Reborn Millennium Player

Jinmen, North China, is the headquarters of Sunac Real Estate.

The second Sunac Plaza is located here, and the premiere of "Painted Skin 2" was held at the newly opened Hantang Cinema in the square.

The entire Han-Tang Cinema Chain continued to copy and promote the theater template across the country by cooperating with Warner Bros., and invested in the China Film Southern Shinkansen, holding 44% of the shares. The number of screens exceeded 100.

Among private companies, it is second only to Wanda and Jinyi.

It is also the only one among domestic film companies!

Taking advantage of the opportunity to inspect Sunac Real Estate, Lu Fei accompanied Gao Yuanyuan to the premiere to support the movie "Painted Skin 2".

It’s not directed at Zeng Li, it’s really directed at Sunac.

Once the "4 trillion bailout plan" is implemented, the entire sluggish real estate industry will completely wake up and usher in a booming spring.

That was and was also the time when theaters in the Han and Tang dynasties were booming.

In the midsummer of July, the evening wind carrying a heat wave blew gently.

Lu Fei rolled up the car window with a smile on his face, "You're going to compete with Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" next week, are you afraid?"

"Not afraid."

Gao Yuanyuan was wearing a black suspender skirt and rested on his shoulder.

"I was quite scared at first, but after watching the samples of "Red Cliff (Part 1)", I wasn't scared at all. It was as bad as "The Golden Jacket" and "The Promise". From the beginning to the end, I will remember this special sentence.

Funny words, 'Mengmeng, stand up'."

She imitated it so loudly that she couldn't help but laugh, "Pfft, it's funny just thinking about it. It's completely different from when I was a kid watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"That's why there are ghosts."

The corners of Lu Fei's mouth turned up, "Can Hong Kong and Taiwan directors make historical feature films? They don't have the ability! They don't have the background! They don't have the connotation, you know! All they produce are gangster films disguised as history."

Gao Yuanyuan nodded, "Yes, yes, it's the feeling you mentioned. It's obviously an epic battle, but it's shot in such a funny and stingy way that it's almost impossible to watch. That's it. Our "Painted Skin 2" is a sure win at the box office."

Well, at least we can have a tie."

"So confident?"

Lu Fei looked sideways.

"It's Wu Yusen and the others who are not confident. If they were confident, they wouldn't have divided "Red Cliff" into two parts. They clearly know that just one part will definitely lose money. The cost is 640 million."

Gao Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows, "We only have over 100 million yuan. If the box office reaches 300 million yuan, we will definitely make a profit. If it is "Red Cliff", we will lose money. It will cost at least more than a billion yuan."

"Our CEO is becoming more and more classy."

"How else could you be worthy of me?"

"Hahaha~"

"Gee, when Han and Tang come on the market, it will be even more stylish."

Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said: "Sister Lifang is planning to go public with the securities department, but everyone is still unsure. Can an entertainment asset-light company like ours in Hantang really be listed on the A-share market?"

"It's not A-shares, it's GEM."

Lu Fei lied and claimed it was inside information.

As soon as the GEM is listed, if Han and Tang can be the first to land on the board, they will be able to reap the dividends of the first domestic entertainment shares, raise funds to produce more high-quality movies, invest in theaters and develop the game industry.

"That's great."

Gao Yuanyuan smiled like a flower, "The company is very short of money recently. "Search" won 106 million, but after deductions, marketing and other miscellaneous things, there is not much left. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and "Search" is a gift."

"The Wind" and "Let the Bullets Fly" still need money for filming, but they can't ask Liu Qijin for them like before, and the coal boss's life is not easy either."

"In the future, the entertainment industry will have to rely on internet bosses like me." Lu Fei pinched her face gently.

"Virtue!"

Gao Yuanyuan patted him and lay in his arms again.

The two of them chatted with each other all the way, and when they arrived at their destination, they saw local movie fans already gathering at the Hantang Cinema.

There were huge crowds of people on both sides of the red carpet.

"Yuanyuan, are those two people here?"

Lu Fei lowered the brim of his hat to cover his face.

Gao Yuanyuan took off her sunglasses and said, "They should all be in the lounge. I'll ask Wu Jing and Guo Fan to wait there when they arrive."

…………

"Mr. Lu!"

"Mr. Lu!"

Guo Fan greeted him cautiously, never dreaming that one day he and Wu Jing would stand in front of Mr. Lu.

Looking back now, it seems very abstract.

By chance, I signed up to participate in the "First Young Filmmakers Exhibition" organized by Hantang Culture and China Chuan University.

With the comic "Flowers Bloomed, That Year", Mi Li Hu Tu Di was shortlisted for the Young Director Support Program.

After many rounds of screening, he finally stood out among a group of people with professional backgrounds and became another contracted director in the Han and Tang Dynasties. You must know that his previous senior was Ning Hao, who has now entered the director club of Chinese-language films with a box office of 100 million yuan.

I thought I would start working as an assistant director on the set, but I never expected that I would be brought here, and I never expected that I would meet my spiritual idol——

Master Lu!

Excited heart, trembling hands.

Wu Jing on the side was not much better.

His face was tense, his head was buzzing, and he went blank.

Lu Fei shook hands and said, "I have heard from my sister-in-law and Han Hong that you, Wu Jing, are working the hardest in the foundation's disaster relief team this time. You get up at 6 o'clock every day and go with everyone to deliver supplies, carry sandbags, and move supplies.

We set up the tent and were busy until midnight."

Gao Yuanyuan added, "There are still 7 days left without brushing my teeth or washing my face. Give up all the water for women and children..."

"How manly! I always thought celebrities doing disaster relief were just for show. It was you Wu Jing who changed my impression."

Lu Fei gave a thumbs up and praised him.

"I just did what I could, and I'm far behind Mr. Lu and Mr. Gao." Wu Jing looked flattered.

"Love has no size." Lu Fei turned around and said, "This kind of actor is the one we should praise, right, Yuanyuan?"

Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "We invite you to the premiere. Not only are we telling you this, but we are also inviting you to join the Han and Tang Dynasties. We will tailor several movies for you. Of course, if you have the idea of ​​directing and starring yourself,

, we can also invest, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate?"

"Really, really!"

Wu Jing was so excited that she stood up from her chair.

Gao Yuanyuan poured four glasses of water and distributed them to him and Guo Fan.

Wu Jing drank it all, calmed down and said, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Gao, is it true that I can make my own movie?"

"No problem, the budget will be determined based on the specific situation."

Lu Fei looked at Wu Jing from the left and Guo Fan from the right, and found that there was undisguised envy in his eyes.

"What if I, I want to make a military action movie?"

Wu Jing took a deep breath.

"This is an unpopular genre that no one has dared to touch for a long time." Gao Yuanyuan was surprised, "Why did you shoot it?"

Wu Jing said in a serious tone that during the disaster relief work, when she saw a group of 17-18-year-old boys in military uniforms running among the ruins, using their bodies as pedals to let the people pass by, she made up her mind.

No matter what, we have to make a movie that can show the spirit of the military, even if it means bankrupting everything!

"What do you think?"

Lu Fei did not comment, but looked at Guo Fan.

"Isn't this too risky?"

Guo Fan realized that it was a test and pondered for a moment to answer.

You must know that the glory of domestic military films is still in the last century, especially "Armageddon" is the most popular. After the millennium, there will be only one "Out of the Amazon" that will be popular.

Not only was the response from the box office market poor, but China also lacked the industrial foundation and conditions for heavy industry films such as military. Not to mention "Black Hawk Down", even "First Blood" would be difficult to copy.

"I don't agree with this."

Wu Jing was quite unhappy, "It doesn't work that way, it doesn't work like this. That's why no one will make it, so there will never be the first domestic military film. Anyway, some people are destined to be cannon fodder, so why don't I do it? I'll do it."

Be this cannon fodder!"

"Have a lot of ambition."

Lu Fei patted him on the shoulder, but stared at Guo Fan, "Wu Jing wants to make a military action movie, what about you? If you were asked to make a film project alone, what would you like to make?"

"Me? I will take whatever the company wants me to take." Guo Fan blurted out, emphasizing his cleverness.

"I said 'if', feel free to say it."

There was a hint of temptation in Lu Fei's words.

"Science fiction, preferably science fiction."

Guo Fan mustered up the courage to say that he has always had a dream of science fiction in his heart. The reason why he decided to become a director was because he hoped to one day make his own domestic science fiction film.

"Pfft, what, science fiction?"

Wu Jing almost spit out a mouthful of water.

Do you have the nerve to accuse me of taking risks in military action movies?

You are even more unreliable than me!

He cleared his throat, "Although I don't know much about science fiction movies, I happened to take on a science fiction movie recently, "Roboman" directed by Liu Zhenwei. I was there for the whole process. To be honest, it was not as good as "The Terminator" in the 1990s.

The gap with Hollywood is quite big. If military films are ten years behind Hollywood, science fiction films are at least thirty years behind. Now you tell me to make domestic science fiction films. It is indeed science fiction, quite science fiction.

"

"Mr. Lu asked me to say it, so I said it."

Guo Fan blinked his aggrieved eyes, "I also know that it is unrealistic according to the current level of the film industry, but what if in the future..."

"Let's put it this way, if your science fiction movie can be successful, my military action movie must have been successful long ago." Wu Jing smiled.

Seeing the two idealists bickering, Lu Fei and Gao Yuanyuan looked at each other and suddenly announced with a smile on their lips:

I, Mr. Lu, have invested in this project of yours!

"ah???"

Not only Wu Jing and Guo Fan, but also Gao Yuanyuan were shocked.

The two looked at each other with disbelief written all over their faces.

Science fiction and military are heavy industry movie themes. In Hollywood, they are at least tens of millions of dollars worth of B-level projects. Are they handed over to two rookie directors with no directing experience and no directing works?

Mr. Lu, are you trying to make fun of us?

"You think I'm joking?"

Lu Fei didn't take it seriously, "To tell you the truth, I just want you to help build China's film industry system."

Gao Yuanyuan refilled his glass with soft eyes.

"In recent years, although we have announced to the outside world how much money we have made from the Chinese and foreign co-productions of "Iron Man", and what about "Painted Skin", it is just 'self-deception'. Aren't they all hired by the Hollywood and Bangzi teams?" Lu Fei said seriously: "

The special effects studios of the Han and Tang dynasties only participated, and they must recognize the gap. The foundation of our Chinese phone is very weak, it is just a manual workshop."

“What is industrialization?”

"The premise of industrialization is standardization!"

He gave an example, the script system.

Basic formats such as script font size, line spacing, punctuation marks, etc. are unified and converted into a database using screenwriting software.

In this way, you can arbitrarily know from the massive text how many sentences the character said and how many Japanese scenes...

Then use screenwriting software to connect to director software, production software, and recording software to connect everyone and the system together.

Today's film crews are not yet fully informatized.

Field workers are accustomed to using paper to memorize, but one hundred days can be written on one hundred pieces of paper. If you want to find any piece of information in one hundred pieces of paper, how can you find it quickly?

Compared with Hollywood Industry, China Entertainment has just completed motorization and is still a long way from mechanization and informatization.

"Yes, why did you choose us?"

Wu Jing and Guo Fan swallowed their saliva.

Mr. Lu, we are timid, please don’t play with us...

"First of all, you have dreams."

"It is precisely the military dream and the science fiction dream that are the two most critical genres for the rise of the film industry system!"

Lu Fei smiled and said: "Secondly, you all have the spirit, like Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, they are too old and can no longer keep up with the times. Once you have completed the mission of commercialization, you can give way and let young and daring directors take over. Ning

Hao is, and so are you."

"Thank you Mr. Lu for your love."

Wu Jing felt vaguely burning and enthusiastic, but she was still not confident, "I'm just afraid that my ability is not enough. If the shot fails, I will be compensated..."

Guo Fan nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Of course we can't shoot now. Han and Tang will arrange for you to go to Hollywood to study and exchange, just like Ning Hao."

Lu Feiyang raised his hand, "Really, Yuanyuan?"

Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said: "Yes, I will arrange for you to go to the crew of "Iron Man 2", or you can go to the crews of "Fast and Furious 4" and "2012". In short, you can learn as much as possible about Hollywood filming.

Making experience.”

"There are also industrialized operations. When you come back, we will work together on a small project first and explore while practicing. What Wu Jing said is right. You just have to have a cannon fodder mentality to shoot."

Lu Fei said: "Are you willing to be this cannon fodder?"

Every year, Bangzi Country pays to send directors and professionals to Hollywood to study, and special effects companies also receive subsidies.

After many talents go abroad for further studies, they will return to Bangzi Country to open studios, gradually forming a special effects base.

In 2014, Huaxia arranged for Lu Yang, Wu Jing, Guo Fan, Xiao Yang, and Chen Sicheng to go to Paramount for a short-term "study visit" during the 4th Sino-US Co-production Exhibition for talent exchange.

Whether it is good or bad is clear at a glance.

Whether you admit it or not, nowadays Chinese military and science fiction movies are "0". From "0" to "1", there is no use throwing money at them.

The key is to hit people, just like chips!

The leader of the project is either the producer or the director.

"Mr. Lu, can I understand that you want us to sort out our own film industrialization model?"

Guo Fan drank some water and calmed down his shock.

"It can be said that from the director, screenwriter, photography, to art, special effects, costumes, and even the subtle arrangements for hundreds or thousands of people to eat box lunches, China has created its own industrial process."

Lu Fei said it categorically.

"Hiss~"

Guo Fan took a breath of air, Master Lu had a big plan.

Fundamentally, we can sum up a complete set of domestic film industrialization, which is tantamount to the same weights and measures that unify the Chinese film industry system, and unify the standards of the film industry.

Mr. Lu wants to be the Qin Shihuang of Chinese-language movies!

"The road is here, you decide for yourself."

Lu Fei raised his glass of water and the fortune teller said that I am "one general who succeeds and ten thousand bones wither", but I didn't agree.

"If there is such an opportunity, then what are you waiting for? I'll go!"

Wu Jing's blood boiled and she immediately made the decision.

When Guo Fan thought that Hollywood was waving to him, and that his dream of a science fiction movie was closer than ever before, he no longer hesitated.

Isn’t it just the industrialization of Chinese films? Let’s do it!

"Very good! Our future film industrialization in China depends entirely on you! Let's replace wine with water."

Lu Fei stood up in a hurry and picked up the water glass.

I wish you two sirs all the best in Hollywood!

"cheers!"

Wu Jing and Guo Fan's faces were flushed, and their emotions were completely aroused.

"cheers!"

Gao Yuanyuan clearly drank water, but it was like drinking wine. She looked at the high-spirited Lu Fei, her eyes were intoxicated and her cheeks were slightly red.