Liu Yifei rested at home for two days, and then started to deal with some odd jobs.

Cheng Mufan also knew that her parents were going to take her on a long trip, so she was very obedient these days and did whatever they were told.

I no longer make trouble, I no longer argue with Liu Yifei, and I even know how to pinch my father's waist and beat his legs.

Cheng Yu'an is also busier than before. He has to finish the work at hand so that he can make time to travel with his wife and daughter.

The seven directors of "My Motherland and Me" have been confirmed. In addition to Zhang Yimou, Han Yan, and Guo Fan, Xu Shanzheng, Xue Xiaolu, Ning Hao, and Wen Muye have also been added.

A team of seven people will participate in the preparatory group and participate in topic selection.

More than 40 themes have passed the first round of screening, with 30 remaining.

The preparatory team will start the second round of screening before Cheng Yuan leaves the capital, and there will only be 15-20 topics left for the seven directors to choose from.

The main poster of "The Wandering Earth" has been released. Sorry, although Wu Jing is not the lead actor, his personal photo is the largest and is placed in the most conspicuous position on the poster.

Wu Jing initially disagreed with this, but the publicity department convinced him.

It's like taking advantage of Master Wu's popularity.

"I'm Not the God of Medicine" held an advanced screening event at the Shanghai Film Festival, attracting a crowd of people.

But this year’s film festival, according to Huang Jianxin himself, “was the most deserted I’ve ever attended.”

This year, big names from all parties are also present, but it’s really not that lively.

There was almost no one visiting the trading market in the exhibition center. Each company did have its own booth, but the scale was significantly smaller than in previous years.

Even remotely, we only need a booth that is half the size of last year.

The people who are in charge of the exhibition center are not Chen Zhixi or Jiang Xuerou, but the vice president of business, which shows how much they attach importance to it.

Many small companies will not even come to the exhibition this year.

"Once the excitement of the movie wears off, no one wants to come."

The biggest difference in this year’s film festival is that politics is highly at the forefront!

Because after March this year, film was separated from radio and television and placed under the control of the publicity department.

We don’t know what such organizational adjustments will bring.

I don’t deliberately seek to have a presence at the film festival, but follow the usual routine.

However, Cheng Yuan and Liu Yifei did not appear at the film festival. According to a remote response:

"Director Cheng still has some unfinished work. Yifei has just returned to China and is not feeling well."

Wang Changtian bluntly said: "The first crisis for Chinese films is coming."

"The box office growth in 2015 was slow. Everyone thought there was a challenge, but in fact there was not. The sign of the current crisis is that the film industry has seen a significant reduction in funds. Many film companies are experiencing financing difficulties. Listed film companies cannot issue additional issuances, and it is very difficult to issue bonds.

Difficulties, loan interest rates are constantly increasing, social capital is unwilling to invest money because your return on investment is low, production costs continue to rise in the process, copyright sales continue to decline, etc.”

"At the same time, due to the tight funds in the whole society, many of our film and television companies are now experiencing difficulties in project financing. I am basically certain that thousands of film and television companies may go bankrupt in the next one or two years.

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Jiang Xuerou, the chief producer of remote film and television who was also at the forum, returned to production: "Chinese directors have now become the most enjoyable directors in the world. They have less and less budget constraints and no longer need to listen to producers, because

There is a lot of money now. Directors are sitting on the throne, holding scripts, and financing ideas. This is wrong.

"Recently, there is a movie that will be shot in three parts with a budget of more than 3 billion. The movie has to go to the capital market to get money. In fact, it raises the industry threshold. I think it is unrealistic."

Who else could I be talking about, Wu Ershan's "Feng Shen" trilogy.

Wu Ershan wanted to persuade Jiang Xuerou to pay for it, but Jiang Xuerou immediately refused when she saw the budget.

Regarding the selection of actors, Jiang Xuerou pointed out, "We don't hire expensive actors for remote filming, we can only hire the right actors."

"When we were preparing for "I'm Not the God of Medicine," we wanted to hire an actress, but she said that she would only act in movies with a billion-dollar rating. I asked her, how do you know that our movie won't reach 1 billion, and she said

Just look at our lineup and budget and you know we can't sell it at the box office.

"I have thought about it for a long time. I don't know what the problem is and why many actors are like this now."

No one can answer this question for Jiang Xuerou. She is a producer and she must be looking for actors who are good and cheap.

When the Shanghai Film Festival came to an end, Cheng Yuan and his family had packed their luggage and were ready to start a long trip as a family of three!

I also asked Liu Xiaoli, she did not join in the fun and chose to stay at home.

Cheng Mufan deliberately changed into new hats, new clothes, new skirts and new shoes, even the socks were new!

He was happily sitting on the children's suitcase that he had pestered his mother to buy, and his father was dragging him along.

The couple did not bring an assistant, so they went to the airport and hired a driver to drive:

"This time we are going south, first to Anhui Province, then back to Hubei Province, then south to Gan Province and Hunan Province, then to Guizhou Province, then fly to Qiongdao, then visit Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, and then go north to Bay Island.

Japan and South Korea, and finally home. How is it, how are my arrangements?"

Liu Yifei was very satisfied after hearing this: "I guess you are serious."

My daughter, sitting aside, also said, "You have a heart."

Liu Yifei smiled and asked: "Are you going on a self-driving trip this time?"

"No, no." Cheng Yu'an waved his hand. He had injured his car during a self-driving trip in Europe before. He was too tired after driving long distances. "I won't drive long distances with you."

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In July this year during the summer season, although "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was released the earliest, on the 5th, the movie was not among the first in the audience's viewing list.

Throughout July, what audiences are most looking forward to is Jiang Wen's "The Righteous", "Asura" which cost 700 million and is known as the "Chinese version of "Avatar"", and "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings" which will be released at the end of July.

"The Richest Man in Xihong City".

The crew of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" specially placed the premiere at Tsinghua University, and named the premiere "Life is Like a Summer Flower."

Xu Shanzheng's popularity is still high, and his classmates enthusiastically support him.

Of course, director Wen Muye did not let go: "There were rumors before that Cheng Yu'an kept the script of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" for himself. Is it true?"

Wen Muye smiled and said: "It's true. The script of "The God of Medicine" was originally written by Teacher Cheng and Jia Nu. He said that he would shoot it by himself in two years, but I was thick-skinned and pestered him for a long time to beg for this script.

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Wen Muye said this without blushing at all, and even added: "Speaking of which, our group of directors took a lot of scripts from Mr. Cheng, which he originally wanted to shoot, but later gave them to us."

"So, if the movie doesn't look good, just blame me as the director. It's not that Teacher Cheng's script is bad."

The host of the premiere said at the right time: "Director Cheng Yu'an is out of town and cannot come to our premiere, but he recorded a video to say hello to our classmates at Tsinghua University and the crew of "The God of Medicine". Come, let's take a look."

The big screen started playing the video Cheng Yuan recorded in the hotel:

"Hello, fellow Tsinghua students..."

Cheng Yu'an only spoke for two or three minutes, mainly to say good things for the film's actors and directors, and hoped for everyone's support: "The script was written by Jia Nu and I. If the movie doesn't look good, just blame me for not writing the story well. Makino, for
Chapter completed!