"People in Embarrassment" ended Bai Yuhan's big-screen debut with 103 million yuan, which caused a nationwide sensation and hot comments. The score on Douban reached 7.8 points, and the mtime time network reached 7.9 points, and basically many movie forums gave high scores.

At the end of March, with the sensational wind of the movie, a grand press conference was held at the Beijing Hotel.

The conference was convened by China Film Group, the overlord of the mainland film industry, Huayi Brothers Media Group, a leading private entertainment company, and Wanhe Tianyi Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., a leading emerging entertainment brand. A total of four bigwigs attended the press conference, namely Zhang Qiangfa, vice president of China Film, Wang Zhongjun, boss of Huayi Brothers, Wang Ziwen, boss of Wanhe Tianyi, and Bai Yuhan.

The rostrum was set up in the hall early, and there was a row of red cloth tables on the stage, where microphones, cups, name tags and other things were placed. Behind the rostrum, there was a huge wall, which was covered with a red cloth.

Zhang Qiangfa was the first to speak: "Today, I have gathered friends from the media to have a very important news to announce. Before the announcement, first of all, congratulations to director Bai Yuhan for the first film that won 100 million yuan at the box office, which is a gratifying thing for our Chinese film industry. Not only did we see a good movie, but we also got to know an outstanding young director. ”

Listening to the praise, Bai Yuhan had no expression, and during this period of time, he was praised by others. Media (1) (Ben) [Read] The novel YBDU body is touted, fans support, the entertainment industry bosses congratulate, and the radio and television leaders also nod frequently, and they have become the No. 1 important figure in the director's circle.

finished praising Bai Yuhan. Zhang Qiangfa got to the point: "And today, we in China Film will join forces with Huayi Brothers and Wanhe Tianyi to invest in shooting a new film directed by Bai Yuhan." "China Partner". This is a new theme attempt that has never been seen in a domestic film, this is a history of commercial struggle, and a story that depicts the real entrepreneurship after China's reform! ”

As Zhang Qiangfa spoke, the red cloth on the wall behind the rostrum slipped down suddenly, revealing a huge poster.

"Chinese Partner."

Five big characters are glittering. The whole poster is very simple, with a golden title and a white explanation: "The most important thing for our generation is change." To change everyone around us, to change everything around us, the only constant is the courage of the moment, if we can do that. We will change the world. ”

and a subtitle: "Bai Yuhan's screenwriting and directing works." ”

There is also an investment slogan next to it: "China Film Group, Huayi Brothers Media Group, and Wanhe Tianyi Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. jointly created." 100 million yuan investment in entrepreneurship blockbuster, in the summer of 2010, witnessed how the grassroots counterattacked. "The investment of 100 million yuan is naturally bragging.

Click, click, the flashing lights of the reporters suddenly flashed so much that people couldn't open their eyes.

After a while, when the reporters had taken enough photos, Wang Zhongjun picked up the microphone. followed the topic of Zhang Qiang's post, and said: "This is a story about entrepreneurship. There are few similar movies on this theme in China, and even in the world. But when we read the script, almost everyone made a decision to invest in the film. This entrepreneurial history movie, with the shadow of biography, business struggles, friendship, ideals and nostalgia, is absolutely different from the movies we have seen in the past, but it is absolutely wonderful. ”

Then Wang Ziwen also said a few simple words, and then it was Bai Yuhan's turn to elaborate on this movie.

"About the year before last, I talked to Mr. Wang about the idea of filming a story about the entrepreneurship of Chinese entrepreneurs. However, later I felt that the development time of Wanhe Tianyi was too short, and we were established at the beginning of 07 and have only been more than two years now. Maybe we will shoot our story in the future, but it's not possible yet. ”

"Once, last year, Ma Yun held a party in Beijing, at which I chatted with Mr. Xu Xiaoping from New Oriental, but I didn't expect Mr. Xu to have ideas, and he also wrote a script and asked me if I could shoot it. His script is also an entrepreneurial story, and this idea coincided with mine, so I told him that I would shoot it. ”

"It's just that Mr. Xu is not a professional film and television screenwriter, I rewrote a story, Mr. Xu watched it a few days ago, and sighed for a long time, except for the name, nothing was left...... This film had an idea first, and this idea was affirmed by many people at the time, and China Film, Huayi Brothers, and Wanhe Tianyi decided to invest. ”

"Later, I wrote the script, and I showed it to everyone, and everyone was very supportive and generous in their investment. Now that all the work has been rolled out, the film is being shot and polished, and we will be able to meet you next year. ”

After that, it was time for the reporter's question session.

For "Chinese Partners", reporters asked a lot of questions, but there are also some reporters who have obviously not forgotten "People in Embarrassment".

"Director Bai, "People in Embarrassment" has a bumper box office reputation, and many viewers say that they are looking forward to a sequel, have you ever thought about making a sequel?"

Bai Yuhan nodded: "Yes, I have thought about the story, if I don't shoot it next year, I will shoot it the year after tomorrow." The main thing is that I have a lot of plans on my hand right now, because as you know, I have very few concerns about making films, and I hardly need to pull investment. I just think about what to shoot all day long, and I have more plans in my head. ”

"What are your plans other than "China Partner"?"

"Well, today is the press conference of "China Partner", can you continue to talk about "China Partner"?" Bai Yuhan didn't want to take the lead.

In fact, there are a lot of investment plans for Wanhe Tianyi.

It was all a situation arranged by Bai Yuhan in advance, and he had successively purchased a lot of film and television adaptation copyrights such as jokes.

Published in 2007, the current workplace novel created by Li Ke, "Du Lala's Promotion", has begun to be planned, and a drama starring Yao Chen will be released this year, and a TV series version and a movie version will be launched at the same time next year. For the time being, we are still looking for a director, and filming should start within the year.

Published in 2007, the youth love story "To Our Dying Youth" created by Xin Yiwu has also been bought by Wanhe Tianyi. It's just that when the adaptation will be made, it has not yet been put on the agenda.

In addition, it is the movie that Bai Yuhan designed for himself.

Feeling that there are a lot of nostalgic youth films such as "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", "You at the Same Table", "To Our Dying Youth", "The Year in a Hurry", Bai Yuhan also plans to make a youth film to commemorate the dead youthful past. The name of this film, he prefers "You at the Same Table", but the story is completely new, integrating the advantages of these nostalgic youth films, and adding some of his own stories.

There are a few other movies that are in his plans, and the only thing he worries about is whether there is enough time.

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All in all, "The Chinese Partner" has entered the state of preparation.

Whether it is because of the fame of Bai Yuhan, the director of the 100 million yuan club, or because of the alleged investment of 100 million yuan, or the exquisite, novel and attractive script, this film, from the very beginning, has attracted the favor of countless actors. There are many actors who ask for auditions, such as Lu Yi, Chen Kun, Tong Dawei, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Su Youpeng, Wu Qilong, Hu Ge and a large number of high-quality actors, all came to Huayi Brothers' studio and came to audition.

The casting of the three protagonists was personally chosen by Bai Yuhan.

Because of the signing of a confidentiality agreement, the auditioning actors have all read the script and have an understanding of the characters. Bai Yuhan randomly selected a few clips and asked these actors to perform.

Of course, there must be unspoken rules, and Huayi Brothers strongly recommends Huang Xiaoming, because Huang Xiaoming is the leader of Huayi Brothers. Bai Yuhan is also inclined to Huang Xiaoming in his heart, and he thinks that the best role played by Huang Xiaoming is the Japanese officer in "The Wind", and the other is Cheng Dongqing in "Chinese Partner".

However, on the surface, Bai Yuhan still had to twist it, pretending to be reluctant, nodding and agreeing to lower the requirements for Huang Xiaoming, as long as the acting is not bad, he will be chosen as the protagonist. So that Huayi Brothers owes him a favor, and this favor will definitely have to be repaid in the future.

Maybe it's just that I'm used to watching the original, and this time I auditioned, there were no waves.

Bai Yuhan still chose Huang Xiaoming to play Cheng Dongqing, Deng Chao to play Meng Xiaojun, and Tong Dawei to play Wang Yang. This drama is also a bullshit story between these three people, the supporting roles are almost all tricks, and the female characters are also supporting roles.

When the three leading actors were confirmed, it was already April 5th.

At the same time, the filming location was also found under the crew's external production for days. For the plot part of the school, Beihe University of Technology was chosen, and the indoor drama part was filmed in Huayi Brothers Studio, and the overseas part was filmed in New York, USA.

In order to make this film well, Bai Yuhan did a lot of homework.

With an investment of nearly 50 million, it is several grades higher than "People in Embarrassment", the scenes are also large, the scheduling is also large, and there are even shots that flew to the United States to shoot. Although he has been busy in the past few years and has done a lot of things to make others have full confidence in him, only he understands that he still has a lot to learn.

This year, he will graduate from the graduate school of drama and get a master's degree.

But in the past three years of study, he has also learned a fart, and basically he has not gone to school much. That is, communicate with a few teachers and learn a thing or two in private. However, "People in Embarrassment" can be regarded as his graduation work, and it is still very easy to get a degree without pressure.

"Man truck driver James. Cameron can become a world great director, do I still need to worry about Bai Yuhan filming a "Chinese Partner"? ! I want to shoot not only well, but also fast and stylish! "Chinese Partner", I Bai Yuhan will shoot the best if I want to shoot! (To be continued......)