Chapter five hundred and ninety-six why let Huayi get a piece of the pie
He Xin and Uncle Gao Qun made an appointment to meet at a Japanese restaurant in Sanlitun. The main reason is that Sanlitun is very close to home, and you can go home after eating. Furthermore, there are no Japanese restaurant stores, so we can get a small private room to meet them.
It's relatively quiet and convenient for talking about some things.
Lao Gao said on the phone that he would bring a friend over, but he didn't care. After all, Lao Gao was not the kind of unreliable person who would bring anyone with him regardless of the occasion.
He Xin, the Japanese food restaurant, is also considered a regular customer. Generally speaking, celebrities who come here two or three times a year are considered regular customers. It is mainly because of their recognition, and it is also a kind of invisible advertisement. For example, He Xin, the three-time best actor in the movie, often frequents this store.
Category.
When He Xin arrived, Lao Gao was already here. When the waiter opened the sliding door, he saw that in addition to the pot-bellied Lao Gao, there was also a thin middle-aged man with gray hair.
When the man saw He Xin, he immediately stood up with a smile and said hello: "He Xin, long time no see!"
"Director Chen! It's been a long time no see. Hello, hello!" He Xin quickly took off his shoes and came over to shake hands with him in surprise.
Chen Guofu is a director he particularly admires. Although he has not had a new work for a long time, Huayi Brothers has released top works in recent years, including "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "Kekexili", "A World Without Thieves", and this year
His name is listed as the producer of Director Pants' transformational war masterpiece "Assembly", which will be released in the Lunar New Year holiday.
There are rumors in the outside world that the backbone of Huayi Brothers is Feng Xiaogang. In fact, this is not accurate. As the film director of Huayi Brothers, he may have a greater role than Feng Xiaogang. Only among a small group of people who are familiar with the inside story, there is a saying:
Give me a Chen Guofu, and I can become a Huayi Brothers!
But He Xin likes his movies more, "The Marriage Notice" and "Two Eyes". He had never seen these two movies in his previous life, otherwise he would have been able to tell at a glance that Feng Xiaogang's landmark work "If You Are the One" and the creation of more than 30
"Tang Detective 2", which has a box office of over 100 million, actually has the core of the story from these two works that he wrote and directed.
"Congratulations! You won the Grand Prix of the Venice Jury, which brings glory to our Chinese-language films." Chen Guofu congratulated him enthusiastically.
"It's all thanks to Director Diao, I'm just an actor." He Xin said modestly.
"Hey, I heard that you are the first screenwriter of "Tale of Two Donkeys"."
Chen Guofu is a screenwriter. He first helped Edward Yang write the script for "The Terrorists" and has always believed that the script is king!
As soon as Lao Gao asked everyone to sit down, he couldn't wait to say: "Hey Xin, the idea of the script "The Wind" is very exciting. To be honest, I really like it. Do you think there is a chance for us to collaborate?"
"The Wind", Huayi Brothers, Chen Guofu, film director producer...
These elements are intertwined, and Chen Guofu is looking at him expectantly at this moment. Then it is natural to find out who the screenwriter, producer, and even the main control person of the original "Wind" are.
He Xin's eyes suddenly lit up. He had a particularly deep memory of "Two Eyes". Chen Guofu was indeed unique in suspicion reasoning. However, he had already proposed to let Lao Gao direct this film, and he was interested in Lao Gao's direction.
took a look.
Lao Gao laughed and said, "Don't look at me. Without Director Chen's help, I couldn't have finished the script of "The Wind" alone. And having Director Chen direct this film is much more reliable than me."
In fact, Lao Gao still can't get over "Four Famous Catchers". After all, "Four Famous Catchers" is his biological son, and "The Wind" was adopted halfway. And in terms of directing level, he knows that he is not as good as Chen Guofu. Since Chen Guofu
If he is interested, he is happy to go along with the situation, and at the same time he is responsible for He Xin. He is not too sure about such a large investment project.
"Hey, Director Gao, you also have a lot of very good ideas for this book. I think we can definitely work together." Chen Guofu also said quickly.
"No, no, no, Director Chen, I know best how many pounds I have..."
"Director Gao, you are the best director at the Huabiao Award..."
Seeing the two pushing each other back and forth, He Xin, who was sitting aside, was secretly chuckling. It was obvious that these two people should be the creators of the original "Wind".
He pretended to cough twice and interrupted: "Brother Gao, Director Chen, I think the two of you can work together!"
Only then did the two people realize that it turned out that the real owner hadn't spoken yet, but they had started arguing first.
Lao Gao laughed twice and wanted to refuse, but Chen Guofu was the first to say in surprise: "He Xin, do you mean to agree to our cooperation?"
"Of course, with your participation, Director Chen, I will be completely relieved." He Xin said with a smile.
At the same time, he said to Uncle Gao Qun: "Brother Gao, don't even think about hiding yourself. Even if you help your brothers, why don't you do it?"
"Well……"
Uncle Gao Qun was a very arrogant person. Hearing what He Xin said, he was speechless for a moment and could only nod his head and said: "Okay, then I will help Director Chen."
Chen Guofu, on the other hand, was full of excitement. He even patted Uncle Gao Qun's chubby hand and gave him a proud smile. Then he said to He Xin: "He Xin, to tell you the truth, I also fell in love with "The Wind" at the beginning.
"I wanted to get the copyright for this novel, but when I asked, I found out that you had already published it first. What a coincidence, I later found out that Director Gao was writing the script for "The Wind", especially after reading your outline, I said
It sounds very strange, and many things in it actually coincide with my thoughts. Oh, I don't mean anything else, don't take it off, I just think it's so wonderful!"
"Really? I'm so honored!"
He Xin pretended to be surprised, but secretly felt ashamed in his heart. He had plagiarized it based on the original version, so of course it would coincide.
Chen Guofu was really delighted. When he first saw the original novel of "The Wind" in "People's Literature", he fell in love with it.
Because the novel uses reasoning and suspense very delicately, it is very much like a killing game: assuming that in a closed environment, there must be a bad guy, and you have to rely on guessing to find him. The bad guy then denies everything to confuse the audience. The people participating in the game -
Everyone has their own evil intentions and plots against each other.
At first, he just wanted to get the copyright and adapt it into a script. But when he saw He Xin's outline and found that many elements in it coincided with his own ideas, he had the idea of directing it himself. After all,
He hasn't directed for a long time. It's rare that he comes across a subject and a story he likes. He wants to participate in it no matter what.
The reason why I tried my best to win over Uncle Gao Qun was, on the one hand, because I thought it would be unreasonable to cut him off halfway.
On the other hand, he is also very busy. As the film director of Huayi Brothers, he has a lot of work. Currently, in addition to focusing on the post-production of "Li Mi's Conjecture" that has just been completed, Feng Xiaogang plans to adapt and remake his old work next year.
"Marriage Notice" has also been put on the agenda. So he needs a manipulator like Lao Gao who is similar to an executive director to embody his creative ideas.
After the dishes were served and two glasses of sake were consumed, Chen Guofu seemed to be in high spirits.
"He Xin, I didn't expect that you also like this kind of suspense reasoning theme, and you understand it so deeply!"
At this time, he really felt that the heroes saw the same thing. After all, his own idea had not been put into practice, but the other party had already put it on paper. Unless it was a coincidence, it could only be described as the heroes seeing the same thing.
.However, he was still very happy, because only if everyone has the same idea can a good movie be made.
"I understand deeply and don't take it seriously, I just like it. For example, I particularly like "Two Eyes". So far, I still think "Two Eyes" is the best suspense and mystery-themed film in Chinese movies." He Xin
Be humble.
He didn't mean to flatter Chen Guofu. At his level, he can communicate with Chen Guofu on an equal footing. It is indeed because "Twin Eyes" was shot particularly well. It is not an exaggeration to describe this film as having a rich plot and a calm narrative.
Various genre elements are organically integrated together, which is gripping and fascinating. Especially the first seventy minutes are definitely of a high standard for Hollywood suspense thrillers. It is a pity that the ending is not perfect enough. But even so, it is enough to crush similar genres.
Chinese-language movies.
"I am over-flattered!"
Chen Guofu smiled and waved his hands. Although he was modest on the surface, he was still very proud of himself. After all, "Two Eyes" has always been his most proud work for him.
"Actually, the main reason for this film is the solid script. To be honest, the idea was not mine at the beginning, but Su Zhaobing's, a very talented young man."
"Oh, that's the director Su from "Crisis"."
Su Zhaobing is one of the screenwriters of "Two Eyes". This Bayan screenwriter has now turned into a director. Last year, he directed a film starring Zhang Zhen, Eguchi Yosuke, Lin Jiaxin, Da S and others, similar to "Two Eyes".
Hitomi's thriller "The Silk" was not only shortlisted for screening at last year's Cannes Film Festival, but also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects.
He Xin has seen this film, and it is very original. Unfortunately, the special effects are too clumsy, and they are definitely comparable to the popular 50-cent special effects in China.
“I’ll introduce you to you if I have a chance!”
"good!"
"Come on, come on, let me toast you two."
He picked up the cup again and clinked it with He Xin and Uncle Gao Qun.
He and He Xin drank sake. Lao Gao thought the sake was bland, so he ordered a bottle of high-strength liquor and drank it himself.
It was rare for He Xin to meet someone with a drinking capacity similar to his own, and the atmosphere was quite lively for a while.
"Axin, uh..."
Chen Guofu burped, and changed his name to He Xin to A Xin, who was closer to him.
"If this project is really implemented, it will not be a small sum!"
"Well, it requires an investment of at least 20 million." Lao Gao interjected.
"I'm afraid 20 million is not enough. If nothing else, first of all, I guess it's hard to find a building like this in Qiuzhuang in China. Maybe I'll have to build one myself. In addition, we also need to show the luxury of Qiuzhuang, including the service.
It’s a big expense in terms of Taoism.”
Chen Guofu shook his head, looked at He Xinda and said, "I'm afraid the total investment may more than double."
"so much?"
Uncle Gao Qun was surprised and looked at He Xin worriedly.
He was a little frightened by the last "Tokyo Judgment" and almost didn't cast himself in it. Fortunately, the final box office was pretty good and he barely managed to break even.
He Xin couldn't help but frown. He originally expected the investment to be around 30 million, but he didn't expect Chen Guofu to ask for 40 to 50 million. He did not question Chen Guofu's big talk. After all, he is the director of production of Huayi Brothers.
, has much more experience in budgeting and production than he and Lao Gao. What’s more, a good commercial film, in addition to script, director, actors and other factors, is itself made of money.
Seeing this, Chen Guofu smiled slightly and said with a relaxed expression: "Actually, our Huayi brothers..."
But before he could say anything, He Xin interrupted: "Director Chen, you should know that our Xinhao Media and Poly Bona have always had good cooperation, so this investment should not be a problem."
"..."
Chen Guofu knows very well that in the field of domestic production, apart from China Film, Huayi Brothers should be regarded as the dominant company. Even the newly emerged Orange Sky Group, which invested heavily in "Red Cliff", cannot compare with it. In the field of distribution, it is obviously
Poly Bona is unique. In the past two years, Bona has expanded its business scope to theaters, production and other fields. It has always been regarded as Huayi's biggest competitor.
"Actually, I would rather work with you and Brother Gao to achieve personal cooperation." He Xin then smiled and said.
"Is the risk too great?" Chen Guofu said subconsciously.
"Mr. Yu and I are very confident in this project. Of course, with your participation, we will be even more confident."
As the chief executive of Huayi Brothers, he has had the idea of cooperating with the company from the beginning. Of course, it would be better for Huayi Brothers to get the main investment. Even with the participation of Polybona, who says competitors can't cooperate?
It is common for multiple parties to invest in a movie. This is nothing more than everyone sharing the risk, and whoever contributes more money is the boss.
It's just that he didn't expect that He Xin would obviously exclude the Huayi Brothers. The so-called personal cooperation means either working for a salary or converting investment into a share.
Lao Gao looked indifferent. He and He Xin were friends. Whether it was company cooperation or personal cooperation, he was just helping his friends.
But Chen Guofu is different. He is the film director of Huayi Brothers. If he shoots films for Bona and Xinhao Media in his own capacity, he will inevitably be suspected of collaborating with the enemy. What's more, the Huang brothers treat him very well. As long as he
Huayi will definitely help him get the script he likes. However, Huang Zhongjun's previous attempts have already hit a snag, so he will come forward in person. His idea is very simple, even if Huayi cannot get the main control investment, he can participate
That's fine, then he will be legitimate as a producer and director.
To put it bluntly, he really likes the book "The Wind", he just needs a name.
From He Xin's point of view, it was obviously a money-making project. He and Bo wondered if it would be boring to make a fortune, so why should the Huayi brothers get a share of the pie? Besides, he didn't like the Huang brothers at all.