The next day, Gu Jiahui personally made a phone call to Peng Yichen and told him the news that the Ministry of Culture had agreed to select the films from Chen Jing Film Company to participate in next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Peng Yichen is of course very excited about such an opportunity.

He even thought about the selected films, so he used "Beautiful Life", which won the Best Film Award at the Yanhuang Film Festival, as the participating film.

Originally, according to the Oscar selection rules, the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film must be a film released in theaters in the home country between September 30, 2008 and October 1, 2009.

"Life is Beautiful" was released in 2007 and originally did not meet this rule.

Fortunately, because "Beautiful Life" was filmed as a gift film from Chang'an Film Studio at that time.

On October 1, 2008, the Huaxia state-run cinema chain re-screened the film again.

So it just meets the selection rules of Hollywood's best foreign language film.

Thinking that at the beginning of next year, he would be able to take "Beautiful Life" to the Oscar for the election, Peng Yichen was extremely excited.

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While Peng Yichen was still excited to participate in the Oscars, Sun Yizou suddenly walked into his office on the other side.

"Old Sun, what makes you so happy?" Peng Yichen looked at Sun Yizou with an excited face and asked curiously.

Sun Yizou smiled and said, "Before I talk about this, you have to promise me first." Seeing that Peng Yichen nodded, he continued:

"Just now, the director of the External Relations Department of the Kyoto Film Academy called me and asked to hire you as a visiting professor at their university. At the same time, you are invited to give a lecture to the school once or twice a year to tell the students about your knowledge of film. ”

"Kyoto Film Academy asked me to be a visiting professor?" Peng Yichen asked with some surprise.

Although the Kyoto Film Academy only gave Peng Yichen a visiting professor, you must know that most universities give celebrities the title of honorary professor.

Honorary professor is an honorary title that can be awarded by the university itself, while visiting professor is generally obtained by scholars who often visit the university, and it is a formal position that really requires a salary.

Being a visiting professor at a prestigious university is more valuable than being an honorary professor.

Sun Yizou nodded with a smile and said, "I know, you have always disliked participating in other activities other than movies. But this opportunity, you must know that the vast majority of film talents in our country are trained by the three major film and television art academies in China. The Kyoto Film Academy is one of the most dedicated in training behind-the-scenes technicians with the most teaching categories and behind-the-scenes film technicians. If you can become their visiting professor, it will be very beneficial for our film company to recruit relevant film talents in the future. ”

Sun Yizou was also afraid that Peng Yichen would be afraid of delaying time as a visiting professor, so he was unwilling to take care of this 'troublesome matter'.

It is different from the past when the Huaxia Drama Academy and the Shanghai Drama Academy mainly cultivated drama talents.

Now, the two universities are seeking new and changing ideas, and the development and enrollment of film major courses are constantly increasing, and potential high school students are often constantly moving between the three schools, and the enrollment pressure of Kyoto Film Academy is increasing year by year.

The leaders of the film academy also dealt with Chen Jing Film Company because of the sale of shares in the film digital technology training center.

In addition, in recent years, Peng Yichen's fame in China has become more and more famous, and after the box office of "Journey to the West" exceeded 1 billion, this young man was crowned by the media with the honor of "the first commercial director in China".

This made them eager to award Peng Yichen a visiting professor and invite him to give a lecture at the school.

It is hoped that through Peng Yichen's great influence among young people, the attraction of the college to students can be increased.

Being a visiting professor at the film academy and lecturing to students is not a job that Peng Yichen likes very much.

But thinking of the current situation in the Chinese film industry, all kinds of worship capital, blind superstition of traffic, and lack of attention to the development of film technology and special effects production.

He still hopes to use his popularity to teach film school students some of the experience and ideas he has gained from his previous life on Earth.

This will also be of great help to him in helping Chinese films go to the world in the future.

"Okay, I'll go to the Kyoto Film Academy to give a lecture, and I'll accept the position of guest professor. Peng Yichen thought about it for a while and nodded, and replied: "You go and communicate with them, can you wait until I go to the academy to hold a lecture before announcing the news." Lately, I've probably been busy and don't want to be distracted by these things. ”

This result surprised Chu Sun Yizou a little, and he seemed to sense something in Peng Yichen's eyes.

"Your shooting plan was ready so soon?" asked Sun Yizou.

"It won't be so fast. Peng Yichen smiled: "After all, I still have to get married!"

Sun Yizou shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, I actually forgot about this stubble." But you still have to be careful with that shooting plan, I still feel that it is too risky. With such a high investment, it is likely that the cost will not be recovered. ”

Peng Yichen nodded and replied, "I know that I won't think about that shooting plan until I finish my lecture from the Kyoto Film Academy." Don't worry, I won't act impulsively. ”

Although in this year's summer file, "Journey to the West" had the last laugh and became the biggest winner of the summer file.

But if you compare the total box office of all Chinese domestic films with the total box office of Hollywood blockbusters, even if there is a bonus of more than 10 box office of "Journey to the West".

The box office of domestic films is still at least about 500 million lower than that of Hollywood movies.

The reason is very simple, among the domestic films, only two films, "Journey to the West" and "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", have relatively high box office.

The highest box office of other summer domestic films did not break 100 million.

So the final winner is still Hollywood movies, which makes Peng Yichen always linger.

If he has no way to defeat these Xingqi people on his own soil, how qualified is he to go to Xingqi Country and challenge Hollywood film companies, let alone lead Huaxia films to the international film market......

Although his film was a big win this time, it actually did not live up to his final expectations.

So when "Journey to the West" had not yet been released, Peng Yichen began to prepare for the next movie shooting plan.

He hopes that through his continuous efforts, he can set an example for all Chinese filmmakers, so that everyone will no longer have invincible inferiority complex when facing Hollywood movies.

Sun Yizou saw the disappointment in Peng Yichen's eyes, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised, "Journey to the West" had already won 1.05 billion box office, and this young man was still not satisfied.

However, he didn't say much, so he could only smile: "When you are ready for shooting, the company will fully support you." ”

"One more thing, old grandson. Peng Yichen continued: "I plan to take out 10% of the box office profit of "Journey to the West" to build a "dream film and television base" on the outskirts of Kyoto. It is used to shoot large-scale sci-fi and fantasy films. ”

"You plan to shoot that movie with live action, can't you use computer special effects to synthesize?" Sun Yizou asked with a slight frown.

For other film companies in China, using real scenes instead of computer special effects is to save money.

But Sun Yizou knows that Peng Yichen is by no means that kind of person, and his use of live shooting will definitely be more expensive than using computer special effects.

"Yes, but not only for my movie, but for all the people who make this type of movie in China in the future. Peng Yichen smiled:

"I think that after our film and television base is built, it will not lose money. In the past two days, Hua Na and Foucus have been so active in contacting us and want to cooperate, it must be because the country has opened up restrictions on the release of co-productions to them.

In the future, more and more Hollywood movies will come to China for shooting. After all, our prices and labor costs are still very advantageous compared to the Star Flag Country. ”

"That being said, I'm worried that the company's financial pressure will not be too great. Sun Yizou was still a little worried.

Peng Yichen smiled: "No." We relied on the box office revenue of "Journey to the West" this time, and we can basically make a profit of about 120 million. Coupled with the copyright operation income in the later stage, there will be at least about 200 million net income. The construction of this film and television base is planned to be completed in 5 phases, a total of 10 years. This year, we're investing about 50 million to build the three studios that I need to shoot my next film.

And I plan to get married, and I will first work with a Hollywood company to make a low-budget movie. It is estimated that in addition to being released in China, it will also be released in North America, and the income will not be too low at that time. Therefore, we will not be under too much financial pressure. ”

"Dong Peng, can I ask?" Sun Yizou was shocked by the ambition behind his words, and asked out of curiosity: "With the resources and production capabilities that our company has now, you can operate the domestic market safely and steadily, why do you insist on going to the Star Flag Country and making this high-risk movie......

For people who regard the film and television industry as a business, Peng Yichen's special feelings and dedication to movies are actually very dangerous.

is like Feng Xiaogang in Peng Yichen's previous life, as long as he makes a comedy New Year film in less than two years, he can make a lot of money. Why do you have to make that "1942" all the time in your heart, everyone knows that this kind of movie will definitely lose money.

Feng Xiaogang has been running for many years, but no one is unwilling to invest in "1942", but in the end, he would rather make a money-making film in exchange for money, but he still wants to make this movie......

It is because people who love movies, whether actors or directors, always have their own pursuits.

Peng Yichen is also a filmmaker who pursues this way, maybe when he first came to this world, he just regarded becoming the greatest actor as his lifelong goal.

But at this point, Peng Yichen is no longer just an actor, he hopes to bring Chinese films to the world.

Of course, the dream of becoming the greatest actor is still his most important goal, but it is no longer the only goal.

This is also what worries Sun Yizou the most, because he knows that Peng Yichen can compromise for everything, but movies are something he can never compromise.

In the end, Sun Yizou had no choice but to follow Peng Yichen's instructions to deal with the preliminary preparations for the construction of the "Dream Film and Television Base".

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