China Entertainment’s Born Protagonist

Chapter 348 Han Sanpin’s invitation

Everyone on the crew was packing their things. The plane was scheduled to take off at 9pm. We all slept on the plane and landed at the Sanya airport at around 2pm Beijing time.

Zhang Nanyi did not pack things with the crew. Seeing that he still had plenty of time, he planned to go to the city to purchase some gifts.

When I fly south, I always bring some gifts back to my confidante.

Especially the three very sweet people, you should buy more gifts.

According to the agreement Zhang Nanyi made with his three daughters, June 6th and 7th every year are Zhang Nanyi's "care days".

During these two days, Zhang Nanyi has to take care of the three daughters like a father.

But I happened to be on the set on June 6th and 7th this year, so the care day could only be ignored.

Although Liu Yifei and the other three were very sensible and didn't say anything, they definitely still felt a little regretful.

Zhang Nanyi planned to buy them more gifts to make up for it.

In Nanfei, the most distinctive ones are diamonds, gold, and various Feizhou wood carvings and custom ornaments.

Zhang Nanyi took his bodyguard and bought a lot of things. He returned to the hotel around 6 p.m. and followed the crew's bus to the airport.

Because it was a chartered flight by the crew, all procedures went smoothly and the plane took off on time.

On the plane, Han Sanpin came over and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you have a plan to release our movie?

According to the news I got, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weipin are starting to make trouble again. They are going to shoot a palace epic blockbuster. It is said that the investment amount is more than 3 million.

The heroine has been decided to be Gong Li, and the male protagonists may invite Zhou Runfa and Zhou Jilun. "

Zhang Nanyi was also surprised when he heard Han Sanpin's words. He remembered that Golden Armor was filmed in 2006, but he didn't expect to start preparations so early.

He smiled and said: "Zhang Yimou's energy is too fierce.

A Thousand Miles Alone was filmed not long ago, and he was just appointed as the chief director of the Olympics in April, so there are a lot of things happening in the Olympics.

He still has energy to work on new movies. "

Those who have achieved great things since ancient times must have energy that is different from ordinary people. This is the case with Zhang Yimou. His energy is not much different from Zhang Nanyi, a cheater.

The same goes for Cheng Long. After partying all night, he was still in high spirits when he arrived at the set the next day.

Han Sanpin lamented: "Lao Mouzi is full of energy and moves very quickly. If his new movie is shot early, it may be on schedule with us.

Regardless of its quality, this new movie, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li, Zhou Runfa and Zhou Jilun, will definitely have a strong box office appeal.

Especially Zhou Jiulun, he is now an upstart in the film market. The box office of Initial D exceeded 700 million on the first day it was released, which was higher than the first day box office of A World Without Thieves.

Although we are not afraid, there is no need to bump into each other and both sides will suffer.

My idea is that Jingtao Rescue first sets a rough schedule and then communicates with Zhang Weipin. He definitely doesn’t want to bump up the schedule with us, so he will naturally coordinate the time. "

Zhang Nanyi shook his head and said: "The movie hasn't been finished yet, why did you set the schedule so early?"

Han Sanpin explained: “This is also about communicating first and maintaining a basic interaction.

This time, Zhang Yimou's Thousand Miles Solo Riding will probably collide with Cheng Kaige's Wuji, because the two sides did not communicate well. "

During this year's Lunar New Year, Feng Pants has no movie to be released, so both Cheng Kaige and Zhang Yimou are targeting the Lunar New Year period.

The films of two great directors will compete head-to-head in the Lunar New Year festival.

Zhang Yimou may have had a premonition that something bad was going on for him. Compared with commercial blockbusters, literary and artistic films would most likely lose at the box office, so he planned to make another commercial blockbuster as soon as possible.

Zhang Nanyi said: "The release pace of our movie must take into account the global market, and it will most likely be released in the summer.

The specific time should be adjusted according to the schedule of Hollywood blockbusters.

Although it is a bit arrogant, what I want to say is that the opponent of "The Rescue" is Cruise's Mission: Impossible 3. This movie will probably conflict with our schedule.

As for domestic movies, I don't care about them. If I hit them, I'll hit them. "

Han Sanpin: "..."

Zhang Nanyi saw the speechless expression on Han Sanpin's face and said calmly: "The main characters in The Rescue are all Chinese-faced. It is a bit natural to want to compete with the top Hollywood blockbuster Mission: Impossible 3."

Seeing that several of the main creative staff were looking at him, Zhang Nanyi continued: "But for our movie, the special effects were done in the digital field by top Hollywood companies.

The story is adapted from a real pirate incident. As the starring role, I am also very famous around the world.

In terms of action and fighting design, it is definitely the best in the world. Even Hollywood cannot compare with us.

So, why can’t we be ambitious? "

Zhang Nanyi has always had a goal, which is to make blockbusters that will sell well at the box office around the world. His previous ideas were animated movies and monster movies.

But what he didn't expect was that his new album "We Are Young" would be such a hit.

This album made Zhang Nanyi extremely popular in Omi.

Under this situation, Zhang Nanyi naturally changed his mind and had more expectations for Jingtao's rescue.

That's why he increased his investment in the film and made the film's special effects the best they could be.

Several creative staff members felt a little excited after hearing Zhang Nanyi's words.

If Rescue can really achieve good results internationally, everyone here, whether they are directors or actors, will have a great improvement in their qualifications and status in the industry.

Taking advantage of this warm atmosphere, everyone chatted about their views on the filming of the film and each made some suggestions. It was also a crew discussion.

It not only made a phased summary of the shooting in Feizhou, but also made a prospect for the shooting in Sanya.

After everyone had finished the discussion, Han Sanpin approached Zhang Nanyi alone and asked, "Are you really not going to act in Chibi? You can choose between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang."

Zhang Nanyi heard Han Sanpin's question and asked in surprise: "Wu Kebo came to me before, but I rejected him. Besides, hasn't Zhou Runfa, Liang Chaowei and Watanabe Ken been cast for this movie? Why?" Are you still looking for me?"

Although the movie Red Cliff was released in 2008, preparations began in early 2005.

Previously, Wu Kebo, the boss of Chengtian Entertainment, called Zhang Nanyi and invited him to star, but he directly rejected it.

After many rounds of rumors, the crew announced in May that they had confirmed the cast, with Chow Yun-fat and Liang Chaowei in China, and Ken Watanabe in Japan.

Zhou Runfa plays Liu Bei, Liang Chaowei plays Zhuge Liang, and Ken Watanabe plays Cao Cao. However, the cast was changed just before filming started.

Han Sanpin sighed and said: "With an investment of 6.5 million in Chibi, it will definitely not be possible to rely solely on the domestic film market.

The theme of the Three Kingdoms is very popular in Japan, so for this movie, our main market is Japan.

In terms of popularity in Japan, who can compare to you?
Such a large-scale production as Red Cliff is directed by the world-class director Wu Yusen, and the investors are a three-way joint venture between China, Japan and the United States.

Selfishly speaking, I am actually more optimistic about Red Cliff than To the Rescue. The movie Red Cliff has a higher probability of being a success overseas.

If you look at Hero, it was so good at the box office in the United States back then. In addition to Li Lianjie's appeal, more importantly, it was the grand scene of the war that shocked the American people.

In the United States, Wu Yusen also has a strong appeal, and Red Cliff also shot grand war scenes.

If you can join in, then this movie will definitely go abroad and create better box office results than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero.

Also, if Liu Yifei from your company is free, she can also participate in the movie. I can let her play Sun Shangxiang. "

Nowadays, Wu Yusen's reputation has not yet collapsed. Movies such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Better Days" have established his unique violent aesthetics. When it comes to gunfight action movies, Hollywood has to admire him.

With this kind of violent aesthetics, Wu Yusen conquered Hollywood. "The Ultimate Target", "Broken Arrow", and "Face", three consecutive films were box office successes, among which "Face" earned 2.5 million yuan. High box office.

Wu Yusen then directed Mission: Impossible 2, with a global box office of 5.45 million yuan, becoming the global box office champion that year.

Putting aside issues of character and stance, Wu Yusen is indeed the most successful Chinese commercial film director in Hollywood. Although he lost trust in Hollywood due to the box office failure of "Wind Talker", he chose to return to China from Hollywood to develop.

But at this time, his reputation was very high, with the dual aura of Hollywood and Hong Kong movies.

In today's mainland, Wu Yusen's appeal is, to some extent, stronger than that of Zhang Yimou, Cheng Kaige and others.

Otherwise, Chengtian Entertainment and Huaying would not have invested 6.5 million yuan in him.

Thinking of this investment amount, Zhang Nanyi smiled and asked: "Mr. Han, I have always been curious, is your investment amount reasonable? Is there anything illegal involved?"

Han Sanpin immediately shook his head and said: "There is a bit of moisture, but there is absolutely nothing improper. I really want to make this blockbuster well."

Zhang Nanyi said directly: "That's strange. You want to shoot Red Cliff well, but you hired a Hong Kong director to shoot it.

With all due respect, Hong Kong Islanders simply do not understand the essence of Chinese history.

Because of some real experiences, they are suitable for shooting some hey road and gunfight movies.

But when it comes to historical subjects, they are not nourished by the vast land of mainland China, nor have they received a systematic education, so they cannot capture the depth and desolation of history.

Not to mention the majestic scenes like Red Cliff.

If you ask Wu Yusen to make a gun battle movie, he will be okay. But if you ask Wu Yusen to make a war movie, such as Wind Talker, he will already be on the street.You still dare to let him make a historical war movie now.

I have to suspect that there is some foul play in your movie.

Otherwise you wouldn't be so convulsive. "

The chartered flight back to China was a large one with 12 first-class seats. Lin Chaoxian and other main creators were all in the first-class cabin. When they heard Zhang Nanyi questioning Han Sanpin and belittling Wu Yusen, they didn't dare to interrupt. .

One by one, they closed their eyes and calmed down, pretending to be asleep, for fear of being questioned by the two big guys and causing harm to Chi Yu.

Han Sanpin's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect Zhang Nanyi's words to be so unpleasant and full of irony.

In fact, Zhang Nanyi just didn't want Huaying to participate in the filming of this shabby movie called Red Cliff, turning the historical drama into a child's play with all kinds of disgusting scenes and lines.

This movie itself is a bad movie, and there are too many stories outside of the movie.

The first one is to use mainland actors to carry the sedan chairs for actors from Bay Island and Hong Kong Island, especially Zhao Yanzi to accompany Kurosawa Chiling.

Although Zhang Nanyi doesn't like Zhao Yanzi, who has a lot of gossip, he has to admit that at this time, Zhao Yanzi is the female star with the highest national popularity in mainland China.

Even if she is so red that she turns purple and is very sweet, she is not as popular as Zhao Yanzi in terms of national popularity.

Very Sweet is more popular among young people, but among middle-aged and elderly people, Zhao Yanzi is almost invincible with Huan Zhu Princess.

In Red Cliff, Zhao Yanzi's scenes were deleted again and again, and she was reduced to a supporting role, and she was also made very ugly to promote Kurosawa Chiling.

This is a mockery of mainland actors and even the mainland itself.

There was also the subsequent screening rights for Red Cliff in Japan. Knowing that Japan was the film’s first ticket holder, the producer actually accepted a one-time buyout that would inevitably result in a loss.

Combined with the fact that behind Chengtian is Japanese capital, if you say that there is no benefit transfer behind it, no dog will believe it.

Therefore, it is inevitable that Kurosawa Chirei will marry a Japanese in the future. Her fame is made possible by Japanese capital.

Zhang Nanyi ignored Han Sanpin's expression and continued: "Red Cliff is a movie that is bound to fail. If I were you, Mr. Han, I would step back early and let the whole day work on your own.

If Chinese films want to go abroad, they have to watch our rescue. "

Han Sanpin has his own persistence and stubbornness and will not change his mind because of Zhang Nanyi's judgment.

Seeing Zhang Nanyi's resolute attitude, Han Sanpin changed his goal and listened to him say: "Since Mr. Zhang is not optimistic about Chibi, I won't force you to star in it.

Where is Liu Yifei from your company?Can she be cast in Red Cliff?

I asked and she had a schedule. "

(End of this chapter)