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That is, the scene of the opening ceremony of "The Last Emperor".

As one of the guests, Xu Cun also attended the opening ceremony of this epoch-making movie.

In addition to being one of the guests attending the ceremony, Xu Cun also has an identity - a representative of the publisher of "The Last Emperor".

Honestly-

Xu Cun also thought of directing "The Last Emperor", the only film filmed in the Forbidden City without all the protective fences removed so far, this swept the best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, best sound, best art direction, best costume design and best original soundtrack nine nominations of Chinese films, this film opened the door to the Oscars for the Chinese. Therefore, Xu Cuncai asked Jiang Zhiqiang to buy the copyright of "The Last Emperor", that is, the copyright of "My First Half of Life" written by Pu Yi - learned the lesson that Li Hanxiang was overwhelmed by the copyright of "My First Half of Life" in the previous life, Xu Cun not only let Jiang Zhiqiang and the publishing house buy the copyright of "My First Half of Life", but also let Jiang Zhiqiang and Pu Yi's wife Li Shuxian, former concubine Li Yuqin, including Li Wenda, who helped Pu Yi sort out the manuscript, bought "My First Half of My Life" , and Xu Cun also asked Jiang Zhiqiang to donate 200,000 yuan each to Puyi's wife Li Shuxian and concubine Li Yuqin, so that they could enjoy a good night.

But what -

Heaven does not obey people's wishes.

First of all, Xu Cun, who has been busy in the past few years, really doesn't have time to direct this huge time-consuming movie.

Secondly, "The Last Emperor" has some sensitive content, and Xu Cun, who has been paying great attention to this aspect over the years, does not want to bear this cause and effect.

Again, without Bernardo Bertolucci as an assistant director, Xu Cun was not sure that he would be able to direct this film full of artistic atmosphere. To put it bluntly, without Bernardo Bertolucci, Xu Cun would not have been able to direct the movie "The Last Emperor" - not only because of the director's directing strength and talent, but also because of the thought he put into the movie "The Last Emperor". You must know that Bernardo Bertolucci prepared for several years in order to direct the movie "The Last Emperor", during which he met a large number of people who had lived with Pu Yi. In other words, in Bernardo Bertolucci's mind, he has a clear understanding of Pu Yi as a person, including what Pu Yi has experienced in this life. Xu Cun, who has never spent this energy and even less time, has not, so Xu Cun can't direct "The Last Emperor", a film that is good at art.

It is precisely because of this that after thinking about it for a long time, Xu Cun instructed Jiang Zhiqiang to grant the copyright of "The First Half of My Life" to Bernardo Bertolucci and Li Hanxiang respectively.

Li Hanxiang relied on the copyright of "The First Half of My Life" to direct "Fire Dragon" reasonably and legally, and "Fire Dragon" was released at the same time in Xiangjiang and the mainland at the beginning of this year, and the results were good - in Xiangjiang, "Fire Dragon" won 13.9 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. In the mainland, "Fire Dragon" earned 41 million yuan at the box office.

is different from the previous life, after the discontinuation of Shaw Brothers in the previous life, Li Hanxiang became an independent director, and he naturally couldn't compete with a co-production company with a deep background because of his lack of power and power.

In this life, after the Shaw Brothers ceased production, Li Hanxiang joined DreamWorks Pictures and became one of the directors of DreamWorks.

With Xu Cun's great god to take care of, and the legal authorization of "The First Half of My Life", Li Hanxiang and his co-production company co-produced "Fire Dragon" in this life did not have as many disasters and difficulties as in the previous life.

In addition, relying on the copyright of "The First Half of My Life", DreamWorks Pictures has become both the distributor and the producer of "Fire Dragon".

For "The Last Emperor", which was dozens of streets behind "Fire Dragon" in the previous life, Xu Cunben also wanted to do the same - let DreamWorks Films become both the distributor of "The Last Emperor" and the producer of "The Last Emperor".

But—

For DreamWorks Films' proposal, Bernardo Bertolucci, the director of "The Last Emperor", decided without even thinking about it -- when Bernardo Bertolucci first proposed to shoot "The Last Emperor", Jiang Zhiqiang represented DreamWorks Films to join, and Bernardo Bertolucci could share dividends if he made a profit, and Bernardo Bertolucci could get director fees if he lost money, and all shooting expenses were paid by DreamWorks Films. But Bertolucci refused without even thinking about it, saying that he wanted to fulfill his wishes, so he would not allow any commercialization, and he wanted to guarantee his own independent creativity in art. So he borrowed $5 million from five European banks each, raising a total of $25 million. In this way, it is needless to say that if he wins, if he loses, Bernardo Bertolucci will have to go bankrupt.

Therefore, under Xu Cun's instructions, DreamWorks Films only won the global distribution rights of "The Last Emperor" on the condition that Bernardo Bertolucci and the co-production company use the copyright of "My First Half of My Life" for free, and did not forcibly participate in the production of "The Last Emperor", and DreamWorks Pictures gave Bernardo Bertolucci and the co-production company a box office share slightly higher than the market price.

In addition, in terms of actors and camera equipment, Xu Cun also gave Bernardo Bertolucci a lot of support - in terms of camera equipment, the camera equipment used in the filming of "The Last Emperor" is all the world's most advanced camera equipment provided by DreamWorks Films. In terms of actors, Zunlong, the star of "The Last Emperor", is an artist under DreamWorks Agency.

Of course, most of the actors in "The Last Emperor" were chosen by Bernardo Bertolucci himself. Moreover, Bernardo Bertolucci really chose several very powerful actors - among them, the head of the guard is played by Chen Kaige, one of Xu Cun's students, Ying Ruocheng, who plays the prison warden, is the father of director Ying Da, and Ying Ruocheng at this time is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, and the most powerful is Song Huaigui, the proprietress of Maxim's restaurant in China, who plays the role of Empress Longyu, and the Chinese fashion godmother of China. Wait a minute......

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After playing with Wang Fei in the Forbidden City where there were no tourists and no guardrails, and playing with Wang Fei for most of the night, Xu Cun returned to Xiangjiang under Wang Fei's reluctance to do so -- under the personal interrogation of Duke Deng, Xu Cun and the central government had already formulated all the strategies to keep the right to issue banknotes from Standard Chartered Bank. Therefore, Xu Cun had to rush back to Xiangjiang to make final preparations.

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(To be continued.) )