Speaking of "Seafood", it has been almost a month since Wang Dalun and Zhu Wen talked last time, and there has been no news. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info think about it, too, if Zhu Wen can really get money, he won't be forced to use DV to shoot.

Wang Dalun originally wanted to find Lao Jia, but as soon as Lao Jia returned to the capital, he shrank in his damp basement and was busy cutting films, and later went to the Bashang grassland to shoot a few remaining shots, and he couldn't spare time at all. Then he thought about it again, he had just lent Lao Jia 300,000 yuan, and in the blink of an eye, he went to him for help, and he also wanted to dig up the resources in his hands, which always felt like he was trying to repay him, so he just gave up thinking about it.

Fan Ziyi has always wanted to act in movies, but in these years, the domestic film production is really not much, every studio has indicators, and the general film company can only buy the factory standard from the film studio in the system if it wants to make movies, and there are dozens of films a year, and many of them are still bad movies, so they can't be on the stage at all.

The rest is underground films, the so-called sixth-generation directors who have just been mentioned in the past two years are all this kind of underground films, Zhang Yuan is known as a leader, as well as Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lao Jia, etc., are not very old, all of them are thirty to forty years old, most of them are from the Beijing Film Department.

Wang Dalun knew that his girlfriend had always wanted to make a movie with him, and the last time he got back the script of "Seafood", she was very tempted at first, and then heard that Zhu Wen's girlfriend was going to play the heroine, and she had no money, so she gave up. But then she saw that he admired the script very much, and she read it again when she was idle, and suddenly became interested again. In her opinion, Zhu Wen's girlfriend is not a professional actor and has no popularity, so she can't compare with her at all, she must be able to act well, so she hinted to him several times in and out of words.

What can Wang Dalun say, whether this scene can be filmed seems to be very slim at present, and the most important thing is that he doesn't think that his girlfriend can play the role of Xiaojuan well. Xiaojuan is a struggling woman at the bottom of society, their living conditions are 108,000 miles different from the girl's living state, and the girl has no experience in this area at all;

On the contrary, he has seen Zhu Wen's girlfriend, her appearance is not particularly beautiful, and there is always a melancholy in her eyes, she and Zhu Wen have been drifting in Jingbei for several years, and they have tasted the hardships of life, at least from image to temperament, they are very similar to Xiaojuan in the script.

I can't say a word or two on the set, these days happen to be my girlfriend's small days, and I have nothing to do when I go back to the hotel at night except sleeping, and after taking a shower, the two of them lie on the bed and watch a boring TV series, and my girlfriend asks about it again.

"I look at the hanging, Zhu Wen can't raise money at all, just rely on his savings and borrowed money, which adds up to hundreds of thousands, if you really shoot with DV, it's better not to shoot. Wang Dalun shook his head and said.

"Then he can't be like Zhang Yuan and Lao Jia, to strive for overseas investment?" Fan Ziyi nodded, and asked with some reluctance.

"Hmm...... This, he has never proven himself, and there is not much hope. ”

Zhang Yuan's first work "Mother" was completely self-funded, and the later "Beijing Hybrids" was also made up by Cui Ye and a group of musicians for him. Later, the reason why he was able to get the sponsorship and investment of overseas funds was that the script itself won awards, and secondly, his works have won awards at overseas film festivals one after another, and he has proven himself.

Similarly, Lao Jia originally received 200,000 yuan from a Hong Kong production company, and it was also because his "Xiaoshan Goes Home" won an award in Hong Kong, which led to "Xiao Wu". Then "Xiao Wu" won two awards at the Berlin Festival, which really established Lao Jia's popularity overseas, and this is why when he wanted to shoot "Platform", he not only received funding from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Film Center, but also invested by a large number of overseas film companies.

Zhu Wen has nothing and nothing, although he has participated in the screenwriting of several films, but after all, he has never proven himself in the field of directing, so it is naturally impossible to raise funds overseas. And it is almost impossible for an underground film like him to get investment in China without a license.

Listening to Wang Dalun's babbling analysis, Fan Ziyi suddenly fell silent. Wang Dalun looked at her pouting and looking lost, smiled, yawned and said, "Okay, don't think about it, go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow." ”

In fact, sometimes he really thinks that his girlfriend is quite magical, usually lazy at home is like life, almost a day is not spared, often breakfast and lunch are two meals together, but when he arrives on the set, he doesn't have to call in the morning, he gets up early, and he gets up earlier than him, because every time he has to use an hour or two in advance for makeup and hair.

Fan Ziyi was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "If you really can't find the money, let's vote for this film." ”

Wang Dalun just wanted to lie down, but when he heard this, he was startled, and hurriedly sat up and said, "You are crazy, where did we get the money?"

He has lent all his money to Lao Jia, and his girlfriend is investing in a hotel and buying a house, and now he only has more than 200,000 yuan on hand, even if the two of them count the salary of "Three Images", it will only be about 500,000 at most, which is all the belongings of the two of them, not to mention that there are nearly 7,000 loans to be repaid every month.

"How much do you think the total investment of this film will cost?" Fan Ziyi didn't seem to be joking at all, but asked how much money he needed.

"Don't think about it, we can't afford to buy film with just this little money. ”

"Why, how much do you need?"

"At least about a million. ”

Wang Dalun had to roughly estimate the figure, Lao Jia spent 10 million yuan on "Platform", Zhang Yuan's "Coming Home for the New Year" 2.5 million, and the average domestic film investment is at least two or three million. The movie "Seafood" doesn't need too many actors, mainly the male and female protagonists, and the filming location must be in Beidaihe, fortunately, it is the off-season in winter, and the accommodation is much cheaper than the peak season. But Rao is so, film, artificial that is real, one million can only be said to be a number from the board.

"Oh, a million, it's not a lot!" Fan Ziyi nodded.

"Cut, it's not small, that's a million! Can you take it out?" Wang Dalun snorted coldly.

"What should I do if I take it out? When the time comes, you tell Zhu Wen, let me play with you. Fan Ziyi smiled confidently.

"Hey, you took it out? Why don't I know?"

"Hmph, don't forget, I still have a house in my hometown provincial capital, which is worth at least tens of millions, and it is a piece of cake to mortgage two or three million with the bank. ”

When Wang Dalun heard this, his head shook like a rattle, "No, this is absolutely not good! This is the dowry left to you by your mother, how can you mortgage it? You are not afraid of losing money, and even the house will be taken over by the bank." ”

"Aren't you quite optimistic about the script, let's shoot it, and then send it to foreign countries to participate in exhibitions like Zhang Yuan and Lao Jia, if you can win an award or something, you will definitely have to make money at that time." ”

It turns out that this girl is in this dream, Wang Dalun is amused and secretly smiled bitterly, it is estimated that she is similar to those who often call Lao Jia to consult how to participate in foreign film festivals, how to win awards, and vainly try to become famous overnight.

That's right, Zhang Yuan, Lao Jia, including Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye, they did make underground movies, and then participated in foreign film festivals to win awards and become famous. But there are only a few of them in China, but are there only a few underground movies? I'm afraid not necessarily, maybe there are still many people who are struggling for their movie dreams or going bankrupt.

How many such films are there abroad? I am afraid that there are countless films, and every year the filmmakers of the major film festivals have to select so dozens of films from a large number of films, which can be said to be very rare.

Wang Dalun has always thought that Lao Jia is lucky, "Xiao Wu" in his opinion, it is extremely rough, but he won two awards at the Berlin Film Festival, some people will say that "Xiao Wu" is the content of the win, it reflects the fate of the lowest level of contemporary Chinese non-mainstream, Lao Jia took a different path from Zhang Dadao and Chen Dadao, and also different from Zhang Yuan's urban plot. But in Wang Dalun's view, Lao Jia is still lucky, if it weren't for the original filmmaker who happened to see the videotape sent by the Hong Kong production company, it also happened to meet the taste of the filmmaker, and recommended it, maybe Lao Jia is now the same as Zhu Wen, drifting in the capital, or nesting in a cultural unit in Fenyang, painting propaganda posters or something, where would there be any title of the sixth generation of domestic cutting-edge directors.

"Your thoughts, I advise you not to think about it, no one can guarantee that the film will be shortlisted for foreign film festivals, even if it is a small film festival, there are countless films signed up every year, but there are only a few that can be shortlisted. That's right, Zhang Yuan and Lao Jia did make money making movies, so what? I'm afraid that no one had a bottom in their hearts when they were filming, they were just for their ideals. There are a lot of people who lose money......"

Fan Ziyi's big eyes clicked and looked at her boyfriend, she admitted that she did want to be simple, but she was still a little reluctant in her heart, and said cowardly: "I just want to act, didn't you say that this book is good? I think it's pretty good, maybe I can succeed?"

"If we really have eighteen million, take out one or two million to play, even if we lose money. Now you want to use the mortgage of the house left by your mother to make a movie, this is definitely not good, the odds are too low. ”

Wang Dalun wasted a lot of tongue, and finally dispelled his girlfriend's whimsy, his mouth was dry, he got up and drank a glass of water, then he breathed a sigh of relief, lay down on the bed again, rubbed his girlfriend's head, and said, "Don't think about it, go to sleep." ”

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Fan Ziyi struggled with this for a few days, but as the small days passed, she also let go, after all, it is only serious to shoot the scene in front of her, and it is said that the producer of "Young Bao Qingtian", which has just been filmed, will soon launch the second part, and intends to continue to invite her to play the female number one, and Sister Hua is currently talking to the producer.

In July, the roles of the two Taiwanese actors and Zhou Xun in the play have been completed 80%, and the rest is the scene on location. In one of them, Chen Zikun and Du Xinyu were sent to the countryside, where they lived in a thatched house in the bamboo forest, sold kites for a living, and lived a carefree life, although this life was short-lived. In order to shoot this scene well, the crew specially went to Anji, which is rich in bamboo, to build a few thatched houses in a bamboo forest. Zhao Baogang personally took Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and part of the crew to Anji to shoot exterior scenes, while Wang Jun continued to stay in the film and television city to shoot interior scenes. Wang Dalun and Fan Ziyi took this opportunity to ask the director for five days off, and the hairy-footed son-in-law was finally coming to the door.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at the Changle Airport in Fuzhou, which is almost 50 or 60 kilometers away from the city, and even if it arrived at the railway station, it was afraid that it would not be able to return to Fan Ziyi's hometown in northern Fujian. The two decided to stay in the city for one night, and took a stroll to buy some gifts for Grandpa Fan.

Wang Dalun originally wanted to talk to his girlfriend again, since he had already arrived in the provincial capital, he should visit Dad Fan and Aunt Bai. But as soon as he said something, he was glared back fiercely by Fan Ziyi.

As long as you don't mention Lao Fan, it's easy to say anything, boarding the airport bus and driving to the city, Fan Ziyi is still very excited, and keeps introducing the scenery along the way to him. As soon as I got off the bus, I took him straight to West Lake, which is located in the center of the city. That's right, there is also a West Lake in the city of Fuzhou, but it is not as famous as the West Lake in Hangzhou, and it is not as big as the West Lake in Hangzhou.

The West Lake here is similar to the West Lake in Hangzhou, there are many old houses, the old villa left by Fan's mother to the girl is located by the lake, the front of the house is near the water, and the street is behind the house, it is said that it was lent to a public institution as an office space in the past, and it was not long after it was moved away. Fan Ziyi didn't have a key by her side, so she could only take her boyfriend to visit her most valuable property on the periphery.

"You're really a little rich woman!" Wang Dalun took a look, although it is located in the downtown area, it is quiet in the middle of the noise, a bit like the Du Mansion where the magic capital was filming, of course, it is not so big, but it is definitely a good location and a good house. Now the house price has not risen, when Lao Fan helped transfer the ownership last year, the appraisal price at that time was already tens of millions, Wang Dalun estimated that after more than ten years, the house will not be hundreds of millions.

In addition, he found that there are many similar houses around, a bit like this house before, as an office building, the signs hanging outside are all government institutions and the like, and more high-end restaurants or bars.

"You just let the house be so empty?" Wang Dalun looked a little pity.

"The previous unit has just moved out, and I haven't figured out what to do for a while, but I definitely won't rent a restaurant or bar, and I want to move back when I'm old." ”

Wang Dalun smiled: "You think really far, but when the time comes, you have to live with me in my hometown, or we will live at both ends, what do you think?"

"Phew, you'll have to listen to me when the time comes, and I'll live wherever I say!"

"Okay, okay, listen to you, who called me tracheitis! But you can't let this house be empty, I think this lot is in this area, I'm afraid it's a lot of rent for a year!"

"I don't care about this, let Lao Fan worry about it, as long as he doesn't open a restaurant or bar. Hey, where are we staying tonight?"

When he got off the bus, Wang Dalun was anxious to visit his girlfriend's villa, and he didn't even book a hotel, and he was still dragging a suitcase in his hand. He stood by the lake and looked around, pointed to a tall building not far away, and said, "Let's live there, near the lake, you can see the lake view as soon as you open the window, and you can also see your house." ”

When he came over just now, he saw the tallest building next to West Lake in the taxi, with four big characters "West Lake Hotel" at the door, and five stars on it. (To be continued.) )