do you think about that.”

Wan Qingshan likes to push away reporters, and they all know it.

Therefore, this time when they gathered around, like wrestlers, their body weight shifted down, and coupled with the strength of the people behind them, Wanqingshan couldn't squeeze through, so they could only speak.

"Today I'm here to attend the premiere of Director Zhang's "House of Flying Daggers". I won't talk about my own movie."

The reporters looked happy because they were afraid that Wan Qingshan would keep silent.

Therefore, as soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, a reporter immediately asked, "Director Wan, when will your new movie be released? How much box office is it expected to have?"

Seeing that he was still asking about his movie, Wan Qingshan shut up and didn't answer.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the recorder was still pressed against his mouth, Wan Qingshan sighed helplessly in his heart and said,
"I'm still considering the release date of the movie. As for the box office, I won't make any predictions. Well, today is the premiere of House of Flying Daggers. Don't ask me about the movie again."

Seeing that Wan Qingshan waited for a while before answering, the reporter also understood that Wan Qingshan must be very unhappy.

Although they didn't care whether Wan Qingshan was happy or not, in order to prevent Wan Qingshan from shutting up, the reporters turned around and asked questions about "House of Flying Daggers".

"Director Wan, Zhang Weiping, the producer of "House of Flying Daggers" said that he once sent you an invitation to star in "House of Flying Daggers", but you were filming "Selection" at the time, so you didn't star in "House of Flying Daggers". May I ask this? is that true?"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that Zhang Weiping, a master of speculation, was trying to get him to hype up.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Zhang Weiping's sensationalizing the news, he owed Zhang Yimou a favor after all, and it was not easy for him to expose Zhang Weiping in front of reporters.

Wan Qingshan suppressed his anger and replied coldly, "I don't know very well about this. Maybe the company didn't tell me in order to let me concentrate on making movies."

The reporter was stunned.

They all know that Qingshan Film and Television Company is the company founded by Wan Qingshan himself.

Similarly, they also knew that when the filming of "House of Flying Daggers" started, Wan Qingshan was not famous yet, so it was impossible to invite Wan Qingshan to star. Zhang Weiping said this because he wanted to attract Wan Qingshan to create hype.

However, for the sake of breaking news, they pretended not to know and deliberately asked Wan Qingshan. Based on their understanding of Wan Qingshan's temper, Wan Qingshan would definitely expose Zhang Weiping. This was the breaking point.

But they didn't expect that Wan Qingshan would actually cooperate with Zhang Weiping.

When the reporter was still about to ask questions, the security guard over there finally came over, pushed the reporter aside, and took Wan Qingshan in.

(End of this chapter)