Wu Jianye was very curious about what Zhao Fei's surprise was, but Zhao Fei didn't tell Wu Jianye, so Wu Jianye had to wait for Zhao Fei to arrive in Los Angeles.

A few days later, Wu Jianye met Zhao Fei at the manor in Beverly Hills, and at the same time saw the surprise in Zhao Fei's mouth.

Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Li Baotian, Gu Changwei four!

When Wu Jianye saw them, he couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"

Gu Changwei looked around at Wu Jianye's manor, and let out a sigh of praise, "Old Wu, no wonder you don't want to return to China, it turns out that living in Los Angeles is so luxurious!"

Zhang Yimou said a little shyly, "I contacted the people of Phantom Entertainment before, "Ju Dou" is ready to be released in North America, so come over with Gong Li and them to promote it!"

Wu Jianye glanced at Lauren Donner next to him and asked, "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

Because of Wu Jianye's relationship, now the Phantom has replaced the position of Miramax Films and has become an important distribution company for domestic film exports.

Zhang Yimou smiled on the side, "I don't care about them, I told them not to tell you first, isn't this trying to surprise you!"

Wu Jianye laughed, didn't say anything, and took them directly to the side hall.

The manor in Beverly Hills does not only have a living room, but also a side hall dedicated to meeting guests, and the decoration is no worse than the formal living room.

Gong Li followed Zhang Yimou's side, looking at the environment here without a trace, and her mood was a little agitated.

Although Gong Li is now one of the most well-known actresses in the country, her salary has not been more than 100,000 yuan, and she was only 200 yuan when she filmed her first movie "Red Sorghum" before, and now although it is much better than before, it is only a salary of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

After seeing Wu Jianye's house in Los Angeles, she couldn't help but count her fingers and calculate how many movies she had to make to be able to afford such a house.

Ten fingers were broken, and finally he reluctantly put down his fingers

After a few people sat down, Wu Jianye said, "It's early this time!"

Zhang Yimou and the four of them were slightly stunned, and Gu Changwei asked beside him, "Why?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Lao Mouzi's movie is destined to be a niche film in North America, and it will be released like this now, obviously it will not cause any movement, I remember that the New York Film Festival will start in September, and when the time comes, let this movie go to the film festival first to brush up on its presence, and the box office may be better!"

Although the reputation of the New York Film Festival is not as famous as the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival, the local film festivals in North America still have a certain influence.

Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly, "I think everyone is the same as you, we don't even talk about this kind of thing."

Now in China, Zhang Yimou is already one of the top directors, but compared with Wu Jianye, it is still a lot worse, not only in terms of awards and box office, but also in terms of influence.

His "Ju Dou" was invested and filmed by Chang'an Film Studio, China Film, Tangting Culture, and two RB investment companies.

Although Lao Mouzi is the director, when it comes to the release, it is not his turn to speak at all.

And because of the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, as well as Wu Tianming's departure from China, the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Chang'an Film Studio is not as good as before.

In the past, when domestic films came out, the road was relatively narrow, and they could only take the road of film festivals, even in another time and space, Harvey Weinstein got in touch with domestic films early and operated domestic films to come out, but he was also looking for those films that had proven themselves at film festivals.

But it's different now, now the appearance of the phantom has allowed excellent domestic films to see the way out, so in order to make money in advance, they don't care about the so-called film festival or not!

After listening to Zhang Yimou's complaints, Wu Jianye knew what had happened, and said with a smile, "That's it, I'll give China Film a call, such a movie shouldn't be painted in obscurity!"

As soon as Zhang Yimou heard that Wu Jianye was willing to call Zhongying, he immediately became happy, in fact, this was another reason why he came to Wu Jianye.

At the beginning, because of his work in Chang'an Film Studio, Zhang Yimou did not have any connections in China Film, but Wu Jianye was different, the leaders of China Film and Radio and Television were all his good friends, if Wu Jianye could make a phone call, it would still be very powerful.

Wu Jianye didn't talk nonsense, and directly called Liu Jianshe of China Film.

"Hey, that one?" Liu Jianjian's calm and powerful voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Senior brother, how are you doing!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Liu Jianshe heard that it was Wu Jianye's voice, and became enthusiastic, "It turned out to be you, why did you remember to call me!"

Wu Jianye: "There is such a matter, I want to discuss it with you!"

Liu Jianshe laughed and said, "Haha, let's say, as long as it is within my authority, there will definitely be no problem!"

If it were someone else, Liu Jianshe would definitely not say that, now Liu Jianshe can be regarded as one of the most powerful leaders of China Film, if it weren't for the fact that his boss is about the same age as him, it is estimated that under the influence of Wu Jianye's butterfly wings, he would be able to take over the position of the number one leader in China Film.

In politics, age is a very wonderful thing!

In recent years, because of the promotion of directors like Wu Jianye, Liu Jianjian's voice in China Film has become bigger and bigger, and his official prestige has become more and more prosperous, but directors like Wu Jianye have never appeared in China.

The influence in Xiangjiang and the influence in the world are incomparable to any director in China, so Liu Jianshe can be said to rely on Wu Jianye very much.

"Then I'll thank my brother first, Lao Mouzi is coming to Los Angeles now, I discussed his "Ju Dou" with the Phantom, I think it's better to wait until after participating in the New York Film Festival before it will be released in North America, so that it can also increase the box office!"

In fact, according to the contract signed between the Phantom and the investment company of "Ju Dou", when this movie will be released in North America is calculated by the Phantom, but Wu Jianye naturally can't do this, the face is mutual, and doing so is just to make Liu Jianshe feel more respect.

Of course, if the movie "Ju Dou" wants to participate in the New York Film Festival, it still has to be signed up by China Film and Chang'an Film Studio!

Liu Jianshe said disapprerovingly, "No problem, I'll deal with this matter!"

Hearing Liu Jianshe say this, Wu Jianye made an OK gesture to Zhang Yimou and the others.

"Then thank you, brother!"

Liu Jianshe said with a smile, "It's polite to say this between you and me, "People and Ghosts" couldn't be released in China before, and I'm still a little embarrassed!"

"That's all the old yellow calendar from before, I don't need to mention it anymore, when it comes to my new movie "Jurassic Park", I have to arrange it next year!" Wu Jianye talked about the release of "Jurassic Park" next year by the way.

Liu Jianshe said with a smile, "Well, don't worry, I've already discussed your movie with the leader, as long as there is no problem with political tendencies in it, there will be no problem with the release, you also know about the domestic affairs before, the general environment is like this, no one can do anything!"

Wu Jianye: "Naturally I know!"

The two then chatted a few more words, and Wu Jianye hung up the phone.

Liu Jianshe was sitting in his office, and he also had mixed feelings at this time, and in his current position, he could naturally know the global box office situation of the movie "People and Ghosts".

He couldn't help but be shocked at the thought that a movie could exceed a billion dollars at the global box office, even if he already knew about it.

After Wu Jianye put down the phone, he said to Lao Mouzi, "The matter has been discussed, let's participate in the New York Film Festival first!"

Zhang Yimou originally thought so, so naturally he had no opinion.

But in this way, they have nothing to do in Los Angeles now, Gu Changwei slumped on the sofa and said, "Then what are we going to do next?"

Wu Jianye invited, "Since you're here, let's stay for a few more days!"

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "I want to go to New York to see Brother Wu in the past two days, and his life will definitely not be very good during this time!"

Wu Jianye said with some regret, "I was still in New York before, but at that time, I didn't have Brother Wu's phone, and I couldn't find him, do you have his contact information?"

Zhang Yimou said, "Yes, Brother Wu called me before!"

Wu Jianye asked, "What is Brother Wu doing in New York now?"

Zhang Yimou sighed, "I heard that he made a dumpling restaurant and sold dumplings in Chinatown, and you also know that he sent his daughter to the United States to study, and emptied his family!"

The dignified leader of the fifth generation of Chinese directors has been reduced to selling dumplings in New York, which sounds inevitably sad.

"Then you can call Brother Wu and let him come to Los Angeles, if he wants, I will ask the Phantom to arrange a job for Brother Wu, and let him stay in North America first!" Wu Jianye said.

When Zhang Yimou heard this, he smiled happily, "If it can be like this, it would be great!"

Gong Li next to her showed an unnatural expression, Wu Tianming was strongly opposed to Zhang Yimou being with him!

However, Gong Li also knew that there was no room for her to speak here, so she thought for a while and asked, "Director Wu, I heard that Sister Xuan is in Los Angeles now, or you can chat, I'll go see Sister Xuan!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "They're in the living room, I'll let someone take you there!"

After speaking, Wu Jianye called someone and asked her to take Gong Li to the living room!

After Gong Li left, Wu Jianye noticed another actor in "Ju Dou", Li Baotian!

Li Baotian can be said to be a very important actor in the history of Chinese TV dramas, but unlike other actors, Li Baotian's achievements in movies are also very eye-catching, and he was one of Zhang Yimou's queen actors in the early days, winning numerous awards.

"Ju Dou", "Something to Say", "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" have created very classic characters in these movies.

However, the young people of later generations have a deeper impression of him, in fact, it is his achievements in the TV series, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" won the Golden Eagle Emperor, "Divine Doctor Xilaile" Golden Eagle, and Flying Double Emperor.

It's a pity that such an excellent actor was called a drama bully in the later period.

If you want to say that he is domineering on the set, Wu Jianye does not doubt it, but their so-called domineering is not to bully people, nor to ask for all kinds of treatment indiscriminately, they are responsible for the work, and put forward what they think is unreasonable.

At that time, the filming was not as professional as them, so they were naturally hacked by all kinds of people, and the domestic entertainment industry was in the stage of barbaric growth during that period, and many things were crossing the river by feeling the stones, even if it was propaganda.

So slowly, during the period when Wu Jianye was reborn, Li Baotian had no news for a long time!

"Baotian, how does it feel to cooperate with Lao Mouzi this time?" Wu Jianye asked with a smile.

Li Baotian didn't sit there and look around like Gu Changwei, although he was also very curious about the environment here, he was still able to sit upright.

"Director Zhang is a very good director, and you can learn a lot from making movies with him!" replied Li Baotian.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "What unit are you in now?"

Although Wu Jianye has always wanted to get Li Baotian into the court culture before, but for various reasons there has been no real operation, and now I just happened to see Li Baotian, so I just asked.

Zhang Yimou said on the side, "Baotian has been staying in Chinese opera since he graduated from Chinese opera, and this Baotian's performance will definitely make you start!"

Obviously, Zhang Yimou is very satisfied with Li Baotian's performance in the movie.

Wu Jianye said, "Are you interested in coming to Tangting Culture to be a signed actor, I have seen your previous movies, which are very good, there should be a better platform!"

Now the situation in China is not completely clear, but it should be about the same, plus the Ming and Qing Dynasty palaces in Hengdian Film and Television City are about to be completed.

When Wu Jianye returns to China, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" can also be put on TV!

As the soul of this TV series, Wu Jianye naturally hopes that Li Baotian can continue to experiment with the role of Liu Luoguo!

Li Baotian thought for a while, and then agreed to Wu Jianye's invitation, now Tangting Culture is a benchmark for Huaxia Film and Television Company, and there are continuous masterpieces, in the post-studio era, Tangting Culture's right to speak is getting bigger and bigger in China.

Li Baotian naturally hopes that his career can go further!

"Then I'll ask Director Wu from now on!" Li Baotian said with a smile.

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "You will definitely be proud of this decision in the future!"

At this time, Zhang Yimou also found Wu Tianming's phone and said, "I'll call Brother Wu now!"

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