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Chapter 281 Income and Gatherings

The glorious 90s of Xiangjiang movies is like a bright galaxy. There are countless movies hanging in this galaxy like dazzling stars, but no one can deny that in this galaxy, there are always a few stars shining. The light that comes out makes other stars look dim!
And among them is the movie "The True Colors of a Hero" that Wu Jianye told Zhou Runfa today!
Before "The True Colors of Heroes" came out, Xiangjiang Films was dominated by "Best Partner", "Five Lucky Stars", and occasionally Cheng Long. But when "The True Colors of Heroes" appeared, Xiangjiang Films will enter Zhou Runfa world!
Of course, Wu Jianye would not explain so much to Zhou Runfa, but just told him that the filming of this film will bring different changes to his career in the film industry.

After Zhou Runfa was settled, Wu Jianye ordered Liu Feng to contact Ti Lung and Zhang Guoying. At this time, Di Lung was just a Hong Kong star who was about to pass away, so it was easy to deal with it, and Zhang Guoying was just emerging in the Hong Kong music scene. , so the problem is not big.

As for the director of "The True Colors of Heroes", Wu Baige, although Wu Jianye doesn't like his later operations, but he also knows that he is the most suitable candidate for the filming of "The True Colors of Heroes".

When Wu Jianye left Xiangjiang, Fengge Entertainment had already officially approved the project of "The True Colors of Heroes", and it could be filmed as long as Wu Baige came back in Wanwan.

Xiangjiang Airport!

"Familiarize yourself with the situation in Xiangjiang and learn Cantonese first, and I will write a script for you next year!" Wu Jianye said to the reluctant Gong Xi.

Gong Xi nodded with reddish eye circles, and said, "From now on, you will come to Xiangjiang once a year!"

Wu Jianye touched Gong Yu's head and said with a smile, "I know, don't worry!"

"Ok!"

Then Wu Jianye kissed Gong Xi goodbye. Xiangjiang in the 80s was not like in China. No one would care about such an intimate gesture in public!
Looking at the plane flying far away, Gong Xi stood on the ground with mixed feelings in his heart.

There was a heavy snowfall in Yanjing, and there was a creaking sound when you stepped on the ground.

At this time the college was on vacation, Wu Jianye sat on the steps of the courtyard, watching Zhao Xiaoyan, Wu Shuangqing, and Dai Zhen making snowmen in the yard, feeling very beautiful.

Finally, the matter between Zhu Juan and Gong Xi was resolved. The whole 83 years passed without any danger. He had reason to be happy.

"Brother, shall we go back for the Chinese New Year this year?"

Zhao Xiaoyan was wearing a white down jacket, her smiling face was flushed from the cold, and she asked happily.

Wu Jianye shook his head and said, "I won't be going back this year. If you want to go back, go and buy train tickets. It won't be easy to buy train tickets in a few days."

Wu Jianye accompanied Zhu Zhuan back to his hometown once before, and he is not planning to go back this year during the Chinese New Year. Although my mother is alone at home, her grandparents are all there, so she will not be too lonely.

Originally, Wu Jianye wanted to bring his old lady to Yanjing to celebrate the New Year, but in the end, the old lady refused to say anything.

"Well, then we will go back tomorrow!" Zhao Xiaoyan said.

They are different from Wu Jianye, in the past two years, they will go back every year when they have holidays.

Wu Jianye glanced at Dai Zhen who was smirking over there, and said, "Help Dai Zhen buy a good ticket, otherwise I really don't know where he can sit!"

"Whee!"

Everyone knew that Dai Zhen was a road idiot, so now when he heard Wu Jianye teasing him, he couldn't help laughing.

A few people were chatting, Zhu Zhuo wore a brown windbreaker, walked in, looked at the snowman made by Wu Shuangqing and others, and showed a helpless smile.

In the eyes of Wu Shuangqing and others, this is a snowman, but in the eyes of Zhu Zhuo, it is just a big snowball and a small snowball, and there is a broom standing beside it.
"What are you talking about? So happy!"

Zhu Xuan asked curiously.

Zhao Xiaoyan took the pastry she brought from Zhu Zhuan's hand, and smiled and talked about what happened to Zhu Zhuan just now.
As for Wu Jianye's not going back this year, Zhu Yan already knew about it, so he didn't say anything, but told Zhao Xiaoyan and the others to be careful when they went back.

"Don't worry, there are still quite a few young men, what are you afraid of!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Not only Zhao Xiaoyan and the others will go back to their hometown, but Zhao Xiaoqiang and the others will also go back, so there is no need to worry about safety on the road.

Jingle Bell!
At this time, the landline in the house suddenly rang.

After entering 84, Wu Jianye immediately asked Zhao Lei to install a telephone in his place of residence. It is not so easy to install a telephone in this era. Even Zhao Lei has found a lot of connections, just here, here It cost more than 1 yuan to install telephones in several courtyard houses.

"Boss, "Home Alone" has officially broken through the box office of [-] million dollars!"

Linda's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Linda, this is the sixth time you have called me because of the box office of "Home Alone"!" Wu Jianye said helplessly.

During New Year's Day, "Home Alone" was officially released in North America. As a classic family movie, "Home Alone" took the top spot at the North American box office as soon as it was released, becoming the biggest dark horse in North American movies this year, and shocked the entire Hollywood.

And Linda, who works in Hollywood, is even more excited. Almost every time there is a change in the box office of "Home Alone", she will call Wu Jianye to report.

"Boss, this is nearly 3 million U.S. dollars in revenue, no, it's over [-] million U.S. dollars. According to the forecast of a professional Hollywood forecasting magazine, the final box office of this movie will be around [-] million U.S. dollars!"

Linda on the other end of the phone was very dissatisfied with Wu Jianye's attitude.

According to Hollywood's sharing method, a film investment producer will receive about 45% of the box office.In other words, up to now, "Home Alone" has brought Phantom Entertainment $9000 million in revenue. After deducting "Home Alone"'s cost of $1800 million, the net profit has reached $7200 million.

If according to foreign forecasts, the box office of "Home Alone" in North America reaches 3 million US dollars, that is a net income of 1.17 million US dollars.

This does not include European and Asian copyrights, TV broadcast rights, and the biggest videotape revenue.

When all of this is factored in, the single film would have grossed over $2.5 million!
This is why Linda is dissatisfied with Wu Jianye's attitude, this is 2.5 million US dollars!

As for Wu Jianye, he already knew the power of this movie, so he was naturally not as excited as Linda.

"Phantom Entertainment must be very busy right now!" Wu Jianye asked with a smile.

Great profits come with great troubles. This is an eternal truth.

"That's right, the threshold of Phantom Entertainment has almost been stepped down. The top seven in Hollywood have sent people here, hoping to cooperate with Phantom in the follow-up series of "Home Alone"!"

Linda fell into the trouble of happiness at this time.

In Linda's description, Wu Jianye knew that MGM would shamelessly buy the copyright of "Home Alone", let alone Wu Jianye, even Linda directly rejected it.

"Boss, which company should we cooperate with?"

If you want to make it big in Hollywood, you must be inseparable from the Big Seven in the early stage. Don't think about doing it alone without the Big Seven. According to Hollywood's urine, if Phantom Entertainment dares to do this, it will immediately face the blockade of the Big Seven. , At that time, no matter how many classic movies Wu Jianye had in his hand, it was useless.

Only cooperation is king!

As for when the Phantom will grow bigger in the future, that's another story.

"Universal Pictures!" Wu Jianye said.

The release of "Home Alone" was in cooperation with Universal Pictures, and it is understandable to continue to cooperate with Universal Pictures now.

"Okay, I'll contact Universal Pictures immediately!" Linda said.

After Zhao Xiaoyan and the others returned home, Wu Jianye's courtyard didn't seem deserted. Different people came here every day, and some of them came here purely to eat and drink, such as foodies like Tianzhuangzhuang.

There are also some who came to celebrate Wu Jianye.

After "Raise the Red Lantern" won the award in Venice, Wu Jianye returned to China, first took care of Zhu Zhuan, then took Zhu Zhuan out for a trip, and finally even took a trip to Xiangjiang.

Until now, Wu Jianye's friends blocked Wu Jianye.

For example, today, a group of old and new friends came to Wu Jianye's courtyard house.

Old friends include Chen Peisi, Ge You, Yang Zhun, Zhao Baogang, etc., and new friends are Zhu Shimao who came with Chen Peisi. The two will officially appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala this year, performing the classic "Eating Noodles" sketch.

Although many people in later generations call Zhao Binshan the king of sketches, in fact, in Wu Jianye’s eyes, the real king of sketches should be Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao. Zhao Binshan’s sketches still have some limitations , is more liked by audiences in the Northeast, and its influence in the South is much worse.

The sketches of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao are different, basically covering the entire China region, but it is a pity that their personalities are too rigid!

"How's your skit rehearsal going?"

A group of people gathered together, eating hot pot, and it was lively. Wu Jianye curiously asked about Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao's sketch rehearsal.

Don't look at Chen Peisi's humorous roles in sketches and movies, and Zhu Shimao playing positive characters. In fact, in real life, Chen Peisi's character is more rigorous, while Zhu Shimao's character is more tactful.

Zhu Shimao complained from the side: "Don't mention it, the road has been bumpy."

Wu Jianye suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Come on, let everyone have fun by telling it!"

Chen Peisi held a glass of wine and gave Wu Jianye a glance, but Zhu Shimao smiled and talked about the creation story of "Eating Noodles".

"At the beginning, the crew of the Spring Festival Gala asked Pei Si and I to write the script. At that time, the entire crew of the Spring Festival Gala lived in a hotel to create the script. Pei Si and I wrote the script in a week, and it didn't pass at all."

Ge You smiled and asked, "Then what?"

Zhu Shimao smiled and said, "What else can I do, just keep writing.

At that time, we had to pay food stamps to eat in the hotel, and the crew was also very difficult. Pei Si and I couldn’t stay any longer and left, but we forgot to notify the crew of the Spring Festival Gala at that time.

People suddenly disappeared.

The crew of the Spring Festival Gala mobilized the whole crew to search for the two of us everywhere. Later, the leaders of Bayi Factory sent people to find us. We had no choice but to go back and continue writing the script.

In order to write this skit script well, I ran away from the hotel three times in two or so days.The final script is finalized. "

Ge You: "You are deserters!"

Chen Peisi said in a deep voice beside him: "What deserters, you don't know, some people are purely laymen leading experts, expressing opinions indiscriminately, making people uncomfortable!"

"Everything is afraid of laymen leading experts!" Wu Jianye concluded.

"No, I was ready to give up later. If Lao Mao hadn't persuaded me, I wouldn't have participated." Even now, Chen Peisi is very dissatisfied.

Yang Zhun asked with a smile: "Then how did you overcome it?"

Zhu Shimao said with a smile: "Two days ago, I happened to perform for the athletes of our country. Seeing the smiles of the athletes in the audience, Pei Si naturally has nothing to be dissatisfied with!"

After everyone listened, they laughed.

In 83, the TV Drama Department of CCTV, the Recording Department of the TV Arts Committee and the TV Drama Troupe of the China Radio and Art Troupe formally merged to form the Huaxia TV Drama Production Center.

The new friend that Yang Zhun brought was his colleague Zheng Xiaolong from Huaxia TV Drama Production Center, and Zheng Xiaolong also brought his friend Wang Shuo.

As the producer of "Longing", "The Story of the Editorial Department" and directed "Yanjing Man in New York", "Happiness is Like a Flower", "Golden Wedding", "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "The Legend of Miyue".
This is Zheng Xiaolong's report card, a master of proper TV dramas.

The most important thing is that Zheng Xiaolong later became the leader of the TV drama production center. He is a character that cannot be avoided in China if he wants to make TV dramas.

As for Wang Shuo, there is no need to introduce him. The spiritual leader of the Beijing circle, this name alone is enough.

"Director Wu, I watched your "Raise the Red Lantern" and I personally like it very much. Congratulations on winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival!" Zheng Xiaolong held up his wine glass.

Wang Shuo smiled and said, "I haven't read "Raise the Red Lantern", but I have read "To Live" written by you. It's really good!"

Wu Jianye naturally knew Wang Shuo's character, and said with a smile: "It's fate that everyone can sit together, and we will be friends in the future, so don't be so polite!"

"Not bad!" Wang Shuo nodded.

Accompanying Zhao Baogang was his classmate Li Chengru in the Yanjing Film Academy advanced class.

Now Li Chengru is working on the crew of "Journey to the West", and he is also taking advantage of the Chinese New Year to rest for two days, or he really has no time.

However, what Wu Jianye impressed most about him was his lines in "Big Wrist", a line of hundreds of words, coupled with the change of Chinese and English and tone, Li Chengru's enunciation is clear and one shot is over, an absolute line Dana.

He also has a hot temper, but unfortunately when he meets a master of sophistry, he seems a bit powerless
"Director Wu, Director Yang Jie often talked about you. If it wasn't for your help, the production team couldn't solve many shooting problems!"

Li Chengru smiled.

Wu Jianye said modestly: "Director Yang is too polite, I am nothing, just helping to beat the side drums!"

(End of this chapter)