thefictionvixens Chapter 20 Disappointment at one's own shortcomings
Chapter 20 Disappointment at one's own shortcomings
Qu Qiuju poked Wang Xiaohao on the forehead with one finger: "Are you stupid? Where did your cleverness go?"
"You've finished filming, and there's still so much money left. How should we do the accounting?"
Wang Xiaohao realized that they weren't planning to leave a single penny for the investors!
That makes sense; it's basically standard practice in the industry. The production team always ends up with almost nothing.
If you actually save money, it might actually cause more trouble!
Qu Qiuju was exasperated and said, "Other people make movies to make money, but you only think about making movies!"
What are you after?!
Okay, let's delay for a few days, and then have your finance department reconcile the accounts with me. Let's balance the books.
As for the remaining money, Xiaoshuang said she wouldn't take advantage of you and would give you half!
What did you say?
Wang Xiaohao hesitated: "Will this work?"
Qu Qiuju laughed and said, "What do you mean by 'can't' or 'can't'! You don't even know the rules?"
Mr. Huang transferred ten million to our account; that's our reward.
It means you took the filming seriously; otherwise, we could have just spent three to five million to get it done.
Then the rest of the money will be divided!
Wang Xiaohao quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no! I really want to make a good film and turn Xiaoshuang's career around!"
Qu Qiuju knew perfectly well that Wang Xiaohao's claim of helping Wang Xiaoshuang turn her life around was a lie; his real intention was to use the opportunity to rise to fame and make movies!
However, she herself could see Wang Xiaohao's serious attitude over this period of time.
In addition, he heard from Wang Xiaoshuang that Huang Anzhong also thought highly of Wang Xiaohao, which led to what happened today.
It was also to win over Wang Xiaohao.
Otherwise, the remaining money in the account would have already ended up in her own pocket, so how could she possibly give Wang Xiaohao a single penny?
According to Huang Anzhong, it's uncertain whether Wang Xiaohao can make a good movie.
However, given Wang Xiaohao's demonstrated ability to manage the production team, there is absolutely no problem in producing a good TV series.
Even if Wang Xiaohao's film flops, he can still make money by turning it into a TV series for Huang Anzhong.
So, at the very least, Wang Xiaohao can become a TV series director!
Therefore, Wang Xiaohao has investment value!
What?
Are you underestimating TV dramas?
Why do people say that someone who can't make a good movie will definitely be good at making TV series?
To put it another way, film is the art of the director, while television series is actually the art of the screenwriter.
Whether a movie is good or not, the quality of the story accounts for at most half of the evaluation.
Other factors to consider include lighting, camera movement, actor performances, and various other aspects.
These things are not something a screenwriter can present; it all depends on the director's skills.
As for TV dramas, the main thing to watch is the story.
As long as the screenwriter has crafted a good story and the director follows the plot, artistic expression and visual effects are unimportant. All that matters is that the story is engaging and coherent!
To put it bluntly, all a TV drama director needs to do is know how to use shot-reverse-shot techniques, film two actors talking, and rely on dialogue to tell the story!
As for movies, a story is given a maximum of ninety or a hundred minutes to tell, so you have to slowly tell it with your mouth.
In movies, dialogue should be avoided as much as possible; instead, visuals should convey the meaning. As for narration, that's something the director is incapable of showing visuals, so they resort to narration to explain things!
These all rely entirely on the director to transform the limited written descriptions into various cinematic scenes.
As for the level of transformation, that depends on the director's skill!
Therefore, film is the director's art.
That is why television directing is just a skilled profession.
As long as the production team can be managed and the filming is done according to the script, the resulting TV series won't be too bad.
Wang Xiaohao has demonstrated his ability to manage a film crew, managing to run his makeshift team smoothly.
Then becoming a TV director is definitely no problem!
This shows Wang Xiaohao's true value!
That's why no one held Wang Xiaohao back during filming.
That's why Qu Qiuju discussed the money left in the crew's account with Wang Xiaohao!
If Wang Xiaohao hadn't demonstrated the corresponding abilities, he would probably have gotten at most the initial funding for the production team and a small portion of the filming funds.
He'll probably only get three to five million at most, just enough to get the movie out of hand.
Then, because of his poor filming skills, the film failed at the box office, and the investors lost 50 million yuan...
No one dared to hire him for acting roles after that.
You might even find yourself walking down the street one day and have your legs broken by a few thugs. Or you might get so drunk that you drown in a stinking ditch.
It was precisely because Wang Xiaohao demonstrated his abilities that everything changed!
Wang Xiaohao vaguely understood the situation, knowing that Qu Qiuju was starting to have faith in him.
He felt really good!
However, I kept reminding myself not to get carried away.
The movie is still not finished filming, so it's unclear what its quality will be like.
Creators often fall into a self-indulgent trap, thinking their creations are amazing, while others see them as utter garbage.
Wang Xiaohao didn't know if the things he filmed would turn out like this.
Moreover, the quality of a film never determines its box office success.
Throughout the history of Chinese and foreign cinema, there have been many excellent films, some even considered masterpieces, that ultimately suffered disastrous box office losses.
Some bad movies, or rather, relatively mediocre movies, unexpectedly became box office hits.
This thing is hard to explain.
Therefore, in the film industry, generally no one invests in their own films.
The success or failure of a film is often like gambling.
Wang Xiaohao has absolutely no confidence in himself now!
He asked Qu Qiuju, "Aunt, what should we do about the film's release and promotion?"
Most films produced nationwide each year ultimately fail to be released. The number of films that are actually shown is probably less than one-tenth of what is produced.
Therefore, Wang Xiaohao is very worried about this issue!
Even if his movies are very well made, it's all for nothing if they can't be shown in theaters!
Qu Qiuju chuckled and said mysteriously, "Don't worry about that. We have connections with TV stations and some newspapers, and they'll help us with publicity."
besides……"
She lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "We also have some connections with the cinemas!"
Wang Xiaohao laughed and said, "Auntie, you have such abilities! You even managed to get the theaters to cooperate. Our movie is now entirely dependent on you!"
Qu Qiuju felt relieved and couldn't help but show off, saying, "Where would I get such an ability?"
It's all thanks to Mr. Huang's connections!