China Entertainment started in 2004

Chapter 262 One person’s Olympics

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, as workers from other places return to Beijing one after another, the most beautiful place gradually regains its former bustle.

There has also been a lot of news in the entertainment industry.

For example, the film "Lust, Caution" directed by Li Eucalyptus failed to qualify for the Cannes International Film Festival due to budget overruns and filming schedule overtime.

In May this year, the Cannes Film Festival will celebrate its 5th anniversary. It is the dream of many filmmakers to participate in the Cannes Film Festival at this important moment.

Li Jian is no exception.

However, according to the producers of "Lust, Caution", the filming progress of "Lust, Caution" was seriously behind due to problems with weather, scenes, extras, etc. In addition, Ang Lee had strict requirements for the film, and the "Southern Theater" in the Chedun Film and Television Base was rearranged. J West Road" scenic spot also affects the shooting cycle.

Moreover, the budget originally controlled at 1 million yuan also exceeded the budget by a lot, which caused the producers to have a lot of opinions.

The film hasn't even finished filming yet, let alone in time for the Cannes Film Festival.

In fact, with Li Yu's popularity and the efforts of the producer, as long as the film is submitted one or two months before the opening of the Cannes International Film Festival, he can almost catch up.

However, with the production schedule of "Lust, Caution", it really can't keep up.

The movie "Apple" starring Fan Binbin was completed within one month, and then completed domestic submission for review within two months of the Berlin International Film Festival, and was submitted to the Berlin International Film Festival Organizing Committee.

On the surface, the three major international film festivals do have film selection deadlines.

However, as long as the clearing is in place and the rules are complied with, it can be submitted on time.

Especially well-known directors who have won awards are given preferential treatment.

For example, Chen Kaige, when he was filming "The Promise", he received an invitation from the Berlin International Film Festival and went to Berlin.

Due to the nature of "The Promise", it is impossible to be selected in the competition section, so "The Promise" participated in the Berlin International Film Festival as a non-competition section.

There is only one reason why the Berlin International Film Festival invited Chen Kaige. "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival.

For the organizers, it is a good thing for the organizers that directors who have won awards come to the film festival to add luster and gold content.

In addition to "Lust, Caution", the relationship between Zhao Yanzi and Wang Liqin was also exposed.

This man is a member of the national table tennis team and the men's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships in 01 and 05.

There is a lot of news in the entertainment industry, and the most disturbing one is the zipper door that Tang Wei staged when he went to visit the crew of "Lust, Caution" in front of the media.

At that time, the media went to visit the crew of "Lust, Caution", and the main focus was director Li Eucalyptus.

In order to attract attention, new actor Tang Wei staged a "zipper M" show in front of the media.

When the three actors and Li Eu took a group photo at the beginning, she noticed that the windbreaker Li Eu wore had the title of the play printed on it, so she quietly told Li Eu to let the media take a photo. The media did not miss this process.

Later, since the photo was taken outdoors, Li Yu felt very cold, so he prepared to zip up his coat.

At this time, Tang Wei leaned down at 90 degrees in public and helped Li Yu zipper his clothes very "intimately"

In addition to the scandal exposed in Baodao, the mainland has also carried out relevant management of Hong Kong and Taiwan hosts.

With the gradual diversification of cultural exchanges between the two places, Hong Kong and Taiwan hosts' appearances on mainland screens have evolved from occasional "visiting" to long-term "settlement".

A group of "famous speakers" led by Wu Zongxian and Cao Qitai have entered mainstream satellite TV in the mainland, attracting attention with their unique ideas and hosting styles, and their programs have received huge ratings.

Most mainland hosts are not good at this "more open" style, and the ratings of programs hosted by Hong Kong hosts are always low.

However, success is Xiao He, failure is Xiao He.

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Then the Film and Television Bureau will work together to regulate the programs on the satellite TV channels that include the participation of Hong Kong and Taiwan hosts.

It has been stipulated that hosts from Hong Kong and Taiwan can only appear in the program as guest hosts, and they must not host more than three consecutive episodes.

Once this restriction is promulgated, it will undoubtedly be a "gentle knife" for local programs that are trying their best to compete for ratings.

In this regard, the program team of Yangshi's four "China Love" programs hosted by Wuzong County vaguely stated to reporters: "Currently, we have only received notice that more than two Hong Kong and Taiwan artists cannot be used as hosts in one program at the same time. For It’s unclear whether it will be impossible to host three consecutive episodes.”

An internal staff member of Mango TV also confirmed to reporters: "The Film and Television Bureau has actually been issuing relevant policies before. From 2005 to 2006, it was stipulated that only one guest from Hong Kong and Taiwan could be used in each of the 12 months of the year. As a host, one person can only host one program, so the station considered inviting Huang Zijiao to host, but it was not approved."

Jiang S TV has also been rejected for this reason. Taiwanese talent show "Famous Teachers and Apprentices" planned to invite Cao Qitai to host it, but it was not approved by the Film and Television Bureau because Cao Qitai has already hosted enough programs in the mainland.

In fact, before this, the Film and Television Bureau had issued restrictions on talent shows, and the broadcast duration should not exceed two and a half months.

Tomato Channel's "Very Drama" and "Martial Arts Tournament", and Mango Channel's "Super Girl" and "Happy Boy" have all been affected.

The eighth day of the Lunar New Year is the first day of work for Yishu Film and Television Company after the Lunar New Year. All employees who arrive at the company on this day will receive a New Year's red envelope of 100 yuan.

From this day on, Wang Shu had more social activities.

Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin and others all asked him to have dinner together.

Before, because it was during the New Year period, everyone was busy with personal matters, but now it is almost time to start work again, and they have time to contact Wang Shu.

This kind of invitation could not be refused. Fortunately, it was not on the same day. Wang Shu accepted the invitation one after another and waited until then to attend the appointment.

However, what he didn't expect was that on the first day he entered the company, he received a call from Han Sanping.

After receiving a call from Han Sanping, I went to China Film Academy.

When he arrived at the China Film Building, the security guard did not stop him, but the little girl at the front desk came to greet him after seeing him.

"Director Han has something to do with me." Wang Shu explained his purpose.

The little sister politely went to make a phone call immediately.

Soon, Han Sanping's secretary came and politely led Wang Shu upstairs.

office.

Han Sanping looked at Wang Shu who was sitting across from the desk, handed over a stack of paper beside the desk, and said with a smile: "Look at this script."

Wang Shu was confused and didn't know what kind of candied haws Han Sanping was selling. Although he didn't know why, he subconsciously took over the script.

Turning to the first page, the title of the script came into view.

"One Person's Olympics".

"So this is it!"

When Wang Shu saw the name of the script, he was a little surprised.

Beijing's Forbidden City Film Company began planning and preparation for the Olympic film in 2004.

In the original timeline, the Press and Publicity Department of the Olympic Organizing Committee would announce the preparation status of the film to the media at the Olympic Press Center in Beijing at the end of April this year.

In mid-June, the opening ceremony of "One Person's Olympics" will be held at Dalian University of Technology, where Liu Changchun, the prototype of the character in the film, once worked as a physical education teacher.

Then it was released in late May 2008, before the opening of the Beijing Olympics.

There are four producers of this theme film, Beijing Forbidden City Pictures, China Film, Movie Channel Program Production Center (6 TV sets), and Hong Kong Island Baolian Consulting Co., Ltd.

China Film and Movie Channel Program Production Center are both state-owned enterprises, and both are state-owned enterprises with great reputation. As for Forbidden City Pictures in Beijing, it is naturally able to prepare this theme film because of its strength.

Beijing Forbidden City Film Company was established in 1997. It integrates film and television planning, production and marketing. It is currently the most powerful large-scale professional film and television production company in China.

Since its establishment, the operating performance of Forbidden City Film Company has been at the forefront of domestic film production companies. It has produced nearly 20 films with domestic box office of over 10 million, many of which ranked first and second in the annual box office that year.

There are commercial films such as "Party A and Party B", "See You or Be Parted", "Endless", "A World Without Thieves", "Gua Sha", "Red Lovers", "Who Says I Don't Care Anymore", as well as " "The Day I Left Lei Feng", "Carrying Dad to School", "Judge Mom", "Purple Sun", "Gada Merlin" and other theme films.

These films have achieved both social and economic benefits.

Whether it is Feng Xiaogang, Huang Jianxing, Chen Daoming, Ge You, Leslie Cheung, Feng Gong, or many well-known artist directors such as Mei Ting, Chen Hao, Fan Binbin, etc., they have all collaborated with him.

China Film is one of the producers and one of the distributors of "One Man's Olympics".

Wang Shu was thinking, Han Sanping called him here mysteriously, and at the same time handed him the script for viewing immediately.

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Are you going to ask him to direct the pacing of this movie?

Wang Shu suddenly felt that this script was a bit hot.

I vaguely remember that this script was written by Wang Xindong.

In order to write the script, Wang Xindong collected a lot of material about Liu Changchun, including interviews at Dalian University of Technology, Lushun, Changchun, Northeastern University, and the September 18th Memorial Hall.

There is an article by Liu Changchun himself in the 70th issue of Literary and Historical Information, which talks about the whole story of participating in the first Olympic Games.

After Wang Xindong read the article, he went to the General Administration of Sports for an interview. He also interviewed Olympic champion Wang Junxia.

At the same time, he also solicited opinions from Liu Changchun's family and various parties, and constantly revised the script.

A copy of the final draft is now in Wang Shu's hands.

In the original timeline, the film was directed by Hou Yong. It received a lukewarm response after its release and performed well at the box office.

It stands to reason that 2008 is the Olympic year in Beijing, and the whole country is looking forward to the Olympics.

"One Person's Olympics", with this kind of atmosphere, should be a big hit.

However, the box office was tepid, and the result was the opposite.

Ultimately, the problem lies with the script and director.

The whole film seems to be quite satisfactory, but in fact it is missing something very crucial.

2008 is the year of the Olympics. What the audience wants to see is the story of domestic sports pioneers competing in the Olympics. They want to learn about the Olympics through movies.

But "One Person's Olympics" spends 95% of its space talking about modern history and the love between children, and only briefly touches on the Olympics.

This made the audience confused. They were attracted by the Olympics and entered the cinema, but ended up feeling lonely after watching it.

If you want to watch a movie with the main theme of modern history, you can go watch this type of movie.

When I went to the cinema to watch "One Man's Olympics", I mainly wanted to watch the Olympics, not the large-scale modern history.

In the eyes of the audience, there is some suspicion of "selling dog meat over sheep's heads".

The goods are not right.

It can be said that if 30% of "One Man's Olympics" is about modern history and the various hardships the protagonist faces at home, the remaining 70% is about what he faced when he traveled across the ocean and went to the United States. The cold-eyed ordeal, and the stories on the field.

This movie's box office won't be too sluggish, and it might even become a hit.

But it just tells the modern history of the country in a long way, and then the protagonist travels across the ocean, the difficulties he encounters after arriving in the United States, and the stories on the field are all mentioned in one stroke.

It’s 2008, and domestic audiences have seen too many film and television works that tell the main themes of modern history.

In comparison, what the audience wants to see more is the protagonist's journey across the ocean, his encounters in the United States, and the story on the field.

These things can arouse the emotions of the audience in the Olympic year.

Because, 2008 is the Olympic year.

What is surging with enthusiasm across the country is the Olympic atmosphere, not anything else.

For example, more than ten years later, after the atmosphere of confrontation was heightened, the main theme movies were released, almost all of which ended up with billions in box office.

Then when these emotions were exhausted, the box office of the main theme movie slowly fell into the cold.

The same was true in 2008. The whole country was exaggerating the Olympic atmosphere.

Only "Olympic movies" can win the box office.

"How is it?" Han Sanping asked with a smile when he saw that Wang Shu had already read through the script in his hand.

"It's a good script." Wang Shu closed the script and responded calmly.

"Are you interested?" Han Sanping asked again with a smile.

Wang Shu did not answer this question, but looked puzzled and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Director Han, as far as I know, there should be many seniors interested in this kind of script. Why did you think of me?"

The seniors he spoke of were polite, referring to many academic directors.

2008 is the year of the Olympic Games, and the film "Olympics for One" is promoted by the Sports Bureau, the Domestic Olympic Organizing Committee and the Film and Television Bureau.

It's a task.

Mainland directors include Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, etc., so naturally they are not interested.

For them, directing a film like this is a thankless task.

But for other directors in the circle, this movie is a hit.

Han Sanping smiled and said calmly: "There are indeed many people who have ideas, but I think you are quite suitable."

Although this was not stated explicitly, the meaning was expressed.

It was telling Wang Shu that he had secured the opportunity for him.

Han Sanping found Wang Shu out of concern.

Due to the nature of "One Person's Olympics", as long as Wang Shu makes a good film, he will surely win the grand prizes at film festivals such as Huabiao and Golden Rooster.

These awards are all domestic awards.

Although it is nothing internationally, it is a real top award domestically.

　Some readers who don’t understand the word count may think that 5000 words is too much money, so let’s just write a chapter of 4000 words.

　　Then, starting from the first of next month, there will be one chapter of 4000 words, and two chapters will be updated every day.

　　

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