Zhang Yimou, who is now one of the three giants of domestic directors, naturally received invitations from others.

"You're saying you have a friend who wants to do this, and then they find you, and they're going to start a film company, and then invest in your films?"

At this time, Zhang Yimou had returned to Hengdian after the Spring Festival and continued to participate in the filming of the movie "Eternal Night" as a temporary worker.

As for why Zhang Yimou is called a temporary worker, it is because he does not do a lot of work, but he receives very little salary, and he must be responsible for accidents.

In case the movie "Eternal Night" really hits the street, there will definitely be a lot of people who will say this: The film works directed by Wu Jianye before Wu Jianye were all so successful, and this time I asked you to come over to be the art director of this movie, but you didn't make the movie well.

Look at how cute it is, and there is no doubt that if such a problem really arises at that time, someone will definitely say it.

This isn't a temporary worker, what is it?

After Zhang Yimou returned to the crew, he told Wu Jianye about an incident he had encountered before.

In the first two years, when Zhang Yimou attended a party, he met a friend, who was only the manager of Siemens in the Huaxia Ministry of Commerce at that time, and the two sides did not have much communication, just because the friend's wife was a fan of Gong Li, so they were even familiar with the relationship between the two.

Later, this friend felt that it was not interesting to work for others, so he and his friend pooled 400,000 yuan and went to the sea to do business.

Don't underestimate this kind of business, without a certain relationship, it is almost impossible to do this kind of business.

However, Zhang Yimou's friend was still not satisfied with the status quo, so he returned to his old profession and started a pharmaceutical business.

With the rise of his net worth and the vigorous development of the film industry, this friend has set his sights on the film industry again.

If you want to enter this industry, you can't rely on him alone, so he thought of Zhang Yimou, who has been on good terms with him in the past few years, and during the Chinese New Year this year, he deliberately found Zhang Yimou and wanted to set up a film company with Zhang Yimou!

And the friend in Zhang Yimou's mouth is Zhang Weiping, who fell in love with Zhang Yimou and killed each other for the next 30 years.

In fact, in another time and space, the cooperation between Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou will not be launched until 96, when Zhang Yimou shoots "Something to Say".

At that time, Zhang Yimou filmed "Something to Say", but during the preparation stage, the investor suddenly was not optimistic about this movie, so he withdrew the investment, which made Zhang Yimou very uncomfortable, thinking that the movie was estimated to be yellow.

At that time, Zhang Weiping found Zhang Yimou and asked about the situation.

After learning about Zhang Yimou's situation, he directly asked Zhang Yimou how much money he was missing?

Zhang Yimou spoke: 26 million!

The later story is even simpler, Zhang Weiping was already a billionaire at that time, plus he has always wanted to enter the film industry, so tell Zhang Yimou not to worry, isn't it 26 million, give me two days, and I will invest in you.

Zhang Weiping's generosity made Zhang Yimou overjoyed, and then as Zhang Weiping said, in less than two days, the 26 million needed for "Have Something to Say" was collected by Zhang Weiping.

The movie was successfully launched and released!

But it's a pity that after the release of this excellent movie, Zhang Weiping only gained 8 million and lost 16 million!

The honest Zhang Yimou felt sorry for Zhang Weiping, and he was embarrassed to see Zhang Weiping during that time, but Zhang Weiping was also atmospheric at that time, and said: Isn't it 18 million, what a big deal, buddy believes in your ability.

Then the two sides began a honeymoon-like cooperation, and in 97 years, Zhang Weiping invested 10 million yuan to set up a new picture, Zhang Weiping served as the chairman, and Zhang Yimou served as the art director.

At that time, Zhang Yimou, who had already introduced Zhang Weiping as a confidant, did not sign a contract, and then the two contributed to the audience "No One is Missing", "My Father and Mother", "Happy Times" and many other movies, and then opened the blockbuster era of domestic films, and a "Hero" made Zhang Weiping earn a lot of money.

After learning that it was Zhang Weiping who invested in Zhang Yimou, Wu Jianye thought for a while and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Yimou showed a hint of embarrassment, and when he fell into Wu Jianye's eyes, he knew Zhang Yimou's thoughts, and he must be tempted.

If you want to say that the most successful director in China now, it must be Wu Jianye.

But even if Zhang Yimou no longer has the heart to compete, he must want to prove himself, and now Zhang Yimou's movies are basically invested by Tangting Culture.

Now some people are saying that the reason why Zhang Yimou can succeed now is because of Wu Jianye's help, and why did Wu Jianye help Zhang Yimou?

It's just because they were classmates at the beginning, and then Wu Jianye must be very confident, and he didn't worry that they would catch up with him at all.

Although Zhang Yimou is taciturn and not as proud as Chen Kaige, he must also have his own pride in his bones.

So in the past two years, he has been hoping to get rid of the shadow of Wu Jianye and prove himself.

Now that it's okay, Zhang Weiping found Zhang Yimou, and the two hit it off.

"You don't have to worry about what I think, if you have an idea yourself, then go and try it, and give you a piece of advice, that is, don't just know how to make movies!"

Wu Jianye was not unhappy about Zhang Yimou's idea, first of all, as a friend, Wu Jianye had no reason to oppose this matter, after all, in Zhang Yimou's opinion at this time, cooperation with Zhang Weiping may be more able to prove himself.

The second is that sometimes, some people only understand the preciousness of what they have after experiencing failure and being deceived.

The cooperation between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, although it was a very honeymoon in the early stage, but after the filming of "Hero", the honeymoon time between the two had basically arrived, otherwise Zhang Weiping would not have the heart to leave some evidence about Zhang Yimou at that time.

Otherwise, who do you think broke the news that Zhang Yimou was later exposed to be married and had a super birth.......

Another point is that at this time, Zhang Yimou's films tend to be more in the field of literary films, and when the domestic film market has not really been established, the box office of this kind of movie is really pitiful, and no one else can succeed except Zhang Yimou.

Seeing that Wu Jianye had no opinion, Zhang Yimou finally breathed a sigh of relief, although he wanted to prove that he could become the best director in China without Wu Jianye's help.

But it's not a rebellion between friends, it's like a child growing up trying to prove to the people around him that he's mature.

Now Zhang Yimou has this idea.

"But let's talk about it, although I have left the court culture, but the movies I make in the future, Fengge Cinema Line will still have to be released!"

The relationship between the two naturally does not need to say those hypocritical words.

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "That's not for sure!"

Although it was decided to set up a film company with Zhang Weiping, Zhang Yimou still had to stay in "Eternal Night" until the end of filming.

So the next day, Zhang Yimou still appeared at the shooting site.

Wu Jianye originally thought that Zhang Yimou's matter would pass like this, but he didn't expect that after learning of Zhang Yimou's decision, Zhang Weiping also flew to Hengdian.

Although he wants to cooperate with Zhang Yimou to set up a film company, Zhang Weiping also knows that the most prestigious and powerful person in the domestic film industry now must be Wu Jianye.

Now that he has the middleman with Zhang Yimou, he naturally wants to have more contact with Wu Jianye.

When Zhang Weiping came to Hengdian Film and Television City, he was also very shocked when he saw the situation here, he talked to Zhang Yimou, and knew that there was investment in Hengdian Film and Television City, although the investment was not much, but even so, now looking at the layout of Hengdian Film and Television City, I also know that it is not acceptable to me.

"I'm sorry, it's being filmed right now, and unrelated personnel are not allowed to enter!"

When Zhang Weiping wanted to enter Liangren County, he was stopped by the security guards outside.

"I'm a friend of Director Zhang, not an outsider!" Zhang Weiping was not angry, and said with a smile.

The security guard said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, Director Wu has explained well, no one without a work permit is allowed to enter the shooting site, if you are a friend of Director Zhang, you can call him first, and Director Zhang will come to pick you up!"

Zhang Weiping was slightly stunned, he originally thought that he would be able to enter by himself if he reported Zhang Yimou's name, but he didn't expect the other party to be so firm.

"Okay, I'll call Zhang Yimou first!" Originally, the expression on his face had become unpleasant, but Zhang Weiping still held back.

Anyway, this is Wu Jianye's crew, and it should be given face.

Then Zhang Weiping dialed Zhang Yimou's phone.

After about twenty minutes, Zhang Yimou drove a golf cart to the gate of the capital.

"Lao Zhang!" Zhang Weiping waved at Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou drove the car next to Zhang Weiping and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that you would only arrive in the afternoon?"

Obviously, when he came to Hengdian this time, Zhang Weiping notified Zhang Yimou in advance.

"Isn't this anxious to see Director Wu filming, let's go in!" After speaking, Zhang Weiping sat on the golf cart with a golden knife, glanced at the security guard who had just stopped him, didn't say anything, patted Zhang Yimou's shoulder, and said, "Let's go!"

Zhang Yimou didn't think much about it, and directly took Zhang Weiping into the capital.

When they came to the scene, Zhang Yimou parked the car on the side of the shooting scene and said with a smile: "It's here, come down!"

However, after Zhang Yimou finished speaking, he did not get a response from Zhang Weiping, Zhang Yimou glanced at Zhang Weiping suspiciously, and found that Zhang Weiping's eyes were looking directly at one direction of the shooting scene.

Immediately Zhang Yimou understood, and smiled, such a scene, many people here have shown it in the past two days, and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, this is the four spirits that will appear in Lao Wu's movie!"

It turned out that at this time, the 'Four Spirits' model made by the special effects of the court had been transported to the capital, and after nearly a year of production, the special effects of the court made the 'Four Spirits' model vivid, coupled with their huge bodies, it really amazed many people.

"This is also spectacular!" Zhang Weiping couldn't help but admire.

After saying that, I picked up the camera hanging around my neck and wanted to shoot.

"Wait!" Zhang Yimou hurriedly stopped Zhang Weiping's movements, and Zhang Weiping looked at Zhang Yimou with some doubts.

"Lao Wu's crew has a rule that no one is allowed to shoot these models except for the crew's photographer!" Zhang Yimou explained.

In order to retain the sense of mystery, when the 'Four Spirits' were transported to Hengdian, they were closely guarded by the people who Wu Jianye had hired maple security guards, and no one was allowed to take pictures.

"I'll just take a few photos of myself, and I will definitely not forget to spread the story!" Zhang Weiping said.

Zhang Yimou smiled embarrassedly: "This is really not good, someone wanted to take a few photos secretly, but Lao Wu found out, and they were all scolded for being autistic, if it wasn't for the intercession of others, Lao Wu would have fired that person from the crew!"

Zhang Weiping glanced at Zhang Yimou, and then smiled: "It's me who is abrupt, it's me who is abrupt!"

After speaking, he put down the camera, walked down on the golf cart, and said, "Then let's go see Director Wu now, I have heard of Director Wu's name a long time ago, and I am still a little excited to meet Director Wu today!"

The embarrassed smile on Zhang Yimou's face became even stronger, and said: "Not yet, Lao Wu is filming now, no outsiders can see it, and when we have lunch, we will be able to see Lao Wu!"

Zhang Weiping couldn't help but say: "Director Wu's shelf is big enough!"

Zhang Yimou didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "When Lao Wu made movies, he was always like this. Then Zhang Yimou explained: "In fact, every director doesn't want to be disturbed by others when filming his own work!"

Zhang Weiping smiled and said, "So that's the case, then let's wait for a while." ”

After speaking, Zhang Weiping casually found a place to do it.

At this time, when the movie was filming, Zhang Yimou was not needed, and Zhang Yimou sat next to Zhang Weiping.

"Lao Zhang, this time I am ready to do a big job, when the time comes, I just have to pay for it, and you will make a movie, which guarantees that you can become a director who is more successful than Director Wu!" Zhang Weiping said.

Zhang Yimou naturally thought like this, what does the director like the most, and what kind of investor who only takes money and doesn't care about filming.

"Thank you, Weiping!" Zhang Yimou said seriously.

"Haha, who is with whom the two of us, as long as it is what you want to do, I support it, I have always thought that you are the best director in our Huaxia!" Zhang Weiping continued.

Zhang Yimou smiled, if it weren't for Wu Jianye, he would have thought the same.......

It wasn't until noon, when the crew was resting for lunch, that Zhang Yimou took Zhang Weiping to Wu Jianye.

"Lao Wu, this is the Zhang Weiping I told me, my good buddy!" Zhang Yimou specially emphasized that this is my good buddy in order to highlight Zhang Weiping's identity!