Chapter 863 I'll Help You Reluctantly
Nowadays, there are very few movies that hold celebration parties, let alone have ice sculptures and ice-breaking parties like in later generations.
Amid the whispers and envious looks of the audience, the creators on the stage finished their speeches.
The microphone returned to Yu Dong's hands. "Let me say a few more words. There is nothing else to say. We at Wenhua Films have organized a script collection activity. Today we would like to take this opportunity to promote it. We hope that people in the industry will sign up enthusiastically.
All the scripts that pass the selection can be made into movies, and we at Wenhua Films will provide an investment of no less than RMB 5 million.”
Yu Dong's words were concise and clear, without any verbiage, but they contained a huge amount of information.
Wenhua Films is going to collect scripts? Can we make movies with approved scripts? The investment must be no less than 5 million?
The people in the audience quickly extracted key information from Yu Dong's words and immediately realized the awesomeness of this event.
As long as the script is approved, it can be filmed, and the investment is no less than 5 million. This is simply good news for directors and screenwriters!
It is so difficult to attract investment in today's market!
Not to mention the directors, even the production studios that want to make some big-budget movies have to go out to the society to raise investment. If you don’t serve the bosses well, how can they give you money?
When it came to Wenhua, there was only one requirement: to invest 5 million yuan if the script was qualified. Who could refuse? The directors and screenwriters present were the first to get excited.
What's more, the most amazing thing about Wenhua Film and Television is the box office dividends for the main creative team, which is the most attractive.
Anyone who can make a "Hero", no, a movie that can achieve one-tenth of the profit level of "Hero", will probably have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
After Yu Dong finished speaking, there was a commotion in the audience. Compared to the excitement of the directors and screenwriters, the reactions of many studio and film and television company bosses who came to attend today's celebration were relatively calm, but their hearts were actually more complicated.
We are not only colleagues but also competitors of Wenhua Film and Television. Wenhua Film and Television was established not long ago, but in just a few years it has risen to the leading position in the domestic film industry at rocket speed.
With "Hero" breaking a series of records, Wenhua Films' reputation in the film industry has become even more outrageous. Now there is a trend of gradually siphoning talents from the film industry. Faced with such a situation, everyone will naturally feel on pins and needles, as if there is a thorn in the throat, and like a thorn in the back.
well!
How could such a monster appear in the film industry?
The script solicitation activity mentioned by Yu Dong is naturally the one proposed by Lin Weimin before the release of "Hero".
Recently, Yu Dong had a detailed chat with Lin Weimin again and felt that it would be better if the competition was greater, so he expanded the scope of solicitation and the investment amount a little.
With the unprecedented success of "Hero", Wenhua Films is in a strong position and eager to try.
At the celebration party for "Hero", at least a dozen film directors came, among whom Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang were signed by Wenhua. There were also several directors who had been cooperating with Guowen Publishing House, such as Huo Jianqi, Li Shaohong, and Huang Jianxin. The rest were all acquaintances in the circle, such as Tian Zhuangzhuang, Hu Mei, Xie Fei and others.
Except for a few people like Feng Xiaogang and Huang Jianxin, most of the others are from Yanying.
At today's celebration party, Han Shanping, the director of Yanying Studio, also came and was chatting and laughing with everyone.
Hu Mei was chatting and laughing with everyone, and asked, "Why didn't Kaige come today?"
After this question was asked, everyone was still smiling, but the atmosphere became subtle.
Tian Zhuangzhuang and Cheng Kaige both come from Yan film families and are close friends. Tian Zhuangzhuang said, "Kaige, he is currently in seclusion creating his works."
"He has not been heard from for a long time since 'Feng Yue'. What is the content of the new movie?" Hu Mei continued to ask.
Tian Zhuangzhuang said: "It is also a work of historical themes."
At this time Feng Xiaogang interrupted and said, "I heard that Mr. Kai is also planning to make a blockbuster. Director Tian, is that true?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked towards Tian Zhuangzhuang.
He said helplessly: "I'm not too sure about this."
Of course, he was not unaware, but he just didn't want to tell Cheng Kaige about it. The real owner hadn't announced it yet. If he said it here and it got back to Cheng Kaige's ears, he would offend him. Kaige...
Everyone is a smart person. Seeing his expression, how could they not understand the twists and turns involved?
At the moment, no one is investigating this matter any further.
But as soon as everyone dispersed, Cheng Kaige's new work immediately became the focus of everyone's gossip.
Huang Jianxin and Feng Xiaogang walked together, "Don't hide anything you know, tell me, don't you trust me?"
"Well, I just heard it from others, don't take it seriously!" Feng Xiaogang said half-truthfully.
"Yes, yes, I understand. You just said that, and I just heard it, and that's what I meant." Huang Jianxin assured.
With a tacit understanding, Feng Xiaogang moved closer to Huang Jianxin and said, "I heard that Mr. Kai seemed to be inspired by Director Zhang's Hero and is preparing to make a blockbuster film set in the Three Kingdoms era."
Cheng Kaige and Zhang Yimou are both leading figures of the fifth generation of directors. Now that Cheng Kaige has just finished filming "Hero", he is working on a costume historical blockbuster. It does seem like he is just plagiarizing others' ideas.
However, the Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent time, and this period of history is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Cheng Kaige found a very good entry point.
"Who are you filming specifically? Cao Cao? Or Liu Bei?"
"I heard it was Lu Bu."
Huang Jianxin was full of questions. Filming Lu Bu? There are so many good people in the Three Kingdoms, why not film Lu Bu?
Before he could react, Feng Xiaogang added: "And Diao Chan."
"With whom?" Huang Jianxin asked again subconsciously.
It’s not that he didn’t hear it clearly, he just wanted to confirm it again.
"And Diao Chan. Lü Bu and Diao Chan, I heard that's the name."
Huang Jianxin stopped talking, not because he didn't want to talk, but because his brain was a little overloaded.
Lu Bu and Diao Chan?
There are so many characters and so many wonderful stories in the Three Kingdoms, why do you have to film Lu Bu and Diao Chan?
He looked at Feng Xiaogang with a questioning look in his eyes. Feng Xiaogang obviously had the same confusion as Huang Jianxin and he immediately began to explain.
"I heard that Kai Ye originally wanted to shoot "The Emperor and the Assassin", but he hadn't finished writing the script yet, while Director Zhang had already started filming. Although "Hero" used pseudonyms, everyone knows that this is the story of the Emperor and the Assassin!
I guess Kai Ye couldn't save his face, so he changed the subject.
I heard that..."
Feng Xiaogang said this, and moved closer mysteriously, "The actress who plays Diao Chan is Cheng Hong."
Now I understand what you said.
Huang Jianxin gave Feng Xiaogang a knowing look and said with a smile: "It seems that Director Cheng is also a hero who can't resist the temptation of beautiful women!"
"Mr. Kai is handsome and talented, this is normal."
Huang Jianxin instantly caught the subtlety in Feng Xiaogang's tone.
Many directors came to the celebration party today, but in the end, it was the two of them who walked together. There must be a reason for that.
Huang Jianxin was from the Xi'an Film Studio, while Feng Xiaogang was from a grassroots troupe. The two of them were not on the same page as the people in Yanying and Yanying Studio. Huang Jianxin especially understood why someone from Feng Xiaogang's background could not stand Cheng Kaige, a kid from an aristocratic family.
The two of them gathered together and chatted for a while, feeling that they were happy to have met a close friend and regretted not having met him earlier.
The huge success of "Hero" is great news for Wenhua Films, and even more so for Guowen Publishing House.
In the past two years, the publishing business of Guowen Publishing House has been hit by pirated books, and its growth has stagnated, and there has even been a decline in sales. The development of the old business is not optimistic, but the new business has achieved gratifying results, which has made everyone in Guowen Publishing House feel relieved. However, Lao Cheng is not one of those who feel relieved.
Last year, he swapped positions with Lin Weimin and became editor-in-chief from president.
It's not like Lao Cheng hasn't been the editor-in-chief before, but maybe it's because he's getting older, he feels that his sense of manuscripts can no longer keep up with the changes in the market and readers' tastes.
During this year, the Ragdoll Series published twelve more novels, but the sales have declined to varying degrees compared with the past. Two of the books even sold less than 100,000 copies in more than half a year.
This was something that we would never have dared to think about in the past.
Cheng Zaochun was well aware that the impact of pirated books on genuine books had indeed been increasing in the past two years, but he still felt somewhat guilty about the huge drop in sales, to the point that he began to doubt his own work ability and professional ethics.
That morning, he went to Lin Weimin with a sample book and a manuscript.
The sample book is "Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow". The novel has been published in "Contemporary" for more than five months and will be released on the market this month.
Lin Weimin took the sample book and looked at it, then said with a smile, "The design is good. The editor-in-chief has put a lot of effort into it."
Cheng Zaochun ignored his joke and handed the manuscript to Lin Weimin, "Help me take a look at this."
Lin Weimin glanced at the manuscript but did not reach out to take it. "Isn't it inappropriate for you to let me read this manuscript? This is not within my job scope!"
"What do you mean it's not within your job scope? You are the president of Guowen Publishing House. Does Guowen Publishing House know that? The boss of a publishing house doesn't even review manuscripts!"
Old Cheng made a strong start right from the start, and if Lin Weimin didn't know him so well, he would have been almost intimidated by him.
"Don't try to play that on me. What did we agree on in the beginning? Now you want to pass the reviewing job to me too? Do you want to be a hands-off boss and collect a salary for nothing? Be careful or I'll report you to Old Zhou!"
The two of them confronted each other and stared at each other for a long time without giving in.
When Lao Cheng saw that the forceful approach didn't work, a caring smile broke out on his stiff face.
"Look at what you said, what do you mean by hands-off? Am I that kind of person? Take the manuscript first, take it first..."
He stuffed the manuscript into Lin Weimin's hands and continued, "The situation with this book is different. You know a lot about the Internet, and this book is about things on the Internet. The young people in the group all said it was good, but I know nothing about this area, and I didn't feel anything after reading it. I came to you for help!
I remember that Computer News reported that you were meeting with your online friends a while ago..."
"Don't go off topic." Lin Weimin interrupted him and looked at Cheng Zaochun suspiciously, "Is that true?"
"real."
"Just this one book?"
"Just one!" Cheng Zaochun said firmly.
Lin Weimin nodded, "Okay then, I'll help you with it reluctantly."
"It has to be for the people!"
Old Cheng thanked me repeatedly but started cursing as soon as he left the house.
If I had known that I would be treated like this now, I would have never abdicated.
(End of this chapter)
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