Millennium director

"Compared with spending more money to support newcomers, I am still not as willing as Master Jia."

Wu Yuan lamented on the phone: "Brother Jia's plan to add wings has raised 100 million yuan to support new directors."

"In total, I haven't invested 100 million in these two new director support programs."

On the other end of the phone, Li Xiaoping sneered, "It's anyone's guess whether Director Jia really invested 100 million."

"The topic has indeed become a hot topic, but the movies his company has invested in cannot cost more than 100 million."

Jia Zhangke's "Additional Wings" project has been a hot topic in the film industry since it was launched in 2010.

The first phase of the Wings Project planned to produce five films, but by 2012, these five films have not yet been completed, and only four of them have news.

Moreover, these four films are all low-cost literary films. Including "Mr. Hallo Tree", the cost of each single film is definitely not more than 10 million, or even 5 million is enough.

Four literary films costing around several million, and except for "Mr. Hallo Tree", the other three have not been released and have only participated in some youth film festivals abroad.

After that, there was no more information about the Wings Plan, and there was no news about plans for the second and third phases.

Has such a young director support project really had a positive effect on the Chinese film industry?

Is it really possible to implement 100 million?

Li Xiaoping disagreed. She felt that Jia Zhangke was hyping up and only spent a small amount of money.

Most of the 100 million raised by his company Xihe Xinghui was mainly used to make his own movies.

She is not like the more idealistic Wu Yuan, who thinks that Jia Zhangke is really supporting new domestic directors.

In this regard, the Light and Shadow Era is really doing practical things.

Regarding this topic, Wu Yuan did not want to talk too deeply with Li Xiaoping, and it had nothing to do with them.

He also didn't want the image of Senior Brother Jia to collapse in his heart.

The two chatted for a few more words. After Wu Yuan confirmed that the funds for the five supported films had been received and that they were entering the production stage one after another, he hung up the phone with confidence.

There is no way this 45 million will be lost, either "Strategy of the Predecessor" or "Embroidered Spring Knife" can earn back more than 40 million.

Moreover, these two IPs have produced more than one film, and there will be sequels in the future, which can support the non-corporate investment of the Light and Shadow Era in the next few years.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan also felt a little emotional.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Domestic film directors are about to be replaced by a new generation, and the new generation of directors are gradually taking up the leading role.

Although these so-called new generation directors are not necessarily very young, most of them may even be a little older than Wu Yuan.

But compared with the past, when directors who made films at the same time as Wu Yuan were all born in the 60s and 70s, the new generation of directors born in the 1980s are at least in the same era as him.

"That's right." Suddenly remembering something, Wu Yuan called Li Xiaoping back.

"Send me a list of all the directors and scripts that have submitted scripts to the Light and Film Era Young Director Support Program, and I will take a look."

Although he was very satisfied and relieved with the company's choice, Wu Yuan was still a little worried about missing out on a hidden gem.

After all, no matter how professional the company's judges are, they can't compare to Wu Yuan who has enabled the fog of war clairvoyance function.

Maybe there will still be misunderstandings. Wu Yuan just wants to be a backup to prevent the director from missing any "promising future" in the era of light and shadow!

After a while, a long list was sent over.

There are hundreds of directors and scripts, covering the three major universities in China, graduates of other media schools related to directing and photography in the past five years, as well as other directors who have dreams of directing and have a wild background. Contribute.

The densely packed names and script titles make people dazzled at a glance, but Wu Yuan still looked carefully, one by one, for fear of missing any outstanding ideas.

Not to mention, after reading more than a hundred lines and almost getting dizzy, Wu Yuan actually found a "relic"!

Xin Yukun - "Funeral Coffin"

The name of the script is very unfamiliar, but the name of the director is not unfamiliar at all.

As expected, Wu Yuan clicked on the details and took a look.

Isn't this "Heart Labyrinth"!

This movie tells the story of a series of strange things caused by the inexplicable appearance of a corpse in a remote village in China.

This is a drama suspense film.

Below the submission, the reasons for rejection by the Light and Shadow Times reviewers are also attached.

The company's judges felt that the suspenseful part of the film was really difficult to review.

Although the Youth Director Support Program of the Light and Film Era focuses on support, not making money.

But supporting a work that has a high probability of not passing the review and can only go to foreign film festivals is really not something the company is willing to do.

This is not fair to other films that are excellent and can pass censorship.

So this script was ultimately rejected and failed to make the five-person shortlist.

However, Wu Yuan knew that the film, which was originally titled "Funeral Coffin", was finally successfully reviewed after being renamed "Heart Labyrinth".

Director Xin Yukun is still worthy of support and investment.

Although he is not a director who is very good at selling box office, his movies never lose money, they still make small profits, and they all win awards.

The most important thing is that Wu Yuan launched this young director support plan to support some outstanding domestic directors.

Xin Yukun's "Heart Labyrinth" and the later "Silent Witness" are both good movies, and they are meaningful works for Chinese-language films.

Such directors and works are worth supporting.

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan called Li Xiaoping again.

This made Li Xiaoping on the other side of the ocean very tired. What can't be said at once?

But who said Wu Yuan is the boss.

"Director Wu, is there anything else?" She asked helplessly after answering the phone.

"In the company's young director support plan, there is a director named Xin Yukun, and his script "Funeral Coffin" is quite good."

"Give him an additional investment, but ask him to change the name of the movie. This name will not pass the review. Change it to "Heart Labyrinth."

"As for the reason for the public announcement, just say that this movie is a surprise nomination, a surprise candidate outside the big list."

"Other film festivals can make a surprise nomination, so can we."

"It's time to support more new generation directors to carry the responsibility of our Chinese-language films."

Although he was also born in the 1980s, Wu Yuan no longer thinks of himself as a new generation director, and wants to support a group of new generation directors.

There are talented people in every generation, and each leads the trend for hundreds of years! (End of this chapter)