Chapter 823 Theme Qiuyue
On the other side, Liu Lan and He Lushen talked about the content of the movie promotional video to be shot tomorrow.
He Lushen said, "Director Lin, screenwriter Tian, my father and I have been thinking about how to do a good job of this publicity recently. We are almost bald from thinking about it! Foreign countries are different from China. Foreigners know very little about Chinese history and culture, and they don't understand the background dynasty of the movie story. They can't even tell the difference between Chinese Hanfu, Japanese kimono, and Korean hanbok. We don't want the movie that has been released in several countries with great difficulty to end up with a box office failure. All our efforts will be in vain. Then our peers will definitely laugh at us. My father is very proud. Therefore, under such circumstances, only if foreigners can understand the promotional video and be attracted by it, will they buy the movie. The importance of the promotional video is self-evident."
Liu Lan suddenly felt that the burden on her shoulders had become much heavier.
He Lushen told her that after several meetings and discussions, they decided on the theme of this promotional video - "Autumn Moon".
The focus of the video is not the plot, but the music. "Music is borderless and is the common language of the world. We decided to use music as a breakthrough point and shoot a short film with music as the theme. It just so happens that you and Tang Tu, as the male and female protagonists of the movie, are both extremely talented in music and can easily handle this task. Your task is to play "Autumn Moon" again."
Even though "Autumn Moon Over the Han Palace" has been removed from cinemas, it has not affected the popularity of its theme song "Autumn Moon". "Autumn Moon" has topped the light music charts of major music apps for three consecutive months. It is praised by netizens as the most accessible Chinese classical music in the Internet era. The popularity of this song is not only due to the good music itself, but also closely related to the fact that its performer is Liu Man, a top-tier internet celebrity.
As we all know, Liu Man's guqin skills are superb, and many folk musicians have praised her performance. Unfortunately, since she left the Capital Conservatory of Music, she has rarely played the guqin and the piano. She gave all the music performance opportunities to her friends Li Xiaoru and Shen Mozhen.
"Autumn Moon" is the only complete and official Guqin piece played by Liu Man that can be found online, and is naturally regarded as a treasure by her fans. Currently, Liu Man's title on music websites is a singer, not a performer. Xinchen Records carefully produced three songs for her, "Listen, the Sound of the Wind", "Flying Birds" and "First Love", all of which sold well, and Liu Man received a considerable share of the song revenue.
As for "Autumn Moon", Liu Man was a newcomer at the beginning. After being discovered by Tian Yafu, she signed a buyout contract with Director Lin. They gave her a one-time salary of 460,000 yuan. Therefore, even if the box office of "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" exceeded 3 billion yuan, even if the download fee of "Autumn Moon" was 8 yuan, the download volume was 20 million times, and it was played on repeat every day by countless fans and praised as a divine song, these incomes have nothing to do with her.
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Now it seems that Liu Lan has suffered a loss, and He Lushen also realized this, so her appearance fee for her 5-minute dance guest appearance in "War of the North Wind" was 4 million, which is twice Chu Yu's pay.
The overseas version of the promotional video for "Autumn Moon over the Han Palace" is also 5 minutes long. This job exceeded the requirements of the original performance agreement, and it should have been a new contract. He Lushen did not avoid Song Junzhe. He told Liu Man that as long as she completed this short film, she could get another 4 million in salary, which was considered compensation from Huaguang Media.
Liu Lan did not refuse. According to her current fame, the price of 4 million was very reasonable. Song Junzhe criticized He Lushen from the side, "Only 4 million, you are too stingy."
Liu Lan quickly said, "4 million is more than enough." Fearing that He Lushen would raise her salary out of face, she changed the subject and asked He Lushen some specific details about the shooting, such as where to shoot tomorrow, what time to start work, and what preparations she needed to make.
"Oh, by the way, you reminded me that we have to get up early tomorrow because we are going to Wuling Mountain!" He Lushen almost forgot about the important matter!
Liu Lan was surprised, "I want to climb a mountain?"
"Yes, we all want to climb the mountain. My dad has booked Wuling Mountain for a whole day."
Liu Man originally thought that the short film might be shot at a suburban film and television base, renting a place like "Han Dynasty Courtyard", which would be simple and quick, but she never expected that they actually rented a mountain...
Wuling Mountain is not in the capital, it is 160 to 170 kilometers away from the capital, and it takes nearly three hours to get there even if you drive fast. So He Lushen sincerely invited Liu Lan to stay at his house tonight, and they had to get up at four o'clock tomorrow.
Liu Lan didn't mind living here. Yu Zhan was there anyway, so she didn't feel uncomfortable.
Song Junzhe thought their activities tomorrow were very interesting, and shamelessly asked to sleep at He Lushen's house tonight, "I want to go with you guys tomorrow, and I want to be a spectator."
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