Wu Jianye's understatement attitude made Sun Xiaoxiao a little helpless.

That's 100 million!

Now Wu Jianye actually said: If you fail, there is no way......

"Director Wu, this is 100 million!" Sun Xiaoxiao emphasized.

Wu Jianye nodded, still looking very calm, and said: "I know it's 100 million, didn't you say it just now? How can there be a business in this world that makes sure you don't lose money, in the history of Hollywood, such examples are not uncommon." ”

"In 1963, Twentieth Century Fox's "Cleopatra" invested $45 million in that era, and the box office was only $26 million, which did not include their other expenses, and the producer directly lost nearly $40 million, and in 1980, "Heaven's Gate" produced by United Arts, the investment was also as high as $36 million, but the box office was only $4.2 million, there are countless such examples, so I really can't help it. ”

"For me personally, what I can do is to try to make this movie into a movie that everyone likes, but whether the audience can really like this movie, I can't be sure!"

Wu Jianye didn't say what kind of ambition he had for this new movie, in fact, even Wu Jianye at this time was very unsure about the movie with this theme.

Throughout the history of the development of Chinese films, there is really no Xianxia drama that has become a real masterpiece, no, there is still one, that is, Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons", but the success of this movie is based on Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal and ordinary audiences' understanding of the big IP of "Journey to the West".

And what Wu Jianye is going to do now is a brand new Xianxia drama, and he really doesn't know if domestic audiences will be interested in this theme.

In another time and space, there is this idea, and the implementation is Xu Laowei, in 2001, Xu Laowei directed "The Legend of Shushan", with an investment of more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and almost bankrupted Huaxia Xing!

And the meaning of Wu Jianye's words actually has another meaning.

With the success of "The World of Chu Xing", the domestic capital that has just emerged has shown a trend of pouring into the film market, which is completely different from another time and space.

In another time and space, the entry of capital into the film market is to be done after the 21st century, but it has already begun.

This is Wu Jianye's initial idea, which is a good thing in itself, but the film industry itself is still just a little doll, and now I think that the little doll suddenly has an extra hammer of Thor in her hand, and whether she can play it well has become the key.

Some people even poured in, but the film industry can be said to be an industry with a very high degree of risk, and Wu Jianye said this now, just to tell them to think about it calmly when they come in.

As for whether those people can listen to it, Wu Jianye has no choice.

Anyway, I've already reminded you, and the rest is up to everyone!

"Director Wu, now everyone in the circle is discussing, your new movie, saying that this is a Xianxia drama, can you tell us the story of the new movie?" Sun Xiaoxiao asked.

Wu Jianye has heard countless people asking himself this question, but in fact, except for the people who participated in this movie who know the content of the story, no outsiders really know.

"The content of the story is actually very easy to understand, this is a story about life and death and choices!"

Wu Jianye's answer was very simple, so that Sun Xiaoxiao didn't know how to answer.

"Director Wu, can you tell us more about it?"

"Blood, will be the core of this story, in this movie, everyone can see the imagination of the imagination, once only existed between the words of the beast will be presented to everyone one by one in this movie......."

Wu Jianye did give CCTV enough face, and for the first time explained some of the contents of the new movie to everyone here, and in fact, Wu Jianye hopes to promote his new movie through the platform of CCTV.

No platform will have such an impact as CCTV now or in the future.

Even if this interview of his own will not be broadcast in full, it will still bring countless attractions to the new movie, which is the heat of this era.

After listening to Sun Xiaoxiao, she said with some yearning: "What Director Wu said made me a little moved, and I want to see this movie soon, so I want to ask if there are any mythical beasts like dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns in this movie?"

Wu Jianye thought for a while and said, "Everything is possible!"

"In fact, most of the investment in this movie is spent on these special effects, let's put it this way, if there is no special effects cost for this movie, the production cost will be about 15 million at most, and it can be said that 90% of the funds for this movie are used in special effects!"

Sun Xiaoxiao was shocked by Wu Jianye's handwriting again, she couldn't figure out how the so-called computer special effects really cost so much money?

Wu Jianye had no way to explain this kind of thing to him.

Do special effects cost money?

It does cost money!

Do special effects cost money?

In fact, it can not cost much!

If Wu Jianye wants to do the so-called special effects in China before, it really won't cost much, and the whole movie is estimated to be about 18 million.

But what Wu Jianye wants is the special effects of "Jurassic Park", or even more realistic special effects than "Jurassic Park", which costs money!

Why "Jurassic Park" is still shocking and inexplicable after its release 20 years later, in fact, their special effects have gone to the front of the world.

What Wu Jianye has to do now is to let Huaxia's special effects also shock the world in advance.

In later generations, even when Wu Jianye was reborn, there was no more successful special effects company in China, and even the stick could not catch up.

"But if that's the case, Director Wu, aren't you worried that the movie will lose its storytelling because of the excessive pursuit of the special effects of the movie?" Sun Xiaoxiao is not a beautiful vase, she also did a lot of homework before interviewing Wu Jianye.

even dragged a lot of friends to get some foreign movie magazines, otherwise it would be impossible for ordinary domestic hosts to ask such questions.

In later generations, the controversy between special effects and story content has become an unavoidable topic, but nowadays, when movie special effects have not really become popular, everyone may not necessarily see this problem.

Wu Jianye nodded and said: "You can rest assured of this, the special effects of the movie are just a tool for me to serve the story content of the movie, the creation of the film is to tell the story to everyone, and the director's job is to present the story to every audience in front of the big screen." ”

Sun Xiaoxiao nodded and continued to ask: "By the way, I haven't congratulated Director Wu yet, your previous movie "Chu Xing's World" was shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film selection at the Hollywood Academy Awards. ”

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "I hope that if you have the opportunity in the future, you will talk to some foreign filmmakers and congratulate their films on being shortlisted for our domestic film awards!"

Sun Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, but then understood what Wu Jianye meant, because only the Huaxia film industry really has a higher influence in the world, and at that time, Huaxia's film awards will also become very important!

However, Sun Xiaoxiao still didn't feel one thing, that is, Wu Jianye was talking about Huaxia's film awards, but he didn't say that it was the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award, which is a bit interesting.

"Director Wu, we all know that you have directed two very good movies in Hollywood before, and it is not the first time to participate in the Academy Awards, I don't know if you have any expectations for the selection of the movie "Chu Xing's World" for the best foreign language film this time, or do you have any different feelings?"

"Different feelings are naturally there, first of all, the two movies you mentioned before are actually two Hollywood movies, except that the director is me, and the movie "Jurassic Park" has Zhu Yan's participation, it has nothing to do with our Chinese films, now this time is different, the movie "Chu Xing's World" is a 100% Chinese movie, that is to say, this time to participate in the Hollywood Academy Awards, I am representing the Chinese film in the past, maybe the sense of honor on my body is even stronger!"

Wu Jianye's answer is stable!

Sun Xiao smiled: "Then you haven't said your own expectations, I saw through some foreign magazines that Director Wu's influence in Hollywood is also very large, there must be some behind-the-scenes news, right?"

Wu Jianye chuckled lightly and said: "The behind-the-scenes news is all used to bluff people, until the moment of the awards, no one knows who will win the award, the four films selected this time are all very good movies, I believe that it will be a very lively scene at that time." ”

The four shortlisted best foreign language films are "Urga - Territory of Love" from Russia, "Impostor" from Germany, "Love Testimony This Life" from France, and "The World of Chu Xing" by Wu Jianye in China.

Sun Xiaoxiao asked: "The recent good news in our domestic film industry is really one after another, it has been spread before, "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival, I don't know what Director Wu thinks about this matter." ”

Wu Jianye looked at Sun Xiaoxiao, showed a meaningful smile, and asked, "Can this section be broadcast?"

"Huh?" Sun Xiaoxiao didn't react for a while, their interview this time was not a live broadcast, so many times, the chat between the two was also very casual.

was just asked by Wu Jianye suddenly, Sun Xiaoxiao didn't react for a while, but then understood what Wu Jianye meant.

The situation of the movie "Farewell My Concubine" in China is a bit complicated now, first of all, this movie has not been reviewed, which shows that this film is definitely not officially recognized during this time period, and now this film that is not officially recognized in China has become the film in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

The first thing to be sure of is that the country must hope that such an honor can be left to the country.

But this movie has not been reviewed before, and Wu Jianye has already known through his own channels that the internal opinion of radio and television on this movie is also very complicated.

At this time, the problem of "Blue **" has not yet exploded, because the Hawaii International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival, which this film will participate in, will not be held until the autumn, and now even the shortlist has not come out.

In other words, the first problem faced by radio and television is actually Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", but the investor of this film is Fengge Pictures in Xiangjiang, strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with China, and people will send it to that film festival if they want to.

This makes radio and television very embarrassed.

Now Sun Xiaoxiao directly positions "Farewell My Concubine" as a domestic movie, which is actually a slap in the face, ordinary newspapers and magazines publish the news of "Farewell My Concubine", nothing, but as CCTV, it is a bit inappropriate to say so.

That's why Wu Jianye asked such a question.

Sun Xiaoxiao was only stunned for a moment, then understood what Wu Jianye meant, and smiled awkwardly: "Thank you, Director Wu!"

This can actually be regarded as a hosting mistake, if it is a live broadcast, Sun Xiaoxiao will definitely be responsible.

"So Director Wu, why don't you tell us about the difference between being a judge at the Cannes Film Festival and being a contestant?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "If you want to say the difference, there must be something, if it's just a contestant, I hope that only my film is the best, but if I talk about being a judge, I hope all the participating films are the best!"

Sun Xiaoxiao: "According to the news we have gotten, Director Wu, you have become a judge of the Cannes Film Festival this time, or is it the first time that our Chinese people have appeared at the Cannes Film Festival as a judge of the Cannes Film Festival, have you thought about this matter before?"

Wu Jianye shook his head and said, "To be honest, I didn't think about it at all, in fact, I didn't expect it when Jacob found me, but I'm an old friend with Jacob, and since he found me, I still hope to be able to help him!"

Sun Xiaoxiao explained Jacob's identity to the audience in front of the TV at this time.

After she finished explaining, she asked Wu Jianye a lot of questions, and the interview lasted for more than two hours.

After the interview, Sun Xiaoxiao shook hands with Wu Jianye and said, "Director Wu, if there are no accidents, this interview will be broadcast tomorrow!"

Wu Jianye nodded, knowing that this interview was originally a work of CCTV to grab time, so naturally it would be a special event.

"When the time comes, I'm sure I'll watch it!"

Sun Xiaoxiao said meaningfully: "Director Wu, after this interview is broadcast, it will definitely bring great changes to your life!"

In Wu Jianye's view, it is nothing more than to improve his popularity, but no matter how he improves, he is just a director, and it is impossible to have a crazy star chaser like those singers and movie stars, so life should not change much.

So he smiled and said, "You can live your life how you want!"

Sun Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao didn't say anything!

And Wu Jianye did underestimate the impact of this interview.......