Chapter 123 Ning Hao
Ning Hao was particularly nervous. Since Wang Zhongjun adjusted the summer schedule of "Crazy Stone" to around the Lantern Festival, he began to become more and more nervous, and finally ran directly to Shao Yingxiong's home nervously. This article was first published by...
On that day, Ning Hao left a deep impression on Shao Yingxiong. He witnessed with his own eyes that a future director was frivolous in his immature state. Ning Hao had not been baptized by "Green Grass". There were only three films: "Wednesday, Thursday", "Incense" and "Wulin Waijie". When he saw Shao Yingxiong, he was in chaos. He could hold the cigarette upside down and use a lighter to light the filter.
"Ning Hao, why are you not nervous about filming "Wulin Wai Chuan"?"
In the study, Shao Yingxiong and Ning Hao were only one table away. There was no bookshelves in this study, and Shao Yingxiong did not have the habit of pretending to be a scholar. The most useful dilapidated computer for him was just placed on the desk, so this room seemed particularly empty.
Ning Hao answered a lot of questions. When Shao Yingxiong heard these words, he made a rough calculation. If he recorded all of them, this would be Ning Hao's life in his late fame.
Ning Hao has a big forehead. When he was a child, his family said that the adults were smart when they were young, Ning Hao figured out what was going on during an examination when he was sick and hospitalized. It turned out that the big forehead did not mean that he was smart, but that he was hydrocephalus.
After coming to Beijing, Ning Hao was once poor and destitute. At that time, the way he relied on was to take portraits and photography for students in the school dormitory next to him. In today's terms, it is called personal photos.
At that time, Ning Hao only costs 100 yuan for a handover. If he had not met the guitarist of the Tang Dynasty at a friend's dinner and took a few photos of the people during dinner, Ning Hao would not have had the next way to go. Those photos were the starting point for Ning Hao to enter the entertainment industry. After taking photos of the guitarist of the Tang Dynasty band during meals, he did not give the photos to others, but took the handover back to his hometown, and made it on a new computer, and then showed it to others.
His intention, concentration and persistence impressed the guitarist of the Tang Dynasty band, which gave him the opportunity to shoot the album cover for the Tang Dynasty band.
This opportunity brought unlimited benefits to Ning Hao. Later, Ning Hao was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy and joined the music TV station as a reporter. He took advantage of this step and became the director of music videos. The most popular singers at that time came to Ning Hao to shoot music MVs, such as Pu Shu's "Colorful-days".
It was from this point that Ning Hao began to have no worries about food and clothing. As for his first movie, "Incense", it was a DV movie he took his DVD back to his hometown alone, which was considered an earlier work. Ning Hao was still studying in the Film Academy at that time.
Such a Ning Hao was trusted by Shao Yingxiong. He had the opportunity to film "Wulin Waizai". He became the director of "Crazy Gem". When the new work was released, he had no choice but to be nervous. This was his real start on the big screen.
Shao Yingxiong, who heard Ning Hao tell all this, kept laughing. What he laughed at was that Ning Hao had lost the most important experience in his life because of himself. This experience was called "Green Grass".
Because Shao Yingxiong knew that the name Geng Hao, the male protagonist of "The Road to Flowers", comes from "Green Grassland", and the original owner of this name was the director of the production of Green Grassland.
In addition, there is an impressive scene in "The Road to Flowers". It is the scene where Geng Hao and the same-sex beauty pull Xu Zheng's car but throws Xu Zheng away. It is precisely because of this plot that the car without brakes slipped and crashed into Xu Zheng's car.
Actually, all this is true!
Moreover, it happened on the way to film "Green Grass".
When filming the green grassland, the director's car broke down and needed to use the positive and negative electrode wires on the battery to fire. At that time, there was a prop car in the crew that cost 1,300 yuan to buy. The situation at that time was that the director's car did not pull out the wires after completing the task, causing the battery to drain the electricity, and once again entered a breakdown. They could only drive the prop car back to the city to repair it. At that time, the car they drove was the prop car, and there was no brake.
The most interesting point of this story is like "The Road to Flowers in Heart". Ning Hao and his colleague Li Jie at the time threw the director's car away. When they arrived at the edge of the town, they received a call from the director. The moment they went back to find him, the two of them still regarded this as a joke. However, when they returned, they encountered the same thing as "The Road to Flowers in Hearts in Hearts in Hearts in Hearts in Hearts, and the car slid. Because they were just laughing, no one remembered the fact that there was no brake in the car. When they remembered, the car had already rushed down, even if it wasn't fast.
Ning Hao's first thought was to jump off the car. He jumped out of the car and remembered that Li Jie was still in the car, so he ran away again. He grabbed the car window like the male protagonist in "The Road to Flowers" and wanted to pull the car to stop. In that case, the person's strength was not as strong as the inertia. In the end, Ning Hao could only watch the car slide down and shouted in the dark: "Geng Hao!"
A voice answered from afar: "Oh."
"No brake!" Ning Hao shouted again.
"Ah?" The other party obviously didn't hear it clearly
Thanks to Li Jie in the car, if he hadn't turned the steering wheel and pushed the car to a tree on the side of the road and forced the brakes, it would be very likely that an accident would have caused.
Shao Yingxiong didn't know if Ning Hao, who had lost this important experience, could still hand over such a humorous scene in "The Road to Flowers". However, Ning Hao is now nervous like a child.
"Boss Shao, what should you do if the box office is too low?"
Ning Hao couldn't say anything. The movies starring Shao Yingxiong were all higher than the box office. "Accident" was 60 million and "Embroidered Spring Sword" was 120 million. If his movie, which only invested 6 million, only got a box office of hundreds of thousands, in the end... how could he have the attitude to continue working in Huayi?
Shao Yingxiong did not advise him and asked Ning Hao: "When making a movie, would you be the storyboard script you personally painted?"
Ning Hao has a habit. He has a technical foundation and a junior college degree, and he is used to hand-drawn storyboarding before entering the shooting. It is this habit that makes his lens effect full of visual humor.
"Yes." Ning Hao didn't understand, so he just recognized it.
"Is this movie you always want to make?" Shao Yingxiong asked again.
Ning Hao nodded.
"Then what are you afraid of?" Shao Yingxiong said, "Man, who hasn't failed? Have I also swiped wine glasses in the karaoke bar and opened beer for others? Since this is what you want to do, it's done by one hand. If the box office is not good, just do it until the behavior is stopped?"
Ning Hao knew that the truth was this: "But my heart was full of ups and downs. I was watching the box office of "Embroidered Spring Sword" of 120 million and "Wuji" of 180 million."
"What do we do? "Embroidered Spring Sword" invests 45 million yuan, "Wuji" invests more than 300 million yuan. "Crazy Gem" with investment of 6 million yuan cannot compare with these movies. The box office requirement I give you is that the box office has exceeded 20 million yuan. I will celebrate Ning Hao's achievements!"
Speaking of this, Ning Hao is in spirit. Twenty million is definitely not a high requirement for a director who has studied art, music, photography, and filmed more than 100 MVs, two movies, and one TV series.
"Boss Shao, really only requires 20 million?"
"Yes, what I'm talking about is not profit. My requirement is that the total box office has exceeded 20 million. The company will allocate the celebration funds to your crew of "Crazy Gem".
Ning Hao stood up from the chair and said to Shao Yingxiong: "Boss Shao, if our movie has a box office of more than 20 million, the production funds for my next movie..."
"I'll give it to you!" Shao Yingxiong also added: "If the box office reaches 20 million, no matter what you want to shoot in the next movie, the total investment amount of your movie will be 20 million!"
Some people say that confidence is accumulated by oneself, but in some special industries, it is not the case at all. For example, movies. There is no other way to accumulate confidence in this industry except box office and awards. Before newcomers have ever come into contact with these two things, all confidence is given by others, and some people even silently endure it alone because no one gives them confidence.
Shao Yingxiong, who knows this very well, gave Ning Hao confidence. When Ning Hao left, the tension completely disappeared. Not only did he feel his confidence. This is the definition of 20 million. If you put your goal in the position within your ability, he will definitely be full of confidence. If Shao Yingxiong sets a box office of 40 million for him, I am afraid Ning Hao will have to lower his head and walk out of the study.
Fortunately, Shao Yingxiong knows how to nourish a money tree to make it stronger, and Ning Hao is a good example.
With Shao Yingxiong's support and encouragement, Ning Hao took Huang Bo and other teams to start the publicity around the country. The result of this round of tours was very disappointing. Almost every time I went to a place, Ning Hao, who had the most media, was the director of "Wulin Wai Chuan", and only a few media responded to a few words such as "The trailer looks very special" during the trailer playback.
After this circle of publicity was announced, Shao Yingxiong helped Ning Hao a lot. Through his own relationship, he invited the heads of major websites to watch a movie that was screened in advance. Among the people who watched it, there were countless media reporters, and these people filled a cinema.
Shao Yingxiong was not worried about pirated versions and played "Crazy Gem" one. After one, he believed that the name of the film would fill all the media.
Sure enough, as he expected, when the media people bid farewell to Shao Yingxiong, various reports began to appear in the media the next day. Of course, it could not be the headlines.
"Crazy Gem", a domestic director analyzes Quentin for the first time, and presents "Pulp Novel" in his own way - Huayi Performing Arts Network.
Shao Yingxiong helped the new director of the genius, and Ning Hao's new film "Crazy Gem" was greatly appreciated - Xinliang.com.
When it became popular on the Internet, some netizens saw Ning Hao's name. This name has extraordinary value to those who like "Wulin Waichuan". Has the director of "Wulin Waichuan" made a new movie? Is it still broadcast in the World Cup?
The Internet media just promoted the "Crazy Gem", and a group of netizens began to support Ning Hao. Ning Hao suddenly became the most anticipated director on the Internet. "Crazy Gem" naturally became the most anticipated film in the eyes of this group of young people.
At this moment, various TV programs began to be promoted endlessly. When Ning Hao and the others went, many people refused to help because there were no big names in the movie, but under the Internet, everything became different. It was like the once cold media in various places suddenly changed into a passionate face and took the initiative to promote "Crazy Gem" when Ning Hao had left. Ning Hao didn't understand what this is. He was too lazy to ask, and he would rather not understand some things in his life.
Finally, "Crazy Gem" was pushed onto the big screen with Ning Hao's nervousness, Shao Yingxiong's comfort, the Internet craze, and the media helped to push it on the big screen. It's time for Ning Hao to hand in the answer!
When the box office results of the first week came out, Ning Hao didn't even dare to pass Shao Yingxiong's office every time he returned to the company. He knew that his ugly daughter-in-law always had to meet her parents-in-law. However, the feeling of having to hand over the answer to others for the first time made him always discouraged at the door of Shao Yingxiong's office. Ning Hao didn't even buy any newspapers, and even when he came home, he jumped away when he saw entertainment news on TV. He was afraid of hearing news like "Huayi Investment Failed" and "Ning Hao's Box Office Failed".
He has been in this industry for three years. If he loses this time, he can only wait for Shao Yingxiong's reward. When will Shao Yingxiong be happy and may he be able to give him a TV series. He doesn't like living like this, otherwise why would he come to Beijing? Wouldn't it be better to live in his hometown?
Ning Hao also wants to become a director with a right to speak. He also wants to see his box office and also wants to go to the company to ask, but the feet under his feet are always not very obedient.
This is how life is. The more you expect, the more you are, the more you are afraid of the results.
In the end, when Ning Hao made up his mind to knock on the door of Shao Yingxiong's office, it happened to be the week when "Crazy Stone" was released. During this week, he closed himself in a world where no one was allowed to contact anyone. He was not allowed to take the word "box office" in front of him, until today. He wanted to reveal the answer with his own hands.
bite.
The moment the elevator door opened, Ning Hao appeared on the floor where Shao Yingxiong's office was. As soon as he entered the office building, he found that his colleagues in the office area were a little strange. These people did not concentrate on their work as usual, and they all looked up at themselves.
Ning Hao was even more panicked. He didn't understand what these people mean.
I took a step, walked out of the elevator, and when I walked out of the elevator, I was a little slower, but I was even clamped by the closed elevator door, which was a little embarrassed.
Um.
Ning Hao swallowed and continued to walk into the company. When he found that someone was moving around his colleagues in the office area. They were leaving their actions and gathering towards him...
bump!
A loud noise scared Ning Hao. Ning Hao felt his gaze beauties. The colored bars falling on his head reminded him of the sound just now, which might be a twisted hand-twisted fireworks.
"congratulations!"
Wang Zhongjun took Wang Zhonglei out of the office. The smile on Wang Zhongjun's face and Ning Hao's frightened neck shrank in his panic.
"Ning Hao, you will be the director that our company will support next. "Crazy Gem" is very good. It has received rave reviews after it was released. In addition, the actors you found are not very famous. Even if the company didn't spend much money to control piracy, there were not many pirated CDs on the market. This also made us by chance to defend the first week, leaving almost no clear piracy on the street during this week..."
Before Wang Zhongjun finished speaking, Ning Hao could no longer listen. He just wanted to know what his box office was, which was completely opposite to his previous resistance: "Mr. Wang, the box office this week is..."
"Ten million!"
Wang Zhongjun emphasized, "Ning Hao, your movie can reach at least 30 million when it is drawn, which is a conservative estimate!!!"
Thirty million????
Ning Hao did not experience that joy. He had no idea what he felt now. He felt thirsty and wanted to swallow his saliva, which was more like...
"Mr. Wang, where is Boss Shao?"
Wang Zhongjun's face turned dark. He also prepared a celebration banquet for Ning Hao. Why did this kid open his mouth and ask where Shao Yingxiong was?
"Xiao Shao and Wang Jiawei are visiting all the martial arts masters. Don't they still need to prepare a new movie? By the way, I'm ready for the celebration banquet, you..."
Chapter completed!