Chapter 374 Is there a shady story?(1/2)
"Young Master"
"Hey, Old Chen"
When Yang Huan heard someone shouting, he turned around and saw that it was Chen Kexin, and immediately laughed.
Chen Kexin smiled bitterly, am I very old?
"Young Master Huan, thank you." Chen Kexin raised his wine glass and said sincerely.
Yang Huan also raised it up, clanging at him, but didn't shout, and asked with a smile: "What do you thank me?"
"Thank you for investing in my film partner."
Chen Kexin is not tall and needs to raise his head slightly when talking to Yang Huan.
So, Yang Huan took his expression in his eyes.
"I see him as a work of justice"
It is obvious that after the blows of the movies such as the letter of fame, October Siege and Martial Arts, Chen Kexin finally found the courage to prove himself again.
He needed such a movie to adjust his mindset, so that he could be more involved when filming the war epic of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and then to make the best-invested movie of the Chinese film in history.
"Don't thank me, thank you Miss Zhang, she supports you. I believe in her and you."
Chen Kexin nodded, he didn't thank him for his kindness.
Yang Huan didn't care much about Chen Kexin's thoughts, this was not something he could control.
He began to focus on the people beside Chen Kexin.
In addition to his girlfriend Wu Yunru, there is also a big fat man who always smiles.
"Wang Jing"
"Hello, Mr. Yang Huan" Wang Jing's fat face immediately smiled.
"Hello, I like your movie very much."
To be honest, Yang Huan is also a filmmaker he admires very much.
But when Yang Huan mentioned this, Wang Jing smiled bitterly, "Don't mention it, I can't make it anymore."
"Why?"
Wu Yunru laughed aside, "I'll mess up the big director who claims to be the best commercial film in Hong Kong."
Wang Jing was obviously an old friend to them, so he just laughed and didn't take it to heart.
On the contrary, Chen Kexin explained immediately.
"He made money by filming TV series before, but he didn't make money and lost money for many years. This time he made up his mind to play a big game, and even the name of the movie was called Da Shanghai."
Yang Huan watched this movie in his previous life and was released at the end of one or two years. Unfortunately, he met Taigu and lost the box office.
This is interesting. Taigu is invested by himself, and his own people must support him.
"It's okay, who can guarantee that every movie will make money?" Yang Huan was open-minded.
"In this way, Yu Qian, don't go to anyone else in your next movie, I'll vote."
Wang Jing was stunned now, "Is it true or false?"
"I didn't say anything." Yang Huan was also generous and agreed on the spot.
It feels like investing in a movie is like someone else buying a toy worth dozens of dollars.
Wang Jing was also happy now and immediately pulled Yang Huanyu for two cups.
As soon as we talked about the movie, this guy was really excited and couldn't even stop it.
"Actually, Master Huan, your Chinese Expeditionary Force has a good theme, it is not difficult to review and has a strong storyline, but it just doesn't suit Lao Chen. He is not good at making such movies."
Chen Kexin was a little embarrassed when Wang Jing said this, but he did not object.
"Old Chen is a bit of a bid for the investment letter and the October siege, which is somewhat in line with the wishes of investors, but he is not good at this kind of commercial film model. He is good at sentiment, sweet and honey-like, commercial films, especially war films, which he cannot control."
Wang Jing is considered a senior of Chen Kexin and a Hong Kong director who claims to be the best at making commercial films. He must have made sense of what he said, but Yang Huan also has his own considerations.
"I know too, but this time I shoot the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the theme I fought is emotion."
Wang Jing is a smart person after all, he can understand it at a glance.
"You mean, reflect on the war?"
Speaking of this, Wang Jing couldn't help but sigh and smiled, "Young Master Huan, you have great ambitions."
"What do you think?" Yang Huan asked.
When it comes to understanding the movie, Yang Huan can't catch up with Wang Jing even if she shoots.
"Master Huan, I don't know if I can say something?"
Yang Huan was stunned, smiled and nodded, "Of course I can say it."
Wang Jing looked at Chen Kexin again, and the latter nodded.
After several contacts with Young Master Huan, Chen Kexin still knows Yang Huan very well.
Yang Huan humbly accepts other people's opinions and suggestions for things he doesn't understand.
"In fact, the thirty-three days of love breaking out is not as good as the box office. Even in my opinion, this movie can be sold well in Asia and the box office in North America is quite good. The main reason is the appeal of celebrities."
After hearing this, Yang Huan couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.
Fatty Wang's words are really to the point.
"This movie is still telling the stories of us Chinese and the stories of Beijing, so it has high box office in China. In Asia, especially East Asia and Southeast Asia, the culture is very close and the appeal of celebrities, so the box office is also high."
"But in Europe and North America, the box office is much lower, and it can only be supported by Lin Yuner."
Yang Huan still agrees with this statement because it is very similar to the market survey conducted by Miracle Entertainment.
It can be seen that this fat man Wang is of high quality.
"If making a movie is telling a story, then if you want to let this story go abroad and be accepted by people all over the world, you have to improve the vision of the story from the Chinese and tell the stories of all mankind."
"A Hamlet-like story was filmed in China and it was a dark story that even the Chinese could not bear to watch. But in Hollywood, it was filmed in the Lion King, which is a story that most people in mankind like, positive and sunny, and this is the gap in storytelling level."
Yang Huan nodded unstoppablely. Fatty Wang said this to his heart.
He has been thinking about what is the biggest difference between Chinese and American movies?
If you want to talk about the so-called film industry, now is the era of globalization. You can’t do it yourself. If you ask someone to do it, you can’t do it. We are big in China, and there is nothing else, but we have more money.
Now that Fatty Wang said this, Yang Huan had a sudden realization and rushed forward.
The perspective of storytelling is indeed something you can't buy it no matter how much money you have
"It is actually easy to realize this, but it is difficult to do it," Wang Jing sighed and said.
"Why?" Yang Huan was surprised.
Yes, since you realize this, there must be many filmmakers who realize this.
Why no one did it?
"Censorship is like a sword of Damocles, hanging over the head, but this is not the most terrifying thing. What is really terrifying is that the pressure of censorship is layered and in the end, it becomes self-censorship, and investors become the biggest level."
"Investor?" Yang Huan was surprised.
"Yes, investors, because making movies is a business activity, the purpose of investors is to make money. If the movie is made and cannot be released because it cannot pass the review, then investors will lose a lot. Therefore, before submitting for review, investors will often review themselves and delete some controversial points that may cause sensitiveness. As a result, the entire film has been changed beyond recognition and turned into a bad movie."
Yang Huan now understood everything.
It turns out that this is how some big and bad movies come from. No wonder many commercial movies that seem to be very big and made are so bad.
After all, how many people who invest in movies understand movies?
The investor decides to delete it, and the result can be imagined
Looking at it from another perspective, when Yang Huan invested in the filming of a love-breaking thirty-three days for Deng Huatao, he also gave him some conditions, such as implanting advertisements, installing Lin Yuner and Uncle Bird, etc.
This is already considered enlightened. If you encounter some investors who are strong in control and don’t know how to pretend to understand, then that’s all over?
After all, there is a censorship system all over the world, but the domestic film market is not standardized, which has caused various problems.
And it is not appropriate to blame all the problems on investors.
Because investors must make money
"I see"
Yang Huan nodded constantly. Fatty Wang's words made him see through a layer of fog.
"Old Chen, don't worry, you just need to focus on making good movies, write the scripts, and enlarge your vision. We want to shoot stories of all mankind. As for box office pressure, don't take it seriously. If you have to review it, there is no problem. At worst, I will come forward at that time."
"Anyway, you can shoot this movie anyway, then do it."
Not only Chen Kexin was stunned when Yang Huan's words, but Wang Jing was even more stunned.
That's hundreds of millions. Although it's RMB, can you just do whatever you want?
Could it be that this Young Master Huan doesn’t feel sorry for money at all?
To be continued...