Chapter 384 Small Gathering

Shen Xudong remembers this Venice session too clearly!

"Brokeback Mountain" won the Golden Lion Award, and Li Min started his journey of winning awards, winning all the way to the Oscar, and then crowned the Oscar for Best Director, becoming the "Light of the Chinese"...

It’s 2005 now, the importance of the Oscars speaks for itself!

——Directly refer to participating in the Oscar selection as competing for the Olympics!

Because during this period, everyone is eager to go global, and the same is true in the film field. The Oscar is an American award. Only by winning this award can we prove that Chinese films are going global...

Of course, there are tangible benefits - after Zhang Ziyi starred in "Memoirs of a Geisha", she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. After returning to China, all resources were tilted towards her...

Not only domestic resources, but also international big-name endorsements, she is also unique!

Bringing it back, Shen Xudong continued to talk about "The Aviator": "Who are the judges this year?"

"The president of the jury is Dante Ferretti..."

Dante Ferretti, art director, his qualifications are scary!

The royal art director of Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini, two directors who have gone down in film history, later moved to North America and became the art director of Martin Scorsese...

World renowned…

"Are there any Chinese judges?"

"Acheng..."

Shen Xudong nodded: "Remember to visit Venice..."

"Don't need to do anything else?"

Shen Xudong asked: "What can you do?"

"Then...how many copies will be printed?"

Shen Xudong looked at Zhao Linhai: "You said?"

"Last year, 150 copies of "Outstanding Citizen" were developed and printed. At first, only 50 were prepared. Later, 100 more were printed urgently..."

"I heard that it was the printing laboratory that you contacted urgently after winning the award in Venice?"

Shen Xudong nodded, and then added: "No matter how urgent it is, there is not enough time..."

"If we prepare 150 coins from the beginning..."

"Who knows if the movie will be popular? An extra 100 coins is a million!"

"The key is time... no matter how urgent it is, it still takes five days!"

Zhou Shen suddenly said: "...I remember that Xu Jinglei's "Letter from a Strange Woman" was printed in more than 50 pieces..."

Chen Xi waved his hand: "Xu Jinglei is not a hit...our screenwriter is Xudong!"

"That's right, with Xudong's name on it, there can be a box office of 20 million!"

"Don't flatter me, you guys..." Shen Xudong waved his hand, and then said: "Let's do this, print 100 copies first...be careful, don't get stolen!"

"This has basically not happened in the past two years..."

By stolen, I mean pirates...

In the early years, most film companies did not have post-processing equipment, nor did they have their own photofinishing and printing plants. They went to a few places such as China Film and Television to do post-processing. The pirates used bribes and paid large sums of money to pay off the workers in the printing and printing plants to secretly copy the digital signals during the magnetic transfer.

Therefore, between 1999 and 2003, this often happened: as soon as a movie was released in theaters, on the same day, pirated DVDs of the "high-definition original" were also released.

This is what happened with "Hero" - on the day of its premiere, pirated DVDs appeared, and they were openly marked with the words "Chinese film pirate production company assisted in filming"...

"You still have to be careful..."

After warning, Chen Xudong suddenly smiled: "It's rare that everyone is here today, let's have a meal together?"

"…Walk!"

…

Zhao Linhai, Zhao Xin, Zhou Shen, Liu Lu, and even Liao Gaoxiang are not here, so the first generation entrepreneurial team is gathered together!

The creative team of "Screening Room"...

Huang Bo was not here either. He went to Hong Kong to film - Wu Zhenyu took him with him. After "The Stone" was filmed, Wu Zhenyu admired Huang Bo especially. It happened that Wang Jing was going to shoot "Crouching Tiger" and needed a large number of actors, so Wu Zhenyu took him with him. Come with him!

A few people went to a nearby restaurant and asked for a private room. Chen Xi ordered food, and they started chatting...

Of course, let’s talk about “Screening Room” first…

"The "Screening Room" sign is still very loud...I heard they said they would change it to a daily broadcast in the second half of this year?"

"What the daily broadcast can't do...it has to be a weekly broadcast!"

"That's right, there are so many movies worth talking about..."

"CCTV also launched "Screening Room 10""

Shen Xudong nodded: "...I read two issues, but I was too cautious..."

The early "Screening Room 10" adhered to the restraint of CCTV's large platform, "Master Image Series" and "City Impression Series", with high-end topic selection, beautiful writing, and advanced editing...

This leads to dismal ratings!

It really became popular thanks to the "Congratulations Series" - from the original cold humor, it has transformed year by year into more and more unscrupulous complaints and catharsis, catering to the psychology of some mobs on the Internet, so it became popular.

"It shouldn't be a pressure... but after we finish talking about the history of Hong Kong film, the history of American film, the history of European film... there's nothing left to talk about!"

"...It's okay. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain...Besides, as long as it is a program, it will eventually stop one day, except for "Xinwen Lianbo"..."

Zhao Xin suddenly interrupted: "Xudong, how much money can you make from each issue of "Screening Room"?"

Shen Xudong thought for a moment, and then asked Chen Xi: "How much can you earn from one episode of "Screening Room"?"

Chen Xi knew this very well and answered casually: "It is broadcast on 13 provincial satellite TV stations across the country and 47 municipal stations... Anyway, our share is about 80,000 per issue..."

"...There are so many stations, and each issue only costs 80,000?"

“It’s good to see money back,”

Chen Xi explained: "Nowadays, most TV stations have formed their own program production teams and do not buy external programs at all. Even if they do, they will keep the price very low. Guess how much the provincial satellite TV paid for "Screening Room" One issue?”

"How many?"

"Two thousand yuan... City-level stations are even lower, some only give 500 yuan per phase..."

"This is too cheap!"

It’s not even as good as Station B’s encouragement to UP owners…

"They have platform advantages..." Chen Xi took this for granted: "However, "Screening Room" is still very influential. I heard that Liu Jialiang even protested..."

"Protest for what?"

"...The article "Kung Fu Emperor" you wrote introduced the filming of "North and South Shaolin"..."

Shen Xudong frowned: "What qualifications does he have to protest? What I wrote is not true?"

Chen Xi smiled: "So, Phoenix Satellite TV ignored him... not even a few media reported it..."

Shen Xudong suddenly remembered something: "The action designer of "Seven Swords" is also Liu Jialiang, right?"

"Yes, it's him..."

"Then I went to the premiere today and didn't see him?"

"I heard that he was ill and went back to Hong Kong to rest!"

Tianshan Mountain is 3,000 meters above sea level, and filming on location requires special tricks. He is not only an action designer, he is also an actor, and the director of a series of fighting scenes...

He contracted pneumonia and almost died.

Shen Xudong said "Oh": "Why didn't I see him?"

Zhou Shen suddenly said: "...I heard that "Seven Swords" is also going to Venice?"

"The screening is just to sell the film... Shouldn't we also bring "Witness" to sell the copyright?"