"I'm sorry, director Bertolucci, I don't plan to sell the copyright of "The Last Emperor"!"

As Wu Jianye expected, Bertolucci found Wu Jianye this time for the adaptation rights of "The Last Emperor"!

However, since Wu Jianye wrote this book, it will definitely not be adapted by Bertolucci, although countless people in later generations have put Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" on the altar.

But in Wu Jianye's view, this is already a film dressed in the skin of Chinese history, Bertolucci, as a Western director, habitually Westernized many of the contents of the film, and he shot "The Last Emperor" in the eyes of Westerners, not "The Last Emperor" in the real sense of China.

In Bertolucci's version, the Empress Dowager Cixi appears in a magical palace lined with Buddha statues, and the palace maids and eunuchs are dressed up as various gods.

This kind of thinking is completely Westerners' impression of China, and Lu Yan, who plays Cixi, consulted Mr. Zhu Jiaming, an expert in Qing history, and Mr. Zhu Jiapu said at that time that in the Qing Palace, such a situation could not be possible at all.

And the answer given by Bertolucci is that the purpose of his filming of this episode has really been presented from the perspective of Pu Yi's recollection.

How could a half-year-old child be recalled like this, in fact, this is not Pu Yi's memory, but Johnston's obsessive memory.

Friends of later generations know that Bertolucci's filming of "The Last Emperor" is based on Pu Yi's memoir "My First Half of Life", in fact, Bertolucci really used very few plots of "My First Half of Life", he really used Pu Yi's teacher Johnston's memoir "Dusk in the Forbidden City".

In the original version, a lot of Westerners are shown in the high-flying shots.

For example, Johnston's savior-like character setting, and Feng Buyi's soldiers escorted Pu Yi out of the tennis court, and Johnston was still reluctant to get off the referee's chair.

Even in the face of the warlords of China, he Johnston can still sit on top.

This is the consistent sense of superiority that Westerners have imperceptibly cultivated.

Although this movie has won numerous awards and nominations, attentive friends should see that there is not a single award for the appearance of Chinese people.

Westerner Bertolucci filmed a story about the Chinese emperor in the way of Western movies, but it was praised by many Chinese people in later generations.......

Wu Jianye's refusal made Bertolucci slightly stunned, he didn't expect Wu Jianye to reject him.

"Wu, Pu Yi's memoir "My First Half of Life" and Johnston's memoir "Twilight in the Forbidden City" I have already seen, I have always had an idea to fuse these two and make a movie about the last emperor of China, until later I saw your "The Last Emperor", I feel that this is what I want, I very much hope to be able to sell me the adaptation rights of this book!"

Bertolucci did not give up, but discussed it with Wu Jianye.

There is no dissatisfaction with Bertolucci Wu Jianye, although he made "The Last Emperor" a story about the European crown prince, but it is undeniable that Bertolucci himself still has a very good impression of Huaxia!

"Director Bertolucci, I am very grateful that you can like the book "The Last Emperor", and to tell you the truth, I am also very interested in the adaptation of this book. ”

Bertolucci's eyes revealed a hint of brilliance: "Wu, do you also want to shoot this movie?"

Wu Jianye nodded, acknowledging Bertolucci's inference.

At this time, Wu Jianye has two films in his hands, one can be filmed, one is "New Dragon Gate Inn", which has been in preparation, and the other is "The Last Emperor".

"New Dragon Gate Inn" can bring him the market in Hong Kong and even the whole of Southeast Asia.

"The Last Emperor" can knock on the markets of Europe and North America.

Originally, "The Red Lantern Hangs High" was a stepping stone for him to knock on the European market, but now Sun Jiarui has ruined all his plans.

Ning Ying looked at Wu Jianye with some exaggeration on the side.

"Lao Wu, you're not kidding, I've read the book "The Last Emperor" more than once, have you ever thought about how exaggerated the cost would be if this was adapted into a movie.......

Ning Ying didn't say the latter words, but Wu Jianye also knew that Ning Ying meant that with such an exaggerated cost, there would be no studio in China that would allow Wu Jianye to shoot.

No, it's not that it's not allowed, it's impossible.

What is the investment in "The Last Emperor" in another plane? 26 million US dollars.

What is the maximum investment amount for a film in China now? 1 million yuan!

The ticket price of domestic movies ranges from 3 jiao to 5 jiao, although there will be movies with a box office of more than 100 million yuan in China now, but it has nothing to do with the studio.

As mentioned before, studios don't enjoy box office shares at all, but make money by selling copies, and the number of copies is also limited.

In this day and age, even if this film creates the greatest benefit for the studio, it is only about 1.2 million.

There is such a system in domestic films, and there is the impact of TV sets outside, which will start in the mid-eighties and enter a trough, which lasts for more than ten years.

Therefore, if Wu Jianye just wants to shoot this movie under the domestic system, it is completely impossible in Ning Ying's opinion!

Wu Jianye smiled: "Do you always have to try, what if it happens!"

Ning Ying raised her forehead and said, "You dream, it's not possible at all!"

Bertolucci pondered for a while, and then suddenly spoke: "Wu, you mean the introduction of foreign investment?"

Ning Ying's eyes lit up, but then she showed a disappointed expression: "Lao Wu, it's not me who hit you, even if you have won the Golden Lion Award now, but in the entire European and American markets, you are still a newcomer, and no film company will take such a big risk to invest in such a huge movie for you!"

Wu Jianye: "It's still the same sentence, do you always have to try!"

In the end, Bertolucci did not get the adaptation rights of "The Last Emperor" in the hands of Wu Jianye, but at this time he was not too disappointed, although he was very interested in "The Last Emperor", but at this time he really wanted to shoot another book, but later when he went to Huaxia to negotiate, through a dialogue with the high-level, he chose this "The Last Emperor".

So this time, Bertolucci couldn't do something like Harvey Wayne Stein.

"Teacher, if you really want to adapt this one, I can still discuss it with Lao Wu!"

Ning Ying said to Bertolucci.

Bertolucci shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, as you said, Wu, if you want to adapt this movie, it is obviously unlikely, you don't have that film company in Huaxia that has this strength, besides, we still have other things to do in the past two years, and there is no hurry to adapt the movie, young people always have to suffer a little loss, and when the time comes, let's go to Wu again, it will be much easier!"

Ning Ying nodded and didn't say anything more.

.......

"What?"

"Wu Jianye's "Hang the Red Lantern" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival!"

"Really, you're not kidding, are you?"

At this time, the news that "The Red Lantern Hangs High" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival finally came back to China, and then caused a huge sensation in China.

First released the news by "Popular Film", and then the major domestic studios and senior management.

By the time Wu Jianye and others boarded the flight back to China, it had spread throughout China.

"Teacher Wu is so good, he actually won the Golden Lion Award!"

At Xiaoxiang Film Studio, Liu Yuanjun sat in his office, patted the table and laughed.

Sitting opposite him was Chen Song, another student of Xiaoxiang Film Studio who studied in the cadre advanced class of Yenching Film Academy, and Wu Jianye, who was also a student.

"Yes, I didn't expect Mr. Wu to become the first director in China to win the highest honor at the European A-class film festival, it's amazing!"

"Do you think we have any hope of inviting Mr. Wu to shoot a movie for our Xiaoxiang Film Studio?" asked Liu Yuanjun excitedly.

"Aren't you afraid that those old directors in our factory will make trouble with you?" Chen Song said with a wry smile.

Liu Yuanjun slapped the table and shouted: "Are they embarrassed to make trouble, Mr. Wu is the director who won the Golden Lion Award!"

Chen Song thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "That's true, but I think you're not the only one who thinks so, right?"

Liu Yuanjun was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what Chen Song meant, Wu Jianye has now won the honor of the Golden Lion Award, and after returning to China, there will definitely be countless film studios looking for Wu Jianye to shoot movies, so in this matter, he must be fast!

"Yes, Lao Chen, in this way, we will go to the factory director now, go to Yanjing immediately, and we must invite Mr. Wu here!" Liu Yuanjun said seriously.

"Good!"

.......

Yenching Film Studio!

Wang Yang looked at the "Popular Movie" in his hand and couldn't help sighing.

"What a prize!"

At this time, Wang Yang had endless regret in his heart, at the beginning, their Yanjing Film Studio was the most promising to get Wu Jianye, but because of some qualifications, they lost Wu Jianye.

It also lost the honor of being the first film studio to win the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in Europe.

At this time, this honor belongs to the Yenching Film Academy and the experimental production studio of the Yenching Film Academy!

"Director Zhu, I regret not being at the beginning!"

Zhu Jinming sat opposite Wang Yang, and he also sighed in his heart, when Wu Jianye served as an assistant director under him, it was like yesterday, but now the other party has become a director who has won the highest honor at the international film festival in China.

However, Director Zhu Jinming is different from those old directors who have no achievements, he will not be jealous of his ability, but he is sincerely happy for Wu Jianye.

"Director, we still have a chance!"

Wang Yang hurriedly asked, "Director Zhu, what do you mean?"

"Now that Xiao Wu has won the Golden Lion Award, domestic studios will definitely scramble to find him first and shoot movies, this time we can't fall behind again!"

"As long as Xiao Wu can shoot movies for our studio, and then do Xiao Wu's work, it is not impossible to seconded him to our Yan Film Studio!"

Director Zhu Jinming analyzed.

After Wang Yang heard this, he immediately smiled: "Yes, that's exactly how it should be, by the way, I heard that Xiao Wu's girlfriend Zhu Yan is the actress of our factory, and when the time comes, we can let Zhu Yan beat Xiao Wu's side drum!"

When talking about Zhu Xuan, another girl appeared in Zhu Jinming's mind.

Although everyone in Yanying Studio now knows the relationship between Zhu Jian and Wu Jianye, in Zhu Jinming's heart, he always feels that Wu Jianye and Li Xiuming are standing together, which is more suitable.

In Yanying Studio, Zhu Yan also accepted the congratulations of his colleagues at this time.

"Sorry, your old Wu, it's so powerful, he has become the first director in our country to win the Golden Lion Award!" Liu Xiaoqing said excitedly to Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Yan showed a reserved smile: "I didn't expect him to win the Golden Lion Award, but I think he deserves it!"

In the end, the pride on his face could not be concealed.

"Yo Yo Yo, look at your happiness, it's really enviable!" Liu Xiaoqing quipped.

"Nasty!"

Outside the crowd, in a corner where no one noticed, a lost figure stood there, looking at the way everyone was congratulating Zhu Xuan, his eyes revealed envy, obviously he had decided to forget, why did his news always come over......

.......

Huhai Film Studio.

Director Bai Chen called Gong Zhen to his office.

"Ah Xue, have you heard, Xiao Wu's "Hang the Red Lantern High" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival!"

Gong Ying's face was proud: "I saw it on "Popular Movie"!"

"Haha, I didn't expect Xiao Wu to become the first director in China to win the Golden Lion Award, last year's "Under the Bridge" just won a special award, and Xiao Wu won the Golden Lion Award directly, it's really exciting!"

Director Bai Chen laughed.

"Mr. Wu, he often tells me that he can have such an achievement because of your guidance from Director Bai, and he also said that he would like to thank you very much!" Gong Bin said with a smile.

Then Gong Zhen thought of something, "Director Bai, I want to take a few days off?"

Bai Chen showed a smile of understanding: "Are you going to Yanjing?"

Gong Min nodded shyly: "Well, I heard that they are coming back soon, I want to go to Yanjing!"

"Does Xiao Wu know?"

"He doesn't know, I want to surprise him!"

"Haha, don't you say it, the factory is also going to give you a few days off and let you go to Yanjing!"

"Huh?"

"That's the case, our factory hopes that after you arrive in Yanjing, you can persuade Xiao Wu to let him come to our Shanghai Film Studio to shoot a movie!" Director Bai Chen said.

.......

After Gong Bin walked out of the Shanghai Film Studio, he went straight to the train station to sell a train ticket to Yanjing!

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