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Chapter 285 Just ask if you are afraid (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Director Sung In passed away!
Standing in the mourning hall of Babaoshan, Wu Jianye was dressed in black, and he couldn't help feeling a pang of sadness in his heart, after all, he hadn't survived the inertia of history.

Standing here, Wu Jianye couldn't help but blame himself. He could have cared more about some old deans, but history did not give him this opportunity after all.
Thinking of the care these elderly deans took for me, the sadness in my heart is beyond words.

"Teacher's wife, I'm sorry for the change!"

Shinji nodded sadly.

After walking out of the mourning hall, Zhu Zhuo stood in front of Wu Jianye and comforted him: "Don't be too sad, I believe the dean doesn't want to see his most proud disciple like this!"

Wu Jianye nodded heavily, "I know, I just lament the impermanence of the world!"

Cheng Yin's sudden death cast a sad atmosphere over the Yanjing Film Academy.

But history is like this, and it will not stop his rotation because of the death of any one person. Shen Chongsheng, who took over as director Cheng Yin and became Yanjing Film Academy, announced one thing.

Yanjing Film Academy was officially absorbed as a member school of CILECT.

CILECT, founded in Cannes in 1955, aims to promote dialogue between film schools of the two worlds during the Cold War. At the beginning of its establishment, its member schools included the following eight countries: Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland , Spain, the Soviet Union and the United States.

CILECT was founded to provide member schools with a channel to exchange ideas, help them better understand the educational future of creative personnel in film, television and related media, and make every effort to maintain and improve the level of education and learning in its member schools. They harness the potential of new technologies for education, information and entertainment.

It provides conditions for regional or international cooperation in creation and development among its member schools, and plays a positive role in promoting the dissemination of audio-visual knowledge and the development of culture and media.

Since then, as film and television have continued to change with changes in the artistic, economic, social and technological environments, CILECT has also been reflecting and adjusting its own projects according to the needs of the times.With the blurring of ethnic boundaries and the emergence of new technologies, it has reached a new level of international cooperation.

Now that Yenching Film Academy joins CILECT, it also means that the domestic film industry continues to advance and connect with the world.

Wu Jianye's courtyard welcomes Bertolucci and others again.

Still for the sake of "The Last Emperor", through dialogues with domestic high-level officials, Bertolucci finally decided to shoot Wu Jianye's "The Last Emperor", but there is a premise that he must obtain the right to adapt it.

Even though Wu Jianye has already rejected it twice, Bertolucci is still not ready to give up, and it cannot but be said that he is a stubborn old man.

It's a pity that when he came to Wu Jianye's courtyard, Wu Jianye was served with good wine and good food, but he just didn't let go. He would not sell the adaptation rights of "The Last Emperor".

In the end, the matter was brought up to the higher-ups.

The high-level executives found Wu Jianye, hoping that Wu Jianye could sell the adaptation rights of "The Last Emperor" for the sake of the overall situation!
The adaptation rights of "The Last Emperor" are different from those of "Jurassic Park". At this time, the country has no concept of these so-called commercial films, and what they need is films that increase China's international influence.

Coupled with the current influence of Bertolucci in the international film industry, they will spare no effort to hope that they can promote the success of this matter.

When Wu Jianye faced the higher-ups, it was naturally impossible for him to refuse directly like he did to Bertolucci.

Of course, it is impossible for Wu Jianye to use a so-called high price to fool the top management. This is not a wise choice, but it is slapping the face of the leader.

"Leader, to be honest, the reason why I don't want to sell the adaptation rights of this novel is because I am also very interested in this period of history. I want to make this movie myself!"

Wu Jianye finally expressed his plan!
"You want to shoot by yourself?" The leader first looked at Wu Jianye in surprise, and then showed a trace of dissatisfaction: "Xiao Wu, this kind of thing is not a joke, you know Director Bertolucci proposed that the investment in this film How much is it? At least 2500 million US dollars, do you think it is possible for the country to come up with this money to shoot this movie for you?

Xiao Wu, I know you are an aspiring director, but making a movie is not something you can just say you want to make. Such a large investment will be spent in our country. Do you know how much it will bring to our country? job opportunities?
And director Bertolucci has already said that this movie will be released in Europe, America and other places. This is a good opportunity to show our China to the world. I hope you can think about it clearly. "

This is why Wu Jianye won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Without the blessing of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, it would be impossible for the leader to analyze the pros and cons of the matter with Wu Jianye so calmly.

Of course, as a leader, it is impossible to force Wu Jianye to sell the copyright of his novel, but it is almost impossible for Wu Jianye to make a movie in China in the future!
Wu Jianye naturally understood the leader's intentions, so he explained: "Leader, if you don't consider Bertolucci's international influence, film investment and release in Europe and the United States, I can find a way to solve it!"

The leader showed a surprised expression: "This is an investment of 2500 million US dollars, how do you solve it?"

The real problem facing the leader and Wu Jianye is actually the investment of this movie. How could a movie with an investment of 100 million dollars appear in China when the investment in domestic movies did not exceed 2500 million yuan!

"Actually, when I participated in the Venice Film Festival last year, I met several American filmmakers. They liked the film "Raise the Red Lantern" very much. At that time, I had already negotiated with them to sell it to Their overseas copyrights are gone, and it turned out later." Wu Jianye glanced at the leader sitting in front of him, and continued.

"Although my cooperation with them was unsuccessful, I also talked to them later. They liked my directing style very much and said that if I want to make a movie, they can invest!"

"What? You said that the overseas copyright of the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" can be sold for 30 US dollars!"

The leader was also surprised, he really didn't know about it.

"That's right. At that time, I and they estimated the overseas box office of the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" to be about 300-500 million US dollars, so the overseas copyright of 30 US dollars is already enough! Now this film The film has already been drawn in Europe and the United States, and the box office of the entire European and American markets has reached 527 million US dollars!"

"Sun Jiarui!"

At this moment, the leader could not wait to tear up Sun Jiarui, and packaged a film with a copyright of 30 US dollars for [-] US dollars. It is impossible to say that he is not angry!

As for why Wu Jianye said that, it was naturally because of this reason.

Originally, Sun Jiarui had been relegated to a idle position, and Wu Jianye didn't want to talk to him anymore. After all, in that case, it would inevitably leave some trouble for the people behind him, but now he dared to appear in front of him with a lingering ghost , then don't blame Wu Jianye for not giving him face.

After revealing this matter, Sun Jiarui should not even think about turning over again!
As for the so-called American filmmakers, it's even easier, Phantom Entertainment is a very good shield!
The leader also recovered his mood at this time, and asked curiously: "Can you really find an investor?"

Wu Jianye nodded and said: "It shouldn't be a problem. In fact, before that, they told me about the adaptation of the novel "The Last Emperor". You also know that foreigners are actually very interested in our Chinese history. of!"

The leader thought for a while and said, "If you can really find an investor, that would be great. After all, this is the history of our Huaxia. I also hope that it can be filmed by our own director in Huaxia."

Wu Jianye answered immediately: "Yes, the leader's words have inspired me a lot. In fact, I have also talked about this topic with foreign directors in Venice, but during the chat with them, I discovered a problem!"

The leader smiled and asked, "What's the problem?"

"Let's just talk about Puyi. When I was chatting with them, they had strong sympathy for the character of Puyi, and even thought he was a tragic character worthy of sympathy. There was also Johnston in the novel, they I even think that it should be a representative of Westerners, overlooking the historical changes of China from above!
I must admit that Bertolucci is a very good director, but before being a director, he is even more of a Westerner!

Plus his money comes from the West"

At this point, Wu Jianye's voice paused a bit, he glanced at the leader, and asked cautiously: "The leader has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

The leader smiled uncertainly: "It's just you and me in the office, there's nothing we can't say!"

Wu Jianye smiled, since he was asked to speak, he said it. After all, there are not many opportunities to face the big leader of culture like this.

"If this film is handed over to director Bertolucci, his funds come from the West, and our domestic box office system is not perfect, this film will hardly bring any income to those investors in China, that is, It is said that the market they are facing is actually an overseas market. If this is the case, the films he made will target more overseas audiences, so if the film is directed by Bertolucci, I am worried. What he photographs will not be the real situation of our country! It will be the situation that Westerners want to see!"

This is why Wu Jianye has always disagreed with selling the rights to adapt the film to Bertolucci.

Although countless people in later generations have said that Bertolucci is the foreign director who knows China best, and he has filmed the real history of China.

But is this the case?
Not much else to say, just talk about the opening scene, Cixi appears like a zombie, isn't this the Westerner's understanding of Huaxia?
Even after several decades of this kind of thing, when Wu Jianye was reborn, it didn't change.

At that time, Wu Jianye saw the trailer of Disney's remake of "Mulan". In it, Mulan's face was covered with a thick layer of foundation, just like a vampire. This is America's understanding of Huaxia!

As for the much-touted film, it won nine Academy Awards.

You might as well take a look at what awards this movie has won, such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Original soundtrack.

The nine awards stand in a row, which is very powerful, but please take a closer look.

Except for Su Cong, who contributed one of the [-] soundtracks, and was subsequently selected, all other awards were not destined for Chinese people, such as Best Actor, Female Lead, Best Actor, Female Supporting, not even a single nomination. No.Doesn't that explain the problem?The film basically only uses Chinese history and Chinese actors as the background. This film serves the West from beginning to end.It is not difficult to explain why Berutucci tried his best to modify the real history to shoot a movie that he thought in his own mind and that of Westerners.

As for the flattery of the Chinese people, Wu Jianye thought of a joke at the time.

Three young people went to the Louvre to shoot the "Mona Lisa" and posted it on their Moments. Ordinary young people wrote "There are too many people to squeeze in."

The literary youth found a close-up shot taken by others and posted "Da Vinci is so great!".

Another young man posted a picture of a distant view that he took that he couldn't see clearly, "Beethoven is so great!"

If it is only in terms of pure film art, Wu Jianye does not deny the success of this film, but as a Chinese, Wu Jianye does not like to see such films appear!

If the story of Bertolucci's version of "The Last Emperor" is placed on the last crown prince of the Habsburg family in Europe, or simply on the stick prince Li Yin, then if the film is judged from the perspective of human nature, this It's really a good movie, but unfortunately, it's in the wrong place.

There was an expression of appreciation on the leader's face, and he said: "You also said that Director Bertolucci's funds come from the West, and he has to consider Western investors and audiences, so what about you, you also need to introduce investment from the United States. , don’t you need to take their thoughts into consideration?”

The corners of Wu Jianye's mouth curled up slightly. He knew that as long as the leader asked, the matter would basically be settled: "It's not a good thing for the leader to say. Although they are the ones who invested the money, it was me who took the picture. Although I am also a I’m a famous director, but I’m a Chinese person first, anyway, I’ve finished filming the movie, so they can’t do it again!”

Who is the most ruthless!
People like Wu Jianye are the most ruthless, because he is so ruthless that he even loses his own money!
Just ask if you are afraid of it!
In fact, from Wu Jianye’s point of view, this movie will not necessarily lose money. A large part of Bertolucci’s US$2600 million investment will be used to pay for the entire overseas film crew. Director Jian Yelai can save a lot of money in this area.

As for the so-called overseas box office, Wu Jianye is actually not too worried. This movie may not reach the box office of later generations, but it is unlikely to lose money. At most, it will make Wu Jianye earn less. That's all.

(End of this chapter)