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Chapter 983 Interview (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Mao'er Hutong Courtyard No. 5!

In Yanjing at the end of July, it was extremely sweltering, and the chirping of cicadas seemed to tell the world the heat of summer.

There are two rattan chairs and a rattan table under the jujube tree. On the table are two cans of Coke just taken out of the refrigerator. In the hot air, you can see the chill emanating from the cans.

In this kind of weather, even if there is a wind blowing, it will be hot. If it weren't for the two jujube trees for shade, Wu Jianye would never be interviewed outside.

Isn't there air conditioning in the house?

The host of CCTV, Jiang Ze, was wearing a black suit, sitting next to Wu Jianye, and said with a smile: "Director Wu, I have seen a lot of courtyard houses in the past two years, but the ones that can be kept so complete, It's the first time I've seen it!"

The recording has not started yet, the two sides are exchanging pleasantries now.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "I also got started relatively early, and later invited some experts to help restore it, so it is what you see now!"

Wu Jianye's identity as the owner of the Lakers has been exposed, so there is nothing to hide about the situation in Mao'er Alley. Besides, Wu Jianye even called them here, so naturally he didn't intend to stay here. Keep a low profile on this matter!
Jiang Ze also sighed a lot in his heart. Regarding the matter of Wu Jianye, this period of time actually touched them a lot for journalists.

The dignified culture and the NBA Lakers are two things that are completely irrelevant, but I didn't expect that they would appear on one person.

Most importantly, as the ace host of the TV station, Jiang Ze still knows something about the relationship between Tangting Culture and CCTV. He never thought that CCTV would take the initiative to seek peace with Tangting Culture.

But obviously this kind of thing is not a question for him to meet in this interview.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, the interview officially began.

In this interview, Jiang Ze actually asked in two directions, one was about Tangting culture, and the other was about the NBA Lakers!

"Director Wu, we all know that Tangting Culture is now the best film company in China, and the scope of investment covers almost the entire entertainment sector in China. Did you already think about this before you founded Tangting Culture?"

Wu Jianye nodded and said: "Of course not. When Tangting Culture was founded, there was no similar entertainment company in China. We also crossed the river by feeling the stones and slowly groping for development. If there is an overall plan , In fact, it was officially planned after the company developed!"

Jiang Ze also agrees with this answer very much. Just as Wu Jianye said, when Tangting Culture was founded, there was no similar company in China, and Jiang Ze did not think that Wu Jianye already had a comprehensive plan at that time. !
In fact, in the next interview about Tangting Culture, Jiang Ze also put the question on the development process of Tangting Culture, such as the funds of Tangting Culture. In the hearts of most people, Tangting Culture seems to have never been short of money. They don't know about Wu Jianye's situation, so they actually have a lot of doubts about Tangting's culture being able to develop so smoothly!

"Tangting Culture also has times when it is short of money, but people don't know it. For example, when Tangting Culture was first established, the first film "The Last Emperor" was shot. The original investment of this film was 2500 million US dollars. U.S. dollars are a very large investment, and Tangting Culture naturally couldn’t get the money out, so it was only later that it brought in China’s China Film Group, and Hollywood’s Phantom was able to raise enough funds!”

Jiang Ze asked: "But according to the news we got, when filming "The Last Emperor", China Film was only responsible for the support of domestic filming resources, and Tangting Culture and Phantom Pictures actually contributed the funds. Do you have that much money?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "I founded Tangting Culture by myself. At that time, I happened to have a sum of money in my hand, so I naturally invested in it!"

Jiang Ze asked curiously: "Director Wu, in fact, everyone has been very curious about how you made your first pot of gold. Is it really because of what you wrote? Is it because of several books?"

Wu Jianye replied: "The funds for founding Tangting Culture and investing in the movie "The Last Emperor" were indeed started with the income from those books!"

Of course, Wu Jianye’s first pot of gold did not rely on those books, but this kind of thing can’t be said. For example, in Wu Jianye’s view, his first pot of gold was actually calculated to get Johnson. The few thousand dollars that came, but can this be said?
However, Wu Jianye's ambiguous answer made Jiang Ze not think too much about it. After all, they didn't dare to imagine Wu Jianye's coquettish operation.

"Director Wu, how did you come up with the idea of ​​publishing novels in North America, and there were not many people in China who could do this at that time!" Jiang Ze also had a question he wanted to ask.

Wu Jianye said: "It's also a coincidence, Linda, the general manager of Phantom Media, actually visited our Yanjing at that time, we met by chance, and later filmed "Under the Bridge" in Shanghai When I went to submit the novel "To Live", I happened to meet Linda again at the publishing house, and then she knew that I also wrote a science fiction novel, that is, the novel "Jurassic Park". I want to read it, and after she reads it, she thinks that the novel "Jurassic Park" is very suitable for release in North America, and then there will be the next thing!"

Jiang Ze thought he understood everything, and said with a smile, "No wonder Director Wu and Phantom have such a good relationship!"

Wu Jianye smiled and didn't answer. Regarding everything about Phantom Media, in Wu Jianye's opinion, this kind of thing can't be kept secret in China for a long time. It will be four or five years. Since this matter will break out in the future, There was no need for Wu Jianye to lie about the TV camera money anymore.

Not answering is the best attitude!
Tangting culture and Wu Jianye are almost tied together, so when Jiang Ze asked about the development history of Tangting culture, he was actually asking about Wu Jianye's family history in China.

Wu Jianye had already thought of such a problem when he agreed to accept an exclusive interview with CCTV, but regarding the development of Tangting culture, Wu Jianye was able to perfectly avoid his other industries.

For example, the funds needed for the development of Tang Ting Culture in recent years have basically been used by Wu Jianye to use the two sets of novels "The Last Emperor", "Jurassic Park", "Harry Potter" and "Born Out" At the same time, the income from the two films "Ghost Love" and "Jurassic Park" filmed by myself in Hollywood has been offset!
And these years, Tang Ting Culture itself is also the most profitable film and television culture company in China, so it is easy to deal with it in this respect.

"These experiences of Director Wu, I think they can be perfectly described as changing one's destiny with knowledge!" Jiang Ze concluded.

In fact, he never thought that two novels, one album, and two movies could bring Wu Jianye hundreds of millions of dollars in income!

This is almost unimaginable in China!

In China, a writer who writes a best-selling novel can only earn tens of millions of dollars at most, but when he heard that Wu Jianye's three novels had already brought Wu Jianye more than [-] million dollars in income At that time, I still couldn't help being envious.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "I believe that in the future, more and more people in the country will use knowledge to change their destiny!"

Jiang Ze asked with a smile: "Director Wu, why don't we talk about the Lakers? Now it is rumored that you are the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and have taken a fancy to our country's basketball player Wang Zhizhi. Is this true?" ?"

Although the outside world has been rumoring this matter, Wu Jianye has never answered directly, so this time Jiang Ze also came here with a mission, in order to confirm this matter.

Wu Jianye nodded and said: "There is nothing to hide, it is indeed true. In fact, everyone should not think that NBA teams are so expensive. When I bought the Lakers, it was just a price. It's only tens of millions of dollars!"

Jiang Ze smiled wryly: "Director Wu, tens of millions of dollars is already a lot, and now there are not many Chinese who can use 'just' to describe this amount!"

Then Jiang Ze continued to ask: "Then Director Wu, can you talk to all of us, why did you buy the Lakers in the first place?"

Wu Jianye nodded, and said: "Of course, it's actually because I was filming in Hollywood and went to a few Lakers games. I personally like playing basketball very much, so I bought it for myself at the time." Already!"

"I didn't expect Director Wu to like playing basketball!" Jiang Ze laughed.

"That's right. Back when I was studying at the Film Academy, I was still on the school's basketball team. At that time, we also had Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Huijun, Chen Kaige and others on our team."

Jiang Ze: "The basketball team of the Film Academy is really full of talents!"

Wu Jianye smiled.

"What about inviting our national basketball player Wang Zhizhi? Is it true? In the past two days, someone saw Wang Zhizhi leading a professional team to negotiate with the Bayi team!"

"It's true. This year I went to Sweden to watch the Youth Championship this year. I liked Da Zhi's performance very much, so I found the Lakers' trial team. After their trial training, I think Da Zhi is fully capable. Joining the NBA, in this case, I naturally hope that Dazhi can join the Lakers, and fortunately, the matter of Dazhi joining the Lakers has been allowed!"

Jiang Ze was taken aback, but then he felt a little excited. Now this matter is the hottest news in China, but the result has not been made public. I didn't expect Wu Jianye to announce it here. I believe that when this exclusive interview appears on When it is on TV, it will definitely cause a huge sensation!
"So, Wang Zhizhi is now a member of the Lakers?"

Wu Jianye said: "Actually, there is no problem with saying that, but from a legal perspective, we have to wait until Da Zhi arrives in Los Angeles and formally signs a contract with the Lakers, then we can say that from a legal perspective!"

"Haha, your boss has said so, obviously there is no problem!" Jiang Ze said with a smile.

Wu Jianye smiled: "You can also say that!"

In fact, it was precisely because of Wang Zhizhi's joining the NBA that both CCTV and David Stern saw the possibility of live broadcasting of the NBA event in China.

So after Wang Zhizhi signed the player contract with the Lakers, David Stern flew to Yanjing again and met with the person in charge of CCTV. After a long negotiation between the two sides, CCTV Sports Channel will officially broadcast the NBA league next year!

CCTV's sports channel was also established this year, and it will be officially broadcast to the whole country in November this year!
The broadcast of the sports channel also means that the country's attention to sports has increased!
"Then what does Director Wu expect from Wang Zhizhi's future?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Of course I hope that Da Zhi can become an All-Star player!"

Jiang Ze didn't know much about the NBA, but after receiving the task of interviewing Wu Jianye and clarifying the interview route, he found some information and knew what kind of All-Star Wu Jianye was talking about. level.

Hearing Wu Jianye praise a domestic basketball player so much, I was naturally very proud!

"I really look forward to seeing such a day!" Jiang Ze said.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "I will definitely see it!"

Leaving aside what kind of technical level Wang Zhizhi will achieve in this time and space, what Wu Jianye can be sure of in this life is that Wang Zhizhi, who joined the Lakers at the age of 18, will definitely develop better than another time and space. Yes, wait until the Internet era comes later, and the era of online voting for All-Stars arrives.

With the huge fan base in China, it is no problem for Wang Zhizhi to participate in one or two All-Stars!
Of course, Wu Jianye hopes that Wang Zhizhi can use his ability to participate in the All-Stars in the future!
"Director Wu, besides Wang Zhizhi, do you know any other athletes in our country?" Jiang Ze asked.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Of course, I still watch domestic games often. For example, Liu Yudong of the Bayi team is also an athlete I like very much. It's a pity that he is a bit old, otherwise he would have the strength to enter the NBA!"

Jiang Ze continued to ask: "What about the young players, who are you more optimistic about joining the NBA in the future?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "I heard from my friends that there is a player named Chairman Yao in the Sharks in Shanghai. He is just fifteen this year, and he is already over two meters tall. If he can improve his skills, he will be very good in the future. There is hope to join the NBA!"

Jiang Ze said with a smile: "It seems that Director Wu is indeed very concerned about our domestic basketball career, even a 15-year-old boy knows it!"

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "If I like movies, I will naturally follow them, just like I like movies, so I will naturally follow outstanding domestic filmmakers!"

When Jiang Ze heard that Wu Jianye brought the topic back to movies again, he followed suit and continued to ask Wu Jianye some questions about movies!

The whole interview process can be said to be very pleasant. As for the problem between Tangting Culture and CCTV, it disappeared with this interview!
(End of this chapter)