Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 35 Han Sanpin’s request
"Don't worry, we'll wait until Neon's box office comes out."

"You have to trust my vision."

"Ah."

Li Xiaoping did not force it.

She just chose the safest path.

After all, who knows if this film will be a hit in Neon?

It is better to use the publicity of this deal to sell it at a suitable price in China and settle down.

But since Gu Ming had already made this choice, she no longer needed to persuade him.

First, it will cost a lot to sell. Since the cost has been recovered and money has been made, just wait.

Secondly, after this incident, she really felt that her vision for such a literary and artistic film was very different from Gu Ming's. If there was a gap, she would respect the other's choice.

……

It seems that the $50 deal brought good luck.

The next day, Gu Ming's script, which had been sent for review for almost a month, finally passed the review.

The film is called "Fireworks in the Day".

This film by Diao Yinan in his previous life won the Golden Bear Award and the Golden Bear Best Actor Award at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival.

Although it is a good opportunity for Gong Li to be the chairman of the jury, if you want to win a good award, the quality of the film must be excellent, otherwise people will not ruin their own brand.

This film is just right for the Berlin Film Festival's taste.

And it mainly focuses on the city, with suspense and crime, which is in line with its usual tone.

The script was reviewed.

Gu Ming came to Han Sanpin's office with the script in hand.

The chances of this film being banned are slim.

I had never heard of this in my previous life.

But the power of God is unpredictable, and no one can predict many things.

"sit down."

Seeing Gu Ming come in with the script, Han Sanpin took it with a smile, made a gesture to sit down, and asked his assistant to make a cup of tea for Gu Ming, while he sat at his desk and started reading. script.

It took half an hour.

He closed the script and raised his head.

"This book of yours is much more restrained than the previous one. The hero made a good choice in the end. He insisted on justice and brought the murderer to justice."

"But you won't prepare two more versions, right?"

"If this is really the case, I can't save you. You won the Palme d'Or last time and won a big enough honor. Since this is your first offender, I'll just give you a warning."

"If you continue to behave like this this time, winning the award will be in vain and you will definitely be banned from directing."

"You also know that these things don't count if I say them."

Han Sanpin really didn't want to see such a talented director banned.

It would be fine if you were banned for three to five years, but if you were banned for ten years, you would not be in charge of directing for ten years and would not have the opportunity to direct movies. What kind of talent would you have by then?
In order to avoid this situation, he could only put the ugly words to the forefront.

He put his hands on the table and looked at Gu Ming seriously, "You'd better tell me the truth!"

"It is indeed planned to make two versions." Gu Ming smiled, "One is more literary and has a longer length, and the other is more commercial and will be shorter than the literary version."

"Don't worry, both versions will be submitted for review."

"Commercial?" After hearing these two words, Han Sanpin didn't even bother to tell Gu Ming to submit them all for review. He looked at Gu Ming with bright eyes, "How commercial can a literary and artistic film be? Are you interested?" Let’s put this film away first and make a pure commercial film?”

"what?"

Gu Ming was almost stunned by Han Sanpin's twist.

"Mr. Han, can you please stop joking with me?"

"During the script review period, I have been drawing the shots of "Fireworks in the Day" and making the shooting budget." "You suddenly asked me to make a pure commercial film. Is it too much?"

"Let's finish filming "Fireworks in the Day" first?"

It sounded like he was asking for advice, but in fact, Gu Ming would definitely not abandon all the preliminary preparations just because of Han Sanpin's words.

Besides, this would mean giving up the rare opportunity of this Berlin Film Festival.

He and Han Sanpin have a cooperative relationship, not superiors and subordinates.

You don't have to listen to him everything.

"Hi, too!"

Han Sanpin smiled bitterly and raised his hand to pat his forehead.

"I'm really worried!"

"You don't know the current situation. Hollywood movies are not going to theaters, and theaters are starving to death recently."

"Hey, actually it's not just the absence of Hollywood. In recent years, there have been more and more TV series and they are getting better and better. Many people no longer have the habit of going to the movies."

"Once this habit is gone, it will be difficult to cultivate it back."

"What do you think we should do with our domestic film industry?"

"In the end, Hollywood movies will definitely come in again. Then will we completely allow Hollywood movies to fill the theaters?"

"After much thought, I still have to make commercial movies, movies that the audience likes, and attract the audience."

“But to make a movie, you have to have a director!”

"Among the directors who are commercial enough and can make money, there is Feng Pants."

"Other directors, Brother Kai is very arrogant and doesn't listen to advice at all. He made "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" and it took 1000 million at the box office. Zhang Yimou's original "Speak Well" took a lot of box office, but this one After the movie, he turned back to making art films.”

"You're the only one I can hope for now."

"Xiao Gu, after we finish filming "Fireworks in the Day", let's make a commercial film."

"If your next movie is a commercial film, I can be responsible for all the funds. I will find any actors you need for you." Han Sanpin promised, patting his chest.

Jing Han Sanpin said this.

Gu Mingyi was moved.

I originally planned to wait for "Hero" to come out and the box office to increase year by year before making a commercial film.

But Han Sanpin said so, and after finishing "Fireworks in the Day", he has made three literary films.

Zhang Yimou also filmed "Codename Jaguar" after "Red Sorghum".

It seems like a good change of flavor.

"Okay, after filming this one, we will make a pure commercial film." Gu Ming nodded in agreement with his opinion, and then immediately climbed up the pole with a smile, "You also agree to my condition, and you will play the role in "Fireworks in the Day" Director."

"Okay, call me when you're filming."

After saying that, Han Sanpin laughed and scolded Gu Ming, "You can really pull me into acting."

"Okay, let's talk business."

"How much is your budget for this film?" Han Sanpin took the initiative to bring the topic back.

"800."

"800?"

"The budget for a literary film is 800 million?"

"It's normal." Gu Ming smiled and spread his hands, "Jiang Wen's movie "Sunny Days" a few years ago cost nearly ten million."

"How can you be the same as him?" Han Sanpin was amused. "When he makes a movie, he has to spend 1000 million to buy film out of 700 million. I heard that the 2000 million cost of "The Devil is Coming" has not been spent yet. After the filming is completed, investors will have to invest more.”

"You are famous for not having a lot of material, and you basically don't have any useless shots."

"I'm going to make the film more sophisticated, and also pay the director's salary. Mr. Han, 200 million is not too much, right?"

(End of this chapter)