Jinmen, North China, is the headquarters of Sunac Real Estate.
The second Sunac Plaza is located here, and the premiere of "Painted Skin 2" was held at the newly opened Hantang Cinema in the square.
The entire Han and Tang Cinemas chain has continued to copy and promote the theater template across the country by cooperating with Warner Bros., and has invested in China Film Southern Shinkansen, holding 44% of the shares. It is fully invested and the number of screens has exceeded 100.
Among private companies, it is second only to Wanda and Jinyi.
It is also the only one among domestic film companies!
Taking advantage of the opportunity to inspect Sunac Real Estate, Lu Fei accompanied Gao Yuanyuan to the premiere to support the movie "Painted Skin 2".
It’s not directed at Zeng Li, it’s really directed at Sunac.
Once the "4 trillion bailout plan" is implemented, the entire sluggish real estate industry will completely wake up and usher in a booming spring.
That was also the time when theaters in the Han and Tang dynasties were booming.
In the midsummer of July, the evening wind carrying a heat wave blew gently.
Lu Fei rolled up the car window with a smile on his face, "You're going to compete with Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" next week, are you afraid?"
"Not afraid."
Gao Yuanyuan was wearing a black suspender skirt and rested on his shoulder.
"I was quite scared at first, but after watching the samples of "Red Cliff (Part 1)", I wasn't scared at all. The filming was as bad as "The Golden Jacket" and "The Promise". From the beginning to the end, I remember one special sentence. Funny words, 'Mengmeng, stand up'."
She imitated it so much that she couldn't help but laugh, "Pfft, it's funny just thinking about it. It's completely different from when I was a kid watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
"That's why there are ghosts."
The corners of Lu Fei's mouth turned up, "Can Hong Kong and Taiwan directors make historical feature films? They don't have the ability! They don't have the background! They don't have the connotation, you know! All they produce are gangster films disguised as history."
Gao Yuanyuan nodded, "Yes, yes, it's the feeling you said. It's obviously an epic battle, but it's shot in such a cliché and stingy way that it's almost impossible to watch. That's it. Our "Painted Skin 2" is a sure win at the box office." Well, at least we can have a tie."
"So confident?"
Lu Fei looked sideways.
"It's Wu Yusen and the others who are not confident. If they were confident, they wouldn't have divided "Red Cliff" into two parts. They clearly know that just one part will definitely lose money. The cost is 640 million."
Gao Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows, "We only have over 100 million yuan. If the box office reaches 300 million yuan, we will definitely make a profit. If it is "Red Cliff", we will lose money. It will cost at least more than a billion yuan."
"Our CEO is becoming more and more stylish."
"How else could you be worthy of me?"
"Hahaha~"
"Gee, when Han and Tang come on the market, it will be even more stylish."
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said: "Sister Lifang is planning to go public with the securities department, but you guys are still not sure. Can an entertainment asset-light company like us in Hantang really be listed on the A-share market?"
"It's not A-shares, it's GEM."
Lu Fei lied and claimed it was inside information.
As soon as the GEM is listed, if Hantang can be the first to land on the market, it will be able to reap the dividends of the first domestic entertainment stock, raise funds to produce more high-quality movies, and also invest in theaters and develop the game industry.
"That's great."
Gao Yuanyuan smiled like a flower, "The company is very short of money recently. "Search" won 106 million, but after deducting accounts, marketing and other miscellaneous things, there is not much left. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and "Search" is a gift." "The Wind" and "Let the Bullets Fly" still need money to film, but they can't ask Liu Qijin for them like before, and the coal boss is also having a hard time."
"In the future, the entertainment industry will have to rely on internet bosses like me." Lu Fei pinched her face gently.
"Virtue!"
Gao Yuanyuan patted him and lay in his arms again.
The two of them chatted with each other all the way. When they arrived at their destination, they saw local movie fans already gathering at the Hantang Cinema.
There were huge crowds of people on both sides of the red carpet.
"Yuanyuan, are those two people here?"
Lu Fei lowered the brim of his hat to cover his face.
Gao Yuanyuan took off her sunglasses and said, "They should all be in the lounge. I'll ask Wu Jing and Guo Fan to wait there when they arrive."
…………
"Mr. Lu!"
"Mr. Lu!"
Guo Fan greeted him cautiously, never dreaming that one day he and Wu Jing would stand in front of Mr. Lu.
Looking back now, it feels very abstract.
By chance, I signed up to participate in the "First Young Filmmaker Exhibition" jointly organized by Hantang Culture and Zhongchuan University.
Inexplicably, the comic "Flowers Bloomed, That Year" was shortlisted for the Young Director Support Program.
After many rounds of screening, he finally stood out among a group of people with professional backgrounds and became another director signed by Han and Tang Dynasties. You must know that his previous senior was Ning Hao, who has now entered the billion-dollar box office director club of Chinese-language films.
I thought I would start working as an assistant director on the set, but I never expected that I would be brought here, and I never expected that I would meet my spiritual idol——
Master Lu!
Excited heart, trembling hands.
Wu Jing on the side was not much better.
His face was tense, his head was buzzing, and he was blank.
Lu Fei shook hands and said, "I have heard from my sister-in-law and Han Hong that you, Wu Jing, are working the hardest in the foundation's disaster relief team this time. You get up at 6 o'clock every day and go with everyone to deliver supplies, carry sandbags, and move supplies. We set up the tent and were busy until midnight.”
Gao Yuanyuan added, "There are still 7 days left without brushing your teeth or washing your face. Give up all the water for women and children..."
"How manly! I always thought celebrities doing disaster relief were just for show. It was you, Wu Jing, who changed my impression."
Lu Fei gave a thumbs up and praised.
"I just did what I could, and I'm far behind Mr. Lu and Mr. Gao." Wu Jing looked flattered.
"Love has no size." Lu Fei turned around and said, "This kind of actor is the one we should praise, right, Yuanyuan?"
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "We invite you to the premiere. Not only are we telling you this, but we are also inviting you to join the Han and Tang Dynasties. We will tailor several movies for you. Of course, if you have the idea of directing and starring yourself, , we can also invest, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate?"
"Really, really!"
Wu Jing was so excited that she stood up from her chair.
Gao Yuanyuan poured four glasses of water and distributed them to him and Guo Fan.
Wu Jing drank it all in one gulp, calmed down and said, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Gao, is it true that I can make my own movie?"
"No problem, the budget will be determined based on the specific situation."
Lu Fei looked at Wu Jing from the left and Guo Fan from the right, and found that there was undisguised envy in his eyes.
"What if I, I want to make a military action movie?"
Wu Jing took a deep breath.
"This is an unpopular genre that no one has dared to touch for a long time." Gao Yuanyuan was surprised, "Why did you shoot it?"
Wu Jing said in a serious tone that during the disaster relief work, when she saw a group of 17- and 18-year-old boys in military uniforms running among the ruins, using their bodies as pedals to let the people pass by, she made up her mind. No matter what, I have to make a movie that shows military spirit, even if it means bankrupting my life!
"What do you think?"
Lu Fei did not comment, but looked at Guo Fan.
"Isn't this too risky?"
Guo Fan realized that it was a test and pondered for a moment to answer.
You must know that the glory of domestic military films is still in the last century, especially "Armageddon" is the most popular. After the millennium, there will be only one "Out of the Amazon" that will attract people.
Not only was the response from the box office market poor, but China also lacked the industrial foundation and conditions for heavy industry films such as military. Not to mention "Black Hawk Down", even "First Blood" would be difficult to copy.
"I don't agree with this."
Wu Jing was quite dissatisfied, "It doesn't work that way, and it doesn't work like this. That's why no one will make it, and there will never be the first domestic military film. Anyway, some people are destined to be cannon fodder, so why don't I do it? I'll do it." Be this cannon fodder!”
"Have a lot of ambition."
Lu Fei patted him on the shoulder, but stared at Guo Fan, "Wu Jing wants to make a military action movie, what about you? If you were asked to make a movie project alone, what would you like to make?"
"Me? I will take whatever the company wants me to take." Guo Fan blurted out, emphasizing his cleverness.
"I mean 'if', feel free to say it."
There was a hint of temptation in Lu Fei's words.
"Science fiction, preferably science fiction."
Guo Fan mustered up the courage to say that he has always had a science fiction dream in his heart. The reason why he decided to become a director was because he hoped to one day make his own domestic science fiction film.
"Pfft, what, science fiction?"
Wu Jing almost spit out a mouthful of water.
Do you have the nerve to accuse me of taking risks in military action movies?
You are more unreliable than me!
He cleared his throat, "Although I don't understand science fiction movies, I just happened to take on a science fiction movie recently, "Roboman" directed by Liu Zhenwei. I was there for the whole process. To be honest, it was not as good as "The Terminator" in the 1990s. The gap with Hollywood is quite big. If military films are ten years behind Hollywood, science fiction films are at least thirty years behind them. Now you tell me to make domestic science fiction films. It is indeed science fiction, quite science fiction."
"Mr. Lu asked me to say it, so I said it."
Guo Fan blinked his aggrieved eyes, "I also know that it is unrealistic according to the current level of the film industry, but what if in the future..."
"Let's put it this way, if your science fiction movie can be successful, my military action movie must have been completed long ago." Wu Jing smiled.
Seeing the two idealists bickering, Lu Fei and Gao Yuanyuan looked at each other and suddenly announced with a smile on their lips:
I, Mr. Lu, voted for your project!
"ah???"
Not only Wu Jing and Guo Fan, but also Gao Yuanyuan were shocked.
The two looked at each other with disbelief written all over their faces.
Science fiction and military are heavy industry movie themes. In Hollywood, they are at least tens of millions of dollars in B-level projects. Are they handed over to two rookie directors with no directing experience and no directing works?
Mr. Lu, are you trying to make fun of us?
"You think I'm joking?"
Lu Fei didn't take it seriously, "To tell you the truth, I just want you to help build China's film industry system."
Gao Yuanyuan refilled his glass with soft eyes.
"In recent years, although we have announced to the outside world how much we have gained from the Chinese and foreign co-productions of "Iron Man" and what about "Painted Skin", it is just 'self-deception'. Aren't we hiring teams from Hollywood and Bangzi?" Lu Fei said seriously: "Han and Tang Our own special effects studio is just participating, and we must recognize the gap. Our Chinese phone base is very weak, it is just a manual workshop."
“What is industrialization?”
"The premise of industrialization is standardization!"
He gave an example, the script system.
Basic formats such as script font size, line spacing, and punctuation marks are unified, and all are converted into a database using screenwriting software.
In this way, you can arbitrarily know from the massive text how many words the character said and how many Japanese scenes...
Then use screenwriting software to connect to director software, production software, and recording software to connect everyone and the system together.
Today's film crews are not yet fully informatized.
Field workers are accustomed to using paper to memorize, but one hundred days can be written on one hundred pieces of paper. If you want to find any piece of information on one hundred pieces of paper, how can you find it quickly?
Compared with the Hollywood industry, China Entertainment has just completed motorization and is still a long way from mechanization and informatization.
"But, why did you choose us?"
Wu Jing and Guo Fan swallowed their saliva.
Mr. Lu, we are timid, please don’t play with us...
"First of all, you have dreams."
"It is precisely the military dream and the science fiction dream that are the two most critical genres for the rise of the film industry system!"
Lu Fei smiled and said: "Secondly, you are all energetic. Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai are too old and can no longer keep up with the times. Once they have completed their mission of commercialization, they can give way and let young and daring directors take over. Ning Hao is, and so are you."
"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your love."
Wu Jing felt vaguely burning and passionate, but still not confident, "I'm just afraid that my ability is not enough. If the shot fails, I'll have to pay for it..."
Guo Fan nodded in agreement.
"Of course you can't shoot now. Han and Tang will arrange for you to go to Hollywood to study and communicate, just like Ning Hao."
Lu Feiyang raised his hand, "Really, Yuanyuan?"
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said: "Yes, I will arrange for you to go to the crew of "Iron Man 2", and you can also go to the crews of "Fast and Furious 4" and "2012". In short, you can learn as much as possible about Hollywood's filming and production experience. .”
"There are also industrialized operations. When you come back, we will work together on a small project first and explore while practicing. What Wu Jing said is right. You just have to have a cannon fodder mentality to shoot."
Lu Fei said: "Are you willing to be this cannon fodder?"
Every year, Bangzi Country pays to send directors and professionals to Hollywood to study, and special effects companies also receive subsidies.
After many talents go abroad for further studies, they will return to Bangzi Country to open studios, gradually forming a special effects base.
In 2014, Huaxia arranged for Lu Yang, Wu Jing, Guo Fan, Xiao Yang, and Chen Sicheng to go to Paramount for a short-term "study visit" during the 4th Sino-US Co-production Exhibition for talent exchange.
Whether it is good or bad is clear at a glance.
Whether you admit it or not, nowadays Chinese military and science fiction movies are "0". From "0" to "1", there is no use throwing money at them.
The key is to hit people, just like chips!
The leader of the project is either a producer or a director.
"Mr. Lu, can I understand that you want us to sort out our own film industrialization model?"
Guo Fan drank some water and calmed down his shock.
"It can be said that from the director, screenwriter, photography, to art, special effects, costumes, and even the subtle arrangements for hundreds or thousands of people to eat box lunches, China has developed its own industrial process."
Lu Fei said firmly.
"Hiss~"
Guo Fan took a breath of air, Mr. Lu had a big plan.
From a fundamental conclusion, a complete set of domestic film industrialization is tantamount to the same track, the same book, and the same region. It unifies the weights and measures of the Chinese film industry system and unifies the standards of the film industry.
Mr. Lu wants to be the Qin Shihuang of Chinese-language movies!
"The road is here, you decide for yourself."
Lu Fei raised his glass of water, and the fortune teller said that I was "one general who succeeds and ten thousand bones wither", but I didn't agree.
"If there is such an opportunity, then what are you waiting for? I'll go!"
Wu Jing's blood boiled and she immediately made the decision.
When Guo Fan thought that Hollywood was beckoning to him, and that his dream of science fiction movies was closer than ever before, he no longer hesitated.
Isn’t it just the industrialization of Chinese films? Let’s do it!
"Very good! Our future film industrialization in China depends entirely on you! Let's replace wine with water."
Lu Fei stood up and picked up the water glass.
I wish you two sirs all the best in Hollywood!
"cheers!"
Wu Jing and Guo Fan's faces were flushed, and their emotions were completely aroused.
"cheers!"
Gao Yuanyuan clearly drank water, but it was like drinking wine. She looked at the high-spirited Lu Fei, her eyes were intoxicated and her cheeks were slightly red.
(End of chapter)
