China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 104: Not enough budget?Aren't you bullying honest people? (Please subscribe!)

After being flattered by Lao Qian, Director Wu waved his hand and said with a smile:
“I came to see you today, besides congratulating you, I just want to ask you a question.

When is the second part going to be filmed?Is the script ready? "

Hearing this, Lin Xuan smiled slightly.

He had already guessed that Director Wu was planning to make a preemptive move and win the investment for the second part of "Detective Di Renjie".

Qian Yanqiu said: "The outline of the script has been written, and I am going to take time to revise it carefully with Lin Xuan."

Director Wu nodded and said: "Okay, you guys should finalize the script as soon as possible so that we can make an investment budget.

The second part is still fully funded by the film and television department of our literary and art center.

Don’t worry, your investment this time won’t be as stretched as last time.

You can also be bolder when creating. "

As the old saying goes, money is a man's confidence.

With money in his pocket, Director Wu was tough to speak.

The investment budget is high, which is a good thing for the two.

Lin Xuan is not cheap now. If the amount of investment in the first movie was based on, he would not even be able to pay the salaries of the leading actors.

Moreover, the scenes and costumes in the first part were a bit crude.

Take Li Yuanfang as an example. She only has a few pieces of clothing that she tosses over and over.

Qian Yanqiu nodded in agreement, and Director Wu continued:
“One more thing, I want to give you some advice, I believe you will understand it when you look at the ratings data.

The story at the end of the first part was a bit too scary, and the ratings dropped significantly. You should learn from this lesson when filming the second part. "

Hearing this, Lin Xuan glanced at Qian Yanqiu.

Qian Yanqiu quickly nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, Director Wu, the horror elements in the second part will definitely be restrained."

After talking about the TV series, Director Wu looked at Lin Xuan again:
"I heard that the movie you wrote, directed and starred in will be released next month. How about it? Are you confident?"

Lin Xuan said modestly: "It's a little bit, as long as we don't lose money."

Director Wu also knew that the movie was not doing well, so he asked with concern: "I heard that China Film is responsible for distributing this movie. How will Mr. Han plan to promote it?"

Lin Xuan shook his head and said: "I just came back from the crew and came to CCTV with Director Qian.

Tomorrow I plan to go to China Film Group Corporation with the producers to talk to Mr. Han about the promotion of the movie. "

Director Wu asked: "Have you ever considered going on a TV show to promote it?"

TV show?

Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I have this idea."

Director Wu said: "Our Beijing TV station has a program called "Super Interview" at the beginning of the year, and the chief planner of the program team is my friend.

He is worried about not being able to find big stars to appear on the show. Your movie just lacks a promotional platform, so you two complement each other perfectly. "

"Super Interview" is the first entertainment variety show in mainland China that specializes in interviewing celebrities. It is similar to Wanwan's "The Coming of Kangxi", but it was born four years earlier than "The Coming of Kangxi".

The ratings of this variety show have always been very good. It can be ranked among the top three interview variety shows. When it is the most popular, countless celebrities are rushing to be on it.

Over the past 16 years, "Super Interview" has interviewed more than 1000 celebrities.

Until the momentum of traditional variety shows weakened, the show was finally suspended in 16, and many celebrities posted messages of remembrance.

It would definitely be good for the movie if it could be promoted on "Super Visit".

Lin Xuan quickly agreed with a smile: "That's great, I just need a pillow if I'm sleepy."

Director Wu smiled and said: "Then I will let him contact you directly."

"Okay, thank you so much, Director Wu, you helped me a lot."

"You're welcome, let's help each other." Director Wu checked the time. He should be busy with something later, so he stood up and said:

"Now that everything is settled, I won't waste your time. Go back and write the script as soon as possible, and we'll review it so we can make a budget.

It would be best if this drama can be filmed by the end of the year, and it will continue to create ratings miracles tomorrow in the spring. "

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The two left the CCTV building, Qian Yanqiu was in a very happy mood.

In the past, when he was filming, he had to go around soliciting investment, drinking and laughing with him, but he might not be able to do so.

Now that he has become a big director, others are beginning to approach him for investment, and he is deeply afraid of being preempted by others.

The vastly different treatment made him very happy, and at the same time he was very motivated, thinking that the second part would definitely break the ratings record of the first part.

"It's almost noon. I'll treat you to dinner and discuss the script."

It was almost noon, and Qian Yanqiu took the initiative to invite him to dinner.

Lin Xuan smiled and agreed: "Okay, I haven't killed you for a long time, so I won't be polite today."

Qian Yanqiu smiled and said: "You are a big star who makes millions a year, and you are thinking about the three melons and two dates in my hand every day."

Lin Xuan said confidently: "The meal served by others tastes delicious."

"That makes sense!"

The two went to the parking lot to drive, and Lin Xuan followed Qian Yanqiu to an antique Chinese restaurant.Qian Yanqiu booked a private room, started ordering food, and ordered a bottle of liquor.

Lin Xuan waved his hand quickly: "Director Qian, don't drink at noon, we all come by car."

Qian Yanqiu insisted on the main point: "Today is such a big happy event, so you have to drink some."

Seeing his persistence, Lin Xuan refused to disappoint him: "Okay, I'll call the assistant and ask him to pick me up."

After Qian Yanqiu ordered the food, he took out the script from his bag and handed it to him: "This is the outline I wrote. It's still very rough. Please give me some guidance."

Lin Xuan took the script and said: "Director Qian, don't make fun of me. I can come up with a few creative ideas, but I don't have that much ability to modify the script."

Qian Yanqiu opened the bottle and poured wine: "Don't be modest. You are already a director, but you still write, direct and act. Don't worry, I will definitely support you when the time comes."

"Thank you very much, Director Qian."

After saying that, Qian Yanqiu changed the subject and began to introduce: "I think our drama lacks a heroine, so I added a daughter-in-law for you in the script.

Mystery and suspense dramas can also add some love elements. The audience also likes the ambiguous plot between you and Jin Mulan.

Di Renjie is a historical figure and I dare not change it at will, but Li Yuanfang is fictional and I can do whatever I want. "

Lin Xuan nodded and said: "I have no objection to adding a female protagonist. It's a very good idea."

"Detective Detective Dee" is almost all about men, and the few female characters that appear are almost all related to the murder. It would be nice to add a female character to embellish it.

However, Lin Xuan still couldn't help but sigh, as expected, everything cannot escape falling in love.

Thinking about future dramas, students have to fall in love, soldiers have to fall in love, doctors have to fall in love, and lawyers have to fall in love.

No way, who makes love and death the eternal themes, never out of date no matter when.

Lin Xuan spread out the script and read it carefully.

The three cases in the second part are "Suspicious Shadow of Guanhe", "Snake Spirit" and "Blood Jiangzhou".

The main content of "Guanhe Shadow" is similar to "The Mission".

A group of pickpocketing men took advantage of the war between the Khitans and the Zhou Dynasty to collaborate with the enemy and treason, destroying an army of [-] people, and even tried to lure the Khitans into the country to provoke a great chaos.

Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang turned the tide, solved the mystery, and caught the man behind the case. It turned out to be an organization called "Snake Spirit".

The members of this organization are all people who have a big hatred against Wu Zetian.

They are all descendants of the Li clan members and their colleagues and friends who were beheaded or exiled when Wu Zetian became emperor.

The headquarters of the "Snake Spirit" is hidden in the mountains. All its members have extraordinary skills, and six masters are known as the "Six Great Snake Heads". The Viper in the first part is one of them.

The second case is about how Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang joined forces to eradicate the "snake spirit". The quality of the script is good, and it also involves the relocation of the capital to Luoyang and Yuan Tiangang.

As for the third case "Blood Jiangzhou", the quality and layout are far behind.

The cause of this case was an unjust case directed and acted by Wu Zetian. Only a few scumbags died in the whole case.

Compared with the previous two cases, the danger, suspense, and urgency are far less. It feels like Ultraman fighting a little monster.

Lin Xuan thought for a while and decided to delete the third case and choose a new one to add it.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xuan thought of the second case in the third part, "The Phantom of Cao Canal".

A total of four parts of the "Detective Di Renjie" series were filmed.

The first two films received the highest ratings, while the last two films were worse than the last. Lin Xuan planned to give up the role after filming the second film.

On the one hand, it will be difficult for Qian Yanqiu to create such high-quality scripts in the future.

On the other hand, no matter how popular "Detective Di Renjie" is, Lin Xuan is only the second male lead in the drama, which affects his future development position.

Among the latter two TV series, Lin Xuan's only favorite case was "Phantom of Cao Canal".

The famous scene in the play in which Li Yuanfang single-handedly challenges the eight masters of the Iron Hand Group is still fresh in my memory.

Then Li Yuanfang fell into the water and lost his memory, and the plot of getting entangled with Xiao Qing was also very interesting.

There are three treasures in Korean dramas: car accidents, amnesia, and incurable diseases.

Although these three rules were played into jokes in later generations, before Korean dramas came on a large scale, this type of plot was still very eye-catching.

After closing the script, he told Qian Yanqiu his thoughts, and then told him the synopsis of "Phantom of Caoqu".

Lin Xuan thought the third case was too small, and Qian Yanqiu knew it.

But the superiors urged him urgently, so he could only write the script as soon as possible.

Now that Lin Xuan has provided a better case, of course he is willing to accept it.

After listening to the grand scene described by Lin Xuan, Qian Yanqiu felt that this case suited his taste.

The only thing he was worried about was the lack of budget. He frowned and said, "Lin Xuan, Director Wu told me before. The second part will be shot for 40 episodes, and the film and television department can provide 2000 million in funds.

If you delete "Blood Jiangzhou" and replace it with "Phantom of Caoqu", you will need at least 500 million yuan. If the scenes and costumes are more refined, it will cost 3000 million yuan. "

Hearing this, Lin Xuan hated the fact that iron cannot become steel, and said:
"Zhang Jizhong filmed "Swordsman" and CCTV invested 4000 million in him. When you filmed "Detective Di Renjie 2", they didn't even give you 3000 million. Isn't this bullying an honest person?"

Lin Xuan's words spoke to Qian Yanqiu's heart.

Although Zhang Jizhong has a background in the masterpiece "Water Margin", his results are not bad.

Besides, the production team of "Water Margin" is so large, and the credit is not his alone.

(End of this chapter)