Chapter 714: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (4100+ chapters~)
In Hengdian in September, although there is an occasional breeze, the temperature remains unchanged.
However, the lively activity here still makes people feel that this place is full of hope.
Since 1987, Hengdian has begun to build its own film and television city. Now four years have passed, but there are still many filming bases under construction!
At this time, Hengdian Culture also discovered that its previous negotiations with investors were in trouble, because the US$100 million investment had been spent two years ago. In the past two years, Fengge Pictures and Tangting
Culture jointly invested an additional US$100 million.
If Hengdian Culture hadn't been able to continuously provide land, their shares would probably have been less than 5%!
Today, Hengdian Culture's share in Hengdian Film and Television City has increased from 10% to 5.8% now...
However, when Wu Jianye came to Hengdian Film and Television City, the density of the crowd here was still incomparable to that of later generations, and there was no way around it.
At present, the domestic film and television industry has not yet been completely commercialized, and the rights to film are still firmly in the hands of several major studios and television stations.
Several major studios also have their own film and television studios, so traveling to Hengdian for filming will increase the cost.
Hengdian Film and Television City is free and open to the crew, but the cost of food and clothing for the crew is still a large expense.
Except for a few wealthy crews, the crews filming here still have no way to compare with later generations!
However, the reputation of Hengdian Film and Television City has already spread, and many aspiring directors have begun to contact Hengdian Film and Television City to inquire about the filming progress here.
Let’s put it this way, the development of Hengdian Film and Television City is still based on the future!
However, Wu Jianye was still at a shooting base and saw a huge crowd of people!
This crew is CCTV's biggest project in recent years, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!
Originally, in another time and space, the filming base of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was in Zhuozhou. At that time, the investment in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was 170 million yuan, of which 100 million was used to build the filming base. However, Wang Fulin served as the director of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
", he immediately contacted Hengdian Film and Television City and asked if they could build a filming base of this size.
The management of Hengdian Film and Television City, after a meeting and discussion, immediately agreed to Wang Fulin's request and began to build the Three Kingdoms scenes in Hengdian Film and Television City, including the Seoul Wall, streets, Tongque Terrace, etc., and at the same time the filming of the TV series "Tang Minghuang"
, also moved to Hengdian Film and Television City.
Therefore, the Hengdian Film and Television City at this time has long been very different from the Hengdian Film and Television City in another time and space. The Hengdian Film and Television City here will become a larger film and television shooting base than that in another time and space.
Wu Jianye came to Hengdian Film and Television City this time just to visit this place. As the most important shooting base in the country in the future, Wu Jianye naturally had to inspect it personally. At the same time, Wu Jianye's arrival this time will also
Enact more plans.
Xu Rong was following Wu Jianye. At this time, he looked at Wu Jianye and was filled with emotion. Naturally, he was very satisfied with the development of Hengdian Film and Television City, but for his shares in Hengdian Film and Television City,
But very troubled.
Now that Hengdian Film and Television City has opened to tourism, if we say what industry was the hottest in China in the early days of reform and opening up, the tourism industry is definitely one of the best.
As for Hengdian Film and Television City, as the largest film and television base in China at this time, although it has not yet reached the scale that Wu Jianye thought, in Xu Rong's eyes, it is already a tourist attraction, and its tourism revenue is already very enviable.
Yes.
Wu Jianye, accompanied by the leaders of Hengdian Film and Television City, slowly arrived at the filming site of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Wu Jianye came by chance, just in time to catch up with director Wang Fulin leading the actors to talk about the drama.
In fact, the filming of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is in the same line as "Journey to the West" and "A Dream of Red Mansions", both of which were led by CCTV. After Wang Fulin directed "A Dream of Red Mansions", he was immediately announced as the chief director of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Already.
In June last year, the leadership group of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was established, and in August, the screenwriting team was established. By this time, the crew had also begun to select actors.
Actor Selection Li Fazeng and Gu Fengli visited Beijing Film Studio, Bayi Film Studio, People's Art, Qingyi, Children's Art, General Administration, Air Affairs and other units, and identified the first batch of 78 candidate actors; the director team successively selected and sent out actors from various places
We collected video recordings of the actors who came in, and sent three assistant directors to various places to find actors.
The selection of actors lasted for nearly 10 months and ended at the end of May this year.
After the roles were basically confirmed, the crew originally planned to hold a training class in Yanjing, but later Hengdian Film and Television City offered sponsorship to the crew. In the end, Wang Fulin moved the crew's training class to Hengdian, mainly to save money...
.
There were 6 experts in the class teaching the actors, including the historical background of the Three Kingdoms, Han Dynasty etiquette, Han Dynasty customs, ancient wars and formations, adaptations of classical masterpieces, etc.
Putting aside the current film and television shooting techniques and techniques, the seriousness with which these scripts are taken alone cannot be accepted by future generations of film crews.
In fact, the shooting situation started in March this year, so it can be regarded as learning and shooting at the same time.
By the way, there is no difference in the salary of these actors, the main actors, they are all 250...
Tang Guoqiang even laughed and said that everyone is 250...
In fact, there are still many connections between Tangting Culture and the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" crew. For example, all the costumes and props used by the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" crew today are provided by Gugao Props.
The arrival of Wu Jianye and others immediately attracted the attention of Director Wang Fulin and others. Director Wang Fulin also came over immediately after seeing Wu Jianye.
"Director Wu, I've heard that you returned to China a long time ago. I didn't expect to see you here!" Wang Fulin said with a smile.
When filming "A Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Fulin received a lot of help from Wu Jianye. Now he is naturally very happy to see Wu Jianye!
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Director Wang, I also know that you are filming here, so I came here to study. Study, so I won't disturb you!"
Wang Fulin said modestly: "There is no director now who dares to teach Director Wu!"
In one simple sentence, Wu Jianye's status as a director in China can be described as being as high as several floors...
Although Wang Fulin is a veteran director in China, he is also aware of Wu Jianye's current achievements.
Wang Fulin then introduced some important members of the crew to Wu Jianye, such as several production directors of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", including the bearded Zhang Jizhong.
Wu Jianye also smiled and shook hands with everyone. When it came to the actors, Wu Jianye was more interested. Bao Guo'an who played Cao Cao, Sun Yanjun who played Liu Bei, and Tang Guoqiang who played Zhuge Liang...
"Director Wu, fortunately we have the help of Hengdian Film and Television City this time, otherwise our crew would have spent a lot more money!" Simon Yam, the planner and producer of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms," thanked with a smile.
Wu Jianye showed a wry smile and said: "To be honest, if I knew about this matter, I would definitely tell Hengdian Film and Television City not to accept your job!"
Everyone was slightly stunned, not understanding why Wu Jianye said that.
Wu Jianye then explained with a smile: "If Hengdian Film and Television City does not accept this job, our Tangting Culture can buy the overseas copyright of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" again!"
Ren Dahui, Wang Fulin and others laughed after hearing this.
The previous "Journey to the West" directly asked Tangting Culture to buy all the copyrights, and the overseas copyright of "Dream of Red Mansions" was also sold to Tangting Culture at a low price. Now the leaders of CCTV still regret it.
"Even if we invest it ourselves, we won't sell it to you this time!" Ren Dahui said with a smile.
Although he said it with a smile, it is also true. With the lessons learned from the previous two TV series, CCTV will never be able to sell overseas copyrights to Tangting Culture again even if it is selling the iron.
Among the actors, Wu Jianye also saw two other familiar faces.
He Qing, Chen Hong!
The two people's popularity is much higher than that of the other time and space at the same time, but when they received the script of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they still chose to join the drama.
This is actually related to the background of this era. Firstly, this drama is the most important drama of CCTV in recent years. Secondly, this generation is too deeply impressed by the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
It's everyone's dream to be able to participate in it.
Both of them stood in the crowd, looking at Wu Jianye from a distance, with different moods.
He Qing had already hidden her feelings for Wu Jianye deeply in her heart. It was precisely because of Wu Jianye's appearance that she was originally supposed to be in love with Liu Wei at this time, but now this relationship is naturally not there
Appeared.
Chen Hong's heart was also turning over and over again at this time. In the past two years, she had many suitors around her. Even Teng Xuese came to her several times, but she was rejected by Chen Hong all the time.
Now when the two of them saw Wu Jianye standing there talking and laughing with Wang Fulin, Ren Dahui and others, they felt quite emotional.
Wu Jianye naturally saw the two of them.
He smiled and waved, calling the two of them over.
"How's it going? Are you still getting used to being on Director Wang's crew?" Wu Jianye asked with a smile.
Chen Hong said first: "I'm used to it!"
"Well, Director Wang is one of the best TV drama directors in our country. You can learn a lot by following Director Wang well, and don't lose the face of our Tangting culture!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
The two of them are different from other actors, who are all actors from several major studios or other places such as People's Art and Art, while the two of them are actors from Tangting culture.
Wang Fulin smiled and said: "The actors trained by Director Wu must be fine, but they are a little aggrieved when they are asked to film with us. Their food and accommodation cannot compare with Director Wu's crew!"
Although the crew of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is hosted by Hengdian Film and Television City in Hengdian, their treatment is still not comparable to that of Wu Jianye's crew. In fact, in this era, no domestic crew can compare with Wu Jianye's.
Compared with the crew.
Even the daily food expenses are not the same. The crew of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" stayed in a four-person hotel. How could it be compared with Wu Jianye!
Especially when filming "The Legend of White Snake", the entire crew stayed in star hotels plus standard rooms...
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Director Wang, you are too polite. By the way, will the drama between the two of them end next year?"
When He Qing and Chen Hong heard what Wu Jianye said, they immediately looked surprised. The other actors also looked envious. Wu Jianye would definitely not ask random questions without any aim.
As the news of Wu Jianye's return to China spreads in the country, it can be said that everyone is waiting for news about Wu Jianye's new film. Now Wu Jianye actually asked the two of them their time in person, obviously because he wanted to use it in the new film
There are two of them!
Director Wang Fulin showed a slightly embarrassed expression, but still asked: "When does Director Wu hope to do it next year?"
Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said, "Maybe in March or April!"
Wang Fulin thought for a while and said: "The time should be about the same. During this time, I will shoot more scenes between the two of them, and try to finish filming the scenes between the two of them by that time. Chen Hong should be fine. As for He Qing, there is no one now.
I’ll give you an accurate time, Director Wu!”
Chen Hong played the role of Diao Chan in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the scene ended earlier than the scene of Xiao Qiao played by He Qing.
After Chen Hong heard this, the joy on his face became even more intense. Participating in other directors' movies or TV shows would at most increase his popularity in China, but if he participated in Wu Jianye's movies, it would not be domestic.
It’s so easy to become famous!
As for He Qing, she is a little depressed, but she is more professional than Chen Hong. Now that she has accepted the role of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", she is thinking about finishing the TV series seriously.
As for Wu Jianye's scene, we can only wait and see what happens here!
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll leave this matter to Director Wang!"
Wang Fulin said: "Okay, but Director Wu, if it involves the two of them that need to be reshot..."
Wu Jianye said: "When the time comes, I will let him go!"
"Then there's no problem!"
Then Wu Jianye said to He Qing and Chen Hong: "The company will set aside your schedule next year. You two will be the two female leads in my next movie. Is it okay for you two?"
Although in the conversation just now, the two of them had already guessed that Wu Jianye wanted them to be actors in his movie, but now that they heard Wu Jianye admit it in person, they couldn't help but said happily: "No problem!"
Wu Jianye nodded.
Wu Jianye basically has a direction for the new movie, and is currently revising the script. Chen Hong and He Qing are the two female leads he has appointed, and now only the male lead and important supporting actors are left!
Seeing that the time was almost up, when Wu Jianye was about to leave, Ren Dahui suddenly came to Wu Jianye's side.
"Director Wu, there is something I have never been sure about, and I want to discuss it with you!"
Wu Jianye was slightly stunned and asked: "What happened?"
Ren Dahui looked around at the situation, and Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Let's go back to the hotel and talk about it!"