Chapter 99: Give the Hong Kong Circle an Eye Drop

Wu Yuan talked with Mayday for a long time and put forward many requirements for the soundtrack creation.

For example, the theme song needs to be written around the theme of "Since your previous life, I have been looking for you".

Another interlude is written around "The story of a boy and a girl's first love".

The last song can be freely played by Mayday.

As for the four pure music soundtracks, Wu Yuan did not put forward any requirements. He asked them to write suitable interlude music according to the story of the script and the plot points he marked in the script.

Ashin and Monster agreed to all of them.

Creating soundtracks for movies is not something you can do as you please. You have to create according to the scope and theme given by the director.

Wu Yuan's requirements are not harsh at all.

In the next few days, they continued to stay in Beijing, and met with Wu Yuan from time to time to discuss the problem of soundtrack creation. It took a week to reach a preliminary agreement with Wu Yuan.

After that, they will go back to Taiwan first, and write the soundtracks for Wu Yuan as soon as possible while handling other work, and give them to Wu Yuan for review. If he is not satisfied, he will make specific changes.

1.2 million is not easy to earn.

Wu Yuan was very considerate and went to the airport to see them off in person.

The soundtrack problem was temporarily solved, and Wu Yuan had also contacted Industrial Light & Magic.

They were not available to do big special effects, and they needed to queue up normally, which would probably be until next year.

But for special effects like this that only took a total of one minute, Industrial Light & Magic agreed to let Wu Yuan join the queue.

In particular, the special effects he needed were ready-made or semi-finished in the Industrial Light & Magic library.

Hollywood science fiction films and disaster films often require special effects of falling meteorites and meteor showers.

Wu Yuan only needs to provide the finished film, and Industrial Light & Magic can render it in about half a month, and this is without drawing much resources and manpower.

But the price is not much cheaper. The initial price is 60,000 US dollars for 24 frames per second. Wu Yuan will probably need to spend nearly 4 million US dollars for this.

Just like that, 30 million RMB was gone in a flash, and in return, there was only a little more than 1 minute of special effects pictures.

Too expensive!

It was so expensive that Wu Yuan was considering whether his own company should enter the field of special effects production as soon as possible.

Ten years later, the domestic film special effects market will also usher in an explosion. Under the blue ocean of capital, everyone loves to make blockbusters and special effects blockbusters, and most of them outsource special effects production to special effects companies in Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States.

It is better to make this money for our own people than for foreigners!

If you want to be a special effects company, the money you have to spend is not a small amount. Wu Yuan has to make more money before he can invest in this bottomless pit.

When thinking of making money, Wu Yuan thought of the "Light and Shadow Era Film Production Company" he had just established, and then thought of Zhang Guorong who was preparing to promote "Stealing Hearts" in Beijing recently.

This is the company's general that he had long been eyeing!

After sending Mayday off and returning home, Wu Yuan had nothing to do, so he called Zhang Guorong.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang!"

"Are you still in Beijing? Let's get together!"

Beijing, Houhai.

Originally, this was just a small, quiet inner lake in the backyard of the capital, but after the epidemic, everything was different.

People in Beijing, who were trapped in the city and yearning for fresh air, urgently needed a place for leisure and entertainment.

As a result, a large number of people poured into Shichahai, the originally quiet waters.

In the next year, from the southern edge of Houhai to the northern edge of Qianhai, a large number of bars will emerge like mushrooms after rain, turning this place into a lively bar street.

Fortunately, it was only the beginning of May 2003, and there were not as many bars in Houhai as in later generations, only five or six.

When Wu Yuan passed through Mei Lanfang's former residence and stepped over the Yinding Bridge made of white marble, he came to Houhai.

As soon as he looked up, the sparkling lake came into Wu Yuan's sight.

The willow trees by the lake swayed their branches in the breeze, and the weeping willows occasionally touched the lake surface, splashing ripples.

I have to say that this picture is still very beautiful, and the red bricks and green willows reflected in the distant lake surface are even more beautiful.

Unfortunately, Wu Yuan was not moved by the beautiful scenery at all, and hurried to a bar called "Blue Lotus" by the lake.

He grew up in Beijing since he was a child, and he was no longer surprised by the scenery of Houhai.

Not to mention that the current Houhai is far less "beautiful" than what he had seen in his dream.

I remember that when he was 25-35 years old in his dream, he liked to play in Houhai very much.

Houhai at that time was so prosperous, with all kinds of quaint little bars, teahouses and coffee shops scattered all over the place.

Various colorful flags and signs standing along the lake fluttered in the wind, and young ladies in cheongsams were everywhere soliciting customers and promoting wine.

In the twilight of the evening, sitting along the lake with a few friends and drinking and singing were also leisurely, relaxed and pleasant, with a unique taste.

At that time, Wu Yuan was a regular customer of the taverns and teahouses such as Binhai, Lakeside, Left Bank, Baifeng, Encounter, Mermaid, and Dream Paris.

He even often came to the Starbucks on the north bank of Houhai.

Usually after a night of hangover, he came here for a cup of coffee in the morning to refresh himself.

Compared with that time, Houhai is much quieter now, but it is also more quaint.

There are no crowded crowds and lively shouting.

Wu Yuan got off the Yindian Bridge, turned left and headed south, walked along the lake, and after entering an alley, he came to the door of a bar.

Blue Lotus Bar.

Later, the bar was renamed Zuo'an, and a coffee shop opened next to it, also called Zuo'an Coffee, which seemed to be owned by the same owner.

So much so that for a long time, Wu Yuan thought that the "Left Bank Coffee" sung by Jay Chou in the song "Confession Balloon" referred to the coffee in this shop.

He also thought that Jay Chou often came to Houhai to play, and even knew that the coffee at Zuo'an was delicious.

Later he realized that this was a beautiful misunderstanding.

The Blue Lotus Bar was converted from a quadrangle courtyard, and it was full of the flavor of the old Beijing city.

Large bamboo chairs, old-fashioned furniture and decorations filled the bar, and only the spacious and comfortable sofa was placed in the bar's room.

As soon as Wu Yuan came in, he saw Zhang Guorong sinking into the big sofa, looking very comfortable.

"Are you here?"

"This bar is nice, very suitable for relaxing a tired body."

Zhang Guorong stretched comfortably on the sofa, then sat up straight and asked Wu Yuan to sit down.

"How did you find this bar? It's open so early?"

Wu Yuan sat down opposite Zhang Guorong and stretched his waist comfortably: "The bars in Houhai are all open at noon."

"As for this bar, it was not open when you came to shoot "Farewell My Concubine" in 1992, so of course you didn't know it."

Wu Yuan looked at Zhang Guorong for a few times and confirmed that although he looked a little tired, he didn't look depressed at all, and he looked quite normal.

This made him feel relieved in his heart. It seemed that he had changed Zhang Guorong's fate.

Then Wu Yuan could rest assured to find him to help Hong Kong circle with some eye drops.

After taking the cocktail handed by the bartender and taking a sip, Wu Yuan asked: "Mr. Zhang, "Stealing Hearts" will be released next month, right?"

He has seen the finished film of "Stealing Hearts" in the internal viewing room of China Film.

The finished film is not bad. I can't say it's amazing, but it's very mature and doesn't look like a newcomer's work.

Although there is a very obvious style of the Sunglasses King, the imitation is very good and doesn't give people the feeling of copying.

Wu Yuan is not sure about the box office, but he is sure that Zhang Guorong still has a future as a director and is not the kind of director who is destined to only make bad movies.

So Wu Yuan came to recruit Zhang Guorong again.

On the one hand, he wanted to add more directors to his company to do projects, and on the other hand, he also wanted to give some eye drops to the Hong Kong circle that was about to go north on a large scale.

Why do you say that?

Because Wu Yuan then took out a script from the briefcase he brought.

This is the movie script that Wu Yuan prepared for Zhang Guorong after filming "Stealing Hearts".

The movie is called "If Love".