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Chapter 305 Investing in "Journey to the West" ([-] daily updates, please subscribe~)

"I can't decide this matter!" Qian Wenjie said bluntly.

Wu Jianye was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile, "Aunt Qian, wasn't "Dream of Red Mansions" quite easy before?"

Qian Wenjie said helplessly on the phone: "The investment in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not your court culture, but Xiangjiang's Fengge Entertainment."

I didn't say anything later, but Wu Jianye also knew that the sale to Fengge Entertainment was because CCTV thanked Fengge Entertainment for taking care of the country. After all, the people who went to Xiangjiang to study in China in the past two years were all entertained by Fengge Entertainment. Song Entertainment has long been registered with the Ministry of Culture, and it is impossible for CCTV to be too stuck on this matter, and Fengge Entertainment is an entertainment company in Xiangjiang. It can be regarded as indirectly expanding the influence of CCTV overseas.

"Then what if it's funded by Fengge Entertainment?"

Wu Jianye didn't want to give up the TV series "Journey to the West", so he saw if he could settle for the next best thing.

"Actually, there are some things you don't understand. The most important thing here is not the company's investment, but the people. Yang Jie's character is too strong, so it will inevitably offend some people. These people don't want "Journey to the West" to finish filming. of!"

If it was someone else, Qian Wenjie would definitely not say these things, but Wu Jianye is different. The family relationship is getting closer, Qian Wenjie naturally doesn't want Wu Jianye to get involved in this kind of thing.

Wu Jianye didn't say anything about "Journey to the West", which everyone likes, such a classic should not be buried. After all, in the political struggle, these will not be the reasons to change their minds.

"Then if I must invest in this TV series, who should I turn to?"

Investing in "Journey to the West" is bound to offend some CCTV leaders, but in Wu Jianye's view, compared with "Journey to the West" being able to finish filming, it is still feasible.

Now Wu Jianye no longer needs to be as cautious as when he was just reborn. He already has his own capital and can wrestle with some people. Besides, that is just a part of the leadership of CCTV, not the entire CCTV. Don't worry about the follow-up effects.

"If you have to do this, please contact Teacher Situ of your college, he appreciates you very much!" Qian Wenjie pointed out a bright way for Wu Jianye.

Teacher Situ's father, when he retired, held a high position in domestic culture, next to the C position.

Because of the success of "Raise the Red Lantern" and "The Last Emperor" which is currently being prepared, Wu Jianye already has some right to speak in the hearts of these big shots. It is also very appreciated.

However, it is obviously not possible to directly go to the big leader for this matter, but it is a good choice to go to his father through Teacher Situ.Although Teacher Situ's father has retired, he still has a huge influence in the cultural field.

Then Wu Jianye called Teacher Situ again.

"Xiao Wu, investing in "Journey to the West" is a lot of money, and you have to buy the copyright of "Journey to the West". This is not a small amount of money!"

After listening to Wu Jianye's narration, Teacher Situ said with some worry.

"Mr. Situ, money is not a problem. I watched the first few episodes of the TV series "Journey to the West". It is indeed a rare masterpiece. You don't want such a classic to be delayed because of money." right?"

It is not necessary to tell Qian Wenjie how classic "Journey to the West" is, but to tell Mr. Situ how well-produced and classic this TV series is.

Teacher Situ thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll ask about this matter first, just wait for my call!"

"Then I will trouble you, teacher!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

"You boy, if you make a few more excellent movies, that's the best way to thank me!" Teacher Situ cursed with a smile, and hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Jianye smiled and said to Li Chengru: "Wait a minute, I think there will be an answer in a while!"

Now Li Chengru still has long hair over the ear, which is a bit like Chen Haonan's hairstyle. When he nods his head, his hair will also flow. It's just that he didn't keep this hairstyle on purpose, but because the filming tasks of the crew were too heavy. There is no time for a haircut at all, so it is only a bit similar to Chen Haonan's hairstyle, but it looks much rougher.

At this time, Li Chengru was also very surprised. He didn't expect Wu Jianye to have such great energy now that he could directly connect the relationship with the Ministry of Culture.

"It would be great if it can be successful, Director Wu, you don't know, everyone's affection for this TV series is too deep. When they heard the news that the budget was not enough a year ago, everyone was dumbfounded, but none of us Give up, they are all talking about helping the crew raise funds."

Thinking of the scene years ago, Li Chengru sighed again.

About 40 minutes later, the phone rang.

"The higher-ups have agreed that your Tangting Culture will invest in Journey to the West!" Teacher Situ said directly.

This made Wu Jianye both happy and curious. He originally thought that he would use the name of Xiangjiang Fengge Entertainment in the end, but he didn't expect that the upper management directly agreed to invest in and acquire the copyright of "Journey to the West" in the name of Tangting Culture.

But then Mr. Situ explained the reason to Wu Jianye. It turned out that as the first private cultural company in China, the establishment of Tangting Culture received the attention of the upper management at that time. After all, there was no such example in China before, and the upper management also I want to know what kind of results can be achieved by such a model.

It can be said that the upper echelon is now preparing to use Tangting Culture as an experimental base.

They want to see how far the private company can go. Of course, this is also related to Tangting Culture being Wu Jianye's company.

"However, don't be too happy. Although the higher authorities agreed to your request, it is not as simple as CCTV's sale of the copyright of "Journey to the West" to you. CCTV has invested 300 million before. It must be returned to CCTV, and at the same time, regarding the copyright fee of "Journey to the West", CCTV also proposed a sky-high price of 150 million!"

This price has already created the highest record for CCTV's sale of TV drama copyrights, and even exceeded it by many times.

CCTV naturally knows the follow-up cost of "Journey to the West", at least 300 million. That is to say, if Wu Jianye's dignified culture really wants to win "Journey to the West", it will cost at least more than 700 million yuan. They don't think Wu Jianye was able to spend so much money, and finally hoped that Wu Jianye would be able to retreat in spite of the difficulties.

"Okay, there's no problem with the price. How about it, I'll call Tangting Culture now and ask them to take the contract to sign a contract with CCTV!"

CCTV thought the price was too high, but in Wu Jianye's view, it was about the same as the price of a street stall, and he made a lot of money.
Situ was also taken aback on the other end of the phone. He didn't expect Wu Jianye to be so happy. This is several million, isn't it a few hundred?
At the same time, he was also curious, where did Wu Jianye get so much money.

"Xiao Wu, the funds of Tangting Culture."

"Teacher Situ, don't worry, the source of every fund of Tangting Culture is well-documented!" Wu Jianye, the natural way, Situ was worried about something.

"That's good!" Situ didn't ask where the money came from, as long as Wu Jianye said it.

Although Li Chengru next to Wu Jianye couldn't hear the voice on the other end of the phone, he knew that the matter was over after hearing Wu Jianye's words.

So when Wu Jianye put down the phone, he looked at Wu Jianye excitedly: "It's done?"

Wu Jianye let out a long breath and said with a smile, "It's done!"

Li Chengru clapped his hands and shouted happily: "That's great!"

During this period of time, the crew of "Journey to the West" was worried about money!

When Wu Jianye and Li Chengru returned to the set, the entire set looked at them nervously.

"It's done!" Li Chengru cheered, raising his arms high.

After hearing this sentence, the entire production crew cheered immediately.

Director Yang excitedly held Wu Jianye's hands, "Thank you, thank you so much!"

"In the future, this TV series will be entrusted to director Yang. I hope that director Yang will not forget his original intention and make the best "Journey to the West"." Wu Jianye also said with a smile.

Being able to win "Journey to the West" made Wu Jianye happier than investing in "Dream of Red Mansions". Although "Dream of Red Mansions" is also very classic, "Journey to the West" is one of the most replayed TV series in China, and its influence is unparalleled .

And most importantly, everyone present, except him, knew that this TV series also caused a huge sensation overseas.

"Then Director Wu, how much are you going to invest?" Yang Jie looked at Wu Jianye with excitement and hope.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "There is no ceiling, as long as Director Yang thinks it needs to be spent, I will sign the check here, not only to ensure the quality of this TV series, but also to ensure everyone's logistics, at least in terms of food, clothing and housing." Let’s go, raise everyone’s level.”

This is Yang Jie, Wu Jianye has great trust in her.

Let’s talk about the printing of brochures. At that time, Director Yang asked for 800 US dollars from the director of the office, only to find out that he hadn’t spent all of it. There was [-] US dollars left, and Director Yang returned it to the center at that time.

From this point, you can see Director Yang's character.

Yang Jie's body trembled with excitement: "Really!"

"Really, I'll allocate 300 million yuan to the crew right now. If it's not enough, you can call my company directly, and I'll ask them to send it over when the time comes!" Wu Jianye said.

"Okay, okay, great!" Yang Jie let out a long breath, then turned around and left without saying anything.

Someone wanted to stop Yang Jie, but was stopped by Li Chengru.

"Let Director Yang rest for a while, she has had too many grievances in the past few years, let her go back and have a good rest!"

From the very beginning of preparing for "Journey to the West", Yang Jie put almost all her thoughts on "Journey to the West". With the behind-the-scenes staff of the crew, she almost traveled all over China in order to find suitable filming "Journey to the West". ", some people on CCTV even said that Director Yang spent the crew's money to travel.

But I don't know how much director Yang has suffered. After climbing the snow mountain behind the scenes in the winter, they finally found a place to rest, but the whole body was already drenched in snow.

When looking for the shooting location, the crew had a car, but the car was not a good car. It was snowing in winter, and the windows could not be rolled up at all. Whoever said they enjoyed it, they should really let them try it themselves.

When shooting at the same time, I was also under tremendous pressure.

Take "Dream of Red Mansions" as a comparison. "Dream of Red Mansions" is almost the favorite of the leaders from the start of filming to the start of filming. Leaders often visit and express condolences. Although funds are also tight, the leaders also help find solutions. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is treated like a son.

And "Journey to the West" became the stepmother's
Now that these problems have finally been solved, Director Yang's mind finally relaxes.

As for the sixth teacher of later generations who often attribute the success of "Journey to the West" to his own name, this is really speechless.
But Teacher Six is ​​still a child now, and he doesn't have so many ideas, but this child is a bit pampered.

When he first joined the film crew, Teacher Liu's father came to take care of Teacher Liu's daily life. At this time, Teacher Liu was already in his 20s.
At night, Director Yang returned to the crew refreshed.

I would like to thank Wu Jianye again.

In the evening, Wu Jianye, as a new investor, invited the entire crew to dinner.

In fact, Wu Jianye already knew many behind-the-scenes of the crew when he went to Xiangjiang.

Most of them still know the actors who played the three apprentices of Tang Seng. As for the actors who played Tang Seng, they have gone now
The story of the Buddhist scriptures in the Western Paradise was originally about the story of the monk Tang persevering in seeking the scriptures of the West. The three apprentices often quarreled and separated, but the reality is that the monk Tang changed three of his apprentices, but none of the three apprentices changed.

The sixth teacher, the big apprentice, naturally needs no introduction.

Mr. Six's family can be regarded as a family of Monkey King, and his father is now called "Southern Monkey King"!
A few years ago, the Shao drama "Three Fighting Bones" was starred by Teacher Liu's father.

In fact, Director Yang’s original idea was to look for Sun Wukong actors among young martial arts actors, but martial arts actors’ performances are weak, so Director Yang thought of opera actors instead.

Director Yang first chose Dong Zhihua, a student of the Experimental Peking Opera Troupe of Huaxia Opera School, but Dong Zhihua was the main actor of the troupe, was paid well and could go abroad, so he rejected Director Yang.

Later, Director Yang found Teacher Liu's father through someone's introduction. Teacher Six's father also had his own apprentice, but the apprentice never had a son. With the strong recommendation of Teacher Six, Director Yang finally chose Teacher Six. Of course, if Liu If the teacher's elder brother is here, it will not be Teacher Six's turn.

When joining the crew, Mr. Six also concealed his 700-degree myopia
Then Teacher Six recommended his elder brother's son Xiao Qilingtong to play Zhu Bajie. This is also a family of Zhu Bajie.
But then Xiao Qilingtong didn't catch Yang's eyes.

Originally, Director Yang was going to look for Zhu Bajie’s candidate among opera actors. At first, he fell in love with Sun Guiyuan, an actor from the Huaxia Peking Opera Theater. However, Sun Guiyuan’s problem is the same as Dong Zhihua’s. The theater won't let people go.

Later, Director Yang chose Ma Dehua, a clown from the Kunqu Opera Theater!
As for Sha Wujing's actor, it wasn't all smooth sailing. The first person to be cast was a martial arts student, but his performance was not up to standard. Later, Dong Xingjie recommended Yan Huaili to Director Yang.

Only then did the three apprentices gather together.
"Then Director Yang, is there a suitable candidate for Tang Monk?"

Yang Jie looked at Wu Jianye and smiled meaningfully: "There is one!"

(End of this chapter)