"Director Wang, this is a note submitted by a Monegasque. The ministry has turned around, you can take a look - not our own ministry, but that ministry. ”

Qiantang, Grand View Garden. In the office area of the preparatory group, the desk of the chief director, a fax was handed over.

Of course, faxes were not sent directly to the number of the preparatory group, and in 85 fax machines were still extremely scarce, and there were only a few at most in a prefecture-level city.

If it is not a provincial city or a city with a more developed economy, even the city government cannot get a fax machine. This thing was not until around 87 or 88 years, when the domestic telecommunications system was replaced with automatic program-controlled switches in large quantities on the network side, and it gradually became popular.

Therefore, this fax was sent to Qiantang City, and the city government sent a secretary to drive it to Daguan Garden. That's a bit of a weight.

Director Wang lifted his glasses, and was subconsciously puzzled: "What do we have to do with foreign capital in Monaco? Didn't they just pay for a garden and then give it to us for two years rent-free?

As an artist's arrogance, he was faintly unhappy.

I have to admit that in the mid-80s, in the business world and even in some fields, society was eroded by money, but those creative fields that have little intersection with the business world are still relatively pure.

However, after skimming through the text a little, he realized that it was not what he thought at the beginning.

The facsimile gesture is humble and roughly means:

"Monaco's foreign investment in the Grand View Park project is aimed at driving the appreciation of the park after the filming works become popular in the future, and apply the successful experience of Lanting Cinema.

Therefore, I have recently been surprised to learn that the crew has been cut off due to budget shortages, which may lead to a decline in the filming effect. BMF investors are willing to make some additional payments free of charge, please ensure the quality of the manufacturer. ”

In the 80s, most foreign businessmen were still relatively arrogant, and it was extremely rare to speak so politely.

At the same time, when the salute comes to this point, the righteous name is taken - the other party is not because they have their money in it, so they point fingers at the artistic creation itself.

People are saying, "I'm afraid that you won't have enough money to get out of shape, in order to protect the interests of the money they have spent before will not be damaged, they are willing to unconditionally and without pursuing an increase in shares, and then give you a little." ”

From the relevant departments of foreign affairs to the coordination units in the city, there is no way to refuse.

The preparatory group must not fail to respond, otherwise it will be disgraced and thrown abroad.

"What is the problem here?" Xiao Chai, do you know what they mean by something?" Director Wang frowned and asked the assistant who sent the fax in.

Assistant Xiao Chai was also very embarrassed: "Then I don't know, why don't you meet the city secretary who sent the fax? ”

Director Wang thought about it, although he was in the CCTV system and had no subordinate relationship with the locality, since the fax was sent through them, he might know more about it.

So he politely asked Xiao Chai to invite people from the city in.

After a while, a man in his early 30s wearing a Mao suit came in:

"Director Wang, I'm Deputy Mayor Qiu's secretary, you can call me Xiao Zhang. CCTV producers are willing to come to Qiantang to film, which is a great support for the development of the local tourism economy, and Vice Mayor Qiu has always said that it is necessary to do a good job in all cooperation and coordination. ”

Director Wang's brain twitched again. This is not right, just send a fax, it is said that even if only the provincial and municipal governments in the city have fax machines, there is no need to let Deputy Qiu's secretary send it.

There are more staff members in the administrative office and secretariat in the city who run errands, and the secretaries are also divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Director Wang no longer thinks about the shelf, and is very easy-going to get straight to the point: "Secretary Zhang, I don't know if you know any inside information?" I looked at this fax and was clueless, not that I felt that the money was hot, but we didn't know...... Well, I don't know where it's short, uh, the reputation for lack of budget has been thrown abroad. ”

Who knows, this Secretary Zhang really knows a sentence or two, and he got straight to the point: "I don't know very well, but I didn't hear that some candidate actors in the preparatory team were cut off in advance because of 'cost saving'...... I'm sorry I didn't use the right words, and I don't know anything else. ”

At this point, Director Wang immediately understood.

It's some cats in the casting that offend people.

It is estimated that it is Lin Daiyu's group.

There are some things he doesn't want to either.

In the spring, when Chen Xiaoxu's alternative actors were cut, he was quite unwilling as a director. But at that time, Chen Xiaoxu's comprehensive strength was really not strong. If you want to talk about the follow-up potential, there is no evidence, the other party uses the budget to card him, and he can only lay off people.

Nowadays, the director of the CCTV department still has relatively little power, and only has the right to speak at the level of artistic creation. As for budget decisions, the producer is still responsible. This is also the embodiment of production habits in the era of planned economy.

This situation basically didn't take until 88 and Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear Award, which raised the status of the whole Chinese director industry by one notch.

Therefore, Director Wang also recognized it at that time.

As for the recent past, someone wants to take out Ren Yuqin and replace it with a little girl named Gui Yuye in the group, but he thinks that between the two of them, no one can say that it is wrong to use it - although Gui Yuye's comprehensive performance half a year ago was not as good as Chen Xiaoxu, who was laid off, but after studying in the past six months, people have made great progress, the key is to be young, in Director Wang's mind, the total score is about the same as Ren Yuqin.

The most important thing is that the cinnamon leaf is ...... The niece of Director Gui of the budget department of a competent unit. (Of course, people want to praise their daughters more, but their daughters are really far worse in appearance, and there is no possibility, so they can only pick the most beautiful one among their nieces and nephews, and the choice of choosing a face is a little larger)

Unexpectedly, the other party was not easy to offend.

"Is it Ren Yuqin who has a backstage, or Chen Xiaoxu who has a backstage?" Director Wang's mind immediately began to think about this question,

"It seems that in the past few months of training for them, I haven't heard of any backstage for them. Why don't you talk about it when you have a backstage?

Forget it, the key at the moment is not to cause a scandal, it is better to explain positively that we are not short of money, and the people we choose are the best and consistent, and see if we can calm it down first. Then find a way to ask who they are fighting for. ”

Director Wang thought about it, so he immediately drafted a reply letter, and called some CCTV leaders in the capital to coordinate with the outside world.

The above also attached great importance to it, confirmed that his reply was not ashamed, and sent it back overnight that evening.

When he was about to send off the people who came to deliver the courier from the city, Director Wang grabbed the other party and finally asked: "Secretary Zhang, I don't know if there are some things to ask, this time the Monegasque people were summoned by Gu Biao?"

He knew that Gu Biao had been living in the Concave Crystal Pavilion for the past two days, which was already obvious, and the so-called Monaco royal film and television capital, which had many pleasant cooperation experiences with the relevant cultural departments, was Gu Biao's guise for fake foreign capital.

But when someone brokered the introduction of Bertolucci's resources and won an Academy Award for the ministry's project, it was ironclad to go sideways, even if it was known that it was fake foreign investment?

You can get the princesses and princesses of small European countries to endorse you, that's also a skill.

Faced with this question, Secretary Zhang smiled stiffly: "Director Wang, you are the party concerned, you have guessed it yourself, why ask an outsider like me." I won't know what I shouldn't know. ”

And then he was gone.

……

At the dinner point of the same day, Director Wang personally went to the Concave Crystal Pavilion and brought another henchman of the preparatory team as a witness.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard wall, he politely asked the white American bodyguard at the door, "Is Mr. Gu here?"

"He's having dinner with a friend, you wait for me to let me know. The white bodyguard confirmed his identity and immediately went in to report it.

After a while, Gu Biao came out in person, and it seemed that he was still very face-saving.

"Isn't this Director Wang and Producer Xu, come on, come on, eat some together. ”

"You're welcome, I've already eaten it. He said politely, but he was not slow at his feet, and immediately entered the courtyard.

"Mr. Gu, don't blame me for coming in a hurry, there are some things that don't need to be big. The crew is not short of money, there is no need for additional investment, and as for the shooting effect, it can definitely be guaranteed to be the best.

I heard that Mr. Gu is very familiar with the people of Monaco, I wonder if it is inconvenient for Fang to bring this to them and reassure them? As for the specific shooting plan, we are planning to use Miss Ren Yuqin to play Lin Daiyu, which was already set half a year ago.

At that time, it was entirely because several other members of the Daiyu group were much worse than her, so we laid off them in advance in line with the principle of not wasting it. As for the recent replacement of her by other people who were even less photogenic at the beginning, it was all rumors. From beginning to end, there is no candidate for Lin Daiyu who can be similar to Miss Ren Yuqin in our preparatory team - I don't know, can we dispel the doubts of the management?"

This method is actually the best choice to maintain the independence and face of artistic creation. Because the other party said, "You are short of money, so you are shoddy and laid off people in advance? Then I will donate additional money and don't delay our initial investment", and then you call Chen Xiaoxu back, then at least it is really the established fact of "trying to make shoddy products".

If you bite the bullet and don't let go, saying that the recent ones are all rumors and misunderstandings, it is because you recognized that others are too far away from Ren Yuqin at the beginning, then the façade will be saved.

Of course, at this time, it depends on whether Gu Wei is Chen Xiaoxu's backstage, if the other party has to continue to support it, this matter will be a little more troublesome, and it will be more difficult to achieve both sides.

In a moment's hesitation, Gu Biao spoke: "It turned out to be just rumors and misunderstandings, then it's okay, I'll help you explain." But it's just an explanation, and it has nothing to do with me - but it's not reluctant, is it?

"Don't be guilty, I'll deal with it. Director Wang said in a loud voice.

He was really scared, in case Gu Biao wanted to get into trouble with Director Gui in person, it would not end well.

This is a ruthless man.

How much power Gu Biao has on it, some of which don't need to be explicitly listed, just look at the frequency of the top mainstream media appearances.

Therefore, there will not be too many cases where the other party hears that he came forward and carried it to the end, which makes the confrontation much less enjoyable.

When he returned to the office that night, Director Wang immediately called Director Gui:

"Gui, Ling's niece can only let it go. ”

"Yes, it's all about the expressiveness of artistic creation, and I don't need to tell you about this kind of decision. On the other end of the phone, there was still a standard no-frills language, which seemed very quiet.

"Don't get me wrong, it's Gu Biao who is targeting this matter. ”

"You...... Xiao Wang, you are harming me, why didn't Gu Biao tell you earlier......"

I told me that I didn't shoot at the beginning.

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