Chapter 547 Another schedule conflict
Fan Binbin now has strong support from Hong Kong circles. In this era when Hong Kong circles dominate commercial films, she really talks with her head raised.
After that, Hua Yi and Feng Xiaogang collaborated with Fan Binbin again, also because the big boss behind Fan Binbin became bigger and bigger, and he became unstoppable.
In this case, there are no permanent enemies, only friends who have cleared up their past feud.
It was only around nine o'clock when Wang Shu returned home.
Just after taking a sip of water and taking a break, I received a call from Li Binbin.
"Director Wang, I heard that you will be casting for a co-production soon?" Li Binbin asked urgently.
"Yes." Wang Shu answered truthfully.
"Huh?" Li Binbin was a little in disbelief, "I thought it was just a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true?"
"Haha." Wang Shu laughed and said , "It happened that the script was already available, and filming of "Life of Pi" was also completed. In addition, Director Han and the others were eager to put this project on the schedule, so they simply started working on it."
Li Binbin fell silent when he heard this.
On May 6, 2009, the film "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" directed by Xu Ke was launched, with Andy Lau playing the male lead and she playing the female lead.
If Wang Shu is casting for a co-production now, her schedule will conflict with that of Sun Li, Zhou Xun, and Fan Binbin.
After being silent for a while, Li Binbin said angrily: "I thought it would be the end of the year at the earliest."
Like Zhou Xun and others, through inference, Wang Shu finished filming "Youth Pi" "Life of Fantasy", and then come up with the script for the co-production, it won't be until the end of the year at the earliest.
So they each accepted the drama, and the dramas were all finalized two or three months before the end of the year, which just happened to be a free schedule.
Who would have known that Wang Shu’s co-production would be put on the schedule in the middle of the year.
The plan failed to keep up with the change and caught them off guard.
Wang Shu heard what he said and followed this saying: "I really didn't plan to do it now, but Director Han couldn't wait and kept mentioning it. With the script, they started doing it."
He is good at throwing the blame. Since Han Sanping is here, he can just throw the blame to Han Sanping.
With Han Sanping's overjoyed personality, his blaming words were totally fine and very convincing.
As expected, when Li Binbin heard this, he thought that Wang Shu was forced by Han Sanping's pressure, and immediately attributed the resentment in his heart to Han Sanping, saying: "It's true, Director Han, China Film Group has so many projects, but still like this "Eager."
Wang Shuxin said, it's impossible not to be urgent.
Han Sanping, the head of China Film Group, only served for a few years. He was powerful when he was in office, but it was a different story after he left office.
If you are not anxious at this time, why not wait until the day lilies are cold?
Wang Shuxin said he was returning home, but he said: "Director Han is also for the development of our domestic commercial films."
"Getting more projects out will also promote the development of commercial films."
Li Binbin curled his lips when he heard this. Who in the circle didn't know that Wang Shu and Han Sanping had a close friendship. Wang Shu talking to Han Sanping at this moment further proved this.
She said in her heart that Wang Shu would speak to Han Sanping.
Privately, who doesn’t call Han Sanping a mountain eagle? !
Zuoshandiao is the nickname of the leader of the Northeastern gang.
In the domestic film and television industry of this era, Han Sanping is the well-deserved "big boss". As the top leader of China Film and Television, few people can compete with him.
At the end of this year, the movie "Three Guns" directed by Zhang Yimou was released.
Producer Zhang Weiping blasted the Huabiao Awards for being a mess, blaming China Film Group leader Han Sanping for being like a mountain eagle cultivating a personality.
Then he first said: "The General Administration and the Film Bureau vigorously support domestic films and attach great importance to the overall development of Chinese films."
Then he sprayed again: "But China Film has used its monopoly power in the film market to restrict and persecute domestic films."
The reporter asked him: "What do you mean by monopoly?"
Zhang Weiping replied: "The meaning is very clear. Domination by one company is a kind of monopoly."
"A few days ago I met a leader of the film bureau. He asked me why the Huabiao Award has invited you in the past two years. You didn’t come after many times? I said, the Huabiao Award has become a monopoly and a personality cult. Those who know it is the government’s highest award, but those who don’t know it think it is a hall of some company.”
< br>This statement is ironic. It expresses that the general public who do not know the inside story think that the Huabiao Award is the highest award of the government and is authoritative.
In fact, everyone in the industry knows that the Huabiao Award is a mess and has the authority of a chicken.
The reporter then asked: "You said China Film has a monopoly on the market, where is the specific manifestation?"
Zhang Weiping replied: "It doesn't pay a penny, but it can share the profits and take it. Benefits."
"China Film actually doesn't have many theaters, but its biggest right is to import, and it is well known that it uses the schedule of imported blockbusters to squeeze domestic films."
"You don't follow him. If you cooperate, he will release two imported blockbusters in this period to compete with you and let the dog bite you.”
"Three Guns chose to cooperate with China this time, so during the schedule, they were chased and blocked by two imported blockbusters, "2012" and "District 9", as well as some films with the participation of China Film."
"This kind of This approach is unethical. Domestic films are already in their growth stage and are still at a disadvantage when competing with American blockbusters. "2012" and "District 9" must have played a role in diverting audiences."
"He is. No one dares to mess with the banker. This kind of monopoly has restricted and persecuted the domestic film market, using domestic films to kill each other for profit. "
"Our private companies have no privileges, and we do not have any rights. Under the protection, it is difficult to make the film today.”
From the perspective of Zhang Weiping, a domestic film businessman, there is indeed nothing wrong with this statement.
It's just that it's different from the standpoint of China Film and a higher level.
Because imported films are introduced into the country, foreign producers’ share ratio is only 13%.
In other words, with imported blockbusters entering domestic theaters, it will not only stimulate the domestic commercial film market, but also make a lot of money and put pressure on domestic films.
From a higher-level perspective, if imported blockbusters do not enter the domestic market and disrupt the situation, domestic films will not be able to develop rapidly in a comfortable environment.
Only with external pressure can there be change.
Imported large pieces are equivalent to catfish.
In this era, the advantages of introducing foreign language blockbusters outweigh the disadvantages.
However, for domestic film businessmen, imported blockbusters squeeze out their room to make money.
The right way is to block people's way of making money and kill their parents.
However, if we have a good relationship with China Film Group, we can really avoid seeing imported blockbusters during the movie's release schedule.
Han Sanping asked him this question every time Wang Shu and China Film Co., Ltd. collaborated on a movie to set a schedule.
It’s just that Wang Shu is so proud that he doesn’t care about this.
It is precisely because of this that his movie box office results have blocked the mouths of many people.
When some of his films were released, they did not use China Film to remove imported films, but competed with imported blockbusters to achieve box office results.
This kind of box office performance has high gold content. There is no doubt about it!
Li Binbin sighed and answered: "I thought I would have the opportunity to audition for your co-production this time, and maybe I would be lucky enough to get a role, but I didn't expect that I missed it."
Those words , in fact, it is testing and hinting.
If you are a dog licker, you will definitely say "It's okay", "I've left a role for you", "Don't worry" and a bunch of dog licking words at this moment.
However, Wang Shu did not answer like this, but pretended to be confused and asked: "What do you mean?"
Li Binbin lamented: "I am now on the crew of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven". The filming just started last month, and there are still two or three months before the filming is completed."
""Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven"?" Wang The tree continued to pretend to be confused.
"Yeah." Li Binbin responded, thinking that Wang Shu had been busy with "Life of Pi" and didn't know the news, and then explained, "The movie produced by Huayi is produced by Xu Directed by Director Ke, Andy Lau plays the male lead, and I play the female lead. It also includes Hong Kong’s Carina Lau, etc.”
After hearing this, Wang Shu immediately said: “This is very good. Not only is it directed by a great director, but also the heroine. And a big shot like Liu Dehua plays the leading role."
"And Liu Jialing and so on."
"It looks like a big production at first glance."
Li Binbin was noncommittal after hearing this. "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" is indeed a top film resource for domestic entertainment.
However, compared to Wang Shu’s co-productions, it is still one step behind.
No matter how top-notch the resources of the drama "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire" are, it is still a domestic entertainment film.
Wang Shu’s co-production film starts with a global focus and targets film resources on the international stage.
If given the choice, Li Binbin, like Zhou Xun and others, would prefer to star in Wang Shu's co-production.
"It's indeed very good. If it weren't for Huayi, I wouldn't be able to star in a movie of this level." Li Binbin answered.
Wang Shu heard this and didn’t ask Hua Yi why she played the heroine instead of Zhou Xun, even though she had Zhou Xun.
He knew in his heart that Zhou Xun and Hua Yi were already close to each other, and Hua Yi had already given resources to Li Binbin.
Wait until next year, Zhou Xun’s contract with Huayi expires and will not be renewed.
In fact, from this point, we can also see the gap between Li Binbin and Zhou Xun.
Huayi will allocate resources to Li Binbin, so that Li Binbin can have the opportunity to star in movies with top resources such as "The King of Kung Fu" and "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven".
In comparison, even if Zhou Xun lost Huayi's resources, many crews still offered her drama dates.
This is because Zhou Xun’s face is recognized in the industry as photogenic and good-looking, and he also has acting skills.
She really enjoys this bowl of rice more than Li Binbin.
Regardless of Li Binbin's appearance or acting skills, if no one supports her behind her back, it will be difficult for her to become famous.
"Haha, Huayi is getting stronger and stronger now? Last year he made a movie called "The King of Kung Fu", and this year he made a movie called "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire"." Wang Shu said with a smile.
Li Binbin heard this and said: "It's far worse than Director Wang's One Tree Company."
"Director Wang's One Tree Company has produced many blockbusters one after another."
“Now, we are producing co-production films.”
Wang Shu said with a smile: "That's different. Yishu Company just follows China Film and other film companies to drink some soup, but Huayi eats meat."
"It seems to have produced a lot of movies. However, the revenue is actually not as good as that of Huayi."
Li Binbin didn't believe it at all when he heard this. If Yishu Company just drank some soup, then why could Wang Shu say anything when filming "Taipei Trip" last year? Give 5% of the share to Huayi?
But since Wang Shu didn't tell the truth, Li Binbin didn't expose it either. She said, "In that case, will Director Wang be interested in cooperating with Huayi in the future?"
After that, she continued. He added, "Other film companies cooperate with China Film because they are worried that they will be targeted if they do not cooperate with China Film."
"With Director Wang's strength, we don't have to worry about this."
"In this case, Director Wang can definitely cooperate with Huayi."
Wang Shu smiled when he heard this. laugh.
From Huayi’s point of view, or from Li Binbin’s point of view, there is no problem in saying so.
It’s just that Wang Shu’s Yishu company does not have the ability to issue issuance, so it is destined to cooperate with a company that has the ability to issue issuance.
In this case, it is better to cooperate with China Film than to cooperate with Huayi.
China Film Group is the boss after all, so cooperating with it saves time, effort and worry, and can save a lot of trouble.
For example, Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns", although it did not cooperate with China Film, it was not a cooperation with China.
Huaxia is also a state-owned enterprise. It was established by a number of state-owned enterprises such as China Radio, Television and Film, China Film, Shanghai Film, Western Film, and Changying Film, and is directly under the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
He said: "Are you a competent artist under Huayi? I have helped your boss negotiate cooperation."
"Haha, didn't I think that if Director Wang cooperated with Hua Yi, it would be easier for me to get the role~" Li Binbin knew that Wang Shu was teasing, so he said some probing words.
When Wang Shu heard this, he originally wanted to say that he would cooperate with China Film Group. Han Sanping basically did not interfere in the casting. It was up to him to decide who to play, but he swallowed the words when he came to his lips.
If he says this now, it is equivalent to confirming that he has absolute casting rights.
If word spreads, Sun Li, Zhou Xun, Mei Ting and others will know that they can come to him to seek his predetermined role.
When the time comes, will he refuse or agree?
At that time, several people have ideas at the same time. Even if they agree, who will they agree to?
Therefore, even if you have absolute casting rights, you cannot admit it.
Instead, he pretends that he has no absolute right to cast, so that there is room for pulling.
For example, this time, Wang Shu said that he needed to be responsible to China Film, Shanghai Film, and overseas film companies, which blocked the way for someone to approach him to seek direct pre-determined roles.
For example, actresses such as Sun Li, Zhou Xun, and Mei Ting came to the door. With their relationship, Wang Shu could not refuse.
But he said that these people did not want to embarrass him, nor did they want to stalemate the relationship between the two parties, so they would not directly ask for the role.
"Haha, what you said makes sense." Wang Shu smiled immediately.
The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.
Although Li Binbin didn't know whether Wang Shu would be like many great directors and couldn't tolerate the starring actors on the crew tampering with the scenes, she guessed that Wang Shu would most likely have such a temper.
After all, this kind of behavior brings down the director’s face, and any director with the right to speak would not tolerate it.
In order to avoid offending Wang Shu, Li Binbin gave up the idea of acting.
In comparison, Fan Binbin is much bigger.
She wants to play.
(End of this chapter)