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

Chapter 60 Freshness

"Director Han, what do you think is wrong with the script?"

Wan Qingshan is very satisfied with the script. In his opinion, as long as the script is followed, the movie's box office should be good.

"Everything else is fine. It's just that men and women swap bodies. Isn't this too childish?"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment. What he was most satisfied with in the script was that men and women swapped bodies.

Wan Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Director Han, this idea of ​​men and women swapping bodies has never been filmed by a domestic director. It is very novel for the audience and can attract many viewers."

Han Sanping frowned, "Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but I always feel like this is a bit too childish."

Wan Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief. Older people find it difficult to accept new things for a while, but this movie was made for young people.

"Director Han, in fact, there are many movies abroad about male and female body swapping, and also about male and female body swapping. My script is relatively restrained." Wan Qingshan said with a smile.

Han Sanping was silent for a moment and said, "Qingshan, shoot according to the script. I'm afraid you will receive a lot of criticism after the movie is released."

"If you criticize, just criticize. As long as the commercial film does well at the box office, I don't care about anything else." Wan Qingshan said nonchalantly.

Seeing that Han Sanping was still hesitant, Wan Qingshan rolled his eyes and said with a smile,

"Director Han, most young people's entertainment activities nowadays are either playing games at home, singing at KTV, or surfing the Internet, but they don't go to the cinema to watch movies. Why do you think this is?"

When talking about this big topic about the film market, Han Sanping's expression became very serious, "Don't be too pretentious, just tell me directly."

Wan Qingshan put away his smile and said solemnly,
"Dr. Han, it's not like before. In the past, the only entertainment activities were watching TV and going to the cinema.

Nowadays, with the rise of electronic products and the emergence of the Internet, there are many entertainment activities now.

Therefore, once a movie does not appeal to them, they will not go to the movie and instead surf the Internet, play games, and sing.

Today's young people are somewhat entertainment-oriented. If you want to attract them to the cinema, you must give them a sense of freshness and let them watch different things.

Nowadays, most commercial films do not have high box office. This is because these films are boring to young people, so they will not go to see them.

They need freshness, something different. In my opinion, the box office success of "Hero" is because previous movies did not have big scenes of thousands of arrows firing and exciting martial arts action. There are these in "Heroes", which gives them a fresh feeling and they will watch it. "

Han Sanping thought silently for a moment and asked curiously, "Qingshan, how do you know so much about the reasons why young people don't watch movies?"

"Director Han, because I am also a young man and I know what young people are thinking." Wan Qingshan smiled unnaturally.

He was able to think of this because the pressure of his first commercial film made him often think of later high-grossing movies when he was thinking of ideas.

This recollection made him suddenly realize that apart from the quality of the film, most of the films that were successful at the box office had relatively few similar films before they were released.

This shows that movies that are successful at the box office have one thing in common, which is to make the audience feel novel.

Then, thinking in the direction of making the audience feel novel, he came up with the idea of ​​male and female bodies interacting with each other.

Han Sanping smiled and sighed, "Qingshan, what you said is very insightful. But you forgot about pirated CDs. If young people today want to watch a movie, they can just buy a CD on the street without going to the cinema."

Not wanting to argue with Han Sanping on this issue, and also having to save face for Han Sanping, Wan Qingshan pretended to be annoyed and said,
"Ah, I forgot about this. Director Han, what you said is that young people will buy CDs and go home to watch them."

"Haha, Qingshan, don't look at things too one-sided." Han Sanping smiled awkwardly.

Han Sanping also knew that he couldn't deny Wan Qingshan's words just because of pirated discs.Otherwise, why would Feng Xiaogang's movies be so successful at the box office? Are their movies not affected by piracy?
It's just that as the chairman of China Film Group Corporation, he couldn't act like an ignorant fool in front of Wan Qingshan, so he took a pirated CD to refute.

"Director Han, but no matter what, it's always good to give the audience something fresh, right?" Wan Qingshan asked after suppressing his regretful expression.

Han Sanping, who had been convinced in his heart, smiled and replied, "Yeah, that's good. Okay, you have the final say about the movie. I won't interfere, just make your decision." Then he picked up the budget report and read it.

Regarding Wanqingshan's budget report, Han Sanping did not read it carefully. He just glanced at the final total budget and then put down the budget report.

"How come your budget fluctuates so much? From 1000 million to 500 million, how do you calculate it?" Han Sanping asked with a frown.

"Director Han, the reason for this fluctuation is that I am not sure what actors to use. If there are a few popular stars, the budget will be 500 million. If there are no popular stars, the budget will be 1000 million."

"Commercial films have to use popular artists, and the calculation is based on 500 million. If it's not enough, the budget can be increased when the time comes."

Wan Qingshan's first commercial film, coupled with Wan Qingshan's analysis of young people not going to the cinema just now, made Han Sanping very confident in the film, and this investment was not taken seriously.

"Director Han, wait, I have something else I haven't told you."

Han Sanping asked curiously, "What's the matter? Tell me."

Wan Qingshan touched his nose and said with a smile, "Well, Director Han, the reason for filming "Heart" is to win awards. For films that compete for awards, the actors' pay is generally relatively low.

I also accounted for half of the investment in "Heart", and if it wins an award, it will also be my personal honor, so I am embarrassed to calculate my expenses with you.But for this commercial film, shouldn’t it be my expense? "

Han Sanping was stunned for a moment and joked, "It's time to calculate, a Berlin actor can't be paid not even a dime.

In this way, I will give you 150 million for your director's fee and script fee.I'll give you 300 million as the salary for a Berlin movie star. "

Immediately, Han Sanping immediately changed his mind, "It's better to calculate the total to 500 million, and the total budget is 2000 million."

Nowadays, the salary of mainland actors is relatively low compared to that of Hong Kong actors. Ge You, whose salary ceiling is on the mainland, is only about 600 million. Han Sanping gave Wan Qingshan a salary of 300 million, which is considered to be taking care of Wan Qingshan.

"Director Han, thank you for taking care of me, but the 300 million will be waived. I will not appear this time."

"Huh? You don't want to act?" Han Sanping said in surprise.

"Director Han, although I am famous, you also know how I got my fame. There are not as many viewers who like me as popular TV actors. It is better for commercial films to choose actors that most viewers like."

Han Sanping then thought that Wan Qingshan's fame was caused by his title as Berlin Best Actor and previous news. His fame was relatively frivolous, and there were not many viewers who liked him.

Han Sanping said somewhat hypocritically, "Qingshan, you have a hit movie "The Selection" with a box office of 4000 million, and you have the Berlin Best Actor, so many audiences still like you very much."

Afraid that Wan Qingshan would interrupt, Han Sanping changed the subject and said quickly,
"However, if you are not willing to star, then I will force you to do it. In this way, I will give you 200 million for your director's fee and screenwriter's fee, and the total budget is 700."

Seeing Wan Qingshan nod, Han Sanping turned to his assistant to print the contract.

While the assistant was preparing the contract, Han Sanping asked, "Qingshan, who do you plan to choose as an actor?"

"Director Han, I don't have a suitable candidate in mind, so I plan to invite actors to audition this time. I will use whoever is suitable."

Han Sanping thought for a moment and asked, "Would you like me to invite some actors from Hong Kong Island for you?"

Wan Qingshan was shocked and quickly refused, "No, no, absolutely no, Director Han, I think you also know the attitude of Hong Kong actors towards the mainland. Once there is a quarrel, I will not be able to make this movie." .”

Han Sanping's expression changed suddenly and he said seriously, "Qingshan, you can just talk to me about this in private, but don't say it to anyone. Otherwise, it will destroy unity."

"Director Han, I know this. You are my elder, so I told you this." Wan Qingshan replied with a friendly smile.

Han Sanping nodded slightly and did not persuade him again.

He just proposed to invite actors from Hong Kong Island, and planned to go to the set frequently to protect Wan Qingshan, but Wan Qingshan refused, so forget it.

(End of this chapter)