"Captain of the Dragon Kingdom" has not been released yet.
But the box office has already made a lot of money, so Yue Guan no longer cares.
He is still quite busy, especially during the Chinese New Year period.
Many things had piled up until the end of the year, and he couldn't avoid them and had to deal with them personally.
"Actually, I'll just help you choose a few. You don't have to choose them yourself." Mo Xiangwan suggested.
She felt that Yue Guan was working too hard.
In the past two days, apart from promoting the second run of "Feng Shen", Yue Guan spent the rest of his time watching dramas.
And it’s with a mission to binge-watch dramas.
Because it's time for his Best Screenplay Award to be handed out again.
Yue Guan should try his best to ensure that the screenwriters who won the award this year are objective and fair, and there should be no leftovers.
This requires a very high amount of film reading for him personally.
When you do something with a mission, you basically don’t feel the fun anymore.
It’s good to see some interesting dramas.
If you encounter a scene that you're not interested in, but it happens to be pretty good, it's really torture.
However, Yue Guan did not leave this job to others.
"It's better for me to do it myself. I'll spend 50 million anyway. If I don't choose five that I really like, I'll be sorry for the money I earned through hard work." Yue Guandao.
Mo Xiangwan: "What I said above is fine. As for you working hard to make money... why don't I feel it?"
The hardest part for Yue Guan is probably filming.
But filming is the part where Yue Guan makes the least money.
Most of the money-making people, Yue Guan, are basically free-range.
In this regard, Yue Guan had something to say: "Sister Xiang Wan, you don't understand, my efforts are all in places you can't see. You look at me very relaxed, but in fact I am moving forward with a heavy load."
Mo Xiangwan blinked and quickly started to do reading comprehension: "Did you ask Li Fuzhen to brush the steel wool?"
Yue Guan: "...You are really a little genius at reading comprehension."
…
Playing for fun, making trouble for trouble, Yue Guan finally selected all the final five places for this year.
It is an annual awards ceremony for screenwriters in the industry. At least in the screenwriting circle, the Yueguan Award is more valuable than the Golden Dragon Award for Best Screenwriter.
After all, Yue Guan also gave an additional 10 million.
No matter how official the Golden Dragon Award is, it is just a reputation. The improvement in one's worth is far less immediate than that of Yue Guan.
Besides, it is also a huge honor to win the Yue Guan Screenwriter Award.
This year, Yue Guan has not yet started awarding awards, but the circle has already begun to build momentum.
#Which five drama screenwriters can win the Yue Guan Screenwriter Award this year#
This question was not only trending on Weibo, but also on the trending list of Bihu.
Many netizens discussed it with great interest, and it already had the flavor of a national carnival.
Yue Guan was still a little surprised by this.
"Why is it such a big fuss? I remember that I have always been very low-key when organizing this award. I basically didn't publicize it to the outside world." Yue Guan said.
The Screenwriter Award not only means a reward, but is actually more of a charity to help these screenwriters get rich. When doing charity work, Yue Guan usually keeps a low profile.
It tastes a bit off when it is high-profile, which is not necessary.
But this time things were very high-profile.
Mo Xiangwan explained: "It was either us who created the momentum or netizens spontaneously stirred up the atmosphere."
"what's the situation?"
"This is the third year in a row that you have persisted. Three years, 150 million, and unremittingly output good works and good screenwriters to the entertainment industry. This kind of thing is too rare in the entertainment industry, so this matter itself It’s worth writing about, and netizens are not uninterested. Coupled with the screenwriters adding fuel to the flames, the popularity has picked up.”
"Did the screenwriter add fuel to the flames?" Yue Guan asked.
Mo Xiangwan nodded: "Yes, many well-known screenwriters have taken the initiative to participate, including predictions and expectations. Of course, they also praise you. Your current status in the screenwriting circle is simply unmatched by others."
This is quite normal.
The improvement of screenwriter status in the industry can be said to have been planned by Yue Guan. In addition, he spent 100 million real money to reward outstanding screenwriters for two consecutive years. It is impossible to think that Yue Guan's reputation is not high.
Even the screenwriters who did not receive Yue Guan's award were full of praise for Yue Guan. After all, they still have hope in the future.
And all screenwriters who have confidence in themselves hope that Yue Guan can hold on to this award.
Therefore, they are very dedicated to promoting and praising Yue Guan. If it weren't for the fact that the screenwriter is indeed too small and his reputation is too low, the popularity of this matter will be even higher.
After thinking about this, Yue Guan also nodded: "As long as we don't promote it ourselves, as for the screenwriters to speak for us, that is their freedom, and we don't have to stop it."
After all, he did nothing wrong.
Of course, I don’t go out of my way to suppress my own enthusiasm.
"This is this year's list of winners. Sister Xiang Wan, please help me send it out. As per the old rules, invite these screenwriters to Dragon City, I'll treat them to a meal and give them the check on the spot."
Excellent stories are always a scarce resource.
Yueguan needs excellent stories, so it also needs excellent talents who can create excellent stories.
This is why he insists on holding this award every year.
Yue Guan has never forgotten his roots in the entertainment industry.
Compared with making friends with other entertainment company bosses, these screenwriters play a greater role in Yue Caring for him.
Mo Xiangwan took the list handed to him by Yue Guan and read it with Li Ruotong.
Yue Guan has insisted on holding this screenwriter award for three consecutive years. Not only netizens are looking forward to it, but they are also looking forward to it.
Maybe you can find some excellent products.
Li Ruotong's eyes lit up when he saw the first winning name.
"What kind of movie is "The Labyrinth of the Heart"? I've never heard of it."
Never heard of it being good.
A hidden gem in the ocean brings even greater surprises.
Mo Xiangwan had heard of it, but she wasn't too impressed.
After recalling it, Mo Xiangwan hesitated and said, "It was probably a suspenseful crime movie. I remember it got a good reputation, but the box office was very poor. It didn't stir up much excitement, so I didn't watch it in the end."
After all, Mo Xiangwan is still very busy at work on weekdays, even busier than Yue Guan and Li Ruotong.
"Yue Guan, is this movie very good?" Mo Xiangwan was a little surprised.
Yue Guan nodded, then shook his head: "The filming was actually average, but the script was well written and the overall structure was very clever. Nolan's style, Cohen's structure, and local narrative are a fusion of the three. Very good, probably the best movie this year."
That's why Yue Guan put this movie first.
Mo Xiangwan was surprised to hear that Yue Guan's evaluation was so high: "How come such a good movie has such little influence? I remember it should be very poor at the box office."
"It's really bad. It's not surprising. If a movie wants to get high box office, it never has to be of high quality." Yue Guan's tone was calm.
In the entertainment industry, it is unrealistic to rely on strength to conquer the world.
Strength is used to increase the upper limit.
But there is no guarantee of a lower limit at all.
No matter how powerful you are, if you don't let the audience see it, it's all in vain.
That's why Yue Guan chose to lie dormant for three years to accumulate enough capital before leaving the business.
If he were to make the movie "Maze of the Heart", the box office would be at least 100 million without any changes in the plot.
But "Maze of the Heart" currently has a box office of less than 10 million.
Terrible in capital letters.
But that's what it is.
Without stars and no announcements, there would be no film schedule.
No matter how good the quality is, it is of no use during the release period.
Of course, it is still possible to accumulate reputation. After the release, through word-of-mouth fermentation, the influence will eventually expand.
Just like now.
The film was discovered by Yue Guan.
He plans to reward the screenwriter of the film 10 million.
It is higher than the total box office of "Labyrinth of the Heart".
"The three screenwriters of this movie can focus on it. The box office of "Maze of the Heart" does not reflect their talent. They can clearly explain the multi-line narrative structure, mix the past and present and future, and have multiple overlapping and chain reactions. Finally, Putting it all together perfectly, few people in the entertainment industry can do it. "Maze of the Heart" is actually a dazzling work that makes an originally simple story look great," said Yue Guandao.
Mo Xiangwan frowned: "Showing off skills is actually less friendly to the audience, right? This can easily make it more difficult for the audience to watch the movie."
"That's true, but it's a too simple story without a star cast and hot scenes, so it's just waiting to be rushed. Maximizing the use of limited resources, for a very poor crew, it's a great way to show off their skills. In fact, it is the only choice. Newcomers need to show off their skills and show their abilities. When they reach their status, the audience will not think they are incompetent if they play Back to Nature."
After hearing Yue Guan's analysis, Mo Xiangwan nodded and wrote down the names of the three screenwriters of "Maze of the Heart".
"Xin Yukun, Feng Yuanliang, Lu Nifan, Xin Yukun is still the director of "Maze of the Heart", right?" Mo Xiangwan asked.
Yue Guan nodded: "Yes."
Mo Xiangwan thought thoughtfully: "It seems like he is a rare talent. Next year we can choose one of our company's dramas and get in touch with him."
Miracle Company has no shortage of scripts, and Miracle Company is the first choice for screenwriters to submit scripts.
But Miracle did not sign a director, nor did it sign an actor.
This actually made Miracle Company make a lot less money, after all, the asking price of its own people must be cheaper.
But this also makes Miracle Company very popular in the industry.
Because a company that is only responsible for providing content production leaves a lot of benefits to others, it will naturally gain the support of many people.
There is endless money to be made, and with the help of these high-quality contents, Miracle Company has actually accumulated a lot of contacts.
And it will continue to accumulate.
Yue Guan did not stop Mo Xiangwan's plan. He usually did not interfere in the running of the company. Mo Xiangwan was more professional than him in this aspect.
Li Ruotong didn't care about the company's operations, so she continued reading.
"'Master', I've seen this movie. Liao Fan and the Xiao Song family acted in it, right?" Li Ruotong was a little surprised.
It seems that my aesthetic vision and that of Yue Guan are very similar.
People in the industry say that Yue Guan has a good vision.
By the same token, my own vision is also good.
Yue Guan didn't know what Li Ruotong was thinking about, so he just nodded and said, "Yes, that's the one. I think it was pretty good. It should be considered the best among the martial arts movies this year."
"Master" is actually about Chinese martial arts.
It's a bit similar to "Gong Er Zhuan" ("The Grandmaster").
But Yue Guan prefers "Master".
The level of the two is almost the same. This is Yue Guan's personal preference. Anyway, he is the one who pays for it, and others will not comment.
Moreover, the reputation of "Master" is indeed very good, even Li Ruotong praised it.
This also shows from the side that the box office of the movie "Master" is definitely not very good...
really…
Mo Xiangwan said: ""Master" is more famous than "Maze of the Heart", but it is not as popular. Yue Guan, you are helping the poor."
"There is no poverty alleviation. I only choose movies based on whether I like it. I like "Master" so I gave it a spot. There is no other reason."
This version of "Master" only has a different background. After all, the history of this world is different, but the taste is still the same.
Li Ruotong praised Yue Guan: "I also like this drama, Yue Guan, you are still very discerning."
Mo Xiangwan silently stabbed him: "It's a pity. If you don't like Ruotong, maybe the box office of the movie "Master" can be higher."
Li Ruotong: "... Mo Xiangwan, our friendship ends today."
Mo Xiangwan smiled and brought the topic back naturally: "The movie "Heart of the Burning Sun" should be the most controversial one among the shortlisted works. I went to the cinema to see this movie. It was really shocking, especially Deng Chao and Duan Yihong, I feel they can win the Best Actor this year."
"Best actor... It depends on luck. Of course, I also think they have the ability." Yue Guandao.
Deng Chao's performance in "Heart of the Burning Sun" is definitely textbook level.
He has basically reached his peak.
Definitely qualified to win the Best Actor Award.
Duan Yihong is even more awesome. He played a supporting role in the drama "Scorching Sun", and he played a very flat character in the script - a policeman who upholds justice.
If Yue Guan is given this kind of role, he will most likely not be able to perform well.
But Duan Yihong almost overwhelmed the protagonist with his acting skills, turning himself into one of the highlights of the drama.
This is real strength.
Of course, the script of this drama is also good, but the most successful thing about this drama is that the director and actors are so excellent, which improves the quality of the entire drama.
Despite this, Yue Guan still gave the screenwriter of this drama a place to win the award.
In Mo Xiangwan's words, this drama will definitely not be controversial.
But when they saw the fourth play, both Mo Xiangwan and Li Ruotong were surprised.
"'Mourning'? What kind of movie is this? Xiang Wan, do you know?"
Li Ruotong said that he had not seen it.
Mo Xiangwan frowned: "I have an impression that it's a film from the Korean Province, telling the history of their ancestors?"
Yue Guan nodded: "Yes."
"Yue Guan, you read a lot of films." Mo Xiangwan admired him: "I'm not interested at all in the history of such a big place."
So she didn't watch it at all.
Just a slight impression, this drama has a good reputation.
However, most viewers in the Central Plains, like her, are not very interested in the history of Kimchi’s ancestors.
Therefore, the box office of this drama is average in the Central Plains, but within South Korea, the popularity of this drama is quite good, and its reputation is also excellent.
Yue Guan shook his head: "Actually, I don't have much interest. However, we in the Central Plains don't have a decent historical movie this year. After all, we are a family, and other people's films are better, so I can't deliberately not choose it. them."
A historical movie from the Central Plains, Yue Guan felt like he was about to die.
Haven't exploded in a long time.
More than ten years ago, when talking about historical blockbusters, everyone thought of big investments, big productions and big stars.
Now, when thinking of historical blockbusters, what everyone thinks of are "A City Full of Fierce Girls", "Reading as a Night Banquet but Really Thunderstorm", "A Murderous Case Caused by a Steamed Bun - The Promise that Can Be Understood Years Later"...
A group of great directors have ruined this classification.
It also exhausted the audience’s expectations in advance.
If you want to restore the blood tank, more than ten years may not be enough.
Therefore, Yue Guan is not very optimistic about the box office of "Shadow".
It is still possible to get back the money, but it is too difficult to explode.
Today’s audiences have lost their expectations for domestic historical blockbusters.
This is also the reason why Yue Guan rarely plays the role of emperor in historical blockbusters, but instead goes to film TV series.
If he really wanted to make a historical blockbuster, even with his popularity, it might be difficult to raise the upper limit of such movies.
Obviously, it would be more promising to sublimate the value of force and make fairy tale movies.
In fact, it is not cost-effective to make historical TV series now.
Because if you are filming a modern urban drama, advertising and investment alone can spread a lot of costs.
But when shooting a historical drama, this means nothing.
From a profit perspective, this is not cost-effective. Modern urban dramas are the easiest to make money.
But who told Yue Guan to rely on acting as emperor to gain his imperial aura
Even though he knew that filming historical dramas would be more expensive, he still had to make more of them.
Fortunately, Yue Guan's films have not suffered any losses yet, so Yue Guan is now qualified to be willful and film whatever he wants.
"'Maze of the Heart', 'The Master', 'Heart of the Burning Sun' and 'Mourn' are the four films that won awards this year." Mo Xiangwan summed it up: "There are basically no commercial blockbusters, Yue Guan, you are still helping the poor."
"For commercial blockbusters, the importance of scripts must be reduced. It's not that I deliberately don't give quotas to commercial blockbusters. It is true that the plots of commercial blockbusters are somewhat different from those of these niche themes. Of course, commercial blockbusters will Make up for it in other aspects. If you let me choose to watch it, I would actually prefer to watch commercial blockbusters."
Yue Guan is essentially a layman with few literary and artistic qualities. He pays more attention to the stimulation of appearance than the connotation.
However, since it is an award evaluation, it is naturally not the same standard as watching movies.
It cannot be denied that excellent commercial blockbusters rarely win based on plot.
It's enough that the plot is quite satisfactory and has no poisonous points.
Commercial blockbusters have too many other plus points.
On the contrary, for this niche subject matter, the plot accounts for 80% of the importance, so the requirements for the script are often higher.
In terms of scripts alone, these scripts are indeed obviously better than those of commercial blockbusters.
At this time, Li Ruotong saw the only award-winning TV series quota, and then chuckled: "Yue Guan not only helps the poor in movies, but also in TV series. Last year, the quota for the TV series was given to "Soul Ferry", and this year the quota for the TV series was given to "" "Wuxin Master".
""Wuxin Master"? That fantasy web drama?" Mo Xiangwan quickly recalled: "This drama seems not to have been invested by our company."
"Sister Xiang Wan, to be precise, none of the five dramas that won awards this year were invested by our company." Yue Guan said lightly: "But this is not a big problem. There are many good scripts, and our company does not Maybe they’ve all been taken over.”
And to be honest, the results of these five dramas are far behind those of Miracle Company's dramas. There is no need for Miracle Company to ignore the more profitable ones and instead shoot those dramas that are not profitable but have good reputations.
Mo Xiangwan was right to think about it.
Yueguan's preferences do not represent the market's preferences.
Besides, Yue Guan also said that the five dramas he selected do not actually represent his five favorite dramas this year.
It's really up to Yue Guan to choose. His favorite drama this year must be "The Richest Man in Xihong City". After all, he filmed it himself, so he must give himself a platform.
But choosing oneself is no different from choosing the right hand from the left to the right. Yue Guan will definitely not be able to do such a thing.
"I remember the results of "Wuxin Master" were pretty good," Mo Xiangwan said.
Yue Guan smiled: "To be precise, the popularity is pretty good and the results are average. This drama was released on Sohu Video, and Sohu Video in order to expand its brand influence... did not fight piracy, so from here on The money earned from this drama is actually very little."
Many people working on the Internet believe that influence is more important than money. Therefore, except for Five-Star Video, other video websites do not seriously combat piracy. Moreover, many dramas are also broadcast for free, and they still use the advertising sharing model.
While they were still exploring this free model, Five Star Video had been turning a profit for several years.
However, no video website has imitated Five Star Video.
It may be that they are not optimistic about the future of the paid subscription model of Five-Star Video.
It may also be because they know in their hearts that without enough high-quality content as supplement, they will not be able to retain paying users. Instead, they will lose their core competitiveness in competing with Five Star Video.
Yue Guan didn't know which factor was more important.
Anyway, Five Star Video is making more money year after year, which is enough for him.
"Sister Xiang Wan, please announce the winners of these five dramas, and then I will wait at home for these screenwriters to come to your door."
He had already prepared the money.
For Yue Guan now, money is really just a number. He does nothing every day, but his net worth is still rising rapidly.
Rich people will indeed become richer and richer. Yue Guan has experienced this sentence personally.
Just as Yue Guan expected, when Mo Xiangwan announced this year's winners list, it caused quite a shock in the entertainment industry.
"I only guessed one of 'Heart of the Burning Sun'."
"Your Majesty really has good taste. "Maze of the Heart" is indeed beautiful. I highly recommend it."
"It turns out that Your Majesty is also following "Wuxin Master". I beg Your Majesty to favor two young ladies, Jin Chen and Chen Yao. I like them so much."
Yue Guan saw this comment and replied: "Students, please respect yourself, I am not a casual person."