The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 649 Modification
West Lake is not as beautiful as advertised, but also not as bad as people say on the Internet.

Free is true, big is true too.

West Lake is much larger than you might imagine. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the circumference of the lake is nearly 15 kilometers.

An average person normally walks 3-4 kilometers in an hour, and it would take 4-5 hours to walk around the West Lake without stopping.

In fact, this amount of time is not enough to complete the tour.

There are many sightseeing spots of all sizes in West Lake, including more than 100 park attractions with their own characteristics. The lake is divided by Gushan, Baidi, Sudi and Yanggongdi.
There are many lakes in the country, and many of them are bigger than West Lake.

The key is that West Lake’s cultural heritage is unique.

Different people go there and have different experiences.

The little kid went there, probably hoping to run into the White Snake and the flower fairy that he had been searching for in his previous life.

Young literary people go there to experience the romance of the rippling lake.

The old pervert criticized it, of course, to appreciate the sunset at Leifeng Mountain and the dawn moon at Su Causeway, and to see if there are any white snake demons that have transformed into human form and are trying to harm sentient beings, and criticize them severely.
"looks good?"

"nice."

"Black stockings look better, or flesh-colored stockings look better?"

"Well, the girl holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a white dress, dressed like Bai Suzhen, looks the best."

Lu Yuan wore sunglasses, held the handlebars of the bicycle with both hands, and commented seriously.

Liu Shishi sat in the back, one hand around her waist, the other hand clenched into a fist, and hit him with a hammer in annoyance. She was not a serious person in private.

After visiting the set of "Running Man", he had a meal with Sa Beining and others from the program crew. It happened to be April, so the two planned to visit the West Lake.

Liu Shishi jumped out of the car and walked forward vigorously.

"Ding ding ding."

Lu Yuan stepped on the pedals, exerting force with his feet, and the bell rang: "Get on, how long will it take to walk like this?"

The willow trees along the lake in the West Lake Scenic Area are mostly weeping willows, swaying in the spring breeze.

Lu Yuan looked at her back and inexplicably had the illusion that he was back on campus filming an idol drama.

"Look at your beauties, and I'll take pictures of my handsome guys." Liu Shishi took out her cell phone and started taking pictures without even turning her head.

As if he remembered something, he took off his baseball cap and put it on his head.

Lu Yuan was puzzled: "What do you want to give me the hat for?"

"Hmph, there are too many snakes here, suppress them a bit."

"What? Duckbill. Uh...snake hat." Lu Yuan was speechless. He looked at the Leifeng Pagoda at nine o'clock and decided to tease her.

"Do you remember the Green Snake filmed by Xu Ke? The one starring Zhao Wenzhuo?"

Liu Shishi didn't say anything, but slowed down her pace.

"In fact, Xu Ke was just shooting blindly. Fahai didn't even have the tools to commit the crime."

Liu Shishi didn't understand.

Lu Yuan said nonsense: "Fahai has no whip, it is time to turn back!"

Liu Shishi blinked her eyes, and when she understood what was going on, she lowered her head and her shoulders twitched.

"If you feel uncomfortable, just laugh it out. There's no one around."

"You just like to say weird things." Liu Shishi raised his fist and was about to hit him.

Lu Yuan exerted force on his feet and flew four or five meters in an instant. Liu Shishi was so angry that her cheeks puffed up.

While the two were playing around, a few people came over from a distance. One of them took a look and said with a smile, "Oh, the couple came to West Lake to flirt."

Lu Yuan turned his head and looked curiously: "Senior Brother?"

The person who came was Zhang Yi, and he was accompanied by several other people, several of whom were wearing black jackets, with their hands behind their backs, looking very arrogant.

Noticing Lu Yuan, the group of people greeted him with a smile.

Although Zhang Yimou has the title of national master, he is old after all, and there is a "generation gap" between him and the current young audiences.

After "Hero", commercial films such as "House of Flying Daggers", "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "The Last Airbender" were released one after another, but their box office reputation and reputation were declining.

Now new directors are emerging, such as Xu Zheng, Wen Muye, Ning Hao, Xue Xiaolu, Zhao Yanzi
Among this group of people, Lu Yuan is one person who cannot be ignored.

A leader in his fifties shook hands with him and said, "Mr. Lu, do you have any plans to come here to film?"

Lu Yuan understood immediately that Zhang Yi had a plan for a new play and was scouting locations near West Lake, and the people from above followed him.

He replied politely: "I will definitely come over when I have the chance."

There was another person standing next to Zhang Yimou. He was thin and wore glasses. "Hello, Mr. Lu. I'm Zhang Zhao."

Lu Yuan shook hands with him and felt that he seemed to have heard this name somewhere before.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao continued to introduce himself: "Nagata and I were classmates at Fudan University. He used to work at Guangguang, and he mentioned you to me many times."

LeTV Lu Yuan finally remembered who this person was.

Wang Changtian actually talked to him about it.

In 2006, Zhang Zhao founded Enlight Pictures at the invitation of Wang Changtian and served as its president, creating Enlight Pictures' unique distribution model in China.

In 2011, just around the time when Light Media completed its IPO, for various reasons.

Zhang Zhao chose to leave Guangxian and join LeTV Pictures, where he served as the company's CEO and executive director.

The other party's information flashed through his mind, and Lu Yuan's eyes lingered between the two pictures.

Since the breakup rumors with Zhang Weiping broke out last year, various news about Zhang Yi's signing have been flying around.

The first company to have a "scandal" with Zhang Yi was not the wealthy Wanda, but Pony.com. Then there were constant reports that Zhang Yi had signed a contract with CAA.

But there has been no confirmed news leaked, and now it seems that LeTV is about to take over.

After a few simple greetings, Zhang Zhao and the other middle-aged men in the bureau walked aside, leaving Lu Yuan and Zhang Yi standing there alone.

As for Liu Shishi, she was standing aside taking pictures of the ducks in the West Lake.

Lu Yuan asked: "Brother, why did you choose LeTV in the end?"

Since he was caught, Zhang Yimou did not intend to hide it: "Your generation has already come to the fore, and I have to keep up with everyone. What Zhang Shao said makes sense. In the past, we made movies based on content, that is, the director only made the movie and sold the box office after it was made.

But the current film market has changed. It is completely driven by products, which has many problems. Audiences may not buy it. It is no longer the era where producers can shoot whatever they want. They must first understand the market, have Internet thinking, and be driven by the market. LeTV is good at this aspect. "

He went on to say: "I don't hate commercial films, but I am afraid of being co-opted by the commercial side. I fell into the ditch in the past few years. This time LeTV invited me, and I plan to give it a try."

Lu Yuan nodded. Zhang Yimou was previously restricted too much by Zhang Weiping, and after going solo, he just wanted the right to speak and freedom.

The wealthy LeTV can give him everything he wants now.

He then inquired, "So you are coming to West Lake to shoot a new movie?"

"Yes, the first project we cooperated with LeTV is "The Return", which is adapted from Yan Geling's "Lu Fan Yan Shi"."

Lu Yuan pushed up his sunglasses. "The Flowers of War" was written by Yan Geling, and "Lu Fan Yan Shi" was probably an art film.

In the end, I didn’t finish my tour of West Lake. One reason was that I was too tired, and the other was that it was getting dark.

Their stomachs were growling with hunger, so they found a restaurant and planned to have a quick bite.

"puff!"

Outside the restaurant, Lu Yuan was squatting and rinsing his mouth, while Liu Shishi was standing beside him, her mouth also smelling fishy.

Just now when I was having dinner, I ordered a plate of West Lake Vinegar Fish in the restaurant. It was her idea.

West Lake Vinegar Fish, without any seasoning, the fish is first steamed, and then poured with a sticky mixture of sugar and vinegar. The fish is fish and the sauce is sauce, just like well water does not interfere with river water and Fahai does not fall in love.

The fishy smell was so strong that I couldn't eat it at all. I barely mustered up the courage to pick up a piece of fish and put it in my mouth. It was bland and tasteless, with a fishy aftertaste. I could even taste the resentment of the fish.

Lu Yuan wiped his mouth and said, "Even if that fish took a bite of itself, it would jump up and slap the chef."

Liu Shishi drew another piece of paper for him and said with contempt: "I told you to change restaurants, but you insisted." "But it's written in the restaurant that it's a signature dish. How could I have known it was so unpalatable." Lu Yuan's mouth was fishy, ​​so he asked his girlfriend to go to the supermarket to buy a can of chewing gum, one for each of them.

"Come, smell it, ha."

"Oh, disgusting!"

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On the way back to the hotel, Lu Yuan asked, "Zhang Yi has cast Chen Daoming and Gong Li as the main actors in this play. There is a dancer role that suits you very well. They want to invite you to play it. Do you want to try it?"

"Do you think I want to try?" Liu Shishi asked back.

"You heard what he said this afternoon. He didn't want to be pigeonholed by commercial films. This movie is most likely an art film. And for the first time, Gong Li was invited to star in it. There is no doubt that Coming Home is his ambitious work, aiming for awards."

"Then let me try?"

"Since he has asked, let's give it a try. But he may not choose you. It depends on how much influence Zhang Yi has. My relationship with LeEco is not that good."

"Oh." Liu Shishi nodded. Her current main job is TV dramas.

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As for movies, to be honest, there are almost no female stars in the Chinese film industry who can carry the box office. In this respect, they are not as good as male stars.

Lu Yuan was about to continue speaking when his cell phone started to ring.

"The Yongding thieves still have ghost howls left, they fight against Guang Fei Sui Yu, and kill their friends in the wind and rain."

He answered the phone and listened for a while.

"I have to fly back to the capital tomorrow."

"Boom~"

Liu Shishi blew white bubbles and they burst: "Ah. I'll be back tomorrow. Didn't you say you'd play here for two days?"

Lu Yuan wiped the corners of her mouth for her: "Several TV stations are arguing over "The Cliff", Jiang Wei is unsure and asked me to go back quickly."

"OK then."

The next morning.

LeTV CEO Zhang Zhao suddenly announced a piece of news.

"Zhang Yi has become a contracted director of LeTV Pictures and will serve as the company's artistic director. The company will grant him a certain percentage of stock options, and LeTV Pictures will start its IPO in the domestic A-share market within 2-3 years. At the same time, it will also establish the LeTV Yimou Video Fund."

Zhang Yi said on Weibo: "The official signing with LeTV Pictures marks the end of my long-term disorderly and irregular cooperation model and the beginning of scientific and standardized cooperation with a professional team."

The news exploded on the Internet in a very short time.

The general public believes that by cooperating with LeEco, Zhang Yi is actually following Spielberg's path. In addition to making his own films and serving as art director, he also supervises young directors in making films.

In the future, Zhang Yi will appear in many film and television works produced by LeTV. As long as it is produced by LeTV, Zhang Yi's name may appear. For LeTV, this is the biggest brand effect.

But for Zhang Yi, there are both pros and cons.

The disadvantage is that if it is a bad movie, Zhang Yi will also become a scapegoat.

At the same time, rumors about Zhang Yi's signing fee of 3 million yuan for three years also spread like wildfire.

3 million in 2 years is a staggering figure in the eyes of many people, but before that, Zhang Yi had always been the highest-paid director in the circle.

After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Yi's brand value reached 4 million.

Looking at it now, the price of 3 million for three years is still a "reduced price".

In addition to the signing fee of 2 million yuan, there is also news that Zhang Yi will be able to share 85% of the future profits generated by LeTV Yimou Video Fund.

LeEco did not give a direct answer, citing commercial confidentiality as the reason: "We hope that the director can create with peace of mind. The director also needs to buy a house, marry a wife, and have children. We hope that he can live a happy life."

Zhang Weiping was talking on the big bus, cursing.

On this occasion, Lu Yuan and Liu Shishi took a flight back to Beijing.

After returning to the community, Lu Yuan drove straight to the Capital Hotel without any rest.

Wu Lang had been waiting outside the hotel lobby for a long time. When he saw the car slowly stop, he hurried forward and said, "Boss, you are finally here."

"What's the situation inside?" Lu Yuan handed the car keys to the hotel staff.

"It's still a stalemate. The four satellite TV stations all want to change the ending, but Director Jiang firmly disagrees..."

Lu Yuan listened silently and walked into the elevator with Wu Lang.

One drama, four stars. The first round of screening rights of "The Cliff" were jointly won by Heilongjiang Satellite TV, Oriental Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV.

"The Cliff" has a total of 1000 episodes, with each episode priced at 4 million, and the total price reaching an astonishing million.

As for the 5 million previously touted by the media, it is nothing more than an exaggerated gimmick and should not be taken seriously.

In the current TV drama market, the price of 1000 million per episode is more than twice the top offer.

Whether it is the price of a single episode or the total price, "The Cliff" has broken the sales record of mainland TV dramas.

Apart from the spy war drama field, even if Lu Yuan starred in other types of dramas, he probably wouldn't be able to get this price.

In order to win the first round broadcasting rights of "The Cliff", the four major satellite TV stations spared no expense to purchase it, with Heilongjiang Satellite TV spending everything it had.

Compared with the other three financially strong satellite TV stations, Heilongjiang Satellite TV can only be regarded as being at the end of the second tier or hovering in the third tier.

But this time, for "Cliff", they sold everything they had, gritted their teeth, and paid 100 million.

Because "The Cliff" will be filmed in Harbin, Heilongjiang Satellite TV, as a local satellite TV station, naturally cannot miss the opportunity to premiere it.

The leaders of Heilongjiang Satellite TV have already made a plan. They have launched a strong bidding for advertisements and will broadcast "The Cliff" 24 hours a day once it starts airing in order to make back all the money they invested.

When the door of the box was opened, smoke filled the air and several people in the room looked over.

"Teacher Lu."

"Mr. Lu!"

"Teacher Lu."

Lu Yuan looked around and found that the people coming from Dragon TV, Beijing TV, and Zhejiang TV were all familiar faces, the channel directors of each station.

The person who came from Heilongjiang Satellite TV was the deputy director.

Lu Yuan sat down, and everyone got straight to the point without much greetings.

He said, "I heard from Director Jiang that everyone doesn't agree with the ending of this play?"

"The Cliff" is a tragedy, and Zhou Yi has a miserable ending.

Zhou Yi, who had been lurking in the puppet state of Manchukuo for more than ten years, finally completed his undercover mission and was able to flee to the Soviet Union with his wife Sun Yuejian and child Sun Jiaqiao to reunite with his family.

As a result, Gu Qiuyan's daughter, who was pretending to be a couple with him, was arrested.

As an adoptive father, he went back to rescue him and took the initiative to jump into the trap set for him by Gao Bin. He was eventually executed and died bravely.

Liu Ning, deputy director of Heilongjiang TV, who is about 50 years old and has deep forehead wrinkles, was the first to speak out: "Mr. Lu, I think this ending is too pessimistic and too heavy. It might be much better if it was changed to an open ending."

He actually had other plans in mind, how to make a sequel after Zhou Yi's death. A full 100 million yuan was spent on this play.

If Zhou Yi didn't die, even if Lu Yuan didn't star in the second part, this IP could still maintain a certain level of popularity.

The ideas of the other three satellite TV stations are similar to Liu Ning's.

After Lu Yuan looked around, he met the eyes of director Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei shook his head helplessly. The original theme of "The Cliff" was sadness and depression. It was a ridiculous idea to forcibly change it into a family-friendly movie.

It may satisfy the audience's aesthetic expectations for perfection, but it loses the tragic beauty that the drama should have.

As a creator, he was not happy to do this.

But his say was limited, and the four satellite TV stations did not completely listen to his opinions as a director. Fortunately, Lu Yuan rushed back.

"Zhou Yi must die!"

(End of this chapter)