Huayu’s ex-husband

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 or talking to screenwriters, meeting investors, and 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, any one that 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 others from causing mischief secretly.

After all, a big tree attracts the wind, and 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, we have to work steadily, step by step, and let our results speak for ourselves 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 age. I made "Sunny Days" in 1993. I was thirty at the time, so I can barely be called a young director.

"In a blink of an eye, I am already forty-three, a full 20 years older than Director Wei. Why do you have the nerve to say you are young!"

The reason why Jiang Wen came here today to support him was of course mainly for Han Sanping's sake.

You must 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 "The Devil Is Coming" (only released on Hong Kong Island), and both movies were produced by China Film.

Including "Let the Bullets Fly", which later revived his career for the second time, was also cast by China Film.

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

Wei Wu complimented him casually: "Director Jiang's debut film was nominated for the Golden Lion, swept the Golden Horse, and made Xia Yu the youngest Best Actor in Venice. It sold 50 million at the box office and was both a success and a success.

"It is definitely the most brilliant start in the Chinese director circle and can be regarded as a role model for our generation.

"Many people have praised me as a blockbuster before, but compared with Director Jiang, it's still far behind!"

Jiang Wen waved his hand and said: "If you don't mention the bravery of a hero, it's been so long, why do you still talk about it?

"Besides, it's no longer our time, it's your time. Among young directors, you are the one who deserves the title!"

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

After all, who can say this? After all, Wei Wu is also the director who has risen the fastest in the history of mainland films over the years.

So he admitted that Jiang Wen was better than him at the beginning, and Jiang Wen was naturally very happy to hear that.

However, Jiang Wen still knew that he had indeed been brilliant back then, but that was all ten years ago!

Although "The Devil Is Coming" won a Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, the film has long been banned in China, and even he himself was banned from directing for five years.

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

He can still only name his debut film "Sunny Days" which was released 11 years ago, which makes him somewhat embarrassed!

Wei Wu originally thought that Jiang Wen came over this time to talk to him about the "Let the Bullets Fly" project, but until the two chatted, Jiang Wen didn't mention it.

Because the style of this movie was too Jiang Wenhua, and it was not easy to pass censorship, Wei Wu did not plan to make it. After all, he didn't want to follow the same path as Lu Chuan's "Looking for a Gun".

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

If Jiang Wen wanted to film, then he would be willing to cooperate with him on this project.

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

Only then did Wei Wu realize that Jiang Wen probably hadn't thought about making a new film yet, so naturally he wouldn't have noticed this project.

In fact, at this time, Jiang Wen had just finished filming his third directorial film, "The Sun Also Rises." It seems that the filming was just completed two days ago, and now I haven’t had time to do the post-production.

At this time, Jiang Wen must be busy working on this movie first. As for making new movies and looking for projects, he definitely doesn't have the time for the time being.

In this case, wait until he comes over next time to talk about it!