Chapter 635: The Movie Is In Crisis, Director's Cut
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Wu Xiaozu stood in front of the "countdown card" with his back to everyone, and he saw a very obvious "countdown to release in 03 days".
"I have called the police, and the police are also drawing personnel to investigate, but there are few clues, so it is difficult to solve the case in a short period of time. I wonder if I should discuss with Xinbao Cinema to change the schedule. Then re-edit it here..." Jiang Ershao's face turned black as if it were the bottom of the pot, and this incident was really slapped in the face.
This trick is not very clever to remove the firewood from the cauldron, and it is even so clumsy that it cannot be topped off!
But at such a point in time, they just had no choice!
I have time to re-edit, and later, I will copy them one by one, and I don’t worry about being dropped or robbed! It’s just a loss of one copy, just tens of thousands of dollars!
The most important thing is that this involves schedule and stock market changes.
More importantly, will this spread the negative impact?
The drama itself also has many brand sponsorships, coupled with its interest relationship with Wanwan Capital.
All of these need to be considered!
besides--
Who did it?
No clue.
"Re-editing takes at least...10...no...7 days." Kuang Zhilang gritted his teeth and said.
Re-editing materials, rendering, color tuning, soundtracking, dubbing... Such a large project is definitely not small. At this time, it is not a digital file, but a film pour...
"I can arrange for a few days to postpone the release of Xinbao Cinemas..." Jiang Zhiqiang said quickly: "Thank you tonight, everyone, you start working overtime..."
"It's too late~" Just as everyone was about to respond, Wu Xiaozu, who stood with his back to him, turned around calmly, looked at the surprised expressions of several people, and asked directly: "Do you think the other party has even copied it, so will you choose not to burn it?"
“…”
Everyone is silent.
"World Asia International's revenue last year exceeded HK$100 million, and the videotape market is growing exponentially. This year, local videotape merchants in Hong Kong Island emerged like mushrooms after a rain. This is still a regular videotape distributor, excluding pirated factories..." Yu Weiguo said.
There are few pirated videotapes, which does not mean there are no. The comparison targets are VCDs and DCDs that were later flooded. But in fact, since 1989, the pirated videotape market has become large in scale.
This is also why most movies in Hong Kong Island will not be released for more than 20 days. "Dragon Inn" ended one month after its release, not because it did not want to postpone it, but because it was cheaper video halls that snatched the theater's business.
Even now, many film companies with community backgrounds in Hong Kong only produce videotape movies, not cinema movies.
Later generations will think that Hong Kong movies are full of flowers, but they don’t know that the movies you see may be just a drop in the ocean of the film market back then, and you have never seen 99% of the movies!
Wu Xiaozu's question and Yu Weiguo's answer undoubtedly throw this question to everyone here. In fact, the issue of piracy is also a reason why Hong Kong films lost the market.
This is a problem that movie practitioners will be affected.
It is also the reason why Wu Xiaozu is unwilling to sit on Hong Kong Island and wait for death. The decline of Hong Kong films is not only a problem.
Culture, regime, market, piracy, economy...
"What should I do?" Jiang Ershao bit his back teeth and said, "Otherwise we will let the wind out... let the people from the world help..."
Wu Xiaozu raised his hand and smiled.
"The wealth is moving, but the benefits you give will not be moving. It doesn't make much sense!"
Wu Xiaozu paused and said, "Of course, you must express your opinion, and even put pressure on the police force. The issue of this matter must be explained clearly with the collaborators.
At the same time, I helped me give me 200,000 Hong Kong dollars to Chen Kexin. At the same time, I sent a red envelope to the main creative actors and staff of the crew. There was a problem with this movie, but everyone's efforts were not in vain!"
"Do you want the lawyer team to be ready?" asked Su Liyao.
"Yes." Wu Xiaozu nodded, but he felt that it was not very useful. Unless the other party was so stupid that he blatantly pirated and recorded it.
"Schedule?" Jiang Ershao asked.
Wu Xiaozu did not answer, but looked at Kwong Zhilang and Chen Zhiwei, "How long will it take if you re-edit a finished movie, add a shot that you didn't have before, and add a soundtrack?"
Kwong Zhilang and Chen Zhiwei looked at each other and looked surprised.
That's right!
Director Wu Xiaozu has a slutty operation! Strange, why is there a 're'?
Have you heard of the director's edited version?
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard it… Anyway, you know that being able to make money is the real thing!
In fact, the director's cut is not unfamiliar.
That year, "The Legend of the Goddess", which was filmed for four years, was initially in Wanwan, and the box office in Hong Kong was very poor. Faced with the unsatisfactory box office, director Hu Jinquan bought the copyright and re-edited the three-hour international version to send it to the Cannes Film Festival, which won the first good start of the Chinese-language film in Cannes.
This is why the "Bamboo Forest War" section is truly presented. It is elegant and elegant, full of creativity, and has become a classic. Later generations, Li Mi's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" bamboo forest drama is actually a reference or tribute to this drama!
However... at this time, Chinese has not yet officially faced this kind of "sexy operation". The main reason is that the directors in Hong Kong films have great power, and the post-production editing often accepts the director's opinions, and even the editor simply edits according to the director's ideas.
This operation actually started in Hollywood!
But does this prevent Wu Xiaozu from borrowing it?
Of course not!
"Three days!"
Wu Xiaozu raised his finger and said to the post-production staff, "In three days, we will re-edit the drama "Two Heroes"! The previous movie version was about 100 minutes long. This time it increased to 130-140 minutes! I will supervise it myself!"
"Movies are visual art. The previous "Two Heroes" only represented the release version. But it does not represent my final effect... As art workers, we have reason to dedicate our best version to the audience! This is not only a respect for art, but also a respect for the audience!" Wu Xiaozu said shamelessly.
Everyone in the room looked at Wu Xiaozu with a confused look on their faces.
This method of losing money... Bah! This operation is simply artistic!
"This...this..." Jiang Zhiqiang was at a loss. He wanted to ask if this is considered a fraud? Waiting online, it's quite urgent...
"Don't think I'm cheating the audience's money. When we promote it, we should also show that this is an unshowed version, and there are many unknown contents in it. At the beginning, it was limited to... Wu Xiaozu's qualifications were not very experienced, and the theater compressed time, so he had no choice but to compromise! But..."
Wu Xiaozu smiled with a righteous smile, "I, Wu Xiaozu, insisted on giving the best movies to the audience who like me! Everyone can also have the opportunity to participate in next month's Academy Awards and the midnight show of "Two Heroes 2: Bloody Two" in the summer season!"
That's right!
The reason why I chose "Two Heroes" to re-released is to lay the groundwork and promote "Two Heroes 2: Bloody Two Heroes"!
Bitter two birds with one stone!
"At the same time, you will arrange someone to ask Liang Jiahui tonight, and Zhou Run sent several starring actors to record blessing videos. Basically, it means that you are lucky enough to see this version of the movie again, such as Balabara..." Wu Xiaozu reminded.
"Okay...that..."
Jiang Ershao paused for a moment, and wanted to ask whether to find Lin Qingxia to record it, but after thinking about it, he still put it back, paused and said, "Do you want to redirect all your movies and edit them? By the way... I'd just make a classic movie review week for director Wu Xiaozu, how about it?"
Kuang Zhilang, Chen Zhiwei, Yu Weiguo and others stared at Jiang Ershao blankly, thinking about something.
No wonder Jiang Zhiqiang couldn’t even wear windbreakers well and started to become the top leader of the production department!
Good addition!
In this way, a pair of hemorrhoids can add good saccharine!
"No hurry~" Wu Xiaozu politely rejected Jiang Ershou's proposal.
Lilacs are also smart~ You can’t treat them as fools! Kill them all in one go, which will affect your reputation!
Wu Xiaozu definitely can't do anything about killing chickens and retrieving eggs!
"Work overtime tonight! Call beyond and ask them to come and make a voice call for me, call Princess, Shao T, Li Ming and others here, and leave the music to them..." Wu Xiaozu began to divide the work.
Although it is a director's cut.
But you also need to be worth the money!
It is also necessary to add two more songs...
With Wu Xiaozu's current status and audience thickness, it will not affect his occasional killing...
As long as the quality of the next drama increases, there will be no problem!
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Chapter completed!