Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 124

"Except for our domestic copyright, everything else has been sold for more than 200 million dollars." Jiang Wen added from the side.

All of a sudden, Wang Xiaoshuai was so confused that he didn't know what to say.

Why!

I won a jury award myself. Although it was a small award, I still won an award. It was so difficult to sell the copyright, and I haven’t even gotten the copy back yet.

And "Hunter" didn't even enter the main competition, but it sold for more than 200 million U.S. dollars.

Is this the gap?

How bad is it?
Wang Xiaoshuai couldn't help but glance at Gu Ming, thinking that he would have to cooperate with Gu Ming's Qixing in the future.

Yes, it is like that!

You still have to repay Director Gu's thigh and don't let go!

Nodding secretly, Wang Xiaoshuai forced a smile.

"Congratulations to you! You're going back to China now."

"Yeah, I didn't mean to come over to see if you're done, so let's leave first!" Gu Ming said.

"Have a safe trip. We'll stay here for a few days and see if we can sell the copyrights of a few more countries."

"it is good!"

……

After returning to the capital, because he didn't win any awards, it was easier for Gu Ming. He no longer had to accept interviews from reporters this and that, and he had to attend this meeting and that.

I left the domestic distribution issues of "Looking for a Gun" to the company and let them consider it, and then I went home directly.

Yan Danchen is not here. As a producer, he should be with the crew of "Secret Sunshine".

amount……

It's quite deserted to live alone at home.

Gu Ming found Gao Yuanyuan's residence and had a good exchange of experiences on being a judge.

Then he rushed to Zhijiang District Prefecture without stopping.

Zhou Xun’s hometown.

Due to plot reasons, the filming location of this film needs to meet three conditions.

We need a place with a relatively large number of Christians. At the same time, it is best not to be too far from a famous big city. Finally, the city is best not to be too big.

After counting, the three provinces that fit the list are Hui, Su, and Zhijiang.

It's not far from Shenghai, and there are not many Christians there.

Find a city here that is a little less developed economically, but not a small county town.

In the end, Zhou Xun, as the leading actor, said, "Why don't we go to my hometown to film the film?" Diao Yinan and the others took a look and decided to shoot there.

Gu Ming didn't have any big objections to this.

We took a plane and arrived at the provincial capital of Zhijiang.

As soon as I got out of the airport, I saw Yan Danchen and several of his female bodyguards.

Well, there is another woman wearing sunglasses and a mask, standing next to Yan Danchen, looking relatively small.

"You can recognize who you are even if you wear sunglasses." Gu Ming joked.

"I'm just smart. There's nothing I can do. If I didn't wear sunglasses, how could I greet you, Director Gu!" Zhou Xun's voice came from under the sunglasses, followed by a wry smile.

"No wonder you asked me to take over that movie "Dae Jang Geum". There are too many."

"Before, there were just a few people who stopped me on the street and asked me if I was Leng Qingqiu. Now, my dear, aunts and sisters stop me and ask me what is the dietary treatment for this disease, and what is the dietary treatment for that disease? There are many more .”

"I'm not a doctor."

"Haha!" Yan Danchen laughed, "I have been here for more than a month and I have seen how popular she became after the release of "Dae Jang Geum"."

"In terms of fame, many people may have heard of Gu Ming."

"But when it comes to facial familiarity, if you randomly look for people on the street, there must be many people who know Zhou Xun."

"Really? I don't believe it." Gu Ming got in the car after being tough.

From Lin'an to Quzhou, the straight-line distance is only about [-] kilometers.

I got on the bus in the morning and arrived at Ouzhou before having lunch.

In the afternoon, there were various sightseeing tours. Under the leadership of the landowner Zhou Xun, we took a tour of the district.

"Look, that's the movie theater where my dad works."

"He was drawing movie posters there, and I could often sneak in and watch movies when I was a kid."

"That was really when I was happiest."

"Come on, I'll take you to see the Longyou Grottoes. It's quite nice. I discovered that it's less than ten years old and it's very fresh."

……

December 2002, 5.

Gu Ming's new film "Secret Sunshine" held a launch ceremony in the little-known city of Quzhou.

Never mind that the place is small.

The film's investment amount was less than [-] million, but it attracted quite a few reporters.

At least there are nearly a hundred.

no way.

You have to look at who filmed it. The new film by director Gu Ming, who just won the Oscar for Best Picture, is definitely incredibly attractive.

Not to mention the cast.Zhou Xun's "The Jinfen Family" and "Dae Jang Geum".

"Kang Mazi's Search for His Concubine" by Zhang Guoli.

Wang Zhiwen's "Enjoyable" and "Black Ice" were both popular dramas.

The combined nationality of these three people at this moment is simply explosive.

And it perfectly covers the audience of old, middle-aged and young men and women.

All-round, no dead ends.

The reporters were naturally quite active, asking questions to the crew and creators one after another.

"Teacher Wang Zhiwen, I heard that you play a villain with a small role in this film. Can you tell me why you took on this film?"

There's no problem in calling her Teacher Wang Zhiwen. He actually worked as a teacher in China National Opera, and even developed a teacher-student relationship. The partner is Feng Pants's current wife. I can only say that the world is big but the circle is small.

"That's what I'm asking." Wang Zhiwen smiled and pointed in Gu Ming's direction, "Director Gu Ming, that's not enough! Director Gu also told me that this character is an interesting villain, and I want to challenge him. .”

"Director Gu, your two consecutive films in Hollywood have grossed over [-] million US dollars at the North American box office. Why do you want to come back to shoot a Chinese literary film that is destined not to achieve high box office in North America? It is to hit the Venice Golden Lion and win Next three Grand Slams?”

"There are reasons for this." It would be too hypocritical not to admit it.

"But the more reason is that I will never forget Chinese-language films."

"No matter how many achievements I have made, I grew up watching Chinese-language films, and I also made Chinese-language films at the beginning. I feel that I must always maintain the output of Chinese-language films and bring good works to the audience. "

"Thank you, Director Gu. I wish you the golden lion."

"thanks……"

The interview lasted for an hour. After the opening ceremony, the assistant director and reporters asked the reporters to leave the scene.

Everyone started preparing for shooting in an orderly manner.

What was filmed here was that the heroine Shen Ai and her six-year-old son were posting flyers on the telephone poles on the street. She was a foreigner who had just arrived in the district. She was good at playing the piano, so she wanted to open a piano tutoring class.

Gu Ming did not change the heroine's name.

There are many people with the surname Shen in China. There is Shen Gongbao in mythology and Shen Buhai in history. The key is that the name Shen Ai sounds the same as "deep love" in Chinese, and it can also be pronounced as "divine love". God loves the world. There is a religious presence in this film, which is quite appropriate.

There is no need to change it anymore.

……

Gu Ming did not shoot in chronological order.

In fact, this story should have started on a road near Quzhou.

Shen Ai's husband died.

Before her death, her husband had wanted to live in Quzhou many times.

after his death.

Shen Ai left Shenghai with her son and came to Quzhou, a small city where her husband was born.

Unexpectedly, the car broke down when I got on in the suburbs.

She called, but couldn't even tell the exact location. Finally, she stopped a passing car and finally managed to tell the location.

After a while, the car repairman came.

It is Jin Can played by Zhang Guoli.

In the original film, Jin Zongcan, played by South Korean popular actor Song Kanghao, wore a pair of glasses. Here, Gu Ming did not let Zhang Guoli wear them.

No way, Gu Ming also asked him to try wearing glasses, but for some reason, when he saw him wearing glasses, he would think of the character he played in "Celadon", and the words "gentle scum" would appear in his mind.

Still looks good without glasses.

And at his age, he doesn't need glasses to look kind, his face is enough at the moment.

Zhang Guoli opened the car and looked at it for a long time. While repairing the car, he chatted with the mother and son.

I don’t know if he failed to repair the car because he was focused on the mother and son, or because he didn’t have enough tools.

He had no choice but to let Shen Ai and his son sit in his passenger seat and drive the broken car to the repair shop.

"No! Don't shoot it yet, wait!"

"I want a suitable angle. The sun shines right on Shen Ai. Her body and child sitting in the passenger seat are both under the sun, but half of her face is always in shadow. The other half is because of the movement of the car. Shaking, sometimes in the sun, sometimes in the shadows.”

After waiting for an hour for the sun's angle to achieve the desired effect, Gu Ming allowed him to start shooting again.

The camera is facing the cab, the car keeps driving, and the shadow area on Zhou Xun's face keeps changing. I don't know when it will be swallowed up by the shadow.

In dense sunlight, the brighter the sun, the darker the shadows.

……

In the classroom of Shen Ai's piano training class.

They had met before and had a crush on the single Shen Ai. Jin Can, who lived not far from each other, often came to Shen Ai to help her since that day.

That day he got a fake award certificate and wanted to get it posted to Shen Ai so that he could recruit more students.

"Zhou Xun, let's brew up our emotions again."

"The Shen Ai you played is actually a person who likes to escape. She left Sheng Hai not just because her husband died, but because her husband had cheated on her during marriage. She didn't want to live under people's strange eyes anymore. Of course, she also deceived herself, saying that her husband loved her and her son deeply."

"When you come to Quzhou, there is a good saying that you are coming to your husband's hometown. This is actually numbing yourself."

"The husband loves himself and his children deeply, and he also loves his husband deeply. After his death, he is willing to come and live in this city where his husband has spoken out."

"She will choose to escape from the bottom of her heart, pursue beauty, and pursue sunshine."

"So no matter what she did, she was very disdainful of Jin Can's behavior, and she couldn't look down on the philistine Jin Can. At first, she had to be disgusted, impatient, and angry."

"But after all, Jin Can also helped him a lot. She also felt that she had gone too far. She apologized a little, put a smile on her face, and said thank you to Jin Can who was leaving after the work."

(End of this chapter)