Entertainment: My house collapsed and I was forced to start making movies

Chapter 187 Online Movies
The shooting and editing of variety shows is much simpler than that of film and television dramas.

Even if a variety show has a script, it does not require the guests to have strong acting skills.

It doesn't matter if it's a little exaggerated, it doesn't matter if it's a little false.

In most cases, guests can show their true colors unscrupulously, as long as they are not afraid of the audience's disgust.

The filming of the two variety shows "I Am a Singer" and "Running Man" went much faster than Tong Guan imagined.

Even though the director is a newcomer, the results are pretty good.

After all, variety shows are more about editing.

To put it more directly, variety shows only need to add a few suggestive words around the guests during editing to directly mislead the audience about the guests' meaning.

The editing team of Tongguan Company is very mature, so editing a variety show like this is naturally easy.

Before the Spring Festival, several episodes of these two variety shows have been edited and can be broadcast on Fairy Tale Video at any time.

Tong Guan was planning to promote it, and when it was broadcast on Fairy Tale Video, an unexpected phone call found him.

"Chief guide, long time no see."

Listening to He Ji's voice on the phone, Tong Guan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Oh? The Spring Festival is coming soon. Does Mr. He plan to give me an early New Year greeting?"

Tong Guan said with a smile.

"The child guide said so, so I'll wish you a Happy New Year in advance!"

He Yan also said with a smile.

"Then I would like to thank Teacher He."

"Haha." He Yan laughed twice, and then started to get to the point: "Do you still remember the movie I told you before, Director Tong?"

Tongguan:.
If he remembered correctly, six years had passed since he first knew about the movie He Yan was talking about, right?

Tong Guan asked tentatively: "You don't know how, haven't you taken pictures yet?"

"How is it possible? It's been more than six years, how could I not have taken the photo yet?"

"Then why are you contacting me this time?"

"It's like this. I submitted the movie for review some time ago, but the higher-ups asked me to make some changes. They said that the three views in it were not in line with mainstream values. They asked me to try to be more positive. But as a child director, you also know that when it was first shot, I used the person you recommended to me before, and my financial resources are a bit tight now."

"That's it"

Tong Guan understood.

Before the Oscar incident, He Juan approached Tong Guan to finalize the final version of the script, and asked Tong Guan to help recommend several artists from Fairy Tale Media to help him boost the box office.

Originally, Tong Guan asked Yang Mi and others to star in the film at a low salary to sell He Juan a favor.

But then something happened to Tongguan, and Yang Mi went to He Juan again to ask for her pay.

At that time, Tong Guan could not control Yang Mi, and more than half of the movie was shot, so it was not realistic to change the starring team.

So He Jiong had to give Yang Mi more money.

This addition directly caused He Jiong's pocket to shrink severely.

After all, it wasn't just one or two people who asked him to increase their pay, but a bunch of actors from Fairy Tale Media.

For a moment, He Jiong had to wonder if this was Tong Guan's intention.

However, He Jiong is not discouraged. He believes in Tong Guan's initial judgment that as long as it is released, it will definitely make a lot of money!

Now he has finally finished shooting the movie, the editing is almost done, and he is even doing the promotion, but the higher-ups won’t let him pass the review!

The reason is because the plot is too unhealthy!
He Jiong really couldn't stand it anymore.

Although he didn't go bankrupt because of this bad movie, he did spend a lot of money.

If the movie doesn't even make it to theaters, isn't the effort in vain?

To put it shamelessly, he has been planning this movie for six years!

The key is that the plot of this movie is full of negative energy, and he really can't change it unless it is remade.

But Yang Mi and others are so busy now that they can't come over to accompany him for filming.

Helpless, He Jiong had to find a way to find someone to have a relationship with.

And the only boss he has the best relationship with right now is Tong Guan.

Moreover, Tong Guan is also involved in this movie, so it is better to find him than someone else.

"Teacher He, I have two solutions here. Which one do you want to hear?"

Tong Guan was still a little embarrassed about He Ji.

It was he who gave He Juan the bad idea at the beginning, and he planned to use Yang Mi and others as black slaves to return He Juan's favor.

As a result, the favor was not repaid, and He Juan was forced to bleed violently.

Now it is even more because the plot cannot pass the review. If he is not responsible, it will indeed be a bit unjustifiable.

"Two? Can the child guide tell me both?"

"That's no problem. The first solution is very simple, that is, I'll say hello directly and get the movie reviewed for you so that you can promote and release it normally." Hearing this solution, He on the other end of the phone Ji's eyes lit up.

Isn't that why he came to Tongguan?
I thought I was going to say something nice to show my favor, but I didn’t expect Tong Guan to point it out directly!
However, this plan is placed first. It is estimated that Tongguan has other good options.

"What about the second one?"

"The second one" Tong Guan's mouth curled up slightly: "The second one is not to pass the review as a movie, but directly to submit it for review according to the standards of online film and television dramas, and then broadcast on the online platform."

He Jiong: .
To be honest, when he heard the second solution, he was a little doubtful whether Tong Guan was teasing him.

Dude, you have been preparing to shoot for so long just to add an online movie to your fairy tale video?

However, he was not in a hurry to make a choice, but asked: "Why did the child guide say the second solution?"

"It's very simple. My new movie is about to be released. Do you think you can beat me?"

He Jiong: .
Damn, I almost forgot about this.

Tongguan's new movie is released, and the film schedule for the same period starts at 40.00%.

Don’t just watch half of it, you know, there are at least ten movies released during the Spring Festival.

One movie, Tong Guan, occupies half of the movie, and the remaining movies are scheduled to be released. What a heck of a deal!
Moreover, several major directors have released new movies this year, such as "Police Story 2013" by Big Brother Cheng, "Private Customization" by Xiaogang Pao, "Famous Catchers 2" by Liu Yifei, and Tong Guan's new movie.

Isn’t it because I’m seeking death by publishing this shitty movie?

"How about I delay the release time?"

He Ji asked tentatively.

"It's okay, but my suggestion is to launch it directly as an online movie. It's better that way."

"But by bypassing theaters and releasing it directly as an online movie, won't Wanda have any objections?"

He Jiong was a little worried.

Previously, Tongguan bypassed theaters and released "No Man's Land" directly on his own platform. At that time, Wanda's reaction was relatively large, but because it was Tongguan who did it, it was left to nothing in the end.

He Ji is not a child, and he cannot afford to offend Wan Da.

"It's different. My previous film "No Man's Land" was originally going to be released in theaters and bypassed Wanda, but your new movie cannot meet the standards of theaters and was forced to be downgraded to an online movie. Not to offend anyone.

Moreover, iQiyi just proposed the concept of "online movies" two days ago. You can go and find out. It is fundamentally different from theater movies. Your movie is more in line with the "online movie" standards proposed there. You can You can take a look. "

Hearing this, He Juan thought for a while and replied: "Then let me go and learn about online movies first. I'll trouble you, Director Tong."

"It's okay. You go and take a look first. If you still want to go to trial, I can just say hello to you."

"Okay, thank you, the child guide."

"We are all our own people, so we can't say thank you or not. Let's just leave it at that. We'll contact you later."

"Contact me again, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Tong Guan also stretched.

The thing about the online movie was not that he was fooling He Ji, but a sincere suggestion.

Online movies are not essentially movies, but more like relatively long online single-episode TV shows.

The concept of online movies was first proposed by iQiyi. It refers to movies that last more than 60 minutes, are well-produced, are first released on the Internet platform, and have the structure and capacity of a complete movie.

I guess they were inspired by Tong Guan and were jealous of the speed at which fairy tale videos made money, so they came up with such a thing.

Of course, the other party was not just crazy, but carefully analyzed the differences between online movies and theater movies.

As we all know, theater movies have strict censorship standards. According to the provisions of the country's "Film Management Regulations", sexual content is prohibited.There are also specific restrictions on some themes, including requirements such as "no time travel" in the movie, "animals cannot become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China", "ghost movies can only be based on the human heart" and "no violent scenes".

The major online movies are much more relaxed in terms of themes and content, and you can try some fantasy, time-travel, gods, monsters and other themes.

After all, the essential review standards for online movies are those for online TV series.

The standard of online TV series is even lower than that of TV series broadcast on stars.

If a movie is reviewed according to the standards of online TV series, it will naturally give the movie more room to develop.

Online movies don’t even need a dragon logo to be released.

This shows how lax the review of online movies is.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

The biggest disadvantage of online movies is that they are not as profitable as those in theaters, and their quality is lower, so they cannot achieve much publicity and fame.

Movies of poor quality, whether in theaters or on online platforms, will not make much money, and they will still be scolded if they deserve it.

At most, because the network cost is low, the cost can be recovered quickly, and you can even earn a little less.

As for high-quality movies, even Tongguan's previous "No Man's Land" is a one-time deal. After the initial ticket-buying frenzy, the revenue will quickly decrease, and piracy will easily result.

The essence of online movies is to allow some films with average quality and strange themes that cannot pass censorship to have the opportunity to make money, and by the way expand the film inventory of various online platforms, so Wanda did not respond much to this.

I would call Tong Guan before, purely because Tong Guan's movies are based on theater standards and have been censored.

If No Man's Land has been unable to meet the standards for theatrical release, Wanda will probably not have any objection to Tong Guan's fairy tale videos.

(End of this chapter)