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Chapter 393 Special recruitment?

Although the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" is a Sino-US co-production, its content caters more to European and American audiences, and seems quite out of place in the eyes of domestic audiences.

Besides, Wang Shu had seen it before, so he had no intention of going there and wasting his time.

In a blink of an eye, August 4th came.

"Iron Man", the fierce rival of "The Forbidden Kingdom", has landed in mainland theaters.

As the first film in the Marvel superhero movie series "Iron Man", "Iron Man" earned 9200 million yuan at the box office in mainland theaters and 5.85 million yuan at the global box office.

It was also on this day that the filming of "Trip to Taipei", which took more than three months to shoot, was officially completed.

The crew held a wrap party, and Liu Dehua, Li Binbin and others were present.

"Director Wang, let me toast to you. I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future!"

Li Binbin stood up and raised his glass to toast with a smile.

With the release of the Sino-US co-production "The Forbidden Kingdom", although Li Binbin is not the leading actress, her popularity has soared and her status has been improved.

There is a saying that if there is no comparison, there will be no harm.

"The Forbidden Kingdom", Liu Yifei's pay was 1500 million RMB.

Li Binbin does not care about the pay. What he said to the public is that he cares more about the strategic significance than the pay, just like Zhang Ziyi taking on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to enter Hollywood.

From this we can see that Li Binbin either performed for no pay or for extremely low pay.

And there is a reason for this.

During the casting for "The Forbidden Kingdom" last year, Huayi recommended Li Binbin, Ruby Lin, and Fan Wenfang to the film crew, and in the end Li Binbin got the supporting role.

“Not caring about the pay” is obviously a plus point in getting a role.

Although "The Forbidden Kingdom" is a Sino-US co-production in which Huayi participated in the investment, Huayi's say is very small, otherwise it would not have recommended the role in this way, but would have made the decision on its own.

But no matter what, the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" opened the door for Li Binbin to go international.

However, in Hollywood, actors in art films have always been more prestigious.

Therefore, even though Li Binbin played supporting roles in several Hollywood commercial films, he was never able to make waves.

Her international status is far inferior to that of Zhang Ziyi, let alone Gong Li.

"There's no need to stand up, it's the same if you sit down." Wang Shu smiled and raised his glass to clink with Li Binbin.

Li Binbin smiled, but did not sit down directly. Instead, he raised his wine glass, clinked it with Wang Shu's, and drank it all in one gulp.

She took advantage of the opportunity of "The Forbidden Kingdom" to emulate Zhang Ziyi's move to step onto the international stage by starring in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and planned to develop in Hollywood in the future.

Wang Shu is also a mainland director who is planning to develop his career in Hollywood.

Compared with other directors in the mainland, Wang Shu is more worthy of her making friends.

Because, if Wang Shu could really make a name for himself in Hollywood, she was counting on Wang Shu to give her some help as they were from the same hometown.

After Li Binbin toasted, Liu Dehua and others also raised their glasses to toast, and Wang Shu responded with a smile.

Yang Zi held up a glass of juice and said with bright eyes: "Brother Shu, I toast to you too."

Wang Shu also responded with a smile.

The wrap party ended successfully, and the next step is the post-production of "Travel to Taipei".

In this era, domestic movie special effects are really bad and there is a huge gap with those abroad.

Therefore, the movie supper of "Travel to Taipei" will be produced abroad instead of being completed in China.

Although the shooting process is mainly based on real shooting, there are still many parts that require the combination of special effects.

This makes it impossible to complete the post-production of "Travel to Taipei" in a short period of time, and it will take at least several months.

Wang Shu discussed this matter with Han Sanping and others, and they are trying to release the film during the New Year period at the end of this year.

April is over and May is here. Labor Day is coming.

Han Sanping invited Wang Shu to dinner during the festival, and Wang Shu accepted the invitation out of courtesy.

There was no one else in the private room except Han Sanping and Wang Shu.

"Are you really not staying in the country?" Han Sanping looked at Wang Shu.

Since taking the top position in China Film Group last year, Wang Shu was full of energy and ambition, but he had to leave the mainland for Hollywood.

This made him very reluctant.

China Film Group is not short of money, but what it lacks is commercial film directors who can cooperate with it.

If there were any capable commercial film directors in the mainland, China Film Corporation would not be giving money to the Hong Kong industry in various ways.

When Wang Shu heard this, he said helplessly, "I've said it so many times. If the American version of The Tuner is released in North America, I will definitely go to the United States to participate in the promotion work."

"After that, whether or not I will stay in Hollywood depends on whether there are opportunities."

In 2008, the global financial crisis was about to break out, and he went to Hollywood while also speculating in stocks.

Of course, domestic stocks can also be traded.

Both, without delay.

"Alas." Han Sanping sighed and continued to persuade: "Actually, you really don't need to go to Hollywood."

"Now I am the chairman of China Film Group. I have both power and money."

"Plus, the country is now vigorously developing commercial films. As long as you stay in the country, you will definitely get great support in filming."

"This is a great era. If you miss it, you'll really miss it."

Hearing this, Wang Shu smiled and said, "Boss Han, what you said makes it seem like I won't return to China to film."

“Although I’m going to Hollywood, I’ll still come back to make movies in China.”

Han Sanping didn't believe it at all, because although Wang Shu was a big director in China, he was a new director starting from scratch when he went to Hollywood.

I will only stay in Hollywood for several years and will never return to China to film.

From the perspective of these directors, returning to China to film is just a waste of precious time.

Return home
There are only two possibilities.

First, come back after achieving success.

Second, they couldn’t make it and returned home in disgrace.

Han Sanping felt bitter. If there were no outstanding commercial film directors in the mainland, he would not have advised Wang Shu again and again.

Compared with the commercial films directed by Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou and others, the commercial films directed by Wang Shu can better promote the development of domestic commercial films.

He looked at Wang Shu and said softly, "If you want to go to college, you can enter the directing department of Beijing Film Academy through special recruitment."

Wang Shu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and said, "You still have to take the exam, right?"

Han Sanping smiled and said, "It's just a formality."

Whether it is Beijing Theatre Academy, Beijing Film Academy, or other art schools, under normal circumstances, admission requires the usual formal procedures.

But Wang Shu's situation is different.

He won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.

以及，内地第4位单片票房破亿、第2位单片票房破2亿、第1位单片票房破3亿的导演。

I also went to Hollywood to make a movie.

This kind of result is enough for special recruitment even if one does not have enough academic qualifications.

(End of this chapter)