"Xiaodong is now busy with the movie in his hand, when will he be busy?" Gan Guoliang asked Xu Kedao.

Xu Ke chewed his braised elbow and said, "Maybe it's a month." ”

Gan Guoliang said: "It's time to prepare in advance, and strive to start the machine smoothly after the Spring Festival." ”

Xu Ke asked Zhang Yimou: "Is Director Zhang going to Hong Kong, or will I invite the art director and costume director to the north. Kyo to work? ”

"I just got the script a few days ago, so let's think about it." When Zhang Yimou agreed to be the director of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors", he was proud of the hot sale of "Red Sorghum", and thought that his transformation into a commercial director was a matter of minutes. Now I just made a street movie, and I am holding the script of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", how can I not have confidence in it.

"It's okay, Director Zhang also has an idea of the actor candidate, I really don't know the actors in the mainland." Gan Guoliang said.

In another time and space, the male protagonist of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" is Zhang Yimou. That role was forced by him to come over, and he and Gong Li were already mixed up at that time, just to be a screen couple.

However, Zhang Yimou is 40 years old after all, and his face has a lot of folds, how can he be suitable for playing the leading role in commercial romance films? Whether it is producer Gan Guoliang or producer Xu Ke, the meaning of both of them is to find a handsome and masculine actor.

"How is Jiang Wen?" Zhang Yimou felt that Jiang Wen was very masculine.

Since Gan Guoliang was looking for Zhang Yimou to be the director, he naturally watched the scenes he filmed, and vetoed: "Jiang Wen's style is not suitable. ”

Zhang Yimou thought about it, and suddenly remembered someone. said: "How is Zhang Fengyi? ”

"Who is Zhang Fengyi?" Xu Ke asked.

"I'll call him tomorrow and let Mr. Gan and Mr. Xu take a look." Zhang Yimou felt that he had found a suitable actor this time, and Zhang Fengyi when he was young did belong to that kind of masculine man. It is very suitable for the style of the general Meng Tianfang in the film.

Zhang Yimou is the director after all, and the selection of the leading actor is very important to respect his opinion, and the three of them are basically given by Zhang Fengyi.

After chatting for a while, the food was almost cold before the group dispersed. Zhang Yimou took the car back by himself to call Zhang Fengyi, and when he left the hotel, Kang Jianfei called Gan Guoliang: "Do you want to have two drinks again?" ”

"Okay." Although Gan Guoliang didn't know Kang Jianfei's purpose, he still agreed.

Xu Ke knew that Kang Jianfei and Gan Guoliang had something to discuss, and said very knowingly: "I'm a little tired." Go back to the hotel to rest first. ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "My car is over there, let the driver take you back." ”

After sending Xu Ke away, Kang Jianfei and Gan Guoliang came to a tea room. I just drank a lot of alcohol. Kang Jianfei said that drinking two cups is naturally tea. Nowadays, you can't find a bar in the capital, but a place to drink tea is easy to find.

After ordering tea, Kang Jianfei asked straight to the point: "This time I came to the mainland to make movies, have you ever thought about long-term development here?" ”

Gan Guoliang smiled bitterly: "I want to too." But it's just too hard. Tianyi Company said that it was opened in the north. Capital city. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still a Hong Kong company, and "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" is also a co-producer. ”

Record companies in the mainland will soon be privately owned, but only state-owned companies are still eligible to make films. Not to mention now, even more than ten years later, when a mainland film company makes a movie, it has to buy a factory logo from a state-owned factory before it can be released. Trouble aside, the most troublesome thing is the issue of film copyright, and the names of privately made movies are all produced by state-owned factories. Don't you see that the producer of any film is Han Sanye?

is like "Code Name Jaguar", which Zhang Yimou just hit the street, although it is a privately funded movie. But the producer is the West. Ann Film Studio.

Kang Jianfei said: "After all, the commercial space for co-production is too narrow, and there are several foreign films introduced in the mainland every year, and the box office share is also pressed to less than 15%. If it is changed to a mainland film company, it is different, and if it is filmed and bought from a state-owned factory, although the copyright issue is not clear, there is no discrimination in box office sharing and foreign film quotas. ”

Gan Guoliang asked: "Is Mr. Kang going to invest in opening a film company in the mainland?" ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I just saw that Mr. Gan suddenly came to the mainland to shoot a big cast, I just wanted to ask if you were interested, if possible, we can cooperate." ”

Gan Guoliang shook his head: "The film environment in the mainland is too bad, I have no interest in it for the time being, and I just came to the mainland to make films because I just liked the cheap film resources here." ”

"You don't have to make movies, you can set up a film and television advertising company in the mainland, and more often than not, you can make TV series, commercials and produce variety shows." Kang Jianfei said, "There are more than 30 provincial-level TV stations in the mainland, but there are no more than 5 TV stations with the ability to produce TV dramas. These TV stations are eager to buy high-quality and low-cost TV dramas, but most of them can only pick up old films from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the price is not low. If there is a company that specializes in making zuò TV dramas, it must be very marketable. ”

Gan Guoliang finally understood what Kang Jianfei wanted to say, if he opened a company in the mainland to produce a TV series, then whether it was behind the scenes or the remuneration of the actors, it would be the price of cabbage, and the TV series would not be sold at all.

Kang Jianfei took a fancy to Gan Guoliang's TV production ability, especially the production ability of variety shows, so he invited him to open a film and television advertising company in the mainland.

Gan Guoliang thought about it seriously, but finally refused, he said: "Thank you Mr. Kang for taking a fancy to him." Now that I am in charge of Macau Satellite TV and have opened a new film company, I am afraid that I will not have time to start a business in the mainland again, so you should invite another Gao Ming. ”

"Macau Satellite TV is already on the right track, and it doesn't need to think so much about it before, there is still time." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.

Macau Satellite TV has developed rapidly in the hands of Gan Guoliang, and now there are two channels, Gan Guoliang only needs to control the strategic direction, and there are other people in the daily administration, so he has time to open a company with Yu Zheng to go to the mainland to make movies.

However, Gan Guoliang is really not optimistic about doing film and television in the mainland, because there are too many variables from the political aspect, he shook his head and said: "Thank you Mr. Kang for your attention." However, I am not familiar with the mainland film and television industry, so I may not be able to do it. ”

"In that case, forget it." Kang Jianfei just asked casually. As long as he can afford to pay, there are many people who are willing to cooperate.

In Kang's plan, the film and television advertising company will not only produce films, TV series and advertisements, but also produce various TV variety shows. If mainland TV stations can go to Hong Kong and Taiwan to buy TV dramas, then variety shows can't be bought, once a good TV program is developed, it is basically equivalent to discovering a gold mine - no way. The TV market in the mainland is too big.

Since Gan Guoliang was not interested, Kang Jianfei did not force it. In fact, he only lacks a capable operator, as for good producers, directors and screenwriters. The mainland has grabbed a lot of them, and they are all masters who have never met talents.

On the way back, Gong Li asked: "How did you think of opening a film and television company in the mainland and making a lot of money here." ”

"You can't go wrong with being ahead of the curve. Anyway, I didn't have much money to lose. Kang Jianfei said with a smile. Too lazy to explain too much to her.

Back at Gong Li's residence, Kang Jianfei found the phone number of Yang Jie, the director of "Journey to the West", and asked her about a cow.

Although he thought of opening a film and television advertising company in the mainland on a whim, he already knew who the production director would be, that is, Zheng Xiaolong, a super cow who has produced and directed films such as "Desire", "The Story of the Editorial Department", "Beijingers in New York", "Golden Wedding", "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem" and other films.

Before the crossing, when Kang Jianfei was a photographer, he also ran several TV crews. Zheng Xiaolong, in the eyes of Kang Jianfei at that time, was definitely a storage that could only be looked up to. That is a great god in the mainland TV drama industry. Now that he wants to find a good producer and director, Kang Jianfei's first reaction is naturally to invite Zheng Xiaolong.

Kang Jianfei didn't know where this person was now. called Yang Jie to ask, only to find out that Zheng Xiaolong did not work at any TV station, but worked as the deputy director of the production office at the Beijing/Beijing Television Art Center.

The so-called north. Beijing Television Art Center is the north. A TV drama production agency affiliated to Beijing has been established for several years. However, this unit did not have any good works at this time, and it did not begin to exert its power until the 90s, and it even signed a film supply agreement with 28 provincial TV stations across the country, and the TV series was booked by major TV stations before it was filmed.

"Hey, Director Zheng? I'm Kang Jianfei...... That's right, the director in Hong Kong...... Hehe, an international director is not a big director, Director Zheng praised it falsely...... Is Director Zheng free tomorrow? I'd like to treat you to a light meal...... Okay, tomorrow at 7 o'clock in the evening. Location, how about eating roast duck in Quanjude...... Okay, that's it, goodbye. Kang Jianfei hung up the phone, Gong Li had already wrapped up from behind, her red lips kissed his cheek, and gradually reached his ears, exhaling like an orchid.

"Gege Gege......" Gong Li let out a string of silver bell-like laughter, but it was Kang Jianfei who threw her on the bed, and then pounced on her like a hungry wolf.

……

In an antique shop in Liulichang.

Wu Zhenyu sat at the yellow rosewood table, inserted a key into the keyhole of the bronze box, and then dialed a string of password digits.

"Rub ......"

The delicate trap lock is opened, and a strange copper fish appears in front of the camera.

The current shot is not the feature film of "Notes on Tomb Robbery", but the easter egg at the end of the film, preparing for the sequel of the movie.

"Click!"

"That's it, it's done!"

Kang Jianfei shouted with relief that after half a year of preparation and filming, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" was finally completed.

Most of the crew members left when they left Danxia Mountain, and now there are only the three main actors Zeng Jiang, Wu Zhenyu and Zhang Mian, as well as the necessary behind-the-scenes personnel. When Kang Jianfei announced the finale, everyone had a smile on their faces.

filmed from summer to late autumn, whether it was the actors or behind the scenes, they were tired enough. Like Zhang Meng, who plays the heroine, she is so tired that she dies after filming every day, and she wants to sleep when she returns to the hotel after eating, and she is not even in the mood to seduce Kang Jianfei.

"Mr. Kang, can we be in the north. Stay in Beijing for a few more days, everyone wants to climb the Great Wall. Wu Zhenyu asked cautiously.

Kang Jianfei said: "You can do it yourself, but you must communicate with each other well, don't get one or two missing in the end." ”

Zeng Jiang also came to the capital for the first time, and he said with a smile: "Director, don't worry, I will be optimistic about them." ”

"Mr. Kang will return to Hong Kong today?" When Zhang Meng and the others went to pack up their things, they went around to Kang Jianfei and asked.

Kang Jianfei glanced at her with ** eyes. smiled: "I still have to do something in Beijing, and the place where I stay at night remains the same." ”

"Oh." Zhang Mian sighed and helped clean up the shooting site.

Kang Jianfei organized people to do the finishing work and watched it in the north. The negative shot in Beijing was on the plane to Hong Kong. I took the car back to the city again, and estimated the time to go to Quanjude to make an appointment.

From the time crossing to the present, Kang Jianfei has not eaten Quanjude's roast duck for ten years, and suddenly he feels nostalgic.

It was still early when he came to the store, Kang Jianfei sat there alone and ate a mouth full of oil, and Zheng Xiaolong came slowly on a bicycle.

"May I ask you ...... Mr. Hong Kong from Hong Kong? Zheng Xiaolong looked around in the restaurant and walked to Kang Jianfei's table with some uncertainty.

"Director Zheng, please take a seat!" Kang Jianfei stood up and said.

"Don't dare to be. Mr. Kang can just call me by name. Zheng Xiaolong hurriedly said.

Zheng Xiaolong is only in his 30s now, although he is the head of the north. Deputy director of the production office of the Beijing Television Art Center, but to be honest, the status quo is quite down. After all, today's North. Beijing Television Art Center. is not as good as later, Zheng Xiaolong has been the deputy director of the TV Art Center for 6 years, but he has never even filmed a TV series, except for drinking tea and reading newspapers every day. is to take the initiative to go to the crew of the central station to get started.

Such a state of survival. When facing the internationally renowned director Kang Jianfei, Zheng Xiaolong naturally did not dare to show his director's style, and his tone of voice was very modest.

Kang Jianfei knew that the man in front of him would produce a TV series with terrifying ratings and influence next year. And the north where he is. The Beijing Film Art Center also became a blockbuster because of this "Desire", and the names of the male and female protagonists have become adjectives, such as describing a woman as very virtuous, and directly saying that this woman is Liu Huifang. This TV series has not only caused a sensation in the mainland. It was even sold to Hong Kong for broadcast the next year, and when it was broadcast in Vietnam, it also attracted tens of thousands of empty alleys.

However, Zheng Xiaolong obviously didn't know that he would be so powerful in the future. After sitting down and ordering the duck, he was still confused about the trip.

Kang Jianfei's name, Zheng Xiaolong has heard of it. Because he is doing TV series, and "Journey to the West" and "Fengshen Bang" both have Kang Jianfei's investment, Zheng Xiaolong knows that this is a rich master. received a call from Kang Jianfei last night, saying that he was going to invite him to eat roast duck, Zheng Xiaolong was also excited for half a night, thinking that Kang Jianfei was going to find him to cooperate in filming a TV series this time.

After a few bites of the roast duck were served, Zheng Xiaolong couldn't hold his breath and began to ask Kang Jianfei's purpose by knocking on the side.

Kang Jianfei took a slice of roast duck and threw it in his mouth, tasting the long-lost taste and said, "I'm going to be in the north. Jingkai is a film and television advertising company, whose main business is shooting movies, TV dramas, advertisements and TV variety shows, and wants to ask Director Zheng to serve as the company's program production manager. ”

"Let me be the program manager?" Zheng Xiaolong was a little confused, he didn't expect Kang Jianfei to say so directly, he actually wanted him to go to the sea and enter a private company.

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Yes, is Director Zheng willing?" ”

Zheng Xiaolong didn't say yes or no, but asked, "Why did Mr. Kang choose me?" I'm just fooling around in the TV industry, and I'm all doing it for others. ”

Kang Jianfei's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he lied: "Director Yang Jie recommended you to me." ”

"Oh, I see." Zheng Xiaolong didn't doubt Kang Jianfei's words, because he did work with Yang Jie. At that time, "Journey to the West" was filmed in Xiangshan. Zheng Xiaolong, deputy director of the production office of the Beijing Television Center, has indeed made a lot of efforts.

Kang Jianfei elaborated on his idea of starting a film and television advertising company, and said: "I will arrange another person for the company's operation and management. If Director Zheng joins my company, then he only needs to be fully responsible for the program production, and there is no need to worry about funding, policy and manpower. ”

In fact, Zheng Xiaolong has long been moved, he is a person with courage. Even if Kang Jianfei does not appear, two years later, he will go to the United States to open a film and television video company, and there is no psychological burden to throw away the iron rice bowl and go to the sea.

Especially if he doesn't have any achievements now, Kang Jianfei directly asked him to be the company's program manager, which made Zheng Xiaolong, who had been unsuccessful for many years, very moved, and had the urge to die for his confidant.

In fact, Zheng Xiaolong has planned to shoot TV series in the past few years, but his unit has insufficient funds, coupled with other messy reasons, his plans have never been realized.

"Mr. Kang, in fact, I have an idea now, I am going to make a TV series that reflects the late 60s to the late 80s, and the life experiences of several ordinary little people are used to reflect the changes of the times and the ...... of human nature" Zheng Xiaolong did not say whether he was willing to follow Kang Jianfei to do it, but directly handed over the name letter, he wanted to prove that he did have goods in his stomach.

Kang Jianfei only listened to Zheng Xiaolong say a few words, and knew that he was talking about the drama "Desire". Although it is just an idea of Zheng Xiaolong, as long as you find a screenwriter to write the script, and then find a good director and actors, this drama is the company's entrepreneurial work.

"Very good idea, I'll ask a friend to run down the company's procedures tomorrow. You also find a screenwriter to write the script, and it is estimated that the company will be officially established next year. Originally, Kang Jianfei was still planning to set up a film and television advertising company in the mainland on a whim, but when he saw Zheng Xiaolong tell all the dramas, he was not ready to delay any longer, and decided to start a company in a short time.

This fact is a bit bizarre, suddenly receiving a phone call to invite to dinner, and then being invited to be the manager of the program in a daze, the whole process is like a pipe dream.

If it was someone else, Zheng Xiaolong might still think that he was a liar, but it was Kang Jianfei sitting in front of him. Hundreds of thousands of people will waste time to deceive him into a broken office deputy director?

Zheng Xiaolong felt that he had hit a big luck! (To be continued......)