The crew of "The Undertaker" announced its dissolution in Anshan, and Wu Yuan naturally returned to the China Film Group in Beijing for post-editing and soundtrack work with a large number of filmed material plates.

Teacher Xu Jingqing is still very powerful, and he created seven or eight soundtracks according to the script in three months, all of which are pure music, mainly based on traditional Chinese instruments, and then paired with piano and some strings.

Wu Yuan will next edit while discussing the integration of the soundtrack with Mr. Xu Jingqing.

And the other actors in the crew, except for Zhang Guorong, also went back to do their own things.

Zhang Guorong did not return to Hong Kong Island, but followed Wu Yuan back to the capital.

His work on "The Undertaker" has been completed for the time being, and his "Stealing Hearts" project is also about to enter the formal preparation stage.

Because this movie is going to be filmed in the mainland, and the main actors are mainly mainland actors, the investment in the whole film is not large, five million can be done, and the China Film family can cover all of them.

Han Dong still hopes that Zhang Guorong can transform into a director successfully, and it is best to transform into a "mainland director", which is very important.

The script of "Stealing Hearts" is actually very biased towards literary films, with a strong literary atmosphere, mainly telling a love story in a mainland city in the 40s of the 20th century.

The heroine is a beautiful lady, and a young pianist moved upstairs from her house, playing the piano by hand, and her speech and demeanor attract her everywhere.

She managed to get close to him and even had sex with him, but then he disappeared again.

In desperation, the heroine is in charge of her mother and marries her cousin, who is all right to her.

But then the man came back, in fact, he was lying to her from beginning to end, the man couldn't even play the piano, he was just playing the record. But she still loved him......

A hopeless love, a woman married to her cousin, was in love with a pianist, and was entangled in lust for 8 years, and at the same time experienced the changes of the great era, swaying under the fate of the times.

When Wu Yuan saw the script for the first time, he felt a strong atmosphere of "King of Sunglasses".

Obviously, Zhang Guorong's directing style and creative ideas are deeply influenced by the king of sunglasses.

Wu Yuan didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, but after watching the public welfare short film directed by Zhang Guorong before, he felt that Zhang Guorong should be able to make this movie well.

As for whether the film can sell well in the end and win awards, it is not up to him to decide.

In fact, it is quite advantageous to make this kind of movie during this period.

"Balzac and the Little Tailor" at the same time is also a romance film, and it is also an entanglement between two men and a woman, and it is also a love story in a special era.

This movie can be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film!

Not to mention that it can have as much depth as "Balzac and the Little Tailor".

As long as Zhang Guorong can shoot "Stealing Hearts" according to the script, as the first work of a transformed director, he is definitely qualified.

Just when Wu Yuan was busy doing the post-editing of "The Undertaker", Zhang Guorong also ran to Beijing, Magic City, Ludao, Jiaozhou and other places with the help of China Film staff.

The cast and crew of the crew are also in full swing in recruitment and selection.

All this was carried out under high secrecy, and in addition to the staff of China Film, only Tang Hede followed.

A month later, on January 3, 2002, Wu Yuan completed the post-editing of "The Undertaker".

The crew of Zhang Guorong's "Stealing Hearts" is also basically in place, but the actors and filming locations have not yet been decided.

After running around the first-tier cities in the country, Zhang Guorong returned to the capital again, found Wu Yuan, who was watching a film in China Film, and asked him for his opinion.

"I want to choose Tranquility as the heroine, I think she looks good and good!"

"If you are the actor, I hope Chen Daoming will play it, and he will play Gu Weijun in "My 1919", which is very temperamental and can play a piano artist."

"A businessman with a successful career, I want to choose Hu Jun to play, I watched "Lan Yu" on Hong Kong Island, Hu Jun played very well, he is a good actor!"

"The heroine's strict mother, I feel that it is very suitable for the fat sister to play!"

Zhang Guorong sat opposite Wu Yuan, dancing and talking, the look on his face was happy and excited, and the feeling that his dream was finally coming true was indeed very intoxicating.

Wu Yuan looked at him with a smile, and didn't say anything to disappoint him, and said, "I think it's good, but did you invite Ning Jing and Chen Daoming over?" ”

"Han Dong said that he could help me get in touch, and you mainland actors still sell Han Dong's face." Zhang Guorong said happily.

"That's fine." Wu Yuan took a sip of the teacup and looked at Zhang Guorong with an inexplicable expression.

"Zhang Sheng, I heard news recently."

"Next year, that is, in 2003, the mainland should relax the restrictions, and private capital in the non-film industry can invest in the film industry."

"In other words, private companies in the mainland can also do production."

"This news was revealed to me by Han Dong in the past few days, saying that in the past year or two, he has been considering opening up the film industry to private capital and gradually opening it up."

"In 2000, China Film, Shanghai Film, and Changying were established, and in 2001, private capital was opened to enter the cinema market."

"The next step is to open up the production field."

Wu Yuan crossed his hands on his knees, and looked at Zhang Guorong with bright and clear eyes: "I plan to set up a film production company in the mainland. ”

"Zhang Sheng, are you interested in joining?"

"The Hong Kong Island film market is shrinking every year, and the class has long been solidified, how long has it been since there have been new excellent production companies and excellent new directors?"

"The Hong Kong Island film industry seems to be full of flowers, but in fact it is already a pool of stagnant water, and it will only go downhill in the future."

"There is no doubt that the future of Chinese films is in the mainland, not on Hong Kong Island, and it is impossible to be on Treasure Island."

"If you want to make a career in the director's business, you should come to the mainland."

"The future of Chinese cinema lies in the mainland."

"Maybe in the past 30 years, the foundation of Chinese films has been on Hong Kong Island, but in the next 30, 50, or even 100 years, the foundation of Chinese films will only be in the mainland."

"Hong Kong and Taiwan, which are narrow and have few people, no longer have the soil for the development of the film industry."

From the moment Wu Yuan spoke, Zhang Guorong fell into silence.

As a Hong Kong person, hearing Wu Yuan's view of the Hong Kong Island film market so much, of course he will have some bad emotions in his heart.

But I have to admit that what Wu Yuan said is indeed right.

If the mainland film market is completely liberalized, with such a huge population in the mainland, even if only 20 or 30 million people out of more than 1 billion people are willing to go to the cinema to watch movies, then it will be very easy for this market to surpass Hong Kong Island.

Not to mention that as the reform and opening up are getting smoother and smoother, the economy of the mainland is also getting better and better.

Five or ten years from now, how many people in the mainland will be willing to go to the cinema to watch a movie?

Zhang Guorong didn't dare to think about this question.

In fact, even if Wu Yuan doesn't find fault with this problem, in another three or five years, the film capital of Hong Kong Island will also react, and the future of Chinese films will be in the mainland, and then go north on a large scale.

Now Wu Yuan said it in advance, that is, to give Zhang Guorong a more time to think about it, anyway, the opening of the production industry will be next year.

Wu Yuan is personally quite optimistic about Zhang Guorong's transformation into a director, he has the talent to be a director, he can't say how talented he is, but he can definitely be a qualified director.

And Wu Yuan can't rely on himself to film all his life, he always wants to train some new directors to help him.

On the one hand, it is to expand its film territory and industry influence, and on the other hand, it is also to make money for itself.

Two cups of tea slowly bubbled on the table, and neither of the two people sitting facing each other spoke again, Zhang Guorong was pondering, and Wu Yuan was waiting for him to think.

Until, a staff member of China Film pushed the door and walked in.

"Director Wu, Han Dong, please go to his office."

"Okay, I'll do it now."

Responding to this staff member with a smile, Wu Yuan stood up and went to Han Dong's office, and when he was about to go out, he turned his head to look at Zhang Guorong: "Zhang Sheng, don't be pressured, I just talk to you casually." ”

"If you have plans to come to the mainland in the future, it will not be too late for us to discuss it in detail."

After saying that, he left the lounge and left the space to Zhang Guorong.

Han Dong's office was on the same floor, and after sorting out his thoughts, Wu Yuan came to Han Dong's office.

Pushing open the door, Wu Yuan heard his voice before he saw him.

"Director Wu, I watched the finished film of "The Undertaker", and it was very good, it is the first time in China that someone has made such a movie that explores the Chinese people's view of life and death."

"Which film festival are you going to take this film to?"

"Cannes or Berlin?"