China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 248 The sky won’t fall!

Jiang Liu: "I passed."

Wang Baoqiang and Fan Binbin: “Huh”

Crew member: "Ha, this scene should set a record in Director Jiang's career as a director. It was shot 22 times."

Jiang Liu pretended to be dissatisfied: "What's there to be happy about? It took a whole day to shoot one scene, and then we had to rush to shoot again."

"Mainly because it's strange." A lighting engineer said hehey.

Tony Leung Ka Fai didn't take it seriously: "22 times is nothing. If you are filming Wang Jiawei's scene, it is normal to shoot a scene dozens of times."

"He worked slowly and meticulously, shooting dozens of times and then editing the best part into the feature film. I can't stand it all the time, so I won't be able to become a film master in this life," Jiang Liu said modestly.

If you want to edit film material into a feature-length film with a coherent plot, you normally need three times the total length of the film.

Except for "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger", Jiang Liu's other works maintain about three times the amount of material.

The same is true for colleagues in the film and television industry. Shooting too much material means increased production costs, making it difficult to recoup costs.

But there are also many directors in the industry who are obsessed with perfection.

Wang Jiawei and Jiang Wen in China are among the best.

Wang Jiawei films "Days of Being Wild".

A scene was often shot dozens of times, the film production cost increased from the budgeted 2000 million to 4000 million Hong Kong dollars, the movie box office was a hit, and the investor Deng Guangrong was admitted to the hospital.

Jiang Wen's 2000 film "The Devils Are Coming" was also very abstract.

The entire movie used 48 rolls of film, and the material shot was several times the length of the movie. The cost of the movie increased by more than 200% from US$300 million to more than US$50 million.

At the time, investor He Weiming almost knelt in front of the General Administration and asked the General Administration to let "The Devils Are Coming" to be exhibited in Cannes.

Otherwise, based on the domestic box office output at that time, he would definitely go bankrupt.

The General Administration resolutely refused, and Jiang Wen, who felt ashamed of his investors, had no choice but to choose Toutie to participate in the competition privately, and was eventually banned from directing for 5 years.

That day I also met Jiang Liu, who was also at the headquarters.

But a few days ago, Jiang Liu learned from Jiang Wen that there was no such ban at all.

A few days ago, a rumor came out from the TV Drama Department of the General Administration.

Because the methods of solving crimes in criminal investigation dramas are easily mastered by criminals, many plots in criminal investigation dramas are not conducive to the physical and mental growth and health of young people.

Starting from 2005, criminal investigation dramas will not be broadcast on stars.

Low-cost criminal investigation TV series have also become popular in recent years. "Silent Witness", "Crime Scene", "Conquer", "Crime Team 6" and "Starscream" have all been popular series.

As soon as this gossip came out, criminal investigation dramas and some actors who were involved in criminal investigation dramas instantly withered.

Criminal investigation dramas cannot be broadcast on stars, which means that TV dramas can only go to local channels, and the price is more than half.

Film and television companies have abandoned the criminal investigation theme one after another. The dramas are not star-rated and the actors are not willing to film them. This series is about to be lost to everyone.

Yixin was originally thinking about getting involved in a criminal investigation TV series next year, so Hou Hongliang went to the bureau to find out whether the news was true or not, but was told that there was no truth.

After discovering that there were indeed no documents, Hou Hongliang went back to contact the TV station with which Yixin had a better relationship. As a result, the TV station's drama purchasing department refused. It didn't matter whether there were documents or not. Just don't film if there was gossip.

The simplest truth is to avoid all possible investment risks.

Hou Hongliang felt numb and called Jiang Liu to ask for advice.

Jiang Liu was clueless and called Jiang Wen and asked him if he had received the official document banning him from directing. Jiang Wen said he had not, but he had seen the notice posted by director Tian Zhuangzhuang banning him from directing for seven years. On the wall at home.

Jiang Liu was also confused. After weighing it, he asked Hou Hongliang to give up all criminal investigation projects.

As for the problem that one of the three high-quality dramas is missing, he promised to take time to write a TV drama script.

We shot one scene in one day and then called it a day. Everyone on the crew had smiles on their faces, chatting and laughing, bragging and farting, making the whole scene feel like air.

The strange thing is that the boss and director Jiang Liu didn't show any sign of anger.

It was the first time to cooperate with Jiang Liu. On the first day of acting, Tony Leung Ka Fai looked at Jiang Liu with curiosity, but found nothing. As his wealth grows and the number of employees he manages increases, Jiang Liu's appearance and temperament have changed somewhat in recent years.

But the empathy in his heart has not wavered yet. It’s no big deal for the employee to feel happy that he has taken advantage of the boss. He can completely accept it.

Tony Leung Ka Fai will understand this after staying on the set for a long time.

Back at the hotel, Jiang Liu opened the script of "Sheep Herding Stars".

This is a high-quality drama script of more than 20 episodes that he prepared for the company. He planned the plot and let the company's screenwriters fill in the details.

I started writing for about 20 minutes when the guest room phone rang.

Li Xing took the lead in talking on the phone for three or four minutes, and Jiang Liu wondered: "Channel 2 suddenly decided to let you be the host of "Win in China"?"

"Why are you hesitating now? Do you suspect that the tens of millions of yuan investment bonus is too high and may be fraudulent?"

Jiang Liu couldn't make up his mind, nodded and shook his head: "It's possible. I definitely won't invest in it, but you are CCTV, and some things cannot be done from a profit perspective."

"I'm afraid that something unexpected might happen during the competition. For example, if the international or domestic capital brought in by the program team suddenly withdraws, what will happen then?"

On the other end of the phone, Li Xin raised his eyebrows in a rare way.

She just tried to host one more show, but when she woke up, she suddenly found that she had fallen into a fog from the moment she handed in her resume.

The chief producer of "Win in China" personally came to visit.

Successfully defeated many competitors from local stations, central stations, and even the second station and was unexpectedly elected as the host of "Win in China".

Two things, there is something fishy about each of them.

Is it because the column team simply can't find so many bonuses, so it needs Jiang Liu's financial resources?

Or something else.

No matter what it was, something weird was bound to happen. She wanted to run, but a notice was already placed in front of her conference table.

And if Channel 2 chose her because she really came from the river, then she would have to stay stuck in the "Strait" column group for the rest of her life and not be able to go anywhere.

While Li Yan lamented about her future, she also wondered what the purpose of "Win in China" was for being so persistent about her husband.

"The probability of such a thing happening is extremely small, and the income and credibility loss are not directly proportional. The influence of CCTV is much higher than a bonus of tens of millions of yuan."

Jiang Liu scratched his head: "Tell me the process of the game again."

Li Yan read the program again according to the script. After listening to it for the second time, Jiang Liu still couldn't figure out why the "Win in China" column team had to involve him.

"Could it be that the two of us are just interested in obscenity? Is it because you are good enough that you were selected, or the program team wants to use my name to promote the show? I am still quite popular this year."

Li Yan rolled her eyes: "Does our station need to borrow your fame?"

"I'm not sure. I don't know why I have to find you, but there are loopholes in this program. The biggest flaw is the promotion through SMS voting in the last few games."

Li Xin was shocked: "Husband, why?"

"The people who can participate in this kind of competition are somewhat wealthy. At the end of the competition, they are one step away from the prize money, but the program team requires the audience to vote through text messages to advance."

"How many real viewers will support the contestants with real money, one yuan per text message, would you vote for them?"

"I see you watching "Super Girl" every day, but I have never seen you send a text message to support any Super Girl."

Xiaoxiao complained about Li Xin, and without waiting for the other party to quibble, he added:

"Therefore, the remaining contestants may spend their own money to buy tickets in the end."

"No matter how good the players are, they can't afford such consumption. There may not be players who will engage in private negotiations and transactions. I don't think the program team can just watch the players secretly make money."

"But there are no absolutes in the world, and it's possible that I'm overthinking it. This program is indeed intended to cultivate and create more young entrepreneurs."

"So don't be too burdened. Let's see as we walk. As long as my husband is here, the sky won't fall!"

Jiang Liu's very ordinary words made Li Xing feel at ease, and she slept very sweetly that night under the quilt!

(End of this chapter)