Throughout the 1990s, the salary adjustment span of Chinese workers was very large. In the early 1990s, the salary of ordinary workers was only more than 100 yuan, but by the end of the 1990s, the salary had risen to nearly 1,000 yuan.
About a dollar.
A salary of 300 yuan is already a very high salary for Huang Zilu. His father's monthly salary is only 100 yuan!
Now Wu Jianye not only gave him a high-paying job, but also arranged a place for the father and son to live. How could this not make Huang Zilu excited?
After visiting the cultural facilities in Tangting, Wu Jianye took Huang Zilu to eat. In fact, Huang Zilu didn't want to go, he told Wu Jianye.
"Teacher Wu, actually I can just buy two steamed buns and eat them at the company. I want to get familiar with the equipment here as soon as possible."
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. You will have plenty of time to get familiar with the equipment here, so don't worry about it!"
In the end, Huang Zilu followed Wu Jianye to the hotel. Now there are more restaurants in Yanjing City. It is no longer extremely difficult to find a hotel when Wu Jianye was just reborn.
As the capital of China, Yanjing has always been famous for its food culture. Coupled with Yanjing's special geographical situation, it can be said that various cuisines from all over the country are gathered here.
Wu Jianye took Huang Zilu to a Sichuan restaurant. The shop was small and only had one floor, but there were already a lot of people there.
A few people found a private room and sat down. Dai Zhen had already gone to order food.
At this time, Huang Zilu became nervous again. Wu Jianye thought that the hotel here was nothing, but for Huang Zilu, this place was already very luxurious.
After a while, Dai Zhen walked in and whispered to Wu Jianye: "Brother, Director Chen called just now. It seems that he wants to talk to you about something!"
Wu Jianye nodded, took the phone from Dai Zhen's hand, and called Chen Kaige.
After Chen Kaige received Wu Jianye's call, he seemed a little excited and asked directly: "Where are you?"
"We're eating at the hotel, what's wrong?" Wu Jianye asked.
Chen Kaige: "I want to ask you for help with something. Is it convenient for you now? If it is convenient, I will go to you!"
This is Chen Kaige. Even if he is very anxious about his own affairs, he will first ask about Wu Jianye's current situation. If it were Wang Shuo or Zhao Fei and others, he would definitely come directly. Why would he ask Wu Jianye if he is not there?
Convenient things.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "It's okay, you can do it!"
After saying that, Wu Jianye told Chen Kaige his address and hung up the phone.
When Huang Zilu saw that Wu Jianye's friend was coming, she quickly said: "Teacher Wu, why don't I go back first?"
Wu Jianye waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it's Chen Kaige who is here. After all, he can be regarded as your senior brother."
Huang Zilu heard that it was Chen Kaige, and she became excited again. Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige were the three big names in the film academy.
Wu Jianye was the first to become famous among the three, and is also the one with the highest achievements now. Chen Kaige became famous earlier than Zhang Yimou, but with Zhang Yimou's strong rise, his popularity has long surpassed Chen Kaige, and now Chen Kaige
Song can only rank third among the three!
But even so, Chen Kaige is still extremely powerful in the hearts of students like Huang Zilu.
After a while, the waiter brought out the dishes Dai Zhen ordered. Mapo tofu, spicy chicken, spicy shrimp, boiled pork slices, sweet-skinned duck...
Huang Zilu's throat was swallowing softly.
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Eat first, you don't have to wait for him!"
Although Huang Zilu agreed verbally, she just picked up the chopsticks and did not move them.
Wu Jianye smiled and said nothing. After a while, Chen Kaige hurried over. At the same time, he was accompanied by a middle-aged man about forty years old and wearing glasses.
When Chen Kaige came to the private room, he was slightly startled when he saw Huang Zilu. He wondered who this young man who was a little shy and who seemed to have some difficulty in life was?
Huang Zilu stood up first and said nervously: "Chen... Director Chen, hello, I am Huang Zilu, a senior student in the Photography Department of the Film School!"
When Chen Kaige heard that he was a student at the Film Academy, he didn't say anything. He smiled and said hello to Huang Zilu, and then introduced the middle-aged man next to him to Wu Jianye.
"Old Wu, this is Lu Wei, the screenwriter of "The Last Madness" and "The Price of Madness". My new film this time is also written by him!"
Lu Wei's eyes also had a hint of excitement, and he said seriously to Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, I'm very happy to meet you. My favorite movie is "The Last Emperor". I didn't expect to see you here.
you!"
Wu Jianye is also very interested in Lu Wei. Someone once said that Lu Wei was the best screenwriter in China in the early 1990s.
All because in the early 1990s, China's two masterpieces "Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive" were both written by him!
However, in Wu Jianye's view, Lu Wei's success actually has a lot to do with his script style. Lu Wei's understanding of Western movies is beyond the reach of domestic film screenwriters, which is why the scripts he wrote are so popular
This is the reason why overseas countries have achieved such high achievements.
"Haha, I've heard of your name too. When I was in North America, director Wu Tianming was always in front of me and mentioned that there was a very outstanding film screenwriter named Lu Wei at Xiying Studio." Wu Jianye said with a smile.
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Lu Wei's production is now also at Xiying Studio.
When Wu Tianming discovered Lu Wei, Lu Wei was still in the art department of Xiying Studio. Lu Wei wrote two scripts for Xiying Studio and made money, so Wu Tianming found Lu Wei and said: You are a good boy.
What do you want to be, a director or a screenwriter? If you want to be a director, I will transfer you to the director's room. If you want to be a screenwriter, I will transfer you to the literature department.
Lu Wei's answer was: Well, I still want to paint and stay in the art department. Boss, if there are any good things, I will write them. It doesn't matter where I stay.
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After the two parties got to know each other, Wu Jianye asked them if they had eaten. They shook their heads and sat down to eat together.
To be honest, Lu Wei still has some doubts in his heart. He admires the movies produced by Wu Jianye very much. He is also a senior screenwriter. However, he is still a little confused about Chen Kaige asking Wu Jianye for help. After all, this matter
Things are not too easy.
After Chen Kaige sat down, he was not polite and said directly: "Old Wu, now I have a script in my hand, but there are some problems with the actors and investment. To be honest, the investment is a little easier to handle, but the actors need to be
Your help!"
In fact, when Chen Kaige and Lu Wei came here, Wu Jianye already knew that they must be here for the movie "Farewell My Concubine".
In another time and space, Chen Kaige was not having an easy time during this period. After he came back from North America, his confident "Walking and Singing" did not achieve much success. For Chen Kaige, this is actually a very big success.
The big blow also made his reputation among investors less resounding than before.
As for filming the movie "Farewell My Concubine", it was actually a last resort choice. When Chen Kaige was in North America, he met Xu Feng from Tomson Films, who recommended the novel "Farewell My Concubine" to him.
When Chen Kaige saw this novel, he directly said that it was a third-rate novel. He did not want to adapt this movie, but he wanted to make his own "Walking and Singing" wholeheartedly.
But everyone knows the result.
With the failure of "Walking and Singing", Chen Kaige was faced with the situation of having nothing to film. Finally, he had to follow Xu Feng's suggestion and film "Farewell My Concubine".
But in this time and space, Chen Kaige's situation has changed somewhat. For example, the novel "Farewell My Concubine" was recommended to Chen Kaige by Wu Jianye. Of course, at that time, Chen Kaige's answer was nothing.
Changes, I still want to shoot my own "Walking and Singing".
Wu Jianye had no objection to this, but the movie "Walking and Singing" did not have any different results because of Wu Jianye's rebirth. It was still a failure.
After the failure of "Walking and Singing", Chen Kaige fell into confusion, but soon he thought of "Farewell My Concubine" that Wu Jianye had recommended to him, and so he ended up in the current situation.
"You're talking about Farewell My Concubine, right?" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Yes, this is the movie. By the way, this is the script written by Lu Wei. You can read it first!" After Chen Kaige said that, he took out the script of "Farewell My Concubine" from his bag and handed it to him.
Wu Jianye doesn't care whether Wu Jianye is eating now.
Wu Jianye smiled helplessly. After taking over the script of "Farewell My Concubine", he just glanced at it casually. However, this attitude made Lu Wei a little unhappy.
He thought Wu Jianye was disrespectful to him, so he was smart enough not to say anything despite him.
After Wu Jianye read the script, he smiled and said: "The script is good. The characters are the points of conflict and conflict throughout the entire movie. It's very good. What are your thoughts?"
Chen Kaige was not polite and said directly: "There are also actors for investment!"
Wu Jianye nodded: "Investment is easy. This movie is not suitable for domestic cultural companies to invest in. How about this? I will let Fengge Pictures invest in this movie. What about the actors?"
Lu Wei was slightly stunned. He and Chen Kaige had discussed before that the investment for this movie would be at least tens of millions of yuan, but now Wu Jianye has no problem at all?
As for Wu Jianye, he is actually a little curious. People say that for the role of Cheng Dieyi in this movie, Chen Kaige initially liked Zun Long, not Zhang Guoyi. Wu Jianye is also very curious about this matter now.
Chen Kaige laughed and said: "In terms of actors, other roles are easy to say, but for the soul role of Cheng Dieyi in the movie, I hope to invite actor Zhang Guoyi from Xiangjiang, while Lu Wei hopes to have Zun Long play the role.
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Wu Jianye was slightly startled. He didn't expect that Chen Kaige would fall in love with Zhang Guoyi from the beginning, and the one who admired the dragon would be Lu Wei. However, it can be understood after thinking about it. Lu Wei said before that his favorite movie is actually It is the movie "The Last Emperor", which means that I am very satisfied with Zun Long's performance. Now it is reasonable to propose Zun Long.
Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "Forget it about Zun Long. I talked to Zun Long before returning to China. He no longer has much interest in movies with themes about the Republic of China. At the same time, he is now an actor in a film company in the United States, so You know the rules for being an actor, and they are inappropriate!"
Chen Kaige stayed in North America for two years, especially in the later period when he was assigned to Phantom Pictures by Wu Jianye. Naturally, he understood how the actors there filmed. Now he heard that Wu Jianye did not approve of Zun Long, so said.
"But where is Zhang Guoyi?"
It is not easy to invite Zun Long, and it is not easy to invite Zhang Guoyi. Zhang Guoyuan's current reputation in China is beyond the reach of ordinary people. As a superstar like the emperor of Hong Kong, it can be said that it is difficult and very big to invite Zhang Guoyi. .
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Let me arrange this matter!"
After speaking, he picked up the phone and dialed Zhang Guoyi's number.
Soon Zhang Guoyuan's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, hello, that one!"
Wu Jianye hated this big brother who didn't have caller ID, but now Tunan Technology's latest mobile phone, which will be launched next year, has begun to address this issue!
"Rongzi, I am Wu Jianye!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
When Zhang Guoyi heard that it was Wu Jianye, he immediately showed excitement in his tone: "Director Wu, have you come to Xiangjiang?"
Wu Jianye said: "No, actually there is something I want to ask your opinion on."
Zhang Guoyi asked: "What happened?"
"I have a script in hand right now, and one of the protagonists I personally think is very suitable for you, so I want to see if you have any schedule next year?" Wu Jianye asked.
Zhang Guoyi immediately asked: "Is it your new movie?"
In fact, at this time, not only domestic filmmakers are paying attention to Wu Jianye's new movie, but also Hong Kong, Europe and the United States are paying attention to Wu Jianye's new movie.
The two movies "The End of the World" and "Jurassic Park" directly made Wu Jianye a god in the world of film circles. Naturally, everyone is looking forward to Wu Jianye's new movie.
Wu Jianye said: "It's not my new movie, it's the movie of a domestic director named Chen Kaige."
Zhang Guoyuan on the other end of the phone was a little disappointed. He thought it was a movie by Wu Jianye, but he didn't expect it to be a movie by another director.
However, Zhang Guoyi did not refuse directly, but said: "Can I read the script first and then decide?"
Wu Jianye smiled: "Of course, let's do this. I will ask the director to go to Xiangjiang in the past two days. How about you meet and discuss this matter in detail?"
Zhang Guoyi happily agreed: "No problem, I'll be waiting for you in Xiangjiang!"
After the two of them finished chatting, Wu Jianye hung up the phone and said to Chen Kaige: "I made an appointment for you. This time you go to Xiangjiang and stop by Fengge Pictures to sign the investment contract! "
Chen Kaige immediately smiled and said: "No problem, what about the investment in this movie?"
Wu Jianye smiled: "You should make a budget yourself. By then, there will be no problems with Fengge Pictures!"
"Haha, great!" Chen Kaige said excitedly immediately.
This series of operations always felt unreal in Lu Wei's eyes. He did not expect that the two most difficult problems were solved by Wu Jianye in such an understatement.
No, there is another question...
"Director Wu, if the actor is Zhang Guoyi, what are the procedures for Zhang Guoyi to come to Hong Kong to film a movie?"