The plan discussed by representatives of the four companies will eventually have to be confirmed by their respective headquarters, and there are still some details that need to be discussed later.
For Yang Ye, the most important thing is the admission ticket, everything else is a small problem.
Yang Ye and Lin Baocheng discussed it. After sending Lin Baocheng away, it was almost noon, and another wave of people came looking for them.
They are "Red Sorghum" producer Wen Jun, director Zhang Yimou, photographer Gu Changwei, screenwriter Mo Yan, starring Jiang Wen, Gong Li, Ji Chunhua, and a financial manager.
Wen Jun has admired Yang Ye very much since he was a student. Influenced by this, he decided to join the film industry as an adult.
When filming "Pretty Girl" in 1982, Wen Jun was appreciated by Yang Ye as a screenwriter, and soon became the gold medal producer of Bai Yang Company.
Wen Jun, after watching "Furong Town" and "Red Sorghum" in the original time and space, he admired Jiang Wen very much and took the initiative to go to the mainland to invite Jiang Wen to film in Hong Kong.
Later, when Jiang Wen was filming "Sunny Days" and had no money, Liu Xiaoqing went to Hong Kong to find Wen Juanla for investment. Wenjun heard that Jiang Wen was the director, so he decisively invested US$1 million.
Later Wenjun often cooperated with the mainland and participated in many movies, such as "My Brothers and Sisters", "My Beautiful Nostalgia", etc.
This guy is also very pro-Mainland. One year at the Academy Awards, all the winners were Hong Kong people. He was unhappy and said that this was very exclusive and very "little Hong Kong". He also said that the awarding mechanism was not good enough. fair.
In view of this, Yang Ye directly assigned Wen Jun to the position of producer of "Red Sorghum".
Gu Changwei and Zhang Yimou are classmates at Beijing Film Academy, both majoring in photography.
After graduation, Gu Changwei was assigned to Xi Film Studio. This time Baiyang Company cooperated with Xi Film Studio, and he naturally became the photographer of "Red Sorghum".
Mo Yan has been famous for less than two years and is still a newcomer in the literary world. His personality is just like his pen name, he doesn't like to talk.
Due to his outstanding performance in "Furong Town", Jiang Wen is now a famous mainland actor. The crew of "Red Sorghum" directly selected him as the male lead.
Yang Ye originally planned to personally select Gong Li to play Jiu'er after coming to the capital, but he was delayed by something in Tokyo. When he came to the capital, the candidate had already been decided.
The crew of "Red Sorghum" went through a difficult process of searching for Jiu'er, looking for several candidates. Shi Ke and Gong Li, both of whom were in the drama, were both candidates.
The crew tried on the looks of Gong Li and Shi Ke respectively, and found that they felt different. Later, they filmed two sketches with them, and still felt that Gong Li was more suitable, and she was the one.
As for Ji Chunhua, although he did not play the vulture in "Shaolin Temple" in this time and space, he practiced martial arts since he was a child, and later became an actor and played many villains.
This time the bandit leader in "Red Sorghum" plays the role of Tu Sanpao. When Wen Jun, Zhang Yimou and others put it together, he is the only one, and there is no second thought at all.
Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing were already familiar with each other when they filmed "Furong Town" together. When they saw Liu Xiaoqing sitting very obediently next to Yang Ye, he was stunned for a moment.
But this woman’s social circle is famously wide, so it’s not surprising to meet a Hong Kong guy.
Yang Ye met many of these people for the first time, so he shook hands with them one by one enthusiastically.
When shaking hands with Jiang Wen, the guy said: "Mr. Yang, I have met you before."
Yang Ye thought for a while and said: "It was at the Beijing Film Academy. I will give it to you. That time when we played "Terminator"? You asked me."
Jiang Wen was greatly impressed and said: "Your memory is really amazing."
At that time, Jiang Wen was a little person, and Yang Ye was a big shot. It was normal for Jiang Wen to remember Yang Ye, but Yang Ye remembered Jiang Wen. This is A bit awesome.
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Because you entered the auditorium late and seemed to be injured at the time, I was more impressed. Were you a student of Beijing Film Academy at the time?"
Jiang Wendao : "I am not a student of Beijing Film Academy, but a student of China National Theater Academy. But I had just passed the exam at that time and had not yet entered school. Uncle Qin, the concierge of Beijing Film Academy, wouldn't let me in, so I climbed over the wall to get in."
"I see, then we are destined to be together. Please sit down, I'll treat you all to a casual meal."
It is said that it is a casual meal, but the price of Maxim Restaurant is even expensive for Hong Kong people. The price of a bottle of red wine is not enough for Gu Changwei, Jiang Wen and others to earn a year's salary.
Gu Changwei looked at the red liquid in the cup and was a little afraid to drink it. Is it made of gold?
Zhang Yimou has been filming with Yang Ye all over the world. What hasn’t he tried? I have played with many Asian witches and North American sluts, so I have seen the world.
He shook the red wine glass skillfully and whispered to Gu Changwei: "Eat when you should, drink when you should, don't worry, it's nothing."
In fact, although Zhang Yimou later Although he has developed a lot, he still likes to eat fried noodles and pickles.
Gong Li was still a student. When she followed everyone into this splendid restaurant, she felt a little scared. However, this woman had a very strong heart and quickly calmed down.
While eating, she focused on Liu Xiaoqing and ate whatever he wanted without panicking.
French food, we ate and ate, and naturally we talked while eating. Everyone here was a filmmaker, so the topic of conversation was naturally related to movies.
The most popular movie released abroad recently is "Terminator 2". Yang Ye and Zhang Yimou are both the main creators of this movie, so the two of them blew rainbow farts at each other.
Zhang Yimou praised Boss Yang's various shooting techniques, which were full of whimsical ideas and miraculous. Although everyone has not seen this movie, they all look confused.
Yang Ye also boasted about Zhang Yimou's photography skills: "We wanted to shoot night scenes. An ordinary photographer would probably use black, but Mouzi was different. He used blue and green, which is very clever."< br>
“Mouzi even inspired Hollywood photographer Storaro. This guy is the photographer of the great director Bertolucci. I watched the pornographic film of “The Last Emperor” and found that Mouzi was in it. Photography style. By the way, do you know each other?"
Zhang Yimou said modestly: "When Storaro came to China, he had an exchange with our 78-level photographer from the Beijing Film Academy. Chang Wei and I were both present. "
In that exchange, Storaro absorbed Zhang Yimou's unique photography style of "neither completely aesthetic light nor completely documentary light" and applied it to the shooting of "The Last Emperor" middle.
After "The Last Emperor" was released, Taiwanese photographer Li Pingbin (Best Cinematography at the Seventh Golden Horse Award) burst into tears after watching the movie. He said: "A photographer can take the history of China, China I have completely understood the culture, and I may not be able to produce such excellent works.”
Li Pingbin did not know at the time that Storaro had learned from Zhang Yimou. Later, "The Last Emperor" successfully won the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
After finishing the main course, Yang Ye asked Zhang Yimou and Wen Jun: "How is the preparation for "Red Sorghum" going?"
The two looked at each other, and Wen Jun said: "Script, The costumes, props, cast and crew, and filming locations have all been prepared. We are planning to shoot in Mo Yan’s hometown of Gaomi, Shandong, and Zhenbeibao, Ningxia.”
Why did it happen? For a story set in Shandong, would they go to a remote desert like Ningxia to shoot the scene?
In the 1960s, the writer Zhang Xianliang was sent to Ningxia to work. He was shocked when he saw the two ancient castles there. They were simple, primitive, rough and desolate.
After the turmoil ended, Zhang Xianliang included these two castles in his novel, and specifically pointed out that this place was particularly suitable for filming movies.
Later, Xie Jin adapted Zhang Xianliang's novel, followed Zhang Xianliang's suggestion, and went to Zhenbeibao for filming, and made "The Wrangler" which shocked the whole country.
That place was so unique, so the crew of "Red Sorghum" followed it to Zhenbeibao.
Zhenbeibao later built a film and television city, and many classic movies were filmed, such as "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Westward Journey" and so on.
Yang Ye nodded and suddenly thought of a question: "Can the sorghum you grow make wine? Can it still be shot?"
Zhang Yimou said with a smile: "We were working on the script before, and we started planting it only after we finished it. We are planting autumn sorghum. It's less than a month old, so we don't delay the filming."
"Then let's start as soon as possible! Well, This Miss Gong Li is not very old, she is still a student, right?"
Zhang Yimou said: "Yes, she is a sophomore in the Department of Acting, Xiaoli, give Yang a drink!" Gong Li stood up quickly, Holding the wine glass with both hands, he said shyly: "Mr. Yang, I respect you! I have seen all of your movies, they are very good!"
Yang Ye clinked glasses with her, He smiled and said: "There is one you must not have seen."
"Ah, which one?" Gong Li was a little surprised. Yang Ye didn't have many movies. Because they were so popular, she had watched every one several times. How could there be some that she hadn't seen yet.
"It's just "Terminator 2" which has not been released in China yet."
As soon as these words came out, everyone at the table turned into admiration and laughed.
Only then did Gong Li realize that she had been teased by Yang Ye, and couldn't help but grin, revealing two pointed little tiger teeth.
Yang Yexin said, it looks so much like Baihui, so damn similar.
Especially the current Gong Li's figure is still relatively slender, not as broad and round as her later generations, but more like her.
Gong Li said with some regret: "I heard it will be released soon, but we are going to Gaomi to film, so I wonder if we can see it as soon as possible."
Yang Ye said with a smile: "I want to see it. It’s easy to get there. I’ll be giving a lecture at China National Theater in two days, and I’ll take "Terminator 2" to the screening. You can just go and watch it then."
"Really? Look!" Gong Li said quickly.
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Next, Yang Ye participated in two symposiums under the arrangement of the Filmmakers Association.
Mainland filmmakers recently watched "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Terminator 2" filmed in Hong Kong.
Be amazed by the incredible film technology shown in the movie.
These two movies have caused a sensation in Japan, South Korea, and throughout Southeast Asia.
Now that Yang Ye himself appeared, they were naturally very interested and kept asking questions. Yang Ye also told everything he knew.
Today's mainland films, although with the rise of the fifth generation of directors, have also won several minor awards abroad.
But it is completely different from Hong Kong movies that swept overseas, grossed box office, and set off a wave of cultural trends.
Who wouldn’t envy it?
However, domestic functional departments are actually very conservative, and often do bad things for their own benefit.
For example, in the early 1990s, there was a boom in co-productions between Hong Kong and the Mainland.
At that time, the agreement discussed by Wu Siyuan and Tian Chongming was that movies co-produced by Hong Kong and mainland China could share the box office in major mainland cities.
After two years of work, the mainland found that in big cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing, co-production films accounted for 70% of the box office, and Guangzhou and Shenzhen were even less interested.
People would rather watch "New Dragon Inn" ten times than take a look at those things shot in mainland China.
So... the co-production was stopped.
This is a shameless thing... If no one sees the films you make, just close the door.
Typical and can’t afford it!
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In fact, there has been this trend in the past two years. Baiyang's movies are so popular that local movies are unable to fight back.
Many people would rather watch Yang Ye's movies over and over again than watch those films shot in the mainland.
Yang Ye has naturally become a thorn in the eyes of many people. Some people can no longer afford to play and are shouting to stop.
But Yang Ye's backstage was too big, and it was useless for them to call.
Moreover, Yang Ye will not take away any of the money he earned in the mainland.
Not only do you pay taxes in accordance with the law, but you also invest part of the money you receive and donate part of it.
At this time, in order to suppress this discordant voice, Yang Ye once again added: "If you want to understand Hong Kong's film technology, it is actually not difficult.
Our Baiyang Company can cooperate with the mainland movie studios, using the latest technology to jointly shoot a large-scale movie
This alliance is an in-depth one. It is not like before, where mainland studios only co-produce.
Mainland film studios can invest, and we will directly activate mainland film talents, including leading actors.
After the filming of the film is completed, our Baiyang Company will distribute it overseas and the profits will be equally divided. "
Wang Yang said: "Isn't it the same as director Li Hanxiang filming "The Legend of Cixi"? ”
In 1982, Li Hanxiang established New Kunlun Film Company with the funding of He Xin, investing 60 million Hong Kong dollars to prepare for the filming of "The Legend of Cixi".
The plan is divided into five parts: burning the Old Summer Palace, listening to politics behind the curtain, Tongzhi ZTE, reform and reform, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
The filming of this film received strong support from dozens of relevant departments and units in the mainland, but in the end only two films were produced, "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Government Behind the Curtain", and then the film was discontinued.
Because this movie is too rich in drama and contains too much unofficial history, the leaders don’t like it.
Although the box office was good, the investment was too high and it didn’t make much money.
For that shooting, the mainland not only provided people, but also paid for it.
Yang Ye shook his head and said: "It's different. Director Li Hanxiang comes to the mainland to film. In fact, the mainland mainly plays a supporting role, and I am a real co-production, allowing mainland film talents to participate in depth. Moreover, Li Hanxiang is An old director, his shooting techniques are relatively traditional. We use the latest techniques and the most advanced technology to create magnificent movie scenes."
This aroused everyone's interest. Wang Yang said: "Are you going to make a movie like "Terminator 2"?"
Yang Ye shook his head again and said: "If the mainland is the background of the story, I can't think of a good science fiction story for the time being. I want to make...war movies."
"War movies?"
"Yes, although I make more action movies, I really like the subject of war movies. I have made them before. "Wushe Uprising". Recently, they are also co-production with the Soviet Union of a World War II-themed "At the Gate", starring Irina Alfarova."
New China was deeply influenced by the Soviet Union. These old guys here all learned Russian when they were young. When they heard that Yang Ye was going to film a movie with the Russian goddess Irina, they all thought they were awesome.
“Then what content are you planning to shoot for this war film?”
“Our Baiyang Company previously filmed a film called “Plan A” starring Chen Long, which was very popular overseas. Popular. That movie was actually adapted from "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom". I'm sorry to say that it was filmed without warning and violated the copyright. I would like to apologize to Mr. Qu Bo, the author of "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", and pay double the copyright. We will pay for it and remake "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom"! "
"Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is one of the eight model dramas. It is really surprising that Yang Ye wants to film such a popular and professional subject! Startled.
At the same time, everyone is also very curious, if a Hong Kong person like Yang Ye shoots a red theme, what will he look like? (End of chapter)