Huaxing's film project has caused a sensation in the film industry!
Countless filmmakers were shocked beyond measure after watching a movie posted on Huaxing's official Weibo account.
Even a veteran like Chen Kai, who has been in the film industry for decades, was stunned.
After seeing the news, he immediately confirmed it with Xu Kangnian from the relevant department.
"This is indeed true. The script outline and project have been reviewed and approved by a special support channel. The total project budget including "Spider-Man" is about 700 million yuan..."
After Xu Kangnian finished speaking on the other end of the phone, he was silent for a long time, and then added: "I have personally read the outline of the script, and there are no substantive issues."
"Does he really dare to shoot like this? He's not afraid of losing all his underwear!" After hearing this sentence, Chen Kai was still stunned in his heart. After a long pause, he said this sentence in a complex manner.
Just when Chen Kai wanted to chat with Xu Kangnian again, Xu Kangnian on the other end of the phone seemed to have met someone and hung up the phone immediately.
The morning sun shone in the office.
Chen Kai looked at his phone, and the shock in his heart finally improved a lot.
He turned on his computer and browsed countless news about Zhou Yang on the Internet. Almost every one of them was exciting!
Seeing these breaking news, Chen Kai calmed down.
"If you want to cause people to perish, you must first make them crazy!"
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"This is the place where Mr. Zhou used to start his business. Later it was bought by the company. Since moving to the new company, this place has been empty."
"Hua Xing's journey has not been smooth, and it has even been a bit bumpy... During the difficult times, there were only me and Mr. Zhou in the entire Hua Xia company, and there were only a few people. Everyone else ran away. It was a very difficult time.
, but fortunately we persisted..."
"I called you here today because I hope to use this place as the project base of the China Young Directors Association. Thanks to Mr. Zhou's management in the past two years and the strong support from relevant departments, our Young Directors Association has approved some support funds.
I have watched almost every one of your movies, and I understand that it is not easy for you, but believe me, although there is a lot of discussion from the outside world now, we have suffered a lot of criticism and doubts, and even been stepped on, living without dignity.
But now, all the difficulties are over."
"I have seen your film plans and the film projects to be filmed. I have also informed Mr. Zhou that Mr. Zhou will be here soon. At that time, Mr. Zhou will make various choices for your film projects.
and investment, prioritizing and deferring…”
"..."
September 19th at eight o'clock in the morning.
Huaxing.
Old company conference room.
Feng Kai looked at the five middle-aged people in the conference room, introducing "Huaxing" with a very serious expression on his face.
These are all "young directors" he has selected who have produced works before.
At the end of the last century, as China's economy boomed, a large number of new directors emerged.
They are all like the rising sun, full of vitality and dreams, joining this circle.
But this industry is not friendly to them. They have no connections and no resources. They only have a very distant dream and the most valuable talent. They finally made a movie by selling everything, but due to some man-made reasons, it could not be released and in the end they had to run away.
I won awards abroad and won several pheasant nominations. I finally managed to get some success, and when I thought I could rise to the top with my works, I was reported as soon as I returned home and was eventually banned.
The group of young directors who once had great ambitions have been suppressed and their edges have been smoothed. Some are still struggling to persist, while others can't stand the pressure of life and have directly switched to other industries.
Although everyone can make a living, there are very few people who can do so successfully.
At this moment, these directors are sitting on their chairs, full of incredible and dreamy feelings.
All this is so unreal to them.
"Director Feng, can we really get investment? Will it be released after filming?" A bald director hesitated for a moment, stood up, and asked uncertainly.
Feng Kai looked at the bald director with a smile on his face: "Didn't you talk to Mr. Zhou?"
"Yes, but I'm not sure. After all, I'm not a student of Yan Film Academy, but a director of Pheasant University..." The bald director nodded, but there was still a bit of uncertainty on his face, and a bit of embarrassment on his face.
.
The director’s name is Liu Can.
In the 1990s, I made a literary film called "Black and White Humor", which was screened at the Russian International Film Festival and achieved a great response.
But after returning to China, he was banned.
The reason for the ban is: "The script has not been reported and the movie has not been reported, so it is illegal to release the movie."
Before the ban, Liu Can continued to fill in various filing materials and communicated with relevant departments, hoping to lift the ban.
But whenever the relevant departments almost agree and can unblock him, he will always be reported inexplicably...
Some groundless sexual remarks, the suspected reactionary core of the film, and even personal style have become so-called reporting materials.
A few years later, he learned that his film had to be reported to the relevant departments first. After reporting, he would report it to the leaders of the China Film Association, fill in the information, and then go through the screening review and internal system review of all aspects.
After all this, you still have to pay a "Chinese Film Association Release Deposit" that can range from a million to a few hundred thousand before the film can be queued for domestic release.
Even after these movies are released successfully, the movie schedule still depends on God's will. Sometimes if you are unlucky, the movie will be scheduled to the midnight slot.
The repeated blows left Liu Can with little confidence.
Even after Zhou Yang chatted a lot with him about movies and past experiences, Liu Can still felt uneasy.
In addition, my academic qualifications are not from an orthodox film school, and I am considered a monk on the way. Invisibly, this feeling of inferiority becomes stronger.
Feng Kai was about to say something when he found the door outside the room opened.
Immediately afterwards, there was a voice full of enthusiasm: "I didn't graduate from Yanying, wasn't I also making movies? Academic qualifications are important, but learning the day after tomorrow is more important..."
Everyone turned their heads and saw a handsome but tall figure walking in from the door.
"Director Zhang, Director Liu, Director Su, Director Qian..."
Just when everyone was stunned, that figure greeted everyone very seriously, his eyes full of sincerity.
"Zhou, Mr. Zhou!"
"Director Zhou..."
"week……"
Everyone stood up subconsciously.
Zhou Yang waved to everyone, then came to Liu Can and handed the script of "Crazy Stone" to Liu Can: "Look at the script. This is a black comedy movie, which is similar to your "Black and White Humor"
Similarly, the script is not complete. You outline and complete the detailed script. After completing it, I will look at it. If it is almost the same, you can take this script to shoot... However, you need to communicate with me during the shooting..."
After Liu Can took over the script of "Crazy Stone" in shock, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhou Yang in disbelief: "This, is this a movie project announced on the company's Weibo?"
"yes!"
"I, I, Mr. Zhou, don't worry, I'll take a look right now, I will read it carefully..." Liu Can's hands holding the script were shaking as he nodded desperately.
"Well, go ahead first. You can choose one of the offices outside. It will be your exclusive office from now on. After finishing the work, you can make a detailed plan!"
"Okay, I'll go right away!" Liu Can nodded again, then took the script and left without looking back.
Then Zhou Yang walked towards Director Zhang Zhang Changsheng on the other side: "Director Zhang..."
"Here, Mr. Zhou!"
"I've read the script of your road movie "Laughing All the Way". There's nothing wrong with the script. There's nothing wrong with the eight million investment. I've also read the shooting plan. It's okay. I'm here to see you and listen to you.
Please tell me the detailed movie plan..." Zhou Yang came to a fat man wearing glasses, with a smile on his face.
"Ah!" The fat director Zhang Changsheng became excited when he saw it, and was so excited that he was speechless for a moment.
In his early years, he was a not-so-famous comedian. Later, he turned into a director and made a few movies. The box office was mediocre and he even lost some money. For some reasons, he fell out with Xinghui.
It was banned until last year.
After the lockdown was lifted, things changed and people couldn't get investment. So I talked to the China Directors Association through connections, but they didn't like his movies at all. They thought his movies were too vulgar and did not meet the "positive energy".
It was impossible to give him any resources, so he kept in embarrassment. A few days ago, he received a call from Feng Kai. When Feng Kai asked him if he had any movie plans, he thought he had received a scam call. This time, he also wanted to give it a try.
I came here with a road movie script, but I didn’t expect that this time I would actually get investment?
"Yes, it has been approved by the Finance Department. This is a movie invested by Huaxing. Make it well and check on the progress of the project regularly..."
"good!"
…
In the conference room.
Feng Kai watched Zhou Yang chatting with every director.
It was obviously the director he discovered first, but Feng Kai discovered that Zhou Yang knew every director's work well.
Feng Kai just sat and looked at Zhou Yang. As he watched Zhou Yang chatting and laughing, he felt that Zhou Yang had the aura of a superior person. He couldn't help but feel awe. At the same time...
There is also an invisible sense of pressure and distance.
He looked out the window subconsciously.
Those directors who claim to control the Chinese film industry...
This time I might really lose.
this moment……
This idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
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"'Jaws' may be breaking records!"
"ah?"
"It may become China's first movie to exceed one billion!"
"ah?"
"I just watched the sample film. If you go to the cinema tomorrow and watch it, it will be of great help to your "Liao Zhai Painted Skin"! This is the work of a real master of horror films!"
evening.
Jiang Ge had finalized the filming plan for "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" and was about to call Zhou Yilin to finish the conversation and set a filming date, but Zhou Yilin called him instead.