Chapter 613 614【Waiting Alone】
Xiang Nan then presented Urshan with the written script—"Waiting Alone".
This movie is written and directed by Taiwanese director Wu Shixian, and it claims to be the best romance movie in the Mainland.
Xiang Nan had seen it before and was very impressed, so he wanted to shoot it.
One, it's cheap. There are no big scenes in the film, and many of them are indoor scenes. It is estimated that the filming can be completed with an investment of two million;
Secondly, its subject matter is also very suitable for young people. An urban romantic comedy that is as romantic as it is stylish. Unlike Zhang Yimou's rusticity, and Feng Xiaogang's poverty, he will definitely be popular.
After reading the script, Wu Ershan, to be honest, was immediately shocked by Xiang Nan.
"Junior Brother, I really fall for you." He said to Xiang Nan with a look of surprise.
"Don't rush to praise me. You read the script first, can it be used?" Xiang Nan laughed.
"It can be used, of course it can be used." Urshan nodded, "To be honest, I haven't seen such a fresh and smooth script for a long time."
Although the mainland has been reforming and opening up for many years, the handling of romance films is still very rough. It's either extreme love, such as "Suzhou Creek", or extreme desire. In short, the filming is not the love story of ordinary people.
But Xiang Nan's "Waiting Alone" is very unique, fresh, natural, smooth, not exaggerated, not pretentious, not vain. He thinks it is the best, reflecting the love story of urban youth.
"That's it." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "You direct, I star, let's hurry up and shoot, and strive to release it during the Spring Festival."
Wu Ershan nodded.
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Xiang Nan then registered Zhiqing Films and invested 3 million yuan, which was specially used for the filming of the movie "Waiting Alone".
If it makes money, the company will continue to operate. If it loses money, it is only the company that loses, and no more will be involved.
Subsequently, he began to file for "Waiting Alone", waiting for the review to pass.
While waiting for the review, he and Ning Hao took the time to shoot the MV of "Exclusive Angel".
To be honest, Che Yun is really a beauty. Especially the temperament, noble and generous, dignified and elegant, more comfortable than watching it on TV.
While filming the MV, Xiang Nan also focused on Ning Hao's ability.
I found that his skills are really good, and he has his own uniqueness in picture, lighting, scenery, performance and other aspects. Especially in terms of mise-en-scène, it is a must.
When filming the MV, there were about 30 staff members from all walks of life on site. Being accused by him of making mistakes but not chaos, orderly, I have to say, this is already a great skill.
If it were an incompetent director, three or five people would be confused.
So Xiang Nan was very satisfied with Ning Hao, and agreed to work together in the future.
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A week later, the completed MV of "Exclusive Angel" officially appeared on the TV station.
Xiang Nan also started to promote this album, such as Enlight Media's "Music Billboard", Mango Channel's "Happy Camp", Hujiang Channel's "Entertainment Star World" and so on.
Actually, before, selling records was much easier than this. After the MV is released, release some news to the paper media, then the publicity is almost done.
But now, the record market is not doing well, and sales are shrinking year by year.
Due to the promotion of the Internet, the cost of robbery is getting lower and lower. Now in the whole Chinese-speaking circle, it is extremely rare for the sales volume of records to be maintained at one million.
So even a superstar like Xiang Nan must do a good job of publicity in order to sell records. All signings, face-to-face meetings, and online interviews have to be done.
Xiang Nan ran publicity for almost a month, from south to north, from east to west, and ran to about 30 places.
During the publicity run, the MV of "Dongfeng Po" was also officially launched.
Because some special effects were used in this MV, it was a little more difficult to make and took a little longer. Although it was shot first, it was released later.
However, after the launch, the publicity effect was excellent.
One piece of this MV is extremely beautiful. Xiang Nan and Huang Shengyi, handsome men and pure women, are all as beautiful as flowers.
Second, this song is mellow, poignant, and full of oriental charm. Not only is the song good, but the lyrics are better, and it also makes the audience feel refreshed.
With the release of two MVs and Xiang Nan's hard-working promotion, the album "Exclusive Angel" finally achieved good sales.
The total order quantity of all distributors is basically maintained at around one million. That's pretty good.
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"Yuan Shuai, you have experienced it for yourself now. It's really hard to sell records now." Song Bing smiled and said to Xiang Nan, "This spring, the single "Sad Swing" we released for Jin Haixin ", the sales volume is less than 100,000 copies. Even the production fee has not been recovered."
"I understand." Xiang Nan nodded, "Raiders are too rampant now. In the past, piracy still required costs, and CDs, tapes, and recorders all cost money.
Now it's a network bandit, and the cost is almost zero. Once uploaded, the whole world can hear it. This is because the Internet has not been popularized. Just wait, when the Internet penetrates into the third- and fourth-tier cities, and even the towns and villages, it will be a nightmare for the recording industry. "
If he remembers correctly, around the 1900s, when singers released albums, they rarely released physical albums. Most are digital albums.
"So in the future the record company will make money, I think it will have to do performances. I don't believe that you can listen to Robozaka on your album, and you can watch Robozaka as a celebrity." Song Bing laughed.
Xiang Nan nodded.
Song Bing was right. In the future, singers will make money by running commercial performances.
The first and second tiers of big-name stars, the third- and fourth-tier tiers of small-name stars, low-end bars, karaoke halls, nightclubs, bathing centers...
Don't think it looks miserable, but in fact, you can earn tens of thousands of dollars a night singing, which is still much more than ordinary people.
Of course, after the fans become economical, they can also cut the vermicelli leeks. In addition, in another year, mobile ringtones will be born. A small CRBT, but the market has reached more than 10 billion. This is also a big money making point.
"So, Yuan Shuai, let's hold another concert." Song Bingtu said poorly.
Xiang Nan nodded, "Okay, I'm fine. You can talk to my agent about the schedule."
Song Bing smiled, he likes Xiang Nan, he does things decisively and never procrastinates. Cooperate with him, comfortable!
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Entering July, the script review of "Waiting Alone" finally passed, and the film officially entered the pre-production stage.
In the past few days, Xiang Nan has negotiated with Urshan about the candidates for several leading roles. The heroine will be Gao Yuanyuan, with fair skin and beautiful appearance; the second female lead will be Tang Wei, who looks ordinary but looks stunning in her outfit.
One is his own woman, and the other is an artist under his banner. It's the first time to invest in filming. It's not easy to take advantage of others.
For a group of bad friends, Sun Honglei, Zhou Le, Li Bo, Cheng Bin, Lu Yi and others are invited to star in friendship. In addition, Xiang Nan will invite Na Jie, Wang Fei, Leslie Cheung, Wang Gang and others to make guest appearances.
In mid-July, the filming officially started.
Thanks to book friends baykalpan and Mo Xueyiyun for their reward~
(end of this chapter)