Chapter 238 Humph, you want to escape?
The topic returned to normal, and Yang Ruoqian finally recovered some spirit from his depression.
After receiving the list of directors sent by Cheng Fei, he carefully reviewed the detailed information of each director from top to bottom.
"The first director...has a good reputation, a wide network of contacts, and has directed many well-known works. He also has some experience in directing big-budget productions, and even went abroad to study how to direct a science fiction film."
In the document, the introduction is followed by a photo and detailed introduction of the director, including what works he has shot and even a photo of himself.
After just a quick glance, Yang Ruoqian silently typed the three words "unqualified" behind this person's information column.
"The conditions are very good, people like this can just be eliminated."
It’s not that Yang Ruoqian dislikes the director’s good qualifications - this time he is going to make the movie completely following Yuefu’s old path of failure, and Yang Ruoqian will use a director of the same caliber as Yuefu.
The director of "The Fortress of Devil City" is the type who is in the middle of the pack. He occasionally makes one or two hit movies, but is unknown most of the time.
The conditions of the first director were obviously much better than those for filming "The Fortress of Devil City".
"The second one... is a female director, one of the veteran directors, recognized as a talented person in the industry. Very good, but still not qualified."
Most of the directors ranked ahead of Cheng Fei have at least three films in their resumes, and the public will at least feel familiar with their names.
Not only do they have achievements, they also have a lot of resources in their hands. As long as we invite them into the crew, many troublesome things that need to be done later will not be a problem.
Yang Ruoqian quickly flipped down the list and went straight to the middle part, skipping over the veteran directors at the top who looked very impressive at first glance.
As expected, the directors ranked later were visibly inferior to the directors above them in terms of conditions.
"This is a little worse than the resume of the director in Yuefu, so I'll decline it."
"Well, his resume is a little better than Yuefu's. You can keep it and see. If there is no suitable candidate, he will be the one."
"This... looks good, pending confirmation."
After reading the resumes of several directors, Yang Ruoqian suddenly discovered a very interesting phenomenon, that is, there was basically no "science fiction" element in the introductions of these directors.
Even if this word appears occasionally, it only means that the person has studied abroad, or has a lot of experience in watching and studying science fiction movies, but no one has ever dared to pat his chest and guarantee that he is capable of making a movie of this type.
"It seems that our film industry has never produced a true science fiction film. Although "Fortress of the Demon City" is under the banner of science fiction, it has been expelled from the "science fiction category" by angry audiences."
After some directors have tried this subject and suffered a huge loss, it is understandable that others behave more conservatively in their introductions in order to avoid being slapped in the face or being held accountable later.
After looking through the information of several directors, a name suddenly caught Yang Ruoqian's attention.
"Guo Fan... has made fewer films, but overall, he is on the same level as the director of 'Fortress of Devil City'."
"And we also have no experience in shooting big-budget, big-budget movies."
Now, Yang Ruoqian has gathered all the elements for the failure of Yuefu Group, and all he needs to do is wait for failure.
He just didn't believe that he could succeed by completely copying the failure path of others! As the saying goes, those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die. Yang Ruoqian is now running wildly on the road to death.
After deciding on the candidate, Yang Ruoqian marked Guo Fan's name, took a screenshot and sent it to Cheng Fei.
"Boss Cheng, I think Director Guo is pretty good. Is he the one for us?"
Cheng Fei, who had been waiting on the other side of the screen, immediately sent a reply: "Okay, I'll notify him right away, and you can just be responsible for contacting him when the time comes."
Cheng Fei did not find it strange that Yang Ruoqian did not choose several well-known directors at the top of the list.
If it were in the past, with Cheng Fei's confident personality, she would at most give two or three candidates she thought were most suitable, and would never have made such a long list.
After collaborating with Kuiguang Group several times, each of which was a great success, she had deeply realized many of her own shortcomings, so she sent a list of all the directors who were interested in cooperating and left it to Yang Ruoqian to decide.
How many big bosses and leaders have ruined a good situation because they overestimated their own abilities and liked to "micro-manage"? Some of them lost their own future, some lost their company, and some even became the captain of the transportation team.
So, it is better to leave things to people who can do the job.
It saves both worry and effort.
Yang Ruoqian immediately sent a reply: "By the way, I wonder if Mr. Cheng is interested in being the associate producer of this film?"
Last time, Yang Ruoqian thought that there was no salary for being a figurehead, so he directly rejected this lucrative job that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars but required no work.
I was shivering with pain.
Now that Yang Ruoqian has formed his own crew, of course he has to spend double the money he didn't make last time.
And it just happened to be a good opportunity to arrange a job for Shao Yiqi in the crew, allowing him to work with Cheng Fei, their old rival who disliked each other.
As a punishment for the loudmouth and spreading rumors in the company.
On the one hand, he could open an idle position that does absolutely nothing and just stands there to collect a salary, and on the other hand, he could use it to punish Shao Yiqi, killing two birds with one stone.
"Didn't expect that? Not only can I send you to Chengyu Media, I can also directly invite people from Chengyu Media over!"
Humph, you want to escape? Cheng Fei was obviously very surprised by this arrangement, and replied very quickly: "Really? Mr. Yang is so polite?"
Although he was just a nominal associate producer, Cheng Fei did not participate in any film production this time.
At most, I can provide a list of directors.
Just from the importance that Kuiguang Group attaches to it and Yang Ruoqian's own attitude, it can be seen that "The Wandering Blue Star" is definitely a more important project than "The Black Robe Inspection Team".
When filming "The Black Robe Inspection Team" at the beginning, Yang Ruoqian only gave a general idea and left almost all other matters to the crew, and did not ask anything about what happened during the process.
He even declined the opportunity to become an associate producer.
Being invited by Yang Ruoqian to be the associate producer of such an important film can be considered as a recognition! It must be a recognition.
It's impossible that he just wanted to give Cheng Fei a salary of several hundred thousand which was almost symbolic, right?
Yang Ruoqian was also a little surprised to see that the other party agreed so readily: "Boss Cheng is interested? That's great... So, regarding the salary, I plan to pay 500,000 first, how do you think?"
Cheng Fei didn't care about the salary at all: "Mr. Yang can decide this kind of trivial matter by himself, I can do it."
It's pleasant to chat with straightforward people... Even though Chengyu's family has cheated him so many times, Yang Ruoqian still feels comfortable working with them: "Okay, that's settled. I'll let you know when the filming starts. If you don't have time, you don't have to come."
"I am free. Of course I am not free. Oh, and here's one more thing. Do you remember that we held a small event called "Black Robe Inspection Team" online before?"
The activities of "Black Robe Inspection Team"...
Yang Ruoqian thought about it and quickly found the relevant information in his memory.
Since both bosses had brief cameo appearances in the movie and the audience only found Yang Ruoqian, Yang Ruoqian had an idea at the time and forced himself to come up with an excuse to hold the event.
Whoever can first find Cheng Fei's guest-starring role will receive a generous gift from the Kuiguang Group.
Of course, in order to be fair, people who know the inside information, such as employees of Chengyu and Kuiguang, are not allowed to participate in this event.
Even if you participate, you will be exposed when you go to collect the reward with your real name.
"Remember, what happened? Has anyone found it?"
Cheng Fei replied: "Yes, our backend data has received the message. I sent the prize directly?"
After all, it was a small offline event, and Yang Ruoqian thought about giving away a supercar directly, but was directly prohibited by the system.
The biggest gift cannot be worth more than 100,000 yuan.
But under the influence of the system for many years, Yang Ruoqian had already mastered the ultimate secret of exploiting loopholes - the system limits the value of the prizes, but the restrictions on the award ceremony are another matter.
As long as the award ceremony is made grand and spectacular, won't the expenses go up?
If giving big gifts is not an option, then what's wrong with holding a luxurious award ceremony under the guise of giving big gifts?
With this advanced idea in mind, Yang Ruoqian stopped the loss-minimizing behavior of directly awarding prizes: "Boss Cheng, think about it, there are quite a few people participating in this event. If we don't hold an open award ceremony and show all the information transparently to the public, some people may not accept the result and think that our two companies are directing and acting on their own.
Cheng Fei immediately understood what Yang Ruoqian meant.
If we just use the information from the backstage to find the audience member who gives the correct answer first and send the prize to them quietly, I'm afraid it may not convince everyone.
Not to mention the lucky draws organized by the two private companies, even lotteries often have things like the "magnetic levitation ball" that overturned Newton's coffin.
If the event is not made more transparent, many people will definitely question its authenticity.
"Boss Yang has indeed thought it through...Okay, then let's do as you ask. I'll let you know when the venue is ready."
Seeing Cheng Fei trying to unreasonably take on such a good job as spending money into his group, Yang Ruoqian immediately stopped her and said, "Since I proposed this activity, then Kuiguang Group should be responsible for all the expenses. Otherwise, wouldn't this be an act of taking advantage of others' money?"
"You are too polite."
"It's settled!" After typing this line, Yang Ruoqian directly exited the chat box and sent the relevant task to the operations department.
The award ceremony must be grand and luxurious enough.
It would be better to spend money to invite some celebrities to host the award ceremony.
As for the protagonist of this award ceremony, what kind of embarrassing things the unlucky winner would experience on the stage was not within Yang Ruoqian's consideration.
…
After finishing all the work, Yang Ruoqian, who had been busy all day, finally had some time for himself.
But he was deeply worried about this quarter's financial report and was in no mood to watch movies or play games.
"Well, let's see how the Douchi rating of "The Black Robe Inspection Team" is..."
Yang Ruoqian opened the browser and entered the two keywords "fermented black beans" in the Qiandu search box.
What is at the top of the search bar is not a link to Douchi’s official website, but a very eye-catching message.
"Dounchi score 9.1, an interview report with Shang Qianyu, the female lead of the first domestic superhero film."
Just because it has the word "douchi" in it, it can be pushed directly to the top of the search bar.
You can imagine how popular this link is.
"This crappy movie has been out for so long, please turn down the heat! Stop staring at me like a ghost!"
Yang Ruoqian has deliberately begun to cool down the popularity of "The Black Robe Inspection Team" and deliberately stopped any publicity.
However, the secondary creators of major video platforms seem to have no less enthusiasm for this movie, and all kinds of ghost videos, analyses, and adapted jokes are emerging in an endless stream.
After a period of time, the popularity of "The Boys" not only did not decline, but it attracted many people outside the circle who were not interested in superhero movies because of these secondary creative videos.
Perhaps this is what they call a lost cause, a doomed fate...
No matter what you do, you can't save the situation.
Yang Ruoqian sighed and casually clicked on the interview article about Shang Qianyu.
…
Shang Qianyu reveals inside information, two key pieces of information: acting as himself, help from a noble person
Just from the title of this interview, you can tell how famous Shang Qianyu has become because of this movie.
If it is an unknown 18th-tier actor, just writing his name without any prefix will only make people feel confused.
Only without any prefix can one show a person's current fame.
“The release of The Boys directly set off a blockbuster bomb in the film and television industry. A superhero film with depth, fun and plot broke through the stereotypes of domestic audiences and became the most popular movie of the year.”
"Among them, Shang Qianyu, who was once a nobody, became famous overnight with her starring role. She played the role of a person who was full of hope and tried hard to become a superhero, but after entering the company, she found out that superheroes are so dirty."
"The scene where he entered the company and was threatened by his colleagues was one of the climaxes of the whole movie. It was so exciting!"
"Whether it's acting skills, emotional control or body language control, it can be said that he is far superior to his peers (young actors). Even compared with veteran actors, it's no exaggeration to say that he has 70% to 80% of their skills."
"The following are Shang Qianyu's original words:"
(End of this chapter)
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