"Hehe, it's mainly because you, Boss, spoke so well. I couldn't hold back for a moment. Actually, I think if we record an entire class and then post it online, it will definitely have a massive promotional effect on the TV series. The time spent on this few dozen minutes is absolutely worth it."
Guo Fan is full of ideas.
However, some old hands on site just want to have a moment of silence for him.
Who do you think you are? You're just a puppet; you just need to help the main director watch the monitor.
Where do you get all those opinions?
If the main director wants to make an example, believe me, he could today, directly making you not able to survive in the circle.
Guaranteeing that the entire crew will be entirely obedient in the coming months.
But Qi Hao clearly won't do that. He doesn't need to deliberately build up his authority.
On the contrary, he finds Guo Fan's idea quite good.
Using the smallest cost to devise the most awesome promotional concept.
From small to large.
As a newcomer in the film industry, having this kind of mindset, maybe there really could be achievements in the future.
After all, saving money is a technical skill.
"Then let's continue filming. We can just shoot this today."
With Qi Hao's support, Guo Fan instantly establishes his position within the crew, and those ready to replace him can only temporarily hold back.
Opportunities are given based on performance.
If one doesn't know how to seize opportunities, when can one become an executive director?
Assistant Director – Executive Director – Director.
This is the promotion path Qi Hao promised.
During the class, An Feng also has some shots.
Her student aura is very strong.
Especially with her long, straight hair, wearing glasses while listening to the lecture, the camera shooting her side profile, she perfectly embodies the "white moonlight" for many people during their student days.
She's only twenty-four this year.
She's not much older than many students in the classroom.
Plus, she's extremely attractive, standing out even at a school like Beijing Film Academy, where looks can already gain entrance.
You'd notice her just at a glance in the classroom.
The next few days are mainly focused on filming school scenes.
After honing her skills on the big screen, and having consecutively shot two campus youth movies, An Feng handles roles as a star or student effortlessly.
Most of the shots are wrapped up in one or two takes.
The shooting process is practically soaring.
While Qi Hao and An Feng are filming a TV series at Beijing Film Academy, Old Tian is finally getting married.
Marrying his childhood sweetheart.
The date is chosen on October 1, National Day.
Naturally, Qi Hao attends the wedding without hesitation.
Years of friendship.
Not saying just acting, even if it's raining knives, even if the bride doesn't show up for this wedding, he has to go!
And he's taking An Feng along with him.
The crew naturally gets a day off.
It's quite normal for the crew to have breaks, some quirky directors sometimes even delay shooting for ten days or half a month just to catch a satisfying sunset.
At Old Tian's wedding, few people from the entertainment circle attend.
He's indeed the president of an entertainment company, but Qi Hao doesn't have agency business, so naturally, the star relationships aren't that tight.
Stars who can attend must have enough personal connections.
And business clients mostly just send gifts and that's it.
Thus, the wedding appears particularly low-key.
Because of good confidentiality work, there aren't even any media lurking around outside, let alone any tracking reports.
Old Tian's wedding style differs from Qi Hao's; he prefers more traditional Chinese elements.
It's said to be the custom for weddings over at Old Tian's family.
They set up an inflatable large red arch and play Hong Kong and Taiwan pop songs with huge speakers.
When they were kids, Old Tian's sister would say she wanted this when she grew up to get married.
It's impressive that Old Tian still remembers.
But perhaps he thought of arranging it for his sister's wedding, not expecting that in the end, it would be the two of them getting married together.
The attire is Xiuhe.
Matching with the big red arch, it looks exceptionally festive.
Watching Old Tian get married, Qi Hao feels quite emotional.
His brother is truly getting married.
At the wedding, he was also invited up as a friend representative of the groom to speak.
"I've known Old Tian for more than ten years, maybe even longer than the time he's known the bride..."
That opening line already made the bride a bit jealous.
Since you two are so close, why don't you guys just get married?
Luckily Qi Hao also knows Old Tian's sister, or he'd likely be seen as trying to steal the bride.
"We've been through a lot together over the years, it's not been easy for either of us, but the heavens didn't let us down. We've not only had modest successes in our careers but also found people we love and companions for life... which also proves the innocence between me and him."
Remembering Qi Hao's wedding, Old Tian was also invited to speak.
Back then, he jokingly said that finally someone wants Qi Hao, and he finally wouldn't be suspected of having a leg with him.
Now, Qi Hao returns it to him as it was.
An Feng was also invited onto the stage.
Ever since she's been with Qi Hao, she's interacted quite a bit with today's groom and bride.
And considered somewhat familiar.
Old Tian's wife is a kindergarten teacher, staying with kids every day, simple-minded and loves to laugh, making interactions quite easy.
The four of them stand together, marking the moment with a camera.
After the wedding, it's quickly time for "Kuiba" to release.
This animation film cost quite a lot. Starting with only five million, Wang Chuan sought investment from Qi Hao for ten million, and Qi Hao added another five million.
Totaling together is twenty million.
But towards the end of production, it was thoroughly out of money, not even funds for promotion.
Thus, the promotional budget was also added again.
This film is distributed by Zhonghao Entertainment itself. Everyone knows it's hard for this film to make money, so no one's competing for it.
This National Day release, the most dazzling is "Mural" which premiered nationwide on September 29.
At the start of the National Day holiday, "Mural" ranks second in theatrical releases nationwide during the same period, with the first being "Legend of the White Snake," released a day earlier.
The ranking reversed starting on October 3; on October 3, "Mural" garnered 15 million yuan in box office, becoming the box office champion of the day. Continuing on October 4 and 5, it consecutively claimed the daily box office champion; as of October 6, the film's box office had surpassed a hundred million yuan.
However, neither "Legend of the White Snake" nor "Mural" are considered good films.
"Legend of the White Snake" doesn't match Xu Ke's romantic and unrestrained "Cyan Snake" from years ago, at most, it's just a film emphasizing visual effects while neglecting emotion.
Audiences commented saying it uses the most extravagant effects to create the most emotionless Bai Suzhen.
Huang Shengyi's acting is considered disaster-level.
Her acting peak might only remain in the "Kung Fu" era.
After "Kung Fu," she can't even make a good vase role.
The box office slightly stronger than "Legend of the White Snake," "Mural" doesn't have any spectacular features; director Chen Jia Shang shifted the focus of the film towards various ideas women face with love, significantly neglecting story logic and character development, turning an originally supposed to be heart-wrenching fantasy film into a mess, even thinner and more tedious than "Legend of the White Snake."
At the same time, "Xinhai Revolution" premiered and was summed up by audiences as a "condensed version of 'Towards the Republic'," deemed the most disappointing film of this holiday.
People originally had high expectations for this movie — both "Legend of the White Snake" and "Mural" weren't anticipated by anyone.
This year's films are much worse compared to last year's.
The National Day releases even have no comparison, with only few breaking the hundred-million box office.
But, precisely because this year's films are so dismal.
It allowed "Kuiba" a chance to catch a breath.
Yes, just to catch a breath, securing a tiny bit more screening, thinking about a breakout situation is quite impossible.
"Kuiba" itself has numerous issues, although under Qi Hao's support, Wang Chuan tried hard to make changes, it couldn't change the fact that audiences still didn't understand it.
Quite a few audiences came to watch because it's Qi Hao's first investment in an animated film.
But ended up confused.
Because there's too much that needs explanation, so it's difficult to make the storyline outstanding.
Even some audiences loudly claimed they were deceived after watching.
It's an unavoidable situation.
Original background animated films inevitably face such risks.
Fortunately, the film's production quality is indeed quite good, whether it's the characters, scenes, or effects, all considered top-notch in domestic animation.
After all, there's that thirty million in it.
Apart from that "Rocky Tibetan Mastiff," these days putting thirty million into an animated film really has a taste of a spendthrift.
"Pleasant Goat" costs only a few bucks to make a film.
Qi Hao had anticipated the poor results of "Kuiba," but this performance doesn't prevent him from investing in Wang Chuan for "Kuiba 2."
In the National Animation Development Alliance chat group, he even picked out some merits of "Kuiba" and conducted a systematic analysis and praise.
Making those comics practitioners feel invigorated.
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