Gu Cancan didn't want to go to the happy base camp at all, she and Mango Satellite TV had new and old grudges.

Three years ago, Gu Cancan couldn't stand the excessive pressure of Tianyu and ran away, and in the first half of this year, Liang Qifan was poached by the bright era, and even the "Palace Lock Heart Jade" introduced by Mango Satellite TV was pressed by the "Step by Step Shocking" of the bright era.

It can be expected that people in the bright era will definitely not be treated well when they go to "Happy Camp".

However, the ratings of "Happy Camp" are really strong in variety shows, and if you can participate in this variety show, it can indeed play a good role in publicity, if you can be on this show, which is more important, face or affordability, Gu Cancan fell into thought.

On TV, Lu Yu's interview with Wu Yusen continued.

Wu Yusen just talked about the filming of "Red Cliff", and Chow Yunfa refused to appear the day before joining the group.

Gu Cancan also heard this for the first time, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and turn his attention to the TV program.

It turns out that Zhou Runfa and Wu Yusen still have such a grudge in the past.

In the next interview with Liang Chaowei, Jiang Meiying stared intently, she was Liang Chaowei's fan sister.

Gu Cancan looked at the shooting clips played in the picture, suddenly remembered something, and asked Jiang Meiying: "Sister Meiying, "Red Cliff" has China Film investment, right?" ”

"Yes, as far as I know, 150 million yuan of the nearly 700 million yuan investment in "Red Cliff" comes from the mainland, including 11 film and television investment institutions such as Chengtian Entertainment, CCTV Movie Channel, Beijing Forbidden City Pictures, Beijing Chunqiuhong Cultural Investment Co., Ltd. and China Film Group, and domestic investors share the profits of the domestic market according to the proportion of investment." Jiang Meiying has already researched "Red Cliff", and the investors in this movie are clear.

"That's a bit of a problem." Gu Cancan frowned and said: "No matter which of these investors is strong, especially Zhongying. ”

Gu Cancan couldn't help but be worried, China Film and China Film have several theaters, and they account for five of the top ten theaters in China.

In the mainland cinema market, China Film accounts for more than 50%!

China Film Xingmei, China Film Southern Shinkansen, China Film Digital, China Film North Cinema, Beijing New Film Association, China Film International.

If the bright era wants to fight with "Red Cliff", can the schedule of "Rain of Swords" be guaranteed?

Jiang Meiying obviously thought about it too, she thought about it and said: "Our film schedule will definitely be much lower when it is released at the same time, Cancan, or we will adjust the file?" ”

Gu Cancan thought for a long time, and finally shook his head slowly: "No, first of all, we have publicized it, if the release time is changed, the early publicity will be in vain." Besides, the theater side may not necessarily cooperate. That's it, Sister Mei Sakura, you can talk to the theater chain again, and try to strive for a high-point film schedule. As for that, you can increase the rebate ratio appropriately. ”

Nowadays, there are also unspoken rules for cinemas. For example, if there are two movies released at the same time, one of them may be able to schedule more films for theaters, and will promise some benefits to theaters, such as increasing the proportion of fees charged by theaters, or directly marking the price, how much money is given to theaters. Don't go into details, anyway, if you are willing to spend money, there will be a certain guarantee for the theater schedule.

This situation only changed after the unprecedented prosperity of the film market and the rise of online ticket purchases.

For this phenomenon, Gu Cancan has no ability to change it, and can only abide by this default rule at this stage.

Now that it has been decided to fight with "Red Cliff", what should be paid must be paid.

"Even so, my film schedule may be far inferior to "Red Cliff"." Jiang Meiying said worriedly: "Cancan, in case, I mean, if "Rain of Swords" loses at the box office, can we recover the cost by relying on the overseas box office?" ”

Gu Cancan nodded affirmatively: "Huaxia's martial arts movies are very popular in Southeast Asian countries and the Japanese baseball country, and now some of us are in contact with foreign film companies, in my estimation, only the overseas market should be able to recover the cost." By the way, who are the overseas investors of "Red Cliff"? ”

Jiang Meiying replied: "The investment in "Red Cliff" is too large, considering that the scale of the domestic market cannot bear such a "tome", the overseas investment of "Red Cliff" includes Avex. in the Japanese country, Central International (CMCEntertain-mentGroup) in Taiwan and Showbox films, and the rest comes from loans from European distributors and Standard Chartered Bank in the United Kingdom. ”

"So powerful?" Gu Cancan was surprised.

"That's right. Wu Yusen's fame is great in these countries, and he has always been very popular. Among these investments, Avex, the largest independent record company in Japan, which owns a 20% stake in Chengtian Entertainment, made the largest investment of $40 million to obtain the distribution rights of "Red Cliff" in the Japanese market. ”

Gu Cancan felt that his head was a little big.

"According to the latest figures released by "Red Cliff", the cost of "Red Cliff" has been recovered before its release." Jiang Meiying recalled the news of "Red Cliff" she had just seen, and said to Gu Cancan: "It is said that in addition to North America, which is still waiting for the other party's bid, the copyrights of Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Spain and other countries have been pre-sold. In addition, one of the investors, SHOWBOX, acquired the distribution rights in the Bangguo region in the same way, and the distribution rights in the Xiangjiang region were sold to Meiya for US$30 million, and its investor, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank, and China Film Group obtained the mainland distribution rights for US$10 million. ”

Sure enough, the momentum is huge, after all, it is Wu Yusen, he is a very well-known director all over the world, especially in Asia, if Jiang Meiying gets the news right, only relying on pre-sale, "Red Cliff" has already recovered its cost.

At this time, Lu Yu continued to ask: "Director Wu, what are the considerations for choosing to release it in the eleventh gear?" ”

"Oh, in fact, the choice of the film's schedule was not a decision I made, the distribution in the mainland was handed over to China Film Group, it should be China Film's willingness to take into account the large number of moviegoers during the 11th Golden Week." Wu Yusen didn't seem to want to talk about it.

However, in Lu Yu's interview, few people can affect her rhythm, so Gu Cancan heard Lu Yu then ask Wu Yusen: "As far as I know, there are many movies released at the same time in the eleventh file, including Xiangjiang's suspense films, as well as foreign imported blockbusters 007 series, by the way, there is also a martial arts film directed by Su Zhaobin, a young director who is also a Taiwan, it can be said that there are many films, what do you think of this phenomenon?" ”

"Is that so? I don't actually know much about it, but many films are piled up to show that they are optimistic about this schedule, and I hope they can also have a good box office. Wu Yusen's answer was very official.

"Click." Gu Cancan turned off the TV, moved his neck, and said to Jiang Meiying: "The schedule has not changed, let's start promoting it according to the plan." ”

"Okay, "Rain of Swords" has been declared for the Cannes Film Festival, at the end of this month, can you go?" Jiang Meiying asked.

Gu Cancan shook his head: "I'm neither a director nor a starring actor, so this excitement won't be enough, let Su Zhaobin go, he should cherish this opportunity." By the way, which opening ceremony movie is it? ”

"It's 'Red Cliff'."

Gu Cancan smiled faintly, it looked like it was really like this, Wu Yusen's fame was there, and he didn't need to ask to know that "Red Cliff" would definitely be valued by the film festival.

A few days later, Bright Times got the news that "Keep Talking" was raised for ten days, and two less famous films were also adjusted.

So far, the eleventh prime time is mainly left with "Rain of Swords", "Red Cliff" and "007: Quantum of Solace".

Among these three movies, except for "Rain of Swords", the other two are all released by China Film.

In a way, "Rain of Swords" got off to a hellish start when it was released.

Su Zhaobin has also been full of anxiety these days since he learned that he collided with Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff", Gu Cancan may not feel Wu Yusen's fame, but Su Zhaobin grew up watching Wu Yusen's movies, and in the Taiwan film and television industry, Wu Yusen is a mythical character.

Now his second movie is actually Wu Yusen fighting in the ring, and the other party is still a big production with a production cost of up to 600 million soft girl coins, Su Zhaobin didn't think that he could win at all, he just hoped that he wouldn't lose too badly, and hoped to recover the cost.

He can't help but complain a little bit in his heart about the bright era, can't he adjust the schedule, he has to fight to the death with "Red Cliff", and if he loses money in the end, he still bears the infamy of box office poison.

However, Su Zhaobin must cooperate with the publicity of the cooperation, and Su Zhaobin and the main creators participated in the interview with Soarc Entertainment.

Gu Cancan told the media a few days ago that "Sword Rain" is the action movie she is most looking forward to after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and after the media test screening, it was also evaluated by some film critics as "the best action movie after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", what do you think of this, Director Su? The beautiful host of Arc Entertainment asked with a smile.

Su Zhaobin adjusted his sitting posture and said with a smile: "There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and I didn't pay much attention to the evaluation after the small-scale test screening." After the movie was edited, there were also people in the Bright Times who felt that the pace of the movie was slow, but Gu Cancan and I thought that what we were filming was not the kind of vendetta in the ordinary sense, and she and I both liked the description of life in it. ”

"Director Su is related to all the commercial films produced by Taiwan in the past 10 years, "Love Elixir", "Love of Running Hands", "Taipei 9 to 5", "Double Pupils", and "Silk" are all works that you have participated in writing or directing. But is this the first time to come to the mainland to film? ”

"Yes, I took the script of "Sword Rain" to find investment, and now it is the cold winter of martial arts films, and there are not many people who are interested in investing, and then I found a bright era through a friend's introduction, and I had a very happy conversation with Mr. Gu, she discussed the script with me, and she agreed to invest very boldly, I am very grateful to her."

"Oh, in your eyes, what kind of person is Gu Cancan?"

"She's a genius, and it's easy to overlook her age when you talk to her, and it feels like you're talking to a wise, mature woman whose ideas sound really new but logical and fascinating. For example, she is very optimistic about the future of the Chinese film market, believing that Chinese films will be able to compete with the United States in the future. ”

"Hehe, that's a great vision." The beautiful host turned the topic to "Sword Rain", "Listen to Director Su, "Sword Rain" is real? ”

"Yes. The biggest challenge in the real world of martial arts is how to reconcile martial arts with the rhythm of literary drama. Killer organization, treasure hunting, gold basin washing hands and being hunted down, these familiar elements are reflected in "Sword Rain", I want to present it to the audience, I want the audience to watch the film, the first feeling seems to return to the martial arts world of Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng, but what is more prominent is that the details are more real, each protagonist has become an ordinary person, and the purpose of their pursuit of martial arts has become so that they can live the life of ordinary people, "Sword Rain" is the martial arts world we are familiar with, but it is a little fresh. ”

"How long was this script written, and where did the original idea come from?"

Su Zhaobin looked at the void with his eyes and recalled: "Among the martial arts I have seen, Jin Yong has had a deep influence on me, maybe it is the feeling of "returning to the familiar Jin Yong" as you said. The first outline has been written since mid-2007. The original idea came from a historical record: after Bodhidharma's death, the body was buried at the foot of Bears Ears Mountain, but later his disciples opened the coffin, only to find that the body was missing, leaving only two scriptures, "Yi Jin" and "Washing the Marrow". If the body of Bodhidharma can be found, can the secret of Bodhidharma's martial arts be revealed? began to plan this story. ”

"I heard that many details of the movie, food, clothing, housing, transportation, prop art can be seen to be pursuing "reality", many shots are ordinary life, and the fights are only shown in the last 13 episodes, what is the starting point for this? ”

"Truthfulness, or ordinary, is indeed a tone that I set." Su Zhaobin gestured with his hands and said: "Because the heroine in the play is tired of the struggle in the rivers and lakes, and she is determined to retire to the life of ordinary people. In fact, what everyone is pursuing is the purest thing that a "person" needs, such as love, trust, or physical health. Because I think that everyone, regardless of their status, skills, or wealth, wants basically the same things. ”

"So, from the beginning, action wasn't the main thing in this play?"

Su Zhaobin shook his head: "Of course the action scene is important, after all, this is a martial arts movie." Before the start of filming, I knew that the biggest challenge in making this film was not in martial arts, but in how to reconcile martial arts with the rhythm of literary drama. I hope that martial arts and literary drama will not seem to be filmed separately, but can achieve a strong sense of wholeness that is advancing all the time. Spent a lot of time filming martial arts dramas. In fact, at some stage of life, everyone wants to have the opportunity to start over and live another life. This is an implicit theme in the film. This is human nature, whether it is in a fashion film or a costume film, I think it is the same. ”

The host then asked: "This drama has directors and actors, actors from Hong Kong and the mainland, will you observe and summarize the cultural differences between these three types of filmmakers?" ”

"I've certainly observed this issue, and maybe I can't have a more thoughtful view of it. I can only try to say. Because of the small amount of films filmed and the fact that most of the films are literary films, the treatment of genre films, from the storytelling techniques of screenwriters and directors to the performances of actors, is not as familiar as Hong Kong filmmakers in the film industry for a long time. Culturally, I think the mainland seems to be closer to Taiwan, because there are more traditional things to be preserved. ”

The host nodded, hesitated, and then asked: "As we all know, Wu Yusen can be said to be your teacher, so how do you think "Sword Rain" and "Red Cliff" will be released at the same time in the eleventh file?" ”

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