400. Chapter 400 Scene 400
Kawahara Satake stared at Li Xiaole with blood-stained eyes, like a cockfighting, and after confirming that he had not deceived, he sighed, shook his head, turned his back with Genji Koshima, and all the Japanese staff also turned their backs... They couldn't bear to watch the scene anymore.
Jiang Wen, Wei Desheng, Zhao Fei and Lan Xin all looked at Li Xiaole, and became more respectful to him, not only because he showed control over the crew during the filming, but also because he was too sensitive to maintain a calmness in this sensitive subject. He was neither trapped in simple national hatred nor over-beautified the essence of war in order to cater to the market. He just stood from the perspective of a vast literary and artistic creator, hoping that people could learn from the pain of war...
Lan Xin quietly walked over and patted Li Xiaole on the shoulder, squinted her beautiful eyes and whispered: "Okay, Director Li~ But why do I still have the desire to kick these little Japanese ass in my heart now?"
"Actually, I am too." Li Xiaole squinted his eyes with the same expression. Although as the director, he said that, Li Xiaole is not a saint after all. He is not mature enough to be really weak in temper. He is a little unhappy. Thinking of those enemies in the country, he really wants to kick a few Japanese people in the butts to calm down...
"Next time filming, please add him a few Seidk lines that you won't cut in." Lan Xin whispered with a prank smile in her eyes.
"How can that work?" Li Xiaole shook his head repeatedly. Just as Lan Xin was disappointed, he suddenly smiled and said, "How many pieces are enough, at least a few pieces~"
"Director Li... you are really not a good person." Lan Xin suddenly burst into laughter when she heard it. At this time, several Japanese staff turned their heads to look at her with grief and anger. Lan Xin quickly pretended to be heartbroken, making everyone present almost laugh.
For four days, this thrilling scene made everyone's scalp numb... Look at the data, in order to shoot this scene, the prop group designed 2,652 sets of costumes, damaged 2,156 pieces, 1,600 blood bags, and 216 prop machetes. Because the actors used too hard to cut them, the actors who played the Seedk tribe broke 678 pairs of hand-made CG skin-colored cloth shoes.
This made Lin Tiangui, who manages finance, frightened. This scene cost nearly NT$60 million... This was only because he saved money and was stingy. People outside spent money on blockbusters, which was so grand. But they didn't know that the more blockbusters were, the more strictly checked every detail, but they were worried that Lin Tiangui's accountants would be so worried...
To be honest, Lin Tiangui is a member of the News Bureau and has long known the rebates for film assistance in the Taiwanese film industry. Director Lin said to him: "You must be clear in your heart that this movie will definitely not be able to recover the cost, so you should be smart about some things. Although Li Xiaole is a mainland director, you must follow the rules and save NT$ 0 million in aid to give him kickbacks, which will be fair.
Otherwise, Wang Qun and others would make money by shooting art films, so that directors like Li Xiaole who lose money and gain publicity will fall, which is impossible to say, right? You must save this money to subsidize him, and the account must be done clearly..."
Lin Tiangui didn't think it was too difficult when he heard this. Thinking about how Wang Qun and his friends could cut 8 million movies, which accounted for one-fourth of the total cost. Now "Sedek Barre" is produced with 600 million yuan, and 600 million yuan is only one-30% of the total cost. How can they cut it?
But the facts are completely different from imagination. Lin Tiangui followed Li Xiaole for several months and was stunned. This crew was completely different from other crews in Taiwan. Each account was extremely detailed. What money was spent on wherever and how much emergency funds were, the little girl named Lei Ting made the decisions at all.
Lin Tiangui now feels that he is, let alone sting millions, even sting 20,000 is going to be a tough one... If Li Xiaole had come up with all kinds of ingenious ideas during filming and wanted to reduce the cost of shooting, 600 million of this movie is really not enough. The budget is really like the ones rumored outside, and he will go directly to 1 billion.
Originally, Lin Tiangui was still trying to cut down on the cost in these big dramas, but after Mahepo's filming, he felt a little cold. The million was absolutely out of the way, but he also understood something during the filming. This mainland director was completely different from all the Taiwanese directors he had ever met. This young director seemed to have endless energy and devoted himself to the movie, enjoying it, and never had any pressure to worry about the box office.
His concentration and dedication not only infected the actors in the crew, but also moved Lin Tiangui. In his briefing to Director Lin, he used a sentence to comment on Li Xiaole:
"All Taiwanese directors have come to Li Xiaole's filming site to see it. As long as they can learn from Li Xiaole's fur, the Taiwanese film market will fully recover within three years."
But the problem is that no matter how he personally admires Li Xiaole, the News Bureau only looks at the real data. After Li Xiaole announced that "Sedek Barre" will be released on July 15, major theaters in Taiwan did not respond to the movie. They contacted Taiwan's four major theaters, Warner Viagra, Ximanke, Miramar and Shinkwang, but the results were quite desperate.
Of the 139 theaters, only 23 are willing to rank "Sedek Barre"... The theater companies all said that other locations will be left for several Hollywood movies in the summer...
This is the reality. No matter how much money a Taiwanese movie costs, it is incomparable to Hollywood in the eyes of theaters... Moreover, this movie does not have the support of a Chinese movie star like Chen Long and Zhou Xingxing...
In fact, Taiwan's theater chains are controlled by Hollywood... The distributors in the United States are extremely strong, and American films account for 97% of the Taiwanese film market at its highest...
There are even two wealthy Hollywood publishers who have been monopolizing in Taiwan for a period of time. Large theaters like Warner Wisdom Show are not allowed to hang posters of other Chinese films when they are released in Hollywood blockbusters, otherwise Hollywood will threaten to release without providing films... This is also one of the reasons why Taiwanese movies have been in a slump in recent years.
Why can Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" win over 100 million in Taiwan? It is because the investor behind him is Columbia...
What will be the fate of "Sedek Barre"? Lin Tiangui has no idea at all.
A week after filming the battle at the public school, Li Xiaole edited some clips of the drama as fast as possible, then sorted it out with music, and passed it to Black Pearl's official website, and posted the address on his Weibo.
For the hungry movie fans, this clip can satisfy their cravings. Let’s take a look at the movies released now, such as "Invincible Boy Huo Yuanjia", "Jingwu Family", "Hancheng Guide", "Lovers' Knot"... What kind of garbage movies are all? Compared to the previous lively films of "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Kung Fu", these three months are extremely boring for movie fans. They are all looking forward to Li Fengkuan's new work making a fuss in the theater.
There is another group of people paying attention to this trailer, that is, director of the New Wave serves as a film critic. They are all trying to criticize the mad director Li Xiaole from various angles.
At 8 p.m. on Friday, in the editorial office of Taipei United Daily News, editor-in-chief Liu Chengjun was holding his fat face with one hand, frowning and smoking in the office, thinking about the theme of the next issue of the United Daily News. Several young editors next to him kept searching for web pages on the computer, working overtime to find out the articles he would write tomorrow.
"Editor-in-chief, the director Wang called again and said that Li Xiaole's new film was released. Let's take a look and write an article to criticize it~" Editor Xiao Zhang came over and said to Liu Chengjun with a crying face.
"Why doesn't he calm down yet... What a big thing he is still watching?" Liu Chengjun frowned and said speechlessly.
"Then editor-in-chief, do we ignore him?" Xiao Zhang asked with anticipation.
"Oh..." Liu Chengjun took a deep breath of cigarettes and slowly vomited them out. After thinking about it, he shook his head: "Xiao Zhang, just write it for him. After all, we are our old partner. We have to rely on his film reviews to support the entertainment version during the summer season..."
Xiao Zhang stopped talking, just nodded depressedly, and his mouth was still yelling to return to his seat. Turn on the computer: "A movie made by a small mainland director, is it because of Wang Qun's big art film leader who is unable to get along with him... It's fucking full."
He lowered his head and slackenedly opened Li Xiaole's Weibo, then clicked the link to enter the address of the official website of Black Pearl. He looked at the video buffer, took out a box of Oreo biscuits from the drawer, bit it with his mouth, then pulled the plastic bag with one hand, pulled it into his mouth, and waited boredly for the buffer to end.
This fucking damn working time... I'll be hungry every day when I'm at this point. It's really not a job to do. Xiao Zhang chewed Oreo and complained. At this time, the video on the screen was finally buffered. The first scene was a bright machete "brushed" to cut a thick fog. The knife light flashed, blood splattered everywhere, and a head rose with the knife...
"Puff~!!!" Xiao Zhang, who was eating biscuits, saw the bloody scene. He couldn't stand the stimulation and sprayed the black and white biscuit powder on the computer screen. Even the hair of the colleague opposite was covered with Oreo's debris. The short-haired beauty with eyes on the opposite side couldn't help but shouted: "Xiao Zhang~ Why are you so disgusting~~~"
But Xiao Zhang was opening his mouth at this time, looking at the movie screen without moving, looking at the headscarves that appeared in the fog above, with angry faces like fire, and swiftly passing through the mountains and forests as if the camera turned to the fog club, and heard the screams of mountains and seas. The group of tribal soldiers with headscarves rushed towards the Japanese police from all directions... Kawahara Sabu stared at Li Xiaole with blood-stained eyes like a cockfighting for a long time. After confirming that he had not deceived, he sighed, shook his head, and turned his back with Genji Koshima, and all the Japanese staff also carried them... He couldn't bear to watch the scene anymore.
Jiang Wen, Wei Desheng, Zhao Fei and Lan Xin all looked at Li Xiaole, and became more respectful to him, not only because he showed control over the crew during the filming, but also because he was too sensitive to maintain a calmness in this sensitive subject. He was neither trapped in simple national hatred nor over-beautified the essence of war in order to cater to the market. He just stood from the perspective of a vast literary and artistic creator, hoping that people could learn from the pain of war...
Lan Xin quietly walked over and patted Li Xiaole on the shoulder, squinted her beautiful eyes and whispered: "Okay, Director Li~ But why do I still have the desire to kick these little Japanese ass in my heart now?"
"Actually, I am too." Li Xiaole squinted his eyes with the same expression. Although as the director, he said that, Li Xiaole is not a saint after all. He is not mature enough to be really weak in temper. He is a little unhappy. Thinking of those enemies in the country, he really wants to kick a few Japanese people in the butts to calm down...
"Next time filming, please add him a few Seidk lines that you won't cut in." Lan Xin whispered with a prank smile in her eyes.
"How can that work?" Li Xiaole shook his head repeatedly. Just as Lan Xin was disappointed, he suddenly smiled and said, "How many pieces are enough, at least a few pieces~"
"Director Li... you are really not a good person." Lan Xin suddenly burst into laughter when she heard it. At this time, several Japanese staff turned their heads to look at her with grief and anger. Lan Xin quickly pretended to be heartbroken, making everyone present almost laugh.
For four days, this thrilling scene made everyone's scalp numb... Look at the data, in order to shoot this scene, the prop group designed 2,652 sets of costumes, damaged 2,156 pieces, 1,600 blood bags, and 216 prop machetes. Because the actors used too hard to cut them, the actors who played the Seedk tribe broke 678 pairs of hand-made CG skin-colored cloth shoes.
This made Lin Tiangui, who manages finance, frightened. This scene cost nearly NT$60 million... This was only because he saved money and was stingy. People outside spent money on blockbusters, which was so grand. But they didn't know that the more blockbusters were, the more strictly checked every detail, but they were worried that Lin Tiangui's accountants would be so worried...
To be honest, Lin Tiangui is a member of the News Bureau and has long known the rebates for film assistance in the Taiwanese film industry. Director Lin said to him: "You must be clear in your heart that this movie will definitely not be able to recover the cost, so you should be smart about some things. Although Li Xiaole is a mainland director, you must follow the rules and save NT$ 0 million in aid to give him kickbacks, which will be fair.
Otherwise, Wang Qun and others would make money by shooting art films, so that directors like Li Xiaole who lose money and gain publicity will fall, which is impossible to say, right? You must save this money to subsidize him, and the account must be done clearly..."
Lin Tiangui didn't think it was too difficult when he heard this. Thinking about how Wang Qun and his friends could cut 8 million movies, which accounted for one-fourth of the total cost. Now "Sedek Barre" is produced with 600 million yuan, and 600 million yuan is only one-30% of the total cost. How can they cut it?
But the facts are completely different from imagination. Lin Tiangui followed Li Xiaole for several months and was stunned. This crew was completely different from other crews in Taiwan. Each account was extremely detailed. What money was spent on wherever and how much emergency funds were, the little girl named Lei Ting made the decisions at all.
Lin Tiangui now feels that he is, let alone sting millions, even sting 20,000 is going to be a tough one... If Li Xiaole had come up with all kinds of ingenious ideas during filming and wanted to reduce the cost of shooting, 600 million of this movie is really not enough. The budget is really like the ones rumored outside, and he will go directly to 1 billion.
Originally, Lin Tiangui was still trying to cut down on the cost in these big dramas, but after Mahepo's filming, he felt a little cold. The million was absolutely out of the way, but he also understood something during the filming. This mainland director was completely different from all the Taiwanese directors he had ever met. This young director seemed to have endless energy and devoted himself to the movie, enjoying it, and never had any pressure to worry about the box office.
His concentration and dedication not only infected the actors in the crew, but also moved Lin Tiangui. In his briefing to Director Lin, he used a sentence to comment on Li Xiaole:
"All Taiwanese directors have come to Li Xiaole's filming site to see it. As long as they can learn from Li Xiaole's fur, the Taiwanese film market will fully recover within three years."
But the problem is that no matter how he personally admires Li Xiaole, the News Bureau only looks at the real data. After Li Xiaole announced that "Sedek Barre" will be released on July 15, major theaters in Taiwan did not respond to the movie. They contacted Taiwan's four major theaters, Warner Viagra, Ximanke, Miramar and Shinkwang, but the results were quite desperate.
Of the 139 theaters, only 23 are willing to rank "Sedek Barre"... The theater companies all said that other locations will be left for several Hollywood movies in the summer...
This is the reality. No matter how much money a Taiwanese movie costs, it is incomparable to Hollywood in the eyes of theaters... Moreover, this movie does not have the support of a Chinese movie star like Chen Long and Zhou Xingxing...
In fact, Taiwan's theater chains are controlled by Hollywood... The distributors in the United States are extremely strong, and American films account for 97% of the Taiwanese film market at its highest...
There are even two wealthy Hollywood publishers who have been monopolizing in Taiwan for a period of time. Large theaters like Warner Wisdom Show are not allowed to hang posters of other Chinese films when they are released in Hollywood blockbusters, otherwise Hollywood will threaten to release without providing films... This is also one of the reasons why Taiwanese movies have been in a slump in recent years.
Why can Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" win over 100 million in Taiwan? It is because the investor behind him is Columbia...
What will be the fate of "Sedek Barre"? Lin Tiangui has no idea at all.
A week after filming the battle at the public school, Li Xiaole edited some clips of the drama as fast as possible, then sorted it out with music, and passed it to Black Pearl's official website, and posted the address on his Weibo.
For the hungry movie fans, this clip can satisfy their cravings. Let’s take a look at the movies released now, such as "Invincible Boy Huo Yuanjia", "Jingwu Family", "Hancheng Guide", "Lovers' Knot"... What kind of garbage movies are all? Compared to the previous lively films of "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Kung Fu", these three months are extremely boring for movie fans. They are all looking forward to Li Fengkuan's new work making a fuss in the theater.
There is another group of people paying attention to this trailer, that is, director of the New Wave serves as a film critic. They are all trying to criticize the mad director Li Xiaole from various angles.
At 8 p.m. on Friday, in the editorial office of Taipei United Daily News, editor-in-chief Liu Chengjun was holding his fat face with one hand, frowning and smoking in the office, thinking about the theme of the next issue of the United Daily News. Several young editors next to him kept searching for web pages on the computer, working overtime to find out the articles he would write tomorrow.
"Editor-in-chief, the director Wang called again and said that Li Xiaole's new film was released. Let's take a look and write an article to criticize it~" Editor Xiao Zhang came over and said to Liu Chengjun with a crying face.
"Why doesn't he calm down yet... What a big thing he is still watching?" Liu Chengjun frowned and said speechlessly.
"Then editor-in-chief, do we ignore him?" Xiao Zhang asked with anticipation.
"Oh..." Liu Chengjun took a deep breath of cigarettes and slowly vomited them out. After thinking about it, he shook his head: "Xiao Zhang, just write it for him. After all, we are our old partner. We have to rely on his film reviews to support the entertainment version during the summer season..."
Xiao Zhang stopped talking, just nodded depressedly, and his mouth was still yelling to return to his seat. Turn on the computer: "A movie made by a small mainland director, is it because of Wang Qun's big art film leader who is unable to get along with him... It's fucking full."
He lowered his head and slackenedly opened Li Xiaole's Weibo, then clicked the link to enter the address of the official website of Black Pearl. He looked at the video buffer, took out a box of Oreo biscuits from the drawer, bit it with his mouth, then pulled the plastic bag with one hand, pulled it into his mouth, and waited boredly for the buffer to end.
This fucking damn working time... I'll be hungry every day when I'm at this point. It's really not a job to do. Xiao Zhang chewed Oreo and complained. At this time, the video on the screen was finally buffered. The first scene was a bright machete "brushed" to cut a thick fog. The knife light flashed, blood splattered everywhere, and a head rose with the knife...
"Puff~!!!" Xiao Zhang, who was eating biscuits, saw the bloody scene. He couldn't stand the stimulation and sprayed the black and white biscuit powder on the computer screen. Even the hair of the colleague opposite was covered with Oreo's debris. The short-haired beauty with eyes on the opposite side couldn't help but shouted: "Xiao Zhang~ Why are you so disgusting~~~"
Chapter completed!