Millennium director

"So, the final result is that Da Tiantian went to the crew of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain"?"

"Oh my god, why was Director Kaige the one who got hurt in the end."

Wu Yuan, who took time out of his busy schedule to return to the company, laughed out loud after learning the final result.

"I heard that Lu Zheng directly invested money, and Xingguang Canlan directly became one of the main investment companies of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", and also took advantage of Legendary Pictures' relationship in North America, which made Chen Kaige's work possible."

"Of course, the most important thing is that Sister Zhiling's role seems to be just a vase. If it is replaced by a vase, Director Kaige can still compromise and accept it."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk." Wu Yuan shook his head and sighed: "I remember that "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" is also a Sino-US co-production, right? It seems to be made with Columbia Pictures?"

"I don't know what these people in the industry think. There has not been a successful case of co-production so far. Why are they scrambling to do such a thankless project?"

"It's not unsuccessful, "The Forbidden Kingdom" was successful." Li Xiaoping corrected Wu Yuan's mistake.

"Is "The Forbidden Kingdom" a success?" Wu Yuan shook his head and said, "I still think that the one-book-two-shoot project is more promising."

"How is the one-book-two-shoot project we did with CJ E\u0026M going?"

Wu Yuan always took time to come to the company during the filming of "Ready Player One", and of course it was not to talk about the follow-up gossip of the road administration.

He came to the company today for two main things.

The first thing is this one-book-two-shoot project.

The cooperation between Chinese and Korean films began as early as 2000. As Chinese films entered a period of rapid growth, the film industries of China and South Korea began to carry out in-depth cooperation in the investment field.

The main mode of cooperation at the beginning was mainly based on the output of actors.

Then the cooperation between Chinese and Korean films began to become more frequent. For example, Zhang Ziyi, an international star from China, took part in the Korean film "The Warrior".

At that time, Song Seung-heon, a popular male star in South Korea, participated in the filming of "Sunset Angels" directed by Yuan Kui from Hong Kong Island.

The most sensational cooperation between Chinese and Korean actors must be "Myth" co-starred by Kim Hee-sun and Cheng Long in 2005.

After the actors cooperated smoothly, the Sino-Korean film cooperation went deeper into the behind-the-scenes work.

"Assembly", released in 2007, used the Korean special effects team to create the war scenes, and the Sino-Korean film industry began to cooperate at a deeper level.

Last year, Huayi also co-invested with South Korea's SHOWBOX to shoot a movie "Da Ming Xing", with a total investment of 20 million US dollars. Huayi invested more than 1/4, which is a big deal.

The film uses 100% 3D shooting techniques plus CG post-processing. The role of the gorilla is created through real-life motion capture technology, which is the first time in Korean film history.

The image of the gorilla in the film uses a lot of motion capture and CG technology to complete.

It is not surprising that the product of such exploration of new technologies eventually failed at the box office.

The box office in the mainland was 112 million, and the box office in South Korea was less than 10 billion won. In short, let alone making a profit, it lost everything.

However, the failure of this movie still cannot stop Korean filmmakers from exploring the Chinese film market.

It is true that the growth of the mainland film market in recent years has been too exaggerated. It has doubled every year and has surpassed Japan and South Korea in all aspects.

Just like Korean TV dramas and idol groups have come to China to make a lot of money, Korean film companies naturally want to make money in China.

Among them, CJ E\u0026M, which has a good cooperation with Guangying Times and is still co-producing Korean dramas, has come up with the idea of ​​developing Chinese and Korean versions of works simultaneously, considering the cultural differences between the two countries.

This is the origin of the "one book, two shoots" cooperation method.

This is a new model of Sino-Korean cooperation and a milestone attempt and exploration in the history of film.

The greatest significance of "one book, two shoots" is that the Chinese version serves the Chinese audience, while the Korean version serves the Korean audience. Although the main story of the script is the same, the specific plot is completely localized and written by Korean and Chinese screenwriters themselves, fully considering the different cultural differences between the audiences of the two countries.

This is different from the situation of "remake movies".

After CJ E\u0026M decided to try this "one book, two shoots" cooperation model, the first person it found was Guangying Times.

The two companies have already had many collaborations. In terms of doing business, everyone prefers to cooperate with old friends and will not rashly choose new partners to increase risks.

Wu Yuan, who has always disliked cooperating with foreign companies to make movies, did not refuse after receiving Li Xiaoping's message this time, but agreed.

"This "Strange Girl" and "Back to 20" are the Chinese and Korean versions of the scripts of this book and two shoots?"

Pointing to the script that he had just read on the table, Wu Yuan was relieved after getting Li Xiaoping's affirmation. This is indeed the one-book-two-shoot cooperation method he remembered.

If he remembered correctly, the box office of "Back to 20" in China was 370 million yuan.

The box office performance of "Strange Girl" in South Korea was also very good, ranking second in South Korea's box office in 2014.

This is also the most successful film project among the Sino-Korean cooperation projects.

Such a good project is still worth intercepting by Light and Shadow Times.

"Let Li Yang shoot "20 Again". He is a professional in this kind of youth film."

Wu Yuan opened his mouth and decided on the director for this Chinese version of the book.

In the field of youth films, Li Yang is the best director designated in China. Li Yang + youth, just this title can add 100 million yuan to the box office.

It is also because of this that Li Yang is very cautious about taking on youth films. He has not made any youth films since "Better Days".

But the script of "20 Again" is still very good, and it is worth him to come out again.

"Okay, this matter is settled."

Wu Yuan put the script back on the table, supported his hands on his knees, and said excitedly: "Let's talk about the second thing."

"Did the higher-ups approve it?" Wu Yuan's voice was obviously much more excited and high-pitched.

When talking about this topic, Li Xiaoping could not hide her excitement.

"Yes, the higher-ups have approved it. We can prepare a new international film festival, but the official Chinese name cannot be called a film festival, it can only be called a film exhibition."

A "festival" and an "exhibition" immediately have different intentions and definitions.

The former is only officially organized in China, while the latter is more vaguely defined and can be organized by individuals and private companies.

"However, the English name can use the word "film festival." Li Xiaoping added.

With a snap, Wu Yuan slapped his thigh: "That's enough."

He smiled and said silently in his heart: "Sorry, Jia Zhangke!"

"I got your Pingyao International Film Exhibition first!" (End of this chapter)