Hollywood legendary director

2010, September 23, Beijing.

As October approaches, the film company is not the only one staring at the National Day schedule.

Early in the morning, people from the upswing film and television media were spreading the bulletin screen as usual, using the information materials of the main creators to add fuel to the hype Zhu Yilong and Liu Yuxin worked hard to film "The Legend of Daming Palace" and tried to touch the porcelain. The big hit drama "Daming Palace Ci", wanted to rely on the error in the name to attract the attention of those who had watched the drama when they were young and have now grown into a young and middle-aged generation.

Under the hype of some tabloids and media, this trick really worked. Encouraged by this, the propaganda team of "Legend of the Daming Palace" wrote a related newsletter almost every other day, and continued to accumulate public opinion after being polished.

Unexpectedly, the publicity is progressing well, but the distribution has problems.

That afternoon, the boss of Shangzao Media received a call from Aiqi Xingyue, the high-level insider of the film’s distributor, “Don’t waste money,” the person on the other end said helplessly, “Accept the notification from the higher authorities. : In October, the schedule is concession, and those theater companies will not have many screens. Whether it is a shift or a theater lot, we can only pick the rest, so I advise you to stop the loss quickly."

After that, I kindly added, "If you want to withdraw, we can help you arrange it, but it must be late before next weekend. It's too late and the workload is heavy."

"How can this happen? Didn't you say it before?" The boss of Shangzao almost jumped up, "This series of films also teaches the basic law. Pharaoh, we have friendship, you can tell me what happened."

"Oh, you can ask yourself, there must be no way on my side."

"Fuck."

Seeing that the phone was hung up first, the boss was so angry that he smashed the ashtray out, causing the employees outside to hear the movement and do things with a little panic.

But think about my so many years of hard work. From a studio, I don’t have much capital and contacts. I basically rely on outsourcing projects from some TV stations, and invest in documentaries and TV series to gradually deepen into the film and television production industry. I got to know some people, I got into the film industry with my enthusiasm, expanded the production business (of course, making movies more profitable), and then the first movie just came out, I was looking forward to portraying the future, suddenly On the eve of the screening, a familiar "receiving a notice from the higher authorities" came, how not to be angry!

"CNMD, labor and capital money are thrown in, let me withdraw from the gear, NMD just collect the money and do nothing, but first give me official accent." The boss of Shangzao thinks about it, the less he feels, he immediately went to the wine table The manager of a cinema on the Jinyi Cinema Line.

After all, Shangzao Media does not have the ability to directly contact the major theaters to arrange films, otherwise it will not outsource the distribution work, and at his level, he is worthy of this level of character.

Of course, a theater manager who is eating this bowl of rice at least knows more about the news in the industry than he does.

Sure enough, good wine and good food greeted me, and a good cigarette was given out, and they said that this matter was arranged by China Film.

China Film? The boss is no stranger to it. This is the thigh he can't hold even if he wants to hug it. It also stems from the problem of institutional attributes. If China Film comes to coordinate the schedule, it vaguely feels bad, but he is still trying. I asked Jinyi Cinemas what his plans for the National Day schedule in October, and tried to promote his own works.

The other party laughed and said nothing, making it clear that he did not want to talk.

No way, the wine bureau dispersed, and the boss returned to the company like a cock that was defeated in a fight, flipping through the various expenses that had been spent, looking at the numbers for a long time and could not calm down.

About an hour later, he took the report and went to the Xingyue company building, planning to theory.

The phone called, and a high-level man named Zhao came down, shyly walked out of the elevator, and walked slowly over and asked, "What's the matter with this comrade?"

"Where is Pharaoh, is he not there?"

"Oh, he has something to go out. Anything to tell me is the same."

Maybe I understand that my own business is not authentic, or maybe it's really something. People did go out, and after repeated inquiries, they said that they couldn't see him. Who else can they talk to without talking to Zhao?It can't be another day.

"It's okay for us to talk, we can solve it as soon as possible." Old Zhao is still kind.

In this way, the two came to an office.

As soon as the boss of Shangzao sat down for a while, a young civilian brought two cups of tea bags.

"Are you buying me tea?"

"If you don't like it, you can drink coffee." Old Zhao has a soft face, "We have coffee here."

"Humph."

At the moment, the boss took out the budget statement and the agency issuance contract signed at the beginning, and then reiterated the sudden inability to supply the previously promised screen scheduling and the proposed withdrawal of files.Question how to protect the interests of the producers in such a treatment, even if the files are withdrawn, how to calculate the promotional expenses that have been thrown in?This should not be their responsibility.

"Well, we also have our difficulties. Suddenly, we are just a very ordinary issuing company." Old Zhao smiled tepidly, and asked instead: "How much promotional expenses have you spent? "

"More than 3 million."

"Hey, it's a good thing to be promoted. Is it always going to be shown anyway? The audience has the impression that it can always attract some people to watch it."

"But if the file is withdrawn, the publicity period is not right. Is it possible to re-hype again?"

"When the newsletter and newspaper were sent out, many things were passed out inadvertently, and it was still effective." Old Zhao calmly comforted.

"That's it? I only asked you how to calculate the money. This is because you didn't perform the contract."

"Don't worry. Or else, continue to maintain the release?" Lao Zhao is still breeze and drizzle, "The content of "The Legend of Daming Palace" and the mode of the first giant screen shooting are still very innovative, maybe the audience will like it very much. "

"But didn't you mean to withdraw files? China Film has arranged arrangements, don't think I don't know."

"Hey, is it just for this. The distribution is definitely possible. With so many screens, a movie can't be eaten. It is always necessary to give audiences of all ages other options. Of course, it's just that movie. Some of the locations, amounts, and schedules we originally promised have changed. I don’t want to hide it from you. Compared with the original conditions, they are a bit worse, but it is not impossible to arrange them."

The boss of the company was unwilling to say: "Isn't this still a breach of contract?"

"Then there is no way, withdraw the file, I can guarantee that the issuing fee will be refunded in full, how about it?" Old Zhao gradually stopped smiling...