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Chapter 173 172. "Red Cliff" encounters collective withdrawal of investment by multiple investors

"Tsk tsk, Wei Wu is really powerful! He made Wu Yusen look miserable with one move."

Chen Kaige took a sip of tea, glanced at his wife proudly and said:

"I said I wanted to reconcile with Wei Wu at the beginning, but you were reluctant. Now you know how powerful he is!

"If you were unwilling to reconcile with him at the time, if I had argued with him, I guess your end would not be much better than Wu Yusen!

Chen Kaige curled his lips and complained about another one:

"Wu Yusen is also arrogant. He went to Hollywood for a stroll and became so arrogant! He doesn't take the young man seriously.

"You said there are so many colleagues, why don't you mess with anyone else, but you have to provoke Wei Wu!

"Other people may swallow their anger, but what kind of person is Wei Wu? It can be seen from the fact that he confronted Zhang Yimou at the beginning that he is a madman! A fool!

"I didn't provoke him, but he would bite me. Others can't even avoid him, so why would you rush to provoke him?

"Now it's good, you've lost your integrity and made a fool of yourself!"

People in the same profession look down on each other, not to mention that Wu Yusen was once a famous person in Hollywood, but now he is down and out, and his colleagues are all laughing at him. Few people are willing to stand up and speak for him.

The main reason is that Wu Yusen has just returned. After all, he went to Hollywood to develop in 1993, and he has been there for more than ten years. Some of the old relationships he made in the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles have gradually become distant over time.

So this time, even if it is a well-known director or actor in Hong Kong and Taiwan, few people came out to speak for him.

If it was someone else who was arguing with him, they would just help him out. But the other party is such a young Wei Wu, so you have to consider whether it is worth it.

If it was 10 years ago, they would have definitely come out at the first opportunity!

But now, they have to think carefully and wait and see.

After all, since Chow Yun-fat and Xiaoyanzi withdrew, many leading actors from the mainland have also resigned, and several investors have also requested to withdraw their investment.

If "Red Cliff" really changes from a co-production between the three places to a Hong Kong and Taiwan movie, the box office will probably be greatly reduced.

With the increase in risks, some investors are certainly unwilling to continue investing.

Although Wei Wu is a little young and frivolous, no one in the industry doubts his professional level.

Since he publicly called out and said categorically that this script is not good, it must be not good.

Even if the investors do not completely believe in Wei Wu's judgment, they must find someone to re-evaluate the quality of the script immediately for the sake of prudence.

The results proved that Wei Wu was not exaggerating. The script was indeed not good, and it could even be said to be rubbish.

After all, Xiao Qiao, as a woman, visited Cao's camp alone at night, discussed tea with Cao Cao to delay time, and helped the coalition forces defeat Cao's army.

Knowing that Cao Cao is lustful and covetous of him, he still came to his door in the middle of the night. Who are you looking down on?

For this kind of plot, I really don’t know how to describe it except garbage!

A bad script is equal to a congenital deficiency. What’s more, now that this matter has made such a big fuss, it will inevitably greatly affect the box office of this movie in the future, so naturally many investors have begun to back off.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it, and when the drum is broken, everyone beats it.

Filming is very risky, so market confidence is very important.

This situation is like a bank run or a stock market crash. When most people think that this movie is going to end, there is no doubt that it is definitely over!

The key is that Wu Yusen’s previous movie "Windtalkers" failed at the box office and dragged down the production company MGM, including the recent movies. The revenue is not very good, which makes him not so trusted.

If it weren’t for his previous title of Hollywood director, which was really intimidating, plus the title of the former No. 1 director in China, and the popularity of blockbusters, this "Red Cliff" might not have been invested in.

Another thing is the Lin Chi-ling incident, which also caused dissatisfaction among many investors.

We invest in your film to make money, not to promote women for you!

Even if we want to promote someone, at least it should be an actor!

Pushing a vase host who was a model to be the heroine? Isn't this a joke with our investors' money?

So some investors proposed: We can not withdraw our investment, but Lin Chi-ling must be replaced! At least she must be replaced by a first-line actress with acting experience.

But the problem is that at this special moment, Wu Yusen still has to insist that Lin Chi-ling cannot be replaced.

After all, it is well known that the whole thing started because of her. If you say that you change people at this time, it is equivalent to being soft to Wei Wu, so how can he agree?

In short, the two sides are deadlocked now, so everyone is even more unwilling to believe him, so more investors are clamoring to withdraw their investment.

So it is certain that the movie "Red Cliff" will be difficult to give birth, and it is hard to say whether it will die in the womb.

Who would stand up and attract fire for Wu Yusen at this time!

On the contrary, Wei Wu is on the rise, because he is in a period of rise, and he has not graduated from Beijing Film Academy (he is in the first year of graduate school).

So several seniors from Beijing Film Academy, such as Gao Xixi, Wang Xiaoshuai, Jia Zhangke, etc.

Of course, it also includes Ning Hao, his teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang, his cheap uncle Zhang Jizhong, and Li Shaohong (after all, Chen Kun is still acting in "Painted Skin"), etc. A bunch of well-known directors all stand on his side.

The comparison between the two sides makes Wu Yusen even more unpopular.

Chen Hong echoed, "Yes, Wei Wu is young and hot-tempered, and he really can't stand any grievances! Liu Yifei is so lucky!

"Now everyone knows that Wei Wu is a person who protects his shortcomings. In the future, when actors from Weiguo Films come out, everyone will look up to them!"

Chen Hong felt very uncomfortable. After all, to be honest, her husband is also in a low period, and his reputation is not as good as Wu Yusen!

Even if Wu Yusen was driven out of Hollywood, he is at least a first-line director in Asia.

For example, this time's "Red Cliff", so many companies are willing to invest in him, which is enough to prove that he still has a foundation!

But it is also possible that it is because of this that his mentality is a little inflated. He didn't take Wei Wu, a young man, seriously at all, and he didn't expect to overturn!

Chen Hong still hasn't figured it out, what is Wei Wu's talent? What kind of magic drug was given to Chow Yun-fat? He actually turned against Wu Yusen.

If he hadn't turned against him, to be honest, Wu Yusen wouldn't be so passive now.

You have to know that the successive withdrawals of Xiaoyanzi and Chow Yun-fat made the "Red Cliff" project suddenly precarious.

After all, they are not ordinary roles. One is the male lead Zhou Yu, and the other is the female second Sun Shangxiang, both of whom are very important roles with a lot of scenes.

Chen Hong suddenly glanced at her husband and said, "Do you know that just now, your old classmate also announced his withdrawal?"

Hearing him mention old classmates, Chen Kaige turned his head and said:

"Zhang Fengyi? He also withdrew? Who did he play?"

Chen Hong replied: "Cao Cao! I heard that his role is also quite important. Anyway, it's either the third or fourth male lead."

Chen Kaige nodded slightly: "He is not only my old classmate, but also a classmate of Tian Zhuangzhuang. As far as I know, they have always had a good relationship. Maybe Tian Zhuangzhuang called him! "

Chen Hong couldn't help but sigh: "Is Wei Wu so famous now?"

Chen Kaige laughed and asked: "Haven't you heard? Ning Hao has also joined Wei Wu's company! That Bad Monkey Pictures, it is said that a press conference will be held next month!"

Chen Hong nodded and said: "I have heard about this. I heard that Ning Hao ran out of money to shoot "Crazy Stone" before, and finally Wei Wu gave him one million yuan, so he returned the favor!"

Chen Kaige continued: "Well, Wei Wu, in conjunction with China Film Group and Beijing Film Academy, is currently promoting a major project: Bad Monkey 72 Changes Plan.

"The purpose is to discover and cultivate young directors. The first batch of 6 young directors will be launched this year. It is said that Wei Wu is ready to generously donate money to support them in making movies.

"Ning Hao and Wu Jing are among the first batch of candidates, and they will be promoted every 2 to 3 years in the future."

Chen Hong couldn't help but take a breath: "He is pulling the tiger skin and pulling the banner, and justifiably cultivating wings for himself! "

Chen Kaige nodded: "Because this matter involves Beijing Film Academy and China Film, it can't be kept secret, so now basically everyone in the industry who is slightly informed knows it.

"So offending Wei Wu now is not as simple as offending him and his company.

"This ban order is likely to lead to a large number of young directors being collectively blocked in the future, and the road ahead will be difficult. "

Chen Hong's face turned pale, and he sighed with some fear:

"No wonder! Fortunately, we reconciled with him in advance, otherwise, when I think of our son, who has to face such a terrible person just after entering the industry, I guess I can't sleep well now! ”

The actors of the Red Cliff crew have withdrawn one after another, and the investors have also been clamoring to withdraw their investment, just like a domino effect.

It’s okay if the actors run away, they can just recruit more. If the first-tier actors don’t come, they can switch to the second-tier actors, and if the second-tier actors don’t come, they can switch to the third-tier actors. After all, as long as the standards are lowered, there will definitely be people willing to act.

But if multiple investors withdraw their investment collectively, that would be terrible!

Even if new investors can be found, it will take some time. In this way, the postponement of filming and release of the film is a foregone conclusion.

Postponing filming is not a good phenomenon. You know, many TV series have a lot of problems. Once the film was postponed, there was no further news.

The schedules of key actors, especially popular stars, are usually arranged in advance. Once it is postponed, the schedules on my side will naturally be out of time.

Since the big ship of "Red Cliff" has been stranded and may even sink, when else should I run?

And if I run now, I can at least win a little favor from Wei Wu.

In the future, just for this little favor, maybe I can come to ask for a role or something, so why not?

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