Chapter 332 Let Chen Kaige Shoot "Painted Skin 2"? !

Beijing International Airport.

Under the siege of countless reporters, the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" disbanded on the spot. Under the cover of assistants and bodyguards, they escaped the siege with difficulty and left the airport.

Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei, who were the biggest and most eye-catching targets, also successfully got on the nanny car and left under the protection of more than 20 airport security guards.

It's not that they don't want to satisfy the reporters' desire for interviews, but the airport is not a good place for interviews. If they stay for a while longer, it will cause a big traffic jam and affect public order.

After getting in the car, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Very tacitly, both of them turned on their mobile phones and started to call their friends back.

Since winning the award in Venice, they have received a group of congratulatory text messages and calls from friends, but there are still some calls that need to be returned in the past two days.

"Hey, Changchang, this year's Bazaar Charity Night will be held in a few days, are you going?"

"You're going too?"

"I may not have time, I'm going to the United States to join the crew."

"Oh, I don't mean to, okay, okay, then you go ahead."

Listening to Liu Yifei's phone conversation with her bestie in the circle, Wu Yuan shook his head with a smile.

It's another Bazaar Charity Night in a blink of an eye. With Liu Yifei's enthusiasm for charity, she will definitely go if she has time.

This year's charity night has invited many people, or more and more every year, and bosses from all walks of life are more and more keen to participate. Rather than a charity night, it's better to say it's a new vanity fair.

Even many small stars want to get into this charity night and hang around in front of those bosses. What they want, everyone knows.

For example, Ms. Jiang Yan, Liu Yifei's good classmate.

On the way, the assistant first sent Liu Yifei home and asked her to take her luggage back first, and to sort out her own luggage that she would take to the United States next time.

Wu Yuan returned to the company first, as there were a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

As soon as he arrived at the company, Li Xiaoping led all the company's employees and stood in the hall to greet them: "Congratulations to Director Wu for his triumphant return!"

Wu Yuan laughed and hugged Li Xiaoping: "Why are you doing all this? Let's all go in."

"Look, you have won the Venice Golden Lion Award for the company, we have to congratulate you grandly." Li Xiaoping also smiled.

Winning awards, especially such high-value awards, are of great significance to film companies.

Not to mention that Guangying Times is now thinking about going public.

The top has already let out the wind that it plans to open up the film industry more thoroughly and allow a number of excellent private film companies to go public on the Growth Enterprise Market.

This matter can be determined as early as next year, and Guangying Times will definitely be on the list of companies allowed to go public in the first wave.

As we all know, for entertainment companies, going public is actually equivalent to cutting leeks, otherwise the top would not be so strict.

If you want to reap the benefits, the company must show the foundation that investors can trust. Wu Yuan's Golden Lion Award is a very good blessing.

The company of the Golden Lion Award winner maintains the first place in the domestic and international Chinese-language film box office.

With this title alone, the stock price of Light and Shadow Times will take off once it goes public, right?

"How is it? When I was away, everything went well in the company, right?"

Wu Yuan and Li Xiaoping walked side by side to her office.

Her secretary followed quickly with a pile of documents.

"Everything went well. Director Zhang came to the company a few days ago to ask if there were any scripts suitable for him to shoot."

"Director Zhang has taken another year off in a blink of an eye. He also released a new album in Hong Kong Island. Now he is itching to make a movie again."

"Leslie." Wu Yuan smacked his lips, thought for a while and said, "I will talk to him later."

It's a good thing that Zhang Guorong wants to make a new movie.

After so many years of training, Zhang Guorong is the best director under the company besides Wu Yuan.

Even in the entire Chinese film industry, his directing level is considered second-tier.

Wu Yuan is still very confident in him, and he has no shortage of scripts.

Previously, he was thinking of letting Wu Ershan shoot "Along with the Gods", but Wu Ershan went solo, so it would be nice to let Zhang Guorong shoot it.

It just so happens that he can make "Along with the Gods" a Hong Kong movie and then introduce it to the mainland as a Hong Kong movie.

Nowadays, although it is a bit discouraging to say this, it is true that the Film Bureau has preferential treatment for Hong Kong movies.

Some movies shot in the mainland that cannot pass the review can be released in the mainland with a layer of Hong Kong movie skin.

The biggest example is that there are many Hong Kong horror movies that can really be released in the mainland. Although they need to be deleted and modified, they can at least be released.

As for Guangying Times, a mainland film company, how can it shoot Hong Kong capital?

Just set up a branch in Hong Kong, and then get Emperor Entertainment Group to invest a little. Who dares to say that this is not a Hong Kong movie?

Just "Along with the Gods" alone is enough for Zhang Guorong to be busy for three years and two movies. After that, he can go to shoot "Chinese Partners" to continue to intercept Chen Kexin's luck. It's appropriate!

On the other hand, there is a magical sequel on the Light and Shadow Times side, and I don't know what to do.

After arriving at Li Xiaoping's office, as soon as he sat down, Wu Yuan frowned and asked: "Xiaoping, who do you think is suitable to take over "Painted Skin 2"? "

Wu Ershan, the senior brother, was unwilling to be inferior to others, which made Wu Yuan's plan go wrong.

Originally, "Painted Skin 2" could be directed by Wu Ershan, and he did a good job.

As a result, this guy went to work on his own "Sword Sees Laughter".

To break it down, it has been almost 3 years since "Painted Skin 1" was released. If a sequel is not started, the audience will almost forget about this movie.

Without Butcher Zhang, would we have to eat pigs with hair on them?

Before Li Xiaoping could answer, Wu Yuan said enthusiastically: "How is Han Yan?"

"This" Li Xiaoping frowned: "Han Yan is still too young and doesn't have much shooting experience. It's not suitable for him to take over such a magical masterpiece."

Wu Yuan sighed. Among the directors trained by the company, only Han Yan was available. Li Yang and Liu Meichuan were already arranged by Wu Yuan. Cheng Er and Li Ruijun were masters of literary and artistic films, so they could not make commercial films. Turned.

"What about an external director?"

Wu Yuan, who has made three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and one more, really doesn't want to make any more fantasy or magic-themed movies in a short period of time.

Since Wu Yuan himself has no time and is not very interested in filming, it seems that in the light and shadow era, the only option is to hire an external director.

"There don't seem to be many directors in China who can make movies with this kind of magical theme." Wu Yuan said "tsk, tsk" twice, confused about the choice of director.

Li Xiaoping, on the other hand, frowned and tightened again.

She thought of a director who was suitable but unlikely to agree to take over "Painted Skin 2".

After hesitating for a moment, she finally said: "Director Wu, what do you think of Director Kege?"

"Besides you, he is the only director in China who has experience in shooting blockbusters with fantasy and magic themes."

"Although "The Promise" does not have a good reputation, most of this is due to the script being too complex and several lines of parallel narrative."

"If we provide the script of "Painted Skin 2", Director Kego should be able to make this movie well, right?"

Damn it!

Li Xiaoping's bold idea shocked Wu Yuan.

His first thought was that Li Xiaoping was talking nonsense and asked a young poet to film "Painted Skin 2". Can this young poet accept it?

The first part was shot by Wu Yuan, and he wants to make the sequel. Isn't that just picking up Wu Yuan's wisdom?

However, Wu Yuan soon reacted again.

Chen Kaige is really suitable!

Needless to say, Director Kego is definitely a good director as long as he doesn't touch the script.

Except that he always likes to write his own scripts and fill them with a lot of weird ideas and incomprehensible artistic expressions, everything else is pretty good.

Needless to say, the lens control, composition and color matching are also top-notch in China and ranked high in international rankings.

The biopic "Mei Lanfang" currently being worked on by Chen Kaige is quite good.

The screenwriter is Yan Geling, a master of physical literature. Although Chen Kaige is also a screenwriter, it is clear who wrote the script of this movie.

If Wu Yuan provided the script for "Painted Skin 2" and discussed it with Chen Kaige and followed the script without changing it casually, he would indeed be able to make a qualified commercial fantasy blockbuster.

Although, the further Chen Kaige goes, the more doubts and criticisms he receives.

But you can't underestimate him. His camera skills are truly outstanding, and the filming of "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is also incredibly beautiful.

The only thing that worries Wu Yuan is that Chen Kaige releases himself with every film, insisting on stuffing artistic expression into commercial films, and then like "The Legend of the Demon Cat", the first half has a beautiful and clear story, but the second half is a bit blurry. Fuck.

The risk is still very high. Whether a bad movie or a good movie is made depends entirely on Chen Kaige's thoughts.

And there's a big problem.

Is Chen Kaige willing to take over "Painted Skin 2"?

Rubbing his chin, Wu Yuan thought seriously for a long time, and then said uncertainly: "I'll give it a try and ask."

Wu Yuan believed that his relationship with Chen Kaige was still okay.

The two of them had previously teamed up to participate in the campaign for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Although they were rejected during the second review, because Wu Yuan knew Chen Kaige's thoughts, the two met several times and gave Chen Kaige a feeling of "This guy understands." my feeling.

Not to mention that he is the only compatible soul in the world, but at least Chen Kaige, who has always been full of arrogance, does regard Wu Yuan as a sympathetic companion on the director's journey.

Wu Yuan feels that he still hopes to recruit Chen Kaige to film "Painted Skin 2".

Needless to say, without taking action himself, among domestic directors, Chen Kaige is indeed the most suitable choice.

Apart from this, there is only one other choice left, and that is Xu Ke, who also has research on magical themes!

But Xu Ke should be busy now with "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven". This project is a big project for Huayi. It will take more than a year to prepare. It will start filming next year and be released the year after that.

He definitely doesn't have time to make "Painted Skin 2" now.

Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" is scheduled to be released in December this year. As for his next film "The Orphan of Zhao", it seems that it has not been released yet and should not be approved until next year.

"After Director Kego failed in "The Promise", although he didn't say it, when I chatted with him about "Painted Skin", I could still feel that Director Kego was a little envious."

"Actually, he really likes the fantasy theme, but "The Promise" hit him so hard that he didn't dare to try any more fantasy-themed movies for a short period of time."

"If I invite him to direct "Painted Skin 2," I think he will be moved. After all, based on the good results of the first film and the script I gave him, he should have the confidence to make this film a success. movie."

Although Chen Kaige loves to write his own scripts, it doesn't mean that he looks down on other directors' scripts. At least he has always admired Wu Yuan's scriptwriting ability. Starting from "Departures", he has praised Wu Yuan's good scriptwriting, which is completely different from his style.

The more Wu Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that this matter seemed to be possible.

In his previous life, the project of "Painted Skin" had nothing to do with Chen Kaige. No matter how much Chen Kaige liked magical themes, he could only hit his head and bleed. After licking his wounds after the failure of "The Promise", he took out "Legend of the Demon Cat" a few years later.

Now, maybe Wu Yuan can let Chen Kaige feel what a good Chinese magical movie script is in advance!

"Okay, let's arrange this for the time being. I will talk to Director Kaige in person later." Wu Yuan finalized the matter with one hammer, and then turned around and asked, "Have the company's shooting plans for the second half of the year been arranged?"

The Olympics have passed, and some of the company's film plans should also be put on the agenda.

"It's arranged." Li Xiaoping took a document from the secretary and handed it to Wu Yuan: "Director Li Yang's youth trilogy plan is progressing in an orderly manner."

"The filing of "A Little Thing Called First Love" has been completed, and the casting is almost done."

"Director Li Yang picked Jinsha from the company and wanted her to play the leading female role. The leading male role is Zhu Yilong, a newcomer signed by the company."

"He is from the 2006 acting class of the Film Academy. He was on the list of newcomers you gave us before, Director Wu, and has been signed to the company for half a year."

Wow!

Jinsha and Zhu Yilong, acting together in "A Little Thing Called First Love", what a genius match.

Zhu Yilong is gentle and refined, and he does have the flavor of a campus male god. Jinsha is a sweet girl. She has acted in several TV series in the company, and she should indeed be fed some film resources to cultivate her.

"How much of the cost budget has been achieved?" Wu Yuan asked.

Li Xiaoping held out her hand: "Five million."

"This movie is about a modern campus, and the actors are all the company's own artists. Zhu Yilong is a newcomer, so it doesn't cost much."

"The bulk of it is spent on the daily operation of the crew and the rental of the studio."

"But this money doesn't include the depreciation of the equipment."

Nowadays, the filming of the Light and Shadow Era basically uses cameras and various equipment purchased by the company itself. The money to buy these equipment cost the company more than 30 million, and this money will not be evenly distributed into the cost of each new movie.

If the equipment cost is not counted, "A Little Thing Called First Love" only needs 5 million to be filmed.

This is too cost-effective.

It's only about 5 million, and Wu Yuan is too lazy to have any objections to Li Yang's casting. It's hard for this movie to lose money, so let him do whatever he wants.

"Okay, arrange the start as soon as possible."

Wu Yuan raised his head and looked at the blue sky outside the window.

"October is coming soon."

"Our Light and Shadow Quick Broadcast and Soul Ferry are about to be launched."

"This is the company's top priority next time!" (End of this chapter)