How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 175 Zhang Yimou Visits

For the time being, Zhou Runfa didn't know that Zhang Nan had set his mind on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Even if he knew, Zhou Runfa wouldn't care.

Because it doesn't care much about the [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] project at all.

After all, with Li'an's current reputation, not to mention in North America and the world, even in Asia, it's not too bad.

The only thing that can be said is the two Golden Bear Awards at the Berlin Film Festival for "The Wedding Banquet" in 1993 and "Sense and Sensibility" in 1995.

However, the three major European film industries are dominated by art films, while the entertainment industry is more concerned about the box office of commercial films, so...the only thing that Li An can say is that Zhou Runfa's attraction is average.

On the surface, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is another martial arts project that has been outdated in Xiangjiang, and it is even less attractive.

The reason why Zhou Runfa from the original time and space starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

On the one hand, because Zhou Runfa was in Xiangjiang, there was indeed no filming - this can be seen from almost no works from 1995 to 1999.

On the other hand, most people didn't take a fancy to the project of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and no one competed with Zhou Runfa.

That's why Zhang Nan felt that it was intentional and unintentional.

He asked Zhou Jie to prepare well, and when Li An came to audition, he would help Zhou Jie with an assist.

This [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] project can almost be won by Zhou Jie.

When [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] hits the box office after its release, he will be able to have a well-received artist in North America.

Some of the resources and connections he has on hand can also be converted into money.

It's been more than a year, but I dare not say it, let Zhou Jie continue to spin, and Xiaoqian can still get a profit of tens of thousands of dollars.

And in Zhang Nanfang Longbow Film and Television City, with the help of Spielberg, he cultivated Wolf Warrior Wu Jin, hoping to get out "Wolf Warrior" sooner, while supervising Zhou Jie's creation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" While preparing, an unexpected visitor appeared.
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"Director Zhang."

Zhang Nan was a little surprised when he saw Zhao Benshan, the king of sketches, bring the national teacher Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Ziyi in front of him.

I don't know how Zhao Benshan got mixed up with these people.

But Zhang Nan thought about it for a while, and he realized that it was probably because of the [Happy Time] project.

[Happy Time] This project is Zhang Yimou's first Chinese New Year film.

The overall film style has also changed from a narrative film of bitterness and hatred to a more joyful comedy.

The reason why Zhang Yimou's filming style has undergone such a big change.

The main reason is that Feng Xiaogang successively made two hugely profitable Lunar New Year films [Party A and Party B] and [See You There or Be Square].

The reality that the mainland has accumulated a total of 7900 million yuan in the box office has caused a great impact on the mainland film and television industry, which can be called stagnant at this time.

Because before this, in the mainland film and television industry, no one thought that under the current situation of the mainland film market, making a movie can rely on the movie box office to recover the cost, and make a fortune, holding all the fame and fortune in their hands inside.

Everyone thinks that the only way out for mainland movies is to get their name from various foreign film festival awards, and then sell international copyrights to make a profit.

But this road is too difficult to walk.

After all, no director can guarantee that all his films will win awards.

What the hell is the top film festival award in Europe and America.

And if you make a mistake, you will easily become eternal hatred.

What if you don't win a prize?

Making a movie, even at this time, is an investment of millions of RMB.

It can be said that a failure is a major loss, and it is quite difficult to direct again.

Even a well-known director like Zhang Yimou who has won the Golden Bear in Berlin, the Palme d'Or in Cannes and the Golden Lion in Venice.

After a few more failures, he was considered to have exhausted his talents, and it may be difficult to direct again.

So after Feng Xiaogang's comedy film was successful, Zhang Yimou's mind immediately moved.

Because Zhang Yimou knew very well that he was different from the children of a film family like Chen Wuji.

No matter how many times Chen Wuji failed, relying on his father's relationship, he was always able to apply for projects and filming funds, but he couldn't.

But if he can make money by making movies, then he won't have to be so worried about making movies in the future.

As for whether he can make money by making movies?

Zhang Yimou is still very confident in himself.

However, in order to increase the success rate, it still recruited Zhao Benshan, who has already become famous in the Mainland for his Spring Festival Gala sketches, as the leading role in his first comedy film.

After the team has been selected, it is natural to decide on the shooting location.

Considering the current situation in the mainland, plus the momentum created by the previous press conference of Longbow Film and Television City.

There are also China Film Group, Modu Film Group... and other mainland studios.

Either for Zhang Nan's face, or for the purpose of making friends with Zhang Nan, they all sent their own projects to Longbow Film and Television City.

[Happy Times] For this project, in order to have good conditions for release in the mainland, it is natural that there must be a share of the mainland studio in terms of investment, so the filming location was naturally selected as the Longbow Film and Television City.

After Zhao Benshan arrived at Longbow Film and Television City, the first thing he did was to visit Zhang Nan.

After all, not to mention that the two had a friendship before, Zhang Nan took good care of Zhao Benshan and dragged him into the film circle.

Even with Zhang Nan's current coffee position, Zhao Benshan had to pay a visit.

As soon as Zhao Benshan moved, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping followed suit.

They all want to get acquainted with Zhang Nan, an international superstar and world-class famous director.

"Who are these people?" Zhang Nan asked pretending not to know Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Ziyi.

Seeing this, Zhao Benshan quickly introduced it to Zhang Nan.

Then Zhang Nan stretched out his hand to Zhang Yimou, and said, "I've seen Director Yimou's [Alive], and the filming is very close to the original work, I like it very much."

Zhang Yimou was a little surprised by Zhang Nan's enthusiasm, then quickly held Zhang Nan's hand, and responded with the same enthusiasm: "Director Zhang's [Martial Arts] series and [Doomsday Survival] also shocked me a lot."

After finishing the courtesy with Zhang Yi, Zhang Nan turned his head and stretched out his hand to Zhang Weiping: "I also admire Mr. Weiping's support for the mainland film and television industry."

Seeing that Zhang Nan was being so polite to him, Zhang Weiping was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly got up to Zhang Nan, held Zhang Nan's hand without letting go, and kept getting close to Zhang Nan.

In fact, many people felt that Zhang Weiping treated Zhang Yimou very badly afterwards, which completely affected Zhang Yimou's career as a director.

This is of course true.

But in Zhang Nan's view, without Zhang Weiping's support for Zhang Yimou in the early stage, Zhang Yimou didn't say whether he would be able to reach the later stage, but he could, but the process must be much more difficult.

　There is one more at four o'clock in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)