August 1st.

Morning.

Lin Xiaoguang, who was asleep, was woken up by a phone call, and on the other end of the phone was Zhao Haicheng, manager of China Film Production Company: "You hurry up to China Film, Mr. Han wants to see you." ”

Just last night after participating in the celebration banquet of the movie "Those Years" breaking 200 million, under the persuasion of everyone's gracious compliments, Lin Xiaoguang drank a lot of wine, and his whole head was still confused, and he received a call from China Film Group early in the morning, and he was really a little confused.

After reacting, Lin Xiaoguang quickly rushed to Han Sanping's office and met the long-lost "industry boss".

Until this moment in the office, Lin Xiaoguang still didn't know what was going on.

Lin Xiaoguang thinks that he has not offended Han Sanping, let alone China Film Group, because when the movie "Those Years" was still in the early stage of preparation, Huang Zhonglei also listened to Lin Xiaoguang's opinion, and abided by the agreement and talked about cooperation with the person in charge of Guangguang and China Film Group.

Although I didn't hit it off in the end, I can't be blamed Lin Xiaoguang! It's because you yourself are useless, you don't have eyesight, and you don't want to cooperate with me, so you missed this money-making meeting......

Therefore, for Han Sanping's urgent summons, Lin Xiaoguang was very puzzled and puzzled.

In addition, Lin Xiaoguang also found that in Han Sanping's office, there were photos of Mao Zedong from different periods.

Knowing that Lin Xiaoguang was coming, Han Sanping temporarily canceled a meeting and squeezed out time to meet Lin Xiaoguang.

After Han Sanping sat down, he stared at Lin Xiaoguang, who was sitting precariously, for a while, and then said angrily and funny: "Boy, this time I have lost my eyes, your talent is indeed not lost to Ning Hao." ”

Hearing Han Sanping praising himself in person with a smile, Lin Xiaoguang realized that he hadn't caused a big disaster, and his tense heart suddenly brightened.

It's a shame to say that although Lin Xiaoguang is not a genius director like Ning Hao, he did make two movies with a good box office, and "Those Years" is even more popular across the Taiwan Strait, which is a feat that Ning Hao has not done so far.

Lin Xiaoguang said modestly: "Dong Hand, you have won the award, I am friends with Ning Hao, and his talent is definitely above me......"

Han Sanping waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't pretend to be garlic in front of me, you tell me, what will the next movie be filmed?

As always, in Han Sanping's character, there has never been such a tangled thing, he is a very straightforward person, and he speaks straightforwardly, and he doesn't like to beat around the bush.

Lin Xiaoguang was stunned for a moment, and said calmly: "Mr. Hand, "Those Years" has not been released yet, and I haven't considered the new movie for the time being, and after "Those Years" is released, I want to take a good rest for a while." ”

I have to say that it is really not easy to make a good movie, Lin Xiaoguang's cycle of filming "Those Years" is fast enough, but it took about a year for the film to go from initial preparation to shooting, to post-production to release and promotion.

And this year, Lin Xiaoguang and his wife Li Xiaoran got together less and left more, and Lin Xiaoguang didn't even meet his own daughter a few times.

There is no doubt that for his parents, his wife and daughter, Lin Xiaoguang feels guilty and blames himself, and always wants to spend more time with them in the future.

Han Sanping was silent for a moment, and Fang sighed: "Boy, if our Chinese films want to rise, film talents like you are indispensable, I still say the same thing, if you have difficulties in the future, remember to come to me." ”

suddenly buttoned the hat of the rise of Chinese films on his head, Lin Xiaoguang really deserved it, and said busily: "Handan Dong, you think too highly of me, I just make movies to eat, and I am far from those famous Chinese and foreign directors." ”

This is definitely what Lin Xiaoguang said in his heart, Lin Xiaoguang became a monk halfway, and the level of half a bucket of water was very clear to him.

When he filmed "People in Embarrassment", he largely used the comedy talents of Xu Zheng and Huang Baoqiang, and when he filmed "Those Years", he used the script and creativity of Nine Knives, which was somewhat watery.

Han Sanping was not satisfied with Lin Xiaoguang's answer, and said with a straight face: "You can tell me, you can't compare with those big directors, what is your difference?"

Lin Xiaoguang told the truth: "Dong Hand, to be honest with you, it's not me Lin Xiaoguang who is modest, with my level, I will never be able to make art films with high artistic grades such as "Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive", so I will make some small commercial movies and earn some box office by the way, so ...... I may fail to live up to your expectations of me. ”

After hearing this, Han Sanping said disappreciatively: "What do you expect or not, hypocrisy, you can make a high-box office movie, which is the greatest contribution to our Chinese films!"

Lin Xiaoguang was happy, it was the first time he heard the leader praise his contribution to Chinese films.

Lin Xiaoguang thought for a while, then quipped: "Mr. Hand, do you particularly care about the box office of the movie?"

Han Sanping said angrily: "Nonsense! Whether a movie is successful or not, it needs to have hard indicators." What are the hard indicators? Of course, the box office. Of course, winning awards is also an indicator, and in comparison, the box office is more important to the industry. ”

Lin Xiaoguang asked rhetorically: "Then if I make a movie with a particularly high artistic taste, but there is no box office, it will not be considered a success?"

Han Sanping said: "Film is an industry, not charity, and it must be rewarded." Even if you are a career, without an audience, your career will not be successful. ”

Without waiting for Lin Xiaoguang to answer, Han Sanping continued: "For example, if I build a library and no one comes to it, and I build a park and no one enters it, is this cause considered a success? The elderly in the welfare home are unwilling to stay, and everyone in the public school is unwilling to come, is this called success? No one watches the movie, but my artistic grade is very high, and I don't think this thing can be said to be a success." They can't understand this movie, but the art is very high, can this thing be equated? I doubt it very much. ”

Lin Xiaoguang was shocked, Han Sanping's self-questioning and self-answering rhetoric was really reasonable and well-founded, and no one could refute it at all.

In addition, Han Sanping is worthy of being a native of Beijing, like most people in Beijing, his mouth is flying, Lin Xiaoguang has always thought that Han Sanping is a big man who does not smile, but he didn't expect that he is also a master who can speak well.

Lin Xiaoguang said puzzledly: "Then Mr. Han, what do you mean, you hope that I will continue to make some movies that can get high box office?

Han Sanping shook his head: "Of course not, I just think that if a movie has no box office and no audience, it will have no vitality." At the same time, we also need to continuously improve our artistic, technical and industrial production level, which is an eternal task for our Chinese filmmakers. ”

Looking at Han Sanping, who was impassioned when it came to Chinese movies, Lin Xiaoguang sighed deeply and expressed his doubts: "Mr. Hand, there are two questions that I have never been able to understand. ”

Say. ”

"I often hear people say that Director Feng Xiaowan was cultivated by you back then, and I also see your support for Ning Hao, but why do you like to cooperate with Hong Kong and Taiwan capital so much to support those Hong Kong and Taiwan stars?" Lin Xiaoguang said in the end, a little emotional.

Han Sanping couldn't help but smile and said: "Haha, when I talked to you just now, I thought you were a coward, but I didn't expect you to be bold enough to dare to ask anything! Okay, since you want to know, then I'll answer you." ”

In other words, Han Sanping personally never responded to these voices from the outside world, he has twice rumored that he was shuanggui, but he never paid attention to it, and this time it can be regarded as giving Lin Xiaoguang face.

Lin Xiaoguang said respectfully: "You said, the juniors listen to you." ”

Han Sanping nodded and continued: "You young directors have a few that I admire very much: first, your film concept is suitable for young audiences; second, your labor is relatively cheap, simply put, the salary is low and the cost is low. The budget for Feng Xiaowan's first drama is only 4 million, Xu Jinglei is only 13 million, Ning Hao's first movie is only more than 3 million, and the current "Crazy Racing" is only more than 10 million. ”

"Since the movie has a certain gambling color, then I bet on you young people, it is much more practical than losing half of 50 million or 60 million to more than 20 million, and I will only lose a few million if I lose all of them. You see, I've not only made some movies, but also made some people, so why not?"

"As for your second question, it's because we ......"

“……”

At this meeting, Lin Xiaoguang and Han Sanping talked a lot.

In the past, in Lin Xiaoguang's eyes, Han Sanping was like a mountain carving, domineering and dictatorial!

But after several contacts and exchanges, Lin Xiaoguang has different feelings, not to mention those who have, at least in Lin Xiaoguang's opinion, Han Sanping also has an admirable side.

Since "Those Years" exceeded 200 million at the box office, because piracy on the Internet is becoming more and more abundant, the film is basically on the verge of being released.

Therefore, after staying in the capital for two days, Lin Xiaoguang planned to return to Vancouver for a while, and the movie was about to end, and he felt that it was time for him to retire.

However, what Lin Xiaoguang didn't expect was that although the growth of the box office in the mainland market of "Those Years" almost stagnated due to online piracy, on the other hand, the box office of "Those Years" in Xiangjiang and Moss Bend was rising, completely exceeding everyone's overdue.

The popularity of a domestic film directed by a mainland director in Hong Kong and Taiwan far exceeds that of the domestic market, and it is even about to break the historical box office records of the two places, which was absolutely fantastic in the past.