As time enters late April, the filming of "Raise the Red Lantern" has also come to an end.
At this time, the cooperation between the crew has already formed a tacit understanding. As long as Wu Jianye shouts for many things, everyone will know how to perform them.
What I want to shoot today is the first meeting between Songlian and Feipu.
But just as Wu Jianye and Fang Shu were preparing the plot, Zhao Lei suddenly came to the crew.
Seeing Zhao Lei's pale face, Wu Jianye already had the answer in his mind and signaled Zhao Lei to wait for a while.
After Wu Jianye and Fang Shu finished filming the first meeting between Songlian and Feipu, Wu Jianye came to Zhao Lei in costume.
"Did something happen to Chen Ming?"
Zhao Lei said in a panic: "Yes, just three days ago, Chen Ming was suddenly arrested at home."
He had already reminded Chen Ming to leave Yanjing, but Chen Ming was too superstitious about his power in Yanjing. As a result, after encountering the state machine, the strength he thought was not enough.
It finally begins!
"What about you, has anyone asked you for questions?" Wu Jianye asked.
Zhao Lei nodded and said, "Yes, but later, after they found out that I was an employee of Xiangjiang Company, they didn't say anything."
Wu Jianye nodded. It seemed that the identity he had obtained for Zhao Lei in advance had worked.
After knowing that there was no situation on Zhao Lei's side, Wu Jianye continued to ask: "Did Chen Ming find out what the situation was?"
Now we can only hope that Chen Ming will not play with fire.
"Speculation is bad!"
Wu Jianye breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it's not that kind of crime, it's fine. The most serious crime this year is still that kind of crime. If you catch it, you can just eat peanuts...
"Do you know how to sentence him?" Wu Jianye said.
Special things are handled specially. In 1983, this kind of incident will let you realize the efficiency of domestic affairs, and it will definitely not be the kind of procrastination that will be seen in later generations.
"The documents haven't been officially issued yet, but I heard that it might be fifteen years!"
This is efficiency.
"Brother, you must find a way to save Chen Ming!" Zhao Lei begged. He and Chen Ming have known each other since childhood and have a deep brotherly relationship. After Chen Ming's accident, none of his so-called brothers were the same as him.
His fate was that he ran away early and no one cared about him at all.
At this time, Zhao Lei knew that only Wu Jianye could help him!
Wu Jianye glanced at Zhao Lei and said helplessly: "How do you want me to help him? You know the situation in Yanjing better than me, and I can tell you that this trend is not only in Yanjing, it will soon happen."
Sweeping the whole of China, in front of the powerful state machinery, what do you think I can do?"
Zhao Lei said dejectedly: "Brother, I beg you, that's only fifteen years. When Chen Ming comes out, everything will really be over!"
To be honest, if it was just Chen Ming, it would be impossible for Wu Jianye to take action. After all, Wu Jianye had asked Zhao Lei to remind Chen Ming that it was Chen Ming who failed to live up to his expectations. Now that he is caught, he will naturally have to accept the punishment he deserves.
.
But looking at Zhao Lei's appearance at this time, Wu Jianye felt helpless. He was very optimistic about Zhao Lei. Although there were some shortcomings in ability, he was more loyal and loyal. Now he could intercede for Chen Minglai, which already proved this.
"Did Chen Ming do anything out of the ordinary when he was doing business?"
"No, absolutely not!" Zhao Lei said quickly: "Although Chen Ming has a bit of a flamboyant personality, he is still very disciplined in doing business. In addition, his purchase channels are very cheap, so he has not done anything excessive."
"Let's do this. Zhou Tao will fly to Yanjing in the next few days. You go directly to contact Zhou Tao and ask him to establish a cooperative relationship with Chen Ming. Although he cannot be exempted from prison, at least he can be sentenced to a few years less!" Wu Jianye
Finally said.
This matter can only be solved by Zhou Tao's intervention.
When Zhou Tao went to Yanjing, he naturally went to negotiate with the General Administration of Sports about Jianlibao.
"Thank you, brother!" Zhao Lei said excitedly. He naturally knew Zhou Tao's energy. With the crazy expansion of Jinxiu Garment and the huge investment of Hanshui Beverage Company in Shanghai, Zhou Tao has become a patriotic businessman among Hong Kong businessmen.
Representatives will receive warm hospitality from the local government wherever they go.
"Well, go and do it quickly. If you wait until the document is officially issued, it will be useless even if Zhou Tao comes forward!" Wu Jianye said.
"Okay, then I'll go back now!"
Zhao Lei came and went in a hurry. He stayed in Zhaoyu for less than two hours and hurried back to Yanjing. Now that Zhou Tao had not gone to Yanjing, he needed to return to Yanjing and call Zhou Tao as soon as possible to ask Zhou Tao to leave early.
"What's matter?"
Tianzhuangzhuang knew Zhao Lei and knew that he was helping Wu Jianye, so when he saw Zhao Lei coming and going in a hurry, he asked worriedly.
"It's okay, let's continue filming!" Wu Jianye smiled. Wu Jianye no longer cares whether this matter can be accomplished. Anyway, he has already done his best. As for how much he can help Chen Ming, that's it.
Just let fate dictate everything you do.
A month later, Zhao Lei called. Through Zhou Tao's operation, Chen Ming changed the term from 15 years to 3 years.
Wu Jianye said he understood, without saying anything else, and began to ask about Zhou Tao's contact with the General Administration of Sports in Yanjing. As expected, Zhou Tao sent good news to Wu Jianye.
After a month of negotiations, the General Administration of Sports finally agreed that Hanshui Beverage Company will sponsor next year's domestic Olympic team. However, unlike the original Sanshui Jianlibao, this time Hanshui Beverage's Jianlibao sponsors all domestic sports teams.
In order to build a good relationship with the General Administration of Sports, a sponsorship plan of US$300,000 was signed, which immediately gave the General Administration of Sports a very good sense of cold water drinks.
"Master Dai, how about the matter I discussed with you before?"
In Master Dai's small restaurant, Wu Jianye was sitting there discussing things with Master Dai, while standing beside him was an excited Dai Zhen.
The filming of the crew is about to end, and Wu Jianye and others will return to Yanjing this month, so two days ago, Wu Jianye formally proposed to Master Dai that Dai Zhen should return to Yanjing with him.
Although Dai Zhen is a crazy person, we cannot deny that his kung fu is definitely solid. Wu Jianye also needs such a person to protect his safety.
Master Dai was naturally worried about Dai Zhen. This had nothing to do with his age or whether he was a fool or not. It was purely because parents were worried about their children.
But Dai Zhen was different. He was naturally happy to be able to leave Zhaoyu and visit a big city!
Master Dai glanced at Dai Zhen, showing a trace of reluctance, but finally said: "From now on, Dai Zhen will ask Director Wu to take care of him!"
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Master Dai, don't worry!"
.......
As we enter mid-May, the live shooting of "Raise the Red Lantern" has officially ended.
One good thing about this movie is that almost all the scenes were shot in the Qiao family compound, so there was no need to change locations.
Wu Jianye looked at the excited crowd and said with a smile: "Thank you all for your hard work over the past six months. Now I announce that the filming of "Raise the Red Lantern" has officially been completed!"
Bang bang bang!
The crowd burst into applause. During this period, Wu Jianye had won everyone's admiration with his professional abilities.
Wu Jianye walked up to Ru Xing and said, "Aping, your performance has been very good during this period. If there is a chance, I think you can apply for our Yanjing Film Academy!"
If Wu Jianye hadn't appeared, Ru Sheng would have entered the industrial and commercial system after graduating from high school, then the Lin'an art troupe, and then Shanghai Opera.
However, after more than half a year of cooperation, Wu Jianye admired Ru Sheng very much and hoped that she could become his junior sister.
Ma Jingwu laughed and said: "Yes, Xiaoru, you are very talented in acting. What Director Wu said is what I want to say. I hope you can think about it carefully!"
During this period, Ma Jingwu has been tutoring Ru Sheng in her acting skills. He also admires Ru Shen as a half-disciple and hopes to become a formal master and apprentice with her.
Ru Shen's face turned a little red. This was her first time participating in the filming of a movie. Although she had encountered some bad people in the crew, most of them took good care of her, such as Ma Jingwu who taught her acting skills.
Teacher and director Wu Jianye.
Now that they took the initiative to invite her to take the Yenching Film Academy exam, she naturally yearned for it.
"Director Wu, Teacher Ma, thank you for your help, I will seriously consider this matter!" Ru Shen said seriously.
"Well, it's necessary to go home and discuss it with your family!" Wu Jianye smiled, and then looked at Fang Shu who was standing on the other side chatting with Zhao Fei and others.
Wu Jianye called out, Fang Shu, and waved to her.
When Ru Sheng heard Wu Jianye calling Fang Shu, he said with a strange expression: "Director Wu, there's nothing wrong, I'll leave first!"
Among the bad people Ru Jin met, Fang Shu was the worst!
Wu Jianye smiled: "Wait a minute, now that the filming of the movie is finished, I should tell you some things!"
Ru Shen was slightly startled: "What's going on?"
"Of course I'm being asked to do evil things!" At this time, Fang Shu also walked over carelessly and looked at Wu Jianye angrily.
Ru Sheng didn't understand what Fang Shu meant.
"Director Wu, hurry up and clear your name with me!" Fang Shu said.
"Ahem!" Wu Jianye coughed, and then smiled and talked to Ru Jin about why Fang Shu targeted Ru Jin during the filming.
"...Sister Fang Shu did this simply because she obeyed my orders. She is usually very kind!"
Looking at Ru Jin who was a little confused, Fang Shu hugged Ru Jin and said with a smile: "Xiao Pingping, you don't think I am really a vicious concubine, do you?"
"I...I..." Ru Shen looked at Fang Shu and Wu Jianye at a loss. She didn't expect that all this was a fake show planned by Wu Jianye.
.....
When other people in the crew saw what was going on here, they also showed proud smiles. Everyone had known about this for a long time. Only Ru Jin was still in the dark. At this time, when he saw Wu Jianye, he officially told the truth.
Ru Sheng applauded one after another.
"Okay, Xiao Pingping, this is what Old Wu is like. Let me tell you, you are not allowed to scold me behind my back anymore. I am a lady!" After saying this, Fang Shu did not forget to give Wu Jianye a look.
Seeing Ru Jin's slightly red face, Fang Shu immediately said exaggeratedly: "Xiao Pingping, you didn't really scold me secretly, did you?"
Ru Zhen made a sound like a mosquito, "No...no!"
.......
The filming of the movie was over, which naturally meant that everyone had to say goodbye. Fortunately, most of the actors were in Yanjing, so everyone decided to rush back to Yanjing together.
As for Ru Shen, her father will also arrive in Zhaoyu today to take his daughter back to Shanghai.
After returning to Yanjing, Wu Jianye immediately went to the college and reported the shooting situation to the dean.
After listening to Wu Jianye's report, Cheng Yin smiled and said: "Not bad, your shooting situation, when are you going to start post-production?"
Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "If the conditions at the studio allow, I would like to officially start the post-production process tomorrow!"
This year's Venice Film Festival will start in September. It is now late May, which means Wu Jianye still has two months for post-production. If it is a science fiction movie, two months of behind-the-scenes time.
It's definitely not enough, but "Raise the Red Lantern" is a feature film, and Wu Jianye already has a complete plot of the movie in his mind, so two months is enough.
Cheng Yin didn't expect Wu Jianye to be so anxious, and said with a smile: "There is no problem at the studio, but you don't have to be so anxious!"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Dean, you forgot, I said at the beginning that this film was going to participate in the international film festival. There are less than four months until the opening of this year's Venice Film Festival. I want to catch up.
I have to work overtime for this year’s film festival!”
Cheng Yin's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"Xiao Wu, actually this movie doesn't necessarily have to win an award at an international film festival. I know you were under a lot of pressure when shooting this movie, but there's no need to push yourself so hard!"
Wu Jianye was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there any problem with Dean's participation in the international film festival?"
It turned out that when the filming of "Raise the Red Lantern" was about to end, Cheng Yin contacted the China Film Export and Import Company, hoping that "Raise the Red Lantern" would represent domestic films in European film festivals.
However, the China Film Export and Import Company immediately raised objections after hearing that "Raise the Red Lantern" was just a film shot by a recent graduate.
"Can a movie made by a newly graduated student represent Chinese movies?"
"If you don't even get a nomination by then, it will be a disgrace to domestic films!"
Many people are not optimistic about Wu Jianye's Virgo.
After listening to Wan Yin's narration, Wu Jianye looked a little ugly. No one knew better than him the achievements of this film at the European Film Festival.
"Dean, is there any other way?"
Wu Jianye didn't just give up like that.
Cheng Yin thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. You edit the movie first. I'll take it to the review board and then think of a solution!"
"Dean, I issued a military order at the beginning, but I can't die before leaving the army!" Wu Jianye continued to argue.
This film carries a lot of things about Wu Jianye. Only if this film wins an award at a European film festival can he realize the possibility of turning a corner in the domestic film industry like those of his predecessors.
Cheng Yin smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much. Although some people are opposed to this matter, there are also people who are in favor of it. No matter what, you should edit the movie first!"