Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 34 Yang Mi and Zhao Liying
Things turned out just as Shi Lei had expected. A few days later, the amount of pirated copies reached an unprecedented level, which could be described as a disaster.

The consequence is that the box office has stopped increasing after reaching 1.13 million yuan.

Shi Lei decided to withdraw the film from theaters very quickly. The sooner the film was withdrawn from theaters, the sooner the profits could be distributed. Otherwise, the distribution of profits might have been postponed for a month.

He hates piracy deeply. If there were no piracy, the box office would have been at least 1.50 million. The company lost more than 1500 million, and he was really sad.

There is no way to solve this problem now, unless you send a few security guards to guard it all the time. Otherwise, the original film will be easily leaked. The pirated copies outside are no different in clarity from the original.

Even films used for theater screenings may leak out. If you find a suitable projector, you can produce the same quality as in the theater.

Piracy will only be slightly alleviated after digital movies become popular, when digital cameras will be used for filming and digital projection will also be used.

At that time, we can make a set of programs, and give each copy a code. The corresponding code can only be played on the corresponding projector, and can only be played at a specific time, otherwise it cannot be decoded!
At that time, the technical threshold for piracy will be higher, the number of people engaging in piracy will be greatly reduced, and the country can carry out targeted strikes.

Of course, there is another type of piracy that is hard to stop, and that is the gun version, where someone secretly brings in video equipment to shoot.

The threat of this is not that great, and people who can tolerate the gun version will most likely not buy tickets to the cinema.

Starting in 00, Hollywood decided to abandon film shooting and fully transform to digital.

It is only 03 and the Chinese film market has not yet followed the reform. There are not many movie screens now, let alone any reform.

Maybe by 08, he can push it forward.

The RED ONE launched by RED in 08 threatened the status of film as the gold standard in the film industry because it brought unprecedented possibilities to the film industry.

Although some directors have complained that RED ONE sometimes freezes and needs to be constantly cooled with ice packs due to overheating, its price is much lower than film cameras and most previous digital cameras, and it has 4K resolution and more sensitive color capture.

All images will be stored in a small SD card, and replacing an SD card only takes 15 seconds.

This can only wait!

Shi Lei called Han Sanpin and asked him to urge the cinema to settle the bill as soon as possible. If he didn't, it would take an unknown amount of time to settle the bill.

This is also a privilege brought by films with a box office of over 100 million yuan. Taolin Film and Television has successfully activated the film market that was depressed by the virus. As the financial sponsor of cinemas, they are willing to speed up checkout.

The cost of The Matrix: Keepers was revealed long ago.

The amount of foreign copyright sales has been reported many times in newspapers.

The production cost is 8200 million RMB, and the foreign copyright + domestic box office totals 2.56 million RMB.

An insider has calculated the profits of the producers, and they can get nearly 1 million in net profits!
The cost is 8200 million RMB and the net profit is 1 million RMB, which is a huge profit!

From filming to release, "The Matrix: Guardians of the Galaxy" took 8 months and generated a profit of 1 million, surpassing many listed companies.

What makes people most enviable is that Shi Lei is a new director who has been engaged in film and television production for more than a year.

There are many people who are envious and jealous. Under the media's deception, a large amount of private capital has accelerated into the film and television industry.

Regarding the box office of "The Matrix: Keeper of Darkness", many media interviewed many directors in the film and television industry.

Feng Dapao waved his hand and said loudly: "My movie "Cell Phone" to be released at the end of the year is my best comedy, and its box office will definitely exceed "The Matrix: The Prophet Keeper".

I will be shooting a martial arts blockbuster early next year, an epic blockbuster on par with Hero, not a small-scale film like The Matrix. "

Director Yinshi snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "I am already preparing a blockbuster movie. Both the scenes and the fighting scenes are far better than The Matrix: Guardians. By then, the box office of the movie will definitely surpass The Matrix: Guardians, and it will be more than twice as much."

In his eyes, Shi Lei is just a clown, and Zhang Yimou is his equal. Zhang Yimou, who is preparing to start filming "House of Flying Daggers", took the time to answer: "I watched "The Matrix: The Prophet Keeper". As a young director, Shi Lei has done a good job in both the plot and the action."

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At the same time, some famous people in the circle visited Taolin Film and Television, and various cooperation intentions came in like a tide.

Shi Lei was not good at this kind of business interpersonal communication, so he pushed everyone to Deng Hongxu.

He found it troublesome, but the people in the company were very happy.

Whether it was artists, agents, or ordinary employees, everyone was extremely excited.

They have met many celebrities these days, and the most important thing is that they have secured their year-end bonuses.

The boss is so generous at the wrap-up party, the year-end bonus will not be small!

"That's enough. Even a fool can see how proud you are. Forget about that. Don't find all kinds of excuses to hang around!"

"Especially you, Yang Mi. School has started now. Why are you, a high school student, wandering around the company instead of going back to class?" Shi Lei pointed at Yang Mi, whose face was full of collagen, and scolded her.

Yang Mi was quite unconvinced when she heard this, and pointed at Zhao Liying and shouted, "She has also started school, she can stay here, why can't I?"

For some reason, she vaguely felt that Zhao Liying was her archenemy. Shi Lei had someone specially sent to find this girl, and he paid for her to attend a training class and used his connections to send her to the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy.

They are the only two people under 18 years old in the company. This girl is only one year younger than her and has a round face. What’s more annoying is that she dresses so cutely that people can’t help but love her. Isn’t she the silly and innocent girl in the TV series?
She knew the power of naivety, and alarm bells immediately rang.

"No, it wasn't me who wanted to come here. My agent dragged me here." Zhao Liying explained quickly.

The Beijing Film Academy had just started its new semester, and logically she should have stayed in school, and she also planned to study hard, but her agent took the initiative to ask for leave for her, and for some reason her class teacher agreed.

At the same time, I also told her that the courses she had over the past few days were not as good as spending a day at Taolin Film and Television.

"Yes, it was me who asked Yingbao to come here. I wanted to take her to meet some seniors in the circle." Zhao Liying's agent explained.

This Yang Mi often goes in and out of the boss's office and calls the boss Brother Lei. The two have a special relationship. Even if Shi Lei is scolding Yang Mi now, she doesn't dare to follow up the conversation to make insinuations about Yang Mi.

"Okay, as an elder sister, stop bullying the girl. As long as it doesn't affect the normal operation of the company, you can stay here if you want." Shi Lei raised his hand to stop her.

When it comes to the ability to argue, Zhao Liying is no match for Yang Mi now.

"Hmph." Yang Mi snorted coldly and did not continue.

As a few days passed, the number of visitors gradually decreased, and he became busier and busier.

Deng Hongxu can be asked to negotiate, but some things still require him to step in, such as investment in TV series and movies.

Taolin Company made money, and many people came to the company to seek investment.

When it comes to TV series and movies, Deng Hongxu thinks Shi Lei is more professional.

Shi Lei could only sit at his desk and flip through various scripts.

First of all, Shi Lei put the issue of movies aside. The domestic film market is in recession. Except for some specific movies, he does not plan to invest in other movies. We will talk about this later.

He mainly focused on TV series, first picking out the scripts that he remembered from his previous life.

(End of this chapter)