Chapter 634: Help with ideas
Sometimes it's as simple as finding the right person, doing the right thing, and the rest is ......
Still have questions?
"I'm blind!"
Coming out of the Beijing Film Studio, Chen Kaige had to take Gu Bei to eat together, they all drank a lot at the finale banquet yesterday, one was because they were happy, the other was depressed, and they were sitting at the table at this time, and the two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't mention the matter of bringing a bottle of wine to help the fun.
"I knew that I could do this with Mr. Han, and I ...... it."
Is this hindsight!?
"Xiaobei, thank you!"
Chen Kaige said, picked up the teacup on the table, and was about to send it to his mouth.
Big brother, the waiter just delivered it, and it's still steaming!
Without waiting for Gu Bei to remind him, Chen Kaige had already harmed himself.
"it!"
Chen Kaige squirted out all in one gulp, but fortunately, the food was not served at this time, and Gu Bei also hid quickly, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
These two behaviors made everyone in the hotel laugh.
Belch......
Chen Kaige looked confused, and couldn't figure out what he was excited about.
"Take it easy!"
Chen Kaige smiled wryly, and his expression was eager to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"Although the matter is settled, don't forget to promise Mr. Han."
Can you forget!
That's a vote, he can't hand it in, and it's no wonder that he can have good fruit to eat when the time comes.
"The script I found is really bad?"
"You try!"
Gu Bei didn't say whether it would work or not, just this sentence made Chen Kaige honest.
"With a long brain, what Mr. Han wants is results, whether it's the box office or honor, you have to have the same, but if you have to develop yourself underground, I can't stop it!"
Underground movies have some signs now, and they used to be filmed for fun, but since Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, the two immortals, have made many young directors who are not valued by the unit and can only sit on the cold bench see another way.
Ordinary people may not know, and people don't pay attention to this kind of thing, but Gu Bei, as an insider, is still very well-informed.
For example, at this year's Nantes Film Festival in France, there was a young director in China who ran over with his work, and then was successfully valued by a judge of the film festival jury, and participated in the final main competition unit review in an unofficial name.
Then he really won a big award, and successfully sold the film to Europe.
There is a new role model, and for a while, many young directors have begun to think crookedly.
The works filmed by these people have also been jokingly called underground films by insiders.
But this kind of thing, how can it be ignored above, so the young director who has infinite scenery at the Nantes Film Festival likes to mention a small certificate of lifelong ban.
Not many people know about this, Gu Bei happens to be one of them, what about Chen Kaige?
I don't know it!
"I didn't think so."
I didn't think about it, but I kept thinking about it.
Of course, if Chen Kaige did this, he would not be disposed of so ruthlessly, after all, he had won glory abroad, and he should enjoy some preferential treatment.
"Think about the script!"
Chen Kaige looked up at Gu Bei: "You don't plan to help me?" ”
I?
Gu Bei said angrily: "I still send the Buddha to the west?" What do you think, I don't have time. ”
He hadn't touched his pen in a long time, and last time it was ......
Xu Cainu's business.
promised Wang Shuo's matter, Gu Bei would naturally do it, after the New Year, before the Qingming Festival, the filming of that drama started.
Gu Bei didn't repeat the performance, and chose Xu Cainu's famous work in her previous life.
"Carry on Love to the End".
That's right, Gu Bei is also bold now, if he put it aside before, he would shoot this kind of pure urban romance drama, and moreover, it also involves triangles, forgetting the year, and not ...... Len, all kinds of things that love to come and go, he really doesn't have the courage.
But after the baptism of "Addiction", love is no longer a secret proposition for TV workers, and the audience's tolerance for the theme of TV dramas is gradually improving.
Just in time for Wang Shuo's matter, Gu Bei simply showed the famous work of Xu Cainu in her previous life in advance.
Of course, the changes that should be made are indispensable, and they still have to conform to the specific national conditions of the moment.
Now the crew is still filming in the magic capital, and the director is Zhao Baogang, who had just finished filming "Beijing People in New York" from Lao Mei at that time.
Filming TV series with this theme, Lao Zhao is very experienced.
A few days ago, the two also had a phone call, and the scene was almost filmed.
As for Feng Pants, who went to Lao Mei with Zhao Baogang, he was not idle, and was busy doing the later stage of "Beijing People in New York".
"Don't! Good scripts are not easy to come across, among the people I know, you are the only one with good writing, if you don't help me and agree to Mr. Han's thing, what should I do? ”
Do what you love!
"It's not that I don't help, I really can't help, I have to go to Xiangjiang next week, my sister and Zhang Guorong are going to hold another wedding over there, the whole family is going, ready to play there for a while, what are you doing...... Do your own thing, when you were in elementary school, the teacher didn't teach you! ”
Chen Kaige laughed angrily: "You really said it, but it's ...... thing."
What a scratching head!
I promised it so happily just now, and now I know that I am worried.
Gu Bei looked at it, and he was really a little unbearable, after all, after knowing each other for so many years, the relationship has always been very good.
"I can give you an idea."
"Say, hurry up!"
"If it really doesn't work, just draw a scoop according to the gourd!"
Belch?
Chen Kaige didn't understand what it meant.
Gu Bei continued: "You filmed "Farewell My Concubine", who did you refer to for the role of Cheng Dieyi? ”
"No one? I didn't write it, how do I know? ”
As he spoke, Chen Kaige seemed to understand a little.
"Xiaobei, what do you mean ......"
"What do you think of biographical films?"
Syllable!
Chen Kaige slapped his thigh, which scared the child at the table next to him and cried directly.
After apologizing for a long time, Gu Bei also helped settle the account at that table, and the child's parents let go of Chen Kaige's two strokes.
"I think you're sick in the head, what are you doing in a daze!"
"Isn't that exciting! You have a good idea, and you can also take advantage of the popularity of "Farewell My Concubine". ”
The most important thing is that Chen Kaige is familiar with making movies with this theme!
In his previous life, after Chen Kaige finished filming "Farewell My Concubine", he filmed "Fengyue", from the perspective of filming techniques, he was basically copying "Farewell My Concubine".
At the beginning of the two movies, the method of disconnecting the narrative is adopted, and then whether it is the rhythm of the plot advancement, or the metaphorical expression, and even the lighting and shots, you can find a lot of similarities.
Since Chen Kaige is so obsessed with "Farewell My Concubine", he simply asked him to make another biographical movie using the same method.
"Mei Lanfang".
In my previous life, although many people were singing about this movie after its release, if you really watched it carefully, they would give a relatively pertinent evaluation.
"Mei Lanfang" is definitely Chen Kaige's rare masterpiece after "Farewell My Concubine".
And those works between the two movies are hot piles of.
can watch it, that is, "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin".
It's a pity that the timing of this movie is not quite right, and the shooting technique is too realistic, coupled with Mr. Li Xuejian's crazy performance, it is really unacceptable to the audience.
It is said that the power of this drama is comparable to Wang Jiawei's "The True Story of A Fei", although it did not make investors angry enough to go to the hospital, but it is not too much.
However, the negative output value of this drama has made investors reap unexpected joy, and the cinema built for "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" is still in use until Gu Bei is reborn.
Far from it!
Let's go back to the conversation between the two.
"There's definitely something wrong with that."
Gu Bei looked at Chen Kaige's excited appearance and said with a smile: "Don't be too happy, if you want to make a biographical film of Master Mei, you must first ask for the consent of other people's juniors." ”
"Of course, I must say hello in advance!"
Gu Bei smiled even brighter: "Then do you think Mei Jiuye can agree?" ”
Chen Kaige was stunned for a moment, and said: "Why don't you agree, patting Master Mei, it must be indispensable to show Master Mei's national integrity, this is a good thing!" ”
Back then, under the persecution of Xiao Ri, Master Mei would rather bend than bend, saying that he would not sing for Xiao Ri at all, so he did not hesitate to grow his beard and ambition.
Absolute life highlights.
"In addition to this paragraph, don't forget, there is also ......"
"Meng Xiaodong!"
Chen Kaige slapped his head, how could he forget this stubble just now.
Meng Xiaodong's relationship and marriage with Master Mei also caused a sensation in the entire capital.
Can Mei Jiuye be willing to see this scene on the movie?
Are you kidding.
My dad gave my mom green, I have to relive it?
Piercing the heart!
"What should I do?"
"You ask me?"
Chen Kaige's face was full of a natural look: "Note that you gave it to me, of course I have to ask you." ”
it!
Why is it unreasonable?
This is a scoundrel!
Gu Bei couldn't resist Chen Kaige again, and said angrily: "There is a saying, how to say, sincerity, gold and stone are open." ”
"Got it!"
Chen Kaige nodded, it was clear that Gu Bei had no good way, so he could only go to the door to grind by himself.
I hope that Mei Jiuye can maintain an elegant image like on the stage, and don't blow him out.
After eating, the two of them went about their own business.
Gu Bei wanted to go home, but was called to the company by Wang Jinghua with a phone call.
"What's the matter? You have to let me come here, by the way, I saw Mr. Han just now, the box office statistics of "Party A and Party B" have come out, you can take someone to visit you later. ”
"Got it, Mr. Gu, the main reason for you to come is ...... The reports that we have brought back from the people who have been scattered have been sorted out, and they are still ...... It's a bit of a new discovery. ”
Gu Bei heard this, and frowned slightly: "Let's talk about it!" ”
Wang Jinghua's expression also became serious: "Basically, there are all the situations you mentioned. ”
It's all there!
Gu Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly laughed.
"Mr. Gu, can you still laugh? That...... There's one more of us! ”
What Wang Jinghua said was that during the release of "Party A and Party B", the company sent people to investigate.
Although the above has begun to integrate the cinema companies nationwide, the people below have always acted against the sun.
After all, according to the previous regulations, all the income from a city's cinema chain must be included in the local government's financial revenue.
Now it is necessary to rectify the above, integrate all the theater chains, and set up a new company to be responsible for the operation of the theater company.
This is clearly to move the cake of the local government, can people agree?
Big cities are fine, not bad for this little money, but what about some third- and fourth-tier cities?
Investment promotion is not going well, and the local economic development is seriously lagging behind, not to mention that the cinema chain makes a lot of money, but it can be less...... No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still a piece of meat!
It was precisely because Gu Bei knew about this situation that before the release of "Party A and Party B", he asked Wang Jinghua to arrange for people to immediately select several cities to investigate the situation.
I don't know if I don't check it, this check is simply shocking.
Stealing the box office is coming clearly, and concealing it has become a trend, and almost all movie theaters are doing this kind of thing.
And then there's ......
A third of the copies of "Party A and Party B" were lost.
Where did it go?
Gu Bei didn't want to ask, everyone who knew knew knew it.
Even some places in Beijing that rent videotapes can find "Party A and Party B".
"It's just right, tomorrow you go to see Mr. Han and bring all this."
"Can Mr. Han manage it? No, I mean...... Can Mr. Han manage it? ”
Gu Bei said with a smile: "I really can't control it now, but someone is blatantly robbing the money of Beijing Film Studio, can he, who is the director, find a way?" ”
That's right!!
Wang Jinghua was so happy that he actually forgot about it.
"Got it! I'll go to Mr. Han tomorrow. ”
After speaking, Wang Jinghua did not leave, and his expression changed to an embarrassed look.
"If you have something, just say it!"
"Mr. Gu, did you ask Mr. Li to contact me?"
Belch?
Li Chengru's action is fast enough!!
I just said something good yesterday, and I called Wang Jinghua today.
"That's right! What's wrong? ”
Wang Jinghua's expression became strange: "Mr. Gu, do you really think ...... Can Lee always be an actor? ”
A must!
The real estate madman in his previous life, a few minutes of deduction, poked the laughter of many people.
"Questions?"
Is it okay?
What is it called?
The young master of a large family, because he likes opera, simply raised a troupe, and watched the play every day, but he felt that it was not enjoyable to watch, and suddenly one day he told the steward that he wanted to go to the sea.
!!
Seeing Wang Jinghua's reaction, Gu Bei smiled and said: "Okay, don't be embarrassed, Lao Li, you just look at the arrangement, just treat him as a ...... Just as he is a contracted actor of the company, he will be treated whatever others treat, do you understand? ”
Understood, understood.
But does Wang Jinghua dare to do that? ?
Gu Bei and Li Chengru are buddies, who knows when, Comrade Lao Li wanted to open it, and suddenly became the vice president of the company again.
What to do then?
"Okay then, I'...... I'll see if I can arrange it for Mr. Li first! ”
Since meditating on the position of vice president of Mingqian Pictures, Wang Jinghua is now different from before, with the help of her identity, she began to expand her network vigorously, and with her network, it is really not difficult to help Li Chengru arrange a role.
I just don't know if I can satisfy Li Chengru.
Alas......
Sad!