Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

At Huayi Company, Wang Zhonglei felt very unhappy when he saw Gu Zhongyu and Guo Fan standing on the podium in Cannes in the news with his impassioned expression. Even if he lost at the box office, this kid actually let this guy miss out and win a grand prize!

"Fuck! These foreigners are blind. They give awards to this kind of bad movie. It seems that the level of Cannes is about this."

Production manager Ye Ning comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang. Winning awards is very mysterious. Even for an international film festival like Cannes, it's not impossible to spend money on public relations. It's possible that Gu Zhongyu bribed the judges."

The blind cat bumped into the dead mouse, and he guessed correctly. Gu Zhongyu did bribe the judges, but not with money.

"Indeed, if labor and management are willing to pay, we will win the Oscar! Forget it, let's not mention that kid, how is our new movie?"

"I was about to talk to you. Wu Yanzu and Feng Delun have already arrived. They are outside now. Let them come and talk to you!"

Wu Yanzu and Feng Delun both became famous at a young age and became good friends after "The New Man". Feng Delun has also transformed into a director in recent years. Now he has a new movie project and wants to cooperate with Huayi, and Wang Zhonglei is attracted to it. Because of each other's reputation, everyone hit it off.

The real person Feng Delun looked a little slovenly, but Wu Yanzu had not yet transformed into Ni Dahong at this time, and still maintained his handsome demeanor, and his handsome appearance made Wang Zhonglei jealous even when he looked at him.

The two sat down, and Feng Delun handed Wang Zhonglei a thick stack of documents and said: "Mr. Wang, the current domestic film market basically only has costume films and romantic comedies. This state is very unhealthy, just like the popular films a while ago. "Ball Lightning" shows that young people are tired of traditional themes and need some fresh blood. "

Wang Zhonglei didn't bother to look through the boring script and asked directly: "Then what's outstanding about your "Tai Chi" series? It seems to be a costume theme too!"

Wu Yanzu added: "Although our "Tai Chi" is also a period film, we will use many different techniques to add it to the film. For example, the music is modern and has a rock and roll feel, and the martial arts are 3D, which can attract young audiences. "

"I have watched many period films before, but I thought they were too serious. Many young people didn't want to watch them, but they found them very enjoyable when they watched "Avengers" and "Iron Man." Why don't we have this type of Chinese-language film? This time we just hope to make some cool, stylish and fresh films, full of steampunk flavor.”

"Steampunk?" Wang Zhonglei didn't quite understand this concept.

Feng Delun said excitedly: "Yes, steampunk and Chinese martial arts, two seemingly unrelated elements put together will definitely be the intersection of ideals and reality, the collision of tradition and civilization, the friction between ancient and modern, our movie Not only can it shine domestically, it can even be sold to European and American markets.”

Then he took out some design concept drawings from his bag, including steam monster cars, Tianwei wings, and human mechanical gears. Because "Tai Chi" was set in the Qing Dynasty, the Westernization Movement accelerated the modernization process of the ancient empire, Feng Delun and fine arts With just a click of his forehead, the master invented various mechanical weirdos that combined Chinese and Western styles.

Looking at the strange concept drawings in front of him, Wang Zhonglei nodded.

Although he couldn't understand what these things were, he always felt that they were very powerful, especially Feng Delun's sentence that they could be sold to European and American markets, which really touched his heart.

After all, watching "Ball Lightning" win the award at Cannes, Wang Zhonglei was naturally envious and envious. He hoped that his movies could also go abroad. After all, their Wang brothers' film company was the number one in the world, so how could Zongheng overpower Zongheng.

"So who else are you going to use as the cast and starring actors for this movie?"

"In addition to Azu and I, we have invited Brother Hong Jingbao as the martial arts director. We also plan to invite Liang Jiahui and Baby as actors. We think Peng and Yan are more suitable as the male protagonists."

Wang Zhonglei has no problem with anything else, but he is not very satisfied with the choice of Peng Yuyan as the male protagonist, because in this case, all the actors will be from Xiangjiang. The most important thing to spend money on making movies is to praise your own people, not to Others make wedding clothes.

So he asked to change the male lead to Yuan Xiaochao, a newcomer he was very optimistic about now.

The 24-year-old Yuan Xiaochao is an active martial arts athlete. He has won the Changquan gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and the Changquan gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games. All the results on his athlete resume are gold medals, which is quite eye-catching, and even many people It is said that he is Li Lianjie's successor.

Wu Yanzu and Feng Delun naturally wanted to lead actors in their own circle, and they also wanted to win over verbally. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhonglei did not answer the question at all, but asked another question.

"How much is the estimated investment for your movie?"

"Um...at present, it's probably about 200 million."

Wang Zhonglei asked in surprise: "Why does it cost 200 million? Then didn't Gu Zhongyu's movie cost just over 100 million? If we give you the same investment cost, we can't make a movie of the same quality?"

Feng Delun quickly explained: "Mr. Wang, that's not the way it is calculated. Apart from the male and female protagonists, all of Gu Zhongyu's "Ball Lightning" are newcomers or newcomers. They have almost no salary expenditures. Even the special effects company is his own, which means that the left hand is the right hand. Of course it doesn’t cost anything.”

"Gu Zhongyu can use a bunch of newcomers, but we can't? This time, "Tai Chi" is also going to compete with Zongheng. If he doesn't have this confidence, how can he shoot the second and third parts?"

Feng Delun was sweating. He couldn't fool Mr. Wang. It seemed that he had to give up supporting Peng Yuyan this time.

Wang Zhonglei knew their little tricks very well, but it was not the 1990s anymore. These expired Hong Kong actors had no capital to bargain with him. He had to follow his ideas.

In the end, Feng Delun compromised. The male lead was replaced by Yuan Xiaochao, and Peng Yuyan could only play a villain in it.

The film is scheduled to be shot for about four months, and it is ready to compete with Zongheng's new film during the Spring Festival. Although it is not known what Gu Zhongyu will shoot this time, it should not be the sequel to "Ball Lightning". After all, Wang Zhonglei heard that director Guo Fan went to study in the United States and would not come back in a short time.

The first film of the Tai Chi series cost more than 200 million yuan, making it the most expensive film made by the Wang brothers in recent years. They hoped that this time they could vent their anger, defeat Gu Xiaozi's film, and win the box office champion of the Spring Festival.

At this time, Gu Zhongyu was preparing to fly back to China. After Cannes ended, he stayed for another day just to accompany Shariz. It must be said that although this big foreign horse is fast, it is also really fuel-consuming. He almost broke his waist!

At the time of parting, Shariz was reluctant to leave, and told Gu Zhongyu to come to the United States to see her when he had time. Of course, Gu agreed and looked forward to their next meeting.

Gu Zhongyu didn't know at first that the Wang brothers planned to use such a "magic film" to compete with him, but soon an intelligence officer told him about it.

After learning that the name of the new film of the Wang brothers is "Tai Chi from Zero", Gu Zhongyu, who was having a meal on the plane, burst into laughter. The rice grains splashed all over Bai Lu next to him, causing the assistant to look at him resentfully!

He admired the Wang brothers' vision of selecting films very much. It was really like a turtle looking at a mung bean. Some people are destined to have this disaster. I just hope that when the movie fails, these two brothers can relax their minds!

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