Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

"You said that this is Li Wei's studio? Director Li Wei wants to see me?" Liu Han didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.

Most of Huaxia's directors are majors, but the majors are also divided into the local school and the foreign school, and the foreign school is obviously the mortal enemy of the local school, and even directors who are not from the professional class have not been hit so severely by the local school.Because of this, the professional directors of the overseas school can try not to return to China if they don’t return to China; and the few directors of the overseas school who return to China for development only use domestic funds to make movies, and then go to European film festivals to sell copyrights to live.For a professional director like Liu Han who has studied abroad to return to China to make a regular commercial film, this will inevitably be suppressed by local directors.

Although China's film industry is basically a producer-centered system, the problem is that a major film studio that can absolutely control directors may not need an unknown overseas director to prove itself; and film companies that are willing to cooperate with such overseas directors often It is also the kind of small and medium-sized independent production company, which is easily resisted by those local directors.Although you can hire a director with money, the bigger the director, the more taboo you are to stand in line, and the remuneration of directors from other companies is half that of yours. This will also make independent production companies consider whether to take risks and overseas directors. cooperated.

Liu Han still has a target in mind, knowing that big companies may not be willing to cooperate with him, and small companies are afraid to cooperate with him, so he chooses all new film companies that have reached scale.In Liu Han's view, these new large-scale film companies are rich and enterprising, and they should have no problem working together.However, he still underestimated the power of local directors. Over the past few months, not to mention that the script has entered the green light system, he has not even signed a memorandum of basic priority.

And just when Liu Han thought that the end of the mountain, he received an invitation call from Li Wei's studio.In fact, Liu Han’s priority is also Li Wei’s studio. As an independent production company (especially those without a distribution company), Li Wei’s studio has been the most watched film company in the world in the past two years.Although Li Wei's studio focused on literary and artistic films in the early days, their literary and artistic films also took into account the commercial market, so they were very popular with major distribution companies.After the recent transition to commercial films, it almost won the box office championship of Asian films in the same period, especially "Wild Speed", which is still in the drawing, has been confirmed to enter the top three in the global annual box office.However, it is precisely because Li Wei's studio is too good, so Liu Han did not take the initiative to go there, but contributed through the relationship of friends.Unexpectedly, it was Li Wei's studio who was willing to give him a chance in the end, Liu Han couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

The next day, Liu Han came to the office floor of Li Wei's studio according to Li Wei's secretary's prompt.As soon as he arrived at the front desk, Liu Han had to lament that a rich company is just like a rich company.The American film industry was born in New York, but flourished in Hollywood. Why?The reason is simple, money!The price level in New York was significantly higher than that of the wild west of the United States at that time, and the film industry, which was still in its infancy at that time, could not survive in New York. Coupled with the oppression of Edison, a patent expert and patent fraudster, the film industry could not survive. Not only a few years after taking root in the United States, he moved to Hollywood.

Simply put, money does not necessarily make good movies, but good movies are made with money.Therefore, the appearance of a film company determines the company's financial resources and the level of production it can produce.A large film company like Kylin Films owns several buildings in Donghai City. They can produce that kind of super A-level film, and they will not frown if they burn more than one billion yuan in production costs.And if it is a production company like a certain studio that can only live in the old city of a big city and find a private house as an office location, the production cost of tens of thousands is enough for them to worry for several days; A production company that makes special films.In short, Liu Han's first impression of Li Wei's studio, which can occupy several floors of a well-known commercial building in the CBD, is very good.Especially their front desk lady, beautiful but very friendly, gentle but not frivolous.

Arrange Liu Han to sit in the reception room for a while, and then serve the coffee that Liu Han requested.Liu Han took a sip. Although it wasn't that special coffee, it was definitely not an ordinary instant coffee either.He took a closer look. There are translucent doors on both sides of the front desk, which not only keep the working environment confidential, but also prevent visitors from feeling excluded.There are several reception rooms of different sizes outside the front desk.The small one is probably suitable for a solo visitor like myself, and the large one can accommodate a team of more than ten people.

After Liu Han waited for a few minutes, he saw a girl in a classic little black dress from Chanel walking in.

After she saw Liu Han, she smiled and said, "You are Director Liu Han, right? I am Amanda, the secretary of Director Li Wei. This is your visitor card, which will facilitate you to pass some access control checks. Please come with me now." , I'll take you to Director Li's reception room." After speaking, Amanda turned slightly sideways, and then took Liu Han out of the reception room.

After passing through the door control, Liu Han entered the office of Li Wei's studio.Unlike ordinary film companies, big film companies are too orderly, while small film companies are too messy, but the office space of Li Wei Studio is full of freedom and joy.Different from ordinary cultural and creative companies who like to adopt high-tech or abstract styles, Li Wei's office is full of retro colors and design aesthetics of the industrial age.At the same time, Li Wei does not visualize this style, but innovates it according to modern design concepts.Abandoning the heavy sense of history, adding a happy and relaxed entertainment style.The staff seats are not only decorated with various flowers, plants and tropical fish, but also a few dogs are playing happily, and there are a few cats basking in the sun near the window.

"Except for financial, legal, administrative and other places where a large number of documents are not suitable for pets, we allow employees to bring their own pets in other places. We provide pets with food, play places, and professional care. The only The only requirement is that pets must go through certain training and not interfere with other employees." Amanda explained, "However, Director Li is said to have been chased and bitten by a dog when he was a child, so dogs are strictly prohibited from appearing in front of him." Amanda suddenly laughed road.

Hearing Amanda's little gossip, Liu Han also smiled, and became more and more interested in Li Wei.A person who is afraid of dogs but allows employees to keep dogs should be contradictory and self-disciplined. Liu Han is more and more interested in the next cooperation.

Li Wei's studio occupies seven floors in this building.The first to third floors are the staff office area; the fourth floor is the staff canteen and entertainment and fitness places; the fifth floor is the place for employees to rest and clean, and the psychological consultation room is also arranged here; the sixth floor is The office space of the core departments such as legal affairs, finance and personnel; the seventh floor is the office area of ​​the company's top management.Different from the decoration style of other floors, the seventh floor uses a lot of metal and glass materials, and the color is so simple that there are only two similar colors of white and silver, and the style is also extremely simple.

"The decoration style of the seventh floor is checked by Director Li himself, including all the office products, which are also designed by a special company. Of course, we have registered relevant patents for the above. Therefore, the style here is unique!" When Amanda mentioned this, there was an extremely proud look on her face.

As the fifth diamond king on the global rich list, Li Wei is very popular in the female market, so becoming Li Wei's chief secretary made Amanda very popular among her little sisters.However, after learning that Li Wei was not interested in her, Amanda was disappointed for a while, but she quickly found other balance points.As Li Wei's chief secretary, Amanda's salary is basically on par with that of a manager-level middle-level manager. Moreover, as Li Wei's face, Amanda has an installation fee, and at the same time has the right to use any of Li Wei's cars in the company. nice car.

At the same time, major brands also attach great importance to the relationship with Amanda. After all, Li Wei's fashion vision is recognized by the fashion industry. screaming.Therefore, Amanda often receives gifts from major fashion brands. From clothes to cosmetics, Amanda has never been behind fashion trends.

Especially in the decoration of the seventh floor of Li Wei's studio, Amanda also participated in the assistance work as a secretary.Therefore, Amanda is full of pride in everything on the seventh floor, even a small pencil, in Amanda's opinion, is unparalleled in the world.

Amanda brought Liu Han to Li Wei's exclusive reception room, and then left.Not long after, another girl came in with coffee and snacks.She smiled apologetically and said, "Hi, I'm Alexandra, Director Li's second secretary. Director Li just needs to start a video conference, so I might trouble you to wait here for a while. Sorry! If If you need anything, there is a call button by the door of the reception room. Just press it, and I will come over."

After speaking, the girl named Alexandra also left.Liu Han didn't feel slighted. After all, the boss of a movie company had a lot of work to do, so it was very polite to take time to meet with him.Besides, the coffee and snacks here taste pretty good too.Li Wei looked at the walls of the conference room, they were almost separated by glass, and these glasses were very special.When looking in from the outside, the glass is indistinct; but when looking in from the inside, it is as clear and transparent as ordinary glass.

Just when Liu Han was about to finish his cup of coffee, Li Weifeng entered the meeting room like a normal person.Liu Han sized up Li Wei, and sure enough, as rumored, this director is usually dressed in a T-shirt and sports pants.Although Li Wei is known as the most well-dressed man in the fashion industry, his private attire is also hated by the editors of major fashion magazines.However, Li Wei's explanation for this is that he likes to be less restrained when creating, and he is most inspired when he is in the meditation room when there is no thread.Well, since Li Wei still has the title of an artist, it's okay to be eclectic.

"Sorry, Director Liu, for keeping you waiting." Li Wei said with a smile on his face.

"No, no, I must say, your coffee is really good!" Liu Han said with a smile.

"It's good if someone appreciates it." Li Wei showed a surprised expression, "This is a new coffee that I tried to grow after renting a few islands in Nanyang. I plan to open a coffee chain in the next year, and I want to focus on this kind of coffee. The praise from you, a coffee expert, is really rare. If possible, I would like to ask Director Liu to say something good about my coffee on the "World Coffee Newsletter."

"You actually watch "World Coffee Newsletter"?" Liu Han showed an incredulous expression.