How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 389 It’s not easy to be Li Lianlian’s old friend
After paying a little attention to the reports about Ning Hao and [Crazy Stone], Zhang Nan shifted his attention.

Without it.

The current Ning Hao is not worthy of Zhang Nan's excessive attention.

Then Zhang Nan continued to look through mainland entertainment reports, and soon saw project news worthy of his attention.

[Certificate of Voting].

This is a film prepared and directed by Chen Straw Hat, who was born in Xiangjiang, immigrated to Savadika when he was eight years old, and went to the United States to study but did not get a diploma. He watched the blockbusters in the mainland in recent years and followed the trend.

Tell the truth.

Chen Straw Hat's level of commercial directing is still there, but it's just unstable.

This is because he has directed "Sweet Honey", "Chinese Partner", "Dear"... and other well-known works, as well as "Martial Arts", "October Siege"... and other moderately famous works. You can see it.

But in general, Chen Straw Hat's directorial level is above the passing mark among Chinese directors.

It stands to reason that Chen Straw Hat should have greater development.

After all, if you are strong, you can be successful in any industry.

But the problem is that not only is Chen Straw Hat a bit tough, but his directing skills are above the pass mark among Chinese-language directors, he is also very hard-hearted, and his black-heartedness is even worse than his directing skills.

This person was so good at making money when he was preparing the crew.

Say so!

His reputation as a straw hat came from the fact that in [Martial Arts], he made a straw hat that cost less than a few dollars, but priced it at several thousand dollars.

Zhang Nandu felt that the main reason why this guy couldn't survive in Hollywood was not because of his directing skills, but because he was so good at making money from the crew.

Yes, Chen Straw Hat tried to hit Hollywood.

And the starting point was very good. As soon as he arrived in Hollywood in 1998, he was directly attracted by Spielberg and filmed a love movie called "Love Letter" for DreamWorks.

The investment in the film is quite large, probably around 1500 million US dollars.

Although the movie failed at the box office in the end, it didn't push Chen Straw Hat back to Hong Kong in one fell swoop.

But these are preliminaries.

Since his attempt to break into Hollywood failed, Chen Straw Hat has been doing worse and worse in the declining Hong Kong film industry.

The specific manifestation is that Chen Straw Hat has started filming a horror film series.

So when the trend of going north to the mainland started in Xiangjiang, Chen Straw Hat was quite active, and then he seized the opportunity and made a musical called "If Love".

The movie's box office was mediocre, but it did well in terms of awards, which gave Chen Straw Hat a certain reputation in the mainland director circle.

It is also because of this foundation that Chen Straw Hat now pulled out the [Investment Certificate] for an investment of 3 million yuan.

Then Chen Straw Hat approached Li Lianlian for the [Notification Certificate].

The reason for looking for Li Lianlian is simple.

At present, the main candidate for mainland costume films is none other than Li Lianlian.

After all, Li Lian had a record of "Hero" before joining forces. Although he suffered setbacks in Hollywood, he proved himself with "Fearless" at the beginning of the year.

After Li Lianlian received the invitation from Chen Straw Hat, he couldn't bear the unhappiness in his heart about starring in "Fearless" for zero pay due to the disdain of the Hong Kong film and television industry.

Li Lianlian didn't say any nonsense, he just opened his mouth and asked for a salary of 1.2 million yuan. Fortunately, Chen Straw Hat was not scared to death.

Then the two sides negotiated for up to two months.

In the end, Li Lianlian said he was "loyal" and said, "We are all old friends. Just give me [-] million."This paragraph was written in black on white paper on the newspaper Zhang Nan was holding, which almost made Zhang Nan laugh.

We are all old friends, just give me a small goal.

It would be better not to have this kind of old friend.

In addition to "Certificate of Investment", the most popular film project in the mainland at present is Zhang Yimou, who fell from the altar before because of "House of Flying Daggers", and now relies on his identity as the chief director of the Olympic Games to return to the top. The [city full of golden armor] came out.

The total investment of 3.6 million yuan is 6000 million yuan higher than Chen Straw Hat's [investment certificate].

But when it comes to celebrity status, Zhou, the gambling god, the protagonist of "The Golden Armor", is slightly inferior to Li Lianlian, the protagonist of "The Proposal".

"[Certificate of Approval], [City Full of Golden Armor], [Crazy Stone], and Feng Xiaogang's [The Night Banquet] will be released in September. The mainland film market is getting more and more lively." Zhang Nan muttered softly. .

Just as Zhang Nan was muttering in a low voice, an assistant came in from outside the door and said, "Mr. Zhang, we have made an appointment with Mr. Han from Huaying. When do you think the time is more suitable?"

"The sooner the better. Now that we've finished talking about things here, there's still a lot of work to do in Hollywood." Zhang Nan replied.

……

The next day.

Huaying office building.

After Zhang Nan got out of the car, he found that Han Sanpin was already waiting for him at the door.

"Mr. Han, this is too grand." Upon seeing this, Zhang Nan stepped forward quickly and said with a smile on his face.

When Han Sanpin saw this, he responded with a hearty laugh, and kept saying, "It should be, it should be."

Zhang Nan was a little surprised to see Han Sanpin being so enthusiastic, but after thinking about it for a moment, he knew the answer.

It is probably because of the box office failure of "The Promise" that Han Sanpin was under considerable pressure within China Film.

After all, the film "The Promise" was originally recommended by Han Sanpin.

Now that he has directly lost hundreds of millions, Han Sanpin must have received a lot of criticism.

And every time he goes back to the mainland, as long as he comes to Huaying, he is almost always followed by good projects. Han Sanpin, who is under pressure, would be surprised to see him not being enthusiastic.

After some pleasantries, Zhang Nan came to his office under the enthusiastic guidance of Han Sanpin.

The tea had just been put on the table, and Zhang Nan hadn't said anything yet. Han Sanpin spoke first.

"Director Zhang, do you know Director Li An?"

Hearing Han Sanpin ask about Li An, Zhang Nan was a little puzzled, but still replied: "I invested in his [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]. It can be said that we have had contact and cooperation, but we only cooperated for a while. Return."

"Then...Director Zhang, do you think it would be a good idea to invite Director Li An to direct a spy movie in the mainland?" Han Sanpin continued to ask after hearing this.

After Zhang Nan heard Han Sanpin's words, he suddenly realized. At the same time, the words "Lust and Caution" and the image of Tang Wei came to his mind.

Did you make a head start?
Anyway, Zhang Nan didn't know if there were other gangsters, but Liang Chaowei was among them. Judging from his performance in the camera, it looked like he had been fucked.

Zhang Nan didn't reply for a while because he had too many thoughts.

Han Sanpin thought that Zhang Nan didn't understand what he meant, so he quickly explained: "Director Zhang, we are all our own people. We have cooperated and dealt with each other for so many years. I won't hide it from you." .

The box office failure of "The Promise" had a great impact on China Film.

It stands to reason that China Film should be recuperating now, but China Film has a special status in the mainland film and television industry and must play a leading role, so it must have good projects every year, and there is no way to stop.

But if the next project fails again, then China Film's life will be very difficult. Your vision is famous, so I want you to check it. "

(End of this chapter)