Chapter 470 Movie Restart

There is an unwritten rule for domestic entertainment film and television works. If the plot content involves a certain official department, in addition to the review of the radio and television itself, the review of the corresponding department is also required.

Just like "White Night Chase" was approved by the Golden Shield Center of the Ministry of Public Security, "The Silent Truth", which takes prosecutors as the core protagonists, also found the Supreme People's Procuratorate Film and Television Center when the project was established.

The original novel of this drama was originally called "The Long Night is Hard to See", which sounds very negative, but it perfectly echoes the ending of the book.

However, it is naturally impossible to shoot a drama like this, so the script was finally revised under the guidance of the Supreme People's Procuratorate to "Justice will prevail" which is more in line with the public sentiment.

Because of this, the Supreme People's Procuratorate was deeply impressed by the drama, especially the male protagonist "Jiang Yang", who was deeply loved.

Now that the drama is broadcast, the popularity is not low and the reputation is also very good. The Film and Television Center communicated with the publicity department and forwarded it.

Of course, their main purpose is definitely not to help Arc Light and Qiyi TV promote, but more to get some heat and let the public know more about prosecutors.

Among the three public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, "Public Security" and "Court" are familiar to everyone, but the procuratorate, which mainly deals with criminal and public prosecution, is relatively unfamiliar.

A "blue ocean" of blue V accounts forwarded, which looks quite spectacular. The term #Supreme Procuratorate Supports Jiang Yang# also became a hot search, which is very impressive.

Perhaps thanks to this wave of support, the popularity data of the series, which has been hovering for a long time, began to rise slowly again. It's a pity that this drama has only 12 episodes and will end next week. Judging from the current rate of increase, whether it can "break 10,000" in the end depends on luck.

Of course, if it is really a little short in the end, Qiyi TV will definitely intervene manually, which can be regarded as a satisfactory ending for the entire trilogy series.

Meng Bai contacted the leader of the Supreme Procuratorate Film and Television Center to express his gratitude. The latter was also very polite and said that they will have many film and television projects in the future and hope to cooperate with Arclight more.

After the "Zijin Chen Trilogy", Arclight's next focus will be its own "Return Series".

"Twinkle Twinkle Star" has made a good start for this series, but the next results still depend on the quality of the next two dramas.

It is not completely without benefits to say that "The Silent Truth" is not as popular as expected. Arc Light has learned a lot of experience and readjusted the script details of "The Beginning" and "Want to See You".

According to previous years, the college entrance examination has already started at this time. However, this year, due to the impact of influenza, the examination time has been postponed for one month.

As a college entrance examination candidate this year, Zhao Jinmai is in the sprint review period, so it is naturally not suitable for filming, so Arc Light gave priority to filming "Want to See You".

The heroine of this drama is Li Qin, which was decided as early as when Meng Bai started writing the script. The role setting of "Huang Yuxuan" also more or less refers to her own personality.

As for the male lead Li Ziwei, he is set as a senior high school student in the play, and he definitely needs a younger male actor. The director team auditioned many people and finally decided on Wu Lei.

Born as a child star, he is well-known, popular, and of the right age. His acting skills and image are also good. It can be said that he is quite suitable for the setting characteristics of Li Ziwei's "Little Sun".

The filming location was naturally chosen to be Blue Island. After all, Arc Light’s projects shot here have many subsidies and support policies, which can save a lot of costs.

In fact, Meng Bai has always been considering whether to simply build a filming base in Blue Island. After all, Arc Light produces a large number of works here every year, and there are many scenes that can be reused.

Instead of repairing and setting up the scene every time, it is better to build one directly.

Of course, what he wants to do is not the super-large one like Oriental Film Metropolis, but a relatively small film and television base, and the studio is also based on modern cities and criminal investigation units.

He had this idea last year, which is similar to buying a building for Arc Light, but was interrupted by the flu.

Although the trend of the flu is still recurring, and it is unknown when the storm will pass, Meng Bai thinks that he can start preparing in advance.

It just so happens that the prices of various assets are much cheaper now. For Arc Light, which has a large amount of cash flow, it is a good time to expand.

Moreover, horizontal video has also begun to develop this year, and it also needs a studio similar to the recording of "Sister Lang", and the two can be combined.

Meng Bai touched his chin, maybe he can talk to Evergrande about this matter, after all, it is also related to their core business. Reaching an internal cooperation through Hengten Network is beneficial to both parties.

——It

was July, and the college entrance examination, which was delayed for the first time in fifty years, finally came to an end under the attention of the whole country.

"Brother Meng Bai, I've finished the exam!"

Zhao Jinmai called Meng Bai immediately after the last exam.

"Congratulations on your official high school graduation." Meng Bai chuckled and said, "How did you do in the exam?"

"I think it's pretty good. Anyway, there will be no problem passing the cultural course score line."

Meng Bai said leisurely, "Don't blame me for not reminding you. The re-examination of the Central Academy of Drama will be held in less than half a month. You have already accepted this gift in advance. If you fail the re-examination in the end, hehe..."

"Don't worry, I have prepared well in the past few months, and there will be no problem in the re-examination!"

"From your tone, I thought you were going to say that it would be no problem to get the first place in the acting department."

"Hehe..."

Zhao Jinmai laughed a little guilty and said nothing.

The first place in the acting department? She herself had never thought about it.

"When I was admitted to the Department of Drama, I was the first in my major. You can inherit my legacy."

"That's different. I'm not as good as you, Brother Meng Bai."

"Have confidence in yourself." Meng Bai said, "If you think so, there will always be a first place, so why can't it be you?"

"..."

After motivating Mai Mai with a few nonsense words, Meng Bai continued, "'The Beginning' will start filming at the end of September. You will have about half a month to experience college life after school starts. It's a good time to get a feel for it and see how to play a college student."

"But in the first half month before school starts, there should be military training, right?"

"That's why I reminded you to take protective measures and not get hurt."

"I probably won't get hurt, but I'll probably get tanned."

"That's okay, 'Li Shiqing' can be a wheat-colored person who likes sports."

"It's okay..."

"I'm the screenwriter, so I have the final say on the character image."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai looked at the screen and shook his head and smiled.

Although he said that just now, he actually didn't think that Zhao Jinmai would have any problems with the re-examination of the Central Academy of Drama.

It's not because of his help or because of her popularity. With his understanding of this girl's acting skills, it will be no problem for her to pass the re-examination. There's no

point thinking about these things now. This year, the college entrance examination results and the re-examination results will be announced at the same time, and the results will be known soon.

As time goes by, the internet is basically concerned about the college entrance examination results. After all, this year, due to the flu, many students have been greatly affected in the last six months, and no one can say whether the final results will be as expected.

However, two days before the college entrance examination results were announced, the film and television industry did have a piece of highly anticipated news.

In combination with the recent changes in the flu trend, the higher authorities decided to gradually open public places in low-risk areas from late July, including cinemas.

This is like "a long drought and a sweet dew" for theaters and cinemas that have been closed for more than half a year.

After all, the film and television companies' movies cannot be released, and it's nothing more than waiting a little longer. But if the theater is closed for one more day, it will cost one more day.

Until now, everyone has finally waited for the permission for the theater to open. Although there are still conditions, the impact is not great. After all, thanks to the excellent domestic control mechanism, most cities are "low-risk areas."

However, the resumption of theaters is one aspect, and the cooperation of film and television companies is also needed. If there are no new movies released, even if the doors are opened, few audiences will go.

So in the next few days, the film industry actually saw a rare phenomenon of theaters begging major film and television companies to schedule.

But the film and television companies also have concerns. Cinemas can indeed open, but due to the spacing regulations in public places, the number of seats in the same theater is equivalent to being directly halved.

In addition, cinemas are closed places. Once there is a suspected case, all the people in the theater must be quarantined. After more than half a year of influence, everyone is now very sensitive to this kind of thing. In order to avoid this situation, some audiences will inevitably prefer to wait a little longer.

Moreover, the current situation in various regions has been repeated, and the risk level is changing at any time. The theater may open today and be closed again tomorrow.

Once a movie is released, piracy resources cannot be controlled. If the schedule is withdrawn or rescheduled midway, the overall box office will be devastating.

So for the producers behind most movies, they only have one chance.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there is no benefit in releasing it now.

First of all, the audience's demand for watching movies is real. After enduring for so long, there will definitely be many people who want to watch it, just like the short-distance travel before.

The second is the support of the theater chain's scheduling. No one dares to go on it, but you dare to go on it, which is equivalent to all the open cinemas in the country showing your movie.

In short, there are pros and cons to being on the list or not. For a while, all the major film and television companies in the circle were busy discussing whether to take a gamble.

Hengteng Network, conference room.

Chen Zhixi pinched her eyebrows. She has been busy with the "Sisters Who Make Waves" project for some time, and she has consumed a lot of energy.

However, as the person in charge of Hengteng Network's film and television business, she has to host this discussion today.

There are two contents to discuss -

one, whether to put on the movie?

Two, if you want to, which one?

At present, Hengteng has two inventory movies on hand. One is "Mistakenly Killed" and the other is "Famous".

In addition to herself, there are Meng Bai, Chen Sicheng, Wu Bai and other directors in the conference room, as well as other staff. Just now, everyone discussed for a while, and everyone's attitude was more or less different.

After arguing for so long and still not making a decision, Chen Zhixi couldn't help but look at Meng Bai, who was sitting not far away.

"Mr. Meng, what do you think? Should we take a gamble?"

The eyes of Chen Sicheng and others in the room all converged on Meng Bai.

If there is one person in this room who has "one vote to decide", it is definitely him.

"Personally, I think we can give it a try."

Meng Bai said, "We have just seen the national box office data in recent days since the theaters opened. It only took a week to recover to the level of more than 80 million per day, and there have been no high-profile blockbusters released recently." "In other words

, the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies is still very high, and the impact of possible infectious risks on the market is not as great as we expected before."

Chen Zhixi heard this and said, "So do you think we can do it?"

"I think we can, but not now."

Meng Bai said, "The college entrance examination is over, and the results will be announced soon. According to previous years, this is a serious summer season. The single-day box office scale of nearly 100 million is okay compared to usual, but for this period, it is still a bit insufficient for the time being, at least it can't support the results of a high-profile blockbuster."

"According to the current data growth, if everything goes well, the market should be able to recover to about 200 million per day by next month, which is a more suitable scale. So we can contact the theaters and schedule the release date for next month. This way, we can observe the market recovery at any time, and this period can also be used for publicity and promotion preheating."

"I think what Mr. Meng said makes sense." Chen Sicheng on the side said: "Anyway, there must be publicity and preheating before the release, and it is impossible to release it directly. In this case, we can take advantage of this period to observe it. If it goes well, we can seize the initiative; if it doesn't go well, the worst case scenario is to withdraw the release."

The rest of Wubai and others also agreed after hearing this.

"Take one step at a time" is a helpless move at ordinary times, but it is more appropriate at this point.

Chen Zhixi also nodded: "Then the second question is, which of the two movies should we release?"

When this question came out, the two directors Chen Sicheng and Wubai fell silent.

Brothers are still separated, not to mention that they are two projects. Although they all thought the plan was feasible, when it came to their own works being used as test products, they couldn't help but hesitate.

Everyone in the room looked at each other, and finally looked at Meng Bai in unison.

"Sister Xi, I strongly request the company to give me a red envelope. Is it okay for me to always have the final say?" Meng Bai joked.

"Send, send, send, I'll transfer it to you

right away." Chen Zhixi sent a red envelope on WeChat: "Besides, everyone trusts President Meng, and those who are capable should do more work."

"One dollar? That's a lot of money!" Meng Bai gave her a thumbs up, then returned to seriousness and said: "Let "Famous" be on it. The style of "Accidental Manslaughter" is a bit serious, and it's not very suitable for this time."

Although both were filmed in Thailand, "The Accidental Murderer" is different from "Detective Chinatown 1". There are not too many comedy elements, and the atmosphere of the whole film is relatively tense.

The current flu situation has improved slightly, and the audience's emotions, which have been tense for a long time, have just relaxed. What they need is adjustment or venting. Therefore, the most suitable films are either those that can drive emotions, or those with big special effects that are enjoyable to watch, or comedies.

In comparison, although "Famous" is also based on suspense and reasoning, its style is absurd comedy, which is obviously more suitable for the current viewing atmosphere.

Although Wu Bai felt a little sorry, he didn't say anything and agreed to be a "touchstone".

"Think about it on the bright side, maybe the scheduling is advantageous, and the results are good." Meng Bai comforted him.

As they were talking in the room, Chen Zhixi suddenly glanced at the message on his mobile phone, and then looked up at everyone and said, "It seems that someone is one step ahead of us. I just received news that Huayi has contacted the theaters and is preparing to release the "Eight Hundred"."

(End of this chapter)