Le Jing didn't expect Song Minghan to make such a proposal.
Two shots in one piece?
Le Jing knew that some documentaries about the earth in the 21st century would use clips from film and television dramas as material, and some documentaries would invite actors to perform to recreate the scenes. This was Song Minghan's idea.
Le Jing's new film observes Empress Wu Zetian's 15-year reign from the perspective of a palace dog. This perspective is novel, unique, and more objective and fair.
In a sense, "The Queen's Dog" is a documentary film.
With this in mind, it is not surprising that Song Minghan wanted to quote movie materials to make a related documentary.
Le Jing's new film is aimed at the Spring Festival period, and the documentary prepared by Song Minghan is also planned to be broadcast on CCTV during the Spring Festival, which will surely have a good publicity and traffic-driving effect on the movie "The Queen's Dog". Many curious viewers who have watched the documentary will go to the cinema, thereby increasing the sales of "The Queen's Dog".
On the other hand, fans who like "The Queen's Dog" will also watch related documentaries, thereby increasing the popularity and ratings of the documentaries.
No matter how you think about it, this is a win-win deal.
Le Jing answered carefully: "If we really do this, it can indeed solve the problem of schedule conflicts, but the specific implementation method still needs to be discussed. When are you free? Let's talk about it in person."
Song Minghan thought for a few seconds and said, "This Friday, around 8 or 9 in the morning, come to my office and we can have a good discussion."
It's Tuesday, and there are three days until Friday.
Le Jing: "Okay, I got it. I'll just sort out the script these days and show it to you later."
Le Jing exchanged a few more words with Song Minghan and then hung up the phone.
Le Jing has almost finished the script of "The Queen's Dog", and he only needs to perfect the details in the next few days.
While thinking, Le Jing suddenly felt something flash in his peripheral vision. He raised his head suddenly and saw a mechanical bird hovering in the air, staring at him intently.
Le Jing: ...Damn paparazzi!
He forgot to draw the curtains!
He stepped forward, quickly closed the curtains, and then carefully patrolled the room for a long time. Only after he made sure that all the windows in the house were tightly closed did he finally feel relieved.
It was clearly noon, but the light in the house was dim as if it were dusk, so Le Jing had no choice but to turn on the lights in broad daylight.
Le Jing never expected that as a director he would one day become the target of paparazzi's pursuit and secret photography.
"Chronicles of Great Literary Masters of the Republic of China" is a drama that is popular but the actors themselves are not, so the paparazzi are not very interested in their crew. At most, they would wait at the door of the crew to take a few Reuters photos.
But all this changed after Le Jing won the Red Peony Award and the Starry Sky Award successively.
At the age of 24, he won both the Red Peony Award and the Starry Sky Award for Best Director, breaking the record for the youngest winner. Le Jing was successfully pushed to the forefront of public opinion and became the darling of paparazzi.
These days, whenever Le Jing goes downstairs, he will be surrounded by voyeuristic robots. Even if Le Jing hides in the house, as long as the curtains are not drawn tightly, mechanical birds will fly up and keep an eye on him.
Even though Le Jing had made over a billion yuan with "Chronicles of Great Writers of the Republic of China", he had never thought about moving and still rented a house.
Firstly, he and Sister Zhang are old acquaintances, and Sister Zhang is a trustworthy person. They are all in the same crew, so it is convenient for them to communicate about work. Secondly, Le Jing is used to living here, and moving would be too troublesome and stressful, so he never thought about moving.
But now it seems that he has to move.
Zhang's house is just an ordinary residential building with poor privacy, and it is easy for paparazzi to spy on her privacy. Le Jing is now considering whether to move to a high-end apartment with strict security measures.
He told Sister Zhang about this idea, and Sister Zhang strongly agreed with it.
"We should have moved a long time ago." Zhang Yanfang sighed, "We have caused a lot of trouble to our neighbors living here. It's just right to move out now."
Le Jing was surprised: "Sister Zhang, are you moving too?"
Sister Zhang nodded with a smile, "Do you welcome me as your new neighbor?"
Le Jing smiled widely: "Of course you're welcome! I couldn't ask for more."
Sister Zhang sighed and continued, "Not only will we have to move, but Zhang Ting will also have to transfer to another school. He is being watched like a monkey every day at school, and he has complained to me several times. I plan to transfer him to an art school, and then he can directly apply to the Film Academy."
Le Jing nodded and agreed, "From what Xiao Ting said, she wants to continue to develop in the entertainment industry in the future, so it's better to prepare early now."
Sister Zhang lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly: "This child is so naive, I really don't want him to enter the entertainment industry."
Le Jing comforted her, "It's okay, Sister Zhang. We are here to protect him. We can't say that everything will go smoothly for him, but at least we can give him the courage to get up after he falls."
Facing the young man's calm eyes, Zhang Yanfang chuckled, "You are obviously not much older than Zhang Ting, why do you speak so old-fashionedly? If you don't know me, you might think you are Zhang Ting's father!"
Le Jing: ...
Zhang Yanfang laughed enough and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I know you are busy and probably don't have much time to look for houses. Leave it to me to look for houses. I will make sure to choose a good house that satisfies both of us. You should concentrate on thinking about the script and choosing actors during this time."
Le Jing was pleasantly surprised: "Sister Zhang, you are so kind! I will shamelessly trouble you. I will host you some other day. You can choose any restaurant in the country!"
He did not tell Sister Zhang about Song Minghan's invitation to cooperate. After all, nothing has been done yet. What if something unexpected happens in the future? It is better to tell Sister Zhang the details after signing the contract.
The two chatted and laughed for a while, and Zhang Yanfang suddenly remembered something, "Oh, by the way, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, but I have been too busy these days and always forget to ask."
"What?"
"Have you talked to the people in the theaters? When do you plan to convert "Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu" into a holographic movie for release?"
In today's era when personal optical computers have become popular, holographic movies are also a guarantee of profitability for cinemas. Holographic movies use the sensory immersion technology of holographic online games. By wearing special helmets, audiences can enter the movie world and touch every scene and object in the movie from the perspective of a bystander, feeling the joys and sorrows of the characters.
This is also the unique advantage of Star Era Cinema in attracting audiences.
As an AI movie, "Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu" was previously only circulated on the Internet. Now that the movie has won the Starry Sky Award and has become popular, it should naturally be made into a holographic movie and played in theaters for profit.
Le Jing: "I had a contract with Qijiang Video Network. Qijiang has the full copyright agency rights for "Young Hou", so I handed this matter over to them to arrange." He touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It's been two or three days since I won the award. They should have made some progress."
Le Jing was not wrong.
Early the next morning, Le Jing received a call from editor-in-chief Xu Yan, asking him when he would be free as she wanted to visit him to discuss matters related to the broadcasting rights.
Le Jing sighed and said helplessly: "There are spy robots downstairs now, so don't come. Let's meet in a more private place to talk about things."
Finally, they decided to meet at an afternoon tea cafe in the suburbs, which had a special private room that could shield them from the prying eyes of paparazzi and was perfect for them to talk about things.
The conversation with Xu Yan in the afternoon went very smoothly.
Xu Yan said two things in total this time.
One is that Le Jing's "Young Hou" won the first prize in the youth theme competition of Qijiang Video Network, with a prize of 1 million yuan. At the same time, it also had the opportunity to sign a copyright contract with a well-known entertainment company in the industry to promote the work.
Of course, the latter had been automatically ignored by Le Jing.
Although he is not short of money now, no one would complain about having too little money.
The second thing is to convert "The Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu" into a holographic movie and release it in theaters.
With the blessing of the Starry Sky Award, naturally many companies made offers to Lejing's film, and the one with the best treatment was a newly established entertainment company.
Coincidentally, this company named Baiday Entertainment is the newly established entertainment subsidiary of Bai Energy.
The huge profits from "Chronicles of Great Literary Masters of the Republic of China" made this energy giant, who had just entered the entertainment industry, taste the sweetness. He began to seek further development ambitiously and established an entertainment subsidiary company for this purpose - Daytime Entertainment Company.
Baiday Entertainment not only took a fancy to Le Jing's award-winning "Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu", but also the five art films previously shot by the original owner. It gave Le Jing a package price and wanted to bring all six films to the big screen in one go.
After deducting the share given to cinemas and theaters, according to market prices, general distribution companies will charge 10% to 20% of the box office revenue. In order to express sincerity, and because there are a total of six movies, the Bai Group only charged 10% of the box office revenue (including the cost of post-promotion). As a director, Le Jing can finally get about 40% of the box office revenue.
You have to know that many producers can only get about 30% of the box office revenue, so it is already a special privilege for Le Jing to get 40%.
Editor-in-Chief Xu said: "The other party's opinion is that they will launch a series of special films for you in theaters at that time, and hope that you can cooperate in a series of offline promotional activities at that time."
This request is not excessive.
What's more, the other party is willing to bring the original owner's movie to the big screen, which can be regarded as comforting the original owner's spirit in heaven.
Le Jing naturally signed his name on the contract without hesitation.
…
At eight o'clock in the evening, Luo Bao was surprised to find that the old scenery of Xingbo, which had not been updated for thousands of years, was updated for the first time!
[Old Scenery: My six films, "Young Man in the Wolf's Lair", "Wolf Girl", "Underground Boxing Ring", "Daddy-Long-Legs Next Door", "The Castrated Man" and "Old Age", have signed contracts with Daytime Entertainment. They will be converted into holographic movies and released to everyone by the end of the year. I invite all fans to go to the cinema to support them~]
Luo Bao: ???
Holy crap! !
Ahhhh, he can finally watch his idol's movie in the cinema! He can finally contribute to the box office of his idol's movie!
In the past few days, Luo Bao has seen all the controversies and conspiracy theories that have come with Shi Jing's winning the award, such as the rich woman with steel wool, the hidden rules of selling py, and the illegitimate child of a big boss. Luo Bao was so angry that he was about to smoke.
They were serious directors who didn't hype themselves up or make trouble. They just filmed movies peacefully and honestly. In the end, they were recognized by awards for their amazing talents. Why did such a natural development become so filthy and vulgar in the eyes of those jealous people?
Although most netizens recognized Shi Jing's ability and praised him for his promising young age, the insults from one negative review could offset the good mood of dozens of positive reviews. Even though Luo Bao knew that these were all unscrupulous marketing accounts making up rumors to attract attention, he still couldn't help but feel upset.
So when he suddenly heard that Shi Jing's movie was going to be converted into a holographic movie and played in theaters, Luo Bao was very excited and overjoyed. The opportunity to slap Shi Jing in the face with the box office has finally arrived!
The comments under Xingbo also proved that fans were very happy:
[Black Cat Knight: Aa ...
La La La: Facts speak louder than words, we will use box office to fight back against all rumors!
Don’t move: Woohoo, I still have to wait two months! I’m so anxious!
The King's Woman: Wow! I just watched "Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu" in Qijiang yesterday, and I was still regretting that it was not a holographic movie. I didn't expect that my wish would come true now! Okay, I will definitely take my whole family to the cinema to support it!
Explosion is art: To be honest, I had a general feeling about "Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu", but I was very interested in "The Castrated Man". This is the best movie I have seen this year. I look forward to watching it again in the cinema at the end of the year. 】
At the end of the year, six films with old-time scenery can be watched in the cinema at once. Luo Bao is so happy that he can suffocate just by thinking about the scenes. It just so happens that he didn't really understand those art films before, so now he can seriously ponder the deep meaning of them in the cinema!
…
At 8:30 on Friday morning, Le Jing appeared at the gate of CCTV. Song Minghan had already told the front desk to let him in, so Le Jing took the elevator to Song Minghan's office on the sixth floor smoothly.
But after knocking on the office door, Le Jing was surprised to find that there was another man in the office besides Song Minghan.
He is short and fat, with a big belly and a sweet smile, like a Maitreya Buddha.
Upon seeing Le Jing, Maitreya Buddha's eyes sparkled, his face glowed, and he stretched out his right hand: "This must be Shi Jing, right? I have heard of you for a long time, you are truly a young talent!"
Le Jing shook hands with him and asked, "Who are you?"
"I'm Song Minghan's old friend, Liu Yangxu, and I'm the program planner for the Science and Education Channel. This old man Song Minghan wanted to hide you. If I hadn't been so persistent, I wouldn't have seen you today."
Le Jing: “?”
Song Minghan shook his head and pointed at him helplessly, "Let him tell you himself!"
Liu Yangxu put away the smile on his face, looked at Le Jing seriously, his eyes sparkling, and asked directly: "I have seen your "Little People in Ancient Earth History" on the optical computer. The selection of materials is novel and the conception is profound. What's more rare is that a complete character arc was created in just a dozen minutes. I haven't seen such an excellent documentary that is both entertaining and educational for many years. Qijiang is too young to be worthy of your work."
"How about it? Are you interested in moving this series to our science and education channel? Then audiences across the country, and even the world, will be able to enjoy your work!"
Song Minghan immediately blew his beard and glared: "Don't listen to his nonsense! "Little People" is a documentary, it should be on our documentary channel. Shi Jing, but I contacted you first, there must be a first come first served basis, right?"
Le Jing: ...What kind of Shura field is this? Didn't I come here to talk about "The Queen's Dog"?
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