In the conference room of China Film, the people in Tangshan were all like water, and they all knew that Zhang Ran would open his mouth widely, but Zhang Ran's mouth was too big. According to Zhang Ran's meaning, they can only pay money, and they have no other rights, which is definitely unacceptable.www.biquge.info

They are not participating in this project to make money, but to promote Tangshan and its achievements over the past 30 years through films; if they leave it alone, who knows what the movie will be? Last year's TV drama about the earthquake asked for extras to appear in nighttime nude scenes, which caused a lot of uproar and had a very bad impact. They want to ensure that the film promotes mainstream values, promotes the main theme, and expresses the great love of the world, and it must be positive.

They still hope to cooperate with Zhang Ran, as Zhang Ran said, he will make this film and it can be distributed on a large scale overseas, and it is difficult for others to achieve this effect. Zhao Guoqiang kept a smile on his face: "Zhang Ran, we want to participate in this film to use the film to promote the great achievements and humanistic spirit of Tangshan over the past 30 years after the Tangshan earthquake." We don't interfere with the creation itself, and it's up to you how you shoot it, but we have to keep a say in the title, script and even framing. Not only can we contribute, but we can also open up a plot of land to create the street scene of Tangshan before the earthquake, and we will pay for it. During the filming process, we will provide various conveniences, press conferences, premiere venues are all free of charge. Our holding is only to ensure the right to speak, not to interfere with creation!"

Zhang Ran refused to let go at all: "There is nothing to talk about this matter, the movie must be controlled by us!"

Seeing that Zhang Ran refused to let go, Zhao Guoqiang looked at Han Shanping and asked, "Mr. Han, what do you think?"

Zhao Guoqiang wanted to seek Han Shanping's support, but he didn't want Han Shanping to say: "I think it's better to believe in Zhang Ran!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Secretary Zhao, for you, the movie is a propaganda, but for me it is more than that!" Zhang Ran is not for making money, but also for publicity, but the propaganda is completely different. He leaned back in his chair and said, "Your government department is not short of money, you can find other directors to shoot, and I am not short of money, I can do it myself." I'll just say it bluntly, if we are the main investor, and you only participate in the shares, then we will do it together. If you have to vote, there's no need to talk about it. ”

The atmosphere froze, no one expected Zhang Ran to be so tough, and he would flip the table without saying a word!

Han Shanping hurriedly said: "Zhang Ran, don't be excited. Why don't you talk about it if you don't like to hear a word? This is talking about business, and it's not a child, don't be distracted!"

Zhao Guoqiang also said: "Yes, anything can be discussed, can be discussed." ”

Zhang Ran just wants to show an attitude, whether this matter is yours or not, the leading power must be in my hands. He took a sip of water and said seriously: "The film must be led by us, and there is no possibility of backing down on this!"

Zhao Guoqiang saw that Zhang Ran had talked to this extent, so he threw out the second plan: "Do you think this will work?" We will invest 50% to ensure our right to speak, but we will share less in the final share, accounting for 45%, what do you think?"

If it were other people, such as Huayi and Feng Xiaogang, they might have agreed, they were filming to make money. But Zhang Ran couldn't agree: "If I have a lot of science fiction novels in my hands in order to make money, I can make science fiction films, and I can make much more money than the earthquake." I'm not here to win an award, it's very unlikely that this kind of purely commercial film will win an award. The reason why I filmed the earthquake is because I saw the spirit of our nation from the earthquake and the people of Tangshan, and the whole incident is the epitome of our nation. Our nation has gone through countless hardships from ancient times to the present, what has sustained us to this day? It is the spirit of our nation, and this is what I want to express. According to your ideas, it's hard to show what I want. So there can be no concessions on this point, this drama must be led by us, otherwise there will be no need to talk about it!"

Zhao Guoqiang laughed: "What you want to show is exactly what we want to show, and we also hope to show the fearless heroism of the Chinese nation in the face of the Tangshan earthquake, and our direction is the same." Since the general direction is the same, what is there to talk about in subtleties?"

"The direction is indeed the same, but the creative concept is too different. Your idea is the idea of the main theme movie in China now, always want to show, shoot the scenery of the city, shoot some landmark buildings, as if this can show the achievements of construction in the past 30 years, but this will definitely smash. According to my thinking, I can't shoot a single shot of the city now, why? I made this movie in the hope that through the various people that the heroine sees and meets along the way home with her children, I hope to show people's strength and optimism in the midst of suffering, and show their love for life through these ordinary people. When these come out, there is no need to explain, and there is no need to say how well we will build the city in 30 years, everyone will firmly believe that this city will be able to be reborn after watching the movie, because this city has such a group of strong people.

The most important thing in movies is the creation of people, and we have to tell people's stories. Feng Xiaogang's "Big Shot" is a collaboration with Colombia, and there are American actors, but how much box office is there in North America? $820, and more than 100 people watch it. Because the whole movie is a Chinese story, and it is only established in China, if you let a foreigner watch it, he will not be able to understand it. If our films want to go out, we must not tell Chinese stories, but must tell the stories of Chinese, and must take human nature beyond national boundaries and ideology as the theme!" Zhang Ran pointed to his head and said: "I believe that your participation in this film is to hope that the film can go abroad and enter the international market, then you should leave professional things to professional people to do, let me do it!"

Zhao Guoqiang stared at Zhang Ran for a few seconds, convinced that he would not give up the dominance, this matter was indeed unnegotiable, and nodded slowly: "It's okay for you to take the lead, but we can't let it go, we must read the script, and we will negotiate and solve the problem of the script, because we must ensure that the movie is positive, there can be no negative things, and there can be no smearing, otherwise we will not be able to explain to our hometown fathers." ”

Zhang Ran himself hoped that Tangshan would participate, and if the other party took a step back, then his goal would be achieved: "Yes, I am not an arbitrary person, such a big drama, I also hope that everyone can make more good suggestions!"

After the most critical link was agreed, the next negotiations were naturally unimpeded, and the three parties quickly reached an agreement. The investment ratios of Century Peak, Tangshan and China Film are 60%, 30% and 10% respectively, with an investment of 180 million, 90 million and 30 million yuan respectively. Among them, 20% of Tangshan's 90 million yuan is funding, and the remaining 72 million yuan is sponsorship. In addition to the capital investment, Tangshan will provide full support during the filming process to ensure that the film shooting can be carried out smoothly.

Two days later, the three parties held a small project approval meeting in China Film, which was presided over by Zhao Shi and Zhang Hongsen, two deputy directors of the General Administration. At the project approval meeting, Zhang Hongsen announced that the outline of "Tangshan Earthquake" had officially passed the review and successfully established the project, and then announced that "Tangshan Earthquake" had become a key project of the General Administration, and he could communicate directly with him if he had any questions during the filming.

The Tangshan earthquake project was successfully established, and the next most important work was the script. This drama can't be scribbled, you have to go to the local historical materials to check the historical materials, interview the witnesses, and put the real details into the movie to make the movie real and credible. However, Zhang Ran has too many things in his hands, and he really doesn't have time to write the script. So he found Liu Heng and asked Liu Heng to write a script.

Liu Heng is one of the top screenwriters in China, and "Assembly Number", "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Qiu Ju Lawsuit" are all his handwritings. When Zhang Ran was filming "Before Dawn" in Hengdian, he was filming "Young Son of Heaven" in Hengdian, and they were more familiar with each other.

Liu Heng was very interested in this play, and after reading the outline and understanding Zhang Ran's thinking, he talked about his experience at the time: "At that time, I was working as an assembly fitter in the Beiping Automobile Factory, on the day of the earthquake, I woke up from my deep sleep and heard everything in the house ringing, my mother shouted, there was an earthquake, and she pulled me out, but the door could not be opened, I was panicked and anxious, and it took a lot of effort to get out, and I ran down several steps in one step." When I got downstairs, there were people everywhere, and everyone was terrified. After the earthquake, everyone was still afraid to enter the house, and when it was dawn, the dormitory building was fine, there were no cracks, but the high chimney behind the building had collapsed. For the next few days, no one dared to live in the house, so I built an earthquake-proof shelter in the open space of the compound with wood, door panels, and plastic sheeting. He looked at the outline in his hand and said, "This idea of yours is very good, when the earthquake comes, the most important concern is the safety of your relatives." It is very heartwarming to write the earthquake as a family story and a story of returning home. ”

Zhang Ran smiled, he really wanted to make a warm, powerful story: "I have never liked things that are too dark, and I hope that everyone can get positive power after watching my films, instead of becoming desperate after watching them." In this scene, I think in addition to the heroine's daughter, it would be best to meet some children on their way home. Because children are the future of the nation, we can see the hope of the nation from the children!"

Liu Heng smiled and said: "This is the performance technique in "Schindler's List"!"

Zhang Ran nodded solemnly: "Yes, Schindler's List is a Holocaust movie, the Jews are very tragic, but in the movie, the Jews are quite clever, whether they are adults or children, they are always very adaptable! We are also victims of World War II, and we have also suffered the Holocaust, and when we make Holocaust movies in our film and television works, we always blindly depict how miserable it is, lack the portrayal of this spirit, and even some works belittle and dwarf ourselves. Our drama is about suffering, but we can't just talk about misery, we have to learn like "Schindler's List", I hope that whether it is an American or an African, when they watch this movie, they will feel that the Chinese are amazing, and this nation is hopeful!"

Liu Heng pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "This subject matter is too important, and your requirements are very high, you can't come to the slightest bit of nothing, you must go to the local archives to check the information, go to the wind to experience life, you give me half a year!"

Zhang Ran naturally will not refuse, in his opinion, a good script needs to be polished repeatedly, and half a year is nothing at all: "Of course you can." The Tangshan Municipal Government is also an investor in this drama, when will you go to Tangshan and tell me, I will contact Tangshan, and they will fully cooperate with you!"

Liu Heng laughed and said, "With the support of the local government, things are much easier!"

After the screenwriter was finalized, Zhang Ran plunged headlong into the preparations for the Olympic bid. The day of the first round of the Olympic bidding is getting closer, and he must be ready! )