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Chapter 197 196. Brother Chen Kai also came to support the event

"Third Master."

Seeing Han Sanping's figure appear at the door, Wei Wu hurried to greet him.

Today, the "Bad Monkey 72 Transformation Plan" held a press conference. This project was jointly led by Bad Monkey Pictures, China Film Group and Beijing Film Academy.

Han Sanping is nominally the initiator of the project, just like Wei Wu. He will also cut the ribbon and speak on stage later, so he must come today.

Han Sanping nodded slightly and asked with a smile: "Wei Wu, is everything ready for the press conference?"

Wei Wu nodded and said: "Everything is ready. The media has almost arrived. We just need to wait for the guests to arrive. It will officially start at 10:00."

"That's good," Han Sanping raised his hand and looked at his watch:

"Only half an hour left. Who else hasn't arrived yet?"

Wei Wu thought for a while and replied: "Among the guests who cut the ribbon, it seems that Director Chen Kaige and Dean Zhang Huijun haven't arrived yet."

Yes, Chen Kaige was also invited and has agreed to attend today's signing press conference.

If it was a celebration party for Wei Wu's film, Chen Kaige probably wouldn't come.

He is somewhat self-respecting. Even if the two had no conflicts before and looked down on each other, as a senior, he is unlikely to flatter Wei Wu.

However, the "Bad Monkey 72 Changes Plan" is different. After all, it is nominally a support plan for young directors.

Passing on the torch and supporting the younger generation. To put it bluntly, this is the political correctness of the director circle.

Therefore, this time Wei Wu openly sent invitations to Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang and almost all the famous directors in the mainland.

However, Zhang Yimou is at the critical moment of finishing the post-production of "The Golden Armor".

Moreover, the film will be released in a month, and the pre-promotion work has been launched. He can't get away for the time being, so he can't come today.

As for Feng Xiaogang, his situation is more special because his new film "Assembly" just started the day before yesterday.

At this time, he must be even more unable to leave, so he can't come today either.

Only Chen Kaige has not yet launched a new film, and he has been keeping a low profile recently, so he has no work on hand.

In fact, Chen Kaige's next film, "Mei Lanfang", will not officially start shooting until July next year, and it has not even been officially announced yet!

So when Han Sanping called Chen Kaige, he couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse, so he had to agree.

Mainly, Han Sanping also hoped that Chen Kaige and Wei Wu would have a better relationship, even if they were not in harmony, they would still be able to get along.

After all, the two are now the generals of his faction. If the two of them never interacted with each other, others would only laugh at him for not being able to control his subordinates.

But the problem is that big directors are generally arrogant, and Wei Wu is now famous at a young age, and he is also famous for his youthful vigor.

It is definitely unrealistic to expect him to take the initiative to bow his head and curry favor with Chen Kaige.

Then we can only let Chen Kaige, the senior, be a little more generous and flexible, so that both sides can truly turn hostility into friendship.

Of course, Chen Kaige is definitely not happy, but now the situation is stronger than people.

Who made him currently in the trough of his life! Can he make a comeback and regain his glory? To be honest, there are still many places to rely on Han Sanping!

Another very important reason why Chen Kaige agreed is that a few days ago, China Film had loosened its mouth and preliminarily agreed to invest in the filming of "Mei Lanfang".

It turned out that since "The Promise" suffered a Waterloo, Chen Kaige's new film has been subjected to the most stringent review, and several scripts have been directly returned.

In the end, Chen Kaige had no choice but to choose to rely on the old capital of "Farewell My Concubine" and told China Film that he wanted to shoot "Mei Lanfang", and this time the project was finally approved.

However, even so, China Film still conducted a relatively strict review of the script. At present, 4 versions have been revised, and the current script is already the fifth draft.

If nothing unexpected happens, China Film Group will officially announce the news of investing in Chen Kaige to shoot "Mei Lanfang" at the end of this month.

At present, Chen Kaige is on the eve of the official announcement, and of course he doesn't want any accidents to happen, so when Han Sanping called him, he immediately agreed.

After all, "The Promise" also made Han Sanping lose face and suffered a lot of criticism, but Han Sanping was still willing to support him.

Then Chen Kaige naturally had to return the favor. Even if he still couldn't let go of Wei Wu, he had to give Han Sanping face!

Hearing that Chen Kaige hadn't come yet, Han Sanping frowned and said:

"Chen Kaige hasn't come yet? Let's do this. If he hasn't arrived in 10 minutes, Wei Wu, remember to remind me, and I'll call and ask."

Wei Wu immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I know."

As for Zhang Huijun, who hadn't arrived yet, he was ignored by both of them.

After all, his status is not ordinary. Even Han Sanping can't order him around.

This person is none other than the current president of Beijing Film Academy. Although President Zhang knows Wei Wu, they are not close friends.

Mainly because Wei Wu has a good reputation this time, and his professional background is really suitable, so Tian Zhuangzhuang can invite him to attend.

In fact, when Wei Wu entered the school, Zhang Huijun was already the president.

He happened to take office as the president of Beijing Film Academy in 2002, and in his previous life he worked until 2017 before officially resigning and retiring.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Huijun was also from the 1978 class of Beijing Film Academy, and he was in the same class as Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei, all of whom were in the photography department. They even lived in the same dormitory at that time.

So the 1978 class of Beijing Film Academy was indeed full of talents! In just a small dormitory 306, there were two famous directors and a president of Beijing Film Academy among the four people. This is too exaggerated!

But then again, the reason why the 1978 class was so awesome was also directly related to the background of the times, because the college entrance examination had been suspended for several years before that!

Although the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, because of the lack of information at that time, most people missed the college entrance examination that year, so it was in 1978 that a large number of students signed up for the college entrance examination.

Due to the special policy, many outstanding students from many classes were forcibly concentrated in the beginning of this college entrance examination.

Needless to say, the competition was fierce, so there was basically no one who could stand out and get into college at that time.

Because if you were a little worse, you would definitely fail and go to the 1979 or 1980 class.

So it's not just the 1978 class of Beijing Film Academy that's awesome. In fact, the 1978 class of Shanghai Theatre Academy and the Central Academy of Drama are also awesome. This is the same for other universities. In short, that class is particularly talented!

Wei Wu led Han Sanping inside, and Han Sanping asked about the post-production of "Painted Skin":

"Is the post-production of "Painted Skin" going smoothly?"

Wei Wu nodded and said, "It's OK. Although it has just started, it's going pretty smoothly."

Han Sanping nodded slightly and asked, "What are your plans for special effects? Who are you going to find to do it?"

Wei Wu replied, "Viewpoint Films. It seems that they are the only company in the mainland that can do it."

Han Sanping nodded and said, "That can't be helped. Our domestic film special effects industry did start late.

"I know Viewpoint Films. They were responsible for the special effects of "The Banquet" and "Curse of the Golden Flower".

"Since Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang can trust them, I also agree to hand over the post-production of Painted Skin to them."

Viewpoint Films, formerly known as Viewpoint Special Art, was established in the millennium and is considered one of the earliest companies in mainland China to engage in film special effects. It has developed well at present, at least it has received orders from Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou.

In addition to the two films mentioned above, the films that Viewpoint Films was responsible for special effects in the past include Aftershock, Under the Hawthorn Tree, If You Are the One, The Revolution of 1911, The Crossing, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Flowers of War, 1942, etc.

In fact, Wei Wu had no other choice. There are other good special effects companies in the future, such as Tiangong Yicai and MoreVFX.

At present, they have not appeared or have just been established for one or two years. Anyway, they are not yet established, at least they can't be compared with Viewpoint Films.

Therefore, if it is not handed over to Viewpoint Films, then the only choice is to ask special effects companies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe and the United States.

In that case, the price will be much more expensive, after all, they usually settle in US dollars.

Forget it, if we really ask them to do it, the production cost may double, and the movie will basically lose money!

And since Wei Wu wants to be the best commercial film director in China, his movies must not lose money, this is the red line.

In Wei Wu's opinion, special effects are actually enough.

After all, there is no upper limit for this thing, and 100 million production funds may not be enough -

But even if you add another 100 million or even 200 million or 300 million, you can still spend every penny in the end.