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Chapter 200 199. First meeting with Jiang Wen

After the press conference, there was a question and answer session for reporters, and reporters enthusiastically raised their hands to ask questions.

"Director Wei, what do you think is the key to the success of the Bad Monkey 72 Transformation Plan?"

Wei Wu answered almost without thinking: "Respect the director, respect the audience, and respect the movie."

"Director Wei, I heard you mention the standardization of the film industry before. Do you think Bad Monkey has his own standards?

Wei Wu pondered and said: Bad monkeys have their own standards, but this standard is relatively abstract and may come more from some choices and judgments.

"In other words, this is an aesthetic standard, not a technical or industrial standard."

The young female reporter wearing glasses continued to ask: "Can you summarize this beauty standard?

Wei Wu stretched out his right hand, made a fist, spread his fingers one by one and said:

"These are the values ​​we at Bad Monkey Pictures promote: innovation, locality, contemporary, fun, and individuality."

Another middle-aged male reporter wearing glasses asked: "Director Wei, what are the criteria for selecting directors for Bad Monkey's 72 Transformations Project?

Wei Wu thought for a while and said: "First of all, professionalism, directing is a technical job.

"So we will pay more attention to the director's previous short films to see whether his basic skills are solid, whether he has some personal expressions, and the way in which these personal expressions are expressed."

The reporter asked: "Is there anything else? For example, personality?"

Wei Wu nodded and said, "You also need to observe your personality. Directing is a job that requires perseverance!

“From a piece of paper to a movie with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of investment, you need to overcome difficulties and setbacks in the middle. This kind of tenacity is particularly important.

"In addition, directors also need to go through a lot of communication processes. Whether they are writing by themselves, talking to screenwriters, meeting investors, or communicating with actors, these are all communications, so directors need to have very strong communication skills.

Wei Wu concluded: "Professionalism, resilience and communication skills are essential qualities for a director."

Then another reporter asked: "For new directors' projects, do they usually let them choose by themselves, or do they follow the company's arrangements?"

Wei Wu mused: "I often say in the company that we must give new directors enough freedom and respect so that they can be proud and confident in their talents.

"So we have a seed green light meeting, which is to discuss the theme; after the theme is determined, we will complete the script, and there will be a script green light meeting; and then there will be a production green light meeting, about budget and practical issues.

"In this series of green light meetings, anyone who fails to pass will be PASSed. We hold green light meetings every month to conduct discussions on different stages of different projects.

“But if a new director’s project never gets the green light, then we will also help plan and select the project.”

Of course, these words are pure fart, and they are true and false!

If Wei Wu really respected the creative freedom of new directors as he said, then he would not have forcibly stopped Wu Jing from filming "Spike".

But you have to pretend, anyway, as long as the movie hit the streets in the previous life, Wei Wu will definitely operate in secret to make it pass at some point in the middle!

The question-and-answer session was coming to an end, and a beautiful reporter quickly asked:

"Do you have any short-term or long-term goals for Bad Monkey's Seventy-Two Transformations Plan?"

Wei Wu shook his head and said: "Well, for the time being, we are still trying to push it forward. We have not set ambitious goals for it, nor have we stipulated what it will develop into in ten years.

“What’s important is how many films by young directors we make in the future, and how many directors have grown up in them. These are our original intentions for launching this project.

"Actually, I didn't make a five-year or eight-year plan from the beginning. I think I still need to give the director a relatively relaxed environment for his creation, and don't use time to force him.

"That's right, I think directing is a self-motivated job. If you want to become a film director, and I think you have the ability, then I can help you.

"But only if you want to be, not if I want you to be a film director."

Of course, these words are also lies. Wei Wu certainly has some ambitions for this project, but there is no need to say it now! To prevent other people from causing mischief secretly.

After all, a big tree attracts the wind, so you can do things with great fanfare, but there is no need to set such a high tone at the beginning.

Generally speaking, this is the case. For projects that are not sure to be completed or are very risky, you should brag loudly and shout loud slogans at the beginning.

But for larger projects, this is not necessary! Instead, work steadily, step by step, and let your results speak for yourself in the end!

And now that Wei Wu has opened his eyes, basically the people recruited and signed by this plan are directors who have become famous in later generations; and the films they make are all films that have been tested by the market in previous lives.

Taking a two-pronged approach, Wei Wu really couldn't imagine how this project could fail.

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"Director Wei Wu's lecture was so good, I was so excited to listen to it! It's a pity that I'm not young anymore, otherwise I wouldn't be able to help but join you!"

Wei Wu smiled and joked: "Haha, Director Jiang is only in his early 40s this year. As the saying goes, a man has forty-one flowers. Director Jiang is in his prime! How can you say he is not young anymore?"

Jiang Wen sighed and said, "Well, time makes us grow old. I made "Sunny Days" in 1993. I was just thirty at the time, so I can barely be called a young director.

"I'm already 43 now, 20 years older than Director Wei. How can you still say you're young!"

The reason why Jiang Wen came here today was mainly for Han Sanping's sake.

You should know that Jiang Wen has always been one of Han Sanping's two favorite directors.

He has only released two movies so far, "Sunny Days" and "Devils on the Doorstep" (released only in Hong Kong Island), and both of these movies were produced by China Film.

Including "Let the Bullets Fly", which later gave him a second spring in his career, was also invested by China Film.

So Han Sanping was kind to him, so this time Han Sanping called him and he came immediately.

Wei Wu casually praised him: "Director Jiang's debut was nominated for the Golden Lion, swept the Golden Horse, and made Xia Yu the youngest Venice Film Emperor. The box office of 50 million was a great success.

"It is definitely the most dazzling start in the Chinese director circle and a role model for our generation.

"Many people praised me for making a big splash, but compared to Director Jiang, I'm still far behind!"

Jiang Wen waved his hand and said, "A good man doesn't talk about his past achievements. It's been so long, why do you still talk about it?

"Besides, this is no longer our era, this is your era. Among young directors, you are the one who deserves it! "

Jiang Wen said and gave a thumbs up. It can be seen that Jiang Wen was very useful to Wei Wu's words.

After all, it depends on who said it. Wei Wu is the fastest rising director in the history of mainland film in all these years.

So he admitted that Jiang Wen had a better start than him, so Jiang Wen was naturally very happy to hear it.

But Jiang Wen still knew that he was indeed glorious in the past, but that was ten years ago!

Although "The Devils" won a jury award in Cannes, the problem is that it has long been a banned film in China, and even he himself has been banned from directing for five years.

So although this movie is well-known in the industry, for most audiences, when it comes to Jiang Wen's directorial works-

they can still only mention his debut "Sunny Days" released 11 years ago, which makes him a little embarrassed!

Wei Wu originally thought that Jiang Wen came here to talk to him about the "Let the Bullets Fly" project, but until the end of the chat, Jiang Wen did not mention it This matter.

This movie is too Jiang Wen-like in style, and it is not easy to pass the review, so Wei Wu did not plan to shoot it. After all, he did not want to follow the old path of Lu Chuan's "Looking for the Gun".

But he has already bought the film and television adaptation rights of the original novel, and he has also registered the script!

If Jiang Wen wants to shoot, then he is also willing to take this project out to cooperate with him.

Of course, in business, Wei Wu must also ask for a share, at least half of the investment amount!

Wei Wu then realized that it should be that Jiang Wen has not thought about shooting a new film yet, so naturally he will not pay attention to this project.

In fact, at this time, Jiang Wen has just finished shooting his third directorial work "The Sun Also Rises". It seems that it was just finished two days ago, and now there is no time to do the post-production.

At this time, Jiang Wen must be busy with this movie first. As for shooting a new film and looking for projects, he definitely doesn't have the time for the time being.

In this case, let's wait until he comes to us next time!