Chapter 101: School Starts
In the next few days, Xu Wangqiu did not write a script during the day, and was attending meetings. Xu Wangqiu has designed several paths for his future, the safest is to enter the Xiu Film Studio and take the road of Han Shanping, and the most variable road is to engage in a film export company.
The advantages of engaging in export companies are very obvious, as they can accumulate film technology and lay the foundation for the development of China's films into heavy industry; and they can also break the unified purchase and sales. In China, export companies settle according to the box office account, and with this policy, export companies can engage in co-production with film studios, so that the film studio's films can get a share of the accounts in the name of export. In this way, the unified purchase and sales will be gradually broken.
However, it is very difficult to take the road of export company, and it is necessary to persuade the state to set up an export company, and it is also necessary to persuade the state to divide accounts according to international standards at home, so in Xu Wangqiu's heart, it has always been an alternative path to set up an export company.
Now that there is an opportunity to promote the establishment of an export company, Xu Wangqiu must still hope to promote this matter.
During the meeting, the discussion of the use of ladder accounting went smoothly, while the discussion of setting up an export company was very difficult, and the film studio was not particularly enthusiastic about it, and China Film Company realized that it would shake its foundation and firmly opposed it.
Fortunately for Xu Wangqiu, after the meeting, Wang Lanxi talked to Xu Wangqiu once. He told Xu Wangqiu that the plan of tiered account sharing would be reported to the Ministry of Affairs/Hospital soon, and it might be implemented next year. However, the film export company cannot report this matter for the time being, and more evidence is needed to prove the feasibility of the whole plan.
Xu Wangqiu knew that there was no precedent for a film export company, and it was not that domestic films did not want to be sold abroad, but that they could not be sold at all. Xu Wangqiu can't come up with tangible evidence to prove that it is feasible to build an export company, and I can't say that I have countless Hollywood blockbusters in my head, and moving these out is enough to sweep the world, right?
To solve this problem, we can only rely on "The Hoe", and "The Falcon", which has not yet been written. As long as the overseas rights of "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon" can be sold, it does not need to be sold too high, only one or two million dollars are sold, which is enough to explain the problem. One "Hoe Rape" can sell for one or two million, and then ten can't sell for one or two million dollars. The country is going crazy thinking about foreign exchange, if it can set up a company that can earn tens of millions of dollars in foreign exchange every year, how can it not agree?
Xu Wangqiu suggested to Wang Lanxi that he organize a film delegation to participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival and take "The Rape" to the film festival for screening, because Cannes is the largest film trading market in Europe, and there are many film dealers, so it is the best place to sell films.
Wang Lanxi thinks this is a good idea, if "Hoe Rape" can sell for a price in Cannes, then this can be used as evidence to apply to the state for the establishment of a film export company.
The time will soon be the end of August, and the major colleges and universities will usher in the beginning of the school season. In order to prepare for the orientation work, the members of the student council have returned to campus one after another, and the quiet campus has gradually become lively. Nortel did not enroll students in 79, but Nortel's campus has also become lively, because the College of Agriculture resumed enrollment this year, and teachers began to be busy welcoming new students.
Nortel's current school building is the College of Agriculture, and Nortel's original school building has long been demolished and can only share a school building with the College of Agriculture. Nortel reached an agreement after discussing with the College of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture will not enroll students in Class 78, but will start recruiting students in 79 years, and will recruit fewer students every year in the future, while Nortel will not recruit new students in 1979 and 1980, and will recruit fewer new students in 1981. This year, the College of Agriculture officially resumed enrollment, and Xu Wangqiu will have an additional group of "alumni" of the College of Agriculture.
Liu Lin: They came back soon. They hadn't seen Xu Wangqiu for a few months, and they were very happy to see Xu Wangqiu, and they couldn't stop asking him about "Hoe Rape". During the preparation of "Hoe Rape", they made a lot of efforts, and their hard work was also condensed in the movie, and they were particularly concerned about the filming of "Hoe Rape".
But there is no need for Xu Wangqiu to open his mouth about this, Xia Gang blew it directly: "I don't know what to say, if I say that this is the best movie in the world, you will definitely think that I am bragging, but this is definitely the most awesome war movie I have ever seen." Compared with "The Rape", the previous war movies were like children's plays. ”
Liu Lin said in surprise: "Is it better than "Southern Expedition and Northern War", better than "Bridge"?"
Xia Gang thought for a while and said: ""Hoe Rape" and "Southern Expedition and Northern War" are not the same genre, they can't be compared, they are somewhat similar to "Bridge", but whether it is the compactness of the story or the audio-visual language, it is much stronger than "Bridge". ”
Xie Xiaojing added: "Do you know what Shao Mujun said after watching "The Rape"? He said that "The Rape" is definitely a milestone work, and the history of Chinese films should be divided into two paragraphs. ”
Everyone gasped, this evaluation is too high, doesn't this mean that "Hoe Rape" is a work that has left a name in film history.
Zhao Ban, who was sitting on the bed reading a book, said lightly: "The director of "Wangxiang" Xiong Jingqi took the crew to visit the Magic Shadow Studio, and after seeing the sample film of "Hoe Rape", he praised endlessly, and a Dongying producer bid $200,000 on the spot to buy the copyright of the film and prepare to take it back to Dongying to play. ”
Liu Lin and the others were frightened by Zhao Ban's words, international directors like Xiong Jingqi applauded, and there were Dongying people who directly wanted to buy movies and wanted to take Dongying back to show them, this is too powerful, right?
Liu Lin grabbed Xu Wangqiu's hand and said with full legs: "Brother, you will be my brother in the future! I will follow you in the future, you must take care of the little brother!"
Xu Wangqiu smiled and patted Liu Lin on the shoulder: "Okay, let's mess with my brother! ”
Everyone burst into laughter, Liu Lin, Liu Lin, you are still a few years older than Wangqiu, brother, brother,
Zhang Yimou is the oldest and most calm among everyone, and asked: "Wangqiu, "Hoe Rape" has been filmed, what are your plans next, are you considering the new film?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Wangqiu, wondering if the new film had eyebrows. Last year, they participated in the script creation of "The Rape", and in the process, they acquired a lot of script knowledge, which is almost more useful than reading ten books. They all hope to participate in Xu Wangqiu's new film and continue to learn from him.
Xu Wangqiu nodded with a smile: "The name of the new film is "Falcon", which is similar to "Hoe Rape", mainly about the story of our army's position being attacked by the Vietnamese army's mysterious artillery group, and our army's falcon squad was ordered to infiltrate the Vietnamese army's position to reconnoitre, find out where the enemy is, and finally guide our army's artillery fire to destroy the story of the Vietnamese army's artillery group. The script had just been written, and it was still very rough. ”
The war against Vietnam is a hot topic in China at present, and it is a hot topic on the streets and alleys. Liu Lin and the others heard that Xu Wangqiu's new film was going to shoot Vietnam, and they felt that this choice was particularly good, and they shouted: "Vietnam is a group of white-eyed wolves!" and "Yes, we should make more movies about Vietnam." "Wangqiu, take out the script!"
Xu Wangqiu took out the script with a smile and handed it to Zhang Yimou. However, before Zhang Yimou could hold it firmly, Liu Lin snatched it up, and then a group of people gathered around to watch.
"Falcon" is a script produced on the basis of absorbing the essence of many scripts in later generations, but it is a combination of "Saving Private Ryan" and "First Blood 2", which is absolutely wonderful in terms of story. Liu Lin and the others were very addicted after watching it, and felt that they could make a movie that was so awesome that it exploded. However, they also felt that the details of the script were not perfect, and there were some problems with the portrayal of some characters. And the crowd gathered around and began to talk about it.
In the process of discussion, Xu Wangqiu found that Liu Lin had grown up after not seeing each other for more than half a year. Last year, in the process of creating "Hoe Rape", it was basically Xu Wangqiu who spoke, and Liu Lin listened to them, but they couldn't put forward any useful suggestions. But now they have a certain understanding of movies and script writing, and they all have their own ideas, and they can put forward all kinds of different suggestions. Obviously, Liu Lin and the others have not been idle for most of the past six months, and they have all worked hard.
Just when Xu Wangqiu and the others were polishing the script of "Falcon", the freshmen of the Agricultural College were enrolled. In order to welcome the "alumni" and to thank the College of Agriculture for letting the teachers and students of Nortel live, Nortel specially entertained the teachers and students of the College of Agriculture to watch a movie on September 4. It is not another movie, it is "Hoe Rape" jointly shot by Nortel teachers and students.
After more than 30 minutes of the movie, Xu Wangqiu was called out by Xie Fei, and Fang Shu and Zhou Lijin were called out with him. After coming to the office, Xu Wangqiu said with a hippie smile: "Ke Lao, I didn't make any mistakes, right?"
If it was normal, Zhang Ke would definitely admonish Xu Wangqiu twice, but this time he didn't: "Just now I called from above, saying that the Dongying delegation made a request and wanted to see Zhao Dan's new work "Hoe Rape". The above has agreed and is ready to put it on them at night. The four of you will also be present as the main creators, so now you will immediately go to the clothing warehouse of Beijing Film Studio to pick up clothes, and then you can communicate with the guests of Dongying. ”
Xu Wangqiu knew that today's Toei Film Week was opened, and he also knew that the Toei delegation was of a relatively high standard, and the head of the delegation was the president of Toei Co., Ltd., and the president of the Toei Film Association, Shigeru Okada; the deputy head was Yasukushi Tokuma, and the members of the delegation included the presidents of RB5 Daiei Co., Ltd., such as Toho, Niko, Toei, Shochiku, and Daiei, as well as famous actors Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kurihara Komaki, Yoshiko Nakano, and Atsushi Watanabe.
For this Dongying Film Week, Xu Wangqiu's biggest expectation is that Zhao Dan handed over the script of "A Game of Unfinished Chess" to the Japanese side, and proposed that China and Japan co-produce this film. He never dreamed that Dongying people would ask to watch "Hoe Rape". This is undoubtedly great news, the presidents of the five major film companies in Toei are here, and Yasushi Tokuma is also there, and any company that sees "Hoe Rape" will sell the copyright of Toei. If a few companies like it, then "Hoe Rape" may sell at a high price.
Xu Wangqiu was pleasantly surprised by this news, and he couldn't wait to see the Dongying film delegation immediately. He looked at his clothes, white shirt and black pants, he felt very good, besides, the clothing warehouse of the Beijing Film Studio couldn't choose any good clothes, so he said: "I'm very good, so I don't have to choose clothes!"
Zhang Ke said with a straight face: "You are going to meet foreign guests, you represent the image of the country, and you must wear formal clothes." ”
Xu Wangqiu was speechless, how could the people who wore shirts and saw the Dongying film delegation damage the image of the country, just watch movies together, simply communicate, and it is not a formal occasion, as for being so serious!
However, if you think about it carefully, in the previous life, Xu Zheng was received by Thai female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra because of her self-directed and self-acting "Thailand" to promote Thai tourism, and as a result, some people criticized Xu Zheng for not paying attention to social etiquette when wearing shirts, which damaged the international image of Chinese. This is still the case decades later, let alone in this era.
Xu Wangqiu raised his hand and surrendered: "I'll just choose." But Ke Lao, how did the Dongying delegation think of watching "Hoe Rape"?"
Zhang Ke glared and said, "You ask me, who do I ask?" Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and choose clothes." ”