China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

He Hua was relieved, and Zhang Yimou could communicate better. After all, this project was not his.

Zhang Yimou took the script and looked through it. First of all, he had to admit that this kind of movie with a Hollywood commercial film structure was not the type he was good at, especially the first half, which featured indoor action + fast-paced gunfights. He was not as good as some Hong Kong directors in this kind of personal heroism. He looked familiar. When he saw this, he even felt that Ye Ning and the others should not come to him, but should go to Wu Yusen and Du Qifeng.

But after seeing the second half of the script, he thought he could give it a try.

Some people say that the end of physics is mathematics, the end of mathematics is philosophy, and the end of philosophy is theology.Although this sentence does not have a strict logical explanation, it is very suitable for the theme of "Super Body".

Human beings understand the world, but they are always trapped in the limitations of self-cognition. This limitation is caused by the contradictory relationship between limited life and infinite cognition. How can humans break this limitation? The traditional way is to reproduce and complete life information through reproduction. transfer.

This corresponds to a theory hidden in the script: only time is the unit of measurement and the governing law for the existence of all things.

This is the order structure in the "Super Body" universe.

In addition, it also has a theory: although humans are the primates of all things, they have only developed 10% of their brains.

Then when human beings break through their own limitations and break the boundaries of time, will they complete the evolution of the species and transform from humans to gods or something else?

At the end, Lucy turned into an information collector (U disk) and displayed on the police phone: I am everywhere.Zhang Yimou became even more interested when hearing this philosophical and theological statement.

"I can give it a try, but I need to communicate with the screenwriter carefully." Zhang Yimou said to Ye Ning.

The next day, everyone sat together again to discuss the script and discuss the cooperation model.

The current controversial point is who did it: the script belongs to He Hua, who is still an investor, so it is impossible to make him obedient; Zhang Yimou is a national teacher, and his status is there, how can it be possible to treat him as a tool?

In the end, after much discussion, Han Sanping had to end up:

"I will be the producer, and you two directors will each take charge of a team to create the shots. If there are any changes in the process, the three of us will discuss them. Is this okay?"

He Hua looked at Zhang Yimou and nodded in agreement.

Within a few days, at the urging of Han Sanping, the film bureau quickly approved the script of "Super Body".

Soon the media broke the news:

"He Hua's latest movie "Super Body" passed the review, is it suspected to be a science fiction theme?"

""Sleep Day Trip" has not yet been released, and "Super Body" is coming again."

This news has caused a lot of discussion in the industry, and many people said that He Hua is really as productive as a sow.

Many actors began to actively move around, trying to find a chance for themselves.

However, the more exciting news was later. Soon someone suspected to be inside the China Film Group broke the news:

"This film will be a large-scale production with an investment of over [-] million, and the director is not yet sure. It is very likely that Zhang Yimou will take over."

"Oh my god, Girl Mou!" "Director Zhang Yimou + Screenwriter He Hua" "Production of over [-] million yuan"

These shining signs appeared in the minds of countless actors, and the industry was a little restless for a while.

After all, the success of Chen Xiao, Zhou Dongyu, Dou Xiao, Ni Ni, Xie Miao and others is right in front of them. Who can resist the attraction of reaching the sky in one step?

It's just that there is only so little information now, so everyone can only use their own connections to find out the information.

"I don't know now. I'll call you when I get the news. Goodbye, Sister Bingbing." Liu Yifei hung up the phone and complained irritably to her boyfriend who was writing and drawing:
"When will your information be released? I'm almost bored to death. I get more than ten or twenty phone calls a day from people asking about "Super Body"."

He Hua didn't even raise his head: "Then why don't you just mute your phone?"

If you don’t answer any of them, take the time to reply one or two to let others know that you are busy.That's what he did anyway.

"How can that be done? People will think that they are avoiding her on purpose."

Liu Yifei's voice faded, and He Hua ignored it and concentrated on drawing the split shots of "Super Body". This was the first time for him to shoot a movie with others. In order to ensure the quality of the overall movie, he thought about the split shots. We still need to be more careful so that problems can be discovered and solved in advance.

He has been busy with this during this time, and the preparation of the project was directly handed over to Han Sanping and Huang Lan.

They have more experience in this area than themselves.

This is indeed the case. In just three or four days, Han Sanping and Huang Lan were able to communicate with all parties and the investment in the film was settled.

The total investment of "Super Body" is 2 million, of which China Film, Wanda, Emperor, and UVA each contributed 3000 million, each accounting for 15%; Shanghai Film, Enlight, Bona, Star Beauty, Hongxingwu and other large and small companies shared the remaining The 40% discount is considered as everyone sharing the cake.

The creative team also discussed the same thing before:
Director: Han Sanping

Director: Zhang Yimou, He Hua

Screenwriter: He Hua

Art Director: Huang Jianxin
actor:

Lucy——Liu Yifei (tentatively decided)

Professor - Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine (tentative)

In fact, what He Hua meant was that he could save some costs. He could just find a capable actor to play the role of professor, such as Li Xuejian and Chen Daoming. However, Han Sanping and others felt that since they were going to take an international route, they didn't care about the money. We need to find some Hollywood stars to come over.

Including the Paris policeman in the plot, they also want to find a famous person to play, but they still need to discuss who to choose.

Needless to say, Huang Jianxin, the art director in the main creative team, is Han Sanping's old partner. He has no way to stay on the crew all the time, so he can only choose to use this method.

As soon as the agreement was signed, the media immediately reported it as if there was an insider planted in it:

"With directors Zhang Yimou and He Hua, what is the charm of "Super Body"?"

"The domestic market has not yet gained a stable foothold, and now it has invested [-] million to prepare to go overseas again. China Film's decision has raised questions,"

"Liu Yifei, the 'resource star' Shi Chui, and He Huahua supported his girlfriend in the "Super Body"!"

Various headlines in the media have caused a lot of discussion about the film online.

At the same time, people in the industry are also paying more attention to this movie. This time, it is mainly those big-money people who are interested in working hard in Hollywood.

Even Zhang Ziyi called her mentor and wanted to fight for her again.

It's just that Zhang Yimou really didn't have such a high say in this project, so he could only give her a few limited reminders and ask her to find Han Sanping.

However, Han Sanping felt that he had already intervened in the project once, and if he continued like this, He Hua might really want to kick him, so he refused before she could say anything.

Zhang Ziyi has been able to reach this position not only because of her luck and hard work, but also, most importantly, her hard work and resilience. She will never give up until she hits the wall.

So with the last hope, she wanted to ask He Hua to come out and talk.He Hua pushed twice but failed, so he had to go forward, but he took Liu Yifei with him. Only then did Zhang Ziyi calm down her petty thoughts and give up completely.

How do you handle a man who doesn't cheat?
In addition to this dinner, He Hua also attended another dinner party, and Feng Xiaogang took him there.

There were Wang Shuo, Chen Daoming, Xu Jinglei and others on the table. He Hua knew what they meant at a glance.

Is Xu Jinglei serious?Where did she get the confidence that she was qualified for this role?She doesn't really think that she is beautiful and talented, but is just being teased by a bunch of old men.

The wine was drunk, the food was eaten, the bragging was allowed, and the face was given to He Hua. No matter how much more, it would be gone.

"Damn, this kid looks down on me."

"No, no, Master Shuo is really not right. You can't let me change my girlfriend. Just calm down, calm down."

"Just leave it like that, aren't you doing well now?" Chen Daoming also withdrew.

In addition to these two, Shuang Bing also revealed his intention to exchange resources for roles. However, Starlight's promise to advance investment funds for Youhua Entertainment failed to make He Hua relent, making them even less attractive.

At the end of April, inside the China Film Digital Studio.

He Hua and Zhang Yimou discussed the script and scene layout.

There are a lot of indoor scenes in "Super Body". Considering that special effects are required in many places, He Hua and the others directly rented a digital studio of China Film Studio, where most of the scenes in the film will be completed.

At the same time, they also hired two special effects teams. Although China Film Group also has its own special effects team, because there are many special effects scenes in this film and they are relatively important, it can be said that whether the film can be successful, special effects will account for a large proportion. , it is a science fiction film after all.

Competition can stimulate the creativity of these people. More VFX Mojing Tianhe and Tiangong Yicai are the competitors that He Hua found for China Film Special Effects. Of course, these two companies have shares in He Hua. As early as 09, Ghost Blowing Lantern ranked first They started to contact each other during the filming of "Jingjue Ancient City", and they have been in contact until now.

"Who do you want to find between the gangster 'Eight-faced Buddha' and Lucy's boyfriend?" Zhang Yimou has also been harassed by many old friends recently. He now wants to confirm the actor as soon as possible.

"How about Chen Xiao as a boyfriend, a pretty boy who sucks sex and loves gambling."

Zhang Yimou thought about it and found it quite logical. Girls are not easily deceived by such pretty boys.

"can."

"As for the black boss." He Hua touched his chin and thought crazily in his mind: "Tony Leung, he can hold up this role both in terms of acting skills and temperament."

There is no problem with this. Zhang Yimou has seen movies played by Tony Leung Ka Fai, and this role is not difficult for him.

As for the two roles of professor and Paris policeman, someone has already discussed them, so they don’t need to worry about it.

In May, just as He Hua was preparing to take the crew of "One Day Trip" to Cannes.

China Film Group came to the conclusion of the communication that Morgan Freeman can star, but the salary will be US$2000 million.

This is much higher than Christian Bale's daily salary of RMB 200 million in "Jinling [-]".

There is also the role of the Paris policeman. Initially, China Film Group was targeting Ryan Reynolds, but people looked down on such a role, so they had no choice but to target the star of "Fast and Furious 5", which became a hit in China last year. One of Paul Walker.

This was also easy to contact. People from China Film Group found Lin Yibin, the director of "Fast and Furious 5", and he helped contact him.

Paul Walker's salary is less, but he still needs $1000 million.

In fact, in He Hua's opinion, these two roles are really not that important. He can be A, B, or even C. There is no need to spend such a high price to find them to play them.

But others don't think so. They feel that Hollywood stars have very good box office appeal at least in North America and even the world, and they can also save a lot of publicity costs. This business is completely feasible.

He Hua didn't tolerate them, and directly said: "These two people have a total of 3000 million U.S. dollars, and 2 million yuan is just gone, and they still took a picture."

"If we can't add more, why bother to calm down?"

Han Sanping crossed his arms across his chest, frowned and asked, "Is it possible to press it down further?"

The staff was also very puzzled: "Paul's side must be in trouble. No one wants to take it. It's his agent who keeps talking in the middle. Morgan," this old nigga, has 2000 million, how much can he press for? It's just a drop in the bucket. .

Everyone discussed for a while, but there was really no good solution. Seeing this situation, Han Sanping had no choice but to say to He Hua:

"You go to Cannes first, and Yimou and I will go meet them later. If that doesn't work, we'll have to give up on one of them."

The cost of 4 million yuan can only be recovered by 11 billion yuan. No one here is sure of that.

That was all, He Hua nodded.

This time in Cannes, in addition to the company's staff, He Hua also brought Yan Bingyan and Liao Fan.

Uncle Ge doesn't like to go out, and now he doesn't need such occasions to increase his exposure; Liu Bei even said that he wants to take care of his husband and children at home, so they are the only ones left.

After more than ten hours of flight, coupled with the jet lag, He Hua suffered from back pain on this flight. As soon as he got off the plane, he wanted to find a hotel to rest, but he didn't expect that domestic media were already waiting at Cannes Airport.

They were probably watching all the Chinese crew who came to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, but unexpectedly they caught He Hua and the others.

"Director He, are you bringing your new film "A Day Trip to Dreams" this time? Are you confident of winning the award?" The excited reporter almost slammed the microphone into He Hua's face.

He Hua forced a smile: "I don't know if I can be shortlisted. The important thing is to participate."

"Didn't Liu Yifei come with you?" a reporter asked curiously.

"Well, she doesn't have any works."

He Hua's words suddenly silenced the scene.Nowadays, the Cannes Film Festival has long become a show place, especially the red carpet of the opening ceremony. Who cares whether there are works or not, you have to go around anyway, and I don’t know how many eye-catching bags are released.

He later realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, but forget it, it was the truth, and they could interpret it however they wanted.

There are quite a few filmmakers attending Cannes this year:
Fang Long brought his latest masterpiece "Twelve Zodiac Signs" this year.

Gong Li will serve as the award presenter at the closing ceremony.

New-generation director Wu Ershan brings the sequel to "Painted Skin".

Wang Zhonglei personally came to promote Feng Xiaogang's new film "1942".

There are also "Twelve Constellations", "Flower Yang", "Dangerous Liaisons", "Two Heroes of Treasure Island" and so on.

There are even more Chinese stars: Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Baizhi, Yang Mi, Hao Lei, Chen Yanxi and so on.

Oh, Michelle Chen's work is "Flower Yang". (End of chapter)