Chapter 219 Honor and Righteousness
“Hello, Chairman Gu!”
Yang Ye shook hands with Gu Zhenfu, Chairman of China Film Group, warmly.
Gu Zhenfu agreed with one China and was one of the promoters of the 1992 Consensus. Yang Ye still respected this old man.
"Mr. Yang, I have admired you for a long time. Your Chinese Kung Fu is famous overseas, which is the pride of us Chinese!"
"Thank you for your praise, just call me Aye!"
Yang Ye humbly shook hands with Ding Shanxi who came with him, and then the group took their seats.
Ding Shanxi smiled and said: "Qingxia, you still came out, I thought you were going to retire too!"
Lin Qingxia said: "Director Ding was joking, I just went Vacationing overseas. I’m so sorry that I missed the promotion of the movie!”
Some time ago, "Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers" was released. As the heroine, Ding Shanxi certainly hoped that she could show up to promote it, but she couldn't find anyone.
Ding Shanxi said: "Fortunately, our box office is pretty good!"
"Blood and Yellow Flowers" received a box office of NT$14.5 million, which made Ding Shanxi very satisfied.
After everyone chatted for a while, Yang Ye said straight to the point: "Two years ago, I was filming "Swordsman" in Nantou County. I lived in the nearby Renai Village and visited the local Mona· Ludao Anti-Japanese Monument, I learned about the Wushe Uprising in 1930 when Taiwanese aborigines fought against the Japanese invaders, and I was deeply moved. So I started to collect information and wanted to adapt this hero's deeds into a movie.
In the past two years, I have hired several Seediq descendants living in the city to go deep into the mountains to interview those who experienced the Wushe Uprising fifty years ago. Every time I come to Taiwan, I visit Ren'ai Village. I asked old people for advice and collected a lot of first-hand information. After sorting and adapting it, I finally wrote it into a movie script.
In my conception, I positioned it as an epic war blockbuster. This is the most ambitious movie we have shot since our debut. Not only will we be filming in the Taroko Grand Canyon, we will also use a large number of aircraft and cannons, and may involve tens of thousands of people!
This scale of shooting is beyond my personal capabilities. So I visited Chairman Gu this time in the hope of cooperating with China Film Group to shoot this movie. I will star in it myself and use my personal influence to promote the film's global distribution. Show the Taiwanese people's spirit of resisting aggression to the world! "
After Yang Ye said these words, together with Lin Qingxia and Hu Yinmeng, he took out the collected information and the written movie script, stacked them thickly, and set up half a table. !
Gu Zhenfu was stunned!
How dare Yang Ye think about it!
However, Yang Ye is already the most successful in the Chinese world. As a director, he is really the only one who can do this. Others don’t have such great appeal.
Looking at the piles of information on the table, it is obvious that Yang Ye is not joking, he has really worked hard!
The movie Yang Ye is going to make is the largest production in Taiwanese film history: "Sediq Bale"!
Sediq Bale is a transliteration of the word, which means: a real person!
This movie tells a true historical event: the Wushe Uprising!
In 1895, the Qing government failed in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 and was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was humiliating and humiliating to the country. One of the items in the treaty was to cede Taiwan and its affiliated islands to Japan.
When the Japanese entered the peaceful and peaceful island of Taiwan, what was once a paradise instantly turned into a hell as they burned, killed, and looted.
The Seediq people, one of the aboriginal people of Taiwan, lived a life of licking dogs under the trampling and rule of the Japanese.
A strong man becomes the strongest labor force, and a kind woman becomes the most undignified servant.
Excellent children will be beaten violently because of their excellence. Simple tribesmen were beaten severely because of their enthusiasm.
Even if they live cautiously, they still cannot appreciate the slightest bit of civilization in the mouths of the Japanese.
Therefore, the forbearing Seediq no longer forbears.
For the sake of totem and faith, they decided to live to death and launch a desperate counterattack against the Japanese!
With their hunting knives and native guns, they were no match for the modern Japanese army. In the end... they all died in battle!
"Sediq Bale" took 12 years from project establishment to release, costing NT$700 million, most of which came from director Wei Desheng through begging.
Because the production scale is too large and there is no overseas market for Taiwanese films, it is impossible to recover the cost, so no film company dares to invest.
It wasn't until his film "Cape No. 7" broke Taiwan's box office record that he was able to get some investment.
Then he begged for help everywhere. Milk Cha Lun provided 40 million, Yan Chengxu provided 10 million, and nearly 200 stars in the Taiwan entertainment industry generously donated their money, so he could barely finish the film.
In the end, although it grossed NT$880 million at the box office in Taiwan, the film still lost nearly NT$200 million due to the high investment.
But it is definitely a wonderful war movie. It has a score of 8.9 on Douban, far ahead of other Chinese-language war movies.
There are many reasons for box office failure, such as the strange title of the film, which makes people have no desire to watch it.
And because of the director's obsession, all aboriginal actors were used as leading actors, and none of the stars were able to carry the box office.
The only one whose name is recognizable, Hsu Joo-hsuan, played a minor role. He did not receive any pay, but only brought money to join the group. He just asked for it. Yang Ye is not a native of Taiwan, so he has no such obsession. He didn't plan to use a weird title like "Sediq Bale", but directly used the simple and clear "Wushe Uprising"!
He also plans to star in the movie himself and use an all-star cast. Coupled with the overseas influence brought by his action movie starring, as long as the movie is completed, the possibility of losing money is very small.
Moreover, his move from the field of action films to the field of war films not only broadens the subject matter, but such high-quality films will also bring him great reputation.
Of course, another purpose is to get China Film into the car and get himself an amulet!
I definitely want to go to the mainland to film, and Yang Ye can’t wait. But in order to avoid being banned, he had to get himself some extra insurance.
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Gu Zhenfu looked at the dense information that Yang Ye brought out and said with emotion: "Xiao Yang, no wonder you can achieve such great achievements in the film field. It's really impressive. "I admire you!"
Ding Shanxi was looking through Yang Ye's script, and after looking at the previous paragraph, he frowned and said, "Mr. Yang, the beginning of your script talks about the Seediqs being headhunted!" …”
Yang Ye smiled and said: "The behaviors of hunting and headhunting are very barbaric. Not great enough, right?"
Ding Shanxi nodded and said: "That's true!"
Yang Ye said: "But they This is the custom, and I didn't make any rumors. I made this movie to illustrate a concept. Even if I am a barbarian, it is not a reason for you to invade me. Then I will fight you to the end. . This is a universal truth, and only in this way can we bring this movie to the world."
Ding Shanxi understood and sighed: "No wonder your movie is so popular overseas. Compared with you, I am narrow-minded."
Yang Ye said: "That's not the case. The movies you made actually express patriotic feelings better. However, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same, and foreigners have different opinions. The war between China and Japan is actually not interesting. I changed the theme of the movie to be between people, rather than between countries, so that more people can relate to it.
This is equivalent to changing a way to let the world understand this war! Moreover, if "Wushe Uprising" is to be successfully shot, it may be the most expensive Chinese-language film in history. Without overseas markets, it will not be able to recover its costs. ”
Gu Zhenfu highly recognized Yang Ye’s achievements in movies. He spent two years preparing to meet him again and presented so much information, which shows his sincerity. In terms of the concept of the movie , also expressed extraordinary insights.
It is a good political achievement for him to make a film about the aborigines' resistance against Japan.
And Yang Ye's film. It hasn’t failed yet. If you follow me, you can make a lot of money for China Film Company. Why not?
Gu Zhenfu asked: "How are you going to cooperate? ”
Yang Ye said: "Co-investment, copyright sharing. Baiyang Company is responsible for overseas distribution, and China Film Company provides all conveniences for the filming of the film."
Gu Zhenfu gave a thumbs up: "It's refreshing!"
Then he asked: "According to your estimate, how much investment will be made in this movie?"
Yang Ye said: "About NT$200 million!"
Gu Zhenfu took a breath Liangqi, the investment in Taiwanese movies is usually only a few million Taiwan dollars, and a large-scale production costing tens of millions of dollars, this guy asked for 200 million Taiwan dollars!
However, according to Yang Ye's description, the number of moving people may reach 10,000, so... 200 million is really not much.
Yang Ye said again: "If we can bring the second young master in, maybe we won't need so much money."
This sentence is Yang Ye's truest purpose.
Let the second young master get on the bus, and then it will be almost impossible to block him!
Yang Ye said: "If the second young master can also participate, and we are filming an anti-Japanese blockbuster and have a righteous cause, then many resources can be tried for free!"
"For example, we can choose the well-known actors in Taiwan at will without paying a penny."
Yang Ye used the routine of the three major industries in mainland China in later generations. Famous actors can be chosen at will without paying a penny. Yes, everyone is still rushing to act, and all the money earned in the end goes into the pockets of China Film Group Corporation. It’s so cool!
Gu Zhenfu is convinced, Yang Ye’s trick is really good!
As for sharing the profit with the second young master, that doesn’t matter. He is worried that he will not have the chance to curry favor with the second young master!
Gu Zhenfu said happily: "Okay, I'll contact the second young master!"
(End of this chapter)