Chapter 21 Issuance
Chapter 21 Issuance
BBQ stall at night
I don’t know when barbecue became a restaurant. Zhang Chen remembers that when he was a child, barbecue was always done on the roadside and diners ate standing on the roadside.
Fortunately, the store was opened so that they could eat barbecue in March, when the nights in Beijing were still very cold.
"Come on, everyone has worked hard during this period, especially the senior sisters. Let's just eat something today, and then have a good meal at the wrap-up banquet. Let's go together~"
Zhang Chen raised his glass and proposed, and everyone cheered and drank it all.
The three women who played the roles of Guan Yue and others are all Zhang Chen’s senior classmates. They finished filming these roles today and will leave the crew tomorrow. Today’s barbecue can be considered a farewell banquet.
"Director Zhang, you're too polite. If you find a good role in the future, please remember to look for us."
"sure."
The junior students were already running around outside with the crew. They had experienced the fickleness of the world and knew the importance of connections. It was impossible for them to act like seniors in front of Director Zhang Chen and they were even polite in their words.
But there are exceptions~
"Director, are you raising fish?"
Before Zhang Chen finished drinking the wine in his glass, he was immediately confronted by Chen Xi, who was from Heilongjiang Province. Chen Xi was also one of the people who finished filming today and played the role of Yang Xiaoyue.
This girl has a carefree personality and gets along well with everyone. Although she graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, she thrives in this crew dominated by actors from Beijing Film Academy.
"It's not that I don't want to drink it, it's just that it's cold~"
Zhang Chen begged for mercy while drinking up the remaining wine in the glass.
Behind the bar, the shop owner looked at the noisy group of people and sighed that it was good to be young.
Drinking cold beer in winter can only be described as a fool sleeping on a cold kang, relying entirely on his strong firepower.
Ning Hao was the first to start flattering: "Chen Zi, is this really your first time directing a movie?"
"Yes what's the matter?"
"Then you must be a genius. I see that you are very comfortable at work, and you don't look like a novice at all. Moreover, you manage every aspect of the crew in an orderly manner. I don't believe that you are a novice. I think you are more like a veteran of the crew."
He had been noticing Zhang Chen's performance over the past few days. Recalling his own embarrassment when he first directed a movie, the comparison was like heaven and earth.
It's true that people have to die when compared with others, and goods have to be thrown away when comparing goods.
Ning Hao thought he was not a fool, so the other party could only be a genius.
Although this crew is not big, there is a lot to do.
For this purpose, Teacher Fu specially arranged two senior students from the directing department who had followed the group to serve as his assistant directors. Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen managed everything in an orderly manner. Ning Hao and others chatted privately and were very impressed with Zhang Chen's abilities.
Zhang Chen just smiled bitterly when he heard the compliment. This was indeed his first time directing in this life, but he had directed for decades in his previous life. If he couldn't handle a small crew like "Dark Invasion", he would be too inexperienced.
"Yes, yes. And I think the atmosphere in our crew is very good. Everyone is pulling together. It's not like other crews, where there are all kinds of shit."
The person who spoke was the actress who played He Li, and it was obvious that she had experienced some unhappy things in other crews.
“This is really not because of how strong my ability is.”
"What's that for?"
"Because... I'm poor!"
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Seeing that everyone looked puzzled, Zhang Chen simply started a conversation and continued to explain:
“If a crew has sufficient funds, it usually means there are many investors, and more investors means more things to do.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This is not a joke, but an eternal truth.
Investors invest money, so they are the bosses and naturally want some privileges:
For example, arrange some actors who have slept together to play a certain role;
For example, forcing someone to play a role;
For example, changing roles;
Actors also fight overtly and covertly for roles, and quarrel with each other from time to time, comparing who is the big king or the small king. Why does she live in a luxury suite while I only have a king-size bed room? Why does she have an independent dressing room while I don't?
If the atmosphere is bad, it will be difficult to lead the team.
Every person in every position is thinking about enriching themselves. From top to bottom in the entire crew, everyone is thinking about how to make money. I guess no one will think about making a good work.
On the contrary, a tight schedule like ours will make everyone in the crew very united, and give rise to a sense of mission to work together to get this done...
Plus, our team is almost entirely made up of students who are still passionate about this industry, so you will find our crew very special.”
"That's very well said." Applause came from behind. It was Teacher Fu. Qingying Studio and Beijing Film Academy were next to each other. Teacher Fu came here after receiving the call. He didn't even need any transportation. He just walked here.
"Where did you learn this?"
"No, no, no, this is all because of your good teaching, teacher."
"Don't come on, I never taught you this."
Teacher Fu didn't dare to accept the flattery this time. He still had some self-awareness.
“Haha, that might be what I dreamed about.”
Zhang Chen laughed and quickly changed the subject: "Teacher Fu, please sit down and see what you want to eat and order some..."
Teacher Fu waved his hand: "Don't be polite, I just came here after dinner, just to see you guys, how are you, is the recent filming going well?"
"Well, the filming went smoothly. Everyone is in good condition. We are more than halfway through the process."
"That's good, Zhang Chen, come out with me, I want to tell you something."
After saying this, Teacher Fu walked out of the restaurant, and Zhang Chen followed behind.
It was not until they were outside that Teacher Fu spoke up: "The film will be finished soon. Have you considered distributing it?"
He clearly remembered that Zhang Chen said that he wanted to make this movie into a theatrical movie.
After all, this student of his was making a movie for the first time, and Teacher Fu was afraid that he didn't know the ins and outs of it.
"Oh, regarding the publication, does Teacher Fu have any suggestions?"
Regarding distribution, Zhang Chen originally wanted to contact China Film Group, but China Film Group might not look down on a small player like him. Judging from Mr. Fu's expression, he obviously had a plan, and Zhang Chen wanted to hear his ideas.
"I know someone at Guangguang who can help with the distribution, but I won't know for sure until I see your finished film."
People who don’t understand the industry may think that every movie has a chance to be released, but that’s not the case.
Before release, the distribution company will watch the film. If they think the film is worth releasing, then it will have the possibility of being released. Otherwise, it can only be released on DVD.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to the teacher."
Zhang Chen thought about it and readily agreed, saying the lighting was also good.
The specialty of the later generations of Guangguang is ground network distribution!
The so-called "ground network model", also known as the matrix model, means that Guangguang sends special personnel to be stationed in each theater chain for a long time. These people have very good relations with the local theater chains.
Their ultimate goal is to increase the screening rate of their company's films in the theaters they are responsible for.
The ground network distribution model worked very well before 2013, because moviegoers during this period were still accustomed to buying tickets in cinemas, and ground network personnel could influence them.
But this stopped working after 2013. Online ticket purchases developed rapidly, and people basically bought tickets online. The ground network model lost its effect and eventually withdrew from the stage of history.
In addition, there is another reason why Zhang Chen chose Guangxian, which is that this company is very good at hype!
The one that is most talked about by later generations is probably "Painted Wall".
At that time, Guangxian was responsible for the distribution of "Painted Skin", and it was very negative about "Legend of White Snake" which was released in the same period.
"Legend of the White Snake" was published on the 28th, and "Painted Skin" was published on the 29th, just one day apart.
Yangzi yelled wildly and provoked Lao Wang.
Maybe he thinks he is rich and wants to use money to challenge the rules.
Then Lao Wang taught him a lesson.
The White Snake played by Zhao Yazhi seems to have come down from heaven to earth, and the White Snake played by Huang Shengyi seems to have come from heaven to earth.
To be honest, it's too damaging, but it also successfully gave people the impression that this movie is bad.
Originally, the estimated box office of "Legend of White Snake" was 2.5 million to 3 million, but it finally stopped at 2.1 million.
The estimated box office of "Painted Skin" was 1 million to 1.5 million, but the final box office reached 1.93 million.
I'm afraid no one would believe that this sentence had no role to play in this.
(End of this chapter)